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DICTIONARY
A

THE

OF

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:
I

.V

W HIGH

THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS,

AND ILLUSTRATED

IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES"

FROM THE BEST WRITERS.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

HISTORY

LANGUAGE,

'OF.THE
AND

AN

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
SAMUEL JOHNSON,

BY

TWO VOLUMES.

IN

LL.D.

VOL.

I.

THE SIXTH EDITION.

Cum

tabulis

aniinum cenforis fumet honefti

Auclebit qua:cunquc

parum

fplendoris habebunt,

Et fine pondere crunt, ct honore indigna fercntur,

Verba moverc loco; quamvis invita recedant,
Et vcrfentuT adhuc intra penetralia Vcfta;
:

Obfcurata diu populo bonus eruet, atque

Proferct in luccm fpectofa vocabula rcrum,

memorata Catonibus atque Cethsgis

Atus hiformis preinit et dderta vetuflas.

(^i.i- prifcis

Xunc

HOR.

LONDON:
Printed for J. F. and C. Rivr:c.Tr,\-, L. DAVIS, T. PAYKE ami Soy, T. LOSGMAX, 15.
\V. Lowiinr.s, G. G. J. an, j. ROBINSON, T. C..DI LI,, Jo. JOHN ON, J. KOBSON,

R.

BALDWIN, W. GOLDSMITH,
\V.

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t.

I,

J.

T.

MURRAY, W. STUART,
Slid J.

E'itRTON,

P.

KLMSLY, W. Fox,
;,:nl M. NiWE

J. Puil.I.ll':,.

M.DCC.LXX-.W

C. DitLY,
NICHOLS,
HA.YES, D. OCILVIE,

LAW,

J.

DOBSLEY,

W. RICHARDSON,

S.

J.

E.

who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of
attracted
than
evil,
by the profpect of good; to be expofed to cenfure, without hope of praife; to be
difgraced by mifcarriage, or punifhed for neglect, where fuccefs would have been without applaufe,
and diligence without reward.
is

the fate of thofe

IT

Among thefe unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ; whom mankind have confidered, not as the
pupil, but the flave of fcience, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbifli and clear obftructions from the paths through which Learning and Genius prefs forward to conqueft and glory, without
to
beftowing a fmile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progrefs. Every other author may
afpire

praife; the lexicographer can only

granted to very few.

hope to efcape reproach, and even

this negative

recompenfe has been yet

I have, notwithftanding this

difcouragement, attempted a Dictionary of the Engli/h language, which,
while it was employed in the cultivation of every
fpecies of literature, has itfelf been hitherto neglected
fuffered to fpread, under the direction of chance, into wild exuberance ;
refigned to the tyranny of time
and fafhion; and expofed to the corruptions of ignorance, and caprices of innovation.

-,

When

took the firft furvey of my undertaking, I found our fpeech copious without order, and
without
rules: wherever I turned my view, there was
energetick
perplexity to be difentangled, and confufion to be regulated; choice was to be made out of boundlefs
variety, without any eftablifhed principle
of felection ; adulterations were to be detected, without a fettled teft of
purity ; and modes of expreflion
to be rejected or received, without the
of
writers
of
claflical
fuffrages
any
reputation or acknowledged
I

authority.

Having therefore no afTiftance but from general grammar, I applied myfelf to the perufal of our writers ;
and noting whatever might be of ufe to afcertain or illuftrate any word or phrafe, accumulated in time the
materials of a dictionary, which, by degrees, I reduced to method,
eftablifhing to myfelf, in the progrefs
of the work, fuch rules as experience and analogy fuggefted to me experience, which practice and obfervation were continually
increafing; and analogy, which, though in feme words obfcure, was evident in
;

others.

In adjufting the

ORTHOGRAPHY, which has been to this time unfettled and fortuitous, I found it neceffary to diftinguilh thofe irregularities that are inherent in our tongue, and perhaps coeval with it, from
others.which the ignorance or negligence of later writers has
has its anomalies,

produced.
Every language
which, though inconvenient, and in themfelves once unneceffary, muft be tolerated among the imperfections of human things, and which require only to be
regiflered, that they may not be increafed, and afcertained, that they may not be confounded: but every language has likewife its improprieties and abfurdities,
which it is the duty of the lexicographer to correct or proscribe.

As language was at its beginning merely oral, all words of neceflary or common ufe were fpoken before they were written ; and while they were unfixed
by any vifible figns, muft have been fpoken with
great diverfity, as we now obferve thofe who cannot read to catch founds imperfectly, and utter them
this wild and barbarous
negligently.
jargon was firft reduced to an alphabet, every penman endeavoured to exprefs, as he could, the founds which he was accuftomed to
or to receive, and vi-

When

pronounce

tiated in writing fuch words as were

The powers of the letters, when they
already vitiated in fpeech.
were applied to a new language, muft have been
and
and therefore different hands would
unfettled,
vague
exhibit the fame found by different combinations,

From

PREFACE.
of the fame country, which
the various
pronunciation arife in a great part
dialects
and from this arbitrary
are
as
books
and
lefs
>fcrved to grow fewer,
different,
multiplied
in the Saxon remains,
obfervable
of
that
rc'irrfv-nt.uion of founds by letters, proceeds
fpelling
divcrfity
or
which
of
deftroys analogy, and produces anoand I fuppofc in the firft books
perplexes
every nation,
difmified or reformed.
be
afterwards
never
can
once
nulous formations, that, being
incorporated,

From

this uncertain

from
Jirngtb from ftrong, darling from dear, breadth
writes
for
in
zeal
which Milton,
analogy,
? to change all would be too much, and to change one is
una
de
plttribus
Jpinis
t\empia jnvat

Of this kind are the derivatives length from long,

JiW, from dry, drought, and from high, height,

%M

nothing.

ent
tlu

mod

are fo capriciou fly pronounced, and fo differfrequent in the Vowels, which

but in every mouth, that to
by accident or affectation, not only in every province,
of one language from
deduction
the
known to etymologifts, little regard is to be fhewn in
is

.veil

icr.

defects arc not crrours in orthography, but fpots of barbarity imprefied fo deep in the Englijh
thefe, therefore, muft be permitted to remain unlanguage, that criticifm can never wafh them away
hcd ; but many words have likcwife been altered by accident, or depraved by ignorance, as the profollowed ; and fome ftill continue to be varioufly written, as
has been
.on of the

Such

weakly
vulgar
authors differ in their care or fkill : of thefe it was proper to enquire the true orthography, which 1 have
referred them to their original lanalways confidered as depending on their derivation, and have therefore
and
incantation after the Latin thus
after
the
French,
guages : thus I write enchant, enchantment, enchanter,
buc from the French
Latin
die
from
it
to
not
us
e is chofcn rather than intire, becaufe
integer,
paffcxl
;

tntur.

whether they were immediately received from the Latin or the

It is,
French, fince at the time wjien we had dominions in France, we had Latin fervice in our churches.
however, my opinion, that the Frejtcb generally fupplied us; for we hav<f few Latin words, among the
terms of domeftick ufe, which are not French; but many French, which are very remote from Latin.

Of many

words

it

is

difficult to fay

Even in words of -which the derivation is apparent, I have been often obliged to facrifice uniformity to
cuflom ; thus I write, in compliance v.-ith a numberlefs majority, convey and inveigh, deceit and receipt,
as explain and explanation, repeat
fancy and phantom ; fometimes the derivative varies from the primitive,
ar.d repetition.

Some combinations of

letters

having the fame power, are ufed indifferently without any difcoverable
many others; which I have fometimes in-

as in cboak, choke-, Joap,fope; fewel, fuel, and

ice, that thofe who fearch for them under either form,

on of choice,

may not fearch in vain.

mode of fpelling by which

In examining the orthography of any doubtful word, the

of the dictionary, is to be confidered as that to which

it is

infmed

in the

give, perhaps not often rafhly, the preferhis

own
ence.
I have left, in the
to
author
practice unmolefted, that the reader may
every
examples,
is not
ir.ce fuffr.it-s, and
us
but
this
between
always to be determined by reputed or
judge
queftion
fome men, intent upon greater things, have thought little on founds and derivations;
ferics

n the ancient tongues, h

-

''ted

thofe in

which our words are commonly to be fought.

I
fuppofe he imagined
feajiblenefs, becaufe
.1
the Lai in ; and fonie words, fuch as dependant, dependent; dependance,
.;blc, as one or another language is prcfent to the writer.

it

derived
>:ce,

immediately

van.'

their final

In this part of the work, where caprice has long wantoned without controul, and vanity fought praife
rent e for
umation, I h.ivr endeavoured to proceed with a Ichol
antiquity, and a gramian's rrg.ml to the genius of our tongue.
I have attempted few alterations, and
among thofe few,
the
I
is from the modern to the ancient pr.irtice; and I
taps
greater part
hope
may be allowed to revhofe thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxioufly OB verbal fingulai itics, not
.

narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography of their fathers.

It has been
hw to be kntnsii, is of more importance than to be right. Change, 1'ivs Hooker, is
ithout inconvenience, even from worfe to better.
There is in conftancy and liability a general
'ing advantage, which will always overbalance the fiow improvements of gradual correction.
n

afT'

for the

Much

PREFACE.
Much lefs ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral utterance, or copy that
which every variation of time or place makes different from itfelf, and imitate thofe changes, which will
again be changed, while imitation is employed in obferving them.
This recommendation of fteadinefs and uniformity does not proceed from an opinion, that particular
letters have much influence on human happinefs ; or that truth may not be iuccefsfully
I am not yet fo loft in lexicography, as to forget that
taught by modes of fpelling fanciful and erroneous
wcrds are (be <hiughters of earth, and that things are the Jens of heaven. Language is only the inftrument
of fcience, and words are but the figns of ideas I wifh, however, that the inftrument might be lefs apt to
decay, and that figns might be permanent, like the things which they denote.
combinations of

In fettling the orthography, I have not wholly neglected the pronunciation, which I have directed,
by printing an accent upon the acute or elevated fyllable. It will fometimes be found, that the accent
is
placed by the author quoted, on a different fyllable from that marked in the alphabetical feries ; it is
then to be underftood, that cuftom has varied, or that the author has, in my opinion, pronounced wrong.
Short directions are fometimes given where the found of letters is irregular and if they are fometimes
oiniued, defect in fuch minute obfervations will be more eafily excufed, than fuperftuity.
;

In the inveftigation both of the orthography and fignifkation of words, their ETYMOLOGY was neceffarily to be considered, and they were therefore to be divided_ into primitives and derivatives.
primitive word, is that which can be traced no further to any Englijh root ; thus circumfpeff, circumvent, cirDericumftance, delude, concave, and complicate, though compounds in the Latin, are to us primitives.

vatives are all thofe that can be referred to

any

word

in Englijh

of greater fimplicity.

The derivatives I have referred to their primitives, with an accuracy fometimes needleis ; for who does
not fee that remotenefs comes from remote, lovely from love, concavity from concave, and demonftrative from
It is
demon/bate ? but this grammatical exuberance the fcheme of my work did not allow me to reprefs.
of great importance, in examining the general fabrick of a language, to trace one word from another, by
noting the ufual modes of derivation and inflection ; and uniformity muft be preferved in fyftemaucal
works, though fometimes at the expence of particular propriety.
other derivatives I have been careful to infert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and
of
verbs, which in the Teutonick dialects are very frequent, and, though familiar to thofe who
preterites
have always ufed them, interrupt and embarrafs the learners of our language.

Among

The two

languages from which our primitives have been derived are the Roman and Teutonick : under
comprehend the French and provincial tongues ; and under the Teutonick range the Saxon y
and
all their kindred dialects.
Moft of our polyfyllables are Roman, and our words of one fylGerman,

the

Roman

lable arc very often Teutonick.

In aligning the Roman original, it has perhaps fometimes happened that I have mentioned only the
the word was borrowed from the French; and confidering myfelf as employed only in the
, when

my own language, I have not been very fcareful'to obferve whether the Latin
or
the French elegant or obfolete.
.irbarous,

illuftration

of

word be pure

For the Teutonick etymologies I am commonly indebted to Junius and Skinner, the only names which I
have forborn to quote when I copied their books not that I might appropriate their labours or ufurp their
Of thefe, whom I
honours, but that I might fpare a general repetition by one general acknowledgment.
ought not to mention bur with the reverence clue to inftructors and benefactors, Junius appears to have
excelled in extent of learning, and Skinner in rectitude of underftanding.
Junius was accurately {killed in
all the northern
languages, Skinner probably examined the ancient and remoter dialects only by occafional
infpection into dictionaries but the learning of Junius is often of no other ufe than to fhow him a track by
which he may deviate from his purpofe, to which Skinner always prefies forward by the fhorteft way.
Skinner is often ignorant, but never ridiculous Junius is always full of knowledge; but his variety diftraifls
his
judgment, and his learning is very frequently difgraced by his abfurdities.
;

The

perhaps eafily reftrain their indignation, when they find the

comparifon but whatever reverence is due to his diligence, or his attainments, it can be no criminal degree of cenlbrioufnefs to charge that etymologift with
want of judgment, who can ferioufly derive dream from drama, becaufe life is a drama, and a drama is a
votaries of the northern

mufes

name of Junius thus degraded by

will not

a difaLivantageous

dream

REFACE.
dream

and who declares with a tone of defiance, that no

Jingle or Jolitary,

who

man

can

moan from /*<W, manor,

to derive

fail

confiders that grief naturally loves to be alone

northern literature is fo fcanty, that of words undoubtedly Teiitonick, the original is

not always to be found in any ancient language ; and I have therefore inferted Dutch or German fubftitutes,
which I confider not as radical, but parallel, not as the parents, but fifters of die Englifo.

Our knowledge of the

The words which

for

are reprefented as thus related by defcent or cognation, do not always agree in fenfe;
incident to words, as to their authors, to degenerate from their anceftors, and to change their manners
their country.
It is fufficient, in etymological enquiries, if the fenfes of kindred words
they

it is

when

change
be found fuch as may

The etymology,

eafily pafs into

referred to one general idea.

may both be

each other, or fuch as

it is
yet known, was eafily found in the volumes where it is particularly and
and,
;
by proper attention to the rules of derivation, the orthography was foon adBut to COLLECT the WORDS of our language was a tafk of greater difficulty : the deficiency of

fo far as

profeffedly delivered
jufted.
dictionaries

was immediately apparent ; and when they were exhaufted, what was yet wanting muft be
fought by
unguided excurfions into books, and gleaned as induftry fhould find, or chance
ihould offer it, in the boundlcfs chaos of a living fpeech. My fearch, however, has bten either fkilful or
lucky j for I have much augmented the vocabulary.
fortuitous and

defign was a dictionary, common or appellative, I have omitted all words which have relation to
proper names; fuch as Arian, Socinian, Cafoinift, BenediEline, Mahometan; but have retained thofe of at
more general nature, as Heathen, Pagan.

As my

Of

the terms of art I have received fuch as could

tionaries

and have often

inferted,

be found

from philofophical

writers,

books of fcience or technical dicwhich

are fupported perhaps only by
words
either in

a fingle authority, and which being not admitted into general ufe, ftand yet as candidates or probationers,
and muft depend for their adoption on the fuffrage of futurity.

The words which our authors have introduced by their knowledge of foreign languages, or ignorance
of their own, by vanity or wantonnefs, by compliance with fafhion or luft of innovation, I have regiftered
as they occurred, though commonly only to cenfure them, and warn others againft the folly of naturalizing
ufelefs foreigners to the injury of the natives.
I have not rejected any by defign, merely becaufe they were unneceflary or exuberant ; but have received thofe which by different writers have been differently formed, as vifcid, and vifcidity, vifcous, and
'vifcf/ity.

Compounded or double words I have feldom noted, except when they obtain a fignification different
from that which the components have in their fimple flate. Thus highwayman, woodman, and Iforfecourfer,
require an explanation ; but of thieflike or coachdriver no notice was needed, becaufe the primitives contain
the meaning of the compounds.

Words arbitrarily formed by a conftant and fettled analogy, like diminutive adjectives in i/h, as greenijk*
bluifh; adverbs in ly, as dully, openly, fubfb.utives in nefs, as vilenejs, faultinefs ; were lefs diligently fought,
anil fometimes have been omitted, when I had no authority that invited
to infert them ; not that they

me

That
I

I may not
appear to have fpoken too irreverently of
have here fubjoined a few fpecimcns of his etyinolo-

Junius,
gical extravagance.

BANISH,

Hl

religare, ex banna vel territcrio exigere,

in exil'uim

G. bannir. It. bandire, bande^giare. H. bandir. B. banncn. JEvi medii fcriptores bannire dicebant. V.
Spclm. in Bannum & in Banleuga. Quoniam vcro regionum urbiumq; limites

Agere.

:is

viarum amfmfubus mcludebantur, fieri

hmites tan dici ab eo quod Bamir.. &
B^.aTjai

tradit Hefychu,.,,
p* ^St/Tix.V V oo, "ohhquaj acminimc in
Ac fortafle quoque hue facit
i

dicebant tp,

r~r&,

^i

*
vocabkntur
reilum tendcntes vire."
.'

quod Bi,, eodem Hdychio

montcs arduos.

tefte,

emtie.^ara^, i,a,,n. A. S. JS.iKV.-f.. Nefcio an fmt

b tMpry,
vel ipM*. Vomo, evomo, vomitu evacuo. Videtur intcvim
etyraologiam hanc non obfcure .'iinjareeodex Rufli. Mat, xii. 22.

L L>

man ^

ex xeVi'i) vel
Horn. II. b.

{olli

811.

Collis,

xoXwvo?.

v.

JV'

Si

NAP>
S-

ta

take

hna;ppan.

^-^

hrt emeti5.

" Inve-

vider ; poteft ab fc jfl-um

tumulus, locus in piano editior.

Q^J

TI? Tfowo^oiSi

wo?i!o{

oumTa. x-jXin;.

xohvrn exp. TOTTO; u; o4/o{

in*u,

i^<>x'! -

ytu\^<>^

A-

^emoeteb

lL

Ubi authori brevium fcholiorum

plerurn.i; raontibus, altis fluminibus, longis deniq; Qcx-

fq; anguftiffimarum

ubi antique fcriptum.invenimus

" nit earn vacantem."

a aafi

D orm re
i

conttormifcere.

Cym.

heppian.

videri potcft di-iumptiim ex

nihil enim ieque folet conciliare

Quod poftremum

obfcuritas, teuebra:

omnunl) quim caliginofa profunds nodis obfcuritas.

_
,. r
c
, , ,,.
A c
S. rraSTAMMERER, Balbus Wsfus. Goth S
r
ftamr.
ftamder.
Su.
ftamrna.
B.
Sunt
ftam.
me n. I^amup. D.
a ruu.uhit'r vcl rw/^v^it, nimu loquacitate alios orrer.ai.-rc quod
j-

loquenrcs libentiflime garrire foleant ; vel (juoJ alib

feniper yideantur, etiam parciffime loquentcs.

mpe dite

are

PREFACE.
arc not genuine and regular offsprings of Englijh roots, but becaufe their relation to the primitive being
always the fame, their fignification cannot be miftaken.

The verbal nouns in ing, fuch as th keeping of the cajlle, the leading of the army, are always neglected,
or placed only to illuftrate the fenfe of the verb, except when they fignify things as well as actions, and
have therefore a plural number, as d-welling, living 5 or have an abfolute and abftract fignification, as colouring, painting, learning.

The

rather habit or quality than action, they take

participles are likewife omitted, unlefs, by fignifying
as
a.a
man
of
nature
of
the
prudence ; a pacing horfe, a horfe that can pace: thefe
adjectives ;
thinking man,
neither
are thefe always inferted, becaufe they are comto
call
But
ventured
I have
participial adjetthef.
of
to
be
without
miftake, by confulting the verb.
understood,
monly
any danger

Obfolete words are admitted, when they are found in authors not obfolete, or
or beauty that may deferve revival.

when they have any

force

one of the chief characterifticks of a language, I have endeavoured to make fbme

my predecefibrs, by inferting great numbers of compoundedfound under after, fore, new, night, fair, and many more. Thefe, numerous as they
are, might be multiplied, but that ufe anfl curiofity are here fatisfied, and the frame of our language and
modes of our combination amply difcovered.

As

compofition

is

reparation for the

words, as may be

univerfal negligence of

Of fome

forms of compofition, fuch as that by which re is prefixed to note repetition, and * to fignify
or
contrariety
privation, all the examples cannot be accumulated, becaufe the ufe of thefe particles, if not
wholly arbitrary, is fo little limited, that they are hourly affixed to new words as occafion requires, or is

imagined

to require

them.

There is another kind of compofition more frequent in our language than perhaps in any other, from
which ariies to foreigners the greateft difficulty. We modify the fignification of many words by a particle
as to come off, to eicape by a fetch ; to fall on, to attack j to fall off, to apoflatize
to break
fubjoined
to flop abruptly; to bear out, to julbfy; to fall in, to comply ; to give over, to ceafej to Jet off, to
off,
;

-,

to Jet in, to begin a continual tenour ; to Jet nut, to begin a courfe or journey; to lake off, t<5
embellifh
with innumerable exprefiions of the fame kind, of which fome appear widely irregular, being fo
;
far diftant from the fenfe of the fimple words, that no fagacity will be able to trace the fteps by which
;

copy

Thefe I have noted with great care; and though I cannot flatter myfelf
they arrived at the prefent ufe.
that the collection is complete, I believe I have fb far aflifted the ftudents of our language, that this kind
of phrafeology will be no longer infuperable ; and the combinations of verbs and particles, by chance
omitted, will be eafily explained by comparifon with thofe that may be found,
words yet ftand fupported only by the name of Bailey, ^in/worth, Philips, or the contracted ZX'<#.
of thefe I am not always certain that they are read in any book but the works
of lexicographers. Of fuch I have omitted many, becaufe I had never-read them ; and many I have inferted, becaufe they may perhaps exift, though they have efcaped my notice
they are, however, to be
Others, which I confidefed as ufeful,
yet confidered as rcfting only upon the credit of former dictionaries.
or know to be proper, though I could not at prefent fupport them by authorities, I have funwed to ftand
upon my own atrcfration, claiming the fame privilege with my predecefibrs, of being fometimes credited

Many

for Dictionaries fubjoined

'

without proof.

The

words, thus fclected and difpofcd, are grammatically confidered they are referred to the different
of
parts
fpeech traced, when they are irregularly inflected, through their various terminations-; and illuftratcd by obfervations, not indeed of great or frriking importance,
feparately confidered, but necefiary
to the elucidation of our language, and hitherto neglected or forgotten by Englijh grammarians.
;

That part of my work on which I expect malignity mofl frequently to faften, is the Explanation in
which I cannot hope to fatisfy thofe, who are perhaps not inclined to be pleafed, fince I have not always
been able to fatisfy myfelf.
To interpret a language by itfelf is very difficult ; many words cannot be
the idea fignified by them has not more than one
becaufe
explained by fynonimes,
appellation ; nor by
ideas
cannot be defcrib'ed. When the nature of things is unknown, or the
paraphrafe, becaufe fimple
notion unfcttled and indefinite, and various in various minds, the words by which fuch notions are conAnd fuch is the fate of haplefs lexicoveyed, or fuch things denoted, will be ambiguous and perplexed.
that
not
but
and
diftrefies
it
.graphy,
only darknefs,
light, impedes
things may be not only too little, but
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To explain, requires the ufe of terms lefs abftrufe than tlut
ami fuch terms cannot always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but the
fuppofing fomething intuitively known, and evident without proof, fo nothing can be defined but by die
ufc of words too plain to admit a definition.

too

much known,

which

is

to be happily illultrated.

to be explained,

Other words there are, of which the fenfe is too fubtle and evanefcent to be fixed in a paraphrafe ; fuch
all thofe which are by the
grammarians termed expletives, and, in dead languages, are fuffered to pafs
for empty founds, of no other ufe than to fill a verfe, or to modulate a period, but which are
eafily perceived in living tongues to have power and emphafis, though it be fometimes fuch as no other form of

are

expreflion can convey.

My labour
of which the

has likewife been

fignification

is

much

fo loofe

of verbs too frequent in the Englijb language,

vague and indeterminate, and the fenfes dehard to tract them through the maze of variation, to catch

incrcafed

by a

clafs

and general, the ufe

fo

torted fo widely from the firft idea, that it is

them on the brink of utter inanity, to circumfcribe

words of diftinct and

take, turn,

throw.

them by any limitations, or interpret them by any

are
fuch
come, caft,full, get, give, do, put, Jet, go, run, make,
bear,
break,
meaning;
If of thefe the whole power is not accurately delivered, it muft be remembered,
fettled

that while our language is yet living, and variable by the caprice of every one that fpeaks it, thefe words
are hourly fhifting their relations, and can no more be afcertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in die agitation of a ftorm, can be accurately delineated from its pifture in the water.

The

among all nations applied with fo great latitude, that they are not eafily reducible under
fcheme
of
this difficulty is not lefs, nor perhaps greater, in Englijh, than in other
any regular
explication
I
have
laboured
with
them
languages.
diligence, I hope with fuccefs ; fuch at leaft as can be expected in
a taflc, which no man, however learned or fagacious, has yet been able to perform.
particles are

Some words there are which I cannot explain, becaufe I do not underftand them ; thefe might have
been omitted very often with little inconvenience, but I would not fo far indulge my vanity as to decline
this confeffion
for when Tully owns himfelf ignorant whether leffus, in the twelve tables, means a funeral
or
mourning garment ; and Arijlatle doubts whether ou^ ju;, in the Iliad, fignifies a mule, or muleteert
fong,
I may furely, without fhame, leave fome obfcurities to happier induftry, or future information.
:

The

rigour of interpretative lexicography requires that tbe explanation, and the word explained, Jhould be
Words are feldom extlways reciprocal diis I have always endeavoured, but could not always attain.
actly fynonimous; a new term was not introduced, but becaufe the former was thought inadequate:
names, therefore, have often many ideas, but few ideas have many names. It was then neceffary to ufe
the proximate word, for the deficiency of fingle terms can very feldom be fupplied by circumlocution ;
nor is the inconvenience great of fuch mutilaced interpretations, becaufe the fenfe may eafily be collected
-,

entire

from the examples.

In every word of extenfive ufe, it was requifite to mark the progrefs of its meaning, and {how by what
gradations of intermediate fenfe it has pafled from its primitive to its remote and accidental fignification ;
fo that every foregoing explanation fhould tend to that which follows, and die feries be regularly concatenated from thc~firit notion to tbe laft.

This is fpecious, but not always practicable ; kindred fenfes may be fo interwoven, that the perplexity
cannot be difentangled, nor any reafon be alTigned why one fhould be ranged before the other.
When the
radical idea branches out into parallel ramifications, how can a confecutive feries be formed of fenfes in
the ir nature collateral ? The fhades of meaning fometimes pafs imperceptibly into each other ; fo that
though on one fide they apparently xlifier, yet it is impoflible to mark the point of contact. Ideas of the
fame race, though not exactly alike, are fometimes fo little different, that no words can exprefs the difllmiand fometimes there is fuch
litude, though the mind eafily perceives it, when they are exhibited together
a confufion of acceptations, that difcernment is wearied, and diflinction puzzled, and perfeverance herfelf
hurries to an end, by crowding together what flie cannot feparate.
;

Thefe complaints of difficulty will, by thofe that have never confidcred words beyond their popular ufe,
be thought only the jargon of a man willing to magnify his labours, and procure veneration to his fhidies
by involution and obfcurity. But every art is obfcure to thofe that have not learned it this uncertainty of
terms, and commixture of ideas, is well known to diofe who have joined philofophy with grammar; and if
I have
:

PREFACE.
I

have not exprefled them very clearly,

it

muft be remembered

that I

am

fpeaking of that which words are

infufficient to explain.

out of ufe by theif metaphorical acceptations, yet muft be

original fenfe of words is often driven
Thus I know not whether ardour is ufed for material heat,
a
for
fake
of
the
inferted
regular origination.
or whether flagrant, in Englijh, ever fignifies the fame with burning ; yet fuch are the primitive ideas of thefe
words, which are therefore fet firft, though without examples, that the figurative fenfes may be commo-

The

dioufly deduced.
the exuberance of fignifkation which many words have obtained, that jt was fcarccly poifible to
collect all their ft-nfes ; fometimes the meaning of derivatives muft be fought in the mother term, and
In any cafe
fometimes deficient explanations of the primitive may be fupplied in the train of derivation.
fome
words
of
the
fame
race
for
will
examine
all
words
be always proper to
the
of doubt or difficulty, it
;

Such

is

are flightly pafled over to avoid repetition, fome admitted eafier and clearer explanation than others,
will be better underftood, as they are confidered in greater variety of ftructures and relations.

and

all

All the interpretatipns of words are not written with the fame flcill, or the fame happinefs : things equally
Every writer of a long work commits
eafy in themfelves, are not all equally eafy to any fingle mind.
errours, where there appears neither ambiguity to miflead, nor obfcurity to confound him ; and in a fearch
like this, many felicities of exprefiion will be cafually overlooked, many convenient parallels will be

and many particulars

performance.
forgotten,

will

admit improvement from

mind utterly-unequal

to the

whole

But many feeming faults are to be imputed rather to the nature of the undertaking, than the negligence
of the performer. Thus fome explanations are unavoidably reciprocal or circular, as hind, the female of
the flag; Jlag, the male of the hind: fometimes eafier words are changed into harder, as burial into fepulture or interment, drier into deftccative, drynefs into Jiccity or aridity, fit into paroxyfm for the eafieft word,
whatever it be, can never be tranflated into one more eafy.
But eafinefs and difficulty are merely relative,
and if the prefent prevalence of our language fhould invite foreigners to this dictionary, many will be afFor this reafon I have enfifted by thofe worde which now feem only to increafe or produce obfcurity.
deavoured frequently to join a Teutonick and Roman interpretation, as to CHEER, to gladden, or exhilarate,
that every learner of Englijh may be affifted by his own tongue.
;

The

folution of

all difficulties,

and the fupply of

all

muft be fought

defects,

in the

examples, fubjoined

to the various fenfes of each word, and ranged according to the time of their authors.

When

was defirous that every quotation ftiould be ufeful to fome

therefore extracted from philofophers principles of fcience ;
from hiftorians remarkable facts ; from chymifts complete procefies from divines ftriking exhortations ;
and from poets beautiful defcriptions. Such is defign, while it is yet at a diftance from execution*
When the time called upon me to range this accumulation of elegance and wifdom into an alphabetical
feries, 1 foon difcovered that the bulk of my volumes would fright away the ftudent, and was forced to
depart from my fcheme of including all that was pkafing or ufeful in Englijh literature, and reduce my
trar.\cripts very often to clufters of words, in which fcarcely any meaning is retained ; thus to the wearinefs
of copying, I was condemned to add the vexation of expunging.
Some pafTuges I have yet fpared, which
relieve
the
labour
of
verbal
and
with
verdure
and flowers the dufty defarts of
fearches,
may
interfperfe
I firft collected thefe

authorities,

other end than the illuftration of a word

barren philology.

The examples,

thus mutilated, are no longer to be confidered as conveying the fentiments or doctrine

word for the fake of which they are inferted, with all its appendant claufes, has been
carefully preferved ; but it may fometimes happen, by hafty detruncation, that the general tendency of
the fentence may be changed
the divine may defert his tenets, oj: the philofopher his Tyilem.

of

their authors

the

Some of the examples have been taken from writers who were never mentioned as matters of elegance
or models of llyle but words muft be fought where they are ufcd
and in what pages, eminent for purity,
can terms of manufacture or agriculture be found? Many quotations ferve no other purpofe, than that
of proving the bare exiftence of words, and are therefore felected with leis fcrupulouihefs than thofe which
;

arc to teach their ftructures and relations.

My
that

purpofe was to admit no teftimony of living authors, that I might not be mifled by partiality, and
my contemporaries might have reafon to complain nor have I departed from this refolution,
but
i> 2

none of

PREFACE.
but when fome performance of uncommon excellence excited my veneration, when my Ytiemofy fuppliecf
me, from late books, with an example that was wanting, or -when my heart, in the tendernefs of friendfhip,
folicited admiffion for a favourite name.
been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have ftudioufly endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from die writers before the reftoration, whofe works I refor almoft
gard as the wells of Englifi undefiled, as the pure fources of genuine diction. Our language,
from
its
been
of
the
concurrence
a century, has, by
original Teutonick
many caufes,
gradually departing
from
which
it
and
a
ftructure
towards
Callick
jcharacter, and deviating
ought to be our enphrafeology,
of
volumes
the
ancient
to
recal
our
deavour
it, by making
ftyle, admitting among the adground-work
ditions of later times, only fuch as may fupply real deficiencies, fuch as are readily adopted by the genius
of our tongue, and incorporate eafily with our native idioms.

So

far

have

of rudenefs antecedent to perfection, as well as of falfe refinement and

have been cautious left my zeal for antiquity might drive me into times too remote, and
crowd my book with words now no longer underftood. I have fixed Sidney's work for the boundary, beauthors which rofe in the time of Elizabeth, a fpeech might
yond which Imake few excurfions. From the
be formed adequate to all th& purpofes of ufe and elegance. If the language of theology were extracted
from Hooker and the tranflation of the Bible ; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon , the phrafes of
the dialect of poetry and fiction from Sfenfer and Sidney ; and
fx>licy, war, and navigation from Raleigh ;
diction
of
common
life
from
the
Sbakejpeafe, few ideas would be loft to mankind, for want of EngKJh words,
in which they might be exprefled.

But

as every language has a time

declenfion,

not fufficient that a word is found, unlefs it be fo combined as that its meaning is apparently detertract and tenour of the fentence ; fuch paflages I have therefore chofen, and when it happened
rhat any author gave a definition of a term, or fuch an explanation as is equivalent to a definition, I have
placed his authority as a fupplement to my own, without regard to the chronological order, that is otherwife obferved.
It

is

rtnined

by the

Some words, indeed, ftand unfupported by any audiority, but they are commonly derivative nouns, or
adverbs, formed from their primitives by regular and conftant analogy, or names of things feldom occurring in books, or words of which I have reafon to doubt the exiftence.
There is more danger of cenfure from the multiplicity than paucity of examples ; authorities will
fometimes feem to have been accumulated without neceffity or ufe, and perhaps fome will be found, which
But a work of this kind is not haftily to be charged with
might, without lofs, have been omitted.
:
thofe
or unfkilful perufers appear only to repeat the fame
which
carelefs
to
fuperfluities
quotations,
fenfe, will often exhibit, to a more accurate examiner, diverfities of fignification, or, at leaft, afford different
lhades of the fame meaning: one will fliew the word applied to perfons, another to things; one will exprefs an ill, another a good, and a third a neutral fenfe ; one will prove the exprefTion genuine from an
ancient author ; another will fhew it elegant from a modern
a doubtful authority is corroborated by
another of more credit ; an ambiguous fentence is afcertained by a paffage clear and determinate ; the
word, how often foever repeated, appears with new afTociates and in different combinations, and every quotation contributes Ibmething to the (lability or enlargement of the
language.
:

When
them

words are ufed equivocally,

I receive

them

in either fenfe

when they

are metaphorical, I adopt

in their primitive acceptation.

hare fometimes, though rarely, yielded to the temptation of exhibiting a genealogy of fentiments, by
(hewing how one author copied the thoughts and diction of another: fuch quotations are indeed little more
than repetitions, which might juftly be ceniured, did they not gratify the mind, by affording a kind of inI

tellectual hiftory.

The

various fyntactical ftructures

occurring in the examples have been carefully noted 5 the licence or
negligence with which many words have been hitherto ufed, has made our ftyle capricious and indeterminate ; when the different combinations of the fame word are exhibited together, the preference is
readily
given to propriety, and I have often endeavoured to direct the choice.

Thus have I laboured by fettling the orthography, difplaying the analogy, regulating the ftructures, and
afceruining the fignification of Mnglijb words, to perform all the parts of a faithful lexicographer : but I
hav

PREFACE.
The work, whatever proofs
expectations.
of
many improvements: the orthography which
may exhibit,
yet capable
I recommend is ftill controvertible, the etymology which I adopt is uncertain, and perhaps frequently erroneous > the explanations are fometimes too much contracted, and fometimes too much diffufed, the
are diftinguiftied rather with fubtilty than fkill, and the attention is harafied with unneceflary

have not Always executed

of diligence and attention

my own

fcheme, or

fatisfied

my own

is

it

fignifications

minutenefs.
are too often injudicioufly truncated, and perhaps fometimes, I hope very rarely, alleged
in a miftaken fenfe ; for in making this collection I trufted more to memory, than, in a ftate of difquiet and
can contain, and purpofed to fupply at the review what was left incomplete in the
embarraffment,

The examples

memory

firft

tranfcription.

Many
omitted

terms appropriated to particular occupations, though neceflary and fignificant, are undoubtedly
and of the words moft ftudioufly confidered and exemplified, many fenfes have efcaped ob-

fervation.

however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted

undertakes it To reft
always laudable, even when the enterprize is above the ftrength that
below his own aim is incident to every one whofe fancy is active, and whofe views are comprehenfive ;
nor is any man fatisfied with himfelf becaufe he has done much, but becaufe he can conceive little.
When firft I engaged in this work, I refolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and pleafed
the obfcure
myfelf with a profpect of the hours which I ftiould revel away in feafts of literature,
recefTes of northern learning which I ftiould enter and ranfack, the treafures with which I expected
with which I ftiould difevery fearch into thofe neglected mines to reward my labour, and the triumph
to
mankind.
When
I had thus enquired into the original of words, I refolved to
play my acquifitions
to pierce deep into every fcience, to enquire the nature of every
ftiow likewife my attention to things
fubftance of which I inferted the name, to limit every idea by a definition ftrictly logical, and exhibit every
that my book might be in place of all other dictioproduction of art cr nature in an accurate defcription,
But thefe were the dreams of a poet doomed at laft to wake a
naries whether appellative or technical.

Yet

much

thefe

failures,

is

I foon found that it is too late to look for inftruments, when the work calls for execution,
and that whatever abilities I had brought to my tafk, with thofe I muft finally perform it. To deliberate
whenever I doubted, to enquire whenever I was ignorant, would have protracted the undertaking without
end, and, perhaps, without much improvement ; for I did not find by my firft experiments, that what I
had not of my own was eafily to be obtained I faw that one enquiry only gave occafion to another, that
book referred to book, that to fearch was not always to find, and to find was not always to be informed ;
and that thus to purfue perfection, was, like the firft inhabitants of Arcadia, to chafe the fun, which,
when they had reached the hill where he fcemed to reft, was ftill beheld at the fame diftance from them.

lexicographer.

then contracted

my

defign, determining to confide in myfelf,

and no longer to folicit auxiliaries, which

leaft one advantage, that I fee limits to

produced more incumbrance than afliftance by this I obtained at

my work, which would in time be ended, though not completed.
:

Defpondency has never fo far prevailed as to deprefs me to negligence ; fome faults will at laft appear
The nice and fubtle ramifications of
to be the effects of anxious diligence and perfevering activity.
avoided
a
mind
intent
not
were
by
upon accuracy, and convinced of the necefllty of difeafily
meaning
and
fimilitudes.
Many of the diftinctions, which to common readers
fcparating
entangling combinations,
real
will
be
found
and
ufelefs
and
Idle,
important by men verfed in the fchool philofophy, without:
appear
which no dictionary can ever be accurately compiled, or fkilfully examined.

Some

however there

which, though not the fame, are yet fo nearly allied, that they are
often confounded.
Moft men think indiftinctly, and therefore cannot fpeak-with exactnefs; and conthis uncertainty is not to be
fequently fome examples might be indifferently put to either fignification
teach
men how they ftiould
the
who
do
not
but
language ;
regifter
imputed to me, who do not form,
their
have
hitherto
think, but relate how they
thoughts.
exprefTcd
fenfes

are,

will be comimperfect fenfe of fome examples I lamented, but could not remedy, and hope they
exactnefs
fome
with
and
with
fclechd
innumerable
;
preferred
propriety,
paffages
penfated by
fhining
with fparks of imagination, and fome replete with treafures of wifdom.

The

The orthography and etymology, though imperfect, are not imperfect for want of care, but becaufe
care will not always be fucce&ful, and recolle&iwi or information come too late for ufe.
Thai

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and manufacture are omitted, muft be frankly acknowledged but for this
may bokily allege that it was unavoidable: I could not vifit caverns to learn the miner's
the dialed of navigation, nor vifit the warehoufes
language, nor take a voyage to perfect my {kill in
of merchants, and (hops of artificers, to gain the names of wares, tools and operations, of which no
mention is found in books what favourable accident, or eafy enquiry brought within my reach, has
not been neglected ; but it had been a hopclefs labour to glean up words, by courting living information, and contefting with die fullenncfs of one, and the roughnefs of another.

That many terms of

defect

art

To

furnifh the academicians della Crufca with words of this kind, a feries of comedies called lei
or
(be Fair, was profefledly written by Buonaroti ; but I had no fuch afliftant, and therefore
Fiera,
w as content to want what they muft have wanted likewife, had they not luckily been fo fupplied.

words which are not found in the vocabulary, to be lamented as omifiions. Of the
laborious and mercantile part of the people, the diction is in a great meafure cafual and mutable ; many
of their terms are formed for fome temporary or local convenience, and though current at certain times
and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a ftate of increafe or
a language, and therefore muft be
decay, cannot be regarded as any part of the durable materials of
fuffered to perifli with other things unworthy of prefervation.

Nor

are

all

Care -will fometimes betray to the appearance of negligence. He that is catching opportunities which
feldom occur, will fuffer thofe to pafs by unregarded, which he expects hourly to return ; he that is fearchand familiar thus many of the moft
jng for rare and remote things, will neglect thofe that are obvious
little
have
been
inferted
with
common and curfory words
illuftration, becaule in gathering the authorities,
whenever they were wanted. It is remarkto
occur
which
I
I forbore to copy thofe
thought likely
SEA
word
found
the
I
able that, in reviewing my collection,
unexemplified.
:

in things eafy from

happens, that in things difficult there is danger from ignorance, and
the mind, afraid of greatnefs, and difdainful of littlenefs, haftily withdraws herfelf from
with fcornful rapidity over tafks not adequate to her powers, fometimes too
painful fearches, and pafles
fecure for caution, and again too anxious for vigorous effort ; fometimes idle in a plain path, and fome-

Thus

it

confidence

times diftracted in labyrinths, and difiipated by different intentions.

A large work

is difficult becaufe it is
large, even though all its parts might fingly be performed with
to
be done, each muft be allowed its fhare of time and labour,
are
where
there
many things
facility
in the proportion only which it bears to the whole ; nor can it be expected, that the ftones which form
the dome of a temple, Ihould be fquared and polilhed like the diamond of a ring.
;

Of the event of this work, for which, having laboured it with fo much application, I cannot but
have fome degree of parental fondnefs, it is natural to form conjectures. Thofe who have been perfuaded to think well of my defign, will require that it fhould fix our language, and put a ftop to
thofe alterations which time and chance have hitherto been fuffered to make in it without oppofition.
"With this confequence I will confefs that I flattered myfelf for a while but now begin to fear that I
When we fee men grow old
h.ive indulged expectation which neither reafon r.or experience can juftify.
and die at a .certain time one after another, from century to cenrury, we laugh at the elixir that promifes
to pralong life to a thoufand years ; and with equal juftice may the lexicographer be derided, who
being able to produce no example of a nation that has preferved their words and phrafes from mutability,
that his dictionary can embalm his language, and fecure it from corruption and
/hall
decay,
imagine
that it is in his power to change fubiunary nature, and clear the world at once from folly, vanity, and
;

affectation.,

\Vith this hope, however, academies have been inftituted, to guard the avenues of their
languages,
<o retail* fugitives, and repulfe intruders ; but their vigilance and activity have hitherto been vain ;
founds are too volatile and fubtile for legal reftraints to enchain fyllables, and to lafh the wind, are
The French language
equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to meafure its defires by its ftrc'ngth.
h.'.s
the
of
the
the
of
under
Amdofs
tranQation
of father Paul
vilibly changed
infpection
academy;
ftyle
and no Italian will maintain, that the diction of
Is obferved by Le Courayer to be vn feu fajfe
any
modern writer is not perceptibly different from that of Boccaee, Macbiavel, or Caro.
;

Total and fudden transformations of a language feldom happen conqucfts and migrations are now
very jrare : but there arc other caufes of change, which, though flow in their operation, and inv.ifible in
j

their

FACE.

human refiflance, as the revolutions of the (ky, of

however
Commerce,
necefTary, however lucrative, as it depraves the manners,
have
that
the
language ; they
frequent intercourfe with ftrangers, to whom they endeavour to
corrupts
muft
time
learn
a mingled dialect, like the jargon which ferves the traffickers
in
accommodate themfelves,
coafts.
This
will not always be confined to the exchange, the warehoufe,
and
Indian
Mediterranean
die
on
or the port, but wi'l be communicated by degrees to other ranks of the people, and be at lalt incorporated
their progrefs, are

intumefcence of the

perhaps as

much

fuperiour to

tide.

with the current fpeech.

The language moft likely to continue long

caufes equally forcible.
a
raifed
a
nation
without alteration, would be that of
little, and but a little, above barbarity, fecluded
in
the
conveniencies of life ; either without books, or,
from ftrangers, and totally employed
procuring
There

are

likewife

internal

fome of 'the Mahometan countries, with very few men thus bufied and unlearned, having only fuch
words as common ufe requires, would perhaps long continue to exprefs the fame notions by the fame
But no fuch conftancy can be expected in a people polifhed by arts, and clafled by fubordination,
figns.
Thofe
one
where
part of the community is fuftained and accommodated by the labour of the other.
the
and
be
flock
of
leifure
to
will
increafe
of
have
much
who
ideas;
think,
always
enlarging
every
or
of
will
new
combinations
words.
When
whether
real
or
the
words,
fancied,
produce
knowledge,
mind is unchained from neceffity, it will range after convenience > when it is left at large in the fields
of fpeculation, it will fhift opinions as any cuftom is difufed, the words that expreffed it muft perifh withit ; as any
opinion grows popular, it will innovate fpeech in the fame proportion as it alters practice.
fike

As by the cultivation of various fciences a language is amplified, it will be more furnifhed with
words deflected from their original fenfe ; the geometrician will talk of a courtier's zenith, or the
eccentrick virtue of a wild hero, and the phyfician of fanguine expectations and phlegmatick delays.
Copioufnefs of fpeech will give opportunities to capricious choice, by which fome words will be preferred, and others degraded; viciffitudes of fafhion will enforce the ufe of new, or extend the fignificatioa
of known terms. The tropes of poetry will make hourly encroachments, and the metaphorical will.
become the current fenfe: pronunciation will be varied by levity or ignorance, and the pen mult
at length comply with the tongue ; illiterate writers will, at one time or other, by publick infatuation,
rife into renown, who, not knowing the
original import of words, will ufe them with colloquial ficenconfound
and
As politenefs increafes, fome exprefTion* will be
tioufnefs,
diftindtion,
forget propriety.
confidered as too grofs and vulgar for the delicate, others as too formal and ceremonious for the gay
and airy; new phrafes are therefore adopted, which muft, for the fame reafons, be in time difmifieci.
Swift, in his petty treatife on ihe f Et/t/b language, allows that new words muft fometimes be introduced, but propofes that none fhould be fuffered to become obfolete. But what makes a word obfolete,
more than general agreement to forbear it ? and how (hall it be continued, when it conveys an offenfiveidea, or recalled again into the mouths of mankind, when it has once become unfamiliar by difufe, and
unpleafing by unfamiliarity

There is another caufe of alteration more prevalent than any other, which yet in the prefent ftate of the
world cannot be obviated.
mixture of two languages will produce a third diftinct from both, and
will
they
always be mixed, where the chief part of education, and the moft confpicuous accomplishment,
is (kill in ancient or in
He that has long cultivated another language, will find its
foreign tongues.
words and combinations crowd upon his memory ; and hafte and negligence, refinement and affectation;,
will obtrude borrowed terms and exotick exprefllons.

No

The great peft of fpeech is frequency of tranflation.

book was ever turned from one language intothis is the moft mifchievous and
another, without imparting fomething of its native idiom
comprehenfive innovation ; fingle words may enter by thoufands, and the fabrick of the tongue continue the fame;
-,

but new phrafeology changes much at once ; it alters not the fingle ftones of the building, but the order
if an academy fhould be eftablifhed for the cultivation of our ftyle, which I, who can?
of the columns,
never wifh to fee dependance multiplied, hope the fpirft of Englijb liberty will hinder or deftroy, let them,
inftead of compiling grammars and dictionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to flop the licence of
tranflators, whofe idlenefs and ignorance, if it be fuflfered to proceed, will reduce us to. babble a dialect:
of France.
If the changes that we fear be thus irrefiftible, what remains but to acquiefce with filentre, as in the other
insurmountable diftrefles of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we palliate
what we cannot cure. Life may be lengthened by care, though death cannot be ultimately defeated ,5
5

tongues*

PREFACE.
to degeneration
tongues, like governments, have a natural tendency
for
our
fome
us
make
let
tution,
language.
ftruggles

we have long prefcrved our confiU

In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this
book, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may po longer yield the palm of philology,
without a conteft, to the nations of the continent. The chief glory of every people arifes from its authors : whether I fhall add any thing by my own writings to the reputation of Englijh literature, muft be
much of my life has been loft under the preflbres of difeafe ; much has been trifled away ;
left to time
and much has always been fpent in provifion for the day that was pafiing over me ; but I fhall not think
my employment ufelefs or ignoble, if by my afliftance foreign nations, and diftant ages, gain accefs to
the propagators of knowledge, and underftand the teachers of truth ; if my labours afford light to die
add celebrity to Bacon, to Hooker, to Milion, and to Style.
repofitories of fcience, and

<

I am animated by this wifh, I look with pleafure on my book, however defective, and deliver
That it will immediately become
to the world with the fpirit of a man that has endeavoured welL
I have not promifed to myfelf : a few wild blunders, and rifible abfurdities, from which no work
popular

"When

it

and harden ignorance in

multiplicity was ever free, may for a time furnifh folly with laughter,
will
at
laft prevail, and there never can be wanting fome who diftinguifh
ufeful
but
;
diligence
contempt
defert ; who will confider that no dictionary of a living tongue ever can be perfect, fince while it is haftening to publication, fome words are budding, and fome falling away that a whole life cannot be fpent upon
fyntax and etymology, and that even a whole life would not be fufficient ; that he, whofe defign includes
whatever language can exprefs, muft often fpeak of what he does not underftand , that a writer will

of fuch

fometimes be hurried by eagernefs to the end, and fometimes faint with wearinefs under a talk, which
of the anvil and the mine that what is obvious is not always known,
Scaliger compares to the labours
and what is known is not always prefent ; that fudden fits of inadvertency will furprize vigilance, flight
avocations will feduce attention, and cafual eclipfes of the mind will darken learning ; and that the writer
fhall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need, for that which yefterday he knew with intuitive readinefs, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts to-morrow.
;

work, when it fliall be found that much is omitted, let it not t>e forgotten that much likewife
performed ; and though no book was ever fpared out of tendernefs to the author, and the world is
little felicitous to know whence proceeded the faults of that which it condemns ; yet it may
gratify curiowas
with
that
the
written
little afliftance of the learned, and without
to
inform
it,
Dictionary
Englijh
firy
any patronage of the great 5 not in the foft obfcuriries of retirement, or under the (helter of academick
It may reprefs the
bowers, but amidft inconvenience and diftraction, in ficknefs and in fomw.
triumph
of malignant criticifm to obferve, that if our language is not here fully difplayed, I have only failed in an
If the lexicons of ancient tongues, now imattempt which no human powers have hitherto completed.
mutably fixed, and comprized in a few volumes, be yet, after the toil of fucceffive ages, inadequate and
if the aggregated knowledge, and co-operating diligence of the Italian academicians, did not
dclufive
if the embodied critjcks of France, when
fecure them from the cenfure of Beni
fifty years had been
were
their
to
work,
obliged
change its ceconomy, and give their fecond edition another form,
fpent upon
I may furely be contented without the prsiife of perfection, which, if I could obtain, in this
gloom of folitude, what would it avail me ? I have protracted my work till moft of thofe whom I wifhcd to pleafe
have funk into the grave, and fuccefs and miicarriage are empty founds : I therefore dilrnifs. it with frigid,
tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from cenfure or from praifc.
In

this

is

THE

THE

HISTORY
OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
the Britains

THOUGH
firft

pofiefibrs

of

or Weljh were the

this ifland,

whofe names

are recorded, and are therefore in civil hiftory always confidered as the predeceflbrs of the
prefent inhabitants; yet the deduction of the Eng-

language, from the earlieft times of which we

have any knowledge to its preient ftate, requires
no mention of them: for we have fo few words
which can, with any probability, be referred to Britijh roots, that we juftly regard the Saxons and Weljh
as nations totally diftinct. It has been conjectured,
lijh

that

when

the Saxons feized this country, they fufamong them in a ftate of

fered the Britains to live

employed in the culture of the ground,

and other laborious and ignoble fervices. But it is
fcarctly poffible, that a nation, however deprefled,
fhould have been mixed with another in confidcrable numbers without fome communication of their
tongue, and therefore, it may, with great reafon, be
imagined, that thofe, who were not fheltered in the
vaflalage,

mountains,

periftre d

by the iword.
fabrick and fcheme of the Englijh
Gothick or Teutonick : it is a dialect of

The whole

language is
that tongue, which prevails over all the northern
countries of Europe, except thofe where the Sclavonian is fpoken.
Of theie languages Dr. Hickes
has thus exhibited the genealogy.

GOTHICK,
1

ANGLO-SAXON,
Dutch
Frifick,
fc.nglifli,

THE HISTORY OF THE

CAP.

or imitation of
appears by k ng Alfred's paraphrafe
I have fewhich
and
his
Ihort
Bcettius,
;

DA

preface,

letted as the

firft

fpecimen of ancient Engltjb.

C A

P.

Ac he ba -rehar rpiSe ypele Selsr re.

T rp^e PP4 e Teentoo?)e mib maneTum mane,
4 psr ro eacan ofpum unapimet)um yplum. f he
lohanner bone papan her oprlean. Da p.pr rum

/pe heperoha har-b. Boeriup pasp

re vxr in boccpceprum -3 on popult)
beapumpepihrpirepra. 8e Sa onrear pa manijpe.ilmn ypel be re cynmr Deojpic pip pam

conrul.

haren.

Epiprenant)ome -} pib pam Romanircum pirum

ealDyce. he pa -remunt5e apa epneppa ^ papa

fcpihra$ehiunt>ep3amEarepumhaspt>onheopa
DJ onjan he pmeajan ] leopmTan on him pelpum hu he fpice 8am unpihrpipan
cymnTe apeppan mihre. T on pyhr 5eleappulpa anb on pihrpippa anpalb jebpmjan. Senfce
ro
pa bi-rellice spenbreppiru ro pam Eapepe
heah
tonrranrmopolim. pxp ip Epeca
bupj ]
heopa cyneprol. pop bam pe Dapepe pjep heopa
he him ro
ealbhlapoptt cynnep. b^bon hme p.-er
ro
-]
heopa ealfcpihrum jeheopa Epipren-oome
pulrumebe. Da J5 onrear pe paslhpeopa cynmj
Deobpic. *a hsr he hme Tebpmgan on capcepne
Da Inr a jelomp
inne belucan.
j-e
-] top
appyp*a pap on ppa nvcelpe neapaneppe beealT>hlapopt>um.

-JJ

he ppa micle ppiSop on hip COotoe

ro p im
rebpepeb. ppa hir OOofc tep ppiSon
he
3a
nanpe
popult) ps pum unjepot) pasp. ]
ppoppe be mnan pain cap ,epne ne jemunbe. ac
he sepeoll nipol op t>une on pa plop, -j hme
anb opmob hme pelpne
.-iprpehre ppipe unpor.
-}

pup pmgenbe cpep.

lurr'.rrphce

j^p^

] jijMChtv- op
^
coplice punt>e. ac ic nu^pepentoe
Tepatmi popfca
rmrpo. me ablenfcan bar unrer'
]o
me j, a fcoAi
g* ^
}

on

beon.

ponjan pepan

(C

ni -, mit)
pI1
rp un
rceal nu
t>um popt>um jererran. beah ic jeo npilum je-

/-\N Sspe rbe pe Goran O F SiBSiu mrrjpe

Komana pice jepm upahopon. -]
pip
heopa cynmjum. Rxbjora ant) Gallepica pEEpon
Romane bupi 3 abparcon. anb call
harae.
munrum ] i
p.ce jJ ij- berpux pam
ealonte in anpalb jepehron. ] pa stjrep pam
ro pam
poperpjtecenan cynm^um Deotjp.c penj
he
e
ilcan p:ce.
Deobpic paT Amulmja.
r
pp r
Epipren. J>eah he on pam /\jipnnircan jeCpolan
Romanum hip ppeont)Suphpunot>e. pe ^eher
rcii>e. rpa ji hi morran heopi ealt>pihra pvpSe

corn, ba piep

hog e

|C

I.

o.

II.

hlint>ne

fcimme

b.r

Da bepeapotx>n

hoi.

cejne luprba-pnepre pa Sa ic him rrppe berpr

rpupofce. Sa penfcon hi me heopa base ro ant) me
<T |

mit) ealle
^om^epiran. To phon jreoltja-i la
m]fie pjlient) rC TTan bsr ic -reraeliT mon pjcne.

hu

beon

^ U nhpuman ne

^i,-,

re

CAP.
DA

ic

^o

mor:III.

pa Bijr leop. cpaeBBoe

com ^a2ji jan in ro me heopencunt) pirt)om. ] f mm mupnentoe COot) mrt>

hirpopbum jejperre. pup cpsp. pu ne eapr
P" pe mon be on mmpe pcole pn?pe apet) ] jea

apunjen hxpfee.

"]

Ac hponon puptoejm mit) pippum

P^
um
e ence D buron
rP3
FP

pppult*

'

Ic
S rP
par f
feT
ro
pu h^ppr Sapa p:tpna
hpape poppren fee ic
Da dipcWe pe pipfcom ] cp.tb.
> e S P r ealt5e
nu
Oepirab
apipjette popult) popja op mmcp
pe^enep COofte. poppam TC pinb pa mzpcan
pceapan. Lsrap hme epr hpeoppan ro mmum
1

Da eot)e pe pirtjom

Japum.

mmum hpeoppientsan

?=

neap, cptp Boeriup.

jepohre. -3 hir ppa

mopohl

upap^t)e. atjpijbe pa mmenep

C0ot)ep eagan. ant> hit ppan biipum popfcum.
hpspep hir oncneope hip poprepmotjop. miti
^am pe Sa -f COob pip bepent)e. Sa jecneop hir

hpeja

e rP eorele h
a ne
moDop. jJ psp pe pip3
hir
pe
lanje sp rybe -j tept)e. ac hir onS^ar hip lape ppipe roropenne -3 ppij;e robpocenne ml *> ^yr'3J u hflbu. ~\ bine pa ppan hu
f jepupbe. Da ant>ppypt>e pe pipbom him -7
p^be. ^ hip jmjpan ha;pbon hme ppa roropenne.
KJ1 F^J1 hl reobhcX)n j> hi hine eallne habban
pceotoon. ac hi jejatoepiaS mompealti Dypij on
p.t-pe poprp'upunja. ] on j?am jilpe buran heopa
rP'F

tom

hpelc

epr ro hype bore jecippe:-

hj s rnay perhaps be confideretl as a

fpecimen
of the Saxon in lts higheft ftatc of purity, for here

are fcarce i y any

wor j s borrowed from the Roman

dialects.

Of

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Of the following verfion of the gofpels the age
not certainly known, but it was probably written between the time of Alfred and that of the Norman conqueft, and therefore may properly be inis

fened here.
Translations fcldom afford juft fpecimehs of a
and leaft of all thofe in which a fcrtipu-

language,

lous and verbal interpretation is endeavoured, becaufe they retain the phraieology and ftrufture of

LUCJE,
ORDA~QD
a

F ln 6 P*
letie p ynr.

c<i

CAP.

the original tongue; yet they have often this convenience, that the fame book, being tranflated in
different ages, affords opportunity of marking the

gradations of change, and bringing one age into

comparifon with another. For this purpofe I have
placed the Saxon verfion and that of Wickliffe, written about the year 1380, in oppofite columns, becaufe the convenience of eafy collation feems greater

than that of regular chronology.

LUK,

I.

CHAP.

I.

pirotihce mane^i pohron papa

5 e -ent>ebypt>an pe on up ;$epyl-

j?e

Spa up berashrun pa Be hit op ppym'Se

repapon. ai.b ptpe pppiece penap prcpon.
3 ODe jepuhre [op-pyh^be ppom ppuma]

eallum. [mi^] entiebypfcneppe pprran

Se pelupra Theophilup.

e. pu
fiopnlice

Dxr

op pam

On

pum
]

jju

oncnape papa poptu poSpasprneppe.

e fu ^elaspefc eapr:-

J^epoOep t>ajum Iut>ea cymncjep. pasp

pacept> on naman Zachajuap op Sbian rune.

hip pip

psp op Sajionep Oohrjium.

ant>

hype

nama

paef Glizaberh:6 So^lice hij pasrion buru jiihrpipe beporian

Be.
on eallum hip bebot>um ] phr-

g.mjentic

pipnejjum

buran priohte:-

7 Ant> hij na-5t>on nan beajin. portpam Se

Glizaberh pjep unbertentse. ] hy on hyjxa t>agum

buru jojiS-eotiun:8 SoSlice pnep jepojaben

pa Zachapiap

hyp pa-

cepvt)'iat)ep bjieacon nipjeprnxlepentfebyfitineppe

beporian tjot>e.
9 /Eprep. jepunan p?ep pacervtihaioep hlorep.

he eome

jj

he lup oppriunje perre, Sa he on

Eotiep rempel eobe.

10 Gall pepot ]?n?p polcep psep ure
jebit)t>entoe
on paeneoppriunjeriman:1

on

Da asrypt)e him Dpihrnep enjel pranbentie

J:rep

peopobep ppiSpan healpe.

IN the dayes

of Eroude kyng of Judee ther was a

preft Zacarye by name : of the fort of Abia, and
his wyf was of the doughtris of Aaron
and hir
name was Elizabeth.
2 An bothe weren jufte bifore God: goynge in
alle the maundementis and
juftifyingis of the Lord
withouten playnt.
3 And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was
bareyn and bothe weren of greet age in her dayes.
*

4 And it bifel that whanne Zacarye fchould do

the office of prefthod in the ordir of his courfe to
fore God.
5 Aftir the cuftom of the prefthod, he wente
forth by lot and entride into the temple to encenfen.

6 And at the multitude of the puple was without forth and preyede in the our of encenfying.
7 And an aungel of the Lord apperide to him:
and flood on the right half of the auter of encenfe.

Da

pearit) Zachapiap Tetipepet) -p

him eje onhpeap:]
Ne ont>pfE?>pu
13 Da cpjt^peen^el him ro.
^e Zachapiap. poppam pin ben ip jehypet). ]

ont)e.

Ghzaberh |;e punu cenS. ant) pu nempr

naman
hyp
lohannep.
14 -3 he byS pe ro jepean ^ ro bhppe. ]

|;in

pip

maneja on hyp acennebneppe gep^nia^:15 SoSlice he bye) mrcpe bepopan Dpihrne.

anb he ne bpmcSpm ne beop. ~\ lie biS
jepyliet)
on halrgum Dapre. |;onne
jyr op hip motiop in-

And

Zacarye feynge was afrayed and drede

him.
upon
9 And the aungel fayde to him, Zacarye drede
thou not: for thy preier is herd, and Elizabeth
thi wif fchal here to thee a fone: and his name fchal
be clepid Jon.
10 And joye and gladyng fchal be to thee: and
manye fchulen have joye in his natyvyte.
11 For he fchal be great bifore the Lord
and
he fchal not drinke wyn ne fydyr, and he fchal be
fulfild with the holy goft yit of his modir wombe.
8

fcl

r.oSe.
i (j

Anb maneja Ippahela beapna he jecyjiS ro

Dpihrne hypa Dobe.

6

12

of
17

And

Ifrael to

he fchal converte manye of the children

her

Lord God.
13

And

THE HISTORY OF THE

58 ~] hype nehchebupaj- ~j hype cufean f jeDpihren hip rmit>-heoprneppe r.no
hyptwn.
hype m.Tpput>e -j hij mit> hype blippot>on:59 Da en bam ehreofean tisje mj comon
cite ymbpnifean. ant) nemtoon bine hip prcfcep
-Ji

-J>

naman Zathapia'm:60 Da ant>ppapot>e

Ne pe pofeep.
hip mot)op.
ac he bife lohannep jene:nnetx6 1 D.i cpxtton.m ro hype.
Nip nan on j?mpe
nrt rfee
naman
}-yppum
jenemnet):63

Da bicnobon

hi

ro

hip picCep.
beon:-

hpar he

hyne jenemnetsne
63 pa ppar hejebetJenum pex-bpebe. lohanner hip nama. fea punt>potx>n hij ealle:-

polfce

64 Da peapfe pona hip miife -j hip runge geopenot). ] he pppasc.

Dpihren blerpijenfce:65 Da peapfe eje jepopfcen opep ealle hypa
nehchebupap. ant) opep ealle luoea munr-lant>
p.rpon pap popt) jepibniscppotie.
66 ] ealle pa fee hir jehyptjon. on hypa heop-

penpr Su hpsr byS pep

him:cnapa. pirot)lice Dpilvcnep hant) psp mit>
halemit>
67 Snt Zachapiap hip psfcep psp
anb
he
cp^S.
pirejobe
jum Capre jepyllet). -]
68 Deblerput) py Dpihren Ippahela Gots. popran percun

-]

cprebon.

pirn Jrehe jeneoputie.

"3

hip polcep alypettneppe

^4 And the neyghbouris and cofyns of hir

herden that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy
with hir, and ihci thankiden him.
55 And it was duon in the eightithe day t!wi
camen to circumfide the child, and thei clcpidcn
him Zacarye by the name of his fadir.
56 And his modir aniwcridc and fade, nay;
but he fchal be clepid Jon.
57 And thci fcidcn to hir, for no man is in tht
kyndrede that is clepid [his name.
58 And thei bikenyden to his fadir, what he
wolde that he were clepid.
59 And heaxinge a poyntel wroot feyinge, Jon
is his name, and alle men wondriden.
60 And annoon his mouth was openyd and his
tunge, and he fpak and bit (Tide God.
61 And drede was maad on all hir neighbours,
and all the wordis weren puplifchid on alle the
mounteynes of Judee.
62 And alle men that herden puttiden in her
herte, and feiden what manner child fchal this be,
for the hond of the Lord was with him.
63 And Zacarye his fadir was fulfillid with the
holy Goft, and profeciede and feide.
64 Blelfid be the Lord God of Ifrael, for he has
vifuid and maad redempcioun of his puple.

t5yt)e.

69 Snt) he up hcele hopn apaspt>e on Dauit)ep

hupe hip cnihrep.
70 8pa he pppjec puph hip halejpa pirejena

mu8. pa

op popltiep ppym fee ppprecon.

anb op
71 ]
alypt>e up op upum peontium.
hantia
harebon.
ealpa papa
pe up
jz C0ilt)-heoprneppe ro pypcenne mit> upum
fee

65

paetjepum.
^emunan hip halejan cyfeneppe.
73 JJync u y ^ pyllenne pone afe pe he upum

pzt>ep Sbpahame fpop.

74 Di-r pe buran eje. op upe peonfca hant)a
alypet>e.

75

him peopian

On hahjneppe bepopan him

eallum

upum

tiajum:-

76 Snt) pu cnapa bipr pzp hehpran pireja

jenerr.neb. pu jsepr bepopan Dpihrnep anpyne.
hi
r P e s j r 3efpp |j "77 To pyliene hip poke hade jepir on hypa
j-ynna popjypneppe.
78 Duph innofeap upep Eot>ep milti-heoprneppe. on pam he up jeneoput)e op eaprbasle
up-pypmjenfce.
79 Onlyhran pam pe on Jryprpum "] on tieafeep
pceabe pirrafe. upe per ro jepeccenne on pibbe

pe cnap^ peox. -j pasp on ^

psp on peprenum oo pone
eprpanjot).
yp asrypetjneppum on Ippahei:Sofe'ice

-]

he has rered to us an horn of helthe in

67 Helth fro oure enemyes, and fro the hond of

he

~]

And

the hous of Dauith his child.

66 As he fpak by the mouth of hife holy prophetis that weren fro the world.
alle

men

that hatiden us.

To

do merfy with oure fadris, and to have

of
his
mynde
holy teftament.
69 The grete ooth that he fwoor to Abraham our
68

fadir,

70 To geve himfelf to us, that we without

drede delyvered fro the hond of our enemyes ferve
to him,
71 In holynefie and rightwifnefle before him,
in alle our dayes.
72 Arid thou child fchalt be clepid the profete of
the higheile, for thou fchalt go before the face of
the

Lo&

to

make redy

To

hife

73
geve fcience of
remiffioun of her iynnes.

74 By
in

weyes.

heehh

to his puple into

the inwardenefs of the merfy of oure God,

up fro on high hath

the which he fpringyng

vifited us.

geve light to them that fitten in darkin fchadowe of deeth, to drefie our feet
into the weye of pees;
76 And the child wexide, and was confortid in
fpiryt, and was in defert placis till to the day of his
75

neffis,

and

fthewing to Yfrael.

Of

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Of

fome fpecimcn is necefiary,

of
the laws of their metre and
our
ignorance
though
the quantities of their fyllables, which it would be
the Saxon poetry

very ditficult, perhaps impoffible, to recover,, excludes us from that plealure which the old bards

undoubtedly gave to their contemporaries.

The firft poetry of the Saxons was without rhyme,
ami confcquently mult have depended upon the
quantity of their fyllables ; but they began in time
to imitate iheir neighbours, and clofe their verfes
with correfpondent founds.

The two

paflages, which I have felefted, contain

the
rudiments of our prefent lyrick meaapparently
and
the
writers may be juftly confidered as
fures,

the genuine anceftors of the Englijh poets.

e mai him pope at>pet>en,

Dxr he Sanne ojie bittoe

Uop f bihmpeS ilome.
$x ip pip f bir ant> bore

ne mujen,.

Ic

am

elfceji
-3

Sanne

pep,

ec a fope.

mope Sanne

Ic ealtii

ic

ic t)et)e,

pir ojhre ro bi mope.

8e -f hine pelue uopjer,

ClOi

Uop

piue opep uop chilt>e.

comen on euele prefce,

jDe pal

Bure

got)

him

bi miltie.

Ne hopie pip ro hipe pepe

Ne pepe ro hip piue.
man

CDai

bejjen
8e Se lejye -j

mit> $

^euene

j-e

^i
Hnt)

ep<$e he o

Eunne ~\ mone -3 alle preppen,

Bie5 Siej^rpe on hip hhre.
ant)

hper

Alle quike pihre.

Nip no louept) j'pich ir" xij^r,
Ne no kmj ppich ip tjpihre.

euene

^e
On

ij"

t)e

al

j-ea

-\

epSe

-3

all

Sar

ip,

on hip honfce.

hip pille ip,

ant) ec

on

iontie.

opt) alburen optie,

entie alburen eiit>e.
one ip eupe on eche f ret>e,

J3e

ir*

pep ^u

pent>e.

mai no mepjpe

bi

ppo muchel,

ip jot)ep ipihSe.
ip pop pune ant) bpihr,

^ip ejhen biS pulbpihr.

Biloken

i^anc,

hpar pel up ro pet>e.

Se man neupe nele ton 30*),
Ne neupe got> hp let>en.
6p t)eS ~\ t)om come ro hip tupe,
^e mai him pope at>pet)en.
punjep -3 Suppr here -\ chele,
GcSe ant) all unhel'Se.
Cuph t>eS com on Sip mit)elapt>,
Snt) oSep umpelSe.
Ne mai non hepre hir ipenche,
Ne no runge relle.
^u muchele pmum ant) hu uele,

8po

Be mope,

^e por hper SencheS

pe ^uph piTS echep

lUai

Ne

he

iliche.

ant)

bmeSen,

Biuopen
Se man ^ jot)ep pille tieS,
pie mai hine aihpap. umt)e.
Gche pune he ihepS,
!Snt>
por eche tietie.

popltiep pele none.

~Rc pi mepjpe f men
up bihar,
!ffll
ben jot) one.
pall

heuejiiche.

Jjepe aitiep

ant)

ant) ec bihmt).

Ne

Bi poji him pelue eujiich man,

Daeji pile he bieS ahue.
Gujiich

buuen up

BieS inne helle.

Louie Dot) mit) upe hiepre.
!Snt> mit) all
upe mihre.
Snt) upe emcjuprene ppo up
8po up lepeS tpihre.
8ume Sen habbeS leppe mepgfte,
Snt> pume Sep habbeS mope,
Gch eprep San $ he tietoe,
Gprep -p he ppanc pope,
Ne pel Sep bi bpet> ne pin,
Ne opep kennep ej^re.
Dot) one pel bi
echep lip,
!Snt>
bhpce ant) eche pepra.
Ne pal Sap bi pcere ne pcput>,

Ant) ber biuopen borne.

DeaS com on Sip mit>elapt>
DupS Sasp Oeplep ont>e,
Snt> penne ant) popje ant> ippmc,
On pe ant) on lonfce.

A pmrpe

J?e ip

t)op,

bure nihre.
Dep ip pele bure pane,
7nt> pepre buren
ippmche.
8e $ mai ant) nele oet>ep come,
Sope hir pel uopSenche.
Dep ip blipce buren rpeje,
Knt) lip buren t)eaSe.
t)ai

Der eupe pullen pume Sep,

BhSe hi biep ant) eaSe.
Dep ip jeujepe buren elt)e,
Snt)

buren unhelpe.
Nip Sep popje ne pop non,
Ne non umpilSe.
eltie

Dep me

pel tipihren ipen,

8po ape he ip mit> ipippe.

pe one mai ant) pel al bien,

Goglep

ant)

mannep bhpce.

'

To

THE HISTORY OF THE

To %ape
Per

blipce

up bpinj job,

enbe.
pixeft buren

nue he upe paula unbmr,

Of

lichamlice benb.

Cprpr jeue i*f lebe fpich lip,

habbe fpichne enbe.
pe nioren Sibep curnen,

Danne pe hennep peabe.

About

the year 1150, the S:IXOH began to take a

which the beginning of the prefent Englijh
may be plainly dilcovered; this change ieems not to
have been the effeft of the Norman conqueft, for
very few French words are found to have been introduced in the firft hundred years after it; the
language muft therefore have been altered by caufes

form

pibep pa?pon inne. -j bp-jpen heom

Sume hi biben in cpucer hup. $ ip in an
ppd.
ccpre $ pap pcopr ] napeu. ] un bep. ] bibe
inne. ]
pcseppe pranep pep
ppengbe pe man paep
In mam
inne. j5 hi bprtcon alle pe hmep.
op pe
caprkp pjepon lop ~] jpT. j> pa.pon pachenrejep
men hat)t>en onoh ro ba?pon
-f rpa o<Sep ppe
onne. f pap j-pa maceb f ip pasprneb ro an
beom. -] biben an pcaspp ipen aburon pa mannep
ppore ] hip halp. ^ he ne mihre nopibeppapbep

-]

in

like thofe which, notwithitanding the care of writers

and focicties inftituted to obviate them, are even

now

daily making innovations in every living IanI have exhibited a fpecimen of the
Ianguage.
guage of this age from the year 1 1 35 to 1 140 of the
Saxon chronicle, of which the latter part was apparcrftly written near the time to which it relates.

pnakep

-}

neptren. ne

oc

hen. ne

al

plepen.
bzpon
j> ipen.
pupn hi t>papen miti hunjjep. Jnecanne.
ne mai rellen alle pe punfcep ne alle pe pmej" f
-]
men on
lantx -j -f
hi fcifcen

COani

ppecce

xix. pinrpepile

hip

Srephnepap kin^.

lapreDe pa
asupe ir pap

5 1 lasitten^siIOep on pe
uueppe anb uueppe.
runep setipeu pile. ~\ clepetjen ir renpepie. pa
men ne hafct>en nan mopero giuen. pa
J?e ppecce
pa?uet>en hi ant) bpent>on alle pe runep.

-p

pel

bu

all

Nopmandi.

at>aeip pape pcult)ej-r pu neupe

mihrep papen
pmtien man in rune pirrentse. ne lant> nlet). Da
pap copn t>aspe. ~j plec. -j caspe. -j burepe pop
nan ne psep o pe lant). UJpecce men prupuen
op
hungup, pume jetien on slmep pe papen pum
men. pum plujen ur op lant>e.
pile pice
UJep
nasupe j^sr mape ppeccehet) on lantx ne nasupe

pent>en j> he j-cultx ben alpuic alpe pe eom pep.

] pop he haT)te jer hip rpepop. ac he ro t>elt>

ouep piSon ne pop-bapen

Dip jscpe pop J?e kmj Srephne opep ps ro

] pep pep untjep-pan^en.
popSi jJ

hi

ir

pcarepeD

porlicc.

OOicel

hat5t>e

^cnpi

kmj

pyluep. ant) na jot> ne t)it)e me

pop hip paule pap op. Da pe kmj Srephne ro
Gnjla-lant) com pa macot) he hip jabepmj zer
Oxene-popt). ~] bap he nam be bipcop Rojep op
Sepepbepi. ~\ Slexantiep bipcop op Lincoln.

jabepet) jolb

-j

re Hancelep Ro^fp hipe neuep. ~\ t)it>e jelle

Da pe
ppir-un. ril hi japen up hepe caprlep.
he
miltw
man
puikep unt^pgeron -p
pap ] popre
na jupripe ne tube, pa biben hi alle
j jot*.
-]
pi hat-ben him manpeb makeb ant
punrx-p.
aSep piopen. ac hi nan rpeuSe ne heolben. alle
he pspon pop-ppopen. -j hepe
]
in

he'cSen

men

cypce-uept.

pepj-e

oc

ne t)iten pan hi

nam

al

t>it>en.

hi

nouSep
pe jot) j> pap

pop

cipce.

ne

inne pap.

Ne hi
alrejfebepe.
ne
abborep. ne
ppeoprep. ac pasuetien munecep. -] clepckep. ]
a?upic man o^6ep pe ouep myhre.
Dip rpa men
oSep ppe coman pitient) ro an run. al pe run-]

ne

bpent>en py^en pe cypce

pop-bapen bij-copep

pcipe

Iant5.

plujsn pop heom. penten $

hi prepon

pseuepcp. De bipcopep -3 lepet) meh heom cupoc pap heom nahr pap op.
pet>e asupe.
pop hi

pa?pon

all

pop-cupj-scti

me

-3

p.op-puopen

pop'open.

rpeoSep pop-

ep^e ne bap nan copn. pop

all
pap
pop-bon mib piilce basbep. ] hi
p.tben openlice f Hpipc plep. ] hiphalechen. 8uilc

op -caprk-p pi puencrcn pui^e pe ppecce men

op p<- lanb mib caprel-peopcep. pa pe caprkp
papen makib. pa pylben hi mib beou'ep anb yuele
mon. Da namen hi pa men pe hi penben
am

mape panne pe cunnen pasin. pe polenben xix.

pmrpe pop upe pinnep. On al pip yuele rime
heolb CPaprm abbor hip abborpice xx.
pmreji
-3
halp jaep. -^ vin. ba?ip. mib micel puinc. ]
panb pe munekep. -] re jeprep al f heom hehoueb.
heolb mycel capireb in rhe hup. anb
-3
poS pe-

lopen.

pop

anb agtnep

azupic pice man hip caprlep makebe

him heolben. anb pylben pe lanb
pull

job hepben. bae

-3

-j>

uihrep anb be banrp. caplpimmen. anb bib>n hiom in pipun eprep

be

jolb anb pyluep. ~] pmcb heom un-relknbhce

pimnj. pop n prepen na^upe nan maprypp ppa
pmcb alpr hi pm-pon. COe henjeb up bi pc per
anb pmokeb hvom mib pul pmoke. me
henjcb
bi ]?r pumbt-p o^ep bipe hepeb. -]
enjen bpynijep
on hep per. COe bibe cnorceb
prpenji p aburon
hataieb.
ro
] uupySen
hepe
f ir jt-be ro p
bibcn
heom
in
pi
h^pncp.
quaprejinc faji nabpep
;

ICap pe
pe lant

rilcbe. pe

^epe ppohre on pe cipce ] perre pap rolanbep ~\

penrep. ^ jobeb ir puy^c anbla;r irpepen. anb
bpohre htom inropenepa; mynprpe on p. Perpep
majpe-ba?i mib micel puprpcipe. f pap anno ab
incapnarione Dom. MCXL. a combuprione loci
xxui. Snb he pop ro Rome ]
pasp
pa?p pa;l

unbep-p.mjtn ppam pe Pape Gujcme. ] beyer

rhape ppiuilejiep. an op alle pe ianbep op pabbor-

op pe lanSep pe lien ro pe cipcejip he lenj mopre huen. alpe he mmr

pice.-] an ofcep

pican.

ro

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
!Snt> he beg?er in
pe hopbep-pycan.
mit)
men
hepfcen
prpenjpe. op
lantiep j? pice
UJillelm CDalCuir pe heolt) Rojmjham pas caprel
UJalrhe
-3 op pujo op
-3 6p:un.

ro Don op

pan Eorinjham
he pan Jjyprlinjb. -3 Sranepig. -3 LX. pof.
he maket)e manie
op Stoepingle elc gasp. Xnt)
maket)2 manie
~j planrct>e pimaspt). -3
uile

munekep.

run berepe pan it asp pasp.

peojikep. -3 pent)e pe
man. *j popBi hi luuetien
munec
rot)
anb p.tp
] jot)
Nu
men.
anb
Got)
pe pillen p^jen pum tel
got)e
on
Srephne kin jep time. On hip
par belamp
rime f>e Jut>eup op Noji-pic bohton an Ejiipten
beponen Sprjien. ant) pinetien him alle j?e
pimnT^ ujie Djiihnn pap pmet). ant) on langpmtm him on j\ot)e hengen pojv ujie Dpihrnep
liUent)en j> ir
luue. *] py^en byfiiet)en him.
holen. oc ujre Djiihnn arypet)e
btn
poji
pcult)e
he pap hah mapryp. ] ro munekep him namen.
j5
him heglice. in Se mynprpe. ] he
] bebypiet)
maker ]?up upe Dpihrm punt>ephce ant) mamharre he p. UJillelm:mipaclep. ~j
cilt)

ilce

paslt)!ice

On pip ja?p com Dauit) kmj op Scorlant) mit)

opmtre parpt) ro ):ip lant) polt)e pinnan }?ip lant)." ]
him com rojznepUJillelmeoplop Xlbamap^ekmj
at>t>eberehr Suop-pic. -j ro ooepuez men mit>
rasu men -j puhren pit) heom. ] plemt)en pe kmgsr
re prant>apt>. ^ plojen ptrtSe micel op hip genje:Jn pip gsp polt)e pe king Srephne rascen Rot)bepr eopl op Dlouceprpe. j?e kingeppune^enpiep.
ac he ne mihre pop he papr ir pap.
Da eprep hi
re
t)a;i aburon
fe lenjren J?eprepebe pe punne ~]
me
hhret)e canblep
nonnt) ttejep. pa. men eren
J
ro sren bi. ~] f pap xui. kr. Appil. paspon men
ruiSe oppunt)pet). Dep eprep popt)-peopt>e Uiillelm ^pce-bipcop op fcanrpap-bypij. -j re king
maket)e Teobalt) ^pce-bipcop. |?epap abbor in pe

puioe micel uueppe beruyx

p king -] Ranbolp eopl op Eseprpe nohr pop^i
f he ne jap him al f he cufte axen him. alpe he
t)it>e alle
oSpe. ocasppe pemape lap heom J?epa?ppe
Bee.

Dep eprep

pasx

pspon him. De eopl heolb Lmcol ajaenep pe

him al f he ahre ro hauen. -3 re
kinj. ~] benam
him ] hip bpoSep
pop
kmj
pitiep ~j bepasrre
hi

re eopl
Clou-3 p^ptie eprep Rot>bepr eopl op
jra;l
ceprpe. -3 bpohr him pit)ep mit) micel pepb.
anb puhren ppiSe on Lant>elmappe-t)ei ajenep
heope lauept). -3 namen him. pop hip men him
ruyken -] plujaen. ant) last) him ro Bpiprope ant)
UJilielm t)^

ape

in

pe caprel.

ur

bit>cn

pap

in

ppipun.

...

repep.

Da pap

all

aep pasp. ant) all yuel

map pan
Dep eprep com

Gngle-lant) pry-pet)
in lant>e.

"3

pe kinjep t)ohrep
^enpj' p pe heptie ben Gmpepic on Tvlamame. -3 nu
pep cunreppe in Snjou. -3 com ro Lunt)ene. -3 re
psep

Lunt5emppce pole hipe poltse rscen -3 peas pleh. -3

poplep pap micel:- Dep eprep pe bipcop op
UJin ceprpe
^enpi. pe kinjep bpo'Scp Srephnep.

VOL.

1.

ppac pib Robbept eopl -3 pib pempepice anbppop

heom aSap'f he neupema mib re king hip bpo&ep
polbe halben. *] cuppebe alle pe men pe mib him
heolben. anb paebe heom j5 he polbe ifuen heom
up Ulin-ceprpe. -3 bibe heom cumen pibep. Da
hi
Jnep inne pa:pen pa com pe kmgep cuen
hipe prpengSe -3 bepasr heom. jj pep pasp inne
.

micel hungasp. Da hi ne leng ne mohren polen. pa

prah hi ur -\ plugen. -j hi pupSen pap piiSuren ]

polecheben heom. anb namen Rot>benr eojil op

ant) lebben him t:o
Dlou-ceptrjie
Roue-ceprjie. ant*
t)iben him j^ajie in pnipun. anb re empejiice pleh
mro an mynprjve. Da peoj\T)en Sa pipe men berpyx. |?e kingep pjieonb"] re eojilep ppeonb. ant)
pahrlebe pua ^ me pculbe leren ur |>e kmj op
pjiipun pop J?e eojil. ~] reeopl pop f>e king, -j pua
bitien. 8iSen ^ep. epreji parhleben fe
king ] Ranar
]
t)olp eopi
8ran-pont)
aSep ppopen antJ
~p
hep nou^ep pculbe bepuiken
rpeu^ep psepron
ooep. -j ir ne pop-prob nahr. pop f>e king him
piSen nam in ^amrun. }?uphe Jjicci past). ] bit)e
him in ppipun. ] ep ponep he ler him ur Juphe
pasppe pet>ro ^ popepaptie -^ he puop on halit)om.
1

he alle hip caprlep pcult>e fiuen

up. Sume
pume ne fap he nohr.
anb bibs panne pasppe Sanne he hasp pculbe. Da
Snjle-lanb puiSe ro-belcb. pume helben mib
]

jyplep panb.

he fap up anb

pap
re king.

pume mib

j^empepice. pop |>a pe king

ppipun. pa penben |?e eoplep ] re pice
men }> he neupe mape pculbe cumme ur. -j
paehrleben pyb J7empepice. ~\ bpohren hipe inro
Oxen-popb. ant) iauen hipe pe bupch:- Da 3e kinj
pap ure. pa. hepbe f paejen. anb roc hip peopb
] bepaer hipe in pe rup. "j me la;r hipe bun on
mhr op pe rup mib papep. -j pral ur ] peas pleh
^ isebe on pore ro UJalmg-popb.
Dsp eprep

pap

in

hi
pas. ]
op Nopmanbi penben
ro
pe eopl op Snjaeu. pume hepe
ppa pe king

pcs pepbe opep

alle

pankep

~\

heom nl

pume hepe un-fankep. pop

he bepast

up htpe caprlep. ] hi nan

Da pepbe Guprace
helpe ne haepben op ]?e king.
pe kinjeppuneroFpance. ^namfiekingeppuprep
op Fpance ro pipe, pentie ro bijirron Nopmant)i
hi

aiauen

|><p puph. oc he ppet>t)e hrel. ] be Tot)e pihre.

pop he pap an yuel man. pop pape pe he .... t)it>e
mape yuel panne jot*, he peuet)e pe lantep ] lasitsc

mic

pon. hebpohre hippiproGnTle-lantx

reb. jot) pimman

hipe in pe capre
oc
het>t>e hrel
peas
pea? psep.
bhppe mit) him. "3
he
ne
pcult)e lanje pixan. -3 paspb
xpipr
poltie j5
tiebant) hip mot>epbelen.
^reeoplopSn^cupaept)
t)et). -3
hip pune J)enpi roc ro pe pice. Snb re cuen
op Fpance ro-t>aslbe ppa pe king. -3 peas com ro pe
lunje eopl enpi. -3 he roc hipe ro pipe. -3 al Peirou
mit> hipe.
Da pepbe he mit) micel paspb mro

-3

t)it>e

Gn^le-lanb. -3 pancaprlep. -3 re king pepbe ajenep

him micel mape pepS. ^poSpcepepepurenhinohr.
e
oc

THE HISTORY OF THE

men be] re pipe
re
makcbe
-j
f pahrcf
king pcuibe
rpux
bui lam pb ] king pile he liutbe. ] aprep hip baei
him pop pabep "j he
J): npi kinj. ~j he helbe
p. p
him pop pune. ant) pib -j psehre pculfce ben berpyx
heo;n ~\ on al Gnjlc lant).
Dip ant) re o&pe
maktben
I.I
per
puopen ro halben
popuuapbrp
c kinT ] re
re
cop', ant)
bipcop. ] re eoplcp.
f

Der

nif ferpenr wolf no fox.

orf no capil. kowe no ox.
Dcr nif fchepe no Iwme no gore.
No non horwyla got) ir wore.
No"pcr harare nober frot)
De latit) if ful of ober got>e.

oc pepben fe JEpce bipcop

licom.

Nif

per flei fle no lowfc.

In clop in roune bet) no houfe.
Der nif tHinnir flere no hawle.

piceivcn alle. Da pap fe eopl untx-ppanjen

aer U)m ceprpe ar.b aer L.unbcne mib micel

-j

No
No

non vile worme no fnawile.

non frorm rein no wintJe.
Der nif man no woman bhnt)e.
Ok al if game 101 anr gle.
Wel if him )?ar ]?er mai be.
Der bep riverf grer ant) fine.
Of oile mclk honi ant) wine.

ant)
puprpcipe. anb alle t)iten him man-pcb.
hir
ro
ant)
halt>en.
puopen fe paip
papb pone
Da pap
puiot job paip pua -f neupe pap hepe.
Se kiujprpmjepe panne he aeuepr hep pap. ~] re
eopt pepbe ouep pae. ] al pole hi:n luuet>e. pop he
Dit>e
jot) jupripe ] makttte

Nearly about this time, the following pieces of

poetry feem to have been written, of which I have
inferted only fhort fragments ; the firft is a rude
attempt at the prefent meafure of eight fyllables,

and the fccond

is

a natural introduction

to

Robert

of Gfaucefter, being compofed in the fame meafure,

which, however rude and barbarous it may feem,
taught the way to the Alexandrines of the French
p6etry.

UR

"C*

in fee bi

wefr fpaynge.

If a lont) ihore cokaygne.

nif lontJ unt)er heuennche.

Der

Of wel of gotmif hir iliche.

Doy parafcif be min ant) briyr.
Bor
Doy
Der
Dcr

if

if

per be 101 ant) grer Cure.

nif mer bore frure.
nif halle bure

no bench.

Bor warn* man if J?urfro quench.

Beb per no men bur rwo.
J3ely ant)

enok

alfo.

Oinglich may hi go.

per womj? men no mo.
In cokaygne if mer ant) t)rink.
Wijjure care how ant> fwmk.
De mer if rrie pe brink fo clcre.
To none ruflln ant) fopper.
I figge for
boure were.
foj?
Der nif lont) on er|?e if pere.
Untxr hcuen nif lont) i wifle.
Of fo mochil 101 ant) bluTe.
Der if mam fwcre fiyre.
Al if fcai nif per no myre.

Whar

Der
Nif
Dcr
Der

nif barer no)>er frrif.

no t)e|? ac euer lif.

j?er

mer no clop.
no man no woman
wroj>.

nif lac of
nif

feruib per ro noting.

fiyr ant) ro

wauffing.

SANCTA MARGARETTA.

OLD E

anr yonge

preir ou cure folief for

ro

Jere.

Dencher on

got) far yef ou wir oure funnef ro

bere.
^cre mai rellen ou. wit) worbef feire ant) fwere.
De vie of one meitian. waf horen COaregrere.
^ire fat>er waf a parnac. af ic ou rellen may.
In aunrioge wif tchef i Se falle lay.

Deve gotf anr fcoumbe. he fervet) nut anr t)ay.

So t)et)en mony ofere. far finger weilawey.
Theotxafius waf if nome. on crift ne levetie he

of

fairir fiyr.
in
paratnf.
per
grafle ant) flure ant? grenenf.

Ilokaygn

Whar

Wanr
Bor ro

noutt.

pe

levetie

on be

falfe gofcef.

Sar

peren wit) hontoen

wroutt.

Do par

chilt) fcultoe

in

chnftine ben.

ic

com him

well

foutt.

wen ir were ibore. ro txpe ir were

ibpoutt.
De metier waf an hefene wif far hire ro wyman

bet)

bere.

Do f ar chilt) ibore waf. nolfce ho hir furfare.

po fent)e ir mro afye. wit> mefTagerf ful yare.

To

a nopice

far

hire

wifte.

anr ferre

hire

ro

lore.

De nonce far hire wifte. children aheuet>e feuene.

De eittefe waf maregrere. crifref may of heuene.
Talef ho am rolfce. ful feire anr ful euene.

Wou

ho

folct>en marrirtiom.
feinre Sreuene.

fem Laurence anr

In thefe fragments, the adulteration of the Saxon

tongue, by a mixture of the Norman, becomes
apparent ; yet it is not fo much changed by the
admixture of new words, which
might be imputed
to commerce with the continent, as
by changes
of its own forms and terminations i for which no
realbn can be given.

Hitherto

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Hitherto the language ufed

in this ifland,

how-

ever different
may be called
it be expefled, from the nature of
can
nor
Saxon;
things gradually changing, that any time can be
when the Saxon may be faid to ceafe, and
afilgned,
Robert of Glcucejter
the Englifh to commence.
fucceflive

in

who

however,

is

placed by the criticks in the thir-

teenth century, feems to have ufed a kind of intermediate diction, neither Saxon nor Englijb ; in
his work therefore we fee the tranfition exhibited,
and, as he is the firft of our writers in rhyme, of
whom
large work remains, a more extenfive

any

He writes apparently in

the

fame meafure with the foregoing authour of

St.

quotation

is

extracted.

Margarite, which, polifhfd into greater exactnefs,

fuitable to the genius
appeared to our anceftors fo
of the Englijh language, that it was continued
in

to the middle of the

ufe almoft

& fmytc an batayle,

Hii come

time,

feventeenth

grace,

f e Deneys were

bynej? e,

&

And more

prowefie dude

fe batayles of Denemarch, fat hii dude in

fys londe
were of alle ofere, we mote abbe an
fat worft
honde.
Worft hii were, vor ofere adde fomwanne ydo,
wel wufte fat lond
As Romeyns
baxons,

&

&

ferto.

Ac

hii

ne kept yt holde nojt, bote robby, and

& berne, &

deftrue,

fle,

& ne couf e

abbe non

Jx>,

bote lute yt nas worf, fey

ylome.

Vor myd

hii

flypes

And

ys foure godes fones woxe vafte y nou,

Edelbold and
Adelbryjt, Edelred and Alfred.
of gret wyfdom & red,
J>ys was a ftalwarde tem,
And kynges were al foure,
defendede wel )?ys

&

&

Jond,

An

Deneys dude flame ynou, f>at me volwel vond.

fyxtefe jere of J?e kynge's kynedom
In eldeftc lone Adelbold gret oft to hym nome,
And ys fader alfo god, and oj?ere heye n?en al fo,
Is

ajen_bys Deneys,

Vor myd tuo hondred

mouj?

And Londone,

at

fo

hamward

al

by Kent,

&c

flowe

&

And

come,
and Kanterbury, and ofer tounes

vorp

in to

So|7ereye,

& flowe & barnde vafte,

(fat were of yfmyte,) &: ofer lymes alfo,

al fram
f e grounde, ar f e batayle were

ydo.

Ac our fuete Louerd atte lafte flewede ys fuete grace,

And fende be Criftyne Englyfle men f e mayftrye in

hii

wende hem. anofer jer

eft

come.
deftrude Kent

hii

al out, and Londone nome.

an ten jer f ac lond hii
brojte fer doune,
So fat in fe tefe jer of fe kynge's croune,
Al byfoufe hii come alond, and fet folc of Somer-

f us al

fete

f oru f e byflbp Alcfton and fet folc of Dorfete

6

fe place,
fe hefene men of Denemarch bynefe were
echon.
nas fer
jut in Denemarch Criftendom non ;
her after to holy chyrche ys herte
fe more

fe kyng

And

drou,
tefegede wel
nou.

&

al

ys lond, as

hii

ajte,

wel y

at Wyncheftre byflbp fo was,

Alcfton at Syrebourne, fat amendede muche

Seyn Swythyn

And

fys cas.

barnde

vafte,

Ajen wynter

an alf at Temfe

hii

Wannefat blod ftod al abrod, vas fer gret wo y nou.

Nys yt reufe vorto hure, fat me fo vole flou ?

lafte,

And

fo

Heueden,

Nou

&

&

muche wo adde

Jjere J?e kyng and ys fone hem mette atte lafte.

fere was batayle ftrong ynou yfmyte in an frowe.
fe godes kynjtes leye adoun as gras, wan medej>

come,
Soufhamtone aryuede, an hauene by Soufe.
Anofer gret oft fulke tyme aryuede at Portefmoufe.
f e kyng nufte wefer kepe, at delde ys oft atuo.
fe Denes adde fe mayftre. fo al was ydo,
And by Eftangle and Lyndefeye hii wende vorf atte

And

f re

flypes

|?at

nome,

And

And

Myd

kyng myjte

&

our vorft jer of ys kynedom

f rytty flypuol men her prince hyder

in be al

|?e

drou,

were ouercome

and gret poer as preft effone hii

come.
Kyng Adelwolf of fys lond kyng was tuenty jer.
fe Deneys come .by hym ryuor fan hii dude er.

Vor

fan

Flete in blode

ende.

And

J>e

mowe.

fltnde,

And

lond folc adde

byuore,
feruore gode lond men ne bej? nojt al verlore.
was j?e boldore
J?e kyng
J?o,
ajen hem fe more

y do.
1

f>e

place,

And wende

century.

al

8c fere, f oru Code's

f e kyng was wel f e betere man f oru her beyre red,

Tuenty wynter he was kyng, ar he were ded.
At Wyncheftre he was ybured, as he jut lyf fere.
Hys tueye fores he jef ys lond, as he byjet ham ere.
Adelbold, the eldore, fe kynedom of Eftfex,
And fuffe Adelbryjt, Kent and Weftfex.
Eyjte hondred jer yt was and feuene and fyfty al fo,
After fat God anerfe com, fat fys dcde was ydo.
Bofe hii wufte by her tyme wel her kynedom,

At fe

vyfte jer Adelbold out of fys Jyue nome.

At

THE HISTORY OF THE

&

At Sfyrcbourne he was ybured,

broker Adel-

y-s

bryjt

His kynedom adde after hym, as lawe was and rygt.

By ys daye f e verde com of fe hefene men wel prout,
And Hamteflyre and deftrude Wyncheftre al out.
And fat lond folc of HamteflTyre her red fo nome

batayles her after in fe fulf jere

Hii fmyte, and at bofe fe hefene mayftres were."
fe kyng Aldered fone f o fen wey of def nome,
As yt vel, f e vyfty jer of ys kynedom.

Tueye

At Wymbourne

God gef fat cas,

hym kyng was.

he was ybured, as

fe gode Alfred, ys brofer, after

And

of BarcfTyre, and fojte and fe flrewen ouercome.

AdelbryTt was kyng of Kent jeres folle tene,
And of Weftfex bote vyue, f o he dcyde ych wene.

A DEL RED

was

after

hym kyng

mad

in

fe

place,

Eygtehondred&feuene&fyxty as infejerof grace.

vorfte jer of ys kynedom'fe Deneys f ycke com,
J?e

And

robbede and deftrude, and cytes vafte nome.

Mayftres hii adde of her oft, as yt were dukes, tueye,
Hynguar and Hubba, fat flrewen were beye.
byleuede, to rett hem as yt were,
Myd
fe wynter, of fe vorft jerc.
hii dude hem
ouer Homber come,
vorf ,
feoferger
And flowe to grounde barnde, &Euerwyk nome.

In Eft Angle
her oft

hii

al

&

&

fer was batayle ftrong y nou, vor yflawe was fere

Ofryc kyng of Homberlond,
monye fat with hym
were.
tounes
JJQ Homberlond was f us yflend, hii wende

&

&

^A LFRED,nom

fys noble man, as infejerof grace

he

&

tuelue fe kynedom.
Eyjte.hondred & fyxty
Arit he adde at Rome ybe, &, vor ys grete wyfdom,
fe pope Leon hym bleflede, fo he f uder com,
And fe kynge's crouneof hys lond, fat in fys lond

jut ys

And

An

ofte fybe

hii

J?cr

atte lafte to Eftangle

barnde

&

ajen

hym

wolues

as

Seynt

Edmond

among flep,

reulych

was fo her kyng,

deluol cas

&

hem

to drowe.

fo he ley fat

He

ches leuere to deye hymfulf, fat fuch Ibrwe to

yfey.

He

dude hym vorf among hys

And

as

ys

To

a tre,

fon, nolde he nof yg

hym & fcourged hym, & fuffe naked

hym bounde
& to hym fibre, & made hym mony a
wounde,

e arewe were on hym

f o fycce, fat no ftede
fat f
nas byleuede.
Atte lafte hii martred hym, and fmyteof y-s heued.
f e fyxte jer of fe crounement of Aldered be kyng

nywe

And

oft

com

into fys lond, gretforu allefj'ng,

to Redynge robbede and flowe.

anon
?e
king and Alfred ys brofer nome men ynowe,
Mette hem, and a batayle fmyte vp Aflefdoune.
er was mony moder chyld, fat fonelay
ferdoune.
?c batayle yUfte vorte
ny^t, and fer were aQawe
Vyf dukes of Denemarch, ar hii wolde wyf drawe,
And mony foufend of of er men,
fo gonne hii

&

to

fle

he wery was, and afuoddrynge

men were ywend

" Icham,"
hefeyde,
" To
e

al

auyfief

hym nome

Seyn Cutbert to

-,

Ac hii adde alle ybc aflend, gyf f e

ny^t madde y

be.

"'Cutbert, to be

ycham ywend
God ycham

brynge f gode tytynges. Fram

" Vor

yfend.
al
fat folc of fys lond to fynne her wylle

jeue,
" And
jut nolle
"
me &

foru

fle.

Hii nome

fiyren in

ys lond.

me morf rede fo fat folc, & non amendementnas,

fat

hym com.

flowe,

And,

mo

ys hond,
Hamteflyre, and Wylteflyre, and Somerfete, of

A day

come.

robbede, and fat folc to grounde

aboue was, and bynef e oftor

So longe, fat hym nere by leuede bote f re

nome.

So fat

he led hym to be kyng, ar he kyng were ywys.

An he was kyng of Engelond, of alle fat fer come,
fat vorft f us ylad was of f e pope of Rome,
An fuff e of er after hym of f e erchebyflbpes echon.
So fat hyuor hym pore kyng nas fer non.
In f e Souf fyde of Temefe nyne batayles he nome
Agen f e Deneys fe vorft ger of ys kynedom.
Nye Ter he was fus in fys lond in batayle 82 in wo,

"

herto her fynnes byleue

ofer halewen, fat in fys lond were

ybore ;

fan vor gou byddef God, wanne we bef

hym

byuore,

" Hour Louerd

myd

"

ys cyen of milce on fe lokef

feruore,

Andfypoer

fe wole jyue ajen, fat fou

aft

ney

verlore.

" And

fat fou

fer

of fof yfe,

fou

flak

abbe

tokynynge.

" Vor
men,
" In fym & in
lepes

"
*'

"
"

fat bef ago to day auyflynge,

coufles fo muche vyls hii Ifolde

hym brynge,
ech
man wondry fial of fo gret cacchynge.
fat
And fe mor vor fe harde vorrte, fat fe water
yfrore hys,
fat be more ajcn f e kunde of vyflynge yt ys.
Of (erueyt welajenGoJ, andylefmeys meflager,

" And
fou

flail

f y wylle abyde, as ycham ytold

her."

As

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
kyng herof awoc, and. of fys fyjte fojte,
& fo gret won of fyfs
Hys'vyiiares come to hym,

As

fys

hym

brojte,

fat wonder

yt was,
fo colde.

& namelyche vor f e

fo lyuedefe god man

And fat ech man knewe ofer fat in tefynge were,

And wufte fomdel of her flat, jyf me f u vp hem here.
So flreyt he was, fat fey me ledde amydde weyes

weder was

heye
Seluer, fat

vvel,

adde
fat Seyn Cutbert

feye.

Abbeys he

ytold.

In Deuenyflyre fer after aryuede of Deneys

all
ajen fe peys,
f re and tuenty JTypuol men,
due of oft was.
Denemarch
of
kynge's brofer

fe

Oure kynge's men of Engelond mette hem by cas,

And fmyte fer an batayle, and her gret due flowe,
And eyjte hondred & fourty men, & her caronyes

&

velde.

fe

kyng & ys grete duke bygonne hem to jelde

to ys wylle, and oftages toke,
fe kyng Alfred

To

Vorto wende out of ys lond, gyf he yt wolde loke ;

And jut ferto, vor ys loue, to auonge Criftendom.
Kyng Gurmnnd, fe hexte kyng, vorft fer to come.
ybaptyfed ek fer
Kyng Alfred ys godfader was.
were
f retty of her hexte dukes, and muche of fat folc fere
Kyng Alfred hem huld wyf hym tuelf dawes as he

&

hende,

And

hem large jyftes, and let hym

wende.
Hii, fat nolde Criftyn be, of lande flowe fo,
And byjonde fee in France dude wel muche wo.
gut }?e flrewen come a jen, and muche wo here wrojte.
fuffe he jef

.Acfekyng Alfredatte lafte to (Tame hem euere brojte.

Kyng Alfred was fe wyfoft kynj, fat long was
byuore.

Vor fey mefegge felawes bef in worre tyme vorlore,

Nas yt nojt fo hiis daye. vor fey he in worre were,
Lawes he made ryjtuollore, and ftrengore fan er
were.
Clerc he was god ynou, and jut, as me tellef me,
He was more fan ten jer old, ar he coufe ys abece.
Ac ys gode moder oite fmale jyftes hym tok,
Vor to byleue ofer pie, and loky on ys boke.
So fat by por clergyc ys ryjt lawes he wonde,
fat neueie cr nere y mad, to gouerny ys lond.

And

vcr f e worre was fo muche of fe lufer Deneys,

of fys fulue lond were of fc worfe peys.
fe
And robbede and flowe of ere, feruor he byuonde,
fat fer were hondredcs in eche contreye of ys lond,
And in ech toune of fe hondred a tefynge were alfo,
And fat ech man wyf oute gret lond in tefynge were

men

ydo,

VOL.

I.

on, and mony ftudes ywys.

he rerde on, fat nywe munllre

mony

ycluped

ys.

lyf eyTte and tuenty jer in ys

Hys

kynedom

ylafte.

After ys def he wos ybured at Wynciieftreatte

John Mandeville wrote,

Sir

fat
a batayle at Edendone ajen fe Deneys nome.
wonne fe mayftre of the
flowe to grounde,

And
And

rerde

Ac Wyncheftrye

to drowe.

herte gladede fo,

fo kyng Alfred hurde fys, ys
lond
folc to hym come fo f ycke fo yt inygte go,
fat
Of Somerfcte, of Wyltefiyre, of Hamteflyre ferto,
Euere as he wende, and of ys owe folc al fo.
So
he adde poer ynou, and atte lade hii come,

non man ne dorfte yt nyme, fey he yt

as

lafte.

he himfelf informs

us, in the fourteenth century, and his work, which

comprifing a relation of many different particulars,

confequently required the ufe of many words and

in this place.
phrafes, may be properly fpecified
Of the following quotations, I have chofen the firft,
becaule it fliows, in fome meafure, the ftate of European fcience as well as of the Englifh tongue j and
the fecond, becaufe it is valuable for the force of
thought and beauty of exprefllon.

TN

that lond, ne in

no man may

many

othere bezonde that,

fee the fterre tranfmontane,

that

clept the fterre of the fee, that is unmevable,

and that is toward the Northe, that we clepen
is

the lode fterre.

But men feen another fterre, the
contrarie to him, that is toward the Southe, that
And right as the fchip men
is
clept Antartyk.

hem be the lode

men bezonde the parties,

taken here avys here, and governe

fterre, right fo don fchip
be the fterre of the Southe,

perethc not to us.

the Northe, that

And

the which fterre apthat is toward

this fterre,

wee clepen the lode fterre, ne

For whiche caufe, men may
not
to
hem.
apperethe
wel perceyve, that the lond and the fee ben of
For the partie of the
o contree, that ichewethc
another contree. And men may well preven

rownde fchapp and forme.

firmament fchewethe
not in

in

be experience and fotyle compaflement of wytt, that

man fond paflages be fchippes, that wolde go
to ferchen the world, men myghte go be fchippe
alle aboute the world, and aboven and benethen.
The whiche thing I prove thus, aftre that J have
For I have been toward the parties of Brafeyn.
and
beholden the Artrolabre, that the fterre
ban,
zif a

that

is

clept the tninfmontayne, is 53 degrees highe.

forthere in Almayne and Bewme, it

And more

And more

forthe toward the

62
degrees of hcghte,
parties leptemtrioneles,
For 1 my felf have mefured
and certyn mynutes.
it
by the Aftrolabre. No'/ fchulle.ze knowe, that
azcn the Tranlmontaync, is the tother fterre, that
as I have feyd before.
is
And
clept Antanyke-,

hathe 58 degrees.

it is

tho

fterres

ne mecven neverc.

And

be

hem

turneth?

THE HISTORY OF THE

alle the firmamenr, righte as dothe a wheel,
that turnethe be his axille tree: fo that tho fterres
beren the firmament in 2 egalle parties; fo that it

turnethe

mochel aboven, as it hath benethen. Afire

hsve gon toward the parties meridionales,
and I have founden,
toward the Southe

h.ithe als
this,

that

is

Lybye, men

that in

And

!b fer I

feen

firft

have gon more

in

the fterre Antartyk.

tho contrees, that I

fo that tohave founde that fterre more highe

ward the highe Lybye, it is 1 8 degrees of hcghte,
and ctrteyn rtiinutes (of the whiche, 60 minutes
maken a degree) after goynge be fee and be londe,
toward this contree,'of that I have fpoke, and to
other yles and londes bezonde that concree, I have
founden the fterre Antartyk of 33 degrees of
And zif I hadde had
heghte, and mo mynutes.
to go more bezonde,
and
for
fchippynge,
companye
I trowe wel in certyn, that wee fcholde have feen
alle the roundnefle of the firmament alle aboute.
For as I have feyd zou be forn, the half of the
firmament is betwene tho 2 fterres the whiche
;

And of the other halronI have

feyn.
have feyn toward the Northe, undre the
Tranfmontane 62 degrees and 10 mynutes; and
toward the partie meridionalle, I have feen undre
and
the Antartyk 33 degrees and 16 mynutes
thanne the halfondelle of the firmament in alle, ne
holdethe not but 180 degrees. And of tho 180, I
have feen 62 on that o parr, and 33 on that other
part, that ben 95 degrees, and nyghe the halfondelle
of a dearee ; and fo there ne faylethe but that I
have teen alle the firmament, faf 84 degrees and
the halfondelle of a degree ; and that is not the
fourthe part of the firmament. For the 4 partie of
the roundnefle of the firmament holt 90 degrees
fo there faylethe but 5 degrees and an half, of the
And a!fo I have leen the 3 parties
fourthe partie.
of alle the roundntffe of the firmament, and more
zit 5 degrees and an half.
Be the whiche I feye
zou certrynly, that men may envirowne alle the
erthe of alie the world, as wel undre as aboven,
and turnen azcn to his contree, that hadde companye and fchippynge and conduyt: and alle weyes
he fcholde fynde men, londes, and yles, als wel as
halfondelle

delle, I

in this contree.
For zee wyten welle, that ihei
that ben toward the Antartyk, thei ben ftreghte,
feet azen feet of hem, that dwellen undre the Tranf-

montane ; als wel as wee and thci that dwellyn

undre us, ben feet azenft feet. For al!e the parties
of Ice and of lond han here appofuees, habitables
or trepiffibles, and thei of this half and bezond
half.

may

And

wytethe wel, that afire that, th.it I

parceyve and comprehende, the londes of

Freftre John, emperour of Ynde ben undre us.

For in goynge from Scotlonu or from b.nglond toward Jc-rufalem, men gon upward alweys. For

cure lond

is

in

tlitc-

lowe pattic of the tribe, toward

Weft: and the lond of Preftre John is the lov/e

and thei han
partie of the erthe, toward the Eft
there the day, whan wee have the nyghte, and alfo
highe to the contrarie, thei han the nyghte, whan
wee ban the day. For the erthe and the fee ben of
round forme and fchapp, as I have feyd beforn-.
And than that men gon upward to o coft, men gon
dounward to another coft. Alfo zee have herd me
the

feye, that Jerufalem

is

in the

myddes of

the world;

and that may men preven and Ichewen there, be a

fpere, that is pighte in to the erthe, upon the hour
of mydday, whan it is equenoxium, that fchewethe
no fchadwe on no fyde. And that it fcholde ben,
in the myddes of the world, David wytnefifethe it
in the Pfautre, where he feythe, Deus
operatus eft
falute in medio terre. Thanne thei that parten fro
the parties of the Weft, for to go toward Jerufalem,

go

iorneyes as thei

many

als

thidre, in als

many

gon upward

for to

iorneyes may, thei gon fra

Jerufalem, unto other confynyes of thefuperficialtie

of the erthe bezonde. And whan men gon bezonde
tho iourneyes, towarde Ynde and to the foreyn yles,
alle is
envyronynge the roundneffe of the erthe and
of the fee, undre oure contrees on this half.
And
therfore hathe it befallen many tymes of o
thing,
that I have herd cownted, whan I was zong ; how
a worthi man departed fometyme from oure contrees, for togoferche the world. And fo he pafied
Ynde, and the yles bezonde Ynde, where ben mo
than 5000 yles and fo longe he wente be fee and
lond, and fo enviround the world be many feyfons,.
that he fond an yle, where he herde fpeke his owne
:

langage, callynge on oxen in the p!ow;he, fuche

wordes as men fpeken to beftes in his own contree:

whereof he hadde gret mervayle: for he knewe

not how it myghte be.
But I feye, that he had
fo
.be
and
be fee, that he hail
londe
gon
longe,
he was comen azet\
alle
the
that
erthe,
envyround
that
is to
feye, goynge aboute, uncnvirounynge,
to his pwne marches, zif he wolde have pafled
forthe, til he had founden his contree and his owne
knouleche.
But he turned azen from thens, from
whens he was come fro ; and fo he lofte moche,
peynefulle labour, as him felf leyde, a gret while
aftre, that he was comen horn. For it- befclle aftre,
that he wente in to Norweye; and there
tempett of
the fee toke him; and he arryved in an yle; and
whan he was in that yle, he knew wel, that it was
the yle, where he had herd fpeke his owne langage before, and the callynge of the oxen at the
plowghe and that was poflible thinge. But how
it femethe to
fymple men unlerned, that men n&
mowe not go ur.cire the erthe, and alfo that men
icholde falle towarde the hcvene, from undre
But
:

that n^ay not be, upon lefie, than wee mowe

toward hevene, fro the erthe, where wee ben.

Iro

what

partie

of the erthe, that

men

f.iile

For

du.MIe,

outher

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outher aboven or benethen,

hem

it

femethe alweyes to

gon more

that duellen, that thei

righte than

And righte as it femethe to us,

folk.
that thti ben undre us, righte fo it femethe hem,
For zif a man myghte
that wee ben undre hem.
falie fro the erthe unto the firmament; be grettere
ony other

rdbun, the erthe and the

fee, that

ben

fo grete

and

fo hevy, fcholde fallen to the firmament: but that

not be: and therfore feithe cure Lord God,

may

timeas me, qui fufpcndi terra ex nichilo? And

alle be it, that it be pofiible thing, that men may
fo envyronne al!e the world, natheles of a 1000

Non

ne myghte not happen to returnen in

For, for the gremefie ot the erthe
and of the fee, men may go be a 1000 and- a 1000
perfones, on
to his contree.

other weyes, that no man cowde reyde him perfmly

toward the parties that he cam fro, but zif it were
be aventure and happ, or be the grace of God.
the erthe is fulle large and fulle gret, and holt
and aboute envyroun, be aboven and
roundnefie
in
be benethen 20425 myles, aftre the opynyoun of
And here feyenges I
the old wife aftronomeres.

For

repreve noughte.

But

afcre

my

wyt,

lytylle

it

femethe me, favynge here reverence, that it is

more. And for to have bettere underftondynge, I
a figure, that hathe a
fcye thus, be ther ymagyned
the poynt of the gret
aboute
and
gret compas;
compas, that is clept the centre, be made another
litille compas: than aftre, be the gret compafs clevifed be lines in manye parties j and that alle the
lynes meeten

at the centre

the grete
parries, as
in als manye, fchalle

compas

fo that

fchal

in

as

many

be departed,

be departed the litille, that

is aboute the centre, alle be it, that the fpaces
ben kfle. Now thanne, be the gret compas repre-

fented for the firmament, and the litille cornpas

represented for the erthe. Now thanne the firma-

ment is devyied, be aftronomeres, in 12

and every figne is devyfed in 30 degrees,

fignes ;
that is

360 degrees, that the firmament hathe aboven.

Alf, be the erthe devyfed in als many parties, as
the firmament-, and let every partye anfwere to a
degree of the firmament: and wytethe it wel, that
aftre the au&oures of aftronomye, 700 furlonges of
erthe anfweren to a degree of the firmament i and
Now be that
tho ben 87 miles and 4 furlonges.
here multipiyed be 360 fuhes; and then thei ben

315000 myles, every of 8 furlonges, aftre myles of

oure contree. So moche hathe the erthe in roundneffi-, and of heghte enviroun, aftre myn opynyoun
and myn undirftondynge. And zee Ichulieundirftonde, that aftre the opynyoun of olde wife philofooure contree ne Irelond ne
phres and aftronomeres,
Wales ne Scotlond ne Norweye ne the other yles

to hem, ne ben not in the fuperficyalte

cownted aboven the erthe; as it fchewethe be alle
the bokes of aftronomye. For the fuperficialtee of

codynge

the erthe

is
departed in 7 parties, for the 7 planetes:
and tho parties ben clept cly mares. And oure parties be not of the 7~clymates: for thei ben defcendAnd alfo thofe yles of
ynge toward the Weft.
Ynde, which beth evene azenft us, beth noghc
reckned in the clymates for thei ben azenft us,
that ben in the lowe contree. And the 7 clymates
:

hem envyrounynge

ftrecchen
II.

the world.

And I John Maundevylte knyghteabovefeyd,

(alle thoughe I be unworthi) that departed from

ouie contrees and patted the fee, the zeer of grace
1322. that have pafied manye londes and manye
yles and contrees, and cerched manye fulle ftraunge
places, and have ben in many a fulle gode honourable companye, and at many a faire dede of
armes, (alle be it that 1 elide none mylelf, for myn
unable infuffiftnce) now I am comen horn (mawgree

for gowces, artetykes, that me

tho
diftreynen,
dirTynen the ende of my labour,
azenft my wille (God knowethe.)
And thus tak-

my

lelf)

ynge
tyme
putte
in to

to refte

folace in

patted,

my wrecched
I

have

hem wryten

in

rcfte,

fulfilled
this

rccordynge the

tlieife

boke,

as

it

thingcs

and

wolde come

the zeer of grace 1356 in the 34

Wherdepartede from oure contrees.

my mynde,

zeer that

preye to alle the redcres and hereres of tnis

boke, zif it plcfe hem, that thei wolde preyen to

fore

God

for me
and I fchalle preye for hem.
And
tho that feyn for me a. Pater nofter, with an
Ave Maria, that God forzeve me my fynncs, I
make hem partneres and graunte hem part of alle
the gode pilgrymages and of alle the gode dedes,
that I have don, zif ony be to his p!dance
and
noghte only of tho, but of alle that evere I fchalle
do unto my lyfes ende. And. I befeche Almyghty
:

alle

God,

fro

whom

alle

godentfle and grace comcthe

fro, that he vouchefaf, of his excellent mercy and

habundant grace, to fulle fyUe hire foules with infpi-

racioun of theHolyGoft, in makynge defence of alle

hire goftly enemyes here in erthf , to hire falvacioun,

botheof body andfoule; toworfchipeandthankynge

of him, that is three and on, with otiten begynnyngc
and withouten endynge; that is, with outen quaHtee, good, and with outen quantytee, gret ; that
in alle places is prefent, and alle thinges
contenynynge , the whiche that no goodneffe may amende,
ne non evelle empeyre; that in perfeyte trynytee
lyvethe and regtiethe God, be alle worldes and be
alle

tymes.

Amen, Amen, Amen.

The

THE HISTORY OF THE

of our authours, who can be properly
&id to have written Englijb, was Sir John Cower,
who, in his Confeffion of a Lover, calls Chaucer his difciplc, and may therefore be confidercd as the father
of our poetry.

The

firft

is now
brought to the
of
our
which
the
hiftory
poetry is generally
point
fuppofed to commence, the time of the illuftrious

The hiftoryof our language

at

Geoffry Chaucer, who may, perhaps, with great juftice, be ftiled the firft of our verfifiers who wrote

He does not, however, appear to have

deferved all the praifc which he has received^ or all
the cenfure that he has fuffered.
Dryden, who,
miftaking genius for learning, in confidence of his
abilities, ventured to write of what he had not examined, afcribes to Chaucer the firft refinement of
our numbers, the firft production of eafy and natural
rhymes, and the improvement of our language, by
poetically.

It is

Whiche
But ofte

for to fpeke of the commune,

to drede of that fortune,

hath befalle in fondrye londcs:

for dcfaute of bondes

All fodeinly, er

tunne, when

it

be wift,

his lie arift

Tobreketh, and renneth all aboute,

WhKhe els fhulde nought gone out.
And eke full ofte a littell fkare

Let

men be ware,
ftreme, whiche with gret peine,

a banke, er

Vpon

in the

man

mall rcftreine.
errour groweth.
He is not wile, who that nc troweth,
For it hath proued oft er this.
And thus the common clamour is
In euery londe, where people dwelleth:
And eche in his complainte telleth,
How that the worlde is mifwent,
If any

Where

it

lawe

faillcth,

And thervpon his argument

Yeueth euery man in fondrie wife:
But what man wolde him felfe auife
His confcience, and nought mifufe,

He

maie well

at the firft

excufe

among them,
which another

Nought only vpon ten ne twelue,

But plenarly vpon vs all.
is

caufe of that

Some innovations he might probably

make, like others, in the infancy or our poetry,
which the paucity of books does not allow us to difcovcr with particular exadnefs ; but the works of
Cower and Lydgate fufficiently evince, that his diction was in general like that of his
contemporaries
and feme improvements he undoubtedly made
by
the various dilpofitions of his rhymes, and
by the
mixture of different numbers, in which he feerr.s to
have been happy and judicious. I have felecled
feveral fpecimens both of his profe and verfe ; and
importer.

His god, whiche euer ftant in one,

In him there is defaute none
So muft it (land vpon vs felue,

For man

words borrowed from the more polifhed languages

of the continent. Skinner contrarily blames him in
harfh terms for having vitiated- his native fpeech by
whole cartloads of foreign words.
But he that reads
the works of Cower will find fmooth numbers and
eafy rhymes, of which Chaucer is fuppofed to have
been the inventor, and the French words, whether
good or bad, of which Chaucer is charged as the

Man,

fliall fall.

is

known.

CHAUCER.
ALAS!

wepyng am

C O L V

conftrained to begin verfe

of forowfull matter, that whilom

in

florilhyng

made delitable ditees. For lo

rendyng
mufes of a Poetes editen to me thinges to be
At lafte no drede ne
writcn, and drerie teres.
might overcame tho mules, that thci ne werren feiJowes, and foloweden my wate, that is to faie,
when I was exiled, thei that weren of my youth
whilom wclfull and grene, comforten now forow-

ftudie

full

weirdes of

me

olde

man

for elde

is

comen

unwarely upon me, hafted by the harmes that I

have, and forowe hath commaunded his age to be
in me.
Hcres hore arcn (had overtimeliche upon
lied
and the flatke fkinne trembleth of mine
my
bodie.
Thilke deth of men is wclefull,
empted
that he ne cometh not in yeres that be fwete, but
:

queen

It would be
oppoied.
improper to quote
an
author
of fo much reputation, or
very f;>aringly
to make very large extracts from a book fo
gene-

rally

**

part of his tranflation of Boetius, to

verfion, made in the time of

cometh

T THAT
A

in

tyme of

E.

profperite,

and floryming

ftudye, made- plcalaunte and delectable dities,

orverfcs: alas now beyng heauy and fad ouerthrowen in atinerfi<ie, am compelled to fele and taft
htuines and greif.
Beholde the mufes
Poeticall,

that

is

to

iaye

the

pleafure that

is

in

poetes

verfes, do appoynt me, and compel me to writ

thei'e verfes in meter, and the forowfull verfes
do

wet

wretched race with very

waterye teares,
my eyes for forowe. Whiche mufes
no ieare without doute could ouercome, but that
they wold folow me in my iourncy of exile or ba-

my

yffuinge out of

nithrnent.
Sometyme the ioy,e of happy and lufly
delectable youth dyd comfort me, and nowe the
rourfe of forowfull olde
age cauieth me to

For hafty old age vnloked

reioyie.

for

is

come vpon me
with

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Alas, alas
to wretches often icleped :
awaie fro
turneth
cruell
deth
ere
an
defe
with how
to
clofe
for
naieth
and
wcpyng eyen.
wretches,

cometh

While

fortune unfaithfull favoured

that forowfull houre, that

me

with light
the

to

is

iaie,
godes,
but now
hedde
('rente
almofte
had
deth,
myne
decevablc
her
hath
cloudie
fortune
for
chaunged
chere to mewarde, myne unpitous life drawech
:

ye my frendes,
to ben welfull ?

along ungreable dwellynges.

what, or whereto avauntecl ye me
For he that hath fallin, (lode in no ftedfaft degre.

with al her incommodities and euyls, and forow

hath commaunded and bronghteme into the fame
that forowe caufeth me to
old age, that is to fay
:

The
be oide, before my time come of olde age.
hoer heares do growe vntimely vpon my heade,
and my reuiled fkynne trembleth my flefh, cleans
confumed and watte with forowe. Mannes death
happy, that cometh not in youth, when a man
and in plealure or welth: but in time of
Alas Alas
aduerfuie, when it is often defyred.
how dull and deffe be the eares of cruel death vnto
men in mifery that would fayne dye and yet refufythe to come and fhutte vp theyr carefull wepyng eyes. Whiles that falfe fortune fauoryd me
with her tranfitorye goodes, then the howre of
That is to fay
death had almoft ouercome me.
when
I was in prodeathe was redy to opprefTe me
is
is

luftye,

Nowe

fperitie.

for

by caufe that fortune beynge

turned, from profperitie into aduerfitie (as the clere

day is darkyd with cloudes) and hath chaungyd her
my wretched life is yet
deceyuable countenaunce
in dolour.
doth
continue
my
prolonged and
fo
often
bofted
haue
frendes why
me, fayinge
you
:

was happy when I had honour pofieffions

riches, and authorise whych be tranfitory thynges.
He that hath fallen was in no ftedefaft degre.

that

TN

mene

the

* with

my

while, that

felf,

record thefe thynges

my wepelie complainte

office

hedde higher, fhe perced the felf heven, fo that the

her clothes
fight of menne lokyng was in ydell
wer maked of right delie thredes, and fubtel craft
of perdurable matter. The whiche clothes fhe had
:

woven with
by her
beautie

felf
:

her

owne handes,

declaryng,

The whiche

as

knewe

well after

and fhewyng to

me

the

clothes a darknefle of a for-

and difpifed eldc had dufked and darked, as

it is wonte to darke
by fmoked Images.
In the nethereft hemme and border of thefe
clothes menne redde iwoven therein a Grekifhe A.
that fignifieth the life adlive, and above that letter,
in ihe hieft bordure, a Grekifhe C. that
fignifieth
the life
And betwcne thefe two
contemplatifr.

leten

VOL.

I.

that I confiderydde pryuylye with

I (till

and marked

of poincte!!
I
faugh fiondyng aboven
the hight of myn hed a woman of full grete reveHer eyen brennyng, and
rence, by femblaunt.
over
the
common
clere, feyng
might of menne,
with a lively colour, and with foche vigour and
ftrength that it ne might not be nempned, all were
it fo, that fhc were full of fo
grete age, that menne
wouldrn not trowcn in no manere, that fhe were of
our elde.
The ftature of her was of dourous Judgemente,
for fometyme (he conftrained and fhronke her felven,
like to the common mefure of menne
And fomeit femed, that (he touched the heven with
tyrre
the hight of her hedde.
And when fhe hove her

with

letcers

the thynges before fayd, and defcrymy

bed my wofull complaynte after the maner and
felfe

offyce of a wrytter, me thought I fawe a woman

ftand ouer my head of a reuerend countenaunce,

hauyng quycke and

glyftx-ryng clere eye,

aboue

of men in lyuely and delectable

ful
of
and
coloure,
ftrength, although fhe femed fo
olde that by no meanes fhe is thought to be one of
this oure tymc, her ftature is of douteful knowledge, for nowe fhe fhewethe herfelfe at the cornmen length or ftatur of men, and other whiles fhe
femeth fo high, as though Ihe touched heuen with
the crown of her hed. And when fhe wold ttretch
fourth her hed hygher, it alfo perced thorough
heauen, fo that mens fyghte coulde not attaine to
behold her. Her veftures or cloths were perfyt of
the finyfte thredes, and fubtyll workemanfhyp, and
of fubltaunce permanent, whych vefturs fhe had
wouen with her own hands as I pcrceyued after by
The kynde or beawtye of the
her owne faiynge.
a
veftures,
certayne darkenes or rather igwhyche
noraunce of oldenes forgotten hadde obfcuryd and
darkened, as the fmoke is wont to darken Images
that ftand nyghe the fmoke. In the lower parte of
the fa id veftures was read the greke letter P. wouen
whych fignifyeth practife or aclyffe, and in the
hygher partc of the veftures the greke letter T.
the

common

forte

for theorica, that fignifyeth fpecuAnd betwene both the

lacion or contemplation.

whych eftandeth
[

THE HISTORY' OF THE

were feen degrees nobly wrought, in
mancr of ladders, by whiche degrees menne might
climben from the ncthereft letter to the uuperert:
nathclefle handes of Ibme men hadden kcrve that
clothe, by violence or by ftrength, and evcriche
manne of 'hem had borne awaie ibche peces, as he

letters there

woman
might getten. And forfothe this foriaied
her
left
in
bare fniale bokes in her right hande, and
thefe
(lie
fawe
hand (he bare a Icepter. And when
Poeticall mufes approchyng about my bed, and
fhe was a litle
endityng wordes to my wtpynges,
Who (qS
cruell
cyen.
amoved, and glowed with
manne
fike
this
to
ftie) hath fuffered approchen
the
is
of
which
thele commen ftrompettes,
place
that menne callen Theatre, the whiche onely ne
forowes with remedies, but ihei
afiwagen not
norifhe
and
would feden
hym with fvvete venime ?
tho
that with thornes, and
ben
that
Forfothe,
his

whiche that ben

prickynges of talentesof affeccions,
tise
fructuous
nor
profitable, diftroien
nothyng
refon.
For
thei
of
of
fruiites
Come, plentuous
holden hertes of men in ufage, but thei ne deliver
no folke fro maladie. But if ye mules had withdrawen fro me with your flatteries any unconnyng
and unprofitable manne, as ben wont to finde com-

menly emong the peple, I would well fuffre the

in foche an unprofitable
grcvoufly. For why,
man myn ententes were nothyng endamaged. But
ye withdrowen fro me this man, that hath ben
nourifhed in my (Indies or fcoles of Eleaticis, and
But goeth now rather
of Academicis in Grece.
awaie ye Mermaidens, whiche that ben fwete, till
it be at the laft, and luffreth this man to be cured
and heled by my mufes, that is to fay, by my notefull fciences.
And thus this companie of mufes
iblamed caften wrothly the chere dounward to the
yerth, and fhewing by rcdnefTe ther fhame, thei
lafie

pafTeden forowfully the threfholde. And I of whom

the fight piounged in teres was darked, fo that I ne
might not know what that woman was, of fo ImI woxe all abalhed and ftonied,
doune to the yerth, and begin
ftill ibr to abide what fhe would doen afterward.
Then came fhe nere, and fct'her doune upon ;he

perial aucthoritie,

and

caft

my

fight

uttereit corner of

my bed, and fhe beholdyng my

chere, 'hat was caft to the yerth, hevie and grevous
of wei yng, complained with thele wordes (that I
(hall

fame) the perturbacion of

my

thought.

fayd letters were fcne certayne degrees, wrought

after the maner of ladders, wherein was as it were
a paflkge or waye in Iteppes or degrees from the

lower part wher the letter P. was which is vnderftand from pmclys or aftyf, unto the hygher parts
wher the letter T. was whych is vnderftand fpeculacion or contemplacion.
Neuertheles the handes
of fome vyolente perlbnes had cut the faydc veftures
and had taken awaye certayne pecis thereof, fuch
as euery one coulde catch.
And fhe her felre dyd
bare in her ryght hand litel bokes, and in her lefte

hande a fcepter, which forefayd phylofophy (when

fhe faw the mufes poetycal prefent at my bed, fpckyng forowiull wordes to my wepynges)

beyng angry

fayd (with terrible or frownynge countenaunce)

fuffred thefe crafty harlottes to com to
thys

who

fycke

man

whych can help hym by no means of hys

griefe by any kind of medicines, but rather increaie

the fame with fwete poylbn.
Thefe be they that

doo dyftroye the fertile and plentious commodytyes

of reafon and the fruytes therof wyth their pryckynge thornes, or barren affecr.es, and accuftome or
fubdue mens myndes with fickenes, and heuynes,
and do not delyuer or heale them of the fame. But
yf your flatterye had conueyed or wythdrawen from
me, any vnlernyd man as the comen forte of people
are wonte to be, I coulde haue ben better contentyd, for in that my worke fhould not be hurt or
But you haue taken and conueyed
hynderyd.
from me thys man that hath ben broughte vp in the
ftudyes of Ariftotel and of Plato. But yet get you
hence maremaids (that feme fwete untyil you haue
brought a man to deathe) and fuffer me to heale
thys my man wyth my mu!es or fcyences that be
hollbme and good. And after that philoibphy had
fpoken thefe wordes the fayd companyeof the rmifys
poeticall beyng rebukyd and fad, cafte down their
countenaunce to the grounde, and by blufTyng confefTed their fhamfaftnes, and went out of the dores.
But I (that had my fyght dull and blynd wyth
wepyng, fo that I knew not what woman this was
hauing foo great auc~thomie) was amafyd or aftonyed,and lokyng downeward, towarde ihe grounde,
I
began pryvylye to look what ihyng fhe would
Then fhe apfaye ferther, then fhe had laid.
proching and drawynge nere vnto me, fat downe
vpon the vftermoft part of my bed, and lokyng
vpon my face fad with weping, and dcclynyd
toward the earth for Ibrow, bewayled the trouble of
my minde wyth thdt layinges folowynge.

The

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
The

conclufions of the

he foriete it ones.
fhewe the in my

ASTROLABIE.

of our
This book (written to his fon in the year
Richard
of
in
the
=md
II.)
14
Lord 1391,
King
ftandeth fo

at this

good
horizon of Oxford,
learned

it

day, efpecially for the

of the
cannot be amended, fays an Edit, of
as in the opinion

Chaucer.
perceve
Lowys my fonne,
LYTEL evidences
thyne abylyte
I

well by

to lerne fcy-

certaine

ences, touching nombres and proporcions, and

alfo well coniydre I thy bcfye prayer in efpecyal
Than for
to lerne the tretyfe of the aftrolabye.
as inoche as a philofopher faithe, he wrapeth hym
in his frende, that condi'cendeth to the ryght:
therfore I have given
prayers of his frende
the a fufficient aftrolabye for oure orizont, comafter the latitude of Oxenforde : upon the

fions

but

powned

this

to teche the a certaine

p;jfe

pertainynge

to this

nombre of

fame inftrumcnt.

nombre of conclufions

taine

lytell

tretife,

pur-

conclufions,
1 fay a cer-

cauie

this

wol not in al thinges perfourme ther beheftes: and

fome of 'hern ben to harde to thy tender age of
This tretife divided in five
ten yere to conceve.
wil 1 fhewe the wondir -light rules and
partes,
naked wordes in Englifhe, for Latine ne canft
thou nat yet but fmale, my litel fonne. But neverthcleffe fuffifeth to the thefe trewe conclufyons
in Englifhe, as wel as fuffifeth to thefe noble

clerkes grekes theie fame conclufyons in greke,

and to the Arabines in Arabike, and to Jewes
in Hebrewe, and to the Latin folke in Latyn:
whiche Latyn folke had 'hem firfte out of other divers langa^es, and write 'hem in ther owne tonge,

that

is

to laine in Latine.

this mater, and not only as trewe

and fubtil conclufions as ben yfhewed

as

many

latin,

flene

envy.

The
The
figures,

firft

firft

party.

partye of this tretife fhal reherce the

and the membres of thyne

by-

aftrolaby,

caufe that thou fhalte have the greter knowinge of

thine owne inftrument.

The

feconde party.

Th

feconde partye fhal teche the to werken the

very praftike of the forefai.1 conclufidns, as ferforche and alfo narowe as may be fnewed in fo
Fur wel
fmale an inftrument portatife aboute.

wote every aftrologien,

wol not be fhewe 1 in fo

wote that in all thefe langages and in

have
thefe conclufyons ben fufficientlye
manyc mo,
lerned and taug-n, and yet by divers rules, right
as divers pathes leden divers folke the right

waye

Rome.

Now

wol I pray mekely every perfon difcrete,

that redeth or hcreth this lityl tretife to have

my

ententing excufed, and my fuperfluite of

The firft caufe is, for
wordes, for two caufes.
that curious endityng and harde fentences is ful

rude

hevy at ones, for loch a childe to lerne. And the

feconde caufe is ihis, that fothely me femeth better
to writen unto a childe twife a gode fentence, than
5

fractions

thai, .fmalleft

irrul

ne

an inftrument,, as in

fubtil tables cacuisd for a caufe.

The PROLOGUE

of the

TESTAMENT

LOVE.

of
l

men
"JV/TANY
^-*fprad

fo

there ben, that with eres openly

the delicioufneffe of

moche fwalowen

and of ryme, by queint knittinge coloures,

that of the godeneffe or of the badneffe of the fentence take they Jitel hede or els none.
Sothelye dulle witte and a thoughtfulle foule fo

jeftes

fore

have mined and graffed

in

my

fpirites,

that

ben of mine
acquaintaunce. And for rude wordes and boiftous
percen the herte of the herer to the inreft point, and
planten there the fentence of thinges, fo that with
litel helpe it is able to fpring, this boke, that nothynge hath of the grete fiode of wytte, ne of
femelyche colours, is dolven with rude wordes and
boiftous, and fo drawe togiSer to maken (he catchers therof ben the more redy to hent fentence.
foche craft of enditinge woll

And God

to

fo that I

in any comon tretife of the aftrolabye,

conne me the more thanke, and praye God fave the
kinge, thaj is lorde of this langage, and all that
him faith bereth, and obeieth everiche in his deBut confydredi
gree, the more and the laffe.
to
have
founden this
ne
not
I
well, tha,t
ufurpe
werke of my labour or of myne engin. I n'ame
but a leude compilatour of the laboure of olde
aflrologiens, and have it tranflated in myn englifhe
and with this fwerde fhal
onely for thy dodlrine

in

is this.

Another caufe .
region, as I fuppofe.
cartes
of the aftrolabye
in
that
this,
any
fothely
that I have yfene, ther ben fome conclufions, that
in

be

for thre caufes, tlve

Trufte wel that al the conclufions

that have be founden, or ells poffiblye might be
founde in fo noble an inftrument as in the aftrolabye, ben unknowen perfitely to anye mortal man
firft

Englifhe,

if it

as trew conclu-

touching

full

whiche by mediacion of

And, Lowis,
lith

Some men

there ben, that painten wirh colours

as with red inke, and

fome with wers,

fome with coles and chalke
riche arid

nat

and yet

is

there

gode

matter to the leude peple of thylke chalkye purtreyture, as 'hem thinketh for the time, and after-

ward

THE HISTORY OF THE

ward the fyght of the better colours yeven to 'hem
more joye for the firft leudnefle. So fothly this
leude clowdy occupacyon is not to prayfe, but by
the leude, for comenly leude leudenefie commendEke it fhal yeve fight that other precyous
eth.
In Latin
thynges (hall be the more in reverence.
wittes
had
and French hath many foveraine
grete
noble thinges fuldelyte to endite, and have many
but certes there ben fome that fpeken ther
of whiche fpeche the
poifye mater in Frenche,
as
have
Frenche men
gode a fantafye as we
mens Englifhe. And
Frenche
of
have in heryng
filde,

unneth

we

ben

there

termes

many

Englifhe

howe

in

Englyfhe,

men connen

fliould than a

whiche

declare

the

Frenche man

knowleginge
borne ? loche termes connejumpere in his matter,
but as the jay chatereth Englifhe. Right fo truely
the underftandyn of tnglifhmen woll not ftretche
to the privie termes in Frenche, what fo ever we
Let then clerkes enboften of ftraunge langage.
diten in Latin, for they have the propertie of
fcience, and the knowinge in that facultie: and
lette Frenche men in ther Frenche alfo enditen ther
queint termes, for it Js Jcyndcly to ther mouthes ;
and let us fhewe our fantafies in fuch wordes as we
:

lerneden of our dame's tonge. And although this

boke be lytel thank worthy for the leudnefie in
yet loch writing exiten men to thilke
ben necefiarie; for every man therby
that
thinges
a
as
may by perpetual myrrour fene the vices or vertravaile,

tues of other, in whyche thynge lightly may be

conceved to efchue perils, and necefTaries to catch,
after as aventures have fallen to other peple or
perfons.

Certes the foverainft thinge of defire and mod

creture refonable, have or els fhuld have full apunrefonable beftes
petite to ther perfeccyon
:

mowen
than

not, lithe rclbn hath in 'hem no workinge :

relonablc that wol not, is companioned to un-

refonable, and made lyke 'hem. Forfothe the moll

foveraine and finall perfeccion of man is in know-

ynge of a fothe, withouten any entent decevable,

and in love or. one very God, that is inchaungeable,
ihat is to knowe, and love his creator.
Nowe principally the mene to brynge in knowleging and lovynge his creatour, is the confidera<yon of thynges made by the creatour, wher through

by thylke thinges

that

ben made, underltandynge

de Animalibus,

faith to naturell
philofophers: it is
a grete likynge in love of knowinge ther cretoure:
and allo in knowinge of caufes in kindelye
thynges,
confidrid forfothe the formes of kindelye
thinges
and the map, a gret kyndely love we fhulde have
to the werkman that 'hem made.
The crafte of a

werkman is fhewed in the werk. Herefore trulie

the philofopliers with a lyvely ftudie manic noble
thinges, righte precious, and worthy to memorye,
writen, and by a gret fwet and travaille to us leften
of caufes the properties in natures of thinges, to
whiche therfore philofophers it was more joy, more
lykinge, mere herty luft in kindely vertues and
matters of refon the perfeccion by bufy
ftudy to
knowe, than to have had all the trefour, al the
richefTe, al the value glory, that the pafled empeTherfore the
rours, princes, or kinges hadden.
names of 'hem

in the boke of
perpetuall memorie
and pece arne writen ; and in the contrarie, that is to faine, in Styxe the foule pitte of
helle arne thilke preffed that foch
godenes hated.
And bicaufe this boke fhall be of love, and the,
prime caufes of ftering in that doinge with paffions and diiefes for wantinge of defire, I wil that
this boke be cleped the teftament of love.
But nowe thou reder, who is thilke that wilt not
in fcorne laughe, to here a dwarfe or els halfe a
man, fay he will rende out the fwerde of Hercules
handes, and alfo he fhulde fet Hercules G.ides a
mile yet ferther, and over that he had power of
in vertue

up the fpere, that Alifander the

noble might never wagge, and that pafimge al
thinge to ben mayfter of Fraunce by might, there
as the noble gracious 1'dwarde the thirde for al his
grete prowefTe in victories nc might al yet conquere?
Certes I wote well, ther fnall be made more
fcorne and jape of me, that I fo unworthely clothed
altogither in the cloudie cloude of unconning, wil
putten me in prees to Ipeke of love, or els of the
caufes in that matter, fuhen al the grettefl clerkes
han had- ynough to don, and as who faith gathered
up clene loforne 'hem, and with ther lharp fithes of
conning al mowen and made therof grete rekes and
noble, tul of al plenties to fede me and many an
ftrengch to pull

other.

Envye

forfothe cornmendeth noughte his

relon, that he hath in hain, be it never fo trulty.

And although thefe noble repers, as gode work-

men and worthy

ther

draw ami bounde

fhockes, yet have
the fmale crommes, and fullin
fallen from the bourde
among
liier,

han

al

here to our wyttes, arne the unlene pryvities of

God made to us fyghtfull and knowinge, in our

up

contemplacion and underftondinge. Tueie thinges

ma

than forfothe moche bringen us to the ful knowleginge lot he, and to the parfyte love of the maker
ot luvenly thynges. Lo! David faith: thou hade
dclittd me in makinge 3 as who faith, to have delice
in the tune how God hat lent me in confideracion

the fmalle houndes, notwithstanding the travaile of

the almoigner, that hach draw up in the cloth al

of thy makingc.

Wherof

Ariftotle in the

boke

in

the Iheves, and

enfample to ga'Ser
walet of tho that

made many

the remiff.tilcs, as trenchours, and the relele to

bere to the almefle.
Yet alfo have I levc of the

noble hufbande Boece, although I be a llraunger

of conninge to come after his doctrine, and thefe
grete

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
workmen,

grete

my handfuls of the
and yf me faile ought
porcion with that I fhal

and glene

after ther handes,

fhedynge
of my ful, to encrefe my
drawe by privy ties out of fhockes; a

flye

fervaunte

owne helpe is often moche commended ;

of thynges, was
knowynge of trouthe in caufes
more hardier in ttoe firfte fechers, and Ib fayth
in

his

Ariftotle, and lighter in us that han folowed after.

ther parting ftudy han frelhed our wittes, and

For

cure underftandynge han excited in confideracion

of trouth by fharpenes of ther reibns.
Utterly
thele thingcs be no dremes ne japes, to throwe to
mete for children of trouth,
hogges, it is lifelych
whan I pilgramed out of
betiden
and as they me
whan
the wether out of mefure
in
kith
wintere,

my

and the wyld wynd Boreas, as his

with
kind afketh,
dryinge coldes maked the wawes
Ib
to arife unkindely over the comocean
fe
the
of
it was in
that
bankes
mune
point to fpill all the

was

bo'iftous,

erthe.

The PROLOGUES

of the

CANTERBURY TALES

CHAUCER, from the MSS.

that Aprilis with his (houris
\X7HEN
"
*

The drought of March had

of

fote,

percid to the rote,

And bathid every veyn in fuch licour,

Of which vertue engendrid is the flour.
When Zephyrus eke, with his fwete breth
Enfpirid hath, in every holt and heth
The tender croppis ; and that the yong Sunn
Hath in the Ramm his halve cours yrunn :

And

fmale foul is makin melodye,

That flepin alle night with opin eye,

(So prickith them nature in ther corage)

Then longin folk to go on pilgrimage
:

And

To

palmers for to fekin ftrange ftrondes,

fervin hallowes couth in fondry londes:

And fpecially fro every fhir'is end

Of England, to Canterbury they wend,
The holy blisfull martyr for to feke,
That them hath holpin, whan

that they were fcke.

Befell that in that iefon on a day

In Southwerk at the Tabberd as I lay,

Redy

To

to

wendin on

my

pilgrimage
Canterbury, with devote corage,

At night wer come into that hoftery

Wele nine and twenty in a cumpany

Of

And made

forward

erli

for to

take our weye, ther as I did devife.

But nathlefs while that I have time and fpace,
Er' that I farther in this tale pace,

Methinkith

To

it

accordaunt to refon,

you alle the condition

Of ech of them, fo as it femid me,
And which they werin, and of what degree,
And eke in what array that they wer in
tell

And

at a

knight then woll

I firft

and pilgrimes wer they all:

felaftiip
That toward Canterbury wouldin ride.
;

The chambers and the ftablis werin widr,

And well we werin efid at the beft
And fhortly whan the funne was to reft,
:

So had I fpokin with them everych one,

Thar was o f ther felafhip anonej
VOL. I.
i

begin.

The KNIGHT.

knight ther was, and that a worthy man,

fro the time that he firft began
To ridin out, he lovid Chevalrie,
Trouth and honour, fredome and curtefy.
Full worthy was he in his lordis werre,
And thereto had he riddin nane more ferre
As well in Chriftendom, as in Hethnels j
And evyr honoured for his worthinefs.
At Aleflandre' he was whan it was won j
Full oft timis he had the bord begon
Abovin alle naciouns in Pruce ;
In Lettow had he riddin, and in Luce,
No Chriften-man fo oft of his degree
In Granada ; in the fege had he be
Of Algezir, and ridd in Belmary ;
At Leyis war he, and at Sataly,
Whan that they wer won ; and in the grete fee
At many'a noble army had he be
At mortal battails had he ben fiftene,
And foughtin for our feith at Tramefene,
In liftis thrys, and alwey flein his fo.
This ilke worthy knight hath ben alib
Sometimis with the lord of Palathy,

That

Ayens anothir hethin

in

Turky

And evirmore he had a fov'rane prize

And though that he was worthy, he was
And of his port as mtke as is a maid,
;

He
In

He

his life

was

But for

unto no manner wight:

very parfit gentil knight.

to tellin you of his array,

His hors wer good

Of

wife

nevir yet no villany ne faid

all

fuftian he

wend

but he was nothing gay

a gipon,

Alle beimottrid with his haburgeon.

For he was

And

late

ycome from

wente for to do

his

The HOUSE of
The

his viage,

pilgrimage.

lundrie folk, by aventure yfall

In

rife,

To

Firft

FAME.

Eoke.

VT O W herken, as I have
** What that I mette or

you

faied,

abraied,

Of December the tenith daie,

When it was night, to flepe
1

laie,

Right

THE HISTORY OF THE

Right

as

was wontc for to ik.cn,

And fill aflcpc wondir lone,

As he that was weiic forgo
On pilgrimage milis two

To
To

the corps of

fair.c~r.

Leonard?,

makin lith that erll was harde.

But as me Qept me mate was
Within a temple' imadc of glas,
I

wain mo imac

In \vhiche there

Efcapid was from all the pre?,

And toke his fathre', old Anchifes,
And bare hym on his backc awaie,
Crying alas and welawaie
The whiche Anchifes in his hande,
Bare tho the goddis of the lande
1 mene thilke that unbrennid were.
Then fawe I nexc th.it all in fere

How

Creufa,

ue,

golde, ftandyng
Sctte in mo richc tabirnacles,
And with perre mo pinnacles,

"Whom that he lovid ail his life,

And her yong fonne c'.epid Julo,
And eke Afcanius allb,

And mo curious portraituris,

And queint manir of figuris
Of goldc work? then 1 fa we

That

Of

in fondrie llagcs,

Fleddin eke, with full drerie cherc,

it was
pite for to here,

evir.

But certainly 1 n'ift nevir

\Vherc that it was, but well wift
I: was of Venus redily
This temple, for in purtrciturc
1 fawe anone right her figure

And

ytlctyng in a fe,
on her hedde parde
white and redde,
garland
rofy
her combe for to kern be her hcdde,

Her

dovis,

allb

Her

and Dan Cupido

and Yulcano,

Icr blinde fonne,

That

ywas full broune.

romid
But
up and doune,
wall there was
that
on
the
founde
I
Thus writtin on a table* of bras.
in his face

as I

woll

The

now

fyng,

armi-s and

if that I

can,

went

in a foreft as thei

How

Nakid

And

And

tournyng of a went
Creufa was iloite, ahThat rede not I, how that it was
How he her fought, and how her ghofte
Bad hym to flic the Grekis hofte,
And faied he muft into Itaile,
As was his deftinie, fauns faile,
That it was pitie for to here,
\Vhen that her fpirite gan appere,
The wordis that me to hym laied,
And for to kepc her fonne hym prated.
There fawe I gravin eke how he
His fathir eke, and his meine
With his Ihippis be
;ile
Toward the countrey of It-iile,
at a

As

llreight as ere thei mightin D

man,
came through his deftine
Fugitife fro Troye the countre
Into Itaile, with full moche pine,

There fawe I eke the, cruill Juno,

That art Dan Jupiter his wife,
That hsft ihated all thy life

Unto

Rennin and

And
As I

On

That

firtl

the ftrondis of Lavine,

tho began the ftoric' anone,

Merciiefs

(hall tellin

To

fawc

So

you echone.
duUuccion
Troie, thorough the Grekc Sinon,

Firrt

Of

allb the

the

all

the Trojan blode,

crie as

thou were wodc

/Eolus, the god of windes,

blowin out of alie kindes
loude, that he

Lordc, and

ladie,

mould yJrenclve
and grome, and wcnchc

With

Of

And

of their falvacioru
There fawe 1 foche tempetl arifev
Th.
herte might agrile,
To fe it paintid on the wall.
There Javxc
.a'l,
Venus, how ye, my
.:e,
pyng with full wofull cherc
Yprayid Jupiter on hie,
ivc and kepin that navie

his faffe untrue forfwcrynges,

with his chere and his lefynges,
That made a horte, brought into T:

By whichc Trojans

And

How
And
And

aftir this

loftc all their jo\

alas !

was graved,

Ilions caltill aflailed

was

won, and kyng Priamus

Difpitoufly of Dan Pyrrhus.

>1 next that fawe I howe Venus,
.en that flic fawe the caftill brende,

And
And

the Trojanis nacion,

'

flain,

Polites his ior.re certain,

Doune from

all

hevin (he gan difccnde,

bade her fonne ^Encas He,
how be fied, and how that he

Of

that dere Trojan JEne.\s,

Sithins that he your fonne
yv

Code

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Gode
in

L E

counfaile of

Saie thus grant mercie of thin habundauncr,.

That thou haft lentor this, thou fhah not llrive..

CHAUCER.

and dwell with fothfaftnefle,

unto the gode though it he final!,
For horde hath hate, and climbyng tilcilnelTr,
Puce hath cnvie, and wele it brent oer all,
our no more*hen the behovin mall,

What wofl
And eke

fro the prcfe

Suffife

Kc-de well thy to If, that othir folke canfl rede,

trouthe the (hall delivir it 'is no drede.

And

Paine the not eche crokid to rcdrefle,

In trull of her that tournith as a balle,
Crete reft ft.mdith in litil bulinefie,

Beware

allo to fpurne again a nalle,

Strive not as doith a crocke with a walle,

Demith thy felf that derr.ill othir's dcdr,

And
That

The
Here

trouthe the fhall deliver it 'is no drede.

lent receve in buxomenefll- ;

the

is

wralllyng of this worlds aikith a fall

no home, here is but wildirneflV,

is

Fc.r.he pilgrim, forthe o bell out of thy

flail,

have the
divifion betwene
taught
Frende of effette, and frende of countinaunce,
The nedith not the galle of an hine,
That curith eyin derke for ther penaunce,
Now feeft thou clere that wer in ignoraunce,
Yet holt thine anker, and thou maieft arive
^
There bountie bereth the key of my fubftaunce,
And eke thou hade thy befte frende alive.
How many have I refuled to fuftene,
Sith I have the foftrid in
thy plcfaunce ?
Wok thou thrn make a itatute on thy quene,
That I fliall be aie at thine ordinaunce?
Thou born art in my reign of variaunce,
About the whcle with othir muft thou drive
My loie is bet, then wicke is thy grevaunce,
And eke thou haft thy beftc frende alive.
I

Loke up on

high, and thanke thy God of all,

\Veivith thy lufte and let thy gholl the lede,
And trouthe the (hall delivir, it 'is no drede.

The

Thy

lore

My
That
Balade of the village without paintyng.
wretchid world'is tranfmutacion
wele and wo, nowe pore, and now honour,
\Vithout oru'ir cr due dilcrecion
GovirniJ is by fortunes errour,
But nathelefie the lacke of her favour
Ne maie not doe me fyng though that I die,

npIUS
*
As

&

mon labeur
J'ay tout perdu, mon temps
For finally fortune I doe defie.
Yet

is

To

the fight of my relbun

knov.in frende fro foe in thy mirrour,
n-,e left

So moche hath yet thy tournyng up and doun,

I
taughtin me to knowin in an hour,
But truily no force of thy reddour

To hym

My

that ovir hymfclf hath maiflrie,.

fuffilaunce ylh.il be my fuccour,

finally fortune I do defie.

Socra;es thou (ledfaib champion,
She ne might nevir be thy turmentour,
Thou nevir dreddill her oppreffion,

For

her chcre foundin thou no favour,

Thou knewe wele the dilcript of her colour,
And that her molle worfhip is for to lie,
I

in

knowe
For

her eke a falle diffimulour.

finally fortune 1

The

No man

is

do

it

is

adverfitie,

Take 'hem again, let 'hem go lie a preflr,

The nigardis in kepyng ther richcfle
Fronoftike is thou wolt ther toure aflailc,
^'icke appetite cometh aie before fickenelle,
In general! this rule nc maie not faile.

Fortune.

Thou

pinchift at my mutabilitie,
I the lent a
droppe of my richefle,
now me likith to withdrawin me,

For

And

Why (liouldiil thou my roialtie opprefle ?

The fe maie ebbe and fl;win more and lefle,
The welkin hath might to mine, rain, and haile,
Right fo muft I kithin my brotilnefl'e,
In generall this rule ne maie not

The

faile,

PlaintifTe.

Ye blinde beilis
The heven hath

of leudenels
propirtie of fikirnefs,
This worlde hath evir reftlefle travailc.
The laft daie is the ende of myne entrcfle,
In generall this rule ne maie not failc.
full

Th' envoye of Fortune.

Princes I praie you of your gentilncfie,
Let not this man and me thus crie and plain,
And I fhall quitin you this bufmefTe,

anfwerc of Fortune.

wretchid but hymfelf

thyfelf out of

dampne,

frcnd maill thou not revin blind

goddefle,
thy frendis knowe I thanke it the,

defic.

it

wene,

lie that yhath hymlelf hath fuffilaunce,

faieft thou then I am to the fo kene,

That hath

arrfwere to Fortune.

Lo, the' execucion of the majcflie,

That all purveighith of his rightwifenefle,
That fame thyng fortune yclepin ye^

Ne

thou yet how I the woll avaunce?

thou haft thy belle frcndc alive.

my

govirnaunce

And if ye liile rcleve hym of his pain,

Praie ye his bell frende of his noblcnefle
'1 hat to fome bettir ftate he maie attain.
Lydgate

THE HISTORY OF THE

was a rrtonk of Bury, who wrote about
Out of his prologue
the fame time with Chaucer.
to his third book of The Fall of Princes a few
"Ly agate

ftanzas are fclefted, which, being

compared with

the ftyleof his two contemporaries, will fhow that

our language was then not written by caprice, but

was

in a fettled (late.

T IKE

a pilgrime which that goeth on foote,

hath
none horfe to releue his trauayle,
And
and
Whote, drye
wery, and may finde no bote

Of

wel cold whan thruft doth

nor licour, that may to

Wine

hym
hym

aflayle,

auayle,
Tight fo fare I which in my bufmefie,
fuccour fynde my rudenes to redrefle.

No

meane

haue no frefti licour

Out of the conduites of Calliope,
Nor through Clio in rhetorike no floure,
I

labour for to refrefh

In

'

as thus,

me

my
Nor of the fufters in noumber thrife three,
Which with Cithera on Parnalb dwell,
They neuer me gaue drinke once of their wel.
Nor of theyr fpringes clere and chriftaline,
:

That fp range by touchy ng of the Pegafe,

Their rauour lacketh my making ten lumine
I

fynde theyr

To

tame

bawme

of fo great

their tunnes with

For Poliphemus

fcarcitie,

fome drop of plentie

fTirow his great blindnes,

Hath in me derked of Argus the brightnes.

Our life here fliort of wit the great dulnes

The
And

heuy foule troubled with trauayle,

of memorye the glafyng brotelnes,
Drede and vncunning haue made a ftrong

batail

"With werines my fpirite to aflayle,

And with their fubtil creping in moft queint

Hath made my

fpirit in makyng for to feint.

And ouermore, the ferefull frowardnes
Of my ftepmother called obliuion,

Hath

a baftyll of foryetfulnes,
the pafiage, and lhadow my reafon
I
might haue no clere direccion,

To ftoppe
That

In tranflating of new to quicke me,

Stories to write of olde antiquite.
Thus was I fee and ftode in double werre
At the metyng of fe.jrefi.il wayes tweyne,
The one was this, who euer lift to lere,
"Whereas good wyll gan me conftrayne,
to doe my payne,
ignoraunce, with a menace of drede,
pcnne to reft I durft not precede.

Bochas taccomplifli for

Came

My

of The Difference between an abfolute and limited Monarchy*

TTYT may peraventure be marvelid by fome men,

why one Realme is a Lordfhyp only Roya/l,
and the Prynce thereof rulyth yt by his Law, callid
"jus Regale ; and another Kyngdome is a Lordfchip,
Royalland Politike, and the Prince thereof rulyth by
Lawe, callyd Jus Politicum &? Regale-, fythen thes
two Princes beth of egall Aftate.
To this dowte it may be anfweryd in this manner 5 The firft Inflitution of thes twoo Realmys,
upon the Incorporation of them, is the Caule of
a

this diverlyte.

When Nembroth by Might, for his own Glorye,

made and incorporate the firft Realme, and fubduyd it to hymfelf by Tyrannye, he would not
have ic governyd by any other Rule or Lawe,
but by his own Will , by which and for th' accomplifliment thereof he

made

it.

And

therfor,

though he had thus made a Realme, holy Scripture

denyyd to cal hym a Kyng, Quia Rex dicitur a Regendo ; Whych thyng he dyd not, but opprefiyd
the People by Myght, and therfor he was a TyBut holy
rant, and callid Primus Tyrannvrum.

Writ

callith

hym

For
Robujius Venator coram Deo.
to fcleand
the People

Hunter takyth the wyld belle for

eatehym; fo Nembroth fubduyd to him
as the

with Might, to have their fcrvice and their goods,

ufing upon them the Lordfchip that is callid Domiimim Regale tantum.
After hym Belus that was
callid firft a Kyng, and after hym his Sone Nynus,

and after hym other Panyms ; They, by Example

of Nembroth, made them Realmys, would not
have them rulyd by other Lawys than by their own
Wills.
Which Lawys ben right good under good
Princes; and theirKyngdoms a then moftrefemblyd
to the Kyngdome of God, which reynith upon Man,

Wherfor many
rulyng him by hys own Will.
Princes
ufen
fame
the
Lawe; and therfor it
Cryftyn
is,

that the

Lawys

habet vigorem.

fay en,

And

Quod Principi placuit Legis

thus

1
fuppofe firft beganne in
Dominiuin
tantum
Realmy-s,
Regale. But afterward,
whan Mankynd was more manluete, and better difpofyd to Vertue, Crete Communalties, as was the
Felifhip, that came into this Lond with Brute,
wyllyng to be unyed and made a Body Politike
callid a Realme, havyng an Heed to
govcrne it ; as
after the Saying of the
Philosopher, every Communahie unyed of many parts muft needs have an
Heed ; than they choie the fame Brute to be their

And they and he upon this Incorporation and Jnflitution, and onyng of themfclf
into a Realme, ordeynyd the fame Realme fo to be
Heed and Kyng.

Forte/cue was chief juftice of the Common Pleas,

in the reign of king Henry VI.
He retired in
after
the
battle
of
1471,
Tewkefbury, and prowrote
of
moft
his
works
in his privacy.
bably
The following pafl'ag^e is felecled from his book

rulyd and juftyfyd by fiich Lawys, as they al would

unto ; which Law
is callid
Politicum;
therfor
and bycaufe it is mynyftrid by a Kyng, it is callid
aflent

Regale.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Dominium Politicum

Regale.

dome

beganne, of and by, the Might of the Princf,

and the other beganne, by the Defier and Inftitution of the People of the fame Prince.

dicitur quaji Regimen,

The Kyng
fturittm Scientia,Jive Confiiio tniniftratum.
of Scotts reynith upon his People by this Lawe,

&

And as DioRegali.
Regimine Politico
dorus Syculus faith, in his Boke de prifcis Hijloriis^
The Realme of Egvpte is rulid by the fame Lawe,
and therfor the Kyng therof chaungith not his
Lawes, without the Aflent of his People. And in
like forme as he faith is ruled the Kyngdome of
Saba, in Felici Arabia, and the Lond of Libie;
And alfo the more parte of al the Realmys in
Which manner of Rule and Lordfhip, the
dfrike.
videlicet,

For
fayd Diodorus in that Boke, prayfuh gretely.
for
the
that
it is not only
Prince,
may thereby
good
the more fewerly do Juftice, than by his owne Arbitriment; but it is alfo good for his People that
receyve therby, fuch Juttice as they defyer them-

Now

me feymth, it ys fhewyd opinly

one
Kyng rulyth and reynith on his
ynough, why
tantum
Dominio
Regali, and that other reyPeople
nith Dominio Politico &? Regali: For that one Kyngfelf.

as

A merry ieft how a fergeant would A

learne to playe the frere. Written by maifter Thomas More in

hys youth.
Affyrroc and fay,
That beft is for a man

bufincs that he can,

With

fhone,

payntyng fall,
His thrift is well nigh done.

blacke draper,
With whyte paper,
To goe to writyng fcole,"
An olde butler,

And

an olde

VOL.

I.

ft rife,

life,

In philofophy,

craftes

new,

driue fo farre a caft,

trot,

Befhrewe themfelfe

ficke,

hym

at laft.

This thing^was tryed

happed

here.

fliall

fo,

ago,

thrifty

man

there dyed,

An

hundred pounde,

Of

nobles rounde,

That had he

layd a fide

His fonne he wolde,

Should haue this golde,
For to beginne with all
But to fuffife
His chylde, well thrife,
That money was to fmal.
Yet or this day
:

have hard

fay,

That many a man certefie,

Hath with good caft,
Be ryche at laft,
That hath begonne with lefie.
But this yonge manne,
So well beganne,
His money to imploy.

That certainly,
His policy,

And

verefyed,
Here by a fergeaunt

frere

Knowe how it fyll,

Take hede and ye

That euermore,
They do therfore,

fole.

A little play the

Now yf you wyll,

Not long

Or a pedlar,
Ware a medlar,

They

wot,
Nothyng but kyfie the cup,
With her phifick,

Tyll (he have foufed

my

thriftly was,
he coulde pas,

Rapped about the pate,

Whyle that he would
See how he could,

It

cannot tell you whan.

Whan an hatter
Wyll go fmatter

Suche

Wil kepe on

well.

In theology,
All that enfue,

a cutler,

That can

hym

To

proue a

fell,

in fute,

bate and

But by

The hofiers crafte,

And falleth to making
The fmythe that (hall,

fhall

That

His money cleane away,

Piety ng the lawe,
For euery ftrawe,
Shall proue a thrifty man,

that wyll,

Or

Tyll he difpute,

no wyfe,

wene

more copious

his works are carefully and corand

rectly printed,
may therefore be better t> ufted
than any other edition of the Enghjh books of that,
or the preceding ages.

are

fawe,

wilh to fpede

To fall

can no fkyll,
Is neuer lyke to the.
He that hath lafte,

of novelty, has fufifered very little change.

There
is another realon
the
from
this
extracts
author
why

marchaunt eke,
That wyll goo feke,
By all the meanes he may,

And

Becum

our language, being diffufed among thofe clafies

who had no ambition of refinement, ..or affectation

The wayes to bye and

Wenyng to ryfe,
I

To enterpryfe,
An other faculte,

tive reader will, in

perufing our old writers, often
that
the
familiar
and colloquial part of
remark,

of lawe,

That neuer

Diligently,
For to apply,

For he

guage was then in a great degree formed and

and becaufe it appears from Ben Jon/on^
fertled,
that his works were confidered as models of pure
and elegant ftyle. The tale, which is placed firft,
becaufe earlieft written, will Ihow what an atten-

By marchaundife,

menalway,

The
And in

man

Of the works of Sir Thomas More it was necefiary

to give a larger fpecimcn, both becaule our lan-

late,

To

fee

it

was a joy,

vp.

For

THE HISTORY OF THE

For

Cum

left

ouer

Myght
His

Men

raft,

fhip, or

by mifchaunce,

fum

with

Was redy ftrayte,

On him to wayte,

blaft,

wile,

In

As fone as on the mayre.

But he doubtlcfie,

Myght hym begyle,

And minifh his fubftaunce,

Of

For

And -would

not go,

Companied

fo,

to

put out,

All mancr dout,

He made a good puruay,
For euery whyt,

And

toke an other way

Firft fayre

And
S

there he left

was he

Till

And

not.

it

To

faine,

thence agayne,
To put it in a cup,
And by and by,
Couetoufly,

fupped

his

owne bred,

In

it

He

fayre vp,

thought it bell,
His money to enclofe,
Then- wift he well,
"What euer fell,
He coulde it neuer lofe.
He borrowed then,
Of other men,
Money and marchaundife

Up

he laid

In like

He
it

As

bare

it

To

it,

to pledge.

after this,
his,

there abode,

That gan enquere,

What him was bed

In mirth and play,

Full many a day,
Me liU', d merely.
And men had fworne,

And

Some man

I (hall

To
And

borne,

haue a lucky howre,

was he,

Ib

For fuch degre,

gat and fuche honour,
That without dour,
"Whan he went out,
fergeaunt well and fayre,
,

fearc

belittle,

hym

rede,
than care for no more.

quod

he,

wyl! not be,

For he wyll not come out,

The

ferge.'unt laid,

Be not

afrajd,

It (hall

dore he knocked

damfell,
hard hym well,

That
There came and

vnlocked.

it

Here lodgeth fuch

told

is

be brought about.

fyr

me

quod

harm

It

(lie,

doutleffe

than.

longeth for our order,

To

hurt no man,

But

as

we

can,

Euery wight

With hym

to forder.

truly,

Fayne fpeake would I.

S;r quod (he by my

He

man,

And yf he do what
Quod he mayftrefle,

No
to do.

aferde,
an accion therfore,

And
I

It

He

10,

he anfwerde,

you

foftely,
at the

Streyght

Well

Take
I

(hame

But now take hede,

For here begynneth the game.
He drew hym ny,

It

officere,

And with rciort,

Of ioly company,

is

He goeth withouten
To do this dede,

come abrcde.

That he ought money

Be not

well he free red.

forth a pace,
the place,

The frere fayd,

Good fpede fayre mayd,

as

happed than,
marchaunt man,

Of an

lufty fporte,

thither,

how

fee

Than
Unto

And

Could him not mifcontent.

in his fyde,

To

Than

he lay,
So fick alway,
He myght not

pafi'e,

toted and he peered,

harte for pryde,

And

It

for the price,

he would

Depart againe,
But that he wift not whither.

Where

reight not what he fpent,

came

as fayne,

To a frende of
He went and

it,

maner wyfe.

religioolly.

in a glafle,

His

In greater feare,

And would

fpake and looked,

Lepte

that he

for a frere deny,

He

peny.

gowne

a frcrc.

dopped and dooked,

So

Or

get,

he there,

Than ere

Hym

Yet

our,

lay his

his array,

He
He

meny,

Euen vnto the harde hedge,

month or twaine,

Than was

were nyce,

With

there

for a day,

chaunged with
So was he dight,
That no man mighr,

Tyll he was fayne,

Yet on the gere,

That he would were,
So

him came

this officere,

pace

He

afke theyr debt,

The valour of a
With vifage flout,

He

Neuer payd

All

But none could

From

He

as a

to

part they bodr,

foorth then goth,

A
And

were part,

all

Thus

fide,

There would he nedes abyde.

There fpent he faft,

dygged
pot,
But then him thought,
That way was nought,

in vre,

for your fake,

Let me be bake,
But yf I do this cure.

Katharine,

Or promocion,

in a

it

And

And

For deuocion,

dele,

He

faint

pride,

line,
Streig^t
He gate him at a tyde,

and wele,

Therof much

mekenefie,

But drewe himfelf a

To

owne wyt,

his

By

his

Hated fuch pompe and

many a gamr,
Lyke to the fame,
Haue I bene well

is

fay,

fo fike,

Ye be not lyke,
To fpeake with hym
Quod he fayre may,
Yet i you pray,
This muclr at my

to day.

defire,

Vouchefafe

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Vouchefafe to do,

Sayd,

As go hym to,
And fay an auften frere
Would with hyrn fpeke,

Come on with me,

And out he toke his mace
Thou (halt obay,
Come on thy way,
I have the in my douche,
Thou goeft not hence,

And

matters breake,

For

his auayle certayn.

{he

Quod

wyll,

I reft

the,

btonde ye here ftyll,

Tyll I come downe agayn.

For

Vp

This marchaunt there.

For wrath and fere^

(he go,

is

And

told

As

He

hym

fo,

was bode

(he

With

And

him hyder,

That we togyder,

with his

And

He

(he gothe,

flit,

the lyft,

gaue

fuch a blow,

hym

brought,
No harme (lie thought,
But it made fome folke wrothe.

That backward downe,

Almoft in fowne,

This officere,
This fayned frere,
Whan he was come

Yet was this man,

Well fearder than,
aloft,

He

dopped than,
And grete this man,
Religioufly and oft.

And

he agayn,
Ryght glad and fayn,
Toke hym there by the hande,
The frere than fayd,
Ye be difmayd,
With trouble I underftande.
In dede quod he,
It hath with me,
Bene. better than it is.
the frere,

Syr quod
Be of good cherc,
Yet (hall it after
But I would now,

Comen

this.

with you,

In counfayle yf you pleafe,

Or ellys nat

Of

The

frere

Of

frere,

thys tydyng,

That ye me bryng,
I

long

full fore to here.

"Whan there was none,

But they alone,

The

frere with cuyll grace,

for

Hcdlyng

full

nygh

long the ftayre,

Comrnende

The
But

us to the mayre.

frere arofe,
I

fuppofe,

Amafed was

He

fhoke

his hed,

his eares,

Is all this coft,

others here,

We

And

claue togyder fad,

Tyll with luggyng,
And with tuggyng,

They fell downe bothe

Than on the grounde,

at lad.

The

be neuer the nere.

mote he be,
That caufed me,

Ill

To make my felf
Now mafters all,

a frere.

Here now fhall,

Ende there as I began,
In any wyfr,
1

would auyfe,

And

counfayle euery man,

His owne craft vfe,

All newe refufe,

(houe,

And

Togider that at laft,

The mayd and wyfc,

lyghtly let

them gone:

Play not the frere,

Now make

flrife,

Hyed them vpward

And whan they fpye,

yfled.

ftroke,

They roll and rumble,

They turne and tumble,
As pygges do in a poke.

breake the

(layne.

Downe they hym threwe,

And fayde adewe,

Eche

To

thrift,

And from grete feares,

He thought hym well
Quod he now loft,

Togyder roundr,
With many a fadde

payne

lift,

Many a lufty clout.

They rent and tere,

Betwene them both,

They heus and

fay

they hym
And with yll

dawde hym vp agayne.

The frere toke harte,
And vp he ftarte,
And well he layde about,
And fo there goth,

The marchaunt

fayd,

Tyll he was

Vp

heuy clappes,

So long aboue,

on gentle

They layd his mace,

About his face,
That he was wood
fry re frappe,
Gate many a fwappe,

He

matters' that,
Shall fet your heart at eafe.
Downe went the mayd,

No

And with her rocke,

Many a knocke,
She gaue hym on the crowne.

The

Left he the frere had (layne,

Till with good rappes,

And

with her fete,

She holpe to kepe him downe,

ouerthrow.

is

flore,

a ioule,

Many

About the noule,

With a great batyldore.
pouche.
The wyfe came yet,

a mifchefe,
hath taught thee thy good.

Vpon
downe

in his

Who

Sayd mayden go thy way,

May talk.
Vp (he hym

hath

waxyng we'nygh wood,

Sayd horlon thefe,

Jso maner thyng,

fetch

the penfe

Lent him leyd on'lhe

He

to fay,

miftruftyng,

And

all

The mayre

The freres hood,

They pulled a good,
Adowne about his face.
Whyle he was blynde,
The wenche behynde,

faflr.

good chere,

And welcome

euerych one.

captaynes lye,

Both waltring on the

[ij 2

place,

ruful

THE HISTORY OF THE

A

ruful lamcntacion

More
bcth

(writen by mafter

Thomas

in his youth) of the deth of quene Elifamother to king Henry the eight, wife to

king Henry thefeuenth, and theeldeft doughter

to king Edward the fourth, which quene Eliiabeth dyed in childbed in February in the yere of
our Lord 1503, and in the 18 yere of the raigne
of king Henry the feuenth.
/^\

YE

^-*

In worldly ioy and frayle profperite,

That

that put your truft and confidence,

ye fhould neuer hence,

death and loke herevppon me.
there may no better be.
1

fo lyue here as

Remember
Enfaumple

well that in this realme was

late, and lo now here I lye.

I,

Mercifull god this is a ftraunge reckenyng :

Rychefff, honour, welth, and aunceftry,
Hath me forfaken and lo now here I ly.
If worfhip myght haue kept me, 1 had not gone.
haue me faued, I neded not fere.
If

wyt myght
money myght haue

holpe,

lacked none.

O good God

what vayleth all this gere.

When dtth is come thy mighty meffangere,
Obey we muft there is no remedy,
Me hath he fommoned, and lo now here I ly.
Yet was I late promifed otherwyfe,
This yere to Hue in welth and delice.
Lo where to commeth thy blandifhyng promyfe,
O falle aftrolagy and deuynatrice,

But

Of

goddes fecretes makyng thy felfe fo wyfe.

How true is for this yere thy prophecy.
The yere yet lafteth, and lo now here I ly.
full of bitternefie,
bryttil welth, as
doubled
is with payne.
Thy fingle pleafure
Account my forow firft and my diftrefie,
In fondry wyfe, and recken there agayne,
The ioy that I haue had, and I darefayne,
For all my honour, endured yet haue I*
More wo than welth, and io now here I ly.
Where are our cartels, now where are our towers,
Goodly Kychmonde fone art thou gone from me,
At Weftminfter that coftly worke of yours,

Myne owne dere lorde now (hall I neuer fee.

Almighty god vouchefafe to graunt that ye,
For you and your children well may edery.

My

paly.e bylded

is,

and

lo

now

here

That we lead

ly.

Adew myne owne dcre fpoufe my worthy lorde,

The faithfull loue, that dyd vs both combyne,
In mariage and peafable concorde,
Into your han.ies here I cleane refyne,
To be beftowed vppon your children and myne.
Erft wer you father, and now muft ye fupply,
The mothers part alfo, for lo now here 1 ly.

feare, full oft

it

mod

is

nye,
here I ly.
depart
fyrft,
Farewell Madame my lordes worthy mother,
Comfort your fonne, and be ye of good chere.
Take all a worth, for it will be no nother.
Farewell my doughter Katherine late the fere,

From you

prince Arthur

Pray for

Adew
Our

and

my

lo

now

myne owne chyld

me

fo dere,

wepe or cry,
foule, for lo now here I

booteth not for

It

Was I not borne of olde worthy linage ?

Was not my mother queene my father kyng ?
Was I not a kinges fere in marriage ?
Had not plenty of euery pleafaunt thyng ?

If

To

thynke

Your felfe wotte

Your quene but

Farewell my doughter lady Margerete.

wotte full oft it greued huh my myndr,
That ye fliould go where we mould feldome mete.
Now am I gone, and haue left you behynde.
mortall folke that we be very blynde.

God

to

ly.

Henry my louyng fonne adew.

lord

lorde encreafe your honour andeftate,

Adew my doughter Mary bright of hew,

God make you vertuous wyfe and fortunate.
Adew fwete hart my litle doughter Kate,
Thou (halt fwete babe fuche is thy defteny,
Thy mother neuer know, for lo now here I
Lady Cicyly Anne and Katheryne,
Farewell

my

welbeloved

fifters

ly.

three,

lady Briget other fifter myne,

Lo here theende of worldly vanitee.

Now

well are ye that earthly foly

fiee,

And

heuenly thynges loue and magnify,

Farewell and pray for me, for lo now here

ly,

dew my lordes, a dew my ladies all,

dew my faithful feruauntes euerych one,
dew my commons whom I neuer fhall,

A
A

See in this world wherfore to the alone,

Immortal] god verely three and one,
1

me commende.

Shew

Thy

infinite

to thy feruant, for lo

mercy,

now here

ly.

Certain meters in Englifh written by mafter Thomas

More in hys youth for the boke of fortune, and
caufed them to be printed in the begynnyng of
that boke.

The wordes of Fortune

TV/TINE high
If \e ne

That
Joy,

eftate power and aucloritie,

know, enferche and ye mail fpye,

richefle, worfhip, welth,

reft,

to the people.

and peace, and

all

and dignitie,

thyng fynally,

That any pleafure or profit may come by,

mannes comfort, ayde, and fuftinaunce,

To
Is

all at

my

deuyfe and ordinaunce.

Without my fauour there

Many

a matter haue

is

brought

nothyng wonne.
at laft,

To

good conckifion, that fondly was begonne.

And many a purpole, bounden lure and laft
With wife prouifion, I haue ouercaft.
Without good happe there may no wit fuffife.
Better

is

to be fortunate than wy'e.

And

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
therefore hath there fotne men bene or this,
deadly foes and written many a boke,

And

My

And other caufe there nys,

not fiendly on them loke.
Thus lyke the fox they fare that once forfoke,
The pleafaunt grapes, and gan for to defy them,
Becaufe he lept and yet could not come by them,
But let them write theyr labour is in vayne.

To my
But

for

difprayfe.

me

lift

For well ye wote, myrth, honour, and richeifc,

Much better is than penury and payne.
The nedy wretch that lihgereth in diftrefie,

Without myne helpe

is

euer comfortlefie,

wery burden odious and loth,

To all the world, and eke to him felfe both.
But he that by my fauour may afcende,
To mighty power and excellent degree,
A common wele to goticrne and defende,

how

in

Him

blift

felf in

And

condition ftandeth he:

honour and

ouer that,

may

felicite,

forther and increafe,

region hole in ioyfull reft and peace.

Now in this poynt there is no more to fay,
Eche man hath of him felf the gouernaunce.
his owne way,
he that out of pouertee and mifchaunce,
Lift for to Hue, and wyll him felfe enhaunce,
In wealth and richeffe, come forth and wayte on

Let euery wight than folowe

And

her treafure and waueryng rychefie,

as lady and emprefie.
Faft by her fyde doth wery labour ftand,
Pale fere alfo, and forow all bewept,

Amyd

Prowdiy me houeth

Difdayn and hatred on the other hand,

Eke reftles watchefro flepe with trauayle kept,
His eyes drowfy and lokyng as he flept.
Before her ftandeth daunger and enuy,
Flattery, dyfceyt, mifchicfe and tiranny.
About her commeth all the world to begge.
He alketh lande, and he to pas would bryng,
This toye and that, and all not worth an egge:
He would in loue profper aboue all thyng:
He kneleth downe and would be made a kyng:

He

forceth not fo he

may money

haue,

the worlde accompt hym for a knaue.

Lo thus ye fee diuers heddes, diuers wittes.
Fortune alone as diuers as they all,

Though

all

Vnftable here and there among them flittes:

at auenture downe her giftes fall,
Catch who fo may fhe throweth great and fmall
Not to all men, as commeth fonne or dewe,
But for the moft part, all among a fewe.

And

And

He

yet her brotell giftes long may not laft.

that (he-gaue them, loketh prowde and hye.

With

She whirlth about and pluckth away as fad,

geueth them to an other by and by.
thus from man to man continually,
She vfeth to geue and take, and flily tofie,
One man to wynnyng of an others loffe.
And when fhe robbeth one, down goth his pryde.
He wepeth and waylc-th and curfeth her full fore.
But he that receueth it, on that other fyde,
Is glad, and blefth her often tymes therefore.
But in a whyle when fhe loueth hym no more,
She glydeth from hym, and her giftes to,

And

And

me.

And

he that wyll be a beggar,

THOMAS MORE

to

them

hym

let

be.

that truft in Fortune.

'T'HOU that art prowde of honour fhape or kynne,

That

Thy

hepeft vp this wretched worldes treafure,

fingers fhrined with gold, thy tawny fkynne,

frefh apparyle garnifhed out of meafure,

weneft to haue fortune at thy pleafure,
Call vp thyne eye, and loke how flipper chaunce,
llludeth her men with chaunge and varyaunce.
Sometyme fhe loketh as louely fayre and bright,
As goodly Uenus mother of Cupyde.
She becketh and me fmileth on euery wight.
But this chere fayned, may not long abide.

There cometh a cloude, and farewell all our pryde.

Like any ferpent fhe beginneth to fwell,

And

looketh

Yet

for

all

as fierce as

that

we

any fury of

brotle

men

hell.

are fayne,

(So wretched is our nature and fo blynde)

As foone as Fortune lift to laugh agayne,
\Yith fayre countennunce and difceitfull mynde,
To crouche and knele and gape after the wynde,
Not one or twayne but thoufandes in a rout,

Lyke fwarmyng bees come flickeryng her aboute.

Then as a bayte fhe bryngeth forth her ware,
and precious ftone:
whiche the ma(ed people gafe and ftare,
And gape therefore, as dogges doe for the bone.
Fortune at them laugheth, and in her trone
Siluer, gold, riche perle,

On

And
And

he her curfeth, as other fooles do.

Alas the folyfh people can not ceafe,
Ne voyd her trayne, tyll they the harme do

fele.

About

her alway, befely they preace.

But lord how he doth thynk hym felf full wele.
That may fct once his hande vppon her whele.
He hokleth faft: but vpward as he flieth,
She whippeth her whele about, and there he lyeth,

Thus fell Julius from his mighty power.

Thus fell Darius the worthy kyng of Perfe.
Thus fell Alexander the great conquerour.
Thus many mo then I may well reheife.
Thus double fortune, when fhe lyft reuerfe
Her flipper fauour fro them that in her truft,
She fieeth her wey and leyeth them in the
She fodeinly enhaunceth them aloft.

And

fodeynly mifcheueth

all

duft.

the flocke.

The head

that late lay eafily and full loft,

In ftede of pylows lyeth after on the blocke.

And
The

yet alas the moft crucll proude

mocke:

deynty mowth

She bryngeth

that ladyes kitted haue,

in the cafe to kyfTe a knaue.

In

T
In

chaungyng of her

II

courfe, the

HISTORY OF THE

tRis

Vp

knaue, and downe there faith a knight,

ryche, and the ryche man pore is.
turned to loue, loue to defpyght.

ftartth a

The beggar

Hatred is
This is her fport, thus proueth (be her myght.
Great bode (he maketh yf one be by her power,
"Wclthy and wretched both within an howre.
Foucrtec that of her giftes wyl nothing take,

Wyth mery chere, looketh vppon the prece,

And feech how fortunes houlhold goeth to wrake.
Faft by her ftandetlvthe wyfe Socrates,
Arriftippus, Pythagoras, and many a lefe,
Of olde philofophers. And eke agaynft the fonne

Btkyth hym poore Diogenes

in his tonne.

With her is Byas, whofe countrey lackt defence,

And whylom of their foes ftode fo in dout,
That eche man haftely gan to cary thence,
And alked hym why he nought caryed out.
I bere
quod he all myne with me about:
Wii'edam he ment, not fortunes brotle fees.
For nought he counted his that he might leefe.
Heraclitus eke, lyft felowlhip to kepe
With glad pouertee, Democritus allb:
Of which the fyrft can neuer ceafe but wepe,

To

That

How
Of
Onely
}'.

how thick the blynded people go,

labour great to purchafe care and wo.
other laugheth to fee the foolyfh apes,

fee

With

earneftly they walk

this

poore

feel,

it

all other
furplufage,
be content, and of nothyng complayne.
nygarde eke is of his good to fayne.

a thoulande folde,
he iccrete draughtes of nature to beholde.
Set fortunes iervauntes by them and ye wull,
Ti.at one is free, that other euer thrall,

'1

content, that other neuer full,

other lyke to fall.

in furetye, thar

lyft to

aduile

them bothe, parceyue he

them as we fee,

fhall,

grc-at difference between

Beuixte wretchednes and

.Miie I

fciicite.

(hewed you bothe: thefe whiche ye

lyfr,

S'ntdy fortune, or humble pouertee:

That is to lay, nowe lyeth it in your fyft,
I'o take here bondage, or free libertee.
But in thys poynte and ye do after me,
Dr.iw you to fortune, and labour her to pleafe,
Jf that ye thynke your felfe to well at cafe.

And fyrft vppon

And frcndlv on the

nature fent the hyther bare,

of fortune count them borowed ware.

THOMAS MORE

But they more picture haue

As

is euer variable.
Serue her day and nyght as reuerently,
Vppon thy knees as any feruaunt rmy,
And in conclution, that thou (halt winne thereby
Shall not be worth thy fervyce I dare fay.
And looke yet what fhe geueth the to day,
With labour wonne fhe mall happly to morow
Plucke it agayne out of' thyne hand with forow.
Wherefore yf thou in furetye lyft to ftande,
Take pouerties parte and let prowde fortune go>
Receyue nothyng that commeth from her hande.
Loue maner and vertue: they be onely tho.
Whiche double fortune may not take the fro.
Then may ft thou boldly defye her turnyngchaunce:
She can the neyther hynder nor auaunce.
But and thou wylt nedes medle with her treafure/
Truft not therein, and fpende it liberally.
-Beare the not proude, nor take not out of meafure.
Bylde not thyne houle on heyth vp in the flcye.
Nonne falkth farre, but he that climbeth hye.

comen vfage,
may fuftayne,

i:u!hing cleane

Who

That of her nature

about theyr capes.

is

to take that nature

That one
That one

fure:

Ye may in clowds as eafily trace an hare,

Or in drye lande caufe fifhes to endure,
And make the burnyng fyre his hcate to fpare,
And all thys workie in compace to forfare,
As her to make by craft or engine ftable,

Remember
The gyftes

They

No

Recken you neuer of her fauoure

chaunge fliewth

the louely (hall (he (mile,

call her
wandering eyes

WHO

to

them

fo delyteth to

that feke Fortune.

prouen and

affay,

Of waveryng

fortune the vncertayne lot,

If that the aunfwere pleafe you not alway,
Blame ye not me: for I commaunde you nor,

Fortune to truft, and eke full well ye wor,

I haue of her no brydle in my fift,
She renneth loofe, and turnetn where (lie lyft.

The rollyngdyfe in whomeyourluckedoth ftande,

With whole vnhappy chaunce ye be fo wroth,
Ye knowe your felfe came neuer in myne hande.

Lo

in this ponde be fyflie and froggcs both.

Caft in your nette: but be you liefe or loue,
Hold you content as fortune lyft aiiyne:
For it is your owne fyftiyng and not myne.
And though in one chaunce fortune you offend,
Grudge not there at, but beare a mery face.

many an other Ihe (hall it amende.

There is no manne fo farre out of her grace,
But he ibmctyme hath comfort and folace:
Ne none agayne fo farre foorth in her fauour,
That is full latisfyed with her behaviour.
Fortune is llately, folemne, prowde, and hye:

In

the in her armes, and for a why'.c,

the and kepe the in a fooles paradife:
And foorth with all wh.u fo thou lyft deuife,
She wyll the graunt it liberally perhappes :

And rycheffe geueth, to haue feruyce therefore.

The nedy begger catcheth an halfpeny.
Some manne a thoulande pounde, fome lelTe fome

But

But for

Embrace

Puc

for all that

beware of after clappcs.

more.
all that

fhe kepeth euer in (lore,

From

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
of his wyll,
euery manne fome parcell
That he may pray therfore and ferue her ftyll.
Some manne hath good, but-chyldren hath he

From

To

fome fhe fendeth, children, rychcs, welthe,

Honour, woorfhyp, and reuerence all hys lyfe:
But yet Ihe pyncheth hym wiih a fhrewde wyfe.
Then for afmuch as it is fortunes guyfe,
To graunt to manne all thyng that he wyll axe,
But as her ft: lie lyft order and deuyfe,
Tech euery manne his parte diuide and tax,
I countayle you eche one trufTe vp your packes,
And take no thyng at all, or be content,
With fuche rewarde as fortune hath you fent.
All thynges in this boke that ye fhall rede,
Doe as ye lyft, there fhall no manne you bynde,
to beleue, as furely as your crede.
certes in my mynde,

But notwithltandyng

I durft well 1'vvere, as true ye fhall them fynde,

In euery poynt eche anfwere by and by,
As are the iudgementes of aftronomye.

The

Defcripcion of

"pICHARDE
^^
nowe entreate,

RICHARD

the thirde.

the third fonne, of whom we

was in witte and courage egall

in bodye and prowefle farre

vnder them bothe, little of ftature, ill fetured of
limmes, croke backed, his left fhoulder much
higher than his right, hard fauoured of vifage, and

with either of them,

flates called warlye, in other menne

was malicious, wrathfull, enuious,
he
otherwife,
and from afore his bir:h, euer frovvarde. It is for

fuch as

is

in

trouth reported, that the duches his mother had fo

much a doe in her trauaile: that fhee coulde not

bre deliuered of hym vncutte, and that he came

into the world with the feete forwarde, as menne

bee borne outwarde, and (as the fame runneth) alfo

not vntothed, whither menne of hatred reporte

aboue the trouthe, or elles that nature chaunged

her courfe in hys beginninge, whiche in the courfe
of his lyfe many thinges vnnaturallye committed.
None euill cn.ptaine was hee in the \varre, as to
whiche
peace.

his difpoficion was more metcly then for

Sundrye victories hadde hee, and fomme-

ouerthrowes, but neucr in defaulte as for his

parfone, either of hardineffe or polytike order,
free was hee called of dyfpence, and ibmmewhat
aboue hys power liberal!, with large giftes hee get
tirr.s

owne

him

vnftedfafte frendelhippe, for whiche hee was

i

and fpoyle

A\ hatred.

whome

he thoughte to

difpitious and cruell, not for euill will alway,

but after for atnbicion, and either for the furetie arvd
11:

Frende and foo was muche

where his aduauntage grew, he
fpared no mans deathe, whofe life withftoode his
He flewe with his owne handes king
purpofe.

encreafe of his eftate,

none.

Some manne hath both, but he can get none health.

Some hath al thre, but vp to honours trone,
Can he not crepe, by no maner of ftelth.

Them

hated, not letting to kifle

k)

in

other places, and get

Hee was dole and

fecrete, a

him

deepe
:, lowlye of" counteynaunce, arrogant of
twardly coumpinable where he inwardrly

what

indifferent,

Henry the fixt, being ptifoner in the Tower, as

menne ccnftantly faye, and that without commaundement or knoweledge of the king, whiche
woulde vndoubtedly yf he had emended that thinge,
haue appointed that boocherly

office, to

owne borne brother.

Somme wile menne alfo weene,

fome other

then his

that his drifc

couertly conuayde, lacked not in helping furth his

brother of Clarence to his death: whiche hee refifted

openly, howbeit fomwhat (as menne deme). more

faintly then he that wer hartely minded to his
welch.
And they that thus denie, think that he
in
time
long
king Edwardes life, forethought to be
in
that
cafe the king his brother (whole life
king
hee looked that euil dyete Ihoulde fhorten) ilioulde
happen to deceafe (as in dede he did) while his
children wer yonge. And thei deme, that for thysintente he was gladde of his "brothers death the

duke of Clarence, whole life muft nedes haue hindered hym fo entendynge^ whither the fame duke
of Clarence hadde kepte him true to his nephew
the yonge king, or enterprifed to be kyng himfelfe.
But of al this pointe, is there no certaimie,
and whofo diuineth vppon conitftures, maye as wel
fhote to farre as to fhort.

Howbeit

this h-.ue

by

credible informacion learned^ that the iclfe nighte

in whiche kynge Edwarde died, one Myftlebrooke
longe ere mornynge, came in greate hafte to the

houle of one Pottyer dwellyng in Reddecroffc ftrete

without Crepulgate and when he was with haftye
rappyng quickly letten in, hee fhewed vnto P->ttyer
that kynge Edwarde was departed. By my trouthe
marine quod Pettier then wyll my mayfter the duke
of Gloucefter bee kynge. What caufe hee hadde foo
to thynke hirde it is to faye, whyther hee
being toward him, snye thynge !;newe that hee fuche thynge
purpofed, or otherwyie had anye inkclynge thereof:
for hee was not likelye to fpe.ike it of noughte.
Bat nowe to returne to the courfe of this hyftorye,
were it that the duke of Gloucefter hadde of old
fore-minded this conclufion, or was nowe at erfte
thereunto moued, and putte in hope by the occafion of the tender age of the younge princes, his
nephues (as opportunitye and lykely hoode of fpede,
putteth a manne in cdurage of that hee neuer entended) certayn is it that hee contriued theyr deftruccion, with the vfurpacion of the regal dig:

And for as muche as, het;

nitye vppon hymfelfe.
well wiite and holpe to mayntayn, a long continued
grudge and hearte brennynge becwcne the quenes
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kinred and the kinges blood eyther partye enuying
others authoritye, he nowe thought that their deuifion fhoulde bee (as it was in dede) a fortherlye
begynnynge to the purfuite of his interne, and a
lure ground for the foundacion of al his building
yf he might firlte vnder the pretext of reuengynge

of olde difpleafure, abufe the anger and ygnoraunce

of the tone partie, to the deftruccion of the tother:
and then wynne to this purpofe as manye as he
coulde: and thole that coulde not be wonne, myght
be lofte ere they looked therefore. For of one
thynge was hee certayne, that if his entente were
perceiued, he {hold Ibone haue made peace beetwene the bothe parties, with his owne bloude.

Kynge Edwarde

in his life,

albeit that this dif-

cencion beetwene hys frendes fommewhat yrked

hym yet in his good healthe he fommewhat the
lefle regarded it, becaufe hee thought whatfoeuer
bufines (houlde falle betwene them, hymfelfe
Ihould alwaye bee hable to rule bothe the parties.
But in his laft ficknefie, when hee receiued his
natural! ftrengthe foo fore enfebled, that hee dyfpayred all recouerye, then hee confyderynge the
youthe of his chyldren, albeit hee nothynge lefle
miftrufted then that that happened, yet well for:

feynge that manye harmes myghte growe by theyr

debate, whyle the youth of hys children flioulde
lacke difcrecion of themfelf, and good counfayle of
their frendes, of whiche either party (hold coun-

owne commodity and rather bypleafaunte aduyfe too wynne themfelfe fauour, then by
profitable aduertiiemente to do the children good,
he called fome of them before him that were at
fayle for their

variaunce, and in eipecyall the lorde marques Dorfette the quenes fonne by her fyrfte houfebande,
and Richarde the lorde Haftynges, a noble man,

than lorde chaumberlayne agayne whome the quene

Ipecially grudged, for the great fauoure the kyng
bare hym, and alfo for that (hee thoughte hym fecrctclye familyer with the kynge in wanton coumpanye.

Her kynred

alfo bare

hym

fore, as well

kynge hadde made hym captayne of

Calyce (whiche office the lorde Ryuers, brother to
the quene, claimed of the kinges former promyfe)
as for diuerfe other great giftes whiche hee receyued,
for that the

When thefe lordes with dithat they loked for.

uerTc other of bothe the parties were comme in
prefence, the kynge liftinge vppe himfelfe and

it is
reported on this
vnto them, My lordes, my dere kinfmenne and alies, in what plighte I lye you fee, and
I feele.
By whiche the lefle whyle I looke to
Jyue with you, the more depelye am I moued to
care in what cafe I leaue you, for fuch as 1 leauve
you, fuche bee my children lylce to fynde y>u.
Whiche if they fhoulde (that Godde forbydde)

vndcrfctte with pillowes, as

\vylc

i'ayd

fynde you

at varyaunce,

myght nappe

to fall

tlum-

warre ere their difcrecion woulde fcrue to

you at peace. Ye fee their youthe, of whiche
recken the onely furctie to refte in youre con-

felfe at

fette
I

For it fuffifeth not that al you loue them,

If they wer menne,
eche
of you hate other.
yf
woulde
furfife.
But
faithfulnefle
your
happelye
childehood mult be maintained by mens authoritye,
and flipper youth vnderpropped with elder counfayle, which neither they can haue, but ye geue ir,
For wher eche lanor ye geue it, yf ye gree not.
boureth to breake that the other maketh, and for
hatred of eche of others parfon, impugneth eche
others counlayle, there muft it nedes bee long ere
anye good conclufion goe forwarde. And alfo
while either partye laboureth to be chiefe, flattery
(hall haue more place then plaine and faithfull aduyfe, of whyche mufte needes enfue the euyll bring,
ing vppe of the prynce, whofe mynd in tender
youth infedl, (hal rediiy fal to mifchief and riot, and
drawe down with this noble relme to ruine: but if

cord.

grace turn him to wifdom, which if God fend,

then thei that by euill menes before pleafed him
beft, (hal after fall fartheft out of fauour, fo that
euer at length euil driftes dreue to nought, and
good plain wayes profper. Great variaunce hath
ther long bene betwene you, not alway for great
caufes. Sometime a thing right wel intended, our
mifconftruccion turneth vnto worfe or a fmal difpleafure done vs, eyther our

owne

affeccion or euil

tongues agreueth. But this wote I well ye neuer

had fo great caufe of hatred, as ye have of loue.
That we be al men, that we be chriften men, this
(hall I leave for prechers to tel you (and yet I wote
nere whither any prechers wordes ought more to
moue you, then his that is by and by gooyng to
the place that thei all preache of.)
But this (hal I
defire you to remember, that the one parte of you
is of
my bloode, the other of myne alies, and eche
of yow with other, eyther of kinred or affinitie,
which fpirytuall kynred of affynyty, if the facramentes of Chriftes churche, beare that weyghte
with vs that would Godde thei did, flioulde no
lefle moue vs to charitye, then the refpe&e of

Oure Lorde forbydde, that

for the felfe caufe that
the
loue
work,
you
together
the
loue
better.
And yet that hapto
you ought
flelhlye confanguinitye.

And

no where fynde wee fo deadlye deamonge them, whyche by nature and lawe
moitc oughte to agree together. Such a peftilcnte
ferpente is ambicion and defyre of vaine glorye and
foueraintye, whiche amonge ftates where he once
peneth.

bate, as

entreth crepeth foorth fo farre, tyll with deuifion

and variaunce hee turneth all to mifchiefe. Firfle

longing to be nexte the bed, afterwarde egall with

the belle, and at lafte chiefe and aboue the befte.

Of

which immoderate appetite of woorfhip, and

thereby of debate and diflencion what lofle, what
ibrowe,

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forowe, what trouble hathe within thefe feweyeares
growen in this realme, I praye Godde as wel forgeate as wee wel remember.

Whiche thingesyf coulde

wel haue forefene,

as I haue with my more payne then pleafure proued,
by Goddes blefied Ladie (that was euer his bthe)
1 woulde neuer haue won the courtefye of mennes
knees, with the lofie of foo many heades. But fithen
thynges pafied cannot be gaine called, muche oughte
wee the more beware, by what occafion we haue
taken loo greate hurte afore, that we eftefoones fall
not in that occafion agayne. Nowe be thofe griefes
pafled, and all is (Godde be thanked) quiete, and
likelie righte wel to profper in wealthfull peace
vnder youre cofeyns my children, if Godde fende
I

as

and you loue. Of whiche twoo thinges,

wer they by whome thoughe Godde
dydde hys pleafure, yet fhoulde the realme alway
finde kinges and paraducnture as good kinges. But

them

the

life

lefie lofle

yf you

felfe in a childes

among your
many a good man

fall at

reygne
and happely
he to, and ye to, ere thys land finde peace again.
Wherforc in thele laft wordes that euer 1 looke to
I exhort
fpeak with you
you and require you al,
for the loue that you haue euer borne to me, for
the loue that I haue euer borne to you, for the loue
that our Lord beareth to vs all, from this time forwarde, all grieues forgotten, eche of you loue
debate,

fhall perifh

other.

Whiche

verelye trufte you will, if ye any

thing earthly regard, either Godde or your king,

affinitie or kinred, this realme, your owne coun-

And therewithal the

trey, or your owne lurety.
king no longer enduring to fitte vp, laide him
down on his right fide, his face towarde them: and
none was there prefent that coulde refrain from
weping. But the lordcs recomforting him with as
good wordes as they could, and anfwering for the
time as thei thought to ftand with his pleafure,
there in his prefence (as by their wordes
appered)
eche forgaue other, and ioyned their hands
together, when (as it after appeared by their dedes)
their hearts wer far a fonder.
As fone as the king
was departed, the noble prince his fonne drew toward London, which at the time of his deceafe,
Which
kept his houihold at Ludlow in Wales.
far
of
from
the
law
and
recourfe
to
countrey being
iuftice, was begon to be farre oute of good wyll
and waxen wild, robbers and riuers walking at libertie vncorreded.
And for this enchealbn the
prince was in the life of his father feme thither, to
the ende that the authoritie of his prefence ftiould
refraine euill difpofed

parfons fro the boldnes of

former outerages, to the gouernaunce and ordering of this yong prince at his fending thyther,
was there appointed Sir Anthony Woduile lord
Riuers and brother vnto the quene, a right honourable man, as valiaume of hande as politike in
VOL. I.
their

E.

counfaylc.
Adioyned wer there vnto him other of
the fame partie, and in effect euery one as he was
nereft of kin vnto the quene, fo was. planted next
That drifte by the quene not
about the prince.

vnwifely deuifed, whereby her bloode mighte of

youth be rooted in the princes fauour, the duke of
Gloucefter turned vnto their deftruccion, and vpon
that grounde fet the foundacion of all his vnhappy
For whom foeuer he perceiued, either
building.

them, or bearing himfelf their fauor,

hee brake vnto them, fome by mouth, fom by
writing or fecret meflengers, that it neyther was
reafon nor in any wife to be fuffered, that the yong
king their mafter and kinfmanne, (hoold bee in the
handes and cuftodye of his mothers kinred, feat variance wi?h

queftred in maner from theyr compani and attendance, of which eueri one ought him as faith-

and manye of them far more

honorable part of kin then his mothers fide
whofe blood (quod he) fauing the kinges pleafure,
was ful vnmetely to be matched with his: whiche
nowe to be as who fay remoued from the kyng,
and the lefie noble to be left aboute him, is (quod
he) neither honorable to hys mageftie, nor vnto
vs, and alfo to his grace no furety to haue the
mightieftof his frendes from him, and vnto vs no
little ieopardy, to futfer our welproued euil willers,
to grow in ouergret authoritie with the prince in
youth, namely which is lighte of beliefe and fone
Ye remember 1 trow king Edward
perfwaded.
himfelf, albeit he was a manne of age and of difcrecion, yet was he in manye thynges ruled by the
bende, more then (lode either with his honour, or
our profite, or with the commoditie of any manne
els, except onely the immoderate aduauncement of
them felfc.
Whiche whither they forer thirfted
after their owne weale, or our woe, it wer hard I
wene to gefle. And if fome folkes frendfhip had
not holden better place with the king, then any refpect of kinred, thei might peraduenture eafily
haue be trapped and brought to confufion fomme
of vs ere this.
Why not as eafily as they haue
done fome other alreadye, as neere of his royal
bloode as we. But our Lord hath wrought his wil,
and thanke be to his grace that peril is paite. Howe
be it as great is growing, yf wee fuffer this yonge
kyng in oure enemyes hande, whiche without his
wyttyng, might abufe the name of his commauiidement, to ani of our vndoing, which thyng God
and good prouifion forbyd.
Of which good prouifion none of vs hath any thing the lefle nede, for
the late made attonemente, in whiche the kinges
ful feruice as they,

pleafure hadde more place then the parties willes.

Nor none of vs I beleue is fo vnwyfe, oucrfone to
trufte a newe frende made of an olde foe, or to

think that an houerly kindnes, fodaindy contract in

one houre continued, yet fcant a fortnight, Ihold
be

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be deper fetled in their ftomackes
then a long
accuftomed malice many yeres rooted.
With thefe wordes and writynges and fuche other,
the duke of Gloucefter fone fet a fyre, them that
were of themfelf ethe to kindle, and in efpeciall
twayne, Edwarde duke of Buckingham, and Rich:

arde lorde Haftinges and chaumberlayn, both men

of honour and of great power.
The tone by longe

from his anceftrie, the tothtr by his office

and the kinges fauor. Thefe two n$ Bearing eche

fucceflion

to other fo

muche

quenes parte

in

loue, as hatred bothe vnto the

this

poynte accorded together

duke of Glodcefter, that they wolde

wyth
vtterlye amoue fro the kinges companye, all his
mothers frendes, vnderthe name of their enemycs.
Vpon this concluded, the duke of Gloucefter vnderftandyng, that the lordes whiche at that tyme were
aboute the kyng, entended to bryng him vppe to
his coronacion, accoumpanied with fuche power of
the

theyr frendes, that ic fhoulde bee harde for hym to

brynge his purpofe to pafie, without the gathering
and great afiemble of people and in maner of open
warre, whereof the ende he wifte was doubtous,

which the kyng being on their fide, his part

fhould haue the face and name of a rebellion: he

and

in

fecretly therefore by diners meanes, caufed the

quene to be perfwaded and brought in the mynd,

that it neither wer nede, and alfo (hold be ieopardFor where as

ous, the king to come vp ftrong.
nowe euery lorde loued other, and none other thing
ftudyed vppon, but aboute the coronacion and hoif the lordes of her kinred
noure of the king
:

fhold affemble in the kinges

thei mould geue the lordes

name muche
atwixte

them hadde bene fommetyme debate,

people,

whome and
to feare

and

fufpedte, lefte they fhoulde gather thys people, not

for the kynges fauegarde whome no manne em-

pugned, but for theyr dtflruccion, hauying more

regarde to their old variaunce, then their newe attonement. For whiche caufe thei fhoulde aflemble
on the other partie muche people agayne for their
defence, whofe power (he wyfte wel farre (tretched.
And thus fhould all the realme fall on a rore. And
cf al the hurte that therof (hould enfue, which was
likely not to be litle, and the moft harme there like
to fal wher (he left would, al the worlde woulde
put her and her kinred in the wyght, and fay that
thei had vnwyfelye and vntrewlye alfo, broken the
amitie and peace that the kyng her hufband fo prudenttlye made, betwene hys kinne and hers in his
death bed, and whiche the other party faithfully
obferued.

The quene

being in this wife perfwaded, fuche

woorde lent vnto her fonne, and vnto her brother
being aboute the kvrge, and ouer that the duke of
Gloucefter hymltlfe and other lordes the chiefe of
hys bende, wrote vnto the kyhge foo reuerentlye,

and to the queenes frendes there foo louyngelye,

that they nothyngeearthelye my ftruftynge, broughte
the kynge vppe in greate hafte, not in good fpede,
Nowe was the king in
with a fober coumpanye.
his waye to London gone, from Northampton,
when thefe dukes of Gloucefter and Buckyngham
came thither. Where remained behynd, the lorde
Riuers the kynges vncle, entendyng on the morowe to folow the kynge, and bee with hym at
miles thence, earcly or
Stonye Stratford
hee departed. So Was there made that nyghte
muche frendely chere betwene thefe dukes and the
lorde Riuers a greate while. But incontinente afrer
that they were oppenlye with greate courtelye departed, and the lorde Riuers lodged, the dukes
fecretelye with a fewe of their mofte priuye frendes,
fette them downe in counfayle, wherin they fpent a
great parte of the nyght. And at their rifinge in the
dawnyng of the day, thei fent about priuily to their
feruantes in the innesand lodgynges about, geuinge

them commaundemente
readye, for

to

lordes

their

make them lelfe fhortely

wer to horfebackward.

Vppon whiche

meflages, manyeof their folke were

when manye of the lorde Riut-rs fer-

attendaunt,
Nowe hadde thefe dukes
uantes were vnreadye.
taken alfo into their cuftodye the kayesof the inne,
that none flioulde pafie foorth without theyr li-

cence.

And

ouer

this in the

hyghe waye toward Stonye

Stratforde where the kynge laye, they hadde bceftowed certayne of theyr folke, that (houlde fcnde

backe agayne, and compel! to retourne, anye manne

were gotten oute of Northampton toward

that

Sconye Stratforde, tyll they fhould geue other

For as mucbe as the dukes themfelfe enlycence.
tended for the (hewe of theire dylygence, to bee the
that (houlde that daye attende vppon the
thus bare
kynges highnefle oute of that towne
But when the lorde Ryuers
they folke in hande.
vnderftode the gates clofed, and the wayes on euerye
fyrfte

fide befette, neyther hys fcruauntes nor hymfelf fuffcred to.gooute, parceiuyng well fo greate a thyng
without his knowledge not begun for noughte,

comparyng
in fo

this

maner prefent with this laft nightcs

fo gret a
chaunge maruel-

few houres

chere,
ouflye mifliked.

How

be

it

fuhe hee coulde not

geat awaye, and keepe himfelfe clofe, hee woulde

not, lefte he (houldc feeme to hyde himfelfe for
fome fecret feare of hys owne faulte, whereof he

faw no luch cauie

hym felf he determined vppon

own confcience, to goe boldelye

in

the furetie of his

inquire what this matter myghte

as foone as they fa we,
they beganne to quarrell with hym, and laye, that hee intended to lette diftaunce beetweene the kynge and

to them, and

meane.

them,

Whome

and to brynge them to confulion, but it

And when hee be6
ganne

fhoulde not lye in hys power.

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well fpoken manne) in
ganne (as bee was a very
to excufe himfelf, they taryed not the
wife
goodly
ende of his aunfwere, but fhortely tooke him and
and that done-, foorthwyth
putte him in warde,
and
tooke the waye to Stonye
wente to horfebacke,
Where
Stratforde.
they founde the kinge wiih his
to
leape on horfebacke, and departe
companie readye

forwarde, to leaue that lodging for them, becaufe

was

to ftreighte for bothe coumpanies.

fone as they
adowne with

came

in

his

And

prefence, they

the

all

and afterward

places to prilbn,

where they were

al

to Pomfrait,

in conclufion beheaded.

it

as

A letter writteo

their

in a

whyle

duke of Buckingham

.And thus in goodly arraye, thei came to the kinge,

and on theire knees in very humble wife, falued his
in very ioyous and
grace ; whiche receyued them
amiable maner, nothinge eirthlye knowing nor
But euen by and by in his
miftruftinge as yet.
prefence, they piked aquarell to the lorde Richarde

Graye, the kynges other brother by his mother,

fayinge that hee with the lorde marques his brother
and the lorde Riuers his vncle, hadde coumpafied
to rule the kinge and the realme, and to fette variaunce among the ftat.es, and to fubdewe and deToward the
ftroye the noble blood of the realm.
accoumplifhinge whereof, they fayde that the lorde
Marques hadde entered into the Tower of London,
and thence taken out the kinges treafor, and fent
menne to the fea. All whiche thinge thefe duke*
wilte well were done for good purpoles and neceffari
by the whole counfaile at London, failing that
fommewhat thei muft fai. Vnto whiche woordes,
the king aunfwered, what my brother Marques hath
done I cannot faie. But in good faith I dare well
aunfwere for myne vncle Riuers and my brother
here, that thei be innocent of any fuch matters.
Ye my liege quod the duke of Buckingham thei
haue kepte theire dealing in thefe matters farre fro
the knowledge of your good grace.
And foorthwith thei arrelted the lord Richarde and Sir Thomas
Waughan knighte, in the kinges prefence, and
broughte the king and all backe vnto Northampton,
where they tooke againe further counfaile.
And
there they fent awaie from the kinge whom itpleafed
them, and fette newe feruames aboute him, fuche as
At whiche dealinge
lyked better them than him.
was
and
hee wepte
nothing contente, but it booted
at
And
nor.
dyner the duke of Gloucefler fente a
dime from hisowne table to thelordRiaers,prayinge
him to bee of goodchere, all fhould be well inough.
And he thanked the duke, and prayed the meflenger
to beare it to his nephewe the lorde Richarde with
the fame meflage for his comfort, who he thought
had more nedeof coumfort, as one to whom fuch
But himfelf had been al
aduerfitie was ftraunge.

with a cole by Sir

THOMAS MORE

to hysdoogNtermaiftresMAR GAR ErRopER, with-

lighte

companie aboute them. To

faide, goe afore
and
yeomen, kepe youre rowmes.
gentlemenne

whome

dayes in vre therewith, and therfore coulde

beare it the better.
But for al this coumfortable
of
the
duke
of Gloucefter he fent the
courtefye
lord Riuers and the lorde Richarde with Sir Thomas Vaughan into the Norrhe countrey into diners
his

after

he was prilbner in the Towre.

A/TYNE
^^ thankedownamgood
in

doughter,

our lorde be

helthe of bodye, and

good
good quiet of tninde and of worldly thynges I
no moredefyer then I haue. I befeche hym make
you all mery in the hope of heauen. And fuch
thynges as I fomewhat longed to talke with you all,
concerning the worlde to come, our Lorde put theim
into your myndes, as I trufte he dothe and better to
by hys holy fpirite who blefie you and preferue
you all. Written wyth a cole by your tender louing
in

who in hys pore prayers forgetteth none of

nor
you
your babes, nor your nurfes, nor your
good hufbandes, nor your good hufbandes flirewde
wyues, nor your fathers fhrewde wyfe neither, nor
our other frendes. And thus fare ye hartely well
for lacke of paper.
father,

all

THOMAS MORE,

Two fliort

ballettes

which Sir

knight.

THOMAS MORE made

paftyme while he was prilbner in the

Tower of London.

for hys

LEWYS

the

loft louer.

flatering fortune, loke thou neuer fo fayre,

fo plefantly begin to fmile,

Or neuer

As though thou
During

my

life

wouldft my ruine all repayre,

thou {halt not me begile.

Truft (hall 1 God, to entre in a while.

Hys hauen or heauen fure and vniforme.
Euer after thy calme, loke I for a florme.

DAUY

ONG

T
'

was

And now

lady

haue

the dycer.

Luke your

feruing man,

loft

agayne all that i gat,

Wherfore whan I thinke on you nowe and than,
And in my mynde remember this and that,
Ye may not blame me though 1 befhrew your cat,

But in fayth I blefie you agayne

For lending me now fome layiure

a ihoufand times,
to make rymes.

At

the fame time with Sir Thomas Mere lived

Skelton, the poet laureate of Henry VI1J. from whole
[

works.

THE HISTORY OF THE

works it feems proper to infert a few ftanzas, though
he cannot be faid to have attained great elegance of

Defcription of Spring, wherein eche thing renewes,

fave only the lover.

H E foote

language.

The prologue

TN

to the

Autumpne whan

By radyante

Bouge of Courte.

the fonne in vyrgyne

hete enryped hath our corne

When Luna

full

As Emperes

the

Of

Somer

of mutabylyte
dyadcme hath worne

our pole artyke, fmylynge halfe in fcorne

ibly and our v. ttedfaftnefle
The time whan Mars to warre hym dyd dres,

At our

callynge to mynde the greate audtoryte

poeces olde, whiche full craftely
Vnder as couerte termes as coulde be
I

Of

Can touche a trouth, and cloke fubtylly

With fresfhe vtteraunce full fentencyoully
fome fpared not vyce to wryte
Dyuerfe
Some of mortalitie nobly dyd endyte
Whereby I rede, theyr renome and theyr fame
May neuer dye, but euermore endure
I was fore moued to a forfe the fame
But ignoraunce full foone dyd me dyfcure
And (hewed that in this arte I was not fure
For to illumine fhe fayd I was to dulle

and bloome fourth

feafon that bud,

bringes,
With grene hach cladde the hyll, and eke the vale,
The Nighringall with fethers new flie tinges j
The turtle to her mate hath told the talc :
is

come, for every fpray now

fpringes,

The hart hath hunge hys olde head on the pair,

The bucke in brake his winter coate he flynges ;
The fifhes flete with newc repayred fcale
The adder all her Hough away file fiynges-,
The fwift fwallow purfueth the flyes fmalle,
The bufy bee her honey how fhe mynges ;
:

Winter

And

is

thus

Eche

worne that was the

I

fee

floures bale.
thefe pleafant
thynges

among

care decayes, and yet

my

forrow

fprynges.

in ftyle

Aduyfynge me my penne awaye

to pulle
not to wryte, for he fo wyll atteyne
Excedyng ferther than his connynge is

And

His heed maye be harde, but feble is brayne

Yet haue I knowen fuche er this
But of reproche furely he maye not mys
That clymmeth hyer than he may fotinge haue
What and he flyde downe, who fhall him faue ?
Thus vp and downe my mynde was drawen and
caft

That I ne wyfte what to do was befte

So fore enwered that I was at the lafte
Enforfed to

And

to lye

flepe,

downe

and

for to take

as foone as

fome

my

HEN

reftlefs eftate

youth had led

refte

drefte

the wits that flourifhed in the reign of

VIII.
none has been more frequently celeHenry
brated than the earl of Surry , and this hiftory would
therefore have been imperfect without fome fpecimens of his works, which yet it is not eafy to diftinguifh from thofe of Sir Thomas Wyat and others,
with which they are confounded in the edition that
has fallen into my hands.
The three firft are, I
believe, 6'rr/s > the reft, being of the fame age,
are fc.efted, ibme as examples of different meafures,
and one as the oldelt competition whLh I have

me

of a lover.

half the race,

That Cupides fcourge had made me runne;

I

looked back to meet the place,

From whence my weary courfe begunne

And then I faw howe my defyre
Mifguiding me had led the waye,

Myne eyne to greedy of theyre hyre,

Had made me lofe a better prey.
For when

in fighes I
fpent the

day,

And could not cloake my grief with game ;

The boyling fmokedyd ftill bewray,
The prelent heat of fecret flame
And when fak teares do bayne. my breaft,
:

Where love
Her beauty

his plealent
traynes hath fown,
hath the fruytes
oppreft,
Ere that the buddes were fpronge and blowne.

And when myne eyen dyd

At Harwyche porte flumbrynge as I laye

In myne nodes houfe called powers keye.

Of

Defcripcion of the

ftill

The

purfue,

flying chafe of theyre requeft ;

Theyre greedy looks dyd oft renew,

The hydden wounde

within my brefte.
every loke thefe cheekes might ftayne,
dedly pale to glowing red ;

When
From

By outward

To

fignes appeared playne,

her for helpe

But

all

to late

my

To paynt all kynd of

To blynd theyre eyes

My

harte was fled.

learneth me,

Love

Colours

new

that elfe fhould fee

fpeckled chekes with Cupids hew.

the covert breft I clam :,

And now

That wormipt Cupide

fecretely

And nourifhed hys lacred flame,

From whence no blairing fparks do

flye.

fount] in blank verie.

Defcripcion

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
the fickle Affections, Pangs, and
Defcripcion of
Sleightes of Love.

UCH wayward wayes hath

Love, that moft part

know

And

to feke the trafte of

willes

accord

fel-

hys delighte, and to begyle and mocke

with frofimple hartes which he doth ftrike

He

ward divers ftroke.

caufeth th' one to rage with golden burning

is

darte,

And

And

who would believe

from Lyfe removed.

live (alas!

The

Decyte

knowe
At once
I

harte.

Whofe gleames of burning fyre and eafy fparkes of

means

traynes

How foone a loke

The

content

unto

hyde

my

lelf to

flypper ftate

fole

The

ftiynes agayne the Chckes

with flaming red
it

know under the Grene, the Serpent how helurkes

The hammer of the reftlefs forge 1 wote eke how it
:

workes.

know and con by

roate the tale that I

woulde

tell

woordes come fourth awrye of him that

loveth well.

know

in

hcate ^nd colde the

In fynging

Lover how he (hakes,

how

he doth complayne,
he w. kes

in

deeping how

To languifh

without ache, fickelefie for to confume,

thoufdnd thynges for to devyfc, reiolvyngeof his

fume

And though

he lyfle to fee his Ladyes Grace full

lore

Such

pleafurcs as delyght hys Eye,

reftore.

know, and

fecret

fnares

of

will

prynte a thoughte that never

know, the fodein turnes from

doubtfull hope, the certaine wooe, and fure

do not

his helthe

praife

of

his ladie.

EVE

place you ladies and be gone,

Boafl not your felves at all,

dyfiembling

wehhe

weave a webbe of

my harmes with

by flume

ofte the

freafe

defpaired helthe.

dred,

But

my Lyfe

fclf in others luft,

my

chere,
Whan in my face the painted thoughtes would outwardly appeare.
I know how that the bloud forfakes the face for

that

wafte, and fo

may remove.

truft:

And how

know how

let fall.

agayne returne.

to

with feldom fwete to feafon hepes of gall,

Kevived with a glympfe of Grace old ibrrowes to

know how

foon a hart may turne

warre to peace, from truce to ftryfe, and Ib

And how

Love,

to purfue a conqueft welnere wonne

follow where my paynes were loft, ere that my

little ItufTe

others helpe,

by beatynge of the

elfe

fute begunne.

Of

kynde

gentle

me

to

is,

know how Love doth rage upon a yeyldingmynde,

How fmalle a nete may take and mafe a harte of

The hydden

know how

my

And
And

and eke

will,

whelpe.

Or

From

my

my felf wythe

In ftandy nge nere the fyre,

Farre of I burne, in bothe

we!!,

withdrawes and doth me drive, into a depe

dark hell:
me witholdes where I am calde and offred place,
willes me that my mortal foe 1 do befcke of

this

to deceyve

the I.yon chaftifed

He me

So by

ftate,

I lecfe.

In balance of unequal weyght he pondereth by ame

From eafye ford where 1 myghte wade and pals full

lettes

my

chaunge

know how

And how

flame,

He
To

fighesand laughters of the fpleene,

in harty

to

with fprite

?)

colotfr clene.

doth alay with Leaden cold, again the others

Grace

into the thynge be-

loved,

do (land, whereby our hartes but

dom do

my

defyred foe,
feek, but chiefly this I

know,
That Lovers muft transfourme

in dii'cord

Our

do

fere to fynde that 1

hande approcheth one,

you all.
vertue of her lively lookes

For here

Whofe
The

at

face will ftayne

Excels the precious ftone,

I wifhe to have none other bookes
To reade or look upon.
In eche of her two chriftall eyes,
Smyleth a naked boy;
It would you all in heart fufKfe
To fee that lampe of joye.
I

think nature hath loft the moulde,

(he her (hape did take;

Where
Or elfe

I doubte if nature coulde

So fayre a creature make.
She may be well comparde

Unto the Phenix kinde,

Whofe like was never feene
That any man can fynde.

nor heard,

In lyfe (he is Diana chalt

In trouth Penelopey,
In woord and eke in dede ftedfaft

What

will

you more we

fay

If

THE HISTORY OF THE

If

Utening Macedon by fwordes, by gleaves,

and troupes of footemt-n, with his garde,
bandcs
By
to
Dary, but hym Im tnereft kyn,
Speedes

The

the world were fought fo farre,

finde fuchc a wight,

all

Who could
Her

beauty twmkleth lykc a flarre

Within the

Oxate prefcrves with

frofty night.

The Lover

refufed of his love, embraceth vertue.

My
My

it

lyfe

may

not

Man

in

The

laft,

fled,

Hym fmytes

wo,

And him

He

is

I
I

doth vvitholde

my

is

how

fee

And

The moving meeting

deadly fo.
(he doth fee,

How

fee

begynne

when

to

come

mone,

fayne (he would be gone.

what wil ye more,
She will me gladly kill,

you

[hall fee therfore

winter gendreth fnow, what temperature

What
What

cannot live with ftones,

too hard a foode,
I wil be dead at ones
I

It is

do

The Death

of

the

in

firft

my Lady

raignes

good.

ZOROAS,

an Egiptian aftronomer,
that
Alexander
had with the
fight

O W clattring armes, now raging broyls of warre,

"^
*
Gan

pafle the noys of dredfull trumpetts clang,

Shrowded with fhafts, the heaven with cloude of

dartes,

Covered the ayre. Againft full fatted bulles,

As forceth kyndled yre the lyons keene,
Whofe greedy gutts the gnawing hunger prickes;

heaven fphere, nor thatfmall thynges

heaven he clofeth in his breit.
whole
fpeake,
this

This fage then in the ftarres hath fpyed the fates

Threatned him death without delay, and, fith,

He

faw he could not

Foreward he

Mete with

corpfes hyde the purpurde foyle with blood

Large (laughter on eche fide, but Perles more,
Moyft ficldes bebled, theyr heartes and numbers
-,

order chaunge,
he mig-ht

the rulers of the

Macedons,

Of his right hand defirous to be (lain,

The bouldeft borne, and worthieft in the feilde;
And as a wight, now wery of his lyfe,
And feking death, in fyrft front of his rage,

And fayth, Nedlanaks baltard fhamefull (layne

Of mothers bed, why lofell thou thy rtrokes,
Cowardes among, Turn thee

Manhood

bate,
fall

fatall

that
preft in battayle,

Comes delperately to Alexanders face,

At him with dartes one after other throvves,
With recklefle wordes and clamour him provokes,

againft the Perfians fare,

Now

Fainted while they gave backe, and

oppoficion makes,
fyre doth qualifye Mavorfes fyre,
houfe eche one doth feeke, what plannett

Within

Perfians.

So Macedons

Or him more mylde what

(he (hall have her will.

To

light, afpeifr, eclips,

begyns among themfelves how great

Proportion is-, what (way the erryng lightes
Doth fend in courfe gayne that fy rft movy ng heaven
What grees one from another diftance be,
What (tarr doth let the hurtfull fyre to rage,

I fee

That

booke;

Of four

nye,

How

And

Itrykmg

Why

how me doth wrye,

I

farre

In the prime tyde doih feafon well the foyle,

fummer burnes, why autumnehath ripe grapes,
Whither the circle quadrate may become,
Whether our tunes heavens harmony can yelde

I fee in helpyng me,

She fekes and wil not fynde.

I fee

hym woundes

And influence, and constellations all;

What earthly chaur.ces would betyde, what yere,
Of plenty (torde, what figne forewarned death,

yet fhe wil be blynde,

When

the club,

To whom the heaven lay open as his

And in celeftiall bodies he could tell

where fhe doth ftande

fee

kind of cruel death:

all

the fling, and him the mining fwordj

dyeth, he is all dead, he panics, he reftcs.
Right over ftoode in fnowwhite armour brave,
The Memphite Zoroas, a cunnyng clarke,

my honeft defyre.
I fee my helpe at hande,
fee my lyfe alfb,

That

plumpe

bowe,

mifciefe to forego.
[ burne and am a colde,
I freefe amyddes the fyer,

me

With throte yrent he roares, he lyeth along

His entrailes with a launce through gryded quyte,

My

That

on

his

fpent:

Peries foweth

Defirous to be ded,

J fee

none

Shaking her bloudy hands, Bellone among

are gone,

grave and I am one.

My myrth and joyes are

And

his carr, that

is

youthfull yeres are part,

My joyfull dayes

horle:r>en

charge mould give.

Here grunts, here groans, eche where ftrong youth

Before

to flighte.

Come

there be fo

fight with

much

to

me,

in cafe

left in

me, that on

my

thy heart,
helmet weare

Apollo's

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
for learnings laude,
Apollo's laurell both

And
The

eke for martiall praife, that in my fhieldc

feven fold Sophi of Minerve contein,

Barclay wrote about 1550 ; his chief work is the

Ship of Fcoles, of which the following extract will

fhew

match more mete, Syr King, then any here.

noble prince amoved takes ruth upon
wilfull wight, and with foft words ayen,
monftrous man (quoth he) what fo thou art,
death
pray thee live, ne do not with thy

Of Mockers and

The
The
1

This lodge of Lore, the Mufes manfion marre;

That treafure houfe this hand thall never fpoyle,
My fword fliall never bruife that fkillful brayne,
Long gathered heapes of fcience fone to fpill ;

howe fayre fruites may you to mortall men

From Wifdoms garden give; how many may
By you the wifer and the better prove:
What error, what mad moode, what frenzy thee
Perfwades to be downe, fent to depe Averne,
Where no artes flourifh, nor no knowledge vailes

For

all

When

thefe fawes.

thus the ibvereign

faid,

Alighted Zoroas with fword unfheathed,

The carelefs king there fmoate above the greve,
At th' opening of his quifhes wounded him,
So that the blood down trailed on the ground
:

The Macedon

perceiving hurt, gan gnafhe,

in any wife
to f.rbeare, fett fpurrs unto his ftede,
And turnde away, left anger of his fmarte
Should caufe revenger hand deale balefull blowes.

But yet

his

mynde he bent

Hym

But of the Macedonian

chieftaines knights,

One Meleager could not bear this fight,

But ran upon the faid Egyptian rude,
And cut him in both knees: he fell to ground,
Wherewith a whole rout came of fouldiours
fterne,

And

pieces hewed the fely

But happely the foule fled to the
Where, under him, he hath full
all in

'

for ftoute

princes

That

in his

men

in field that

taught how

head

day fubdued,

man,

fo rare a jewel beares,

tender parent doth his daughters wcale,

tor thankes, all that they can,

Lamented, and

Do

cherifh

From dark

hym

deceaft, and fett

my

For here

fhewe you good and

fhall I

him

free,

oblivion of devouring death.

preceptes to encline,
veritie

Encline, and ye finde lhall great profperitie,

Enfuing the doctrine of our fathers olde,
And godly lawes in valour worth great golde.
that will followe the graces manyfolde

Who

Which

are in vertue, fhall finde auauncement:

Wherfore y fooles that in your finne are bolde,
Enfue ye wifdome, and leaue your lewde intenr,

Wifdome

is the
way of men moft excellent:
Therfore haue done, and fliortly fpede your pace,
To quaynt your felf and company with grace.
Learne what is vertue, therin is great folace,
Learne what is truth, fadnes and prudence,
Let grutche be gone, and grauitie purchafe,
Forfake your folly and inconuenience,
Ceafe to be fooles, and ay to fue offence,
Followe ye vertue, chiefe roote of godlynes,
For it and wifedome is ground of clenlynes.
Wifedome and vertue two thinges are doubtles,
Whiche man endueth with honour fpeciall,

But fuche heartes

Knoweth
But

as flepe in foolilhnes
nothing, and will nought know at all:

in this little

barge in principall
1
purpofe to repreue,
Claw'e he his backe that feeleth itch or greue.
Mockers and fcorners that are harde of beleue,
With a rough comb here will I clawe and grate,
All foolifh mockers

if they will from their vice remeue,

leaue their folly, which caufeth great debate:

To-proue

But over all thofe fame Camenes, th-ofe fame,

Divine Camenes, whofe honour he procurde,

As

Leaue off the wayes of your enormitie,

And

to difcerne a

Scorners, and falfe Accufers.

fooks, hade here to our doctrine,

Enforce you to

ftarres,

Who
As

HEARTLESS

feg,

fight of all,
with
he
here
Whereat
reaching looke.
gazed
The Perfians waild fuch fapience to forgoe,
The very fune the Macedonians wifht
Me would have lived, king Alexander felfe
Demde him a man unmete to dye at all;
wonne like praife for conqueft of his Yre,

Who

his ftyle.

Suche caytiues fpare neyther poore man nor eftate,

where their felfe are moft worthy derifion,
Other men to fcorne is all their moft condition.
Yet are mo fooles of this abufion,

And

Whiche of wife men defpifeth the

With mowes, mockes, fcorne, and

doctrine,
collufion,

Rewarding rebukes for their good difcipline:

Shewc to fuche wifdome, yet fhall they not encline

Unto the fame, but let nothing

But mocke thy doctrine, ftill or

therby,

openly.
appeareth commonly,
That who that will a foole rebuke or blame,
mocke or mowe fhall he haue by and by:

So

in the

worlde

it

Thus

in derifion haue fooles their fpeciall

man that woulde elchue ill

Correct a wife

game.
name,
amende,

And fayne would learne, and his lewde life

And to thy wordes he gladly fhall intende.

If

THE HISTORY OF THE

If by misfortune a rightwife man offende,
gladly fuffercth a iufte correction,
And him that him teacheth taketh for his frende,

He

Him

putting mekely unto fubiedtion,

Folowing his prcceptes and good direction:
But yf that one a foole rebuke or blame,
He mall his teacher hate, (launder and diffame.
felfe

Howbeit his wordes oft turne to his own fliame,

And his owne darces rttourneto him agayne,
And fo is he fore wounded with the fame,

And

wo

endeth, great mifery and payne.

It alfo proued full often is certayne,
That they that on mockers alway their mindes caft,
Shall of all other be mocked at the laft.
He that goeth right, ftedfaft, fure, and faft,
May him well mocke that goeth halting and lame,
And he that is white may well his fcornes caft,
Agaynft a man of Inde but no man ought to blame
Anothers vice, while he vleth the fame.
But who that of finne is cleaneindeedeand thought,
May him well fcorne whofe liuing is ftarke nought.
The fcornes of Naball full dere mould haue been
in

bought,
If Abigayl his wife difcrete and fage,
Had not by kindnes right crafty meanes fought,
The wrath of Dauid to temper and affwage.
Hath not two beares in their fury and rage
Two and fortie children rent and torne,
For they the prophete Helyfeus did fcorne.

So might they curfe the time that they were borne,

For their mocking of this prophete diuine:
So many other of this fort often mourne
For their lewde mockes, and fall into ruine.

Thus

foly for wife men to encline,

this lewde flocke of fooles, for fee thou

To
Them

is

The Lenuoy

fliall

all.

of Barclay to the fooles.

Ye mocking fooles that in fcorne fet your ioy,

Proudly defpifing Gods punition:
Take ye example bv Cham the fonne of Noy,
Which laughed his father vnto derifion,
Which him

And made

after curfed for his

tranfgrefilon,
to all his lyne and ftocke.

him fcruaunt

So mail ye caytifs at the conclufion,

Since ye are nought, and other fcorne and mocke.

Thus have

language
to

in his time,

the following

may be of

ufe

mow.

TDRonunciation

an aptc orderinge bothe of the

voyce, countenauncc, and all the whole bodye,
accor lynge to the worthines of fuche woordes and

mater

as

hereof

is

is

The vfe
by fpeache are declared.
fuche for anye one that liketh to haue

prayfe for tellynge his tale

in open afcmblie, that

a
and
hauing good tongue,
comelye countenaunce,
he (hal be thought to paffe all other that haue the
like vtteraunce
thoughe they haue much better
The
tongue geueth a certayne grace to
learning..
and beautifieth the caufe in like
matter,
euerye
maner, as a fwete foundynge lute muche fctteth
forthe a meane deuifed ballade.
Or as the founde
of a good inftrumente ttyrreth the hearers, and

moueth muche

delite, fo a cleare

foundyng voice

comforteth muche our deintie eares, with muche

fwete melodic, and caufeth vs to allowe the matter
rather for the reporters fake, then the reporter for
the matters fake.
Demofthenes therforc, that fa-

moufe oratour, beyng aflced what was the chiefeft

point in al oratorie, gaue the chiefe and onely
praife to Pronunciation ; being demaunded, what
was the feconde, and the thirde, he (till made
aunfwere, Pronunciation, and would make none
other aunfwere,

till

they lefte afkyng, declaryng

dooe no-

hereby that arte without vtteraunce can

thyng, vtteraunce without arte can dooe right

And no doubte that man is in outwarde
apparaunce halfe a good clarke, that hath a cleane
tongue, and a comely gefture of his body. ^Efchines
lykwyfe L'eyng bannifhed his countrie through Demofthenes, when he had redde to the Rhodians his
own oration, and Demofthenes aunfwere thereunto,
by force whereof he was bannifhed, and all they
marueiled muche at the excellencie of the fame
then (q d .flSfchines) you would have marueiled
muche more if you had heard hymfclfe fpeak it.
Thus beyng caft in miferie and bannifhed foreuer,
he could not but geue fuch greate reporte of his
deadly and mortal ennemy.

muche.

it

mofte fcorning that are moft bad of

About the year 1553 wrote Dr. Wtlfon, a nun

celebrated for the politcnefs of his ftyle, and the
extent of his knowledge what w.is the (late of our

deduced the Englijb language from

the age of Atfredm that of Elizabeth; in fome parts

imperfectly for want of materials; but I hope, at
leaft, in fuch a manner that its progrels may be

and the gradations obferved, by which

advanced from its firft rudenefs to its preieat

eafily traced,
it

elegance,

A GRAM.;

OF THE

ENGLISH TONGUE.
G

RAM MAR. which \ftheart oftifing'worJs properly, com

four parts;
and Profody.

To

The

letter*

It therefore teaches
previously the

Roman.

C
D

b
c

e
r
E

fe

g
h

7>

M m

n
o

N
O

n
o

P
q

^
R

T
U

u
v

X
X

T
U
V

W
X
Y

x
y

Italick.

Old Englifh.
38
a
b
25
C

e t
F f

w
y
z

ie

eitck

confonant,

ka.
I

%
$1

M
O

//

em

fie

(]

cue

fc

tee

"
*>

i,

TV

ID

to

g.

&

5s

the

*.

<t .

commonly reckoned twenty-four,

becaufe anciently

and /,

may

of which/is

> ;

five> a, e, i, o> u.

number generally received

'

but for

it

is

the

founds of

all the letters

are various.

perhaps
rence than judgment, becaufe by writing in Englifh I fujpofe my reader
already
with
the Englifh language, and confequen'Jy able to pronounce the
icquainted
of
I
teach
which
the
letters,
pronunciation ; and becaufe of founds in general it
may be obfcrved, that words are unable to defcribe them. An account therefore
of the primitive and fur.ple letters is ufclefa alinoft alike to thofe who know their

bund, and thofe who know

it

Of

not.

VOWELS.
A.

t?

fi, fli, fi, ffi, ffl,

were expreffed by the fame character ; but at thofe letters,

different powers, have now different forms, our alphabet

4D

S f,

T
U

fl",

phyfiologifl ;
nor into the properties and gradation of founds, or the elegance or harfhnefs of
particular combinations, as a writer of univerfal and tranfcendental grammar. I
confider the Englifh alphabet only as it is Englifh ; and even in this narrow difwith more revequifition, 1 follow the example of former grammarians,

ff,

m,

a, 8, te,

Vowels are
Such

The

flc,

In treating on the letters, I fhall not, like fome other grammarians,

enquire
into the original of their form, as an antiquarian ; nor into their formation and
the
of
as
a
or
organs
fpcech,
mechanick,
anatomift,
prolation by

A has three
A flender

is

(or tia

heir

'"y
zed,

more
commonly izzard
is

founds, the flender, open, and broad.

found in moft words, as face, mane; and in word*

nding in atioti, as creatien,faliiatior., generation.

The a flender is the proper Englifh a, called very juftly by
Erpenius, in hii
krabick Grammar, a
Anglicum cum e niftum, as having a middle found between
ic open a and the i.
The French have a fimilar found in the wo:d
and in

confonant,
doable u
<*

/bar*.
I.

v,

fb,

be properly faid to conlifl of twenty-fix letters.

None of the fmall confonants have a double form, except/,
ufed in the beginning and middle, and t at the end.

or uxx.ard, that

VOL,

letters are

which had always

ft, fl, fl,

r
l>ft,fl,ft,Jb,Jk,ff,j ,f;> fj;,Ji,ffi, gl,

originally with v, nsfiffem, o-vrvn* fympathy, o-i/ftn-aSn*.

For
we often write iu after a vowel, to make a diphthong
as rafui, gre<u>, 'uievi, rvo i\u, fio-iuing, lo'uineft.

Name.

<

fs

ff, ft,

certain combinations of letters univer-

as <S,

praftice to write y in the end of words, as thy, holy ; before /,

as from die, dying ; from
beautify, beautifying ; in the words fays,
days, eyes ; and in words derived from the Greek, and written

Jet

TO

Our

as well as u and

form

of the EHglifh laaguage are,

Saxon.
a
T:

a, a, a,

(t,

the art of combining letters into

fyllalhs

is

nd fyllables into 'words.

and found of letters.

and &, or and'per fe, and.

In this divifion and order of the parts of grammar I folio* the common gram
marians, without enquiring whether t fitter distribution might not be (bum
Experience has long fnowu this method to be fo ditKnft ai to obviate confuuon
and fo comprehenfive as to prevent any inconvenient omiflions. I likewife u
the terms already received, and already nderftood, though perhaps others mor
proper might fometimes be invented.
Sylburgius, and other innovators, whol
new terms have fynk their learning into negleft, have left fufficieut warnin
the
ambition
of
trifling
againft
teaching arts in a new language.

ORTHOGRAPHY

may be added

thefe

fally ufed in printing

Orthography, Etymology, Syntax

prifes

(ail,

mafculine.

open is the a of the Italian, or nearly fefembles it ; as

ather, rather, congratulate, fancy, glafs.
broad refembles the a of the German ; as all, <wall, call.
Many words pronounced with a broad were anciently written with au, at
Wt, mault ; and we ftill lay fault, wult,
wa
the Saxon found,

Ttyis

probably

for

GRAMMAR

ret retained in the northern d'.uicfts, and in the ruftick pronunciation

for

it *t

at

maun

man, taunj

for

The
The

fhort a

is

tot ktrd.

to the

approaches

a open, as graft.
end of the word,

long a, if prolonged by e at the

(lender, is graze, fame.

ways

Women

A forms

The
is al-

THE

OF
fliort e

pronounced ivimea,
has fometimes the found of a clofe a, as/or,

csir.t,

O coalefces into a diphthong with a, te moan, groan, approach

a has the found of o long.

a diphthong only with or j, and u or w. Ai or ay,

as in plain, wain, gay, clay, has only the found of the long and"
U united to f in fome words derived from Creek, as te -ntt^y but ct being
(lender a, and differs not in the pronunciation from plane, wane. not n Englilh diphthong, they are better written aj they are founded, with only t,.
Au or mv has the found of the German a, as raw, naughty.
/'

At

With

fometimcs found in Latin words not completely natural'fed or affimidiphthong ; and is more properly cxprciled by fingle t,

is

lited, but is no EngUfli

as C'JJr, Entas.

/,

as

oil, foil,

moil, noifome.

letters feems to unite the founds of the two letters as far as

founds can be united without being deftroyed, and therefore approaches more
nearly than any combination in our tongue to the notion 01' a diphthong.

Thjs coalition of

\vo

E.

the letter which occurs moft frequently in the Englifh language.

is

long, as infceue
then.

is

men,

With
With

or fhort, as in cellar, feparate, celebrate,

always fhort before- a double confonant, or two.confo-

It is

nants, as in 'vex, perplexity,

medlar, reptilt,ferpiHt,

rile/it,

cellar,

elation, btijjlng, fell, felling, debt.

E is always mute at the end of a word, except in monofyllables that have no other vowel, as the ; or proper names, as Peconnelope, Pbebe, Derbe ; being ufed to modify the foregoing
fonant, asyJk-f, ence, hedgi, oblige ; or to lengthen the preceding

vowel, as ban,
ills

pop, pope

can, cane; pin, flue; ti-n,

fir, fire ; cur, cure ; tub, tube.

b'.r.i ;
;

tune;

oo has the found of the Italian *.

;
power, flower ; but in fome words has
long, as itijiul, &vwl,/ow, grew. TJiefe dif-

o, as boot, hoot, cooler

w,

or

as our,

only the found -of o

ferent founds are ufed to difiinguifh different jigijificatipns ; as
bow, an inflrument for mooting ; bow, a deprefiion of the head :
bowl, an orbicular
fonv, the fhe of a boar ; foi'j, to fcatter feed
x>dy ; bowl, a wooden veffel.
:

Ou

fometimes pronounced like o foft, as court ; fometimes

fometimes like clofe, as could ; or u open,
;
as rough, tough ; which ufe only can teach.
is

'ike o fhort, as cough

*

rob,

Ou is frequently ufed in the laft fyllable of words which in Larin end in or, and
are made Engliih, as bcncur, Idbiur, favour, trorh bcr.'.'i-', lator favar.
Some late innovators have ejected the u, without considering that the Inftfy!t

Almoft

all

words which now terminate

in con/brunts

ended anciently in

e,

as

,ab!e gives the found neither of or nor ur, but a found b-rtwe^r. them, if nut
are probably d-jr^.cd to us from the French
pounded of both ; ix-fides tliat they

nouns in em, as btnxrur, favc ur.

ws perhaps

time vocal or filent in poetry, as convenience requirej ; but

Camden in his Rtmains calls it the nlent t.
has been long wholly mute.
for a

it

U.

does not always lengthen the foregoing vowel, as glove, live,

It

give.

It has fometimes in the end of words a found obfcure, and

Scarcely perceptible, as open, Jhapcn, Jbotten, tbiftle, participle

U is long

in ffe, confujion ; or fhort, as us, eoncu,pon.

It coalefces with a, e, i, o ; but has rather in thefe combinations the force of the w, as quaff", queft, ai/it, ajiiic, languijb ;

mute before
This faintnefe of found

rMen

or follows a

found when

is

mute and

< feparatcs a
liquid, as in cattle.

forms a diphthong with a, as near

and with u or w, us new, few.

Ea
Ei

founds like
is

long, as mean

founded like

lon,

founds as u long and

Eu

E, a,

u, are

combined

mute from

or like

z,

as deign, receive;

ee, as

dear, clear\ ncar~

as feize, perceiving.

and

its

derivatives, but have

only the found of a.

E may

be faid

to

form a diphthong by reduplicatioa, as agree,

filliping.

is

it is

founded as

is

fhort; and in fiofh, where

Y.

j'aycr

betray, betrayed, betrayer

is

fonants,

always marked by the

often founded before r as a fhort u ; zs. flirt, firft, Jhirt.

It forms a diphthong only with e, as field, Jh'ie'.d, which is
founded as the double ee; except friend, which is founded as

ufed where

commonly

is

now

put,

before two con-beginning or middle fyllable,

commonly

fhort, as opportunity.
IS:

fhort, as flag, .frog.

Many

is

if
pronounced as

Of

it

were wrote tnetay.

CONSONANTS..
B.

frend.

Ike

fay,

In monofyllables a fingle vowel before a fingle confonant

is

is

GENERAL RULES.
A vowel in the

final, as thin, thine.

pray, prayer

day, days.

as/w.

dift'erent.

as/-

French,

a vowel, which, as Quintilian obferves of one of the Roman letters, we might want without inconvenience, but that we
have it. It fupplies the place of/ at the end of words, as thy ;
before an /, as dying ; and is commonly retained in derivative
words where it was nart of a diphthong in the primitive ; as de-

That is eminently obfervable in i, which may be likcwife remarked in othc

is not the long found contracted, but a found wholl
letters, that the ftort found

long fannd in monofyllables

fometimes

is

rogue,f}nag'>gue,flagut, vague, iarM^ue.

fhort,

It

in virtue, but the e has no fo_und.

at the end of a worJ, in imitation of the

fometimes mute

being ttie Sanon vowel y, which was

occurs very frequently in all old books.

/has a found, long, as/la*; and

The

followed by

is

ft roy, dcflroyer

found in yetraen, where

pronounced like u.
o is

/'

T is

foft.

in beauty

U
Ue

with

a liquid, as in

ui the
lofes its found, as in juice.
a, c, i,y, as guard, gueft, guije, biy.

fometimes in

joined with <u in

;.

lieu,

and

no

in

vino

which triphthong)

are founded

a:

has one unvaried found, fuch as

it

obtains in other

Ian..

u.
tli^C

o.

O is long,
c, lull*

as bant, 'sbiditnt, corrvding

It is
;

or fhort, &s~lloci, knock,

mute

in debt, debtor, fubtle,

thumb, climb, comb, womb.

It it ufed before I

and

r, as

Hack,

doubt,

lamb, limb, dumb,

E N G L

,H

TONGUE.

C.

has before

and

J,

the found

centrick, cen-

.as

confonant founds uniformly like the

of/;
Jtncfrelj,
tury, circular, 'ci/lern, city, jiccity : before a, a, and , it founds a letter ufelefs, except in
like t, as calm, concavity, coffer, incorporate, curiojtty, co/icufif- juice.
cence.
e

etymology, as

foft

g, and

is

therefore

ejaculation, jeftlr, jocund-,

K.
be omitted in the language without lofs, finre one of its founds might
be fupplied by/, and the othc. by *, but that it preferves to the eye the etj mologj
of words, as face from facits, caft'rve from aftivus.

C might

K has

is ufed before e and i, where,

'as kept, king,
according to Englifh analogy, c vvoiild be foft,
flirt, Jkcptick, for fo it fliould be written, not fcep tick, becaufe/
as church, chin, is founded like/, as mfcene.

Ch

has a found which is analyfed into tjh,

ft is the fame found which the Italians give to the c
fimple before / and c, as cilia, cerro.
Ch is founded like k in words derived from the Greek, as
cbohr.
Arch is commonly founded ark befor* a
".'.ft, febeme,
vowel, as archangel; and with the Englifh found of cb before a

the (bund of hard

c,

and

trutcb.

confonant, as archbijhop.

It is ufed before

as knell, trot, but totally lofes its found in

modern pro-

nunciation.

is never doubled ; but c is ufed before

vowel by a double confonant, as cockle, fickle.

it

to fhorten tha

L.
Cb, in fome French words not yet aflimihteJ, founds like jb, as machine,
cbaift.

C, having no determinate found, according to Eng!i/h ortlngranhy, ntvfr ends

vrd ; therefore we write
-.-,
b'.cckc, in
f,iik, bh;k, which
i'jch words.
C is now mute.
It is ufed before

/and

r, is

clxk, crofs.

has in Englifh the fame liquid found as in other languages.

Thecuftom is to double the I at the end of rnonofyllables, as HII, ivill,full.

Thefe words were originally written ki!U, vvillt, fulli ; and when the e firft
acgrew filent, and was afterwards omitted, the //was retained, to give force,
cording to the analogy of our language, to the foregoing vowel.

D.
uniform in

Is

It

its

ufed before r, as drtvi, drift

is

L is fometimes mute, as in calf, half, halves, calves, could,

would, jhould, pfalm, talk, falmcn, falcon.

found, as death, diligent.

j

and

w,

The Saxons, who delighted in guttural founds, fometimes afpirated the / ar

the beginning of words, as hlaj:, a leaf, or bread; hlapofiS,
lord; but this
pronunciation is now difufed.

as dwell.

F, though having a name beginning with a vowel, is numbered by the grammarians among the femi-vowels ; yet has this
quality of a mute, that it is commodioufly founded before a
It has an unvariable found,
liquid, us Jiajk , fly , freckle.
except
that of is fometimes fpokcn nearly as ov.

has two founds one hard, as in gay, go, gun; the other

foft, as in

gem, giatit.
At the end of a word it is always hard, ring,fnug, fang, frog.
Before e and / the found is uncertain.

before e

as gem, generation, except in

gear, geld,
getfe, get, ge*wga<w, and derivatives from words ending in g, as
Jinging, ftrtnger, and generally before er at the end of \vords, as
is

foft,

end of words

is

pronounced like a weak

in

el,

which

almoil mute, as table, Jbuttle.

M.
AThai always the fame found,

as

murmur, monumental.

N has always the fame found, as noble, manners.

N fometimes mute after m, as damn, condemn,
is

hymn.

P.

has always the fame found, which the

confound with B.

is

fometimes mute,

as in pfalm,

WeHh

and Germans

and between

and

/,

as

tempt.

Jlnger.

is

before

mute before

n, as g''.afo,Jign, foreign.
hard, as give, except in giant, gigantic, gibbet,
gibe, giblets, Giles, gill, gilljf.oiver , gin, ginger, gingle, to which
is

/'

may be added
Gh,

at the
is

N.

G.

Le
the e

Egypt and gypfey.

beginning of a word, has the found of the hard g,
in the middle, and fometimes at the end, it is
quite

in the

as gbajlly

filent, as though, right, fought, fpoken tho'', rite,foute.

It has often at the end the found of/, as
whence

laugh,

ter retains the

fame found

ttugh, enough Jlough

,

in the

middle

laugh-

cough, trough, fougb-,

It is not to be doubted, but that in the original

pronunciation gb had
the force of a confonant, deeply guttural, which i> ftill continued anuug the
Scotch.
is ufed before i, I, and r.

Ph

is

ufed

for/

in

words derived from the Greek, as

fhilofa-

pher, philanthropy, Philip.

<, as in other languages, is always followed by u, and has a

found which our Saxon anceftors well exprefled by cp, ciu, as
quadrant, queen, ejue/!rian, quilt, enquiry, quire, quotidian,
never followed by u.
>u is

>u is

fometimes founded, in words derived from the French,

like k, as conquer, liquor, ri/que, chequer.

R.

has the fame rough fnarling found as in other tongues.

The Saxons

nfed often to put b before

it,

as before / at the

beginning of

words.

H.

is a note of
afpiration, and (hows that the following vowel
mult be pronounced with a ftrong emiffion of breath, as hat,

horfe.
It

feldom begins any but the firft fyllable, in which it is

Always founded with a full breath, except in heir, herb, hoftltr,
honour, humble, honejl, humour, and their derivatives.
It

fi.metimes begini middle ot final fylhbles in wordj

compounded,
"f derived iron) the Latin, as ttm

Kb

ufed in words derived from. the Greek, as tnyrrb, myrrbint,

catarrieut,
rheum, rbutrmttick, rbymt.
is

Re, at the end of fome words derived from the Latin or

French,

pronounced like a weak

is

er, as theatre, fepulchre.

S.

A
lavti,

has a hifling found, TA fibilatitn, fifter.

fingle

ym/s

feldom ends any word, except in the third perfon of verbs, as

and the plurals of nouns, as trees,
tujtei, dijtrtjjet ; the j>ron.>uns
g 1
this,

GRAMMAR

Hi, tan, y-trt, ui ; tne tdrerb ttui ; and words derived from Latin,
rttn, jurflut ; the tltl'e being always cither in ft, ai bouji, tcrfe, or in/i,

tl-ii,

grefi, Jreji, t/ifs,

Itfi,

a:

Z.

as

anciently grtji, drrjft,

that of
fingle, at the end of words, has a grofler found, like
as trees, tyei, except this, thus, us, rebus , furplus .

x. before ion, if a vowel

goes before, as intr.ufan ;
follows a confonant, as coniierjion.
It founds like x. before e mute, as
and before _y final, as
refufe,

It founds like

and like/,
rofy

if

it

and in thofe words bofom,

tlefire,

inifdom, prifon, prifoner,

frefent, prefent, damfel, cafement.

It it the peculiar
quality of/, that it may be founded before all
except x and x, in which j is comprised, x being only ks, and

confonants,
K a hard or

This
is therefore termed
grofs/.
by grammarians jute ptltftatu lit-.ra ; the
reafon of which the learned Dr. Clarke erroneoufly luppoh-a to be, that in
fome words it might be *jublcd at pleafurc. Thus we find in fevcral lan-

guages

jdcgno, fdrucaolo, ffavelfare, (njwyf, fgczibrare, fgraruzrc,

fl&kt, Jlumbfr, fmcll, jnipt, ff>Jce t jpleitdour 9 fpring, fqueezc, jibrwv, flep t jlrcngtb,
jlramm, ftrift, fventura, ftvell.
zCini/jui, fcattfr,

S is mute

in

ijle,

ifland, demefne, 'vifcount.

T.
7" has

cuftoraary found, as take, temptation.

Ti before a vowel has the found of fi, a.sfal<vation, except an
goes before, as quejiion ; excepting likewife derivatives from
its

words ending in ty, as mighty, mightier.

Tb has two founds ; the one foft, as thus, whether

the other
;
hard, as thing, think. Thle found is foft in thefe words, then,
thrnct, and there, with their derivatives and compounds ; and in
that, thefe, tbou, thee, thy, thine, their, they, this, thofe, them,
though, thus, and in all words between two vowels, as father,
ivhether ; and between r and a vowel, as burthen.

In other words

it is hard, as thick, thunder, faith, faithful.

foftened at the end of a woid, an e filent muft be
added, as breath, breathe ; cloth, clothe.

Where

it is

begins no word originally Englifh ;

name izzard, or f hard expreffes, of an

it

has the found, a

f uttered

with clofer
compreffion ef the palate by the tongue, as freeze, froze.
its

THE

OF

In orthography I have fuppofed crltitfy, or jvjt uttiranci of viirdt, to be included ; orthography being only the art of exprdling certain founds by
proper
characters.
1 have therefore obferved in what words
any of the letters are

mute.
Moft of the writers of Englifii grammar have given long
nounced othcrwife than they arc written, and feem not

tables

of words pro.
to have

Sufficient] y

confidcred, that of Engli/h, as of all living tongues, there is a double proThe

nunciation, one curfory and colloquial, the other regular and folemn.
tirtory pronunciation is always vague and uncertain, being made different in
different mouths by negligence, unfkilfulnefs, or aftgiil.ition. The folemn pr .-

though by no means immutable anil permanent, is yet alw.ij

remote from the orthography, and lefs liable to capricious innovation.
have
however
They
generally formed their tablet according to the curfory
fpccch of thofe with whom they happened to converfe ; and concluding that
the whole nation combines to vitiate language in one manner, have often
eltabliihed the jargon of the lowed of the people ai the model of
Jpeech.
For pronunciation the beft general rule is, to confider thole of the mod elenunciation,
lefs

gant fpeakers who deviate leaft from the written words.

There have been many fchcmes offered for the emendation and fcttlement of
our orthography, which, like that of other nations, being formed by chance,
or according to the fancy of the earlier}, writers in rude ages, was at firfl very
various and uncertain, and is yet fumciently irregular.
Of thefe reformers
fome have endeavoured to accommodate orthography better to the pronunciation, without confidering that this is to mcafure by a fliadow, to take that for
a model or ftandard which is changing while they apply it.
Others, lefs
abfurdly indeed, but with equal unlikelihood of fucceis, have endearoured to
of
the
number
letters
to
that
that
of
found
founds,
proportion
every
may have
its own character, and
Such would be the.
every character a fingle found.
orthography of a new language to ft formed by a fynod of grammarian:;
upon principles of fciencc. But who can hope to prevail on nations to change
their practice, and make all their old books ufelefs ? or what advantage would
a new orthography procure equivalent to the confufion and perplexity of fuch
an alteration ?
Some of thefe fchemes I ihall however exhibit, which may be ufcd according
to the diverfities of genius, as a guide to reformers, or terrour to innovator*.
One of the firft who propofed a fcheme of regular orthography, was Sir
Thomas Smith, fecretary of ftate to Queen Elizabeth, a man of real learning,
and much practifed in grammatical difquilitions. Had he written the following
lines according to his fcheme, they would have appeared tku* :

V.

V has
From

At length Erafmus, that great injur'd name,

The glory of the priefthood, and the fliame,

a found of near affinity to that of/ , -vain, vanity.

f, in the Iflandick alphabet,

Stemm'd
is

only diltingui&cd by a diacritical

Ae

w.

the wild torrent of a barb'rous age,

And drove thofe holy Vandals off the ftage.

At lcng$ Erafmus, $at gre't 'm^urd naru,
pre'fthud, and 8e zam,
w/ld torrent of a barb'rous aj,
drov Sos hbli Vandals bft'Se ftaj.

glori of

Stcmmd

3c

<5e

And
Of <ur, which in diphthongs is oftea an undoubted vowel,
fome grammarians have doubted whether it ever be a confonnnt ;
After him another mode of writing was offered' by Dr. Gil!, the celebrated
and not rather, as it is called, a double u or ou, as 'water may be
which I cannot reprefent exactly for
matter of St. Paul's fchool in London
refolved into cuater ; but letters of the fame found are always want of
types, but will approach as nearly as I can by means of character*
reckoned confoaants ia other alphabets
and it may be ob- now in ufe, fo as to make it underftood, exhibiting two ftanias of Spenfer in tUc
ferved, that iu follows a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of reformed orthography.
;

utterance, as frofty nvinttr.

has a ibund accounted peculiar to the Englifh, which the
Saxons better exprefled by hp, tnu, as ivhat, -whence, 'whiting ;
in tvhort only, and fometimes in ivholtfome, iuh is founded like
a Ample h.

Wb

X.

X begins

no Englifh word

it

he found of h, as

has

axle,

txtraneous.

Spenfer,

as rojy youth.

The chief argument by which 10 and y appear to be always vowels is, that
the founds which
they arc fuppofed to have as confonants, cannot be uttered
after

vowel, like that of

a'.l

other confon^nts

thus

we

fay,

tu,

tit

tot in v*a, 4tw, the two founds vivi hate BO icfenbliuice tu each

di,

cclicr>

edd;

canto 5.
?

life fhe

fliun more fharne ; then die.

Fair death it is
Die, rather die, than ever love difloyally.
if to love difloyalty it be,

then hate her, that from deathes door

?
ah
far be fuch reproach fiom a'ie.
lefs do, than her love therefore,
Sith I her due reward cannot reftorc ?
Die, rather die, and dying do her fcrve
Dying her ferve, and living her adore.
Thy life ihe gave, thy life fht doth defervc ;
Die, rather die, than ever from her fenrice fwervt,
Shall

Y, when it follows a confonant, is a vowel ; when it precedes

ither a vowel or dipththong, is a confonant, ye, young.
It is
But it may be obthought by fome to be in all cafes a vowel,
ferved ofy as of w, that it follows a vowel without any hiatus,

iii.

faved by her gracious deed ;

But thou doft ween, with villanous defpight,
To blot her honour, and her heav'nly light*
Die, rather die, than fo difloyally
Deem of her high defcrt, or fcera fo light.

Thy

But

Y.

book

Unthankful wretch, faid he, is this the meed,

With which her fovereign mercy thou doft quite

Me

brought
What can I

Vrljankful wre?, {aid hj, iz ISis S5e mjd,

Wift tt)i3 htr fothrdin rmiri Sou dull qujt ?

Dj Ijf fj rafcd bj htr grafius djd

But Sou dull wen. vvijj toiltnus uilj>;t.
;

ENGLISH TONGUE.
Tu

blot htr honot, ond her hetonlj Hit.

Pj, r0$ir dj. 8en A) difloialj
Pjm of hir hiA dfztrr, or fjm fo Hit.
Fair a-. Jj it iz tu r*un m*r f am j $tn dj*
Pj, ra&.r dj, Sin itlir lub diflowlj.

ETYMOLOGY.
TT^TYMOLOGY teaches

if tu lut) difloialtj it bj,

Sal 1 iSin hat htr Sat from dtSez di-r
Mj brou&t ? tfh ! \'f bj fua ripro? from

Wat kan

of one word from

the deduftion

modifications by which the fenfe

j^/ another, and the various

of the fame word is diverfified ;

But

as borfe, horfes

I love, I laved.

mj

du Sin hir lub Serfar,

Sii I her du riw,;rd kanot reftoir ?
Dj, raftr dj, and djij du htr firU,
Djij hir full, and lifo.j hsr ads;r.
I Its

Of
The

Dj Ijf rj g=*>> *j Ijf ri dui diZEitl;

Dj, r<iir dj, Sea et)>r from h:r li.to's

/^ARTICLE.

Englifh have two articles, an or a, and

fvvtrll.

An,

Dr. Gill was followed by Charles Butler, a man who did not want an un
He teem
ierttanding which might have qualified him for better employment.
to have been more ("anguine thm his predcceflbrs, for he printed his book ac
cording to his own fcheuie ; which the following fpecimen will make eafily un
derftood.

the.

A.

jt has an indefinite
with fome
fignification, and means ant,
reference to more ; as This is a good book, that is, one among the
books that are good.
He was killed by a fword, that is, ft**
Tbii is a tetter book
a man than a boy, that is, for
fvitird.

for

But whcmfoercr you have occaflon to trouble their patience, or to com

among them being troubled, it is better to ftanJ upon your guard, than t
For the fifcguard of your face, which they bav
truft to their gentlenefs.
mod mind unto, provide a purfehood, made of coarfc boulcering, to be draw
ar.J k:.it abaut your collar, which for more
fafety is to be lined againft th
eminent part-, with woollen cloth. Firft cut a piece about an inch and a hal
broad, and half a yard long, to reach round by the temples and forehead, from
one ear to the trtherj which being fowcd in his place, join unto it two fhor
pieces of the fame breadth under the eyes, for the bails of the checks, and thei
ftt another piece about the breadth of a /hilling againft

the top of the nofe

other times, when they are not angered, a litclc piece half a quarter broad
to cover the ejes and paru about them, may ferve, though it be in th: heat o
the day.

At

one of thefe that are

might enter without

Pnfcrtiei of Bin, 1634.

thofe that

an

boys,

reftjtance, that is,

any army.
ufe a or an in the fingular,

In the fenfes in which we

without an article

in the plural

have made an the original

as, thefe are

good

jtn

army

we fpeak

books.

only the Saxon an, or zn,

me, applied to a new ufe, as the German tin, and the French un : the n being
cut off before a confonant in the fpeed of utterance.
I

article,

becaufe

it is

Grammarians of the laft age direft, that an mould be ufed

whence it appears that the Englifh anciently afpirateJ
lefs.
An is ftill ufed before the filent h, as, an herb, an honejt
man : but otherwife a ; as,
before h

A horfe,

cm

Bet penfoever you nav' occafion to trubble Seir patient', or to

amon,
35em bing trubled, it is better to ftand upon your gard, $.in to truft to &ei
For 8e faf jard of your t'uc', pi? Scy hav' moft mind' unto
gcntlcnc!.
drawn and kn'rt abou
provid' a purfehood, mad' of coorfe boultering, to b
your collar, pis for mor' faf'ty is to bcc lined againft 8" eminent parts wit
we lien clot. Firft cut a pc' about an ina and a half broad, and half
long, to rcas round by Se temples and for'head, from one ear to Se oSer
1
J>i3 king fowed in his plac , join unto it two fort pces of the fam breadr
under 1Se eys, for the bails of 8e chks, and then fet an o8er pc' about 81
breadt of a fi"' n ? againft the top o 8c nofe.
At oSer tiro's, j-en Sey at
not angered, a little pice' half a quarter broad, to cover 8e cys and parts abou
them, may fervc, 8owj it be in the heat of Se day. Butler in Ibe Nature am

men than one of

a horfe,

my kingdom

for

a horfe.

Shakeffeafe.

or a cm only be joined with a fingular, the correfpondent

plural is the noun without an article, as Iivant a fen ; I 'want
fens : or with the pronominal adjeUve_/2wx?, as / ivantfomefeni.

An

THE

has a particular and definite fignification.

The

fruit

Of

that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafle

Milton.
Brought death into the wor'J.

That is, that f articular fruit, and this ivorld in nvhich nut live.
He gi<veth fodder for the cattle, and green berbs for the ufe of
man ; that is, for tboft beings that are cattle, and his ufe that
So,

In th* time of Charles

the orthography

I. there was a very prevalent inclination to

chang.
as appears, among other books, in fuch editions of the
ac were published by himfclf.
Of thefe reformers,

works of Milton
man had his own fcheme

every
but they agreed in one general dclign of accomm<>;
dating the letters to the pronunciation, by ejecting fuch as they thought fuSome of them would have written thefe lines thus :
f erAuous.

The
I

ufed in both numbers.

is

am

Ere
-All the erth
Shall then be paradis, far happier place

Than

this of

Many

III

bi

dyn

hitfli art in heven htfHoed bi

dhyi
in erth as it is in heven, Sec.

firft

made man,

njm, dhyi cjngdym cym, dhy

1.

:
Englifli language has properly no dialefls ; the ftyle of writers has no
profefled diverfity in the ufe of words, or of their flexions, and terminations,
nor differs but by different
The oral dicliou is uniform
degree? of (kill or care,
in no fpacious
country, but has lefs variation in England than in moft other
[ions of
The language of the northern counties retains
equal extent.

many

now

out of ufe, but which are

commonly of the genuine Teutonick
race, and is uttered with a pronunciation which now fecms harfli and
rough,
but was
ufcd
our
anceftors.
The northern fpccch is therefore not
probably
by
irbarous but obfolete.
The fpcech in the weftern
feems to differ
provinces

roro the general diclion rather

by * depraved pronunciation, th an by
d)8?r.ucc which lettcn would

ny

real

articles

Dryden.

as,

Proper names, as John, Alexander, Longlnus, Ariftarchus,

GOD is ufed as a proper name.

iglinefs,

3.

We have finee had no general reformers ; but fom ingenious men have
endeavoured to deferve well of their
country, by writing bontr and later for
fcmiir and labour, rid for riad in the
preter-tenfe, fait for jay i, rtfett for refeal,
for
or
dufami
for
declaim.
Of thefe it may be laid, that as they
txflaru
exflam,
have done no good, they have done little harm
both bccaufe they have inno.
;
vated littie, and becaule few have followed them.

words are nfed without

"Jerufalfm, Athens, Rome, London.

2. Abilraifl names, as
blacknefs,

word

Nature

When

Eden, and far happier dais.

Bifiiop Wilkins afterwards, in his great work of the philofophical language,

propofcd, without eipefting to be followed, a regular orthography; by which
the Lord's prayer it to be written thus

Ywr Fadher

as free as

the bafe laws of fervitude began,

wild in woods the noble favage ran.

'witchcraft, "virtue, vice, beauty t

hatred, anger, good-nature, kindncfs,
in which nothing but the mere being of any thing

lo--ve,

Words

implied

This

is

not beer, but 'water

this

is

not brafs, but

Heel.

Of
The

NOUNS SUBSTANTIVES.

relations of Englifh nouns to words

going before or folowing, are not exprelfed by cafes, or changes of termination,

mt as in moft of the other European languages by prepofitiont,
nlefs we may be faid to have a genitive cafe.
Singular.
Magiftri,

a Matter, the Matter.

of a Matter, of the Matter, er Matters,

Magiftro,

to

Norn. Magifler,

Gen.

the Matters.

Dat.
Ace.
Voc.
Abl.

Magiftrum,
Magifter,
Magiilro,

frm

a Matter,
a Matter,

Matter.
the Matter.
Matter, O Matter.
a Matter, from the Matter.
to tht

Plural.

GRAMMAR

OF THE

Mailers, the Mafters.

cf Mailers, of the Mafters.
Magiilrorum,
to Mailers, to the Mafters.
Magiftris,
Mafters, the Mailers.
Magiftros,
Mafters, O Mafters.
Magiftii,
from Mafters, from the Matters.
Magiftris,
Magiflri,

Gen.
Dat.
Ace.
Voc.
Abl.

Our nouns

are therefore only declined thus

Gen. Mafters.
Gen. Scholars.

Mafter,
Scholar,

The comparative degree of adjeftives

the fuperlative

iweft

Plur. Mafters.
Plur. Scholars.

't is

but in thel'e cafes tis may be underftood, be and tis having

formerly been applied ta neuters in the place now fupplicd by it and its.
The learned and fagzcinui vVTis, to whom evciy Kngliili grammarian owes a
tribute of reverence, calls this modification of the noun an
adjeSi-v; fj/lj/ive ;
1 think with no more
propriety than he might have applied the fame to the genitive in
ccjuitum deem, Tr-jf iris, or any other Latin genitive. Dr. Lowtli, on the
o r iior part, fuppofcs the
pofleflive pronouns mine and ttift to be genitive cafes.
This termination of the noun feems to conftitutc a jeul genitive indicating
It
is
derived
to us from thole who declined j-rmiS,
pofleflion.
afmiib; Gen.
;

KtatSeTi cfafmitb ; Piur. finiiSej-, or fcnif^f,jmitbs ; and fo in two other of

their feven declenfions.
It is a further confirmation of this
opinion, that in the old poets both tlie
genitive anJ plural were longer by a fyDable than the original word : kni:is, for
knight's, in Chaucer ; Itaiiis, for leaves, in Spenfcr.
When a word enJs in s, the genitive may be the fame with the nominative, as
temple.

formed by adding /, as table, tables ; fly, flies

where s could not otherwife be
after c founded like /, and g
;
the mute e is vocal before s, as lance-, lances ; outrage,

plural

is

Jtfter,ffters ; wood, ivoods ; or es

founded, as after ci, s, ft>, x, z.

likey

eut rages.

The

formation of the plural and genitive fingular is the fame.

A few words yet make the plural in a, as men, women, oxen, fwine, and more
This formation is that which generally prevails in the
anciently eyen-anAJhwn.

Tcutonick

Words

dialects.

that end in

liaf, loaves

Except

calf,

/commonly

a few, muff, muffs

chief, chiefs.

from-goc-ft, feet frcmfwt, dice

children from child.

Plurals -ending in

from

Dr. Wallis thinks

die,

lice

So

m fctirf,
;

hoof,

from

r'.cf,

loufe,

fro'f, relief,

mice

from

and Weigh

the Lords' b'jufe

the

mens

'wits

low,

fuperlative by adding moft, as

under, undermoft ; up, upper,
;

outer, eutermoft

fore, former, fortmoft.

iometimes added to a fubftantive, as topmoft,fouthmoft.
Many adjectives do not admit of comparifon by terminations,
and are only compared by more and moft, as benevolent, more
uppfrmt!/?

Moft

is

may

Englilh fubftantives, like thofe of many other languages, change their

nation as they exprcfs diffeient fexes, as
prince, frinah > afor, alircfs; fnn,
To thcfe mentioned by Dr. Lowth may be added artitrcp,
hero, heroine.
;

fottifs, cbaunlrefs, ducbefs, tigrefs, go-ucrmfs, tutrejs, feerefs, auttorefs, traytrefs,

and perhaps others.
Of thefe variable terminations we have only a fufficient
number to make us feel our want ; for when we f.iy of a woman that (lie is a

an

weaver, a dancer, we perceive an improwhich we cannot avoid ; but we can fay that (lie is an
a
trchitcH,
botanijl, xjludtnr, bccaufe thefe terminations have not annrxcd to
tbtm the notion of (ex. Jn wjrds which the ncccfilties of life are often rea iitihlcr,

In adjectives that admit a regular comparifon, the comparative more is oftener

ufcd than the fuperlative mcjl, as mere- fair is oftener written
foifainr, than mij}
fair for faireji.

The comparifon. of adjectives is very uncertain and being

much regulated by commodioufnefs of utterance, or agreeablc;

nefs of found, is not ealily

reduced to rules.
Monofyllables are commonly compared.
Polyfyllables, or words of more than two fyllables, are feldom
compared otherwife than by more and moft, as deplorable, mart
deplorable, moft deplorable.

Diflyllables are feldom

compared

if they terminate in feme,

as fitlfome, toilfome ; in
in
ful, as cartful, fpleenfal, dreadful
ing, as trifling, charming ; in ous, as porous ; in lefi, as carelefs,

harmlefs ; iu td, as --wretched; in id, as ca:idid ; in al, as mortal;

in eat, as recent, fervent ; in aia, as certain ; in i-ve, as mijji*ve ;
in

tly,

as

woody

in my, as roomy
in ry, as hoary.

in fy, as puffy ; in ky, as rocky, except lucky

in ny, as jkinnf ; in y, as rff^y, except bappv

;
;

Som? comparatives and fuperlat'vcs are yet found in good writers, formed
without regard to the foregoing rules but in a language fubjedted fo little and fo
lately to grammar, fuch anomalies mult frequently occur.
:

compared by Miltcn.
She \njliadicji covert hid,
Tun'd her oodurnal note.
dy

And

is

What me
So

diflinjuifhcd not by different terminations, but by different

names, as, a bull, a cnu ; a btrft, a marc ; equus, e<]ua ; a cock, a Icn j and fomctimes by pronouns prefixed, as a hc-Mf, a (he-goat.

ADJECTIVES.

Adjectives in the fcnglim language are wholly indeclinable ;

having neither cafe, gender, nor number, and being added to
fubftantives in all relations without any
change ; as a good woman, goad women, of a gocd woman ; a goad man, good men, of
good men.

ParaJife Lofl.

virtuous.
wills to fay or ds,

wifeft, virttiiufcft, difcreeteft,

be;h

Paradife Loji.

who is indeed of no great authority.

trifling, by Ray,
It is not fo decorous, in
refpecl of God, that he (hould iimmediately
'
do all 'the mcaneft and trifingrft tilings himfelf, without making ufe of
any inferior or fubordinate minifter.
Ray on the Creation.

Fan:om, by Milton.
1

fliall

be

Of women,

namM among

ditfamoufej}

fung at folemn fcAivals.

by Ajchcan.
Thofe have the inventiveji heads for

A'-!t;u's

Agottijlct.

Im/e/ttive,

in

all

matters.

all

purpofcs, and roundeft tongues

sljcbam's Sitmltaajrer.

is

Of

by mere and rnoft, even when

they have comparatives and fuperlatives regulurly formed ; as
fair ; fairer, or more fair ; faireft, or moft fair.

Seems

Some

ajircnon:cr,
fb'iUJifbcr,
priety in the termination

benevolent, moft benevolent.

All adjectives may be compared

but

againft the

be faid for the boufe if Lords but fuch

and furely an Englifh ear rebels againit them.
plu-afes are not now
;
They
would commonly produce a troublefome ambiguity, as the Lord's
boufe may be
the boufe cf Lords, or the boufe
Lord. Belides' that the mark or elifion is
of*
improper, for in the Lords' boufe nothing is cut off".

quiring, the fex

fiueet, fwcetrr, fweetf/?

imttfc, getfe

in ufe

's

er,
as fair, fairer,

nether, nethermoft

fence ffomfinty, bi\:brt:n from brother,

have for the moft part no genitives

fay, Womens excellencies,

ladies hairs.
Pope.

we

Ihn'

form their plural by ves, as

calves.

fvff, cuff, divarf, handkerchief, grief.

Irregular plurals are teeth from t-Mb,

firr.ii

formed by adding

',

We

The

is

to the pofitive

high, highfr, highf/?.

words are irregularly compared

lovff/l

Some comparatives form a

put to female nouns, Woman 'i iitauty ; the Virgin's delicacy ; Haughty
jtur.t's unrelenting tare : and collective nouns, at Women's fajjions, the rabbtt'i
in all thefe cafes it is
inyJtnce, the multitude s folly
apparent that bis cannot be
underftood.
fay likcwife, the foundation's Jirength, the diamond' > lujlre, the

Vcr.its

eft,

as good, better, beft ;

Some
;
bad, ivorfe, ivorft ; little, lijs, haft ; near, nearer, next ; much,
more, moft ; many (or met), mere (tor mocr), moft (for morft") ; late,
later, late/I or la/}.

genitives are always written with a mark of elifion, mafltr's, fcbtlar'!,

according to an opinion 1 r.- rcc/ived, th.it the 's is a contraction of bis, as I'M
fitctur's valour, for the J-Jdier his va/our i but this cannot be the true original,

winter's fevcritr

by adding

lovely, lovelier, loveli^/?

,ver,

Thcfe

tn-caufe

f Adjectives.

The Comparifoa

Plural.

Nom.

Alcrfa!, by Bacon.

The

nurulcft poifons prac"lifed by the

fat, or flcfli of man.

of the blood,

Weft Indians, have fome mixture

Bacon.

Natural, by Wotton.
I

will

now

deliver a

few of the propercil and naturalkft confederations

Waton's Architecture.

that belong to this piece.

m-ctcbed, by Jonfan.
The wietcbeder are the contemners of all helps j fuch as prefuming OR
their own naturals, deride diligence, and mock at terms when they uudcrftand not things.
Bfn Jsnjm.

Fmtrfiil, by Milton.
We have fultain'd one day in doubtful fight,
What heavVs great King hath f.-ufrfulleft to lend
Againft us frgm about his throne.
P.trjJl'c Left.
'

The

ENGLISH TONGUE;
my

be accounted in fomefort a degree of comparifon,

The termination in ijh
ky whLh th" :;;.;n:rica,ion is diminifbed beiow the pofttive, as black, blackijb, or
tending to bhc'inefs fah,fa!tyh, or having a little tafte of fait : they therefore
admit no comparifon. This termination is feldom added but to words expreffing
fenfibie qualit.es, nor often to words of above one fy)lable, and is fcarccly ulcd
in the falcon or fublune ftyle.

Singular.

Plural.

That

Thefe
Thole
Others

Pronouns, in the Englifh language, are,

plurals, we, ye, they

as

I, thsa, he,

with

tfieir

ivho, 'which, ivhat, --whether, ivhofoe--ver,

foe-rer, my, mine, our, ours, thy, thine, your, yours, his, h.-r,
hers, their, theirs, this, that, other, another, the fame , fame.

The pronouns

it,

perfonal are irregularly inflected.

Plural.

Singular.
Norn.

Accuf. and other )

*.

oblique cafes,

Ye
You

Thou
Thee

Oblique.
ufed in

Us

Neat.

commonly

We

modern

writers far ft, particularly in the language of

is ufed tor the leccr.d
peifon iingular,

O-ivn

Norn.

She

Oblique.

Her

N;n.

It

Oblique.

Its

For

/'/

'

e^

Applied

to feminines.

Applied

to neuters or things.

added
oar

referred to a fubftantive preceding,

to pofieffives, both fingular and plural, as my

It is emphatical, and implies a filent
hcufe.
as / live in my on.au houfe, that is, not
;

own

band, that

o-ivn

my

exprefles
that is, MI another
or it forms a
hurt tpr/ihtti by iiain rage.

the practice of ancient writers was to ufe he, and for

ll'im^Jf,
bis
it*

itf-'If,

is, ivithout

reciprocal pronoun, as

pronoun?, like other adjectives, are without

change of termination.
The pofleffivS of the firll perfoa is try, mine, our, ears ; of the
fecond, thy, thine, your, yours ; of the third, from he, his ; fromjhe,
her, and hers ; and in the plural their* theirs, for both (exes.
pofleflive

We

tbimfelves, are fuppofed by Wallis to be put, by corruption, for

~
This fcems
always 3 fubltantivc.

jilf,.tb?ir flv:s r fu that yr//" is

juiliy obftrved, for we- fay, H* ianii L>linf<if\
felf,

The

it is

tut others.
n-.tfcnt the fame torfcs,

\.

r^i

his.

its,

when

help, or not by proxy.

Se//'is added to pofTeffives, as myfelf,yourfcl--ues ; and fometimes
to perfonal pronouns, as him/elf, it/elf, themfel<ves.
It then, like
o-ivn,
emphafis and oppolition, as / did this myfelf,

> Applied to mafculines.

rpi

I have

L-'jrfa,

contrariety or oppofition
in a hired houfe.
This I did with

Plural.

Hd
Him

is

own hand,

rler'&'

Singular.

plural ethers is not ufed but

/ iu-veftnt other

Another, being only an ether, has no plural.

Here, there, and where, joined with certain particles, have a
relative and pronominal ule.
Hereof, herein, hereby, hereafter,
herewith, thereof, therein, thereby, thereupon, therewith, ivhereof,
I'jherein, ivhereby, 'whereupon, >n*irlrair,'which Jignify, of this,,
in this, &C.
of that, in that, &C. ofivhich, inivhich, &C.
Therefore and ivherefore, which are properly, there for and
ivhere for, for that, for ixihich, are now reckoned conjunctions,
and continued in ufe. The reft feera to be pafling by degrees
into negleft, though proper, ufeful, and analogous.
They are
referred both to fingular and plural antecedents.
There are two more words ufed only in conjunction with pro
nouns, cnvn smdjelf.

cere uony, where the fecond pcrfon plural

r::

Other

Whether
{This
The

O/~PRO NOUNS.

all cafes,

//;

H'unJJffoall do

this

where

b'tnifelf

cannot be an accufativc.

cafes or

Our', ycun,

by a verb,

km,

29 Tbt/e

itelrs, are

rt

ufed

the ftib'tantive preceding is fcparated

Your fbiUrtn acitours
Tbrjt tsoti arc curl.

our tcoti.

in ftjture, f'u! ours Jvrpaji yours in letirniitg.

Curt, yiun, btrs, titin, notwithstanding their

are applied equally to fingular

fceming plural termination,

and plural fubifantivcs, as, Tin tat u ours. Tleft

fio/i art ours.

Miiu anj thine were formerly ufcd before a vowel, u mine amiable Itiaf ; wh'rh,
though now difufed in profe, might be ftill properly continued in poetry they arc
ofed as curt 3ndjctirt, and are referred to a fubftantive preceding, as
thy houle is
:

larger than mine, but my garden

\t

is

The

when

more fpacious than

tblne.

verbs fign!fy!ngr?<<< may likewife fignify cmJitim or hatit, and

/ love, I un in love ; JJiriic, I am now {trilling.

Verbs have only two

Num..
Gen.
Other oblique

Sing, and Plur.

cafes.

Who

Norn.

Whofe

Gen. Of which, or whofe

Other oblique cafes. Which.

Whom

Which

tfta is now ufcd in relation to pcrfons, and -wbit'in relation to things; but
they were anciently confounded. At lealt it was common to fay, the man which,
though I remember ne example of the thing ivho.
Wkett is rather the poetical than regular genitive of wtitt :.

The

Of

The paffive voice is formed by joining the participle preterite

to the fubftantive verb, as / am lo-ved.
To have.

fruit

Hat

is

a termination corrupted

without variation.
being compounded of ivho or vibat,

from bath, but now more frequently ufcd loth

Simple Preterite.
;

Compound Preterite.
then hail had
he has or hath had
I have had
Plur. We have had ; ye have had ; they have had.
.

I had had

Pfeterpluperfcfl.
had ; ke had

Wi

thou hadft

had had

I mall have

ye had had

they

had ;.
had had.

Future.

is

follow the rule of their primitives.

I had
thou hadft ; he had ;
Plur. We had ; ye had ; they had.
Sing.

relative or interrogative,

Moodi

in verfe and prole.

Sing.

that forbidden tree, ictoft mortal tafle

(ftofce-ver , nuhatfie'vcr,

Indicative

Prefent Tenfe.
Sing. I have ; than haft ; he hath or has
Plur. Ife have ; yt have ; they have.

Mi'tcn.
Brought de^th into the world.
U^elter is only ufcd in the nominative and accufative cafes and has no plural,
keing applied only to cut of a number, commonly to one of two, at Whether of Sing.
Whetlier Jha/l I tboo/e ?
It is now almoft obfoletr.
iteje ii lift I kmtu tut.
Plur.

What, whether

tenfes inflected in their terminations, the

prefent, and the fimple preterite ; the other tenfes are compounded
of the auxiliary verbs have, /hall, will, lee, may, can, and the in*
finitive of the active or neuter verb.

iuhofoe<ver,

luhatfoever.

Sing and Plur.

become

xiuicrt, a^

Their znd.lbeirs are the pofleflives likewife of they, when they

the plural of it, and are therefore
applied to things.

Pronouns relative are, <uih, -which, ivhat, whether,

as / love; or neuter, 3.*.I:langmjhf

like the aftives.

afitiwe,

neuters are formed

Mod

VERB.

tbc

Of
Engli(h verb* are

Sing.
Plur.

e fliall

have

thou (halt
;

yt

ihall

have
have

be mall have

thy

thall

have,

GRAMMAR

A
Sing.
Plur.

We

/had loved, We.

Preterpluperfea.
I (hall love, We. / will love,
Future.

Second Futurt.
then wilt have ; be will have ;
will have ; ye will have ; they will hare.

I will have

THE

OF

He.

Imperative.

BY

leading thefe future tenfes

nay

be obfcrved the variation! o!

full and

vj'dl.

Sing. Love, or love /Aou ; let him love ;

Plur. Let u love ; love, or \aveye ; let them love.

Imperative Mood.

Conjunctive.

Sing. Have, or have tbou ; let him have ;

Blur. Let *r have ; have, or have j* ; let them have.

Conjunctive Mood.

Plttr.

<

have

Plur.

We

tbou have had

have had

ye have had

<r

they

love

love
JK love

Prejtnt.

A< love

they love.

have loved, c^r .

bV.
I lhall have loved, We.
Potential.

Prefent. I may or can love, 5?r.

Preterite, /might, could, or (hould love.fcfc.

have had ;
have had.

;
;

We

Second Future.

;
they have.
Preterite fimple as in the Indicative.

I have had

/Vr.

I
Preterite compound.
Future.
I (hall love,

Preterite compound.

Sing.

I love

Preterite Jimple, as in the Indicative.

Prefent.

have ; tbou have

We have ; ye have

Sing. I

Sing.

Z)e/;

could, or (hould have loved, t?V.

I might,

Preterite.

Infinitive.

Sing.

(hall

have

Future.
as in the Indicative.

To

Prefent.

Loving.

Participle prefent.

To have

Preterite.

love.

Participle paft.

loved.

Loved.

Second Future.

have had ; tbou (halt have had ; be (hall have had

Plur. We lhall have had ; ye (hall have had ; they (hall have had.
Sing.

(hall

The

is

paflive

farmed by the addition of the participle preteof the verb te be, which mud there*

the different tenfes

rite to

be here exhibited.

fore

Potential.

The potential form of (peaking is exprefled by may, can, in

the prefent ; and might, could, or Jbould, in the preterite, joined
with the infinitive mood of the verb.

Indicative.
Sing.

I am

Plur.

We

The

tbou art

or

are,

plural be

now

is

be

be

;
;

is

Prefent.

yt are, or be

thy

are, or be.

in ufe.

little

Prefent.

Sing.
flur.

I may have

We may

tbou mayft have

have

ye

may

have

he

they

may
may

Preterite.

have.;

have.

Sing.

Plur.
Preterite.

I was

We

Jfirr

I might have ; tbou mightrl have ; be might have ;

Plur. We might have ; ye might have ; they might have.
Sing.

tboit

were

S/f. 1 can have

flur.

We can

have

ye can have

they

be wa*

properly 01 the conjunctive

is

^ were ry were.
mood, and ought not

to be u/ed in the

indicative.

Preterite compound,

Prefent.
thou canft have ; he can have

waft, or wert

/have been,

jfr,

Preterpluperfea. I had been, fiu- .

Future. 1 fliall or will be, fcsV.

can have.
Imperative.

Preterite.

:Si*g.

I could

Plur.

We could

have ; tbou couldft have ;

;
have ; ye could have ; they could have.

In like manner Jbould

There
Si*r.

flur.

is

1 mould have had

had;

We

Sing.

be could have

jv-Jhould have had

In like manner -we ufe, / might have had

they

mould have

could have had,

Uc.
Infinitive

frefent.

To

have.

Participle prefent.

//?>

Conjunctive.
Sing.
Plur.

I be

We

tbou beefl

wre

tbou wert

We were

have had.

Had.

would,' could, or (hould be

(hould have been, &c.

may

or can

To

Prefent.

could, would, er

Prtter it: Jimple.

ttou lovedll ; ht loved 4
loved ; ye loved ; they loved.

1 have loved, &c.

To have

Preterite.

be.

Participle prefent. Being.

Paflive Voice.
t#r.

Partitiplc pretty

Indicative

/ was loved, &r,

been,

Having been.

Mood.

/ have been loved, We.

Conjunctive Mood.

/loved;

Preterperftil compound.

ye were ; /y were.
Preterite compound. I have been, fcfr,
Future. 1 (hall have been, fc?r.

/ am loved,

We

if were

Infinitive.

To tov

Indicative.
Prefent.
Sing, /love; tbou loveft ; he loveth, or loves i
Plur. We love ; ye love ; /Ay> love.

Sing,
Plur.

Potential.

To

Partitiplc prcter.

Active.

Prefent.

Preterite-.

Sing.
Plur.

"

Verb

/* be

be -; ye be ^ /v*y be.

Mood.

Preterite.

Having.

united to the verb.

is

likewife a double preterite.

tbou (houldll have had ; be ihould have
;

(hould have had

had.

/Yr

let him be ;
Be
Let-ajbe; be_>v; let them be.

If

/be

loved,

loved,

If / were loved,

&c

If /

ftiall

have been

Wf,
Potential

ENGLISH TONGUE.
There

Mood.
/ might, could,

Potential
tf tan

/may

be loved,

tffr.

or fliould have

/might, could,

lj'c

or

mould be loved,

been loved, &f<v

is

another manner of ufing the aftlve participle, which gives

The grammar

now

it a

pafi

[rtmmatka jam nutit

The brafs is forging, ara excuduntur. This is, in my opinion, a vitious expreflion, probably corrupted from a phrafe more pure, but now
"omewhat obfolete The book it a printing, The trafs is a fvgtng ; a being prolire

as,

fignification :
cbartis Imfrimltvr.

is

printing,

Infinitive.

To

Prefent.

be loved.
Loved.

Participle.

Preterite.

To

have been loved.

another form of Englifh verbs, in whieh the infinitive

mood joined to the verb do in its various inflections, which are
therefore to be learned in this place.

There

is

is

jerly at, and printing and forging verbal

:he analogy of this language.

The indicative and conjunctive moods are by modern writers frequently con"ounded, or rather the conjunctive is wholly neglected, when fome convenienca
It is ufed among the purer writers of
jf verification does not invite its revival.
r
ormer times after if, though, ere, before, till or until, "whether^ except, itnlrfi,
words of wifhing ; as, Doubtlefs thou art our father,
what/never, ivtcmfoever, and
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Ifrael acknowledge us not.

Of IRREGULAR VERES.

To Do;
Indicative.
doft ; he doth ;
thou
I
do
;
Sing.
Plur. We do ; ye do ; they do.

The Englifli verbs were divided by Ben Jonfon into four confrom the nature of the Ianjugations, without any reafon arifmg
but one conjugation, fuch as has been
which has

Prefent.

properly
juage,
be confidered as
sxemplified ; from which all deviations are to
anomalies, which are indeed in our monofyllable Saxon verbs,
and the verbs derived from them, very frequent ; but almoft all
the verbs which have been adopted from other languages, follow
the regular form.

Preterite*

Sing.

I did

Plur.

We&&;ye

thou didft

did

be did

they did.

&t. I have done, c3V.

Future. I (hall or will do, &c .

Preterite,

/had done, &c,

Our verbs are obferved by Dr. Wallis to be irregular only in the formation of
the preterite, and its participle.
Indeed, in the fcantinefs of our conjugations,
there is fcarcely any other place for irregularity.

Imperative.
Sing.
Plur.

Do

tbau

Let

us

let

him do;

do; do_y*;

let

I do ;

The

/ioa

are as in the Indicative.

when more ftrongly pronounced, and fometimes after m, n, r, if

preceded by a fhort vowel, / is ufed in pronunciation, but very

To

dwel't,fmert

reft

Infinitive.

do

Participle prefent.

Do

is

Prefent.

do ; he do ;
do ; j* do ; they do.

We

Plur.

to

Doing.

Participle prefer.

Done.

fometimes ufed fuperfluoufly, as / do love, /did love;

is

fometimes ufed emphatically ; as,

/ do lo-ije tbee, and when I love
Chaos is come again.

confidered as a vicious

Shakefpearc.

at leaft, appears more eafy than the other form of

expreffing the fame fenfe by a negative adverb after the verb, /
like her, but love her not.

The Imperative prohibitory is feldom applied in the fecond

perfon, at leaft in profe, without the word do ; as Stop him, but
do not hurt him ; Praife beauty, but do not dote on it.
Its chief ufe is in interrogative forms of fpeech, in which it is
ufed through all the perfons ; as Do / liiie ? Doft thou Jlrike
me? Do they rebel ? Did I complain ? Didft thou love her? Did
?

Do and

interrogations

Do / not yet

did are thus ufed only for the prefent and ftmple pre-

terite.

There
when it

is
is

another manner of conjugating neuter verbs, which,

ufed, may not improperly denominate them neuter

they are inflefted according to the paffive form by the

of the verb fubftantive to be. They anfwer nearly to the
help
reciprocal verbs in French ; as
/ am rij'en, furrexi, Latin ; Je me fuis leve, French.

pujji-ves, as

/ was walked out , exieram

Je m'etois promene.

In like manner we commonly exprefs the prefcnt tenfe ; a', I am going, .

I am grieving, 4'Jn.
She is dying, Hit mtritur. The tempeft is raging, farir
I am
So the other tenfa, as, We
frccc/la.
purfuing an enemy, bnflcm iffejusr.
u.cf -waiting, t\vy-/iiiiw WisiTraiiyiij, / iave ban wu//i;') / bail been walking
a/? or "will

VOL.

I.

as plac't, fnatch''t,fjh't,

fnatch* d,fjh'd,

by cnftom

grie<vt

for plac'd,

long vowel is often changed into- a fliort one ; thus, kept,

wept, crept, fwept ; from the verbs, to keep, tojleep, to weep,
to creep, tofweep.

flept,

thee not,

It Is frequently joined with a negative ; as / like her, tut I

do not Isve her ; I wijbed bimfuccefs, but did not help him. This,

So likewife in negative
Did fhe not die ?

ftant.

'

Jbe die ?

wak't,
wak'd, d-iuel'd, J'rul 'd ;
or placed, fnatched, fjhed, waked, dwelled, fme lied.
Thofe words which terminate in / or//, or p, make their preterite in /, even in folemn language ; as crept, felt, dwelt,
fometimea after x, ed is changed into /, as vext ; this is not confeldom in writing, rather than

have done.

fimply for / line, or I lowed; but this

mode of fpeech.
It is

The firft irregularity is a flight deviation from the regular

form, by rapid utterance or poetical contraction : the laft fy liable ed is often joined with the former by fuppreffionof e ; as lo'v'd
for lowed ; after c, ch,Jh,f, k, x, and after the confonants/, th,

them do.

Conjunctive.
Sing.

nouns lignifjing ailion, according to

Where d or / go before, the additional letter d or /, in thi

contracted form, coalefce into one letter with the radical d or t :
if t were the radical, they coalefce into t ; but if d were the radical, then into d or /, as the one or the other letter may be
more

:
as read, led,fpread, Jhed, Jhred, bid, hid,
eafily pronounced
chid, fed, bled, bred,fped,ftrid,Jlid, rid; from the verbs to read,
to lead, to/pread, tojhed, tojhread, to bid, to hide, to chide, to
to ride.
And
feed, to bleed, to breed, tofpeed, tojlride, tojlide,
thus, caji, hurt, cofl, burfl, eat, beat, fweet, jit, quit, Jmit, writ,
bit, hit, met, jhot ; from the verbs to cajf, to hurt, to ccft, to

to Jit, to quit, toj'mite, to write,

bur/I, to eat, to beat, tofweat,
in like manner, lent, fent,
to bite, to bit, to meet, tojhoot.

And

rent, girt

from the verbs to

lend, to fend, to rend, to gird.

The

is often formed in en, 5nparticiple preterite or paffive

as been, taken, given, Jlain, known ; from the verbs
;
to be, to take, to give, tojluy, to know,

of ed

ftead

Many

words have two or more participles,

bitten, eaten, beaten, hidden, chidden, Jhotten,

as not
chafeit,

only written,
broken ; but

likewife writ, bit, eat, beat, hid, chid, Jhot, ehoj'e, broke, arc proto
mifcuoufly ufed in the participle, from the verbs to write,
bite, to eat, to beat, to hide, to chide, tojhoot, to choofe, to break,
and many fuch like.

In the fame manneryoii"/, Jhewu, hewn, mown, loaden, laden,

hew'd, mow'd, loaded, laded, from the

as well asyo-tuV, Jhew'd,

verbs to ftnti, tojhew, to

hew, to mow, to load, or lade.

Concerning thele double participles it is difficult to give any
but he mall feldom err who remembers, that when a verb
rule
has a participle diftinft from its preterite, as write, wrote, writThe
ten, that diftincl participle is more proper and elegaut, as
;

GRAMMAR

THE

OF

Wrote however JlrengtbcH; (hort,

Jbcrteu; fafl,
fajtea ; white, to
written, is better than Tht book is wrote.
to harden ; foft,
tofoften.
may be uled in poetry; at leaft it" we allow any authority to black, to blacken-, hard,
From fubftantives are formed adjectives of plenty, by adding
of genius, think therafelves perhaps
poets, who, in the exultation
as
a
the termination y ;
loufe, loufy ; wealth, wealthy ; health,
entitled to trample on grammarians.
healthy ; might, mighty ; worth, worthy ; wit, witty ; luft, lujly ;
There are other anomalies in the preterite.
water, watery ; earth, earthy ; wood, a wood, wnody ; air, airy ;
a heart, hearty ; a hand, hanth.
1. Win, /"fin, begin, jwtm,J}rike,JHck, ftng, fting, fling-, ring,
find,
From fubltantives are formed adjectives of plenty, by adding
Jhrink, jrinx,
Jlink, come, run,
arin*,Jtnt,
fink, jprinn,
TMII,J>I^
fivivg, drink,
luring, Ifirtiif,, Jvnng,
and partici- the 'termination
himi, r/W,<w/W, both in the preterite, imperfect,
ful, denoting abundance; as ]Qy, joyful; fruit,
ple paliive, give wan, fpun, begun, Jwum, ftruck, Jiuck, Jung, fruitful; youth, youthful; care, careful; ufe, ujeful; delight,
drunk, funk, jhrunk, ftunk,
delightful; plenty, plentiful; help, he
jiun%, flung, rung, wrung, fprung ,J'wung,
wound. And moft of them are
in almoft the fame
run, found, bound,
but with fome kind of
to

tnk

ii

Sometimes,

ground,

cor.e,

formed in the preterite by a, as began, rang, fang, fprang,

drank, came, >v'x, and fome others ; but moft of thefe are now

diminution

alfo

thereof,

feme,
termination fome

the

fometbing, or in fome degree.

is

added, denoting

as delight, delightfome

game, game-

take en, as
participle paffive likewife
fome ; irk, irkfome ; burden, bnrdcnfome ; trouble, troublefome ;
boundtn.
drunken,
light, lightfoms ; hand, handjome ; alone, lonejonu ; toil, /oi/fomc.
Jiricken,jirucken,
On the contrary, the termination left added to fubilantivc?,
Z. Fight, teach, reach, feet, befeech, catch, lay, bring, think,
makes adjectives fignifying want ; as worthlefs, ivitlefs, heartnoork, make fought, taught, raught, fought, bejbught, caught,
le s,
Thus comfort, ccmfortlefs ; lap,
joyleji, carclefs, hclpleft.
bought, brought , thought , wrought.
But a great many of thefe retain likewife the regular form, fafkfs.
Privation or contrariety is very often denoted by the paras teached, reached,
catcbed, worked.
obiblcte.

Some

in the

bejeeched,

un prefixed to many adjectives, or

from the Latin ; as pleafant, unpleafant
ticle

Take, Jhakt, forfake, wake, awake, fland, break, fpeak,

bear,Jbear,fwear, tear, wear, weave, cleave, Jlrive, thrive, drive,
Jhitie, rife, arij'e, fmite, write, bide, abide, ride, choofe, chuj'e,
tread, get, beget, forget, Jeethe, make in both preterite and partici3.

ple

able, unprofitable

The

profit-

unhealthy

and many more.

original Englifli privative is un;

its

which

Un

not cafy to dilentangle them.

prefixed to all words orginally EngliOi

it is
is

as

untrue, art ruth, xnta*gl>t t

unhandjome.

Un is prefixed to all participles made privative adjectives, as unfeeling, ur.ajfjting, unaided, unddigbtcd, untndeared.
Un ought never to be prefixed to a participle prefent, to mark a forbearance of
action, as unjlghlng ; but a privation of habit, as unpitying.
is prefixed to moft fubftantives which have an
Engl'uh termination, as un-

/pake, bare, Jhare, fvaare, tare, ware, clave, gat, begat, forgot,
and perhaps fome others, bit more rarely. In the participle
of them are formed by en, as taken, Jhaken, forpaffive many
Jaken, broken, fpoken, born, Jhorn, jworn, torn, worn, woven,
doven, thriven, driven, rifen, fmitten, ridden, chcfen, trodden, gotAnd many do likewife retain
ten, begotten, forgotten, fodden.

Un

ftrtiltntfs, unfcrfeflnefs,

which,

as infertility, inptrfeffiott

if they

have borrowed terminations, take

in or intt

unn-vil, incivility ; unaiiiijc, incf^ivity.

In borrowing adjectives, if we receive them already compounded, it is ufual
tojrctain the particle prefixed, as indecent, intleg ast, imfrtfcr ; but if we borrow

the analogy in both, as waked, awaked, Jheared, weaved, leaved,

abided, feet bed.

the adjective, and add the privative particle,

make

vw commonly

prefix un, as unfclat,

u n t>allant.

in the preterite gave, bade, fate; in

the participle paffive, given, bidden, Jitten ; but in both lid.

Give, bid, Jit,

words derived

wife, ua-ivife

but as we often borrow from the Latin,

defendants, words already fignifying privation, as uirfficacKu:, intffttus,
the inleparable particles un and in have fallen into confufion, from
itiJifcrcet,

or

arofe,fmote, wrote, bode, abode, rode, chofe, trade, got, begot, forBut we fay likewife, thrive, rife, fmit, writ, nbid,
got, Jod.
In the preterite fome are likewife formed by a, as brake,
rid.

4.

Thus unworthy,

patient, impatient.

unfruitful, unufeful,

awoke, Jlood, broke, fpoke, bore, Jhorc,

wore, wove, cbve, Jirove, throve, drove, jhone, rofe,

took T Jhook,forfook,woke,

J'u'orf, tore,

in before

The prepoiitive particles dis and mis, derived from the da

Draw., know, grow, throw, blow, crow like a cock, fly, and mes of the French, fignify almoft the fame as un ; yet d:s
rather imports contrariety than privation, fince it anfwers to
Jiay, Jee, ly, make their preterite drew, knew, grew, threw,
btew , crew , flew , flew , faw , lay; their participles paffive by , the Latin prepofuion de. Mis infmuates fome error, and for
drawn, known, grown, thrown, blown, flon.vn, JJain, J'ecn, lien, the moft part may be rendered by the Latin words male or perlain.
Yet from flee is made fled; from go, went, from the old peram. To like, to diflike ; honour, dtjhonour ; to honour, to
lutnd, the participle is gone.
grace, to dijhonour, to difgraft ; to deign, to difdeign; chance,
hap, mifchance, mijhap ; to take, to mijiake ; deed, mi/deed;
to ufe, to mifuj'e ; to employ, to mi/employ ; to
Of
apply, to nifThat the Fngli/h language may be more eafily underftood, it is iwcefiary to apply.
Words derived from Latin written with de or dis retain the
enquire how its derivative words are deduced from their primitives, and how the
In this enquiry I (hall lome- fame
primitives are borrowed from other languages.
figmfication; as dijtinguijh, diftinguo ; detrafi, detraho j
5.

DERIVATION.

times copy Dr. Wallis, and fomctimcs endeavour to fupply his defects, and rectify his errours.

Nouns are derived from

defame, defamo

detain, detineo.

The

verbs.

The

thing implied in the verb, as done or produced, is commonly either the prefent of the verb; as to love, love; to fright,
a fright; to fight, a fight; or the preterite of the verb, as, to
ftrike, I ftrick or ftrook, ajlroke.

termination ly added to fubftantives, and fometimes to

adjectives, forms adjectives that import fome kind of fimilitudc
or agreement, being formed by contraction of lick or lite.

giant, giantly, giantlike ; earth, earthly ; heaven, heavenly ;

world, worldly ; God, godly; good, goodly.
The fame termination ly added to adjectives, forms adverb*

The action is the fame with the participle prefent, as loving, of like
fignification ; as beautiful* beautifully; fweet, fweetly ;
that is, in a beautiful manner ; with fome
frighting , fighting ,Jhiking.
degree offweet nefs.
The agent, or perfon acting, is denoted by the fyllable er
The termination ijb added to adjectives, imports diminution ;
added t the verb, as lover, frighter,Jtriker.
and added to fubftantives, imports iimilitude or tendency to a
Subftantives, adjectives, and fometimes other parts of fpeech, character; as
green, greenijh ; white, whitijh ; foft, foftijb; a
are changed into verbs
in which cafe the vowel is often, thief,
thievijh; a wolf, wol<vi]!j; a child, childijh.
have forms of diminutives in fubftantives, thoogh not
lengthened, or the conibnant foftened ; as a houfe, to hoitj'e ;
brafs, to braze ; glafs, to glaze ; grafs, to graze ; price, to prize
frequent; as a hill, a hillock; a cock, a cockrsl; a pike, a
breath,, to breathe; a fifh, tofijh; oil, to oil; further, to
fur- pickrel ; this is a French termination: a goofe, a gojling; this
ther ; forward, to fonvard ; hinder, to Under.
is a German rtrmination
a lamb, a lambkin ; a chick, a chicken ;
Sometimes the termination en is added, efpecially to ad- a man, a manikin a
;
pipe, a pipkin and thus Halkin, whence the
as h.ifte, to kajlen;
j'.-lives;
length, / lengthen; Itrength, tc patromrakk, Hawkins ; Wilkin, Thankin, and others.
:

We

Yet

ENGLISH TONGUE.
Yet

At

ftill

found

there is another
itfelf,

efpecially

form of diminution imong the Englilh, by leflening

of vowels ; as there is a form of augmenting them

by enlarging, or even lengthening it} and that fometimes not fo much by

change of the letters, as of their pronunciation ; as fup, flp, /oof, fif, Jippet,
where, bcfides the extenuation of the vowel, there is added the French termination

and the things

the letters
j
I

fignified

and therefore the founds of

letters fmiller,

/harper, louder, clofer, fofter, ftronger, clearer, more obfcurc, and

lotis, do very often intimate the like effcfls in the things fi^niricd.

Thus words

that begin with

fr

as if probably derived

more

Itridu*

intimate the force and effeft of the thing

from

foo'wy

!,

or Jirenutts

as

Jlrcng,

baby ; tooky, pintus; great pronounced long, flrtw, ftrikc, flrcalte, flroke, flripe, flrive, flrifc, ftrug !f, Jlrout, jlrut, flretcb)
grta-t; little pronounced long, lee-tie ; ting, flrait,ftritl,/ireight,t\\K\i, narrow, fiftra'm, flrs/s, difl
firing, flraf, Jlriam,
of fmaller and tiien greater founds; and fo in flreamer, flrand, flrip, ftray,
tang, ting, imports a fucceffion
range, flrijt, flratldlc.
flruggk,
St in like manner imply Itrength, but in a lefj degree, fo much only as is
at many other made words.
jingle, janglt, tingle, tangle,
Much however cf this it arbitrary ar.d fanciful, depending wholly on oral ut- fufficient to preferve what has been already communicated, rather than acquire
any new degree ; a* if it were derived from the Latin y?s ; for example, fland,flay,
terance, and therefore fcarcely worthy the notice of I"
rr

t*p, tip ; ffit, ffciut; babe,

a ftronger found,
efpecially if with
;

'

chat

is,

to

remain, or to prop

Of

flajf, flay,

that

is,

to oppofe

flop , to fluff,

concrete adjecTives are made abflraft fubftantives, by add- fl'flt, to flay, that is, to flop a flay, that is, an obftacle flifk, flut, flutter,
the
termination nefs, and a few in hood or bead, noting flammer, flaggcr, flickle, flick, flake, a ftiarp pale, and any thing dspofitei
ing
at play ; fl'ck,
flem, fling, to fling, flinlt, flitch, flutl, fanchion, flub, flubtle, to
character or qualities ; as white, luhitenefs ; hard, hardnefs ;
whence
to
with the
whence
;

flub up, flump,

flumble, flallt,

feet,

flalk,fltp, toftjirp

great, greatnefs ; ikilful, Jkilfulnefs, unjkilfulnej's ; godhead, man- to flamp, that is, to make an imprellion and a Itainp ; flow, to flow, to beftvtu,
hood, maidenhead, widowhood, knighthood, priejlhood, likelihood, fleward or floward, flcad, fltady, fleadfufl, flable, a flable, a flail, to flail, fli"!,
flail, flill, flail, flallagc, flail, flags, flill adj.

faljehood.

to

and flitl adv. flak, flout,

or cold
with

fl,., :!,,

flad, ficjt, flallhn, fliff, flark-dead,

hunger
; flor.e, fled,
flar-uc
partly derived from adjeflives, and j:an, J'anib, to jiancb blood, tt
flare, Jtnf, Jleeple, flair, flindard, a ftated meaare
the
of
which
formed
addition
the
ter- furc,
la ail dicfe, and perhaps i'ume others, fl denote fomethir 5 firra
by
partly from verbs,
ftattly.
mination th, a fmall change being fometimes made ; as long, and fixed.

There are other

abflraifts,

length; ftrong, jlrength,; broad, breadth; wide, width; deep,

depth; true, truth; warm , warmth ; dear, dearth ; FLOW, Jlowth ;
merry, mirth ; heal, health ; well, weal, wealth; dry, dreughtb ;
young, youth; and fomoon, month.

Like thefe are Ibme words derived from verbs

die, death

1* imply a more violent degree of motion, as throw,

ttnji, throng, thob,
through, threat, threaten, thrall, throws.
U'r imply fome fort of obliquity or diftortion, as wry, to wrcat'vf, wrifl,
i L ,n::g, iur f
wrinkle, wratb, wreak, wrack,
,ng, wrincb, wremb,
.

wrangle,

Wl'tfb, wrijt.

Sw

imp.y

Wrap.
a lilent

agitation, or a fofter kind, of lateral motion

as fivav r

/wag, to ]way,/-waggtt;jwcrve,jwtat, /wetp, /will, jwim, /wing, /wift, /wea,

grow, growth ; mow, later tnawlb, after me-iv'tb
Jwt.ci, jwir.jrc.
after
math
and
written
later
math,
rteal,
commonly fpoken
Nor is there much difference of fm in fmooth, /mug, fmi!e,/ir.ir!i, /Kite, which
but is * liiKtr word
Jtealth ; bear, birth ; rue, ruth ; and probably earth from to Signifies the fame as to
tilth;

till,

Jirike,

ear ot plow; &y, fight; weigh,

draught.

wight

day, fright;

to

draw,

jmall,

frrcll, /mack,jn-.t>thtr,

Inch a kind of (trokc us \vitli an originally

/mart, a /mart blow propei ly
lilent motion, implied in
jm proceeds to tjuick violence, denoted by ar fud-denly ended, as is (hewn by /.
Cl denote a kind of aihelion or tenacity, as in cleave, day, cling, climb,

Thefc fiiould rather be written figbtb, frigttb, only that cuftom will no'
b to be twice repeated.
clamber, clammy, clafp, to clafp, to clip, to clinch, cloak, clog, clofi, to cioje, a clod,
The fame form retain faith, fpifkt, wreathe, viratb, broth, frtjtb, brtatb, a clot, as 3 cla of blood, chuttd cream, fclutttt, a clufler.
and the like, whofe primitives are either entirely
Sf imply a kind of diilipation or expanfton, efpecially a quick one, partictif'.ctb, wonh, light, wigbt,
obfolete, or feldom occur.
Perhaps they an; derived itom Jey ^tfoy,jpry, wry, l.iriy if there be an r, t> if it were from fpa rgo, or ftparo t for example, j'prcad,
tvrtak, brew, mrw,fry, bray, fay, work.
jf ring, /frig, ffrout, /pr'lnklc, fplit, fp/intfr, fall, /fit, /putter, /patter.
SI denote a kind of filcnt fall, or a lefs obfervable motion
as in fliae,flide,
Some ending in Jhip imply an office, employment, or con- flip, flipper, fly, flight, fit, fnu, Jlack, flight, fling, flap.
And
fo
likewife
in
dition ; as kingjhip, wardjbip, guardianjhip , partaerjhip,
ajh,
crajh, raft, gajh, fajh, ch/h, lajh, fla/h, plajh, trajb,
Ji<:-\<jardindicate fomcthing .idling more nimbly and marply.
But ujh, in crujh, ru/b,
jhip, head/hip, lordjhip.
g"Jb, fulb, blttjh, linijh, hujb, puj'h, implies fomething as adling more obtufely
and duif). Yet in both there is indicated a fwift and fudden motion, not inThus
that
whence
furfcr

wejrjhip,

is,

vnnkjk'.p

locrjhifful,

and

to

worjhip,

ftanianeous, but gradual, by the continued foundyi.

Some few ending

in dom, rick, iuick, do efpecially denote

dominion, at lealt ftate or condition ; as kingdom, dukedom,
earldom, princedom, popedtm, chrijlendom, freedom, ivifdom, whore-

dum, bijhoprick, tailyiuict.

Ment and age are plainly French terminations, and are of
the fame import with us as among them, fcarcely ever occurring, except in words derived from the French, as commandment, ufagt.
There are in EngliJh often long trains of words allied by their meaning and
derivation j as to beat, a bat, iatoon, a tattle, <i beetle, a hattlc-d'ar, to batter,
tatter, a kind of glutinous compofition for food, made by beating different bodies into one mafs.
All thefe are of fimilar fignifkation, and perhaps dcriveJ
from the Latin La'.ao. Thus take, touch, tickle,
conjunction, from the Latin tango, tetigi, ta'dum.

tack, tackle

all

imply

a local

twain, twice, twenty, twelve, twins, twine, twifl, twirl,

fwig,nui.\b, twinge, between, betwixt, twilight, twibil.
i

Ths

following remarks, extracted from Wallis, are ingenious, but of more

than folidity, and fuch as perhaps might in
every language be enlarged
without end.
ftibtlety

Thus in fling, fling, ding, fwirrg, cling, fing, wring, fling, the tingling of
the termination ng, and the iharpnefs of the vowel i, imply the continuation of
a very /lender motion or tremor, at
length indeed \anirtiing, but not fuddenly
But in fink, ivir.k, jink, clink, chink, think, that end in a mute
interrupted.
confonant, there is alfo indicated a fudden ending.
It there be an /, as in
jingle, tingle, tinkle, mingh; fprinklc, twinkle, there is
implied a frequency, or iteration of fmall als. And the lame frequency of a&s,
lefs
fubtile
rcafon
of
the clearer vowel *, is indicated in
fcut
by

jangle, tangle,
ffaagle, in:ingU, wrangle, brangle, dangU ; as nlfo in miunhic, grumble, jumble,
the
fame
time
the
But
at
clofe u imtumble, flun'ble, rumble, crumble, futnblt.
plies fomething obfcure or obtunded ; and a congeries of cmifonants mbl, denotes
a confufed kind of
rolling or tumbling, as in ramble, /camble, /cramble, wamblt,
amble ; but in thefe there is fomething acute.

Jn nimble, the acutcm.-fs of the vowel denotes

In /parkle, fp denotes
celerity.
diiTipation, ar an acute crackling, { a fudden interruption, /a frequent iteration;
and in like manner in
unlcfs in may imply the fubtility of the difli-

JpriaUe,
Thick and thin differ, in that the former ends with an obtufc
pated guttulcs.
confonant, and the latter with an acute.
In like manner,
mf-jucik, fouiak,fc/ucat,fjui>l/, traul, wraul,yaul,/paul, /creek,
lbrill,f}arf, Jbr'wil, wrinkle, crark, rnfr, flajh, "a/b, plajh, crujh, hujb,
k'jjt, fjjc, Hlbifl,/oft, jarr, hurl, turl, whirl, but., buftle, /pin die, dwindle, twine,
::id in
m.i::y m^rc, we may obfcrvc the .igrecmcnt of fuch fort of founds
with the tilings fignified
and this fo
happens, that fcarce Jny
,

Ki

From the Latin nafui

imply the nofe, and what relates to it.
are r.-rivnl the French tux. and the
Englirti mfe ; and nejje, a promontory, a^
e a nnfc.
But as if from the cunionants ui taken from mafu'.,
and IT
-i.at
they mny the better correfpond, fn denntc tiafut ; snd
are d'-rivrd many words th
relate to the note, as
Mf'..illy

fHH, four,
Thrre

fnitktr, jn;t, j'ntvil, fnite,

fnout, fneexe, fnore,

huff, farfflf, (naffle, jnarle,jnud\'f.

another fn, which may perhaps be derived from the Latin

flnuo, as
/**', ftejk, [mil, /nare ; fo likrwife fnap and /natch, fnii, /nub.
Bl imply d blafl ; a) b!iw, blafl, to
to
to
and,
blafl,
kligit,
tht one's reput ition ; bltat, bleak, a bleak place, to look metaphorically,
bleak or wcather.,

is

tlrak, t/ay, bleach, bhfttr, blurt, bliflcr,

thb, bladdtr, blct, bliflcr, blabblow, that is, bloj-

b-r-iif-t, blabbcr-ebrck't, bfxtd, tkte-berrings, blafl, blazj, It

n j and prrhapi blood and

Ja

'.lie

a:ic

*oru. ot

jar

Wnguc

is

to

b-.

founj

great agreement between

frequently
language
be compared with our-,.
So that one monofyllablc word, of
which kind arc almod .ill our-,, emphatically cxprciTcs what in other languages
can Ic;trcc b'_- explained but by compounds, or decompounds, or fometimes a
tedious circumlocution.
vlii

We

know can

have many words borrowed from the Latin

but the

greateft part of them were communicated by the intervention

of the French ; as grace,
face, elegant, elegance, refemble.
Some verbs, which feem borrowed from the Latin, are form*
ed from the prefent tenfe, and fome from the
fupines.
From the prefent are formed Ipend, expend, expendo ; conduce,

cpnduco

dtfpife,

ddpicio

approve, approbo

coafdw, con-

cipio.

h 2

From

GRAMMAR

A
From the fupines, fapplicatt,
difpono

Jiff oft,

fupplico

exfatiate, expatior

dtmonftrate, demonftro

/uffrefi,

fupprimo

exempt,

cadma
!i more apparent, than that Wallis goes too far in queft of originals.
of thefe which feem felected as immediate defendants from the Latin,

Nothing

Many

lact,

place

rabula,

rail

rawl, vjraul,

train/,

ralle,

trallt

(juafit'o,

queji.

As
of a fofter found, or even a whole fyllable ; rotundus, round; fragili:,
frail ; fecurus, Jure ; regula, rule; tegula,
t':lt
dt.-.r. ;
; fubtilis, fubsle ; nomen, man ; decanus,
computo, aunt ; fubitaneus, fuddain, fotn ; fuperare, tofoar; pcriculum, peril; mirabile, marvel; as
alfo a confonant, or at lead one

magnus, main

are apparently French, as conceive, approve, expefe, exempt.

THE

OF

dignor, deign

tingo, fiain;

tinOum,

tj'mt

pingo, paint

prae-

dari, reach.

Some words purely French, not derived from the Latin, we

have transferred into our language ; as garden, garter, buckler, to
advance, to cry, to flead, from the French, jardin,jartier, toucher,
Avancer, crier, plaider ; though indeed, even of thefe, part is of
Latin original.
As

words which we have

to

many
M whether

in

common

with the Germans,

it is

doubt-

the old Teutons borrowed them from the Latins, or the Latins
from the Teutons, or both had them from fome common original ; as ivine,
vinum ; wind, ventus ; incur, veni ; way, via ; wall, vallum ; walkw, volvo ;

The

contractions may feem harder, where many of them meet, as xupiuicf,

kyrk, church ; pre/byter, pritjl ; facriflanus,^jr/tfff ; frango, fregi, treak, breach {
fagus, ^>Sya, beerb ;
changed into b, and g into ch, which are letters near
a-kin; frigefco,y>rt;; frigefco, frejb, fc into Jh, as above in bijhop, fjh, fo in

and

refrigefco, refrejh ; butvirefco,/r^!i; phlcbotomus^Mm ;

fcutirer, fjuire ; pcenitentia, penance; fancluarium, fanliuary, fentry ; quxfitio, chafe; perquifitio, purcbafe; anguilla, eel,
infula, ijle, ilt, iftar.d, iltind ; infuletta, ijlet, ilet ; eygbt ; and more contracted!/
(caf\\3,j!iijft JHp,

bovina,

baf \

vitulina, vial;

whence Owfney, Ruly, Ely ; ciaminare, to fear, namely, by rejecting from

the beginning and end t and o, according to the ufual manner, the remainder
xjix'n, which the Saxons, who did not ufe *, write cfamen, or fcamcn, is coney,

trafled into/fj ; as from dominus, don ; nomine, noun; abomino, tan ; and
worm, vermis ; worth, virtus ; waff, vefpa ; day, indeed ap:im examtn they turned into
fciame ; for which we fay faijrme, by
dies; draw, traho ; tamr, domo, Js^tia;; yoke, jugum, JfEyoc ; over, upper, "mferting r to denote the murmuring; thefaurus,
jiore ; fedile, Ji,ol ; L;":;,
am, fum, ti,w ; break, frango ; fy, volo ; Hem, flo. I make no wet ; fudo, fiocat ; gaudium,
fuper, inrtJ
gey ; jocus, jy ; fuccus, juice ; catena, chain j
is
Teutonick
more
ancient
than
the
but
the
Latin
and
is
no
left
doubt
it
ealiga, calga ; chaufe, chaufle, Fr. btfi ; extinguo, ftancb, faucncb, jacnct,
certain, that the Latin, which borrowed a great number of words, not only
flint; foras,/or/i; fpecies,^^; recito, read; adjuvo, aid; aiv, svum, ay,
from the Greek, efpccially the j3olick, but from other neighbouring languages,
age, ever; noccus, lock; excerpo, fcraps, fcraiblc, fcratul; extravagus, firay t
as the Ofcan and others, which have long become obfolete, received not a few
ftraggle; collegium, clot, clutch ; colligo, coil; recolligo, recoil; fcvero, fwear ;
from the Teutonick. It is certain, that the Englifh, German, and other Teu- Itridulus,
to
Jhrill ; procurator, proxy ; pulib,
pufh; calamus, a quill; impetere,
tonick languages, retained fome derived from the Greek, which the Latin has to
wax and
to
wool,

veilus

mill, volo

not

as ax,

acts, mil, ford, pfurd,

daughter, techier,

micklt,

mingle,

moon,

to
grave, tojcrape, whole, from a^tn, JUETA, r{0,s{, Suyaryf ,
fear, grave, graf,
Since they received thefe immediatefxiyiXs;, (uyivii, juwn, !:(((., yfi'fiv, sXof.
ly from the Greeks, without the intervention of the Latin language, why may
not other words be derived immediately from the fame fountain, though they be

likcwife found

among

the Latins

Our anceftors were ftudious to form borrowed words, however

long, into monofyllables ; and not only cut off the formative
terminations, but cropped the firii fyllable, efpecially in words
beginning with a vowel ; and rejefled not only vowels in the
middle, but likewife confonants of a weaker found, retaining the
ftronger, which feem the bones of words, or changing them for
others of the fame organ, in order that the found might become
the fofter ; but efpecially tranfpofing their order, that they might
the more readily be pronounced without the intermediate vowels.
For example,

in expendo, fpend ; exemplum, /ample; excipio,

extraneus, Jtrange ; extraclum, ftretch'd; excrucio, to
fcrew ; exfcorio, tofcour ; excorio, tofcourge ; excortico, to/cratch ;
and others beginning with ex: as alfo, emendo, to mend; epif-

fcape\

copus, bijhop ; in Danifh, bifp\ epiftola,

tie ; Hifpania, Spain ; hiiloria, >/?0r)>.

Many
The

hofpitale, /pit-

epiflle;

of tbefe etymologies are doubtful, and fome evidently miftakcn.

following are fomewhat harder, jflexartier, Sander

Elifabetha, Betty

tar; p palling into k, as in b'ljhip ; and by cutting off a from

the beginning, which is reftored in the middle : but for the old tar or tare,
we now fay koar ; as for long, long ; for tain, bane ; for ftane, Jlme ; aprugna,
trawn, p being changed into b, and a tranfpofed, as in aper, and g changed
into TO, as in pignus, pawn; lege, law ; o.Mri, fax; cutting off the beginning, and changing p into /, as in pellis, a fdl\ pullus, a foal; pater, father;
fzvur,fear; polio, fie; plco, impleo, fit, fall; pifcis, ffi ; and tranfpofing o
into the middle, which was taken from the beginning; apex, apiece; peak,
apis, lee; aper,

fUe

zophorus, freeze ; multum, flam; defenfio,

fence ; difpenfator, jpencer ;

exfcalpo, fcrape, reftoring / inftead of r, and hence
(rap, fcratle, fcrawl; exculpo, fcocp ; cxterritus, ftart ; cxtonitus, attonitus,
ofiendo, final ; obftipo, flop ; audere, dare ; cavere,
;
ji-.nn'd ; ftoimchus,
;

atculto, efcouter, Fr.

fcout

maw

ware; whenf e a-ware, be-ware, wary, warn, warning, for the Latin v confonant formeilv founded like our w, and the modern found of the i> confonant
was formerly that of the letter f, that is, the sEo\ick digamma, which had the
found of ^>, and the modern found of the letter /'was that of the Greek $ or pb ;
u'cus, ulcere, wAvr, f.re, and hence ferry, forrt,w, fcrrcwful; ingenium, engine,
gin; fcalenus, leaning, unlefs you w.'juld rather derive it from xXjva, whence inclino; inhindibulum, funnel; gagatc;, j:tt ; projeflum, to jell forth, a jelly;

awl.
There are fyncopes fomcivhat harder; from tempore, time; from nomine,
name ; domina, itvne ; as the French t ;mme, ftmme, nom, fromhpmine, famina,
cucullut, a

nomine.

Thu

wcrifiw, pot ; xirrri?,Xa, tup ; cantharus, can ;

pncia, prey ; fpccio, fpeculor, fpy ; plico, ply ;
ini|'lico, imply ; milieu, n-j ly ; complico, comply ; fedes cpifcopalis./tt-.
A vowel is alfo cut oft" in the middle, that the number of the fyllables
may be lefl'ened ; as amit.i, aunt ; fpiritus, /fright ; dcbitum, debt; dubito,
.iif j com??, comitis, count ; c!<:ricus,
clerk ; quietus,
fail, quite ; acquieto,
/j fcparo, re Jfaie; ftabilis, Jijiif; iUbjlujn, Jlabie j pa^al'ium, fatrntorium,

lint

paging, page

precor,

pry

impeach; augeo, auxi,

puteus,^//; granum, corn

vanefco, vanui,

wane;

fyllabare,

fall j

crinkle,

comprimo, cramp, crump, crumple,

Some may feem harflier, yet may not be rejected, for it

that fome of them are derived from proper names, and there

at lead appears,
are others whofc

etymology is acknowledged by every body ; as Alexander, Elick, Scanner, Sander, Sanny, Sandy; Elizabetha, Elizabeth, Elifabetb, Betty, Befs; Margareta,
Margaret, Afarger, Meg, Peg ; Maria, Mary, Mai, Pal, Malkin, Matvkin,
Mawtcs; Mattha^us, Mattba, Ma';tew ; Martha, Matt, Pat; Gulirlmu;,
W/belKU!, Girotam,, Guillaume, Wiliam, Will, Bill, Wilkin, W~ulan, frith,
Weeks.

Thus cariophyllus, flos ; gerofilo, Ital, giriflee, gilofer, Fr. gillifiower, \vhich
the vulgar call julyjlower, as if derived from the month July ; petrofclinum,
parjley; portulaca, pur/lain ; cydonium, quince ; cydoniatum, quiddeny ; perficum, peach; eruca, eruke, which they corrupt to ear-wig, as if it took its
name from the ear ; annulus geminus, a giamal, or gimial ring; and thus the
word gimbal and jumbal is transferred to other things thus interwoven ; quelques
Since the origin of thefe, and many others, however forced,
chofes, kickjbaws.
is evident, it
ought to appear no wonder to any one if the ancients have thus
disfigured many, efpecially as they fo much affefted monofyllables ; and, to
make them found the fofter, took this liberty of maiming, taking away, changing, tranfpofing,

and foftening them.

But while we derive thefe from the Latin, I do not mean to fay, that many
of them did not immediately 'come to us from the Saxon, Daniih, Dutch, and
Teutonick languages, and other dialects, and fome taken more lately from the
French, or Italians, or Spaniards.
The fame word, according to its different fignifications, often has a different
origin; as to bear a burden, from fen; but to tear, whence birth, born, bail-n,
comes from pario, and a bear, at leaft if it be of Latin original, from fen,
Thus perch, a fifli, from ptrca ; but perch, a meafure, from fert'na, and likewife to perch.
To fptll is from fyllaba ; but fpell, an inchantment, by which
it is believed that the boundaries are fo fixed in lands, that none can pafs them
againft the mafier's will, from expello ; and fpell, a meflenger, from epiftola ;
whence gofpel, good-fpell, or god-fpell. Thus frcefe, or freeze, from f'igefcn
bat freeze, an architectonic word, from xophorus; but freefe, for cloth, from
Frifta, or perhaps from frigefco, as being more fit than any other for keeping out
the cold.

There are many words among us, even monofyllables, compounded of two or
more words, at leaft ferving inftead of compounds, and comprifmg the fignification of more words than one ; as (mmfcrip and roll, comes fcrc/1 ; from proud
and dance, prance from ft of the verb flay, or Jiand and c:it, is made /oaf j
fnmfiwt and hardy, Jlurdy ; from ff of ffit or ffna, and cut, comes fpout ;
;

from the fame fp, with the termination in, isfpin; and adding out, (fin out ;
and-from the Czmefp, with it, is /pit, which only differs from fpout in that it
is fmaller, and with lei's noife and force ; but
fputtcr is, bccaufc of the obfcure
u, fomething between (pit and Jpoat ; and by reafn of adding r, it intimates
a frequent iteration and noife, but obfcurely confufed : whereas /patter, on account of the (harper and clearer vowel a, intimates a more diftinct noife, in
which it chiefly differs from fputtcr- From the (nmefp, and the termination
ark, comes fpark, fignifying a fingle emiflioa of (ire with a noife ; namely, ff
the cmiflion, ar the more acute noife, and k the mute confonant, intimates iis
being fuddenly terminated ; but adding /, is made the frequentative fpark/e.
The hmefp, by adding r, that is fpr, implies a more lively impeius of diffufing
or expanding itfclf; to which adding the termination ing, it becomes fpring ;
its vigour
the termination ing ; and laMly in acute and
fj>r imports, its ih-irpnefs
tremulous, ending in the mute confonant g, denotes the hidden ending of any
that
it
is
meant
in
its
motion,
primary fignification, of a finglr, not a comHence we call fpring whatever has an elaliick force ; as
plicated exilition.
alfo a fountain of water, and thence the origin of any thing; and to fpring,
to germinate

and fpring, OJK ef ihe four feafoas,

From

ths fame ffr and

tut,

ENGLISH TON. CUE.

Kit, is

formed fpruit, and With the termination

ing, for the

or

fatter

ig,

ffrig; of which the follow-

mod

part, is the difference : ffratt, of a groffer found, imports

grofier bud ; ffrig, of a (lenderer found, denotes a fmaller (hoot.

manner, from fir of the verb fir roe, and cut, comes Jtrout and ftrut.
From the fame fir, and the termination ugglc, is made ftruggle ; and this g

In

like

imports, but without any great noife, by reafon of the obfcure found of the
vowel v. In like manner from tbrtnv and roll is made trvll j and almoft in
">m tbrG<w or llrufi, and rundle.
Thus grajf or
the fame fenfe is trundle,
grcugb is compounded of grave and nugt ; and trudge from frwrf or mtf, and

In thefe obfervations it is eafy to difcover great fagacity and

degreat extravagance, an ability to do much defeated by the
It may be remarked,
fire of doing more than enough.

made, that by the

1.
fame licence any language may be deduced from any other.
2. That he makes no diftinfUon between words immediately
derived by us from the Latin, and thofe which, being copied from
other languages, can therefore afford no example of the genius

That Wallis's derivations are often

fo

of the Englifh language, or its laws of derivation.

the Latin, often with great harmnefs
3. That he derives from
and violence, words apparently Teutonick ; and therefore, according to his own declaration, probably older than the tongue
to which he refers them.
4. That fome of his derivations are apparently erroneous.

SYNTAX.
of grammarians requires that I mould here treat of
the Syntax; but our language has fo little inflection, or variety of terminaWallls
tions, that its conftrucTion neither requires nor admits many rules.
therefore has totally neglected it ; and Jonfon, whofe deiire of following the
writers upon the learnei languages made him think a fyntax. indifpenfably nefuch petty obfervations at were better omitted.
cefiary, has published

The

eftablifhed practice

The
tive in

verb, as in other languages, agrees with the nominaas Thou flicft from good ; He runs to
;

number and perfon

death.

Verbs tranfitive require an oblique cafe

You fear him.

as

He

loves

as

me

He gave this to me
All prepofitions require an oblique cafe
took thii from me ; He fays this of me ; He came with me*
:

grammar of modern languages, to

is
neglected by Satnaattci ; that of
the French by Dtfmaraii ; and that of the Englifti by Wall'it, Confer, and even
a
But
at
the
laws
of
metre are included in the idea
by Jenfcn, though
poet.
of a grammar, 1 have thought it proper to infert them.

is juft,

of pronunciation

when every
its
its

4. All diflyllables ending in y, as cranny ; in our, as labour,

in ovj, as <w'illavo, tualltnv, except allow ; in le, as
;
battle, bible ; in ijh, as banijh ; in ck, as cambrick, caj/bck ; in
ter, as to batter ; in age, as courage ; in en, as fajlen ; in et, as

favour

quiet, accent the

5. Diffy liable

former fyllable.
nouns in er, as canker, butter, have the accent

on the former fyllable.

6. Diffyllable verbs terminating in a confonant and e final,
having a diphthong in the laft fyllable,

as comprije,
efcape ; or
as appeafe, reveal; or

ending in two confonants, as attend, have

the accent on the latter fyllable.
7. Diffyllable nouns having a diphthong in the latter fyllable,
have commonly their accent on the latter fyllable, as afflaufe ;
except words in aia, certain, mountain.
8. Triffyllables formed by adding a termination, or prefixing
a fyllable, retain the accent of the radical word, as Ibvelinefs,
tendemefs, contemner, ivagoancr, pbijtcal, befpattur, commenting,

ccmmfnding,

ajjlirance.

9. Triffyllables ending in ous, as gracious, arduous ; in al, as

~\
capital ; in ion, as mention, accent the firft.
10. Triffyllables ending in ce, ent, and ate, accent the firft

fyllable, as countenance, continence, armament, imminent, elegant,

propagate, except they be derived from words having the accent
on the laft, as connivance, acquaintance ; or the middle fyllable
hath a vowel before two confonants, as promulgate.

11. Triffyllables ending \ny, as entity, fpecify, liberty, wcJory,

fubjidy, commonly accent the firft fyllable.
12. Triffyllables in re or le accent the firft fyllable, as legible,
tlicatre

except

difciple,

and fome words which have a pofuion,

as example, tpjjllc.

commonly accent

the

firft

fyllable,

as

plenitude.

14. TrifTyllables ending in ator or atour, as creatour; or having iu the middle fyllable a diphthong, as endeavour j or a
vowel before two confonants, as Jomejlick, accent the middle

15. Triffyllables that have their accent on the laft fyllable arc
as acquiefce, repartee, magazine ; or words
formed by prefixing one or two fyllables. to an acute fyllable, as

immature, overcharge.

It is common for thofe that deliver the

omit their Profody. So that of the Italians

PRONUNCIATION

<

commonly French,

PROSODY.

found, and when every fyllable has

in
Englifh verification is the fame,

cement, a

fyllable.
;

He

Profody comprifes orthoepy, or the rules

and orthometry, or the laws of verification.

to

This rule has many exceptions. Though verbs feldom have their accent OB
the former, yet nouns often have it on the latter fyllable; as, delight, pcrfumt.

13. Triffyllables in ude

Our

adjecYives and pronouns are invariable.

Of two fubftantives the noun poffefliye is the genitive
His father's glory, The fun' I h^at.

the former fyllable j as to defiant, a defiant

ment ; to contra.lt, a contrail.

letter has its

proper
proper accent, or, which
proper quantity.

The founds o/the letter* have been already explained ; and rules for the accent or quantity are not eafily to be given, being fubjeft to innumerable
excepSuch however as I have read or formed, I (hall here propofc.
tions.

1 6.
Polyfyllables, or words of more than three fyllables, follow the accent of the words from which they are derived, as

arrogating, continency, incontinently, commendable, communicabltnefs.

mould therefore fay difputable, indifputable, rather than dif-

We

putable, indifputable;
ment.

and

advert'ifement rather than

adiiertije

17. Words in ion have the accent upon the antepenult, as

fal<vation, perturbation, concaflian ; words in atour or ator on the
penult, as dedicator.
1

8.

Words ending

in

le

commonly have

the accent on the

fyllable, as amicable, unlefs the fecond fyllable

fore two confonants, as combuftible.

19. Words ending in ous have the accent

as uxorious, 'voluptuous.
zo. Words ending in ty have their accent

firft

have a vowel be-

on the antepenult,

on the antepenult,

as pujlllanimity , aS'ivity.
1. Of diflyllables formed by
affixing a termination, the former
fyllable is commonly accented, as childijb, kingdom, attsft, atied,

tiilftmt, Jfatr, fco/er, fairer, foremoft,

zealous, f'ulnefs, godly,

meekly, artijl.
2. Diffyllables formed by
prefixing a fyllable to the radical
word, have commonly the accent on the latter ; as to begtt, to

tejeem,

to

Of

beftowj.

which are at once nouns and verbs, the

verb has commonly the accent on the latter, and the noun on
3.

diffyllables,

ii

Thefe rules are not advanced as complete or infallible, but propofed as ufcful.
Almcft every rule of every language h^s its exceptions ; and in ETgli(h, as in
other tongues, much muft be learned by example and authority.
Perhaps more
and betur rules may be given that have efcapcd my obfervation*

VERSIFICATION

is

the arrangement of a certain

number

of"

fyllables according to certain laws.

The feet of our verfes are either iambick, as

or trochaick,. as holy, lofty,

aloft,, create ;

Our

GRAMMAR

Our iambick meafure comprifc*

A thoufand crannies in the walls

are made
gate nor bar* exclude the bufy trade.
'Tis built of brafs, the better to diffufe

verfes

Moft good, moft

The fpreading founds, and multiply the news

Where echoes in repeated echoes play

fair,

things as rare,

To call
For

you 's

loft ;

Upon your

But

beftow,

for ever full

all

Drajltit.

Of crowds,

ravifh'd ears

The monarch hears.

and open night and day.

filence is within, nor voice exprefs,

a deaf noife of (bunds that never ceafe

Confus'd, and chiding, like the hollow roar

Of tides, receding from th' infulted more:
Or like the broken thunder, heard from far,
When Jove to diftance drives the rolling war.
The courts are fill'd with a tumultuous din

praife,

the ways
Senfe hath, come moit.

With

mart

Nor

So poorly (how

That

all the coft

Words can

Nor

Offourfyllables,

Or

THE

OF

or

ifl'uing forth,

A thorough-fare of news

Drjden.

or ent'ring in

where fome devife

Things never heard, fome mingle truth with lies:

The troubled air with empty founds they beat.
Intent to hear, and eager to repeat.

Of fir.
This while we are abroad,
Shall we not touch our lyre
Shall we not fing an ode ?
Shall that holy fire,
In us that ftrongly glow'd,
In this cold air expire I

In

meafures the accents are to be placed on even

all thefe

fyllables; and every line coniidered by itfelf is more harmoThe variations nenious, as this rule is more ftridlly obferved.
ceflary to pleafure belong to the art of poetry, not the rules

of

grammar.

Though

in the

A while

utmoft Peak

we do remain,

Our

the mountains bleak,

Expos'd to fleet and r^in

Among

Of three

No fport our hours (hall

To exercife our vein.

fyllables,

Here we may
Think and pray.

break,

Before death
Stops our breath

though bright Phoebus' beams

Refrelh the fouthern ground,
And though the princely Thames
With beauteous nymphs abound.

What

And by

Are but toys.

In the days of old,

Stories plainly told,

Lovers

And

what of all moft dear,

Buxton's delicious baths.
Strong ale and noble chear,

which

is

at laft

my

In thefe meafures the accent

Dray ton.

Of all

the

fliort

poems,

weary age

common meafure

Cambrian

(hires their

Thofe whom devouring war clfc every where

And when all Wales belide (by fortune or by

Milton.

did grieve.

might)

her ancient foe refign'd her ancient right,

A conftant

of heroick and tragick

}
though remote, are view'd around, >
And thither bring their undulating found.
J
The palace of loud Fame, her feat of pow'r,
Flac'd on thefummit of a lofty tow'r;
thoufand winding entries long and wide
Receive of frefti reports a flowing tide.

the

farth'ft furvey their foils

Alleging for herfelf, when through the Sjxw's pride,

fid
godlike race of Brute to Severn's fctting
Were cruelly intbrc'd, her mountains did relieve

maiden ftill (he only did remain,

her genuine laws which lloutly did retain.
as each one is prjis'd for her peculiar thing ,
So only (he is rich in mountains, meres, and fprings
And holds heifclf a- great in her fuperfiuor.s vvafte,

The
And

Pull in the midft of this created fpace,

Betwixt heav'n, earth, and dies, there Hands a place
Confining on all three ; with triple bound;
all things,

Waller.

be placed on the odd

The

poetry,

Whence

to

heads that bear fo high,

with an ambitious eye,
Mervmia tor her htlK, as for their matchlefs crowds,
The ncareft that are laid to kil's the wand'ring clouds,
Efpccial audience craves, offended with the throng,
That (he of all the rclt neglected was fo long;

And

Unto
is

is

Thefe are the meafures which ire now in ufe, and above the reft thofe of
Our ancient poets wrote verfes fometimci in
even, eight, and ten fyllables.
welvc fyllables, as Drayton's Polyolbion.

Find out the peaceful hermitage.

which

Balla.1.

yllables.

The hairy gown, and mofly cell.

Where I may fit, and nightly fpell
Of ev'ry ftar the iky doth mew,
And ev'ry herb that fips the dew.

Of ten,

Qld

annoy.

Faired piece of well-form'd earth.

Urge not thus your haughty birth.

winter's fcathes.

the ufual meafure for

And may

felt

Offeven,

In places far or near,

Or famous, or obfcure,
Where wholfom is the air,
Or where the moft impure.
All times, and every where,
The mufe is flill in ure.

Of eight,

Waltoifs Angler.

Of five.

Yet many rivers clear

Here glide in filver fwathes,

T' aflwage breem

Other joys

old Camber's rtreams

Be many wonders found

trochaick meafures are

As

others by their towns and fruitful tillage grac'd.

of fourteen, as Chapman's Homer.

And as the mind of fuch a man, that hath a long way gone,
And cither knowcth not his way, or tile would let aloac
His purpos'd journey, is diflract.

And

The

laft

meafures of twelve and fourteen fyllahles were often m'mglej by our

fomcumcs in alternate lints, and Ibaxctimcs ifl altaie cuuplcu.

Id focts,

ENGLISH TONGUE.
Th

erfe

Me!e

an Alexandrine,
fylUUet, called

ii

now

only ufed

Tis the Divinity that

to

T
>

to jo'm
the full-refounding line,
varying verfe,
Tbt long majfoc march, and energy divine.

Waller was fmooth, but Dryden taught

The

Pcfe,

The

the Alexandrine mull be at the lixth fyllable.

paufe in

The

verfe of fourteen

ftirs w'ttila

Tis Heav'n itfelf that

And intimates eternity

lines.
divcrlify heroick

So in that of eight

They
They

points out
to

v>t

an

man.

fyllables,

neither added nor confounded,

neither wanted nor abounded*

Prier*

In that of feven,
fyllables is

now broken
and

verfej confining alternately of eight fyllables

into a foft lyrick meafurs of

For refinance I could fear none,

But with twenty (hips lu-i dune,
What thou, brave and happy Vernon>

lix.

She to receive thy radiant name,

Haft atchiev'd with

When

all

In that of

and ev'ry lay

(hall praife,

Devote a wreath

fix

Gltver,

alone.

fcniin.

Selefls a whiter fpace.

fix,

'Twas wJien the

to thee,

With hollow

day, for come it will, that day

Shall I lament to fee.

That

A damfel

leva

feas
blafts

were roaring^
of wind,

lay deploring,

All on a rock redin'd.

Beneath

tiit

tnmb an infant

lies

To earth wbofe body lent,

Hereafter (hall more glorious rife,
But not more innocent.

In the

When

terrible tempefts aflail us,

And mountainous billows affright,.

Nor grandeur or wealth can avail us,

When

the Archangel's trump (hall blw.

And fouls to bodies join,
What crowds (hall wim their lives below
Had been as ihort as thine

But

To

flcilful

Bj//a</

induftry fleers right.

thefe meafures, and their laws,

may

be reduced svtry fpecies of Esglifl*.

verfe.

We have

another rneifure very quick and lively, and therefore much ufed
which the accent rells upon

in fongs, which may be called the anafejUck, in

every third fyllable.

May
And
I

govern

my

palfions with abfolute f

grow wifer and better as

this naeifure a fyllable

is

Dr. Pcfi,

wears away*

lite

often retrenched from the

firft

foot, as

Diogenes furly and proud.

When

prefent

we

I think not of

love, and

1'ris,

nor

Dr.

when

1'ris

abfent agree,.

of me.

Drydtn,

Thefc meafaret are varied by many combinations, and foraetimes by double

oeing', either with, or without rhyme, is in the hervick meafure^

Our verification admits of few licences, except a fynalcepbctf.

or elifion of e in the before a vowel,, as tb' eternal ; and more
rarely of o in to, as t' accept ; and a fynterejis, by which two
fliort vowels coalefce into one iyllable, as quejtion, facial } or a
word is corrtrafted by the expulfion, of a fhort vowel before a liquid, as av'rice, temp'rance.
which the Englilh language
the reader be already acquainted with grammatical terms,
To have written a
or taught by a mafter to thofe that arc more ignorant.
grammar for fuch as are not yet initiated in the 1'chools, would have been te-

Thus have I
may be learned,

collected rules and examples,. by

if

dious, and p eiharis at

A D V E

fc

S E~

ADVERTISEMENT
TO THE
X

FOURTH EDITION,
are the

MANY

works of human

He

the fame man.

full

though

may be

and

are hardly granted to

finifli

ufeful,

knows himfelf unable

and with the hope of

to perform.

this inferior praife,

he muft

Yet

it

his labours,

incite his activity,

folace his wearinefs.

Perfection

is

unattainable, but nearer and nearer approaches

tionary about to be reprinted, I have endeavoured,

not deny that

Many

faults I

fupplied.

Yet

which to begin and

that undertakes to compile a Dictionary, undertakes that, which, if

extent of his defign, he

comprehends the
deficient,

induftry,

by a

revifal, to

found many parts requiring emendation, and

have corrected, fome

fuperfluities

may

be made

make

it lefs

many more

and finding

Dic-

my

I will

reprehenfible.

capable of improvement.

have taken away, and fome deficiencies

have

have methodifed fome parts that were difordered, and illuminated fome that were obfcure.

the changes or additions bear a very fmall proportion to the whole.

lefs to object,

but the ftudent

who

The

critick will

now have

has bought any of the former copies needs not repent

not, without nice collation, perceive

how

they differ

he will

and ufefulnefs feldom depends upon

little

things.
r

For negligence or
will furnifli

have

deficience, I
left that

have perhaps not need of more apology than the nature of the work

inaccurate which never was

made

exact,

and that imperfect which never

was completed,

A D

C-

DICTIONARY
OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
ABA

A
and

A, taken materially, or for

as, a great A, a little
;

2.

nrft letter of the European

in the Englifh
alphabets, has,
language, three different iounds,
tvhich may be termed the broad, open,

The

noun

in
monofyllables, as all, wall, malt, fait,
which a is pronounced as au in caufe, or
-TU in la-Tv.
Many of thefe words were
with au, as fault,
written
anciently
vault ; which happens to be dill retained
in fault. This was probably the ancient
found of the Saxons, fmce it is almoft
uniformly preferred in the ruftic pronunciation, and the Northern dialefts,
as maun for man, baund for hand.
of the Italians,
open, not unlike the a
and more
is found in father, rather,
&c.
in
faft,
fancy,
obfcurely
(lender or clofe, is the peculiar a of the
the found
Englifti language, refembling
of the French e mafculine, or diphthong
ai in fait, or perhaps a middle found
between them, or between the a and e ;

glaze, graze:
rally,

by an

it is

May

tains

added, as plain.

The

ftiort

is

open,

the long a clofe.

1.

A,

article fet before

ar.

nouns of the

a tree ; defingular number; a man,

a man is
noting the number one, as,
coining, that is, no more than one ; or an

indication, as, a man may

way, that is, any man. This
Bearticle has no plural Ggnification.
indefinite

come

fore a

this

word beginning with a vowel,

written an, as, an ox, an egg,

which a is the contraction.

is

VOL.

I.

ilill

Prior.

to a bankrupt's door. Dryden.

thefa purling foun-

dumber by

every year

Wctton.
filling here.
a rubbing of armour, which
Wtttcn.
a great while had lain oiled.

Now
He

the

will

men

fell

knap the

his teeth.
fpears a pieces with
Mtrc's Ant'id. Atbm.

Pefcennius Niger, and

of it to be
judicioufly diftinguilhes the found
modern.
Atldifen on Mtdalt.

Another

4.

wake.

the

Find when we come a

A, in abbreviations, (lands for artium,

or arts ; as, A. B. batchelor of arts, artium baccalaureus ; A. M. mafter of arts,
artium magijhr ; or, anno ; as, A. D.
anno domini.
AB, at the beginning of the names of
places, generally (hews that they have
fome relation to an abbey, as Abingdon.

falls

a ringing

A has a peculiar fignification, denoting

the proportion of one thing to another.
Thus we fay, The landlord hath a hundred a year ; The (hip's crew gained a

Gibfon.

ABA'CKE.

a wide open counccurfe through Bavaria ; which

try, during all its
ii a voyage of two days, after the rate of twenty
leagues a day.
Addfm in Italy.
5.

ufed in burlefque poetry, to lengthen

out a fyllable, without adding to the

aa"-v.

[from back.] Backwards.

Obfolete.
But when they came where thou thy

(kill

didft

fho\v,

They drew

atacte, as half with flume confound.

Sfcnf.

AB ACTOR,
away or
numbers

thoufand pounds a man.

The river Inn paffes through

marked long, genei

peace

Which we may

as re-

by an

like

9.

They go a begging

or long, as,

e final, plane, or

to,

a.

A hunting Chloc went.

lation, nation, generation.

fhort, as, glafi, grafs

feems to fignify

it

French

Arabic a is faid nearly to apfound we have examproach.

in the words, place, face, wajle, and

is

is

cafes,

Of this

now undone.

Sbakefpeare 's Macbeth*

a brecre from more b^'gan to blow,

to this the

a.

ticipial

(lender.

ples
all thofe that terminate in alien

itfelf, is a'

And now
placed before a participle, or parThe tailors (hip their oars, and ccafe to row ;
noun ; and is confidered by
Then hoift their yards a-trf, and all their fails
Wallis as a contraction of at, when it
Let fall, to court the wind, and catch the gales.
aftion
fome
a
is
before
word
denoting
put
Drydcn'i Cyx and Alcyone.
A little houfe with trees a row,
not yet finifhed ; LS, I am a walking.
And, like its mafter, very low.
It alib feems to be anciently contracted
Pf*> Har,
is fometimes redundant ; as, arife,
from at, when placed before local fur- 8.
aroufe, aiuaie ; the fame with rife, roufe,
names ; as, Thomas a Becket. In other

3.

The broad found, refembling that of

the German a, is found in many of our

I *gin to be a vjcary of the fun ;

And wiih th ftate of th' world were

Pa/.

One

who drives
n.f. [Latin.]
fteals cattle in herds, or
great
at

once,

in diltindlion

from

thofe that Heal only a (heep or two.

Blount.

ABACUS, n.f. [Latin.]

1. A counting-table,
anciently

is

ufed

ia

calculations.

[In architecture.] The uppermoft member of a column, which ferves as a fort

of crowning both to the capital and coDryden.
lumn.
Diil.
6. A is fometimes, in familiar writings, ABA'FT. od-v.
[of abaptan, Sax. behind.]
put by a barbarous corruption for he ;
From the fore-part of the (hip, towards
as, will a come, for will he come.
the Hern.
Dia.
feems to have fome- ABAI'SANCE. n.f. [from the French abai7. A, in compofition,
in thefe
times the power of the French
fcr, to deprefs, to bring down.] An aft
of reverence, a bow.
phrafes, a droit, a gauche, &c. and fomeObeyfance is contimes to be contracted from at ; as, afide,
fidered by Skinner as a corruption bf
ujlope, afoot, ajleef, atkn'Ji, avjare.
abaifancc, but is now univerfally ufed.
2.

fenfe.
For cloves and nutmegs to the line-a,
And even tor oranges to China.

r*

To

ABA'LIENATE. <v a. [from alalieno,

Lat.] To make that another's which

term of the

civil

to wickednefs.

ABA'NDONINC.

much ufed in common fpeech.

ABALIENA'TION. n.f, [Lat. a!>alitnatio.~\
The aft of giving up one's right to anoJaw, not

He

weigh

hop'd his pad meritorious actions might outhis prcfcnt

the thought of future
c,bar.dor.:r.g

iclion.

now

BANDON.] To
1 h

Than

they which

,~\

their helping

To ABA'RE.

Vortiger enforced the kingdom to aland.

b. ii. ctat. 10.
Spender's Fairy S^ff,
i>. a.
alandonner.

ABA'NDON.

To

[Fr.

a ban donner, to give up to a profcription ;

in which fenfe we, at this day, mention
the ban of the empire.
Ban, in our

i.

To ABA'SE.

1.

whom

abajing of

If (he be fo tiband^n'd

As

to

exaftly

to

Dryd. Mnetd.
he

abandoned to fottifli credulity, as

of earth in a ficlc, may ever,
by eternal (hiking, receive the fabric of man's
body ?
B.-Kt/cy's Sermons.
Muft he, whofe altars on the Phrygian fhore,
With frequent rites, and pure, avow'd thy pow'r,
Be doomed the word of human ills to prove,
Unblefs'd, abandon' d to the wrath of Jove ?
Pofe's Odj/ty, b. i. I. 80.
is

a.

To

defert

fo

The

to forfake

in an

ill

princes ufing the portions of fearing evil,

the (hip.
Sidney, b.
Seeing the hurt Mag alone,
Left and abandon' d of his velvet friends,
*Tis right, quoth he ; thus mifery doth part

The flux of company*

What fate a wretched
Scorn'd by

my

Sbakefp. j^s you

ii.

like it.

natural

there

Dryd. A'neid, 2.

But

to the pavtisg goddcfs thus (he pray'J

aid,
Propitious dill be prcfcnt to

3.

To
He

Dryd. Fat.

forfake, to leave.

To ABA'SH.
haps from
l.

boldly fpake, Sir knight, if knight tliDu be,

Sffnfer's Fairy Sjften, b.

i>.

To
med.

ting not ufual, perhaps not exact.]

give up to, to refign.

Look on me as a man abandcn'd

in the hi gheit

In

partieip. adj.
degree ; as, an

Drydcn'i Hind and Panther,

2.

Corrupted
abandoned

this fenfe, it is a contraction

z.

The

fat

in law ufed both actively and neuterly ; as,

it down.
To abate a writ,
is, by fome exception, to defeat or overthrow it.
ftranger alatetb, that is, entereth upon a houfe

\. I.

him

in pofiefllin, is (aid to difTeife : fo he that

fteppeth in between the former poflcflbr and his
heir is faid to aba'.e.
In the neuter (ignification

The writ of the d mandment ihMabate, that

(hallbedifablcd, r'ruftrated, or overthrown. The
appeal abateib by covin, that is, that the accufa-

331.

tion

3.

admits the particle at, fomebefore the caufal noun.

paflive

not ftolcn

is

or land void by the death of him that lair, poflelTcd

it, before the heir take his pofl'cflion, and fo keepeth him out.
Wherefore, as he that putteth out

mute with

In no wilclpeak againftthe truth, but

\>cabajbed
of the error of thy ignorance.
Ecclus. iv. 15.
I faid unto her, From whence is this kid ? Is
it

law.]

thus:

of,

common

is,

could the g^ds,

fullain their foveabajb'd,
reign's look.
Dry den's Fables.

times

[In
It

mame.

further durft incenfe the gloomy thunderer.

Silence was in the court at this rebuke :

Nor

Dryd. Sf. Friar.

ABA'NDONED.

Our phyficians have obfcrvcd, that in procefs of

time, fome difeafes have abated cf their virulence,
and have, in a manner, worn out their malignity,
fo as to be no longer mortal.

Per-

Nor

lefs

leflened.

xx. ii.

[See BASHFUL.
French.]

To

cure,

a.

heard, and were aiajh'J.

Mi!t:n's Paradije Loft, b.

fear

o'er

To an eternal lethargy of love

To pull, and pinch, and wound me, cannot
And but didurb the <juiet of my death.

*a.

This heard, th imperious queen

form of wri-

n;

<v.

as, his paffion abates ;

;
the ftorm abates.
It is ufed fometimes
with the particle of before the thing

put into confufion ; to make afhaIt generally implies a fudden

They

cant. 4.
flanx. 39.

ii.

a. [a

To grow

1.

alaijfer,

impreflion of

Abandon this (oreftallrd place at erft,

For fear of further harm, I ccunfel thee.

To ABANDON OVER.

felling, fometimes to
in buying.

To ABA'TE.

JEne'id.

down the price in

beat down the price

let

to abate a caftle, to beat

Ecclcfiujl'n'us,

quite abandon your oncc-favour'd maid.

vigour, or abatt the foul.

Dryd.

way of bearing them beingfpread

my

Nor

that changes all,

body, not the mind ; nor can controul

In commerce, to

3.

abafitncrt becaufe of glory ; and

that lifteth up his head from a low efrate.

is

Siakeffcare'i C-.rioltms,
yet changes us in vain,

Th' immortal

depreffion.
There is an

fugitive attends,
foes, abandcn'd by my friends.

ftill

Time,

The

term ufed

with the top pointing to the chief of the

angle.
Bailey. Chambers.
ABA'SEMENT. n.f. The ftate of being
brought low ; the aft of bringing low ;

the power

That won you without blows

of the wings of eagles, when the top

looks downwards towards the point of the
ftiield ; or when the
wings are fhut ; the

fenfe.

and dcfiring to efcape, only to ferve the rule of

virtue, not to abandon one's felf, leapt to a rib of

adj. [with heralds] a

dejeft, or deprefs the mind.

This iron world
Brings down the (touted hearts to lowed Mate
For mifery doth braved minds abate.

Spenf. Hubbcrd't Tale.

i.

46.

To

Have

is

Locke on Education,

the ring,

banilh your defenders, till at length

Your ignorance deliver you,
As moft abated captives to fome nation

ABA'S ED.

I left

To

thy advancement their wifdoms have thceaijfcd.

Dryd. Fables.
If the mind be curbed and humbled too much
children
if
their
in
fpirits be abated and broken
much by too drift an hand over them ; they lofe
all their vigour and induftry.

c!r>d

2.

Bacon.

Sidney, b.

unwillingly

Here we fee the hopes of great benefit and light

from expofitors and commentators, are in a great
part abated; and thofe who have mod need of their
help, can receive but little from them.
Luke's EJJay on St. Paul's
Efjilcs.

proud, and abaje him.

Job, x!. ji.
With unrefifted might the monarch reigns;
He levels mountains, and he raifes plains ;
And, not regarding difT'rence of degree,
jieas'd your daughter, and exalted me.

we, feeble few, confpire

;
fave a finking town, involv'd in fire.

Who

demure

lefTen, to diminifh.
Who can tell whether the divine wifdom, to
fide the glory of thole kings, did not refine this
wo:k to be done by r queen, that it might appear
to be his own immediate work?
5/V Jobn Davits on Ireland*
If you did know to whom I gave the ring,

And how

Ihcpherd, to the gods be thankful, that

Behold every one that

Their own abodes

to think, that a

beat down.]

To

.You would abate the drength of your difpleafure.

<v.

you fpeak with your eye; yet with

it fometimes.

H?ppy

her forrow,

Sbateff. Twelfth Night.

The- paffive gods behold the Grteks defile
Their temples, and abandon to the fpoil

To

Difl.

To caft down, to deprefs, to bring low ;

in a figurative and pcrfonal fenfe, which
is the common ufe.

2.

fpoke, (he never wilt admit me.

it is

tre, to
I.

bafts,

between French and Saxon,

213.

.'

a. [Fr. abaijfir, from the

or bejjus, a barbarous word,
fignifying low, bafe.]
To deprefs, to lower.
It is a point of cunning to wait upon him with

Lat.

old dialed, fignifies a curfe ; and

to abandon, if confideredas compounded

equivalent to diris drvciiere.]

To give up, refign, or quit ; often followed by the particle to.

To make

a.

b. ii. /.

Cupi.ls hov'ring round,

AB

apt conftruftion of the bones, by which

th'ey move flrongly and eafily ; or that
fpecies of articulation that has manifeft
motion.
DiS.

own

is

11.

little

(As pictures pruvc) with garhnds crown'd,

Majlit! at what th'y faw and heard,
Flew off, nor ever more appcar'd.
WttiUar'ut.
To
A'TE. v. a. [from the French abba-

AiiARTicutA'TiON.H.y; [from ab , from,

and articulus, a joint, Lat.] A good and

Derived, according to Menage, from the

Italian abanJonare, which fignifies to
forfake his colours ; bandum \vexillum\
thinks it a coalition of
deferere. Pafquier

for

[abapian, Sax.]
bare, uncover, or difciofe.

band,

And

n.f. [Lat. abannitio.~\

one or two years, for
Obfolete.
Difl.
manflaughter.

banimment

forfake.

y ftrunger are
(ought at firft

The

See A-

in uie.

Milan's Paradife L'.ft,

Clarcttd. b. viii.

[A word contracted from ABANNI'TION.

a.

abandon, but not

13, 14.

In the aduirr.tion only of weak mindi

Led captive : ccafe t' admire, and all her plumes
Fall Mat, and fink into a trivial toy,
At every fudden (lighting quite abajht.

abandon.} Defertion, forlaking.

AB A'N DONMFNT./r.yi \abaiidonnement ,1' r

1. The aft of
abandoning.
Dia.
2. The ftate of being abandoned.
Difl.

oflaw.

"Jot. ii.

verbal noun from

[A

ther perfon ; or a making over an eitate,

goods, or chattels by fale, or due ccxirfe

To AB A'N D. v.

given for a gift, more than the wages: however^

I did not believe her, and I was ahalh.-d at her.

of a longer form, abandoned [given up]

was our own before.

ABA

ABA

ABA

But

(be replied

upon me,

it

was

is

defeated by deceit.

Cornel.

[In horfemanfhip.] A horfe is faid to

abate or take down his curvets ; when
working upon curvets,' he puts his two
hind legs to the ground both at once,
and obferves the fame exaftnefs in all
the times.

Difl.

ABA'TE ME NT. n.f. [abatement, Fr.]

l. The ad of
abating or leffcning.
Xenophon

tells

us, that the city contained about

ten tlioul'and hooks, and allowing one mail to every

be ufc,

ABB
houfe,

who

ABB

could have any (hare in the govern-

Who

had been careful to adhere

together, might have been a majority even of the

Conftantja, as foon as the folemnities of her reception were over, retired with the abbtjs into hcv

Dryd. D. Silaji

own apartment.

people collective.
Sv.'ift on tbe Centeji of'Athens

The

and Rome.

Hate of being *!iated.

Coffee has, in

common

with

all

The

ticles.

moft noxious part of oil exhales in

one quarter of its
Arbutbnrt on Aliments.

The fum

or quantity taken

away by the

ABBOT.

aft of abating.
The law of works is that U\v, which requires
or abatement ,
perfect obedience, without remiflion
fo that, by thatlaw, a

man

With eafy roads he came to Leicefter ;

Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot,
With all his convent, honourabiy receiv'd him.

canr.ot bejult, or jufti-

without an exact performance of every

fied,

tittle.

Sbake/f.

A'BBEY-LUBBER.

Locke.

4.

The

caufe of abating

extenuation.

As our advantages towards piutt.fmij and pronr-ting piety and virtue were gre-iier than thole or"
other men ; fo will our excufe be lefs, if we neglect
cannnt plead in abateto rmke ule of them.
ment of our guilt, that we were ignorant of our

The aft of the

abater ;

n.f. [in the lower Latin abbas,

father, which fenfe was Hill
implied ; fo that the abbots were called

and abbefles malres monajtcrii.

Thus Fortunatus to the abbot Paternus

patres,

DiS.

preparations of
r nuts.
Atbutkna nit Dirt.

See AIIBEY.

A'BBOTSHIP.

n.f. [a law term.] One who

intrudes into houfes or land, void by the
death of the former poiTeflbr, and yet

To

not entered upon or taken up by his

it

n.f. [old records.]

n.f. [from ataire, French.]

fprigs of grafs which are thrown
Difl.
by a (lag in" his pafiirg by.

n.f.

[Heb.

2] A

DiS.
v.

[Lat. abbre-

a.

2.

To

ftiorten, to cut fhort.

Set the jtrength of their dajs before the flood

which wer^:
.ifter, and contracted into
;

Syriac word,

hundreds and thrcefcores.

which (\gmhesfatber.

Brr,ivt:"s

Vulgar Errors,

b. vi. c. 6.

The rights ABBREVI A'TION-.

n.f. or privileges of an abbot. See ABBEY.
i. Tie aft of
abbreviating.
dignity
According to Felinui, an abbacy is
z. The means ufed to abbreviate,
word of

A'BBACY.

n.f. [Lat. abbatia.~\

t.'.e

fmcc an abbot is a term c r

dignity,
and not of office ; and, therefore, even a fccular
of
is
has
the
care
who
fouls,
fometimes,
perfon,
in the canon la.v, a!f> Oiled an .ibLot.

as cha-

AslffS* Fortran Juris Canonici.

A'fiBESS.fl.y^ [Lat. abbatijja, from whence
the Saxon abubij-fe, then probably ab-

and by contraction abbtjj'e in Fr.

and atbej'i, Eng.] The fuperiour or governefs of a nunnery or monaftery of
batefi,

fignifying whole words ; words

contracted.
Such is the propriety and energy in them all,
rafters

that they never can be cluij,-

book by which the elements

of reading are taught.
Then comes queition like an a, b, c, book.
Skakeffeare.

To

but to

ufmg

di

aibre-.'ia-

tiatis.

Siuifi.

ABBREVIA'TOR. n.f. \abbrcviateur, Fr.]

One who abbreviates, or abridges.
An E R E'VI ATURE. a. f, \abbreiiiatura,
1.

fled

hfy, whither we purfued them

hrrr the jlh^s (hu:. '.he gate on us,
will ;i9L fuficr us to frtcli

him

Skaief.

2.
;

give up right
an office.

C. ofErrrs.

good man, who

that injures him, than fur
is a

prays for

a.

i;.

Old Saturn, here, with upcaft eyes,

Beheld his ttdufted flsies.

ABDICA'TION.
aft

Add'ifa*,

The

n.f. [al>di*:a:io,Lat.]

of abdicating

refignation

quitting
an office by one's own proper act before
the ufual or dated expiration.
;

Neither doth it appear how a princa's abdication

can make any other fort of vacancy in the throne^
than would be caufed by his death ; fince he can
not abdicate for his children, otherwife than by his>
own confent in form to a bill from the two houfes.
the Ser.tiir.cnts of a Church
Swift
of
-

England Man*

That which

adj.

caufes.or

Di3.

implies an abdication.

A'BDICATIVE. adj. [from a bdo, to hide.]

That which has the power or quality of
ViS.
hiding.
n. f.
[Lat. from aide, to
cavity commonly called the
lower venter or belly : It contains the

hide.]

ftoinach,

and

is

guts,

him

grit-tut r.i.her tor

hij own fuffcring;

that wrongi him, forgiving

him
who

all

his

liver,

fplcen,

within lined with a

bladder,

membrane

called the peritonaeum. The lower part

called the hypogaltrium ; the foremoll

is

part is divided into the epigaftrium, the

right and left hypochondria, and the
navel ; 'tis bounded above by the cartilago enfiformis and the diaphragm,
fideways by the fhort or lower ribs, and

behind by the vertebra; of the loins, the

bones of the coxendix, that of the pubes,
and os facrum. It is covered with feve
ral mufcles, from whofe alternate relaxations and contractions in refpiration,.
digeilion is forwarded, and the due motioa of all the parts therein contained
promoted, both for fecretion and expulfion.

0>uii:<y.

The abtlatmn confifls

of parts containing

tained.

ABDO'MINAL.

draw

ajid

con-

fPljttnatfs Surgery.

J
A mark ufed for the falce of (hortening. ABDO'MINOUS.
To ABDU'CE. -v.
A compendium or abridgment.
H>:

[Lat. aMict.] To
to refign ; to lay down

A'BDICATE.

Lat.]

They

And
And

,\,

fage, except in the circumftance of

women.
.is al

c.

little

AEDO'MEN.

(horten

It is one thing to abbreviate

by contracting, another by cutting off.
Baecn, FJJuy 26.
The only invention of late years, which hath
contributed towards pslirenels in dilcourfc, is that
of abbreviating or reducing words of many fyllsbles
into one, by lopping off the reft.
Sicift.

ABBJ.

or privilege

by contraction of parts without lofs of the main fubftance ; to abridge.

Bailey.

down
ABB. n.f. The yarn on a weaver's warp
Chambers.
a term among clothiers.

ftate

are.}

To

A'BATURE.
Thofe

The

ABBREVIATE,
111

Anything

diminifhed.

n.f.

of an abbot.

Dift.

heir.

The

2.

A'BDICATIVE.

all

ABA'TOR.

A'r.ATunE.

them-

in

felves epifcopal authority within their

precinfts, and being alfo lords of parliament. The oth/r fort were fubjeft to
the diocefan in all fpiritual government.

The

of ripe vegetables, and

as of almonds, piftach
;

of the diocefan, having

tion

Abaters of acrimony or fliarpneis, are cxprellej

oils

probably it comes from the fame root

with bre-iu. See BREW.]
Among mafons, the joint or juncture of two Hones,
or the interftice between two Hones to be
filled up with mortar.
Dicl.
A'BBY. See ABBEY.
A, B, C.
1. The
alphabet; as, he has not learned

Nominis cjficiumjure, Patcrne,geris.] The

chief of a convent, or fellowfhip of canons.
Of thefe, fome in England were
thofe that were mimitred, fome not
tred, were exempted from the jurifdic-

agent or caufe by
which an abatement is procured ; that
by which any thing is leflened.

fuch

Lat. bibcre. Abbeverari i cavalli. This

is derived
by Menage, not much
acquainted with the Teutonic dialecls,
from adbibare for adbibere ; but more

word

his a, i,

is

from l

the dignity of it is abafed, by reafon of

fome ftain or difhonourable quality of
n.f.

[in French, a watering,

place. Ital. abbe--verato, dal verbo beiiere.

A'BBOT.

as, the

the bearer.

aufte-

no Father Dominic, no huge overgrown

abbey-lubber ; this is but a diminutive fuckirg
f iar.
Dryrl. Sf. Fr.

This

ABA'TER.

ABBREUVOl'R.

rity.

[In law.]
abatement of the heir into the land before
he hath agreed with the lord. The affeftion or paffion of the thing abated ;
Ctmiel.
as, abatement of the writ.
6. [With heralds.] An accidental mark,
which being added to a coat of arms,
5.

n.f. [See LuBBER.]

flothful loiterer in a religious houfe,

under pretence of retirement and

We

duty, under the prepolTefiion of ill habits, and the

bias of a wrong education.
Alttrburf s Sermons.

an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a

Chrirtian.
Taylor*: Guide to Drvotic*.

[Lat. abbntia;

n.f.

from whence probably firit ABBACY ;

which fee.] A monaflery of religious
perfons, whether men or women ; di!tinguifhed from religious houfes of other
denominations by larger privileges. See

nuts, an oil

roifting, to the abatement of near

weight.

Add-on.

ABBY.

or

A'BBEY,

ftrongly combined and entangled with earthy par-

3.

Tercerai,
her lo\er on her bridal-day.

(the reft confiding of women, children, and

(en-ants), and making other obvious abatement!,

loft

faults; who fooner (hews mercy thah anger; wh

offers violence to his appetite, in nil things endeaThis is
vouring to I'ubdue the flefli to the fpirit.

a filter, abbcfs in

ment

thefe tyrants, if they

2.

hive

<*>{/

Relating to the ab-

domen.
a.

[Lat. abduco.]

to a different part

one part from another.

ufed in phyfic or fcience.
B i

To

withdraw
word chiefly
to

if

ABE

If w elivct the eye unto either comer, the

object will not duplicate; fjr, in that pofition,the
axii of the cones remain in the
plain, as is
demoaftrated in the optics delivered by Galen.
BrovtlCl Vulgar Errours, b.

iii. C.

Of

another.
ing that one year, which perhjpj might be
Bravin's Vulgar Errours, b. iv. c. 12.

To ABERU'NCATE.

Difl.

To

veral members.
fuppofcd th conftrictors of the eye-lids mud
be ftrenginened in the fupcrcitious j the abdufltrs
in drunkards, and contemplative men, who have
the fame fteady and grave motion of the eye.
Arbuibnct and Pope's A''artittus Scriblcrus.
:

c,

the three

firlt

letters

To

of the

al-

phabet.] He that teaches or learns the

alphabet, or firft rudiments of literature.

This word
Atbenet

Farnaby

is

by Wood in his
where mentioning

ufed

Oxonienfes,
the critic, he relates, that, in

forne part of his life, he was reduced to

follow the trade of an abecedarian by his

misfortunes.

A'BKCEDARY.ai^'. [See AB ECE D A R I AN.]

2.

is

will communicate.
Brvwn'i Vulgar Erreurs, b. ii. c. 3.
aifa. [from a, for at, and bed.} In

\*^o hour wherein they

ABE'D.
bed.

It was a fhame for them to mar their complexions, yea and conditions too, with long lying
tbtd : when (he was of their age, flie would have
made a handkerchief by that time o'day.

common

law, as

And

has abttttd

Men

Hudibras, f.

all.

iii.

The

deviation from the right

right way.]
way ; an errour ; a miftake ; a falfe opi-

28.

aft of abetting.

ABE'TTER,
abets

or

ABE'TTOR.

ti.f.

He

that

the fupportsr or encourager of

a:vnher.
Whilft calumny has two fuch potent abaters,
we are not to wonder at its growth : as long as
men are malicious and defigning, they will be traGovern, of the Tuttguc.
ducing.
You (hall be ftill plain Torrifmond with me,

TV aittur,
The

partner (if you like the name),

huiband of a tyrant, but no king ;

Till you dcfervc that

title

by yourjuftice.

ABEY'ANCE.

[from
bark at.]

n.f.
yer, allatrare, to

not only fwarm with errours, but vices

depending thereon. Thus they commonly affect

right of fee-fimple lieth in

abeyance, when it is all only in the re-

They do

man

any farther than he deferts his reafon, or

complies with thrir aberranaes.
c.

3.

the images of his mind; yet this fecond natuic

would alter the era/is of his underft/mding, and
render it as obnoxious to aberrance:, as no.v.
GlanvillCs Sccpfis Stientijica, c. 16.

[from aberrant, Lat.]

Deviating, wandering from the right or
known way.
Difl.
adj.

ABERRA'TION. n.f. [fromaterratio, Lat.]

The act of deviating from the common
or from the right track.
be a miitake, there is no herefy in fucli an
haimlefs aberratiin; the probability of it will tenit

a lapfe of cafy pardon.

Glan-uilU s Scefjis Scientlfca,

ABE'RRIKC. ///. [from

abhorrent turn.

Tbomfvn's Summer,

2.

Contrary

c.

u.

the verb aberr,

The

frank tenement of

the glebe of the parfonage, is in no man

during the time that the parfonage is
void, but is in abeyance.

ABGRE,GA'TION.

n. f. [akgregatio, Lat.]
Did.
feparation from the flock.
To ABHO'R. -v. a. [abhorree, Lat.j To
hate with acrimony ; to detelt to extre-

to loath
\Vhillt I was
g

mity

firm

it is

not white.
Glanvil/e's Scefjis Scieitt. c. 12.

Why

then thefe foreign thoughts of ftate

ployments,
Albtrrcnt to your function and your breeding
Poor droning truants of unpractis'd cells,
Bred in the fellowship of bearded boys,
What wonder is it if you know not men ?

i>

Who

having (Ven

Shunn'd

my

in

;;ie

clamou:,

in

my

<:a:nc a

em?

Drjden.

ABHO'R RER.

n.f.

fon that abhors

The

[from abhor.}

per-

a hater, detefler.

lower clergy were railed at, for difputing

the power of the bifliops, by the known abborrcrl
ot epilcopacy, and abufed for doing nothing .n
the convocations, by thefe very men who wanted
to bind up their hands.
21.
S-wift. Examiner,

ABHO'R RING. The

objeft of abhorrence.
feems not to be the proper ufe of

This

the participial noun.

They

go forth, and look upon the carcafes

fliall

men that have tranl'grefl'ed againft Me :

their worm fliall not die, neither fliall their

of the
for

be quenched, and they

fire

unto

To ABI'DE.
i.

man,

Ijaiab, Ixvi.
-v.

Sbai 'feart's K. Liar.

Juftly thou albjrr'Ji
That fon, who on the qmet llatc of men
Such trouble brought, affecting to fubdue
Rational liberty.
Milt. Farad. Lcjl, t. xii. 1. 79.

n. I

44.

abode or abid. [from

bibian, or aubibian, Sax.]

dwell in a place ; not

To

remove

to

furety for the lad unto

my

Ray.
'1

liy

became

fervant

him not unto

thee, then
father for ever.
therefore I pray thee, let thy fervant abide inftead
f f the lad, a bondman to
lord ; and let the
l.ul g-i up with his brethren.
Gen. xliv. 32, 33-.

father, faying,
I

fliall

It' 1

bring

bear the blame to

Now

my

my

To

dwell.

To Richmond,

worfcrftate,

abhorr'ii fociety.

be an abhorring

fliall

all flerti.

The Marquis

to abominate.

to,

This I conceive to be an hypothefis, well worthy

a rational belief; and yet it is fo abhorrent
fri-.x
the vulgar, that they would as foon believe Anaxagoras, that fnow is black, as him that mould af-

membrance, intendment, andconfidera

tion of the law.

310.

with the particles from or

but more properly with from.

The

ufed.

I.

to, foreign, inconfiftent with.

It is ufed

thus

in Littleton, cap. Difcontinuance,

it

He would

French akoThis word,

is

of Piety.

For if the worlds

In worlds inclos'd could on his fenfes burft,

the

Dewy

The

nion.

der

to hoiMlities.

adj. [from abhor.}

Struck with abhorrence ; loathing.

i.

cant. 3.

NO

them

The firft tendency to any injuftice that appears,

muft be fupprefled with a fliow of wonder and aband governours.
borrer.cy in the parents
Locke on Education,
IIO.

weight upon right opinions,

and eagernefs of abating them, that they account
that the unum neceiTarium.
Decay of fitly.
They abated both parties in the civil war, and
always furniflied fupplies to the weaker fide, left
there Humid be an end put to thefe fatal divisions.
Addifcn. Freeholder,

South' s Sermons.

difpofition to abhor, hatred.

Even a juft and neceflary defence does, by giving men acquaintance with war, take off fomewhat from the abhorrence of it, and infenuhly difpofe

lay fo great

n.f.

hereafter.

The

1.

thefe fcvcral mifchiefs will be one day laid to their

50.
charge.
Addifc-r.. Freeholder,

If

God
2.

ABHO'RRENT.

ABE'RRANCE. In./, [from aberra, Lat.

ABE'RRANCY. \ to wander from the

ABE'RRANT.

all

much

Then fliall I foon, quoth he, return again,

Abet that virgin's caufe difconfolate,
And ftiortly back return.
Fairy Soften, b.
A widow who by folemn vows,
Contracted to me, for my fpoufe,
Combin'd with him to break her word,

deteftation.
draws upon him the hatred and abhorrence of
men here j and fubjects him to the wrath of

It

Cowel.

Drydens Spamjb Friar,

Thefe confederations, though they may have no
the
influence on
multitude, ought to fink into the
minds of thoCe who are their abettors, and who,
if they cfcape punilhment here, mud know, that

Brown'* Vulgar Errours, b. 3.

Could a man be compofed to fuch an adv
of conftitution, that it mould not at .ill a

ABHO'RRENCE.
ABHO'RREKCY.
1. The aft of abhorring,

fig-

Sidrey, b ii.
She has not been abed, but in her chapel
All night devoutly watch' d.
Dryd. Kfan. Friar.

no

the reformation, and to religion itfelf, cafts an ignominy upon the kingdom.
Swift. Cb.

Dia.

pretended from the fympathy of two

needles touched with the loadftonc, and placed in
th: center of two abecedary circles, or rings of letters, defcribed round about them, ene friend keeping one, and another the other, and agreeing upon

This

abet fignifie:h, in our

ABE'T MENT.

Belonging to the alphabet.

Infcribed with the alphabet.

1.

[from beran, Sax.

a.

as to encourage or fet on.

names of

HuJibras, f. i. calf, i,
abhors the humour

man

church of England

a.je, in delighting to fling fcandals upon the

clergy in general; which, betides the difgrace tr

To
nifying to enkindle or animate.]
in
puih forward another, to fupport him
his defigns by connivance, encouragement, or help. It was once indifferent,
but is almoft always taken by modern
writers in an ill fenfe : as may be feen
in ABETTER.

n.f. [abduflor, Lat.] The

name given by anatomifts to the mufcles, which ferve to draw back the fe-

a, t,

Difl.

To ABE'T. v.

AEDlfCTOR.

n.f. [from the

Lat.]

to extirpate

utterly.

ing one part from another.

A particular form of argument.

ABECEDARIAN,

j. a. [a-verunco,

up by the roots

pull

of the

Divers were out in their account, al-erring feveral ways from the true and jult compute, and call-

ABDUC'TION. n.f. [abduflii, Lat.]

1. The art of drawing apart, or withdraw-

example.

2O.

Mufcles abducent are

thofe which ferve to open or pull back
divers parts of the body ; their oppofues

2.

aberr I have found no

the verb

The felf.fame thing they will alt*

One way, and long another for.

itray.

adj.

being called adducent.

cf alirri, Lat.] Wandering, going a-

fm

ABDU'CENT.

Dovfet, as

in the p.irU

hear,

is fled

where he abides.
Sbakcfp, Richard

III.

Thofe who apply themfclves to learning, are

forced to acknowledge one God, incorruptible and
ten ; who is the only true being, ana aliJ<-*
:

He

berw'.Js

ail

om whence

the things that arc done in heaven,

and earth.

f till'mgf. -Defence of

Difc, on

Rim.

Idolat.

3.

To

To remain ; not ceafe or

immoveable.

3.

fail

be

to

He

They that trud in the Lcrd (hall be as mount

Zi-n, '.vh <-h cannot be removed, but abidetb for
Pjalm cxxv.

ev?r.

To

4.

continue in the fame

The

fear of the

tha: hath

Jhall aiide fatisiied.

i:

life

and

Pr',<v. xix.

little in uie.

hi

23

ance

To

endure without offence, anger, or

all

none abidirg.

is

The

can abi^e, that, againft their own doctors,

fix whole books ihould by their fatherhoods be nnperu>ufly obtruded upon God and his church ?

her to thee, than that I

:
u-iti me.
fluuU give her to another
G- r.. xxix. 19.

A'BJECT.

vfill

ferve th=

2 Sam. xv.

8.

is ufed with by before a thing; as, to

abide by his teftimony ; to abide by his
own fkill ; that is, to rely ufon them ; to
abide by an opinion ; to maintain it ; to

7. It

abide by a man, is alfo, to defend or jup

But thefe forms are fomepert him.
thing low.
Of the participle abid, I have found
only the example in Woodward, and

compounded
1.

The
I-y

To

and

leeches

laij in

him

'i hi:

They

Fiiry Sjtten, b.

i. t.

To

dearly

they little know

atide that boalt fo vain.

of the truth of

my do&rinfs, that they have abid

a very rigorous ted r.ow for above thirty
years,
and the more ftnftly they are looked into, the
moie they are confirmed.
Wood-ward, Litter \.

To

bear without averfion ; in which

fenfe it is commonly ufed with a
negacand not abide Tiridates;

To

this

is

it

underftanding given, by nafrom acquired qua-

Whether it may be thought neceflary, that in

certain trafts of country, like what we call
parities, there flioulJ be one man, at lead, of abililics to read and write ?
Swift.

ABINTE'STATE.

from, and
A term of law, imintejtattis, Lat.]
plying him that inherits from a man,.
who, though he had the power to make
a will, yet did not make it.

8.

To A'BJUOATE.

adj.

it. a.

[of

tit,

[abjugc, Lat.]

To

me.

To ABJE'CT. v.
throw away.

Sidney, b. ii.
Thy vile race,
thou didrt learn, hdd true in't, which

natures

wad thou

Sbaleff. Timftjl.

bear or uffer.

to have
fomething.
Either to die the death, or to
abjure
For ever the fociety .. man.

Pjalm xxxv. 15.

a.

ABJE'CTEDNESS.
ftate

do or not

the etjefii gathered themfelves

together

[abjicio,

word
n.f.

of an abjedt.

To

Lat.]

rarely ufed.

[from atjea.]

Saviour would love at no !efs rate than

death; and, from the fuper
ht of
glory, ftooped and abafed himfelf i., tire lufi^rance
of the extremed of indignities, anJ lunk himfelf
to the bottom of
abjcfledncf;, to exalt our condition to the contrary extreme.
Boylt't Works.
:

ABJE'CTION. n.f. [from abjea.} Meannefsofmind; wantoffpirit; fervility;

bafenefs.

That

this

mould be termed bafenefs,

fervility,

is

The

j'ift

aljcftian, the

medium

abjelllon

lies

two extrcn,

Ihn'tcr, b. v.
47.
betwixt pride and the

L'Eft'range.

A'BJECTI.Y. adv. [from abjefl.} In an

abjcfl manner, meanly, bafely, fervilely, contemptibly.

'BJECTKES5.

n.f. [from abjetl.]

jeftion/ fcrvility, meannefs.

Ab-

Sbakejpear/>s Midjum. Nigbfs Dreaa*

therefore, that hath not abjured hia
<inJ (worn
allegiance to a preconceived

No man,

The

reafin,

fantaftical hypothecs, can undertake the defence

of fuch a fuppofition.
Hale

Our

but

trr.fcl..

not abide to be with; therefore

Defcrvcdly confm rl unto this rock.

5.

> an . ;.

has the plural number, abili^

frequently fignifies the faculties,

it

of mind, or

tive.

When

lifications.

and profan-.-,
nor from gods refrain.

Pope's Eflty on Criticijm.

againft

It rnuft ce allawed a fair prefurnption in favour

Though

the-

things
PC!, iv. ij.
weak for the
I

Capacity of mind; force of underftanding ; mental power.

the force of

what bafe ends, and by what

',

wrath the earth (hill tremble, and the nations

(hill n t be /ble K abide his indignation.
'Jfr. x. 10.

of

69.

unyoke, to uncouple.
Did
BJECT. n.f. A man without hope a
man' whofe miferies are irretrievable; To ABJU'RE. v. a. \_abjuro, Lat.]
I
To caft off upon oath, to fwear not to
one of the loweft condition.

bear or fupport, without being conquered or deftroyed.

But the L>rd he is the true God, he is the
liv ng God, and an everlafting king:
At his

ii

ii.

of

ture, as diftinguifhed

f > ahjtfl

trifles,

as

or powers of the mind, and fometimes

Mdifai. Sfeftator, N 279.

ufed of aftions.
;

is

it

in- all

Ah me

To

lu-.c

rapine

Exra,
minifter, let him do
:
that God

king's palace.
2.

example Itands,
the top of wond'rous
glory,

Drydcn's Juvenal, Sat.

atjeCI ways,
Are mortals urg'd through facred luft of
>
praif

5. Jl. 17.

4.

Whig Examiner.
ufed of
;

defpicable

not from

man

ning in knowledge, and ujidcrftanding fcience,

and fuch as had ability in them, to ftand in the

infir.nity.

Mean and

3.

fumptuous bed,

Milton's Par.
Ltjl.

3.

ferve

Children in whom tbere was no blemi/h, buf

well-favoured, and (k.lful in all wifdom, and cun-

'

f.Ke his hurts.

How

of guilt and

abide,

While lions war, an: battle for their dens,

Poor h.irm^-f', lambs abide their enmity.
Sbak-ff. Hen. VI. p. 3.
Bonds and afBicli ns abide me.
Act'., xx. 23.
2. To bear or fupport the
confequences ot

a thing.

';,
L-ft, b. ix. /. 571.
their fovereigns what
they

Strongeft of m, .-:..,
To loweft pitch of utjtS fortune thou art fall'n.
Milton's Samff'jn
Agtmjics.
fee man jnd woman in the
higheft innocence and perfection, and in the moft
abjeB ftate

ighc,

Paia

We

attend, wait upon,

await ufed of things prepared for perfons, as well as o/ perfons expecting
things.
Ifciiful

2.

ties,

rarer thy

may

performance, he affures us of the afliftance of his

Spirit.
Rogers' s Sermons.

condition.

preterite.

Ho

Holy

Being of no hope or regard

As I'D E. -v. a.
To wait for, expe&,

Where many

Sbalejf care's Henry IV.

I wa5 at fird, as other beads that
graze
The trodden herb, of atijtSi timu^hts and low.

'n't

ability

be glorified through
Jefus Chrift.
Wherever we. find our abilities too

may

tell

Sidney, b. i,

my

which Cod givcth

ability

and aljeS routs,

Led on by bloody yourh goaded with
rage,
And councenanc'd by boys ami beggary.

Mi.'t.

Milton"! S^mfj'on
slgoniftts, 1. 744.
the treafure.
ability unto

If any

expect Irom them, and wh.,t obedience they fliall

be always ready to
pay them, are not upon an
equal foot with bafe and a/yeff flatterers.
2.

7*

gave after their

They

like itfelf in bafe

Honed men, who

(hould rather determine that abidein the

aftive fenfe has no paffive participle, or
"To

of no value.]
worth! efs ; bafe; groveling:
fpoken of perfons, or their qualities.

Mean;

Came

ii. c.

To lighten what thou iufler'ft,. and appeafe

Thy mind with what amends is in my powV.

thrown

Lat.

[abjetfus,

If aught in

Rebellion

For thy fervant vowed a vow, while, I abode at

Gelhur in Syria, faying, if the Lord ihall brin^ me
again indeed to Jerufalem, then 1

adj.

Thyrfis, mine I yield to thy ability

heart doth feek another eftimation.

My

as

away

1.

mm AMe

Lord.

Good

Cbron. xxix. 15

air in that
region is fo violently

removed,
and carried about with fuch
fwiftnefs, as nothing
in tlut place can crmfi't or have
abiding.
Rjw'rty', Hifliry oflbf Wirld.

Hall.

ufed with the particle --with before a perfon, and at or in before a place.

6. It is

Grtiu*s Cofmclog'ut Sacra, b.

depending upon fkill, or riches, or

ftrength, or any other quality.
Of finging thou haft got the reputation,

fixed ftate.

a fhadow, and there

Who

upon any account.

are ftrangers before Thee and

fojourners, as
our fathers : our days on the earth are as

n.f. [from abide.]

ftay

contradiction.

It is te"_er that I give

felves

Continu-

We
were

implicitly

ABI'LITY. n.f. [Habilfte, Fr.]

1. The
power to do any thing, whether

ABI'DINC.

can be no ftudy without time; and the

mull zbide and dwell upon things, or be alSouth.
ways a ftranger to the inlije of them.

is

Cmicrmnevt of the
8.
Tongue,
By humility I mean not the abjtfimjs of a bafe
mind but a prudent care not to over-value our-

750

n.f. [from abide.} The perfon

that abides or dwells in a
place ; perwore
haps that lives or endures.

rr.ir.d

5'.

/.

B J

Servility and aljeSncfs of humour

involved in the charge of lying.

ABI'DER.

I.

iiete

'I

Girt with circumfluous tides,

calamitous conftraint abides.
Pope'i O.t'y/ b. iv.

ftate.

Lord teJeth to

ftill

B J

^.

To

retraft, recant,, or

fition

ABJIJRA'TION.
act

abnegate a po.

upon oath.
n.f. [from aljure.~\

of abjuring.

The

oath

The

taken for

that and.
Until Henry VIII. his time, if a
man, having
committed felony, could go into a church, c
before
he
were
church-yard,
apprehended, he might
not be take<i from thence to the ufu.il trial of
law,

but conferring his fault to the

jultice;, or to the
coroner, gave his oath to forfakc the realm for
ever, which was called abjuration.

There

are

fame

U3 here in Em.laml

abjurations dill in force among

of tin:
as, by the Itatui
;

zjth.

of, king, Charles

II. all
p._-rtoiis that are admitted
into any office, civil or
military, murt take the
which
is
an
left;
alyuratim-oi luinc doChines o*
the church of Rome.

There

is

likewife another oath of e.kjurat'.m,

wnick

ABO

ABO
-which liym:n and clergymen are both obliged to
take 5 and that is to aljure th* Pretender.

To

Ail'fci Parcrgan Jura Cantrtci

which

to that on

ASIA o^u
The

it is

A'T ION.

body or mind, vigour,

That nation Joth

ABLICURI'TION.

To A'BLIGATE. v.

maintain

filver

tliis

is

ftem, that by

fruitful branches fpreadcth itfelf

rich ami

many

to

darve,

BacaCtOtta

decrcafe.

ABLA'TION.

it

<,j~

includes the perfon from whom fometerm of gramthing is taken away.

mar.
adj.

Fr.

afraid of an able

There

as

fufficient ; enabled.
mankind acknowledge themlelves able and
fufficient to do many things, which
actually they

Having power

given thce.

3. Before

alfo,

which

have been able fur the utterance of articv'atc

founds, as the (peaking of cert lin v. ord.
Wllkim'i Mathematical Magic.
r

To A'BLE.

v. a.

able, which

And

To

is

To make

able; to en-

word commonly

the

ENABLE.

ufed.

Plate fin with gold,

the ftrong lance of judicc hurticfs breaks:
it with
rags, a pigmy's draw doth pierce it.

None does offend, none, 1 fay none,

Take that of me, my friend.

I'll

SbaJteff care's

ABLE-BODIED,

adj.

able

'em

my

<i>.

a.

my

long abide

you wait.
Sbakefpcare's Merchant cf Venice.

Pbl'tips.

To

To make abode.

dwell, torefide, to

in a cave the Sibyl makes abode ;

full of fate return;, and of the God.

Deep
Thence

Dry a s*.
1

clean.

To ABO'DE.

11.

a.

[See

BODE.] To

6.

fore-

token or fbreftiow ; to be a prognoilic,

to be ominous. It is taken, with its derivatives, in the fenfe either of good or
ill.

Every man,

dorm

After the hideous

that follow'd, was

thing infpir'd ; and, not confuking, broke

Into a general prophecy, that this temped,
Dafhing the garment of this peace, a'ocdtd
The fudden breach of it.
VIII.
Xbjkrfp. Henry

ABO'DEMENT.

n.f. [from To abode.~\

of fomething future ;
an impreflion upon the mind of fome
event to come ; prognostication ; omen.
fecret anticipation

[from abnego,

I like

not this.

For many men that (tumble at the thrc/hold,

Are well foretold that danger luiks within.

\_abnegatie, Lat. deto deny.]

Denial,

from abnego,

tor

rua.lc

inhabit.

deny.
n. f.

have

attaiis,

Tuih man, ^bodaneati

!

mud

not

now

affright us.

Henry VI. f. iii.

lord biihop aikcd him, Whether he had never
'

The abnegation or renouncing of all his own

holds and interefts, and trulls of all that man is
mod apt to defend upon, that he may the more
Hammond.
cxpeditely follow Chrift.

ABNODA'TION. n.f. \abnodatio, Lat.]

The aft of cutting away knots from
trees

adj.

and perhaps, in

its

different

accepta-

tions, deducible from different roots.

Bopb, in the ancient Saxon, fignified a
;

to take
I.

in

which

fenfe, to go aboard,
up refidence in a fhip.

In a ihip.

(ecret abcdtircnt

duke; but

in:

well as another

1.

To

annul

mind

his

>

No,

think ibrhe adventure inay

replied the
kill me as
'

man.

To AB'OLISH. v.
to

a.

[abcleo, Latin.]

make

void.

Applied to

laws or inltitutions.

Di<3.
[atnormis, Lat. out

of rule.] Irregular, miihapen.

Dii.
ABO'ARD. adv. [a fea-term, but adopted
into common language; derived immediately from the French a hard, as,
aller a lord, eirvoyer a bord.
Hard is
itfelf a word of very doubtful original,

boufc

My
any

a term of gardening.

ABNO'RMOUS.

4.

but

Foretcl a liberal harvefi.

3.

renunciation.

Strong of body.

To

nial,

King Lear.

Aadijin. Frabsldcr,

place of refi-

a natural

ABNEGA'TION.

It lies in the
power of every fine woman, to fcture at lead half a dozen abli-btdicit men to his

jnajcdy's fervice.

be

A'BNEGATE.
Lat.]

with the particle to,

generally having the power.

perly ufcd.
There have been fomc inventions

To

The rinfing of chemical preparations in

water, to diflblve and warn away any
acrimenious particles.
The cup given, without confecration,
to the laity in the popifti churches.

4.

a verb,

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but

who is able la (land before envy > Priv. xxvii. 4.
4. With for it is not often nor very pro-

Arm

Lat.]

ufed in wafhing.
Wafh'd by the briny wave, the pious train
Are cleans'd, and caft th' ablutions in the main.

3.

Deut. xvi. 17.

it fignifies

is

iii*

Making a ihort abode in Sicily the fecond time,

ar, ir.ay be realanding in Italy, and making the
fonably judged the bufmefs but often months.
Dryden's Dedicat. to jEntui .
The woodcocks early vifit, and abode
Of long continuance in our tcmp'rate clime,

Pope's Iliad.

Soutb'i Sera.

Every man (hall give as he is able, according to

the Welling of the Lord ft-.y God, which he hath

See

n. \abludo,

I,

The water

All

never do.

analogy between the ablution

of the body and the purification of the foul ; between eating the holy bread and drinking the (acred
chalice, and a participation of the body and blood
of Chrift.
Taylor's Worthy Communicant.
2.

man,

LewTs the Eleventh was. But, contrariwife, he

was ferved by the ablfft men that were to be found j
without which his affairs could not have profpercd
a? they did.
Baccn's
VII.
Her.iy
Such gambol faculties he hath, that (hew a
weak mind and an able body, for the which the
prince admits him.
Sbakejf. Henry IV. f. \\.

i>.

ABLU'TION. n.f. \ablutio, Lat.]

1
The aft of cleanfmg, or wafhing

ready.]
Having itrong faculties, or great ftrength
or knowledge, riches, or any other
Henry VII. was not

Sweet friends, your patience

Dia.

babilis, Lat.

power of mind, body, or fortune.

2.

[from ablocate.}

adj. \abluens, Lat. from abluo,

warn away.]
That which wafties clean.
That which has the power of cleaning.

2,

ct.

Metamerjibojfi,

Stay, continuance in a place.

Not

to
1.

0-vui'i

[from abide,]

n.f.

Habitation, dwelling,
dence.
But I know thy abcdc and

*.

Dift.

A'u L u E N T

fldlful,

n. /.

[habile,

To

letting out to hire.

Ratuleigb's EJJayi.

Wtlhr.

unlike.

[abloco, Lat.]

W.

thy going out, and

i King;, xix. 17.
thy coming in.
Others may ufe the ocean as their road,
Only the Englilh make it their abide \
Whofe ready fails with every wind can lly,
And make a cov'nant with th' incondant (ky.

Difl.

Perhaps properly by him who has hirec

from another.

The To ABLU'DE.

A'BLATIVE.
a. [stlativus,
Lat.]
1
That which takes away.
2. The fixth cafe of the Latin nouns
the
cafe which, among other fignHications,

A'BLE.

a.

him, or

out to hire.

ABLOCA'TION.

Al'icnarions.

n.f. \aOatu, Lat.]

i.

Cal-vin's Lexicon Juridicum.

of taking away.

aft

v.

cant. 6,

ii.

plcafcd

them attar d.

Addifa:

ABO'DE.

To

[abligo, Lat.]
-

A'BLOCATE.
let

fo if it be (of-

by want of ablaqueatkn, anJ

other good huibondry, this yearly fruit will much
fered

To

vfffn'i Kalcnder.
the very root that doth

a.

up from.

tie

it

When morning rofe, I fent my mates to bring

Supplies of water from a ncighb'ring fpring,
Whild I the motions of the wind explo.'d j
Then fummon'd in my crew, and went aboard,

Di3.

if

them,
Sir

n.f. [atliguritio,Lat.~
Prodigal expence on meat and drink.

land

Into a (hip.

2.

ablenejs, that

.
/. [affxi^ia, Gr.] Want
of fight, blindnefs; unadvifednefs. Ditf

[al/laqueatio, Lat.

fpring
Prepare alto foi!, and ufc it where you
have occafion
Dig borders. Uncover as yet roots
of tiees, where
tUapitatmi is requifite.

tenure in chief

fo

deep ford.
Fairy Queen, b.

otherwife keep

from neighbour countries the)

ordinarily come, fome to drive, fome to learn
fome to behold.
Sidmy, b. ii.
and

practice of opening the

ground about the roots of trees, to let
the air and water operate upon them.
Trench thc'ground, and make it read

The

force.
excel, both for comelinefs

to ferry over that

He might

DieS.

n.f. [from abh.~\ Ability o

A'BLEPSV.

grafted.

or

art

A'BLENESS.

Tht

ablcgate.]

him

Aj>d

Dil.

to fend out of the way.

ABLA'CTATE. <u. a. [aklatfo, Lat.;
EG A'T ON. u.f. [from
ABL
To wean from the breaft.
aft of fending abroad.
ABL ACTA'T ION. n.j. One of the me-

To

thods of grafting ; and, according to

the fignification of the word, as it were
a weaning ol a cyon by degrees from it
mother Itock ; not cutting it off wholly
from the Itock, till it is firmly unitec

He loudly call'd to fuch as were aboard,

The little bark unto the (hore to draw,

A"BLEGATE. <v. a. [atlego, Lat/

To fend abroad upon fome employment

For us to abolijb what he hath cftablifhed, were

^ 10.
prefumption molt intolerable.
On the parliament's part it was propofed, that
all the billions, deans, and chapters,
might be immediately taken aw.iy, and abo/ijh;l.

Clarendon, b. viii.

2.

To

put an end

to, to deftroy.
The long continued wars between the Englifli
and the Scots, had then raifed invincible jealoufies and hate, which long continued
peace hath
fince

Sir Jtbn
abdijbrd.
Hay-ward.
That (hall Peroclcs well requite, 1 wot,
And, with thy blood, abctijh fo reproachful blot.
i^iiecn*

fairy

is

We

More dedroy'd than

fliould

thcv,
'

be quite abdgb'd, and expire.

Miltcn.

Or

Or wilt thou tliyftlf

thy creation, and unn-ake
For him, what for thy glory thou haft made
Milton, t. iii.
could Vulcanian flame
flench aiolijh, or the favour tame.

Pride gees, hated, curfed,

/.

No

163

He profefled both to abominate and defpife a

myftery, refinement, and intrigue, either in
Swift
prince or minifter.

Arbutb. on Aliments

ABOMJN A'TION.
To

[from abolijh.}
which may be abolifhed.
ABO'LISHER. a.f. [from abolijh.] He that

AEO'LISHMENT.

n.f.

[from

abolijh.~\

The

The

aft

all

of them would bring.

Hootir, b. iv.
He (hould think the abol'fimcnt of epifcopacy
among us, would prove a mighty fcandal and cor
to
ruption to our faith, and manifcQly dangerous
our monarchy. Swift's Church of England Man.

ABOLI'TION.

n.f.

[from

eiLoUjb.']

The

Wickednefs

aJj. \alominabilii, Lat.]

1. Hateful, deteltable ; to be loathed.
This infernal pit
Abominable, accurs'd, the houl'e of woe.

The

queen and miniftry might eafily redrefj

this abominable grievance, by endeavouring ti>
choofc men ot virtuou; principles.

2 Kit<Fi,

great abufea and diforders in

your fervantJ are mutinous and

your family

cjuarrelfomc, and cheat you moft abu:.,

Arlutlnot.

To

ABO'MINATE. -v. a. [abominor,

To abhor, deteft, hate utterly

Lat.]

In a fuperiour degree, or to a fuperiour

degree of rank, power, or excellence.

//"^(r, b.

perhaps have

is

i.

106.

Hers, in

And

Dillo.v'd on earth, fleet hither.

147.

ftate

of being faperior to

sErttiJ.

unat-

tainable by.
an old and true dift'nction, that things
be above our re.tfon, without being contrary
to it.
Of this kind are the power, the nature,
and the univerfal pretence of God, wich innumerable other points.
SwiftIt is

may

Beyond

We were

more than.
pr-fl'ed

out of meafure, above ftrength

infomuch that we defpaired even of life.

2 Cor. i.
In having thoughts unconfufed, and being sb'/r
8.

'

Paradifc Lojl,t,\\i,

/.

fees

Drydcns

birth.
he have child, abortive be it,
Prodigious, and untimely brought to light.

dignity.

Mi/ion't ParaJife Loft, b. X.

her thine above the reft,
feeds with fecret joy her filent breaft.

In a

[.

,-

Miltan

all real

Latona

due time of

;. R.,-harJ\\\.
All th' unaccompliOi'd works of nature's hand,
or
Ali-,rtmt, monftroui,
unkin.lly mix'd,

her'

Thou didft refign thy manhood, and the place

Wherein God fet thee ab'.ve her, made of thee,
And for thee whole perfection far cxceU'd

TIVK- adj. [abortiviu, Lat.]

That which ii brought forth before the
.

no

xxx. n6*

Eccltjiajiicus,

To

brought upon

AJdifon. Guardian,

i.

no

riches above a found body, and

joy above the joy of the heart.

King Join.

their guilty parents the like destruction.

in quantity or number.
Every one that paffeth among them, that arenumbered from twenty years old and above, ihall
give aq off.ring unto the Ix>rd.

There

untimely end, and

Bentley's Sermons.

way

and cloud the day,

Dryderty jQLnfid vii. /. 643*

The Lord is high above all nations, and his

glory above the heavens.
Pfalm. cxiii. 4.
The public power of all focieties is above every
foul contained in the fame focieties.

born be-

Many are preferved, and do lignal fervicc to

their c nintry, who, without a provifion, might
*uimcd as abcrtit-fs, or hn-e come to an

ABO'MIN ABLY. adv.

and bupan,

Exodus, xxx. 14.

3.

ce the fine /kin of an abortive, and, with

ftarch thin laid on, prepare ynur ground or tablet.
Peacbam on Drawing.

corruption and abominablinefi of their prin-

ui.i'crved

Sbakeip.

force their fiery

Plainly denouncing vengeance upon John.

hatefulnefs, odioufnefs.
;
Till we hav: proved, in its proper place, the
eternal and effential difference between virtue and
vUe, we muft forbear to urge athcifts with the

The

aloft,

Abortives^ and prcfages, tongues or heav'n,

able

abort.']

More

2.

But they wi lipluck away its nat'ral caufes,

And call them meteors, prodigies, and ligns,

As you like it.

ABO'MINABLENESS. n.f. [from alominof being abominatle.~\ The quality

have

is

[from
Dutch.]

Black vapours climb

like a foul alortun, and decay'd,

That which

[from aitrtive^

a higher place ; in a higher place.

So when with crackling flames a cauUron fries,
The bubbling waters from the bottom rife;

Sandys

of an untimely birth.
His wife mifcarricd j but, as the abortion proved
only a female fcetus, he comforted himfclf.
Arbuthnot ar.d Pope's Martinus Scriblervs.
Behold my arm thus blaftcd, dry and withcr'd,

n.f.

prep,
bo<ven,

Above the brims they

Perhaps anciently
any thing irregularly produced.
No c mmon wind, no cultomcd event,

Sbakefpeare's

abortion.

n. f.

To

1.

fore the due time.

I am
fay you are a melancholy fellow.
do love it better than laughing. Thnfe
i^ : are in
of
either, are abominable
extremity
tbemfelves to every modern
-.s, and betray
worfe
than
drunkards.
ccnfure,

often ferioufly ufed.

ABO'VE.

Rmve.

[from abominable.]
A word of low or familiar language,
fignifying exceflively, extremely, exIt is not
ceedingly ; in an ill fenfe.

Wellh

Like fome untimely product of the feafons.

They
;

as, the

The produce

ABO'RTIVK.

mifcarry and prove abortive.

Souths Sermons*

be brought into ufe by the induftry of converted

penitents, whofe wretched carcafes the impartial
laws dedicate, as untimely feafts, to the worms
of the earth, in whofe womb thofe defcrted mineral riches muft ever lie buried as loft abortmen'Sy
unlefs thofe be made the active midwives to deliver them.
Bacon's Pbyjical Remains,.

xxiii.

ABO'RT. v. n. [abcrto,Lzt.'] To bring

fa th before the time ; to mifcarry. Did.

Sh'unk

proper.

thing brought forth out of time ; an untimely birth.

Concealed treafures, now loft to mankind, (hall

ABO'RTION. n.f. [ator/io, Lat.]

1. The aft of bringing forth untimely.
2.

iflue,

The Hate of abortion.

ABO'RTMENT. n. f. [from

Saxon

Thcie then need caufe no

is lefs

4JI.
from,

ABO'RTIVELY. adv. [from abortive.'} Born

in Britain.

fure.
fo

and
do yet, in the

n.f. [Lat.] The earlieft

inhabitants of a country ; thofe of whom

To

This

/.

politic conceptions, fo elaborately formed

wrought, and grown at length ripe for delivery,

JBORI'GINES.

be traced;

That
Many

Zidonians, and for Chemofh the abomination of

the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination ot
the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Advancement of Religion.

In low and ludicrous language, it is

a word of loofe and indeterminate cen-

caufe of pollution.

to

aiorri-vf gulf.

Milton'! Paradifc Left, b, ii.

which fails or mifcarries,

whatever caufe.

the high places that were before Jerufa1cm, which were on the right hand of the mouni
of corruption, which Solomon the king of Ifrae
had buildeJ for Aflitoreth the abomination of tht

(hall touch any unclean beaft, or

any abominable unclean thing, even that foul lhall be
cut off from his people.
Leviticus, vii. 2 i.

3.

4.

And

is

void profound

ABO'RTIVENESS.

Sbahfp. Antony and Cleopatra

no original

ii

timely.

gives his potent regiment to a trull,

That nofcs it againtr. us.

The

without the due time; immaturely, un-

And

Unclean.
The foul that

2.

Egyp
Genefu, xlvi. 34

adulterous Antony, nieft large

In his abominations , turns you orT,

ABO'MIN ABLE.

tic

abomir.afion to the

hateful or fhameful vice.

cup,

VI. f*
forth nothing.

Threatens him, plung'd in that

Swift

Th'

j.

That which brings

The

there (hall in no wife enter into it an

tiling that defileth, neither whatsoever worker!
Rrv. xxi. 27
ab'jminatkn, or maketh a lie.

ducing hereof to its ancient condition, propofed

by Agrippa, been accepted inftead of Maecenas's
model, that ftate might have continued unto this
Grtxu's Cojmdogia Sticra, b. iii. c. 4.
day.
An apoplexy is a fudden abolition of all the
fenfes, and of all voluntary motion, by the ftoppage of the flux and reflux or the anima! fpirits
through the nerves declined for thofe motions.
Aibutlnot on Dif'.

Pry tf) for

they hold for heretic?.

an

my

thee creft-fall'n

allay this thy abortive pride.

objeft of hatred.
is

make

uneflential night receives him next,

Wide-gaping ; and with utter lofs of being

And

4.

let it

Of

Pollution, defilement.

3.

aft

'1 his is now more freof abolifhing.

quently ufed than abolijhment.
From the total abolition of the popular power,
may be dated the ruin of Rome for h;-d the re-

Swift's

whom

and

it,

Sbakeff. Henry

3.

tians.

had been to prove

fuch ceremonies, as they require to be
abolilhed, are retained by us with the hurt of the
church, or with lefs benefit than the abolifimer.t
that

Ay, and

king Charles by Englifli or Dutcl

would render him odious to his new fub
who have nothing in fo great abomination

jects,
as thcf:

2.

often haft thou waited at

aflift

Every flicpherd

of abolifhing.
The plain and direct way

How

Remember

forces,

abolifties.

pride

fail.

Figuratively, that which fails for want

of time.

n.f.

Hatred, defoliation.

1.

That

other orchards fmile, abortive

PKlKpi.
2.

Southern's Oromok

many

ABO'MSH ABr.E.a^r.

When

are not guilty of your injuries,

way confent to them ; but do atlior,

Abominate, and loath this cruelty.

fpirits contric% harden,

cafolidate many fibres together, aboliibing
nals ; efpecnlly where the fibres are the tendereft

as in the brain.

Nor will his fruit expect

Th' autumnal feafon, but, in Cummer's

fc

Hammond

We

Dryd. Virg. Gio. iii

and con-

Fermented

nd eliminated

all.
*

Nor

The

ABO

ABO

ABO

56.

*o d'flinguim one thing from another, where there

leaft difierencc, confifts the

the emperor.

6.

ABO'UND. i. n.

To

exaflnefs of
which ii in one
judgment nd clearncfs of rcafon,
Locke.
man abo-.'c another.
The inhabitants of Tirol have many privileges
of
countries
ekove thofe of the other hereditary

but the

is

Too proud

It
pioufly ftored.
with the particle in,

AEO'VE. ad-v.
I. Over-head ; in a higher place.
To men (landing below, men (landing

aloft

When

he crbblifhed the clouds above

he (lengthened the fountains of the deep

;
;

when
when

to the fea his decree, that the waters fliould

not pafs his cemmandment; when he appointed
the foundations of the earth ; then 1 was by him,
a, one brought up with him; and I was dally hii

he gave

have no

viii.

The Trojansyi-ow abwi their foes beheld

And with arm'd legions all the rampircs fill'd.
x. In the regions of heaven.
birds (hall chant in every grove,
praile the
winds Aall waft it to the pow'rs above.

Your

Pofe's Pafti/rals.

Before.

[See ABOVE-CITED.]

I faid above, that thefe two machines of the balance, and the dira, were only ornamental, and
that the /uccel's of the duel had been the fame
\vithout them.
Dryd. Dedlcat. /Eneid.

ABOVE ALL.

In the

firft

place

chiefly.
I ftudied Virgil's defign, his difpofition of it,
his manners, his judicious management of the
ii .ures, the fober retrenchments of his fenfe, which
always leaves fomething to gratify our imagination, on which it may enlarge at pleafure ; but
above all, the elegance of his expreflion, and the
harmony of his numbers.
Dryden's Dedication

to the

Mneid.

ABOVE-BOARD.
In open fight

1.

without artifice or trick,

figurative expreffion,

borrowed from

when they put their

gamelters, who,
hands under the table, are changing
It is ufed only in familiar
their cards.
It is the part alfo of an honeft
above-board, and without tricks.

2.

man

to deal

L'Ejirange.

Without

difguife or concealment.
Though there have not been wanting fuch
heretofore, as have practifed thefe unworthy arts,
for as much as there have been villains in all
places and all ages, yet now-a-days they are
Soutb's Sermons.

ov.-ned above-board.

Cited before. A figurative expreffion, taken from the ancient

manner of writing books on fcrolls ;
where whatever is' cited or mentioned
before in the fame page, mult be abonje.

ABOVE-CITED.

It appears from the authority above-cited, that

this is a iiSt confelTcd by heathens themfelves.

Add-on

ABOVP.-CROUKD.

2.

fignify alive

do not remember, that

Words

tongue,

our brave countrymen are at

re

like' leaves,

Much

fruit

of fenfe beneath

As

Pope's EJ/ay

which

Round, furrounding,

1.

that handfomenefs for

moft liked.

Near

Ben Jonf.

Concerning,
ing to.

into the faults above-mentioned, which were indeed

the Ub~c refinements of latter ages.

Sfel}ator,ti" 175.

with regard

to,

hath no body to do any thing

am gone, and flie is old and canSbakcff tare's Henry IV.

Circularly, in a round

1.

circtim.
;
wey.vard filter,, li.ir.d in hand,
Pofters of the fea and land,
Thus do go about, about,

The

And

thrice again to

to

make up

mine,
nine.

Sbakeff. Macietb,

In

2.

circuit, in

compafs.

you what I am about. "Two yards anj

quips now, Piftol : indeed I am in
the v.-.iiir. two
yards about ; but I am about n
waftc, I am about thrift.
Sbakeffeari.
tun about was ev'ry pillar there,
polifli'd mirrour flione not half fo clear.

relat-

greatcft part of
the bifliops in Chriftendom fliould meet together.
Hooter*
The painter is not to take fo much pains about
the drapery as about the face where the principal
lies.

Dryden.
They are moft frequently ufed as words equivalent, and do both of diem indifferently fignify
either a fpeculative knowledge of things, or a
about them, according to the exipractical
gency ot the matter or thing fpoken of.
(kill

77//:r. Sermon i.
always a fin, although the particular
fpecies of it, and the denomination of particular
acts, doth fuppofe pofitive laws about dominion and

3.

Dryd. Fables.
arctftr.
When the boats were come within about fixty
yards of the pillar, they found thcmfelvcs all
bound, and could go no farther; yet fo as

Nearly

And
Her

In a Hate of being engaged in, or employed upon.

Our blelied l.nrd was pleafed to command the
rcprefentation of his death and fncrifice on the
crols fliould be made by breaking of bicad and

New sttalantis.
every way circa.
Bacon's

looked

all

virgin from her place,

about, if flie might fpy

lovely knight.

Fairy S^uecn, b.

\.

cant.

ii.

ftatix. 33.

wolf that was pall labour, in his old

age,
borrows a habit, and fo about he goes,
begcing
charity from door to door, under the difguife of a
pilgrim.

5.

With

L'Eflrange,

before a verb ; as, about

lofy,
upon the point, within a fmall dirtance
to

of.

Stillinffett.

all things arc in a flourishSwift's Short View of Inland.

go about, but might not approach

Here and there

Up rofe the gentle

4.

Thefe dying lovers, and their

floating fons,
Sufpcnd the fight, and filence all our guns :
Beauty and ynuth, abaut to perifh, finds
Such m b!e pity in br-r.e Eiii;!;ih minds. Waller,

always be heard, and fairl) anc

kindly anfwcred, when they aflc after any thing they
would know, and defire to be informed abeut.

trade, to anfwer that

they

to

nearer.

fliould

men's court, when they are afked al:ut the rate

of lands, the abilities of tenants, the flatc of

might move

is

Curiofity fliould be as carefully cheiiflied in chilLzckf.

dren, as other appetites fupprefled.
It hath been practifed as a method of making

No

more

Cataline.

lemn performance whereof, the

property.

find themfclves
Boyle on Colours.

I'll tell

Conftantine had finished an houfe for

the fervice of God at Jerufalem, the dedication
he judged a matter not unworthy, about the fo-

(..

(he

when

herfelf.

not^help

When

Children

friend

ABO'UT. adv.

am

Theft

which they

Thrice to thine, and thrice

ing condition.

falls

my

abeut her

Thou doft nothing, Sergius,

canft endeavour nothing, nay, not think
with thee,
But 1 both fee and hear it ; and
By and before, about and in thee too.

Comut.

Relating to perfon, as an aft or office.

Good co;poral, for my old dame's fake, (land

7.

to.

Thou

hall.

Liking very well the young gentleman, fuch I

took him to be, admitted this
Deiphantus about
me, who well (hewed, there is no fervice like hi*
that ferves becaufe he loves.
Sidney, b. ii.

encircling.

Speak unto the congregation, faying, get you

up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Da than,
Exodus.
and Abiram.

you may

dependant.

Dryden's. Fables.

2.

go,

6. Relating to the
perfon, as a fervant, or

Crilicifm.

Let not mercy and truth forfake thee. Bind

them about thy neck; write them upon the table
of thy heart.
Proverbs, iii. 3.
She cries, and tears her checks,
Her hair, her veft ; and, (looping to the fands,
dbout his neck flie caft her trembling hands.

when we

M'.lton's

ABO'UT.

prep, [aburan, or aburon, Sax.

feems to fignify encircling on the

give you

It is not
ftrange to me, that perfons of the
fairer fex mould like, in all
things about them,

rarely found.
tin

I will

Boldly afiault the necromancer's

and where they moft

is

Mdifon. Sfeff. N 309.

to the perfon; as cloaths.
If you have this about
jou,

Appendant

5.

abound,

expreflion ufed to

Homer any where

fliall

be in great plenty.
And becaufe iniquity fliall abound, the love of
Matthew, xxiv. n.
many fliall wax cold.

not in the grave.

ABOVE-M E NT ION ED. See ABOVE CITED.

I

taries, to tell their ftory in plain Englifti, and to

let us know, in our mother
what it is

To

on the
Cbriftian Religion,

An

graces,

of them, but abound

man

faithful

refemblance

language.

understanding, as well as all the other faalways the fliorteft way to in

end, would prefently obtain the knowledge it is
about, and then fet upon Come new enquiry.
But
this, whether laziacfs or hafte, often mifleadt
Lockt.
Our armies ought to be provided with fccreculties, choolcs

outfide. ]

Dry den, Mncid.

3.

relifli

Dryden's Indian Emperor.

abound io'ab bleflings :
but he that makcth hade to be rich, fliall not be
Prov, xxviii. 20.
innocint.
Now that languages are made, and abound ivith
for
words Handing
combinations, an ufual way of
getting complex ideas, is by the explication of
Loch.
thofe terms that Hand for them.

And

The

Acting it many ways.

Sbakefpearc's Macbeth,
Corn, wine, and oil, arc wanting to this ground,
In which our countries fruitfully abound,

18.

Every good gift, and every perfect .gift, is from

Father of
above, and comrth down from the
no variablenefs, neither
lights, with whom is
fliadow of turning.
James, i. 17.

to

ufed

In the divifion of each feveral crime,

before him.
delight, rejoicing always

Proverbs,

wine

to fignify to ui the nature and

;
faueunefs of the liturgy we are about.
'1
Labour, for labour's fake, is aga'mft nature.

be cofometimes
and fometimes the

is

The king-becoming

fcem much leflcnr d ; to thofe abirve, men (landing

Bacon.
kelow, feem not fo much lefiened.

erTufion of

particle with.

MJifan.

of the
King's and princes, in the earlier ages
and were
world, laboured in arts and occupations,
tlxrvc nothin; that tended to promote the conKSUS.
veniences of life.
Pipe's OJy/y;

\abunde, Lat. alonder,

French.]
To have in great plenty

1.

too high for.

phrafe
chiefly ufed in familiar expreflion.
for

ABO

ABO

ABO

6.

Round ; the longed: way, in oppoiition

to the fhort rtraight
way.
C.ild had thcfe natuic.-,
;
g;e.itnefs of weight;
clofcnefs of parts ; fixation
j
pliantnefs, or foftunmurity from rjft ; colour, or tincture
of yellow: Therefore the fure
way (though moil

about) to make gold^ to know the caulcs of the

level al natures before rehe.ii fed.
Bacon's Natural
HJi.

Held

me

318.

Spies (it the Voifi-ians

in chate, that 1 was forced to wheel

Three

A B R
Three

or font miles about

Hail an hour fince brought

To bring about

7.

or ftate defired

A
hJ

elfe

my

which

I, Sir,

report.

Whether
8.

this will be

very

much

To come about

to

cume

from fuch

Sftflator.

fome certain

to

ftate or
It has
point.
commonly the
idea of revolution, or
gyration.
Wherefore it came to pals, when the time was
come about, after Hannah had conceived, that (he
"e a fon.
iSam.i.zo.

One evening
The wind they
Well

went

They

to reft

and

or. fart. Deprived of, debarred from, cut fliort,

ABRI'DGER.
1.

2.

Drfd. Fables.

9. To go about

to prepare to

do

In common
language, they lay,
tome about a man, to circumvent him.

1.

to

which

fee.

[abrado, Lat.] To
rub off ; to wear
away from the other
to wafte by
parts
degrees.
By thii mrans there may be a continued fupof
what is lucccffivcly tbraded from them
ply
by
<v.

ii

the

ABRAHAM'S BAI.M.

The name of

n.f. [See ABRADE.]

of abrading, or
rubbing off".
2. [In
The wearing away of
medicine.]
the natural mucus, which covers the
membranes, particularly thofe of the
ftomach and guts, by corrofive or
(harp
medicines, or humours.
^uincy.
3. The matter worn off by the attrition of

The

1.

4.

aft

many

fide

may
My

1.

keep company
Tarry, fwect foul, for mine, then fly
fo

narrow,

nders rode abreaft, and one his

(hield,
His lance of cornel wood another heli
ft

To

BRICOT.

1.

fhorter in words,
the fame fubftance.

one volume.

determination direfls,
termination abridge, not that
berty confifts.

To

deprive of; to

VOL.

I.

ytaieffrare'i

ABROAD,

free .

Milton's Parad'ift Loft, b.

ii.

Again, the lonely fox roams fa abroad,

On Itcret rapine bent, and
midnight fraud;

and he,

Now

Such de

And

2.

2.

Welcome,
This

cell'i

mycoyrt

here

few attendants,

it

comes

Divided, without any thing intervening.

Or fpread his airy (tight,
ifle.
ii. /.

4091

Sudden, without the cuftomary or proper preparatives.

To know

My

lady craves
the caufeof your
abrupt departure.

Sbake/peare.
abrupt and unkind breaking off the two
parliaments, was wholly imputed to the duke

The
firft

of Buckingham.
Clarendon*
Abruft, with eagle-fpeed (he cut tho flcy j
Inftant invifible to mortal
eye.
Then firft he recogniz'd th' ethereal gueft.
Pope', OJy/. b.

4.

\.

Unconnected.
The abruft ftilc, which
and doth not fce<n

Sir,

hv

down

Milton', Paredift
Ly?, b*

1.463.

houfe.

Broken, craggy.

The happy

flies

Out of the

broke*

Upborn with indefatigable wings,

Over the vaft abrupt, ere he arrive

f.'ii.

haunts the cliff, now traverfrs the

lawn,
the hated
neighbourhood of man. Prior.

\abruftus, Lat.

adj.

the rude mountain, and the

motfy wild,
Tumbling through rocks abruft.
Thomf. Witter.

king,
abroach,

HenrylV.

can thy noble minJ abrotk

on thy face
laughing at thy m.ime.
Shakefftare', Henry VI. p. if.

Refiftlels, roaring, dreadful,

Intermit no watch
Agjinft a wakeful foe, while I abroad,
Thro' all the coafts of dark deftruclion feck
Deliverance.

ill

From

adv. [compounded of a and

See BROAD.]
Without confinement; widely; at
large.

I.

according

power wherein liLocke

cut off from.
In

1.

broad.

Mjcc.i* 23.
I o contradl, to
diminim, to cut fhort.
The determination of the
will, upon enquiry,

let

b. viii.

oft".]

3.

is
following the direction of that guide
that ha a power to a
or not to
aft,

Sweet Nell,

keeping

All thefe
fayings, being declared by Jafon of
Cyrene in five books, we will eflay to abridfi in

3.

Alack what mifchicfs

might be
In (hadow of fuch
greatnefs

Clartndm,

[from To brook, with

The abjcd people gazing

With envious looks, ftill

ripens in the funfhine of his favour,

abufr the count'nance of the

To make
ftill

3.

And

See APRICOT.
v. a. \abreger, Fr. abbre-

Lat.]

In a figurative fenfe ; in a ftate to be

diffufed or extended, in a ftate of
fuch
beginning as promifes a progrefs.
That man, that fits within a monarch's
heart,

a.

To

Virgil.

fpruce, while ev'ry Ipout'sabroact,

fair, jet feems to call a coach.

Ro-

fuperabundant, a word not in ufe.J

brook, to bear, to endure.

,<

ABRU'PT.

Dry4.

Would he

Dryden't Fablii.

VWl'DGE.
vto,

To ABRO'OK. v.

Siaifi'i Mifctl.

2.

Stakeff. Troilu, and CreJJida.

The

till 'tis

Stays

Htnry V.

or all thofe Iaw4, which

exercife of the Roman
religion.

ofgen'rous wine

The Templer

abreaft.

Sbakefp.

For honour travels in a

ftreight
Where one but Qx^abieaft,

,,

The jars

abroach, and for the fcaft prepar'd.

fet

confederate

abrogation and repeal

were in force Jgainft the

adv. [See To
BROACH.]
In a pofture to run out, or
yield the
liquor contained ; properly fpoken of

He

coufin Suffolk,
to heav'n

The commifiioners from the

man catholics, demanded the

vefiels.

by-

a pofition that the breads

bear againft the fame line.

foul (hall thine

law.

ABROACH,

in fuch

My

Taylor', Rule of living boly.

ABRO'CATION. n.f. [abrogatio, Lat.]

The acl of abrogating ; the repeal of a

when

his confcience (hall tell him that

it was his fin and
hit folly which brought him
under that
abridgment.
South.

bodies.

ABRE'AST. adv. [See

BREAST.] Side

difrelim, by long omiflion : but the negative

precepts of God never can ccafe, but when they
are exprefily
abrogated by the fame authority.

but

inftrumcnts, by contrary cuftoms, by pub-

lic

reduction.

Reftraint from
any thing pleafing
contraction of any
thing enjoyed.
It is not
barely a man's abridgment in his external accommodations which makes him
miferable,

ri.

which octiiions cealing, laws of that kind do abrogatt themfelves.

Hooter, b. iv.
14.
The negative precepts of men may ccafc
by

conftant delire of
happinefj, and the conftramt it puts
upon Us, no body, I think, accounts an
abridgment of lib.-rTy, or at L-aft an
abridgment of liberty to be complained of.
Lorke

herb.

Jn.

l _...4 .,
} ._
take away from a law its force ; to repeal; to annul.
Laws have been made upon fpecial occafions,

The

an

ABRA'SION.

ToA'BROGATE.v.a.

abridgments, and to draw to lefs,

at firft we were.

Contraction

that

Bodies politic, being fubjeft, as much as nato dillolution,

by divers means, there are
undoubtedly more Hates overthrown through ctifwies- bred within themfelves, than
through violence from abroad.
Hooker, Dedication.

DC- tint.

3.

way and

tural,

Even that nothing, which

Hale.

Attcrb. Serm.

directions, this

Dryd. firg.

decurfion of wate..

home.

Without, not within.

S-

diminution in general.

To make

Dryd. Span. Friar.

fojourns in a foreign country, refen
and hears abroad, to the ftate of

Full in the midft of this infernal

road,
difpljys her dufliy arms abroad.

All trying,
by a love of littlencfs,

a.

Ihjil

tran/larion,

An elm

Soutb's Sernicm.

verbal

at

with wide expanfion.

compendium* or abridg-

French.]
The epitome of a larger work contracted into a fmal]
compafs ; a compend ; a fummary.
Surely this commandment contained! the law

2.

againft agues.

offers

fees

4. In all

a fhortener.

Idolatry is certainly the

great and leading paradox ; nay, the
very abridgment and fum total of all abfu.ditics.

JBRACADA'BRA. A fuperftitious charm

To ABRA'DE.

writer of

Heater, b. ii.
5.
firft-bcrn of folly, the

chafe

things at

n.f.

abridges

and the prophets; and, in this one

word,
abridgment of all volumes or" Icriptuie.

quelqu'ua.

Archbimop

He who
what he

ABRIDGMENT, n.f. [abrcgcmtnt,

Some of thefe phrafes feem to derive

their original from the French a bout
;
verrir a bout d'une
; <ve*ir a bout de
for

that

ments.

it.

Did not Moles give yon the law, and

yet none
of you keepeth the law ?
Why go ye about to kill
John, vii. 19.

A. Bp.

He

to be fomewh.it hardly

for ever abroad, and difcre-

Hooker, frcf.

Whofoever

ABRI DCED

fail.

home, than

have the misfortune of that

young traveller, who
loft his own
language abroad, md brought home
no other inftead of it.
Sir J. DeitbamWhat learn our youth abroad, but to refine
The homely vices of their native land ?

Statejptare'i Merchant of Venice.

were formerly, by the common
law, dif-

if the gale

at

dited.

a noble rate.

come about ;

continued, both refolv'd to

Pofc'i Letten.

it

In another
country.
They thought it better
yoked

charged from pontage and murage ; but this privile^e has been
them fince by feieral
abridged
ftatutes.
Ml/is Porrrgr.n Juris C.mcnici

that looking out,

long had wifli'd was

pleas'd they

morn

Till

it befel,

out dying after

3.

eftate,

By flu-wing fomething a more fwelling poit,

Than my faint means would grant continuance
Nor do I now make moan to be
abrulg'd

brought aicsr, by breaking

queftion.

have difaMed mine

fubjefls none abroad.

Sbalcffeare'i TtmftJI.
walked a whole hour abroad, with.
Lady

is

away.

to bring to the
point
as, be has brought about

bis purpofts.
his head,

A
And

followed by the particle

from, or of, preceding the thing taken

SbakeCp. Coriolanui.
;

fenfe it

B R

to

hath many breaches,

end but fall.

Bin Jonfon't
Dijecverf.

ABRV'PTEB.

B S

a word
adj. [alruftui, Lat.
!c in life.]
Broken off fuddenly.

AB*U'PTED.
The

not precipito their

toufly atritfttd, but gradually proceed
Brtwu's Vttgtr Frrmirs, b. vi. io.
ccrTi-.ions.
effefts of their

afli

The

ing

By

fuch other folid matter, being difficultly feparable

from it, becaufe of its adhefion to all fides of
thi-m, bae commonly fume of that matter liil!
mtadhering to them, or at leaft marks of its

from them,

,:

thtir fides.

all

.-n

H'odvxird's Nat. Hijl. f. 4-

adv. [See

ABRU'PTLY.
tily,

ABRUPT.] Haf-

fweetnefs of virtue's difpofition, jealous

even over

abruptly,
retire.

Addijtui, Spectator,

like.
Some add a fifth kind of atfence, which is
committed cum dolo
culpa, by a man's nonappearance on a citation ; as, in a contumacious
perfon, who, in hatred to his contumacy, is, by
the law, in fome refpe&s, reputed as a perfon pre-

&

241

./. [from abrupt.]

abrupt manner, halle, fuddennefs,

untimely vehemence.
The ftate of an abrupt or broken thing ;
as of a fragment
roughnefs, cragginefs ;

fent.

Ayl'tffc's

continued my
and diftracTions of mankind.

abfencet

Addiftn, SftEiator,

found in the perpendicular interval;, have always their root, as the jewcryftallized bodies
is

rllert call it, which,

A'BSCESS.

./

Not

1.

from

Lat.] Amora tumour filled

[abfceffus,

If the patient is not relieved, nor dies in eigh

anc
days, the inflammation ends ill a fuppuration
in the lungs, and fometimes in fome
an

To

cut

off,

either

Whofe

2.

The
By

may

of being cut

ftate

Surgery

To

ABSCOND, v.n.
hide one's felf

b. vi. c.

Tho'

[alfcondo, Lat.]
from the pub

*'

-.

-.

it fhutt itfslf

n..

in the fpring-time,

hole,

its

when

it

Iran.

Tor

i.i

it

is

comc

autumn, whe
very it:;

a./,

perfon that abfconds.

A'BSENC*.

b>i

forth agaiii, ver

on tit Creation

[f/om abjcand.}

n.f.
I

[Sec

ABSENT.]

am

and

1.
77.

if,

due fummons,

Th

fence

abfent.

AUSENTK'E.

n.f.

his itation or

adj.

Complete; applied

Becaule the things that proceed from him are

without any maum-r f u-.vft or maun ;
it cannot be but that the wi.rds of his rn
have,
v, aid bck nothing whit
for performance of that thing whereunM t'.ty
tend.
H-'jkir, b. ii. ^ 6.
;

perfect,

What

is

his ftrength by land

Great and increafing

He

is

2.

an alf'Jute matter.

He

employment, or country

word ufed commonly with regard

Irifhmen living out of their country.

to

Unconditional;
Although

it

Ar.'.ir.<t

ar,AC'.c;pi>!ra.

as, inabfolutt promife;

runs in

'f,

yet

ii

is

indeed conditional, as defending upon the qualification or" tiie perfon to v.hom it is pronou

an;

Relating to abDicl
that is abfent from

but by fea

Sbattfftare's

Addifon's Remarks on Italy

aJj.

[abfolutus, Lat.]
as well to perfons

as things.

to the
abfenis himfelf, he is to be fined
value of ab'.mt a penny Englim.

ABSENT A'NEOUS.

Halt's Origin if MaaiinJ.

of twenty-four hours.

A'BSOLUTE.

onp

neceflfarily be
in the fpnc*

which preceded it, muft

like ours, ;md confequently ahi.'vJ

contrive fome means,

after

infinitely, then that

and not

a finite interval,

circulation

member
'

Ray

ABSCO'NDER.

common.

Milton i Paradife Lull, b. vii. I. 94.

If that which is fo fuppot'ed infinitely d'uUnt
from what is now current, is defiant from us by

Sbakeff care's Hamlet

not free, abfents thee more.
Miltuni faradtfe Loft, b.\t. I. 372
forc'd thus to abfent myfelf

all I love, I ihall

important;

ii

./-fc/uils t:

Its

up in

abjevt,

friendly intervals, to vifit thee.

Southern's Sfartan Dame
The Arengo is ftill called together in cafes o

to retire

'Ihsmarniottco.

From
Some

T2

To

view generally nfed of perfons

debt, or criminals eluding the law.
lie

becaufe he
is

to AM*ri,
This ufe is

E.Vifa

to complete.

finifh,

1.

regard-

that

remitted, in the ec-

Abjdvd.

To tell my tale.
Go for thy (lay,

off.

Vulgar Errours,

abjcr.t,

him

fin

Mov'd the Creator, in his holy reft

Through al! eternity, fo late to build
In chaos
and the work begun, how foon

Abfcnt thee from felicity awhile,

And in this harth world draw thy breath ii puin,

confumirute defoUtion.
'i

To

To withdraw, to for<v. a.
bear to come into prefence.
If thou dijft ever hold me in thy heart,

cefTation of jraclcv, with Montacutius,

underlland this .ntc.cifion, not atfi iflitai, o

Brmun

is

pronounce

But all is calm in this eternal deep ;

Here grief forgets to groan, and love to weep ;
Ev'n 1'upcrftition lofes ev'ry fear;
For God, not man, abftlves our frailties here.

To ABSE'NT.

Lat.]

Woman's

danger.

tf^fd. xi.

that

*<

To

caufe

Sinkeff, Macbeth.
or jirclenc, they were
abj'tnt

mm

com-

neceflarily

of our natural fathers, muft

prehend the perfons
mean a duty we owe them, diftinft from our obedience to the magiftrate, and from which the
mill abfolute power of princes cannot atfolvi

not

of the prefent objeft.

diftinguilh a

by both.
abjolv'd
"

Wallers Maid's Tragtdf,

4.

too.

am

advantage to be given,

hearts are abjem

ill,

This command, which muft

particle

jidiliftm, Sftflator,

aft of cutting off.

Fabricius ab AquipenJente renders the abfci!
fan of them difficult enough, and not witiiou

2.

is

thinks of (omething elfe, from

becaufe he thinks of nothing.

The

1.

the

Abfent in mind, inattentive

lefs

Part of the diame[Lat.]

ter of a conic fecYton, intercepted between the vertex and a femi-ordinate.
[atfcijfio,

there

Whether they were

vexed alike.

in a natural or figurative fenfe.

n. f,

ufed with

prefent:

the aft

clefiaftical fenfe.

Both more and lefs have given him the revolt}

And none ferve with him but conftraincJ things,

JBSCfSSA.

ABSCI'SSION.

to take that bloody oath.

Compell'd by threats

Where

abfeefs

a.

promife.

And

[at/ens, Lat.]

a<ij.

Sti'jft'i Mifall.ia'ui.

an engagement or

To

3.

Psf is Pajl

Arlutb. of Diet.
other part of the body.
Lindanus conjefturcd it might Be fome hidden
fome
abftefi in the mefentery, which, breaking
few days after, was discovered to be an apoftem o
the mefentery.
Har-vy on Confumfriiont

by former judgments.
fet free from

ii

In fpring the fields, in autumn hills I love j

At morn the plains, at noon the fliady grove j
But Delia always : abfentfrom her fight,
Nor plains at morn, nor groves at noon delight.

bid cavity in the body ;

with matter ; a term of ehirurgery.

To ABSCI'ND. f.

that general

2.

',

man, you have

tliis

us.

Dryd. Jav. Sat.

A'BSENT.

in condemning
be here alfflvid
ail
opportunity of belying
fcandal, of redeeming the credit iotr.

his wealth, to

77

His abfenct from his mother oft he'll mourn,

And, with his eyes, look withes to return.

only the abrupttuf:, at the

end of the body whereby it adhered to the ftonr,

or fides of the intervals; which abruptness is
eauled by its being broke off from the faid ftone.
Woidio. Nat. Hlfl.f.Ar

Our

little

of holy pity,
great goodnefs, out
him with an axe. Kkakrfp. Htnry VIII.
victors, bleftin peace, forget their wars,

the ftrs.
TitluH.
Enjoy pad dangers, and a'.Jolvc
As he hopes, and gives out, by the influence of

ufed with the particle/roM.

It is

4.

Lat.]
of a crime in a ju[abfol--uo,

Your

Junl Canomci.

walk, reflecting on the

Jkfolv'd

the
3. Inattention, heedleflhefs, negleft of
prefent objeft.

violently disjoined.

The

Parcrgcn

MM*

ownei by

dicial fenfe.

the fourth, an abfenct entirely voluntary ; as,

on the account of trade, merchandife, and the

ABRU'PTNSSS.

/-'.

&>&

ABSO'LVE. i'. a.
To clear, to acquit

1.

And

They

ytn

efljtei io Ireland arc

leave ofT.

ofF, to

Tt

monwealth, or in the fervice of the church.

The third kind the civilians call a probable abfenct; as, that of ftudents on the fcore of ftudy.

time thus agreed upon, and that in whatever comleft it

pany or bufinefs they were engaged, they
as foon as the clock warned them to

grot part of

ABSI'NTHI ATED. part, [from ubfintbinm.*

Lat. wormwood.] Imlmtered, impregDid.
nated with wormwood.
fo ABSI'ST. -u. n. [at/iJiti.Lzt.] To Kami

a neceflary abfenct, as in baniihcd pc:fons ;

fcr.ond, necefljry
entirely neceflary.
and voluntary j as, upon the account of the com-

fufFered her not to enter abruptly

itfelf,

into queftions of Mufidorus.

Sidney, b. ii.
Now mifling from their joy fo lately found,
So lately found, and fo abruptly gone.
Par. Regained, b. ii.
both of them punctually obfervcd the

2.

in the legal fenfe.

of a fourfold kind or fpccies. The

this is

/ ."

as draw ovir the pruriu

abfaaen, and fuch
out of Ireland, refunding notlung.
Ci ..,i'i Difiatrft onT:,

firft is

The

An

N24i.

Want of appearance,
is

sgj'nft

Dryd. Fat.
given no diflertation upon the abhow
Jenft of lovers, nor laid down any methods
they ihould fupport thccofelves under thofe fcpasLtdifon, Sfeflater,

made

fuch as had land in Ireland, to

5:r

You have

Absence

ftatute

firft

all

fit

defend yiurfelf
calmnels, or by aifence: all's in danger.

rations.

the

nd refide thereupon.

return
Sir, 'tis
to

could find,
Abjtnce, the beft expedient they
Might lave the fortune, if not cure the mind.

2.

Then

commanding

hive ftrong party

Sbak.'Jpeare's Coriolanus.

without the due forms of prepara-

tion.

1.

oppafed to

His friends beheld, and pity'd him in vain,

For what advice can cafe a lover's pain ?

and fudden feparation.

are inclofed in (tone, marble, or

Thofe which

.ibfent,

prefence.

You

ABRu'pTiON.n.y.'fa^V/yo.Lat.] Breakoff, violent

of being

ftate

are

ity

3.

Not
I

relative

fee

ftill

as, al-.blutc fpace.

iJ

the diftinft

in-

will bear
of .'
:ip,
any man out in the wo.-ihip of any cteatu;
in the
refpeft to God, as well at Ica't .14 it doth
;

ferior,

worihip of images.
SlUI'ingf. Dtf. of Dif:.

An

abfo.'ute

mode

fubjett, without

;.

is

that

m R:>-

ftever; but a relative mode is

!>__ __!___
__P
d that one being has to others.

derived from the

'

I.

B S

Acquittal.

1_

Abjnlat'un, in the civil law, imports a full acquittal of a perfon by fome final fentence of law ;
alfo, a temporary difcharge of his farther atten-

ffotf.'s Logicl.

In this fenfe
cafe alijoiute in
jj..

we fpeak of the

ablative

dance upon a mefne procefs. though

grammar,

as, abfoluts power.

;
4
r*'y crcwi is abjdvtc, ao- holds of none
I cannot in a bafe fubjection live,
Nor I'uftcr you to take, tho' I would give.

fome fentence pronounced either

Dryd. hd. Emf.

5. Pofitive ; certain; without any hefitaIn this fenfe it rarely occurs.
tion.
Long is it fmce I faw him,
But time hath nothing blurr'd thofe lines of favour,
Which then he wore ; the fnatches in his voice,
And burft of fpeaking, were as his I'm atfo/ute,

Completely, without

by ecclefiaftical authority.
The abjolutlon pronounced by a prielt, whether
papiil or protcftant, is not a certain infallible ground
to give the perfnn, fo abfolved, confidence towards

All

th-?

r^o'.ctions

ai/blute.]
reftriftion.

which grow

God.
thofe

in

Sidney.

mer:t they can build upon having joined

with a protetiant army, under a king they acknowledge, to defend their own liberties and propwtie;, is, to me, akfc/me/y inconceivable ; and,

Ptrergon.

ol

nounced in favour of the perlons, upon the account of nearnefs of blood ; yet, if
adultery fliall
afterwards be truly proved, he m.'iy be aja'm
proceeded againft as an adulterer.
Ay':ffe's

What

I believe, will equally be fo for ever.

Thcfe then being

ing.]
not

theiefo:i:

No

Sfrat's Sermons.

fenlible quality, as light, and colour, and

iViun,', can b^ tubfiitent in rhc bodies

heat, and

aljorkcd

eyca and ears, and ocher orgins of lenle.

if fenfaqualities are only the <:

'.vh.ih arifc from the different motion*, uDon

\Vithout limits or dependance.

ngtime had courted fortune's
But, once

j>i.fic//d, d':J j.'<,V.-.'-/v

Thus, with

their

And coir-iuer'd

firJt

thofo beauties they

love,

Of fearlefs
By

would gain.

of that nature, for the mn(t part, are

things abfilutelv unto all men's faiv-uion neccflary,
either to be held or denied, either to be done or
avoided.
Hooker's Preface.

5.

Peremptorily; pofitively.
Being

as I an),

Command me

why

didft not thou.

abjs'utcly not to go,

into fuch danger, as thou

Going

ABSOLUTENESS,
1.

2.

b. ix.

Clarendon, b.

viii.

nothing that can raife a man to that

{enerouj abfo'intnefi of condition, as neitJier to
'
.

:i

3.

rain love, tho' laudable,

at.firft
eddy, they together found
vaft profundity.
Pbil/ifi.
;

To

alj'.rb

See

fuck up.

The

evils that

ABSORBENT.

come of

rxercife are that

and attenuate the moifturc

or the

it

doth

body.
Bacon.

Suppofing thcforementioned confumption fliould

prove fo durable, as to aljorb and extenuate the
faid fanguine
parti to an extreme degree, it is
evident, that the fundamental parts muit neceija-

While we

peifpire,

we

Harvey on Confumpthns.
abjtrb the outward air.

ABSO'RBENT.

n.f. [abforbens, Lat.]

medicine that, by the

porofity of

its

foftnefs or

either cafes

parts,

the

of pungent humours, or dries

away fuperfluous moiilure in the body.

aiperities

is

Ij.vn, or to

depend meinly ; but that

that happinefs within himfelf, for

men depend upon

others*

'-people; which
not f"r his

made

for his

u:>

tempi

ABSOLU'TION.

rcrvcfcence with acids, and are therefore called

though not fo properly, for they are not

alkalis,

He kept a ftrait hand on his nobility, and chofc

rather to advance deigymen and
lawyers, which
were more obfequious to him, but had lefs int.-.reM

dref-;

Quincy.
There is a third clafs of fubftances, commonly
called abfcrbtnls ; as, the various kinds of (hell-,
coral, chalk, crab* eyes,
ft. which likewife taifc

Youth's Strm,

Defpoticifm.

Tby

it

Ai-bitthnot.

n./. [from abfolutc.]

Completenefs.
Freedom from dependance, or limits.
The abjclutentft and illtmitednefs of hit comr.ijlion was generally much
fpoken of.
There

made

obnoxious to be
Eutn. Theory.
Some tokens (hew
friendfhip, and their finking mates

riiycomi' into danger.

fai jft ?

Parad. Left,

'jwcr v.ith
in

abfolutenefs, but
Racai's Henry VII
all the
fplendor am.

add to

it.

J.o kc.

n./. [abj'elutio, Lat.]

Whether the colder nymph that rules the flood,

Extinuuifhes, and balks the df unki'n god :
Or that Mclampus (fo have fome alfur'd)
When the mad Pi.ttides with charms he cur'd,

or ab-

abjorbed,

fjlts.

Arl>usl.not<,n Aliments.

ABSO'RPT.

fart, [from abforb.} Swallowed up ; ufed as well, in a figurative

fenfe, of perfons, as, in the primitive,

of tilings.
^> hat can you
cxpecl from
talked thefc five days? wh

a in-in,
ii

who

witlid

has not
rawing his

longevity are chiefly amongft

Abftinencc in extremity will prove

a mortal dileafe; but the experiments of it are
Arbuthnct on Aliments,
very rare.
Clytorean dreams the love of wine expel,
(Such U the virtue of th' abftiHihuf\<:?\\)

4.

a fierce

The
z.

And

pret.

the abyfs ;
tion of that earth, wliich
abfsrft in water.

ftrove,

Without condition.

temperance.
The inltances of
the abftemious.

And pow'rful herba, both charms and limples call

Into the fober fpring, where ftill their virtues laft.

to the difruption of
and St. Peter to the particular conltitu-

Dryden'i jjnnui Mirabilis.

4.

fhould be foilowed

fwallow up.

Suilain

Amj/-ons, the heroes

part.

Lat.]

ing from excels or pleafures. It is ufed

of perfons ; as, an abftemious hermit:
and of things ; ao, an abftemious diet.
It is fpoken likewife of things that caui'e

It

c-

Dryden's firgif.

adj. \abflemms,

Temperate, lober, abftinent, refrain-

[abforbeo, Lat. prefer.

a.

i>.

and to become

liberty,

ABSTE'MIOUS.

Mofes imputed the deluge

reign

To

I.

to

Bcntley's Sermons.

3.

it

man's

Taylor's Rule of living holy*

be

may

it

to lofe a

Even then the doubtful billows fcarce ibjiain

From the tofs'd vell'el on the troubled main.

forpt.]

our r.erca, from oljecli without, according

their various modiiKations and poiir'

and

ufe,

Ctam'tile'i Scefjis Sckntijtca,

To ABSO'RB.

vuta relation

thetnleivCi,

in

it, is

a fervant of meat and drink, or I'moke.

of a middle conftitution,
that mould partake of fome of the qualities ot
is
unwarranted by any of our faculties ;
both,
yea,
moft abj'jVQUs to our reafon.

or relatively fo to us; it
jlouliy aifecled for the one

aglinft the ntlicr.

from

by to orfrsm.
To luppuli: an aniter

t''e

'

is

Abfurd, contrary to realbn.

much

doubted whether

perpetual caufes of zeal ;

or th? grcateft evil; cither at-

I.

trary to reafon, wide from the purpofe.

adj. [afyi/nus,La.t, ill-found-

is

To

Lat.]

Milton's Paradijc Lofl, b. x.

993.
be perpetually longing, and impatiently defiroue of any thing, fo that a man cannot ai/ljin

A'BS9NOUs.

either willingnefs to live, or for;'.ely approve

wardncfs to die.
Hooker, b. v.

[abjlineo,

To

A'BSONANT./I^'. [SeeAssoNOus.] Con-

Sicift'i trtfb. flea.

z. Without relation ; in a date unconnected.

lately we cannot difcommend, we cannot

From love's due rites, nuptial embraces fweet;

And, with defires, to languim without hope.

Sositb's Sermons,

A'E SOLO TORY. adj. [abfotutoriui , Lat.].

That which abfolves.
Though an abfoiutwy fentence mould be pro-

,:'.

m:nd^, that neither abfvluttfy climb the rock

Tjrtue, nor freeiy link into the fea of vanity.

11.

If thou judge it hard and difficult,

Converfing, looking, loving, to abflnin

remiffion of fins, or penance, de-

clared

Sbokefpeare's CymbeHne.

ABSTA'IN.

forbear, to deny one's felf any gratification ; with the particle/row.

Caitor.ici.

Parergon Jvr'u

Ayliffc's

The

2.

The

abjcjrb.~\

Burner's Theory of the K.irtl.

To

judicial absolution.

A'BSOLUTEI.Y. adv. [from

I.

in a court of l:iw,
there is, in this

kind of law, one kind of abfohilion, termed judicial, and another, ftyled a declaratory or extia-

n.J. [from

aft of fwallowing up.

It-was belowthe dignity of thofc facred penmen,
or the Spirit of God that dire&ed them, to (hew
us the causes of this difruption, or of this abforftioti ; this is left to the enquiries of men.

Thus

orelfeinfcropcerrirfntiari.

'Twa? very Cloten.

ABSO'RPTION.

failure or

defect in pleading ; as it does likewife in the canon

law, where, and among divine;, it likewife fignifies a relaxation of him from the obligation of

Not limited

B 9

he can, from all the prcftnt

thought?,
wjrld, its cuftoms and its manners, to be fidly
Pope's Letters.
pofolTed and akjorft in the part.
as far as

Dtyden's Fables*

ABSTE'MIOUSLY.

ad-v.

[from abjhmious.]
Temperately, foberly, without indulgence.
ABSTE'MIOUSNESS. n. f. [See ABSTEMIOUS.] The quality of being abfte-

ABSTE'NTION. a.f. \tmn\abjlineo, Lat.]

The ad of holding off, or reftraining ;
reltraint.

To

Difl.

ABSTE'RGE. v. a.
To cleanfe by wiping

ABSTE'RCENT.

adj.

[atjlergo,
to wipe.

Lat.]

Cleanfing; having

a cleanfing quality.

To ABSTE'RSE.

To

[See ABSTERC-E.]

cleanfe, to purify; a word very little

in ufe, and lefs analogical than
ah/lerge.
Nor will we affirm, that iron received), in the
ftomach of the oftrich, no alteration but we fufpeft this effect rather from corrofion than digef-t
;

not any tendence to chitification by the na;

tural heat, but rather fome attrition from an acid
and' vitriolous humidity in the ftomach, which
may abflerfe and ihave the fcorious parts thereof.
Brrtun's Vulgar Errcurs, b. iii.
tion

ABSTE'RSION.

n.J". [abfterfo,

aft of cleanfing.

See

The

Lat.]

ABSTERGE.

Abfktrft* is plainly a fcouring

the more vifous humours, and

oft',

or incifion

of

making the humours more fluid, and cutting between them and
the part; as is found in nitrous water, which
fcoureth linen cloth fpeedily from the foulnefs.
Euan's Natural Hijiory, N 42.

ABSTB'RSIVB.

adj.

[from

abjltrgt.}

That
has

A B

divided
the pure do
handle only ebflrafl quantity in general, as geodoth
metry, arithmetic ; yet that which is mixed,
confider the quantity of fjme particular determithe
handles
So altionomy
nate fubjecl.
qtuntity
of heavenly morions, mufic of founds, and meami
of
chanics
weight*
pm\rrs.

Mathematics, in

the qulitv of abflerging or cleanf-

and
good, after purging, to ufe
broths, not fo much opening as thofe ufed brfnre

apemes

but abfttrfat and mundir'ying clyftcrs

the
good to conclude wkh, to draw away
humours.
rrliqucs of the
Bacon's Natura
A tablet (rood of that atflerfwt tree,

purging

alfo are

Where ythiops'
There, many

grew,
of yellow hue. Swifi'i Mifccl.

n.f. [al>/lintntia, Lat.]

Forbearance of any thing ; with the

1.

breadth, wifdom, mortality,

2.

can you faft? your ftoroachs are too young:

Shakeffnare't Love'i Latour Loft.

the faces of them, which have ufed atmail ftine above the flars ; whereas our
f.r.tr.ct,
laces Dull be blacker than darknefs.

Religious men, who hither muft be fent

A%, awful guides of heavenly government j
To teach you penance, fads, and abjlineniCj
To punilh bodies for the foul's offence.
Drydtn'i Indian

A'BSTINENCY.

n.f.

The fame

of

55.

AB-

Fundam.

Lat.] That

It is ufed
ous, rapacious, or luxurious.
chiefly of perfons.
ABSTO'RTED.<J<#. \abftort ui,\J ^.'\ Forced
away, wrung from another by vio-

lence.

Dili.

ABSTRA'CT. >v. a. [abjlrabo, Lat.]

To take one thing from another.

Could we
and fuppofc

hem

thcfc pernicious effefts,

abfirafl
this were innocent, it would be too

light to be matter

of praile.

Dicay cf Piey.

feparate by diftillation.
Having dephlcgmed fpirit of fait, and gently cbthe whole

fpirit,

there remaincth in the

Jiriidtd
retort a ftyptical fubfrance.

Boyle,

To

feparate ideas.
Thofe who cannot diftinguifh, compaie, and

j.

would hardly be able to undcrftand and

ufe of language, or judge or reafon to any
toltrab'e degree.
Lock,

ebflrjfl,

make

To

reduce to an epitome.
If we would fix in the memory the difcourfes
we hear, or what we defign to fpcak, let us abflraS them into brief compcrnds, and review them

4.

often.

H'alts'i Imp.

A'BSTRACT.
the verb
I.

of being abftrafted, or

ftate

Th"

ercife of

Wbrfiw.

any narrow bounty.

ABSTR A'C TED.

Separated

part adj.
.

[ from abjtracl. ]

disjoined.

and

ParaJiftLoft, b.

adj.

r,f

the

[abjiraflus, Lat.

judgment of motions and

To ABSTRACT. ]_

Separated from fomething elfe ; generally ufed with relation to mental per
ceptions ; as, abjlraft mathematics, abfratl terms, in oppofition to concrete.

ad<v.

With

abftrac-

Holder.
could give a rule of the greateft beauties, and the knowledge of them w.is fo ai>J!raf( r
that there was no manner of fpeaking which could

In feveral ages born, in feveral parts,

Weave

fuch agreeing truths ? or how, or

Should all confpire to cheat us with a lie

ner

ABSTR A'CT JON. */. [abfiraflio,

1. The aft of abftrafting.

Lat.]

man-

abllrufe

not plainly, or obvi-

obfcurely,

Puft's

them almoft
upon fuch a

Th

difficulty,

inevitably fo

it

is little lefs

laucy,

fcorc, to find fault with <hc (lyle of

the fcripture, than to do fo with the author for

making

us but

men.

Boyle on the Scripture*

n.f.

[from

abjlrufe.']

Abftrufenefs.

That which
ufed.
Authors are
fwallowed,

who

is abftrufe.

A word

feldom

alfo fnfpicious, nor greedily to be

pretend to write of fecrcts, to de-

liver antipathies,

of things.

fympathics, and the occult abBrown" i Vulvar Erronrs.

TeAasu'ME.i'.a. \abfumo, Lat.j To bring

to an end by a gradual walle ; to eat up.

An uncommon

word.

That which had been burning an

infinite

time

could never be burnt, no not fo much as any pare

of it ; for if it had burned part after part, the
whole mult needs be abjumed in a portion of time.
Halt's Origin of Mankind.

ABSU'RD.
Letun.

other paffages that are fo indeed, fince it is the

of what is taught in them, that makes
abjtruftneji

The

to be praifed for his atftraflion.

abftrufe.]

is not oftentimes fo much what the fcripture

what fome men perfuade others it fays,
makes
it feem oblcure, and that as to fome
that

neither reprefent any thing corporeal or fpiritiial ; tliat is, any thing peculiar or proper to
Wasn't Logict.
mind or body.

ftate of being abftrafted.

Abfence of mind ; inattention.
Difregard of worldly objefts.

[from

abftrufe

It

as

hetmit wiihcs

Jfrujitici

Drydtn't Dufnjnoy.

fays, as

2.

The word alftiadiin fignifies a withdrawing

fome part of an idea from other parts of it by
which means fuch abftracled ideas are formed,

4i

'

quality of being
obfcurity.

1.

why

Unafk'd their pa'ns, ungrateful their advice,

Starving their gain, and martyrdom their price.
Drydtn t Riiigio Laid.

3.

them.

ABSTRU'SITY.

arts,

2.

figures thereby framed.

No man

difficult.

fimply, Separately from all contingent circumftances.

Or whether more atyirafledly we look,
Or on the writers, or the written book
Whence, but from heav'n, could men unfkill'd in

See

and

figures within the mouth are

not eafy to be diiVmguiihvd, efpeciaily

tbofe of the tongue, which is moved through the

help of many mufcles, fo eafily, and habitually,
and varioufly, that we are fcarce able to give a

Dinr.t.

tion,

Mind.

viii.

The motions and

oufly.

Abfent of mind, inattentive to prefent

objects ; as, an abftraQed fcholar.

ABSTRA'CTEDLY.

eafy.

So fpakeour Sire, and by his countenance feem'd

Ent'ring on Itudious thoughts abjiruft.

ABSTR U'SE NESS, a./

like
Abjiraflid fpirityai love, they
Their fouls exhal'd.
;

remote from, conception or

It is oppofed to obvious

ABSTRU'SELY. adv. In an

Refined, purified.

Abftrufe

fight difcerns

apprchenfion.

Milton.

Stupidly good.

Difficult

s.

exprefs

That fpace the evil one abflrafiej flood

From his own eyil, and for the time remain'd

whofe

eternal eye,

thoughts, from forth his holy mount,

And from within the golden lamps that burn
Nightly before him, faw, without their light,
Rebellion riling.
Milton' i ParadifcLoJt, t. v. /. 71*.

abftrufc,

hearts of great princes, if they be confidcred, as it were in abftraR, without the necefand circumftanccs of time, can
fity of Mates,
take no full and proportional plcafure in the ex-

Du-t.

Lat. thruit

jfbftrufijl

dif-

The

adj.

Hidden.

To

2.

The

away.

\abftrufus,

thruft off, or pull

out of fight.]
I.

follow.

joined.

Emf.

adj. [abfthiem,
ufes abftinence, in oppofition to covet-

I.

To

ABSTR U'SE.

to the end of a chapter,

he recollected the fentiments he had remarked ;
fo that he could give a tolerable analyfis and abof every treatife he had read, juft after he
flratt
IPatts's Imp. oftte Mind.
had fmifhr.i it.

of their \irtue and energy.

A'BSTINENT.

men

L^ki.

difficult.

Did,
Unbound.
To ABSTRI'NOE. v.a. Tounbind. Di3.
To ABSTRU'DE. -v. a. [abjlrudo, Lat.]

principal parts.
Wh:n Mnemon came

3.

with

HaniiKond'i

might render

If you are falfe, thefe epithets are fmall ;

You're then the things, and abftrali of them all.
Drydeni Aur.
2. An epitome made by taking out the

for the abftineneies, or riots,

of this prrfent life, under the prejudices of ihort
or finite, the promifes and threats of Chrift would

To

all faults all

[from at/fraff.]

ABSTf.\'crt.D.part.aJj. [abftricJus, Lat.]

Staktffean'i Antony and Clc'jfatra.

Were our rewards

much

will purfue his thoughts in that

will be moft agreeable to the na-

n. f.

reparation from all matter or

I have taken Come pains to mike plain and familiar to your thoughts, truths, which eftabliihi-J
ideas thcmfclvci,
prej udice, or the abjlrafinefi of the

IT IN EN CE.

lofe

death.

n.f. [from the verb.]

fmaller quantity, containing the vir1.
tue or power of a greater.
You flull there find a man, who is the abftralt

And

vii.

Subtilty

A'BSTRACT.

maladies.
abftincnce ingenders

2 Efdras,

ABSTR A'CTN ESS.

ture of the thing, and to his apprchenfion of what

Locke.
it fuggefts to him.

Fading, or forbearance of neceflary

It is generally diftinguifhed from
temperance, as the greater degree from
the lefs ; fometimes as Angle performances from habits ; as, a day of atflinenct, and a life of temperance.
S.iy,

mm

In,

Matter atftra&lji and abfnlutely confidercd, cannot have born an infinite duntion now ;..<!( an.!
expired.
Btrttley'l Strmcr:.

the particle frtm.

Another fruit from the confidering things in
themfcives, abjlrafl from our opinions, and other
men's notions and Jifo'iurfci on them, will be,
method, which

abftraB.~\

an abftraft manner, abfolutely, without

reference to any thing elfe.

With

that each

food.

And

ing the power or quality of abftrafting.

ABSTRA'CTLY. adv. [from

Watt ft Logic*.
t.

particle from.
Becaufe the abfl'mince from a prefcnt pleafurc,
that offers itfelf, is a pain, nay, oftentimes
very
after
great one : it is no wonder that that operates
the fame manner pain does, and lefl'cns, in our
thoughts, what is future ; and fo forces us, as it
Luke.
were, blindfold into its embraces.

life,

ABSTRACTIVE, adj. [ from aljtralt. ] Har.

WilkMt Mathematical Afagict.

terms fignify the mode or quality of
a being, without any regard to the fubjecl in
which it is ; as, whitenefs, roundnefs, length,

a flow'r ahfttrfrvt

A'BSTINENCE.

And though

jlbjiraf}

fwarthy bird did build to neft.

Sir John Dtnbiim.

fav'rite flow'rs

Thy

its latitude, is ufually

Into pure and mixed.

ing.
It is

A B

B S

I.

adj. [abfurdui, Lat.]

Unrealizable
ufed of men.

without judgment,

as

Seeming

ABU

IT

Seeming wife men may make fliift to get opinion but let no man chule them for employment
5
for certainly ^ou had better take forbufinefs a mar

i.

ABU

Plentiful.

Some praife at morning what they blame atnight,

Good, the more

Communicated, more abundant grows

fometvhat abfurd, than over formal.

Bacon.
man, who cannot write with wit on a proper
is
dull
ar.d
but
who
fubject,
fliews it
ftupid ;
one,
in an improper place, is as impertinent and ab-

The author not

furd.
2. Inconfiftent,

Addifon, Spectator,

The thing itl'elf appeared defirable to him, and

accordingly he could not but like and defire it ;
but then,

was

it

and contrary

to

after a
all

very irrational abfurd way,

the methods and

If the veflels are in a ftate of too

great rigidity,
not to yield, a
ftrong projectile motion occafions their
rupture, and hemorrhages ; efpecially
fo as

a rational agent; which never wills a

thing really
it
applies to the means, by which
it is to be acquired.
Snath's Sermons.

But grant that thofe can conquer, thefc can

cheat,
*Tis phrafe abfurd to call a villain great:
Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave,
Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.
on

E/ay

tate

where the blood is abundant.

Arbutbnot on Aliments.
It is followed fometimes
3. Fully ftored.

The

thefe were
found out, and was abundant tcitb all
things at
firft
and men not very numerous ; and therefore
;
were not put fo much to the ufe of their
wits, to
find out
ways for living commodioufly.
Burnct.
4. It is
to
fome-

Man.

ABSU'RDITY. n.f. [from ahfur/].

long-fuffering and abundant in goodnefs and truth.
The quality of being abfurd ; want of
1
Exid. xxxiv. 6.
judgment, applied to men; want of AB U'N D A N T L Y. aJ-v. [from abundant.}
How

1.

Let the waters bring forth

abundantly the moving
creature that hath life.
Genefis, \. 20.
God on thee
Abundantly his gifts hath alfo pour'd;
Inward and outward both, his
image fair.

clear

foever this idea of the

infinity of
number be, there is nothing more evident than
the atfurdity of the actual idea of an infinite

number.
2.

Locke

That which
were

is

abfurd; as, his travels

of abfurdititi. In which fenfe

full

has a plural.
That fatisfaclion we receive from the opinion of
fome pre-eminence in ourfelves, when we fee the
abfurditia of another, or when we reflect on any
part abfurdities of our own.
Addifon.
it

ABSU'RDLY. adv. [from

an

abfiird
,

manner

fonably.
But man we

abfurtt.]

improperly
*
JT
/

:
*

2.

Sprat.

Heroic poetry has ever been efteemed

thegreatelt
work of human nature. In that rank has Ariftotle
and
is
fo full of the like explaced it;
Longinus
prcflions, that he abundantly confirms the other's
Drydtn's State of Innocence, Pref.
the example of our
equals wants of authority, is abundantly fupplied in the imaginations
of friendfhip, and the
repeated influences of a

telKmony.

What

find the only creature,

;

convention.

Absurdly bends his whole defigns. Svvifi't Mifeel.

We may proceed yet further with the atheiit,
and convince him, that not
only hii principle is
aofurd, but his confequences alfo as
de-

n.f. [from abfurd.'} The

quality of being abfurd ; injudiciouf-

impropriety. See ABSURDITY

is more
frequently ufed.
^A&V'NDAKCK. n.f. [abundance, Fr.]
1. Plenty ; a fenfe
chiefly poetical.
At the wbiipcr of thy word,
;

And,

Ln

hU

Nilus

2.

3.

between mountains,

Addifon

For w;ll

wot, moii mighty fovereign,

That all thi, famous antique hi'
Of fome, th' abandonee > >f an idle
brain,
Will judged be, and
painted forgery.

ABI/NDAN

r.

adj. [abundant, La:.]

le

Spenfer.

evil

pleads a natural claim,

perfecute the mufe's fame,
poets in

all

times abufi-ue,

poon.
Waken'd
3.

Sbakefp. Othello.
at

abufivc.

tongue

the magirtrates coercive

power.
Deceitful; L fenfe little ufed,

them,

proudly.
1 Mtic. vii.
34.

Rofiom.

yet noc

improper.
It is

by a number of examples, that

gained by an abujive treaty, ought

verified

whatfoever

is

to be reftored in
integrum.

ABU'SJVELY.
i.

ad>v.

War f.u\tb Spain.

[from abufe.}

Improperly, by a wrong ufe.

The oil, abuf-vely called ipjrit, of rofes, fwims

at

the top of the water, in the t:irm of a white butter

;
wh'chl remember not to have obfcrved in
any other

concerns

Pope,

But he mocked them, and

laughed
and tbujei diem
fhamcfully, and fpake

arofe, thy

Thus envy

To
On

pafs

thefe

that thus
abufe me.

abufe.']

it noife and
(how,
moft atufive foe.
Pope's Mifullaniu*
Dame Nature, as the learned (how,
Provides each animal its- foe ;
Hounds hunt the hare, the wily fox
Devours your geefe, the wolf your flocks.

apprehenfalfe no-

treat with rudenefs ; to

reproach.
am no ftrumpet, but of life as honed

As you

[from

Bacon's Ccn/id'eraticns on

South' s Sermons.
all

<z<#.

Praftifing abufe.
The tongue mov'd gently firft,and fpeech was low
r

Till wrangling fcience taught

of error.

To
I

Next, Comedy appear'd with great applaufe,

tempting words absts'd;

Thefe tempting words were all to
Sappho us'd.

4.

ABU'SIVE,

Till her licentious and

tlte-great

'

Nor\be with

with very

that deceives.
Next thou, the abufer of thy prince's ear.
Denham'i Soply,
3. He that reproaches with rudenefs.
ravifher, a violater.
4.

perhaps,

of men,
abufing their minds with
tions ; and fo, by this
artifice, making
for good, and good for
evil, in all

light, expos'd

He
He

2.

Spenfer.

fion

remember what

dark in

wrong.
Samfon jtgonl/ltt,
ABU'JER, n.f. [from, the verb- abufe
1.
that makes an ill ufe.

upon.

126.
Hijiory,
imports the mtfreprefentation of the qualities
of things and actions, to the common

Italy.

Exuberance, more than enough.

Her through the fea did bear.

To deceive ; to impofe

It

froa^ benefit unto the Chriftian (tate.

Sir Walter
Raleigh's E/jys.

4.

daily fraud, contempt, abuje, and

From Homer down to Pope inclufive.

Swift' j MifccL
2.
Containing abufe ; as, an abufttie lam-

Bacon's Natural

extremely

filed,

violate ; to defile.
Arachne figured how
Jove did abufe
Europa like a bull, and on his back

in the practice, full

great quantity.
Their chief entcrprize was the
recovery of the
Holy Land ; in which worthy, but
difficult, acTion, it is lamentable to
alar.dance of noble blood hth been

tumely^

poffible; but the means hitherto propounded, are

Abundance of
peafants are employed in hewing down the largeft
cf thefe tree, that, after
they are barked and cut
into fhapr, are tumbled down.
on

want of beauty to my charge.

Sidney, b. ii.
Unjuft cenfure, rude reproach, com-

To

covered with woods of fir-trees.

J.

4.

Cor. vii. 31.

Out of my weaknefs and my

As he is very potent with fuchmelancholy,
fpirits,
Abujes me to damn me.
Sbakefpeare's Hamlet.
The world hath been much
abufed by the opinion
of making gold
the work itfelf I
judge to be

rife,

plenty, their abundar.ee find.

Great numbers.
The river J-in is (hut up

Was it not enough forhim-to have deceived me*

and, through the deceit abufed me, and, after the
abufe, forfaken me, but that he muft now, of all
the company, and before all the
company, lay

And wicked wit

To

bad cuftom.

Seducement.

3.

ufe of.

He

Drjd. Ann. Mir.

2.

ill

fee their

an

Paradife LoJ), b. iv*

The iiatuce of things is fuch, that, if abufet be

not remedied, they will
certainly encreafe.
Swift for Advancement of Religion,

has fixed and determined the time

for our
repentance, beyond which he will no longer await
the perverfenefs of
men, no longer fuft'er his comp.iffion to be aiufed.
R ag ir ,', Sermons.

Crown'd abundance fpreads

So glad Egyptians

To make

alone, to value right

before him, but perverts bed
things
worft abuft, or to their meaneft ufe.

A corrupt practice,

2.

le

which

Cralhaio.
my board.
The doubled charge his fubjects' love
fupplies,
Who, in that bounty, to themfelves are kind

-v.

o,.

knows

God

The good

To

They that ufe this world, as not abuftnr it; for

the fafliion of this world
pafTeth away.

ABSU'RDKESS.
nefs

a. [abutor, abufus,
Lat.]
In abufe, the verb,
has the found of
in 'the noun, the common (bund.
;

z
1 .

absurdly
Bentity's Sermoni.

it.

Rogcrs's Serm.

conftant^

To ABU'SE,

profitable for the fufte-

H'joker, b. v.

Paradife Loft, i.viii.

Amply, liberally, more than fufficiently.

Ye law the French tongue
abundantly purified.

After
unrea-

Who, led by folly, combats nature

Who, when (he fondly cries, Forbear,
With obftinacy fixes there
And where his genius lead inclines,

duced from

In plenty.

away things

Little

Ajiy, but

propriety, applied to things.

calling

nance of man's life, is an unthankful

abufe of the
fruits of God's good
providence towards mankind.

by in, commonly by with.

The world began but fome ages before

applied generally
things,
times to perfons.
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and
gracious,

and abufe.

ABU'SE. n.f. [from the

1
The ill ufe of any thing.

in the lungs,

principles of

ind properly, but

Pofe'i

Paradife Loft, t. v.

ol

fentiments or practices.

right.
us'd,
abus'd.
Pope', EJay on Criticifm*
The next criticifm feems to be introduced for
no other reafon, but to mention Mr.
Bickerftaff,
whom the author every where endeavours to imi-

impair'd, but honour'd more.

Exuberant.

2.

291.

contrary to reafon, ufed

But always think the laft opinion

A mufe by thefe is like a miftrefs
This hour /he's idolii'd, the next

oil

drawn

in

ay

limbeck. Boyle' t Sceptical Ckimill*

^.

Reproachfully.
ABO'SIVENESS. n.f. [from akufe.] The
quality of being abufive ; fbulnefs of

language.
Pick out of mirth, like ftones out of
thy ground,,
Protancncfs, filthinefs, abujivenefs.
Thefe are the fcum,with which conrfe wits abound i

The

fine

may

fpare thefe well, yet not go lefs.

H r!*rt.
t

ABUT. v.

To

touch
border
with the

To

end

at, to

approach

to,

ACADE'MI AI..

adj. [from academy.}

Re-

lating to an

academy, belonging

to an

particle upon.

Two

Whofe high
The narrow

mighty monarchies,

uprearcd and abutting fronts

perilous occ.in paits afunder.
Sbakeffcare

The

's

n.f. [from academy.'] A

an academy or univerfity; a
member of an univerfity.
Wood, in his
Athener Oxohienfes, mentions a great

Loots are two fcveral corporations,

fcholar of
.

diftin-

made

fcaft

abuts, or borders upon another.

n.f. [from abut.] The butwriting or boundaries of any land.

ting declaring on what lands, highways,
or other places, it does abut.
Did.

[abyfme, old Fr. now written contraftedly ablme.}

gulf; the
fame with afy/s.
n.f.

My

good

Have empty

that were

my

left their orbs,

of hell.

and

frars,

former guides,
fliot

Stakci/icwe'i Atitopf

and

n.f. [from academy.]

dent of an univerfity.

Cleopatra.

tempt with wand'rir.g feet

dark, unbottom'd, infinite ai>yjs,
And, through the palpable obfcure, find out
This uncouth way.
Mjttift Paradiff LoJI, b. ii. /. 405.
fliall

throne is darknefs in th' atyfs of light,

blaze of glory th r. forbids the fight;
teach me to bsiicve thee thus- conceal'd,
And fearch no farther than thyfclf reveal'd.

A
O

Ac A D E'M
Or

s.

firft pufli,

and

fee

it

great depth, a gulf; hyperbolically.

The yawning

earth difclos*d th* abyfs of hell.

Drydens yjrg. Ceorg, i.

In a figurative fenfe, that in which any

3.

thing

is loft.

For fepulchres themfelves muft crumbling

In time's abyft, the common grave of all.

fall

Juvenal, Sat. it.

If, difcovering how far we have clear and diftinft
we
confine
our
within
the contemideas,
thoughts
plation of thofe things that are within the reach of
our understandings, and launch not out into that
f/yjs of darknefs, out of a prefumption that noLocke.
thing is beyond our comprehenfion.

Drydcn

4.

Our
Still

are here to confider

what

generally underexplication
commonly interpreted either
to be the fea, or fubterrancous waters hid in the
bowels of the earth.
Burmfi Ibeciy.
ftood by the great abyfs, in the

of the deluge; and

2.

Ac, AK,

is

ARE.

Being initials in the names of places, as Atlan,

(ignify an oak, from the Saxon ac, an oak.
Cibf'jn'i Camdcn.

AC A' CIA. n.f. [Lat.]

I. A drug brought from

Egypt, which,

being fuppofed the infpiflated juice of a

tree, is imitated by the juice of floes,
boiled to the fame confiftence.

court Ihall be a

little

3.

4.

tree

aft

To

thing, and therefore the name,

[Lat.] The name of

,the herb bears-breech, remarkable for
being the model of the foliage on the

Our
thciis,

aft

To

word very

n.f.

\_acccnfio,

of kindling, or the

The
Lat.]
of being

ftate

makes an cxplofion fo forcible as fmnetimcs Co lull

the miners, make the earth, and force bodies, ot"
great weight and bulk, from the bottom of the pit

696.

which has the complete number

devotion, if fumciently accemicd, would, as

burn up innumerable books of this fort.
Decay of Piety.

WwJiuJrd's Natural

or mine.

A verfe

[acccado, Lat.]
fire

Tile fulminating damp will take fire at a candle,

or other fl.imr, and, upon its accenfion, gives a
crack or report, like the difcharge of i gup, and

either fide

/.

on

kindled.

Corinthian chapiter.

Acantlus, and each od'rous buihy ihrub,

Fenc'd up the verdant wall.
Mill. Psrad. Left, t. iv.

a.

<v.

to fet

ACCE'NSION.

n.f.

On

of haftening.

rarely ufed.

is

modern.

them.
Hales Origin of MankintU

in difpules concerning

ACCE'ND.
kindle,

Comm. Savory. Tre-voux.

of fyllables, without defeft or fuperfluity.
commonly fo called here, though To ACCE'DE. -v. n. [accedo, Lat.] To be
different from that which produces the
added to, to come to ; generally ufed
Difiionaire de

men

Confidering the languor enfuing that action in

fome, and the vifible acceleration it maketh of age
in jnoft, we cannot but think venery much abridgeth our days.
Brown.

of education, in contradifKnc-

ACANTHUS,

The

3.

by

tion to the univerfities or public fchools.

The

motion, the gr^rU

tacion of the air, the exiftence or non-exiitence of

empty fpaces, either coacervate or interfperfed, and
many the like, have taken up the thoughts and

univerfity.

A place

of the body accelerated, or

ftate

quickaned in its motion.

The degrees of acceleration of

times of

place where fciences are taught.

Amongft the academies, which were compofed

quickening motion.

b-.v

The

2.

arts.

The

An

aft of

n.f. [acceleralio, Lat.]

?f the acceleration of failing bodies, difcovjrtJ firrt by Galileo, is, that the velocities acquired by falling, being as the time in which the
body fails, the fpaces through which it paffes will
be as the fquares ot the velocities, and the velocity
and time taken together, as in a quadruplicate f.iti 3
of the fpaces.

academy,

the rare genius of thofe great men, thcfe (our are

reckoned as the principal ; namely, the Athenian
fchool, that of Sicyon, that of Rhodes, and that
of Corinth.
Dry den i Dufnfnty.

common

'tis

In the language of divines, hell.

5.
From that infatiable atyfi,
Where flames devour, and fcrptnts hifs,
Promote me to thy feat of blifs.
Scfcomir.en.
or

The

n. f.

and contemplative in living

The

1.

Want.

enquiries.

ACCELER A'TION.

Stakefpeare't Ltnie's Labour Left.

The body of waters fuppofed at the

centre of the earth.

We

z.

1.

and acctUrate hi> diligence in the moll

his thoughts,

momentous

Acadimia, Lat. from Academus of Athens,

whofe houle was turned into a fchool,
from whom the Groves of Academe in
Milton.]
An aflembly or fociety of men, uniting
for the promotion of fome art.

knew, inclined

to the
Bacon's Henry VII.
Perhaps it may point out to a lludent now and
then, what may e-.nploy the moit nfeful labours of
clfe

a battle.

accelerating

481.

Ray
[anciently, and prothe firft fylperly, with the accent on
lable, now frequently on the fecond.

A'CADEMY.

which few

fufpicions,

on the Creation.

NO no.

690.

did fuck in fometimcs caufelefi

tinual vigilancy

the genius roves,

is

/. 1

ufed chiefly in philofophical language ;

but it is fometimes ufed on other occafions.
In which council the king himfelr", whole con-

Re-

obferved by the Parifian acadcmlfts, that

fome amphibious quadrupeds, particularly the feacalf or feal, hath his epiglottis extraordinarily large.
It

roll

Aadijcn, Guard.

Tbcmf. Sum.

generally applied to matter, and

It is

2.

wanders wild in academic groves.

1.

an Alsmtnii,

from the dread immenfity of fpace

Returning, with accelerated courfe,

The rufliing comet to the fun defcends.

often ufed.

With infant nature, when his fpacious hand

Had rounded this huge ball of earth and feat
vaft abyjs.

c K. adj. [academical, Lat.]

Arbuttnx

fevers.

Lo

ACA'DEMIST. n.f. [from academy.} The

member of an academy. This is not

Jove was not more pleas'd

the

lating to an univerfity.
While through pcwiic fcenes

Drydcn.

Along the

and

ftu-

dwell upon a journal that

DunciaJjlr.lv.

Thy

Tn give it

Ihall

AVm/wTj Of tics.

Spices quicken the pulfe, and accelerate the motion of the blood, and difiipatc the fluids ; from
whence leannefs, pains in the ftomach, loathing;,

treats

depth without bottom.

Who

young academic

of trade, and be lavifh in the praife of the

author ; while perfons (killed in thole fubjefts,
hear the tattle with contempt.
Watts' s Imfrwancnt of tht AJinJ.

f<ra-, bot

The

them.

nerally ufed in fpeaking of the profeflbrs

in the academies of France.

tomlefs, Gr.]
I.

Watt.

bent his mind to a retired courfe.

Into the atyfm

ABY'SS. n.f. \abyjus, Lat.

accelerating

the emptying of mines, at much more cafy ratei

than by the common methods. Glan'vilU+.SctpJit.
If the rays endeavour to recede from the denleft
part of the vibration, they may be alternately accelerated and retarded by the vibrations overtaking

ACADEMI'CI AN. n.f. \academiciert, Fr.]

The member of an academy. It is geACADE'MICK.

their fires

Lat.]

He drew him firft into the fatal circle, from a

kind of rcfolvod privatenefs ; where, after the academical life, he had taken fuch a taftc of the rural,
as 1 have heard him fay, that he could well have

ABY'SM.

Take new beer, and put in fomc quantity of

dale brer into it ; and fee whether it will not accelirjte the clarification, by opening the body of the
beer, whereby the grolfer parti may fall down into
lees.
Bacon's Natural Hiftory,
307.
By a (kilful application of thofe notices, may be
of
and bettering
fruits, and
gained the

for the academians.

ACADE'MICAL, adj. [acadcmicus,

ABU'TMENT,?/./ [fnmalut.] That which
Belonging to an univerfity.

ACCE'LERATE, i>. a. [accelert, Lat.]

To make quick, to haften, to quicken
motion ; to give a continual impulfc to
motion, fo as perpetually to increafe.

AcADt'MiAN.

Henry V

gui/hed by the addition of eaft and weft, abutting

a navigable creek, and
u'p^rt
joined by a fair bridge
of many arches.
Carau.

ABU'TTAL.

To
1.

academy.

C C

in political accounts ; as, another power

has acceded to the treaty ; that is, has
become a party.

true acacia ; and therefore termed pftuMiller.

docacia, or Virginian acacia.

n. obfelete. [aloutir.to

at the end, Fr.]

upon ; to meet, or

A C C

AC A

A'CCENT.
i .

n.f.

The manner

It

\accentus, Lat.]
of fpeaking or pronoun-

cing, with regard either to force or ele-

gance.
1

Itnaw,

A C C

A C C
I

no flatterer; he that be
Sir, I
in a plain accent was a plain knave
part, i will not be.'

know,

gulled you
which, for my

2.

nothing of the probability that France would eve

them.

3.

In

Sbalutfearc's Ayou
grammar, the marks made upon

fyl-

lables, to regulate their pronunciation.

Accent, as in the Greeknames and ufage, feem
to have rrgardeJ the tune of the voice ; the acute
accent railing the voice in Ibme certain fyllables t<
a higher, i. e. more acute pitch or tone, and the
grave deprelling it lower, and both having fome em

more vigorous pronunciation.

Poetically, language or words.

4.

Sbak'fpeare'

tial

lift

I.

77

fee

any

Paradije Loft, b. ii.

other method left for men ot

Addijon on

And, now congeal'd with

Strength to accent, Here

grief,

cries,

can fcaicimplore

my Albertm lie

ffattin,

falvation, are, nntwithftandirg, of fo great dignity and acceptation with God, that mcft ample
reward in heaven is laid up for them. Hooker, b. ii.
They have thofe enjoymer.tionly as the confequences of the ftate of edeem and acceptation they

4.

Itwiil

that gives; fo there

on
5.

Italy,

take

acceptable

nunciation.
2.

Marking

the accent in writing.

ToACCE'PT.

v.a.

[accifio, Lat. accepter,

Fr.]
1.

To

take with

pleafure

to

receive

admit with approbation.

diilinguilhed from receive, y&ypefrom general ; noting a particular

kindly
It is
cific

manner of receiving.

ways

Charm

ti hi:

mud

alfo tell

Paradije Left, b. viii. /. 43 5.

cannot be foolswith fo good acceptance

as others.

2.

Soatb's

The meaning
or underftood

of a word as
;

now commonly

it is

S'mmni.

received

acceptation is the
ufed.

word

particles of bodies. Bentl.Serwl.

[from

accept.']

The per-

term of the

civil

law, importing the

remiflion of a debt by an acquittance

from the creditor, teftifying the receipt

of money which has never been paid.

ACCE'PTION. n. f. [acception, Fr. from
;

That

The

the meaning.

received fenfe of a

Not

in ufe.

hath been cfteemcd the due and prcSper accretion of this word, I (hall teftify by oneevidence, which gave me the firft hint of this notion.
Hammond on Fundamentals.
this

ACCE'SS.

Some men

flaughter'd many of the gentry, for whom

o fex or age could be acc-ftedim extuf:.
Sidney.

They

we

acceptance of them.

Sbakefpeare't Coriolanui.
imboldc,i'd fpake, and freedom u;'d
and
found.
Pcrmiflive,
acceptance

Thus

obcv. Pope.
;

us his noble deeds,

him our noble

falln.

ufed in a kind of juridical fenie

2.
as, to accept terms, accept a. treaty.
It is

n.f.

ACCEPTILA'TION. n.f. [acceptilatio, Lat. J

Spenjcr's State of Ireland.

tells

com-

fon that accepts.

n.f. [acceptance, Fr.]

Reception with approbation.
Ey that acceptance of his fovereignty, they alfo
a ccpteJ of his laws; why then mould
any other
law, now be ufed amongft them ?
If he

by acc'pting, by fubmitting fwuy,

Yrth.tvrv

motion of the

word

duty.

Drydn'i Dedication

teftine

ACCE'PTER.

acceptio, Lat.]

Mclacbi, i. 10.
no refpefter of pcrfons : but, in ev?rj
nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteoufnefs, is accreted with him.
Adi, x. 34, 3;.
V'u have been gracic-ufly pleafed to accept this

my

145-

as it is

is

1.

is

ter.dur oi

find

The meaning of a word,

monly received.

ACCE'PTANCE.

Neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for nought.

I have no pleafurcin yju, faith the Lord of hofts,
neither wiil I accept an offering at your hand.
.

thpy will, as your age requires it,

to cxprefi it acceptably to every one.
Locke on Education,

people,

to

required alfo an acceptation

South's Seitnoiis.
given.

it is

Clarendon, b. viii.
either fluid or folid, in a large
acceptation of the words, that they may compre_hend even all the middle degrees between extreme
fixednefs and coherency, and the moft rapid in-

For the
pleafe ; with the particle to.
accent, fee ACCEPTABLE.
Do not omit thy prayers, for want of a good orafor he that prayeth upon God's account,
tory
cares not what he fuffers, fo he be the friend of
Chrid; nor where nor when he prays, fo he may
do it frequently, fervently, and acCtLtahly. Taylor.
If you >.an teach them to love and rUpcCt other

is

whom

All matter

ii.

vowels.

his part to

Thereupon the earl of L.iuderdale made a difcourfe upon the feveral quelTions, and what acceptation thefe words and expreflions had.

thereby
away thcacaftatinujioftSut
To write or note the accents.
Crew's Cojmologia Sacra, b.
c. 2.
conjunction.
To ACCE'NTUATB. v. a. [accentuer, Fr.] ACCEPTABLY, adij.
[from acceptable.]
To place the proper accents over the
In an
manner
fo as to

ACCENTUA'TION. n.f. [from accentuate.]

The aft of placing the accent in pro-

Acceptance

and governours.
Locke on Education,^ 53.
in the juridical fenfe. This

fenfe occurs
rarely.
As, in order to the pafling away a thing by gift,
there is required a furrender of all right on his part

ACCE'PTABLENESS. n.f. [from acceptable.'] The quality of being acceptable.

3.

being acceptable

things, although not fo required of necefto leave them undone, excludeth from,

are in with their

parents

function to take, in order to reform the

world, than by ufing all honed arts to make themfelves acceptable to the laity.
Sivift.
After he had made a peace fo acceptable to the
church, and fo honourable to himfelf, he died with
an extraordinary reputation of fanctity.

neral.
you that before
unhappy lines
Have ferv'd my youth to vent fome wanton

Some

fity, that,

tht

pronounce or utter in ge-

O my

do not

reception, acceptance.

The

So

Good

Cain, envious of the acceptation of his brother's

prayer and facrifice, flew him ; making himfelf
the firft manflayer, and his brother the firft martyr.
Raleigh's Hiflcry of the World, b. \.
ftate of
; regard.
3.

my help,

me

Denbam's Sc/pky*

good or great.

is

2.

as thy perfect gift, fo

good,
fit, lo acceptable, fo divine,
That fiom her hand I could expect no ill.

gav'ft

Reception, whether good or bad. This

large fenfe feems now wholly out ofufe.
knows he no other, but that I
Yet, poor foul
do fufpect, neglect, yea, and deleft him ? For,
!

It is ufed with the

pleafing.
particle to before the perfon accepting.
This woman, whom thou mad ft to be

And

Cotuel.

[from accept.]

n.f.

every day, he finds one way or other to fet forth

himfelf unto me ; but all are rewarded with like
coldnefs of acceptation.
Sidney, b* ii.
What is new finds better acceptation, than what

fylhblc

L*cke on Edu:a:iin, ^

to

by Milton ; by others, with the accent

on the fecond, which is more analogical.
That which is likely to be accepted ;
grateful

it is long, in words above two

fyl(which is enough to rrg'i'.a'.e her pronunciathe
let
read
and
words;
her
tion,
accenting
daily in
them in Lathe gofpels, and avoid u

can.

1.

The quality o
ACCEPTABLE.

adj. {acceptable, Fr. from

the Latin.]
It is pronounced
by fome
with the accent on the fink fyllable, as

but one, where

me

n.f.

ACCE'PTABLE.

lables

tin, if

or not.

ACCEPTA'TION.

the prefent that goet!

Taylor's Wcrtby Ccmmuaicant

rules.

2. In poetry

jo

the grace and acceptability of repentance.

firft.

the

a,

He hath given us his natural blood to be fhed

for the remiflion of our fins, and forthe
obtaininj

pronounce, to fpeak words with

particular regard to the grammatical
mark

him with

being acceptable. See

To

to

-Job, xiii.

I will appeafe

formerly elevated at the feconifyllable,

Having got fomebody

you, if ye do fccretly

fometimes ufed with the particl

4. It is

jfulius Ctefar.

When the rough Teaman's louder fhouts prevail,

When fair occalion (hews the fpringing gale. Prior.
fo A'CCENT. if. a. [from accentu;, Lat.]

marks or

will furely reprove

cept perfons.

ACCEPTABI'I-ITY.

at the

regard.

He

now

[inlaw.] The receiving

of a rent, whereby the giver binds himfelf, for ever, to allow a former aft done
by another, whether it be in itfelf good

me, and afterward I will fee his face ; per

adventure he will accept of me. Gencfis, xxxii. zc

Winds on your wings to heav'n her accents bear

Such words as heav'n alone is fit to hear.
Diyd. Virg. Paji. 3.
modification of the voice, expreffive
5.
of the pafiions or fentiments.
The tender accent of a woman's cry
Will pafs unheard, will unregarded die ;

1.

ACCE'PTANCE.

before

How many ages hence

Shall this our lofty fcene be acted o'er,
In dates unborn, and accents yst unknown.
t

Sivift

but odious: for, according to this, pleafure and

fenfuality pafs for terms equivalent ; and therefore
he, who takes it in this fenfe, alters the fubject of
the difcourfc.
South.

In the language of the Bible, to

accep
perfoni, is to aft with perfonal and par

3.

Holder,

i.e.

plialis,

accept

it

pleafure is man's chiefeft god, becaufe

the perception of good that is properly

it is

pleafure, is an afiertionmoft certainly true, though,

under the common acceptance of it, not only falfe

Thofe who have defended the proceedings o

our negotiators at the treaty of
Gertruydenburgh
dwell upon their zeal and patience in endeavourin
to work the French up to their demands, but fa

purchale in (o removed a dwelling.

like

That
indeed

Dryden's FabL

S bakefpeare" s King Lear

The found given to the fyllable pro
nounced.
Your accent is fomething finer than you cou!

CC

His promife Palamon accepts, but pray 'i

To keep it better than the firft he made.

n.f. fin fome of its fonfcs, it

feems derived from aacffus ; in others,
from acccffio, Lat. acc'es, Fr.]
The way by which any thing ;;iay be

approached.
The afcefs of

the town was only by a neck of

.Bacon.
There remained very advantageous actijlit tor

land.

temptations to enter and invade men, the fortifications being very (lender, little knowledge of immortality, or an; thing beyond this life, and no
liTurttice

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ffuruice that repentance would be admitted for

Hammond on

Fundamentals.
And here th' aceejs a gloomy grove defends ;
And hne th' unnuvif able lake extends,
O'er whofe imluppy waters, void of light.
fin.

No

Ai in ifiand, we ire accefble on trerj fids, ind

it is
expofcd to perpetual invafions ; again ft which
without
impoflibie to fortify ourfelve fufficicntly,
a

Oryden's /fteid, vi.

2. The means, or liberty, of approaching

either to things or men.
When we are wrong'd, and would unfold our

what
more

Lv

men

unto his perfon,

that mod have done us wrong.

They go commiflion'd

And

3.

/.

I,

Nor

109.

139.

wife,

The

deduflively, and
is the

The

Vulgar Errostrs,

among

it.'s.

c.

aft

felf to

reputation

fometimes ufed, after the French,

to fignify the returns or fits of a diftemper i but this fenfe feems yet fcarcely
received into our language.
For as relapfes make difcafes,
More defperate than their firft accejes. Hudibras.

4. It is

A'CCESSARINESS.
ftate

Perhaps

n. f. [from
acce/arj.]
of being acceflary.

draw us into a negative acctfDtcay of Piety.

*dj.
[A corruption, as it

aft of arriving at
acceffion to the throne.

A'CCSORII.Y.

good and general

fenfe.

As for thofc.things that arc acccflary hereunto,

thofe things that fo belong to the way of falvation,
&ff.
Hooker, b. iii.
3.
He hath taken upon him the government of
HuU, without any apprehenfion or imagination,
that

it

would ever make him

accejfary to rebellion

Clarendon, t.

ACCESSIBLE,
(cjjible,

Fr.]

proached

adj.

[accejpbilis,

vii;

Lat. ac-

That which may be apthat which we may reach or

arrive at.

A'CCESSORY.

dcfpicablc while cafy, art clouded and obicured.

Dtcoj tj'Piety,

Lat. ac-

This word, which had

Applied to perfons.
A man that is guilty of a

now

is

felonious offence, not

may

but by participation ; as, by comAnd a man

advice, or concealment.
be acccjjory to the offence of another, after

two

forts,

principally,

mandment,

common

law, or by ftarute and,

by the common law, two ways alfo; that is, beBefore the laO ; as, when
fore or after th* facl.

by the

one commandeth or advifeth another to commit a

felony, and is notprefentat the execution thereof;
for his prcfence makes him alfo a principal ; whciefore there cannot be an acceflbry before the fafl in
manflaughtcr ; becaufe manfhughtcr is Hidden
and not prepcnfed. AcctJJ'ory after the fact,
when one receiveth him, witf>m he knowcth to
have committed felony, Acctjtory by ftatute, is
he that abets, counlels, or hides any man committing, or having committed, an offence made fei

On

fome meafure, to our

fenfes, yet not without great fcarch and fcrutiny,
or fome happy accident. Halt's Origin of Mankind.
Thofe things, which were indeed inexplicable,
have been rackt and tortured to difcover themielres, while the plainer and more acctjfble truths,
'tn

In

acceffory.^

anciently a general fignification,

almoft confined to forms of law.]

and though

accejfsble,

{from

n. f.
[acceffbrius,

Fr.

ceffiire,

applied both to perfons and

thing*, with the particle t.
Some lie more open to our fenles and daily obfcrvation; others are more occult and hidden,
is

as, the king's

fo as to incrcafe it ; additional.
In this kind there is not the leaft action, but it
doth fomewhat make to the accejjory augmentation
Hooker.
ofourblifs.

lony by rtatute.

It

aJ-v,

the manner of an acceflbry.

A'ccESORY.a<#. Joined to another thing

this will

feems, of the word accejfiry, which fee ;

but now more commonly ufed than the
That which, without
proper word.]
being the chief conftituent of a crime,
contributes to it.
But it had formerly a

1.

Cotvcl

common

law, the accij/iries cannot b<

By
proceeded againft, till the principal has receivec
his trial.
Sfe nf. Stair of Jrdu
the

But

paufc, my foul and ft udy, ere thou fall

accidental joys, th' eifential.
to abide
Still before
!

tsccejjorses

A trial, muft

the principal be try'd.

Now
Alike, to ferpenti

To

as if

z.

his bold riot.

Applied

were

all

Dei

transform'4

all, as acccjjiritt

Mtlnn'i Per,

to things.

Loft, t, x.

/.

n.f. [arddens, Lat.]

property or quality of any being,
which may be Separated from it, at leaft

The

in thought.
If (he were but the body's accident,
her fole being did in it fublift,

And

As white

And

in fnow Ihe might herielf abfcnt,

in the body's fubftancc not be mifs'd.
Sir y. Daviei.

An

mode, or an accident, is fuch a

not neceflary to the being of a thing ;
for the fubjeft may be without it, and )et remain
of the fame nature that it was before ; or it is that
mode which may be feparated or aboliflied from

mode

its

2.

accidental

as

is

ffatis's

fubjefh

Lo^uk.

In grammar, the property of a word.

The learning of a language nothing elfe but
i

the informing of ourfclve;, what compofures of

by confcnt and inlVitution, to fignify
fuch certain notions of things, with their modalities and accidents.
HMer's Element: if Speech.

letters arc,

3.

Dryden's Fables-

The

3.

farinefs to the mifchiefs.

A'ccEStAnr.

A'CCIDENT.

of coming to, or joining one's

as, aceejjion to a confederacy.

what wile objections he prepare*

Againft my late acctjpvn to the wars ?
Dors net the fool perceive his argument
Is with more force againfl Achilles bent?

I do want eloquence,
never yet did learn mine accidence.
Taylor the H'at -r-p;e!,

do confefs

Befidc,

IO.

if not kept uy
"With an accefs, and frefh fupply, of new ones,
Is loft and loon forgotten.
Dcriharrt's
Sophy.

fpeech.

And

the Air.
Boyle's Spring tf
the nobles began to appre-

Of virtuous aAions pad,

The

own

the king's bounties, nor his

difcharge of fuch over-proportioned

and the only virtuous enjoyment of them.
Rvgcrs's Sermons.

The

2.

upon inference, include the fame; for unit}'

jnfeparablc and eflential attribute of Deity.
f(/ivn"s

wifeft

acccjfinns,

Pjradife Loft, i. ix.

Although to opinion, there be many gods, may

fr'm an aceejs in religion, and fuch as cannot at all
it

all

the proper

ftronger.

eonfift with atheifm, yet doth

Rogers.

n.f. [acceffio, Lat, acctjpon,

hend the growing power of the people j and therefore, knowing what an accejjiin thefeof would accrue to them, by fuch an addition of property,
ufed all means to prevent it.
Stvift.
Charity, indeed, and works of munificence, are

in thy fight

more watchful,

could

book

little

Clarendon.
he died unlamented.
There would not have been found the difference
here fct down betwixt the force of the air, when
expanded, and what that force Jhould have been
according to the theory, but that the included inch
of air received fome little accej/ion during the trial.

from the influence of thy looks, receive

More

appofite to particular ocealions.

at'large accefllais, raife a fortune to hit heir ; but

ter vift fums of money, and great wealth gotten,

The gold was accumulated, and ftore treafures,

for the molt part; but the filver is ftill growing.
Befides, infinite is the accefs of territory and emBacon.
fire by the fame enterpr'uc.
Nor think fuperfluous their aid ;
jlccefs in every virtue

fpnken

from accidenlia, Latin.] The

containing the firft rudiments of grammar, and explaining
the properties of the eight parts of

cidenti,

and
generally more afiecVmg,

ment, augmentation.

carry prefcnts to procure aceejs.

Drydcns
He grtnts what they befoughtj
Intruded, that to God is aojicctfs
Without Mediator, whofc high office now
Mofcs in figire bean.
Milton's Par. Lat, I. xii.
Encreafe, enlargement, addition.

is

An tcctjjarj ii faid to b that which data teeede unto fome principal (aft or tiling in law j
ind, as fuch, generally fpeakiug, follows tlie rtafon and nature of its principal.
Aylife,
A'CCIDENCE. n. f. [a corruption of ac-

Fr.]
Increafe by fomething added, enlarge-

1.

Stskeffcarc.
to require a peace,
jt.at'h'., vii. /.

is

ACCE'SSION.

griefs,

We are dcny'd acftfs

Mdifon's Freeholder.

t fea.

power

In converfition, the tempers of men are open and

and their minds
a:crffMc, their attention is awake,
and
difpofed to receive the ftrongeft imprelfions ;

bird preforms to fleer his airy flight.

n by thofe

A C C

A C C
'

That which happens unforefecn;

ca-

fualty, chance.
General laws are like general rules in phyfick,
according whereunto, as no wife man will di-lire
himfelf to be cured, if there be joined with h'n
difcafc fome fpecial accident, in regard whereof,
that whereby others in the fame infirmity, but
without the like accident, recover health, would
be, to him, either hurtful, or, at the leaft, un-

Hunker, t. v. $ 9.
profitable.
The flood, and other accidents of time, mair

one
Eden.

it

common

and pafture with the land of

Rjleigb's Hifory of the World,
joy is turn'd

field

Our

Into perplexity, and new amaze;

For whither is He g*ne ? What accident
rapt him from us ?
And trivial accidents (hall
That others may have time

Hath

Paradife Regained,
be forborn,
to take their turn.

Drydcn's Fables,
reformation ov/ed nothing to the good inHe was only an inflrutentions of king Henry.
ment of it (as the logicians fpcak) by accident.

The

Swift's MiftclLinics.

n.f. {accidental, Fr. See

property nonefleuACCIDENT.]

ACCIDE'NTAL.

tial.

Conceive, is much as you can, of the efTentialj

of any fubjefi, before you confider its accidentals.
Watts's l.igi.k.

ACCIDE'NTAL.
1. Having the

adj.

[from accident.]

quality of an accident,
noneflential ; ufed with the particle to,
before that in which the accident inheres.

diftinftion

is

to

be made between what

and what plc.ifcs upon

in itfclf,
pleafts naturally

th: account of machines, atlors, dances, and

circumftances, which are merely accidental to the

Rymcr's Tragedies of the la/i Agt*

to a ftate of religion, and
therefore ought to be reckoned among the ordinary
difficulties of it.
Tilhtfin,

tragedy.

This

is

accidental

2. Cafual, fortuitous, happening by

Thy fin's not accidental, but a trade.

chance.

Sbakcjpeare'i Meaf. fir Afcaf,

520

Of

So mail you hear

c(/ff<i/ju<lgraw, cafual flaughtcts

Of

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Of deathi

put on by cunning, and

/brc'd caufe.

Sbakiff. Hamltt.
things of the moil accidental and

Look upon

them is as certain in him,

memory of them is, or can be, in us.

To

a.

A C C

[See

At the well head the pureft (beams arife:

But mucky filth his
branching arms
And with uncomely weeds the gentle annoys,
wave accloys.

as the

feems

it

To

2.

to

iignify adventitious.

Itill

Ay, fuch a minifter as wind to fire,

Tha; adds an accidental fiercenefs to
Its natural
fury.

[from

After au accidental manner

1.

Other points no

>

orm

accidentally

in

<fb

I.

Sfatft,;

conclude choler
accidentally
moniou;, but not in itfdf.
I

common-

depending up
S...

bitter,

Htrvy

an

and

to fumrnons

a. [acc-ta,
a

Our
I

(As

word not
we

ne,
bcl"

Lat.]

To call,

in ufe

now.

will eccin

Qur

-j) all
IT

/i ace>

n.f. TaecKona, Lat.

probably

firll

acclamation.

ACCO'MMODATE. v

A
2.

thy pow'rs, with load acclaim,

TWM

rent.

l>ry,t

./

Shouts of appiaufe

whicn a

victorious

tffcr,J.v. &zo.

his

AccLi VITY.

,,.f. [from acclivas, Lat.l

The fteepnefs or
flope of a line inclining to the horizon, reckoned upwards
as, the afcent of an hill is the

actli-vitj,

the defcent is the

declivity.
The men, leaving their wives and Suiacy
"yT.uuger
ch.ldren below, d, not
without fome
difficulty,
clamber up the
acclnM*, dragging their tine
with them, whe e
they feed
and mijk

I.

butter and
cheefe, and

adj. [acclivut,

witn a Hope.

VOL.

R.J

on ,h<

To

reconcile

Go vifit her, in her chafte bower of

Accompany'd with angel-like delights.

confiftent or at variance

adapt, to

to

fit,

advantages

fliould

that they

to

to

make

Jo

all

Cr latl n

Lat.] Rifing

tribes acccmmedatt

To

Lo,

To

much

i.

2.

"-

Lat.]
ufed fometimes with the
but
more
particle/or,
frequently with to.
They are fo adled and directed by nature, as
fit

to cad their
eggs in fuch places as arc mft acccmmtdati for the cxclufion of their
young, and
where there is food
ready for them fo foon as they
be hatched.
R ay tbc Crtatim.
In thefe cafes we examine ihe
why, the what,
and the how, of
things, and propofc means accemmodatt tt the end.
L'EJi range.

Hijiory',

n.f. [complice, Fr. froni

complex, a word in the barbarous Latin,

in ufe.]
affociatt, a partaker, ufually in an
ill fenfe.
There were feveral fcandalous
reports indurtri.
oufly fprcad by Wood, and his accomfllca, to difcourage all oppofition againft his infamous project.

An

Swift.

partner, or xo-operator

in a fenfe

indifferent.
If a tongue would be
talking without a mouth,
it have done, when
it had all it
organs of fpccch, and accomplices of found, about

what could

fm

Suitable,

to.

accompany with others

but he learneth, ere he is
aware, fome gefture*
voice, or fafliion.
Bacon's Nat.

con-

Cbym.

c.

To aflbciate with;

become a companion
No man in 'eftecl doth

Mf
Neither
fort of
chymifts have duly confidered
how great variety there is in the
textures and
confiftencies of
compound bodies ; and how little
the confidence and duration of
many of them
to accommodate and be
explicable by the pro

notion.
By If, Seept.
ACCO'MMOD ATE.a<^'. [accommodatus,

v.n.

'

perverfcof Ireland.

ACCOMPLICE,

particular enfigns of the twelve

unto the twelve figns of the

pofed^

ACCO'MPANY.
to

be con-

wifely ordered by nature, that pain

accompany the reception of feveral i jca:.
is

folly is ufually accompaniid with

nefs, fo it is here.
Swift's Short fie-w

in-

fiilency appear.
Part know how to accommodate St.
James and
St. Paul better than fome late
reconcilers.
n.

it

As

the na-

what feems
;

reft,

Spcnfer, Sonnet iii.

The great bufmefs of the fenfcs
being to make
notice
of what hurts or
i>
the

body,

to adjuft

upon

formable to.
They make the

1.2V
Such an enchantment is there Loji,
in words, and
le a thin, does it fecm to
fome, to be ruined
plaul.bly, and to be umered to their deftrucli., n
with panegynck and acclamation.
South

Acci vows.

nion.

Drydtn on Dramatic Poetry.

mUfortun
an hwo-

To ACCO'MMODATE. v.

thofe friendly
pow'rs, who him receiv'd
With joy, and acclaaftMu
loud, that one,
That, of fo many myriads fall'n,
yet one
Return'd.notloft.
Milt. Pared.
*. v i.

make

3.

a.
[accompagner,
be with another as a
compaIt is ufed both of
perfons and

things.

Sbakeff. Cymbe'.lr.e.

could not be accommodate

i.

To

Fr.]

three,

not

folita-

Sidney, b.

n. f.

ACCO'MPANY. v

To

Norris.

Gladly then he mix'd

Among

than, and

many things

civil wildnefs.

[from accompany.]
The, perfoii that makes part of the company ; companion.
Dia.

Want's Logic*.

army

the g.eater
reverence, to (land, to utte;
certain words o(
acclamat, and, at the name of

.he tary-work.

allied

now not

ufed.
were, of tn-accomfarfaklc

ACCO'MPANIER.

this

to

it

[from accompany .]

adj.

a word

m->w, as
rinefs, and of a

ture of things, and human ufKii.s

his |v
;
could not be made to
agree with that conftituiioi
and order which God hath fettled in the
world.

[acclamaiio, Lat.
fuch as thofe with

falutes the general.

It hath been the cuftom of
Chriftian men, in
>ken ol

Jefus,tobow.

with

were not natural before, but that he

might actomnxtlate himfelf to the
age in which he lived.

theiis, that

ACCLAMA now.

With the particle to,

make confident with.

'

Sociable

diitaff.to a lance),
gilded pale looks.

He had

Mittens Par.
Lift, b. iii. /. ,07
"
herald end, ; the vaulted
firmament

nothing

Qr'iv'-r.

difference, reconcili-

ation, adjultment.

Hole's

Compontion of a

4-

word, ftand, (land,

/
l-y the place (more charming
With their own nobleaefs, which could
haveturn'd

is

mechanifm.

[accommodabilis,
be fitted ; with

dilVr.

:e1

Glan-uiUe's Scepjis.

organization of the body, with accommidafunctions, is fitted with th: moft curiouj

ACCO'MPANABLE.

Thele

from which

.ipplaufe,

The

a . r accom .
Lat.]
i.^To fupply with conveniences of am..uij.
It has with before the

The
"' t;

may

to.

ticn to its

thing.

the verb acclaim, now

loft,
(hout of praife,

and then the noun.]

adj.

b. viii.

with the particle

FairtSuttn.

mctfo,

Tk

fitnefs

Indeed that difputing

phyfiology is no accommoyour defignr, which are not to teach men
to cant
about
materia andfjrma.
endlefsly

of perfons,
thing,, aftiar.s, times, and places; fo
be furniilied with fuch
general rule? a-:
are atcvmmcaakli it ail this
variety, by a wife judg-

ment and

Ch.r^don,

Adaptation,
dation to

we muft

lay.

Ac

Proviiion of conveniences.
%.
In the plural,
conveniencies, things requifite to eafe or refrefhment.

3.

acco'itd,

variety in the circumftances

y good intents)
t caufe to
fay,

fitly.

n.f. [from accommo-

The king's commiilioners were to have fych

accommodations, a$ the other thought fit to leave to
them ; who had been
very civil to the king's

n.f. \accohns, Lat.] He that

near a place ; a borderer. Dia.

Lat.] That which

the particle to.
As
;te

To

Suitably,

commifliuners.

AOCO'M MOD A RLE.

To Acci TE, v.

Ry

toil'd.

n.f. [anipiat, Lat.]

receiver, perhaps lometimes ufed for re-

Dia.

2.

A'CCOLENT.

Die.

- ">'"",

nights,' very tedious,

,
tie Creation.

.'.bits

T:tlotfon.

adv. [from accom-

date.]
1.

With hooks and ladles, as need did

The while the viands in the veflcl require ;
boil'd,
They did about their bufmefs fweat, and forelv

ACCIDE'NTALNESS. n.f. [from accidenThe quality of being accidental.

tal.}

Acci PIENT.

prefent ftate and inclination.

ACCOMMODATION,

that, efcape beft in the

temperate zone,

About the cauldron many cooks

Cor:],

to their

modate.']

Sfticcn.

fenfe cloy is

ufe.

acri-

2. Cafually,
fortuitously.
Although virtuous men do fometimes acciJen
make
their way to
tally
preferment, vet t'.v
world is fo corrupted, that nu man can
reafonto
be
rewarded in it, merely u
ably hope
count of his virtue.
Swift' > M$nUm\a.

which

forty days.

noneffen-

concern the

lefs

but

th,,ugh

in

worfliip,

ACCO'MMODATELY.

To ACCO'IL. -v. n.
To
[See COIL.]
crowd, to keep a coil about, to buftle,
to be in a
hurry: a word now out of

accidental.}
;

way of

accommodate

in ufe.

They

tially.
Wultfa,

fairy

to fatiety

fill

would be acchyid with

long
no lefs than

Dtntam's Scfty.

ACCIDE NTALLY.W-C/.

did not
primarily intend to appoint thij
and to impofe it upon them as
that which was moft
proper and agreeable to him,
but that he condefcended to it as moft

fill

South' i Sf mars.

In the following
partage

3.

God

CLOY.]

up, in an ill fenfe ; to crowd, to

fluff full ; a word almoft obfolete.

mutable nature; accidental in their

production,
and mutable in their continuance
;
yet God's

preference of

C C

To ACCLO'Y. v.

Addijon, Spttlator,
247.
panicle to before a

It is ufed with the

3.

thing, andtu/'/^ before a perfon.

Childlefs Arturiub,
vailly rich before,
his loffes
multiplies his (lore,
Sufpecied for accomplice to the fire,
That burnt his palace but to build it higher.
.

Thus by

Who, mould

He judg'd

they
himfclf

fle,al

for

/>/;

Drsd.Jvv.'Stt.
want of his relief.
-uiitt

the thief.

Diy Jen',

To

ACCO'MPLISH.
from comtleo, Lat.l

Faklri.

v.a. [atcemflir, Pr.

The means

as, to
complete, to execute fully;

To

i.

He

tnai

that

is

is

rercaineth, and

Thus

mine.

of the pcftilence, and

and he that
by the fword,
the fabefieged, (hall die by

is

will

fall

accomplish

my

To

He would

To

The

of Jerulalcm.

lati -ns

3.

in the defoacfcmplijb fcvcnty years

Daniel, ix. a

fulfil

as,

vilion,
Which I made known to Lucius ere the ftroke
inftant
this yet fcarce cold battle, at this

Of

ACCO'MPT A NT.

Is lull accaapli/h'd.
Sbakffpearii Cymbclint
accam
V.'e fee every day thofe events exactly
which our Saviour foretold at fo great
piijbed,
AdJ- r'-

As

To

gain, to obtain.
4.
Tell him from me (a he will win my love)
He bear himfelf with honourable action ;
Such as he hath obferv'd in noble ladies
their lords, by

them

make my heaven

To whom

Sbrew

To

To

o
adorn, or furnilh, either mind

body.

From

the tents

armourers tccomplijhing the knights,

rivets up,
bufy hammers clofing
Give dreadful note of preparation. Sbakefp. Hen.

With

Complete

1.

in

1.

participial adj.

fome qualification.

For who expects, that, under a tutor, a you

an accompli/bed publick or
gentleman ihouli be

Lc
tor or logician.
of embe
2. Elegant ; finifhed in refpea
ufed commonly of acquire<
lifhtnents
;

qualifications,

doft

much

owe, thou

own

th' accompting day.

Denbam

b.

Gives

The

next I took to wife,

fond wi(h too late,
that 1 never had
Was in the vale of Sorec, Dalila,

ii.

and (hades, whofe well accorded ftrife

the ftrength and colour of our life.

That

fpteious monfter,

my

acccmpli/b'd

fnare.

Samjon

Fr.]

Completion,

full

performance, perfec-

tion.

This would be the acccmpn/bment of

their

com-

mon felicity, in cafe, by their evil, either through

fuffered not the occ.ifion to
dcftiny or advice, they
Sir Jtbn lleyward.
ot
Thereby he might evade the aatmpffmat
thofe affliflioni he now but gradually endureth.

be

loft .

Brown'i Vulgar Errcurs

one
impofliblc to find, in any

He thought it
which he fou^'it l.n
body, all thofe perfections
the acLtfipli/bment of a Helena; becaufe nature,
is
in any individual perfon, makes nothing that
in all its parts.
Dryden'i Dufrejn-y, Prif.
perfeft
as, of a prophecy.
2.
Completion;
The miraculous

fuccefs of the apofrles preachof nuny of their p'eing, and the acctntplijbtr.cr.t
to
thofe early Chriilians, wen;
dictioni, which,
matters of faith only, are, to us, matters of fight

and experience.

slticr/mry's

therefore thinking all other iccomplifintrnti unneno manner of ufe. but to keep
celTary, arc cf

up

their families.

The ad

A.'difcn, Sptliator,

NO

1:3.

of obtaining or perfeaing any

thing; attainment; completion.

to

compofe

fuits.

Sir

v.-n.

M.

Hale.

To

hings

But that

my

heart accardtlb -with

Seeing the deed

is

my

in fpeaking,

tongue,

meritorious,

And

for

him

them.

Hammond's Fundamental!*

ACCO'RD A NT.
in a

Pope.

good humour.

.
accord, of which
a participle, and is thereproperly
fore never uied but with to.]
i. In a manner fuitable to, agreeably to,

ACCO'RDINC. prep [from

it is

in

proportion.

Our churches

are places provided, that the peo-

due and
might there aflcmble thcmfelves in
decent manner, according to their fever.il degrees

Our
ledge.

Hooter, b. v. ^

3.

kn wWith ut

to
zeal, then, fliouIJ be according

And what

kind of knowledge

to the true, faving,

queftion, firft, according
It Ihould be acic,
evangelical knowledge.
whole gofpel : not only according to
i'pcl, the

.:ii, but precepts : not only eccmting

fiec grace, but neceflary duties : not only accordto Us mj fierier, but alfo its commandments.
ing
to its

to

fatisfy

all

.'v'

but to offer himfelf,

peace between
Bacon's Hen. Vll.

Noble

is

ingenuity,

With regard

together,

to n$ht

j.''j

Scrmom*

Add'fi* t Spectator.
to.

God made all things in number, weight, and

meafure, and gave them to be confideicJ by us acto thefe properties,
tcrding
creatcJ beings.

A;nrdnf friends, confent of parents fought,

Affiance made, my happinefs begun.
Sfafr'l Fairy Sluun.

the fame that is built on candour and

lines of Sir
according to thole beautiful

John Denham.
t.

At laft fuch grac: I found and means I wrought,

That I that la y to my (poufe had won,

gathered

in ufe.

1 he prince difcovered that he loved your niece,

and meant to acknowledge it this night in a dance;
to take
and, if he found her accordant, he meant
the prefent time by the top, and inftantly break
adc ai:ti! Nothing.
with you of it.
Skalieff. Much

adjuftment

Dryd. Fab.

They

Not

'

Concurrence, union of mind.

thcnifelves

Wil-

adj. [accordant, Fr.]

all

If both are fatisfy'd with this accord,

Swear by the laws or knighthood on my fword.

t.

n.Jtanxa 63.

accordance with, that will.

man,
obligations to God
for a mediator of an accord and
and

b.

Conformity to fomething.
The only way of defining of fin, is, by the conof God ; as of good, by the
trariety to the will

of a difference.
There was no means

Fairfax,

wrought.
2.

anil orders.

molt ancient accounts of profane hiftory.

Till tfon, Sfrmcn i.

Ard.

in long accordance bide,

prays he may
hath fuch wonders
great worth which

firft fathers of the

conci-rning the flood, and the
well accord
fcveral nations of the world, do very

AOCO'RD. n.f. [accord, Fr.]

I. Acompaft; an agreement

n.

With that

ple

int'refts of themfelves create.

Jarring
Th' according mufick of a wrll.mixt (late.

correfpondent to

particle moitb.

And to preferve my fovereign from his foe.

Sha>*fp.Hen.\\
as
Several of the main parts of Mofrs'i hiftory,

ivitb the

all

[from accord.}
with the
Agreement with a perfon ;

ling

bare contracts without

which created

agree, to fuit one

with another-, with the particle with.
are often fpoke, and feldom meant ;
1

To ACCO'RD.

which

Jirhutbr.'t en jillmtr.ti.

reducing the debt into a fpecialty,

much certainty, and acctrded many

S,-rn:oi:s.

Embellifhment, elegance, ornament of

j.
mind or body.
Young heirs, and elder brothers, from their
own reflecting upon the eftatcs they a^e born to, and

4.

accommodate.
Men would not reft upon

to

A^n.

ACCO'MPLISHER. n.f. [from accomplijh.}

Difl.
The perfon that accomplices.
ACCO'MPLISHMENT.W./ [accomplijfimcnt ,
1.

bring to agreement

accord,

i.

Pope't Efifl.

To

>u!!n.

man for doing that ot his

men fn >u!d be compeli-d to

Sbake/p. Tilus

2.

came unto an iron door,

them open'd of its own a<.

ACCORDANCE,

lights
all

uied

Titus, I am come to talk with thee.

No, not a word: how can I grace my talk,
Wanting a hand to give it thac accord?

Sidney,
accorded the lute's mufic ta the voice;
heart danced to the mufick.
Sidney, k.

ngs be fent.
Sir jf. Dav':et.

the words.

Her hands

excellence.

to

Adion

6.

of fuch leaps and gambols, as being acccrded to

the pipe which they bore in their mouths, even
chief
as they danced, made a right picture of their
the fatyri.
god Pan, and his companions

The

by

<v. a.

To make agree ; to adjuft one thing t

another ; with the particle to.
The firft fports the (hepherds (hewed, were full

her panting

a8 1.

Iltxkcr.
I th.mfeives.
do, that are not willing
All animal fubftancc;, expofed to the air, turn
alkaline of their f wn acccrd; and Cam: vegetables,
but alkaline.
heat, will not turn acid,

[derived, by fome
from corda, the firing of a mufical in
flrument, by others, from corda, hearts
in the firft, implying harmony, in th

ACCO'RD.

without including moral

much

Natural Hi/lay,

fra'ry

other, unily.~\

The

ACCOMPLISHED,

thou

Will you blarre any

Sir 7.

Oh

The

of

bells

Till that they

Which

day on which

to be fettled.

muft pay;
Think on the debt againft

in a lady's lap.

mifcrable thought, and more unlikely,

Than to accomplilh twenty golden crowns.
Sbakefp. Henry

is

two

Own accord ; voluntary moiion

both of perfons and things.
Ne Guyon yet fpa~e word,

the accompt runs on, generally the aecomft

Soutb's Sfratxi

the reckoning

accanplilhrd.

a
Sbakefp. Tarn, of
I'll

If falfe accordi troni

ant goes backward.

ACCO'MPTING DAY.

(leeple

We mud not blam-- Apollo,

ANT.

diftance.

were in one

Bacon

accord.

ACCOUNT-

See

if there

Try,

-f the one would

unifon, whether the Itriking
move the other, mire than If it were another

n.f. \accomptant, Fr.]

reckoner, computer.

but a juft acctrd and muan'rnatsd by a

Drjdtx's Dujnfny, Prtf.

tlfc

Mufical note.

to call itfelf to a juft

means whereof re-

may have time

corrcipond-

harmony of the members,

healthful conftitutiun.

accampt of all things pad, by

is
Htxlter, 4. v.
46.
perfected.
pentance
Each Chriftmas they aenmfts did clear;
Prior.
round
the
bottom
wound
their
And
year.

a prophecy.

The

Unto

foul

nothin

is

Beauty
tual

n.f. [Fr. comftcr and comfte,

An acanciently uccompter. Skinner.'}
count, a reckoning. See ACCOUNT.

complete a period of time.

juft

cnce of one thing with another.

ACCO'MPT.

F.zeliel, vi. 12.

2.

Harmony, fymmetry,

afccmplijbmir.t

fury upon them.

with one accerd.

Ifrael,

'.in, ix.

purpofe, not only

but
upon the account of their infufficier.cy for,
alfo of their frequent oppi>fit':on and contrariety
Smb's Strtn.
of 1'ucli ends.
to, the
that

for

joymer.ts, are unfit

far oft (hall die

near (hall

with Toftua and

by policy nd worldly
auainmcnt of thofe earthly en-

fuggefted

for the

wifdom,

acctmplijh a defign.
lie

A C C

A C C

C C

3.

In proportion.
is, I

which

The

are inherent in

"

'/

'

t* Time.

following phrafe

think, vitious.

man may,

with prudence and a good con-

of
fcicnce, approve of the profefled principles

one

party

more than the other, according as he thinks

church and ftate.
piomote the good of
they
Man.
Swift's Church of England

party

adv. [from

fuch a peculiarity in Homer's manner

of apoftrophizingEumatus: it is generally applied,
and diftincby that poet, only to men of account

There

kinds, fo the laws

A-

accord."]

tion.
diftinft

this world
apprehends no fuit'ier than

And

fhcd.

i.

Confidering the
yet
.

v. a.

[accofter, Fr.]
to addreis ; to falute,

To

Atterbury's Sermons.
roufly and heartily.
The aflertion is our Saviour's, though uttered
by him in the perfon of Abraham the father of the

Sbakeff care's Twelfth Nigl-t.

length, collecting a,l bis fcrpent wiles,
\Vil/i footling words renew d, him thus accofls.

Aod, with

I fu'd, I

a ijving force, to

fought,

Pheneus brought.
Dryd. AZneid.

of

ACCO'STABLE.

adj. [from acco/i.] Eafy

Not in ufe.
accefs ; familiar.
They were both indubitable, ftronj, and highminded men, yet of f*eet anJ accrfable nature,
almoft equally delghting in the prefs and affluence
ffotton.
of dependents and fuitors.

ACCO'UNT.

gradually

A computation

changed

of debts or expences

of fads relating to money.

At many tirrrs I brought in my^r^?/;,

regifter

8.

off,

Khahifp. Timon.
young mafter has once got the fkili
of keeping accounts (which is a bufincf- of reaf >n
more than arithmetic) erhaps it will not be amifs,
-n thenceforth require him to do
tha'
Locke on Educ.
it in all his concernments.
:

or refult of a computation
as, \hcacccunt (lands thus between us.
Behoid
counting

have 1 fi-.md, faith the Preacher,

by one, to find out the act

this
or.e

Ecdefivjlicus,

vii.

27.

of perfons or things, as may

make them more or lefs worthy of being
confideredin the reckoning. Value, or

Such a

3.

ftate

citimation.
For the care
'.n,

that they to-, k for their wives and

their brethren and kinsfolks, 'was

them : but the greatell

for the holy temple.

in leal account with

principal fear

Thit good
< t :/'f
rn

was

..

'/

and

2 MjCdlh. XV. 1?.

which things of fmrller acon work, is by fo much the

affection,

have once

fet

raifed higher.

Hooker, b. v.

35.

fhould make more account of their judgment,

are men of fenfe, and yet have never touched
a pencil, than of the opinion given by the greatcft
part of painters.
Drydfn's Dufrefr.
I

who

4.

advantage; to turn
produce advantage.

Profit;
is to

We woui-i
:Uial

great day,

to

account

efUblilh our fouls in fuch a folid and

virtue, as will turn to ac -uat in that

when it muft (land the te'l of infinite

wifdom and juftice.

Add.

Sfeil.

"

2.

To

399-

to

in

this

be derived from

ufe

10.

Whac
call

To affign

3.

it,

and

11. Explanation; afiignment of caufes.

It is eafy to give account, how it comes to pafs,
all

men

defire happinefs, yet their wills

them

Locke.
fo contrari'y.
It being, in cur author's account, a right acquired
by beg"tting, to rule over thofe he had begotten, it
was- not a

power poflible to be inherited, becaufe

the right, being confequcnt to, and built on, an aft
perfccMy perfonal, made that power fo too, and
Locke.
impoffible to he inheiited.

An

it

To

4.

fum of
really accrued the yearly
cofier* :

was, in truth, the only project that was acto his own fervice.
hold in efteem ; with

opinion previoufly eflabliflied.

Thefc were deligned

to join

fea, there being prepared a

with the

Clarendon.

of.
nothing accounted of in the days of

was

Silver

Solomon.

Cbnn.

'

To ACCO'UNT.

To

1.

i/. a.

reckon.

The

calendar

months

are likewife arbitrarily

by the fame power; by

which months we, to this day, account, and they'
meafure and make up, that which we call the Juand unequally

fettled

Holder en Time.

lian year.

To give

an account, to aflign the caufes ;

in which fenfe it is followed by the par-

2.

ticle for.
If any one mould afk,
nued fo eafy to the lad ?

that unmeafurable love of

it, but by
wealth, which his beft friends allow to be his pre-

dominant

Swift.

paffion.

To make up the reckoning

3.

withyir.
Then tliou

(halt fee

him

plung'd,

to

anfwer;

when leaft he

fears,

At

once accounting for his deep arrears.

Dryd. Ju-v.Sat. xiii.
They have no uneafy prefages of a future reckonnow tafte mud be
ing, wherein the plealures they
accounted for ; and may, perhaps, be outweighed
hold of them.
by the pains which (hall then lay
Atterbury's Sermon?*

4.

To appear as the medium, by which

any thing may be explained.
Such

as

have a faulty circulation through

the;

becaufe

lungs, ought to eat very little at a time;

the increafe of the quantity of frefh chyie mult
make that circulation ftill more uneafy ; which,
and lome afthindeed, is the cafe of confumptivc
matic perfons, and accounts for the fymptoms they
arc troubled with after eating.

Arbutbnot on Aliments.

ACCO'UNTABLE. adj. [from account.] Of

whom an account may be required who
;

followed by the partibefore the perfon, and/iy before

mull anfwer for

cle

the thing.

forces, at

number of fiat-bottomed

why our general contiknow no other way to

account for

when none

has in his hands reward' and punifhments, and

power enough t> call to account the pruudcft offender.
Lccti.

that though

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

; with the parti-

debt

counted

and reafons of a tranfac-

need we fejr who knawi

our power r> account ? '

Deut.

twohundred thoufand poundsto the king's

relation

giants.

it

Kbahffjtare's Macbeth.
true ground of morality can only be the
will and U'.v er u Gcd who fees men in the dark,

12.

to, as a

cle to.
For fome years

ctnte, Fr.

The

carry

was accounted a land of

.ilfo

reckon, to compute.

Neither the motion of the moon, whereby

ate computed, nor the fun, whereby years
are accounted, confifteth of whole numbeis.

tion given to a perfon in authority.

can

a.

months

a certain

The

[See ACCOUNT.]
efteem, to think, to hold in opinion.

That

king, which would take acccunt of

and when he had begun to reckon,
one was brought unto him, which owed him ten
thoufand talents.
Matt. xix. 23, 24.

ftate

To

in

a tale, a narration.
of an affair
9. The review or examination
taken by authority ; as, the magiftrate
took an account of the tumult.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened
his fervants

When my

The

narrative, relation

may feem

unto

Laid them before you ; you would threw them

And fay you found them in mine r.

2.

Swift's Court/is

Ms

[from the old French

tion, in time the orthography

to accc-unt.]
.

Athens and Rome.

Nothing can recommend itfelf to our love, on
any other account, but either as it promotes our
a future happrefent, or is a means to aflurc to us
Rogers, Sermon v.
pinefs.
account.
Sempronius gives no thanks on

peached.

accompt, from computus, Lat. it was originally written acczmpt, which fee ; but,
foftening the pronunciaby

.1

who, on the account of that character,

Attcrbury.
very tidy introduced.
Thele tribunes kindled great diflenfions between
the nobles and the commons, on the account of Coriolanus, a nobleman, whom the. Utter had imis

faithful;

Farad. Reg.

him

In matters \vhere his judgment led him to opwould do it vigopofe men on a public acccunt, he

At

I fitft accofl-d

A reckoning referred to, or fum charged upon any particular perfon ; and

C-->w/.

a guardian to his ward.

To ACCO'UNT. v.

fake.
;
he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught,
Pbttaut, \. S.
put that on ray account.
This muft be alv. ays remembered, that nothing
can come into the account .f recreation, thut is not
L^ciecn Education, ^ 197.
done with delight.

front her,

her,

Swift.

If

them the cholk.

Arbutbnot en Ailments-

fpeak to firft ;
YJU miftake, knight: ascift
board her, woo her, aflail her.

motives of human acYions,

tion

fot bread will give

ACCO'ST.

common law, taken for a writ

or action brought againft a man, that, by means of
office or bufinefs undertaken, is to render an acccunt unto anothe> ; as a bailiff toward his m.iftei ,

thence, figuratively, regard; confedera-

.'

To

Addijon.

are pleafure, profit, and ambition, I cannot

comprehend how thoi: perfont find ihe'n account

any of the three.

in

Tilktfon's
Acfubftances, fermented, turn four.
weak
a
to
child, they ftill retain
given
;

uftial

to give credit to this hiftory.

14. In law.
Account is, in the

which

d:r.gh

Mealy

of right reafon,

...

counted.

Saak.lp. Mtffurefer Meaf.

Whoever is fo afiured of the authority an
of fcrirture, as to believe ths de<Rr;ue of it, anJ
be laved.
to live accci
, fiull

cordingly,
their nature

vareckoning verified by finding the

lue of a thing equal to what it was ac-

life accord. ugly.

fquar'tt thy

Pofe's Oiiyi/ey

be dif-

thereof <r.uft accordingly

tinker, b.
Sirrah, thou'rt faid ta have a ftubborn foul",
.

is

'

greeably, fuitably, conformably.

As the' actions of men are of fundry

had the fame rcafon to believe the hiftory of our

which they
Saviour, as that of any other perfon to
themfelves were not actually eye-witneffcs, they
were bound, by all the rules of hiftorical faith, and

DiiHnftion, dignity, rank.

beft

ACCORDINGLY,

A C C

A C C

C C

But

to

my

Accountable to none,
confcience and my God alone.

boats to tranfport the land forces under the \vin t;

of the great navy : for they made no account, but
that the navy iliould be absolutely mafter of the

Thinking themfelves excufed from (landing

upon their own legs, or being accountable for their

feas.

own

Bacon's Conf.dcralions i War laitb Spain.

prodigal young fellow, that had fold his
clothes, upon the fight of a fwallow, made account
that fummcrwas at hand, and away went
Fiib. cxxvii.
too.
L'F.-flrargf,

13.

The

reafcns of any thing collected.

Being convinced, upon

all

aaounts t that they

Oldbam.

conduft, they very feldom trouble themfclves

Locke on Education.
with enquiries.
The good magiftrate will make no diftinc~lion ;
for the judgment is Cod's; and he will look upon
htmfrlf as accountable at his bar for the equity of
'

Atterbury's Sci-jnens.

it.

ACCOU'NTANT.<J<#. [from

account.]

Ac-

countable

countable to; refponfible

Not

for.

ait of

in

ufe.

creafe

His offence

is Co,

upon that pain.

Stak-ff. Meaf.forMcaf.

Not

luft

pufcles

Sbaieffeare's Othello
.

[See ACCOMPTa man Called or

/.

ANT.] A

computer ;
employed in accounts.
The different compute ef divers dates

ACCRE'TIVE.
the (hor

dedu&bni of

ordinary accountants in moft.

Brown*} Vulgar Errours

ACCO'UNT-BOOK.

n.f.

would endeavour to comfort myfelf upon the

of friends, as I do upon the lofs of money ;
by turning to my account-took, and feeing whether
I have enough left for
my fupport.
Swift.

To

n.f. [from account.] The

aft of reckoning, or
making up of accounts.
This method faithfully obfervcd, mud keep a

man

from breaking, or running behind-hand in

which, without frequent ac.unt:t:gi, he will hardly be able to prevent.

his fpiritual eftate;

i>. a.

[accoupler, Fr.]

To

now

ufe

We

to link together.

join,

ACCRO'ACH.

-v.

a.

To ACCO'URAGE.

COURAGE.] To
That forward

When

more frequently ufed by

they would ftrive due reafon to exceed ;

that fame froward twain would
accourage,
of her plenty add unto her need.

But

And

Fairy Queen, b.

To ACCO'URT.

To entertain
a word now

-v.

[See To

a.

ii.

COURT.]

with courtlhip, or
courtefy
not in ufe.

Who all this while were at their wanton reft,

Jcccurting each her friend with lavilh feaft.
Fairy Queen.

ACCO'UTRE. v
To drefs, to equip.

To

a.

[accoutrer, Fr.]

Is it for this they ftu

dy ? to

And
For

grow

thin, in rags accoutred are

the

ACCO'UTRE M EN r.n. /.[accoutrement, $r.]

Drefs, equipage, furniture relating to
the perfon ; trappings, ornaments.

nefit,

this fenfe

4.

adorning religion, they have ftrangely difguifed it,

and quite ftiflcd it in the crowd of external rites
and ceremonies.
Tillotfon, Srrman xxviii.
1 have fccn the
pope officiate at St.. Peter's,
where, for two hours together, he was bufied in
putting nn or off his different accnutrtmnii, according ta the different parts he was to aft in them.
Aildifon, SfeUatar, NIOI.
How gay with all th' accoutrement t of war,
The Britons come, with gold well-fraught
they

come.

To

accumulates

nation.

ACCUBA'TION.

./.

The man who

God

[accuratio, Lat.]

Ex-

Drydtn.
hath the ftupid ignorance, or
to inlult the revealed will of
!

We

Temple's Mifc.
lie

To

yet,

proportion, in all formality; thcfe now are the

Delany,
only men worth mentioning.
confider the uniformity of the whole deand
ik'.li in reof
the
calculations,
fign, accuracy
ftoring and comparing pailages of ancient au-

[from accuto, to

[accumbo, L.M.]

man,

that can collate a text, or quote an authority ,

with an infipid accuracy ; or demonstrate a plain

Italy.

Breton's l^ttl^ar Errwrs.

v. a.

paflive

or the petulant conceit to turn it into ridicule ; or the arrogance to make his own perfections the mcafurc of the Divinity ; or, at beft,

a vitious

Lat.] The ancient pofture of

leaning at meals.
It will appear, that accu/>arhn, or lying down at
meals, was a gefture ufed by very many nations.

the

Decay of Piety,

n.f.

hardened effrontery

of

to,

[from accumulate.]
a gatherer or
;

aftncfs, nicety.
This perfect artince and accuracy might have
been omitted, and yet they have made fliift to
in ove.
More.
Qmcknefs of imagination is feen in the invention, fertility in the fancy, and the accuracy in

benefit or lofs of fuch a trade accruing to

the government, until it comes to take root in the

The To ACCV'.MB,

that

n.f.

injuries.

The

down

Government of tbe Tongue,

the cxprdfi.ui.

Addifon
ufe.

[from accumu-

without revenge, there would be no broils and

quarrels, the great accumulators and multipliers of

Carciv's Surv.
have accrued to the duke

follow, as lofs

as of other huArbutbnot on Diet,

it,

adj.

heaper together.
Injuries may fall upon

Wtlkitu.

cr.

in

That which accumulates.

That which is accumulated.

He

an ill
be lefs

feveral

as

fercr.

might accrue from

The great profits which

of Florence from his free port, have fet
the ftates of Italy on the fame fubjeft.
5.

looks

ACCUMULATOR,

as, profits.

pounds.

fome people, and

morbid matter ii
there were regular accuit

after the

it

If the injury meet not with mceknefs, it then

acquires another accumulative guilt, and Itands
anfwerablc not only for its own pofltive ill, but
for all the accidental, which it caufes in the fuf-

yearly benefit that, out of thofe his works,

accruetb to her majefty, amounteth to one thoufa.id

pi.;j,

Lat.]

1.

2.

The

not only

favour.

late.-}

In a commercial fenfe, to be produced,

;

it

from

ACCUMULATIVE,

as,
to

loft his

of being accumulated.

mulations and gatherings of

mours in the body.

A'CCURACY.

before the hazard that

or arife

Sbil-ff care's Merry Wmes cfWindfor.

Chriftianity is loft among them in the trappings
and accoutrements of it; with which, inftead of

*./. [actntit,

from
feems

the difrefpefts of ignorant pcrfons.

in the fitrple onHcc of love, but in all the acccttremtnt, complement, and ceremony of it.

ACCRETION.

place in Syria, his lieutenant,

the regular returns of

exhaufted,

Ariftotle, as in many other particulars, folikewifein this, did juftly oppofc'him, and
became one of the authors ; choofing a certain be-

Drydtn.

By

ftate

their freedom

His fcholar

?"

they fren,
public fpleen

a hair's breadth

to, or arife

proper.

May-game of the

I profefs requital to

To append
confequence

pale,

mifs the plealurcs of a

glorious meal

And made

3.

my

fPoltcit,

The

2.

later authors,

Let the evidence of fuch a particular miracle be

never fo bright and clear, yet it is ftill but particular ; and muft therefore want that kind of force,
that degree of influence, which accrues to a ftanding general proof, from its having been tried or
approved, and confented to, by men of all ranks
and capacities, of all tempers and interefts, of all
ages and nations.
Atterbury's Sermons.

c. 2.

of

Sbakeff eare's Antony and Cleopatra,

Some, perhaps, might otherwife wonder at fuch
an accumulation of benefits, like a kind of embroidering, or lifting of one favour upon another.

54.

From which compact there arifing an obligation

upon every one, fo to convey his meaning, there
accrues alfo a right to every one, by the fame figns,
to judge of the fenfe or meaning of the perfon fo
South' sSirmom.
obliged to exprefs himfelf.

aft of accumulating.

For quick accumulation of renown,

Which he atchiev'd by th' minute,

To

be added, as an advantage or improvement, in a fenfe inclining to good

rather than ill ; in which meaning it is

The
One

Dia.

would afTuage,

John Dentair.

[from accumu-

n.f.

late]

Hooker, b. v.

animate.

pair /he ever

damnation add.

Sir

ACCUMULATION,
1.

accroach.

natural production or effeft, without any

particular refpeft to good or ill.
The Son of God, by his incarnation, hath
changed the manner of that perfonal fubfiftence
no alteration thereby accruing to the nature of God.

See

[Ofafolete.

to

Sbakeff. Otbetlf.

participle
accru, formed fromaccrcitrc, Fr.]
1. To accede to, to be added to ; as, a

2.

horrors head horrors accumulate

Cruflit by imaginary treafons weight,

Which too much merit did accumulatt.

ther's.

ACCRO'ACHMENT. n.f. [from

The aft of accroaching.
To ACCRU'E. -v. n. [from the

KtMfr flMryVII.
-v. a.

On

For nothing canft thou

Fr/

[accrocber,

couple.

He fcnt a folemn embaflage to treat a peace

and league with the king;
acctmfling it with an
article in the nature of a
requeft.

to pile up, to heap together. It

;
ufed either literally, as, to accumulate
money ; or figuratively, as, to accumulate merit or wickednefs.
It thou doft (lander her, and torture me,
Never pray more ; abandon ail remoric;
is

Glamitlle's Scrfjis

gone.

South' j Sermons.

To ACCO'UPLE.

it is

Todrawto one as with a hook to gripe

to draw away by degrees what is ano-

lofs

ACCO'UNTINC.

that

a. [from accuthing upon an-

<v.

LaR] To heap one

other

more but

ACCUMULATE.
mulc,

Grow-

adj. [ from accretion. ]

recumbent, or, more properly, acwas introduced alter the

Arbutbaot or CMS.
Punic war.

firlt

To

book contain-

ing accounts.

Leaning.
The Roman

leave the tinging cor

b'

Lat.]

\_accumbens,

adj.

euir.bent pofture in eating,

that which by growth is added.

If the motion be very flow, we perceive it not
we have no fenfe of the accretive motion of plant
and animals
and the fly fhadow Heals away upoi
the dial j and the quickcft eye can difcover m

ing

and irreconcileable years of fome ; the exceeding

errour in the natural frame of others ; and the
falfe

may

more denff, and fomcihing augmented

the accrttitn of the oily and earthy parts of tha

Nr.vtw's Ofi'ics
moifture.
Infants fupport abftinenceworft, from thecjuan
tity of aliment confumcd in accrrtion.
Arbutl-n'A cr Ailments

my

ACCO'UNTANT.

ACCU'MBENT.

charges feem to be effected by the cxhalin

of the mo:flare, which

(though, peradventure,

I ftand accountant for as great a fin)

partly led to diet
revenge.

But

Did,

manner.

B*K*'tXat.H. N6ct.

The

the table, according to the ancient

lie at

to another, Co as to in

Plants

1 love her too,

out of abfolute

growing
it.

do nourifh ; inanimate bodies do not

alimcn
they have an accreticn, but no

as it appears

Aic.Mr.:ant la the law

A C C

A C C

C C

Arbntlr.a

thors.

A'CCURATE.
j.

z.

tin

Coins,

[accurate, Lat.]
Exiift, as oppolcd to negligence or ignorance, applied to pcrlons.
Exaft, without defect or failure, apadj.

plied to things.

No

Xo man

living has made more accurate trithan Reaumure, that brighteir. ornament of
France.
Colfin.

competent judge, in order to inflicl fome

'judgment on the guilty perfon.

als

3.

Deternrfiiate ; precifely fixed.

Thole conceive the celeftial bodies have more

indeed they have but in gro.

ACCURATELY,

Aylijfe's

ACCUSATIVE,

ad-v.

Bactm.

In
exaftly, without

[from

an accurate manner

accurate."]

A'CCURATENESS. n.f. [from

fation.
In a charge of adultery, the accufer ought to
fet forth, in the
and
accujatiry libel, fome certain
definite time.

Bacon'! Alienation,

ACCU'STOMANCE.
Cuflom, habit,

manner

a. [accufo, Lat.]
charge with a crime. It requires
the particle of before the fubjeft of ac-

accurate.']

ftripp'd the bears-foot

(loth.

fufpccl'ng that in making

this obfervation I had nut determined the diameter of the fphtre with futikient accuratr.?fs I re-

The

Dryden's Virgil.

profeflbrs are accused 5/all the

which may feem

to be the

ill

ill

practices

confluences of their

In a cuftomary
or cuf-

ad<v.

according to

common

tomary practice.
Go on, rlietorick, and

expofe the peculiar eminency which you accujiomarily marfhal before logic
to public view.

Cleavcland.

ACCU'STOM A RY.
its

leafy growth ;
calling weftern winds, accused the fpring of

And,

Exaftnefs, nicety.
But Icmetime after,

of

ufe.

ACCU'STOM ARIL Y.

To
He

[accoutumance,Fr.]

accuftomance and negligence, and perhaps fome other caufes, we neither feel it in our
own bodies, nor take notice of it in others.
Boyle,

Ayliffe.

cufation.

n.f.

Through

To ACCU'SE. ^.
I.

to

According

Touching the king's fines accuftmally paid for

the purchafing of writs original, I find no certain
beginning of them, and do therefore think that
they grew up with the chancery.

adj. [from accufej] That

which produceth or containeth an accu-

The fine of incidence is either accurately, or

very nearly, in a given ratio to the fine of refraction.
Niivtv:.
That all thefe difhnces, motions, and quan-

adii.

cuftom.

ACCU'SATORY.

errour, nicely.

tities of matter,
(hould be fo accuratdy an.<
harmonioufly adjufted in this great variety of cur
n, U above the fortuitous hitsof blind matt-rial
caules, and mud certainly flow from that ctcrr.a.
fountain of wifdom*
Ben:!}'.

ACCU'STOMABLY.

Parergon.

adj. \acc.ufati<vus,'Ltt..~\

term of grammar, fignifying the relation of the noun, on which the aftion
implied in the verb terminates.

upon thefe things below, than

accurate influences

ACE

A C C

A C C

[from acciiftom.]
Ufual, praftifed ; according to cuftom.
ACCU'STOMED. adj. [from accuftom.~\ According to cullom ; frequent ; ufua],
Luok how flie rubs her hands. IK is an ac~
adj.

peated the experiment.

To ACCU'RSE.

doom

to mifery

Z.

Ne\er
cufed

were an unlucky comet, or

if it

as if

God

fo accurftd it, that it Ihould never fhine to

give light in things concerning our duty any way

him.
tinker.
Hildebrand accurfed and cart down from
IV.
there were none fo hardy as
his throne Henry
Sir Walter Raleigh's EJ/'ays.
to defend their lord.
to'.varda

3.

curfed or

is

doomed

That which
ecrable

deferves

hateful

confequence, wicked

fwift

the curfe

detefiabie
bli

ex-

defect, and Nature's

juftly ac cufable ; it animals, fo
d'.leafes from bilious caatea, fhould

accu/e.]

Thus

2.

they in mutual occupation fpent

fruitlcfs hours, but neither felf-condemning,
of their vain conteft appear'd no end. Milf.n.

The

charge brought

againft

any one

by the accufer.
You
Theft

and thefe grievous crimes

nittcd by your perfoo, and your followers.
aciufat'mts,

Sbakefftcare.

All accufetkn, in the very nature of the thing,

ftiil
fuppofing, and being founded upon fome law:
fcr where there is r.o law, there can be no tranijreffion ; and where there can be no tranfjredijn,
I am fure there ought to be no accufatir,n.

3.

[In the fenfe of the courts.]

ration of

ACCU'STOM.
To

habituate,

ticle to.

decla-

fome crime preferred before a

<u. a.

[acccutumcr, Fr.]

to enure, with the par-

It is
(hall

Lefs pure,
It has been fome
advantage to accujl^m one's
felf to bcoks of the fame edition.
/^iir/j'j

To ACC'USTOM.

11.

Improvement of the Mind.

n.

To

be wont

to

do

boat over-freighted funk, and all drowned,

one woman, that in her firft pivpping up

again, which moft living things accujicm, got hold

Carrzv.

of the boat.

ACCU'STOMAELE.
long

caltom

adj.

or

[from
habit

accuftom,~\

habitual,

cuftornary.

Animals even of the fame original, extraction,

and fpccies, may be divernSed by accujhmablc r-:fidencc in one ciirnau , from what they are in ano1

ther.

on cards or

A fmall quantity;

a particle; an atom.

will not bate

ACE'PHALOUS. adj. [axi'ipaA-, Gr.] Without a head.

ACE'RB.

Diff.

Lat.] Acid, with

an Addition of roughnefs, as moft fruits
are before they are ripe.
iguincj.
adj.

[acerltus,

n.f. \acerbitas, Lat.]

rough four tafte.
Applied to men, fharpnefs of temper

1 .

2.

feverity.

True

that the talents for criticifm, namely,

it is,

fmartnefs, quick cenfure, vivacity of remark, indeed all but acerbity, fccm rather the gifts of youth

than of old age.

To

Popt.

ACE'RVATE.
To heap up.

it.

a.

[acervo, Lat.]
Difl.

ACERVA'TION.

n.f. [from acervate.] The

heaping together.
ACE'RVOSE. adj. Full of heaps.
Dili.
aft of

ACE'SCENT.

adj.

[ace/cens,

which has a tendency

Lat.]

That

to fournefs or aci.

dity.

Obfolete.

Of

Macbeth.

an act of abfolute certainty ;

but however doubtful or improbable the thing is,
it
mutt go for an indifputable
coming from him
truth.
Government of the tongue .
I'll not wag an act farther; the whole world
(hail not bribe me to it.
Dryden's Sfanijb Frier*.

im-

ufed chiefly of perfons.

we breathe in other air
MUten.
actufam* d to immoitul fruit; ?

How

any thing.

read

is

mediately put to an ignominious death; and, out

of his goods and lands, the inr.jccnt perfon is
Gulliver's Travels.
quadruply recompenfed.

To

a proper conveyance for choler.

Brvwn'i Vulgar ErrQun.

The
And

ferene, and could not wim to fee

His vile accuser drank as deep as he.
Drydcn.
If the perfon accufed maketh his innocence

plainly to appear upon his trial, the accujer

Improviiion we:

ACE'RBITY.

draught,

able ; culpable.
There would be a manifest

butbnot on Coins.]
An unit; a fmgle point
dice.

He

account of fome crimes committed by them; and

With mind

ACCOSA'TION. n.f. [from

1. The aft of accufmg.

I.

fome filthy lucre they proj gain thereby } others, on the fcore of their
a;
libertines
'.ons,
againlr their patrons ; and

Sbakefyeare

he (hall draw a white ftone rather than a black, or

throw an ace rather than a fife ?
South.

that

That good man, who drank the pois'nous

ACCU'SABLE. adj. [from the verb accujt ]

That which may be centered blame-

unto

He

once already given falfe evidence ; and, laftly,

i on account of their
poverty, as not being
worth more than fifty lurei.
Ayliffes Parergon.

:t

accuje."]

of an hour*

When lots are (nuffled together in a lap, urn, or

pitcher; or if a man bli.idfold carts a die, what
reafon in the world can he have to prefume, that

others, trtrou^i a fufpicion uf calumny, us having

immortal ha'rd nurfr.

I.

others, on the fcore of

and thofe acctrtd fpiriUj tl

they are of a difpofition contrary to God. '/
They, like the feed from which they ij

want

bearing witnefs, and their

while accttpng or clfe excufing

:e

accvfen,
on the fcore of their fex, as women ; others, of
their a^e, as pupils and ir.jants ; othr. ib, Ujton the

accurft,
>ds

rats,

Swift.

brings a charge againft another.

There are fome pcrfons forbidden to be

May

Againft the g

upon the

or cenfure, in oppofition to

ACCU'SER. n.f. [from

foon return to this our lurrrring country,

Under a hand accurt'd!
Sb^krptarii .'
The chief part of the T::| y .n v.

it

ter

ACE. n.f. {As not only fignified a piece

of money, but any integer, from whence
is derived the word ace, or unit.
Thus
At fignified the whole inheritance. Ar-

thoughts the mesa

one another.
Ran. ;i. 15.
Vour valour would your (loth too much accufe,
And therefore, like thc;,ifclvcs, they princes choofe.
Dryden's Tyrtrfixick Love.

and, by
malignant.

To blame
'I't-.

to

mifery.
"f is the moft certain fign the world'! accurjt,
That the beft things corrupted are and word.
Dcnbam.

fr

applsufe or justification.

fart. adj.

That which

f.-nd up a K-g of a fowl at fupper, while

a cat or dog in the houte, that can be aclun. ling away with it: But, if there

to be neither, you mutt, lay

or a llrange greyhoaada

When

ACCU'RSED.

is

happen

had

2.

fometimes admits the particle/or.

It

there

any one.
As

euftomed action with her, to feem thus wafliing her

hands : I have known her continue in this a quar-

Addifon,

principles.

Nru:tcn.

[See CURSE.] To
to invoke mifery upon

a.

-v.

Halt's Qrigiii o

The fame perfons, perhaps, had enjoyed thr'r

health as well with a mixture of anim.ll dipt, quawith a furh'cicnt quantity of acefctnts; as,
bread, vinegar, and fermented liquors.
slrbuibnot on Aliments.
lified

ACETO'SE.

adj.

That which has

in it

any

Dift.

thing four.

[from acitofe.'] The

of being acetoie, or of containing

ACETO'SITY. n.f.
ftate

Difl.

fournefs.

ACE'TOUS,

adj.

[from acetma, vinegar,

Lat.]

A C
Having

Lat.]

adj. [acidut, Lat. atidt, Fr.] Sour,

(harp.
W]|J trees hft longer than garden trees; anil
in the fame kind, thole whofe fruit is a*iJ mjic
than thofc whofe fruit is fweet.
Bacon't Natural Hifl'.ry.
Acid, or four, proceeds from a fait of the fame

Raiuni, which confift chiefly of the juice of

grapes, infpillaied in the (kins or hulks by the
a\t.jation of the fupeifluousmoifture through their
pores, bung diliilled in a retort, did not afford
any vinous, but rather an acetous

fpirit.

Boyle.

Ac HE.

n.f. [ace, Sax. ax&'t Gr. now generally written ate, and in the plural
akes, of one fy liable; the primitive manner being preferved chiefly in poetry,
for the fake of the meafure.]
continued pain. See ARE.

nature, without mixture of oil ; in auftere taftes

the oily parts have not difentangled themfclves
from the (alts and earthy parts ; loch "u the tafte
of unripe fruits.
Arbuibnot sr. Aliments.
Liquors and fubttanccs are called tic'uis, which
being compofed of pointed particles, affect the
tafte in a {harp and
The >m
piercing manner.
mon way of trying, whettur any particular li<j;ioi
hath in it any particles of this kind, is by mixing it with fyrup of violets, when it will turn o{

'

tremble at thy din.

Sbakefpeart.
coming (how'r your (hooting corns prelage,
Old aches will throb, your hollow tooth will rage.
.t beajis (hall

S'w'-ft.

To ACHE. v.

a.

ACHE.] To be

[See

a ted colour; but

Gi."

?. a.

[achever,

Fr.

The

dity or fournefs.

[froma^V.] Thequality
of being acid; acidity. See ACIDITV.

crown'd with furc fuc-

ACI'DULjE.

greater par; perform'd, achieve the lefs.

Dryd.
gain, to obtain.
is
Experience
by induftry, achieved,
And perfected by the fwift couife of time. Sbalcff.
1
Tranio,
burn, I pine, 1 pcriin, Tranio,
li" I achieve not this
young modcft giil.

Show all the fpoils

And groaning nations
that obtains

n.f.

now.

The ac\dula t or medical Iprings, emit a greater

quantity of their minerals than ufual ; and even
the ordinary fprings, which \ve-e before

by valiant kings achieved,

by their arms reliev'd. Prior,

He

that performs

when

viftory is twice itfelf,

brings home full numbers.
Sbakefpeare's

ACHIEVEMENT,

clear,

and limpid, become thick and turbid, and

are impregnated with fulphur and other minefrefh,

Milton.

what he endeavours
Much

he

To AGI'DULATE. v.

To

the achiever

granted to any man

of great actions.
Then (hali the war, and

cnapan,
1.

Dryden.

ache."]

Pain; un-

old age

comes to wa't upon a great and

it comes atiended with many

worfliipful finner,

painful girds and actings, called the gout.

A'CHOR.

n.f. [acblr, Lat.

South.

i^, Gr./ur-

fur.] A fpecies of the herpes ; it appears

with a crufty fcab, which caufe^ an itching on the furface of the head, occafioned

by a

fait

through the fkin.

ftiarp

kno*w.'\

the

And

people do already

will

5.

ferum oozing
i^/incj/.

JilTica,

Bailjiiic) at d
ntyle:f.
Sbakefpeare.
that acknmvicdge Cod, or providence,
fouls eternity aid ever doubt.
Daviis.

None
Their

To
For
fin is

3.

confcfs

as, a fault.

acknowledge,
ever before me.

To own

as,

my

tunfgreffions

and

Pfa.'n

benefit

li.

my

but they his

f, irit

gifts

not.

In the'

firft

acknvwlei'.gd
Milton.

Drydcr.

ACKNOWLEDGING,
ledge.] Grateful

benefits received.
noij/ant.

[from acknowready to acknowledge

adj.

gra-

Aft of atteftation to any conceffion

countries in Ireland, in

wh'ch the laws of England were never ellabliincd,

nor any acknowledgment of fubjedtion made.
Kpcnjcr's StJtecf Ireland,

6.

Something given or done in

of a benefit received.
The fecond is an acknowledgment

confefliou
to his m.i-

je(ry for the leave of filhing upon his coafts ; and

though this may not be grounded upon any treaty,

yet, if it appear to be an ancient right on our fide,

and cuftom on theirs, not determined or cxtinguiflied by any treaty between us, it may with
juftice be inlifted on.
Temple's Mifccilaniis,

A'CME.

[*,,

n.f.

The

Gr.]

height of

more

efpecially ufed to
denote the height of a diftcmper, which
is divided into four
i. The
periods,

any thing

the

arche,

beginning

2. Analajis,

or

attack.

firft

the growth.

Acme, the
which is the
3.

height. And, 4. P,n;.u-ie,

declenfion of the dillemper.

i^uincj.

n.f. [ax.oXsSi'w, Gr.] One

of the lowelt order in the Romim church,

ACO'LOTHIST.
whofe

office is

to prepare the elements

for the offices, to light the church,

&c.

duty, according to t!^: p-;^i i-iw,

the BinSnp lir.gs mais, to ord(r ail the iclergy to appear in their pioper hab'ts ; an
t'm Jl the officei of the cha.
It

is

to ordain the

A'COLYTE.

n.f.

:,

The fame

with

ACOLO-

n.f. [aconitum, Lat.] Properly

the herb wolfs-bane, but commonly ufed
in poetical language for poilon in general.
Our hind is from the rage of tygers freed,

Nor nourishes the lion's angry

Nor -oh.'nou- J<:cii:te is here produced,
Or giov>s unknown, or is, uhcii known,
;

G^llicifm, recon-

refused*

Drydt**
Defpair, that aconite docs prove,
And certain death to 01
Tli:it poifon

never yet withrtotd,

Docs nourim mine, and turns

thankfully acfdge to the Almighty power the affiftar.cc. he

has given me in the beginning, and the
profecution of my prcfent ftudies.
place, therefore,

3.

fometimes

with the particle to before the

perfon
conferring the benefit.
Taught them

Philip.

TH1ST.
A'CONITE.

known my mind,

In place of lord

2.

the ackncivledgment of the

eunuch was baptized by

fuch as homage.
There be many wide

formed

uckncwicd-2 you nnd

pofi-

titude.

veiTels.

to

any

Confeflion of a fault.
Confeffion of a benefit received

3.

own any

in

truth of

Hvckcr.

a particular cha-

knowledge of;

His

eafinefs.

When

to

To own
My

ports to gcijt.

[a word
the Latin

racter.

derived

from achieve, as it fignifies to perform

in the fecond, from achieve, as it im-

feems,

thi.ig or perfon

hung;
Rank'd with my champion's bucklers, and below,
With arms revcrs'd, th' act'uv. meats of the foe.
is

<v.

it

and Englilh, from agnofca, and knowledge, which is deduced from the Saxon

ftern debate, and ftrite

Immortal, be the bus'nefs of r.iy life;
the
And in thy fame,
dufty fpoils among,
High on the burniih'd ruof, my banner (hall be

fenfe,

a.
ACKNOWLEDGE.
as
between

formed,

Fairy Queen.

[from

Fri]

To

enfigns armorial,
for the performance

n.f.

\_acidulcr,

flight degree.
diet of freih unfaltcd things,
watery liquors
dc di<Ii'.rcti, farinaceous emollient fubftances, four
milk, butter, and acid fruits.
Arlu'.bna on Aliments.

ab'.ut Nctb':r.e.

efcutcheon, or

A'CHING.

a.

impregnate or tinge with acids in a

edo

acKon.
From every coaft that heaven walks about,
Have thither come the noble martial crew,
That .famous hard achievements ftill purfue.

firft

lafts.

Wwd'Ward'i Natural Hy?t,ry

n.f, \achevement, Fr.]

Achievement, in the

long as the earthquake

rals, as

after.

The performance of an

The

with

fprings impregnated
fharp particles, as all the nitrous, chalybeate, and alum fprings are.
putney.

Shakifpearc.
haft achicv'd our liberty, conrin d
till

n.f. [that is, aqute acidulet.']

Medicinal

To

ACHI'EVER.

Immediately upon
cbriftian faith, the

Arbvti-nnt on Aliirer.n.

n.f.

ano-

in

quality

ftiarpnefs

character

tion.

the tafte of the mouth is bitter, it is a

of a redundance of a bilious alkali, and demands a quite different diet from the cafe of aci-

a defign pro-

to finilh

toils, rr.y friends, are

Thou

2.

tafte

Virgil.

[from acknow-

Conceffion of the

2.

4.

A'CIDNESS.

"Within hell-gates

1.

an acid

n.f.

as, exiftence, fuperiority.

The due contemplation of the human nature
doth, by a neceffaiy connexion and chain of
caufcs, carry us up to the unavoidable acknowledgment of the Doit)- ; becaule it carries ewiy
thinking man to an original of every fucceffivc individual.
Halt's Origin tf Mar.kinJ*

When

to

fpcroufly.
cefs

Conccfllon of any
ther

fign

complete.]
To perform,

2.

The

ledge.]
1.

lix-'via;

Fifties, by the help of a diiTblvent liquor, corrode and reduce theif~meat, (kin, bones, and all,
into a chylus or cremor ; and yet this
liquor manife 's nothing of
iv.
acidity to .he p.lte.

this account,

To ACHI'EVE.

Drydcns

Ac K N O'WL E o c M E N T

Quincy.

fournefs.

difcerr.ed object.

Our

contains alkal'ne or

n.f. [from acid.']

of being acid

in

if it

changes that fyrup green.

ACI'DITY.

our fenfcs are dulled and

fper.t by any extraordinary intention, and our very
eyes will acbe, if long fixed upon any difficultly

1.

it

particles,

pain.

Upon

has (hewn his h:ro acknowledging and ungrateful, c :u, itii >rut.: and hard-hearted ; but, at
the bottom, fickle and (elf-intended.

;.

rack thee with o'd cramps;

thy bones with atbts, make thec roar
I'll

'1

He

A'CID.

four.

Fill all

AGO

A C K

II

the quality of vinegar

to blood.

Grani-]l'f.

A'CORN.

n.f. [JEctpn, Sax. from ac, an

oak, and copn, corn or grain ; that is,
the grain or fruit of the oak.] The feed
or fruit born by the oak.

Errourii, fuch as are but acorr.s in our younger

brows, grow oalti iu our older heads, and become.
inflexible.

Brnnn.
Content

A C
keep one of

Content with food which nature freely bred|

wildings and on ftrawberries they fed ;
Cornels and bramble-berries gave the reft,
And falling acwra furnifli a out a fealt.

On

face

acorns.
Like a

4.

adj.

To make

1.

i>. a.

But

Ne
But

[accointer, Fr.]

that acju.:im ourfelves -witi ev'ry zone,

And pafs thj tropicks, and behold each pole j
When we come home, are to ourfelves unknown,

And

unacquainted
-with thec,

new welcome

Like fortunes may her

to

feek,

what exercifes or discipline the

Milton.

We

Boyle againjt Bentley.

ACOJJA'INTED. adj. [from acquaint.] Familiar, well known ; not new.

Now

own

But

for

Which

more

is

fome other reafons,

not

you know,
father c/this bufmefs.

My

is

E'ST. n.f. \acquejt, Fr. fromacqucrir,

written by fome acquift, with a view to
the vtor& acquire, or acquijita.'] Attach-

ACQJJ

Watts': Lofick.

fpirits.

fit

in ufe before

my grave Sir,
not acquaint

New acquijls

have brought words and phratcs, which were never

The

To

n.f. [accointance, Fr.]

of being acquainted with;

It is applied
familiarity, knowledge.
as well to perfons as things, with the
-with.

poets of hi

age, than wilt the

with the fimr .u

noblemen and ladies.

lefs

Dr-jden.

Our

figns

admiration of a famous

man

IcITens

upon

our nearer acquaintance with him ; and wr feldorr.

hear of a celebrated perfon, without a catalogue ol
fome notorious wealcneflTen and infirmities.

1.

Attertury.

knowledge,

fhort

o:

to perfons.
friendfhip, as applied
1

fore

you

To

Glanvillc^s

AcQjJi'RED./ar//V//>. adj.

Gained by one's
thofe things
ture.

anj therehope 1 am pretty near feeing you,

I would cultivate an acquaintance ; becaufe
do not know me when we meet, you need only
i

We

Scepjis.

from ac quire. ]

in oppofitioa to

felf,

which are bellowed by na-

are feldom at eafe, and free

enough from

the felicitation of our natural or adopted defires ;

but a corjftarit fucccllion of uneafimffcs, out of
that ftock, which natural wants, or
acquired habits,
have heaped up, take the will in their turns.

Locks.

ACQJJI'RER. n.f. [from

perfon that acquires

acquire.}

The

a gainer.

A c Qjr I'REMENT. n.f. [ from acquire. ]

That

which is acquired ; gain ; attainment.

The word may be properly ufed in oppofuion to the gifts of nature.
Thefe his acquirements, liy induftry, were exceedingly both enriched and enlarged by many
excellent endowments of nature.

South.
grofs and fatal delufion.
He hath employed his trar.fcendent wifilom and
that
thefe
he
make
for
his
power,
by
might
way

quirements.

Brotvn's Vulgar Errours.

very difficult to lay down rules for the acThe faculty muft, in fome
quirement of a taire.
deg.ee, be born witii us.
Addijon*
It

end wherein they ultimately acGreiu.

[from acquiejce.~\
A filent appearance of content, diilinguifhedon one fide from avowed confent,
on the other from oppufition.
n.f.

Neither from any of the nobility, nor of the

who were thought moftaverfelrom it, there
appeared any fign of co .tradiclion to that; but an
entire acquiejunce in all the bjfiiops thought fit to
do.

Clarendon.

Each man has but a limited right to the good

things of the world and the natural allowed way,
Ly "which he is to compafs the po/TerTion of thefe
;

indeed have ^ivea over their purfuits after

fme,either from d'hppnintmentyn from experience
of the little plealurc which attends it, or the better
informations or natural c"ldnefs of old age j but

Many

their prefent

full

fatisfactioii

enjoyments of

it.

and atquujance

in

is

things,

by his own induftrious

them.
2.

The

thing gained
Great

Of glory
Vour

Satisfaction, reft, content.

feldom from a

is

Aco^JJ ISI'TION. n.f. \acquijitio, Lat.]

1. The aft of
acquiring or gaining.

clergy,

2.

H.iyward an Edward VI.

By a content and acquiescence in every fpecies
of truth, we embrace the flindow thereof ; or fo
much as may palliate itsjuft and fubllantial ac-

ACQJJIE'SCENCE.

of his neighbourhood and acquaintance, how obliwa to them, what kind offices he
ging his carriage
I forbear
did, and was always ready to do them,
initial
flight or

ture, or tranfmitted by inheritance.

Better to leave undone, than by our deed
Acquire too high a fame, while he, we ferve, *a
away.
Stakeff. Antony and Cleopatra.
2.
come to ; to attain.
Motion cannot be perceived without the pcrcep,
tion of its terms, viz. the parts of fpace which it
immediately left, and thofe which it next acquires.

things ; and, confequently, if men, upon this ac

count, will needs take up and acquitjct in an air
ungrounded perfuafion, ti,at they will thofe things
which really they nut will, tlicy fall thereby into a

quiefce.

Sbabfjpejre
Thlik-rps the nnderftanding long in converlc with
act cbjeil, and long converfe brings acquaintance
SoUt
In what manner he lived with thofe who were

and encroachments.

ACQUIESCE.

rxr.ignity, as the

__

pardon me,
That any accent breaking from rxui-tongue,
Should '(cape the true acquaintance of mine ear,
foldier,

to fay.
part'.cu'arly

acqucf.s

It has in before the objeh

Others will, upon account of the receivednefs
of the propofed opinion, think it rather worthy to
b? examined than acquiefced in.
Boyle.
Ne.ther a bare approbation of, nor a mere wiflinor
in
unaclive
nor, laftly, a
ing,
;
complacency
natural inclination to things virtuous and good,
can pafs before God for a min's willing of fuch

Familiar knowledge, fimply without a

prepofuion.

3.

new

content.

We

Brave

its

To

Addifon.
Would we be admitted into an atquaintancetvitb
mult be
Cod, let us ftudy to refemble him.
of a divine nature, in order to partake or
partakers
alliance.
?h privilege ard
Attert/ury.

2.

of

^. n. [acquiefcer, Fr.
reit in, or remain
acquiejcere, Lat.]
fatisfied with, without oppofition or dif-

flate

particle
Nor was his acquaintance

Lat.]
gain by one's own labour or power ;
to obtain what is not received from na-

Mud,

Taller.

before in thofe parts.

v. a. [acqtierir, Fr. ac-

To

the thing gained.

;
more burden than Itrength.

repofed near the oftea of rivers, makes

continual additions to the land, thereby excluding
the fea, and preferving thefe (hells as trophies and

Bcntley.

ACQUTRE.
qtiiro,

1.

Bacon.

1.

are

man.

and foul.

To

ment, acquilition

Sbakefptar,', Twelfth Nigtt.

friend in the country acquaints me, that two
are got among them, and
town
of
the
men
or three

ACQUAINTANCE,

we our high court of parliament ;

or peace, or both at once may be
acquainted and familiar to us. Slakeff.

call

That war
As things

yourfelves

inform. With
the objeft than tf.

place yieldeth.

my

after inviolably yours.

Dryden.
fee he isa(hamed of his nearefl acquaintances.

ancient and

To

be

are to

none, you have drawn them all into a nearer line ;

and they who have converfed with you, are forever

faint,

tuitb things
Acquaint yourfelves
modern, natural, civil, and religious, domcftic and
and foreign countries;
own
of
your
national; things
and, above all, be well acquainted with God and
learn animal nature, and the workings
;

of your

may

Bacon.

Before a man can fpeak n any fubjet, it is

it.
neceflary to be acquainted -with
Lo.ke tm Education.

2.

tell

"\

Hole's Origin of Mankind.

If the powers of cogitation and volition, and
fenfation, are neither inherent in matter as fach,
nor acqu'irable to matter by any motion or modification of it ; it necefl'arily follows, that they proceed from fome cogitative fubltance, fome incorporeal inhabitant within us, which we call fpirit

lord, has juftly acquired you as many

friends, as there are perfons who have the honour
to be known to you ; mere acquaintance you have

foul.

foul acquaint.

difcurfive faculty in

tutor,

them what acquaintances they

able

This,

Davits.

There

fome

allow well, fo that he be fuch a one that

We

own

lament,

acquaintance could delight,

her dear heart with anguifli did torment.
travel under

South.

[from acquire. That

be acquired or obtained ;
adj.

inrtir.fis, the connate principles

engraven in the human foul, though they are truths
acquirable and deducible by rational cor.fequence
and argumentation, yet feem to be inferibed in the
very crafis and texiute of the foul, antecedent to
any acqui(ition by induftry or the exercife of ths

Fairy S^ueen.

familiar with; applied either

It has 'with before

with our

peril clofely did

thefe cha-

attainable.
Thofe rational

new

in this

word of thofe,

them under

which may

vow'd unto the red-crofs knight,

That young men

to perfons or things.
the objeft.

ftill

(he, all

His wand'ring

a full
in the
acqu'iefcence

rcprefent things to

ACO^UI'RABLE.

fome

in

fliall

racters.

tances.

n.f. [Axfcrix*,of axaa, Gr.

to hear.]
r. The doflrine or thcorv of founds.
2. Medicines to help the hearing. >uincy.

ACQUATNT.

who

authors, acquaintance, in Others acquain-

Staleffeare.

ACO'USTICKS.

To

is,

and

faith,

The

friendmip.
In this fenfe, the plural

[from acorn.} Stored with

full scorn' J boar.

The greateft part of the world take up their perfuafions concerning good and evil, by an implicit

heart.

perfon with whom we are acquainted ; him of whom we have fome

knowledge, without the intimacy of

Submiffion, confidence.

3.

Swift to Pope.
A long noviciate of acquaintance mould precede
the vows of friendfhip.
Bolinghroke.

Licit.

A'co R NED.

my letters, and compare it with my

my face and letters are counterparts of

for

my

Dryden's Ovid.
He that is nourifhed by the acorns he picked up
he
under an oak, or the apples
gathered from the
trees in the wood, has certainly appropriated them
to himfelf.

A C

C Q^

as

Sir,

acquifition of
Hotiit,

acquirement.
all

of empire, here

acquijiticn

lay before

DenkanCs Sophy.
can never arrive to its period in a more
deplorable cnfis, than when fome prince lies hovering lilce a vulture to difmeraber its dying carcafe ;.

royal feet.

(late

by which means it becomes only an acqui/ition to

fome mighty monarchy, without hopes of a rcfurStoift.

A C
AcqtrriTiVE.
That which
He

They quickly pay their debt, and then

Take no acqi ittanfei, but pay again.
Donne.
The fame man bought and fold to himfelf, paid

adj. [acquiftttvat, Lat.]

acquired or gained.

is

ACT

A C R

died not in his acquifi'rve but in his native

foil; nature hcifelf, as it were, claiming .1 final

inteicft in h s ^-iy, when fortune had done with

the money, and gave the acquittance,

sirluthnct.

A quantity of
land containing in length forty perches,
and four in breadth, or four thoufand

ACO^UI'ST. n.f. [See ACQJJEST.] Acquirement ; attainment ; gain. Not in

eight hundred and forty fquare yards.

life.

His fenrant he with new acqui/l

experience from this great event,
With peace and confolation hath difmift.

To ACQUl'T. v.

Mi/tor:.

A'CRID.

See

a. [acquitttr, Fr.

tafte

To

fet free.

But joy her

thrall for ever to

for pledge

my

remain,
poor captived heart.

ACRIMO'NIOUS.
acrimony

Spenftr,

To

clear

him, or with the particles from or of,

which is more common, before the crime.
If I fin, then thou marked me, and thou' wilt

me from mine iniquity.

yob, x. 14.
the fuffrage of the moft and beft he is already
a.-qui'ttd, and, by die fentence of fome, condemned.

not acquit

majefry,

To

3.

whom I

Conjun-.ptiws.

define fait, from fome of its profufible in the fire, congealable

cold into brittle glebes or cryftah, foluble

Swift.

clear from any obligation.

to

my endeavours, overcome all difficulties ; and, in

fome mealure, acquitted mffelf of the debt which
1 owed the publick, when I undertook this work.
Dryden.

4. In a limilar fenfe, it is faid, The man

bath acquitted himfelf tvell ; that is, he
hath discharged his duty.

n.f. [from acquit.~\ The

ftate of being acquitted ; or act of acquitting.
The word imports properly an acquitment or difchargeofaman upon fome precedent accufation,

ACQJJI'TMENT.

and

and cognizance of hit cuufe hud

a full trial

South,

thereupon.

n.f. In law, is a deliverance and fetting free from the fufpicion

or guiltinefs of an offence.'
Coivel.
The conitant defign of both thefe orators, was

^CO^UI'TTAL.

fome one particular point, either the condemnation or acquittal of aa accufed perfon.
to drive

Swift.

To ACC^UI'TTANCE. v.
acquittance
prefent ufe.
But if black

a.

to acquit

To procure an

a word not in

fcandal and foul-fac'd reproach,

Attend the fequel of your impofition,
Vour mere enforcement mall acquittance me
From all the impure blots and ftains thereof
Sbakffpcarc.

ACQUI'TTANCE. n.f. [from acquit.]

I. The aft of difcharging from a debt.
But foon

(hall find

Forbearance, no acquittance, ere day end

Juflice (hall not return, as beauty, fcorn'd.
Milton.

1.

writing teflifying the receipt of a

debt.

mony and indignation, to barBe this fenfelefs arrogant conceit of theirs, which made them hufr at
the doitrine of repentance, as a thing below them,
and not at all belonging to them.
South.

A'c R I T u D E

can produce acquittances

For fuch a fum, from

fpecial officers

Charles hit father.

Sbakcffcarc

Levfi Labour Loft.

n.f. [from acrid. ]

An

taftcs, is

ing

Of

And

command
:

difplay, and altars raife,

torture one poor'word ten thoufand ways.

Drydtn.

SCROTERS,

or

ACROTE'RIA. n.f.

[from attest, Gr. the extremity of any

Little pedeftals without bafes,
body.]
placed at the middle and th? two extremes of pediments, fomedmes ferving
to fupport Itatues.
1.

ACT.
To be

2.

To

To

He

i). n. [ago, nfliim,

Lat.]
in action, not to reft.
between
uuubtti
all
in
or reft. Pip:.
hangs
perform the proper functions.

Albe't the will

is

not cj

to any of its actings, yet

made to acl with ni
to the different iuiprt-ffions
or objedu.

3.

-To

it

it

receives

being

from motives
Scutb.

practife arts or duties

one's

to conduct

felf.

'Tis plain that ihe, who for a kingdom now'

Would facrifice her love, and break her \
Not out of love, but int.-reft, acls :il >nc,
And would, ev'n in my arms, lie thinking of a
throne.
Drydtn't C^nqufjt of Granada.

the oppoiite of exoterical.

ACROA'TICKS.

n.f. [AxgoalixA, Gr.] Arilectures on the more nice and

ftotle's

peaceful province in ccraftick la.id

There thou may'ft wings

Grcvfs Mufteum.

hear.]

Addifcn.

Leave writing plays, and chnofe for thy

Some

joined fome acritudc*

I
[aK^oao^at, Gr.
or pertaining to deep learn-

each others

acrojs

acrid

ACROAMA'TICAL.^'.

by

up into a kind of pyraof men in the air cf four

or five rows riling one jbove another.

tafte ; a biting heat on the palate.

In green vitriol, with its aftringent and fweetiih

principal parts of philofophy, to which

none but friends and fcholars were ad-

ax^- , fummus ,

The dcfire of happinefs, and the conftraint it

puts upon us to aft for it, no body accounts an
Ltfke.
abridgment of liberty.
The fplendor of his office, is the token i,f that

importing the beginning

of night.] A term of aftronomy, applied
to the ftars, of which the rifmgor fetting

facied character which he inwardly bears : and

one of thefe ought conitantly to put him in mind
of the other, and excite him to afl up to it, through
the whole courfe of his administration.

mitted by him.

ACRO'NYCAL.
and u, nax

adj. [from
;

called acronycal, when they either appear above or fink below the horizon at
the time of funfet.
It is oppofed to
is

Atterbury''* Sermons.
our part and duty to co-opc/ate with this
grace, vigoroufiy to exert thofe poweis, and aft up
to thofe advantages to which it reitoies us.
He
has given eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
It is

cofmical.

ACRO'NYCALLY.
At

adv. [from

acronycal.~\

the acronycal time.

He

is

tempertuous in the fummer, when he

and rainy in the winter, when he

riles heliacally,
rifes

R^ga-s's Sfrmcns.

4.

Ganb's

ftomach, the interlines, the mufdes of, the

lower belly, all ai upon the aliment; beiides, the
chyle is not fucked, but fqueezed into the mouths
of the lacteals, by the aftion of the fibres of the

feeds before they are put in the ground.

Many corns will fmilt, or have their pulp turned

into a Jubilance like thick cream ; and will fend
acroj'fire*

Mortimer.

Diffenfary.

The

n.f. [fromaxj^ ando-TTf^a,

fhoot or fprout from the end of

forth their fublUucc in an

'tis we wait the wond'rous caufc to find

body afis upon impafiive mind.

Hence

Dryden.

acronycally.

To produce effects in fome paffi ve fubjedt.

How

A'CROSPIRE.
Gr.]

You

Of

Sharpnefs of temper, feverity, bitternefs of thought or language.

John the Bapcilt, let himlelt, with much acri-

only forfwine.

ACRO'STICK. n.f. [from axj- and ri^,-,

A poem in which the firft letter
Gr.]
of every line being taken, makes up
the name of the perfon or thing on
which the poem is made.
ACRO'STICK. adj.
1
That which relates to an acroftick.
2. That which contains acrofticks.

Arbutbnot,

2.

Is fit

ftood, reflecting on his country's lofs. Dryden.

is a fet of artizans, who, by the help of

feveral poles, which they

(fcoulders, build themfelvcj
mid ; fo that you fee a pile

body

again by
in water, fo as to difappear, not malleable, and having fomething in it which affects the organs of
tafte with a fenfation of acrimony or fliarpnefs.

and

Tliere

The chymiOs
perties, to be a

entirely acquit of any imputation.

Steady
my principles, and not difpirited with
my afflictions, J have, by the blcfling of God on

Harvey on

n.f.

they are cut; as, figs, old lettuce, fow-thiftles,

The caufe may be an inception of putrefpurge.
faction for thofe milkshaveall anacrimony, though
one (hould think they (hould be lenitive.
Bacon's Natural Hijlory.

of his

memory

He

corrofive.

\_acrimcuia, Lat/]
1. Sharpnefs, corrofivenefs.
Thtrj be plants that have a milk in them when

Dry den,

reded! upon the

melancholy.

He that judges, without informing himfelf to

the utmoft that he is capable, cannot acquit himfelf o/'judging amifs.
Locke.
I

fharp

A'CRIMONY.

By

Neither do

tafte.

If gall cannot be icndered acrimonious, and bitter

of itfelf, then whatever acrimony or amaritude
redounds in it, mull be from the admixture or

from a charge of guilt ; to abfolve ; oppofed to condemn, either fimply

with an accusative ; as, the jury acquitted

a.

acrojpircd,

The harp hath the concave not abng the ftrings,

but acrofs the ftrings ; and no harp hath the found
fo melting and prolonged as the Irilh harp.
Bacon.
This view'd, hot notenjoy'J, with timaxnCfi

Abounding with

adj.

called

fo as to crofs it.

Bitter and acrid differ only by the (harp particles

of the firft being involved in a greater quantity of
oil than thofe of the I aft.
Arbutbntt on Aliments.

Ne do I with ('fur wi/hing were but vain)

To be acquit from my continual (mart
And yield

is

is fpread
fprouts at both ends,

comes and

it

Mortimer*

adj. \acer, Lat.] Of a hot biting

bitter ; fo as to leave a painful

heat upon the organs of

r!'>or,

fprouts,

the malt

ACRO'SS. adv. [from a for at, or the

French a, as it is ufed in a tracers, and
Athwart, laid over fomething
trofs.]

And

QUIT.]
I

on the
which

Search every acre in the high-grown field,

bring him to our eye.
Sbakefp, King Lear.

Of true

Having

adj.

or having {hot out.

For want of turning, when

A'CRE. n.f. [jEcpe, Sax.]

Wotton.

hi

A'cRospiRED./a.

'

Arbutbmt

guts.

To ACT. v.

en Aliments,

,,

i.

To

ACT
To

t.

ACT

bear a borrowed
character;

as,

ediflf for ufury to

fupp-irt afurer
repeal daily any wliokfome afl edabliihed
again
Be neb, and
provide more piercing Salutes dai
to chain
up and rcftiaiu the pcor.

flage-player.
Honour and /name from no condition
rife ;
well your part, there all the
honour lies. Pope.
*. To counterfeit ; to
feign by action.
His former
trembling once again rcncw'd,
With aR*l fear the villain thus

purlVd.

To

f.

actuate

to

put in motion

io

to re9.

gulate the movements.

Mod

people in the world are affej by levity and

mour, by drangc and irrational
changes. Statb.
1
erne's they are as proud as
Lucifer, as covetous as Dcmas, as falfe as
Judas, and, in the
courfe of their

I.

All out of work, and cold for

Ts for

f thefe

on fuch creatures

thy

as
;

try the

the performance of
exploits
production of effects.
'Tis fo m uc h n
your nature , do
.

life ,s

It is

and

ftep taken
hat tb

'*

J.

SbakcJtejrS, Kirg Lear.

effect.

fctds of herb; and

plants at the

but in

, -7,

wards grow

poffibiiity, that
to be.

firft

which they

are not
after-

linker.
alone excepted, who
actually and everlaft
wharfoever he may be, and which
ugly
canno
aeafter be that which now he is
not; all othc
facfidcs
are
things
fomewharm poffibili'tv, which a
t
they are not in act.
Haoktr
Sure they're confcious
>f fome intended
and
a^e fled
mifchief,

Uod

is

Ta

put

it

into afl.

Detbam's Soph,.

6.

Incipient agency; tendency to an effort

Her legs were bufkin'd, and the left
before
In afl to (hoot
a filvcr bow (he bore.
;
DryJtn.
7part of a play, during which the action proceeds without
interruption.

Many never doubt but the whole condi^on re

,u,red by Chrift, the repentance he came to
preach,
will, in that lad fcene of their
lad all, immediately before the exit, be as
opportunely and ac,
ceptably performed, as a)int of thcir
.

lit frmatid^t

rt

Five afls are jud the mealure of a

play.

8.

decree of a court
of a legiflature.

VOL.

I.

that the earth

center, and

make

relent

Gefliculation

that hears

With wrinkled
Our orators

[from

tt.f.

AccnftomedtO

eu/j.

rafcal,

litigious.

filthy

worfted-ftocking
Sbaktff.

iily-hver'd eBin.taklng knave.

'
-

A rl-

"-S- t from a #'t> Lat.T

fliould

As fnowand

ice, efpecially
being holpen, and
the,r_cold allrvatcd by nitre or fait, will turn water
into ice, and that in a few
hour,; fo it may be,
it W!ll turn wood
or
iliffclay into (tone, in longej

time.

Bacon.

A'CTIVE. adj. [affivta,

Lat.]
I. That which has
the power or quality of
acting.
Thefe particles have not
only a vis mertie. ac.
:ompimed with fuch pa/live laws of motion, as
refult
from
naturally
that force, but alfo
they are
moved by certain afliw
principles, fuch as is that
of gravity, and that which
caufcs
fermentation,
and the cohrfion of bodies.

hearer's
gripe
fearful aSl'.n

IST.

Action quick and

Dia
frequent.
To A'CTIVATE. V. a.
[from affiw.] To
make aftive. This word is
perhaps
uied only by the author
alleged.

accordance of "the
body with the words

c'

,
While
he

TA TION

CT

die

thefe fingularities
innocent caufes. Co.'Her

by means of law

knave,

knave

thofe ufeful

fpoken; a part of oratory.

He lat fpcaks doth
the

wrid

z.

nukes

A'tvjt,*',

That wh.ch

Oftich.

acts, oppofed to pa/R-ve, or

which fuffers.
When an even flame two hearts did

that

brows.

St a k,fp. Klr.r J^kn

are obfrved to make ufc of
lefs
gefturc or aflkn than thofc of other countrirs

us ornce was

touch,

(it

tr>

indulgently

to pafiives,
corrcfpondency
his fubject was.

^ffrvtl

6.

'

therefore,

own

its

motions of the

Hate of
reality

The
_

better,

Fcrcff.

fSiouUe:

VCTION-TAKINC.

Add'ihn

particular thing ;'a

a purpofe executed.
-:fl
perfuades me,
remotion of the duke and h-r

on,

This afthn fcnuld have three

qualifications.
rft, it ,:10 uld be but one
eSn*; fecondly, it
ftouid be an entire
aflan; and, thirdly, it mould
be 3 great afikn.

comely frame,
his word and work the
fame.

The doing of fome

4.

$.

afl,

?:o

ffmo-'l Tjfe

ormable to which natural bodies are

governed in
acii'.r.i
upon one another.
Cbcynt.
The
feries
of events
4.
reprefented in a
fable.

Drydaf,
Who forth from nothing ca'l'd this
will

jk-ff tare's

is

a3,o,t.] One that lias a fhare in affiant

or flocks.

their

now

of night and
day, than expofe always
the fame fide to the afikn of the
fun.
Btntlr,
He has fettied laws, and laid down
rules, con-

as the fun is

is

Hi-

face

more

S&utb.

move about

uut one continued afl of

placing benefits
my,
always carrying his light to
lome part or other of the world.
fat!*,.

your

better grace.

Hcwel's Vccal
s

A'c TION A

a deed.

punifhable.

^aremterpretablelrom
R Y, or A'CTION

~a3\:r..

viciffitudes

Skakeffeare't Cymtelhe.

AUion

3.

my

Po man

bv,
'

will try the forces

; but none human

vigour of them, and
apply
Alhyments to their all ; and by them
gather
Their feveral virtues and effects.
i

thing done

it

His process was formed

; whereby he was founi
:uilty of nought elfc, that I could
learn, which
was attainable, but of ambition.

Agency, operation.

3.

power of producing an

We count not compounds

worth the
hanging

brought againft

accepts a good inclination indead o;

a good afikn, where that
aShn may be done ; nay
fo much the
contrary, that, if a good inclination
be oot ieconded
by a good allln, the want of that
fuf is made fo much the more
criminal and in-

effect.
I

aft or

Cod never

_-.

the

,-

Sbakeffterft Htnry

This afrkn,

lower place, not

we!!,
too great an ad :

An

2.

Acquire too high a fame.

Agency

B.

T
J'.nf:;
In
the plural, in
France, the fame as
Jlocks in England.
A'CTJOKABLK. adj. [from
aatcu.] -That
winch admits aa adion in law to be

7.

relate t

^,

bushing

Better to leave undone than

by our deed

Z.

Sbakcfteare's Ilerrv

Onol!cEngli/h! that could entertain

With half their forces the full
power of France-"
And let another half ftand

an exploit,

Sbaktfp. Ant. ar.d Cleopatra.

he confcious wretch mud all
hisatf, reveal :
Loth to confefs, unable to conceal
From the firft moment of his vital ; breath '
To his lad hour of
unrependng death.
Drydcn.

irrt^all

n.f. [ecUta, Fr. affio, Lat.]

quality or flate of acting, oppofite

The

1.

May make

me.

my

[affam, Lat.]

Something done; a deed

whether good or ill.

blot out

Record of judicial
proceedings.
Judicial afl, are all thole matters whUi

A CTION.

art, and a,e

filed, not by devotion, but
South
We fuppofe t.vo diftind, dellgn.
incommunicable concioufnelJes
the
fame body, the one ccnaflhg
ftantly by day the other by night
;
and, on the
other fide, the fame
confcioumefs aalnt by intervals two diftindt bodies.

n.f.

For our reward then,

our debts are paid ;
dangers of law,
AS:tai, decrees, judgmeiiti,
agaitf us quitti-d.

that are king,

though he do wear the crown
hi.-n, by new afl of parliament,

judicial proceedings ; and being reduced intu wri

ting by a public notary, are recorded
by theautho
of the judge.

convention,

ACT.

SiJnej.

Cwuhgu

SMeffiart's

You

mm

rh;.-e was never

could have a jtWler a3f:r
tgaafl filthy fortune than I, Cnce, j|| othfr thiots
being granted me, her blindnefs is the
only lett.

Have causd

Dry A,.

ACT

make

TTiey

It is

[In law.]

Only

ufed with the

prepofitlie
perfon, and/r

before the thing.

of any contract,
offence, or caufe, of like force
with a contract or offence made or
done by him or
for whofe fadt he is to anfwer.
Aflh,
a is given to
any man agatrjl another, that pof-

uUt or

fome other,

jn
Afiun

'"'.

'.'

perf
div ded lnto c

'

vi1 '

P<1

and mixt.

which tends onlv to the recovery of that which is due to us ; as 'a fum of money formerly lent.
Afihn penal is that which
aims at fome
penalty or puniihment in the party
civil is that

fued, be it corporal or
pecuniary: as, in
law, the next friends of a man

eomaon
'

'Tis

unjud

fpccially provided

Kin* u^n the

Jlatute, is as a ffi, n brought
"g.>i"Jt a man upon breach of a ftatute.
Crwell.

vii

tupus aQion that

only by

mud pralfe bring

Without which, How advice

i et
they

oppofed
of which

ftate

mental powers.

is liltle

who

worth

the

forth,

give good counfel, praife

defervr,
afli-ve part
in_the
they cannot ferve. Dinham.

4. Practical ; not merely theoretical

The world hath had in thefe men
rience,

how d a ngcrou s fuch aflive errors

freft expe-

are.

Nimble; agile; quick.

S-

Some bend

the ftubborn

bow

In grammar.

A verb
***

aflrve

is

that

which

Hn,

for ridtory

Andfomewithdartstheir^w.rfinewstiT.
6.

wan

dct.iinmgof the fame.

JlBKn upon the cafi, is an action
given for rcdrcfc
of wrongs done without force
arair.Jl any man, by
law not
for.

ftAattuy, or any

Uie duties are

performed

felonioufiy

purfuc the law agai*Ji the murderer,

mut is that which fecks
both the thing whereof
we are deprived, and a
penalty alfo for the
ill

you think that, by

multiplying the addiu."
ments m the fame
proportion that jou multiply ths
ore, t,,c wo,k will
follow, you may be deceived;
for
quantity in the paffive will add more re/iltanctlian
thequantity in thetffiwwill add force. Barn.
3. Bufy, engaged in action
;
to

A:-h^ are pcrfonal, real, and mixt : aflka rcrfonal belongs to a man
again/I another, by reafon

ic
thing required or fued for in his own
lame, and no other man's.
AElarn mixt, is that
which lies as well
ag aifl orfar the thing which we
:ek, as agahjl the perfon that hath it :
called
mixt, becaufe it hath a mixt
refpcdt both to the
thing and to the
,n.

D me

It

tion again/I before

Dr a*;

fignifies action, ai

Lath Grammar.
Jn an
nimbly. In an

Clarke" t

ACTIVELT.

adv. [from

affi-ve.]

active manner ;
buftly ;
aftive fignification ; as, tie

word is

ufed

aii<uely.

A'CTIVENESS.
quality

n.f.

of being

[from5/w.]
aftive

The

q^uicknefs

nunbjenef.

ACT
tiimblcnefs. This
ufed than aSivity.

a word more rarely

is

What ftrange agility and afli-ventfi

mon tumblers and dancers on the rope
continual exercife!

/fi/Jtin:'i

attain to, by

Matt. Magick.

n.f. [from aflive.] The quaof being aftive, applied either to

things or perfons.
Salt put to ice, as in the producing of the artifithe aft'rvity of cold.
Bacon.

cial ice, increafeth

Our

adverfary will not be idle,

finjrs, according as they promoted idolatry, Or the

worship of the true God.
.dJJifcn.
Though our temporal profpccts (hould be full of
danger, or though the days of forrow fliould tflually
overtake us, yet liiil we muft repofe ourfelvcs on

do our com-

ACTI'VITY.
lity*

though we

are

Cod.

n.f. [from aflual.] The

quality of being aftual.
A'CTUARV. n.f. [afliiarius, Lat.] The
regifter who compiles the minutes of the
proceedings of a court ; a term of the
civil law.

Suppofe the judge ihould fay, that he would

have the keeping of the acts of court remain with
him, and the notary will have the cuftody of them
with himfelf : certainly, in this cafe, the affuary
or writer of them ought to be preferred,
^yliffe.

A'CTOR.

n.f. [aSor, Lat.]

that ads, or performs

He

The

any thing.

virtues of either age may correct the defects of both : and good for fucceflion, that young

men may

be learners, while

He who

writes an

men

Encomium

A'cruATE.a<#. [from
Put into ad ion

in age are aflon.

Bacon.
he docs

Neronit, if

himfelf but a tranfcript of Nero in

his mind, and would gladly enough fee fuch pranks,
as he was famous for, acted again, though he dares
not be the aUw of them himfelf.
South.

He

2.

that perfonatcs a character

a ftage-

Would you have

aflor in the fcene,

And not this hydra ? They muft fweat no lefs

To fit their properties, than t* exprefs their parts.

When

\a3rice, Fr.]

She that performs any thing.

Virgil has, indeed, admitted Fame

in the

Jntid ;

but the part

flic

acts

We had, for

all

the world,

therefore I that

Play

all

my

as

is

an

creatures

tricks in hell, a goblin there.

1.

That which comprifes

woman that plays on the

A'CTUAL. adj. [afluel, Fr.]

ft

in elTeft

ACU'MEN.

He

adj.

[aculeatus, Lat.]

n.f.

[Lat.]

a point

acutely as hirufelf,

fharp point

Sharpnefs.

Force of intellects.
They would not be fo

Quicknefs and vigour of fenfes.

3.

If eyes fo fia.ijed could not view at once the

hand and the hour-plate, their owner could not

be benefited by that a.utenefi; which, whilft it
difcovered the fecret contrivance of the machine,

made him

really.
All mankind acknowledge themfelves able and
fufficicnt to do many things, which
aftaally they
never do.
Smth.
Read one of the Chronicles, and you will think
you were reading a hiftory of the kings of Jfrael or
Judah, where the hiftoiians were afiualljintfireJ,
and where, by a particular fcheme of
providence,
the kings were difl,ingui(hed
or blefby

tween

We

2.

and letting of

rifing

Driven by force

The

verb adafl

A'DAGE.

is

\ada8us, Lat.]
a word little ufed.

not ufed.

DicJ.

n.f. [adagium, Lat.]

A maxim

handed down from antiquity ; a proverb.

Shallow unimproved inc-llccts, are confident
pretenders to certainty ; as if, contrary to the
adage, fcience had no friend but ignorance.
Glcnville's S^epjii

Scifr.tijlctt

Fine fruits of learning ! old ambitious fool,

Dar'ft thou apply that
adage of the fchool,
As if *tis nothing worth that lies conceal'd,
And fcience is not fcience till reveal'd ?
Dryden.

ADA'GIO.

n.f.

[Italian, at leifure.]

term ufed by muficians, to mark a flow

time.

A'DAMANT.
and

osifiiu,

n.f. [aJamas, Lat. from a,

Gr. that is inj'uperable, in-

frangible.]
1 .

flone,

imagined by writers, of im-

penetrable hardnefs.
So great a fear my name amongft thrm fpread,
That they fuppos'd I could rend bars of fteel,

And

fpurn in pieces poftsof adamant. Sbakefpcare*

Satan, with vart and haughty ftridcs aJvanc'd,

Came

Who
And

tow'ring, arm'd in adamant and gold.

Milton*
Eternal Deities,

rule the world with abfolute decrees,

write whatever time fliall bring to pafs,

With pens of adamant, on

2.

plates of brafs.

The diamond.
Hardnefs, wherein fome Hones exceed
and among them the adamant

Dryden.

other
other
(tones, being exalted to that degree thereof, that
art in vain endeavours to counterfeit it, the facbodies,

In a figurative fenfe applied to men

ingenious ; penetrating ;
oppofed to
;

dull or j} up id.

titious

The

acute and ingenious author, among many

very fine thoughts, and uncommon reflections, has
ftarted the notion of feeing all
things in Cod. Lode.

Brown,

ftars.

AD \C"T IB. participial adj.

fVifeman.

perceive the one not to be the other, but cannot

that way know whether they be
Locke.
equal.

of a malady.

5. Sharpnefs of found.
This acutinefs of found will (hew, that whilft,
to the eye, the bell feems to be at reft,
yet the
minute parts of it continue in a very bride motion,
H ithout which they could not ftrike the air.
Boyle.

drawn from equal bafes and becan, by intuitive knowledge,

Loctt.
crifis

apply prefent remedies according to indi*

cations, refpecting rather the acutenrfs of the difand
eafe,
precipitancy of the occafion, than the

ideas of an obtufc and an acute an-

parallels,

lofe its ufe.

Violence and fpeedy

4.

adj. [acutus, Lat.]

Sharp, ending in a point ; oppofed to

Having the

fee.]

apt to think, that there

cou'd be nothing added to the
acutenefs and penetration of their underftandings.
Locke.

(harp-pointed.

gled triangle, both

[from acute, which

i.

obtufi or blunt.

is

Cheyne.

Leckt.

n.f.

z.

is not acuminated and

pointed, as in the
but feemeth, as it were, cut off.
Brown's Vulgar Errcuri.
I appropriate this word, Noli me
tangere, to a
fmall round atuminated tubercle, which hath not
much pain, unlefs touched or rubbed, or exafpe-

many parts of Afia and

men reafon there, perhaps, as
who yet never heard of a fyl-

logifm.

ACU'TENESS.

This

ACU'TE.

will find

That

reft,

rated by topicks.

that will lojk into

America,

mar-

Ariftarchus in common converfation, to fignify

'
genius or natural acumen.
Pope.
ATED. particip. adj. E.iding in

adv. [ftomaual.] In aft;

judgments

To

which has a point or fling ; prickly

that which terminates in a (harp point.

The

fubftance

\acuo, Lat.]

ACU'MIN

impenetra-

A'CTUALLY.

i>. a.

fharpnefs.

Milton.

afiuality of thefe fpirifual qualities is thus

impiifoncd, though their potentiality be not quite
deftroyed j and thus a crafs, extended,
divifible, unintelligent
we call matter.

it.

figuratively, quicknefs of intellects.

The word was much affected by the learned

The

gener ted, which

After an
acute.]
acute manner ; (harply
it is ufed as
well in the figurative as primitive fenfe.

Immoderate feeding upon powdered beef, pickled meats, and debauching with ftrong wines, do
inflame and acuate the blood, whereby it is capacitated to corrode the lungs.
Harvey lit Confumftions.

of being aftual.

p?ffive,

by

pen, to invigorate with any powers of

Drydfn.

ble,

are the lead afiuated

ACU'LEATE.

not purely in fpeculation.

;
For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
Contracts the danger of an aflual fault :
Then what muft he expect, that ftill proceeds
To fimfh fin, and work up thoughts to deeds ?

ftate

actuated the

little ufed.

aftion.

[from a#ua/.]

fharpens the voice.

Decay of fitly.
moft filed with

To A'CUATB.

not merely potential.

n .f.

man, who has not

adj. [from a<2.] That which

hath ftrong powers of action : a word

age.

In aft

ACTUA'LITY.

every

Quincy.
or

raiies

ACU'TELY. adv. [from

[from ago, afium,

adtion

Addifcn.
Our pa/lions are the fprings which actuate the
of
our
nature.
powers
Rogers.

Dryden.

Sin, there in pow'r before

Once aftual j now in body, and to dwell
Habitual habitant.

3.

is

row minds

Jn this llumbry agitation, befides her walking

and other aflual performances, what, at any time,
have you heard her fay ?
Sbakefpeare's Macbeth.

2. Really in aft

oppofed to chronical.
Acute accent ; that which

5.

Men of the greateft abilities are

ambition j and, on the contrary, mean and nar-

affrefs

very Ihort,

when human

into

Acute difeafc.
Any difeafe, which is
attended with an increafed velocity of
blood, and terminates in a few days ;

4.

grace given him, to the fubduing of every reigning

was an a&'cft here,

2.

a.

ACTUO'SE.

and none of the moft admired circumftances of

that divine work.
Addifa.
We fprights have juft fuch natures

And

-v.

fin.

Drydtn'i Spanijh Friar.

1

and acuter, the appearance and outward fcheme of

things would h.ive quite another face to us. Locke.

BrnctCi Vulgar Erroun.

vanifli in a twinkling.

n.f.

A'CTUATE.
Lat.] To put

Such

good aSor doth his part prefent,

In every ait he our attention draws,
That at the laft he may find juft applaufe. Denbam.
Thefe filfe beauties of the ftage are no more lafting than a rainbow ; when the atliir ceafes to ihine
3

A'CTRESS.

fenfes, vigorous ; power,

operation.
Were our le.ifes altered, and made much quicker

ful in

to be afiuated into this luftre.

Ben Jenfon.

upon them, they

brought

to invigo;
rate or increafe the powers of motion.
The light made by this animal depends upon a
living fpirit, and feems, by fome vital irradiation,

player.

Such an Herculean

The active informations of the intellect, filling

the paflive reception of the will, like form doling
with matter, grew actuate into a third and diilinct
South*
perfection of practice.

To

Spoken of the

the verb Toafluale.']

animated

into effeft.

it heartily, is

Rogers.

A'CTUALNESS.

he watches every turn of our foul, and incident of

our life; and, if we remit our atlrvity, will take
advantage of our indolence.
Rogers.
1.

ADA

A C U

(tones

eafily detected

of ciiymifts, in imitation, being

by an ordinary lapidift.

Ray
3

Adamant

all

all

is

on the Creation*

taken for the loadftpnc.

You

You draw me,

you hard-hearted adamant

yet you draw not iron ; for

Is true as fteel.
Let him change his lodging

But

the town to another, which

is

my

Hard
.

heart
Sbakfffeare.

from one part rf

a great adamant or
Bacon.

acquaintance.

ADAMANTE'AN.

[from adamant.]

adj.

adamant.

as

fteel,

and irock of mail

Miltcn.

This word occurs, perhaps, only

in

AD AMA'NTINE.
Made
Wide

With

adj. \adamanlinus, Lat.]

of adamant.

the fronting gate, and rais'd on high

adamantine columns, threats the Iky.
is

Dryder..

2.

the qualities of

Having

adamant;

hardnefs, indiftblubility.
Could Eve's weak hand, extended to the
In fonder rend that adamantine chain,

Whofe

as,

tree,

golden links, erKfts and caufes b;,

to God'] own chair doth hx'd remain

And which

Davits .

An eternal flerility mud have pofleflTed the

world, where all things had been fixed and fattened everlaftingly with the adamantine chains of
fpecific gravity; if the Almighty had not fpoken
and laid, Let the earth bring forth grafs, the herb
yielding feed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after
its kind ; and it was fa.
Bentley,
In adamantine chains lliall death be bound,
And

hell's

grim tyrant

feel th

eternal

Tho* adamantine bonds the chief reftrain,

dire reftraint his wifdom will
defeat,
faon reftore him to his regal feat.
Pcfe.
A'DAM'S-APPLE. n.f. [in anatomy.]
prominent part of the throat.

The
And

AD ATT.

one thing

a.

-v.

To

fit

\adapto, Lat.]
to fuit ; to pro;

to another

'Tis true, but

let it

not be known,

My eyes are fomewhat dimmilh grown;

For nature, always in the right,
your decays adapts

my

fight.

Sviift.

It is p.ct

enough that nothing offends the ear,

tut a good poet will adapt the very founds, at well
as words, to the things he treats of.
Pope's Letters.

ADAPTA'TIO::.
of

aft

fitnefs

Some
of

one thing to another

of one thing to another.

fitting

the

bird'

ningor end of

either, there bring a commixtion of

both, rather that* adaptation or cement of the one
unto the other.
Ermin's
Errours.

Vulgar

Adhefion

fome

may

be in part afcribed,

either

to

motion in the prefled glafs, or to

the exqjifire
adaptation of the almoft numberlcft,
though v-ry fmall, afpcrities of ihe one, and the
el..(t:ca!

mimercus

little cavit e! of the

other; whereby the
furfjccs do ,'ock in with one
another, or are, as it

were, clafped

ADA'PTION.
of

gether.

Boyle.

n.f. [from adapt.]

The

aft

fitting.

It

wf re aLne a
the

fuffic'ent

work

to (hew

all

the

wife

contrivances, and prudent

adafti'.rt, of thefe admirable machines, for the
benefit of the whole.
Ctcyne.
::tes,

ADA'PTNESS.

n.f.

[for adaptednffs,

from

are to
difplay the actaptnefi of the'
ti the fenfe.
>,. NcuMn.

This wore]
elfe.

in e\ery addition is called the

the other, the number or num-

addable number,
bers added, and the number invented by the addiCocker.
tion, the aggregate or fum.

To ADDE'CIMATE.

To

i>.

a. \addecimo, Lat.]

take or afoertain tithes.

To ADDE'EM.

i/.

a.

efteem ; to account.
out of nfe.

11. a.

[addico, Lat,]
dedicate, in a

to

which
Ye knew the

fenfe

faints.

Car. xvi.

commonly taken

2. It is

bad

in a

as, be addifted himfelf to --vice.

devote one's felf to any
3.

To

am

will

have found no where

perfon,

it

as truth's.

Ben Jon/on.

Thole know how

former addiltedntfs

little I

addifled.]

addifted.

have remitted of

make chymical

to

It is a wonder how his grace fhould glean it,

Since his addiflion was to courfes vain
His companies unletter'd, rude, and mallow;
His hours fill'd up with riots, banquets, fports.

To

[from deem.]
This word is now

Sbakffpearc.

A' D D I T A M

.yT

Iron will not incorporate with brafs, nor other

itfelf, by fimple fire: fo as the enquiry

metals, of

muft be upon the calcination, and the additamerrt,

and the charge of them.
Bacon.
In a palace there is firfl the cafe or fabrick,
or moles of the ftrufture itfelf; and, befides that,
there are certain additamcnts that contribute to its
ornament and ufc ; as, various furniture, rare

fountains and aquedufts, divers things appendicated to it.

Hales Origin cf Mankind,

Sbakcfpeare.

adder did it ; for, with doubter tongue

thine, thou ferpent, never adder Hung.

ADDI'TION. n.f. [from add.]

1.

Sbakcfpeare.

The adder teaches us where to ftrike, by her

curious and fearful defending of her head. Taylor.
n.f.

NT

[additamentum, Lat.]
addition, or thing added.

The

The name of

the nobleft of all creatures, can never be meafured,

nor exhaufted byendlefs addition of finite degrees.

imagined by Skinner to be fo
named, becaufe ferpents lurk about it.

The aft of adding one thing to another ;

oppofed to diminution.
The infinite diftance between the Creator and
Bentley,

plant,

It will not be modeftly done,

own wifdom

make

It hath no vifible flower ; but the feeds are

produced on a fpike t which refembles a ferpent's
tongue ; which feed is contained in many longi-

An

Of

pofed, of curing the bite of ferpents.

Poffible to
adj. [from add.]

is the
confufed, incomprehenfible remainder of cndlefs,

additle

numbers, which affords no profpeQ of

flop, or

boundary.

ADDIBI'LITY.

Locke,

n.f. [from addible.]

The

addition ftrange
Mi/fort.
abolishing of villanage, together with the
cuftom permitted among the nobles, of felling
their lands, was a mighty addition to the power. or"

the
3.

This endlefs addition, or addibility (if any one

word better) of numbers, fo apparent to
the mind, is that which gives us the clearcll and
mod diilincl idea of infinity.
Locke.
e. /.

[for which

we

commons.

Swift.

In aruhmetick.
Addition

is

more num-

the reduction of two or

bers of like kind together into one fum or total.

Cocker's Arithmetic^*

4.

In law.

title

given to a

man

over

and above his chriftian name and furname, fhewing his eftate, degree, occupation, trade, age, place of dwelling.

of being added.

like the

A'DDICB.

laft

The

A'DDIBLE.

be added. See ADD ABLE.

The cleared idea it can get of infinity,

our

refemblances, methinks, I find

evening's talk, in this thy dream,

But with

named,
or fup-

Hammond.

Some fuch

Miller.
limples arc comfrey, bugle,

herb fo
n.fi.
its virtue, real

aoy of our

if

intrude or interpofe, or be willing to

what Chrift and his apofties

additions to

have defigned.

agrimony, fanicle, paul's-betony, fluellin, periwinkle, adder' s-tongue.

ffifcman's Surgery.

on account of

Additament, or the thing added.

2.

A'DDER'S-TONCUE. n. f. \ophioglojjum,
The name of an herb.
Lat.]

A'DDER'S-WORT.

my

experiments.
Boyle.

ADDI'CTION. n.f. [addiaio, Lat.]

i. The aft of
devoting, or giving up.
z. The ftate of being devoted.

In common
perhaps of any fpecies.
language, adders and/naAer are not the

The moft common

neither author or fautor of any fe& : I

man addiil himfelf to me ; but if I

ADDI'CT ED NESS. n. f. [from

The quality or ftate of being

n.f. [./Ercep, jErcori, Nabbruj.

as it feems from eircep, Sax.
poifon.]
ferpent, a viper, a poifonous reptile ;

tudinal cells.

5.

have no

have any thing right, defend

A'DDER.

An

fenfe

A Latinifm.

party, or perfuafion.

Di(l.

She fcorns to be addeem'd fo worthlefs-bafe,

As to be mov'd to fuch an infamy.
Danicft Civil Wars.

Than

good

rarely ufed.

is

houle of Stephanus, that they

have additled themfelves to the miniftry of the

number

firft

poflibility

adapt.]
found

which fomething may be added. ASdible is more proper.

It fignifies more
properly that which may be added.

The A'DDER'S-CRASS.

n.f. [from adapt.}

fpeciej there be of middle natures, that

and bead, as batts ;
yet are their parts
fo fet together, that we cjnnot define the
beginis,

1.

of any quantity, he can repeat it, and add it to the

former, as eafily as he can add together the ideas of
two days, or two years.
Locke.
A'DDABLE. adj. [from add.] That to

faire.
Or is the adder better than the eel,
Bccaufe his painted (kin concents the eye

portion.

To

d'frerence,

adds one grain of fenfe. Dryden.

adding one number or conception

another.
To add to is proper, but to
add together feems a folecifm.
Whatloever pcfitive ideas a man has in his mind,

The

Exercijes.

ADDI'CT.
To devote,

wound.
Pope.

To

it

They, whofe mufes have the higheft flown,

Add not to his immortal memory,
But do an act of ftiendmip to their own. D*ydtn.
z. To perform the mental operation of
to

this paffage.

its handle, Co the addict hath its

edge athwart
the handie, and is ground to a bafil on its infide to
its outer edge.
Moxon's Meibatiical

to

To
makes any

if his birth

If to his words
cuirafs,

fpeak and write adz, from abejv, Sax.

an axe.]
The addict hath its blade made thin and fom"
what arching. As the axe hath its edge parallel

Mark

Adarrantean proof.

1.

To ADCO'RPORATE. T. a. [from ad and

To unite one body with ancorpus.]
other
more ufually wrote accorporate ;
which fee.
To ADD. -v. a. [addo, Lat.]
i. To join fomething to that which was
before.

He weapor.lefs himfelf,
Made arms ridiculous, ufelefs the forgery
Of brazen ihield and fpear, the hammer'd
Chalybean temper'd

ADD

ADD

ADA

Only

retain

The name, and all th' addition to

The fway, revenue, execution,

king

Beloved fons, be yours ; which to confiim,

This coronet part between you.

corruptly

Ex

Sialtrff.
'

King Liar,

from

ADD
From

ADD

(his time,

For what he did before Corioli, call him,

With til th' applaufe and clamour of the hoft,
Caius Marcius Coriolanus.
Bear th' addiiia

Sbaktfpetre's Ccriolar.us
new difputes upon the perfon
the
or
rather
king,
by
againft the additki.

and appellations of
names.

title,

which were made

which

is

Our

To

2.

added.

Icalendar

being
be kept

To-night

To-morrow

great force and clearnefs.

ADDITIONAL,
thing added.

May

be fome

Additament

Not

in ufe.

little additi.r.al,

may

tionate petition.

Among

5.

adj. [from abel, a difeafe, Sax.

according to Skinner and Junius ; perhaps from ybel, idle, barren, unfruitful.]
Originally applied to eggs, and
fignifying fuch as produce nothing, but
grow rotten under the hen ; thence
transferred to brains that produce no-

thing.
There's one with truncheon, like a
That carries eggs too frefli or addle ;
And dill at random, as he goes,
the rabble rout beftows.

6.

I'o

7.

A'DDLE. -v.
make addle
;

have

DryJtn.
a. [from addle,
To
attj.]
to corrupt ; to make bar-

ti.

To grow

ivy embraceth the tree very fore,

Kill ivy, elfe tree will addle no more.

A'DDLE

Tujjir's Hufiardry.

brains.

PATED. adj.
See ADDLE.

Having addled

I'oor Oaves in metre, dull and

addlc-pattd,

Who rhyme below

even David's pfalms tranihtcd.

1.

Drydfn.
to apply to the

is

recalled.

as the

pafiion

might

influenced by their

own

whom

Himfelf eddrtft

to

that adventure hard.

t'uy Suei

douted heart.

The arguments

South.
compafs their refpecli\e ends.
our fimpie ideas are adequate ; becaufe &
being nothing but the effects of certain powers in
thing?, fitted and ordained by God to product
fuch fenlitions in us, they cannot but be corref1 ,-.'.
pondent and adequate to thofe powers.
All

ffatts's Improvement

fions.

Thofe are adequate ideas, which perfectly repr"fent their aichetypes or objects.
InaJt^'iatc are
but a partial, or incomplete, reprefcntation of
to which they arc referred.
thofe

but are
and paf-

fkilful judges,

finful appetites

of lie Mind.

archetypes

Courtmip.

often have reveal'd their pafllon to me

But, tell me, whofe addrejs thou favcur'ft moft

They

long to know, and yet

gentleman,

Harvey en Coafmmptttgu
were proper, adequate, and fuf-

ficient to

addrtffa

whom,

dread to hear

would have approved, made

am

it.

you yourfelf
me.

hii addrcffei to

but die natural cowrie of things

left to

A'OEQJJATELY.
1.

Mitfn.
fure,

ffatts's Lffi'cl.

4. Skill, dexterity.
I could produce innumerable inftances from my
own obfervation, of events imputed to the profound /kill and address of a miniftcr, which, in
reality, were either mere effects of negligence,
weaknefs, humour, pafiion, or pride, or at bed

a.

from

Contingent death feems to be the whole adebut a neceflary

quate object of popular courage j
and unavoidable coffin ftrikes palenefs into the

increafe.

tliefe

Equal

to.

Prior.

Moft of the perfons, to

are made, are not wife and

adj. [adeqiiatur, Lat.]

proportionate ; correfpondent to, fo

as to bear an exaci refemblance or proportion. It is ufed generally in a figurative fenfe, and often with the particla
to

the virgin's foft addrtfs,

wound, the

mcn-

Boy'.i.

A'DEQJJATE.

Swift.

Lat.]
To prepare one's felf to enter upon'any
aftion ; as, be addre/ed himfelf to the
work.
It has to before the thing.
With him the Palmer eke, in habit fad,

Span,

DiS.
that is,

druums.

n.f. [aJdreffe, Fr.]

[addre/er, Fr. from

dirigo, direftum,

derefar,

of the glands.
ademptum, Lat. ]

arcana, they are mailers of extremely potent

Dryder..
reft,

we
3. Manner of addrefling another; as,
fay, a man of an happy or a pleajtng adan awkward addrefs.
a man
drrfs
of

To ADDRE'SS, v.

treatife

n.f. [at/into,

is, in its original fignification, appropriated to the chymuls, but is now extended to other artilts.

Verbal application to any one, by way

of perfuafion ; petition.
Henry, in knots involving Emma's name,
Had halfconfefs'd and half conceal'd his flame
Upon this tree and as the tender mark
Grew with the year, and widen'd with the bark,

2.

Where

A
.

He that is completely
adeptus orient.]
/killed in all the fecrets of his art.
It

Drydcn.

in form.

Venus had heard

to increafe.

Gr.]
Io N

Taking away ; privation.

ADE'PT. n. f. [from adeptus, Lat.

is alfo evidenced in
eggs, whereof the
found ones fink, and fuch as are addled fwim; as
do alfo thofe that are termed bypatierr,i<z, or windBrown's Vulgar Errours.
eggs.

v.

addrcfs [in law]

it

That,

Obfolete.

y.:a.$x,

both the brother-prince! thus addrtjt.

To

ADDRE'SS.

ren.
This

fo A'DDLE.

ing to make Edgar his heir, called him

C<rcW/.
adding.
ADENO'CRAPHV. n.f. [from Har.tm and

'Ihe reprefentatives of the nation in parliament, and the privy-council, addrefs d the king to

but his brains grow addle:

;
purely from this noddle.

is

illuf-

Sometimes with the accufative of the

The prefervation or chaflity is eafy to true
matter of the addrefs, which may be
adepts,
Pcfe*
the nominative to the paflive.
The young hero had addrcjjcd his ^rjyrj to ADE'PT. adj. Skilful ; throughly verfed.
If there be really fuch adept philosophers as we
him for his affiftance.
Drydcn.
are told of, I am apt to think, that, among their
The prince himfelf, with awful dread poflcfs'd,

king

1.

Sax.

word of honour among the

A D E'M p T

fub'.imity.

asbel,

Angles, properly appertaining to the

king's children : king Edward the Confeffor, being without iffue, and intend-

Sometimes with the reciprocal pronoun ; as, be addrejftd himfelf to the ge-

To

Hudikras.

trious.]

to.

His vinos to great Apollo thus addrtft.

His fuit was common; but, above the

far the poet

the reft

is

Baccn'sHinryVll.

A'DELIKG. n.f. [from

neral.

8.

Burton on Melancholy.

which

Fr. duhis,

mew of their king's aft'eftion, and many fugared

words, feek to addulce all matters between the two

Addnjj':ng to Pollio, his great patron, and himno vulgar poet, he began to afiert his native

ladle,

After much folitarinefs, fading, or long fickBefs, their brains were addle, and their bellies as
empty of meat as their heads of wit.

to addrcfs the fcnate

fe!f

Arlutbnot.

all

the crowd, but far above the reft,

to the beauteous maid addrrjl.

Sometimes with

a. \adihitcir,

Lat.] To fweeten : a word not now in ufe.

Thus did the French embafladors, with great

affec-

Decay of Piety.

Are not your orders

character,

A'DDLE.

S^uincy.

To ADDU'LCE.I>.

kings.

Young Turmis

ing.

additcry fiction gives to a great man a

larger flure of reputation than belongs to him, to
enable him to fcrve fome good end or purpr.fc.

are addrifl.

Sometimes without a prepofition.

To fuch 1 would addref: with this mod

4.

Bacon,

The

SSER. n. /. [horn addrefs.]

The.
perfon that addrcfles or petitions.
A D D u'c E N T adj. \adducem, Lat.] A word
applied to thofe muffles that bring forward, clofe, or draw together the parts
of the body to which they are annexed.

your gueft,

Dry den,

That
[from add.]
adj.
which has the power or quality of add-

Thus

we

directing a letter; a fenfe

AD ORE

apply to another by words, with

various forms of conftruftion.

feme-

A'DDITORY.

And

for the inarch

will be

To

3.

further the

incorporation.

Among

we

Sbakefpefre.

Atterlury.

n.f.

in Harfleur
*

from

his otemporaries. ,
Addijcn.
include in them that very kind of evidence, which is fuppofed to be powerful : and do,
withal, aftbrd us fevcral other additional proofs, o:

ftate for

Manner of

chiefly mercantile.

jiddrtft'd a mighty power, which were on foot,

In his own conduit purpofcly to take
His brother here.
Sbakefpeare't jisyou like it,

34 years.

They

put in a

to

upon the

Thai

The

luftre

ufe.

They fell directly on the Englilh tattle ; wherehis men to

earl of Warwick
addrtjjed
take the flank.
Hay-mar d
Duke Frederick hearing, how that every day
Men of great worth refortcd to this forefl,

Clarendon

Holder in Time,
greatcd wits, that ever were produced in
one age, lived together in fo good an underftanding, and celebrated one another with fo much generofity, that each of them receives an additkna
1

get ready

immediate

once reformed and fe

tight, it may
fo, without any confidcrable variation, for many ages,
by omitting one
leap-year j i. e. the additional day, at the end o]
every

5.

Sbattff. JJaiKtft
his chariot leaping light,
jUtlnffd himfelf on foot to fingle fight. Dryrlm.

to theii

ADDITIONAL. fl<#. [bom addition.]

its

Then Turniu, from

no.

bly ever.
There arofe

named

A D

head, and did addrefs

up
Itfeif/o motion, like as it would fpcak.
It lifted

themselves.

Swift.

ad<v.

[from adtquati.]
In an adequate manner; with juilnefs
of reprefentatkm ; with exadlncfs of proportion.

Gratitude confids adequately in thefe two things

that it is a debt; anJ, fecondly, that it is
fuch a debt as is left to every man's in^e.'uity,
v
''her he will pay or no.
Soutb*
2. Jt is ufed with the particle to.
firft,

;;

Piety

is

the necefTary Chriftian virtue. ;iropor-

,:dtqujtcly to the omrjifcience

ality of that infinite Deity.

and fpiritu-

ndamtMals.

A'DEQJJATENESS.

The

[from adequate.']
Hate of being adequate ; juftncfs of
of proportion.
j exaftnefs
n.f.

reprefentation

ADI;SPO'TICK.

A D H
ADESPO'TICK.

Not

adj.

A D
abfolute

To
I.

thing.
Adkejion
generally ufed in the
natural, aad adherence in the metapho-

hot

is

Diil.

defpotick.

ADHE'RE.
To itick to

[adbetreo, Lat.]
as, wax to the finger;

magnet

to

he more adheres,

a mul; tuJ~,

it

to the dictates

adbtres

of con-

fcience, morality, and honour.

reft

fometimes taken, like adherence,

figuratively, for firmnefs ia an opinion,
or fteadinefs in a practice.
The ume want of fincerity, the fame adbejicn
to vice, and averfion from gcodnefs, will be

lenfe will agree with me, that

laudable, when, in contradiction t>

is

fingularky

Boyle.

equally a reafon for their

ADHE'RENCE. n.f. [from adhere.] See
whatfoever.
ADHESION.
ADHE'SIVE. adj. [from
I. The quality of adhering, or flicking;
tenacious.

In a figurative fenfe, fixednefs of mind

no

is

lefs

remarkable than
as perfecuted

it

dering

Jews to their religion

their diiperfiop ; conji-

ufed, in a popular fenfe, foipetimes to

things inanimate ; farewell.
Ne gave him leave to bid that aged fire

Atterbury,

Stick-

adkejion,]

to

ctdbefrvc to the tract,

-v.

make

Tbttnfon.

a.

[adhibeo, Lat.]

ufe of.

or contemned o\er the

Adieu, but nimbly ran her wonted courfe.

blem of put location.

Prefidint Fort- 1^1 Letter

ADHIBI'TION.

n.f.
plication; ufe.

to

a Bi/tap.

berence.~\

1.

Steady attachment.

That which adheres.

Dift.

Becaufe the Cape hath fea on both fides ne.ir

it were,
it, and other lands, remote as
equi-

ADHE'RENT.
1.

Sticking

adj.

r.eedlc is
cencies.

feparated from it; fo when a bowl is wet, or a

boy i clothed, thefe are aJbfrrr.i modes; for the
water and the clcthes are diftinct Jubilances which
adhere to the bowl, or to t't boy.
Watts i Lcgick.

it.

or alkaline nature.

thing outwardly belonging to a

they cannot (hake the main fort,

mud try if they can pnflefs thcmfelves of the
our.vxk.,, raife fome prejudice againft his difcie-

trality

and his ettrijific

Government of the Tongut

n.f.

[horn adhere.]

He

that

1 .

adheres.
H-: i.u.'h: to be indulgent to tender confcicncfs;
j
: the f-nrie
t'rn", a rl;m ai b*rer to the eftabliflird

church.

Swift.

ADHE'SION.
1.

The

n.f. [adharjio, Lat.]

aft or ftate of
llicking to

fome-

perplexed propofition, belonging

Beyle.

ADJE'CTION. n.f. [adjeflio, Lat.]

The act of adjecting, or adding.
2. The thing adjected, or added.

find

no

verity.

Brfwn'i Vulgar Ernurs,

r/>

the nu'.ler in

hand, and tending to the clearing what

i.

ADJO'URN.
To put otf to
time

is

princi--

Locke.

pa'ly dcfigned.

To

-v. a.

[adjourner, Fr.]
another day, naming the
a term ufed in juridical pro-.

ceedings

as,

of parliaments, or courts

of juftice.
1 he tjun
That we

hat unto every poii'd 'tf lull hur, an

adjetfion
of jne ounce of quickfi.wr; 01 jnto every
pound
of petre, one ounce of fal-amm? niac, will much
im-nd the force, and confcquently the rrport, 1

Sbakefpeare.

To be

prefs'd,

Neu-

thing.

a.

hunting of the Caledonian heart.

Drydcti.
In learning any thing, as little fliould be propofed to the mind at once, as is poflible; and,
that being underftood and fully maftered,
proceed
to the next
adjoining, yet unknown, umple, un-

>uincy.

7o ADJE'CT. i/. a. \_adjicio, attjeflntn,

Lat.] To add to ; to put to another

his ca riage,

juncture."

And

adiaphorous fpirit may be obtained, by diftilling the liquor that is afforded by woods and
divers other bodies.

n.f. [aJiapojia, Gr.]

indifference.

by a joint or

contiguous to ;
to lie next, fo as to have
nothing between.
Th' adjoining fane, th* aflembled Greeks ex-

Our

ADIA'HORY.

fatten

ToAojo'iN. v.

pcrlon.

ADHE'RER.

To

As a malty wheel
Fixt on the fummit of the higheft mounf,
To whofe huge fpoke ten thoufand lefler things
Are mortis'd and adjoined.

adj.
[x^xSo^, Gr.]
Neutrnl particularly ufed of fomefpirits
and falls, which are neither of an acid

Raleigh.

to put to.

treat! fe.

2.

The

new war muft be undertaken upon the advice

of thofe, wh", with their partifans and adltrrrn,
were to be the fole gainers by it.
Siuift.

Milton,
Corrections or improvements fliould be as reof
note
or
adjiintd, by way
commentary,
in their proper places, and
fuperadded to a regular

ADI A'PHOROUS.

a follower, a partifan.

to unite to

marks

next

fenfe of the author goes vifibly in its own

and the words receiving a determined fenfe
from their companions and adjacenti, will not
confem tt> give countenance and colour to what
muft be fupported at any rate.
Lvcke.

Among the pleafant villages and farms

Adjoin d, from each thing met conceives delight.

may

lies

to

in populous city p,-nt

Forth ifTuing on a fuoimer's morn to breathe

Lying

train,

Princes muff, give protection to their fubjects

and a'dbertnts, wht.n worthy occaHon fhall require

adberer.lt.

To join

As one who long

another.

n.f. [from adhere.]

that adheres ; one that fnpports the caufe, or follows the fortune

humour,

jungo, Lat.]
i.

bordering upon fomc-

ADJA'CE,MT. n.f. That which

ADHE'RENT.
1
The perfon

tion, his

point, the

ficies, where they are adjacent to other mediums

of a different deoiity.
Newton.

Any

ivtlf.

Left yet my half-cl'is'd eye may view

On earth an object worth its care.
Prior*
To ADJO'IN. v. a. [adjoindre, Fr. ad-

corrupt within itfelf, although no part of

into the b 'dy adjacent.
Bj.n.
Uniform pellucid mediums, fuch as water, have
no fenfible reflection but in their external fuperIt

are did to be inherent or adherent, that

Adherent or impropeiproper or improper.
modes arifc from the joining of fomc acciuVntil
fubftance to the thief fubject, which yet may be

2.

that

Sbateff care's stlfi iatll that ends

it ifTue

Modes

at

mor^

While now I take my laft adieu,

Heave thou no figh, nor ihed a tear;

thing.

United with.

of another

therefore,

adj. [adjacent, Lat.]

near or clofe

is,

it ;

nut diitrucieJ by the vicinity of adjaBryjvtis Yul^lr Errour:,

ADJA'CIHT.

[from adhere.]

to.

Clofe to the cliff with both his hands he clung,

And ftuck adbeter.t, and fufpendeJ hung.
Pcfe.

2.

from

diftant

Vices have a nat.ve adbtrincy of vexation.

Decay of Piety.

Fairy Sjiren.
fpacious ceremony to the noble
retrained
lords; you
yourfeli' within the lift of
too cold an adieu ; be more expreffive to them.

Ufe

Ap-

[from adhibit.]

ADJA'CENCY. n.f. [from adjaceb, Lat.]

which are contemptuously called the Ipirit or r.e1. The ftate of
lying clofe to another thing.
gociating.
S-wif:.
2. That which is adjacent.
See ADJAfame
with
W.ADHE'RENCY. n.f. [The
CENT.
2.

a neccffary ingredient in all facrifkes, was

adhibited and required in this view only as an em-

apply

whole earth.

Addijon.
conftant adherence to one lort of diet ma)
have bdd cfTe-fts on any conftitution.
Arbu'.Li. t en Aliments,
Plain good fcnf:, and a firm adherence to ihe
point, have proved nvre effectual than t icfe arcs,

Dryden*

A'DJECTIVELY. ad<v. [from adjecJive.]

After the manner of an adjective
a

To

To ADHi'BIT.

;
fidelity.
firm adherence of the

any proof

rejecting

It' Bow, yet fure,

Hot-fteaming p.

fteadinefs

The

Ail the verfincation of Claudian is included

within the compafs of four or five lines ; perpetually clofing liis lenfe at the end of a verfe, and that
verf: commonly which they call golden, or two
fubltantivcs and two adjectives, with a verb betwixt
them, to keep the peace.

term of grammar.
ADIEU', adv. [from a Dieu, ufed elliptical ly for a Dieu je <vous commends, ufed
at the departure of
friends.] The form
of parting, originally importing a commendation to the Divine care, but novy

ing

tenacity.
z.

lad, are adjt&ivct, becaufe, in

fpeech, they are applied to nouns, to
modify their iignification, or intimate
the manner of exiitence in the
things
Clarke's Latin Gram.
flgnified thereby.

2. It is

Shakefp. Hamlet,

Every man of

or

good,

confifting
fi^u:ation, as fmooth

a noun, to fignify the ad-

to

feparation of fome quality,

circumftance, or manner of being ; as,

Byli.
wholly in the fenfible conand rough; or elfe m'ore,
or lefs, firm adbefun of the parts, as hard and
Lacks.
fot'c, tough and brittle, are obvious.
Prove that all things, on occafion,
Love union, and defire adbejion.
Prior,

The

fon, or opinion.

To whom

word added
dition

this Ipirit?

a^aktfftarfi Twelfth Nigtt.

firmly fixed to a party, per-

Good gentlemen, he hath much talk'd of you

And fur: I am, two men there are not living,

Why therefore may not the minute parts oi

other bodies, if they be conveniently maped fjr
to
adbefiin, ftick to oce another, as well as ftick

of a fcrupie, nolcruple of a fcruple, no incredu-

To remain

ADJECTI'TIOUS. adj. [from adjetlioit.']

Added thrown in upon the reft.
A'DJECTIVE. n.f. [adjeflitium, Lat.] A

patron.

lous or unfate circuroftance

3.

as, the adhsfeon of iron to the

and adherence of a client to hii

rical fenfe

-v. a.

before the thing.

3. To ftick, in a figurative fenfe; to be
confiftent ; to hold together.
Why every thing adheres together, that no dram

with

A D

being abfent, 'tis a needful fitnefi,

adjourn this court to further day.

Sbakefpeare,
the king's authority alone, and by his writs,
they ar-! afTembled, and by him alone are they

By

prorogued and diilolved

itUU.

J6itrn

but each houfe

may ad,
Bjcoitf

*.

To

A D
To put

a.

A D

off; to defer

to let (lay to a

future time.

But
from a

of gods,

Jupiter, thou king

hail thou thus ttdjourn'd

Then,

Why

graces for his merits due,

dolours turn'd.
Sbalttff. Cymt.
Crown high the goblets with a chearful draught
:

Enjoy the prcient hour, adjourn the future thought.

The formation of animals being foreign to my

of it t
purpofe, I ihall adjourn the confi.ierari
another occasion.
Wocdivard'i Natural Hijlory

off

till

2.

>

Adjsurnrr.fnt in tyre, an
the juitices in eyre

when
2.

Delay

[adjournment, Fr.]
day, or a putting

another day.
appointment of a day,

mean

procraftination
a future time.
;

to

tit

hawk and

A'nir.

[aatyo/tfj,

Lat.]

n.f. [adirui, Lat.]

adj.

paffage for

It is a vulgar idea we have of a watch or clock,

when we conceive of it as an inftrument made lo

(hew the hour

parts of

and

A'D JUT A NT.

2.

That which

2.

is

termine.

And

To A'DJUVATE.
help

yoke

to

To
to

and

Lat.]

Help

by a

ftate or

and

moft

vi-

Swift.

llandard

adjujt their fignificatiun

conformable.

lum, Lat.]

To

l.ockc.

prophecy, whoever reads the account given by Jolephus, without knowing his charale., and compares it with what our Saviour foretold, would
think the hiltorian had been a Chrft'an, and that
he had nothing elfc in view, but to adjufl the event

[adjumentum,

Lat."

Di

the prediction.

ADJU'ST ME NT.
i.

Addtj

B.iccn.

n.f.

Lat.] The aft,

out to each his part.
ADMI'NICLE. n.f. [adminiculum, Lat.]
Dia.
Help ; fupport ; furtherance.
AD Mi NI'CUL AR. adj. [from adminicu-

therefore they arc

It requires the

MEA-

[aj and menfura,

orpraftice, of meafuring

1.

to before the thing to which the

conformity is made.
As to tlie accomplishment of this remarkable

To

[adjunSum, Lat.]
I. Something adherent or united to another, though not eflentially part of it
n.f.

reduce to the true

To make

3.

judicia'

"j.

fupport.

difficulties,

make

very various and doubtfu'.

a. [adjugo, Lat.]
to join to another by a yoke.

A'DJUNCT.

cur

accurate.
The nam-s of mixed modes, for the moft part,
want Itandards in nature, whereby men may rectify

fa

all

the land hath.

ADMENSUR A'TJON.

particle

litigant,

A'DJUMENT. n.f.

a. [adjufter, Fr.]
to put in order ; to fettle

[See

rule.
Admeasurement is a writ, which lieth for the
bringing of thofe to a mediocrity, that ufurp more
thru: their part.
It lieth in two cafes : one is
termed adrr.fiifurenient of dower, where the widow
of the dcceaied holdeth from the heir, or his guardian, more in the name of her dower, than beThe other is admeasurement of
longeth to her.
failure, which lieth between thofe that have common of pafture appendant to their freehold, or
common by vicinage, in cafe any one of them, or
more, do furcharge the common with more cattle
than they ought.
Ctvudl.
In fome counties they are not much acquainted
with cdmcafurement by acre; and thereby the writs
contain twice or thrice fo many acres mure than

threaten'd, urg'd,

fupplies all our wants, fafter than the

fionary projector can adjuft his fchemes.

fentence.

To A'D JUGATE,

n.f.

ing to

on the Cbriftian Religion.

country came in perfon,

in the right form.

Your Lurdfliip removes

tence or decifion.

i/.

To regulate

i.

To

SURE.] The adjuftment of proportions ;

the aft or practice of meafuring accord-

To ADJU'ST.

HelpDia.

a. [adju<vo, Lat.]
to put forward.

i>.

to further

ADMEASUREMENT,

ADJUDICATION, n.f. [adjudicatio, Lat."

The aft of judging, or of granting
to

my

commanded,

'

ufeful.

That
Dia.

She who helps.

Did.

adj. [adjuvant, Lat.]

ful

To

fomething

helper-

adj. \adjutorius, Lat.]

A'DJUVANT.

all the bonds of civil duty,

of religion, prefs'd how jufl it was,
How honourable.
Milton.
Ye lamps of heaven he fiid, and lifted high
His hands now free, thou venerable iky
Ye facred altars from whole Barnes 1 fled,
Be all of you ndj:ired.
Dryden.

Knollcs.

[adjttdico,

n.f. [Lat.]

And

z.

adjudge ; to give fomething controverted to one of the litigants, by a fen-

Benycnfu-.'i UnJcrivooJi,

n.f. [adjutor, Lat.]

ADJU'TRIX.

Adjur'd by

adjudged him unworthy of his friendlhip,

purpofing fliarply to revenge the wrong he had re-

To ADJU'DICATE. v.a.

princes of

Solicited,

He

ceived.

he,

joined.

-j. a.
[adjure, Lat.] To
impole an oath upon another, prefcribing the form in which he (hall fwear.
Thou know'ft, the magiftrates

Rome,

ientence, or condemn to a punilhrnent ; with to before the thing.

But though thou art adjudged to the death ;
Yet I will favour thce in what I can.
Shakcfp.
3. Simply, to judge ; to decree ; to de-

as bold as

which helps.

To ADJU'RE.

of difputing in the fchools is by infilling on one topical argument j by the fuccefs

of which, victory is adjudged tn the opponent,
or defendant.
Locke.

To

[adju-vo, adjutum,
concur: a word not

Adjutiag to his company ;

And each one hath his livery.

ADJU'TORY.

Add-on

The way

z.

to

For there be

no gods, by perfons, who only made ufe of

prayer and adjurations in the name of their crucified Saviour ; how could they doubt of their Saviour's power on the like occafions ?

a.

great competitors for

a.

i/.

Six bachelors

felves

[adjudico, Lat.]
.
To give the thing controverted to one
of the parties by a judicial fentence ;
with the particle to before the perfon.

The

ffaltt'i Logick.

n. f.

Lat.] To help
now in ufe.

[adjunffivus, Lat.]

cured, the dead raifed, the oracles put to filence,

the dzmons and evil fpirits forced to confefs triem-

(uffice to lay

Cxfar and Pompey, on Pharfalian plains,

Where (tern Bellona, with one final ftroke,
Adjudgd the empire of this globe to one. Phillips.

which the
the feveral

gether.

ADI'TION.

<v.

all

driven by a dream, and interchangeably filling and

Carevj.
emptying two buckets.
The delfs would be fo flown with waters (it beto
make
or
to
drain
adits
foughs
ing imj-ofhble
any

The

of each part.

To ADJU'TE.

To ADJU'DGE.

who knows

petty officer, whofe

duty is to aflilt the major, by diftributing the pay, and overfeeing the punifhment, of the common men.

n.f. [from adeo, aditum, Lat.]

aft of going to another.
Dia.

a learned idea

it is

it,

togefher with the various connections

it,

adjujtmetiti

ADJU'NCTION. n.f. [aJjunOio, Lat.]

1
The aft of adjoining, or coupling to- ADJU'TOR.

them) that no gins or machines could

and keep them dry.

but

watch-maker has of

diately confequent.
So well, that what you bid me undertake,
Though that my death were ajjunfi to my a4>,
I'd do 't.
Sbateff. King John.

the conveyance of water under ground

ADJURA'TION. n.f. [adjuratio, Lat.]
a pafiage under ground in general ; a 1 The aft of
adjuring, or propofing an
term among the minemen.
oath to another.
For conveying away the water, they fland in aid 2. The form of oath
propofed to another.
of fundry devices as, adits, pumps, and wheels,
When thefe learned men faw Jicknefs and frenzy

'

of being put in method, or

(late

regulated.

United with; imme-

The thing joined.

L'EJIrangr. ADJU'NCTIVE. n.f.
Fat. DiS. 1. He that joins.

buzzard.

A'nipovs.ae/j.

S-wifi.

A'DJUNCT.

difmiiTion to

We

you

The

2.

Sbak.

as abftraclcd

perfon joined to another. This fenfe

rarely occurs.
He made him the aflbciate of his heir-apparent,
together with the lord Cottington (as an aajurf?
of lingular experience and truft) in foreign travels,
and in a bufinefs of love.
Wotton.

again
Cvweli.

will and we will not, and then we will not

Ac this rate we run our lives
again, and we will.
out in adjournments from time to time, out of a
fantaftical levity that holds us oft' and on, betwixt

hafte to consider

the clergy.

ADJO'URNMENT. a.f.
1. An alignment of a

make

Drydev.
propriety, of happmefs.
The talent of difcretion, in its feveral adjunfli
and circumstances, is no where fo ferviceable as to

all to

Dry den.

court, which (if you will give me leave to

ufe a term of logick) is only an adjunft, not a

The
Being

ADM

but inadjuafr to ourfc'.f,

Learning
And where we are, our learning likewife is*
is

That which gives

ADMl'NISTER.
Lat.]
To give

Admmjter
Naught fear
warmth
t

a.

-v,

help. Diff.
[adminiftro,

to afford

to fupply.
;
Let zephyrs bland

tepid genial airs ;

from the weft,

i.e

whofe gentle

Difclofes well the earth's all-teeming

womb.
Pti/ifs.

2.

To

aft as the minifter or

employment or

office

agent in any
generally, but

not always, with fome hint of fubordination

as, to adminijter the govern-

n.

n.f. [adjustment, Fr.]

Regulation; the aft of putting in method ; fcttlement.

The farther and clearer adjujitr.ent of this affair,
1 am conftrained to
adjou.n to UK larger treatile.

ment.
For forms of government let
Whate'er is bell adrt.inifter'd, is
3.

To

adminiiler juftice

fools contefl,
befr.

Pope.

to

diflribute

right.
4.

To

ADM
To

4.

did hold

adminiiter the facraments, to difthe old popifh cuftom of

adrr.ini-

2.

with wafer-cakes?

Haulier,

adminiiler an oath ; to propofe or

require an oath authoritatively ; to tender an oath.
Swear by the duty that you owe to heav'n,
To keep the oath that we adminijler. Sbakefpeare,
6. To adminifler phyfic ; to give phyfic
was

To

adminijier to

Wafer's Voyage.
to
;

contribute

to

bring fupplies.
muft not omit, that there

is a fountain
rifing
garden, which forms a
little wandering rill, and
to
the
pleafure
adminijltn
as well as the plenty, of the place.
Spetliitor

in the upper part of

8.

To

perform

tor, in law.

my

the office of an adminiftra-

See

ADMINISTRATOR.

To ADMINISTRATE, v.

To

Not

exhibit

who

my

place.
flior.e

Drydtn.

active or executive part

maxim

pafs for a

3. Colleclively, thofe
of public affairs is

to

whom

the care
;
as, the
in

the univcrfal adminiflrathn of grace,

begun
bleffed Siviour, enlarged by his
apoftles,
carried on by their immedia'c fucceflbrs, and to

be completed by the reft to the wo-ld's end ; all

types that darkened this faith are enlig'itcned.
Sprat's Sermons.

ADMINISTRATIVE.

adj.

[adminijlrator,

upon him thereunto.

Ccnvell.

diligent to enquire and ohof the king of Arragon, in

->ly

what became
the

kingdom of

Cj.lilie,

and whether he

Dryden.

officer

fometimes ufed, in more familiar

It is

fpeech, for

Fr. of

un-

or magiftrate that has

the

f.

[amiral,

chief commander of a

alfo,

in battle at fea,

fleet.

overthrew Rodericus

gallics taken.
fea (nine

Make the
The Englilh

The

ftlip

which carries the admiral or

commander of the

n.f.

\admiratio, Lat.]

the

contrivance.

regards,

2.

In

common

fpeech, a lover.

ADMi'RinGLY.adi>. [from admire.] With

admiration ; in the manner of an admirer.

The king very lately fpoke of him admiringly

and mournfully. Shakfjp. All's ivell that ends -will.

We

may yet further admiringly obfervej that men

ufually give freelieft where they have not given
before.
Beyle.

ADMI'SSIBLE. adj. [admitto, admijjum,

Lat.] That which may be admitted.
Suppofe that this fuppofition were admijjlble, yet
would not any way be inconliftent with the
eternity of the divine nature and eflence.
this

ADMI'SSION.
1.

The
poor

Hole's Origin cf Mankind^

n.f. [admiffio,Lzt.]

aft or praftice

h re

of admitting.

was

the admijjian

alfo enacted that charitable law, for

of poor fuitors without fee ; whereby

men became

to fue.

A'DMIR ALSHIP. n.f. [from admiral.]

The office or power of an admiral.
A'DMIRALTY. n.f. [amiraulte, Fr.] The

ADMIRA'TJON,

I believe

refted here, ani

Ray on the Creation.

have

Neither Virgil nor Horace would have gained

had they not been the friends
and admirers of each other.
jQddijon,
Who moft to Ihun or hate mankind pretend,
St'ek an admirer, or would fix a friend.
Pope.

'I

for the ad-

fome-

fo great reputation,

fleet.

appointed
miniftration of naval affairs.

own

eafily

at.

with admiration.

Knolles

officers,

wonder

already fo perfeft, that

is

man would

aJm'.r'd at his

admiral galley, wherein the emperor himwas, by great mifchance, ftruck upon a fand.

power, or

To

n.

ADMI'RER. n. f. [from admire.]

1. The perfon that wonders, or

The
fclf

lo've.

Sbakefp. Macbeth,

tf</wrWdiforder.

The eye
reafon of a

Knclles.

with gallantry, and all

youth (tack to their admiral. Waller,

regard <u>ith

times with the particle

is

to

meeting

With moft

Co-ivell.

The

of his

3.

To regard with wonder: generally in

a good fenfe.

Glanville,

z.

n.f.

Rotundus, admiral of Spain, in which fight the

admiral, with his fon, were both flain, and feven

That which adminifters; that

by which any one adminifters.

Lat.]
.1. Is properly taken for him that has the
goods of a man dying inteftate committed to his charge by the
ordinary,
and is accountable for the fame, when.
ever it fhall pleafe the
ordinary to call

An

He

[from admini-

Dryden,

'Tis here that knowledge wonders, and there 13

an admiration that is not the daughter of ignorance.
This indeed ftupidly gazeth at the unwonted efteft ; but the philofophic paflion truly
admires and adores the fupreme efficient.

well civil as criminal, belonging to the

ftrate.]

n. f.

an admirable friend.

fea.

2.

\admiro, Lat. ad-

a.

mirer, Fr.]
I.

government of the king's navy, and the

hearing and determining all caufes, as

By

<v.

To ADMI'RE. v.

fpoil

certain etymology.]

by our

to be a fecond prey

But you would

A'DMIRAL.
1.

fit

3. It is ufed, but rarely, in an ill fenfe.

You have difplac'd the mirth, broke the good

the moft fpacious of any I ever

faw, and fo admirably well contrived, that, from
the very depth of the ftage, the lowed found
may
be heard diftindlly to the fartheft part of the auas
in
a
and
raife
dience,
whifpering place j
yet,
your voice as high as you pleafe, there is nothing
like an echo to caufe the leaft confufion.
Mdifcn.

in ftate, that the

parliament.
4. Diftribution ; exhibition ; difpenfation.
There is, in facraments, to be obferved their
force, and their form of adminijlration.
Hooter.

fi

me?

admirable things occur in the remains of

feveral other
Short, I confefs, of
philofophers
the rules of chriftianity, but generally above the
lives of chriftuns.
Smtb't Sermons.
You can at moft
To an indifFrent lover's praife pretend :

manner.
The theatre

of govern-

committed
adminijlration has been oppofed

ADMINISTRATOR,

Am thought
ADMI'RE.

To

Sidney.
their afHiftions, and,

all

[from admirable.]
The quality of being admirable ; the
power of raifing wonder.
A'DMIRABLV. adv. [from admirable.]
So as to raife wonder ; in an admirable

adminiflration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor

the legi Mature in too many.
Swift.

'-g

with them in

A'DMIRABLENESS.

time of his adminijiration, he

a cold climate.

f'Tj'.

fo powe fully upon me, that, like the heat of a

Ruflian fummer, he ripened the fruits of poetry in

ment.
It may

boldneis I with admiration fee ;

hope had you to gain a queen like
Becaufe a hero forc'd me once away,

What

Sbakffpeare.
rtiort

Your

What

by working their admirable deliverance,

did teftify that they ferved him not in vain.

difpenfing the laws.

highnefs plcafed to forget

The

\.

taken fometimes in a bad fenfe,

It is

though generally in a good.

to perfons or things.
The more power he hath to hurt, the more admirable is his praife, that he will not hurt.

when

was bufy for the commonwealth,

In the

Tilhtfat.

Lat.]

\admiralilis,

adj.

be admired

God was

then did ufe the perfon of your father

deiflandings cannot fully reach and comprehend.

Difl.

worthy of admiration
of power to excite wonder : always taken in a good fenfe, and applied either

of adminiftering or conducting
as, the conducting
;

the public affairs

2.

[from adadminillra2.

A'DMIRABLE.

n.f. \adminiftratio,

The image of his power lay then in me

And in th' admir.ijlraihn of his law,
Your

She
n.f. [Lat.]
confequence of

ble.

any employment

While

adminiilers in

#*,
aft

Dryden.

There is a pleafure in admiration, and this is

that which properly caufeth admiration, when we
difcover a great deal in an object which we underftand to be excellent; and yet we fee, we know
nit how much more beyond that, which our un-

Swift

ADMIRABI'LITY. n.f. \admiralilis, Lat. ]

The quality or ftate of being admira-

Lat.]

power.

at length,

ADMINIJTRA'TION.
The

civil

tor.

inwardly adminiftrated to animal bodier.

1.

be

will.

a.

the fame effects in medicine,

Indu'd with human voice, and human fenfe,

Milton*
Reafoning to admiration.
The paffions always move, and therefore, conthere
without
can
motion,
fequently, pleafe ; for,
be no delight : which cannot be cor.fidered but as
an aftive p.ilfion.
When we view thofe elevated
ideas of nature, the refult of that view JB admiration, which is always the caufe of pleafure.

rcfidence of the prince, or chief adminl/lra-

ADMINISTRA'TORSHIP. n.f,
The office of
miniftrator.]

To

the ail of admiring or won-

dering.

remember th

to

Wonder

that condufts the government.

The

in ufe.

They hare

He

torof the

[adminiffro,
to give as phylick.

Watts
3.

Neat's order was never performed, becaufe the

executors durft not adminifer.
jfrbuthnot and Pope.

Lat.]

bound

confcience

my

tc

VII

the perfon, who diftributes thefe elements,

only an occsfional or a fettled adminijlrator.

on men's moulders, adminiflerlng

phylick and phlebotomy.

7.

He

ADMINISTRATRIX,

wanted.

carried

right, or as adminiftrator

leath of Chrift, with fome fociety of Chriitians o

other, fince it is a moft plain command j whethe

To

own

Bacon's Henry
that officiates in divine rites.

I feel

blelTed facrament of the holy eucharift

ftrring the

as it is

in his

!t

his daughter.

penfe them.
Have not they

5.

ADM

ADM

By means

rather able to vex, than unable

Bacon's Henry VII.
of our folitary fituacion, and our rare

of ftrangers, we know molt part of the

habitable world, and are ourfelves unknown.
Bacon's Ne*iv Atalantii
admiffion

2.

The

ftate

of being admitted.

father faw you ill defigns purlue;

jpy admiffian Ihow'd his (cat of you.

My

Ad

Dryden.
Co<k.

Cp4 Jid then eettife m.in's hopes with the expetitions of a better paradifc, or a more intimate
tdmijfa* to himfelf.

There

'

receive

to this heat.

frsie

and eafy ad-

Woodward's ffatural

To

ADMIT,

1.

To fuffer to

-v. a.

enter

[admhto, Lat.]
to grant entrance.
;

Af:/f;;:.
Mirth, admit me of thy crew.
Does not one table Bavius ftill admit t
Pufe.
fuffer to enter upon an office ; in

To

2.

which

fenfe the phrafe of admijjion into a

&c. is ufed.
The treafurcr found it no hard matter fo far to
terrify him, that, for the king's fervice, as was
pretended, he admitted, for a fix-clerk, a perfcn
recommended by him.
Clarendon.
tollege,

To

3.

allow an argument or pofition.

Suppofe no weapon can thy valour's pride

Subdue, that by no force thou may'ft be won,
Admit no fttel can hurt or wound thy fide,
And be it heav'n hath thee fuch favour done.

If you once admit of a latitude, that thoughts

be exalted, and images raifed above the
life,
that leads you infenfibly from your owr.

may

thereto;

Ajfiffe't Parergon.

[from admit.
aft of
admitting ; allowance or

The

i.

~\

permillion to enter.
It cannot enter
any man's conceit to think it
lawful, that every man which liitcth fliould take
him charge in the church; and therefore a
folemn admittance is of fuch
neceflity, tliat, with ni
it, there can be no church-polity.
Hooter,
As to the admittance of the weighty elaftic
part
cf the air into the blood, through the coats o
the TevTelt,St feems
contrary to experiments upoi
dtaJ bodies.
Arlutbmt on Aliments

t.

The power

one of their hands

h buys jJmttarce.
line

Glatrville.

powder of

make

Brown's Vulgr.r Errwrs,

phur.

ADMI'XTURE.

n.f.

Harvey

on Confumption;
to be nothing

mafs which to the eye appears

but mere finople earth, mall, to the fmell or tafte,

difcover a plentiful admixture of fulphur, alum, or
fome other mineral. Woodward's Natura

To

ADMO'NISH. <v. a.
To warn of a fault
to counfel

which

mood of
One of

trigues of affairs, adm-.r.ficd

jkilful piece of ingcnui-;.

He

of

better

knew

him ag^r.H

the in-

Drydcn

Horace was a mild adrMmJbtr ; a court-fatirif

for the gentle times of Auguftus.
Uiyc'en
n.f. [from admottifo.
Admonition ; the notice by which on

fit

ADMONISHMENT,

put in mind of faults or duties

Thy

gold

Sbakcff care's Cymld'ir.e

Surely a daijy expectation at the gate, is th
readied way to gain admittance into the hcufe.
South'* Sermons
There's news from Bertran ; he ddircs
A.imittan;e to the king, and cries
aloud,
Tins day flul) end our fears.
Dry den

Stakcffeare'l Htrry
th' infinitely

V. f.

Good we owe

his admonijhnent
Receive, with iitlemn purpofe to obi^'ivc
Immutably his fovercign will, the ei:d

Of what we

The

Milui

are.

ADMOM'TIOX.

L^t.
[a-faofi.'tio,
hint of a fault or duty ; counfel
n.

gentle reproof.
They muft give our

f.

[from the verb to do, with a

before it, as the French affaire, from
n.f.

und/aire.]

Trouble,

1.

difficulty.

He

took Clitophon prifoner, whom, with much

ado, he keepeth alive; the Helots be'.ng viliainoufly cruel.

S'ulntj.

the end perfuaded, with,

themfelves by Iblemn
Hooter,
oath.
He kept the borders and marches of the pale
with much ad'j \ he held many parliaments, wherein
Sir jfein Dji'ic s.
fundry laws were made.
With much adi, he partly kept awjke;

They moved, and

much ado, the people

2.

fuflfring

Eutlle

all

in

to bind

his eyes repof; to tike.

tumult

bufmefs

Drydc*.

fomeumes

with the particle about.

'

Let's follow, to fie the end of this ado. S

All this ado about Adam's fatherhood, and

of its power, helps nothing

the power of thole that govern.

gre.ttnefs

3.

the

to cftablifh

Locke.

and ludicrous fenfe, implying more tumult and (how of bufincfs,

in this fenfe it
than the affair is worth
It has a

light

of late generally ufed.

is

made no more

ado, but to.ik ali their fcvcn,

Uigct, thus.
S'-atJf. H,nrjlV,
We'll keep no great ado a friend or two-

points in

my

m.ty be thought we held him ca:e!cfs!y,

Being our kinlman, if we revel much.
SlcLcff.
Come, fays Pufs, without any more ado, 'tis
time to go to breakfaft ; cats don't live upon diaIt

L'Eftrangc.

ADOLK'SCENCE.
ADOLR'SCENCY.

in the ftudious care.

grave admonijhmtnts prevail with me.

To

Brown's Vulgar

felves thereto.

logues.

often ufed.

But yet be wary

r.

[from admonijh.'
admonilhes, or puts

f.

another in mind of his faults or duty.

word not

At

unto the powder of loadftone or iron, v.

the north-pole of the loadltone, the pov.

ADO',

ways

and finging, tothe grrui.J.

II'.

n. f.

or fnjall divifions, will erect and conform them-

them

ADMO'NISHER.
The perfon that

is

if,
D:'--VC

that un-

admcr.fi, ar.d before them fet

Mitten.
The paths of righteoufn*
But when he was adinoii'Jhcd by his fubject /<
in
air.
he
came
the
down, gently circling
defierd,
Shall

Hooker.

if Pity.
i

fer\c,

[at/murmurs,
Lat.] The aft of murmuring, or whif/)/.-?.
pering to another.
To ADMO'VE. w. a. \_admo-~vto, Lat.] To
word
bring one thing to another.
not in life.

Not

who

difcrction did

[admonitorius , Lat.]

adj.

ADMURMUR A'TION.

a verb.
his cardinals,

left at

The fcntence of rcafon is either mandatory,

fhewing what muft be done ; or elfe permidivc,
declaring only what may be done; or, thirdly, admonjtdry, opening what is the moft convenient for

of, or again/},
or the infinitive

own

it

thought

That which admonifhes.

againft wrong pr.ic

mind of a fault or a

more rare

is

at firft to like

at all, but

like.

[admoneo, Lat.]
to reprove gen-

his

as

ADMO'N ITOR.Y.

Whatever acri mony, or amaritude, at any time

redounds in it, muil be derived from the admixture
of another (harp bitter fubftance.

form of prayer

prcfciipt

the bed that their minifter Ihould always be

[from at/mix.] The

perhaps
of mingling.

body mingled with another

fometimes the aft

ludicrous term.

us to do.

Immortal thanks, and

'tis

and his afi'ociates, have fnhence

propofed to the world a fuim as thcmfclvcs did

a ftrong and vigorous

faltpetre, without the adaiixtion of ful-

to

no

liberty 'to pray,

their defender,

Bacon.
The elements are no where pure in thcfe lower
regions ; and if there is any free from the admixtion of another, fure it is above the concave of the

way

Srrmcwj.

n.f.

Albeit the admwtkntrs did fcem

calcined by ftrong waters,

or by adatixthn of fait, fulphur, and mercury.

is r.o

'

[from admonition.]
liberal difpenfcr of admonition ; a

mingling them.
All metals may be

or right of
entering.

What

Ifl do

many

To

moon.
There

drov.'fiT,

'i

ADMONI'TIONER.

mingle with fomething elfe.

ADVII'XTION. n. f. [from admix.] The
union of one body with another, by

with the particle

ADMITTANCE. n.f:

thing to plead for their unl'cafonabl

fivcly fupplied other bodies, they could hardly allow the railing of fouls from other worlds.
Brvton's Vulgar Errours.
"o ADMI'X. <v. a.
[admifceo, Lat.]

fgr, a> the law then flood, a deacon was

eafy admittance
for, holding that feparate fouls fuccef-

duty

clerk, who is prefcnted, ought to prove to

the bifliop, that he is a deacon, and that he has
orders j otherwife, the biiliop is not bound to ad-

From this aJmor.ition they took only occafion to

redouble their fault, and
up.m a fccond and third attii:st:tticr, the? had no-

Conceffion of a po fit ion.

Nor could the Pythagorean give

Drj-dcn.

The

aJn..ti;ti'.i>

general advifer.
..

fometimei with other

concerning th-fis

intermingle

neccflafy thing',

nut umi.xiii.ii;.

now

a fenfe

place and perfon, generally allowed for your

warlike, courtlike, and learned preparations.

to put in

Brcaufe they have not a bladder like thofe we

vein others, they have no gall at all, is a
parilogifm not adm'ntablt, a fallacy that nee Is not
the fun to fcatter it.
Ercit-n.

adxiltable.

adj.

more

Locke.

tly ;
ticcs

[from admit."] The

perfon or thing which may be admitted.

mit him

them.

principles

to mine.

ADMI'TTABLE.

ef fouls, to

aJr>:!trsnctOn\)-

peculiarly adapted to

Sir John, you are * gentleman of excellent

breeding, of great admittance, authentick in your

Fairfax.

This argument is like to have the lefs eflecl on

me, feeing I cannot eafily admit the inference.
Loch.
4. To allow, or grant in general ; fometimes with the particle of.

is

mitted to great perfons

out of ufe.

Iliflory.

4. [In the ecclefiaflical law.] It is, when

the patron prefents a clerk to a church
that is vacant, and the bimop, upon
examination, admits and allows of fuch
clerk to be fitly qualified, by faying,
Admitlo te habilem.
Ayltfe's Parergon.
The allowance of an argument ; the
5.
grant of a pofition not fully proved.

fome ideas wVich have

Cuftom, or prerogative, of being ad-

All firings have fome degree of heat, none ever

freezing, no not in the longelr and fevereft frofts ;
efpecially thofe, where there is fuch a fitc and dif-

pofuion of the ilrita as gives

re

through one fenfe, which

Soatb's Scrircnt.

Our king defcends frum Jove :

And hither are we come by bis command,
To crave admiijicn in your happy land.
Drjdn.
3. Admittance ; the power of entering, or
being admitted.

rniflitH

ADO

ADM

ADM

f.

teachers leave, for the favin

1 n.f. \_adoltfcentia, Lat.]

The age fucceeding

J
childhood, and fucceeded by puberty ;
more largely, that part of lire in which
the body has not yet reached its full per-

fection.
He was
born, and
phus,

who
him

fo far

from a boy, that he was a

at his

places

full ftature, if

him

we

man

believe jot'ey

in the ll& aJtJefciKf,

and

Rr?mn%
twenty-five years old.
i The fons muft have a tedious time of childhood
and ad:Itfccncf, before they can either tliemfclvn
inalcci

Ifift

ADO

ADO
their parents, or encourage

sflift

them with new

hoots of pofterity.

To

Benlley,

ADOTT.

v. a. \_ndcpto, Lat.]
take a fon by choice ; to make him
a fon, who was not fo by birth.

2.

of all my fa :er's lifters left;

of my mother's kin bereft ;

have by nature,

Whether, advpud

Thou

to

fome neighboring

ftar,

above us in thy wand'ring race,

and regular,
Or,
Mov'd with the hcav'ns majeftic pace;

Or call'd to more celcltia! blifs,

Thou treaii'It, with liraphims, the

vaft abj

fs.

Dryden.

We are feldom at eafc from the felicitation of

our natural or adopted delires ; but a conltant fuccclVi"n of uneafinefies, out of that ftock,
natural wanti, or acquired habits, have heaped up,
L

take the will in their turns.

ad--j.

[from

adopt.~\

The

what

2.

The ftate
My bed

He

be abufed, my reputation gnawn

at j and I ftiall not only receive this v.
wrong, but ftand under the adaption of abominable
terms, and by him that does me the wrong.

1.

He

\odapttvui, Lat.]
adopted by another, and

is

1.

ticn,

Th.it

That

2.

Ctcyr.t.

The

n. f.

[from

adaralle.~\

quality of being adorable

wor-

thinefs of divine honours.

AOO'RABLY.

adv. [from adoralle.~\

In a

But

Jewels at nofc and lip^, but

fct out
any

To

each part,

gild
art ;
ill

appear.

gallery adorntd with the pictures or ftat'JCS of

the invention of things ufeful to human life.
C:ivlcy.

to be narr.ed, adurr.td,
their difcourfe.

and dcfcribeu ,

tilings,

Thoufands there

Whofe names fome

For, tho' unknown

An

manner worthy of adoration.

(hall

adtin;
to me, they furc fought well.
Dryden.

external adoration.
It

is

poffible to fuppofe, that thofe

VOL.

I.

Hooker..

who

believe

ADO'RKMENT.

n.f. [from adorn.~\

ment; embelliflimcnt

now

[French.]

Dextrous

adroit ftout fellow

would fometimcs deftroy

juftice

the whole time.

apparently againft
Jcrvai't Den Quixote.

dry.~\

Athirft;

thirfty ; in want of drink.

He never told any of them, that he was his
humble fcrvant, but his wdl-wMher ; and would
rather be thought a malecontent, than drink the

kind's health

when he was not adry.

Spelfator.

ADSCITI'TIOUS. adj. [euifcititius, Lat.]

That which is taken in to complete
fomcthing
trinfick

elfe, though originally exfupplemental ; additional.

ADSTRI'CTION. n. f. [<tulftri&is, Lat.J

The acl of binding together ; and applied, generally, to medicaments and
applications, which have the power of
making the part contract.

To

ADVA'NCE. <v. a. [avancer, Fr.]

To bring forward, in the local fenfe.

Now morn, her rofy fteps in th' eaftern clime

Advancing, fow'd the earth with orient peatl.
HflltOH,

z.

To
He

raife to preferment ; to
aggrandize.
hath been ever conftant in his courfe of ad-

vancing

me

from a private gentlewoman he

j
a marchionefs, and from a marchionefs a
and now he intends to crown my innocency

made me

queen ;
with the glory of martyrdom.
Bacon.
The declaration of the grcatnefs of Mordecai,
whercuuto the king advanced him.
Eflber, x. x,

Milton.

not
3.

to the earth, while

adj.

pletely naturalized.

in ufe.

This tttributc waj not givjn

adrift, and call their

ufelcfs unattentive roving.

ADRY'. adv. [from a and

Orna-

elegance:

Dryden,
kfcp

wjll

n.f. [from adtoit.~\ DexNeither

terity ; jreadinefs ; activity.
this word, nor adroit, feem yet com-

nity, diltinft from mental reverence.

S
mn a~d fcrviceable worfhip we name, for
dift'mction fake, whatfocver belongeth to
thej
church, or publick fociety, of Cod, by way of

reflection

>

ADROI'TNESS.

ADO'RN. adj. [from the verb.] Adorned;

ADORA'TION. n.f. \_adoratio, Lat.]
decorated a word peculiar to Milton.
i. The external homage paid to the DiviShe'll to reaiitie; yield all her
(hows,
Made fo ad'jrn for thy delight the more.

frequent

a whole family, with

Sprat.

fame that dwell,

nobler

Afi/im+
could judge aright

aftive; fkilful.

in

are in darker

opening gulf,

Locke on Educatiott t

i.

poem

who

home from

ADRQ'IT.

To

embellifh with oratory or

elegance
of language.
This will fupply men's tongues with many new

to the

minds from running

thoughts

Cf/wky,

place or thing with de-

3.

at a diftance

their

him
not to
that he

this rr.ount

(h^.l

feem'd a corps adnft to diftant fight

The cuftom of

corations.

which ought to be adored

that which
is worthy of divine honours.

On thefe two, the love of God, and our neigh-,

bour, hang both the law and the proph<
the adorable Author of Chriftinnity ; and the
e fays, the end of the law is
charity.

Down the great ri.ver,

And there take root,

by

Jfaiabj Ixi. 10.

'tis not to a&rn and

mews more cod than

drive.

Then,

a term
as,

may

by might of wares, be mov'd

Out of his place, puiVd by the horned Hood;
With all his verdure fpoii'd, and trees adrift

the garments of falva-

jewcis.

Sidney.

Of paradife,

me with the robe of righteouf-

Yet

[adorable, Fr.]

impulfe

bridegroom dccketh himfelf with ornaments, and as a bride adornctb hcrfclf with her

and makes him

obfolete.

kill (b great a prince.

nefi, as a

adopted fon cannot cite his adaptive father

into court, without his leave.
Ayliffc'i Penrg',n.

ADO'R ABLENESS.

he hath covered

now

And thinking to make all men adrcad\.o fuch

one an enemy., who would not fpare, nor fear to

It
;

dread-* as>

In a ftate of fear

~\

v. a. [artorno, Latin.]
to deck the perfon wich or-

naments.
He hath clothed me with

An

adj.

ADO'RN.
To drefs
;

his fon.

ADO'RABLE.

NO 57.

Clarendon.

To

his fon.

that adopts another,

ajlde, athirjt, ajleep.~\

frighted ; terrified :

would do any thing, which he refolved not to do.

and abfoiute

He

to*

ADRE'AD. adv. [from a and

Vulgar Errours.

the

fituatiort

In this remembrance Emily ere day

Arofe, and drefs'd herfelf in rich array ;
Frcfli as the month, and as the morning fair,
Adf.'wn her fhouldersfell her lengthof hair.. Dryd'ert*

n.f. [from adore.~\

that adores

<%uttrt.

towards

Ado- ADRI'FT. adv. [from a and drift, from

drive.
ufed.
Floating at random i as an^-

worlhipper ; in a ferious fenfe.

He was fo levere an adorer of truth, as
diiremble ; or to fuficr any man to think

an elective monarch fhould be fo

as an hereditary ; no more than
it is poflible for a father to have fo full
power and
interelt in an adoptive fon, as in a natural.
Batrn.
2.

fcarcely

Down;

prep-

ground ; from a higher

wards a lower.

^.

It is impoffiblc

free

word

Robert's Sermont.

that

made

adore.']

in deadly found.

Fairy

ADO'WN.

[from

~>adt>ivn

thrice he her reviv'd with bufy pain.

V.

her adorer, not her friend.

Shakejprarc's Cymlf/inc.
Whiift as th' approaching pageant does appear,
And echoing crowds fpeak mighty Venus near ;
I, her adirtr, too devoutly ftand
Faft on the utmoft margin of the land.
Prior.

adj.

And

Being fo far provoked as I was in France, I

would abate her nothing ; though I profcfs myfelf

Sbakcfpeare.
She purpos'd,
When (lie had fitteJ you with her craft, to work
Her fon into \.\\ adaption of the crown. Sb.i-

Chtiit.

n.J.
worfhip : a

on the ground.

fweet,

to love.

a worftiipper
generally ufed in a low fenfe
lovers, or admirers.

fliall

ADO'PTIVE.

Skakefptare" s Cymbdine.

priefts

ADO'RER.

of being adopted.

Jn every adt of our Chriftian worihip, we are

to call upon him under the endearing character of our Father, to remind us of our ad^t'i ;:,
that we are made heirs of God, and joint heirs of

homage

Skflbtfyrarc*! ticnry

qualities.

ADO'WN. adv. [from a and d<nun.~\ Down

of elder times deluded their apprehenCons with Tooth-faying, and fuch oblique idolatries, and won their credulities to the literal and
dcwr.right adverr.tr.: of cat;, lizards, and beetles.

not native.

is

my

[adore, Lat.]

Br',iun'i

to one's

with the adornment of

and their
people appear adoring their prince,'

ration

that

fon.

felf

honour

to

nobls and natural perfon, together

my

refpefl than

Pcpt't Odyffi-y.

gives fome one by choice the rights of a

ADO'PTION. n.f. [adoptio, Lat.]

j. The aft of adopting, or taking

ADO'RE. v. a.
To worfhip \vith

ADO'REMENT.

Ad:p:?dly, as fchool-maids change their names,

St'.ivain, though apt, aft'eftion.

He

'

Tathr,
prince adoring God.
Make future times thy equal aft adort,
And be what brave Oretes was before.

By

ADO'PTER. n.f. [from

poii Sn'd (lattery

Thrice did (he fink

dr'mk'ft thou oft, inftcad of

Af-

adopttd.~\

pJacfi

they in fearing.

rence

'-

manner of fomething adopted.

kigh

external homage ; to
pay divine honours.
The mountain nymphs and Themis they adore,
And from her oracles relief implore.
Dn-dtn2. It is ufed, popularly, to denote a high
degree of reverence or regard ; to reve1

in procefiion fix'd

ter the

lj.it

To

roll'ft

ADO'PTEDLV.

Than
What

to

elfe.

nor to the heavens, before they

was confufed
had motion and adornment.
World.
Raleigh's Hi/lory of the
She held the very garment of Pofthumus in more
it

Stillitlffleet.

paid to perfons in

Art thou nought elfe but place, degree, and form,

Creating awe and' fear in other men ?
Wherein thou art lefs happy, being feai'd,

Kay, were I
None by an uncle's or a granJame's fide,
Yet I could fome adapted heir proviiie.
Dryden.
z. To place any perfon or thing in a nearer
relation, than they

yet give

O ceremony, drew me but thy worth

W!;at is tiiy toll, O advrathr.!

Were none

fomething

Homage

him no

or efteem.

To

1.

A D V

may

a fupreme excellent Being,

external aJ:rc:xn at all.

To

improve-.

What law
F

can be advifed more proper and effeftiial

AD V
Tillotfon.

To heighten

4.

to grace

As the calling dignifies

much more advancer his
warms

ment, though
with an advantage, being
it

the

man,

fo the

man

As

gar-

calling*

The ftate ofbeing advanced;

^.

The

Sbakeffeare.

The

by
South' t Sermons.

than advance.

Bacon,

leave the decifion to the publick.

Drydtn.
Some ne'er advance a judgment of their own,
But catch the fp e.iding notion of ihe town. Pcfe.

At

this the youth, whofe vent'rous foul

of magick art controul,

fears

AfoanCd

To make

2.

in

open

Pernel.

fight.

improvement.

They who would advance in knowledge, and

not deceive and fwell themfelves with a little articulated air, ihould not take words for real entities
in nature, till they can frame clear and liirincl
ideas of tbofe entities.
Locke.

now

come forward

to

tendency
an aft of invitation.
;

judged no advancer of the king's matters, the king

faid to his folicitor, Tell me truly, what fay you
of your coufin that is gone ?
Bacon.
The reporters arc greater advancers of defamatory defigns, than the very 6rft contrivers.
Government t.f the Tongue.

In the practical prudence of managing fuch gifts,

may have fome advantage over the clergy ;
whofe experience is, and ought to be, Icfs of this
world than the other.
Sprat.
Ail other forts and feels of men would evidently
have the advantage of us, and a much furcr title
to happinefs than we.
Atterbury.

their bad purpofes.

the fmiies,
heart.

But

'Waljh.

to read a lady's eyes

each accidental glance

interpret for a kind jdvamr.
Swift.
He has defer. bed the unworthy pafllon of the
goddefs Calypfo, and the indecent advances fne
will

made to
That

detain

him from

own

his

prince applied h'.rnfelf

country.

Pofe.

to the

Church

firft

of England, and upon their iclulal to fail in with

his meafures, made the like advances to the Diffentcrs.

Htuift.

3. Gradual

progreflion

point to another.
Our Saviour raifed the

rife

from one

Give me adv^tage of fome brief

With Defdfmona alone.
Favourable circumftances.
4..
Like jewels

t>

True wit

What

.gradual advances, m.inifeftcJ h s divine pov,er, h.

at laftexe ted the hi^ii fr. and mo!l gbrious degree

5.

The

6.

the

ar!v.!>i(e

and

-. The

aft

i';man nature.

n.J.

Gain

luaKxs

daily

advjtcemcati,

Brt-wn't Vulgar Eir.urt.

with the fpirit that infpires the
Royal Society, were to advantage it in one of the

To

iTiy

room

will

Jwvc, if

it

tage.]

it

1 '

is,

that advantage

ol confcitnte,

and

now

fits

in the

fleers all.
1

South'

7.

Overplus

Sermons^

fomething more than

mere lawful gain.

Weowothce rouchj

within

th'.s

the-

wall offUHi

improveablc.

[from ad-van-

adj.

Profitable; convenient

gainful.

ADVA'NTAGED.

adj.
[from To ad-vanPoflefled of advantages ; commodioufly fituated or difpofed.
In the moll advantaged tempers, this difpofition
is but comparative ; whereas the moil of men 1 1bour under d;fadvanugcs, which nothing can rid

tage.]

them

GlanviHc.

of.

ADVA'NTAGE-SROUND.

n.f.

Ground

fuperiority, and opportunities of Annoyance or rcfiilance.

This excellent man, who flood not upon the
advantage-ground before, from the time of his
promotion to the archbimoprick, provoked or un-

that gives

derwent the envy, and reproach, and malice, of

men of all qualities and conditions; who
Clarendon.

in nothing

ADVANTA"CEOUS.<M)'. [a-vantageux, Fr.]

1.

Of advantage; profitable; uleful; opportune ; convenient.

The time of ficknefc, i-r affliction, is, like the
co of the day to Adam, a feafon of peculiar propriety for the voice of God to be he rd } and may
il

be improved into a very cd-uantagnus opportunity

of begetting or incrcafmg fpiritual file. Hammond.

Here perhaps

Some advantageous act may be achiev'd

By fudden onfet, citl.e,- with hell-fire

To

wafte his whole creation; or poffefs

All as our own.

be unto

J^

it is

As it is advantagfablc to a phyfician to be called to the cure of declining difeafe, fo it is for a

commander to fupprefs a fedition which has paired the height.
Sir J. Haytiarct,

be clean fed

fin ?

which

ADVA'NTAGE ABLE.

JPal!?r.

what advantage

it

Clan-villfs Sctpjii Sclentijua.

is

profit fii^H I

ennoble

beft capacities in

fet,

Ha.'e.

[advancement, FT.]

effect.

profit.

Swift.
ta
;

forward

the fouls of wife men

dwelt about the moon, and thofe of fools wandered about the earth, advantaged the conceit of this

nature to advantage drrfs'd.

oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd.

Ccr.n.n

r-

of coming forward.

icrututcnt

advantage

bring

gain ground to.

The Itoics that opinioned

Sbakeffeare.

the ibadc docs get.

thee, and what

good of mankind, and. for

ADVA'NCE ME NT.

imp

To

\\\

ilu-

to

.For tnou faiJit,

progreOs towards per

principle and objefl of the greateft

advantaging ourfelves.
promote ; to

Clanville.

fectiou.
tance in the world to

2.

mar. born with fuch advantage of COnftitution, tha: it adulterates not the images of his mind.

-jftttriurj.

Improvement

mould have purfued fome other way, more

effectual, for diftrefling the common enemy, and

Superior excellence.

Map of ftiidy and thought, that reafon rijjlir,

and arcluvers of truth, do make no great cdvan,
in tbjpir d.fcoxeries of it.
Lvcke

Locke.

We

difcourfe

A fjce, which is over-flufhed, appears to advantage in the dcepeft fcar'et j and the darked
complexion is not a little alleviated by a black
hood.
dddifon.

.rave yn his bier; .inJ |ie third, after he h.it

foaie time buried.
And having, by thef<

diction.

'Sicily, they frnt for

him back j di-figning to take advantage, and prof,*cute him in the a b fence of his friends.
Stvift.
convenience.
3. Opportunity;

:fceen

of it; anJraifcdhi.nl i nil by his own all-quickening viitue, and according tj his owncxp

lUiltm,

Soutb't Sermons.

daughter, the wi-

Sptnfer^t State uflrtland.

he took advantage of the night for

he was got to

.As foon as

dow's fon, and Lazarus; the firit of thefe, when me

the fccond, as he was carrieJ
had jii.t ex;i..i'.>

4.

fpecialiy

Her beauty by

ruler's

ftratagera,

trial

The great bufmcfs of the fenfes being to make

us take notice of what hurts or
advantages the
body, it is wifely ordered by nature, that pain
mould accompany the reception of feveral ideas.

fuch pr'vy att'mpCs, infomuch that the bruit of

hismanlinefs was fpread everywhere. 2 A/acr. viiu 7.
Great malice, backed with a great intereft j
yet can hive no adrvantage of a man, but from his
own expectations of fomeching that is without him.

His genius was below

The Jkill of ev'ry common beau ;
Who, though he cannjt fp"!l, is wife

And

by

Superiority gained
unlawful means.

or

"The common law hath left them this henefit,

whereof they make advantage^ and wreit it to

In vain are all the pratis'd wiles,

In vain thofe eyes would love impart;

Enough

n.f. [avaatage, Fr.]

often with cf or over be-

&bakrfyeart.

hath endamag'd thee no way,

Raiher more honour left, and more efteem ;
Me nought advantage!, miffing what I aim'd.

the laity

^.

Tillotfon.

[from the noun.]

benefit.

The

ADVA'NTAGE,
fore a perfon.

meet

a.

did.

difufed.

Superiority

patiently.

-v.

is

He
n.f. [from advance. ]
that advances any thing ; a promoter ;
forwarder.
Soon after the death of a great officer, who was

i.

them

Convey what I fet down to my lady it fliall

advantage more than ever the bearing of letter

ADVA'NCER.

lover

Not all th' advances, all

Can move one unrelenting

fenfe

To

1.

jointure or advancement of the lady, was the

Bacon.
third part of the principality of Wales.

Clarendon.
So, like the fun's advance, your titles mow;
Which, as he rifcs, does the warmer grow. Waller.

to

for us, yet he bore

To ADVA'NTAGE.

The

All the foot were put into Abington, with a refolution to quit, or defend, the town, according
to the manner of the enemy's advance towards it.

This

Settlement on a wife.

5.

were wholly undefervcd, and not for himfclf but

Brciun's Vulg ar Erroun.

ing.

ADVA'NCE. n.f. [from To advance.]

1. The aft of coming forward.

2.

King Lear.

higher
of excellence.
Nor can we conceive it unwelcome unto thofe
worthies, who endeavour the advancement of learn-

To ADVA'NCE. <v. n.
1. To come forward.

No

Much more mould the confideration of this

ith patience againft ordinary capattern arm us
lamities ; officially if we confider his example
with this ad-vantage, that though his fuft'erings

to a

promotion

flate

propofe ; to offer to the publick ; to

bring to view or notice.
Phedon 1 htght, quoth he, and, do advance
Fairy Queen.
I dare not advance my opinion Jg.iinft the judgment of fo great an author ; but i think it fair to

iikakeffeart,

of advancing another.
own grace he doth exalt himfelf

Improvement

is a foul count! thee her creditor,

with advantage means to pay thy love.

You faid, you neither lend nor borrow

Upon advantage*
Sbakefp. Merchant of V'trice,
8. Preponderation on one fide of the companion.

aft

Sbakffpeare's

4.

To

M.y anceflry from famous Coradin.

And

In his
More than in your advancement.

f>.

preferment.

North

Finding his ufurpation moft unjurt,

Endeavour'd my advancement to the throne.

much more warmed

forward ; to accelerate.
5
Thefe three laft were flower than the ordinary
Indian wheat of itfelf ; and this culture did rather
.;d

Percies of the

a return
body, has

the

There

and, 1 hope, in time, will raife our language to

the utmnft perfection.
Sioift.

to give luftre to.

it.
.

A D V

A D V

fectuil to tJvanii the nature of nan to its highcft

perfection, than thcfc precepts of Chriftianity ?

2.

Milton.

uied with relation to perfons, and

followed by to.
It is

Since every painter paints himfelf in his own

*tis
advantageous to him to know himfelf,
to the end tint he may cultivate thofe talents

works,

which make

his genius.

ADYASTA'CBOUSLY. aJ-v.

Dryitcn.

from ad-vanJageous.\

AD
C

ftVeniently;

>

A(D v
I

profitably.
It was
ad-vantagnufy fituatej, there being an
fafy paflage from it to India,
Arbutbna.
by lia.

ADVANTA'CEOUSN-ESS.

tageous
profitable^efs
convenience.
The laft property, which

To

By

ADVE'NE. v

n.

It's

Seraphic Live.

caufe confidered in
judicature, is ftilrd an
cidental caufe ; aid the accidental of
any aO
bid to be whatever edvtnts to the st

vening ; coming
fuperadded.

Jyllfff

,**,.

\futvjnitm, Lat.] Adfrom outward caufes

MvHttra,
i.

Being thus divided from truth in

themfelves,
they arc yet farther removed
by aJw.ier.t decep-

Uon

for

fubt.er

they are daily

fc5ftn.

mocked

E murs

rni

ADVENT,
)i

ReJemptoris.}

The name of one

To

[from advenio,
Adventitious ; that which is
added
that which comes
extrmfically
;
from outward caufes
a word fcarcely
;
-ventum.]

al

teratinn.

J-a

ADVENTI TIOUS.

accidental

extrinfically

fu-

not

added,

enentially inherent.

,T-

To

ave ,,,, u

rength from cuitom,

Jrom the humours.

befidej their material cauf

Though we may

call the obvious

colours"
and the others
ira,,
AwitiriuMi yet fuc
changes of colours, from wbatlbever caufe the
proceed, may be properly taken in.
,/.
I.
>d boil, and th'
advtmhkus fire
d by
high meats, and higher wim-, require
temper and allay the burning heat
Waters are brought, which
by dccoQion *
g-

New

coolneft.

In the
gem-kind, of all the many fo rte
.
* up
by ,apidar,es, th:re ar= not above three or
our that are
their
onginal
;

ferent
Tnatter.

divvies,

as

t,

and hardncfs,
arlrtng from the difadm,xture of other

uftre, colour,

*/;,,

,fpf

mineral
,

T-H-E. n.f.
[from ad-vcnio, LatinJ
thing or perfon that comes from
without
a word not now in
e

*. a

power of chance.
F.ir
my father fought

To

pronoun

ADVENTURER.
He that feeks

,.

is

through

aflay foregone

He

intended to

the

more
were hke

to feek

voluntar,es,

their fortunes.

g ir j
] la

rd his

he n,ight win

eaftly
to be lcfs forward.

own

rj

av ; c

a^ion', rhat'ft

</,,, who elfe

XM

/v

Hud ,t not bten for the

B.itilh, which the lie
war, drew over, and .<t
vfnlurrrt or foldiers footed

buftUS

by the

laft

Our merchant,

$**,

''

from pirates'
rapine fret
Hull no mare a dvtnf,l, be.

ADVE-NTURESOME.

adj.

[from

adwn-

ihe fame with ad-venturous:

a
>w word,
fcarcely ufed in writing
ADVE NTURESOMENESJ.
n.f. [from ad*<*f*rtfau.] The quality of being advcnturefomc.
ire.

TO

ufe.

NTUROUS.

many, but that ther

that

is

adj. [ndventureux.Fr.]
inclined to adventures
and
;

confequently.bold, daring, courageous.

At land nd fca, in
many a doubtful fight,
.vva, never known a
more adwnfroui
:

ADVE'NTUAL.

ajj. [from lating to the feafon of advent

lo Mb
daily ufc one other
collc^j

Who

a5,

nlme ,

knight

pftner drew kit fword, and always for th*

h

"

oppofite to.

n .f.

Creditor

were
common-place

Diff

[L a t.

ADVERSARY,
'verfarius,

in

fet

oppofition.]

a book to note in.

Thefe parchments
s
dwjtrif.

are fuppofed to have been St.

Bull', Straw.

[ad-verfaire,r. ad-

n.f.

Lat.]

An

opponent

an-

tagonift ; enemy : generally applied to

thofe that have verbal or
judicial quarrels ; as,
controvertifts or
:
litigants

fometimes

an opponent in
fingle commay fometimes imply an open
profeflion of enmity ; as we
fay, a fecr
enemy is worfe than an
bat.

to

It

Vet am I noble,
come to cope.

open

as the

ad<verfary.

aii-verfary

Sbakcffcarf, K\nS L far.

rites
and ceremonies of the
duirch,
which were the felf-fame now tint
thcr
were when
holy and virtuous men maintained

therefore,

w/

hem agamft profane and

deriding */
own children have in derifion.

Mean

ar ;,,, her
)t<xttcr

while th'

ad-utrfarj of Ood and man ,

S.tan, with thoughts inflam'd, of
higheftdefign.

war ' and

Tl,e,r wealthy trade

equivocal

book, as
(hould feem, in which Debtor and

it

penirt

ll.ck.ngs of England did not make thfc,queft of Irc-lan.l j it was

begun by particular advtKtvrtr,, and other
who came

fo

Mdtyn.

ADVERSARU.

a great
advtmurtr, faid he,
his fword
hard

That hath

adverlially with

ADVK'RJABLE.^. [from^^.] Con-

{adventuner, Fr.]
occafions of hazard ; he
at
puts h.mfelf in the hands of chance.

He

W*

ufcd with the

reciprocal
aj, be ad-ventured
bim/tlf.

fhe natives be not fo

Lat.-]

manner of an

1*'

Paul

>-4,ix.

in the

I fhould think alta was

joined
trmu, did Virgil make ufe of

put into the

for you,

r'"' s _,
often

Lat.]

ftrufture

adverb.

trary to

and afamurj
and delivered
you out of the hand of

e tor,

[adverbielis,

adj.

Like an adverb

h c gro und, for delicjtenefs and

tendern
JJfuter. xxvui. z6.

ADVENTURE.

rpi

ftr

nefw

adj. {ed-vtatitiu,, Lat.l

That which advenes

Tvcnient;

''

have c

he tender and delicate

woman amorg you
vhich would not gJvmturt to fet
the fole of he?

foot U p on

the bird

ADVE'RBIALLY. adv. [adverbialiter,

rep ort.

in ufe.

Asfor_the peregrin* heat, it is thus far true,

ni., ir t.ie proportion of the
ad-uminc heat be
greatly predominant to the natural heat and
fpirits
t the
body, ,t tendeth to diffolution or notable

n.
[adventurer, Fr.l
try the chance; to dare.
Be not angry,

Mod mighry princefs, that I

To try your taking rf a fa ]fe

Common Prayer.
ad-

is

derivatives,

ture, venturous.
I.

fay, he runs/w//?/x
he lives virtuou/Iy.

of an adverb.

To ADVE'NTURE. v.

holy feafons, fignifying the camtag; that is, the coming of our Saviour ;
which is made the
fubjeft of our devotion
during the four weeks before Chriitadj.

its

That which has the

quality or

Dr\'din,
all

aloft

ADVE'RBIAL.

frequently written without ad; as, -ven-

the

ADVENTINE.

Thus we
flies^

fo would this
;
be,
any thing advmiuraafy.
Skatefffjrt's Henry V.

ftraining the latitude of their fignification, by the intimation of fome circurnftance thereof; as, of
quality, manner,
Clarke's Latin Grammar.
degree.

and am refjlv'd to
try
failing n th' aliauure, die.

Thia noun, with

ad-ventu,

fate, or,

fteal

joined to a verb or adjective, and

folely
applied to the ufe-of qualifying and re-

I oioft
love,

to
fuppofe the foul a diftinfl fub(t.,nce t'om
body, and extrinfically ad-vmint, be a
greit
error in
philofuphy, aimoft all the world ha'h
heen mlftalceo.
Glamitllt'i
Vanity ef Dvga-.anfm.
n.f. [from ad-vinttis ; that 'is,
1

My

he durft

A'DVERB. *./ [<MWW,Lat.] A word

without choice and without

direftion.

The occafwn of cafual events ; an enterpnfe in which fomething muft be left

to hazard.
For

into errour by

Brvwn'i Vvlgar

if

Where the mind does not

perceive probable
WnoeSion, there men's opinions are the cffcfts
or chance and
hazard, of a mind floating at all

itfelf al-

ready^fubftantiaud.
ADVE
NIENT. adj.

dc.uhs

adv. [from at/venadventurous man-

ner ; boldly ;
daringly.
They are both hanged and

knowHay-war^

is

gdikUuru,

g'ven and tjkcn unexpected

;
many fcarce
rnem.es from their friends.

After an

turous.]

SetwarJ

adventures; [a I' adventure,

Fr.J
By
Chance ; without
any mional fcheme.
Blows rkw at all
v/ounds and

accede to
fomething ; to become part
offomethingelie, without being eflential ; to be
fuperadded.

ADVENTUROUSLY,

ufcd the phrafe, at all

is

I've already troubled

you too long,
dare attempt a more advcm'rous
fang.

My humble verfe demands a fofter theme;

A painted meadow, or a purling ftream. A

upon

Mfoofnv.
In this fenfe

their

^.

To

[advenio, Lat.]

fummoned

general

three cities ; one defperate of fucccur, and not defirous to

difputc the
defence, prefently yielded ; but two ftood

. _.

But

Nor

The

Applted to things, that which is full

of hazard; which
requires courage;
dangerous.

An accident; a chance; a haznrd

an event of which we have
no direc-

i.

qualifies God for the

objeft of our love, is the adi>arttr
ufi,tf,
to us, both in the
prefent and the future

_.

2.

'

tion.

ufefulnefs

^'

ADVE'NTURE.

[from a</Quality of being advan-

-.]

c; "

n.

A D V

%3^&S&#3&.

'

AnaJvufafjf niaVps

tSU

a drifter fearch into

us,

diftbven every Saw and

imperfection, in our
friend exaggerates a man's
tempers.
virtues ;
nemy mriames his crimes.

A D v E'R s A T

Add\f.

adj. [atf-virfatlvHS, Lat.]'

grammar, applied to a word

term of
wnic xi makes fome
oppofition or variety
as, in this fcntencc
This diamond h
runt, but //
But is an
rough.
:

adwr.

Jatf-ue conjunftion.

A'D VERSE,

adj. [adverfus, Lat.]

r0f
it has n0lv the
accent on
r,,
fyllablc; in verfe it is accented on the firft
by Shakefptare' ; on
either
indifferently, ty Milton ; on .the
'ait, by
Drjden j on the firft, by RofI"

fJ
,
the

:^
firft
<

common.

1.

A D V

A D V
1. Acting with contrary directions
'two bodies in colliilon.

as,

Drove back again unto my native clime ? Sbaktff.

As when two polar winds, blowing adverft,
Upon the Cronian fea together drive
Mi/tan.
Mountains of ice.
With adverfe blaft upturns them from the fouth,
Notus and Afer.
Milton.
A cloud of fmoke envelopes either hoft,

And

It is oppofed to projperous.
he hath decreed, that I lhail firft
try'd in humble (late, and things advcrje ;

To

the

thing.
Well me faw her

father was grown her adverfe

party ; and yet her fortune fuch, as (he muft favour her rivals.
Sidney.

To

may have

advertised Solyman, Aiming

their h.inds and feals.

Knol/es's Hi/lory of tie Tin-/!.

to -advatife the chief hero of the
d;ftre(Tes of 'hU fubjefls, occafioned by his abfcncc.
Dryden.

itfclf

Henry VI.

mifery.

from

3.

ali

or

great calamity

trouble, befalieti
Hock?*.

are the ufes of adversity,

as,

To ADVE'RT.

MENT.
1.

to

the particle

ufe he

v. n. [adverto, Lat.]

to

to obferve

of

being not capable at once

to advert to more than one thing, a particular view
and examination of fuch an innumerable number
of vaft bodies, will afford matter of admiration.

Now -to
The

Ray

Cnatim.

on she

the univerfal whole advert

earth regard as of that whole a part

2n which wide frame more noble worlds abound

Wicneli, ye glorious orbs, which hang around.

BLickmvre.

We fomctimts fayy Ta advert the mind

to en

eljecJ,

Such temperate order, in fo fierce a courfe,

Doth want example.
Sbakefp. K-i '<g Jain.
with the
3. Confutation ; deliberation
:

particle with.
Great princes, taking advice iviit workmen,
with no lefs coft, fet their things together.
Bjc:r,'s }

merchants received
This fenfe is fomewhat low, and chiefly commercial.

4. Intelligence: as, the

ad-vice of their lofs.

ADVI'CE-BOAT.

with his heart every day ; and this, no doubt, is

the bcft and fureft courfe j for ftill the oftner, the
better.
South' s Sermons,
It is not advifable to reward, whei'e men have
not
to
the tendernefs
punifli.
LSEftrtnge'tFablet.

ADVE'RTISE-

Intelligence

1.

places, water-breaches

the.

dcpartu.s

o:

ftir

abroad, go-arm'd.

Arm'd, brother!
Brother,

advife you

to

the bed.

Shaltcjp. King Lear*

would adinfe all gentlemen to learn merchants
accounts, and not to think it a /kill that belongs not
to them.
Locke,
I

information.

and trompet, by their feveral founds

If you do

ef the World.

fcrve for many kinds of advenifements, in milttarv

affairs: th bells ferve to proclaim afcarc-fire; and,

fume

fit ;

a. [aJ-vifer, Fr.]
with the particle to before
counfel
the tiling advifed.

To

liCe.

which was fent for his relief, had received fome

brulh, which would much retard their march.
daren

ia

ad--vijab!e.'\

To ADVI'SE. v.
;

Then, as a cunning prince that ufeth fpies,

If they return no news, doth nothing know j
But if they make advertisement of lies,
The prince's counfel all awry do go.
Sir "J'.bn Da-vies
He had received aJverti/rment, that the party,

The drum

[from

it./,

1'he quality of being advifable, or

fitnefs ; propriety.

Much

'Dcfcripticn

employed

bring intelligence.
AD\'\'sA3Lf.a</J. [from advife.] Prudent;
fit to be advifed.
Some judge it acivifaHe for a man to account

griefs are louder than aJvertifemcnt.

Abba'i

A veflel

n.J.

to

n.f. [advert ijftment, Fr.]

of Solon, he fpared his

man

or

as,

So hot a fpeed, with fuch advice difpos'd,

ado about Nott'wg,

St-nkffpeare's
Cyrus was once minded to have put Crcefus to
death; but hearing him report the edvutlfmcni

2.

The mind

Reflection 4 prudent consideration :

he always acts with good advice.
What he hath won, that he hath fortified

2.

lofs.

Inftruftion ; admonition.
'Tis all men's office to (peak pati.nce
To tlnfe, that wring under the load of forrow;
But no man's virtue nor fufftciency,
To be fo moral, when he (hall endure
The like himft-If therefore give me no counfel

My

To

gard.

advertifed his

with
regard
before the object of re
;

He

ADVERTISEMENT,

Kkakc rptare.
had made
f profperity, contributed to fupport his mind under the heavy weight Qf^ufatfnKfJfj which then lay
j^t'irbu
upon him.

remembrance of the good

To qive notice of any thing, by means

of an atfrvertijeiaent in the public prints ;

except that in-

all

They were

the wifeft courfe.

thofe .letters with

advice, the lab'ring heart

To worfe extremes with fwifter (reps would run ;
Prior,
Not fav'd by virtue, yet by vice undone.

f>'gh'-

affliction;

was then

Without thy poor

to

ftruction implies fuperiority, and advice

may be given by equals or inferiors.
Break we our Watch up, and, by my advice,
Let us impart what we have fcen to-night
Unto young Hamlet.
Sbaktff. Hanlet.
O troubled, weak, and coward, as tri^u art

give notice ; with of

before the fubject of information.
inform

it is

in ufe.

Counfel; inftmction

1.

fe-

it

fay,

To ADVE'SPER ATE. v. n. [adveffero, Lat.]

Di3.
To draw towards evening.
ADVI'CE. a./, [avis, advis, Fr. from advifo, low Lat.]

diflike.

2.

Which, like the tosd, ugly and venomous,

Wears yet a fr?cious jewel in his head.

attend to

-the

In this fenfe

advcrfny,
we ufe not to fay men are in adversity., \vhenfoever
feel
fmall
in
hinderance
of
their
welfare
any
they
this world, but when fome notable affliction or

on

of our forrow

Concerning deliverance

them.
Sweet

accented

Ferhntes, understanding that Solyman expefted

allured advertiftmcnt, nntu the other BafTas
declared the death of the emperor ; of which they

fome

more

Shakefpeare

crofs,

a.

king was not fo (hallow, nor fo ill advcrnot to perceive the intention of the French
tifed, as
Bacon.
king.
I hope ye will aJvertife me fairly of what they

n. f.

of uithappinefs

ftate

[advertir, Fr.
the accent upon
tut appears to have

<v.

Sbjkefpt-are.

plural.
Let me embrace thefe four<i<iWr/;r;,

The

Origin of Mankind.

Sir

<o our wifhes.

3.

The

Af[adver/tte, Fr.]
calamity ; that is, oppofition

For wife men

As I by friends am well advtrtifed,

Edmund Courtney, and the-haughty prelate,
With many more confederates, are m arms. Sbak.

In
unfor-

[from adverfe.]

Sbakeffejre.

As

Wherein he might the king his lord adveriife,

Whether our daughter were 'legitimate.

-If

The caufe
misfortune.

Mvcrtifing, and holy to your bufinefs,

Not changing heart with habit, I am ftill
Attornied at your fervice. Stateff. Miaf.fir Mcaf.

another ; to give intelliwith an accufative of the perfon informed.

The bifhop did require a refpitc,

utter, and fpcnd my malice in

the drink you give me touch my
my
.\ make a crooked face at it.
.palate advtrfely t

I.

laft fyllable

gence

tunately.
Wh..t I thiiflc, I

now

cond.]
To inform

opponent; the perfon that

counteracts another, or contefts any

fliction

N G , Or A D V E R T I'S 1 N C /ar/.
Active in giving
a word not
intelligence ; monitory
I

adj. [from adverti/e.]

At-

advert.']

now fpoken with

been anciently

3. Personally

.ADVE'RSITY.

[from

adj.

ADVERTrSE.
It is

Rcfccmmcn.

breath.

fled

;
vigilant ; heedful.
This requires choice parts, great attention of
mind, fcqueftration from the importunity of fecular employments, and a long advertent and deli-

Some the prevailing malice of the great,

Unhappy men, or adverfe fate,
Sunk deep into the gulls of an afBifled Oat;.

publifhed.

not your talent ; or

from that text, as from a rock.

tentive

fnares, and violence.

Afifroh

op,pofttely

re-

is

Hale

tribulations, injuries, infults,

you had

A D V E' R T

gard ; heedfulnefs.
Too much advertency

berate connexing of confequents.

if

an adverfe manner

The

n.f. [from. advert.]

with advertence.
Attention

fame

it

Decay cf Piety.

pernicious.

ad-v.

propofals, and

Notice of any thing publifhed in a paper of intelligence.

ADVERTI'SER. n.f. [advfrti/eur, Fr.]
I
He that gives intelligence or information.
z. The paper in which advertifements arc
3.

Stvift.

Drydn.

A'DVERSELY.

to its

ADVE'RTENCY.

ADVE'KTENT.

Z. Figuratively, contrary to the wifti or

defire ; thence, calamitous ; afflictive ;

Contempts, and fcorns, and

allow but a fober advertence

move the whole world.

will

man, woman, or child ; time of divine fervict;

Holder,
the hour of the day ; day of the month.

At-

ad-vert.]

confideration.
tentionrfo; regard
;
Chriftianity may make Archimedes his challenge ; give it but where it may fet its foot-;

elfe

all at once the combatants aie loft ;

Darkling they join adverfe, and (hock unfeen ;
^Courfers with conifers juitling, men with men.

Be
By

[from

./.

to

Was I for this nigh wreckt upon the fea,

And twice, by adverfe winds, from England's bank

What

ADVE'RTENCE.

When

confider the fcruples and cautions I here

methinks it looks as if 1 adviftd

lay in your way,

you

to

fomething which

would have otiercJ

but in effect nut done.

2.

at,

Lc.ke.

To

give information; to inform ; to

acquainted with any thing often
with the particle of before the thing told.

make

You were advis'J, his flefh was capable

Of w.iunds and fears; and that his forward
Would

lifijiirn,

fpirit

where moft trade of danger rang'd.

Sbjkefpearc.

.Such

Such

They

difcourfe bring on,

As may

adinfe him of his happy ftate ;

Happinefs in his pow'r, left free to will.

tio,

To

confult

They who

participial adj. [from advife.~\

Afting with deliberation and defign ;
prudent ; wife.

in his apparel or gefture j and, -in his difcourfe,

let him be rather advif'd in his anfwers, than for-

ADULA'TOR.

able to approve themfelves,

not only to the confeflbr, but even to the catechift,
in their adult age, than they were in their minority ;

having fcarce ever thought of the principles of

their religion, fince they conned them to avoid

\'\.

correction.

The

ad<v.

heedfully

{from

pur-

pofely ; by defign ; prudently.

This book, adi'ifedty read and diligently followed
but one year at home, would do more good than
three years travel abroad.
Afcbam.
Surprife may be made by moving things, when
the party is in ha.lj, a:id cannot ftay to confi&r
of that which is moved.
ed-ulfrdly

Bacon, Effay

Thou

ADU'LT.

infancy, or grown to fome degree of

ftrength ; fometimes full grown: a word
ufed chiefly by medicinal writers.

The

deprdiion of the cranium, without a fracture, can but feldom occur ; and then it happens
to children, whofe bones are more pliable and foft
than thofe of adults.
Sharp's Surgery.

ADU'LTNESS. n.f. [from

Hate of being adult.

DiQ.
-v.

fr.aduladultery with

a. [adulterer,

Lat.] To commit
a word not claffical.
another
tero,

ftill

his thoughts lie with. a whore.

Ben Jonfsn.

what

John

Suckling.

n.f. [from adiiifed.} Decool and prudent procedure.

ADVI'SEDNESS.
liberation ;
While things

are in agitation, private m_n may

xnodeftly tender their thoughts to the confideration
of thofe that are in authority; to v/hofe care it

belongeth, in prcfcribing concerning indifferent

things, to proceed with all juft advifednejs and moderation.

Saunderjon's

Judgment

in one

adultero, Lat.]
1.

Mote

2.

Mnte
evils,

It ii

Boyle.

p'.t-aihei.

man

be

to

compofcd

one of our great-grandfathers to know what his

pofrerity have been doing,
SftfLllort

now,

The

perfon that advifes, or gives counfel ; a

counfellor.
.Here, free from court-complianc, he walks,
with himfclf) his

.ClaniiMlei S^epjh Scicntifica, c. xvi.

The prefent war has fo adulterated our tongue
with Itrangc words, that it would be impomble ior

in both fenfes, antiquated.

And

th-iii

fuch an advantage
of conftitutir.n, that it Ihould not at all adulterate
the images of his mind ; yet this fecond nature
would alter the crafis of his undeiftanding.

Sptnfer'l State of Ireland.

aj-vi/e.]

corrupt by fome foreign admixture;

Could

taken like wife, in old writers, for

.ADVI'SER. n.f. [from

To

dearer

Fairy S^ueen.
you much.
atcuiding to your adviftment, declare the

prudence and circumfpeftioa.

belt advifer, talks.

Waller.

For tho the law makes null

th' adulterer's

Of lands

may

ADU'LTERATE.
i.

Tainted

adj. [from To adulterate.}

with the guilt of adultery.

.am poflVls'd with an adulterate blot ;

My blood is mingled with the grime of luit;
Being (trumpeted by thy contagion.
bkejfcarit Ciir.tdy of Errors.
I

to her, the

Cuckold

deed

fucceed.

Dryden's 'Juvenal.

Spartan lady replied, when (he was aflced,

was the punifliment for adulterejes f There

The

What
are

no fuch things here.

Government of the Tongue,

3.

Helen's rich attire,

From Argos by the fam'd adult'refs brought,

With golden flow'rs and winding foliage wrought.
Dryden's Virgil.

Fr. adulan adul-

ADu'LTEROus.a^'.

[adulter, Lat.] Guilty

teriniis,

terefs

n.f. [adulterine,

child born of
Lat.]
a term of canon law.

of adultery.
large

In his abominations, turns you off,

And gives his potent regiment to a, trull,

That

nofss

it

aga'mft us.

Sbakejfrari's Ar.tmy and Cteipatra*

adulterous perlon is tied to restitution of
the injury, fo far as it is reparable ; and to mukc
provifion for the children, that they may not injure

An

Taylor.

Dryden's ALneid.

pot-alhes, bought of them that fell it

in mops, who arc not f.> foolilhly knavifh as to
adulterate them with iah-pettc, which is much

which feem moft hurtful.

It is

The
n.f. [adulter, Lat.]
of
adultery.
perfon guilty
With what impatience mult the mufe behold
The wife by her procuring hulband fold ;

ADU'LTERER.

John.

Common

ftead

I will,

ith thine uncle

to contaminate.

wote,

ftrange adventure do ye now purfue

Perhaps my fuccour, or advijement meet,

v.

of the

Think on whofe faith th' adult'rous youth rely'd ;

Who promU'd, who procur'd the Spartan bride ?

Sbaltijftare.

Puiu.

tranflations are like the adulteration

the legitimate.

adultery.

Adulterates hourly

n.f. [ad-uifement , Fr.]

information.

What

To commit

But fortune, oh

ADVI'SE.V ENT.
Counfel

Such

Th' .adulterous Antony, moft

His chaite wife

adultin

798.

nbbleft wines, where fumething of the colour, fpirit,

Feltcn on the Claffics.
and flavour, will remain.

He

of being adulterated, or contaminated.

ftate

The
A D U'L T E R i N E
See ADOLES-

CENCE.
To ADU'LT ER.

Bacon's Natura! Hijiory,

The

adult.}

ADU'LTER ANT. n.f. [adulterant, Lat.]

The perfon or thing which adulterates.
To ADU'LTERATE. <v. a. [adulterer, Fr.

Sir

a..

A perfon above the

n.f.

ftiUrft

is

ADU'LTERESS. n.f. [from adulterer.}

woman that commits adultery.
age of

bcft) a relapfe,

in

I.

'tis faiJ,

fingle crop of men and women bred ;

Who g own adult, fo chance, it feems, enjoin'd,
Did, male and female, propagate their kind.
B/acimtre.

xxiii,

fecond thoughts (by all allowed the

and accufelt conftancy of mi (chief
natural, and advijedly undertaken.

Dt^ay of Piety.

earth, by thefe applauded fchoob,

This

So-

ad--uifed.~\

deliberately

but
fimple, is an adulteration, or counterfeiting
if it be done avowedly, and without difju.fing, it
may be a great faring of the richer metal.
2.

They would appear lefs

Hooker, b. i. p. 40.
fchool-days, when I had loft one ihaft,
I (hot h'u fellow of the felf-farne flight,
The felf-fame way, with more advijtd watch,
To find the other forth ; by vent'ring both,
I oft found both.
Sbakefy. Merchant of Venice.

by foreign mixture ; contamination.

To make the compound pal's for the rich metal

Lat.]

\adulatorius,

adj. [adultus, Lat.] Grownup;

paft the age of infancy and weaknefs.

my

berly

adj.

as

to follow a law.
vijed determination therein

ADULTERA'TION. n.f. [from adulterate.}

1. The aft of adulterating or corrupting

flat-

ADU'LT.

ad-vh'd.

Paradife Loft, b.

ADVI'SEDLY.

Flattering; full of compliments.

fits

2. Performed with deliberation i done on

purpofe ; afted with defign.
By that which we work naturally, as, when we
breathe, fleep, and move, we fet forth the glory
of God, as natural agents do ; albeit we have no
exprefs purpofe to make that our end, nor any ad-

quality or ftate of being adulterate,

or counterfeit.

DiS.

A'DULATORY.

Shrin'd in his fanftuary of heav'n fecure,

Confulting on the fum of things farefeen,

In

;;./ [adulator, Lat.]

terer.

Bacon's EQays.

Th* Almighty Father, where he

The

Clarendon.

Let his travel appear rather in his difcourfe, than

This tumult, and permitted aU,

him

home.

ADU'LTERATEN E ss. n.f.[ from adulterate.}

Sbatffpearc's Henry V.
moft before, mentioned

ii.

ADVI'SE D.

to tell ftories.

flattered

their adulterate copper at

Siuift's Mifcellanies.

the greateft bitternefs, without imputing the leaft crime to him, committed fince the
time of that exalted adulation, or that was n,>t ,i.en
as much known to them, as it cimld be now.

Milton's Paradife Ltft, b,

may keep

him now with

Advife if this be worth

Attempting, or to fit in darlcnefs here,
Hatching vain empires.

ward

by thy ceremony give thee cure.

Think'ft thou the fiery fever will go owt
With titles blown from adulation ?

iui:b bis companions.

2. Toconfiderj to deliberate.

1.

Greatnefs

And

with the particle luitb before the perfon consulted ; as, be advijed

high compliment.

fick, great

Corrupted with fome foreign mixture.

It does indeed differ no more, than the maker

of adulterate wares does from the vender of them.
Government of the Tongue.
They will have all their gold and filver, and

n.f. \_adulation, Fr. adula-

Lat.] Flattery

O be

n.

inceftuous, that adulterate beaft.

Ska kefpeart*
2.

Rogers'* Sermons.

Dryden's Mneid.
1

That

of their moft artful and indefa-

fail

ADULA'TION.

pofting mefTenger difpatch'd from hence,

0/this fair troop advis'd their aged prince.

To

never

tigable addrefs, to filence the impertinent advijer,

whofe feverity awes their excefles.

Paradife Loft.

ADVI'SE. v.

A D U

A D U

A D V

ADU'LTERY.
The

n. f.

[adulterium, Lat.]
aft of violating the bed of a mar-

ried perfon.
All thy domcftic griefs at

home

be left,

The wife's adult'ry, with the fervant's theft;

And (the moft racking thought which can intrude)
Forget

falfe friends,

ADU'MBRANT.

and their ingratitude.

Dryden's Juvenal,

adj.

[from adumbrate.]

gives a flight refemblance.

<u. a.
To
[adumtro, Lat.]
To fhadow out ; to give a flight likenefs ; to exhibit a faint refemblance,
like that which fhadows afford of the

That which

ADU'MBRATE.

bodies which they reprefent.

Heaven is defigned for our reward,

as well as

adumbrated by all thofe

which can endear or recompofitive excellencies,
mend.
Decay of Piety.
refcue

and therefore

ADUMBRA'TION.

Is

n.f. [from adumbrate.}

i.

The

Me

of adumbrating, or giving a
See
and
reprefentation.

The

i.

aft

ADUMBRATE.
To make fome

adumbration of

tht we mean,

rather an impulfion or contufion of the air,

(had an elifion or feflion of the fame.
it ii

Bac. Nat.
z.

Hi/7,

on the other lide the grave

but like thofe broken ends
and our knowledge
at beft a moft confufed adumbration.
the right one

is

is

Male's Origin.

ADUNA'TION. n.f.
Lit.] The ftate of being united
* word of
When, by

unus,

union

aft

any
but only hardening the aqueous parts of the liquor

ADVO'UTRY.

really united.

Ty

n.f. [aJuncitas, Lat.]

ADVO'WSON, or
common law.]

which parrots have an

jays, daws, and ravens ; of
dunaue bill, but the reft not.

Banns Nat. Hift. N 38

[from advocate.] The

up

[advocatus, Lat.]

ADU'ST.
1

Z.

The

me with her little baba,

the king, and undertake to be
Her advocate to the loud'ft.
Kbakrff. rJatnla
Of the fcveral forms of government that hav
If

me

(hew

dares truft
't

been, or are, in the world, that caufe fccms com

mly the better, that has the better advmute, o

m
is

advantaged by frc/her experience.

T^l-lc's Mifcellanit.

ufed with the particle fur befor

3.
the perfon or thing, in whofe favour th
It is

is offered.
Foes to all living worth except your own,
And advocates fir folly dead and gone.

plea

Pope's

F.fijlli

i
4. In the fcriptural and facrcd fenfe,
ftands for one of the offices of our Re

deemer.

pronounced ulf, ivelph, hulph,

at this day, help] imhelfc, and,
plies affiftance. SojE/fiuin is victorious ;

with torrid heat,

nature, as choler, and the like.

Charles to .the convent, Philip to the

1.

field.

[See ADUST.]
Burnt; fcorched; dried with

and jElfiuvld, an auxiliary governour f

jElfgifa, a lender of ajjiftance : with
which Boetius, Symmacbus, Epicurus, &c.
bear a plain analogy. Gibfoifs Camden*

JENI'GMA. See ENIGMA.

AE'RIAL. adj. [aerius, Lat.]
1

Belonging to the air, as confifting of it.

The thunder, when to roll

With

Pope.

2.

3.

Of bright

n.f.
or IB..

Gearf.

wria/fpirits live infpher'd,

yfrn0/animals

maybe

air.

Paradife Regained.
fubdivided into birds and

Lackc*

flies.

4. Placed in the

air.

Here fubterranean works and cities fee,

There towns aerial on the waving tree.
Pipe's Kjjay on

on Confumpticns

A diphthong of yery frewhich

quent uie in the Latin language,
feems not properly to have any place in
the Englilh ; fmce the <t of the Saxons

AE,

fong purfucs,

Inhabiting the air.

Where thofe immortal dupes
In regions mild, of calm and fercne

fire.

SeeAoDiCB.

Prior,
or aerial in-

Dry Jen's firg,

the
away, the heat continuing its adttjlhfi, upon
drier and fleihy parts, changes into a marcid fever.

Harvey

Produced by the air.

The gifts of heav'n my foU'wing

The ad

This
ordinarily a confequcnce of a burning
meltet
colliquative fever ; the- foftcr parts being

air,

Atrial honey, and ambroli.il dews.

ADU'STIBLE. adj. [from aduft.~\ That

which may be adulted, or burnt up. Dill.

is

flty.

Newtek's Opritkt,
Vegetables abound more with aerial partick-j
Arbutbnot on Aliments*
than animal fubftances.

art

as the complexion.
arc but the fruits of adufted choler, and
Hinoell.
the evaporations of a vindicative fpirit.

Anz.

or feathers fly,

gathered the thickncfs of the

terval, of the glaflea at that ring.
\

fire.

n.f. [from aduft.]

of burning up, or drying, as by

rw/ lull.
Paradife Left,

Hot,
They

AnuVriON.

Paradife Lift.
2.

terrour through the dark

From all that can with fins

Thro the aerial or the wat'ry

adj.

Sulphurous and nitrous foam

They found, they mingled, and with fubtle
C-mioa-.-d, and tidtijiid, they reduc'd
To bhckcll grain, and into ftore convey'd.

hilp,

eafe the foal of one oppreflive weight,

a (late.
quits an empire, that embroils
fame adufl complexion has impelt'd

ADU'STED.

He

I'll

liery

Albert, all illujirious

lefts, is

To

the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor.

Drytlcn'i Perfius

that pleads any caufe, in whateve

manner, as a controvertift or vindicator.

fcorched.

a megenerally now applied, in

dicinal or philofophical fenfe, to the
complexion and humours of the body.
Such humours arc adttji, as, by long heat, become

This

Of

319.

Aldred, altogether reverend : Alfred, altoTo thefe Pammacbiui r

gether peaceful.
Pancratius, Pamphilius, &c. do in fome
meafure anfwer.
Gibfon's Camden.
./ELF [which, according to various dia-

It is

of a hot and

orEAL,

complete conqueror

Milton's Paradr Loft.

2.

in the general

Ayliffes Parcrgon

Burnt up ;
By this means,

Which

Learn whatthou ow'ft thy country and thy friend

What's rsquilite to fpare, and what to fpend :
Learn this and, after, envy not the ftorc

\aduftus, Lat.]
hot as with fire

>uincy.

or AL [in compound names,

as irav in the Greek compounds] fignifies ail, Or altogether.
So jElivin is a,
,

vapours as the Libyan air adujl,

Began to parch that temperate clime.

who

ttgatut,
robe.

adj.

An

ointment cononly of honey, verdigreafe, and

n.f.

vinegar.

And

import of the word

has the pleading and manage
ment of a judicial caufe. In a ftridl way of fpeak
who is th
ing, only that perfon is filled advocate,
patron of the caufe, and is often,-in Latin, termcof
the Ion;
a
and, in Englilh,
perfor*

Anadvteate,

fifting

burn

which doth neither melt

it faulteth.

Spenjer's Pa/lcrals.

iCypTi'ACUM.

the virtual heat of the water

will enter; and fuch a heat as will not make the
Eacai.
body adujl, or fragile.

that pleads the caufe of another in

that perfon

a degree of heat,

nor fcorch, doth mellow, and not adure.

Bacon's Nat. Hijl.ti

a court of judicature.
is

with this kind wherein

Co-ivell.

To

rather in tfglogues otherwife

to write, doubting, perhaps, his ability, which helittle needed, or minding to furnilh our
tongue

[In
a
right to prefent to

not in ufe.

Such

4re no antipodes, or that the ftars do fall, thev

o
fliall not want herein the applaufe or advocacy
Browns Vulgar Errourt, b. i
Satan.

n.f.

goat-herds.
Which moved him

n.f.

tro.ni, fometimes Advocati.

fo ADU'RE. <v. n. [aduro, Lat.]

pleading ; vindication ; defence

apology ; a word in little ufe.
Jf any there are who are of opinion that there

He

a tubercle in the inner eanthus of

tained the right of prefenting to any

church, were great benefactors thereto ;
and are therefore termed fometimes Pa-

zSt of

l.

ADVOWSON.
ADVO'WZEN,

Quincy.
is

Woman's Surgery.
"GI.OCUE. n. f. [written inftead of
eclogue, from a midaken etymology.]
pailoral ; a dialogue in verfe between

benefice, and fignifies as much as Jus

In the canon law, it is fo
Patronatus.
termed, becaufe they that originally ob-

ADu'NojJE.a^r. [adWa/.Lat.] Crooked;

bending inwards ; hooked.
The birds that are fpeakers, are partots, pie

A'DVOCATE.

j.gilops
the eye.

See

advowfon.

Crook-

the pounces and beaks of the hawks, is the caufe

of the great and habitual immorality of thofe aniArbatbn'it and Pope'! Mart. Scrib
mals.

n.f.

temper.

A-

was the moft perfidious man upon the earth,

and he had made a marriage compounded between
Bacon's Henry VII.
an adwutry and a rape.
that has the right of
ADVOWE'. n.f.

ednefs ; flexure inwards ; hookednefs.

There can be no queftion, but the aduncity o:

A'DVOCACY.

Fr.]

[a'voutrie,

He

Boyle.
.

n. f.

The

dultery.

into ice, the other bodies, being accidentally prefent in that liquor, are frozen up in it, but not
i

n.f. [fl</W*r/,Lat.]
to fomething.

of rolling

He

little ufe.

anJ
glaciation, wood, draw, duft,
one lump,
water, are fuppofed to be united into
real union or adunamr.,
the cold does not caufe

AD U'N c

aft of flying to fomething.

ADVOLU'TION.

Thofe of the firft fort have fome adumbration

of the rational nature, as vegetables have of the

[from ad and

advolatum,

[ad-volo,

Clanville's Stiffs Scievtifca.

fenfible.

The

Lat.]

n. f.

altered, as in
in Eneas.

I'GILOPS. n.f. [afyiXw-vJ/, Gr. fignifying

goat-eyed, the goat being fubjeft to this
A tumour or fwelling in the
ailment.]
great corner of the eye, by the root of
the nofe, either with or without an inflammation : alfo a plant fo called, for
its
fuppofed virtues againfl fuch a dif-

Otbllh.

Sbakej'f care's

ADVOLA'TION.

being changed
in words freof the Romans

and even

equattr, equinoilial,

187.

The flight and imperfeft reprefentation

of a thing ; a faint flcetch.
The obfervers view but the backfide of the huigings

has been long out of ufe,

to e fimple, to which,
quently occurring, the <r
is, in the fame manner,

hii

And propitiation all his works on me,

Oood, or not good, ingraft. Milton's Parad. Left.
DVOCA'TION. n.f. [from advocate.] The
office or aft of pleading; plea; apology.
My ad-uo-atKn is not now in tune;I know
him,
My lord not my lord ; nor fliouldalter'd.
Were he in favour, as in humour,
;

imperfect

flight

A E R

A E

A D V

5.

Man,

elevated in fltuation, and therefore in the air.

High

walls
fpacious city Hood, with flrmeft
Sure mounJed, and with numerous turrets crown'd,
Aerial fpires, and ciwdelj, the feat
Of kings and heroes refolute in war.
Philips.

A'KRIE.

A F F

affable

CaivelL

commenc'd

A'FFABLE.

teous

new

found afar
-Z,

To

An

Vulturr.us, furious in its courfe,

With rapid dreams divides the fruitful ground:,
And from afar in hollow murmur founds.

diftant.
4. Afar off; remotely

Much fufpefting his fecret ends, he entertained

a treaty of peace with France, but fecretly and
be governed as occafions (hr,uld
afar off, and to
tn Hayii'anl.
Sir
vary.
to

Courtefy

me, Hal,

It

JFER.

is

now

the

n.f. [Lat.]

laft

it, is

IV.

[from

affable.]

is

my

for courts or great affairs

eftabliih

author

1.

!/.

x.

AFFABI'LITY. n. f. [a/atilitt, Fr. afT',-e

fabilitas, Lau See AFPAM.*.]

2.

give

function

dekribe

jgined to

it.

be pleafed with,;

is

that wears the

Sbakfjpcarfi Henry IV,

;

ii

Dryd.Wtfc of Batk.
6.

To make

Ihew of fomething ; to
ftudy the appearance of any thing ;
with fome degree of hypocrify.
a

Another nymph, amongd the many

Before the rtft affcfitd dill to ftand,
And watch'd my eye, preventing my

fair,

command.
trier.

Thcfe often carry the humour fo far, till their

and indifference quite kills all- the
affcfltd coldncfs
:'-fs

of a lover.

Addifon, Speltator,

7 1.

Coquet and coy at once her air,

Both dudied, though both leem neglected;

Carclefs (he is with artful care,

Congrtvc,
Affixing to feem unaffefted.
The confcious hulband, whom like fymptoma
kite,
Charges on her the guilt of their difeafe ;

Skahfp. Macbeth.

it,

to

Think not that wars we love, and ftrife affcfi

Or that we hate iweet peace.
Fairfax, t.
None but a woman could a man direft
To tell us women what we moftaffefl.

an old term of law.

affcar'd.

fpokeo

to^

Quality; circumftance.
1
find it difficult to make out
affeii:

be fond of;

Pope.

to;

your crown ;
crown immortally,
Long guard it yours If I affcfi it more,
Than as your honour, and as your renown,
Let me no more from this obedience rife.

n.f. [from the verb affeft.}

Affeftion ; paflion ; fenfation.

as authors

To

There

prayers.

It leemeth that as the feet have a fymp^thy

with the head, fo the wrids have a fympathy
with the heart; we (ec the afftfti and paliions of
the heart and fpirits are notably difclofcd by the
Bacon'! Natural Ili/lcry, N 97.
pulfe.

fouth,

tend to ; to endeavour after

And he

AFFE'CT.

fouth-wcft wind.
upturnt them from the

Milton'i Paradife Lift.

title is

To

Scripture plentifully containeth, they did

in wonderful fort affefj.
Hooker, If. \,

His

affefh imperial fway.

facrcd

'

my

Bleed, bleed, poor country

Great tyranny, lay thou thy bafis fure;
For goodncfs Blares not check thee

Sedley.

Notus and Aftr, black with thund'rous clouds.

to

513.

fpoken

to regard with fondnefs.

That little which fome of the heathen did
chance to hear, concerning fuch matter as the

Dtfl.

debta, believe, and fay

man

to

was not born

pay

this proud

to love

Bufmefs ;
[affaire, Fr.]
be managed or tranfafted.
ufed for both private and public

confirm

The

With aherlc bUd

5.

In an

Wii..t St. Juhn's (kill in date affairs,

obfelete

affable.]

What Ormond's valour, Oxford's caics,

To aid their finking country lent,
Was all dedroy'd by one r\ nt.
Sivift.
To AFFE'AR. <v. n. [from affiir, Fr.] To

Sen Jnnfon't Underwood'*.

before the objeft

have found ufmg

[from

good acquaintance with method will greatly

aftiit every one in ranging, difpofing, and managWatts's Lcgick.
ing all human affairs.

fear.
Fear is defcribed by Spenfer to ride in armour,
the clalhing whereof he looks afiard ofh\mk\f.
Peacham.
It

f.

affability.

n.f.

fomething

of

whom

the

all

workman-like manner.

Sbattfpiari't Htnry
Till he cheriftt too much beard,
And make Love, or me, afcard.

a:

upon

AFPABULA'TIOK. n.f. [affabulatio, Lat.]

Dia.
The moral of a fable.
AFFA'IR.

every fluid affcfi a round figure.,

by the mutual attraction of their parts ; as the
of
the
earth
and fea affefls a round figure,
globe
by the mutual attraction of its parts by gravity.
Nnvion'i Of lifts,

manner ; courteoufly ; civilly.

A'PFABROUS. adj. [affaire, Fr.] Skilfully made ; complete ; iinifhed in a

heard,

art

2. It has the particle

n.

of things.
The drops of

matters.

Fai'j Sjittri.
thou not horridly afiard T
Thou being heir apparent, could the wurld pick
thee out three fuch enemies again.
fell

endeavour after

Drydcn's Iliad.
4.

affable

fear,

And from his wide devouring oven ftr.t

A fhke of fire, that fhftiing in his beard,
Him arl amaz'd, and almoft made aftard.
But

But

Taller.

A'FFABLENESS.

[from
for to fright, with a redundant.]
a. Frighted ; terrrfied ; afraid.
He loudly bray'd, that like was never

countenance

writers of his age.

Add'lfrn on Italy.

participial adj.

affable

to

Atrides broke

me

A'FFABLY. adv.

diftant place.

The rough

AFE'ARD.

and

at

filence next, but ponder'd ere he fpoke :

Wife are thy words, and glad I would obey,

is

fcrene

To aim
His

applied to the external appearance ; benign; mild; favourable.

Auguftus appeared, locking round him with a
It

2.

accordingly.

of perfons.-

Xbakffp. Tarn. Sbrnu.

him

is

and affable hath been

Thy condefcenfion, and dial! be honour'd ever
With grateful DKrnnry. Mi.'tzn's Par, L'Jl, i. viii.

IV.

the paflions.
thinking man cannot but be very much
afftfitd with the idea of his appearing in the prefence of that Being, whom none can fee and live;
he mud be much more affefltd, when he contiders, that this Being, whom he appears before,
will examine the actions of his life, and reward or
a

'A.idifon, Spfflattr,

3.

and courteous gentleman.

Gentle to

Bacon' i Natural Hiflory, Ni84.

or from a great diftance.
Heftor haftened to relieve his boy ;

From afar; from a

affablt

father

as

To move

punifh

delired to affect or perBacon.

thing that he took to heart.

broils,
?

Difmifs'd his burniik'd helm that (hone tfar,

The pride of warriours, and the pomp of war.
Drydcn.

3.

accoftable ; courIt is ufed of fu-

complaifant.

Her

infomuch as in liftening to attain

breath.
off, men hold their

of

As

periours.
He was affable, and both well and fair fpoken,
and would ul'e Itrange fwcetnefs and blandilh-

hear better when we hold our breath than

contrary

adj.

Eafy of manners;

1.

fuade any

Sbatifptare's Htnry

We

2.

[affable, Fr. affabilis,

Lat.]

andjar.]

afar remote

in ftroudi

impoffible for a publick minifter to be fo

ment of words, where he

breathe (hort-winded accents of

be

is

all his old friends, as he was in

his priva:e condition ; but this may be helped out
L'Eftrange.
by an affability of addrefs.

So fhaken as we are, fo wan with care,

Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,

To

thefe qualities relate to, and affeil, the actions

Soittb's Sermons.
tliofe two particles do reciprocally
force
and vigour^
each
other
with
the
fame
afftEl
as they would do at the fame diftance in any other
fituation imaginable.
Bentley't Sermons*

open and eafy to

And

affability,

Milton's Paradife Loft, 1. x.

by

men.
Vet even

It

any

generality of men are wholly governed

in matters of good and evil; fo far

admonition, all (ignifications of

tendernefs, care, and watchfuluefs, muft be exTaykr.
prefled towards children.
tio:>,

Quincy.
at.,

The
names,

its

that rattles upon lhaking.

Scarce tolerable.

Clarend.
obligation, or the merit of the perfon.
All ind^nces of charity, fweecnefs of converfa-

^E'THIOPS-MINERAI,. n.f.

AFA'R. adv. [from a and

See FAR.
At a great diftance.
1

To

The fun
Had fird his precept fo to move, fo /hinff,
As might ajfcflthe earth with cold and heat,

Sbakcfpearc.

n.f. [aij and miirlu, Gr.]

Di<3.
obfervation of the air.

A medicine
dark colour, preparfo called, from
ed of quickfilver and fulphur, ground
mortar to a black
together in a marble
as have ufed it mod,
powder. Such
think its virtues not very great. Quincy.
JEn'rts. n.f. [l\9-, an eagle.] Eagleftone. It is about the bignefs of a chellin it
nut, and hollow, with fomewhat

ajfettum, Lat.]
aft upon ; to
produce effe&s in

other thing.

was of a moft flowing courtefy and affabito all men, and fo defirous to oblige them,
lity
that he did not enough confider the value of the

AERO'SCOPY.

The

He

Ditf.

air.

Her affability and bafhful niodedy,

Her wond'rous qualities, and mild behaviour.

A'EHOMANCY. n.f. [f and ut7ic, Gr.]

Difl.
The art of divining by the air.
ABRO'METRY. n.f. [i^ and puty*-] The
meafuring the

eafinefs

fuperiours.
Hearing of her beauty and her wit,

AERO'LOGY. n.f. [iv? and hoy*, Gr.]

The doftrine of the r.

art of

F F

of
This is only the antiquated word for
;
quality of being
manners; courteoufaefs ; civility ; conaffeflion.
defcenfion.
It is commonly ufed of To AFFE'CT. 11. a. [affe3er, Fr. afficio,

A'EJUE. n.f. {>>>, Fr.] The proper

word, in hawks and other birds of prey,
for that which we generally call a neft
in other birds.

F F

one (ingle ulcer,

without other f)mptoms or
tfifcmati.

Afftft'mg fury, afts a madman's part,

He'll rip the fatal fecret from her heart. Grrtn<v\lle.

7.

To

imitate in an unnatural and con-

ftrained

manner.

Spenfer, in uffifling the ancients, writ no language ; yet 1 would have him read for his matter,
but as Virgil read Eunius.

fin

Jonfon's Djfuvtria.

8.

To

A F F
To

t.

convift of fome crime

to attaint

with guilt ; a phrafe merely juridical.

By the civil law, if a dowry with a wife be promil'ed

How
come

and not paid, the hulband is not obliged to

But if her parents (hall beher alimony.

by fome misfo;tune, (he fli.il! have

alimony, unlefs you can aftfl them with fraud,
in promifing what they knew they were not able
to perform.
dyliffc's fartraon.
infolver.t

AFFE CTA'T JON.

Fondnefs;

l.

n.f. [affefiatio, Lat.j

high

degree

culpa-

bility.
In things of U:cir own nature indifferent, if
either councils or particular men have at any
time, with found judgment, rr.ifliked conformity
between the church of God and infidels, the caufe
thereof h.ith been fomcwhat clfe than only affrctatttn

An

r.

(hew

the dear love

Who

mutually hath anfwer'd

an elaborate ap-

a falfe pretence.
;
has been, from age to age, an a/eSation to
love the pleafure of folitude, among thofe who
cannot poffibly be fuppofed qualifi-d. for paffing

pearance

that

manner.

Speftator,

if

264.

he were

Nor
For
His

Perhaps they are afeflcdly ignorant j they

have not

wards

things below.

AFFE'CTION.
tio,
1.

n.f.

In

A
I

Nor

mouth being neceiTary

ffftditns.

which

is

prone

Sidney, b.

When we

its

i.

j.

thought

it

to

me

arofe

reflect

on

all

of

this affifficnate care

R- pen's Vermont.

AFFE'CTIONATELY.
fondly

an

In

tionate.}

[from

affec-

manner

affectionate

tenderly

ad<u,

benevolently.

AFFE'CTION ATENESS. n.
fe3ionate.~\ The quality

[from afor ftate of being affectionate ; fondnefs ; tendernefs }

good-will ; benevolence.

AFFE'CTIONED.
1

Affefted

now
An

f.

[from ajfenion.~\
This fenfe

adj.

conceited.

is

obfolete.
afefiioned af& that cons ftate without book,
it by great iw:uhs.

and utters

Inclined ; mentally difpofed.

Be kindly affefticncd one to another.

AFFE'CTIOUSLY. adv. [from

an

affifling

In

D:R.
That

a/fitf-]

that which
affe&s ;
ftrongly
touches. It is generally uled for painful.

uneafy a fentiment, that very little

to corrupt every enjoyment ; and
the effect God intends this variety of ungrateful
and affcflive fentiments ihould have on us, is to
reclaim our affections from this valley of tears.

of

it is

is

fo

enough

Rtgers,

AFFECTUO'SITY.

n.f. [from afflfiuous.']

Dia.

Paflionatenefs.

AFFE'CTUOUS.
of paffion

word

adj.
as, an

term,

[from

Full

ajfcl.~\

afetluous fpecch

little ufed.

To AFFE'RE. v.

a.

fignifying

\offi:r,

Fr.]

to confirm.

A law
See To

AFFEAR.
AFFE'RORS.

n.f.

[from afire.]

Such

&c

as are appointed in court-Ieets,

upon
oath, to mulct fuch as have committed faults arbitrarily puniuSable,
fet down by ftatute.

AFFI' ANCE.

from fome

fPifemtn'i Surgery

[from

adj.

10.

which

by any

a venereal gonorrhea, and others

fcorbutical affeflhn.

xii.

affefl.}

manner.

AFFE CTIVE.

cavity,

State of the'body, as adled upon

caufe.
It feemed

tender.

Providence for our happincl'-, with what wonder

obfervc the little erF-ct it has on men

conduct the voice

God may have joined immaterial fouls to other

kinds of bodies, and in other laws of union ; and,
from thofe different laws of union, there will
arife quite different affeftioni, and natures, and
Bent'ty's Sermons,
fpecies of the compound beings.

Mircbant oflrtr.ice.

life,

lv:mf'>n's Spring.

Haider's Elements of Speech.

their urine, for affrft'an.

my late folitary

to

ncceffarily gives the

voio: fome particular afellion of found in its paffage before it come to the lips.

Fairy Queen,
to

Boyle.

of

tender.

and undefiring bear

moft delicious morfel to their young.

Pain

Mercb, of Venice.

confidered.

fliapc

war of France.
Bacon, Henry VII.

as night,

what mathematicians deliver, muft be rcftrained

what they teach,, concerning thofe purely ma-

the

old, to the

Rcm.

thematical difciplines, arithmetick and geometry,

where the effeflions of quantity are abftractedly

to

Sn-mtr.s.

Sbatcfpejre's Twelfth Night,

Quality ; property.
The certainty and accuratenefs which is attributed
to

'>(

Benevolent

4.

2.

with concord of fweet founds,

and fpoils ;

Sbakeffj,

6.

ttfftc-

2. Paffion of any kind.

Then 'gan the Palmer thus : moft wretched mm,
That to affctticnt does the bridle lend ;
In their beginning they are weak and w.m.
But foon through fufferance grow to fearful end.
it

The

fuch

Sbabtfpeare's Macbeth.
that hath no mufick in himfelf,

movM

.V*n;r,-':

j4jfi(!ionate,

little in ufe.
Some men there are love not a gaping pig j
Some that are mad if they behold a cat ;
And others, when the bag-pipe fings i' th'nofe,

Impute

affefiion,

The motions of his fpirit are dull

And his ajftfiicrs dark as Erebus
Let no fuch man be truflcd.

of being affefted by any

This general fenfe is
caufe, or agent.

kefp.

not

as

is

may be

fin,

p.tT.

him,

.'

Is fit for trealbns, ftratagcms,

ftate

Cannot contain

is

to

it

He found m.- fitting, beholding this picture, I

It countenance, but,
know not with h
I am fure, with a meft affeflionate mind.
Away trey fly

Improvement of the Mitul.

moft ill-compos'd

The man

Lat.]

The

my

>

Fond

3.

paf-

rtanchlels avarice, that were I king,

(hould cut off the nobles for their lands.

to

ajeaio,t, Fr.

Temple.

V'.e:y.

AFFE'CTEDNESS. n. f. [from ajftled.~\

The quality of being affefted, or of
making falfe appearances.

zeal

diftruft mine own judgment,

which may be overborn by my zeal and

all

and
rr.cn

mud we

Willis's

mifperiuafions concerning the divine attributes, tend to 'the corrupt'nj men's manners,
as if they were dcfigned and afttltdly chofcn for
'f

in general.
5. State of the mind,
There grows,

with laboured intention.

Duay

Pope.

Let not the mind of a ftudent be under die

influence of warm affetTux to things of fenl'e,
when he comes to the frarch of truth.

at-

defire to pleafc

His integrity to the king was without blemiih,

and his afftclion to the church fo notorious, that
Clarendon.
he never dcferted it.
All the precepts of Christianity command us to
moderate our p.iflinns, to temper our ojfcfli- n to-

arc

moved

drongly

zealous.
ic of God, and

bcin t

Bacin.
to this caufe.
Set your affc&'nn upon my words ; defire them,
and ye (hall be instructed.
Wijdom, vi. n.

ajfelion.~\

Strongly inclined to; difpofed to;

with the pnrticle to.
As for the parliament, it prcfently took fire,

afcltion

Some

that purpofe.

Sbakeffeare.
there in your affctlkns tmi-ards

care.
affflivn, as his early

laft

as that

thoufand pounds, by a tax upon a few commodities, it is plain, you are either naturally or afof our condition.
Swift.
fededl) ignorant
;

is

[afftSionne, Fr.

can never be t.x>

true, that in their haticd of

effcflhn.

at firft fight, like moil, admires the fair;

u he lives, and you alone Hull {hare

y<

Some

2. Studioofly

my

could indict the

Sbakefpearr.

men

2.

Page,

tht

it

adj.

Full of auedion

warm

fionate regard.
I have reafon to

Gvairnmtnt of the Tongue,

5.
indeed have been fo affcRedly vain, as to
ftolen
their
have
and
Counterfeit immortality,
death, in hopes to be efteemed immortal,
Brovin's Vulgar Erroun, b. vii. c. lo.
By talking fo familiarly of one hundred and ten

from
1 .

Innvt'm

Ann

Good-will to any objeft

4.

hypocritical appearance.
Thefe antick, lifping, afeCtitl phantafies, thefe
new tuners of accents. SbakcJ'p. R:ma and Juliet.

fo willing it mould be true, that they

tempted to examine it.

AFFE'CTION ATE.

Sbaktfp. Merchant cf ftnice.

his intercft depend upon mutual afc&kn
and good correfpondcnce with others.
Collier on Ger.eral
Kindnefs.

afifled.
Sbakefp. King Lear.

affeftation
5. In a perfonal fenfe, full of
as, an affeBed lady.
AFFE'CTEDLY. adv. [from affeSed.^
j. In an affefted manner; hypocritically
with more appearance than reality.

bear to fair

by Shakefpeare fometime

ufcd

is

for affttlatis'i.
There w.is rothing in
authrr of ar,

Make

Studied with over-much care, or with

z.

My

ill

The model they feemed af^fied to in their diof the foreign rerectory, was not like to any
Clarendon.
formed churches now in the world.

any of thefe princely fuitors

ternally difpofed or inclined.

marvel then

It

ArMnflure.

fPsttin'i

fta^c.

9.

is

What warmth

AfTE'cTtD.farticifialaf/j. [from afeB.'}

touched with affeftion ; in1. Moved;

No

cloth or board, but as if they were acting upon a

Sbakeff. Mtrry Wives of fVindfor.

king
tangled in afftttion to
creature of the queen's, lady Anne Bullcn.

It

life in

is the lively reprei'entmint of any pafylfeetlo*

fion whatfocver, is if the figures ftood not upon a

fore the perfon.

I have acquainted you

With

Lively reprefentation in painting.

8.

Sprat's Sermons.

can prcfent nothing beyond this to your afexcite your love and defire.
Tillotfon.
feflions, to
kindnefs ; good-will to fome
3. Love ;
beperfons ; "often with to or towards
I

Hcoktr, b. iv. $ 7.

of diffimilitude.
artificial

icm, as joy, grief, fear, and anger, with

fuch like, being, as it were, the fundry fafliions
and forms of appetite, can neither rife at the
conceit of a thing mdifferent, nor yet choofe but
rife at the fight of fome things.
Hooker, t. i.
To fpeak truth of Csefar,
I have not known when his aftfticns fway'd
More than his rcafon.
Sbakeff. Julias Cxfar.
Zeal ought to be compofcd of the higheft dewhich fome are milof
of
affeflions
;
geees
pious
der and gentler, fome fliarper and more vehement.

of liking;

commonly with fome degree of

'

A F

F F

i.

and have no exprefs penalty

n. f.

Cifj/tll.

[affiance,

from

offer,

Fr.]
mwriage-contraft.

At

A
At hft fuch grace
That 1 that lady to

found, and metnl

wrought,

fpoufe had won,

Accord of friends, confent of parents fought,

jljptnice

made,

Z. Truft in

my

AFFI'NITY.

my

confidence

fecure

perfon to

To AFFI'ANCE. v.

a.

[from

betroth

The

Se>ektffe<ire's

Dryd. Dufrtjnoj, Fref,

more diftinguimed by devotion than by
reafon, as feveral brute creatures difcover fomething like realln, though they betray not any

>ueen.

Stranger!
in

wh

my

AFFIDA'TION. \n.f. [from ajpJo, Lat.

AFFI DA'TURE. J See AFFIED.] Mutual
contract; mutual oath of fidelity. Die}.
in
{nffida-vit fignifies,

n.f.
the language of the common law, be
mode oath]
declaration upon oath.

Yuu

next 'fize in Lent,

be in remitter of your giace ;
In th interim my letters mould take place
iui

To

1 .

laid, if I rrturn'd

To

aior,

Asihail witheith

:,

Thofe

Fr.]

now

another.
;

or leagu'd in cm.- e,
irtijily affin'd,
doft deliver more or lefs than truth,
act

no

fotiicr.

Sbaieffetrft

Othtllt

The reafon of man hath no fuch rclhaintt

but negatively;
concluding not only affirmatively,
not only affirming, there is no magnitude beyond
the lift heavens, but alfo denying, there is any
Brown's Vulgar Errours.
vacuity within them.
AFFI'RMER. n. f. [from affirm]
perfon that affirms.

If by the word virtue, the affirmer intends our

whole duty to God and man ; and the denier, by
the word virtue, means only courage, or, at
moft, our duty toward our neighbour, without in-

him

and applicable

to

firmation

to

affirm.]

He

Hi

rUtutx

That

Lockr.

pair.

perfon that affirms

AFFIRMATION,
i.

n.f.

a declarer.

than any of our Udies.

SLaby'feJrc't

z.

The

conneft confequentially.

Hamfftfriit's F^tiiliitnetitatt*

Obfolete.
to fatten or fix.
Her modclt eyes, abafhed to behold
So many gazers as on her do ftare,

3.

Simply

Upon

the lowly ground affixed are.

Sfotfer.

AFFI'X. n.f. [affixum, Lat.] A term of

end
grammar. Something united to the
of a word.
In the Hebrew language, the nnun has its nffixa,
or relative.
pronouns poil'eHivc

CymieHn

to denote the

pofition affirmed.

That he Jhall receive n., benefit from Chrift, H

the ffjprmatitm whereon hi; dcfpair is founded ; am
one way of removing this difmal apprehenfion, is,
to centime him, that Chrift'i cc>th, if he per-

reilraint.

doctrine of irrefiftibility of grace, in work.

if it be acknowledged,
ing whatfocver it works,
there is nothing to be affixt to gratitude.

\_affirmatio,

This gentleman vouches, upon warrant of bloody

hi* to he more virtuous, and lei's at-

no

The

The

affirmation,
tcuiplabi';,

To

2.

Diti.

fccret viilaniesit lays

Rogiri't Sermons.

Con-

Lat.]
The aft of affirming or declaring : oppofed to negation or denial.

men

though on

Origin of Mankind.

[from affirm]

mind determined

and difgrace
conftantly affixed applaufe
where they ought, the principle of ftiame would
have a very good influence on publick conduct;
If

did

n. f.

that has fettled in his

will be able
ideas, with names affixed to them,
to difcern their differences one from another.

but rellorc an ancient ftat;ite, which was itfelf alfb made but in affirmance
Bacvn,
of the common law.
'1

we owe

tPatts'i Logick.

fubjoin.

'vhen prefe-nt, are

n.f. [from affirm.]

oppofed to repeal.

the duty which

<u. a. \affigo, affixum, Lat.]

unite to the end, or a pojieriori ; to

To

were ap-

him though

it,

God.

To AFFI'X.

the truth.

attributes and conceptions that

affirmtible

cluding, in the idea of

Sir G. Piilitn.

AFFI'RMANCE.

The

of refining metals by the cupel. Diet.

'NED. adj. [from a/inis, Lat.] Joined by affinity to another ; related to

1-1

fay,

to

to affirm

ll<ile*i

aft

It

we

plicable and affirmaHf of

Sbtlttff

\affinage,

Baccn'i Ad-vtct

this fenfe

Ill

AFPI'KMANT.

A'T ION. n.f. [from ad and^/;'irj

Lat.]
Adoption ; the aft of taking a
Chamf-crs.
fon.

the polltive fide

approve a former law, or

oppofed to re<verfe or repeal.

bench.

Join-

i.r

A'FKIKACE. n.f.

Taylor.

[from affirma-

In an affirmative manner; on
not negatively.
;

tive]

as, to affirm a

houfe of peers hath a power of judicature

in fome cafes, properly to examine, and then to
if there be caufe, to reverie the judgaffirm ; or,
ments which have been given in the court of king's

[from the verb

Lat. Brafton
derived
from
affido,
afy,

AKFI

ad<v.

inducing

The

V.

The

participial adj.

uling the phrafe affittare midiire;.]

ed by contract ; atSanced.
Br we ajfied, and fuch afTurancc ta'en,

AFFI'RMATIVKLY.

ratify or

judgment

D'.nn?.

1 .

or the reafon,
efficacy of the authority,
thee.

a.

declare pofitively

dogmatical.

Be not confident and affirmative in an uncertain matter, but report things modeftly and tern*
the degree of that perfuaperately, according to
the
fion, which is, or ought t> be, begotten by

floods of Sila and of Live.

adj. [from
which may be affirmed.

N 48

To

APPI'R MABLE.

Rechtcren m'ulJ have nude affitiai-it

his fenrants had been affronted, and then
Monfitur Mefna^er would have d me him jufticc.

AFFI'ED.

fitive

fail.
2.

Of
C mnt

No so

n.

-v.

To AFFI'RM. v.

iii

devotion.

Sbatfff. Henry

Pofe's Odyffty.

to

affinity

[a/irmo, Lat.]
declare ; to tell confidently : oppofed
to the word deny.
Vet their own authors faithfully affirm,
That the land Salike lies in Germany,
Between the

/.

AFFIDA'VIT.

AFFI'RM.

To

Meafurefor Meajurt.

[from affiance] He
that makes a contrail of marriage beDid.
tween two parties.
.

icait

MJiJsn, Sfxct.

e'er thou art, fecurely reft

faith, a friendly gueft.

APFI'ANCER.

he who has the;

Applied to perfons,
habit of affirming with vehemence ; po-

3.

is

thing that bears the

give confidence.

dffianc'd

fo in
nifli or ccafe, there negative ones begin ;
rr.echanick?, where attraction ceafes, there a reNewt. Oft.
fucceed.
pulfive virtue ought to

that of poetry.

Man

DyJta.
affirmed : a

That which can or may be

fenfe ufed chiefly in fcience.

As in algebra, where affirmative quantities va-

refem-

tongue, or Welfh, was in ufe only

tti'itb the old

my

the affirmative.

2.

Callick.
All things that have affinity with the heavens,
the center of another, which they benefit.
Bacon, Ej/ay xxiv.
The art of painting hath wonderful affinity ivitb

fad,

Fairy

To

Bric'ifh

there are fuch beings or not, 'ti< luffihave bel':ev\d

purpofe, that many

Whether

move upon

Tacred pledges he both gave

Her fliiuld Angelohive married, was affianced to

her by oath, and the nuptial appointed ; between
which time of the contract, and limit of the folemnity, his brother was wrecked, having in that
%eiiei the dowry of his lifter.
2.

fojlticn.

Camden.

and had ;
errant knight, infamous, and forefwore.

Fa, ic,

Kings, iii. i.
notwith-

itfelf,

the affirmative

For the affirmative, we are now to anfwer fuch

have been before alleged.
proofs of theirs as

cient for

in this iflar.d, having great affinity

the noun

mife to marriage.

To me, fad maid, or rather widow

He was af.anced long time before,

was made with France

Relation to ; connexion with

blance to: fpoken of things.

bind any one by pro-

to

bre.ich

is,

ii.

ftanding fa (trait an f]ffiniy, fo lately accomplished ;

as if indeed (according to that plcafant maxim of
married.
Wuton.
ftate) kingdoms were n-ver

affiance.]

And

Sidney, b.

Alterbury^i Sermins.

affiance.

tive ;
tive abfolutely, that

contracted.

of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter.

adj. [from affirm]

affirms, oppofed to negain which fenfe we ufe the affirma-

That which

1.

Pharaoh king

taitb

affinity

AFFI'RMATIVE.

or enmity to the tyrant-lcil-

'^ e ty' ant

And Solomon made

Religion receives man into a covenant of grac.-,

where there is pardon reached out to all truly penitent finners, and afiiftance promifed, and engaged, and beftowed upon very eafy conditions,

To

"

"jfi'-'y
lers.

confined.

viz. humility, prayer, and affijnce in him.

Htimmwd's Fundamentals,
There can be no furer way to fucccfs, than by
d'fclairr.ing all confidence in ourfelves, and referring the events of things to God with an implicit

is

oppofed to repeal.
the laws of our land obferve,
that our- ftatutes fometimes are only the affii nation,
or ratification, of that which, by common law, was
Hotter.
held before.
Confirmation
The learned in

3.

They had kft none alive, by the blindncfs of

rage killing many guiltlefs perfons, either for

Vj.
SbaktffMre't Htwj
in the divine promifes and proTruft
3.
To this fenfe it is now almoft
tection.

whom the relation

F F

form the condition required, (hall certainty belong

Hammond's Fundamentals.
to him.

from of.

[afinite, Fr.

relation con;
trafted by the huiband to the kindred
of the wife, and by the wife to thofe of
It is oppofed to conjanthe hufband.
birth.
gutnity, or relation by
In this fenfe it has fometimes the particle with, and fometimes to, before the

reliance.
The duke is virtuous, mild, and too well given
To dream on evil, or to work my downfall.
Ah what's more dangerous than this fonc
?
affi.iace
Seems hs a dove ? his feathers are but borrowed.

Lat.]
Relation by marriage

f.nii,

happinefs beg'jn.
Fairy S^ucen, b.\\.

general

A F F

F F

Ci'jric's

AFFI'XION. n.f. [from

1.

2.

The
The

aft

of affixing.
of being affixed.

ftate

Latin Grammar.

affix.]

Diet.

A F F

F F

AFFTA'TION. n.f. [aJHo, afiatum, Lat.]

The a& of breathing upon any th:
JFFLjfTl'S.

,:.

writing >t..i lit l-i-, ger.iu--,

Tike a prophet without his
ajfiatus.

will

po.-t

Spend

To _ AFFLl'CT.
i:
_

a.

To

put to pain

l><

to

how God thought

afflifJ them ;
and manner

O
Coid

to plague
doth not appoint in what
to
the
fin ol
ought
puni(h

it

in others.

The

coward confciencc, how dofl thou

aglitt
not dead mi,l

my

me

Give nnt ever thy mind

eown

'

meUnchu'y

And my

tear

u.

my

tij/licls

heart labours with

to

Flowing

affiut
dv

;.'

2.

is

with

proper.
he mother was (i
afflillid at the lofs of a fine
who was her only fon, that (he died for grief

'I

bry,

AFFLI'CTF.DNESS.

The

of

ftate

flifted

n. /.

ibrrowfulnefs

The

afflifts.

AFFLI'CTION. n.f.
I

The

To

caufe of pain or forrow

An

the ficlh, as the

spoftle himfelf granteth,
all
affltfion >
naturally grievous ; therefore na-

which caufeth

ti.re,
;l

.^verfity.

V.'c'll

i.t

fear, tcacheth to pray a -aintl

Ilnkr, b. v. ^48.
to one that you have coined

bring you
>ney ; I think to repay that

will be a

money

Si-ikifpcare.

i.

'i'he

of forrowfulnefs

ftate

mifery

Sbateff. tfnter'sfale.
man that bears
ajjilc-

Some

virtues are only frcn in

affliR'i-.r.,

Cl/5.

and feme

'Mfyn, Sfdiaf*, N257.

AKFLi'tirivi:. adj. [from afflia.] That
which caufes affliction ;
tor;
painful

"ing.
un.l

human

all

martyrdom
that was

a duty drefled up in-

terrible

nature, yet not at

all

the

and
Id's

ai,l\-livi

Nor can
.e to retire

v.

To

did open, and

affu

This

whom
i;

appeafe

his
;

How

3.

and

At^t

ul>.

and

tinual
this

is

cntia, Lat.J

wh >m

l'ulg-.r

be able to fell.
It is uied
always
re fere nee to fome certain
price ; as,
/ can nfl'ord this for lefs than the oticr.
Th'-y

aff'ilfevt pa'm.

[affluence,

comrVtand

the alllifti.m of hell, to

To

c re .ilc
.

all

affwdf.u dcfpair and rem-juilefs cr.lamity.

friar.

A'FFLUENCE.

fwords,

or fa J affray.
Sp.'rffr.

Fr.
.}.

To

li.l

tlieir

magazines

that fo they

the public
lrr"

n.

of t'ic Created
cheaper, and in-

in limes

may aferJ
i

nail

exp'ncc of its
Million on Italy.

be able to bear expences;

as, tra-

The

n.f. [afrielio, Lat.]

that,

if

they

in wearing filverrubbed upon my

if

To

Thy name affi-i^bti me,

in

hole found

death.

is

v VI.
Godlike his courage feemV, whom nor delight
Could foften, nor the face of death affright. Walltr.

He, when his country (threatened w'ith alarm)

Requires his courage and his conq'ring arm,
Shall, more than once, the I'unic bands ef:
It is ufed in the
paflive,

2.

&ne:d.

fometimes with

at before the thing feared.

Thou

(halt not be

Lord thy God

3.

affrigh:cd at

them

Df:it.v'\\. 21.
amon^ \.m.
Sometimes with the particle imitb before the thing feared.
As one offrigtt
is

Jf::b hetlilh fiends, or furies rnad

uproar,
then uprofe.
Fairy !$ittcn, b. ii.

He

AFFRI'GHT. n.f. [from

I.

fear.

Terrour;

<-.:/.

;.

the verb.

This word

is

chiefiy

poetical.

As

the

moon, cloathcd with cloudy night,

Does (he\v to him that walks ia for and fad

with

Tiain
d.feafc,

wjy. Fairy >u(cn.

good men, unto

,/.-./

timvn'i

ReCtlefs Pnoferpinc

ifieads

as, the foil af-

the conkil.iti.in of

i',

e.ire

f>e

written fray.
out of ufe.

it is
:

affedlwith fear ; to terrify. It

generally implies a fudden impreffion of fear.

to

To him

tc

I'bititis.

On

1.

^fFourra-

; the trees afford

fruits. This
be the primitive
fignification.
2. To grant, or confer
any thing; generally in a good fenfe, and fometimes in
a bad, but lefs properly.
So foon as Maurmon there arriv'd, the door

feems

doty-.

of food, expo
winds, and ftorm<, and jaws of fava^jr

confufion

Dryiitn'i

yield or produce

fecurity
h<"-c

\affourrer,

in this fenfe

about me in a filver cafe.

By It.
To AFFRI'GHT. -v. a. [See
FRIGHT.]

fords grain

they find

To

1.

South.

^'"' "'

<v. a.

they were of a light-coloured cloth,

the ajfrifrurt would
quickly blacken them; and,
congruoufly hereunto, I have found pens blacked
almoft all over, when I had a while carried them

Bmun'i Vulgar Ermurs.

To AFFO'RD.

of one or more
law term. A

aflault

have divers times obferved,

cloaths,

hap-

to

fairy Qiifn.

n.f. [from

of rubbing one thing upon another.

hilted

Locke.

flows from one place

Tumult;

An inflammation cither fimple, confiding of

an hot and fanguineous
ajjluxkn, or clfe denominable trom other humours,
according unto the
predominancy of melancholy, phlegm, or choler.

profperiiy.

deed with

tumultuous

ger, Fr.]

Cato

r:*s

in

aft

another.

ikr,
griefs, like

That which

2.

AFFRA'YMENT.

AFFRI'CTIOK.

en
Iljr-vty
Cwfumftictis.
receives the afflux
as it

or

Let the night be calm and quietf tme,

lie (till,

it.

Without tempcftuous ftorms

womb, by

place.

ier,

Great and mijeftic in his

2.

AFFLU'XION. n.f. [ajfluxto, Lat.]

1. The aft of
flowing to a particular

animal that muft

pens to come to

profperity.
Bjlidei you
know,
the \e:y bond of
love,
ii
complexion, and whofe heart to-

the

infant grows bigger out of the

of colder or warmer, clean or foul

water,

oppofed to joy or

Jf.\--> in alter-.
c (hall we find

flows to another place.

To

comes from frigus.]

it

to terrify

perfons upon others

agglutinating one ajfiux of blood ^.another.

Lat.]
calamity.

[affliaio,

af-

caufe hereof cannot be a

fupply by procreations; trge, it muft.be by new ajjluxa
to
"
London out of the country.
Graunt.

[a/i-anci>cr,I<r.]

free.

the verb.]

battle

The

AFFRA'Y,

fluence.

That which

laws.

to ftrike with fear.

This word is not now in ule.
The fame to wight he never would difclofe,
But when as monfters huge he would
difmay,
Or daunt unequal armies of his foes,
Or when the flying heavens he would affray.

fright

1.
;

torctr.

AFFRA'Y. -v. a. [efraycr, or effriger,

Fr. which Menage derives horn
fragir ;
perhaps

Difl.

The. aft of flowing to fome

place

z.

The

afflict.}

To

Pmr.

I.

extended the rigour of the

To AFFRA'NCHISE. v.a.

Ihrines implore.

affluent.}

afforcft.~\

Hjh't C:m.5r Laiv cf Erg/and.

ajfiutr.t llore,

fmoking

n.f. [from

The charter dc Fsrtjla was to rd'jim the encroachments made in the time of Rkbarii I. and
^, t and
Henry II. who had made ncv

an Ccnf:i in MS.
ft

A'FFLUENTNESS. n. /. [from
The quality of being affluent.
A'FFLUX. n.f. \_affluxus, Lat.]

grief.

AFFLI'CTER. n.f. [from

perfon that

ae.

[from

or of being af-

affliftion,

the

all

at

into forcfl.

AFFORESTA'TION.

Abundant; exuberant; wealthy.

I fee thee, Lord and end of
my defire,
bleft

[afcrcjiare, Lat.]

a;>pcareth,

To make

Harvey

Which human vows

Prior.

by is likewife

Fr. afflatus,

.:/;;.

-,. a.

by CL-ana tir I'arrft.i, that he

affirtftd many woods and waftes, to the grievance
of the fubjcft, which by that law were difaffoTcfaA.
r
JJ, n Da-vifs :n Irtlai-J.

tranfmitted out of the mother's

2. Th'e pafiive to be
affliaed, has often at

before the caufal noun

{affluent,

any part.

blood that

Loaded and

eye,

fudden figh.

adj.

Thefe parts are no more than

foundation-piles
of the enfuing body ; which are afterwards to be
increaf=d and raifed to a
greater bulk, by the

to heavine'l's, and
affiifl
Ecclus. XXT.

A father aJJiineJ with untimely mourning, when

he hath made an image of his child foon taken

away, m,w honoured him as a God, which was
then a dead man, and delivered to thofe that w;uunder him ceremonies and facrifkes.
ffijdtim

It

with of-

Lat.]
1 .

may

much

A'FFLUENT.

through ill families,

wealth enough to aff,rd that their
be good for nothing.
is

Sti

fluence.

trembling tk/h.

counfel.

The fame

a. /.

errours run

f.ime

AFFO'REST.
To turn ground

To

Rtgin.

A'FI-LUENCV.

7/tofer, i, v. ^ 17.

Is it
lights burn blue
fearful drops (land on

fons

let
efflucrcr or content,
the gay confcience of a life well
fpcnt,
Calm ev'ry thought, infpirlt ev'rr grace.
Pcfc,

fit

Sbakeff. "Rich. III.

"ot

of wealth

AnJ

It teacheth us

f.>r-n

ftre.im

nury in another.
Let joy or eafe,

tor

ment.
snd

The

where ihtre

plenty.
Thole degrees of fortune,
whklfgive fulnefs
and ajiuince to one ftation,
may be want and pe-

i.

Exuberance of riches;

2.

an tbt
Odyfley.

\affllOo,
-v
I-

to grieve

war.

rntiri-ly.
I (hall not relate the
affutmt of young nobles
hejice into Spain, al'ter the voice of oui
being there had been i.nifcd.
Wotf.r..

Lat.]
1

dcrs tan afford more f.ncry in peace than

It

from

cation of the power of proplu

Tlie

of flowing to any
place ; conis almoft
always ufed figu

acl

courfe.

Communi

[Lat.]

f.

The

1.

A F F

Wide was

flrects, but here

Vet dill he was at

To

Fairy i^ctn.
extracted clofe
and there a itraggling houfe ;
hand, without reqiiclt,

his pnrilh, not

In

fcrve the fick, to fuccour the diitr

Tempting, on

The

foot, alone, without utjii*/.:,

dangers of a dirk tcmpertuous
Dntlfn's I
i

2.

The

A
The

z.

A F L

F F

cnufe of fear

YouVedone enough; for you defign'd my chains:

The grace is vanifh'd, but th' affront remains.

a terrible object;

dreadful appearance.

\ve

He

B.

3'jrf. Catiline.

The war at hand appear with more ofright,

And riles cv'ry moment to tlie fight. DrjJ. Mvtid.

AFFRI'CHTFUL.

[from

adj.

Full of affright or terrour

dreadful.
There is an abfence of
to

cffrigltful

human

terrible

all

that

dcftruflive or

is

awaked with the tffrigbtama of

a dream.

ITtttm.
Paflionate words or blows from the tutor, fill
cYil-i's mind with terrour ar.d
afrigbtmnt ;

the

immediately takes it wholly up, and leave*

f')r other
Lcckc.
impr
(late of fearfulnefs.

m
The

z.

Whether thofe that, under any anjuiin of

mind, return to affngbtair.ii or doubting:, have
not been h)r cri;i.
Kavimir.el.

To

AFFRO'NT.

i/. a.

{affronter, Fr. that

ad frontem Jlare ; ad frontem contu,;m alliderc, to infult a man to his

is,

To meet

face to face

to encounter.

This feems the genuine and original

fenfe of the word, which was formerly

fcditious, the next dav, t.ffnn^d the king's

whom when

of a highway;

;cady and refolute to fight, they

nee.

2.

KirJ;bn Hayviard,
meet, in an hoflile manner, front

To

i;

an open

offer

With

avowedly.

infult

offend

to

refpeft to this fenfe,

Cervantes, that, if a

obfcrved by
ftrikes ancther on the back, and
then runs away, the perfon fo (Iruck is
red, but not ajj'rcnttd; an n/i-cnt always implying a juftificaiion of the aft.

it

is

man

Did

chy coaft

Yet!

id!;

i.

51.

-.-iiild

liMrn the

Within my palace
within

my

fliortly fliail

This brings

to

nd

is

canoncirr.
to afrit. i

walls, within
fight,

i. ix.

caufc,why Torrilmond,

afrents

my

hearing,

a prince,

Drydtn'i Rfarlfr friar.

Fauftina's fondnefs for the
inter-rct-d ,>s f.r^re.
But how

mind

Fathers woujd have ilared

the wife of Aurelius ?
Addifon.
.'

fenfe

larger, like a petty god

J walk't)

about admir'd of

.tile

all,

'
,

iVw/crc dptilfles,

Or roile treatment; contumely.

lii.uijiii

poured acid liquors, to try if they contained

any volatile fait or fpirit, which would probably

have difcovcrcd itfclf, by making an ebullition
with the afufcd liquor.

mediately became

as

To

/.

hcl!,

Sbakcjpcaris Henry VI.

put confidence in;

to confide. Not in ufe.

Ironicus, fo I do afy

to put trull in

Marcus

To

n.

mu-

betroth in order

Weu !cd be thou to the hags of

For daring to ajfy a mighty lord
Unto the daughter of a worthlefs king.
To AFFY'. v.

In thy uprightnefi and integrity,

That

will here difmifs

my

AFI'ELD.

ai(<v.

To

loving friends.
Sbakfff. Titus Andr.

[from a and\feld.

When

you would have many nt'..

take a low tre-, an-J bow it,
branches ajitit u^on the grmind,

Dm

ftniiA, Irndi
ii

In
.

Sbalffj-rare'i

ire

King Lear.

See BE-

bcl-inJ

Stahffiere

fliail
s

be there

King Lear.

ad*v.

In time foregone or pad.

Whofocver fn iul4 make light rf any

1.

thing afore

fpoken or written, out of his own houfe a

mould be ukcn, and he thereon be hanged.
If he never drank wine
afert,

remove

his

fit.

tree

Ejdras, vi. 22,

it will

go

Shakyf tare's

r,
\i

Ti.r,:jif.

Firft in the way.

/Emilia, run you to the citadel,
And tell my lord and lady what hath hap'd ;
Will you go on afwi f
Sbakjfeare's Otbelri.
3. In front ; in the fore-part.
Approaching nigh, he reared high afore
His body monrirous, horrible, and vafl.
Fairy 9.

2.

AFO'RIGOINC.

participial adj. [from afore

Going before.
tttdftiHg.]
E
AFO'R H A N D. adv. [from afore and
band.~\
I. By a previous provifton.

Many of the pauicular Cubjccts of d'ifcnuife are

ocrafional, and fuch ,is cannot fftnband be reduced to any certain account.
Provided; prepared; previoufly
ic

-f

now

and England, on tin; othci- iide,

sferebanJ in all matters of power.
Saion's Ctr.fidrrjtimt en Jl'ar loitb

MENTIONED,

and nuatioaed,]
Among the nil. c

[from afore

adj.

Mentioned before.

i,

'

AFO'R

miferio.

wa

Sjteia.

life

we

other parts, five arc n.,t in a

condition to give alm>
:cli-t' in thole
ef<irnr\nbeing very IK' ir rcjjced fi'.tinu-l-.r
mi- miferalile condt ->n.

i..

on to fortune

fitted.
be laid, that in the former
times,
have l|ijken, Spain was not
lomigh.j

will

it is ;

See

men,
t'lf

tiu-y are .tjlct.

AFO'RE.

z.

ATI.O'AT. adv. [frooi a and jicat.

SfxFLOAT.] Floating born up in the
water; not finking: in a liguraiivc
fenfe, within view ; in motion,
.it

^bukfjt^iire.

If jour diligence be not

fpeedy, I

G.y.

h rik-n

af<,at,

f;u;l

frep. [from a and/ire.

afm you.

kine, for fo fliould houl'cwives do.

every twi;; wi
Bacto

oft.))

Government of tbe fsng,.

AFLA'T. adv. [from a and flat.

FLAT.] Level with the ground.

(celt th.it aft

he itood nfsre him.

Sooner in time.

went, amid the morning dew,

r.nd

.:

nfoot.

as,
3.

as

upon them

is

as, he held the fhicld

;
not in ufe.
2. Before ; nearer in
place to any thing;

See

and bith together heard

What time the grry fiy winds her fultry horn,
Batt'ning our flocks with the freih dewi ct

To milk my

when thou

the field.

We drove afM,

dejigr.

afc>\<

black as ink. (VrcTr'j Mufieum.

a. \_uffiir, Fr.
affidare

<v.

Albany's and Cornwall's pow'rs you hearsl

not

No:

1.

[affiifio,

r.
Bae'jt,

Of

Lat.] The ad
of pouring one thing upon another.
Upon the afufitn of a tincture of galls, it imn.f.

as,

In mction.

3.

E,ylc.

AFFU'SION.

I pr'ytliec,

afufum,
one thing upon another.

and dreaded

ground, no.ic darirg rm

afi~rsntk-g and reproachful, becaufe of tha fccondary idea which cultom

has affixed to them.
Wat'i'sLtgick.
To
v. a. {nffunJo,

Infult offered to the face;

conteniptu-

ff'n

\vords which Minify the fame

principal
fome are clean and decent, others unclean ;

AFFUSE.
To pour

tlii-

FORE.]

Among
ideas,

Sit'^ffm,

'Tis faid

contumelious.

bell to return, lor that

J.iy, to a
and difp.i:chin ; !ns

oft";

Ev'n with the very commeiit

Ob.erve mine uncle.

The

affront.]

trees,

affront.]

not frequent, though regularly deducible from the derivation.

2.

affronting

AJiclJ

command him.

AFFRO'NT. n.f. [from the verb

1. Open
encounter
opposition

oiiCvins.

it

the next day early, to conn- a fa:'

>rt,

AFFSLO'XTIHG. participial a</j. [from /"AFC'RE.

That which has the quality of
f,-ont.]

FIELD.]

1
-

'

[from

aflion

Iii

perfon that affronts.

.'

looker-on. Fairfax,
But harm precedes not fin, only our foe,
Tempting, affitnti Uj\v'th hi foul cfrecm
Of our integrity.
MUttn'i farafijt Is/1,
11

ft

2.

ArlulbiM
n.f.

[from a and/oc/. j
not on horfeback.

tber.

Antonius attacked the pirates of Crete, and, by

his too great prcfumptinn, was defeated";
upon the
fenfe of which ajfrowhedicd with grief.

AFFRO'NTER.

Adfijcifi Inly.

foot

fenfe is rather

peculiar to the Scottiih dbleft.

lierem, Brafton.]
to marriage.

Para

To

This

fhame.

To AFFY'.

to front.
H's holy rites and folemn fearts profan'd,
And with their darknefc durll ajfnr.r his
3.

Difgrace

it is

ail-u^

thought
Tillage not far

temple, oft the law with foul affnntt,

Abominations rather. Mi!t'-n's Parjdift R.-g,iintJ.

4.

of man, while

j.

He

The

fare's Ham'.et.

.Ophelia.

On

1.

Oft have they violated

Lat.]

indifferent to good or ill.

We haie clofely fent for Hamlet hither,
That he, as 'twere by accident, tmy here

The

tributio;

AFO'OT.

fume are kind, others are

face.]
1.

general fenfe.

Dtcai tf F':ct-.

AFFRI'GHTMENT. n.f. [from afright. \

I. The imprelfion of fear ; terrour.

ii

aft

tire foul

512.

Mttifitt', Sfcflaior t

Outrage

pailion of

There arc generally leveral hun.lred load.; ot 'Jn her ajlcjtj f( r they cue above tv.'cnty-rive
up the river ; and other rivers bring in t'ifir eon-

of contempt, in a more

3.

nature.

Take any

predominant and af.-..tt, ami, juft in the criticjt

height of it, nitk it with fimic lucky or unlucky
word, and you may as certai.-.ly over-rule it ta
your own purpofe, as a fpark of fire, f.illin;
.Vc ../-.
gunpowder, will infallibly Wow it up.

is

aff'rigbt.]

that

cluded to be fo in

at their ridiculous fear.

might laugh

And we muft take thecurtent when it fervr ),

Or lofe our renturcs. Sbakfff care's Julius Ctifar.

Dry-den's Aurcngxcbe.
found reafonable in one thing, is conall ; and to think o.r
fay othervvif? ,
it thought fo unjult an
afrcr.t, and fo fcnfelefs a
Locke.
cenfnrc, that nobody ventures to do it.
There is nothing which we receive with fo much
we look upon the man who
rclu&.mce as advice
gives it us, as offering an affront to our underftanding, and treating us like children or idiots.

I fee the
gods
Ur.bra'd our fufF'rings, and would humble them,
By fending thefe affrights, while we are here,

That

A F O

',

I!

NAM ED.

ajj.

Named

'<]

[from

afure

and

before.

Imitate limicth ng ot ciicuLw form, in

whicli,
all other
fa^
,/,,,
,<j

>i in

help

j^u

AFO'R

Featbitm en Drawing.

E< A ID.

atlj.

Said before.
'

that

[from efare and/a/V.]

''

'(

which we iV

we now

i'*ri;i'j

we

rcfunie again

Nttwai Hiftct y, M" 77 1 .

AFO'RE-

AFT
AFO'K BTIMB. adv. [from
In time pait.
O thou mac art waxen
fins

thy

come

which thou

A
afore

time.'

now

old in wir.kednrfs,

affray

it

c.tij.

written
withj|'.]
Struck with fear ; terrified ; fearful.
To perfecute them with thy tf mpi-ft, snd make
them afraid with thy (torn).
Pjalm Ixxx'
2. It has the
particle of before the objecl

Roaming
Their

fear.

Dryden's Fables
If, wliile this wearied fleflidraws fleeting breath,

Not

with

afraid of death,
It hap'iy be thy will, that I mould know
of
or
delight,
CJIimpfe
paufe from anxious woe j
From now, fiom inftant njw, great Sire, dilpfl
The clouds that prds my foul.
I'rtor,
fatisfy'd

lite,

AFRE'SH. adv. [from a and

FRESH.] Anew; again,

See
frejh.
after inter-

rniflion.
ferving

upon great horfes, and

charged wi^h heavy ar.-nour, received proat hurt by

light Ikirmiftes; the Turks, with their ligh;
horfes, eafily (hunning their charge, and again,
charging them afrejb, when
they faw the heavy horfes almoft weary.
Knellet's Hiftory of the Turts.
When once we have attained thefe ideas, they
be
excited
may
afrtjbby the ufe of words.
Watts't Logick.
their

pleafure,

AFRO'NT.

[from a and

In
front.']
front ; in direft opposition to the face.
Thefe four came all afront, and mainly thruft at
cd-v.

me.

Sbakeffeare't Henry IV. f. \.

prep, [xpeeji, Sax.]
1.
Following in place,
jifter is com-

A'FTER.

monly applied to words of motion ; as,

he came after, and flood behind him.
Jt is oppofed to before.
What lays Lord Warwick, (hall we after them ?
~Afttr them nay, itfere them, if we can.
!

(Sbakffpearc't

Henry VI.

2. In purfuit of.
s1f ' -whom is the
jifur

whom

Icing of Ifrael come out?

doft thou purfue ?
After a dead dog,

This

Behind.
Sometimes

is

not a

I'Kjm. xxiv. 14.

ufe.

common

placed a third prifm after a fecond,

fourth after a third, by al,
the image might be often refracted fideI

and fomctimes

which

alfo a

ffnvlcn't Oftickt.
ways,
4. Posterior in time.
Good afitr ill, and after pain delight ;
Alternate, like the fcenes of day and night.

We (hall examine the

fovereignty of

Adam

Dryden'i Fables.

ways of conveyance of the

to princes that

were to rtign

after him.

5.

Locke.

According to.
He that thinketh

Spain our over-match,

is

no

good mint-man, but takes grcatnel's of kingJon,;,

according to bulk and currency, and not after thci;
intrinfic value.

Bacm.

6. In imitation of.
There a c, among the
ral

of Venus,

there are

Thil

pared to ceJ.irs.

i.

Roman

ft.itucs, feve-

and habits;

particular figures of her

;,

allufion

in the Pfalrm,

A'F T

old

in different poftures

many

the fame J

made
,,

is

.rr
after the oriental m.t
frequently are pj ;,,ns

how

as

after

/ r',,,v.
:

thui

com-

Pofe's Oyjjey, nae\.

E R adv.
In fjcceeding time.
It is ufed of time
mentioned as fucceeding fome other.
So we cannot fay, I fliall be happy af.

Sbakefpcarc' s

after.

King Lear

compounded with many words

but almoft always in its genuine anc
primitive fignification ; fome, which
occurred, will follow, by which others
may be explained.
is

A'FTER ACCEPTATION.
and

n.f. [from after

fenfe afterwards,

acceptation.}

not at

admitted.

firlt

church's after acceptation join.

l)rydenl Kind and Panther.

and

n.f. [from after

ages.]

times ; pofterity.
Of thi
word I have found no fingular ; but fee
not why it might not be faid, This 'will
Succeffive

be done in fome afterage.

Not the whole land, which the Chufites mould
or might, in future time,

became

afteragcs, they

Nor
Whofe

feeing,
conquer
lords of many nations.
;

Sir

who

religion,

y. Denlan.

entertain of their

bid fair for a gibbet, to bring in a

their forefathers periihcd in
out.

which

fupcrftition,

flames to keep

A~'FTER ALL.
into the view

When
;

Addifoti.

has been taken

there remains no-

all

when

thing more to be added

at laft

in

in conclufion ; upon the whole ;

at the molt.
They have given no good proof in alTerting this
;

extravagant principle ; for which, after ai:, they

have no ground or colour, but a triage or two of
fcripture,

many

oppofition to
Jlltcrburfs Sermons.

exprefs texts.

But, after
be attributed

works

in

mifcrably perverted,
all,

to

if

they have any merit, it is to

authors, whoK-

foine good old

ftudy.

i',fc

A'FTER-DINNER. n.f. [from

The hour parting
dinner.}

PaJJ^-al Pcctr-,

involved, which
after ; the fecundine.

But, as

away

both.

'.

\'FTERCLAP.

Svfgfy.

n.f. [from after and <//.]

Unexpected events happening after an

fuppofcd to be at an end.
For the next morrow's mead they clofciy went,
For fear of afterclaps to prevent.
Speitf. Hub. Tale.
It is
commonly taken in an ill fcnfe.
affair is

VFTERCOST.
The latter

[from after and coft.']

charges ; the expence incurred after the original plan is exen. f.

cuted.

You mud
I

take care to carry off the land- floods

j

left

n.f. [from after

your

after

the firft effort or endeavour.

There is no reafon why the found of a

pipe

(h iu!d leave traces in their brains, which, not

firft,
but by their aftcr-cndeavouri, Ihould produce the
like founds.
Locke.

n.f. [from after and

Enquiry made after the

committed, or after life.
You muft either be directed by fome that
upon them
which,

fadl
take

know, or take upon yourfelf that,

am fure, you do not know, or lump the
to

after-enquiry on your peril.

Sbakrff. Cymbeline.

To A'FTEREYE. v. a. [from after and eye.]

To keep one in view j to follow in view.
This is not in ufe.
Thou (houldft have made him
As little as a crow, or lels, ere left

To

afiertye

him.

Sbakeffeare's C}mbcli*i*

A'FTERCAME. n.f. [from after and game.]

The fcheme which may be laid, or the
expedients which are praftifed after the
original rleiign has mifcarried ; methods
taken after the firft turn of affairs.
This earl, like certain vegetables, did bud and
open (lowly ; nature fometimes delighting tx> play
an aftergame, as well as fortune, which had bith
their turns and tides in courfe.
Wo:nn.
The fables of the axe-handle and the wedge,
fervc to precaution us not to
put ourfcrves ncedlefsly upon an aftergame, but to weigh beforehand
what we fay and do.
L' Ef.range' s Fables*

Our

defign, my friend, has proy'd abortive

remains an aftergame to play.

firft

Still there

Addifon'i Catt,

A'FTERHOURS. n. f. [from after

The hours that fucceed.
hours.]

and'

So (mile the heav'ns upon

fcriuifrj

He

this holy aft,

with forrow chide us not.
Siakefpeat-e" s

n. f.
that lives in

By
Unto myfelf,

let

thee

my

Romeo

ar.d

promifc U:it

afttr-liv^s

knmv.

Sidney, b.

Intended, or commitced, was this fault

If but the firft, how heinous e'er it be,

To

win thy

after-love, I

"J:i!':et.

[from after and

fucceeding times.

A'FTERLOVE. a.f. [from after and

The fecond or later love.

ii.

love.]

pardon thce.
ShakeJ'fcare'i

Richard II.

A'F TER MATH. n.f. [from afferandmatb,

from mow.] The latter math ; the fecond crop of grafs, mown in autumn.
See AFTERCROP.

A'FTERNOON. n.f. [from after and noon.]

The time from the meridian to the evening.

A beauty-waining

Ev'n

and dreams, before you

Attempt dunning

M- aftirt.

and endeavour.] Endeavours made

brought

:.:/Tj

Sbakeff. Meajurtfor

A'FTER-ENDEAVOUR.

The exorbitances or degenerations, whether from

a hurt in labour, or frcm
part of the after-bulb
left behind,
produce fuch v> lent di.lempcrs of
the blood, as make it caft out a imour.

to

were, an afttr-dirnr's deep,

it

Dreaming on

live.]

is

after

is
generally allowed
indulgence and amufement.
Thou haft nor youth nor age,

A'FTER BIRTH, a. f. [from after and

A'FTER-LIVEB.
The membrane in which the
birth.~\
birih was

and

after
ju.i

dinner, which

in

Raleigh'! Hi/lory of the World.

to philofophers is praife deny'd,
wife inftr uclions aftcrages guide.

What an opinion will afterages

Aftercrops I think neither good for the land, nor

yet the hay good for the catt!*.

enquiry.}

A'FTER ACES.

year.

A'FTER-ENQJJIRY.

'Tis true, fomc doitors in a fcantier fpace,

mean, in each apart, contrail the place
Some, who to greater length extend the line,

The

A'FTERCROP. n.f. [from after and crip.~\

The fecond crop or harvell of the fame

Aforriiner's Hujbatetry.

a great wheel runs down

break thy neck with following it; bu
the great one that goes upward, let him draw tho

AFTER

and labour prove unfucceftful.

Mortimer's HufbanJry.

tfitreifl

durft fix

of God.

i hill, lc;l it

fine

after a_flea.

3.

on earth,

The Germans

at

to feek their prey

feats long after next the feat

faradife Left

There, loathing life, and yet tf death afraid,

In anguifh of her fpirit, thus flic pray'd.

bu

Following another.
Let go thy liold, when

z.

of

wa

after happier.

1.

the lofs,

Far be it from me, tijuftify the cruelties whi

were at firft ufcd towards them, which had th;i
reward f<ion after.
Baton
Thole who, from the pit of hell

[from the verb

fnould therefore properly b

fhftl. tfial

but we fay,

hereafter

made miferable by

was

aforetlmi an

to light.

AFRA'ID.

but

ter,
firft

committed

haft

and

AFT

Made

and

diftrefTed

widow,

afternoon of her bell days,

prize and purchale of his wanton eye.

in the

Sbikcfpeart''s Richard III.

However,

AFT
However, keep the

lively tafte you holiT

and lovs him now, but fear him more
And, in your afternoons, think what you told
And promis'd him at morning-prayer before.

Of God

Denr.t.

Such, all the morning, to the pleadings run ;

But, when the bus'nefs of tV day is done,
On dice, and drink, and dribs, they fpend the afr.

tfrn.

A'F T

E R P

AiN

n.f. [from after

and fain.}

pains after birth, by which

are delivered of the lecundine.

The

A'FTERPART. n.f. [from

The latter part.

women

T' excufc

n.f.
tary officer.

A'FTERPROOF.

n. f.

[from

Evidence

the

to

pofterior

after

known by

expe-

fubfequent

rience.

MUI

n./. [from after and tajie.}

remaining upon the tongue after
the draught, which was not perceived
in the aft of drinking.
A'FTERTHOUGHT. n, f. [from after and

A'KTERTASTE.

Reflections after the act ; expedients formed too late. It is not properly to be ufed for fccondthougbt.

[from after and

Succeeding times. See AFTER-

titan.]

lofs

ACES.
You promis'd once, a progeny divine
Of Roman*, rifing from the Trojan line,

after and
the fea after a

Confufions and tumults are only the impotent

remains of an unnatural icbellion, and are no more
than the afitrttj/ings of a lea when the ftorm is
AdJiforfl Freeholder.
[from after arrd

man more and more unworthy

for fear

*~

tffjrrl.

of ufing them

APT ER r HOUOHT.
re

>>

r.

icc-i.lir.g

ml com-s too

is

goodnefs,
it
anc
j
fo

8.

(u

it.

[from after anc

in

They have

What

17

is

5.

as

much

are

marking

whom
much

manage

the

wind,

as trouts

and f.ilmons fwim

Bonn..

-mi.

ii,-..

Contrary

to rule or law.

If aught agairft my life

country fought of thec, it fought unjuftly,
the law at nature, law of nations. Milton*
jiga'uift
the public functions of the peace,

to, in place.
but far away.
Againjl the Tiber's mouth,

6.

Oppofnt

7.

To

See fer/e 5.
the hurt of another.
And, whvvi thou Uiink'd -.1 her eurnity,

TSvnk not that death agamft her nature ii ;

Think it. 4 birth and when thuu go' ft t.)
:

Sing like a

fvvan, as if

tlwu

w<ait'ft-ta

Kir

3.

it

Drjdtx,
tin.

hcav'n has bled with ftore of

again to

or tendency

Againft
all omens of their ill fucccfs ;
Agairjl
W'lth fa", .ivcrfe, the rout in arms refort,.
To force t' -i; monarch, and infult the court.

the fame

wit,

Yet want

With contrary motion

ufed of material action.

":

quantity once repeated.

There

Tillotfun.

Thy

fpring and feminaiy of brave military p-o,il , a

Bacon
England, Scotland, and Ireland.

Twice

be or not.

flicth araixjl the

is

are tall

that can be faid againj) a thing, this.

all

dill

againjl

next again f Aclion

who

were,
South,

Boils and plagues

Plaider you o'er, that one infeft another
a miie.
Sbatcfptari i Coriclariui.
Agj'.njl the wind
The kite being a bird of prey, and therefore
hot, delightcth in th fre-fti air ; and many times

mark-

But, on
Ipot of ground.
not in trio worH egaiii

it

any other time or place.

the Walloons,

as

be true, that many things poffibly are,

which we know not of; and that many more things
may be than arc and i/ fo, after all our arguments againjl a thing, it will tt uncertain whether

4.

him,

The church-clergy have written the bed collccon of traits agaliif popery that ever appeared in
England.
Ktoift.

me,

fucceffion

fave

In contradiction to any opinion.

will

in

9.
what's gone and pad;
when the mi!

or'

caufe of the holding green,

yet that is but

other fide, there

Sec

la;c,

next? Action.

Befides

after

L'Eftrangt

pad.

it

a!>d

himfelf,

his will..

The god, uneafy till he flcpt again,

Refolv'd, at once, to rid himfelf of pain;
And, tho' again/I his cudom, call'd aloud. Drjder...
Men often fay a thing is againft their confcience,
when really it is not.
Sioift'i Miscellanies.

of

L'tJtnUfi

A'XTER-WRATH.

againft

Bacon's
Ejjjyi
the cl jfe aji
compact fubftar.ce of their leaves, and the pccticks
of them
and the cauic of that again is eitlie
the tough and vifcous juice of the p'ant,
Bacon'i Natural Hifl.
ftrength and htat thereof.

A'PTERWIT. n.f. [from after and -wit.]

The c jntrivance of expedients after the
occafion

him from

you again.

In order of rank

The

H^hr

of being

wrought

is

matter; and this not holpen by the co-operation

of angels or fpiiits, but only by the unity and har i
Bacon's Natural Hiftory.
mony of nature.
The preventing goodnefs of God does even wreft

In return for any thing ; in recompence.

That he luth given will he pay again.

What

Ufcs not thought upon be.'ore, may afterward

fpring up, and be reafcnab.'c caufes of retaining
that, which former confutations did formerly

it

Hooker.

melancholy without caufe, and merry

the hair.
Sbakefyeare't Troilus and Crejfdd.
againjl
We might work any effect without and againji

He

After

Queftion was afked of Demofthenc:, W!

the chief part of an grator ? He anfwercc!, Action.

perly.

afk

no part of our be-

lief.

When your head did but ake,

handkerchief about your brows;
a princefs

22.

he will be a wild man ; his hand will be

man, an4; every man's hand againjl
Gen. xvi. 12*.

either againft or above reafon, is

3.

ing diftribution.

jble beforehand,

my

i.

;
oppofite, in general.
That authority of men Ihould prevail with men

DryJcn

Fr'-jv. xir.

7.

adv.
p2pb, Sax.] In fucceeding time fometinies wriiten afterwards, but lefs pro-

procure to be inftitutcd.
An anxious didruft of the divine

knit

(hall go.-

Contrary

Sbakffp. fCig jfo

6.

liotra.

A'FTERWARO.

him.
2.

it

The bed 1 had,

And 1 did never

Plrgll.

A'FTERTOSSI NO. n.f. [from

laid.

And

in reftitution.

20.

againjl every

4. In return, noting re-action, or reciprocal action ; as, His fortune worked upon his nature, and his nature again upon
5.

ix.

fome mefreturning from

AGA'INST.//. [a:n;$eon, onjeonb, Sax.]

1. In oppofition to any perfon.

tranfition

Opprefs the lab'ring woods below.

as,

Deut.

fome new confideration.

Back

by way of refiftance.

we
Bring us word again which way

hi; fortune.

DryJins

The motion of

marking a

thou that anfwerett .^ain ?

art

Back;

12.

L'EJirange's Fables,

another part

Behold yon mountain's hoa-v height,

Made higher with new mourirs Y fnow ;
Again, behold the winter's weight

In uftirtimis fhould hold the world in awe,

And u> the land and ocean give the law.

toji.}

and (hame.

On
to

A'PTER-TIMES. n.f.

Who

we had tli^m, .'nd thofe things, again,

which another cannot part with, but to his own
3.

In oppofition

1.

withal, if

thought.^

Difcobu.ing all flic view'd, in tawny iirefs'd,

Downlook'd, and with a cuckow on her nft.
Drydcn'sFabta.

wit increifed upon the occafion ; and fo

S the more, if the occafion were iharpaned

with danger. Again, whether it were the flioitnefs

of his forefi^ht, or the ftrength of his will, certain
it is, thtt the
perpetual t,r uble of his fortunes
could not hive been without detects in his nature.
Bacon.
Thnfe things that we know not what to do

talle

Expencc, and afterthought, and idle care,

And doubts of motley hue, and dark defpair;
S-ifpicions, and fantadical furmife,
And jcaloufy fuffus'd with jaundice in her eyes,

Swift.

the other hand ; marking fome oppi >tition or contrariety.

All know, that he likcwlfe at firft wa

under the expectation of his afterfrtof; luch a
folar influence there is in the folar alpecY W-Aicn.

**#-

courfe.
1

Rom.

their fuperdition.

it

little.

On

2.

with frequent repe-

is

readings:

marking

often.

not to be obtained by one or two hafty

mud be repeated again and again,
with a dole attention to the tenour of the dif-

This

Bacon's Neiv Atalimi'n.

Should Nature's felf invade the world again,
And o'er the centre fpread the liquid main,
Waller.
Thy pow'r were fafe.
Go now, deluded man, and feek again
New toils, new dangers, on the du!>y plain.
Dryd. Atneld.
S~me are already retired into foreign countries ;
and the reft, who pnftefs lands, are detin-ver to hazard them again, for the fake of eftab-

in

thing

and

little

again flowly, by

and

Again and again

10.

tition

the repetition of the fame thing.

T. : poor remnant of human feed, which remained in their mountains, peopled their country

qoeftion.
2. Qualities

of a Turkifh mili-

AGA'IN. adv. [ajen, Sax.]

1. A iecond time
once more

proof. }
1.

title

flexib'er.efs of the former part of a man's

makes it
age, not yet grown up to be headdror.g,
mote governable and fafe ; and, in the afterfart,
reafon and forefight begin a little to take place,
an-i mind a man of his fafety and irr.pro\i:inent.

Pope.
(hould not be forry to fee a chorus on a theatre,,
as
ours, built
more than as large and as deep again
and adorned at a king's charges.
Drydeti's Dufrrfny.

Sbakcff. Antony and Cleopatra.

The

are at ftrife,
like man and wife.

their after-wratt.

after and fart.}

The

For wit and judgment ever

Tho' meant each other's aid,

wrath.] Anger when the provocation

feems pad.
I hear him mock
The luck of Ca:far, which the gods give men

Dryden'sPtrfius,Sat,\.
s.

A G A

A G A

die,

bill's.

J. Daviii.

In provifion for; in expectation or.

This mode of fpeaking probab'y ted
its original from the idea of. m;ik:ntj-

A G A
in oppofition to, a
proviftoo tgainjl, or
ac-

time of misfortune, but by degrees

quired a neutral fenfe.

fometimcs

Tt

fpottcJ w'.th different colours, chiefly

A'CATY.

ceou;

;
.

ij

all

Jmnin^ fmgtth

-f

then they fly no

The

nig'ut) are

fpirit

night long

wholefome, then

abri-a
iio

that pBrpofe, he made hade to ii ilVol, that

all things might be ready agairjl the prince cjaic
<thither.
time provides w'.th oj.-e,
.Agairf the promii'd
.And hallcns in the woof die robes he was to wean

-Drydet.

and yxKa, Gr.]

D:d.

AGE.

His

2.

Hence

Di

is

egbt'Jl,

See

AOHAST.]

amazed
.

from
;

E'er

No

canfr.i'd

frighted to aitoniftunent.
Thus roving on

precious

hcav'n, and earth,

which any particular

in

years

The
You

fee

fervation

DiyJen.

A'GENCY. n.f. [from agent.

man, 1. The quality of afting the

~\

full

Wx-diuaiA
/,.

a fecu-

of eh in^e his age is: the obit hath not been little ;

Tlny^

Nor

mud

other

A'GENT.
arts
is

T
A!'in* L-nr.
men,

This

will

ground,

.i".

oft truly afcribed

I..-." th.'

:m.l tl.e

hi

tiou

fui'l

I'.wmn

ripcncfs

deiliuc"li%

.en,

by

'

li..'.y.

years of dilcrc-

th.m

..i;

e.wiie he wuuld be.

ffaier.'s A'.II. llijt.

A'GKNT.
i

An

dciirc th.;.

may upon

'

Ih-ength of H

;iJ,;iiHio.-i of'

it

ring, or l'onje_
ns, for cx.\ -v.plc, if .1 n-in einy
tint it
'It, l.-i'evingflrniii;!;,hini to Lbuin his lev,

Privr.
;

unto th

'MI.'.;

Maturity

Hi/lory.

[agem, Lat.] That which

to fa:ient, or that which

nejns,

'

Andleavi

fuccci'-, is
:

6.

n,lj.

oppoicd
ailed upon.
;

<if i-iu.;it'at

Kcfecnmc.-:.
has faid

..-/'

Nat.

lo

ten: to live che.ip in a worfe country, rath..

b? at the charge of exchange and agenciet. Swrft.

'''le
.1,

Infulting

clouded with beautiful variegations.

Pnf.

'

Aivl

'

of an agent or failor for anbufmefs performed by an

conle
purchafcrs their.fel\es mjy bo

office

'

Fr. achates, Lat.]

e of the loweft clafs, often

The

2.

with what poor

Srakff^ettre

not

ot

Providence in the natural world.

we have made of

,m:(

of be-

ftate

ing in aftion ; aftion.

A few advances there are in the following t
tending to aflcrt the fuperintcndence and aginey

how

Jot!.

it be in reality the true

the fake of rhime.
for
orthography,
Thui Ve.ius Thus her fon reply'd agin ;
None of your fitters have we heard or leen.

a century.
latter part of life; old-age; old-

period

Rcm.

After the

manner, though

nefs.

.!lta'tPirailifet'jjl

In lhape no b fger than an agate Itone,

On the forefinger of an al Jeitnan.
Statejf. R'mi'j <in,IJuli>t
of the tlir.tkiml
they
only varieties
clouded, lincated, o

101

ageJ.]

The fpaceofa hundred

5.

i'.ory,

No declining ege
the raptures of poetic ra..e.
Rrfccmmon.

felt

f.'

will prove,

manner of an aged perfon.

ACE'N. aa'-v. [ajen, Sax.] Again; in
See Ac AIM.
return.
This word is now only written in this

ihail to the ages rife,

he always Invrd nnr filter' mi> It,

judgment he hath now caft H

J. [agate,
lloi

;
.ung trees,
take.

charm

Xnllingfeit't Defence of Difc.

No longer now the golden age .lppf:irs,

When patriarch wits furviv'd a thoufand years.

lar

wc*k

the images of
than they did the groves; and t'::;
lame Qjintili.m faith of the aged
gold aivl

or race of men, lived, or Ihall livej as,

the age of heroes.

4.

itfelf too

tendency to the profcpopacia.

The people did not more worihip

march

u.

ihali

ufual-

miftaken etymology.
Struck with tcrrour ;

rrft.

IE.

J. Dawn.
Nrxt tn the Son,
Rcftorer of mankind, by whom

The time

3.

forlnrn, th' advcnt'rous bands,

With fnudd'ring hnrrour pale, and eyes ago/I,
Vicw'd full their lamentable lot, and found

Jn

that old

s it,

whereof another age

Or down from hcav'n

authors, written "g'-^Jt, is,

by
not improbably., the true word derived
from agate, which has been written
ly,

rtin'd

New

/?.;.

[This word, which

Sbakefp. Me.'fure frr

Kindncfs

Pri r,
To raife the feeble fires of ageJ love.
2. Old; applied to inanimate things. This
uie is rare, and commonly with fome

A'CEDLY. adv. [from

Sir

agar':;k,

adj.
later

fruit

and

Novelty is only in rcqueO ; and it is as Jar

to be <iV</in any kind of furfc, a; it i; virtuous
to be confianc in any undertaking.

parts,

--

many

ufed only in dying, the female in medicine : the male grows on

oaks, the female on larches.
'I here are two excrefceni es which grow upon
in the nature of muihrooms
trea,', both of them

it

age.
time plays

fucceffion or generation of men.

Hence, laftiy, fprinus ca i.f pofteri
For things their kind wnild eveila'Hng make.

The

man

between

ft-ind

is

that

n do

life

applied gene-

animate beings.

the aged, for the molt part, are bcft experienced, ieaft fubjecl to ra/h and unadvifed paflioivs.

by Msuage from
by 'Juiii;<;, from aa,
the Teutonic dialefts, figni-

in

fyl-"

man,

being fcven agn.

Sbakrfftart.
And Jacob lived in the bnd of Egypt fcventcen
wis an hundred
years ; lo the whole izgt of JacfK>
.ii- 28.
forty and fevcn years.

A drug
n.f. [agaricum, Lat.]
of ufein phyfic, and the dying trade.
It is divided into male and female ;

be affinncd by fome,

rally to

deduced

is

golden or iron
One man in his

A'CARICK.

it

anciently eage, or

PtUips.

the roots.

long duration.]
to femeperiod of time attributed
of its duthe
or
as
whole,
part,
thing
ration
in this fenfe, we fay, the age of
man, the feveral ages of the world, the

ftood agaff, ant! ready to take

the doflor at his w.ird.
A>.'.'jr:r, N" 572.

Mo it
Ac .*'>

;;ms!"

makes two

It

adj. [from age.

lables in poetry.]
Old ; firicken in years

Any

t.

The whole crowd

though

cnnf.'nt to marriage.

u^axed on h;m.

[age, Fr.

lixtecr,

A'GED.

fied

waits

the one the Romans call l"A?rus, which gr wcji

u. >in the n:i'U of ojks, and was one of the d.-.i:itkir table; tlie other is medicinal, that is callwhich growth upon the tops of oaks;
ed

"The

arn-.y flood

it

which,

led,

the male

[from agaze;

at

at the

',

a-taihtm, of ietas

and grooms bcfmear'd with gold,

Dazzles the crowJ, and lets them xL.iiParadlfe L'f.
Dazzle the crowd, nnl fet them all aga/e.

Of horfes

flic (hall be out of war),

death of her .-incetVir, ihe w.i. within
the as of fourteen years; a:, twenty-one,
At the
able to alicr.ate her lands and tenements.
a ftriplir.j .ii enabled to choofc hi*
age of fourteen,
iwn g iar^'ian ; at the agi of t":u.tcen, a m.m may

and (tor:

fj'irj Sjient.

gafi.

n.f.

aug!

meat.
(Utc

.-ryVI.

Ac. A'PE. adv. [from a and tife.] Staring

with eagernefs ; as, a bird gapes for

hU

grU

whole

Stiti'uigjitft.

all

other

r.-nth excbini'd,

All which I giant to be reafunably and truh

and only dclire they may be lemembe ed

In bimfelf was

and confirm her

years, file is able fi.ially to ratify
f'jimcr cnnfer.t given to matrimjny ; at fourteen,
flie is enabled to receive her land
hands, .11. inall b; out of ward at the

now

is

which fee.] Struck with amazement;

-"-terrified to ftjpidi.y.
Hundrcus he lent to hell, and none durft ftan-i
h
;
he flew :
..ere, and every where, enrag'd

faid,

More folenm than the tedious pomp that

On princes, when their rich retinue long

verb

they travell'd, fo th^y 'gan efpy

another day.

The

KO.- farticifial adj.

;

to ilupify

To

a.

as

planets ftr':kc.

the are
luan, the age of fourteen years
i.cfultiiK:
is

&;'
age, the lord her
father m.iy uiitninhis tenints for .ud 1 ruair) h-r;
at the agi of nine years, flic is donral!? ; at twelve

ward them ^'a.lop taft,

!nr fecmcd ftom fome feared frc tn fly,

'I

Or

Sl-~

agair.Ji

In

.*.

So

.No fairy |iies,'ni' w-'uch hath power to chxm

So hallow'd and fo gracious U the tirr.e.

AV.ALAXV. n.f. [from

Want of milk.

with amazement

ftrikc

with ii:ddcn terrour.

out of u:
Hi (a:

walks

-cnr.

that feaf:>n Cumci,

fiy, t.vit ever 'gfri*}!
Saviour's birth is celeb; .ilvd,

And

i]

of difcrcti-.n ; and twcnt;

In a woman, at fcven years

To AGA'ZE. <v.4. [from /tand gaze, to fet

a gazing as, amaze, amuje, and others. I

I'kc

jr.ic

to age, our portion

In law.

7.

,'".uard.

we came

cie

Drjiuu

j.

To

1in'! prc.rdifed unto their uriiers.

Had,

'is above t\vi inches in diameAn

ter ; the whole coveted over with a friable ereta-

charge 'was given them ag<..

time liny IhouU conic to fettle. tiemfch es

The

We

oj

iraiiy dight with drapcts feliival,

tl>e viands ihould be miniftred.

.sfga:t/}

:aard

[fromfl^/f.] Partaking

aJj.

r that, in infancy, arc by others prefented tr

li'tir
charity of th.* church,
'.ii'iiujht our fires, not with thiir own content,

bl.iek,

d'Ay,

nature of agate.

th'j

the cafe elliptically fupprefled, as,;

the
again/I he comes, that is, againfl
time when he comes.
Thence (he them biought into a ftiMly ball,
Wheiein were many tables fair difpred,

AGE

-E

brown, red, and I'mietimci blue.

h.is

And

A.

die:

n.f.
aclor ; he that

adb

he

tiiat pofTf flc-s

faculty of action.

Where

AGO
Where
c!'

there

no doubt,

is

rejird of the
ielo! :e tpon.

what

to

T>

hid

wo;

pov.-'r 01

A c c L u 'T

>.e

wuik

known.

is

us ffjcrrj frf to g"od or ill,

will.
not, tho' h

torc'd

And

ptcfciencc

onK hjj

miracle

leftow'd

firil

Drytfra.

is

work exce 'dine

the

power of any

ifeqftcntly being an

z.

To

efTecr.

And

for hfelf,

nn
The) had

Thcfc
Sta'

truft

-_.

r.

and

to treat
.

3.

JSdrar'i

your fury of

Sir,

\Vli

The

w;th them.
to

ix:

to texnp:

or producing

eft'efts

by the prope
T^nt^u.

F cti,

ACGELA'TION.

Aurtng.

power of operating,
upon another thing.

application of agents to patients.

n.f. [Lat.^/a.] Concre-

TOAGCRA'TE, t/. a.
To pleafe; to treat
And

[from ad and

gi-

Lat.] The ftate of growing or

uniting to another body.
To make a perfect nutrition, there is required a

To

r.eratio,

nutriment;

,15

orzpgtnfrafictris made, there isalfc

in the alimei.t, a fimilirity of matter.

1.

-con-

A'GGERATE.

To

ij. a.

AGCERO'SE.

[from agger, Lat

adj.

To
.

-v. a.

2.

Lat.}
1

To gather up in a ball, as
To gather together.
ACGLO'MER ATE. v. n.

2.

To

Ecfidc'i, the

The

Their

hard eg?hmtra;ir.t

fecrct char-.

i.ft

The

'aft

of

,,

'

T:t

''

To

begin the quarrel.

glorious pair advance.

ft, and coll'-fled might,

turn the w.;r, and

How Britain's ions

toll

aggr^'frii^ l r.ir.c-,

and BrjtaFu's friendj can n

AGGRE'SSION'. n.f. [n^rr//?,), Lat.] The

firft aft of
injury ; commencement of
i.irrel
by fome aft of iniquity.

tr-

vil.

[from

t^/vj-T',.'/,'.]

aggr'aw-iting;

or racking

-lit.

Friar.

w.,,

heavy..

isnorefiltin

an
_

-',

without

uni.;:l to:

be alfo, on the other i.

fa"-

'

A
and

inity.
P-'

f.ic -,

word almoft appropri-

AGGRK.SSOR.

ine extnnflcal c::xu:n!iancc3 or aeudcnis, which i:ici

-uilt of a

icdicinc.

LT.ji,

commences

firit

holHlity ;
the afiHalttr or invader,
oppofed to the

defeito
'

\\

nature's face?
IT?

b ,hr

The

[from aggrcfs.}

n.f.

that

pci"'on,

i,_.

'

3.

another; to join together, foas not

.

,,,,

thcrf, which
/

/"

1.

to

The

the pn-

..'.

violence

ing iniivl

i'f,-i

the rnr.ivs

have the power of uniting parts

together.
To AGGLUTINATE. i-.. [from Wand
gli'tcn, glue, Lat.] To unite one part to
Jt is

;n

ince,

him ergravaieit by

N ANTS. TT.f. [ c
Tlioie medicines or applicat:

AGGRK'SS. i/.
[aggrtttiyr, agvrefLat.] To commit the firft ad of.

/!.*:,

any thinn; vvorfe, by the addition of forne

particular circumltance,
'1 li

The whole competed by the coacervamany particulars; an aggregate.

lJry,i.

To make

l.ct

a*.

h/r look to'f.

that

is

dit.f ;ttki

:ycirc)nn/>a-

il.

'IT

it

h: ../,.

tinjttd to the loun,

arc

allowance cnunlcrpcis'.!,
'

.]

Union

AGGRI

fii.d

Milton.

'

cch-fion

:
,

the

L.it.] l-'ra-.

ft..!
.

IT;

tc

v.hofa

danger

Tors.

rg'd,

UTIN-A'TIO;;. './,, [from a*

icalar

Pcfe
t

Injury
dured.

anil

Swift.

VANCE,
;

n.f. [Sec GRI tVA Net .]

hardliiip in/lifted ; wrong en--

VE.

v.
f

a.

[from gravis,. Lat.

vt J
I

~\

tion of

L'-JI.

fers.

th-.ir

and dry,
Parjd. L>f?..

Brwun'l Vittpiir Errovrs,

colleftion, or aft of collecting many
particulars into one whole.

3.

in the prefs
ap; -".irs,

aggravating crimes augments

f.f'jnder.

'

n.f. [from aggregate.

Cclleftion,. or Hate of being collefted.

To

-.-rafifi

Milton

'Ihc water refident

ahyfs is> in all partsin.fj.';
of Tt, ftored with. a Ci-ufiJerable
quantity of heat,
a^d more efpoc.i Jly in thoft: when: tlicfe extraoidina;-y <:ggr,gjii.r,i of this fire happen.
W,xdtuard't Natural Hi/lory,

not effential.

thread.

of ages, would impervious choke

fpoii

petrificfc, cold,

fmote.

The

2.

And

l-'uli

[^

ftuit,

D.J.

AGGLOMERATED

fldor,

To mnke heavy, ufed only in a metaphorical fenle ; as, to aggravate an accufation, or a punffhment.

Us'd by the
tempter.
Ambitious Turmn

mace

his

a trident,

to

TJieir individual imperfeftions

being great, th-y
ire moreover enlarged by tb/;ir
aggregation; and
erroneous
in
their
b-;mg
frigle nurrot:-?, once huddled together,
they will be crrour itfelf.

Wh'n

Diit.

B,-ntlt\-.

v. a. [aggrego, La\.]

AGGREGA'TIOTC.

[from agger, Lat.]

of heaps.

As with

A'GGRAVATE. v. a. [a&rave, Lat.]

heap up.

Death, with

grove hard by, fpning op v. tli this their crurge,

H's wiil who reigns abive to
aggrware
Their penanc;-, luen with
like tljat

Bri'xn'l J'ul^ar Errturi.

$"o

upon the

up one particular
conltituted of the

To colleft together ; to accumulate;

heap many particulars into one mafs.
The ervrtgated foil

t!-..-m dij in modeil w'famate,

A;.J each one 1'uught his
laily to aggrait.
Qrffr.

:J^ar Err-uri.

A'GGREGATE.

To

1.

in the mirifV thereof,

Sc\?tit'if;a,

make

compounded and
aggregate of them ail.

in ufe.

lovely Kvy of fair ladies fate,

>urted'ot many a ;olly
pa.-jrnour

be conceived to

living creature,

Ital.]
civilities: a

The which

lr

:j

women, can

M':i;d.

[aggraiare,

wi:h

great

vidual animal, with one mind and

undcrftanding,
and a vital confenfion ot the whole b
<dy ;, any
more than a fwarm of bees, or a crowd of men and

'

tranli

tt'jiu't Impr.
c.f:l

Sceffs

number of

living and thinking particle s

could not pollibly, by their mutual contact, and
piffling, and {Iriking, compolc one greater indi-

in hail, and figured in its g';"

descent irom the air, growing ^citer or kffer according to the accretion or pin a ;us jggciatK* about
the fundamcnUl atoms thereof.

n.f.

Glanvitte's

n.f. \aggrandijje.
men!, Fr.] The ftate of being aggrandized ; the aft of
aggrandizing.
A'c o R A N D i z E R n.J. [from aggrandize.
]
The perfon that aggrandizes or makes
great another.

word not now

AGCENER A'TION.

reafon of the far greated part of mankind,.

but zn'aggrcgatc of milrulien ph nirafms, and,
in things not fenfible, a conftant deluil->n.

raife

dtvjtional purpofes.

tion of ice.

r<,1trr.'s

The

is

A'CGRANDIZEMENT.

icvcnj'd on you,

the

.culars-

and aggrandixf our conceptions, to

f^uls, to awaken the better paili.ms, and
elevate thorn even ro a divine
pitch, and that for

t>

Hctry VII.

agcxti ot y^ur paiTiwi will ..-Mlue.

.un's

That which has

to

Atl:fe's Par ergon.

furnilh us with glorious firings and me-

diums, to
warm our

the wit to fend to them, in a >y

Jt

.n,
,

enlarge

If the king ihould ufe it no better than the

pope
did, only to figgrandr^t: Covetous churchmen, it
cannot be called a jewel in his crown.

[nggrantiijer,

to

-\.?.

Raj M the Crea:ia:

A'coREGATE. n.f. [from the verb.] The
complex, or colleftive refult of the conjunction or acervation of many pait'-

to

Enw<.

/'.7/V-ij/-

of particular things, and nonftrlfTcsl

fyftems of

improve in power, honour, or

rank.
It is
applied to perfons generally, fometimes to things.
ex-alt

of the

A luLili.utt. ; a deputy; a fjftor ; a

perfcn employed to traniaft the bufinefs
of another.
All hearts in love, ufe ynur own tongue.
I

flmcx'i

for a long time together, p-oducrj

rnahy other inept combirador.s, or errrigt'.clmm*

the a*glnf:':j>'.i'

a.

with unprejudicnle.^

They had,

If.i'.rtan.

AGGRAN'DI'ZR. -v.
Fr. ]
To make great

man

rowlcr.

human nco,

or.

the lecond place.

of one

folid reafon

apprehenfions, begets as firm a belief? rh^ amhelity or '^''^'f tetHmouy of many !ui;-id/ed.;.

WiJtlHJn'j
i

agglutination.
Rowl up the rr.em'.cr with

made

And

it

fcealing b;

'.

N A T I v E n<ij. [ from agglutinate. ]

That which h;;s the power of procaruio

Atfv/tti
.'n

bcLjiir.

Hsofer.
:nit.-ument,

'

Nor

A G G
Tho

other did, was from the alteration the iclioi

,. m of the
wnind.

a, the

as necd-

iLt.h already

v/!:^:7)

The occafion of its not

not ex-

is

unto the thing, but

':npei'i;incr.t

in

fcfs

A G G

d'/I'te.at'on

i.

To

A G

forrow ; to caufe grief; to rx.

not improbable, that to grieve was
and aggrieve the acoriginally neuter,

fmall bits, of a very fragrant fcent.

It
is hot, drying, and accounted -a
ftrengthencrof the nerves in general. The bell

tive.

is

But

w.hile therein I took

lfa\v, alas! the gaping earth

my

The fpring,
Which -; >
z.

AGO

It is

To give

i.

A G

To

the place, and

chief delight,
clean out of fight

even

i.r.nt

to this

impofe fomc hardfhips upon

to

This
is a kind of juridical fenfe ; and whenever it. ii uled now, it feems to bear
fome allufion to forms oflaw.
Sewall, archbithip ot York, much oggr'uvrd
harafs

to hurt in one's

Inme
ill

vn'jfticei

The

of the

pcvpc's

mn

lan-'.ed

colic&ots, cock

finds hirufelf aggrieved by the

thiivcs and grows rich by trade,

Lcckf.

<u. a.

bring together into one figure

together : a terra of pninting.

to

crowd

to the fight.

DryJtti-

competition, or
fome right or due

adj.

a ghoft, which the prefent orthography favours ; perhaps they were oriStruck with
ginally different words.]
horrour, as at the fight of a fpectre ;
jr,apc,

Spcnjer.

A'G i T A B

z.

Dryden's jfcr.cid>
laugh to think how your unfliaken Cato
Will look agbaj!, while unforcfeen definition
Pours in upon him thus from every fide.
^dltifvn's

adj.

Fr.

Nimble ; ready
being fpeedily put in motion ; aUve.
With that he gave his able horfe the head,
;

As

fits

human

age.

n.f. [fromagi!e.]

To

To

B /ackn
as,

activity

ftir

bandy from one

to
;

to controvert

to another

35, to agita!

be revived, and hitl)

;

yt

doubt whcthe

Bc-flt on Ci'atin

contrive ; to revolve
laborious thought.

to

form by

ACITA'TION.
1.

may

vigour.

n.f.

weight abov
former tgility an
Watts

lifting a

never recover

JGI'LLOCHUM.

The

n.f. [ from

aft of moving or

Putrc.fadtion aflceth rcil

which putrcfa&ion

its

ag itatc; agitatio

making any thing

;

for the lubtlc inotio:

requireth,

is

Aloes-wood,

tree in the liall-Iiidies, brought to us

ftate

of being

moved

as, the waters, after

time in a violent

The

3.

Difcuiiion

disturbed by

31,

Ea.cn

agitation.

2.

that

the agitators of the army.

A'CLET.

it from
a."y^r,,
but it is apparently to be
deduced from aigulette, Fr. a tag to a
point, and that from a-gu, (harp.]
A tag of a point curved into fome reprefentation of an animal, generally of

n.f.

fplendour

[Some derive

a man.

He thereupon gave for the garter a chain worth

zool. and his gown addrefied with aglets, efti-cnv i
worth 15!.
Hayward.
Why,, give him gold enough, and marry him
to a puppet, or an agltt baby, or an old trot, and
ne'er a tooth in her head.
Sba kejftare s Tjmir.g cf the Si
z. The pendants at the ends of the chieves
of flowers, as in tulips.

A'CMINAL.

adj. [from agmen, Lat.] BeD:(l.

longing to a troop.
A'GNAIL. adj. [from anje, grieved, and
najle, a nail.] A difeafe of the nails ;
a whitlow ; an inflammation round the
nails.

AGNA'TION.

n.f. [from agnatas, Lat.]

Defcent from the feme father, in a direft male line, diftincl from cognation,
or confanguinity, which includes defceudants from females.

n.f.

[from

agnitio,

Lat.]

Acknowledgment.

TaAcNi'zE.

<v.

a.

acknowledge

This word

is

now
I

[from agiofco, Lat.]

to own ; to avow.

obfolete.

do

agr.'iz*

natural and prompt alacrity

haninefs.
Sbt'.-ff tan's Otii!':.

I find in

AGKOMINA'TION. n.f.

[agnominatio, Lat.]
Allufion of one word to another, by refembhnce of found.

The

continued yet in Wales, and fime

cf Cornwall, intermingled with provincial
Latin, being very fignifkative, copioi.s, and plrafantly running upon agncKins::-, although harih
in
fa
alpirations.
British

villages

Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piery an

never more ftudied and elaborate, than when poli
ticians mod agitate delperate deiigns. Kmg Charles

limb over-Drained by

affairs

He

any thing ; he who manages

in which fenfe feems to be ufed

AGNI'TION.

the

by various

agitated

To

;.

Prior

T y. n.f. [agilitai, Lat. from agilis

Nimblenefs ; readinefs to move

power,

is

Lat.]

quicknefs

whole ?

be not, in a great part, a nominal difpufi'.

it

agile.]

its

agitat: the

with perturbation

a quelHon.
Though this controverfy
agitated among the moderm

agility.
i

agitates

To

to difcuis

The qua

of being agile ; nimblenefs ; rea

dinefs for motion ; quicknefs ; activity
I'L

affect

mind of man
4.

lity

A'c

move.

Inform each part, and

3.

agile, witty, valiant, fjge,

the various courfe of

move

as,

paflions.

Hale' i Origin of Mankind

To guide its aftions with informing care,
In peace to judge, to conquer in the war,

A'OILKKESS.

[agito, Lat.]
to ftiake ; to

Where dwells this fcv'rc'jn arbitrary foul,

Which does the human animal controul,

bending forward (truck his agile heels

Againftthe panting fides of his poor jade,
Sbakrff. Htnry IV
Vp to the rowel-head*
The immediate and agile fuhfervieoce of ihj
foul.
fpiriu to the empire of the mind or

it

the furface of the waters

is
agitated by the wind ; the veflel was
broken by agitating the liquor,
To be the caufe of motion; to actuate ;

And

Render

of

Swift's Mi'ceUttlti,

n.f. [from agitate.]

'

adj.

to

Cjt'j.

agilu, Lat/
having the quality o

[agile,

A'GITATE. v. a.
To put in motion

To

A'GILE.

An officer

See AGIST.

[from agitate agiteKlit,

Lit.] That which may be agitated, or
put in motion ; perhaps that which may
be diiputed. See AGITATE, and AGITAT ON
i.

nimbly

Shall from thefurface to the centre (hake. M'llun,

from his ted,
jigbajl he. wak'd, and, darting
Cold fweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erfprcad.

corrupted from addoucijjeinent ,

or adjuftment.

She. fighing fore, as if her heart in

The aged earth agbajl,

With terxour of that blaft,

fiftfnt.

agift. ~\

55.

teil aft,

AGITA' TOR.

mean rate, at which

may be reckoned per-

the king's foreft.

the ftatc

repealing of
and yet leaving the name'cf an t
lilhment to the prefent national church, is ircon-

Blount.

AGI'STOR. *./ [from

with te.rrour. It is generally

ftupified
applied to the external appearance.
twaine
Had riven been, and all her heart-ftrings braft,
With dreary drooping eynelaok'd up like oe agbjjl.

it is

haps

Deliberation; contrivance;
of being confulted upon.
The prujcit now in agitation for

th;

n.f. [See AGIST.] It is

taken by the canon lawyers in another
fenfe than is mentioned under agift.
They feem to intend by it, a modus or

[cither the participle of

agaze (fee AGAZE), and then to be
written agazed, or agnft, or from a and

AGHA'ST.

to receive at

Tatlcr,

5.

AGI'STMENT.

Bodies of divers natures, which are iJggnu

(or combined) together, are agreeable and pleaUnt

great perturbation in nature

'

termed agiftment ; as, agiftment upon

the fea-banks.
This word agift is alfo
ufed, for the taking in of other men's
cattle into any man's ground, at a certain rate per week.]

L'fJ>ra%t'i Fa!:\i.

is

To

[aggroparc, Ital.]

money.

Their function

liih, gueft or gift-takers.

Of injin'd fame, and mighty wrongs reteiv'd,

Cbloc comp liins, and wond'roufly 's aggrirv'd.
To AGGROIJ'P.

Clambers.
'o AGI'ST.
v. a. [from gift, Fr. a bed
or refting-place, or from gifter, i. e.
To take in and feed the
ftabulari.~\
c.-utle of
ftrangers in the king's foreft,
and to gather the money.
The officers
that do this, are called cgiftors, in Eng-

his
failing of Vis rents, and the ftreightsning of
fortune ; whih> the wwied man keeps up his gain,

nd the mcichant

the current

faMe,

once the benefit of deep, and do the eftect of

la thit flumbry agitation, beJides her
watching.
walking, and other aftaal performances, what
have you heard her fay ?
Stakrjfrart't Macbeth.
:i:>ther could no
longer bear the agitation*
of Co many paliions as thronged unon her.

or

bank notes, and

of

right.

Catntiei.

patiently.

>uincy.
Italian word, fignifying

conveniency.] A mercantile
term, ufed chiefly in Holland and Venice, for the difference between the value

cafe

hcmr.

flirted in thi)

this delibeiative prorather a logical af.'

;

Violent motion of the mind ; perturbation ; dillurbance of the thoughts.

..

fwim upon water.

ifGIO. n.f. [An

inllindl

ceeding of the crow, was

of the matter.

of a blackim purple colour, and fo

light as to

devour

all

A .VmJ of a fchool queftion i>

upon reafon and

or agitated

a ftorm, are fome

agitation.

controvcrfial examination.

AGKl/S CASTUS.

n.f. [Lat.] The name

of the tree commonly called the Chajle
free, from ;in imaginary virtue of pre-

ferving chaflity.

Of laurel fame, of woodbine many more,

And wreathes of agnus caflus otlicr? bore. D ,-.</.
AGO', adv. [ajan, Sax. paft or gone;
whence writers formerly ufed, and in
fome provinces the people ftill ufe, agone
for age.]

Paft

as, loug ago

that is,

long

AGO

A G R

Jong time has pad fince.

time towards the prefent,

Latin

Reckoning

we

\ik fines

reckas, it is a JCS.T Jiace it happened

oning from the prefent, we ufe ago ; as,
it happened a year ago.
This is not,
:

perhaps, always obferved.

The
Are wreck'd

Or

To

great fupnly

three nights
aft

iym'fa, Gr.

touch,

laiarc

on Godwin finds.

if,

tremblingly alive

and agtmixe

ACONOTHE'TICK.

and

Man

w9nfii

We

Aco'c. adv. [a word of uncertain etythe French have the term a

mology

ary origin.
3.

Cigcnic,

4.

Fr.]

death

conuil between

life

properly the
and death.

language

as, ils iti--vcnt

I.

rived.]
In a ilate of dcfire

of warm

in a ftate

imagination ; heated with the notion

of feme enjoyment ; longing ; ilrongly

Thou who for me didTeel fuch piin,

Whofe precious blood the crofs diJ ftain,
Let not thofe
2.

no doubt, with

and,

Spaniard),

th's

powerful,

fenfelefs engine, the rabble driver (hall be able

carry all before

It is ufed with

he

as,

/'/

Sculb'i

z.

the verbs

agog, or

to be,

you may

or

him

fet

The

conceiu both the Lsdies

in

liis

cof-

L'fftrmgt.

3.

has the particles on, or

far, before
the object of defire.
It

On which

Ard

all

the fj'a:s are

this for a bear

all

Iludilr. cart. ii.

nerally rt.agjjlc into the fe parts, and

heads of our fervant-malci fo

hulbar.dj, that we do not cxr-efl to have
nefs done as

it

,.

any bufi-

ihcu'.u be, whiift

they a?

Mi.

country.

AGO'INC.

participial adj.
[from a and
Inaction; into adtion.

ging.~\

Their firft movement, and imprciicj mot'ors,

demanded the impulie of an almighty hand to fet
them firft agoing.
Tatlrr.

ACO'NE. ad--j. [ajan, Sax.]

See AGO.
It

A'CONISM.

Ago;

paft.

n.f.

Aeon-

n.f. [iyt/njs, Gr.]

tender for prizes.
Difl.
AGONI'STES. n.f. [ItfiniriKi Gr.] A prizefighter ; one that contends at r,y public folemnity for a prize.
Milton has
his tragedy, bec.iufe
Sam/on
called cut to divert the Philiftines

ilyled

with feats of ftrength.

AOONI'S ncAL.adj.

[fromagoni/lt-s.] ReDifl.
lating to prize-fighting..

fa A'CONIZE. v.

VOL.

I.

a.

And

To fettle

8.

common confent all to be ordered

Hoiker.
they fliould agree upon.
If men, ikilled in chymical affairs, mall
agree
to write clearly, and keep men from being rlunned
dark
or
will
be reduced
by
enip'.y words, they
either to write nothing, or books that
may teach
us fjmethii);.'.

Gtr.t.t'' T,-r

i:.i.

[from aronizo, low

Roman

where there

is

Which

bec.iufe

To AGRE'E.

them

v. n.

[agrecr, Fr.

Lat.J

lefs

fcruple to

all

gc,

with what has been afBoyle.

with

to

be accommodated

with to or ivitb.
Thou frc.leil thine own

to

people with angeh food,

and didft fend them from heaven bread
ti
agreeing
irifdom.

evel7

His principles could not be made to avrte with

that conftitution and order which God had fettied
in the world ; and,
therefore, muft needs cl.uh
with common fenfe and experience.
Locke.
1

1.

To
I

caufe no difturbance in the

body.

have often thought, that our

preferring

affe

milk

in fuch final]
quantities, is injudicious; for,
undoubtedly, with fuch as it agrees with, it would

hillory,

perform much gieatcr

greater quantities.

To AGRE'E.
1.

To
He

<v.

and quicker

cfr'cdh,

in

Arbutbmt.

a.

put an end to a variance.

from far, or feemcd for to fee,

troublous uproar, or contentious
fray,
Whereto he drew in hafle it to agree.
f'lw

Some

foul agreafe.

(tomgrc,
liking or good-will; gratia and gratus,

the

teftimony

agrees very well

To Am

10.

fcl-

Fairy Qacrn.

it

firmrd to me.

thereof fo flow and flupgifh were,

did

him, but

Su.ely
one of them : for thou art a Galilean,
and thy fpecch agreah thereto.
Mark, xiv. 70.

mention of the agrarian

mud, which

fa'fe witncfs againft

tl.ou art

filth.

Engrofs'd with

or with.

For many bare

IAW.

The waves

to

not to contradict

their witnefs agreed not together.

Mark, xiv. 56.
They that flood by faid again to Peter,

agrat'd,

ft AGRE'ASE. ii.a. [from a and

greafe.']
To daub ; to greale ; to pollute with

be confiilent

with

celeftial difcipline.

a word

Bvyle.

To

9.

and troubles would be cndlefs, except

whom

by fome

grant favours to ; to confer benefits

upon a word not now in ufe.

lating to fields or grounds

dom ufed but in the

Prior.

fome point ajnong many, with

before a noun.

ufort

To

him taught

(ha!l thofe particles aprce,

in life this individual he ?

they gave their

and has a very remarkable cry.

When he is angry, his hair Hands on
end, and he itrikes the* earth with his
hind-feet, and, when chafed, he flies
to a hollow tree, whence he is
expelled
7ri<uoux.
by fmoke.
To ACRA'CE. <v. a. [from a znA
grace.]

(he

never

That were

Fairy Queen.

Difl.

A'GONIST.

To

fquirrel,

That

not thou
Matt. xx. 13.

didft

and conditions, who agreed in nothing

Clarmd.x.
Milton is a noble genius, and the world agrees to
confefs it.
H'dtti"! Improvement cf the Mind,
concur ; to co-operate.
j.
Muft the whole man, amazing thought! return
To thi cold ma.ble and contrafted urn ?

Strifes

An animal of the Ann.f.

tilles, of the bignefs of a rabbet, with
bright red hair, and a little tail without
hair. He has but two teeth in each j.iw,
holds his meat in his
like a

much

penny

ell'f.

AGOU'TY.

fo

for a

qualities

imentable pirt.

She granted, and that knight

me

exceedingly provoked or underwent the

envy, and reproach, and malice of men of all

wt-jp t ifood,

Tvii

25.

be of the fame mind or opinion.

He

ACRA'MMATIST. n. f. [*, pri<v. and

Difl.
y;iy.u.u., Gr.] An illiterate man.
Ben 'Jonfin't Fair;' Pr'.r.ce.
AGRA'RIAN. adj. [ngrarius, Lat.] Re[uyutiffpo;, Gr.] Conten-

tion for a prize.

was

'
:

majc her

ht fuch a princely one,

fpeak him long afane f
-i

fo

For

that time

earnelt

To

6.

fore-paws

agog,

and dog.

fet the

'

Friend, I do thre no wrong:

agree with

erteiS as

At

propofe our defires, which cannot take fuch

we fpecify, (hall, notwithftanding, otherwife procure us his heavenly grace, even as this
very prayer of Chrift obtained angels to be fent
him as comforters in his
Hooker.

v.

a price between buyer and

fettle

feller.

iigony.

Dryd. Jav. Sat. vi.

This maggot has no fooner j'n
him
a
f;..
iilds ca:ties in
gets

To

Rafccmmcn.

AGO'OD. adv. [a and gcoii.~\ Jn

not fielitioutly.
Not in ufe.

Matt.

prifon.

It is
particularly ufed in devotions for
our Redeemer's conflict in the garden.

to ac-

adverfary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge

5.

To

to fet

gawdy goflip, wher. (he's/-? agog,

In j;wels drelt, and at each car a bob,
i', ami, in her trim of pride,
Thinks all fl.c f.iys or dors is jultify'd.

he

j.

deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cart into

Betwixt them both, they have me done to dy,

Strokes, and ftubborn handeling,
Thut death were better than fuch agony,
As grief and fury unto me did bring. Fairy Queen.
Thee 1 have mils'd, and thought it long, depriv'd
Thy prefer ce, ag'-ny of love! till rmw
Nit felt, nor (hall be twice.
MiiKn'i Par. Lafl.

prclent agog (juft as a big, long, ra:t!ing

is faid to command even adoration from a

Agree with thine a'iverfary quickly, whilft thcu

the .way with him ; left at any time the

Thro' wounds and

As fjr the fenfe and reafon of it, that his little

or n .thing to do here;
only let it found full and
round, and chime right to the humour, which
is at

be va.n.

C'arenJoti.

art in

violent or exceflive pain of body

Any

combination.

terms by ftipulation
followed by ivitb.

fettle

cord

or mind.

excited.

name

ag'.nies

Slurry

for a perrVfl

To

Never was there more pity in faving any than

in ending me, becaufj therein my
agzny fliall end.

gcgo, they live to their wilh : from this

phrafe our word may be, perhaps, de-

-m

th

g'-ga, in lo-.v

Eurr.et.

To fettle amicably.
A form of words were quickly agreed or between

laft

or upon.

perfuaded them to agree to all reafonable

conditions.
2 llTjccalcfs, xi. 14.
do not prove the origin of" the earth from a
chaos ; feeing that is agreed an by all that give it

prizes

The pangs of

to

And

Propofing publick contentions for

; giving prizes ;
prefiding at publick games.
Di3.
A'GONY. n.f. [ity, Gr. agon, low Lat.
1.

con-

To

Gr.]

I (hill fet down an account of a difcourfe I

chanced to have with one of the.ri fjme timecgo.

to live without

Icfs hurt cart

your enemies do you. Bmac'i Vic-w t-f Epic Poetry.
2.
grant ; to yield to ; to admit ; with

all o'er,

Fiy

concord

in

tention ; not to differ.

The more you egret together, the

at ev'ry pore ?

adj.

To be

1.

the particles

Pcpe^s F.Jpjf on

SbakJi tare.
Thi*bttV. by others and myfdf I know,
For i have fcrv'd their fovereign long ago ;
Oft have been caught within the winding train.

To

Fr.]

e.gonifer,

feel agonies ; to be iti exceflive

pain.
Doft thou behold my poor diltrafteJ hcirt,
Thus-rent with agor.\zir.g love ar.d r:ige,
And afk me what it means ? Art thcu not falfe

A G R

2.

To make

Fairy

friends

%,

t. it.

to reconcile.
The mighty rivals, whofe deftruftive rage
Did the whole world in civil aims
engage,

Are now

agretd.

RofcomMMi.

AGRE'EABLE.

AGR
/CRS'IAJLI.
1.

eJj. [agrcal/t, Fr.]

Suitable to ; confident with ; conformable to. It has the particle to, or with

This paucity of blood

is

agreeable

to

many

fam

m, and fubjeftion
minds, (eemeth to be a thing, in

i.

Terrific.

3.

agreeaHe ft the nature of one

many times contrary to the nature
L'Ffr.'n^
As Uie practice of all piety and virtue is agrfcable to our reafon, fo is it likewife the interef
both of private perfonf and of public focieties.

of perfons and things.

in this fenfe both

(rand

while the face of outward things

fair, agreeable

tranfport.
recollect in
mind

my

thcfe occafions.

and

we

find

I'weet,

Sir J. Davits.
the difcourfes which

Addifcn, Sfeflator,

ACRE'EABLENESS.

The

nefs

bd-Kttn

man

ACRE'EABLY.
1.

atfv.

Confiftently with

name of a

1.

Ej'J. xviii. \i.

Pleafingly.
1

rules

d>d never imagine, that

could Le produced fo

fo

many

excellent

advanugeoufly and

agmatty.

i-ivift.

AGRE'ED.

participial adj.

fidence

To AORI'SE.

A<-;RE'EMENT.

n.

j.

{agrtment, Fr.

in

Coke

egrrtgatia

n.

Stranded

As

To

Sax.]

found 'em,

King

Isfar.

terri fy .

To

AH.
I.

n. f.

InterjcSicn.

word noting fometimes

z.

[a'u, Fr. acute.}

exultation.
Let them not fay in their hearts, Ah ! (o we
would have it : let them not fay, we have fwallowed him up.
Pfalm xxxv. 25.

Sometimes, and moft frequently, com-

3.

paffion and complaint.

In youth alone, unhappy mortals live;
But, ab ! the mighty blifs is fugitive
Difcqlour'J fickivfs, anxious labour come,
And age and death's inexorable do vn.
:

Dryd. Virg. Gccrg.

Abmt\
Ar.J

the blooming pride of

t'.jt ,)F ln.-ar.ty

At morn
Both
4.

When
preffes

are

but one

in-

\\\,

May,

and gay,
evening, pale, and gone.

botrVflouiiiri bright

fa:!c at

it

is

followed by that,

vehement

Priori

ex-

it

defire.

In gooJnefs, as in greatnels, they excel ;

that we lov'd ourfelves but half fo well.

Ab

.'

Drjanfi

AHA'! AHA'!

An

and

diflike

Sometimes contempt and

n. f.

The

[from aguijh.]

Ab! fmful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a feed of evil-doers, children that are cornipters, they have forfaken the Lord. Ijaijb, i. 4.

at that objection.

Queen.

cenfure.

Spenfer.

being hindered in the progrefs of affairs

as the negociators were aground

quality of refembling an ague.

Sir tr. Raleigh's EJfiys.

likewife

a and guife. See

to deck

her fantaftic wit did moft delight,

A'CUISHNESS.

[from a and ground.]

hindered by the ground from

OryJen's j&mitlfiguratively ufcd, for

a. [ from

F.iiry

ad*u.
;

ir.

adj. [from ague.] Having the

qualities of an ague.
So calm, and fo ferene, but now,
What means this change on Myra's brow ?
Her aguijh love now glows and burns,
Then chills and (hakes, and the cold fit returns.

Spenfer.

Say what you feck, and whitherwcre yiub.-tmJ

Were you, by ftrefs of weather, caft aground f

'VGUE,

tliere

A'CUISH.

With our great (hips, we durft not approach the

coaS, we having been all of us aground.

is

bidding

once, and the

the thunder would

Sometimes her head (he fondly would aguift

With gaudy garlands, or fre(h flowers dighc
About her neck, or rings of ruihes plight.

paffing farther.

It

my

me

GUISE.] Todrefs; to adorn;

a word now not in ufe.

Miller.

[ajriij-an,
Out of ufe.

ACRO'UND.

z.

Latin agreamentmn, which

would willingly derive from
la\v

<v.

look terrible.
To A o R i 's E it. 'a.

[from agr ee.] Con-

wet

to

Skakfjr.exre't

[from agree.]

fuitablenefs.

n.f. [agrimania, Lat.] The

The leaves are rough,

contained two kernels.

they had gjt known and agretd names,

to fi^nify thofe internal
operations of their own
minds, they were fuifici-iitly furnifhed to make
known by words all their iJcjs.
I.i-fki.

came

me chatter; when

A'GUE-TREE. n.f. [from ague and tret.]

A name fometimes given to faffafras.

plant.

When

n.f.

the rain

1.

without

agues,

there I fmelt 'em out.

They told me J was every
thing : 'tis a lie ; I am not ague proof

by agriculture and hulbandry.

Broome's Notes on the Odyfiy.

and are formed into a long

fpike, which expand in form of a rofe
the fruit is
oblong, dry, and prickly,
like the burdock
in each of which are

Settled by confent.

AGRE'BINGNESJ.

When

winj to make
not peace at

fix leaves,

into the affairs of ludea and

to that which is in the law of
I

(hew that their agriculture

laborious and trcublefome,
fo much time as ours doth.
to

fo

hairy, pennated, and grow alternately

on the branches ; the flower-cup confiftsofone leaf, which is divided into
five fegments
the flowers have five or

to.

They may look

life,

A'GRIMONY.

Grtafi Cofmo/ogia Sacra.

[from agreeable .~\
in a manner fuitable

Jerufaiem, agreitkly
tlit Lojd.

method of

agreeableand the other parts of the uni-

Sbakijf. Rick. II.

ague and proof.]

able to refift the

being affefted.

Woodward's Natural Hiftory.

Refemblance; likenefs; fometimes with

the particle bctwuH.
This rela'ion is likewife fecn in the

fear is overblown.

Proof againft agues ;

caufcs which produce

The difpontion of Ulyffes inclined him to war,

rather than the more lucrative, but more fecure,

Pope.

Sbattjf.

A'CUE PROOF, adj. [from

E.

I hope
was nothing near
nor did it take up

It

husbandry, as diitinft from paf-

exprelTcd

aJ

verfe.

This ague ft of

He ftrittly advifeth not to begin to fow before

the fetting of the (lars; which, notwithstanding,
without injury to agriculture, cannot be obferved
in England.
Brown's Vulgar Errcurs.
That there was tillage beftowed upon the antediluvian ground, Mofes does indeed intimate in
general ; what fort of tillage that was, is not

ing, but below rapture or admiration.

There will be occafion for largenefs of mind

3.

turage.

It is ufed in
quality of pleafing.
inferiour fenfe, to mark the
produftion of fatisfaftion, calm and laft-

cold

A'GUE FIT. n. f. [from ague and//.]

The paroxyfm of the ague.

ACRE'STICAL. adj
Lat.] Having relation

n.f. [agricultura, Lat.]

art of cultivating the ground ; til-

lage

The

all.

With

or

A'CR CULTURE,

chill

Struck, with

All hurt behind, backs red, and facei pale,

Ceri^'aras.
flight and ague d tear

no
paf

[from agrcfth,
to the country ; rude; ruftick.
Ditt.
AGRICOLA'TION. n. f. [from agricola,
Dlff.
Lat.] Culture of the ground.

n.f. [from agreeable.}

but love her with them

[from ague.]

adj.

an ague
fhivering
word in little ufe.

A'butbnofs Hiftory of John Bull.

AGRE'STICK,

hough

feels the heats

A'GUED.

the company, to talk of this agrermnt.

.in

fee,

fliall

Jjaiab, xxviii. 18

Confiftency with; fuitablenefs to: with

the particle to.

we

hell

the

lie,

of youth, and colds of age,.

Vet neither tempers nor correct^ -he other;
As if there were an ague in his nature,
That Hill inclines to one extreme.

be difan

an agreement with me by a prefen:, am

come out to me, and then eat ye every man o.
his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree.
2 Kings, xviii. 31
Frog had given his word, that he would mee

241.

Collier
agrnablenefs of temper.
of friendjhif.
is
very much an ifmg? of that author's writwho
has
an
that
charms us,
ing,
agricatlenefs
without corrcftnefs ; like a miftrefs, whofe faults

when

(hall

Make

Pleai'ant tafles depend not on the

things thcmfcives, but tlicir agreeablenefs to this or that particular palate, wherein there is great
variety. Locke.

2.

He

overflowing fcourge fliall

through, then ye fliall be trodden down by it.

have pailed between us, and call to mind a thoufand agreeable remarks, which he has made on

1.

'I

Agreeable hereunto, perlreps it might not beam'fs

make children, as foon a$ they are capable of it,
Locke on Education.
^ften to tell a ftory.

Pleafing ; that is fuitable to the inclination, faculties, or temper.

It is ufed

caftle's ftrength

bargain; conclufionof con-

ilipulation.
And your covenant with death
nulled, and your agreement with

to

Corapafl
troverfy

adverb agreeably.

PleaUnt and
Thefc things

moon-beams playing upon

is

2, In the following paflage the adjective

is ufed
by a familiar corruption for the

And

Our

Will laugh a fiegc to (turn. Hc-rp let them

Till famine and the agtit eat them up.
i-

gilt

rtift:;,

thin;, is
nothcr.

3.

ague, and the hot the fever.

f(

Expanfion and duration have this farther agree

that though they are both ctinfidered b\
us as having parf, yet their parts are not feparabl
ore from another.
Locke

nnfequence, agrestic and grateof man. Bacon's Natural

Hijt',ry
you do, is not at all agreeable tithe
a
or
fo
rcafonable and f>
chriltian,
good

That which

language, more particularly called the

Bjfon

What
g.^at

'

pleafc

the

ed by

i?

ri'i.

Refemblance of one thing to another.

tering of light, as the

nxn'
withou

ful to the nature

a p;-if.,n.

Ecciuj.

Tlu divilim and quavering which

much in mufick, hive an tjgrawtr.'. with

or' o'.iitr

itfelf,

there between the hyen am

peace between the rich an

is

agreement

the dug? and what

the poor ?
z.

termitting fever, with cold fits fuccee-dhot.

The cold fit is, in popular

Concord.

What

othe

tuimilj, as frigs, lizards, and other fifhei.

Brbiun's Vulgar Errcars
Th:: dcl'^r whicli men have in
popularity

ie'::b fo

AHA

A G U

interjection.

jfuveKijf..

word

inti-

mating triumph and cumerupt.

They

A
aba

faid,

AHB'AD.

aba

mouth wide sgainlt me,

our eye hath fcen it.
ffalm xxxv. II.

their

They opened
and

AI'DER.

ad-v.

lead,

mi^htiiy the fault of parents, guardians,

and governours, that lo many men milcarry.
They fufTer them at firft to run ctcad,
and, when perverfe inclinations arc advanced into
habits, there is na dealing with them.

And, with

It is

had

Aloft

But have

From

height.'}

with tags
fail'n

or no

of

the dread I'ummit of this chalky bourne

AHQUA
plant.

To AID.

\_aiJer, Fr. from aajutare,

help ; to fupport ; to fuc-

To

Lat.]

1.

And

Fairy S^uetn.
they give any thing unto them
war upon them, or aid them with

that

fliall

make

victuals,

weapons, rr.oney, or

2.

Mjccabres,

viii.

26.

By the loud trumpet, which our courage aids,

learn that found as well as fenfe perfuadu.

We

The memory
if

of ufeful thing- may receive conthey are thrown into verfe.

Wans" i

Your

2.

The

perfon that gives help or fupport

a helper ; auxiliary.

Thou
be alone

haft faid, it
let

us

is

Great

came

in to

him, partly upon

many

4.

did

him

is

alfo

Or
'
i.

and

am

r-p!r,e

tenancc both of his right and his own.

To

a word

port

Oft have

Of

toget:.

fup1.

timely parted gholr,

fcmblance, meagre, pale, ant! bloodlefe,

Bt-ing all defcendcd to the lab'ring henrt,
Who, rn the c.>nflift that it holds wish .t-atfi,
aff-.y

Arr.tiU the fame

for aidanc

helpful

[aidant,
noc in ufe.

ai/j.

.>

Fr.]

Hirry VI.

Helping;

ibiilVd xirtuesof tlu-a.-lh,

lean ; be aldar.i and rcmrdiate

my
:

goud man's

dillrefi.

Stakcff. Klr.g Lear.

4.

NarlVs, thy obfctner

5.

Pain

Sb,:k(Jl>.

Henry IV. f.

M;//. Par. Left, it. i.

impious war.
how oft ambitious aim arecrolr,

AIM.

but

or.

ear.

Grsr.-vi'k.

[from To
of complaints.

participial adj.
full

all

till

the prize

is lolf.

i: a.

[It i; derived

by

Conjecture'; giiefs.

And "weak

of the times Jeceas'd;

br^ir-.niiigs/Iic intie'fuied.

[ajr, Fr.

limy IV.

Lat.}
1. The element
encompaffing the terraqueous gfobe.
It I \veix- to tell what I mean
t>y the word air,
I may fry, it is that fine matter which we breathe
n.f.

a'e'f,

in and- Breathe out

contiuually ; or it ia that thin
fluid body, in which the birds fly, a little abova.

//.]

the earth

or

is

it

that

iuviliblc matter,
.

whith

nt

v.hkh

in n:< (Ir-

ately cncompafiis the j;lobe of earth ai;d w. trr.

Watts's Lcgick,

2.

The

date of the air ; or the air conCifeied with

regard to health.
nuny goad and healthful airs, that
/car by habitation and other proofs, that

an'.azM they

all

fn';',

u/Hcr nut in l;^:!

To

point the view, or dircft the ftcps

towards any thing ; to tend toward", ;
to endeavour to reach or obtain
with
to formerly, now
only with 'nt.

hum

oilier airs.

Bacoi.'s

3.

Air in motion

Fie'],

is blifk

io hcic

Whifr^AI

it

Uifporting

Hijlory,

904*

gentle wind.

i,entle airs,

to-tha woo.ls, and from their wings

from the fpicy fhrub
i

'.I,-.-

Natural
lYnall

Lr, here the world

Ptpt.

>

Aim ft thou at princes

The lalt of gam**?
2.

41.

the thing after

which any one endeavours.
The fafeft way ij to fuppofc, th.it the epiftle
a defign

F:"u,-irig tne nature

from efmtr, to point at ; a word which

I have not
found.]
To endeavour to ftrikc with a miffive
weapon ; to direct towards ; with the

/.

fee

chiefs contend

The object of

AIR.

thing of your a
they mutually hinder our being
Hv.-'ft': Liters.

ill,

tli.'.t

v.-iijch obferv'd, a man may

prophcfy
With a near air., of the main Chance of things,
As yet nrt come to life, which in their ileds

f'fe.
dif-

attend the fair,

."

lor a huioanJ's eyj

ii.

Tt is impolnble,
by aim, to tell it ; and, for
expei icnce and knowledge thereof, I do not think
;ere was ever
any of the particulars thcre'cr".
Sf infer at Irdin'd.
There is a hiftory in all men's lives,

difcafe.

ail.

[ from ail. ]

t'lc fitlu.

has but one aim, tiM, by a frequent pcnifal of it,

you are forced to fee there are diftinft indcpendi nt
Lode's Efy on St. Paul's Efijiles.
parts.

particle at.

-/:aiy.
.h-lfeare's

AI'DA.NT.

But

And

Thus we never

fid-s.
Dry den, ji>. vii. / 69:.
point to which the thing thrown is

In a figurative fenfe, a purpofe

fcherne ; an intention ; a defign.

RaVd

nothing. Sdmithhig ails

the v:rb.]

H /.

Sickly;

little ufed.

I Iccn a

never

A'ILING.

Dryjat,

'p.

V. beinj implcadcd touching his dVatr, h<may pray in aid of hirrt in the rcverfion ; that is,
entreat the court, that he may b- called in bv
writ, to all-gc what he thir.ks gnod fur t!
CVit-r.7.

ails

''!:'

tefy,

[from a/W.] Help

heal,

MENT

Not decent

n.f.

he

The

eafe.

wife both to g've ftrength to rVie

party that pray.
in aid of him, anJ alfo to avoid a prejuH'ce a^eruir.g towards his own right, except it be prevented
as, when a tenant for term of life, c.jur-

AI'DANCE.

AIL. n.f. [from

i

wea-

fay, a fever ails him, or he ails a fever,

or ufe definite terms with this verb.

direft the miffle

He fruited to have equall'd the Mutt High,

If he cppos'd
and, with ambitious uim,
Againd the throne and monarchy of God

to

nothing ails him.

To

proud Ideus, Priam's charioteer,

(hakes his empty reins, and aims his airy

Fly from
3.

him

fotnethin^

miflives,

particularly ufed, in
r of
pleading, for a petition made in cuurt,
for the calling, in of help from another, that hith
an inttrctt in the caufe in queftion ; and ii i.kc.
H.bfiJy.

pain

or the word nothing ; as, What

? What does he nil? He ails

term,
ails

parts.

In law.

feel

a.

<v.

more

tiirecled.
That arrows fled not fwifter toward their aim,
Thaa c!i j our foldiuc, aiming at thtir fafety,

determinate,

be incommoded.
It is remarkable, that this word is
never ufed but with fome indefinite

Back's Htnry VII.

3.

lefs

DryJin's 'Ijrt:nr;^k Lcvc.

Titit, viii. 6.
aids

afed in a fenfe

2.

To

not good that man (hou!d

an aid, like unto

and partly voluntaries from

to give pain.
to Ka^ar out ot

calleJ

make unto him

himfclf.

God

the emprefs hither to be brought,

I, in her death, (hall fome diverlion find,
And rid my thoughts at once of woman-kind.

3.

Afcanius, young and eager of his game,

his bow, uncertain of his aim ;
But the Jire fiend the fatal arrow guides,
Which picic'd his bowels through his pjnting

Command

Mind.

Iitfrovemeitt of the

patrimonial (tores in peace po(Tefs j

Undoubted all your filial claim confefs :
Ycur private right (hould impious power invade,
The peers of Ithaca would arm in aid. fife's Od.

guefs.X

Love fmiled, and thus faid, Want joined to

is
unhappy but if he nought do deftre,
what can Heraclitustf/7?
Sidney.
What tits me, that I cannot lofe thy thought

Cderable aid,

to trouble

defire

aid.]

Jlontfr,

AIM. n. f. [from the verb.}

1
The direction of a miflile weapon.

Jbn?

Rafcunmon.

AID. *. /. [from To
I
Help ; fupport.

but have their further end where*

fpear.

for to afitt in any manner ; as,

finxtbing ails me that I caniiot ft jiill\ what
ails tie man that be
laughs without rea-

Slips.

tf/M,

Soon bent

the angel of

It is

we

knowmark

And

Who

hven, and f.'.id unto her, What ailctb thee, Hanot : for God hath heard the voice of
gar ? fe
the lad where he is.
Cm. xxi. 17.

Into the lake he leapt, his lord to aitf,

hold, h'rn ftrongly ffaid

And of him catching*

From drowning.

wfc de-

particularly taken Jur the

aft of pointing the weapon by the
eye,
before its difmiffion from the hand.

was throughout

Was hemm'd with golden fringes.

Fairy Saar.
To AIL. *u. a. [ejlan, Sax. to be troublefome.]
To pain

To

pon

fringes-.

aigu'as that glifttr'd bright,

Like twinkling ftars, and all the feirt about

cour.

Neither

3.

With golden

>v. a.

i^v.

which although

ey are referred.

To Ai M.

\_aignlet, Fr.]
points of gold at the end

t.

is,

health, and virtue, f,:d

nevei'thelefs they are not the laft

Drydttft j&ne'hl.
Religion tends to the e.if?. and pleafure, the
peace and tranquillity of our minds, which nit
the wifdom or" the world did
always aim at f as the
utrf.oil
felicity of this life.
Tilbrfin,

A point

It all above
befprinkled

Look up alttgbt, the mrill-gorg'd lafk fo far

Cannot be feen or heard.
Skaktfp. K'mr Lfar.
'I.
n.f. The name of a poifonous

unto

HMtctfiCcmtts.

on high.

made,

;is

itfelf,

ir..-ira;/

r.ic:

A' lev LET. a./,

tie

before trite laid.

is

Swoln with applaufe, and aiming ftill at more,

He now provokes the fea-gods from the (hore.

Already, ert my befr. fpeed could utevent,

The aidleji innocent lady, his wifh'd prey.

L'EJlrangc's Fablts.

[from a and

ledge,

an in-

&bak<.fp. Csrulanps.

He

rich to

happy

P'aiy

uniup-

to be

Another kind there

fne for

fudden re-enforccmcnt, ftruck

Corioli, like a planet.

tutors,

adv.

lefs,

mm do aim,

all

Such grace now

Alone he enter'd
city, which he painted
:
aidl-^ \ came oiT,

The mortal gate o' th'

With ihunlels deftiny

AHE'IGHT.

fa which

that brings

an

feparable particle.] Helplcfs

ported ; undefended.

Headlong; precipitantly :^ ufed of animals, and figuratively of men.

2.

He

aid.'}

a helper

AI'DLESS. adj. [from aid and

term.

And now the mighty Centaur fms to

And now the fpeedy Dolphin gets ahead.

ally.
All along .is he went, were punilhed the adherents and aijus of the late icbels.
Bacon s llcttry VII.

[from a and head.]

Farther onward than another : a fea

i.

[from

it./,

aid or help

Muton't Parajjife Lojt,

z

i>,

viii. /.

51 ;.

Uut

A
But

fife repofe,

Dwells here, and a

without an air of breath,

dumb i;uiet next to death.

There

And

Albion's

ofiers

as, a lofty air, a gay air.

Whom Ancus follows with a fawning air
But vain within, and prouuly popular.

vapour.

with man's body ; and

themldves, and betray ;hc fjirits.
.j.;c

lair

;
peflileniial vapour.
All the ftor'd vengeances of heaven fall
On her ingrateful top rtrike her young bones,
You taking airs, wUhiamencfs Sbak. King Lear.

Any

a dil'aainful look, a look of gravity, and

thoufand other fuch like things.

Dry Jen's
The'r whole

builds his hope in air of your fa'r looks,

Lives like 3 drunken faiior on a marc,

Sbattff

7.

The open weather

Ritbard

Diyrlex's Failrs.

Vent

t.

utterance

rt.

As

would have afk'd you, if I du: ft for fliame,

If Mill you >v'd ? you gave it air before n.c.
But ah why were we not both of a lex ?
For then we might have lov'd without a crime.

fcpei Ded.
6.

view and knowledge.

[In horfemanflup.]
or pradliied motions of a

Intelligence
not now in ufe.

which the princes and

fates abroad received from their ambairaJors and
Span's Htnry VII.
agents here.
airs

Mufick, whether light or ferious

found ; air modulated.
This muCck crept by me upon the waters,

11.

The fame

airs,

whxh

fome

others

make
itfelf,

we have fuch

proper for the airs of mufick,

mould give

fcns

of words

and bsd-ftraw kept clofe, ami not aired.

Bacon s N<iiura! tUjhry,^" 6j5.
We have had, in our time, experience twice or

And

angels lean from heav'n to hear

Pope's Si.
When the foul is funk with Cares,

Exalts her in enliv'ning airs!

12. Poetry

Of
To

Nay, May a

m jun'iiins,

graceful innrcence, her ev'ry air,

Of gefture, or lea ft action, over-aw'd
Milt.n's Paraiiife Loji
His malice.

For the

air of

youth

Hopeful and cheerful, in thy bl 'Oil Oiall reign

melancholy damp of cold and dry,
To weigh thy fpiritt down ; and lad confume
Milton's ParadiJeLcJ.
The balm of life.

But, having the life before us, befides the ex

it is no wonder to 1.'
perience of all they knew,
fomc airs aud features, which they have milled.
Drydtr. on Dratnatiik

into a profound co .temptation

I fell

on the vanity of human

Entry

To
fire

4.

air liquors
:

Addit n,

life.

to

(
.

warm them by

the

a term u'ed in converfation.

To

breed in
derived from
of ufe.
Yi'u may add

In this fenfe,

ncfls.

aerie, a neft.

ufed.
This is the very painting of your fear,
Thii Is the air-drawn dajr^er, which, you faid,
Led you to Duncan.
Ma.li'.b.
A'l R E R //.
[from To air. ] He that tx'-.

pofes to the air.

A'IR HOLE. n. /, [from air and

hole to admit the air.

A'IRINKSS.
.

Openneft

n.
;

it is

it

now ou

dirg^rous, ('ifcour

yea and fometimes deipiteiu! it..,[

from an 'thi-r, of the eggs and young ones; whr
to air naturally anJ qu't t'\
y were allowed
there would be ftoie fufhcier.t, to kill not only th

teous,

but

even

all

the

houfewivc

good
chickens in a country.
Carnv's Survey cfCcritwa!

pm.idges,

A'IRBLADDER.
der.}

n. f.

tele."]

f. [from airy."]
expofure to the air.
gaiety ; levity.

Lightnefs ;
The French have indeed taken worthy pains
make claHick learning fpeak their language ;
certain talkativencfs

which

and

it

to
if

mull be imputed t j a

airlnefs

in

reprefcnted

never agree with the fedatenef; of the Roman?, or the lolemnity of the
their tongue,

will

Gieeks.

F-.'i'.n.

VIRISG.

./ [from

air.]

mort jour-

ney or ramble to enjoy the free

air.

only to fetch them wine

and corn, and to give thc'.r ladies an airing in the

This

lit le

fummer

licet ferves

icafon.

VIRLESS.

adj.

communication

air.]
Wanting
with the free air.

[from

Nor ftony tower, nor walls of b.'attn brafs,

Nor air/eft dungeon, nor ftrong links of iron,
C.m be retentive to the flicn^rh of fpirit.
Shakf/pearSt Julius Cafar.

A'IRLING.

n. f.

[from air,

for gayetj."\

young, light, thoughtlefs, gay pcr-

Some more there be, flight afr/mgj, will be won

With dogs, and horfes, and perhaps a whore.

[from air and pump.] A

machine by whofe means the air is exhauiled out of proper veflels. The piincip!e on which it is built, is the elaiUthat on which the wa
city of the air ; as
terpump is founded, is on the gravity of
The invention of this curious
the air.
inilrument is afcribed to Otto de Gue-

A'IRPUMP.

[from air and blad

n. /.

rick, conful of M:igdebourg, in

But

was

machine laboured under

his

1654.

the force neccflary to work it

very great, and the proprefs very

defefts
their bufy,

f-.

Bin 'J-r^n.

little

but riding forth to Kr jltfjelf,

Such parting Wf:e t >o petty.
Sbattjf. Cymielint.
I afcendeJ the hi^hell hilis of Bagdat, in ordei
to pafs the reft of the Jay in meditarion and prayer
As I was here airing *"yff (f on the tv.ps of the

Pofe's DaitciaJ,

AIR-DRAWN, adj. [from a;r and Jra--j./i.]

Drawn or painted in air a word not

fon.
air,

open

Were you

Paradifl Regained

caftle, and the golden dream,

maid's romantick wiih, the chymilt'i flame,
poet's vilion of eternal fame.
airl/tiili

the ants

i>

The

Her

fat upon the

amended the

the
gratify, by enjoying
with the reciprocal pronoun.

Pope's St.Ceecilia

manner, of the perfon

that

To

a fong.

13. The mien, or

the look.

th.ife

I'accn's Natural Hlftry, N 9 1 4.

were airing their provifioni on
winter, up comes a hungry grafshopper to them,
s a
L'EJl'range's Fables.
charity.
Or wickejr-ba.'kets weave, or air the corn.

As

Cf cilia.

repeated air
fad Eledlra's poet had the pow'r
fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare.

the' judges that

numbers of

brought forth.

2.

and

bufmefs, or were prcfcnt, fickened upon it, and

died.
Therefore, it we.e good wifd:>m, that, in
fuch cafes, the jail were aired, before they wen

fo little attention.

when both

thrice,

f;

406.
jtddifsn, Sfcfljtor,
Borne on the fwclling notes, our fouls afpire,
While folemn airs improve the facrcd fire ;

do

it,

which their place

H<xk<r, b. v.
49.
Fleas breed principally of ftraw or mats, where
or
the
chamber
there hath been a little moirture,

wonder that per-

who wear

if

req;iircih.

importune.

a trcafury

com-

a matter of fmall

it

they,
notl.ing elfe but air the robes,

jail,

The
The
And

they have not fucceeded,

The

Glanvil/e's Sccfjis Sacntljica.

Since

a.

mendation in

Detibdtn's Scfily.
enteitiin with rucft

delightful transports, to others are

<v.

air.

Allaying both their fury and my paflion,

With its fweet air.
Sbakeff tare's TarfeJ!.
Call in fome mufick ; I have heard, fofi airs
Can charm our fenfes, and expd our caies.

air and build.]

atfj. [from
Built in the air, without any folid foundation.
Hence the fool's paradife, thcftatefman'sfchcme,

A'IR BUILT,

z.

[from the noun<i/>.]

to the
expofe to the air; to open

To

:.

am' ferry to find it has taken air, that 1 have

P fe's Letters.
fome hand in thefe papers.
This is
information.
10.
;

grew from the

ma

Chambers.

horfe.

ro AIR.

It

R.'fe of the Loci.

artificial

expofure to the publick

to

Airs denote the

naged

9. Publication

fir

fe-

foon found

rile or fall.

the airHadJer

was communicated with the air of a

its way into the worM.

it

cret, it

Stvj

Appearance.

;.

emiflion into the air.

hairs,

fuperiour narurc.

air.

num-

waving

and infpire their airs.

Poft.
He aflu-ncs and afl'efts an entire fet of very
d'.ftVrent airs ; he conceives himfelf a being of a

air unconfined.

The garden was incl s'd within th;

Whcic ycung Emilia took the morning

Mdijm's

curl their

an infinite

-in fiihej feemt necefTary

I'wimmin;, yc; fome are fo formed as to fwi-n
Cudii'trtb.
without it.

Though

o/

A/lift their blufties,

III.

and

their bulk,

Dnfrrfncy.

were employed in intiigues

lives

To

down.
care's

therafelves airs of
(late, and they naturally give
kings and princes, r<f which the miniftcrsol other
nations arc only the rcprcfentatives.
Remarks en Italy.

Who

ev'ry nod to tumble

ss,

is

as TVght as air.
momentary grace of mortal men,
Which we more hunt for than the grace of God

Ready with

moment

but for a

an eye,

that

of thefe

are

in

Arluibno in Atimnti*
The bladder in fifties, by ihe contraction and dilatation of which, they vary
the properties of their weight to that of

paflion,

thing light or uncertain

furfaees of thcfc aubltddin,

ber of ramifications.

Drydcns JEncid, vi.

fort of beauties, which

the different airs oi

an aficmbly, upon the fight of an unex; ecied and
;mon nrijed>, force particularity of a vi >ici;t
fime graceful acTion, a fmile, a glance of

Bacor..

5. Blalt

6.

The pulmonary

There

infinuate

fo

cuticle or veficle filled with air.

artery and vein pafs along the

Any

Italy.

laboured manner or

aftefted or

gcfture

Stinks which the noftrils flra'ght abhor ire not

the molt pernicious, but fuch a.rs as have lu...i
;

in the

art

fliould the Graces all thy figures place,

breathe nn air divine on ev'ry face.
Pope.

An

4.

Pofe's Paf.rals.

4. Scent

Addtjon

Vtt

And

pLy,

lelound the rural lay.

cliffs

fbmething wonderfully divine

11

of this picture.

airs

Dryttetl.

Let rernil tin through trembling

flow; it was to be kept under water,

and allowed of no change of fubjefts for

Mr. Boyle, with the afexperiments.

iiftance of Dr. Hi-oke, removed feveral inconveaiencics ; though, (till, the
working was laborious, by reafon of the
of the atmofphere at every exprefl'ure
fuilion. Tlus labour, has been fiuce re-

moved

moved by Mr. Hawkfbee

The abbey is by no means fo magnificent as one

would expect from its endowments. The church
is one
huge net, with a double aijlc to it ; and, it

who, by

adding a fecond barrel and piflon, to

rile as the other fell, and fall as it rofe,

made

the prefTure of the atmofphere on

the descending one, of as much lervice
as it was of diflervice in the afcending

Vream made

one.

a firther

improve-

ment, by reducing the alternate motion

of the hand and winch to a circular
one.

each end,

AIT,

air that, in rxhaufted receivers of

tiirj.u;r.[!,
exhaled from minerals, and fl:ih, and fruits,

and genuine as to eUir.cic

as true

raie-'aftion, as that we refpire in ;

and yet this factitious air is fo far fr.
being fit t
be breathed in, that it kills animals in a moment,

AJUTAGE,

air,

itfelf.

n.f.

To

My

ftagnate there.

The

Ray.

z.

z.

that have wings, that are no

ftrangers to the airy rejj >n.

3.

.w.

fl

O,-en to the free air.

5.

Joy'd to rarge abroad in frrfli attire

the wide cornpafs of the t.ry coaft. Sptnf;r.
Light as air ; thin ; unfubftantul ;

without

folidity.
I hold ambition of fo
airy and light a quality,
that it is but a (liadow'i (naaow.
Statc/f. Hamltt.
Slill

6.

the dog the

may

airy ghof.s, and

Wanting

nature

vain

trifling.

Nor think with wind

Thoy

threats to aw^,

wh >m

Miittr'i Parjjifc Lrf.

fuch meannefi) Ibaring high,
empty found, and airy notions, fly.
Rcfcfminvn.

have found

complaint concerning the

of money, which nccafijne.1

for th- rr.ne Jy of it.

7. Fluttering; loofe ;
air ; full 01 levity.

The

i.iii.ters

draw

many

c!

lc,i

r
-,

airy yr-tr-ofuions
s

Tftrjilt

in

nymphs

thin and

tiry h.bi.i; but the weight r>f gold and of embroider'rs ]', reiencJ (it queens and g"/djfTc!.
Dryciin.
By this na^ne '-f lad.cs, he m~ans all
finely fhaped, airy,
n 1 NaVids.

and

fuch as ate rymp!.s

8.

Gay
cious

HP
a fid

fprightly

;
;

full

lively; Ipirited

tr it

is

tempeil

of mirth ; viva;
light of heait.

merry and airy at rtr ic when he

on the lea, or dances when
.ds not when

fpeaks t. a ;hAISI E. n. f.
I

[Thus

lees
<

is

-d

written by

but perhaps improperly

iince
it feems dcducilne
only Irom, either aile,
a wing, or alter, a path, and is therefore to be written at/e.]
The walks in
,

a church, or wings of a

(juire.

licentioufly,

when

n.f. [alacritas, Lat.]

fulnefs, exprefled by fome outward token ; fprightlinefs ; gayety ; livelinefs ;

cheerful willingnefs.
Theft orders wsie, on all fides, yielded unto
with no lei's alacrity of mind, than cities, unable
to hold out any longer, are wont to (hew when t!v j

tear prevails,

affails.

take conditions, fuch is it liketh him to offer

them, which hath them in the narrow ftraits of

Add^n.
adj. [from a and .']
Related to; allied by blood: ufed of

With

AL, ATTLE, ADI.E, do

all

(>f

ibe

Mind.

fecm to be

corruptions of the Saxon JL'-^\, noble,

famous ; as allb, Ailing and Aulmg, are
corruptions of ^tpelinj. noble, jfleadid,

frefli

alacrity,

mould

his fea

find a fiiore,

and force renew'd,

Milton's Paradife Lojlt
:

With fuch alacrity they bore away,

As if, to praile them, all the dates (tood

by.

Dry-Jen.

ALAMl'RE.

The

note but
one in Guido Aretine's fcalc of mufick.
ALAMO'DE. adv. [ la mode, Fr.] Aca low word. It
cording to the fafhion
is ufed likewife by fhopkeepers for a kind
n. f.

lovveft

of thin filken manufacture.

ALA'ND. adv. [from a

At land landed; on
;

for at,
the-

and

land.~\

dry ground.

c "nly, with the prince his c 'Ulin, wen- call

far i.ff from the place whither their <1 lires

aliiiui,

Al, AU, being initials, are derived

from the Saxon Kalb, ancient ; and fo,
oftentimes, the initial all, being melted
by the Normans from the Saxon <talb.
G>bj(,ns Camden.

A'LABASTER. n.f.

[aXafar(o>.]

kind

marble, ealier to cut, and lefs

durable, than the other kinds ; fome is
white, which is moll common ; fome of
the colour of horn, and tranlpa-ent ;
fome yellow, like honey, marked with

would have guided them*.

Si:infy,
Three more fierce Eurus, in his ant*ry mood,
D:ifh'd on the lhallows of the m ving fand,
And, in mid ocean, left them moor'd aland.
Dryden.

ALA'RM.
t

arms

foft

veins.

now

Never did men more joyfully obey,

Or I'.ionrr underftord the fign to Hy

famous.

of

gl.-d th.it

Springs upward.

which may be akin to it.

Horn's Improvement

Sbatefftart,

Allied to by nature ; partaking of the

fame properties ufed of things.
The cankered pafiion of envy is nothing atirt to

q'jeilions

a bowl of wine

have not that alacrity of fpirit,

cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.

H?,

Sidney.

Unlike, and not akin by nature,

li corcert aS, like modern nien-s,
Prior.
Becaufe one ferves the other's ends.
He ffparates it from queilionswith which it may
have been complicated, and diftir.gu. flies it from

Gie me

Nor

do not envy thre, Pamela} only I wi/h, that

being thy fiftcr in nature, 1 were not fo far off ak:n
1

2.

H^ker,

advantage.,

perfons.

in fortune.

like

word

Cheer-

ALA'CRITV.

AKI'N.
1.

for alas the Jay.]

Epaminondas alacriovjly expired, in confidence

that he left behind him a perpetual memory of the
victories he had achieved f r his country.
Govirnmir.t of tic Tongue,

foul tlet

each, by turns, his akirg heart

is

S-ai'ift*

[This,

inttrjetlion.

noting forrow and melancholy.

adv. [from alacriour,
but
fuppofed to be formed from alacris ;
of alacricus I have found no example.]
Cheerfully ; without dejeftion.

t-.vo

Taylor.

the word

My

Mifcellanlfs.

as if to catch the

their

more

's

AL A'CRIOUSLY.

his lips.

the fiiij'envy of the afs.

L'Eflrar.gt'i 1'allts.
Some limbs J^ 'in in bulk or Itature

yrt with deeds

With

it, ftill

Here (hame dilTuades him, theiehis

DryJ^n.

no Heady-

having

foundation in truth or

Of airy

wine touch

the former,

frequently applied, in an impro-

kn.",w,

And

nftrain

vex the guilty train.

reality

let

what

ALA'CKADAY.

Sbattfftart.

aurhorities are up,

Neither fupreme, how foon confufi n
M^y enter.
Skaiffp* Ctriolartus.

Mdfin.

4.

Of

N.ty,

of the foul.

To

when once our grace we have forgot,

not.
right ; we would, and we would

incredible, alackl
I hardly hear a woman's clack.

Sialjpiare.
endues

ffeare has uled

Boytt.

At thunder now no more 1 ftart,

Than at the rumbling of a cart

grace,

per fenfe, to the heart ; as, the heart

fbakeakei ; to imply grief or fear,

Wuole rivers he e forfake the fields below,

, And, wond'nrg a: their height, through a.ry channel?

common

ale at

in air.

High

Alack

Nothing goes

Skakej'f...Meafure for Miajurl,

and be deny'd, fuch

fue,

is

a(y*

preffion of forrow.

no accu-

is

Let our finger akc, and it

other hjakhful membeis with a ferle

It

Tf

Addifrn on

word feems only

inttrjcll. [This
the corruption of alas.]
Alas; an ex-

Licit.

Relating to the air; belonging to the

fifties

Di3.

His limbs muft att, with daily toils opprelr,

Ere long-wiih'd night brings ncceflary reft. Prior.

air.

There are

but this

think no body would ever

thinner and mare airy parts of bod>s j as, in

odours and infections : and this is, of all the reft,
the moft corporeal.
Bacon

cannot forbear mentk.nir.g part of an alvbefer

Wciethe pleafure of drinking accompjn '<:-., :iv.

very moment, with that fr k (tcmach and akir:g
heal, which, in f^mc men, are fure to f How, 1

thi tranfmiffion, or errifli:>n,of the

fiiil i-

ad-

of alabailer.

column, found in-the ruins of Li via" t portico. It

the
is of the colour of fire, and may be (een over
atia in Campi tello ; for they have
high altar of St.
cut it into two pieces, and fixed it, in the (nape
of a cnl's, in a hole of the wall ; fo that theiight
makes it look, to thole in tha
paffing through it,
amber.
church, like a huge tranfparent crofs of

M.

Of pain.

circus, Lat.]

Stalefp*

afatajfer.

Made

adj.

ALA'CK.

wounds

Our

the finking uf an
the air ha'h 1'airjbaft,
to circuUce, and carry ou; the ffeams both ot
miners b cath and the damps, which w^uld

By

ife

*u.

the external parts

rate account.

[from air and Jbafi.'}

the air into mines and

A'iRY. adj. [from air

I. Compoied of air.

An

[ajutage, Fr.]

n.f.

A'LABASTER.

To
a lafting pain, generally of the
internal pirts ; diltinguiilied from fmart,
which is commonly uied of uneafinefs in

patfage for
fubterrancous places.

the

ifiet-~\

not died her blood,

hers than (how,

I'll

Nor fear that whiter fkin of

And fmooth as monumental

by

[fuppofed,

acbe.~\
i.
feel

Btnt'.cy.

A'IRSHAPT.

n.f.

Yet

%-, Gr. and

[from
therefore more grammatically written

vacuum

or a

jjddifcn.

ditional pipe to water-works.

even footer than the abfence of

a large quite.

EYGHT.

or

fo ARE.

Ckp.micrs.

and liquors, is
and dcnlity, or

is

Skinner, to be corrupted from

fmall ifland in a river.

The
is

ALA

ALA

The

ancients ufed

boxes for perfumes.

it

to

make

Savary.

n.f.
;

as,

[from the French a

crier a I'arme, to

I'arine,

call

to

arms.]
l.

cry by which

men

are

fummoned

to

arms; as, at the approach of an

enemy.
When the congregation is to be gathered togetheir

ther,

alarm

you

(ball

bluw, but you ihall not found an

Humbert

God

Al, A
himfelf is with n> for our csptain, and h i
with founding trumpets, to cry alarm
fridf
2 Ciron. xiii. iz.
gainft you.
The trumpets loud clangour
Excites us to arms,
With thrill notes of anger,
And mortal alarms.
Dr*il.-r..
Taught by this llroke, renounce the wars alarms,
And learn to trembit at the name of arms.
.

cry, or notice, of any danger approaching ; as, an r.larm of fire.

3. Any tumult or difturbance.
Crowds of rivals, for thy mother's charms,

*.

Thy

palace

fill

with infuitj and

To
To

J.
i.

dlai

both for the deed, and for the caufc

ALAS THE DAY.

day

Al~> tti Jay ! I never gave him caufe.

Stalnff.
Alas a day ! you have ruined my poor ni
y-m hive made a pap in her reputation; and cnn

you blame her,

if {hi

make

it

up with her hufbar.d

;>y time !
All as :hc (licep, fuch

inttrjeH.

Ah!

May

when

pleafure charms.

lifted

hands, alarm'd the feas below. DryJin.

ALA'RMBELL. n.f. [from alarm and tell.'}

The bell that is rung at the approach of
an enemy.

Dryden.

MING,

[from

particip, adj.

Terrifying ; awakening
as, an alarming mefiage

alarm.'}

furprifing

an alarming

happen.

ALA'RUM.

n.f. [corrupted, as

from alarm.

See

it

feems,

ALARM.]

Noware ourbrows bound with victorious wreaths,

Our bruifed arms hung up for monuments,
Our ftern alarums chang'd to merry meetingj.
Staktffcart.

Almatro might better bear,

She

fcts a

And

loud or gentle, harlh or fwect,

but th* alarums which th: ;

Are

drum

at either ear

To ALA'RUM. v.
alarm.]

See

a.

One whofe

to have reafon
to fuftain

we

Sbalcfpean.

interjeQ. [helas, Fr. tylaes,

Dutch.]

ufe it of ourfelves.
yet, alat!

but yet, aim

our haps be but

Sidney.

from the grave we claim

*Thou but preferv'fl a form, and 1 a name. Pope.
2.
word of pity, when ufed of other persJliis,

h >w

little

jlkt! poor Protheus, thou

3.

wftrd of forrow

Sbaktfp.

and concern, when

ufed of things.
Thus faith the Lord God, Smite with

hri(t,,and Ca-np with thy foot, and fay, Alas!

all UK evil abominatloai of die jioulc of lira. i.

/vr

And

fits high in all the people's hearts;

that which would appecrr offence in ui,

he

Sbakeff.

it, albeit

he

is

fure

All

Donne*

kind of mixed metal ufed

and kitchen utenfils.

2.

in-

Sojib's Serimrs.

[albugo, Lat.]

yalias Cxfir.

Compared to this,
honour's mimick, all wealth alclymy.
for fpoons,

White aicbynty is made of pan-brafs one pound,

and arfenicum chrec ounces ; or alclymy is made
of copper and auripigmentum.

Re-

I opened it by incifion, giving vent firft to an

albugintous, then to white concocted matter: upon

which the tumour funk.

Put

ALBUGO,

altugiram part thereof.

Brwan's fulgar Erroun.

They

ffifeman's Surgrry,

difeafe in the
[Lat.]
eye, by which the cornea contrails a
whitenefs.
The fame with leucoma.
A'LBURN COLOUR, n.f. See AUBURN.

n.f.

Dryden.

city,

though

grei-n, will give a red

Br(,ivi:*s l/u.'ljr

to

Quincy.

be reduced into <j/r?s/,

ch;m:!r fpcak, or an impalpable powder,
the particles a, id intercepted fpacci will be exIf the

fame

(hall

fj't

as the

B-yle*
tremely lirffened.
Sal volatile oleofum will coagulate the feruni on
account ui tlie alabtl, or rectified fpirit which it
Arbutbsyt*
contains.

ALCOHOLIZA'TION.
The act of
///.]
tifying fpirits

n. /.

[from alcobo-

alcoholizing or recor of reducing bodies

an impalpable powder.
Ta A'LCOHOLIZE. v. a. [from alcoht>l.~\
i
To make an alcohol ; that is, to recto

tify fpirits till they

are wholly dephleg-

mated.

root ui nUanna,

lating

Arabick term

der.

acid liquors.

The

/ An

n.

high rciflified
dephlegmated fpirit of wine, or for any
thing reduced into an impalpable pow-

firft

Du Can c.
by the Saracens.
ALCANNA, n. f. An Egyptian
the leaves making a
ufed in dying
yellow, infufed in water, and a red in
inltituted

the founding aJcbymy,

Mhttr.'! ParjJife
L'Jl

ufcd by chymifts for a

ALCA'ID.

Shuns me, and, with a grim civility,

Bows, and declines my walks..
z. In Spain, the judge of a

mtmths

A'LCOHOL.

n.f. An Arabick word, to

exprefs an univerfal diflblvent, pretended to by Paracelfus and Helmont.
n. f.
[from al, Arab. ai.J
TpTp, the head.]
In Barbary, the governour of a caille.
Th' alcaid

to their

herald's voice exf.-lain'd.

By

A'LCAHEST.

L. adj.

akhymy

Errcart.

[from akb*;my."\ Re;

produced by al-

2.

To

comminute powder

till it is

wholly

without roughnefs.

A'HORAN.
The book

n. f,
[al
oi the

and kcrau, Arab.]

Mahometan

precepts,

and crcdenda.

chymy.
'1

thine

truth to no-.

Baccn't Ptj/iia! RtKalxs*

bid cry,
With trumpets regal found, the great refult:
Tow'rds the four winds, four fpeedy cherubim*

lijgs will fieeze in the

AI.CH Y'MICA

haft entertain' d

fox to be the (hepherd of thy lambs.

all

thing.

fembling the white of an egg.

fr.iin.

fons.

trees

hard haps.

nothing

art,

His countenance, like richtfr. alcbymy,

Will change to virtue and to wortliinefs.

enough
fome lefs, though yet considerable,
adj.

is

and bringeth, in the end,

lifteth,

eyes,

convenience by his fo doing.

i.

word expreffing lamentation, when

But

more dangerous than ;(m

which changeth the meaning of
v/.jids, as o/i/jwy doth, or would do, the IUDmaketh of any thing what it
ftance of metals
There'

deluding

mood,

Arabian

to decline

ALBUGI'NEOUS.

ALARM.

like a glioft.

important operations.

Prior.

[corrupted from Te

Withered murder

ALA'S.

tears, as faft as the

fublime and occult part of

chymiltry, which propofes for its object
the tranfmutation of metals, and other

Their medicinal gum.

Statteffeare.
He, who has a probable belief that he (hall
meet with thieves in fuch a road, thinks himf.'ll

( Alarum d by his fentinel the wrlf,

Whofe howl's his watch) thus with his Healthy pace

Moves

This very thing is caufe furficient, why duties

belonging to each kind or virtue, ailt'-.t the law of
reafjn teach them, ih.vjld, notwithftandirg, be
Ilwker.
prefcrib^d even by human law.
Albeit unufed to the melting

Arab, and

a!,

[of

n.f.

The more

1.

he fuffer fleep nnce thitherward

Approach, aibt his drowfy 4en was next.
Spcnfcr.

pain.

ALA'RMPOST. n.f. [from alarm and poft.~\

The poft or place appointed to each body
of men to appear at, when an alarm
(hall

A'LCHYMY.

Ne woi/d

Drop

Th" alarm/>ell rings from our Alhambra wall,

And, from the ftreets, found drums and auballes.
Al. A'R

liquors into inviftble p.\rts, yet may prefently be

precipitated, fo as to appear in it* o..n form.

fhould be.

diftarb in general.
His fun, Cup.iv i, brufli d the briny flood j
Upon his ftern a brawny Centaur itood,
Who hcjv'd a rock, and threat'ning ftill to throw,

Kmg yd*.

Grew.

ALA'TE. adv. [from a and

To

With

Staltiff.

Every alcbymift knows, that gold will cnduie

fire f< r a long time witho t
any
change ; and after if has been divided by corr.fr. s
a vehement

Sftnftr.

Tickill.

4.

'I " lulemnize this

day, the glorious fun
Stays in his c urfe, and plays the A'i'urning, with fplenduur of his precious eye,
The meagre cloJdy earth to glittering gold.

>

late.] Lately;
no long time ago.
ALB. n.f. [album, Lat.] A furplice ; a
white linen vellment worn by priefts.
laifo. [a coalition of the words
3. To furprife with the apprchenfion of ALBE.
ALBE'IT. j all be it fo. Skinner.} Alany danger.
When rage mifguides me, or when fear alarm!,
though ; notwithltauding ; though it
When
pain diftreffes, or

alchymy.} One
the i'cience of

alchymy.

!c and wan he was

(a'.ai tbt -while!)
teem he lov'J, or else fome care he tfolc.

a.

an enemy.
The wafp the hivo alarms
With louder hums, and with unequal aims.

Cumdtn,

A'LCHTMIST. n.f. [from

who purfues or profefTes

un-

was the (hcphcrd's look

Luliy would prove \taktyjr.ically.

Raymond

Congrevt.

THE WHILE.

AT. AS

[from alcly.

In the

meal.}

Drytlia.

Ah, unhappy

intcrjeB.

adv.

manner of an alchymiit;
by means cf akhy my.

Milter..

a'.arf.-.

[from alarm, the noun.]

call to arms.
dillurb ; as, with the approach of
<v.

Aim

for pity nf this

bloody field 5
Piteous indeed mufi be, when I, a fjiii',
Can h.ivc tj fort a fenfe of human its.

Pofc't

ALA'R w.

"fa

A L C

A L C

r, >i

he rofc-n->ble, then current for

fix

(hilling-

and eight pence, the alchymifts d,i alh..

unwritT'.-n
n ;dr- by pr ;r
\iil uf Ka^nionJ Lully in tintower ol London.
Lamdct:'i Rmair.s.
(fl

It this would fatisfy the confcience, we

not only take the p v efent covens-it, but the
to the- cojnul of Trent; yea, and
ar.J i'.vc.lr to m3'iKa>n and J*J>:

.';

-.

of them*

Smukr/tit

0fain/}

tbe Gai

ALCO'VS.

ALE

ALE
ALCO'VE.

n.f. [alcota, Span.]

hot water, and then fermenting the

quor.

re~cefs,

or part of a chamber, feparated by an

eftrade, or partition, and other corre-

Do

You mull be feeing chriftenlngs.

for ale and cakes here, you rude rafcals

fpondenc ornaments in which is placed

a bed of Hate, and fometimes feats to
;

entertain company.
Treiioux,
The weary'd champion lull'd in foft alcoves,
The n blf:!t boaft of thy rom^pt'ck groves.
Oft, if the muff preface, thai) tie be feen
Rol'am nda fitting o'er the green,
Jn dreams be haU'd by heroes' mighty (hades,
A .d hear old Ci.aucer warble through the glades.

By

Ttckeli.

ahvue the prince was laid,

Deep
And fiept beneath the pompous co!on:*aJe.
Pope's OJyfy.
A'LDE R. n. f. [alma, Lat.]
tree havin a rich

ing leaves reiembling thofe of the ha-

male flowers, or karkins, are

produced at remote diitances from the
fruit, on the fame tree ; the fruit is
fquamofe, and of a conical figure. The
zel

the

ALE

The

you loo

And

ufed

And

Vou referable perfectly the tvs> aL-'eouJe-tcefifs

in Holland, who were at the fame time
burgomafters of the town, and taxed one another's bill'.;

the neighbourhood, from old records

proverbs drawn from Whirfon lords,

all

A'LEBERRY.

n. f. [from ah and berry.

beverage made by boi'.ing ale wit
fpice and fugar, and fops of bread :

aliterries,

made

hour the gior, a various fylvan fcene

Appear'd around, a-.d groves of living green
Poplars and ald,n e er quivering play'd,

And nodding

An

ale.

cjprefs form'ii a fragrant (hade.

Poll's Odyffy.

ALDERLI'EVEST.
abler,

adj.fuferl. [from aid,

old, eider, and lieve, dear, be-

which has held

loved.] Moll beloved
the longeft pofleffion of the heart.
The mutual conference that my mind hath had,
In courtly company, or at my beads,
With you, mine aljcrlleveft fovereign,
;

Makes me

the bolder.

A'LDERMAN.

H<my

Sbattfp.

n. f.

VI. p.

[from aid,

man.]

The fame as fenator, CmuM. A governour or magiftrate, originally, as

1.

name

the

chofen on account

imports,

of the experience which

ven him.

his

age had gi-

Tell him, myfeif, the

mayor, and alJtrmin,
Are come to have fame confrence with his trace.
Sbakrjpcare.

Though mv own aljermn conferr'd :n_

To me committing their eternal praife
;

Their f:i!l-fc,l heroes, their

pacifiVlc miy'rs,
Their annual trophies, and their monthly wars.
Pope's Dunciad.

2.

In the following
paffage
improperly ufed.
But

if the
t.umjiet's

it

is,

I think,

clangour you abhor,

Tlief-, and many more, fuflfered death, in envy

to th?:r virtues and
fuperiour genius, which em-

(wanting an

aldtr-

manly dif.-reti.jn) to attempt fervice out of the

T>n I-,.rms.
Swift's MifecL'jaM.
i)

UN.

adj.

[from alder.]

Made

of

alder.
.

ALR.
i.

at-'tm boats

firft

decayed citizens.
n.f. [perhaps from ale, and
The name of an herb.
coftus, Lat.]

Dia.

ALE'CTRYOMANCY, -or AI.E'CTOROMANCY. n. f. \a,\iput and

four.]

by

ale,

[from ale and eager,

a kind of acid made
as vinegar by wine, which has
n. f.

Sour ale

lod its fpirit.

A'Lrr. ER. adj.

Fr. alacrit, Lat.]

fprightly : a word not

\_allegrt,

Gay chearful
now ufed.
;

ttacon'i

'

A'LE HOOF.
head.]

Natural

Hiftory.

[from alt and hoopb,

Groundivy, fo called by our
n. f.

or groundivy,

in

is,

plow'd the ocran.

Afjv'j fiirii.

we have among

tue, of any plants

my

opinion, of

us.

Tanfle.

A'I.EHOUSE. n. f. [from ale and hcufe,]

A honfe where ale is publickly fold ;
a tipling-houf". It is diftinguilhcd from
a tavern, wiicre
they

Th

Why

(hould

fell
:

n.f.

[eale, Sax.]

made by

infufing

malt in

diftilled,

convolutions in a tub of water;

the vapours are- condenfed, and

is

in.

fumes, comes

rarefied

into invifible

not changed into

valours, yet

it

Scattered into

minute

parts

hut only

air,

which meeting toge-

before.

Eyle.

ALE'NGTH.

[from a for at, artd>

length.] At full length; along ; ftretched
along the ground.
ALE'RT. adj, \alerte, Er. perhaps from
alacrti, but probably from a I'art, ac.

ad<v.

cording to art or rule.]

In the military fenfe, on guard ; watchful ; vigilant ^ ready at a call.
In the common fenfe, briik ; pert ;
petulant ; fmart ; implying forne
degree
of cenfure and contempt.

I faiv an a/en
young fellow, that cocked his
hat upon a friend of his, and accofted him,
the
olJ
Well, Jack,,
prig is dead at lift.

Add'tjan, SpcHatar.

The
n.f. [from alert.]
quality of being alert ; fprightlinefs ;
pertrtefs.

That

common

aJcrtnifs and unconcern

life, a campaign or two

for matters

would

of

infallibly

^ive:i Mm.
MJifa, Sfcfiarcr.
A'I.ETASTER. n.f. [from ale and tajler.]

have

An

officer

appointed in every court leer,,

to look to the affize and the
goodnefs of bread and ale, or beer,
within the precin&s of that lordfhip.

and fworn

L'LEVAT. n.f. [from ah and <vat.]

tub in which the ale is fermented.
<V'LEW. n.f.

wine.

Clamour;

The-

Not

outcry.

ufe.

:ous inn,

h;d-fav u.-'d g.-isr'

Mg'd in, thcc,
is become an
eleboufe gueft ?
!>

One would think

it

Shukefpeart
(hould be nn eafy matter to

with an ale.bf>itfc\
much fenfe as feeing and Ir
aimu 't to j there bcin^ fuch ftron^ encounters of
bo' i, as wauld
qu ckly lend him packing, did not
th- -ovr of
good fellowfliip reconcile to thefe
(*>nfc

in love

liquor

be

in.,

'
.

.When triumph

bring
indeed of f>

to

ALE'RTNESJ.

Coffee, the roct and lenf hetle, and leaf tobacco.

of which the Turks are great takers, d.i all condcnfc the Ipirits, ar.J make them ftrong and ah.

K er

ther in the alcmbicl, or in the receiver, do

preferrtly return into fuch water as they conftituteJ

Divination by a eock.

A'I-EGAR.

the moft excellent and moft

genera! ufe and vir-

alderman.

A'L

aa finecores for

A'LECOST.

Jttebvtf,

A'L DTP. MANLY, adv. [from

aldcrtnua.]
Like an alderman ;
belonging to an

in exigencies

now regarded only

anceftors, as being their chief inAn herb.

gredient in ale.

DryJ. Juiit Sat.

them,

are

a tippler; a word,

what entered the pipe

out in drops.
Though water may be

con.

Saxon

And dare not be an alderman of war,

Take to a Diop, behind a counter lie.

bo. Jencd

and

of London, whofe
bulinefs is to infpeft the rr.eafures o
Four of them are cho
publtck houfes.
fen or rechofen annually by the common-hall of the city ; and, whatever
might be their ufe formerly, their places
officer in the city

ii.

old, and

many
here

ale

and a concavewhich the fumes

arife by the heat ; this cover has a beak
or fpout, into which the
vapours rile,
and by which they pafs into a ferpentine pipe, which is kept cool by
making
ftance

liked by moft of our ale-brrwcrs

A'I.ECOKNER. n.f. [from

pot- companion
out of ufe.

clofely fitted on, into

at the

i.

ufed by turners, and will endure

long
under ground, or in water.
MJler.

Sm'tft.

veffel ufed in diftiln.f.

ling, confiding of a veriel placed over
a fire, in which is contained the fu'o-

The common cr roundBeaumont

leaved alder. 2. The long-leaved alder. A'LE-BREWER. n.f. [from ah and brew
One that profefles to brew ale.
Thefe trees de3. The fcarlet aider.
er.~\
The fummer-made maifbrews ill, and is dif
The wood is
light in a very moitt foil.
fpecies are,

to

/. [from ale and knight. ]

ALE'MBICK.

in conversation.
cawdles, porTets, each one,

milking pale,
But what are cornpofed of a pot of good

The old alc!i.,i%hts of England were well depainted by Hanville, in the alehoufe-colours- of
thar time.
Camdin.

word now only ufed

Their

now

wakes and a!es,

With country precedents, and uld wives tales,
We bri ng you now.
Be n 'Joxfa
their authorities *t

Syllibubs

Later

alternately.
i

Of antick

Pofc.

[from alethat keeps ale-

n. f.

He

keeper.]
to fell.

A'L E K N G H T

places.

And

publkkly

countr

in

and

koufe

foil

merry-meeting

anf.v'ring ginfliops fourcr fighs return.

A'LEHOUSE-KEEPER.

in grain, and its beir

not proper for vines, put th? Egyptians upon diink
ing alt, of which they were the inventors.

thec each gilHioufe-

aliliouje,

mourn,

Siultfptan's Henry VII

of the

fertility

each

Ti-.sc flull

South.

Spenfer.

'LEWASHED.

adj. [from ale and wajh.]

Steeped or foaked in ale : not now in-

ufe.

What

a beard of the general's cut, and a horrid

fuit of the

camp,

will

and alewapicd wits,

is

do am >ng funraing batdes

woudcrtul to
tfcc
1>

on-

^'LEWIFE. n.f. [from ah and

woman

Stakclf.caj-1..

wife'.]

A-

that keeps an alchonfe.

Perhaps

A L

A LG
ill
fwagger and heflor, and th'ea'.en
butcher an al;iu'.f<, or take the goods
by force, and throw them down the bad halfpence.
Lelttrt.
Stvift'i Drjfer's

A'i.EXANDERS. n.f.

Lat.]

[fmj/rnium,

The name of a plant.

A'LEXANDER'S-FOOT.

the height at which

Trrvoux. Chambers.

the French, of twelve and thirteen fyllables, in alternate couplets ;

and, among us, of twelve.

the Emjliili heroic of five feet, and to the French

jtlactnirim of fix.
Drydcr..
Then, at the lad and only couplet, fi aught

like a

That,

thing they

wounded fnake, drags

ALEXIPHA'RMICK.
fa^axox.]
;

thought,

flow length

its

Pope's Ejjay in Criiicijm.

along.

oifon

call a

A^xan^r.ne ends die fong,

adj.

[from

That which

antidotal

XI|EV and

drives

away

antidotal quality it may have, fince not

a deer
only the bone in the heart, but the horn of

[from

aAi^i'i).]

,or ALEXITE'RICK.^'.
That which drives away

which refills fevers.

A'LGATES. adv. [ from all and gate. Siinand ftill
Gate is the fame as <via
jter.
poifon

When

And
'1

with the

f.iH

his leg

iut, fjr a fpace, there

opp/e(Vd

muft he

fell,

;
by others, from
lgehijla, a bonefetter ; by Menage, from
filgiabarat, the restitution of things bro-

A peculiar kind of arithmetick,

]
which takes the quantity fought, whether it be a number or a line, or any
other quantity, as if it were granted,
and, by means of one or more quantiken.

ties
till

fome power thereof, is found to be equal to fome quantity

or quantities which are known, and confcquently itfelf is known. This art was

lawgiver cjndemned the perfon,, WB l.tt

divifnns dangerous to the government, ai
ali'ns to the community, and therefore tu br cut
'

off

from

jfLGOR.

An alien is one born in a ftrange country, and

A
bnrn out o!' the land,
never enfranchifed.
fn it be within the limits beyond die fcas, or of
Englilh parents out of the ktng'i obedience,
the pare.us, at the time of the birth, be of the
If one, born out
king's obedience, is not alien.
of the king's aikgia-icc, cume and dwell in Engh
s
children
he
land,
(if
be,;et any here) are not
C.-.-cell.
aiiens, but denifons.

mm

chill.

n.f.

[Lat.]

A'I.GORISM.

7 "

Arabick

/:

words,

fix

If the fonaficn l.mds, and then repurchaf: them

in fee, the rules of defcents are to be ob-

ferved, as if he W're the o;icinal purchafer.

Hale* I Hijlory of Cwr.

2.

Toeftrange;

are ufed to imoperations of arithmetick, or

the fcience of numbers.

[from algor,

adj.

tremely cold
A'LIAS. adv.

chill.

Di3.
ExLat.]
Dil.

thing the property of an-

again

A'LGORITHM.} which
ply the

a. \_aliencr, Fr. aliena, Lat.]

i>.

To make any
other.

Extreme cold;
DiB.

chilnefs.

Aldijin, Freeholder.

it.

In law.

2.

That
Di3.

tion

to

to turn the

make

averfe

dilquicteJ,
totally alur.td

the prince was

or inclination to,

A'

t'ie

mind

frtjr. all

to

C'ai

marriage.

EN ABLE. adj. [from To alienate.]

That of which the property may be
i.

transferred.
Land is alieitatle, and trcafure is tranfitory, and
both muft pafs from him, by his own voluntary

I.

A'LIBLE.

atij.

nouriihing

Lat.] Nutritive;
or that which may be nou-

[alililis,

A'LIEN.

adj.

by fate,

Of his young

2.

her own.

Dryden.

progeny, he fecks

In^l rious (hclter in an alien land.

Flil'.fs.

Eftranged from ; not allied to ; adverfe to: with the particle from, and
fometimes to, but improperly.

2.

To
fire,

declare

my mind

to

the difciples of the

by a fimilitude not alien from their profeflion.

Byte.

The fcntimrnt that a'ifes, is a conviction of

the deplorable ftate of nature, to which fin reduced us ; a \ve.ik, ignorant creature, alien frvtj
God and goodnefs, and a prey to the great deftnr. er,
Rugtr^s Sermons.

from the Perfians, and the Perfians from

The firft Greek author of

was Diophantus, who, about the

the Indians.

perfons and principles, alien

religion and government, in order to
(trengthcn their faction.
S^cift's Mifcellanies.

They encouraged

firm our

A'LIEN.
I.

n.f.

[alienus, Lat.]

A foreigner; not a denifon

of another country or family
allied

a ftranger.

a'irnateri,

unknown

ths leaves

From native fill

ton from the tender'embrace

guiltlefs

transfer the property of

any thing

countries of the Tu: ks were once OhrifV.in,

and members of the church, and where the golden
candk-fticks did fund, tin, ugh now they be utterly

land.

I'.xil'd

To
The

[alienus, Lat.]

The mither plant admires

Of alien trees, and apples not

Letters.

alitita,

to another.

Foreign, or not of the fame family or

1.

Lat.]
1.

Dia.

rifhed.

that

thoughts of,

as, Simchange their names

aft, or by the violence of others, or at leaft
Smith^,c/w Baker that is,
Dinrit's
.To A' IE NATE. ii. a. [a!iener,PT.
otherwife Smith, etbcru-ije Baker.

them

fon, alias

Li:ltr.

or affec-

with from.
when he found

The king was

Latin word,' fignify ing

ot
otbenuijf ; often ufed in the trials
criminals, whofe danger has obliged

in
among the Arabs, long before
it came into this part of the world ; and
they are fuppofed to have borrowed it

by Victa, Oaghtred, Harriot, Defcartes,

Sbckiftt.trr.

The

[from algor, Lat.]

which produces cold.
adj.

fupply'd,

idle in

1.

at leaft

In
year 800, wrote thirteen books.
1494, Lucas Pacciolus, or Lucas deBargos, a cordelier, printed a treatife
of algebra, in Italian, at Venice. He
fays, that algebra came originally from
the Arabs. After feveral improvements

Of all

ToA'nEN.

is

an alien to the heart!

the court and princei of my blo?d.

Dicl.

ufe

algebra,

by thy younger brother

Chil-

given, proceeds by confequence,

the quantity at firft only fuppofcd to

be known, or

Cold;

Dai'iet on Ireland*

John

art almoft

ALCI'DITY. In./, [from algid.]

A'LCIDNESS. j nefs ; cold.

n.f.

from grfr, parchment

Dia.

dwell.
aigatis

[an Arabic word of

uncertainetymology ; derived, by fome,
from Gcbcr the philctbpher ; by fome,

And

ffatts's L:^iet-

[a/?/V<w,Lat.]

Sir

place in council thou halt rudely loft,

Thy
Which

is

irutical forms.

fo fjvc,

Sbaktff. JUenl: if ftai.e,

were not only accounted a/ietts,
as it was no capital offence to kill

Iriih

but enemies, fo

as,

[from algebra.}

any dead body

A'LGID.M'.

Fairfax.

A'LGEERA.

The mere

as, an algebraical

them.

ALGO'SE.

Nor hiri th" boad.T ever rifen more,

Eut thit Rcnaldo's horfc ev'n then down

algtbra .]

found in England,
no algebraifl or unciphe/er can ufe more fubtlc
demonftration or cipher,
fuppofitions, to find the
than every unconcerned perfon doth to find the
Gr JUKI'S Bills cf Mortality.
murderers.
anaConfining themfelves to the fynthetitk and
and algebraifs,
lytick methods of geometricians
they have too much narrowed the rules of method,
as though every thing were to be treated in marhe-

ufed for<u'<y in the Scottifh dialeil.] On

any terms ; every way : now obfo1-te.

n.f.
the
perfon that underilands or pra&ifes
fcience of algebra.

that

f
L

ALGEBRA'IST.

Brown's Vulgar Ernurs.

a'.exifbarmick.

Shall feize on half his goods.

Containing operations of algebra

an algebraical computation.

2.

that which oppofes

Some

is

ICAL.

In whomfoever theft thing

are, the church
doth acknowledge them for her childrm ; them
only (he holdcch for alum and (tranters in whom
Hester,
thcfc thingt are not found.
If it be prov'd againft an alien,
He fecks the life of any citizen,
The party, 'gainft the which he doth contrive,

treatife.

Our numbers

fhoulu, for the moft part, be

For variety, or rather where the majefty
lyrical.
Of thought requites it, they may be ftrrtthed to

Relating to algebra

i .

among

nccdlefs

Swift.

thirty (hillings.

kind of verfe
n.f.
borrowed from the French, firft ufed in
poem called Alexander. They confcft,

art to

th'u

continues.

would furely require no very profound (kill in

in
elytra, to reduce the difference of ninepence

ALGEBRA

With fome unmeaning

it ftill

It

The name ALCEBRA',C,C.

n.f.

of an herb.

ALEXA'NDRIKE.

Newton brought

Sir Ifaac

ben and

to

A L

man

one not

and no Chriftians

Bacon.

To

withdraw the heart or affe&ions-:

with the panicle from, where the firfl
is mentioned.
pofleilbr
The manner of men's writing muft not al'mttt
our hcarty/-w the truth.
Be it never fo true w hich we teach the world to
,
yet it" once their affections b-gin to be
alienated, a fmall thing pcifuadeth
their opinions.

them

to

change
Ht*eker

His eyes furvey'd the dark idolatries

Milton 't Paradfi Ltfl.
Judah.
Any thing that is apt to difturb the w^rlj, and
to alienate the affections of mtn frcm one another,
fuch a. crofs and diiUfleful hurujurs, is either eprcMy, or by clca; conference and deduction, lorb.dden in tlic New TefUment.
Tillvtfc*.
Her mind was quite alienated frotti the honcft
C.ilrilian, whom (he was t.iu^lit to look upon as a

Of alienated

formal old fellow.

A'LIENATE.

;-!

adj. [aliena/us, Lat.]

drawn from; ftrangerto: with

With-

the par-

ticle f,r.m.

The Whigs

are

damnably wicked

for the death of the qu.cen

;
impatient
ready to gratify their

ambitio*

A L

A L

roliition ar.d revenge by all defperate methods;

wholly alienate fr.m truth, law, religion, mercy,
conference, or honour.
Sivift's Mifcellanics.

This ordinance was

to fall upon.
But Itorms of ltoi.es from the proud temple'*

falling

ind for excluding

all

4.

Antriary

Tie

outward force and impulfion, thcu t:h not

Let us unite

ri(hment

we

ren overwent with

i'o fair a morrow
he'i r.-i'js

faft,

From

iow.
r.:U.

falihran, Sax. nf-lich-

The word

flop.

implies the idea of deJtntKng ; as, of a

bird from the wing ; a traveller from
his horfe or carriage ; and generally of
refting or flopping.
There ancient night arriving, did at
Frcm her high weary wa n;.
S^ueen.
There is alMud it your gate
it

goeth on.
Ilcrhtrt.

When

with his hoi is, he

walks

til!

Dttibam.

When

night;

iie\cr wili aiigr'.

Drdalu!, 10

fly

the Cretan (hore,

ted pinions bore

To the Cumca". C'-all

And here aligbt'.ng built

.it

When

he

wa

A
1.

t.

admoniiT^ed by his (ubjeft to degen'ly, and circlinR in

When

finiih'd

viflors from th-ir

Like them difmounted

The

was the

figl.t,

lufty fteed^ ali/ti;

all the warlike tra n.

Dryden.

Should

human

a f^irit

of fupcriour rank, a ffrangcr to

nature, alight upon tie

of us be ?
Md\y,r,,

VOL.

I.

t teiau,r.

Smun's

ME'NTARY.

adj. [from a/e.] Refembling ale

having qualities of ale.

Stirring it and beating

the fwect
talte.
alijb

A'LITURE.
ALI'VE.
1.

That which has

I

evm

Of

Nor

Pbi/ifs

Dili.

the quality of aliment,

a fattening

11

Hi

nips and

are

well alive, nor wholly dead

they were,
faint figns of feeble life appear.
Dryden
youthful kings in battle feiz'd alive,

virgins

who

their

charms fuivive.

In a figurative fenfe, unextinguifhed

undeftroyed ; acTlve ; in full force.

Thofe good and learned menhadreafon to wifh,

proc'.-ivlinijs might be favoured, and the
good affection of futh .15 inclined toward them, kept
that their

alive.

3.

Hooter.

Cheerful
Sl\e

was not

fprightly

much

Jo

full

of alacrity.

allvi the wliole

day, if (he

more than fix hours.

Clarffi.
4. In a popular fenfe, it is ufed only to
add an ewiphafis, like the French Ju
taonde ; as, the
he/I man alive ; that is,
the tejl, with an emphafis.
This fenfe
has been long in ufe, and was once ad(lept

mitted into ferious

writings, but

merely ludicrous.
And to thofe brethren
And unto

is

now

faid, rife, rife by-live,

battle do yourfelves addicfi ;

For yonder comes the prowelc knight alive,
Prince Arthur, flower of grace and nobi'efs.

Fairy Queen.

anirr,

>
particles, to cop.vey and
to tht fevcral pnrts of the bodv.
Ray on lli Cie..t:;a.

alimentary roots, fome

Ditf.

Pope.

~\

do not think that w.it;r lupplies

plants, with n*uriuSmcnt, bat

tnem

Nourifh-

/. [alitura, Lat.]

[from a and live.']

In the ftate of life ; not dead.

power of nourilhing.

diftr.bntc

the yeaft, gives it

Mortimer's Hufkardiy.

But fome

2.

[from aliment.
That which belongs or relates to aliment.
The folution of the aliment by maftication is

or the

adj.

Not
Not fcornful

'jtrfatblut on A!in:er.'.i.

2.

down

inent.

Vulg. Erroun.

adj.

four times,

A'LISH.

Lc

or of affording nourifhmcnt.
1. 1

nutrit:
:-\'

the fun in

neccdiry; without it, the aliment could no

pofed for the changes which it receives as it paffeth
through the alimentary dud.

came down

Like a lark n
and fioging to the ground.
out in her m- 'ir.ting, and continuing her fong til!
tor
a
(he afigtn ; ftih piepanng
higher flight at her
neit
Drydeti.

i>dv.

any corporeal converfion.

Drydtti! Mr.iui.
fcend, he

industrious,

when

ALIME'NTARINESS. n.f. [from alimen/'uy.] The quality of being.alimentary,

length he came,
this cortly

aHmirlal rccompenfe,

[from alimental.~\
for nourifhment.
The fubftance of gold is invincible by the pov,ertlihrt heat, and that not only
aiimentally in a
mutation, but alfo medicamentally in

the fure traveller,

(till

his foot he

Wh'.n TnrJihv-v. i-h

his

all

12.

12, becaufe, being taken

it will juft
icafure it.

That

aliment.']

making

A'LIQJJOT. adj. [aliquot, Lat.] Aliquot

parts of any number or quantity, fuch
as will exally meafure it without any
remainder as, 3 is, an aliquot part of

So as to ferve

cf Ponce.

"-i-;k.

alights fometimes,

[from

adj.

AMME'NTALLY.

young Venetian.
SUcknefi brer>j

jirliutbnct.

Forget not, at the foot of ev.-ry plant,

;k a circling french, and
daily p.,ur
A juft fupply of jtimtnta! dreams,
Exhauftca lap recruiting.

Tl.ough he

fait, fpice, vii

an aliquant of 10, thrice 3 being

9, four times 3

Brnvn.

Th'

down, and

diet;

Milicn't Pared. Left.

Except they be watered from higher regions,
thele weeds mult lofe their elsmental
fap, and wi-

Dutch.]

To come

which a humin creature

as, meat, diink; and fca-

ions.

Sperf'Si FJJ!

To ALI'GHT.

S'-fffis Stientijica.

which has the quality of aliment ; that

which nourimes ; that which feeds.
The fun, that light imparts to all, receives

this bitter

-v. n.

common

foning, as,

as, 3 is

up.Jerftand every thing

in

fo,

A'LIO^UANT. adj. \_aliquantus, Lat.] Parts

of a number, which, however repeated,
will never make up the number exaflly ;

as

All bodies which, by the animal faculties, can

be changed into the fiuidi and f, lids of on:
are called alimcr.ts.
In the largelt fcnfc, by e!'m:ext,
1

Uerwre they fettled hands and hearts,

or death them parts.
Hvfiibra*.
t'.Hninny

Till

Pi-fc.

it is di.lrii

G/anv:!/t'i

upon the account of any feparation from

him, provided it be not caufed by her
elopement or adultery. Ay life's Parcrg.

in place,

we are born daily: nor can we give an achow the aliment is prepared tar nutrition, or

ALIME'NTAL.

time now ni^heth

Th.--

lowed

Atterbary.

added to our Jubilance; and,

Confurrptiens,

tence of the ecclefiaftical court, is al.

to the wife for her maintenance,

(lave.

n.f. [alimentum, Lat.] Nouthat which nourimes ; nutri-

by what mechanifm

we

die,

count,

fitten

fin

n.f. [alimonia, Lat.] Alimony fignifies that legal proportion of

the hufband's eftate, which, by the fen-

Dryden.
an equal zeal for thoi'e
embrace,

at lead in

ment ; food.
New parts are

gotten.
Thomalin, why

tlc.rij ('y

A'LIMONY.

pleafe alike.

all

A'LIMENT.

of digeitii g

Two handmaids wait the throne alike

But difTring far in figure and in fate.

Di3.
winged.
Ti A I'G&E. <u. a. [from a, and lig, to
To lay ; to allay ; to throw
lie down.]
down ; to fubdue an old word even
in the time of Spenfer, now wholly for-

Jay

capital doctrines, which we all equally

and are alike concerned to maintain.

ALI'FEROUS. /iv#. [from ala andffro,La.t.]

Did.
Having wings.
ALI'GEROUS. adj. [aliger, "Lat.] Having

I.

tile

Paradifs Lc/l.

as in alienation ol

wings

fpirits, whereby they are incapacitated

the aliinrMiQus humours into fleih.

l.i.icih

as

Riches cannot refcue from the grare,

Which claims alike the monarch and the

mind,
and judgment*

ten,

darknefs

fl.ini.-di

All feafons, and their change,

yet without their wilisj

or any like inevitable utter abfence of wit

,t,

always

left

,_ch

in the

not from thee ; but the

the darknefs ar.d the
l'!~<:.'in cvxxix. II.
light are both elikt to tliee.
With rhee conversing, I forget all time ;

night

diforder
Applied to the mind, it means
of the faculties.
Some things are done by man, though not

Pi.ir.ts do nouiilh ; inanimate bodies do not: they

have an accretion, but no a/imcntuthi:.
Bjcon's Natural //i/vry.

With

The ftate of being nourifhed by afTimihuion of matter received.

as, the
ftate of being alienated
was wafted during its alienation.

is

without difference

adjective,

but in dark memrry, whit was the

and the tlisr.ati-.r. of hH
ground of his defection,
Bann.
from the king.
ll

quality of nourishing.

a!iglt.

like.']

n.f. [from aliment.']

affording aliment; the

The power of

fame manner ; in the fame form. In ALIMO'NIOUS. adj. [from alima>y.~\ That
which nourimes a word very little in ufe.
fome expreflions it has the appearance of
The plethora renders us iear-, by fup ji'elling our
an
an adverb.
but is

Change of affection.

3.

and

[iVnra a

ad--j.

refemblance

"J of property, hav;

changes
created new and great dependencies.
c
Atber.t and Horm.

The

I.

Dryden.

At I'KE.

G,it

ftate

helms

their

inao-

ftrangers.
State of Ireland
Sftoftr's
God put it into the heart ol one of our princes,
Her
fucceflbur
pafl'cu
to give a check to fic:i!e.;e.
a law, which prevented all future jli:r.atk'ns of the

L.

batter'd

I,

ALIMENT A'TION.
:.

Pour down, and on our

h revenues.

...t

maintenance of

tor the

:'.:

of any thing thrown or

2. It is ufed alfo

ALIEN A'TIOX. n.f. [alienaiio, Lat.]

k The aft of transferring property.
lands in

pulpy an.

'
\

Arb<.tla;t in Ailmtnls.

eft

The carl of Northumberland, who was the proud,

man al'nt, could nor look upon the deftruclion

of monarchy with any pleafure.

Clarethkx.
John was quick and underdood bufincfs, but no
man ,I//OT wiaiuurc carclcl:, in looking into his accntl

A'LKAHEST.

jfr/iuttxot.
.

/ A

word ufed

Srft

by

Parscelfus, and adopted by his followI

ers

ers, to

fignify an univerfal

diflblvent,
the power of re-

or liquor which has

folving all things

iato their

firft

prin-

alkali. ]

That

ciples.

'ALKALE'SCENT.

adj.

from

which has a tendency

of an alkali.
All animal diet

is

ALL.

Brutus

this

3.

plied. Arbutbuot on Aliments.] Any fubftance which, when

with acid,

That
alkali.}
which has the qualities of alkali.
Any watery liquor will keep an animal from
ftarving very long, by diluting the fluids, and confequently keeping them from an alkaline ftate.
People have lived twenty-four days upon nothing
but water.
Arbulbmt.
[from

To ALKA'LIZATE.

>v.

a.

To make

[from

4.

[from

ALL.
I

water,

is

it

How

is

an

And

of alkalizating,
bodies with alkali.

aft

A'LKANEI-.

/.

[froai alkali .]

or

ihade ; whence it is frequently called

in Latin by that name, with the addi-

3.

pelier.

The

chiefly

made at Mont-

grain, which gives

it

the

no where found fo
there.
Cbamken.

denomination,
plentifully as

is

is

Gay.

without any other

mod

king?,

who

love to

Only; without admiflion of any thing

elfe.

lord,

When I (nail wed,

mud take my plight,

whofe hand

ihall

carry
Half my love with him, half my care and duty.
Sure 1 {hall never marry like my filter,
To love my father all.
Sbakiff. King Lear.

tonfefiit alkermei

all one,

be in debt, are all for prefent

money, no matter
how they pay it afterward.
D*\.i.r,.

Chambers.
In medicine, a term

fugar, ambergreafe, mufk, cinnamon,

aloes-wood, pearls, and leaf-gold ; but
the fwcets are ufually omitted.
The

which

each other catch the doleful cry.

wholly

Sftnfcr.

5.

That

tent, here will I lie to-night;

?
Well, ail's, one tor that.

fometimes a word of emphafis

nearly the fame with juft.
It is

fhephcrd's fwain, fay, did thee bring,

All as his ftraying flock he fed ;

And, when

his honour hath thcc read,

Crave pardon for thy Uardylicad.
Spenjtr'l

Sbakifpeare*
fitter,
;

Lentulus

we have

our coming

bus'nel's.

is,

every thing

is

the

Jmfcr.

tetter, ibt

Milton.
that do not keep up this
indifferency for
but truth, put coloured fpeclacles before their
eyes, and look through falfe glades.
Locke.

They

all

4.

The

phrafe and all is of the fame kind.

They all fell to work at the roots of the tree,

and left it
wind laid
<">

fo
it

little foothold, that the firft blaft

of
fat upon the ground, neft,
eagles,

alt -

L'EJlrange.

torch, fnufF and all, goes out in a

in the vapour.

moment,

when dipped

Adetifon's

5.

Remarks

All is much ufed in

compofuion
in moll instances, it is

en Italy.
;

but,

merely arbitrary ;
as, all-commanding. Sometimes the words
compounded with it, are fixed and claf; as. Almighty.
When it is connefted with a participle, it feems to be

fical

a noun ; as,
all-jurrounding : in other
cafes an adverb; as, all -a
amplified, or
completely accomplifhed. Of thefc compounds, a fmall part of thofe which
may be found is inlerted.

ALL-BEARING,

adj.

[from n//and

That which bears every thing

bcar.~\

omni-

parous.

Thus

This

fenfe is
truly Teutonick, but now obfolete.
Do you not think th' accompli/hment of it
Sufficient work for one man's fimple head,
All were it as the reft but /imply writ.

4. Although.

Sbalefftare.

my

the Jitter.
Sceptre and pow'r, thy giving, I affume ;
And glad her (hall refigii, when in the end
Thou {halt be all in all, and I in thee,
For ever ; and in me all whom thou lov'fl.

Adjfin.

ctKifideration.
I am of the
temper of

That

n.f.
borrowed from the Arabs, denoting a
celebrated remedy, of the confidence of
a confeftion ; whereof the keraui berries are the bafis.
The other ingredients ar#
pippin-cyder, rofe-water,

ftar,

If e'er the mifer durft his

farthings fpare,
thinly fpreads them through the public fquare,
Where, all befide the rail, rang'd beggars lie,

tion or epithet of <vejicarium.

ALKE'RMES.

3.

title

the

fame,

Dry Jen.
remember he any where mentions ex-

Altogether

AH

Bern

He

And from

with

fifljt

or Kntfta.

nued blaze.

z.

fliall

Is not for falutation

of the firft-born, but all

along
keeps himfelf under the /belter of the indefinite
term, heir.
Locke.
Juftice may be furniihed out of fire, as far as her
fword goes ; and courage may be all over a conti-

The

we be news-cramm'd.
be the more remarkable.

mail

we

Up

fignifies

prefsly the

The

\anchufa, Lat.]

did

ground.

impregnating

name of a plant. This plant is a fpecies of buglofs, with a red root,

brought
from the fouthern parts of France, and
in
ufed
medicine.
Miller.
ALKEKKNGI. n. /. A medicinal fruit
or berry, produced by a plant of the
fame denomination ; popularly alfo called winter -cherry : the plant bears a near
refcmblance to Solanum, or Night-

Marcus

could call a comet a fixed

is

Md\jM

Al! the

Sbjkefpecre'i Coriolanus.

crittita,

But where to-morrow

Sbakefftare.

large confcicnce

I do not

fpent,

offuccefs.

Then

the fame with none.

Hudilras.
Balm, from a filver box diftill'd around,
Shall a/I bedew the roots, and fcent the facred

Style.

//"s

got without content.

Every thing.
better

Camden's Remains.

The colour of violets in their fyrup, by acid liquors, turns red, and, by urinous and aiHalizati,
turns green.
Nnuttm.

ALK ALIZA'TION../

2.

a<r).]

that all alone

one whhjlella

For a

being difiolved in hot

different, being of kin to that of other

is

Stahfpeart'i Macbeth.
mall ftudy, and no m-, re
engage
wiihes
for
uncritain age ;
flattering
more with fruitlcfs care, and Cheated ftrlfe,

fail

Cralhaw.

fworc fo loud,
That, all amaz'd, the prieft let fall the book.

difcovers,

Nought's had,
our defire

me

Edward's moiety >

Stakrfftan,

prcfent food, a:-.d but a future grave.

Friar.
Our all is at ftake, and irretrievably loft, if we

Venice.

Corioli gates.

The Saxons

her eyes on

ali not equals

But

deal of nothing,

infinite

in all

He

is all

will (he
yet debafe

me, whofe

love all ready forth to come.

Know, Rome,
Within

oppofed to part, or no-

fleeting pleafure through the maze of life

Finding the wretched all they here can have,

extent of place;

[See ALL,
completely.

my

Chace

Spenfer,

That

tlkalizatt (alts.

No

quantity, applied to dura-

Shake]f. Merchant cf Venue.

Quite

;>M.

The youth

Luckc.

which

And

On

of time.

ad-v.

thing.

Their

Graciano fpeaks

which has the qualities of alkali; that

which is impregnated with alkali./
The odour of the fixed nitre h very languid but
that

Tili'st/en.

alkali.']

alkali.]

only for the public good.

The whole

it

mere enforcement.

ALL. n.f.
The whole
1

Where

The whole

it

dialefls,

thought them fixpenct all too dear.

Dcut. v. I 3.
Political power, I take to be a
right of making
laws with penalties, and of
employing the force of
the community in the execution of luch
laws, ajvj
in the defence of the
commonwealth; and til ;hi.

more than any man

them.
adj.

Loft.

the aflurance

thole paftures chearful

fpring
Jill the year doth fit and
ling ;
And, rejoicing, I'miles to fee
Their green backs wear his livery.

bodies alkaline, by
changing
their nature, or by
mixing alkalies with

ALKA'LIZATE.

is

On

tion.
adj.

Miitm'i farad.

Teutonick

in
S<-';g
bbakefpeart.
Tell us what occafion of
import
Hath all fo long dctain'd you from your wife.

Being the whole quantity ; every part.

Six days thou {halt labour, and do all
thy work.

tion

mingled
produces effervefcence and fermenta-

A'LKALINE.

He

every one.

Sbake/f. Julius Cffar.

graze the herb all leaving,

great encouragement oi all,

of a future rewird.

they called/*/ kali, or alkali.

ap-

The

burnt to alhes, boiled them in water,

and, after having evaporated the water,
there remained at the bottom a white
;

number

Englifh what

in

in the other

particle of

Devour'd each other.

2.

was anciently

It

now

an honourable man ;
So are they all, all honourable men.

jirbutbna.

It is corrofive,
producing putrefaction
in animal fubflances to which it is

6.

Germ.

alle.

is

To

'

Dutch;

al,

Sxe-, Gr.]
1.
Being the whole

alkaltfctnt or anti-acid.

K. f.
[The word alkali comes
from an herb, called by the
Egyptians
kali ; by us,
glaflwort. This herb they

JEzl, calls, all*, Sax.

atf. [JEll,

Wellh;

oil,

to the properties

AT KALI.

fait

ALL

ALL

A L K

while he fpoke, the fovereign

plant he

drew,

VVhere on th'
all-bearing earth unmark'd

ALL-CHEERING, adj. [from

as the

grew,
Ptpt.

a//and cheer.]

That which gives gayety and

nefs to all.
Soon

it

cheerful-

all-cicerirg fun

Should, in the futheft

The

eaft, beg^n to draw

(hady curtains from Aurora's bed.
Sitatefp.

ALL-COMMANDING,
command.']

Having

adj.

the

[from

all

and

fovereignty over

all.

He

ALL
He now

3ol of glory, the

all-commanding

gold.
L L-co

fofe.]

ftiini

lead motion of
Being!
whofe will can create or deftroy a world ; pity us,
the mournful friends of thy diftrcfied firvant.

That

conquer.]

reft.

^mfojiag

[from

adj.

and

all

ALL-SEER,

every

adj.

Deftro)

all-confvmitg care
ftrength that time

perhaps the

The

fpare.

How

Popt.

Secure from flames, from envy's fiercer rage,

DeftrucYwe war, and all -devouring age.
Pope.
ALL-FOURS, n.f. [from all and

make

AM. HAIL.

By that

[from

This

all

and

ye fields, where conftant peace attends

All bail, ye facred, folitary groves

In.f. [from

all

and bal-

farewell,

All-ballmin Summer.

Sktkeff. Henry IV.

ALL-

n. f.
[See
term near All

HALLOWK.] The

faints,

of November.

firft

off the

bough about Allkalkiatidt,

and fet it in the ground, and

hire place,
grow to be a fair tree in one year.
Moron's Natural

ALL-HEAL,

which

-JUDGING,

n.f. [paanx, Lat.]

of ironivcrt

in the
will

it

H> pa:l p
Who kr iv.4 my

w'th horrour back,

urciched k-if, and curfc

we, who

repine
could no

an all-ln if:u'-r.^ t
:s

ing

we

Shall

benefits

at a little

way

/rinwers dovvnrvcry
on the unthankful and undef-rv,

-jry's Krrm'.iis.,

MAKING,
That created

adj.
all

[from all and K

omninck. See ALL-

SEE: t:o.

ALL-POWERFUL,

adj.

[from

all

and

to

n. /. [from allay.] That

which has the power of allaying or abat-

ALLA'YMENT,

ing the force of another.

It"

t'

ALLEGA'TION,
1.

Affirmation

2.

The

~*

declaration.

thing alleged or affirmed.

Hath he not

twit our fovereign lady here

?

Falfe allegations, to o'erthrow his Mate.

ac-

Sbakcfpcart's Hairy

An

3.

excufe

VI.

a plea.
mittcd no. means to
;

be informed of my
and I expect not to be excul'ed in any
negligence on account or' youth, want of leifure,
or any otlif.- lie
allegation!.
Pope.
I

one metal with another, to

for coinage. In this fenfe,

preserve

the

original
//y

fo as

to

pn-.i, ir.inant

commonly

It is
qualities.
fenfe contrary to

in

bad.
to abate.

fometriing bad,
to reprefs

v.

write

any thing to another,

ks original meaning, and

;

lef;,

is,

To

to

make

obtund

bri,ug,,t into the open air,

j/Ary the burning quality

Bring
I

n.f. [from allege.]

With ignominious words, though darkly coucht

As if ihe had fuborned Ibme to fwear

err u;rs

authors

To join
u.'cu

could temporize with rny affection,

Or brew it to a weak and colder palate,

The like a/la^rKt-nf would I give my r er

the

'

if,

-A!:CM

n.f.

French orthography, ami

See ALLOY.
2.

mifplac'd charity,

forefce the effect

are reputed allaycn of

and Avicen countermands letting blood
in cholerick bodies ; becaufe he efteems the blcod
a frtenum tills, or a bridle of gall, obtunding its
icrimony and nercenefs.
Harvry.

acrimony

Prior,

ALLANTO'IDES.

lot,

it fitter

moll
>w for

adj. [from all and i...

all-wife.

aX?z.-,

To mix
nuke

-KNOWING,

quality of allaying.
Phlegm and pure blood

Omnilcient

Rofcommtn.

trier.]

-,'.:

A:

or

Nrwtorfs Opticks*

AI.LA'YE*. n.f. [from allay.] The perfon or thing which has the power or

cording to law ; by others, from a/tier,

to unite
perhaps from allocare, to put

[from ^//andyV./^c.l
the fovereign right o;

ivift.] Pof-

law
according
quantity of met;/1s being mixed

fpecies

perNorris.

colours eafily fuffer a fenfible allay, by

fcattering light.

Allay being taken from bafer metals,

commonly implies fomething worfe than
that with which it is mixed.
The joy has no allay of jealoufy, hope, and fear,

3.

is

a la

from

fee.

crimes, has

way

every

gut, and i>!>&-, fhape.]

The urinary timick placed between the
amnion and chorion, which, by the
navel and urachus, or pafl'age by which
the urine is conveyed from the infant in
the womb, receives the urine that conies
out of the bladder.
^jiiiicy,
To ALLA'Y. v. a. [from alloyer, Fr. to
mix one metal with another in order to
coinage ; it is therefore derived by fome

(from

1.

my

is

adj. [from all and

of infinite wifdom.

ALLANTO'IS,

I !<yik

I detrfr

Dark
little

Hooter.

rllflvry,

judgment.
That

forjie

Hudibrast

it is mingled ; in the fame manner, as the admixture of bafer metals

allays the qualities of the firft mafs.

our powers in

all

way,

Any

body's doomfday.

Supreme, alt-tuife, eternal, potentate

Sole author, fole difpofer of our fate

adj.

That which has

my

coins are hardened by

th' alley*

which

an infinite, eternal,
all-wife mind goSouth.
verning the affairs of the world.

All faints day;

lo-iv.]

ALLH AI.LOWTI DE.

is

lefs.

fools are ftubborn in their

thing which, being added, abates

the predominant qualities of that with,

2.

ttt-fuffitunl,

There

of November.

Farewell, thou latter fpring

1\\

and

feft

All faints day.

Cut

then, all fouls Jay

not

ALL-WISE,

ALL-H.VLLOWN. adj. [from all and hallo, to make holy.] The time about

or the

Why

which they were given.

He can more than employ

Waljb.

all Jails day, fellows, is it

lord.

my

firll

is

Jt is,

fect

the

For

As

Sbaklffeart.

ye books, my true, my real friends,

convcrfation pleafes and improves

ALL HALLOW.
ALL HALLOWS.

by making the coin

Drydin.

n.f.

their utmofl elevation

ill,

bail,

Jee.]

adj. [from all and

fujpdent.] Sufficient to every thing.
The teltimonies of God are perfect, the teftimonics of God are alt-fiiffic-eut
unto that end for
"

hail, for

Safoe, orfal-vtle.

Whofe

wear lefs. Gold is allayed with filver

and copper, two carats to a pound
Troy ; filver with copper only, of which
eighteen pennyweight is mixed with a
pound. Ccvce/1 thinks the allay is added, to countervail the charge of coining ; which might have been done only

November.

All health. This is therefore

not a compound, though perhaps ufually
reckoned among them ; a term of falu-

A.I

Sbakc/jp. arc,

bounds has plac'd,

and all-making mind.

them.

n.f. [alloy, Fr.]

The metal of a bafer kind mixed in
coins, to harden them, that they may

1.

The day on which

Applications are made for all fouls by
the church of Rome ; the fecond of

health.]

tation.

all-feeing

this roar, allay

ALLA'Y.

ALL-SUFFICIENT,

all-fours.

n. f.

certain

The

If by ynur art you have

Put the wild waters in

long thofe perilhablt fornii fliall laft ;

they la ft beyond the time afiign'd

ALL SOULS DAY.

low game at cards, played by two;

fo named from the four particulars by
which it is reckoned, and which, joined
in the hand of either of the parties, are
faid to

Mover

South,

to reprefs.

according to the old form.

it,

Nor cin

four.]

fameFirii

month

word, in this fenfe, I think not to be

derived from the French alioyer, but to
be the Bnglilh word lay, with a before

Sbabffptare.

ALL-SEEING, adj. [from all and

That beholds every thing.

would

ALL-TJEVOURIXG. adj. [from all and de<vour.] That which eats up every thing.

he

all
things.
That high Ail-jar, which I d.iilied with,
Hath turn'd my feigned prayer on my head,
Ar.d giv'n in earned what J begg'd in jeft.

thing.
By age unfcroke^but

every thing

quiet; to pacify

foul

its

lie

whofe view comprehends

Second of Satan fprung, aH-fcr.qxering death

%Vn.u think'ft thou of our empire now? Mutsn.

[from all and

That which confumes every

and fee.]

n.f. [from all

that fees or beholds

thing.

coafume.]

To

3.

The day on
n.f.
which there is a general celebration of
the faints.
The firft of November.

Pcfi.

which fubdues

ALL-CONSUMING,

the

all -powerful

Siuift.

all

ALL-CONO^UERINC.

upon all oecnfions, will foam out at

in flander and inventive.

ALL SAINTS DAY.

ihades, UlyfTes lies,

but Pallas now adoreft,

His wucs forgot

break the bands of

omnipotent

poffeired of infinite power.

M POS INC. adj. [from all and comThat which quiets all men, or

every thing.
Wrapt in embowering

Almighty

fmuerfu/.]

image of bright
Ralf'i^h.

To

ALL

ALL

them the high and

fets before

would

Of that fcll'poifon.
No friendly offices

rancour, that frets in fame

alter

hcllifli

nr

1.

2.

ALLE'GE. <*. a. [alli-ge, Lat.]

To afHrm to declare to maintain.
To plead as an excufe, or produce as
;

an argument.
Surely the prrfent form of church-government

u r.i l.:w of (io-l, or p-.ifoii of mr.ii,

hath hitherto been
alleged of force iufficieut to
proxe they do ill, who, to the utmuft of tl,.-ir
,

power, withiUnd the alteration thereof.

Uvilcr.

It we forfake the
ways of gr.ice or goodneft,
we cannot al/igt any colour of ignorance, or
wjri ot inftruction
we cannot fay we have not
tlit-m, or we could not.
Sprat.
j

Sl>al--jpt*i-:
(hall

To

allay

Lre.ilt<,

that

lie h.uh a clear

more

to be

and

full

view, and there

is

no

alleged for bis better information.

Lofh.

which,

I z

Ai,

LE'CEABLB.

ALL
ALLE'CEATII.R. atij. [from
which may be alleged.
this interpretation

Upon
is

uHt^eabie agaWiil

AI.LE'GEMENT.
fame with
LE'GER.

A:.

al/rge.] Th:.t

daughter tf diligence,
of anther i:y.
Nchiier mutt we <!nw out our
long, Iclf r r! -r we make mu (fives

He folvrd, thru
J'ulrar Err r ur;.

m^y

.il!

[from

'J

allege.]

[from
we

a/,'tGt-y

that

i!

it as

confidently as

jiLLE'GRQ.

the famous alleger of ir, Pnmghitio,

wou'd argue, that there is no other principle requ'lite, than what may rcfult from the lucky

of the

g'.vtrtb

to treci

/Lie

The

n.f. \alligeance, Fr.]

duty of fubjefts to the government.

in the prefence of the

you. on
your flaughtcring hands, and keep the

hold

peace.

The

He

are

petitions

irraii-5,

every day
the feveral counties of

directed by

England, profefling

all

allegiance to

mitting to whatfoevcr

ALLE'GIANT.

is

fub-

1.

adj. [from allege.'] Loyal;

to the duty of alhgiauce :

literal

[from

f.R:gory.']

we

discern not.

in an atkg'r'uel and
mvtlical fenfe, Except ye. eat the rlefh of the S^n
of Man, and drinit his blo^-d, ye have no life in

you

our Saviour

heaters

the

him

liter.iHy

The

epithet of Apo'lo for (hootirg,

is

regard t>

theuvs

/fth-; fur

capable

All EGO'RICALLY. adv. [from

Pope.

A'LLEY. n.f.
1. A walk in
And

After an allegorical manner.

Virgil often makes Iris ih; mefi'cngcr of Juno,

To

a.

turn into allegory ;

to take in a fenfe not literal.
;

gory

hath very wittily allegorize! th-s tree, allowing his fuppofition of the tree itfelf to be ;r..e.

wauld

Rafcigb.
alltgormi thefe figns, fo others
confine them to the deftruflion of Jeru-

falem.

Burnefs Theory.

An

alchymift (hall reduce divinity to the maxhis laboratory, explain morality by fal,
the fciipturc
fulphur, and mercury; and allegorize
itlelf, "id tn e fao.ed myfterics thereof, into tile
Lccke.
philofopher's fK ne.

n.f. [iA^yo^a.]
figudifcourfe, in which fomething

rative

contained in
the woids literally taken ; as, wealth
other

is

intended, than

is

paflage

narrower than

back

commands
row lands.

1.

The

by confederacy

the
2.

grand

Anne mention

alliance.

Relation by marriage.

of linking one thing

b!ox!y Hymen jha.l th' alliance join

Eelw.xt the Trojan and th' AuloaUn line. Dryd.

ag^i:ill

The
auo-

There have not been any idmds of note, or c .:nextent, torn and car. oii' from the continent by earthquakes, or fevered from it
by the
all\ji<.it

of the

ALLITERA'TION.
Lat.]

Of what

WtaA'.ejrJi.

f. [ad and litera,

the critics call the alii,
.

teratioa, or

beginning of feveral words io

the fame verfe with the fame letter, there
are initances in the oldeft and bell wri-

ters, as,

a league. In this fenfe,

DUl.

fid'-rab!e

Behemoth

biggeft born.
A^.'ron's

ParaJife Loft.

ALLOCA'TION. n.f. [alloco, Lat.]

The aft of putting one thing

to

ano-

ther.
2.

[alliance,

our hillories of Queen

'

ther.

Stali-ffeare.

ftate

':'.'

n.f. \_aRida, alii '""' Lat.]

Fr ]
of connexion with another

n. f.

.trung,

n.f. [from alligate.~\ Thff

link, or ligature, by which two
things

boilierous

frienJ, a (houldcr clapper, one that

the palTages of alleys, creeks, and nar-

ALLI'ANCE.

Si-'*tf!frjrt*
V.-.T^

A'I.LIGATURE.

alleys green,

in towns

of

nung,
and other fcins

Gjrtb's

aft

ftreet.

A'LLEGORY.

the ftate of

ftiop a toi toife

are joined together.

r..

To

arithmetical rule thst teaches to

AL L I's ION.

P lft

2.

As Come would

ims of

\t,

Lat.]

fo tied.

<;/-

at noon, with branches overgrown.

He

The

aft of
tying together

Aloft in rov, i large poppy-heads

here a f;aly a.'.';V.;.'.r hu.-.g.

Come, my fair love, our morning's ta(k we lof; ;

Some labour ev'n the ealie.t life would ch
Ours is not great; the dangling bnws to crop,
Whofe too luxuriant growth our uilcys tlop. Dryef.
The thriving plants, ignoble bro-mfticks made,
Now fweep thofe alleys they were born to ihaje.

[from allegory.]
to form an alle-

GL-n-uii/f.

[all;go ,

And

Natural Hijlory.

M.'t

Di3.

The

In his needy

year kuo-gr.:f.;, and atV

Yonder

Our walk

occult.
<v. a.

An al''.galor ftufPd,
Of ill-ih.ip'.i

Fr.]

Jif con's

it Jtill

of America, between which, and that of

Africa, naturaliils have laid down this
diiTercnce, th.it one moves the
upper,
and the other the lower j.iw ; but this
is now known to be chimerical, ths
lower jaw being equally moved by both.
See CROCODILE.

Spenfer.
are c!of- gravel'ed, the eatth put-

th-e firit

Aadihn.
Lat. to en-

ALLIGA'TOR ; n.f. The crocodile. This

name is chiefly ufed for the crocodile

a garden.

gral's.

ALLEGO'RICALNESS. n.f. [from allegoThe quality of being allegorical.']

rv.

alleys

teth forth

[allicia,

fjrlier,

adjuft the price of compounds, formed

feveral ingredients of different value.

fit

all

Wheve

taken for the air.

Peacbam.
The phce is to be undriftSod alltgsric.illj ; and
what is thus fpoken by a Hhxician with wifdom,
is, by the Poet, applied to the goddefs of if.
Po^e.
ell.gwical'.y

7o A'LLEGOR:ZF.

[aliee,

2.

eafed, or

within were walks and alleys wide,

-With footing \vorn, and leading inward far.

allegory.]

rical.

Scittb.

is

/.

my

one thing to another to unite.

ALLICA'TION, n.f. [from aUigate.]

extenuate, or foften

That by which any pain

manner of

A'LLIGATE.

being

fault extenuated.
This lif's of one fifth c-f their income will
heavy on them, who (hall feel it, without the
LIfuiati'.n of any profit.

ru!

of two applications; one liter.il, in r. fpLcl of the

da'ts and bow, the enHns or that god; the other
rica!, in

much

Bcntley,

(hip.

/?,r;/ry

grofsly.

To

All apologies tor, and alleviat'icns of faults,

though they are ihe heights of humanity, yet
they are not the favours, but the duties of friend
2.

tice or draw.] The

power of attracting
any thing m.igneulm ; attraftion.
The feigned central allicimy is but a word, and

or extenuating.

f.iid,

underftoud

ALLI'CIENCY.

'viales his fault

adj. [from alkgery.] In

of an allegory ; not real ; not

Sbat/ff. Richard III.

perfons allied to each other.

I would not boall the greatr.e.s of

But point out new allu-i-a to C.itr>.

are the effects of abjfeJ

bring up.m ourfelves.

To

Iteps in foreign
(hall call ho:i

quickly

pro.-noti ;ns.

high

The

5.

;
as, he alleby an excufe.
ALLEVI A'T ION. n.f. [from alleviate.]
\. The aft of making light, of allay ing,

z.

myffical.

When

to fofteir

ALLEGO'RIC-AL.
the form

fair alliance

tie

Lat.]

plenty and luxury, and rn'ift not be charged upon

our Maker; who, notwithstanding, hath
excellent medicines, to alleviate thofe evils which

After

[alk,

to eafe

Moft of the difremoers

On

Real or aHe^irick,

-v. a.

Harvey.

the manner of an allegory ; not real ;

not literal.
A kingdom they portend thee bt what kingdom,

This

the

Dift.

ALLE'VIATE.
To make light

'

grave kind

pains taken in the fpeculative, will

alleviate me in del'cribing the practic part.

For your great graces

Heap'd upon m?, poor undsferver, I
nothing render but aflegjaqt thanlcs,
My pray'r; to heaven for you. .^'J p. Hen. VIII.
adj.

(urc?cJ.

Dorfct, yr>ur fon, that with a fearful f -ul

hopes eternally to (ing.

GffVfntntenl of the Tctrr

n.f. [Ital.]

i:ie;
in .J n,,..iai w.ir

of forming or
contracting reanother ; the aft of
making a

Leads discontented

tongue to thufe pious divine

be a proper pratludium to thofe

The

conformable
a word not now ufed.

ALLEGO'RICK.

which may

IV.

join

',

aft

lation to

To

of mufick.]

To

Ciartntlcti.

propofed.

his

ALLEMA'NDE.

them, govern

abfolutily; the lords concurring, or rather

fet

alltlujahi he

Sbatrfpeart.

whom

houfe of commons, to

will

iil.,

ry

ill

confederacy.

crowned king.

ftritt- lujil

^v.-'fc, ih

''

The

)..

as in Milton.

n.f. [This word is falfely

written for Hallelujah, J^n and n.]
word of fpiritual exultation, ufed in
hymns ; it fignifies, Praife Gad.

Siakef/ieare.
alltgianct to ourli

We cha-gc
To

Thence

Jt ex-

ALLELUJAH.

pluck allegiance from m?n's heaits,

(hours and lalutations from their mouths,

'-,

if,

In dire alliance with

word denoting one

diftinftions of time.

fix

means %ay,

I did

Loud
Even

n. f.

and flowers,
Prackam

fo<

Adrafhn

prefles a fprigluly motion, the quickell

of all, except Prerto. Jt originally

mixture of feveral bodiis.

ALLE'GIANCE.

My

Rrn.Jonfor..
nothing life but, by
rc that
t

neth and

'-

For my father's fak-,

for tlKar.ce' fake, declare the cnufe
father loft his

And,

too

\.

This word nympha meant

He

allege.']

bslievc

Relation by any form of kindred.

3.

ohfcurr, or

into affectation, w!

fall

alleges.
narrative, if

the fa-

a/lfgory

he

allegation.
n. f.

ALL
and

tl.it
'

Breton

it.

n. f.

is

The admiffion of an article in reckoning, and addition of it to the account.

An allowance made upon an account

a term ufed in the Exchequer.

Chamtei s,

ALLOCU'TION.

n.f. [allocutio, Lat.]

aft of fpeaking to another.

ALLO'DIAL.

adj.

[from

allodium.']

The
Held

without

without any acknowledgment offuperio

rirv
nor feudal ; independent.
ALL'fo'DlUM. K.f. [A word of very un
certain derivation, but moft probably o
German original.] A pciTellion held ii
ablolute independence, without any ac
J
k.iowledgme;it of a lord paramount.

Th<- pow'r of mufick

Ard what Timothrus

That fome of

mates fomo kind of dependence. There

are no allodial lands in England, al

To ALLO'O.

To

3.

it

here a? y

4.

Five

To

[from

rtlie'd

d:lerve

(nil!

my

7.

lot.]

diftribute

peace.

in

Jen,

the

war

ihall find they both

ag.ee
great aclions and fuccefles in
nr the different ways of mak-

allowing ftill
ing it, and the circumilanccs that attended

out; to give

each his (hare.

S,n
t

man cannot

.en

t!i?ir d-^e

part, the lliare, the portion

There can b:
this

of

but in
and nature.

'Aorld,

God

one

the

:y

or q'l'et

ity to

fnbmitw

which

ir.

L'FJirangt.
th patience
.,e

-,.k

2.

may

of Cod.

God

man, rr

mi

g ve
trlr.-Ti'r.t.

may become

the pour allanery

me by
To ALLO'W. v.

To

admit

permitted or iicenfed

alloical/f.

Jlcoker.

my

a grntlefather left

ALLO'WABLKNESS.
ble.} The quality
lawfulnefs

Staltffpcare.

a. [allouer,

a fignil

and

a polition ;
not to oppofe.
which ail manic. nd atlh-w for

n.f.

[from

ot being allowable;

exemption from

Souti's Sermons.

men

allnutdtsj

of right rejfon
all

mankind.
lick.

ALLO'WANCE.
,

n.f. [from al/cw.]

Admiflion without contradiction.
'I

h.it

which wifdom did

been with good

men

firft

begin, and hath

long continued, challengcth

lincere

by
by
and pure without
Aitcrbury,

alley.

n.

Willingnefs
-j.

n.

f.
\allulefcent in t
content.
Diet.'

To

[nlluJo, Lat.]

have fome reference to a thing, without

the direct mention of it
to hint at
to
infinuate.
Jt is ufed of perfons ; as, be
alludes to an old ftory ; or, of things,
;

as,

the lampoon alludes

his mother*!

to

faults.
Thefe fpceches of Jcrom .in.l Chryfoftom do
feem to allude unto fuch ministerial garments as
were then in i.fc.
Hooker*
True it i*, that many things of this natuie be
alluded unto, yen,

Thi-n

uft

Hooker.
many things declared.
proportions were taken, and cve;-y thing

placed by we-ght and mcafure: and this 1 doubt

not w.t, that artificial flruclure here alluded to.

ALL U'M NOR .n.f.

One who colours

\_allu;ner,

BurntCi Theory*
Fr. to light.]

or paints upon paper

pirchmcnt ; becauia he gives graces,,
light, and ornament, to the letters or
or

prohibi-

The principle)
true, are innate; thofe, that
arc ihe principle*

them

Lots, as to their nature, ufe, and atlcToablenefs,

of recreation, are inJerd impugned by
foni;:, though better defended by others.

to allc-ta

as,

for they tjfte

mixture or

in matters

not to contradicl

ALLUBE'SCENCY.

tion.

Fr. from al-

diminution.

pleafuies of fenfe are probnbly relifhed

beafts in a more exquifite degree than they are

very peculiar
blcffi g t.) matriftrates ; and their
purfult of it i,.
not only alLivaiic but laudable.
At'erbnry'i Scrw.ni.

laudare, Lat.]
I.

is

The

net forbidden.

Reputation becomes

AI.I.O'TTER Y. n.f. [from allot.]

That
which is granted to any particular
See ALLOTperfon in a diftributicn.

Abatement

2.

with the t-.-xt.

Brvwri'l Vtt'gar Erroun.

Boyle.

Br'.oiKc.

MENT.
wme fucheiercifcs as

mixed with it,

Locke.
Let anoihcr pitce be coTru'd of the fame weight,'
wherein half the filver is taken out, and copper,
or other alloy, pilt into the place, it will be worth
but half as much ; for the value of the alloy is fa
Locke.
inconsiderable as not to be reckoned*

reprtfentcd,
on her knees j

wa?, by the freelnm jilnuabte among friends,

tempted to vent my thoughts with re.jligencr.

an aibimcr.t for olives and herts.

i-:d

hat precife weight and fincnels, by law ap-

tal

is

grove for fruits and ihade,

:o a

'I

mmy To ALLU'DE.

In aflions of this fort, the light of nature aIrne .may difcover that which is in the fight ot

Part appropriated.

Ui

That which
lawful

Rogeit's Sermons.

2.

will not confift

to r.

obf;rvable in

pieces of Raphael, where Ma^Jalen

before our Saviour, waihirg his feet

p;r.\:.ted.
.

is

reputation.

is
ftoutly timbered, a id his pilot
f
expert and approved aL O".v^nfe.
Slfty/P*

Lat.]

not alktvjtlt, what

propriated to the pieces of each denomination, is

Fire filver is fitver without
called the frandard.
the mixture of any bafcr metal. Alky is bafer me-

contradiction.
It is

n.f. [See ALLAY.]

Safer metal mixed in coinage.

men

aJj.

reli^n.-tion tu the n!

it.

[from allow.]
That which may be admitted without

Ta'Ur.

it.

n.f. [from allot.]

is allotted to
any

That which

Add"ifott.

ALLO'WABLE.

portion of

ALLO'TMKNT.
1

the only end rf all their (lnbe t^i Icru-ulous in

ALLO'Y.

confider the different occafions of ancient

recording

h;

Siv.ft.

Ettablifhed charafter

Of veiy

or cautions regarding
fomething

we

in

His bark

to.

v.-=

appoint for ; to fet out to a certain

as, lie allowed his fen. the third
part of his income.
To make abatement, or provifion ; or
to (cttle any thing, with fome concef-

If

written

pufnon.
6.

and modern medals, we

alloti to

rigour- of a

fions

ftrift

elfe.

r^lulc

to parcel

then

any

of the Pindarick natuie, as well in i!ii

thought as the exp;eflion ; and, as fuch, re
/>, y
the l:ime grains of alhtuance for ir.
>
I arents
never give alLivances for an inr.ci.ent

To

Sbaktf;-. Kir.g Lear.

Dry

To

to authorize.
;
an aUvw'd fjoi.
Stattff

for

is

verfr,

Walter,

thy h iied Vjck

I

Tt

no tear-, ell
him that gave us peace and empire do.

To

8.

fjte, if

in

give to; to pay

:

al'o: tb.ee

To

no (lander

is

appointment

law, or demand.
1 he whole pcem, though

cm

give a fanftion to

here

ufe

That happy hour which heaven

3.

6.

lot.

And, on tl.c fixrh, to urn

Upon our kingdom.
I

To

fettled rate, or

Abatement from the

5.

a:

f r -rov'finn,
thee from cifjfters of

d.i\s v/e d

men, but God,

put in

reftraint.

The visual in plantations ought to be expended

almoft as in a befieged town j that is, with certain
Baccn.
allowance.
And his allowance was a continual allsviaxct
a
rate
;or
him
of
the
every day
king;
given
i;aiiy
2 K.
'.
all hi? life.

Steiefpeart
to be

lpe.it, not
vvh.ch trieifi
l.rirts.

freedom from

ufe.

They referred a'l iws, that wore 'o !<>

Ireland, tj be confidereJ, correcleJ, and allsivc,
firft bv the ftate of E.i^land.
D,:-J:,SU:

/Vr.

Did.

ALLO'T. -v. a.
To dillribute by
To grant.

tl.i

4.

v. r

Stcift

as

p'.eafmg

[a'.loquium, Lat.] The

to another ; addrefs ;

/.

of ("peaking

we were a'^iceJ of God

with the gofpel, even lo we

tiui'c

paft offence.

litc'.e

pleale.

=nd print upon their ears

memorial of their

;u

grant licenfe to

But

j.

be ready to all.iv the pope as

(houiJ therefore be accuilomed betimes to

corfult and make ule of their reafori, before they
L'\te.
ghe alkti'znci to their inclinations.

They

to permit.
Let's follow the old earl, and get the beldam
To lead him where he would ; his roguiih mnj

him vex

rirus mafliS"; bid

converfation.

2.

To

Permiffior.

3.

nefs
dllotil ilfe'f to any

to

commonly imagined

is

A'LLOQJ/Y.

1.

one'

i-

I {Hall

a.

-v.

r"

To

own any

Lo.L

crying fJLo.

aft

to

Cent a

Lccitf,

licenfe ; authority.
Urge commiffion to conclude,

will, or the date's allowance,

league between his Highnefs and Ferrara.
Sbakefpeart.

<

conie from the French

;
perhaps
from all lo, look all ; (hewing the objeft.] To fet on; to incite a dog, by

fad

Ycu

ptead

alhiKar.ce of Ipirits,
and defective in one

Without the king's

Skakefpf
Bible

wiil not, in civility, alkia too much fin

f molb men ; but thin
cerity to the profeilior.s
their actions to be interpreters of their thoughts.
Vv

Sanction

pow'rs above

to yield

it

H?.-r.

Without the notion and

our philofnphy will be lame
main part of it.
2.

title to.

allons

grant

that fucceed, although

for itfelf nothing.

right.

allvwttb the righteous.

them

alh-Ktncc of

alLiv to be true.

obedience.

The Lord

[This word is generally fpoken hallio, and is ufed to dogs,

when they are incited to the chace or

The

-.v

n.f. \_allonge, Fr.]

up by the fencer.
2. It is likewile taken for a long rein
when the horfe is trotted in the hand.

maintain as

to

The

battle

juilify

A'l<*i-}

a rapier, fo callec
pafs or thrnft with
from the lengthening of the fpace taken

d!

DiyJen now.

Siuif

To

2.

being held either mediately or immediately of the king.

ALLO'NGE.

our hearts

all

\vas, is

the Prdbyterians declared opcnl

the king's murder,

a;:\ii)!t

oppoied loft.', or fetHii/m, which inti

is

ALL

ALL

A L L

figures coloured.

ALLU'RK.

v.

Cotvcll.
a.

Fr. loorcn,
entice to any

\_lenrer,

;
belaejiifn, Sxv.] To
thing whether good or bad ; to draw towards any thing by enticement.
Unto laws that men make fur the benefit of
men, it hath fenned always needfil to add rewards, which may more allure unto good, than

Dutch

any

ALL
hirdnrfi dererreth from it; and punil'jmsnts,
r.U) marc deter from evil, than any fweet-

my

oels theiet

The

Hookfr.

ullurelh.

tt' i

Hach

flate'ring

PtradifeL'.JI.

hope, and tach aliurixg joy.

[from the verb allure.]

up to entice birds, or

n. f.

Something

f-.-t

other things, to

it.

We

now

1.

tlcni

write lure.

which
ing

eiuicfmciit

temptation of plea-

Cure.
Agninft
led

cultom, and a world

of reproach, and iVorn,

tiliiir&ifnt,
[cartel's

.Adam, by

his wife's allurctmnt, fVll.

To

To

/hun th* f.'hrfmenfh not h.Ml

minds refolv'd. ::irew,i.n'd, and well prepar'd ;
-.vnd'rotis dirlkult, when once bcfet,
tY inrtrugfj'.r thnugh the iiraits, and break
\o-ving net.

Diyttcn.

AI.LU'RER.

n.f. [from allure.] Theperfon that allures ; enticer ; inveigler.

ALLU'RI KGL Y. adv. [from

allure.] In an

alluring manner ; enticingly.

ALI.U'R.INGNESS. n.f. [from

The

alluring.]
; in-

quality of alluring or enticing

vitation

temptation by propofing plea-

{ure.
n. f. [allujio, Lat.] That
fpoken with reference to fomething fuppofed to be already known, and
therefore not exprciled ; a hint : an im-

ALLU'SIOK.
which

is

It

has the particle

to.

plication.
Here are manifeft

of the
allitjiom and footlteps
dift'.'lurion of the earth, as it was in the deluge,
Burmt's Theory.
and will be in if. laft ruin.
This laft allitficn gall'd the Panther more,

Becaufe indeed

it rr,h'/'d

upon the

Drydm.

fore.

iixprefiions now out of uie, tiHujiuns to cuftoms

loft to us, and various particularities, muft needs
L-jck<;.
continue ftveral pallages in the dark.

AI.LH'SIVE. adj. \_allttdo, allufum, Lat.]

Hinting at fomething not fully expreffed.
Where the exprefiirn in one place is plain, and
the fenfe affixed to it agreeable to the proper force
of the words, and no negative objection requires
ir
to depart from it ; and the exprcllion, in the
other, is figurative or clluji-jc, and the doctrine,
deduced from it, liable M great objections ; it is
.

rcafnnable, in this Litter place, to reftrain the extent of the figure and ailufion to a confrliency with
the firmer.
Room's Samons.

AI.LU'SI VF.LV. adv. [from al/it/iiie.] In

an allufivc manner ; by implication ; by
infmuation.

The

that rejected
Jcv.ifh nation,

and crucifies

the co,7ipafs of onr ^e:r r-iti.Ki, \\orc.

according to his p.cdicrion, deitruved b\ El
rrtans, and picyed upon by thofe eagles ( M.ttt
xr.iv. 18.), by which, uitufwr \ , .i:e noted itieKo-

him, within

man

armies, whoft- enfrgn w.ii the ea^lc.

Hammond

AM.U'SIVENESS.

n.

f.

[from

The

quality of being allufivc.

ALLU'VION. n.f. [ n'.L' -\: o, L.it.]
The carrying of any thing to fomething
1
elfe by the motion of the water.
.

2.

The
tliing

thing carried by water to fome-

lii" civil

dut

Wants,

incicafc

law gives the owner of land a

which

ariies

frum

alluvitin,

rigfit to

which

f.

or

int'rcll, or en-lear the tye.

Pcfe.

To

From him
2.

the fun alfyjf

they draw the animating fire.

Tkcmfcn.

To make a relation

between two things,

by fimilitude, or refemblance, or any
other means.
fenfe;

indeed remotely allitJ to Virgil's

but they are too i':kc the tendcrneis of

Ovid.

Diydcn.

lines

art'

ALLY', a./, [allie, Fr.] One united by

fome means of connexion as marriage,
;

friendship, confederacy.
He in court ftood on his own

feet; for the moft

him than fhored

of his

allies

him.

Wottcn.
could hinder the acceflion of Holland to

We

rather leaned upon

France, culler as Subjects, with great immunities

for the encouragement of trade, or as an inferiour
and dependent ally under their protection. Ttmfle.

ALMACA'KTAR.

n.

/.

Arabick

[An

word, written variouily by various authors ; by D'Herbelot, altnocantar ; by

others, almucantar.]
circle drawn parallel to the horizon.
It is generally
ufed in the plural, and means a feries of
parallel circles drawn through the feveral
degrees of the meridian.

ALM ACA'NTAR'S STAFF.

n. /.

An

in-

itrument commonly made of pear-tree

or box, with an arch of fifteen degrees,
ufed to take obfervations of the fun,
about the time of its riling and fetting,
in order to Jjnd the amplitude, and con
fequently the variation of the compafs.

Chambers.

A'LMANACK.

f.

[Derived, by fome,
and manah, Heb. to
by others, from al,

from the Arabick

al,

count, or compute

Arabick, and ^t, a month, or p.xoe,

the courfe of the months ; by others, from
a Teutonlck original, al and maan, the
moon, an account of every moon, or
month : all of them are probable.] A
calendar ; a book in which the revolutions of the feafons, with the return of
feafts and fafts, is noted for the enfuing
year.
it will be

year;

all

faid,

an a/mar.tck for the old

Spain hath not
Baron.
made his almanack give a tolctathis is

hath betn

this

kingdom.
This .i:i:\>lo:;cr

'.veil

Who

Government of lie Tergal,

and (him her light,

too,

in ihefe frudies docs herfeif delight

DryJtn
have a fading almanack printed on purpjii
her ufe.
Drjdtn'i Spani/b Prim
n. /.
[Fr. almandina,

I'll

A'LMANDINE.

A ruby

the attributes of
iViwrh

/ [from almighty.'}
omnipotence ; one of

*.

Unlimited power

God.

woild for a witnefs of hii /:/liom we outwardly honour with the

chiefeft of outward things.
In creating and making exiftent the wor!
verl';l, liy the ablolute aft of his own word, Cut
(hewed his power and almigbt'mefi.
tj the

A.'r /,".

In the wildernefs, the bittern and the Itork,

unicorn and the ellc, live upon his p.;
revere his power, and kel the force of his a

coarfer and lighter than

i.'ic

tlMtfi.

ALMI'CHTY.

adj.

[from all and lightj.]

omnipotent.

Of unlimited power;

The Lord appeared unto Abraham, and fald

unto him, I am the altr.iglty God; walk before
me, and be thou perfect.
Gir.tfis xvii. i.
He wills y;iu in the name of God alt,That you divert yourfclf, and lay apart

The

borrow'd glories, that, by gift

By law of nature and of nations,

To him and to his hxi.s.

A'LMOND.

ol"

heav'n,

'long
Slakcfatare.

f. \_amand, Fr. derived by

Menage from amandala, a word in low
Latin by others, from Allcmand, a German ; fuppofing that almonds come to
France from Germany.] The nut of the
almond tree, either fweet or bitter.
n.

Pound an almond, and

the clear white' colour

and the fweet tafte

will be altered into a dirty one,

into an oily one.

Lccie,

A'LMOND TREE.

H.

[amygjalm, Lat.]

and flowers very like thofe

of the peach tree, but the fruit is
longer
and more comprefled ; the outer green
coat is thinner and drier when ripe, and
It has leaves

the (hell

is

not fo rugged.

Miller,

to an almond rnv, mounted high

top of Green Sclenis, all alone,
With bloll'oms brave bedecked daintily,
Whofe tender locks do tremble every one,
At every little breath that under heav'n is blown.

Like

On

Fairj i^uem,
Mark well the flow'ring o/mWi in the woo] j
If od'rous blooms the bearing branches load,

The

glebe will aniw:r to the fylvan reign,

will follow, and large
crops of grain.

Great heats

Dry.: n.

A'l.MONDS OF THE THROAT, Or To N SILS, called improperly Almoids of the

are two round glands placed on
the fides of the bafis of the tongue, under the common membrane of the fauces ; each of them has a large oval
fmus, which opens into the fauces, and
in ft are a great number of lefler one?,

ears,

which difcharge thcmielves through thj

great finus of a mucous and llippery
matter into the fauces, larynx, and cefophagus, for the moiftening and lubri-

When

cating thofe parts.

the oelb^hacompreffes the aimondi, and they frequently are the occafion of a fore throat.
Qtiitcy.

gus mufcle

The

tonhi

afts,

it

ds of the

fan, an-

aj'.j

in the kjr.jfs evil ; w'.ich tum.iy be very well reckoned a Ipecies of it.

fre.]u:nt!y fwclled

mour

By whom a grr.ify ahiun:ack is borne,

With often hand*.' g, like chaft amber worn.

Ital.]

ALMI'CHTINESS.

b'r account of the weather, by a direct inverfion

of the common piognolticit'.rs.

Beware the woman

and nearer the colour of

Did.

an Ireland.

i'ftnjcr
ailtics, patfions, clofer ftiil ally

The common

the oriental,

the granate.

It

f'riendfhip,

ferve faithfully againft them.

f.ir

elf-.

by kindred,

ellc.

All theft fcpcs are allltd to the inhabitants of the

Ib as there is no hope that they will ever

Two

Mi/ton'l Paradif; L'Jl.

<>: \:o!?r.cc.

To

unite

That

to another

North,

li.iynuartl,

U'K

To

FM ENT.

n.f. [from allure.] That

allures, or has the force of allur-

i.

al/ii'vian.]

confederacy.

he rather to tra.n th m to his aliure, he told

the.n both often, rnj with a vehement voice, how
.ere ever-topped and trodden down by gn-

Ai.

[from

adj.

carried by water

is

place, and lodged upon fometliing

To ALLY', v. a. \alli-:r, Fr.]

Ctmcil.

water.

which

Lyttletcn.

ALL I/RE,

an infeniible increment, brought by the

define:!

ALLU'VIOUS.

joldin fun, in fplendour liked heav'n

ALM

A L

urgfry,

A'LMOND-FU UN ACE,
NACE,

or A'I. M AN-FU Rcalled alfo the Swerf, is a pecu-

k nd of furnace ufed in refining, to

feparate metals from cinders and other
liar

foreign fubltailCCS.

'

Chamb.rt,
R,

A L
R, or

A'LMER../

\eleemofy-

The

oiEcer of a prince,
or other perfon, employed in the diftribution of charity.
narius, Lat.]

h.is

fnme
enquired for an almoner; and the general
pointed out your reverence as the worthieii

Til give

n. f.

fical

where the alms

ALMO'ST.

ad<v.

and

all

[from

mojt

bins

whole, or to univerihlity.

Who

there ahi-f, whofe mind, at fome time

vc or ar j:r, fear or griel, has not fo
f> fome clog, that it couli not: turn itfe'.f
'.'.
Lethe.
to any ot'ter objeft.
There can be no fuch thing or notion, as an al
or
fecond
infin'f ; there can be nothing next
is

God.

Bir.:hy*i .SV;wc.<.

[in

My arm'd knees,
Which bow'd but in my ftirrup, bend like his
That hath received an a.'rKs.
Skakefpeare,
beggar hath a ju(l demand of an alms
from the rich man ; who is guilty of fraud, injuftice, and opprefilon, if he docs not afford relief acabilities.

fong that lived upon the almt-bajkrt.

L' Ejlrangc'i Fables.

Acts,

aljr.s-

.x.

Hard-favour'd Richard, where art thou

Thou

murder

^6.

merly was
cloth, and

upon

R. n.f.

Others by his charity.

He endowed many rcliji-

us foundation::, and
yet
a great alms-fiver in fecret, which ftiewel
that his works in publick were dedicated rather to
\f.

God's glory than

his

own.

Bacon.

A' MS HOUSE, n.f. [from alms zn&kottfe.]

A houfe devoted to the reception and
fupport of the poor ; an hofpital for the
I.

poor.
r
:

the clergy by tithrs, the

a;,d the forting out

p'jo-,

manifeft.

AnJ

to relief of lazars,

Of" indigent faint fouls,

Many

Hunker.

and weak age

pad corporal

ii,

dlmtbcufes right well fupplird. Sbchfp.

penitents, aftsr the robbing of
'.

and other rapine, build an hofpital, or

mins of the church, and :h
and orpi'
fit

fm T'ng

of

(polls

at tii? gare.

I'vitgi.
/'

to infpeft the affize

to lix the feals

for that purpofe

three

officers

A'LOES.

ALO'FT.

Above.
The great

prep.

nefs

n. /.

Without another.
The quarrel touchech

Could be defended, 'twas by mine alum. Drydtn.

God, by whofe alone pjwer and converfation we
all live, and move, and have our being.
Btntliy.
2.

Without company
Eagles

we

2. dlies is
tries,

If they fet

medicinal juice, extracted, not

from the odoriferous, but the common

funported by charity.

the fun.

Lee us aloae to guard Corioii,

before 's ; 'fore they remove,

down

Bring up your army.

Let you akne, cunning

Sb^kefyears*
artificer

See how his gorget peers above his gown,

Tu tell the people in what darger he wa.
z.

Ben Jcnftit,
to leave undone.
His chent dole it, but he had better have let it

To

forbear

alone;

for h>- loll his caufe

ALO'NG. adv.
1. At length.
Some

by his

\_au longue,

rowl a mighty (tone

Jeff.

Addijon*

Fr.J
fomc

laid along,

burning wires, on (pokes of

wh"eis a c hung.
Dryrim*

And bound
2.

with

Through any

fpace meafured length-

wife.

firebrand carried along, leaveth a train of light

behind

Bjcon't Natural Ilijtoiy*

it.

Wierc Ufens glides

Or the black water of
3.

Throughout

afatg the lowly laodi,

l*nmptii:a (lands.
Drydcit.

in the

whole

with all

prefixed.

Spain.

aloes tree,

is

let, if

bition, forbidding to help a man who i*

able to manage the affair himfelf.

Savory.
a tree which grows in hot coun-

and even in the mountains of

Drjdtn.

feldom ufed but with the

even then it be an adverb.
implies fometimes an ironical prohi-

word
It

Milton*

never durll in darknefs be alone.

(heep.

&6r/y

Alone, for other creature in this place

Living, or lifdefs, to be found was none.

perfeifl.

folitary.
and they are but

fee fly a/ant,

which always herd together.

moil valuable prefent given by the king

of Siam, in 1686, to the king of France.

fometimes imported into Europe, and,

though of inferiour value to the Teudbet,
is much
efteemed the part next the
bark is termed, by the Portuguefe, Pao
d'aquila, or eagle-wood ; but fome account the eagle-wood not the outer part
of the Tambac, but another fpscies. Our
knowledge of this wood is yet very im-

Dili.

from al and

none but us atom;

Betwixt ourfelves let .s decide it then.
Sbalefp*
Jf by a mortal hand my father's throne

is

Unreafonable-

adj. \alleen, Dutch;

een, or one, that is, Jingle.]

n.f.

Tambac, and is the heart, or

innermoft
of the aloe tree; the next
part,
part to which is called Calembac, which

[aAoy-.]

abfurdity.

ALO'NE.

Bacon.

3. dlocs is a
'

A'LOGY.

the

It is called

luminary

Aloft the vulgar conftellations thick,

That from his lordly eye keep dif'ance due,
Milton's Paradife Loft.
Difpenfes light from far.

[obriK, as it is fuppofed.]
term applied to three different things.
precious wood ufed, in the Eaft, for
perfumes, of which the bed fort is
ot higher price than gold, and was the

1.

field.

Drjden*

of wax, with the wick in the midft j whereby it

Cometh to pafs, that the wickfetcheth thenjurifliroent farther off.

Suckling,
fliield

Cor.fpicuous from afar, and overlooked the

appointed
but there are
to

lift

(lories oft,
I have read
love has wings, and (bars a lift.
Upright he flood, and bore alcft h's

For

of woollen

belonging

to

\lojfter,

That

A'LNIGHT. n.f. [from all and night.]

ALO'NE. aj<v.
A fervice which they call alnigbt, is a great cake i. This word

MiN. n.f. [from alms and man.]

A man who lives upon alms who is
;

Quincy.
up, Dan.
fo that aloft is, into
Loft air, Icelandijh;
the air.] On high ; above ; in the air:
a word ufed chiefly in poetry.

a;

neat, but void of (fate,

Where age and want

it

now

is

[from alms and giver.]

that gives aims ; he that fupports

A'LMS-GI VE

He

is

ALO'FT. adv.

A'LNEGER.

regulation of cloth-manufaftures, the

Dt<5f.
fearcher, meafurer, and alneger.
L HAGS. n.f. [from avlnage, or aull-meafure, or rather the
nage, Fr.]
Di8.
meafuring by the ell or yard.

thy ahsdeea ;
Petitioner for blood thou ne'er put'it back. Sba'rcfy.
art nit here

dicine

or

Wijeman's Surge/y.

a./, [froma/oes.] Any mefo called, which chiefly conMs

ALOE'TICK.
of aloes.

n.f. [from alms and deed.]

aft of charity ; a charitable gift.
of good works, and

be excited by alotticol, fcammoniate, or

may

ral

meafurer by the
n.f. [from alnage.]
ell ; a fworn officer, whofe bufinefs for-

A'LMSDEED.

full

It

acrimonious medicines.

in the

A'LNACAR, A'LNACER,

alms and bafprovisions are

There fweepings do as well,

Ac the bed order'd meal ;
For who the relilh of thefe guefts will fit,
Needs fet them but the alns-tajket of wit.
Ben Jonfon.
We'll (land up for ourpropcrties, was the be^ar'i.

This woman was

decdi which (he did.

others

from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of

i
almug-trefs and precious trees.
Kings, x. 1 1 .

put to be given away.

An

coral,

Con-

of aloes.

fifting chiefly

Swift.

ALMS-BASKET, n.f. [from

in which
ket.] The bafltet

it

which produce gum

and is,
ammoniac, or gum arabick
perhaps, the fame with the Shittim
wood mentioned by Mofes.
Calmet.
And the navy alfo of Hiram that brought gold

no fmgular.

cording to his

render

is a warm and ftrong cathartick.

ALOE'TICAL. adj. [from aloes."]

ticularly the trees

Saxon, elmej-, from

What is given graelee-m'jfyna, Lat.]
It has
tuitoufly in relief of the poor.
n. f.

The Rab-

in a itaircafe.

generally

allb

fragrance and beauty, came from

Mauritania. By the wood almugim, or
algumim, or fimply gummim, taking al
for a kind of article, may be underitood
oily and gummy forts of wood, and par-

At!a^ becomes unequal fo his freight,

And alaofl faints beneath tl.s glowing weight.

ALMS.

was ufed

cond, becaufe, being coarfer, it ought

It
to be confined to the ufe of farriers.

its

itijt

to an omnipotent

it

But coVulgate, Ligna Thyina.

could never anfwer the purpofes of
the almugim ; the pine-tree is too
common in Judea to be imported from
Ophir ; and the Thyinum, or citrontree, much efteemed by the ancients for

Nearly;
moft part of all. Skinner.]
well nigh ; in the next degree to the
is,

or t^tha',

rine and Caballine, or horfe aloes : the

firft is lo called from Socotora ; the fe-

In the Septua
ebony, brazil, or pine.
gint it is tranflated 'wrought wood, and

that

inflruments, and

in rails, or

or

relides,
are diiTributed.

for a fet of beads

;

The

[from almoner.]

where the almoner

place

my jewels

My gorgeous palace for a hermitage

My gay apparel for an almsman s gown. Sbakcfp,
A'LMUC-TREE. n.f. A tree mentioned in
Of its wood were made mufcripture.

Drjfiien

A;'MONRY.

A L O

A L O

by cutting the leaves, and expofing the juice that drops from them to
It is

diftinguifhcd into Socoto-

b liomon, all a/ang in his Proverb*, gives the

of fool to a vs.ckcd man.
Tiltolfon.

title

They were

all

akng

a crofs, unti.warj

the particle ivitb-, in

4. Joined with

pany

".re

.1"

South*

people.

com-

joined with.
lyour

A L O

A L

commiflion will forthwith difpatch,

he to England (hall along with you.

Strangled he lies

T v>;ir

And

Hence then

Sbakefftare's Hamlet.
';ri thee
j'ang,

nd Evil go

yet Teems to cry ahuj,

To w.irn the mighty, and ir.ftrucl the ur-tui;
That of the great, neglecting to be juil,
'n in a

Then

tMiltdfi.
offspring, to the pla>:c of evil, Hell.
Religious zeal is fubjec*l to an excefs, and to t

Thy

defect, when fmi ".liing is mingled with it which

-it fhould not luvc; or wlwn it wants fomething
that ought to go ahnjr -with it.
S]-rat.

5.

Sometimes vjitb is underftood.

Command thy (laves my free-born foul difdains
A tyrant's curb, and reftive breaks the reins.
:

TlKC

this

almg; and no difputc

(Though mine

the

woman)

for

(hall rife

my

DrfJea.

Thou

mafter of the poet and the fong.

ALO'NCST.

ad-v.

[a

corruption,

Pop?,

as

it

feems, from

along.] Along; through

the length.
The Turks did keep ftrait watch and ward in all

tticir ports
ahtigjt

the fea coaft.

Kr.oll<s's

Hijfiry

ALO'OF. adv. [all off, that

with the
I. At a diilance

place

cftbcTuris.

is, quite off'.]

particleyj-iw.
It generally implies a fmall diltance,
fuch as is within view or obfervation.

Dr-f/tgti.

And now a/civ, and now aloft they fly,

As borne through air, and feem to touch the

Trom whence (he might behold the battle's proof,

And elfe be fate from danger far dcfcncd.
Fairy S^ucea.

As next in
(ingly where he ilootl, on the bare flrand,
"While the promifcuous crowd flood yet a.
:.

.Came

The

Mitten's Partial? Left

though our palace (rood
ftreets, encompafs'J with a wooJ.

noife approaches,

Jflwffran

z. Applied to perfons,

it

Dyden.
often infmuates

caution and circumfpeftion.

Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of ftcel,
An J make the cowards Hand alcifM bay. Staltff.
Going northwards, atcof, ns long as they had any
doubt of b^ing purfued ; at laft, when tl>
out of reach, they turned and eroded the ocean to
Bactn.
Spain.
The king would not, by any means, enter the
until
feen
he
had
the
crofs
fct
city,
up upon
alocf
the greater tower of Granada, whereby it became
Chriftian ground.
Bacon.
Two pots ftood by a river, one of brafs, the
other of clay. The water carried them away j the
earthen veflel kept alooffrom t'other.
L'EJirange's Failcs.

The
His

ftrong may fight alcof; Ancreus tiy'd

force too near, and by prcfuming dy'd.
Dryden's Fables.

3. In a figurative fenfe, it is ufed to import

art or cunning in converfation, by which
a man holds the principal queftion at a

diltance.
Nor do we find him forward to be founded ;
But with a.cnfty madnefs keeps a!cef,
When we would bring him on to fomc confcffion

"Of
4.

his true Hate.

It is

Sbakeffeare's Hamlet.

ufed metaphorically of perfons that

feen in a defign.

wiH not be

It is neceflary the queen join ; for, if (he ftand

chef, there will be (Kll (ufpicions : it being a re-

5.

ceived opinion, that

(he'hajji a great intercut in the
king't favour and power.
It is applied to things not
be-

properly

longing tp each other.

When

it it

Love's not love,

mingled with rrguds that ftand

Aiocffrm til' entire point. Sbakeffeafe's K. Lear.

AI.O'UD. adv. [from a and louj.] LouJly;
with a ftrong voice; with a great noije.

arc

as

fometimes nearly the fame u it i

and, and only conjoins the members of
the fentence.
Cod dj j to me, and more alfo.

2. Alfo is

(ky.

,:.

The

/.

letter in

firft

Greek alphabet, anfwering

to our

the

A'LTAR. n.f.
by Junius,

therefore ufed to fignify the firft.

1 am
a![iL'j anJ ome^a, the beginning
ending, faith the Lord, which is, and which w,u,
and which is to come, the Al.rjighty. R
j

But

And

of thH'e will

by

reft

know

thy meaning.

of the alphabet, formed by the feveral motions of the mouth, and the
great variety or
fyllablcs compofed of letters, and formed with almoft equal velocity, and the endiefs number of
w.irds capable of being framed out of the
alfbaket,
either of more fyllables, or of one, are wonderful.

The table in Chriftian churches where

communion is adminiftered.

letters

Taught by their nurfes, little children

This fayirg, fuoncr than their a<:

the

Her grace rofe, and, with inodeil p.u

altar, where (he kneel'd, an J
Caft her fair ejcs to heav'n, aad piay'd Jcv

Came to the

Sbat

the feries of letters.

have d:g;fted in an jlj'tabctical order, all the
counties, corporations, and boroughs in Great Britain, with tlu-.r ixfpirift \v tempers.
Sivift.

my

ter,
I.

that

;i

Can

Drytkn's

Ir.dlan Ejnpcrcr.

for the

advancement of p

the power of a prince, limited like ours, by a

execution of the laws already in force.

Mcthinks, already

dlnady hear
Already

fee

your tears lurvey,

the horrid things they

you

degraded

fa_, ,

to. Hi,

And ah your honour in a whifpcr loft

Pope.
Ai.s. adv. [ah, Dutch.] Alfo ; likewife:
!

a word
S

ij

With
Alt

now out of

drawn

ufe.

remembrance now the prince amoves

voyage to purfue j
earn'd her travel to renew. Fa^y Sgecn.

on the fudd/n

how pale

of an earthly cold

<

HtxryVHI,

To

take off from a perfuafion, praciice,

or fed.
For the way of writing plays in verfe, I find it
trojllefome and flow; but

To

A'LTER.
than

it

bright

A'L T

am

To become

as, the

alt red

otherwife

weather alters/raw

adj.

from

after

That which may be

Fr.]

way

>

w.th any realhns

Dryden,

to cktitly.

ABL

E R

-v. n.

was

at leafl

alterable,

altered or

changed by fomething elfe ; diftinft

from changeable, or that which changes,
or may change itfelf.
That

elttrable reipcdts are realities in natur-,

admitted by a conCdcrate difccrncr.

will never be

frefh defire his

Una

>

(he looks,

'

ilrift

Swift.

note

alter'd

from my opinion or it,

which have oppofed it.

Drydt-n's State of Jnnu.-m.

ety, are in

fignal to depart.

Methods

is

Adts appropriated to the worfrrp of Gad,

by his
own appointment, mud continue fo, tiil himfelf
ha"h otherwife declared: for who dares alttr whit
God hath appointed !
fi tt.
z.

See, the guards, from y.m far ealtcrn hill

Already move, no longer (lay aftbrd ;
Hi^h in the air they wave the fiaming fword,

Your

And

it

>

altered from pale to red.

How much her gra

How long her face is

which hath been

for anlwir.
of loving tw
love him, already lov'ng y m !

al-

change; to make otherwife than it

To alter, feems more prope?ly to
imply a change made only in fome part

is

:[from all and ready.,]

At this prefent time, or at fome time
paft ; oppofeJ to futurity ; as, Will he

may ferve
You warn'd me ftill

from

To

'

ALRE'ADY. adv.

Touching our uniformity,

[alterer, Fr.

as, to alter a writing, may

be, to blot, or interpolate it ; to change
it, may be, to fubilitute another in its
With frotfi and to ; as, her face
place.

already anfwered,

a.

cfa thing;

come feon ? He is here already!

Will
be done ? It has teen done already.

v.

Lat.]

i?.

'

A'LTER.

To

thoughts
gramc.m now comprife in (h >rt hints;
1
dictionary, alphabetical } containing the
wmls of the lajiguage, uh1ch%he deaf perfon is to
learn.
HoUcr's ^Avwj.'j

and

Aylife's Parergon.

I (houid fet down the wealth,

books, hangings,
and altar-dabs, which our kings gave this abbey.
Pcacbam on Draiui> F.

>mri\e

from
means of the
prieft

ia churches.

i c A L L v
adv. [ from alphaIn an alphabetical manner;
according to the order of the letters.
>.

the

A'LTAR. -CLOTH, n.f. [from altar and

cloth.} The cloth thrown over the altar

betical.}

to

to

ariiing

altar.

had once in
mar, more than

Aa

[altaragium,Lzt.]

through the

oblations,

A'LPHABET. <v. a. [from alphabet,

noun.] To range in the order of the
alphabet.
ALPHAS E'TICAL. \aaj. [from alphabet ;
ALPH ABE'TICK. j alphabetize, Fr.] Jn
the order of the alphabet; according to

n. f.

emolument

VrjJ. jun. Juv.

A L P H A B E' T

('.>

A'LTARAGE.

get

To

obfemd

The godjefs of the nuptial bed,

Tir'd with hsr vain devotions for the dtad,
Rcfjiv'd the tainted hand (hould be repell'd,
Wliicli incenfe offer'd, and her altar held.
Dryd.
2.

The

is

al:ar is re-

laid.

an alfltabct,

icarn to

(lill prac"tii

word

that the

priated to the Chriftian worftiip, in oppofition to the ar<z of gentilifm.]

The place where offerings to heaven are

n. f.

[from Sxip, alpha,

and (Sira, beta, the two firft letters of
the Greeks.]
The order of the letters,
or elements of fpeech.
Thou (halt not figh,
Nnr wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor make a fign,

[altare, Lat. It

ceived, with chriftianity, in all the European languages ; and that altare is
ufed by one of the Fathers, as appro-

:\\

A'LPHABET.

Sarnie!, x!v. 44.

Drjdtm.

Then bade the knight this la.iy jeir

And to an hill herfelf withdraw afide,

Hkewife.

con:amrd the canCei

ac^aijing to Moic ,
f^/r
our
world affords no
according to nixcllity ;
Oiher treafuro uf wat^-r.
Evrmt's Ttr ly.
of the great dc.ug;,

thrict

not aloft.

A'LPHA.

Forward ; onward. In this fenfe it is

.derived from allons, French.
Come then, my friend, my genius, come al"r.^,

monarch thund'rcd

heav'n'i high

and fo.]

all

[from

Jn the Same manner

r
In ihe. c co, jio doubc,

1.

moment makes an heap of duft.

aloud,
thrice he (hook alofc a golden cloud.

And

A'I.SO. aJv.

ALO'W. adv. [from a and lew.] In a low

ravilh'd prize.

6.

ALT

Our

condition in this world

is

GL:
mutable and uncertain,

ALT

ALT

a'terMt by a thoufand accidents, which

neither forefee nor prevent.
Rigtrt,
I with they had been more clear in their directions upon that mighty point, Whether the fettlecertain,

ALTE'RNATE.

we can

n.f.

[from

Hear how Timotheus'

The

quality of being alterable, or admitting change from external caufes.

A'LTERABLY. adv. [from alterable.] In
fuch a manner as may be altered.
A'LTERAGE. n.f. [from a/o.] The breed-

And

A'LTERANT.

That

adj.

[alterant, Fr.]

the

power

of producing

changes in any thing.

And whether the body be

alterant or altered,

which

has

evermore
clfe all

Bacon,

ALTERA'TION.
tion,
i

2.

n.f. [from alter; altera-

that

God

doth even

call for fuch change or alteration, as

the very
condition of things themfelves doth make necef>

Htokir.

So he, with difficulty and labour hard,

Mov'd on :
But he once part, loon after, when man fell,
Strange alteration ! Sin, and Death, amain

Following his track (fuch WM the will ofheav'n !)

Pav'd after him a broad and beaten way.
Milton.

No other alteration will fatisfy; nor this neither,

very long, without an utter abolition of all order.
Sunk.
Appius Claudius admitted

to the fenate the

been fiaves ; by which,
and fucceedingu/WJ<;-,>!!, that council degenerated

fons of thofe

who had

into a moft corrupt body.

A'LTERATIVE.

adj.

Swift.

[from

alter.']
are fuch as

Medicines called alterative,

bave
no ^Timedtate fenfiblc operation, but gradualK
gain upon the confutation, by changing the humours from a Itate of diftcmpcrature to health.

They

are oppofed to evacian::.

there is an eruption

When

'<%uinry.

of humour in any
not cured merely by outward applicapart,
tions, but by fuch alttrat.'vc medicines as purity
the blood.
Government cf the 'Tongue,
it is

ALTERC A'TION.

n.f. [altercation, Fr.

from altercor, Lat.] Debate ; controverfy ; wrangle.
By this hot purfuit of lower controversies

amongft men protefling religion, and agreeirg

in

the principal foundations thereof, they conceive

hope, that, about the higher principles thcmfelvcs,
time will cJufe tiltei fatten to grow.
Hsxktr.
Their whole life was little clfc than a perpetual
v rangling and altercation ; and that, many times,
rather for victory and oftrr.tation of wit, than a
fober and ferious fearch of truth.

Haleviil! en Prvutdmte.
!',

adj. [alternut, Lat.] Afting by

turns, in fucceflion each to the other.
And God made two great lights, great for their

The

lefs

the greater to have rule by day,

Mil/in.
by night, alttrn.

AI.TE'RNACY.
tion

n.f.

[from

performed by turns.

VOL.

I.

alternate.]

Ac-

although they be intricate, obfcure, and dark;

although they exceed the reach and capacity of our
wits; yea, although in this world they be no way
poflible to be underftood.
Hooker.
Me the gold of France did not fcduce,
I did admit it as a motive
Although
The fooner to eftect what I intended.
Sbatrff.
The ftrefs muft be laid upon a
majority ; without which the laws would be of little
weight, although they be good additional lecurities.

Pope.

cutting

below the firft parallel, and the

other above the fecond.
A L T E' R N A T E n. f. [ from alternate, adj. ]
That which happens alternately ; vicif.

fitude.

And

raii'd in pleafure,
orrepos'd in eafe,
Grateful alternates of fubftantial
peace,
blefs
the
They
long nocturnal influence ihed
On the crown'd goblet, and the genial bed. Prior

To ALTE'RNATE. *.

To

1.

2.

a.

S-wift.

A LTIGRADE.
dior,

[from altus and graLat.] Rifing on high.

Di3.
adj.

ALTI'LOQ^UENCE. n.f. [altus znd/ojuor,

Lat.] Highfpeech; pompous language.

ALTI'METRY.

n.f. [altimetria, Lat. from

The art of taking or
meafuring altitudes or heights, whether
acceffible or inacceflible,
generally peraltus

[alterno, Lat.]

perform alternately.

and

pir^i.]

formed by a quadrant.

in their courfe,

Melodious hymns about the

fov'reign throne

ALT f SONANT.

Alternate

ALTI'SONOUS.

To

all

Milton.

night long.

change one thing

A'LTITUDE.

The moft high God, in all things appertaining

unto this life, for fundry wife ends, alternate! the
difpofition of good and evil.
Grew.

1 .

adv. [from alternate.]

In reciprocal fucceflion, fo that each
ftall be fucceeded
by that which it fuc-

all

njiitm

would utterly impugn the generation

Brntun.

things.

ALTERNATIVE,
The
if

n. J.

[nlternatif, Fr. ]
two things; fo that

choice given of
one be rejected, the other muft be

Vulgar Errours.

Rymer.

Situation with
regard to lower things.
Thofe members which are
pairs, ftand by one
another in equal altitude, and anfwer on each
fide
one to another.
Ray.
of
excellence
5. Height
;
fuperiority.
3.

Your

ladies

have

a doctor, or a

ALTERNATIVELY,
tive.] In alternate

dance

Toung.

adv. [from alterna-

manner; by turns;

law as valid.

made may be

Parcrg n.
[from alter-

Hate of being
Ditl.

reciprocation.

ALTI'RNITY.
procal

tolerated

Ayliffe's

ALTE'RNATIVENESS. n.f.
native.] The quality or
alternative

n.f.
fucceflion

[from altern.] Reci;

viciflitude

mutual change of one

thing

turn

for another

;
;

reciprocation.

They

imagine, that an animal of the

dimewfioi.i,

which he

partly

is,

even to the altitude of his

and

altus

volo.]

ALTOGETHER,

High

Difi.

flying.

adv. [from all and to-

gether. ]

appeal alternately
civil

ALTI VOLANT, adj. [///Wa/, Staktfrar,.

Lat. from

reciprocally.
by the

altitude ofJVnds the

eyes

Of thofe who want the power to rife.

Stuift.
5. Height of degree ; highelt point.
He aid it to pleafe his mother, and to be
proud

ftrange a/imiat'rve

An

The elevation of any of the

heavenly
bodies above the horizon.
Even unto the latitude of
fifty-two, the

Has not a poet more virtues and vices within

his circle, cannot he obferve
them and their influences in their
oppofitions and conjunctions, in
their altitude! and
cicprcflions ?

taken.

Mud

Hrnan.

efficacy
thereof is not much
considerable, whether we
confider its afcent,
meridian, altitude, or abode
above the horizon.
Brown's

fuccefiion. Diet.

The one would be opprcfTed with conrt.mt heat,

th: other with infuficrablc cold
and fo the defecJ
j
a/tc.

others but

in what place,
the throne, and heav'n's
imperial face,
By our weak optics is but vainly guefs d j
Diflance and altitude conceal the reft.
Drydt*.

2.

ALTERNATION-, n.f. [from a/fcn.-af,.]

The reciprocal fucceflion of things.

of

How near

ALTE'RNATEKESS. n.f. [from alternate.}

The quality of being alternate, or of

of

Lat.]
fpace mcafured up-

She dimes above, we know, but

whom

happening in reciprocal

higheft mountains to be four miles

Drydtn.
forrow thus and rage
To different ills alternately engage.
friar.
The rays of light are, by fome caufe or other,
alternately difpofcd to be reflected or refueled for
f \\-wt: n.
many viciflitudcs.
!

[altitude,

fifteen furlongs.

darknefs, and

The princefs Mclefinda, bath'd in tears,

And tols'd alternately with hopes and fears,
Would learn from you the foi tunes of her lord.
Unhappy man

n.f.

Height of place

ward.
Ten marts attach'd make not the altitude,
Which thou haft perpendicularly, fall'n.
Shakeff.
Some define the perpendicular altitude of the

ALTERNATELY,

ceeds, as light follows

darknefs follows light.

j a(/J.[altifoaui,Lzt.] High
J founding; pompous or

lofty in found.

for another re-

ciprocally.

ufe

To man

one

Fr.]

The change made.

Why may we not prefume,

ALTHO'UGH. conj. [from all and though.

See THOUGH.]
Notwithstanding however it may be
granted ; however it
may be that.
We all know, that many things are believed,

[in geometry"
are the internal
angles made by a line
cutting two parallels, and lying on the
line ; the
oppofite fides of the

Thofe who,

aft of altering or
changing.
Alteration, though it be from worfe to better,
hath in it inconveniencies, and thofe weighty.
Hwktr.

Lybian Jove
burns with glory, and than melts with love.

ALTE'RNATE ANGLES

The

fary

bid alternate pafiions fall and rile

at each change, the fan of

Now

a perception precedeth

operation ; for
bodies would be alike one to another.

various lays furprife,

While,

ing, nouriihing, or foflering of a child.

In Ireland they put their children to fofterers :
the rich fell, the meaner fort buying the alterant
of their children ; and the reafon is, becaufe, in
the opinion of the people, foftering has always
been a ftrongcr alliance than blood.
Sir John Daisies on Inland.

Vulgar

Friendfliip confifb properly in mutual offices

and a generous ftrife in alternate acts of kind
nefj.
South

alterable.]

a continual motion, without the

altemiy and iciflitude of reft,
whereby all other animals continue.
Brcwn'j
Errourt.

Lat.
[atternus,
after another; re-

ciprocal.

of the fuccellion in the Houfe of Hanover

be alterable, or no ?
Swift-

rr.ent

A'LTERABLENESS.

adj.

Being by turns; one

ALT

and bngtft duration, fhould

vaftcft
live

in

i.

Completely

without reftriftion

with-

out exception.
It is

in

vain to fpeak ef
planting laws, and
till the
people be altogether fub-

plotting policy,
du d
! ; ,

Sfenfir', State of Ire'and.

world any
people that hath
altogether without religion.
He,ik cr .
If death and
danger are things that really cannot be endured, no man could ever be
obliged
to luftcr for his
confcience, or to die for his re .
ligion ; it being altogether as abfurd to imj
e ne
a man
obliged to fuft'er, as to do ijnpoflibilitje s .

We

find not in the

lived

of the manner of
t do not tfogrtt-inrrrweaving texts of fcripturc through the ftyif
of Y rj ur fermon.
2.

Conjunftly

in

company.

This

t<ir

Lovelinefs

No

his feat.

Sbaktipfatt.

[from a and lutum

wUhout bottoms, snd

many as there pcc.ifr:n

for,

the bottom of the fu:nace

matter tcyte

fu'j'ip..cd

to retain the

fl

is

wers that

a pot that h

rife

4 head,

is

up.

S^ir.cy.

JM4DOT.

n.f.

forgery
perhaps
which then becomes corrofive.

She gargled with oxycrate, and was in a few

days cured, by touching
alum fanes.

ALU'MINOUS.

it

with the

and

vitriol

Nor do we

The

always

Man
2.

is,

Conftantly

To

A.

M.

ftands for arllum magijler, or maf-

the fecond degree of our

univerfities, which, in fome foreign
countries, is called doctor of philoiophy.
AM. The firft perfon of the verb lt> be.
ter

of

arts

[See To BE.]
And God faid unto Mofes,
and he

am

that

am

am hath

font

me

unto

iii.

[amar:tsdo,

amaritudc or crimony is dejrehended ia

acquires from a commixture of melanor
external malign bodies.
choly,
l.-r, it

en Caifiaiptimt,

\amarituiio, Lat.]

Dia.

Bitternefs.

n.f. [from amafs.~\

an accumulation ; a collection.

What
the

is

now,

Aheap;

but an amojmtnt of inv

is

conceptions, prejudices, ungrounded

To AMA'SS. v.
1.

collect together in one heap or mafs.

The rich man is not blamed, as having made
ufc of any un. awful means
having thriven by fraud and injullice.
:>ry's

When we

amalgam appears to protexture rcfuiting from the coa-

AM ALG A M A'TION.
The

ration, we,

is,

a.
[from amalwith quickfilvcr,

to

make

the

is

of

great
duration.

2.

me-

it.

It.r

[Lnt.] A perfon
who writes what another dictates.
A'MARANTH. n.f. \_nmarnnth:ts, Lat. from
The name of a plant.
a. and
,/a ?-at>w.]
Among the many fpecics, the moft
I. The tree amaranth.
beautiful are,
2. The
pendulous amaranth, with

-,d

ideas of fpace or

..iiuer, by amain
the writers couJJ

Uiiils

tell

a rlixy of

n.f. [aaas, Fr.]

an accumulation.

This

called

fometi:ncs an imaginary

pillar is

precedent

him

to the

An

aJTemblage

but a medley or amifs of a!l the

makii.'g a new kind by

ornaments,

Health.

To AMA'TE. v.
1.

[from a and male.] See

a.

MATE.]
To accompany;

to entertain as a

com-

It is now obsolete.
A lovely bevy cf f -;r h-ies
Courted of many
lour,
ilch did them in moJeft wife an:,-!.-,
And each one fought his lady to aerate.

panion.

.1

Fairy S^uon.

long

it is

pofitive

Homr-

the traditions

AMA'SS.

n. f.

commonly

all

meet with, ia order to

Bacbn.

employment.

reddifh coloured feeds,

Loiie lies a bleeding.

ot'

o.".e

AMANDA'TION. n./. [ from anan.ic, Lat.]

The aft of fending on a meliage, or

JMMfU&JfSIS.

and the aiTcmblage

p.>fiiive,

number

i:feof

of

mala into cold water, and walh

is

ufcally

your improvements only amafs a heap of ir

// <:tiCs
ligible phrnfes.
Impr, of the Mir.i-i.

l:ep,

In a figurative fenfe, to add one thing

to another, generally with (bine ihare
of reproach, either of eageriiels or in-

themixirg of mercury with any

m-r.

du-

make fome

relations, muft err in fome,

and be unbelievcd in many, ^r&'uvj'i Vul. Errcurs,
Do not content yourfclves with mere word?, left

The manner is thus in golj, th;

Take fix ports of mercury,
anfweraUe

tb-.-y

Scrmtt'l.

intiniLe ipace, or

discrimination.
Such as ar.aj's all

n. f.

mix them hot in a crucible, and piur them to

made red hot in another cruobte
pJTrt of gnM

firtt

in our thoughts,

[from amalgaact or practice of amalga-

Amal^amatiiii
of the merals.

would think of

at

very
large idea, as perhaps of millions of ages, or
miles, which p.'tiibly we dauble and multiply
feveial times.
All that we^thus amafi together

mating metals.

In poetry,

a. \amajjer, Fr.]

To

'

the gilders.

2.

n.f.

AMA'SMENT.

[fy

AMA'LGAMATE. f.
To unite metals

reit are

Uarviy

AM A'RULBNCE.

in.luratitm of the

mate.'}

Lat.]

What

Gold is, by this

tal loft and ductile.
method, drawn over other materials by

14.

ftft.

n. f.

Bhternefs.
ch.

tr.iin,

(hakes

around.
youth, and clamours ring
Drydfn.
and ya^.r,.]
7 . /.

of this operation

yo.
xcdus,

h'.m,

which may be practifed upon all meThe uie

tals, except iron and copper.

faid, thus fhalt thou fay uuto the children

it Ifracl, I

amaranthine bow'rs.

echoes to the crackling found,

gam.']

faft.

tofomftiines, or to now and then.

He is always great, when fome great occafum
is prefented tn him.
Drydrn.

meads of afphodel,

,.ipoftures.

fierce

thefe well that

without variation: oppofed

Or

fiom the m-.v

lition of the mingled ingredients, that make up the
Boyle.
amalgam.

to continue.

but always to be bleft.

ef-

c:c.l

(bmetimes written
compounded of all and ivay ;

never

',

In yellow

GAMATION.

is

eallepxja, Sax. tuttavia, Ital.]

1. Perpetually; throughout all time: op
pofed \ojomclime, or to never.
That, which fometimc is expedient, doth not

O'er the Eiyfiau liow'rs

thofe happy fouls that dwell

\ The mixture of metals

AMALprocured by amalgamation. See

it,

Surgery.

before

trees

AMA'LGAMA.

the fire, that, from a peculiarity of nature,

and iiveth in it.
iY&Ti-fl.

Wj/tffiflw'i

tl:e

AMA'LGAM.

fubfifteth

al-uiay,

forclt

Shout the

reafonably conclude, bccaufe, by a

moifture, it is able awhile to

[It

dvwn

ground

adj.

ad-ii.

\_amaranthinus,

adj.

By

amain,
Beats

with

Lat.] Relating to amaranths; coniirtinjj

of amaranths.
By the ftrcams that ever fl .w,
By the fragrant winds that blow

am

Like light'ning fudden, on the warriour

Mitlox's faradl:

AMAH A'NTHINE.

ei

Vapour and exhalation, dulk and mo.lt,

Afi/t'-n.
Ser.t up email:.
v
From hence the bor was roos d, and iprung

c.'uminrtis

A'LWAYS.

Elynan flow'rs her amber dream

thele, that never fade, the fpirits cleft

their rtfplendent lockf, inwj.-.i'h'd

.'

Wifcmjn,

The tumour may have other mixture with

to make it of a vitriolic or alumimus nature.

[See

With heav'n's afHlcYmg thunder, and befcught

Mi!t(.n.
The deep to Ihclcer u>
The hills, to their fupply,

[from alum."] Relating

to alum, or confuting of alum.

<old and

o'er

AMA'RITUDE.

The
calcined,

tree o:

beams.

I come amair.,
lords, from Ireland
Ska
are up.
fignify that rebels there
What ! when we fle ! imam, pu; lu'd, and Aruck

ftone or calx uled

alum

Bind

is

Great

moft commonly whi^-,

With

it.

of pear.

by the

but foon, fi.r man's offence,

heav'n remov'd, where liiit it grew, there
growr,
flow'rs aloft, (hading the front of life j
where rhe ruer of tiiifs, thro' midft of

li

To

Saiciarixc tltin is a comp jfition of common

with rofe-water and whites of eggs boiled ,ogether, to the confidence of a paite, and thus
moulded at pleafure. As it cools, it grows hard as
a Rant.
Burnt alum is alum calcined over the fire.
Plumofe or pjume afvm is a fort of faline mineral

STONE,

fort

fort.

e'utn,

bordering on green ; it rifes in threads or fibres,

rcfembling thofe of a feather j whence its name
from plvma, a feather.
Cbam^tri.
By long beating the white of an egg with a
lump of alum, you may bring it, for the mot)
part, into white curd;.
Bylt.

('ail

bloom

to

heav'n,

of pear [See
5'(inner, from

fort

formed with precipitation, whether

fear or courage, or of any violent

Lancafliiic.

in

And
And

felicity.

with vig.rur ; fiercely ; vioufed of any action per-

It

lently.

ancient naturalists allow of two forts of alum, natuand .factitious. The natural is found in the

kind of whitifli (lone, very

li-hr, friable, and porous, and ftreaked with filaments relcmbling filver. England, Italy, and
Flanders, are the countries where alum is principally produced ; and the Engliih rocke-ulum is
made from a b'u'ih mineral ftone, in the hills of

n. f.

n. f.

vehemence

ifland of Milo, being a

ALUM

our

old
[from maine, ormaier.e,
Fr. derived from magnas, Lat.] With

ral

ftonc, of various colours,

is

AM A'I ft.aJv.

leaving
fcnfe of fweetncf;, accompanied
The
with 3 coniiderable degree of aitringeney.

Yorkmire and

and Ib

PEAR.]

mouth a

in the

To

and

..

that

PEAR] fo called, fays

the name of him who cultivated

A'LUM. *./. [alumen, Lat.]

A kind of mineral fait, of an acid tide,

it

make

AMADETTQ.

At

without luting.

at the top

a.id

In parndjfc,

power of pleafing.

the

can make

ruies

appreheiifions

ufed in chemiiri-y,
fitted into one another, n.s

lu!

flower, fuppofed, according to its name,

never to tade.
Immortal caarantb I a flower which once

[from amabilis, Lat.]

n. f.

/.-iff."]

are

rme,

by that

Taylor.

that

'

J
j1itt, ..-h

f >ul: 1 call thte

Bejan

AM ABI'LITV.

C*x.fu"or Sdnxrfet, join you wirh mr,

n.f.

my

th*r.,

I am
buty thing, from whence I know
knowing that 1 am, 1 kr.a'.v thru it;

Frier.

And alioferbtr with the duke ot' Suffolk,

We'h quickly hoift duke Humphry from

i.1,

Came

Th m

MA

Since that muit needs cxid, which can impart.

ra-

is

ther all togttbtr.

.fLUDIL.

2,

To

In
terrify ; to ftrike with horrour.
this fcnfc, it is derived from the old

French matter,
4

to crafli or fubdue.

AMATO'R-

A
A

A M

insignificant lover
to arFeftion.
little

A'MATORV.
It

rig

him fpon^aneufl v.
Brnmbam again/} Hobbes.
n.f. [&ltavSSfl .']A dimnefs

evitab'y, to follow

from any vifible defeft in

the eye, bat from fome diftemperature
ofth: inner parts, occafioning the reprefentationa of flies and duft floating
which appearances are
before the eyes
the parts of the retina hid and com:

prefTed by the blood-veflels being too

much diltended ; fo that, in many of
parts, all fenfe

is

loft,

and therefore

no images can be painted upon them ;

whereby the eyc^, continually rolling
round, many parts of objedts falling
fucceifively upon them, are obfcure. The
cure of this depends upon a removal of
the ftagnations in the extremities of
thofe arteries which run over the bottom
*
of the eye.
Quincy.

AMA'ZE.

To

[from a and maze,

-v. a.

perplexity.]
To confufe with terrour.

1.

tremble at every moment j every man

life in th- day of the fall.
Extkiil.

{hall

they

own

for his

To

put into confufion with wonder.

Go, heav'nly

and with

pair,

your dazzling

ilriues,

courage, truth, your innocence and love,

dr-jzf and charm mankin 1.
Smith.

To

3.

put into perplexity.

That cann >t choofc but amaze him. If he be

not amazed , he will he mocked j if he be
he will every way be mocked.
Skm
AMA'ZE. n.f. [from the verb avtaze^] A1

confufion, either of fear

or wonder.hofenamein arms

thro' Europe rings,

mo'jthi with envy or with

praifc,
her jealous monarchs with amazt,

ail

I'unick

Ihori:

the mounting blaze.

Dryder..

AMA'ZEHLY. aJa. [from amazfd.^ Con.

fuft;dly
fion.

with amazement

AMA'ZINCLY.

Scf'i
fi'lrrs,

it

becomes

mcd'age.
thu

cbeer

AMA'ZEDNESS.

v js

'itnazejlj

we UD

by

his fprights.

Sbatcff.

n.f. [from amazed.}

The

alkmifhruent

conf jfion.
at the

opening of the farthrl,

the old (hephcrd deliver the manner

ion, after a little amaztdntjt,
nmnJed out of the chamber.

I.eard

AMA'ZEMENT.
I.

we were
tihaktjp.

n.f. {from amaze.}

Such a confufed apprehenfion as does
not leave reafon its full force ; extreme

fe.ir
1

horrour.
.i .:

r'd
'.rft

With

may

[from amazing.]

(lony

no-iht

nt all

ama7,,n-

eye, and

but adding

new

,^ ft

hcirtlefs hollow hue,

Rais'd by thefe hopes, I fent no news before,

alk'd your leave, nor did your faith implore ;
But come without a pledge, my own ambajjadtur.

belonging to

toanfwer.

AMAZON,
nwzons

it

n.f. [a. and p*?*.] The Awere a race of women famous

valour, who inhabited Caucafus

they are fo called from their cutting oft'
their breads, to ufe their
weapons better.
warlike woman ; a virago.
;

Stiy, ftay thy hands, thou art an atnazin,

nghteft with the fword.
Kbakefyearr,

And

AMBA'GES.

circuit of
n.f. [Lat.]
; a
circumlocutory form of fpeech ;
multiplicity of words ; an indirect

words

manner of expreffion.

2.

[fmtn anAartf.] Cirperplexed ; tedious. Di3.

adj.
;

n.f. {amlmjjade , Fr.]

character or bufinefs of an
baifador a word not now in ufe.
;

Emam-

you difgraccd me in my ambajfedt,

degraded you from being king.
Siateff.

AMBA'SSADOUR. n.f.

n.f. \ambaffadrhe, Fr.]

ambaffadour.
In ludicrous language, a woman fent
on a meffage.

We!!, my ambajfadnfi
Come you t? menace wjr, and loud defiance
Or does the peaceful olive grace your brow ?

RmtK,

A'MBASSAGE.

An

embafly

n.f.

[from ambaffaJour.]

the bufinefs of an ambaf-

fadour.
Maximilian entertained them with dilatory anfwers ; fo as the formal part of their arttbaj/age might
well warrant their further ftay.
Bacon.

A'MBER.

n.f.

[from ambar, Arab, whence

the lower writers formed

ambar :.]

yellow tranfparent fubftance of a gummous

or bituminous confidence, but a refinous tafte,
oil of turpentine; chiefly found
the Baltick fca, along the emails of Pruffia.
Some naturalifts refer it to the vegetable, othera
to the mineral, and fome" even to the animal king-

in

dom. Pliny dctcribes

from aged piiKS and
pivc

l.;clc.

cumlocutory

Fr.

\aniafadtur,
It is written diffeemiaxaJor, Span.
as
it
is
rently,
fuppofed to come from
the French or Spamih
language ; and
the Original derivation
being uncertain,
it
not eafy to (ettle its
orthography.
Some derive it from the Hebrew -laa,
to tell, and Itfao, a
mffingcr; others from
ambatfus, which, in the old Gaulifti,
fignified a fer--vant ; whence ambafcia,
in low Latin, is found to
figiiifyylr-w/V*,
and ambajciator, a fcr--vant ; others deduce it from ambacbt, in old Teutonic!?,
fignilying a government, and Junius
mentions a pollibility of its delceat from
i.-.

AMBASSADRESS,
1. The
lady of an

into the lea.

might be the eafierand quickci

AMBASSA'DE.

and a fmeil like

^Thc; g.ue ihofe complex idjasname?, that they

eafily recr rd and cilfcourfe ot
things they w^re daily convtrhint in, witiiout lon^
l
an:,
jgcj and circumlocutions ; ami that the tiling
givf and receive inform i-

bafly

Oft have their black tunbajjadcun appeared

laden with gifts, a id flll'd the courts of Zama.
Addifon.

for thewifeft philofopher

H^aiis's Logick.

for

Dryden.

To

excite ailonilhment

th' amboffadours*

Shakefpeare.

wonderfully.
If we arife to the world of
fpirits, our knowledge of them muft be amazingly imperfect, whe.i
there is not the leaft grain of land but has too many

Then
SiaKtfpeart*

of bsing amazed;

wonder
I

with confu-

my

.ind

ftate

eui-v.

a degree that

admittance to

Nor

AA&fo*.

emperours.

When

ak amazidly, and

Comi',

Raman

nrlt

from amaze .]

altonifhing.

AMP. A'OIOUS.

ti.e

of lei's dignity.
Gi\e

is

tion about,
ftood.

0:1

is

A8s.

ime the Trojan cuts his wat'ry way,

h'
vnyige, through the curling fea ;
'Then catting bjck his ryes, w th dire ai.
Fii'd

higheft rank reading in another country,

and is diftinguifhed from an envoy, who

:.l.s all

And

an aH:az,\ng thing to lee the prefent dofolation of Italy, wiien one coniiJcrs what incredible
multitudes it abounded with during the reigns of
the

per-

language,

ppenej unto him.

The

is fent.

the general name of a meilengcr from

a fovereign power, and fometiines, lu,In
dicrouily, from common perfons.
the juridical and formal language, it
fignifies particularly a minifter of the

the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were

v.ith wonder and amcz,tm<r.t at that which

It

perfon fent in a public

power from which he

Aftonifhment ; wonder at an unexpefted event.

They knew that it was ht which fat for alms at

Wonderful

for art,
aft of

fuppofmg the

fon of an ambafTadour is inviolable.

Ambaffiidour is, in popular

But living virtue, all alchieiemcnts part,

Meets en\y Hill to grapple with at laft.
H^//fr.

A M A'Z INC. partitipial adj.

manner from one fovereign power to another, and fuppofed to reprefent the

Had you, fome ages pair, thia race of glory

Run, with amazement we ih >nlJ read your ftory

4.

as

cnt'-aj/adoui-.]

Height of admiration.

ftoniflimeut

v.

Extreme dejection.
He ended, and his words impreffion left
Of much anaxtmcnt to th' infernal crew,

difficulties

Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee,

and their kings (hall be horribly afraid for thee,
when 1 /hall brandid my fword before them, and

2.

3.

and others from am

baffis, /Mi

lore

Diffracted and lurpris'd with deep difmay

Milton.
At theie fad lid:

fight, not

its

ftep

\tjfurt.

2.

her, but nece.Tuate her to fi;'>

cnly
luft, and incline her effectually, and drjw her in-

of

her fighting foul

fending an amb.ifTadour, to be in fome

an ad pf fubmiffion.
All thefe derivations lead to write ambajfadour , not

amjx,rr.ent on thy mother Hts;

between her and

Conceit in weakcft bodies ilmngcit

allur?

4Ms*URO'SIS.

whether one raviihjacretia

Tarquin, or L; amatvy potions not

rcr, as

But look

caufing love.

and

Fairy ^tjfea.

Difl.

adj. [amaton'us, Lat.] Rela-

ting to love

K?ata>

AJlo.i'/h'J ftood, as one th.it hij efpyM

Infernal furies, with their chains unty'd.

a pretender

it

tiie

firs,

Some have imagined

jutcus, juice.

of

a rcfinous juice, oozing

and dilch.irg^d thence
He adds, that it was hence the anthe denomin.itio.1 of juccinum, from,
it as

tears of birds

others,

tlic

fcum of the lake

it

concretion

urine of a

b^-aft ;

ephitis, near the

Atlantic!; ; others, a congelation formei in the
Baltick, and in forne fouiudins, where it is found

the

otliers,

fwimming like pitch. Others fuppofc it u bitumen

trickling into the ft-a from fubterraneous fourcts ;
b.ir this opinion is alfo difcardcd, as good amber
having been found in digging at a conliderable Jiftance frjm the lea, as that gathered on the coaft.
:.'ave

ranks

it

with camphire, which

is.

aeon*

cre:e oil of aromatic plants, elaborated by heat into

Within fome pieces of amber
a cryftjlline form.

have been found

loaves

anJ infects include;!

which fecmi to indlcue, either th

the

amttrwts

ftute, or thai, having been ex..'ly

p fed to the fun, it was fjftcncJ, and rendered
of
and infect*. Amber t when
the
leaves
fufceptiblc
v:;
or attracts bodies to it, and,, by

in a

fltii.1

brought to yield light pr.'tty copioufly

Some d'Hlinguifli amber into yellow,
white, broA'.n, and black: but the two latter ar
and dcnorninafupp'.fed to be of a different nature
ti ,n
the one called j.'t t the other anberffrh,
v. Chambers.
Liquid amber \: a kiml of native b,,lia.Ti'>r veGnj
Rke turpentine ; clear, reJdiih, or yellowilh ; of a
;>, is

in the dark.

K.

plcafju^

A M

It flow:
klmoft like i.-nbergris.
made in the bark of a Ane large
tree in New Spain, called by the natives ofafcJ.
Chambers.
If light penetrateth any clear body, that is coloured, as pointed glafs, ambtr, water, and the

fide, in party
fenfe is ludicrous.

it

like,

incifion

gives the light the colour of

its

AMBIDEXTE'RITY.
The

The fpoils of elephants the roofs inlay,

And ftudded amber darts a golden ray.
P.pe
A'MBER. adj. Confifting of amber.
With (cart's, and fans, and double charge of
brav'ry,
all this

Bacon.

is flat.

middle.
Neumann abfolutely denies it to be an
animal fubftance, as not yielding, in the analyfis,
any one animal principle* He concludes it to be a
bitumen ilTuing out of the earth into the fea ; at
4rlt of a vifcous confiftence, but hardening, by its
mixture with fome liquid naphtha, into the form in
which we find it.
Trwoux. Chambers.
Bermudas wall'd with rocks, w!io does not know

That happy

rounding

SEED, or mujk

feed,

its

fmall
as

evergreen

clofe

leaves, whicl

And know

dexttrs,

and left-handed men, dclivcieth

2.

A man

a thir

Brcnun

opinion.

who

is

equal-ly

ready to

a&

on

The

z.

Doubtful

But wit's ambii'.dn long^th to the beft,

For it dclircs in endlcfs blifs to dwell.
Urge them, while their fouls
Are capable of this atr.titim ;
Left zeal,

now melted by

Davits,

the windy breath

Of foft

petitions, pity, and rcmoriV,

and conceal again to what it was.

Cool
3.

with
before a noun.
It is ufed

to

had

to

Sbalrrff}.

before a verb, and cf

a very early ambition to

recommend myfelf

your Lordmip's patronage.

There was an ambition of w\t, and an

of gayety.

Addifon.
affectation,

fife's frefact to bis Letters,

AMBI'TIOUS.
i.

adj. \_ambitiofus, Lat.]

or tou'.hed with ambition ; de-

Seized
of advancement ; eager of honours ; afpiring. It has the particle of
before the object of ambition, if a noun ;
to, if exprefled by a verb.

firous

We

iecm ambitious God's whole work

t'

undo.
j9fcMb

The

ne'ghb'ring monarchs, by thy beauty led,

in crowds, ambitious cf thy bed
The world is ;it thy choice, except but one,
Except but him thou canft not choofe alone.

o:

Contend

uncertain fignification.
But what have been thy anfwers, what but dark
Ambiguous, and with daubtful fenle deluding ?
Milton
Some expreffions in the covenant were atniiguuis
and were left fo ; becaufe the perfons who framcc
Clarendon
them were not all of one mind.
z.

of any thing great or excel-

The qukk'ntng power would be, and fo would reft j

The fenfe would not be only, but be well

adj. [ambiguus, Lat.]

having two meanings

defire

lent.

Soutb

ference.

hands.
a reafon ofan:bi

that fo great goodnefs could not

have bound gratefulnefs ? and fo high advancement
not have fatisfied his amb'.ti'.n ?
Sidn,y,

outward accidents.

thefe ambiguities,
their fpring, their head, their true defcent.

AMBI'GUOUS.

as heath,

Rodiginus, undertaking to give

The defire of preferment or honour.

Who would think, without having fuch a mind
as Antiphilus,

The words are of (ingle fignification, withou

any ambigu.ty ; and therefore I Jhall net trouble you
by {training for an interpretation, where there ii
no difficulty; or diltincYion, whde there is no dif-

AMBIDEXTER, n.f. [Lat.]

1. A man who has equally the ufe of botl
his

prefent.]
i.

Shakefpearc.

and, being
bruifed between the fingers, emit a very
Miller
fragrant odour.

grow

Grt-'w's Mujtrum,
n.f. [amiitio, Lat. the defire
of fomething higher than is polfefled at

AMBIOU'ITY.

We can clear

the line

AMBI'TION.

your time, and fervants few,

compofe an amligu ;
Where firft and fecond courfe, and your defert,
All in one (ingle table have their part.
King's Art of Cookery.

in regard of

The com-

The tu(k of a wild boar winds atlout almoft into

a perfect ring or hoop ; only it is i little writhen.
In meafuring by the ambit, ic is long or round about
a foot and two inches ; its baJis an inch over.

ftraitcn'd in

what

Diet.

n.f. [ambitus, Lat.]

pafs or circuit of any thing
that encompafles any thing.

richly then

in itfclf, and

Di3.

ing.

n.f.

n.f. [from ambiguous.]

Doubtfulnefs of meaning ; uncertainty
of fignification ; double meaning.
With ambiguities they often entangle thcmfelves,
not marking what doth agree to the word of God

lo-

Ufmg ambiguous and doubi.-

A'MBIT.

ther.

When

[from ambo and

ul expreffions.

Bmtley.

[French.] An entertainment, confifting not of regular courfes,

but of a medley of difhes fet on toge-

Dicl.
adj.

AMBI'LOCJJU v. n.f. \ambiloquium, Lat.]

The uie of doubtful and indeterminate
expreffions ; difcourfe of doubtful mean-

ambient aether

d'MBIGU.

is

TREE. n.f. [frutex Africanu' amiramjf<irans..] A ftirub, whofe beauty is

in

\ambiens, Lat.] Sur; invefting.

This which yields or nils

encompaffing

ttodur,

AMBER

quor, Lat.]

is too liquid and empty, to

impel horizontally with that prodigious celerity.

of a bitterilh tafle, and brought

dry from Martinico and Egypt.
Chambers.

millet,

AMBI'LOO^UOUS.

Prior.

refembles

duplicity of fig.

n.f. [from ainbo, Lat. and

Talk of ambiguous or doubtful

*t>y<&-.]

adj.

and not on that of the amUiat medium.

ffeuma'i Ofticls.
Around him dance the rofy hours,
And damafking the ground with rl.w'rs,
With ambient fvveets perfume the morn.
Fentotl to Lord Gnuer.
Illuftrious virtues, who by turns have role
With happy laws her empire to fuftain,
And with full pow'r all'ert her ambient main.

You'd

nification.

Milton.
All (pace, the ambient air wide interfus'd.
The thicknefs of a plate requifite to produce any
colour, depends only on the denfity of the plate,

(liming pearl, coral, and many a pound,

the rich more, of ambergris is found ? Waller

On

Di3,

dextrous.

A'MBIENT.

The

meaning

AMBI'LOCY.

L'Efircir.ge.

Where

AMBER

certainty of

fignificatign.

where huge lemons grow,

iiland,

dealings.

fragrant drug, that melts almoft like wax,

commonly of a greyifh or alh colour, ufed both as a
perfume and a cordial. Some imagine it to be the

excrement of a bird, which, being melted by the

heat of the fun, and walhed off the (hereby the
waves, is fwallowed by whales, who return it back
in the condition we find it. Others conclude it to
te the excrement of a cetaceous nih, becaufe fometimes found in the inteftines of fuch animals. But
we have no inftance of any excrement capable of
melting like wax ; and if it were the excrement of a
whale, it (hould rather be found where thefe animals abound, as about Greenland. Others take it
for a kind of wax or gum, which diftils from trees,
and drops into the fea, where it congeals. Many
of the orientals imagine it fprings out of the fea, as
naphtha does out of fome fountains. Others aflert
it to be a vegetable production, ifluing out of the
root of a tree, whofe roots always moot towards the
Others
fea, and difcharge themfelves into it.
maintain, that ambergris is made from the honeytombs, which fall into the fea from the rocks,
where the bees had formed their nefts; feveralperfons having feen pieces that were half ambergris,
and half plain honey-comb; arid others have found
large pieces of ambergris, in which, when broke,
honey-comb, and honey too, were found in the

AMBI'GUOUSNESS. n.f. [from ambiguous.]

The quality of being ambiguous un-

praftifing on both

AMBIDE'XTROUSNESS. n.f. [from ambiambidextrous.} The quality of being

A'MBERCRIS.
or grey

Double dealing

/Elop condemns the double practices of trimmers, and all falfe, (huffling, and ambidextrous

A'MBER-DRINK.

n.f. [from amber and gris,

that is, grey amber.~\

of

[from ambiguous.]

In an ambiguous manner ; doubtfully

uncertainly ; with double meaning.

fides.

knav'ry.

n.f. Drink of the colour

of amber, or refembling amber in colour and tranfparency.

ufe
facility, the

reft.

Pope.

[from ambidexter.

Others, not confidcring ambidextrous and lefthanded men, do totally fubmit unto the efficacy
Brown.
of the liver.

Sbaltffcarc.

All your clear amber-drink

adj.

Having, with equal

2.

B
rul'd her la'o'rmg brea.1,
his mind expreft ;

Drydcx,
Silence at length the gay Antinoui broke,
Conilrain'd a (mile, and thus ambiguous ipuke.

either hand.

ttr.bigueus

god, who

AMBI'GUOUSLY. adv.

Lat.]
.

AUifn.

and

ambi-

Double dealing.

;.

his temples Iprcad,

tears of amber trickled down his head.

an.ttr bracelets, beads,

[from

n.f.

Th'

In thefe mylterious words

Some truths reveal'd, in tetrm involv'd the

quality of being able equally to

AMBIDE'XTROUS.

But pjplar wreathes around

With

This

ufe both hands.

Peacban.

And

difputes.

dexter,]
.

medium.

No interwoven reeds a garland mad>,

To hide his brows within the vulgar lhade ;

either

f'eafant fnv-fl,

from an

Dtyitm,
have been pleafcd not to fuffer an old man
to go difcontented out of the world, for w*,it of"
that protection, of which he had been fo long am-

You

bitKUS.

DrydfH.
Trajan, a prince ambitious of glory, deu
mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates, anj

Applied to perfons ufing doubtful ex

It is applied to expreflions
or thole that ufe them, not to a dubiou
or fufpended ftate of mind.

to the

preffions.

went upon the ocean, where, feeing a vet;'.

ing to the Indies, he had thoughts of outdoing
Alexander.
Aitutkna a: Cii.;.
2.

Eager

A
a.

Eager

to

grow bigger
1

Sbakefftan.

ambitious.] In

an ambitious manner ; with eagernefs

of advancement or preference.
With fuch glad hjjrts did our defpairing men

I. Taller

as a place to

AMBI'TIOUSNESS.

pafs

To move

Com-

upon an amble. See

upon the hardeft

To move

2.

trot.

eafily,

Drydtn.

without hard (hocks,

or (halting.

Who amtlei time withal ? A rich man that

hath not the gout ; for he lives merrily, becaufe
he feels no pain ; knowing no burthen of heavy
tedious penury

him time

omllts withal.

Sbakejfeare''s jtfsjou like

a ludicrous fenfe, to
3. In
miffion,

move with

and by direction

e'er d'd Hercules.

Rciue's

Jane

To

manage.
Farrier's Difi.

A'viBLER.n.y; [from To amble.'} A horfe

that has been taught to amble ; a
pacer.

A'M B L N c LY.aJv. [from ambling.'} With

i

an ambling movement.
AMBRVSIA. n.f. [a^oo-Ia.]
I

The imaginary food of the gods, from

which every thing eminently pleafing
to the fmell or tafte- is called am-

Bold in

3.

in this cafe the cart

is

llations.

For you,

necelijry.

Bramb^m

[ambulatio, Lat.]

(ration, proceed

more

the

paflage

or walk.
fent to conduce hither the princcfs, of
majefty had an ambulatory view in his
Wotton.

travels.

3.

Moveable; as, an ambulatory court; a

court which removes from place to place
for the exercife

A'MBURY.

of

its

jurifdiftion.

bloody wart on any

part of a horfe's body.
AMBUSCA'DE. n.f. \embufcade, Fr. See
AMBUSH.]
private ftation in which
n.f.

men

lie to furprife others ; ambufli.

Then waving high her torch, the fignal made,
Which rous'd the Grecians from their ambufcade*

Drydcn

When

I behold a faAionable table

fancy that

gouU,

fever:,

fet

out,

fwarming bands
arms and drefs,

Ambufti

[from ambujb; which

furprife

word now

as a wily fox, that

a funny

having fpied

bank the lambs do

play,

Full clofcly creeping by the hinder fide,

Lies in
Spcrrfer*
ambujhmcnt of his hoped prey.

power or faculty

That which happens during a

as the fliadrs, there ilTue

Where on

or ambulatory, are fuch as require fome bafis, or bottom, to uphold them in

luch were thofe ("elf-moving flatheir motions
mes, which, unlefs violently detained, would or
themfelves run away.
jyilkinft Math. Mdg

He was
whom his

Thick

[from ambujb.] Placed

lying in wait.

adj.

Of ambujli'd men, whom, by their

To be Taxallan enemies I guefs.

Like

ofrenfivc laf-

of walking.
The gradient,

2.

in ambufli

not ufcd.

adj. \an-.lulo, Lat.]

That which has

A'MBUSHED.

fee.]

Bro'wn'i Vulgar Erroun.

1.

my noble lord of Lancaster,

did I lay an ambujb for your life.
Staktff. Richard II.

A'MBUSHMENT. n.f.

than from embulation.

A'MBULATORY.

Once

Diydenl Indian Empercr.

agairjl tiobbci.

the occult and invifible motion of the

in

The ftate of being ported privately, in

order to furprife ; the ftate of lying in
wait.

freedom.

of"

AMBUI. A'TION, n.f.

The aft of walking.
fitudes

of furprifmg another, by lyin wait, or lodging in a fecret port.

ing
Nor (hall we need,
With dangerous expedition, to invade
aft

4. Perhaps the perfons placed in private

Suppofing
the poliuire of the party's hand who did throw
the dice, fuppofing the figure rf the table, and of
the dice themfelvcs, fufpofirg the meafurc of
foice applied, and fu[ pofing all other things which
did concur to the production of that calt, to be
the very fame thry were, there is no doubt but

muitlc

The

Heav'n, whofe high walls fear no afi'ault or fiegr,

Or ambvjh from the Jeep. Milton's Paradifc Loft,

will be yet clearer, by confidering his own

of cafting amtn ace, though it partake

From

lans yield,
clofe ambujb, bafe in open field.

Dr^dcn'i Indian Emperor,

2.

choice, than throw

this

woods, ambumes being commonly laid

under the concealment of thick forefts.]
The poft where foldiers or aflaffins are

life.

more of contingency than

Sbcre,

in

wood

n.f. [ambufche, Fr. from boh,

whence embufchtr, to hide in

tending to draw the Englifh further into their

Hayicard*
ambufi, turned away at an eafy pace*
Charge", charge, their ground the faint Taxal-

word corrupted from

-will ttat tads well.

StaliLff.'jre'i jtU't

(he,

ftill ; and, when the far

legs are upon
'the ground, the near fide removes the
'/ere leg and hinder leg, and the legs
on the far fide ftand ftill.
An amble is
the firft pace of young colts, but when
they have ftrength to trot, they quit it.
There is no amble in the manage ;
riding-mafters allow only of walk, trot,
and gallop. A horfe may be put from
a trot to a gallop without flopping ;
but he cannot be put from an amble to
a gallop without a ftop, which inter-

rupts the juftnefs of the

my

ace for

This

on one fide as, on

the far fide, he removes his fore and
hinder leg of the (ame fide at one time,
whilft the legs on the near fide (land

[a

had rather be

arr.bi

fathom deep.

Th: vefidue retired deceitfully towards the place

of their ambufn, whence ifi'ued more. Then the
But the enemy, inearl maintained the fight.

two dice turn up the ace.

wanton emelmg nymph.

his legs

Drydcr,.

Shaktffearr.

moves both

n. f.

Span.]

placed, in order to fall unexpectedly

upon an enemy.

ambnjial fpirit Hies,

and grateful to the flties.
Pufe.

to the world,

ir.ftance

A'MBLE. n.f. [from fo amble.,] A pace

or movement in which the horfe re-

1.

houfekeeping, are kept ; alfo a cupboard for keeping cold viftuals a word
ftill ufed in the northern counties, and
in Scotland.
AMBS ACE. n. f. [from ambo, Lat. and
A double ace ; fo called when
act.]

walk daintily and aScftedly.

am rudely ftampt, and want love's majefty,

ftrut before a

deleft -

\_embcfcada,

Khakcff, Romeo and Juliit,

A'MBUSH.

The place where the almoner lives, or

where alms are diftributed.
The place where plate, and utenfils for

2.

n. f.

(he driveth o'er a foldicr's neck,

Of" healths five

almcnry.~\
1.

To

4.

Sometimes

tilleft

fartheft ihoies th'

a horfe

as

delicious

th e

enemy.

Ml! :cr.

among

private poft, in order to furprife an

adj. [from ambrofia."}

fragrant

A'MBRY.

it.

fub-

that ambles ufes a gait not natural.

A laughing, toying, wheedling, whimpering
Shall make him aabte on a goflip's meflage,
And take the diftafr'with a hand as patient,

As

To
Sweet

AMBLE.

is

j.

Aerial honey and ambrnfial dews.

to enjoy as much
good, on fome occafions,
of the prelent, as will not endanger our futurity ;
and to provide ourl'elves of the virtuofo's faJJle,
which will be fure to amble, when the world is

It

ambrofa.

tmlufcade

And then he dreams of cutting foreign throats,

Of breathes, ambufiadoit, Spanilh blades,

Thus while God fpake, amkr'Jial fragrance fill'd

All heaven, and in the blelTed Ipirits cleft
Senfe of new joy ineffable diffus'd.
MUt'-r..
The gifts of heaven my following fong purfuc.,

Drydin.

n.f. [from ambitious.'}

Lat.]

able.

fame well known,

throne.

unfavoury

The

E
in

MtUfiM.

AMBUSCA'DO.

Partaking of the nature or qualities of ambrofia

Dili.
circumference.
v. n. [ambler, Fr. ambulo,

circuit

Tt A'MBLE.

's

of being ambitious.
n.f. \ambio, Lat.]

The quality
A'MBITUDE.
;

Sh

fea

lie

difbes.

rfculous flowers, produced on fcpafume plant from the fruit, having

AMBRO'SIAL.

Dryder..
defign'd his

a plant.

Canada embrofa.

fleet ;
appearance of the prince's
And each .itr.L i:\::fy would claim the ken,
That with firft eyes did diliant fafety meet.

Here Flecknoe,

numerable diftempers,

no vifible petals ; the fruit which fucceeds the female flowers, is fliaped like a club, and is prickly,
containing one oblong feed in each.
The fpecies are, I. The marine or fea sr-.brofa.

th'

s4iKk:'i:i<jll

fl

rate parts of the

be exalted with the Oucat'nir.g clouds.

S Jute

male

It has

have (een
fwell, and rage, and foam,

AMBi'TiousLY.mfo. [from

The name of

2.

afpiring.

Th' ambition ocean

To

and lethargies, with in-

AMBU'ST.

\ambuftus, Lat.]

adj.

AMBU'STJON.
burn

Burnt;
Diti.

fcalded.

n.f. [ambuftio, Lat.]

a fcald.

n.f. [email, Fr.] The matter

with which the variegated works are

A'MEL.

we call enamelled.
of glafs melted with calcined
This white
tin, corr.pole an undiaphanous body.
amel is the bafis of all thofe fine concretes that
goldfmiths and artificers employ in the curious
overlaid, which

The

materials

art of enamelling.

Boyle on Colours,

AM&N.

adv. [a word of which the original has given rife to many conjectures.
Scaliger writes, that it is Arabick ; n-.d
the Rabbies make it the compound of
the initials of three words, fignifying
the Lord is a faithful king ; but the word
feems merely Hebrew, [D, which, with
a long train of derivatives, fignifies firmA term ufed
nefs, certainty, fidelity.]
in devotions, by which, at the end of a
prayer, we mean, ft be
of a creed, fa it is.
8

it ;

at the

end
One

A
On
As

God Mcfs

erieJ,

other,
they had iit?n

me

us

nd, Amer.

Behold

with thefe hangman's hands.

J.iftening th-ir rear, I could not fay Amen,

they did fay Cod blefs us. Siakefp. Mack.
Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael, from evcr-

Amtn and

amen.

Pfalm xli. 13.

[amrfaahle, Fr. amencr
gite/qu'un, in the French courts, figni-

AME'NABLB.

adj.

oblige one to appear to aufwer

a charge exhibited againft
him.] Re-

Recovery

3.

be liable

fubject fo as to

Are come

to

eldeft perfons of every lept, (hwucd

bring in ali l'ic
idle pcrfons of their t'urname, to be
ju Viied by ihc

law.

Sir

A'MEKAGE.
VM E NANCE.
duft

"/

[They feem

mien

to

come
Con-

to ufe in all allays,

Whether for arms and warlike airitnatice,
Or el!e for wife and civil governance.

-v.

a.

To

is

z.

correft

>ueen.

The

we

TAME'ND.
amend

i>.

ufually

differs

from

fortune either amends or impairs, I nv.;

unto you.
SiJay.

it

At

touch

his

Such

fanrtity hath

They

prcOntly amend.

Heaven given

To

his

AMFWDE.n.f.

fignification, the

AME'NDMENT.
Before
things in

it
it

paiTed

amendment.

are fo per/eft, that there

tmmimatt ;

is

There

arc

Hanging

no place

many

Rtiy
natural defects in

(t*a>

Reformation of

as

adj.

I.

for

overLttkt.

,i

let

colour, and the Spanilh are of three

beft are the'blackf.i

almoft quite

hath

forts

the

.-rjare
tared with

but

-v.

cipifffi,

;u3rtf.

jmer.tacc'jus flowers or

[in heraldry] fignifies the

fame colour i;i a nobleman's coat, that
furfure does in a gentleman's.

kat-

a. [amirder, Fr. o^Sa?.feems to give the ori-

AME THV'STINE.

adj.
[from amctbyjl.}
Refembling an amethyll in colour.

To

punifh with a pecuniary penalty ;

to inflict a forfeiture.
;
It is a word originally juridical, but
adopted by other writers, and is ufed by
Spenfer of puniihments in general.
Where every one that mifieih tnen her make,
Shall be by him amcrc'd with penance due.

A'MIABLE.
I.

Sometimes with th
the fine.

particle in before

adj. [aimaMe, Fr.]

Lovely; pleafing.

That which is good in the actions of men, doth

not only delight as profitable, but as amiable alfo
She told her, while fne kept it,
'Twould nrike her amiable, fubdue
my father
Entirely to her love

but

Or made a gift of it, my

Should hold her loathed.

Sbakefpcarc.

All the fuitors were considerably amerced ;

yet
this proved but an incileclual
remedy for thole
mifchiefs.
Hale.

kind of ametbyjiine flint, not

compofed of
one entire mad')' ftone.

cryftals or grains, but

Spenftr.

z.

-nna;c coi-

A'METHYST
Miller.

fj.lt

raid.

E fhines
apprcach-d 'h
ion; and U-\eiMl nearly u-i.

But I'll amerce you with fo ftrong a fine,

That you (hall all repent the lofs of mine.

opinion, that
they which would not be drawn to amendment of
litv, by the tcftimony which Mofes and the
prophets have given, concerning the miferies that
follow ftnners after death, were not
likely to be
perfoaded by other means, although God from the
preachers.
tinker.

to prevent
inebriation.]

precious (lone of a violet colour, bordering on

The oriental wtlyjl is the hardtrit,
purple.
fcarcc-fl, anO moft rateable ; it is ge:i.-;aily of a
dove colour,
c are
purple, and others
white like the diamond. The C
vio-

to exaft a fine

Our Lord and Saviour was of

them up

[nmental:n, Lat.]

by a thread.

pine tree

life.

deau'fljould'hare raifcd

imagined

ginal.]

the underare"

for retribution here-

i,

AME'RCE.

To

the Creation.

Aanding, capable of j:nifndn:cnt, which

looked and wholly negltcled.

n.f. [au/SiT', contrary

wine, or contrary to drunkennefs ;
fo called, either becaufe it is not
quite
of the colour of wine, or becaafe it was

arc very often unfor-

kins.

neching that can be reprehended.

fin

[from a and mewithout method ;

to

n.f. \amenite, Fr. antceititas,

Pleafantuefs ; agreeablenefs of

AMENTA'CEOUS.
The

Man is always msn ding and altering hh works;

but nature obferves the fame tcnour, bccaufe hci

irregular.

of Babylon was fuch at firir as in

the days of Herodotus, it was -a feat of
a>r.smtj
and pleafurc.

approbation and
Dryd, i:.

your

argument

Difl.

lx the fituation

word amends.

[amende/item, Fr.]
for the better.
prefcnted on the ftage, fome

prieft's veftment.

fituation.

n.f.

was
have

a ftrong

ij

/Jry.-lVr.

MESS. n.f. [corrupted from

amice.]

A'METHYST.

Lat.]

change from bad

to rcfpire.

It our fouls be
immortal, this makes abundant
amends and compenfation for the frailties of life,
and furr'crings of this ftate.
Tlihtfai.

hand,

French, fignifics a fine, by which recompence is fuppofed to be made for the

fault committed. We ufe, in a
cognate

away

And watch the box, for I'ear they Inould

convey
Falle bones, and put
upon me in the play.

AME'NITY.

Stake/f. Machetb.
[French.] This word, in

my ftudy xvas to cog the dice,

dext'roufly to throw the lucky fice :
Ihun amis ace, that fwept my (take.,

And

fomething wrong.

As my

ace,

dice.

tunate, and vicious perfons profperous ; which

is
repugnant to the nature of a Being, who appears infinitely wife an;l good in all his vvorki
unlefs we may fuppofe th.it fuch a promilcuous
diflribution, whicli was neccflary f^r carvynig on
the defi^ns of providence in this lit';, wiil be rectiijed and made amends for in another.
SpeRatir.

to improve ; to improve fuppofes or not denies that the

thing is well already, but to amend im-

2.

n.f. [a corruption of the word

which appears, from very old
authorities, to have been early foftened
by omitting the .] Two aces on two

ambs

AMETHO'DICAI.. adj.
thod.} Out of .method

after, that virtuous perf.ms

To

better.

me

fliall be
irnpoftd
themfelves.
Spc*fer'i State of InlarJ.

come unto

Some little hopes I have yet remaining, that I

may znake the world fome part of amends for
many ill plays, by an heroick poem.
Di-ydw.

It

reading.

To grow

n.

here leave

(hall

But then

imprifon'd alfo, clofe and damp,

but here 1 feel amends,
;
breath of heav'n freth blowing,
pure and
day-fpring born

in

Ccv.-tll.

AMES ACE.

cof!e;-s.

M,!KK.

reflore paflages in writers, which

the copiers are
fuppofed to have depraved ; to recover the true

works

runs into the prince's

f\ve.;t,

With

To

upon them,

air

to

<JO\IT ways and your doings, and I will

<eufe you to dwell in this place.
Jtrcm. vii. 3.

1.

all

mercy of the king, or other lord

All amercements and fines that

Ralflgh's EJJays.
I, a pris'ner chain'd, fcarce freely draw

Then
The

Amend

declare

the

his court.

commonly

to

to change any
thing that
fomething better,
reform the life, or leave wicked-

plies

A ME'R CEMENT. In./, [from UK,

AME'RCI AMEKT. j The pecuniary
puniHiment of an offender, who Hands at

per-

Sfcrjtr,

\amender, Fr. emendo,

nefs.
In thefe two cafes
write mend.
See MEND.

3.

n.f. [from amerce.] He that

a fine upon any mifdemeanour ; he
th.it decrees or inflifts
any pecuniary
punifhment or forfeiture,
fets

Unwholefome draught

wrong

To

The

have too aufterely punifii'd you,

Your compenfation makes amends. Sbakffffare.
Of the amends recovered, little or nothing returns to thofe that h:id fuff:red the wrong, but
If

Lat.]
I

[from amend.]

dif-

Well kend him fo far fpace,

enchanter, by hh arms and amenanee,
When under him he faw his Lybian fteed

AME'ND.

AVIH'RCER.

AME'NDS.

Th'

To

ticle of.
Millions of fpiriti, for his fault amerced
0/"hrav'n, and from eternal fplendour; flung
revolt.
Milton.
For^his

.'>

n.f. [amende, Fr. from which

feems to be accidentally corrupted.]
Rccompence ; compensation ; atonement.

Fairy

the

n.f.

n.f.

in

Sometimes it is ufed, in imitation of

Greek conftrudion, with the par-

3.

amends any thing.

fon that

is fit

prance.

comfdy.

an hundred fliekcl. of
They
filver, and give them unto the father of the damfel, becaufe he hath brought up an evil name
upon
a virgin of Ifrael.
Deut. xxii. 19.

it

words

AME'N DER.

in Ifelar.d.

J from amener, Fr.]

behaviour

ufed.
For he

John Dai:i

hearing your amendment,

cfpied before or after judgment ; and

fometiims after the party's feeidng adBlouxt.
vantage by the errour.

law, he prothe bdt and

vided, by anorher act,

-ycrs

him

mail amerce

Cattcbifm.

[emenJatio, Lat.] It
fignifies, in law, the correction of an
errour committed in a procefs, and

were loofe

fort

ir

tn ths

;>1

to play a pleafant

AME'NDMENT.

enquiries or accounts.
Again, becauic
and poor, and not 0m^Ka< '-'

Hammond"! Prtfiical
of health.

Your honour's

fies, to

fponfible

famine

and plague, tribulation ind

angMiiri, are funt a> fcourges for amendment.
2 Efdras, xvi. 19.
Though a fcrious purpofe of amirdir.ir.t, and
true afts of contrition, before the habit,
may be
accept:;! by God ; yet there is no fure judgment
whether this purpofe be fcrious, or thefc acts
true aits of contrition.

th-

When

lafting and to cverlafling,

2.

Pretending love
Lay amiatle
wife

if /he loft it,

istlicr's

eye
Slakiff. Otldia.

mewing

love.
of this Ford's

fiege to the honelty

ufe your art of

wooing.

A'MI ABLENESS.

n.f.

Sbakeffeari.

[fna smiatle.] The

quality

c r being amiable; lovelinefs

quality
pc-,'-

uural gaiety nnd av.iablctufi of

-^ars ofT, they have notl.
them, but tie by among the lumber

A M M

A'MITY.

Amsta's bread the fury thus invades,

fires with rage amid the fylvan (hades.

And

love.

-ng

Ofjin.

to

".

nnj

f th' fpectei.

A'MIAG.Y.

Lat.]

[amicatilii,

adj.

Friendly ; kind.
of more than one

It is

ufed

commonly

an

as, they live in

amicable manner ; but we feldom fay,

an amicable aftion, or an amicable man,
though it be fo ufed in this paffage.
oh virtue heav'nly fair,
grace ferene
Divine oblivion of low-thoughted care
Freih blooming hope, gay daughter of the Sty

erroneoufly

1.

The
If' 1

in blooming beauty frefli,

waikt
lovely ;outhl, that amictbly
O'er verdant meads, and pleas'd, perhapr, revolv'd
late conquelts.

my

found

3.

4.

byteriis

&

frefex/ex indumentii efi/cofn

communibus funt, amiftuv alia,

5.

enim cor, ne <vanitalei cogiiet ; jtringit autem collum, nt inde

ad linguam tranfeai m ,:dacium. Bruno.]
The firft or underraoft part of a prieil's
habit, over which he wears the alb.
_:

lor.h

On

fome

In

i.

mid ft

the

7.

fm

,rden, Gc-d hath

The two

the fruit
r tice a-

la;,!,

the

p--'-,

ye lhall not cat.

Milton.

and Donatelii's

bagnio,

duke,

ar.i.lji

the four (laves,

noble fights.

j/c-cllai, are very

chained to his

Mingled with; furrounded by

Z.

true

when

is

ambit of another thing.

irh wo- my
And, but bewitch'J, wha

^ hii

9.

made

dunghill;

no other God that can

Damdr iii.

29.

Impaired in health; as, I was fomewhat amifs yelterday, but am well to-

dmifs

is

ufed by Sbakcjpeare as a noun

fubitantive.

AtUifm.
in the

Each

moan

flock would

>

lick foul, as fin's true nature is,

toy feems piologue to fome great amife.

Sidn:j
I

the air encountfr'd

n;id fro

ave

I
//

fi

with jjcjlarinn dire.

Milter..
name that wealthy fwain,

dvn;-, to

n;y cryltal
;

dreams

blaft

my

bring,

flow'ry fpiing.

Drjin,

deplored afhes

AMI'SSION. n.f. [amifia, Lat.] Lofs.

To AMI'T. <v. a. \araitto, Lat.] To lofe
a word little in ufe.
ke is water congealed by the frigidity of the
air, whereby it acquirctli no new form, but rather
a confidence or determination of its dirfiucncy,
and amitutii not iu eflince, but condition of flui-

dity,

let there be

Dixbuvi.

an:ity,

The name of

a, /.

GUM AMMONIAC

is brought from the Eafr, Infurpofed to ooze from an umljcliiferous phut. Diol'corides lays, it is the juice nf a
kind of ferula growing in Barbary, and the plant fs
called
I'liny calls the tree metofion t

and

is

agafyllis*

grows near the Temple of Jupiter

which, he

lays,

Ammon,

whence the gum takes

its

name.

Ic

white within, yellowilh,

refmous, fomewhat bitter,

to be in dry drops,

without, eafily fufible,

and of a very (harp taflc and

i'mell,

fomewhat like

This gum is faid to have fcrved the angarlick.

cients forincenle, in their facrifices.
Sat/aiy, Trcvoux.
a volatile fait of two kinds, an-

is

cient and modern.

The

ancient fort, defcribed

by Pliny and Diofcorides, was a native fait, generated in thofe large inns where the crowds of pilgrims, coming from the temple of Jupiter Ammoo,
ul'ed to lodge ; who travelling upon camels, and
thofe creatures in Cyrene, where that celebrated
temple flood, mining in the (tables, or in the

parched fands, out of this urine, which is remarkably (trong, arofe a kind of fait, denominated fometinv/s from the temple, Ammoniac, and fometin.es
No m>TC of this falc
from the country,
is produced theiej and, from this deficiency, (bine
fufpeft there never was any fuch thing : but tliis
futpicion is removed, by the large quantities of jt
fal', nearly of the fame nature, thrown out by
mount /litna.

The modern

fal ammoniac

is

made

in

Egypt

with loot,
and the urine of cattle, and having their mouths luted with a piece of wet cotton,
are placed over an oven or furnace, in a thick bed
of alhcs, nothing but the necks appearing, and
kept there two cays and a night, with a continual flrong fire.
The fleam fwells up die cotton,
and forms a pafte at the vent-hole, hindering the

wheie long-necked
a little

fea'

glals bottles, filled

fall,

from evaporating ; which Hick to the top of

the bottle, and aie tak.cn out in thofe large cakes,
wh'idi chf-y fend to England.
Only foot exhaled
from dung, U the proper ingredient in this prefaitj

paration ;
ihongelt.

and the dung of camels allbrds the

Our chymifts imitate ihe Egyptian fal ammoniac,

by adding one part of common fait to five of
urine ; with which fome mix that quantity of
foot, and putting the whole in a vellcl, they r.iifu
from

it, by fublimation, a white, friable, farinaceous fubliance, which they call_/^/ amaicKuu,

AMMONI'ACAL.

i:d

Chamber i,

To my

Hamlet.
voice

on Ireland.

Cyrtttiac.

Dryd.

the malons played the

is marked as an adverb,
though
cannot always be adverbially rendered ; becaufe it always follows the fubftantive to which it relates, contrary to
the nature of adjcclives in Englilh ;
and though we fay the afbion was amij's,
we never fay an amij's aft ion.

garden we may
thi

if

'tis

it

Of
in the

tr

amifs,

day.
8. Amifs

either extremity.

Of e:/n

and

much

be.

better born than you.

lhall be

becaufe there
afler this furt.

from

equally diilant

nut

it

Swift.

and mid, or

[from a

to be followed by

irreverent.
and language, which
i,
fprak any thing amijs a^ainft the God of Shadrach, Mclhich, ar.J Abednego, lhall be cut in
piece-, an'!

mifij}.}

is

am fumewhit

6. Reproachful
L,

a pried, fuccinft in amice white,

1 prep,

au:'iji

ch n
kna.ei, nothing delighted me fn
by, while my fervants threw down what was ami/:.

fair

Popt.

AMI'D.
AMI'DST.

\ buiit a wall,

Milt,
Attends.

To my

SAL AMMONIAC

unfit.

not according to the perfec-

Your kindred

amice grey.

<

improper

Wrong;
Yet

ttgit

'Ihus pals'd the

Came

tion of the thing, whatever

iutcricris bo-

tegitur, cajiita'.em
:

only ar.d pt'rluafions, not

IS

minis dtfignat

fenfe.

figh'd withal, they conftru'd all amifs,

kit's.
thought (he wilh'd to kill who long'd

Wrong

Damn

In bearing thus the abfence of your lord. Skakefp*

And ye, oh Tyrians, wich immortal hate
Purfue this racs, this fervice dedicate

ou^ht

Hooker.
them, whnfe cafe is the like.
Methinks, though a man had all fciencc, and
all principles, yet it mi^ht not be amifs '.o havj
fome conscience.
Tillatfon,

fluneia. Du
cingulum,ftola,mampulut,
Cange. slimclus quo collum Jiringitur,

^ pelius

not

Examples have not generally the force of laws,

which all men ought to keep, but of counfcls

[amiftus, Lat. amifl, Fr.

n.f.

ill

his inmofr. thoughts,

it

impute

Jtbn

Fairfax.

Man,

Church ?f England

'Ts

Pnmum

In an

ye powers that fearch

amlfi,

Sir

You have a noble and a true conceit

Of godlike amity which appears moft ftror.gly

dies,

man, and weigh

have done

And

a tuibulent partv, joining v

Arminiar.s, did attempt to de(t:oy the rep

A'MICE.

heart of

Tlio prophet David did think, that the very

meeting of men together, ana their accompanying
one another to the houfe of God, (hould iiiake
the bund of their love insoluble, and tie them
in a league of inviolable amity.
Hooker.
The monarchy of Great Britain was in league
and amity with all the world.

'drug.

She

how

notorious

truly done.

criminally.

'v.-ar ; or
among ths
people, oppofed to difccrd; or between
private perlbns.

AMMO'NIAC.

do amfi,

to

PfUift.

fubjech amicall) join

Fr'-.r.
To lelfen their cefecls, by citing mine.
In Holland itfelr", where it is pretended that
live
fo
the variety of fec^s
amically together, it is
1

Faultily

dun mift,

it is

whether publick between

nations, oppofed to

'Twixt us and them no league nor

We hope therefore to reform ourftlves, if at

any time we have done amift, is not to fever ourfelves from the church we were of before. Heater,

Two

Anna's

when

arr.ifs,

fee

They

Sbate'f. K'uigjcbr..
2.

ad=v. [from amicable.} In an

amicable manner ; in a friendly way

with goodwill and concord.
the

commit

to

mifiio,

or out of order.]
Faulty ; criminal.
For that which thou haft fworn
Is yet

Pcff.

goodwill.

Through

to

cr'iie: amij's therefore fignifies net right,

A'MICABLENESS. n.f. [from amicable.}

The quality of being amicable; friend-

A'MICABLY.

y.

AMI'SS. aw. [from a, which, in this form

of composition, often fignifies according
to, and mife, the Englifh particle, which
(hews any thing, like the Greek va.^.,
to be wrong, as, to mifcount, to count

rejoice,

utter forth a glorious voice,

For evti- (inging, as they (line,
" The hand that made us is divine."

linefs

all

And

And faith, our early immortality

Enter each mild, each amicablt gueft ;
Receive and wrap me in eternal icrt.

conjoined with.

In reafon's ear they

[from. -nmiatls .~\

a manner as
; ia fuch

to excite love.

A'MICABLE.

Amongft

What tho* no real voice nor found

Amid their radiant orts be found ?

Addij'.n.

In an

aai/.

manner

amiat.'.e

3.

./. \amitie, Fr. amicitia, Lat.]

Friendfhip,

Brovjn'i Vulgar Errcurt,

adj.

[from ammoniac.]

Having the properties of ammoniac

Human blood calcined, yields no fixed

fait.
fait

nor is it a fal ammoniac ; for that remains immutable after repeated diftillations; and dilrillation deltroys the ammvniafa/ quality of animal
falti, and turns them alkaline : fo that it is a
fait neither
quite fixed, nor quite volatile, nor
quite acid, nor quite alkaTnc, nor quite atnmomacal ; but foft and benign, approaching neareft to
Arhuttm
the nature offal ammoniac,

AMMU-

A
AMMUNI'TION.

by fome

n.f. [fuppofed

feveral of

Bacon.

colonel (laid to put in the ammunition he

brought with him ; which was only twelve bar-

of powder, and twelve hundred weight of

Clarendon.

All the rich mines of learning ranfackt are,

furnifli ammunition for this war.
Dtnbatn.
But now his (lores of ammunition fpent,
His naked valour is his only guard :
Rare thunders are from his dumb cannon fent,

To

And

folitary guns are fcarcely heard.

aft of

oblivion ; an aft by which crimes againft the government, to a certain

time, are fo obliterated, that they can
never be brought into charge.
I never read of a law cnafted to take
away the
force of all laws, by which a man may fafely
commit upon the lad of June, what he would
infallibly be

the

hanged

for,

he committed

if

it

on

of July j by which the greateft criminals

may efcape, provided they continue long enough
5n power to anriquate their crimes, and, by
ftifling them awhile, deceive the legiflature into
an amrejly.
Swift.
firft

AMNI'COLIST.

n.f. [amnicola, Lat.] InDicl.

habiting near a river.

AMNI'CBNOUS.
Born of a

n.f.

\amnigcnus, Lat.]

river.

jfMNION. 7
4'MNIOS. J

Difl.

a. f.

in the

womb

is

from

perhaps

[Lat.

,.]
The innermoft membrane

with which the

fcttus

mod

immediately covered, anc

of the lecundines, the cho-

with which the reft

It is
rion, and ajantois, are ejefled after birth.
whiter and thinner than the chorion. It alfo contains
nutritious humour, feparate-i by glands for
that purpofe, with which the fcctus is preserved. It
U outwardly cloathed with the urinary membrane
and the chori >n, which fometimes (lick fo clofc to

one another, that they can fcarce be feparated. J

has alfo its vefi'els from the fame origin as the cho-

^MO-MUM,
pofc

it

fort of fru'n?'
Pliny and Diofcoiidcs fup-

n.f. [Lat.]

The commentators on

to be a fruit different

from ours.

The mo-

dern anvmum appears to be theyf/cn of the ancients

or bajlard flone-parjlcy. It refembles the mufca

This fruit is brought from the Ball Ingrape.

It is of a hot
dies, and makes part of treacle.
Trrvoux. Ctamitis
fpicy tafte and fmcll.

AMO'NC.
AMO'NGST.
I.

Ifref. [amans.jemanj, Saxon.]

Mingled with; placed with other perfons or things

Amon^p

on every

fide.

fome

flrawberrics fow here and there

borage-lecd

and you

under thofe leaves

far

(hall find

more

the ftrawb^rric

large than their

fel

The

voice of

Now

God

they he 3rd,

walking in the garden, by foft winds

Brought to their ears, while day dcclin'd

they

heard,

from

his prefence hid themfelves, jnrrtr

thickeft trcis, both man and wifj.
Mi/to*

*. Conjoined with others, fo as to

pan of the number.

[Ital.]

mart ena-

In love

mak

To AMO'VE.

my

To remove

z.

And
And

with the par;

thing loved ; in

the

brother

amcnus

is

withdrawn her father

on

Hero; and hath

break with

to

him about it.

Sbakefptare.
am'rous mafter own'd her potent eyes,
Sigh'd when he look'd, and trembled as he drew ;
Each flowing line confinn'd his firft furprize,
And as the piece advanc'd, the paflion grew.

am rudely ftampt.
Siateff. Rich. III.
And into all things from her air infpir'd
The fpirit of love, and amorous delight.
Miltcn.
I, that

In the amorous net

caught theylik'd; and each his liking chofe.

Mdfjn.
!

how

long

my

Invoke the mufes, and improve

vein

Waller

ly

Will amortujly to thee fwim,

Gladder to catch thee, than thou him.

A'MOROUSNESS.

n. f.

compofe

particle

to.

ufed, figuratively, of the confe-

The
nefs

errours of young men are the ruin of bufibut the errours of aged men amount but to
more might have been done, or fooner.

this, that

Judgments that are made on the wrong fide of

the d.nger, cmount to no more than an afteftatica
of (kill, withou; either credit or effect.
L'Eftrange.

AMO'UNT.
total

n.f. [from
;

To amount.]

The

the refult of feveral fums or

quantities accumulated.
And n>w, ye lying vanities of life,
Where are you now, and what is your amount f
Vexation,

di

(appointment, and rcmorfe.

Ttcmftm.

n.f. [amour? Fr. amor, Lat.] An

affair of gallantry ; an
intrigue : geneThe ou
rally ufed of vitious love.
founds like oo in poor.

Donnr.

wit, and

No

man is of fo general and difFufive a lufr, as

to profccute his amours all the world over; and
burn never fo outragcoufly, yrt the impure
flame will either die of itfelf, or confumc the
body
that harbours it.
Sutti.
The reltlcfs youth fe.irch'd all the world around}
But how can Jove in his amours be found ?
let it

more

amcrwfntfs enough tc
eafy to defend fair ladies,

AAKJL*.

n.f. [amppe, Sax.] A tumour,

with inflammation ; bile : a word faid,
by Skinner, to be much in ufe in EfTex ;
but, perhaps, not found in books.

A'MPER.

than to defend himlelf againll them.

Boyle on Colours

MfO'RT.

adv. \a la mart, Fr.] In the

Hate of the dead; dejefted ; deprefled ;

AMPHI'BIOUS.

fpiritlefs.

l.

How fares my Kate ?

what, fweet'mg, all amort t

Sbiik fp. 7 anting of the Shrew

[amort ijftment,
amort ijjable, Fr.
AMO'RTIZEMENT.J
The right or aft of transferring lands
;

al-

together.

Sidney

mortmain

quan-

the whole ; with

It is ufed of feveral
in

quence rifing from any thing taken

[from

i;/i.

to

Fairy S^uctn.

[monttr, Fr.]

BurneCs Theory.

All Gynccis's aclions were interpreted by Bafiproceeding from jealoufy of his amorouf-

it

to

It is

z.

lius, as

h.is

n.

<$uieit.

Let us compute a little more

particularly how
this will amount to, or how
many oceans
of water would be neceflary to compole this
great
ocean rowling in the air, without bounds or banks.

amorous.}
The quality of being amo r ous ; fondneis ; lovingnefs ; love.

find

<v.

Fairy
amov'et

much

When thou wilt fwim in that live-bath,

Each fim, which every channel hath,

Lindamor

mood,

AMO'UR.

lovingly.

make him

fums in quantities added together.

fum

my
A'MOROUSLY.</<V. [from amorous.] Fond!

his fober

to in the accumulative

rife
;

the

carelefs limbs to lay

Under the plantane's (hade, and all the day

With anirous airs my fancy entertain,

to alter

he yet, faid he, that wrought this afl

do the heavens afford him vital food ?

tity

difpofed to

fond.
;
Apes, as foon as '.hey have brought forth their
young, keep their ryes raftencd on them, and are
never weary of admiring their beauty; fo amorous
is nature
o^whatfoever flie produces.
DryJtn's Dufrefmy.
3. Relating, or belonging to love.
I that am not flnp'd for fportivc tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-giafr,

move

lives

To

I.

fondnefs

Firft

to

To AMO'UNT.

Prior.

Naturally inclined to love

now

At her fo piteous cry wai much

Her champion ftout.

The

2.

[amo-vec, Lat.]

from a poll or Ration

juridical fenfe.

Sbaktjpeart, on.
Sure

a.

<v.

To remove

enamoured

of before

ticle

This did concern the kingdom, to have farms

fufikient to maintain an able body out of penury,
and to amortize part of the lands unto the
yeoZfarcff.
manry, or middle part of the people.

[amorofo, Ital.]

adj.

AMOR TI7. A'T ION. la./,

:

and their
which cannot be done without licence of the king, and the lord of
the manour.
Blount,
fucccflbrs

out of ufe.
Therewith, amoved trom

Baton

lows.

And
The

n. f.

-v. a.

ration, guild, or fraternity,

Addijon.

fenfe

A'MOROUS.

Dryden.

An

made

n.f. [from amour.] An

a gallant ; a man profeffing

Jura Canonici.

Parergon

[amortir, Fr.] To
alien lands or tenements to any
corpo-

moured.

n.f. Bread for

the fupply of the armies or
garrifons.

[iumr'm.]

Ayliffe'i

AMO'RTIZE.

To

ina-

JMORO'SO.

AMMUNITION BREAD,
A'MNESTY. n.f

and habits

particular figures of her

age brings in a neceffity of decay ; leaving dotcr:upon red and white perplexed by incertainty
both of the continuance of their miftrefs's kindnefs, and her beauty, both which are neceflary to
the amorifl's joys and quiet.
Boyle.

The

match.

(lutues,

lw

provlfion for them, ifter the

were devlfed and put in ufe by princes.

love.
Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as
their minds ; though cafuaitics ihould fparc them,

and muft have the afiiftance of fome

military man, and convenient arms and

rels

Roman

in different pofturej

many

A'MORIST.

themfelves defenfible againft

olJ

fame defign.

after the

ammunition for their defence.

Venus

as there are

morato

They muft make

ble

obferved the failings

fee,

many

There were, among the

fores.
ftringers

AMP

great wits amsitgfl the moderns, who

have attempted to write an epic poem.
Dryden.

amonitio, which, in the

barbarous ages, feems to have fignified

fupply of provifion ; but it furely may

be more reafonably derived from mutiitio, fortification ;
chafes a munition,
things for the fortrefles.]
Military

have then, as you

of

come from

to

that

nity, that never

is

is,

to

fome commu-

to ceafe.

Every one of the religious orders w.is confirmci

by one pope or other; and thev made an elpecia

adj. [in<p,

and /Si..]

That which partakes of two

as

to live in

two elements

natures, fo
as, in air

and water.

creature of antfhithui nature,

a bcift, a filh in water.

Onhnd

Iludihrai.
amfbitiait, which live ficely
in the air, upon th- earth, and
yet arc obferved to
live ling u,]>orj water, as ir
they were natur.il inhabitants of that clement; t.iough it be worth
the examination to know, whether any of thofe

Thffe

ate

c.-illcd

creatures that live at cafe, and by choke, a good

while.

BO LO'G c A

I, .

[from amphibo-

adj.

phibological.]

meaning.

AMPHIBG'LOGY.

n. f.

Dii'courfe of uncertain
di-.iinguilhed

[l^&Xyi

:]

It is

meaning.

from equivocation, which

means the double fignitkation of a fingle

word; as, xtiirtftin occidere timere tonum eft, is amphibclogy ; captate leports,
or jefts,
meaning, by lepares, either hares
is

1.

Brwrfi Vulgar

He

that affirm'd, 'gainll

prove it by
Tilings are not what they feem.

ufe

Equivocation

their remon:'

[^'*i and >wy-.]

Difi.

ambiguity.

To

fcrpent

and by confeqaence

to

move

that

nrr.pb'Jtirr.a,

with

hat!

rmpr.fntl"

3.

'I

icok vipon

and

lain

i^x.o.,

iL-a;

of

the fun

is

in

\\\-.

lojthcrn

fig.is

Daisies.

improve by new addi-

Drydtn.

Wattt.

s.

n.

Frequently with the

particle on.
i'it

dows,

to

To A'MPLIFY. f.

ext'en-

:'

I feel age advancing, and my health is infufficient to increafe and amplify thele remarks, to
conijnn and.improve thefe rules, and to illuminate

.malts, wlit-rci'.
at different times of the year,
to the north 'pole, when

laboured in this vineyard.

enlarge

finij /.,(/..]

c.-.-i'.fcgeratlori

th.:t iiavc

To

tered, as Waller's trand.ition of Virgil.

h::.

!0". n.f, [fpom

'

whence men have read

tions.
In parnphrafe the author's words are not ftriflly
followed, his fenfe too is amplified but not al-

to traduce or
esctc-f
dil-

F.rrnri.
'.

lover; I have been

ac"ls;

awflififrl.
Sbatcfp.
Since 1 have plainly laid open the negligence
I
is
would
not
and errours of every age that
part,
m to (litter the prelent, by amplifying
the diligence and true judgment of thole fervi-

r-)t

it,

my

of his yood

His fame unparailel'd, haply

tours

ftall

is

general

l:y

ToA'MPLiATE. v. a. \_ainftlio, Lat.] To

to make greater
to extend.
enlarge
He

exaggerate any thing; to enlarge

by the manner of reprefentation.

The book

4.

v-'as af-

To
it

Sontb.^

ft

[Lat.

.my

bear.

Knvint Vulgar

n.f.

for a pcrfi-n of

it ;s

nion, and afp,

mid be

11,

'.

.it;

daj=,

do'ur.

h forward and ba

firmed by Nicaadcr, and nth

many

have fcrmcd them in

<:r

not contracted ; as, an am;

ple narrative, that is, not an epitome.
A'MPLE NESS. n.f. [from ample. ] The qua-,
iirr of
being ample ; largenefs ; fplcn-

two heads,

a fmaller k'nd

is,

fo

'A'i'.hin

be as great in temporal forces, as men's opinion!

Kaliigt.
fpiritual matters.

willingly to un-

made

relief, the earl

he would advance his highnelVi levies with

two th.mfand men.
Clarence*.

y,iii

liockfi.

fplendid.
prince the more

To enlarge, or extend any thing incorporeal

As the reputation of the Roman prelates grew
in them withal
up in thcfc blind ages, fo grew up
a defire of amplifying their power, that they might
.

of this exceed-

i,

foremoft.
off-

as the dignity

z.

difpofe the

dertake his

jlMPHISBjE'Nji:

n.f. [Lt.ii
fuppofed to have

JBacort*
according to the fcvcral circumrtances.
All concaves that proceed from more narrow to
at
the
found
the
more 'broad, do amplify
coming
Bacon,
out.

6. Diffufive

tii

n. J.

much

Magnificent

^.

all

in as

eth fo far the other's value.

-r,felves ;oi

AMPHI'I.OGY.

;
large ; without parfimony.
we fpcak of Uriel juflice, God could no \va;
have been bound to requite man's labours in fo
large and ample manner as human felicity doth

*'>

of his name in

felf richer

Liberal

import

fuch an amptitoljus quarr-l-

to juftify

cbeits,

Drydtn.

mified by amtbihl'.fits into fallacious deductions.

making

and coins, and bags, he feemeth to hirnthan he was : and therefore a way to
and to make
amplify any thing, is to break it,
anatomy of it in feveral parts, and to examine it

myprefence,

If

and
.v. 1
adj. [*u.$'
one to another ; linking

HJVC what you alk, your prefents I receive;

Land where and when you pk'afe, with ample
leave.j
4.

AMPHI'BOLOUS.

then an ample tear triH'd down

Her delicate cheeks.
Sbakeff. King Liar.
3. Unlimited ; without reftridlion.

Pirfti on Cltsveland.

bolhpartie.

in

Sidney.

a.

[amplifier, Fr.]
To enlarge to increafe any material
fubftance, or objeft of fenfe.
So when a gtcat moneyed man hath divided his

And now and

In defining obious appearances, we are to ufe

what is molt plain and eafy ; that the mind be not

Tofled from
each way.

to be,

c .'it

the higheft .point of praife.

TsA'viPLlFY. v.

She took *em, and read 'em

Fafc.

that enlarges any thing ; one that exaggerates ; one that reprefeuts any
bell
thing with a large difplay of the
circumftances ; it being ufually taken
in a good fenfe..
Dorillaus could need no amflifcr's mouth for

any dcmon-

letters pierce the

tjueen to

ftiation of grief

greater than they are,

characler of Alcinous.

in b'llk.

Did your

unknown feem

A'MPLIFIER.?;./ [from To amplify.] One

lb6mfon.

Great

Dai-lei.

hings

and are ufually received with ampIrfcat'Kmi above

Bn-J}n'i Vulgar E: rur:.
their nature.
Is the poet juftifiable for relating fuch incredibltr
It may be anfwered, it he had put
amflificaticni f
thcle extravagances into the mouth of Ulyffes, he
had been unparuonable ; but they fuit well the

feme, fnow black

'I

Large; wide; extended.

z.

circumftances.

rl cd.

Heav'n defcendj
In univerfal bounty, iheddmg herbs,
And fruits, and flowers, on Nature's ample lap.

..

all,

\amplus, Lat.]

adj.

many

fummarily, without any amplifcalhn at

{hew in what manner defects have been fup-

I ihall

jfauijorti

A'MPLE.

equivocation.

the fallacies, whereby men deceive others,

and arc deceived thcmfeives, the ancients have
of the verbal, and
divided into verbal and real
j; conclude from miftakes of the word, there
rc but two worthy our notation ; the fallacy of
equivocation, and amfi:

larged with

'i:l
a crowded atjifii:'
keeping his feat;
or ftretched upon a ^i att: of iron, over coah
of.fire^
and breathing out ais foul aimng the exquifice
of
fuch
tedious
a
than
rather
execution,
fuffcrings
renounce his religion, or blafphcme his Saviour.

Doubtful.

AMPHIBOLO'GICALI.Y. adv. [from amDoubtfully ; with a doubtful

juft femicircie

Within, an amfbilixatrc appear' d

Rais'd in degrees ; tj lixcy paces rear'd,
That when a man \va^ p'ac'd in one degree,
Height w.is allow'd for him above to fee. Dryden.
Conjci\e u m.in pi-iced in the burning iron
chair at Lyons, amid the h:!u]ts and mockeries of

live in different elements.

I

exceeding a

taken in a rhetorical fenfe,

and implies exaggerated reprefentation,

or diffufc narrative ; an image heightened beyond reality ; a narrative en-

joined together ; fo that the longcii

diameter of the amphitneatre was to the
fhbrteft, as one and a half to one.

f amfbi&t ." breed,

t>

logy."^

ftage-plays,

Mochv r uic or mungrel fceqif

S S 0> run
By
Sierft.
By the lire exhafd from dung.
AM PH I'BIOUSNESS. n.f. [from
The quality of being able to
&C.YJ.]

AM P H

Enlargement; extenfion.
It is ufually

as

by one fourth part of the diameter

and the amphitheatre is two theatres

2. Of a mixt nature, in allufion to anijnals that live in air and water.

i.

z.

circle, only

oily.

>

or

The theatres of the angladiators.

cients were built in the form of a femi-

behold fpectacles,

ean live, a
any time, upon the earth,
Ions time together, perfeftly under water. Locii.
Fifiies contain much oil, and amfkilbu: animals
of the nature of fifties, md
partitipate fomewhat
strbutknt.
are

wViiir, er j

Train

AMP

AMP

AMP

to be rcSrained

and

of an (imp*,

intc:

DifFbfenefs

and. to

Parergvn.

en]a>genient.

but

:;.ildelf

"
sl)!'iffe'i

2.

t'jn,

'Ujt.c't,

To fpeak largely in many words

lay one's felf out in diffufion,

to

When yiu ?ffeil t>> amplify on the former

branskes of a difenuifc, you will uftxn lay a necrfon yuu.'tlf u," c')r.lracli;ig the latter, and
in the moll important part of
.li'.-lf

'

anil ill" prr

thj fouta pole, w)

the,

-,

hx is in t!..
-arc the *pcoi

'.-n

'

1",

J.

niyleif

may

be

DiSl.

AM

1.

Fr.

1-

c A'T o
i

n.

f.

[amplification,

To

|<

p]

To f^Mf\.ific\Ti..t>.a.\_amplifico, Lat.]
To enlarge; tofpreadout; to amplify.

If'aln'i Lvgiit,

2.

./. [of *f3iOjT{'.>,

A building in a
of uutfi and Siao^.ai.]
circular or oval form, having its area
mpaffed wiih rows of feats one aLove another ; where fpc'ftators' mifeht

VOL.

pic?J ex-,

ih.-t

inhabit tnc torria zo

A
AMPHITHEATRE.

ny

form large or pompous reprefenw-

tions.

An

excellent medicine for the (tone

conceived,

by amplifying apprehenfions

break a diamond.
1
ii.v.c fomctimes
others:

l.ut

might be
ab'.c

to

i'rcwn'i 1'ulgar Errcun.

been furced to amplify en

here, where the 1'ubjecl

<>

fo fruitful.

AMU

AMP
Homer

my

the

overcome!

harveft

the

&orr<ncd by

not invents ; and

people called Cyclopeans, fo
of great Mature, or giants.

might be men

A'M p L T u D E.
i

am

Dryrlin,
as there

emf/ijiii,

ally

reaper,

chVm.

they

Extent.
Whatever

n.f. [amplitude, Fr. amfli-

look upon, within the atr.flitudt of

is evidence of human ignorance.

Clanvillc.

Largenefs

Men

greatoefs.

Ihould learn
inquifuion of nature

by the

how
is,

lf\cre a thing the true

and accuirom themfelvcs,

their
light of particulars, to enlarge

minds

to the cixplitudc of the world, and not reduce the

Rj^cr:.
world to the narrownefs of their minds.

Capacity; extent of

3.

intellectual facul-

ties.

With more

than

human

from heav'n

gifts

Pcrfeftiojib abfolute, graces divine,

And amflimtle of mind to greawft deeds.

4. Splendour

grandeur

Mi/Icn.

dignity

In the great frame of kingdoms and common-,

wealths, it is in the power of princes, or eftates,
to :od amftaudi and greatnefs to their kingdams.
Succn's EJfiyt.

5. Copioufnefs

abundance.

thing which has a proper

end ; always proporand
the tultioning the ampHtuje of your matter, and
nefs of your difcourfej to your great defign j the
length of your time, to the convenience of your
flxould fay every

direct tendency to this

hear

ff'\uts's

Logick.

6. Amplitude of the range of a pryeftile,

denotes the horizontal line fubtending

the path in which it moved.

ailronomy, an arch of
the horizon, intercepted between the
true eaft and weft point thereof, and
the centre of the fun or ftar at its rifing
or fetting. It is eaftern or ortive, when

7. Amplitude, in

the Rar

when

mgft. the crullers, it wa

I'.irgeons were too aliivc

riles

or, it is the difference of the

;
the fun, from the
riling or letting of
eail or welt parts of the compafs.

liberally.
For whcfe well-being,
and with hands fo liberal,
;

re refolved not to be convinced,

At large
Of him

motives,

prom's'd to thy aid,

then foreroM,
anf far known, thy Saviour, and thy Lord,

copioufly

with JL diffufiv

detail.

Some
ten, 3T:J

of a poem require to be amply writ

parts
wi'li all the force and elegance ot words

others muft be

eaft-

into fliadows;

are arrived

with the fantallick ideas of a bufy imagination.

Decay of Piety
I cannot think it natural for a man, who
much in love, to amuft himl'elf with trifle'. Waljh

feed, obfcurely

At large;

t(

Mtk

3.

fil

fome extraordinary revelation*,

when, indeed
themfclve
they do but dream dreams, and emuje

fo lately

that

over in fileece, or but faintly touched.'

is, pafl'c

2.

To draw
keep

on from time

in expectation,

as,

to

time

t(

he amufed hi

followers with idle promifes.

AMU'SEMENT.
which amufes
Every

n.f. [amufement,'Pi.']
;

it.

Ltckc.

Pope.

[..

An

is

Tha

entertainment.

intereft or plcafwrt of life, even the

JIJO.1

it

fometimes, in old authors, a con-

traftion of

and if.
He can't

flatter,

he

An honeft mind and plain he mnft fpeak truth,

An they will take it, fo if not, he's plain. Shateff.
a contraction of and before
5. Sometimes
;

Well

The

know

clerk will ne'er wear hair on 's face that had it.
live to be a man. Soatejf.
He w'll an
[/"he

Sometimes

My

therefore frequently taken in a fenfe

bordering on contempt.
They think they fee vilions, and

concerning any branch of

fignifies, like a, fome particular ftate ; but this is now difufed.

It is certain that odours do, in i mull degree,
nourifli ; efpccially the odour of wine j and we
fee men en hungred e!o love to fmvll hot bread.

n.f. [amurca, Lat.] _The

quality of lees or mother of any thing.

with thoughts that engage the mind

To divert imwithout dillrafting it.

; un, Dutch; tint,

article indefinite, ufed

a feather, and a chief a rod,

honcft man 's the nobleft workof God.

An
Sometimes

AMURCO'SITY.

The

Icaft at a lofs

araolttur,

They

Atttrbury

[amygdala, Lat.]
;
relembling al-

Any, or fome ; as, an elephant might

fwim in this water.
He was no way at an uncertainty, nor ever in the

1.

;.

ferve you
they report ; and their ignorance muft
as an amulet againft the guilt both of deceit and
the
Government af
malice.
Tctguf

without referve.
At return

The woman's
>u w

all

equal.

adj.

Lau}

[ane, Saxon

A wit 's

a conceit derogative unto himfclf ; yet herein he

eftabiifneth the doftrine of hirtrations, amulets,
Brtnun's Vulgar Ernurs.
and charms.
do not certainly know the fatfity of what

is

Tlsmfcx.

Since he cannot be always employed in /ludy,

reading, and converfation, there will be many en
hour, beiideswhat hisexercifes will take up. Lccke.

Brown's Vulgar F.rrours.

\_amuhtte, Fr. amuletum,

more lively, and

plies fomething
pleafe, fomething more important.

fly,

See A.
before a vowel, or b mute.
One, bnt with lefs emphafis ; as, there
Hands a houfe.

had the freer ufe of their bow.

Lat.]
; a
or any other
thing hung about the neck,
curpart of the body, for preventing or
ing of fome particular difeafes.
That fpirits are cjrporeal, feeroi at firfV. view

articls.

German.]

An appended remedy, or prefervative

The evidence they had before was enough

to convince them ; but they wt.;
firfly enough,
and to thofe, wh
ed not to be convinced

Z.

AN.

and fecure them with the crofs ftitch made at

the depth of half or three quarters of an inch in
'the flcin.
Then apply pledgets, aftringents, plaifCta*il,tn.
ters, and other neceffaries.
The Amazons, by the aafutat'an of their right

to

ill

monds.

ll.-ih

it;

him

[amygdala,

almonds

to

Relating

After making
the haemorrhage at their mouths.
the firlr
proper applications to the Itump, loofen
and the tlefh, as far
ligature, and pull both the Ikin
as conveniently may be, over the (lump, to cover

Afi/tcn

emtifve arch before

vaniih quite away.
th'

A.MY'GDALINE.

that grows between them muft likewife be feparated before the ufe of the faw. This being done,
to give an opportunity
:ipe maj be flackened,
of fearching for the large blood veflels, and lecuring

AMU'SE. v. a. [amufer.FT.]
To entertain with tranquillity

always taken in an

is

AMY'GDALATE. adj.
Made of almonds.

ftrokes as portible.

1.

ififlj,
Then ha!> ?r,r.'dcd all things.

ar

Then

haemorrhage, the flcfh is, with a ftroke or two, to

be fcparatcd from the bone with the difmembering
knife.
Then the perioftium being alfo divided
from the bone with the back of the knife, law

To

that

The

promifes.

But amaz'd,
Beholds

6.

[ampli, Lat.]

falfe

L.MU'SIVE. adj. [fromamufe.] That which

has the power of amufmg, I know not
that this is a current word.

be ftraitened to any degree at plc.ifurc. Then

the patient being conveniently fitu.-.tcd, anu the
of the limb, which is
operator placed to the infuie
to be held by one afliftant above, and another below the part defigned fur the operation, and the
twifted to prevent too large an

malum

k no un-

He

\amufeur, Fr.]

French word

ijripe;

n.f.
or amoletum, quod

tight

fenfe.

may

A'MULET.

amufes, as with

above' this ligature another Joofe one is pafied, for

which being twifted by me.ins of a (lick,
thi

the bone a/under, with as few

the
parallel bones are concerned,

Svftft.

AMU'SER.

being four or five

.When two

'.h.

inches below the knee, the fkin and flefli are ri:fl
to be drawn very tight upwards, and fecured irom
returning by a ligature two or three fingers broad :

breaii,

<fety, whilft
pleafan? timufemer.t to look on with
another was giving thun divcifion at the h.i* id uf

[amfuta'ic, Lat.]

proper part for the operation

Chambers
ad<v.

arguments,

f.

was

nadbrf

operation of cutting oil" A limb, or other

The ufual method or' performpart of the body.
ing it, in the inftnce qf a leg, is ;s follows. The

compafs

Sn

/.

atKuf.-mcr.t

"rjrrv.

MPUTA'TION.

rifing,

Largely

frac-

tartA member?.

and weftern or occUuous

The eaitern or wef

tern amplitude are alfo called northern

or fouthern, as they fall in the northern
or foaihern quarters of the horizon.
8. Miignetical amplitude is an arch of the
horizon contained between the fun at his
and the eaft or weft point of the

I.

.',

confinement, his

give p j:loi> to dogs and cats, and Ice them cxrire

P ft.
b) flower or quicker torments.
1 was If ft to
and the battle, while othrrs, wLo

that

Rogtrt.

k'.s

During

chirurgery.

the ftar fets.

A'M PLY.

thing ncceii-

gripe fufficiently

adorn'd,

You

one

trifling anufement, is fuffered to portpone the

a. [amfute, Lat.]
a word. ufed only in

<v.

cut off a limb

The

heaven and earth,

2.

To

tudo, Lat.]
1.

A'MPUTATE.

To

ANA

it is

a contraction of as

next pretty

in
fpearc's lion

correfpondent,

like

Pyramus and Thiibe,

if.

Shake-

roars an' it

were any nightingale,

Addifcn,

A'NA. adv. [<.]

word ufed

in the

of phyfick, importing the

prefcriptions
like quantity ; as, wine and honey, a
or ana 3 ii ; that is, of wine and honey
each two ounces.
In the fame weight innocence and prudence
take,
jtna of each does the juft mixture make. Co-ieley.
He'll bring an apothecary with a chargeable long
bill of anat.
Drydcn.

A'NA.

Books fo called from the laft

of their titles ; as, Scaligerana,

n.f.

fyllablea

'Thuaniana

they are loofe thoughts, or

cafual hints, dropped by eminent

and collefted by their friends.

ANACA'MPTICK.
flefting,

adj.

or reflefted

men,

[*>ait<x/x7rV.]
:

Re-

an anacamptick
found,

ANA

ANA

found, an echo
hill that

an anacamptkk
;
produces an echo.

hill,

ANACA'MPTICKS.

The doflrine of
n.f.
reflected light, or catoptricks.
It has

To

ANACRA'MMATIZE. v. n. [atiagramex'iftence, arahgcus to corporeal exten/ion

we have n" adequate concep'.ion hereof.
To make anagrams.
ANALE PTICK. adj. [dvaXijirlix^] Com- ANA'LOGY. n.f. faioXoyi*.]
forting

wards.

$>uincy.

AKACEPHALJEO'SIS.

n. /.

jtr.ahft'ick

new

A monk

a.-ia.yvyvrf^^\

who, with the

leave of his fuperiour, leaves the convent for a more aulkre and folitary life.
Yet lies not love dead here, but here doth fit,
Vow'd to this trench, like an anacborite.
Donr.z.

1.

Dr} ,Ln.

JNJDIPLCrSlS.
duplication

which the

laft

n.f.

of the

firft

which

[from analogical.]
In an analogical manner ; in an analo-

I .im
convinced, from the .Implicity and uniformity of the Divine Nature, and of all his works,
that 'there is fome one univerf.il
principal running
through the whole fyftem of creatures aaahgicaltf,
and congruous to their relative natures.

[a.ayalyr.] That
contributes or relates to fpiritual

AN ACo'oiCAL.

adj.

Myfterious

elevated

myfte-

humanity.

Did.

[anngogiqut,

Fr.]
ex-

religioufly

alted.^

adv. [from
anagogiMyilerioufly ; with religious ele-

vation.

A'NAGRAM.

fitnefs to

ill

as'

her parts be not in th" ufuai

place,

fay?

Dcnnc.

Thy genius calls thee not to purchafe fame

In keen iamhcks, but mild
Dijdcn.
anagram.

ANAORA'MMATISM.
The

aft

We

1.

[from anaor practice of

making

only quintcflence that hitherto the

CT.M draw out ',f n.nm->,

meugrammatifm, which is

or

and

new connexion of It In

i,

ale

Eitrrcile

Ir.rny

Many

maker of anagram,.

but fuch

words which form it of a tune, to fmof an argument, to fimple

glc notes
;

propofitiouD.

We

know

cannut

iiriiify/r <>f it:

^'"fc 5

'

"'

j.

has the word to before the

thing to
which the refemblance is noted.
It

>

Jncwpoical futrtaute

ni.ij

have fome

\'.

!:

..!

adj. [from <w/;/zV.]

reiolvcs any thing into

that

firft

which feparates

a.iy

SeeANAtYau.

be probabiy m.iintai.'.r.l a <; -;nil the

inaccur.it-ne.'s of the
vulanalytical expcrinienl
,

may

g=rly relied nn.

2.
2.

initial

..

That which
principles

-.<-m.

any thing of nature, but by an

clurcsj till
natural moti nif, we arc i(ill Tiut !gr:

ANAI V'TICAL.

'

from

js are

rcai;>nin-i

cpadufioas froin

poreal or mental, to its flill elements;

as, of' a fcmence to the fingle wo-rcls ; of
8 compound word, to the p;irtick

important

from
and ajii/ogous

making experiments and ob-

;!r:=wing general

taken frern experiments, or other

certain truths.
AV*rf/0n'.< Optifh.
Iblution of any thing, whether cor3.

having fomething

it;

them by induction, nnd admitting of no objections

c.mftxjuenccs may be'

the obfervition of the moft commo-,

artificial tr.u.f
f

[from

.'liittyfi corUi'.ls in

compound.

Hisclcmcrr,

n.f.

confideration of any thing in parts, fo

one particular is firil conlidered,

a difTnlution of a

CamJcn.

the

then another

[i>a and >OT-.]

bearing fome refem-

thing! eafy,'hat r.nulj beo-hei--

grie-ve,

as that

firft

makc

from

is

lerratioiUi and

hard; at, in l:vbour, nurdlins

heal
and colds ; and then there is
fomething ar^hgais in
rcilc of the mind to that of the b
It
,dy.
is
folly and infirmity that makes us Jili..

addition, fubrlraflion, or change of

to)
into different word:,
making tvtfx j.<:rtect

AKAGRA'MMATIST.

2.

to the effect.

ry

an account of dew failing, in fome

form of butter, or gre.if'f, which.
grows extremely fetid ; fo that .the analyjis of the
dew of any place, may, perhaps, be the bcft method of finding fuch contents of the foil as are
within the reach of the fun.
Arbu:bnot.

There

places, in

a.

from hate, bated

ANA'I.YSIS. n.f. [ni?iuox'}

1. A feparation of a compound body into
the feveral parts of which it confifts.

Ci>cyni.

aJj.

Drydtn.

ufed to fignify

is

of materi.il

Having analogy ;
blance or proportion
wife

MMpVMlMrV^,

fenfe appK.ibii; to the f^rfon niir.r.!.

loved

parallel.

'/ithout
rtter,

have

ANALOGOUS.

n.f.

<v.

ihe cuiton;s.

it

grieved .

An

[m-a).f.yia-f/.of.]

iei-u'ixt

By grammarians,

the agreement of feveral words in one

common mode ; as, from love is formed

Ijfl.rr.s
Iw.lie;, diverfly
figured tn<l fituart-d, if fcrauLely cunlidcrtd ; they
represent the objed of tire dcfire, which is .iWg-.e.-d by attraction or gravitation.

anagrams.
'Ihtr

f.

this,

She huth ) ct th<: ttnagromi of a good fare:

If we ini/i'. put the letters but one
wjy,
In "hat I'.jn Jiarth of words what could we

gram.'}

[from analogy. ]
To explain by way of analogy to form
fome refemblance between different
things ; to confidcr fomething with regard to its analogy with fomcwhatelfe.

of W,i,l,l,i,a,m,
N,o,y, attorney-general to Charles I. a
very laborious man, I may I in laiv.
;

was fome analogy

3.

for the illuftration

argument from the caufe

exprefs the cultoms of our

of Romr, it is when there

country, rather than

of fome analogy.

ANA'LOCISM.

[*, and ypt^ta.]

conceit atifing from the letters of a name

mnfpofed

be applied

To ANA'LOGIZE.
n.f.

Bumet's Theory.

we make Juvenal

If

"Cbync.

ANALO'OICALNESS. n.f. [from analogical.] The quality of being analogical

f)iff.

ANAGO'GIC ALLTC.
cal.]

gous manner.

DryJai.

By analogy with all other liquors and concretions,

the form of the chaos, whether l.quid or concrete^
could not oe the fame with that of the preKnt earth.

Lagi;t.

having refemblance or re-

diftcmpen:d Hate.

A* Ai.o'GICAl.LY.afo.

adj.

elevation, or religious raptures

rious ; elevated above

ter analogy, the particle between or beis ulcd.

Ji the body politick have any analogy fo the na*
tural, an act of oblivion were necelVary in a hot

There it placed the minerals between the inanimate and vegetable

province, participating fomcthmg analogical to either. Halt's Orig. of Mankind.

following ; as, be retailed his virtues

amidjl all his misfortunes, misfortunes
which only his "virtues brought ufon him.

AN AGOGE'TICAL.

Analogous

Smtk.
the thing to which the analogy is
fuppofed, happens to be mentioned, analogy has after it the particles to cr ivith ;
when both the things are mentioned af-

When

tivixt

lation.

a figure in rhutorick, in
word of a foregoing mem-

ber of a period becomes the

z.

--)Ki.

H-'atH's

2.

Re-

[w*An{.J

will, that aie requifi e to falvation.

count of fome evident reference to the

original idea,
this is
peculiarly called an analogical word ; fo a
found or healthy pulfe, a found
digeftion, founJ
Deep, are fo called, with reference to a. found aisJ
healthy confticution ; but if you fpeak of found
doflrine, or found fpeech, this is by way of refemblance to health, and the words are
metaphorical.

for it is certain, that the hero lived almolt

has no fmgular.

although not in all things every where the

fame, ye;, for the moft part, retaining the fame
Hcoksr
an^l'^y.
What I here obferve of extraordinary revelation
and prophecy, will, by atiakgy and due proportion,
extend even
thole communications of God's
p-^ajer,.

a word, which
originally fignifies any particular idea or
objecl, is attributed to feveral other
not
objects,
by way ol'iefemblance, but on the ac-

famous anamaking ./Eneas and Dido cotempora-

It

ICAL. adj. [from analogy.']

Olid by way of
analogy. It feems
properly difUnguifhed horn analogous, as
words from things ;
analogous fignifies
having relation, and analogical having

When

FAO hundred years before ihe building of Carthage.

tricks.

eye, by enabling it to difcover

which was hidden before.
From Gad ic hath proceeded, that the church
hath evermore held a prescript form of common
that

r.

reprefcn-ation.

me to the defence of the

AKACLA'TJCKS. n.f. [<Jia and *>.**.]

The doftrine of refracted light ; diop-

to the

the quality of
reprelenting relation.
It is looked on
only as the image of the true G-i,
and that not as a
proper likencfs, but by ar.ai r;'..."

is placed too early ;

but is generally
ufed for any errour in chronology.

Ana-

having

Hale.

ANALO

by which events are mifplaced with regard to each other. It feems properly
to fignify an errour by which an event

ries

Quincy.

[from analogous.]

ANA'CHRONISM. n.f. [from 0.10. and

%***'&] An errour in computing time,

in

adj.

relation.
When I fee many arahgal motions in animals,
though I cannot cj!l them voluntary, yrt I f,
them fpontaneous, I have reafon to conclude that
thefe in their
principle arc not fimply mechanical.

logous

[i.w.pa-

Recapitulation, or fummary of
the principal heads of a difcourfe. Diet.
AN A'CHORETE. J n.f* [fometimes vitiANA'CHORITE. j oufly written anchorite;

Locke*

Refemblance between things with regard to fome circumftances or eiiedts ;

as learning, is faid to enlighten the mind ;
that is, it is to the mind what light is

i.

meJicinej chenfh the nerves, and re-

the fpirits and

ftrength.

AKA LOCAL,

*ia:ri?-]

r'.r'jnijfrt,

corroborating: a term of phy-

fick.

ANACATHA'RTICK. n.f. [SeeCATHARTICK.] Any medicine that works up-

thowgH

matifer, Fr.]

no fmgular.

This leads

ANA

'J'h.-it

.-hich prorf-cds

tski'ig the

p;irts

of

by
:i

ai^yi'-r, cr

comu.und

by

into

diiUnft and particular confiderlttdn,

Dcfcartc) lialh here
infinitely
'
z

outdm.c
p!

all

tlie

uijhc.-s.

Him

philofophers that went before him,

titular ar.d
un'v,
analytical account of the

With

brick

Anf'er'd.

in giving a par-

jet he intends his principles but f^r hypo-

thifci.

[a>axJIix^-.]
into the

Profoundly

r-g
d

A'NARCHY.
vernment

To

fpecial properties ;
refol'jtion.

A'NALYZE,
folve a

and therefore

compound

H'mts's Lvgik.

its firft

T_o"reprinciples.

ar

and predicate, proposition, argument,

caufe, effect, adjunct,

opposite,

aft, object,

&c. then

fchools,

it

when they fpeak of analyzing

A'N

.\LY7.ER. a./, [from To analyze.] That

which has the power of analyzing.]

Particular reafons incline me to doubt, whether

the fire be the true and univerfal analyzer of mixt
bodies.

Boyle.

ANAMORPHO'SIS. n.f. [,

a perfpeftive projection
fo that to the eye, at one

Sometimes it is made to appear confufed to the naked eye, and regular, when viewed in a mirrour of a
certain form.
are,

The

anri fcarcc

any fpines on their edges.

5.

The

poets imag'd in the gilden age.

ANA"NAS, wild. The fame

See PENGUIN.

ANAPHORA,
when

olive-

Ttomfon.

with penguin.

ara-x^u.] That

up any vacuity ; ufed of applications which promote flefh.

fills

A'NARCH.

n.f. [See

author of confufion.

[i, 8

fall

many

Hence when

How

ANARCHY.] An

anatcfni/is difcourfe,
like brutes organs are to ours

To AN-A'TOMIZE.

To

1.

tHflecl:

body into

<v.

its

component or conilituent

Our

induftry mult even araiunixi every pirtiile

we are to uphold.
;

of that body, which

To

2.

lay any thing open diilinftly, and

by minute

parts.

i
fpeik but brotherly of him, but fhould I ana
taniZftfitn to thcc as he is, 1 mufr bluA and

weep,
and then muft look pale and womlrr.
'J'l.m dark distinctions reafon's
difeuis'd,
light
And into atoms truth anatcrr.':z J .
I

ANATOMY,
The

1.

n.f.
art of difTediug the
body.

Jt is pr ".r:!.ull\ fild,
I-'t,rr>:\;rfr'i&i/is \ncft, late' e!
liicl.parti attc.ttmy
hath not d.Uovcied \n infecta.

Er

excommuni-

AN ATI'FEROUS.

th

t'.K.ii

obferv

/\f-f.

The doarine of

2.

the ftrufture of the

body, learned by difll-aion.

lviun.1

which pro,',
Krnvrii Vulgar Err-.an.
'

Frnurt.

Vi,!gj'

anatomy of tlie mind, as in

that of the body ; more good v.ill accrue to mankind, by attending to the large, open, and perceptible parts, thnn by rtudying too much fuch
finer nerves and veiicls, as will for ever
cfcape our

They were therefore to \jeaiiatbetr.Jtixi.'..

with rli-tcftation, brand.-d and b.miilicd nut of the
church.
Hair.mend.

If thzrc be ar,alif:rous trees, whofe corruption

barnacle
yet, if thcycon-jpt.

ii't's

It is therefore in the'

cate.

br-Ml.

[iia1t^.ar.]
to divide the
;

parts.

AN ATH E'M ATIZE. <v. a. [from anaTo pronounce accurfed by ec-

adj. [from anas and fero,

Producing ducks. Not in ule.

a.

an animal

thema.]

Int.]

fit,

that, for any thing in nature,

Pigs nrght fqueak love odes, dogs bark fatire.
Pr'ur,

Sermons.

an anathema ; that which relates to an

anathema.
AN ATHEM A'T ic ALLY. i>. a. [from cnaIn an anathematical manthematical.~\

to

grant, if higher powers think

bear might foon be made a wit;

They

ing, though now little ufed.

AN ATHEM A'T ic AL. adj.- [from' anatheThat which has the properties of
ma.]

that

Anatwijli adjudged, that if nature had been fuft-> run her own
ccurfe, with-mt this fatal intcrruptior, he might have doubled his age. Hovael,

/r.v.v

object of the curfe, or perfon

curfed.
This feems the original mean-

authority

I-Je

fercil
|

The

clefiaftical

Vulgar Errmn.

And

fulmtr.s upon the fchifmatical j who think themfclves flirewdly hurt, forfjoth, by being cut off
from the body, which they choofe not to be of.

To

[aoio;.-.oc.]

various parts.

V.]

but like fo

intending

of animal bodies,
by means of difleclion ; he that divides
the bodies of animals, to difcover the

bare anathemas

gall,

ftudies the ftrtidlure

curfe

Her

had no

Brcivn

ANA'TOMIST. n.f.

ner.

begun with the fame word, or found;

Where is the
as, Where it ihf ivife ?
fcrite ? Whtre is the Jifputer of this

which

n.f.

it

all.

[from <li and

pronounced by ecclefiaftical
excommunication.
authority

I.

fome affirmed

only thereby no evidence of anger or fury, ethers

have conftrued anatomically, and denied that part at

pofterous placing, from aar^'^w.]

figure whereby words which mould have
been precedent, are poftponed.

ANA'THEMA.

feparated.

adv. [from anatomiIn an anatomical manner ; in the

fenfe of an anatomift ; according to the
doiflrine of anatomy.

The

[i,^^,

Swift.

difiefted

cal.]

adj.

n.f.

hardnefs.

inofculation of veffels, or
the opening of one veflel into another ;
as, of the arteries into the veins.
ANA'STROPHE. ./
a prerofia.]

another caufc ot

AN ATO'MICALLY.

ftruflions.

ANASTOMO'SIS.

is

The coiirinudtion or loiiditv is apt to be confounded with, and, if we will Ir-ok into the minute
anatomical parts of niatier, is l;ttle diftc-icnt from

'

That which

a natural, involuntary diftortion of the

rlie una.'ctnical caufe of lau

Anatomized;

3.

with an

afcitrs,

[fron UK*, and

has the quality of
opening th? veffels, or of removing obro/xa.]

z.

n.f. [i,<po f i.]

figure,
feveral claufes of a fentence arc

AN APLERO'TTCK. adj.

an

S .utb^i
pine-apple.

coloured pine.
MJlcr.
Witnefs thou bed aruinj, thou the pride
Of vegetable life, beyond wrutc'er

The

o.f

of her b^lly, thighs, an

f\\c!tin:;

is

[from anafarca."] Re;

partaking of the

adj.

ANASTOMA'TICK,

i.

Oval-fhaped pine-apple,
with a whitiih flcfli. 2. Pyramidal pinc-appie,
v. ith a
flc-fli.
yellow
3. Pine-apple, with fmooth
leaves.
4. Pine-apple, with Shining green leaves,
fpecies

but theie

!>-,

fentation.

a. /.

it is

confidered as the cbjeft of

cercy requires.

ftagnates, or is extravafated
called an ana/area.

nature of an anafarca.
A gentlewoman Ub r<u'e.i

and/w^'u.]

point of view, it (hall appear deformed,

in another, an exadt and regular repre-

The

lating loan anafarca

text of

WiittSs Logick.

iVripture.

JNA'NAS.

ifi/r.

di

AN ASA'RCOUS.

is

anirr.a!

nines,

There
mute

Ariuttnat on Diet

chiefly meant in the theological

Deformation ;
of any thing,

lympha

under the /kin,

This

analyzed analogically and metaphysically.

thing

i:

anatomy.

a.ij.tti;:'.:

Qyhicy.
the

ar.Martoul

an

anatomy

and (roJf.]
n.f. [from
(brt'of dropfy, where the whole fubftance is ftuficd with pituitous humours.

analyze the immorality of any action into

its laft principles ; if it be enquired, why fuch an
action is to be avoided, the immediate anfwer is.
becaufe it is /in.
AVr/Vj Mijal',
When the fentence is diitinguiihed into fubject

is

f.iclom being an effect and

ANAS A'RCA.

To

of

parts, by the h(ip

Proceeding upon principles taught in

2.

Milrcti.
by confufion ftand.
but the fiiSt natural ftep from

:-,d

experiments, we may, better than in others, know

what manner of bodies we employ ; art having
made them more limple or uncompounded, than
nature alone is wont to urefent them us.
Boylt.

what

>!d
oilie

the

When

vw

e ta

ail its

b dy, and fepnafet thr vi-ins, arn

,irnes, &V. and
flirws v: tin: feveral pjrti u!)icb jo to the corr.pofiti n uf a
H'tix't L^:ci.
complete a:

'^in^.

Chemiftry enabling us to depurate bodies, and,

in fome meafure, to analyze them, and take afiinder their heterogeneous parts, in muny chymicai

is

!.

ffnji-

.11

a Hate wkhout ma-

ar>ce(tirs

ii

See ANALYSIS.

laft

Ui

And Ch.ms,
Eternal an
Of en

rl

it is

v. a. [i a x^.]
into

A T o' M i c A L . adj. [ from anatomy.]

Relating or belonging to anatomy.

.Wtlfr-

method of

fccts

atalyil-k.

Analytic^ mcthoJ takes the whole compound as

whether it be a fpecies or a:i individu.ii,
and leads us into the knowledge of it, by ref>lvi:ig
into its firft principles, or prts, its generick r
its

tyrtc.

giftracy.

Hudiiras.

it finds it,

ture, and
called the

AN

n.f. [u^-/'.*.] Want of goa rtate in which every man

un.iccou uable

is

Cl

f.

The

lorbidden.

to the 'n
nature of fubjefts

-it.

belong'ni-'

in logick a great critick,

ll'd in

.'

world prefume to

fitnpie conflitucnt or component parts,

applied chiefly to mental operations.

\anatoclfmus, Lat.
accumulation of intereft upon intereft ; the addition of the
intercft due for money Jent, to the original fum. A fpecies of ufury generally
n.

BvloitnT^o;.]

'

tin

r.'tuic,

manner of refolving compounds

He was

AN'A'TOCMM.

[from anarchy.] Confufcd; without rule or government.

I:\ :h
./?,: ',
i.i 'us
id
ft.ite of-human

The

adj.

thus the arurcipM,

fault'ring fyeech, and vifagc inCjOmpos'J,

AN A'RCHiCAL.a^r.

C,L:nvil!e.

ANAI.Y'TICAI.T.Y. adv. [from ana Ijticnl.]

In fuch a manner as feparates compounds into fimples. See ANALYSIS.

ANALY'TICK.

ANA

ANA

ANA

ther, according to
is

th.-

given us by anatomy,

knowledge

o;

il.c-in

toewhich

Drjdett.

3.

The

A N C

A N C
The

3,

and a cinque pace; the firft fuit is

hot and hafty, like a Scotch jig, and fall as fan-

corporeal or intellectual
Whe". a mo'neycd man hath divided
.

ta!r.ical

his cherts,

to

{tripped of

The body

4.

its

integuments

1.

that my tongue
with a paihon I
fr<-m deep that fell ar:c.i:my,
rouze
Ai*i
Wh\h eanr.o hear a feeble lady's vn:r ? . Sbatefp.

By way of

c.

irony

meagre perfon.

hungry lean- fac'd

Th-y broajhtone Pinch,

mere anatomy,

thread-bare juggler, and

upon the molten

mon

and

furnace,
melts in tne

off,

into

com-

It is likewife that fait

which

llien

fait.

in the

glafs

which, when taken

air,

coagulates

the walls of vaults.

gathers upon

A'NBUtY.

SeeAMBURY.

n.f.

A'NCEbTOR.

(hore

n. f.

And
O,

lie

1 .

Li:..'

l.erc in

"

in aftioni afafrtl,

2.

to anceftors:

Linea~e
genitors
lineage.

who compofe

ftop at

To

my

2.

to

jir-ft

our

ra'.fe

ti

as,

To

fix

what fccptrrM axcejliy ye claim,

Say fr.m
Reco.-jf-d eminent in d;<ih''-is r^me ?
Pope.
birth.
an

To

it

an

ill

one

irn

il-

therefore
aentrji.]

n. /.

properly

An

[from
oe

t<>

chor

and

writt-.-n

an-

.1

the ronceirs

of

i.

gt Cher,

bccnule
.

n^i

the fame

it

a Scotch

\<ic.i the

ji:c:enl

n id

indingi

djy,
1

!i

;!

t'lin.'i,

to-

ou.y afiiiraiuc

is

crjwn

at that

wildoni, and

time,

God was

triiat

in

length of
xii. 12.

Job,

Gad cumpieh/nded

thit

^ifi;',!-,

and

.if

.ill

thing:, the

cua:,(i

alt

imtt an-

-;ng. Raleigh..

Induftry

Gave
3.

Faft

the
;

and m
former.
:

We

Ih.ih

A' N c I E N

toreil to-his axe.

tall

n j. [from anchor ;i id
jmitb.] 1'he maker or forger of anchors.

of

Coivdl.
^
that has been of long duration.

,.

a.

is

Old

2.

men

knitted the ni'iuis of

-i

i:iy; a, i.ir cxam|

hicti tne Latin, called re-

'

'
h.'v
p: i:
mged to the
are called anci'nt d^in:-lncs.

or
Euiope have
irum tufin, they culled moit

A'NCHOR-SMIT H.
.;,

aktfpeare.

exprcis mo;t aptly all

their own t mgue,

wcJJing, and rcpcn;ing,

of God,

pri.of of an-

tiq.

fir.ce

happened long

belonging to the crown, in St. Edward's or Wil-'

liam the Conquerour's days, did hold.
The number and names of which manours, as all othersbel 'iiging to common
pcrfons, he c 'ufed' to ber
written in a book, after a furvcy made of them,
now remaining in the Exchequer, and called'
Doomfday B.vj!c ; and fuch as uy that book ap-

(c

and, figuratively, lecuriry.

.-arance or

dig

ctrcitnt,

and hope

my

.'

without bn

rn .r: >.ontem:.tible.

truft

that

not always obferved, for we mention,

old ciifjoms j but though old be fometlmes oppofed to modern, ancient is fcldom oppoied to neiv, but when new
means modern.
Anaer.t tenure is that whereby all the manours

he anchored

A'NCHOR-HOLD. n. f. [from anchor and

The hold or faltnels of the anhold.]

lervice

A'KCHENTRY.

my

anchor's cheer in prilbn be

Fr. antiquus^

in general, as, an ancient drefs, a habit ufed in former times.

But this is.

on.

Thi:

more

Pipe.

c H

An

[cuieien,

old time ; not modern.

Ancient and old
are diftinguifned ; old relates to the duration of the thing itfclf, as, an old COM,
a coat much worn ; and ancient, to time

ftemious recluie perfon.

Old

1.

Sbaltflpejrc.

Spcnfrr.

adj.

Lat.]

o R . n.f. Sbakefpeare feems to have

ufed this word for anchoret, or an ab-

'..._
u j adherence to the rights and libern w'.ie and virtuous
ties irinfmitted from
ancifry,
one's country, are
of
ornaments
and
government
puvt

The honour of defcent

A'NCIENT.

My

^.

femble the animal ferment in tafle ami virtue,.

as the falfr-icid gravies of meat j the fait pickles
of fi/h, cnchwicl, oyft"rs.
Floyer.

Pope.

Hbakefprare.

Pope.

i/. a.

place at anchor

life.

n.f. [from anchova, Span, or

anthioe, Ital. of the fame fignification. J
little fea-fifh, much ufed by way o
fauce, or feafoning.
Saiiary.
We invent new fauces and pickles, winch re-

tjpgt>e mould to my ears not name my boys,

Till that my nails were ancbm *d in thin eyes.

A'N

iartn;u>

folhary

ANCHO'VY.

tongue,

J^; m:

defcribe fo well your hcrmitical ftate of

that none of the ancient anchorites could g
beyond you, for a cave in a rock, with a fine
fpring, or any of the accommodations that befit

to reft on.

Sprat.

You

his ihip.

the

d<3 advance
Cor
:ufe to honour dij

To

that an ancbwite as well as himfelf.

life,

[from anchor.]

caft anchor ; to lie at anchor.

fiihermcn that walk upon the beach
Appear like m'ce; and yon tall anebcring bark
DiminiiH d to her cock.
Sbakejp. King Lear.
Near Calais the Spaniards anchored, expecting
their land-forces, which came not.
Bacon.

made

but he

To

To A'NCHOR.

n.f.

the perlons

<u. n.

My

[from anceftor.~\
a fcries of anccftors, or pro-

a hermit ; one that retires to/

;
the more fevere duties of religion.
His poetry indeed he took along with him j

(hip refides

intention, hearing not

j4n{l.t,rt en lubet.

Halt.

England.

A'NCESTRY.
1.

was anciently fo

my

fe^ure at anchor ridtt.

Or the ftrait coune to rocky Chios plow,

And anchor under Mimos* fhaggy brow.

a term of law.
1"-

capital

Waller.

[contracted from
anacboret, a^a^^iiTKc.] A!
n. f.

reclufe

moft

The

Drjdm.

1
-

it is

a well-twilled cable,
holding faft
anchor'd veffel in the loudeft blafl.

A'NCHORET. 1
A'NCHORITE. \

ufed, are, to caji anchor, to

To A'NCHOR.

If farther 1 derive my pedigree,

I can but guefi beyond the fourth degree.
The reft of my forgotten ancift.rl
Were font of earth, like him, or fons of whores.

ed from anceftcrs; relating

Like

The

or ride at anchor.

At Reithius, and

A'KCESTREL.^'. [from ancr/tir.}

foul,

The

duty paid for the liberty of anchoring in a port.

A'NCHORED. farticip. adj. [from To anHeld by the anchor.
chor.]
3.

any thing

forms of fpeech in which

Far from your

th'.E ft" iicr'i.

Watm..
of anchors belonging to a (hip.

fet

The bark that hath difcharg'd her height,

Returns with precious lading to the bay,
From whence at flirt flic weigh'd her anchorage.

Dry den.

Cham

Claim-

for

fleet, when cajllng anchor, and landing his men, he burnt the corn.
Knilla't Hiftorj of the Turkl.
Ent'ring with the tide,
He dropped bis anchors, and his oars he ply'd ;
Furl'd every fail, and drawing down the maft,
His vefl'el moor'd, and made with hauliers fail.

frediceffors.

The

z.

withdrew his

with her jnctjlcrs,

tomb where never fcandal flept,

alcut Nclb.
Shakffp. Mu. h ado
was the paternal ancfjlir of N'mus, the
Nimrcd ; wtv;fe
father of Chus, the grandfather of
Raleigb.
fon was Belus, the father of Ninus.
Obfcure
why rr'ythee what am I ? I know
and great grandfire too :
iiy father, grandfire,

Save

that luppofal fhould fail us, all our anchorage werej

we mould but wander in a wild lea.

loofe, a:id

general, perceiving that the Rhodians would not be drawn forth to battle at fea,

whether there be indeed fuch

and firft production ; for if

refolve

efficacy in nurture

The Turkiih

(heliti bu:ied

in a

The

commonly

tural,

an elective, to his

moor.

'both fure and ftediaft, and which entereth into

Htbrcwt*
that within the veil,
3.

to his anceftors

veflels

which confers liability or fecurity.

Which hi pe we have as an anchor or the

One from whom a

ditary monarch/ucceeds

Cuman

the

Dryden.

perfon
Fr.]
delcends, either by the father or the
It is diftinguifhed from predemother.
which is not, like anceftcr, a nacejfcr ;
but civil denomination. An here-

ceftre,

crew the

by a metaphor,

2. It is ufed,

Lat. an-

[ancejior,

his

me

anchor.]

&bakeipcare*
before

fails

Their anchors dropt,

The (cum which fwims

n.f.

A'NCHORAGE. n.f. [from

I. The hold of the anchor.
Let

heavy iron, compofed of a long

fhank, having a ring at one end to
which the cable is fattened, and at the
other branching out into two arms or

a fortune-teller,

A needy, hollow-ey'd, (harp looking wrex-h,

A liiing dead man. Stakrff. CmtfyefEtratrt.
A'NATRON.

mea-

n.f. [anchora, Lat.]

ground.
H; iVd, and wept then fpread his
The winds, and reach'd at length

mountebank,

ther forge or

fiooks,
tending upwards, with barbs
or edges on each fide.
Its ufe is to
hold the fhip, by being fixed to the

n,

A
A

a thin

or ridicule,

as a

Skakffpeare.

A'NCHOR.

thunder's miuth,
would (hake the world,

Then

mod eft,

grav?.

a fkeleton.
\ve-e in

the wedding mannerly

fure full of ftate and ar.cbentry 5 and then comes

repentance, and with his bad legs falls into the
cinque pace fafter and fafter, till he links into his

himfeif richer than he was ; thereis to break it,

fore, a way to amplify any thirg,
and to rr.alce anatomy oi it in feveral parts. Race*.

he lecmcth

Smithing comprehends all trades which ufe ci"~

file, from the anchor -fm'n ii to thewatchmaker ; they all working by the fame rules,,
though not with equal exac"rnefs ; and all ufmg the"
fame tools, though of feveral fizes.
Moxon.

jig) 3 meafure,

of dividing any thing, whether

aft

A N C

bc^in
-i

. ;;

if

longer ilay,

'>ur ar.iin't
.

/.

Ibotrfon^

bickerings.

[from

aacicni ,

Sbakefff*
<?.</.]

v.

I'hofet

AND

A N E

Tbofe that lived in old time wfre called (indents, oppofed to the moderns.
And though the ancimts thus their rules invade,

1.

with laws

kings difpgnfe

made

themfelves

have

I pray thee,

Launce, an'
Bid him make hafte.

or if you muft offend

Againft the precept, ne'ct tranfgrcfs its end.
!

Pipe.

2. Senior

not in ufe,

He

toucheth it as a fpecial pre-eminence of

_
Junias and Andronicus, that in
Chriftianity they
wore his ancients.
Hooker.

A'NCIENT. n. f.
1
The flag or ftreamer of a
.

formerly, of a regiment.
of a flag, as was Ancient

Piftol; whence, in prefentufe, enfign.

This is Othello's ancient, at I take it,
The fame indeed, a very valiant fellow.
Sbakcfp.
A'w c i E N T L Y . at/if. from ancient.
In
[

and

not an enemy, though

anciently received, to the vine only, but to any
other plant, becaufc it draweth
ftrongly the fatteft
juice of the earth.
Bacon.
colevvort

is

bottom a

n.f. [from ancient.]

exiftence from old times.

more

treble found,

Bacon.

bafer.

.
adj. [ from artlj and yiW]
fexes ; hermaphroditical.

Having two

ANDRO'GrNVS.
An

NAL.]
is

of both

1.

the muft mingled, and molt uncertain.

Wherefore, mod foolifljly do the Irifli think to ennoble
themfelves, by wrelling their ancientry from the
Spaniard, who is unable to derive himfelf from

any in certain.
Spenf-.r m Ireland.
There is nothing in the between, but
getting
wenches with child, wronging the
ancientry, dealing, fighting.

ANCLE. See ANKLE.

A'NCONY. n.f. [in the

iron

AND.

The

1.

by which fentcnces or

particle

Sure his honefty

fmall gains, but mamelefs
flattery
A*A filthy beverage, and unfeemly thrift,
jJnd borrow bafe, and fomc good
lady's gift.

Jfnd

llull I

make

do to be for ever known,

come

the age to

The Danes
hind

my own

my

Co-wley.

human kind.
Dryden.
make difcovencs of

human life, and to fettle the prefer diftincli'jr.s between the virtues and perfections iif mankind, and thofe falfe colours and rcfernblanccs of them that (hine alike in the
eyes a:
Atdijla.

Jnd fometimes

fignifies

feems a contraction of and

It

is

on

fire, ar.d it

were but to

their eggs.

In

and

roall

dialecl.

if,

ornuted by

the

and

is

redundant, and

ail l;tier writers.

is

Concerning
anent

z.

as,

btfaid nothing

this particular.

Over again ft
aucnt

about

t'

oppofitc to

utterly

Rogers.

\ adj. [from anfraflus,

as, be li-vu

ma-

Lat.] Winding;

arc fevcral vaults

and anfrac-

in the ear-bone, fo to intend

ANFRA'CTUOUSKESS.

[from an.

n. f.

frafiuous.] Fullnefs ofwindings and turn-

ings.^

Lat.]
turning.

A NGEL.
1.

n. f.

[from anfraflus,

mazy winding and

turning

Di3
n. f.

[iyfaoc

human

God

angclus, Lat.]

Originally a mefle;iger.

ployed by

em-

fpirit

in the adminittratioii

of

affairs.
S

::e
holy angrl
Fly :o the court of KnginJ, and unfold
His mclTage ere he come.
Stahffrare.
HaJ we fuch a knou-'edgf of the coi.ltiiuiijn of

man,

as it is polfible
an^-h liive. and it is ccruin
M.ik:r lus; we (hould have a
quite o;her
idea of his eflence.
Licki.

his

2.

Angel

is

fometimes ufed

in a

bad

fenfe;

as, aiigels of darinsj's.

Ar.J they haJ a k! -g over them, which w.is the
eitrgj of the bottoroleu pit.
.-ri-.ns.

their velvet leaves.

failing, by the turning the index about, to foretel the

(hifting of the
wind.
Chambers.
AN t'NT. prep. A word ufed in the Scotch
.

is

the
imaginable, that the fenfe mi 6 ht be.
we fee in fubterraneous cavo
and vaults, how the found is redoubled.
Ray.

3-

Angel, in

fcripture,

fometimes means

man of GoJ, prop be!.

4. jtagilis ufed,

in the ftyle

of love,

for

a beautiful perfon.

Thou

dom

anew the
new habits

obliged to form

aftedled with it; as

It has been obchanges of the wind.

ferved, that hygrofcopes made of cat's
gut proved very good ammofcapes, frl-

Bjcn.

tucfe cavities
leaft found

rkemfa,

the narurt of extreme

fat-lovers, as they

w.l! fc; an h >ufc

3.

and

though,
if

all

is

of turnings and
winding paf-

full

The wind ANFRA'CTURE.

.]

A NEMOSCOPE. n.f. [^-andcT-xoTr^.]

A machine invented to foretel the

this nature in

2.

is

o'er

JUdjfa.

new manner.

begins late,

fages.
Behind the drum

A*OKfitt, auriculas, enrich'd

ftudy to

the vulgar.

zy

Prior.

[i^ n

in a

ANFRA'CTUOUS.

[a,.^. and

n.f.

n.f.

With mining meal

you play, muft play anew.

ANFRA CTUOSE.

unconquer'd offspring march be-

It (hall ever be

be planted about the end of

Thofe
September.
with Imall .'caves muft not be
put into 'he ground
till the end of October.
Mortimer.
From the foft wing of vernal breeies flied,

Sffnfer.

well

whole difpofition of his foul, to

acquire
of life, to prailifc duties to which he

aneir.iny

jlnd Morini, the lad of

Newly

He who

flowers are diltin^flicJ into thofe with

bii'.ui ana hard
leaves, and thofe with narrow and
lott one?.
The broad-lc.u :.!
roots fiV'jId

Cot him

What

z.

Wind

terms are joined, which it is not

eafy to
explain by any fynonimous word.

beauty you excel,

dictate, and the poet tell:
art no other art can
fpeak ; and you,

a ftranger.

fecret hif-

its fingle (talk, furrounded

by
produced one naked flower, of many petals, with many (lamina in the centre
the feeds
;
are collected into an
oblong hc.id, and furrounded
wth a copious down. The principal colours in
are
aKcmtnia,
white, red, blue, and purple, fometimes curioufly intermixed.
Miller.

conjunction.

as in birth, in

Prior.
miferies of the civil war did, for
many
years, deter the inhabitants of our ifland from the
thoughts of engaging anew in fuch defperate un-

bodies.

the top of

Upon

a loaf,

nor, captives made,

the fight invade.

The

flower.

at each
Chambers.

end.

Your

inftrumcnt contrived to meafure the

ftrength or velocity of the wind.

two fquare rough knobs, one

mifchief taken, on the ground

but pris'ners to the
pillars bound,

To mow how

It is now ufed, after the

French, for a
biographical incident ; a minute paffage of private life.
AN E MO'G R A P H Y.
[
T*L .!/
i-i
1 ne
deicnption of the winds.

ANKMONE.

repeatedly.

ufe.

Drydtn..

2.

mills.]
bloom wrought into the figure of a flat
iron bar, about three foot
long, with

common

dertakings.

[from <ii ? and r/pw.]

Some modern anecdctcs aver,

He nodded in his elbow-chair.

Si'akefftare.

Wifcnuin.

if at

lljin,

That,

with

tory.

An

throbbing of the arte-

>

The mufe might

n.f. [,i',,J<m>x.]

ANEMO'METER.

was

At either barrier plac'd ;

Be Irecd, or, arm'd ar.e^v,

hermaphrodite; one that

Something yet unpublifhed

A'NCIENTRY.

the moll

is

Nor,

Be

Dia.

ANECDOTE,

as in an an.

This

fexes.

n.f.

by a

i .

[SeeANDROCY-

n.f.

orifice, there

ANE'W. adv. [from a and

new.]
Over again ; another time

androgynal.

The

n.f. [from ancient.] The

honour of ancient lineage ; the
dignity
of birth.
Of all nations under heaven, the Spaniard is

In the

Vulgar Errours.

The fame

difeafe

in which, either

arteries,

rialjjlood,

examples hereof have undergone no real

or new tranfexion, but were
androgynally born, and
under fome kind of hermaphrodites.
Brtrnin'i

Dia.

blood is extravafated
amongft the adjacent cavities.
Sharp.

The

adj.

beards of

preternatural weaknefs of any part of

them, they become exceflively dilated ;
or, by a wound through their coats, the

with two fexes.

ANDRO'GYNOUS.

fpires or

[inv^, u .]

of the

adv. [from androgyIn the form of

hermaphrodites ;

nal.~\

The pradice of cutting human

Fefcenine and Saturnian were the fame ;

they were called Saturnian from their ancierMefs,
when Saturn reigned in Italy.
Drydtn.

1 H. f.
The
AWNS.J corn.
A'NEURISM. n.f.

ANDRO'CYNALLY.

An- ANDRO'TOMY.

A'NCIENTNESS.
tiquity

at the

makcth

it

A N D R O'G Y N A L

Sidney.
that were

ANES.

If vou ftrike an entire

body, as an andiron of

old times.
Trebifond anciatfly pertained unto this crown ;
now unjullly poflefled, and as unjuftly abufed, by
thofe who have neither title to hold it, nor virtue
*> rule it.

my bn,

Gear, of Vcrtra,
by Skinner to

laid to burn.

2. 1'he bearer

The

n.f. [fuppofed

brafs, at the top,

Ihip, and,

Two

be corrupted from band-iron ; an iron

that may be moved
by the hand, or
may fupply the place of a hand.] Irons
at the end of a
fire-grate, in which the
fpit turns ; or irons in which wood is

M.i.lerns, beware

//"tliou fccft

.tcfpearc'i

A'NDIRON.

A N G

Sir, as I

5.

haft the fwteteH face I ever Iwk'd on.

have a foul, flic is an anvtt. Sb<it

A piece of money anciently coined and

impreiied with an angel, in memory of
an obfervation of Pope
Gregory, that
the pagan sliigli, or
Eaglilh, were fo
beautiful, that, if they were Chriitians,
The
they would be An^di, or angels.
coin was rated at ten iLiilings.
ctiiptj-

bafun, put in

'

./;.. .j'

I.-!,

nr

whit you

will, into it) t!,n go fo far from the

it is not
fee the
atgrl, became
in a right line ; then nil the bafun with water, and
you vriii fee it out of its place, becaufe of the re-

bafon,

till

A N G

A N G

A N G
<vtxtd

you cannot

1.

Bactn.

fiei:

The patient filher takes his filent Itand,

Intent, his angle trembling in his hand ;
With looks unmov'd, he hopes the fcaly breed,

which, however, feems to come

originally from the Latin ango.]

Anger is uneafmefs or difcompofure of
the mind, upon the receipt o? any in-

And

reed.
eyes the dancing cork and bending

Poft,

'

jury, with a prefect purpofe of revenge.

Sh.ike die

Of

hc'-rJ

p.'d

Set th

Locke.

angc't
^oakfij-care.

A*' GEL.

Refembling angels

adj.

ange-

thoufand blufh'rg

Suit

i,.ti

i-.e:

innocent (names

v'

by ffn^if powers,
and w eathes

\Vit.

-e:.5,
!'..

heiv'n

.ticlt

.'

c.ngel

and

from

/;,a'.j

._/".
[perhaps properly
being folden together with a
hinge.] Chain-mot, being a canno
bullet cut in two, and the halves being
D.
joined together by a chain.
AKGE'LICA. n.J. [Lat. ub angelica Vi

has winded

mcnts

its

flowers
,

Urge

fta.ks

gtow
.-.nJ

are

div deJ

ho

1.

chainelle".

inf)

and jointeJ

Common

or

ANGELICA, n.f.

manured ange3. Shining Ca-

many

Mil'

leaves, expanding

form of a role, which are naked, growing on

the top of th; ovary: thelc Moweri aie fucceeded
by gbbular fruits, which are foft and fucculent,
and full of oblong feeds.
Milter.
adj.

[angtlicus, Lat.]

Refembling angels.
unto us the glorious works of God
and rarrieth up, with an angelical fwiftnefs, our
ty:s, that cur mind, being informed of his vilible
It difcovereth

marvel:-,

may

continually travel upward.

Raleigh

Partaking of the nature of angels.

Others more mild,

z.

Retreated in a filent valley, fing

With notes angelical to many a harp
Their own heroick deeds, and haplefs

.-.

lling

of

a;igr> ;
i;.r

wc.jid

telling

my

foot.

Tuxflt.

the- mca.ieir.

arcifan,

n..

The heai IS of all that he did an*ls for.

Sbakefp.
The pteafant'fl- angling is to ice the tllh
Cut with her
So

much in greatnefs ; the fmalleft being

for thatching of houfes ; the fecond bignefs is
u(cd for angle-rods ; and, in China, for beating of
Jfaccn.
offenders upon the thighs.
It dirfereth

Dadalus

n.f. [from angelical.'

He,

fcfs.

Would

Bacon.

feed

adv. [from anger.] In an angry manner ; like one oiFended : it is

who

you look angcrly.

difli inert

indifcietion, is
jefters
charitably to be pitied, than their exception ei her
angcrly to be grieved at, or lerioufly to be co^.uted

and lymphaticks.
n, f.

[from

a.yfi~Qt

A'NCRILY.

n.f.

to cut.]

Thcfpace intercepted between two Hues

human.

interfering or meeting, fo as, if continued, they would iuterfecl each other.

Angle 'f the centre <J u cirtle, is an an?ie whoM

adj. [angelicas, Lat.]

Parta-

king of the nature of angels; angelical

above human.
Here happy creature, fair angelick Eve,
Partake thou alfo.

My fancy f .rm'd thee of angelick kind,

SmTv; emanation of th' all-beauteous mind.
A'NCELOT.

Milton

2.

A'NGER.

n.f. [A word of no certain

etymology, but, with moil probability
derived by Sfanner from anje, Sax

and a hook.

Your Corinlanus

fo

Give me thine an^L",

mulick playing tar
fiih

Tawny-finn'd
j
Their fliroy jaws.

my

we'll to the river,

Sbakejpiarc

the

is

word,

not ni ich milie.i, but

commonwe

tlth.

doth

ll

ind,

wuh

and fo

yourlelves, that ye fold me hither

fend me before you to preferve 1'u'e.

!o. God did

GYn. xiv. 5.
think it a vail pleafure, that whenever t^o
per jiie of merit regard one another, Ic. inany
fcoundrels envy and are angry at them.
Sti>Ji.
:

3.

Having

the appearance of anger

ha-

ving the

tfFeft of anger,
'1
ii-iich w nd -I ii >h
away rain
angry coun enance a backbiting tongue.
.1.".

then,

off, 1 will betray

bending hook Ihall pierce

Sidney

My

Si abaffcarf.
Would do, where he angry j/
N.iw therefore be not grieved, nor jngry ivitb

She. alto

was

bmb

It feems properly to require, when the

object of anger is mentioned, the particle at before a thing, and luith before a
perfon ; but this is not always observed.
his friends

A'NGLE. n.f. [angel, Germ, and Dutch/

An inftrument to take fiih, coniifting o:
had an angle in her hand ; but the take
taken, that (he had forgotten taking.

as quiet as a

nor wince, nir (peak

Oh let not the Lord be angry, and 1 will fpeak :

peradventurc there ftiall be thirty f )unJ there.
Gen. xviii. 30.

oVont-'j DiEl,

a rod, a line,
Pof't

mufical inftrumen
fomewhat refembling a lute.
Ditt
n. f.

fit

peevifhly.

verux, or Angular point, is at the centre of a circle

and whofc ic^ are two lemidiamcters of cha: circle.

ftir,

Inan an-

angry.~\

Nor look upon the iron angiily.

Shakeffcart.
A'N G R Y adj. [from anger. ]
1. Touched with anger ; provoked.

ANGE'LICK.

not

[from

furioufly

I will
I will

[from ayArov, and

cutting open of the veffels, as in the opening of a vein or artury

A'NGLli. n.f. [angle, Fr. angulu;, Let/
-rifj.iu,

ad<v.

gry manner

pod.

ANGIO'TOMY.

Mikon,

If the patient be lurprifed with a lipctbymous

about the ftoniach, exangour, and great opprefs
Har-uey.
petl no relief from cordials.

and

f/.itt<,

cif.iu.

of the

adj. [from a
and o-Tr/w.a.] Such plants
as have but one fmgle feed in. the feed-

JiioF

R*y-

n.f.

A'NGOBER. n.f. A kind of pear.

A'NGOUR. n.f. [angor, Lat.] Pain.

ANGIO'CR APH Y.

n.f, [from iyK<< am:

the
y^cicfu.] A defcription of veffels in
human body ; nerves, veins, arteries,

them.

[from Anglus, Lat.]

form of fpeech peculiar to the Englilh
language ; an Englifh idiom.
They corrupt their Itile with untutored atigli-

Siattjfrare.

Such

upon infefts; as is
bait their hooks with

A'NGLICISM.

written angrily.

Why, how now, Hecat

DryJm.
many fi rts of fifties,
well known to anglers,

Keither do birds alone, but

bleed inwards, and angeretb malign ulcers

A'NGERL v.
now

angle.] Hethatfifiies

like a patient attglir, ere he ftrook,

let them play a while upon the liapk.

The

quality of being angelical ; refem

blance of angels ; excellence more than

A'NGLE R..H./. [from

with an angle.

ANGIOMONOSPE'RMOUS.

of fpeculations, which do raviih and fublime thi

thoughts with more clear angelical contentments.

He makvs a May-fly to a miracle, and furniihes

the whole country milnanfll-rals.
MiliJ.x.

painful.
turneth the humours back, and maketh the

Milton

Will'init

C/J/-I ;:</*H.

and pernicious impoithumati'.ns.

ftream,

hung.

To make
He

fiiver

greedily devour the treacherous bait;

SSakelpeare.
angle we for Beatrice.

A'NGLE-ROD. n.f. [angel roede, Dutch.]

The ftick to which the line and hook are

It

To

gulden oars the

AnJ

fit

There were fome late taxes and imp* litions introduced, which rather ar.gtred than grieved the

2.

Sia'xey.

this face,

This feeming brow of juO.ice, did he win

which
HvAir.

anger'd Turenne, once upon a day,

fee a rbotman k ck'dthat took his pay.

artry to gain by fome infmuating

tifices, as fiih.es are caught by a bait.
If he fpake couneoufly, he angler! the people's
hearts: if he were Clent, hi mufed upon fome

By

Sometimes he angers me,

me of the moldwaip and the ant.

people.

To

dangerous plot.

''

[from the noun.]

to provoke ; to enrage.

a.

<v.

treatife or difcourfe
Xo>o;.]
veflels of a human body.

Belonging to angels; fuiting the nature

or dignity of angels.
It may be encouragement to confider the
pleafure

ANGE'I.ICALNESS.

ANGIO'LOGY.

fall

By doom of battle.
3.

To make

wound

..

in

1.

s''-

it.

firft

With

the

Lat.]

ANGE'LICAL.

S.

ai ~or.

Who

feg-

(Berry bearing) [Aralia,

flower c mulls of

-:

carrieth a good

i.

iii*

Sbii:

large

2. Greater wild Angelica.

nada angelica. 4. Mountain perennial
with columbine leaves.

The

1.

conlift jf five

Th-.

ftanuing the

an umbel uoon the tops of the

Laves, lucceeded hy two

in

2fch

according to fome, a traniient hatred,

is,

To A'NGER.

ot a plant.

leaves

frailer.

2.

maiie ihe experiment, fitting the moxa where

violence of n.y pain began, and where ;he
(till continued, notv.ithgveaic:"; Jigcr Jnd forenefj

trailer.

angle- foot,

It

jlcaied againft the rivers:

A'NCEL-SHOT.

The name

way,

;.

ariiv.

fifh

Shattfpeere.

Fain, or (mart, of a fore or (Welling.

In this fenx- it feems plainly deducible

2.

the

that an*t!-i;ie J.lg.iiie.

/.v.]

..

of heav'niy

n:e wert dreft

Anger

Rafe of the Led.

P.'fc's

A'N G E L L i K E adj. [from

Refembling an angel.
With

bc'n:^ allow'u his

filiation?

blulhcs.

To

he ladies angling in the crylt.il lake,

Fea'.t on the waters with the prey they take.

and th)

i:.

1.

[from the noun.]

with a rod and hook.
<u. n.

'i

gainllthe- fea, that

Lord

th.:

A'NGLE.

like

thine anger agn'...:

P.

ce;it]

is

was
the rivers, was thy wrath avies
i
djjft ride upon thine h

Sbatfffeare.

1:1

hot horff, w'

Was

have mark'd

...ole

Or

full

Self-met.

iicai.

/litger

To

fo

Prw,
a
l

In

chirurgery,
fmarting.

painful

Ujth an

KXV. 23,

inflrtrned

This

A N

A N G
Tl-.ii ferjm, being accompanied T>y Ae thinner
red and mgry ; and,
par's of the blood, growi
fuft gathers
\vanting it due tegrcfs into the mali,
int > a hard fwclling, and, in a low days, ripens
W:i
into matter, and fo diicharg-tru

A'NCUISH. n.f. \angoifli, Fr. angor, Lat.]

Exceffive pain either of mind or body;
the pain
applied to the mind, it means
of /arra-w, and is feldom ufed to fignify
other

ANIE'NTED.
trated

By occaCin waic'd, and ci:cumita:rial

Tine viitue'
ul 's always in all deeds all. Dcxr.e.
They had pcrfecutors, whofe invention was as
Wit and malice confpirej
j>rcjt as their cruelty.
;

fc

and thofe of luch incredible argurjh, that only the manner of dying was the
South.
punilhment, death itfelf the deliverance.
Perpetual arguijh fills His anxious bieaft,
Not ftopt by htilincfs, nor compns'd by reft;
No mufick cheers him, nor no fcift can .pleafc.
find out fuch deaths,

A'NGUISHED.

Seized
adj. [from anguijh.}
anguiih ; tortured ; ejcceflively
pained : not in ufe.
no touch

Of confcience, but of fame, and be

Aigviffd, not (Jut 'twas fin, but that 'twas

ANI'LKNESS.
ANI'LITY.

As

for the figure

part hexagonal, or

of cryftal,

fix

as

it

my

C Aquatick, as the whale kind,

\ Terrcftria), as quadrupeds ;
!Vivipjrou?,
O.iparous, as birds.
But one ventricle in the heart, as frogs, tor-

The

Gills, as

women.

Di<3.

.uinenus, or without blood,

div.ded into

When

f
and

it.

a'tmaavaftm

authors.

Sivift.

Bivalve, as oyiieis, mufcles, cockles ;

( Turbinatc, a/ periwinkles, fnails, &c.

Viviparous hai:\

Ruminant, or fuch

-J

The

diftance of the edges of the knives from one

another, at the diOance of four inches from the
angular point, where the edjes of the knives meet,

was thecighth

part of an inch.

ANGULA'RJTV.
A'NC,

The

Ntivton'i Ofticks.

[from

n.f.

quality of being
corners.

to the fccular court.

4. Perception;

The

angular.']

or

angular,

Such

ANIMADVE'RSIVE.

having

n.f.

quality of being angular.

adj [from angle.] Formed

with angles or corners.

A'NGULATED.

only anitgffh/erftvt principle, i? conveyed by

tions ma-le on the immediate organs ot fcnfe.

.angutotcd figures,- wb'-reas, in the (frata, th y aro

found in ruJclu;rjps, l.ke yellow, purple, .-'nd green
It' ..iward.
pel!

or

<v.n. [animaJ-verto,

Lat.]

To

1.

pafs cenfures upon.

him, who \vv.s a pain-

decnum

nbfcrver of the

ful

of the

u L o's T y . n.f [ from angulcu*

gularity ; cornered form.
r.

A'N ou LOUS.

aJj.

An

,.m

])..'.

2.

[from angle.] Hooked;

To

adj.

l]'t-ii

MA

it

upon

itioulnefs

of the blood, or tj

fimew'ine

in its pa:..i,;e,

by fait of the tumour.

obit.

to the

gru-

by fouie

ttr.
:

mjn.

OiJy

cit-kind ;
longer fnout and head, as the dog-kind.
Iclfer,

TE

n.f. [ from

nimments.
CI. u

vcntr

obferver of, and a f-verc an'imjtifuch as prt'fume to partake of th"ff

itrift

ufwjt!,

tt

luch a prepatAtion*

i.

South.

n.f. [animal, Lat.]

living creature corpo/eal, dillinft, on
the one fide, from pure fpirit ; on the

other, from

mere matter.

..

Ray.

as being near ot

to r?pjir

enough

and as conli.riug
with anim.il fubftanc^i, fpirit,

earth

oil,

all

,;.

tl

.nial juices,

paits

ammml-uert. ]
that paiTes ceniures, or inflicts puR

and die

ki

are proper

Gri'.u

D v E'R

the vermin o

t\\

tivorou.s,

In both fenfcs

their entrance into a hig

A'NFMAL.

ft.itL-

it

do

"t

of being narrowed.
The caul-: may be referred either

*'.-n

He

[aMuftnt,Lat.] Narrow;

ANG-STA'TION. n.f. [from angiijliu.]

The
if
m.iking narrow; tlraiteaing;
the

The

of

lu-ic

effacing

AN

ftrait.

;\

IC

DiyJn.

Shakefpearc.

punilhments.

'

Author of the un'verfe anautAvtrtivpw

below, how much more will it become

trie

men

A V OI''ST.

C Brjad nails, and an human /nap;, as apes;

^ Narrower, and more pointed
which, in rcfpeft of their teeth, are divided into fuch
as have
M.my foreteeth, or cutters, in each juv ;
The greater, which have
A Ihortcr fnout and rounder head, as the

with the particle upon.

it

Gl.ir.-uille.

ft.i^

''"

extreme (everity in his judgment

mpii-.-ablc

inflict

If

be a difference, that the parts of

bodies are he!d together by hooks, and iirgcifaui invblutiona
fincc the coherence of the parts
of thcle w:il be of as difficult a conception.
>r

it ufetl
>

angular.

h-id

'

as the

nails,

M.mytoes

fliuuld not animatt'yirt an

two

or toes,
having

or claws; either
C Unffvided, as the elephant ;
/ divided, which have either

mo-

Dici.

making judgment.

ANIMAOVE'RT.

To

pan--;

camel-kind

'

AN

Twa

G.'*:

Topazes, amcthyfts, or emeralds, which grow in

the filTures, are ordinarily cryftalliz'.l, or (hot into

and hippopotamus.
digitate, having the foot divided into

rd'cntation of objcfts to the f nil, the

The ANIM ADVE'RSIVENESS. n.f. [fromanimail-verjivc.] The power ot animadverting,

[from angular.]

have perpetual and hollow horns*

^Clawed or

re;

as

as have lolid, branched, and deciduous

horns, as the deer-kind.
Four part , or quadr.iulca, as the rhinoceroi

[from animad-

adj.

the power of perceivnot in. ufe.

percipient

ing ;
The

ad<v . [from <Mrf/ar.]"With

angles or corners.
Another pi.t of the fame folution afforded us
an ice angularly figured.

dl.

Such

Glaavillc.

That has

<vert.}

in ufe.

the fole percipient which hath ani-

is

chew the cud

as

slylifci farergan.

power of notice: not

madvirjljt! and fenfe, properly fo called.

ULARL y.

A'N c u L A R N ESS

foul

vidcd into

2. Confiding of an angle.

quaJrupeds, arc either

("Two principal parts, called bifulca, either

T Such as chew not the cud, as Twine;

An ecclefiaftica! cenfure, and an ecclefiaftical

tuimadtMrfai, are dift'erent things; for a cenfure
has a relation to a fpiritual punilhment, but an
one
ammad'vcrfan has only a refpedt to a temporal
over
as, degradation, and the delivering the perfon

a root, angular figures ariff, even as in the ameBroivn"! Vulgar Errours

thyft and bafaltes.

a.i forts.

,:r;n:. :':, --r

~H-)ofoJ, wiiicil a.t*

f Whole-footed or hoofed, as the horfe and afs
Cloven-footed, having the hoor' div.ded into

In law.

3.

were from

<

_Le(Ter, as infccls of

a bill is debating in parliament, It is ufual

and crab-fi/h.

as lobllers

J Cruftaceous,

\ Teftaceous, either
f Univalve, as limpets

the objeft of aniit has the

par-

to have the controverfy handled by pamphlets on

both fidei ; without the lealt
vfon the

molt

f Terrefrrial, as naked fnails.

I Aquatick, as the poulp, cutt!e-fim, *:c.
Covered wi.th a tegumint, tillicr

mentioned,

mad<verjion
ticle on or upon before

which may be

"G:eat.T, and thofe cither

Cldrenasn.

When

except the

Naked,

iharp ar.imadvftjions.

Punifhment.

fifties,

[animaJ-JCi-Jto,

Reproof; fevere cenfure ; blame.

He difmifl'ed their commiliioners with fevere

2.

all

whale k nd.

Lat.]
1.

and ferpents.
fanguineous

toifcs,

an old

animation.

flie.

cornered, being built upon

a confuted matter, from whence,

is, luch as have blood, which

either by
("Lungs, having cither
ventricles in their heart, and thofe
f
cither
'ic

hour;.

being

ANIMADVE'RSION. n.f.

is

for the

ill

n.f. [anilitas, Lat.]

J ftate of
the old age of

cornered.

it is

jfnimals arc

Two

in earlier anigkti

woman
A'NIMABLE. adj. [from animate.] That
which may be put into life, or receive

[from angle,,]

Having angles or corners

two

gives

"Sanguineous, that

Skakcfpeare.

Donni.

1.

Mr. Ray
taneous motion.
fchemes of tables of them.

A'NIL. n. f. The flirub from whole leaves

and ftalks indigo is prepared.

with

adj.

Animals are fuch beings, which, befides

the power of growing, and producing
their like, as plants and vegetables have,
are endowed alfo with fenfation and fpon-

Frul-

[aneanlir, Fr.]

adj.

brought to nothing.
H i s. ad"j. [from a for at, and night.]

AN I'G

Dryden.

A'NGULAR.

Did.

lady takes great exceptions at your

Fairy Queen.

Feel

labouring of being

In the night time.

Sir Toby, you mud come

'tis feve.al,

Out of

[anbelui, Lat.]

adj.

breath ; panting
cut or breath.

arguijb,

when

n.f. [anbelo, Lat/] The

the flate of being out
;

of breath.

fo cheerful feemed (he of fi^ht,

her filter; whether dread did dwcil,
in her heart, is hard to tell.

Virtue's butijfj/i,

panting

ANHELO'SE.

all

At was

to

aft of

paflions.

Not

Or

ANHELA'TION.

A N

which

they derive from th:S->mc of Lhe an.

M o;- in'^rv.

a-o

nt.iinfd

c:

in

of moti-ms frum rlace ..> p: ici-,

of life within themftlves, as
and infects ; thcle are called aniru/s,
ri-jty

ot' tin,

thi lap

>r

,-

an-,1 n

Othsr^ni-

iubiranccs are called vegetables, wiiich have

nia;
within trM-mlclvcs the principles of anotl/cr fort
of life :md gro.vih, and of various productions of
ii

leaves and fruit, fuch as

and

trees.

we

lee in

plants,
herbs,
'

A N

By way of contempt, we fay of a ftupid

2.

man,

ajli.pij animal.

is

th.-.t lie

A'NIMAL.
That

1.

aaj. [animalis, Lat.J

which belongs or relates to ani-

mals.
There are thing* in the world of fpirits, wherein our ideas are very dark and confufed
fuch as
j
their union with animal nature, the
of their

Warriours file fires with tnintteil founds;

Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds. Fife.

A'NIM ATENESS. n.f. [from animate.']

The itate of being animated.
Difl.
ANIMA'TION. n.f. [from animate."]
1. The aft of animating or enlivening.
Plants or vegetables are the principal part of the
work. They are the firft fnxlucat,
which is the word of aaiaj-i >:.
Bacon.

afting on material beings, and their converfe with

each other.

ffatts't Logick.

Animal funftions, diftinguilhed from

natural and 'vital, are the lower
powers
of the mind, as the will, memory, and
Animal

life

oppofed, on one fide,

and, on the other, to -ve-

is

to intelleflual,

4. Animal is ufed in oppofition to fpiritual

or rational; as, the animal nature.
I.M A'LCU LE.
n.f. \animakulum, Lat.]
fmall animal ; particularly thofc which

AN

are in their firft and fmalleft ftate.

We arc to know, that they all come of the feed
of amnplculu of their own kind, that were before
laid there.
i

Ray.

M A' L i T Y

ftate

The

n.f. [ from animal. ]

of animal exiftence.

The word

animal

only fignifies human

In the minor propofition, the word anitnaiity.
for
the
fame
mal,
reafon, (ignifies the animaliy of
a goofe : thereby it becomes an
ambiguous term,
and unfit to bild the conclufion
Waiti.
upon.

r<
1.

A'NIM ATE.
To quicken

firft

v.

a.

to

make

[animo, Lat.]
alive; to give
as, the foul animates the body ;
;

life to

man

muft have been animated

by a
higher power.
.
To give powers to; to heighten the
powers or effecl of any thing.
But none, ah none can animate the
lyre,
the mute firings with vocal fouls
infpire
Whether the learn'd Minerva be her theme,
Or chafte Diana bathing in the ftream j

None can record their heav'nly praife

As Helen, in whofe eyes ten thoufand

fo well

Cupids dwell.
Drjdtn.

To

encourage; to incite.
The more to ultimate the people, he

flood

on

high, from whence he might be belt heard, and

cried unto them with a loud voice.
Kndln.
He was animated to expeft the papacy,
by the
prediction of a foothfayer, that one fliould facname fhould be Adrian.

eted Pope Leo, whofe

Bacon,

A'N M A T E aaj [from To

animate.'} Alive ;
i

animal

poflefling

life.

bodies have fpirits and pneumatical

parts
v.-ithin them ; but the main differences
between
_AI1

an'mate and inanimate, are two

the firft i', that
thefpirits of things animtt are all contained within
themfelvsi, and are branched in veins and fccret
canals, as blood is; and, in living creatures, the
fpirits have not only branches, but certain teUs or
:

where the principal fpirits do rcfide, and

whereunto the reft do refort : but the
fpirits in
things inanimate are (hut in, and cut off by the
tangible parf,, and are not pervious one to ano,

ther, as air

i& in

frv.w.

Nobler birth
crsiturej ar.iira-.r with gradual

Of
Of growth,

Bacvn.
)ifr,

fenfe, reafon, all furrrm'd

up in man.
ffjftpifi

7 cr- are fsveral tcpicks ufcd

againft atheifm
and idolatry ; futh as the vifible mirks of divine
wiHnm and goodriefs in the works of the creation,
the vital union of fouls with
matter, and the admirable firu&ure of aximate bodies.
!

A' MI MAT ED. participial

mate.']

VOL.

ftate

Two

Lively
I.

Ber.tlcy.

adj. [from anivigorous.

n.f. [froniiJ*W.r.]

i.- own
amalift has given the fanr; t'tle tn
f Syrmium.
Atterbury.

TI
that

A'NNALS.

without Jingular num-

n.f.

ber. \_annales, Lat.]

the ejcacl order of

Hiftories digefted in

time ; narratives in
which every event is recorded under its
proper year.

of being enlivened.

general

Could you with patience hear, or I relate,

nymph the tedious anr.ah of our fate ;
Through fuch a train of woes if I fliould run,
The day would fooner than the talc be done

adj. [from animate.'] That

which has the power of giving life, or

DryJsrr,

We are afTured, by many glorious examples in the

animating.

of our religion, that every one, in the like

circumftances of diftrefs, will not aft and argue
thus ; but thus will every one be tempted to a<3.

enrtali

n.f. [from animate."] That

which gives life ; or any thing analo-

gous to

life, as motion.
Thofe bodies being of a congenerous nature, do
readily receive the impreflions of their motor, and,
if not fettered
by their gravity, conform themfelvcs
to ntuations, wherein
they beft unite to their animator.
Brrtun.

ANIMO'SE.

ANIMO'SENESS.
heat

n.f.

[from

Difl,

a difpofitkm to
break out into outrages, than die out-

2.

1.

fed ever

Ajlijf'e's

To

Parergcn.
Saxon.]

a. [aelan, to heat,

heat glafs, tKat the colours laid oa

may

be

fixed.

But when thou doft anneal in glafs thy ftory,

then the light and glory
More rev'rend grows, and more doth win,

Clarexdcn.
they had from others.
If there is not fome method found out for allaying thefe heats and animo/i.'iei among the fair
fux, one does not know to what outrages they may

Which

fhews wat'rim, bleak, and thin.

elfe

Herlert.
purpofe to anneal, take a plate of iron
made fit for the oven ; or take a blue (tone, which
being made fit for the oven, lay it upon the crofi
bars of iron.
Pcacham*

When you

Addifan.

fruits ; becaufe the rate of firft

paid of fpiritual livings, is after

living.

fure to bring paflion,

aumtjlly, and
malice enough of their own, what evidence foevcr

religious

Rsgcn.
\annates t

one year's profit.

Coiuell.
Malfes faid in the Romifh church for
the fpace of a year, <Jr for any other
time, either for the foul of a perfbn deceafed, or for the benefit of a perfoa

it

carried their averfions for

each other to greater heights than our ftate

parties have done j who, the more to inflame their
have
mixed
and
civil ammojitia
p jfiions,
religious
together ; borrowing one of their appellations from
the church.
Swift.

n.f. without jingular.

To ANNE'AL.W.

rage itfelf.
They were

proceed.

Firft

fruits

It implies rather

nity.

Lat.]
1 .

Spi-

animofe.']

vehemence of temper. Die3.

ANIMO'SITY. n.f. [anime/ttas,La.t.'\ Vehemence of hatred ; paffionate maligrit

A'N N A T s

Full

adj. [animcfut, Lat.]

offpirit; hot; vehement.

A writer

of annals.

motions in all animation are its

beginning and encreafe ; and two more to run
its
ftate
and declination.
through
Brv&rii Vulgar Erreun,

No

And

3.

The

by aflia.
I'cacbjn*

given iin:ierncath, a> the.Jciiee.

A'NNALIST.

ANIMA'TOR.

getable.

AN

dow

A'NIM ATIVE.

imagination.
j.

2.

Azan'-.lc-i- nevi\<\ fliew itfelf

fnabw;

gte

third day's

way

2.

A N N

A N K

Which her own inward fymmetry reveal'd,

And like a picture mone, in glafs anneal' J. Dryd.
2. To heat glafs after it is blown, that it

may not

break.

A'N is E. n.f. [anifum, Lat.] A fpecies of

3. To heat any thing in fuch a manner as
apium or pnrfley, with large fweet-fcentto give it the true temper.
ed feeds. This plant is not worth
pro- To ANNE'X. tr. a. \annetlo, annexum, Lat.
pagating in England for ufe, becanfe
annexer, Fr.]
the feeds can be had much better and
1. To unite to at the end
as, he annexed
;

cheaper from Italy.

Ye pay the tythe of mint, and

Miller.
anife, and cummin, an j have omitted the weightier matters of the
law, judgment, mercy, and faith : thefc ought ye
to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

A NKER.

Matt,

xxiii.

23.

[antter, Dutch.]
liquid
meafure chiefly ufed at Amfterdam. It
is the fourth
part of the awm, and contains two ftekans : each ftekan confifts
./.

of fixteen mengles ; the

mengle being
equal to two of our wine quarts.
Chambers.

A'NKLE.

n. f.

Dutch.]

The

[ancleop, Saxon; anckel,

joint which joins the foot

to the leg.
One of his aMn wa much fwrllcd an
rated on the infide, in fcveral
places.

'

Jfijtman.

My

fimpie fyftem fnall fuppole,

That Alma enters at the toes

That then ftc mounts by jull

Up to the aMn,
A'N K L E-BO N

log,,

degrees

and knees.

n.f. [from ankle and

of the ankle.
f. .

Fr'ur.

2.

To
his

To

as,

a fmaller thing to a
he annexed a province to

as

unite,

greater
3.

his will.

kingdom.
unite a poferiori

annexion always

prefuppofing Something : thus we may

fay, puniihment is annexed to guilt,
but not guilt to puniihment.
Concerning
thofe learned

may

fate

or

be fatcly received,

anntxij and laftened an

marie

than

it

dcftiny,

the opinions of

men, that have written thereof

more general

it is.

hnd they not thereunto

.itable neceflity, and
an
univerfally powerful
ir

Aaieift.

Nations

will decline fo low

which is reafon, that no wrong.
But julrice, and fome fat.il-curfe amtex'a,
JIK/Kn.
Deprives them ot their outward liberty.
i mean nor the
authority, which is annexed to
I
of
office
that
which
is
inborn
;
your
only
fpcak

From

virtue,

and inherent to your pertbn.

Drydcn.
He cannot but love virtue wherever it is, an,l
annex happinefs always to the exercife of it.

lent-.]

Atterlurj.

(hin-bone, from the kn^e to the inftcp, ic

linby flwibwing one half of the !cj; with

temporal reward is anntxcJ to the bare

of the aft'ion, but the eternal to the
obedience.
Rogtrs.

The bone

The

The
made

a codicil to

..

pet [''irmanct;

ANNS'X,

AN N E'X.

n.f. [from

annexed

To annex.] The thing

additament.

Brown.

the annexe* of divinity.

1.

Conjunction

n.f. [from annex.]

addition.

we can

other chriftian virtues will, by way of concoHammond.

mitance or annexation, attend them.
all

Union

2.

of adding or

aft or pradice

uniting.

How

annexations of benefices firft came into

the church, whether by the prince's authority, or

the pope's licence,

a very great difpute.

is

Aylijfe'i Parergtit.

AKNE'XION.

n. f.

The

[from annex.]

aft

of annexing; addition.
It is ncceflary to engage the fears of men, by
the annexion of fuch penalties as will overbalance
temporal pleafure.
Rogers.

ANNE'XMENT. n.f. [from, annex.]

1. The aft of annexing.
2. The thing annexed.
When

1.

a.

nibi-

\advcA

to put out of

impoflible for any body to be utterly anbut that, as it was the work of the

is

nihilated;

omnipotency of God

to

make fomewhat of no

thing, fo it recjuireth the like omnipotency to

turn fomewhat into nothing.
Bacon.

Thou taught'ft me, by making me

I-ove her, who doth neglect both me and thee,
*I" invent

and praclife this one way

annihilate

three.

the year, for

Returning
year ; annual ; yearly.
The heaven whirled about
lerity,

To

fo as

dcftroy,

otherwife than

it

annul

make

the thing

deftroy the

to

n.f.
like a lizard.

H n. A'T ION

The

Th

God

hath his influence into the very efl'ence o

without which their utter annihi/atk
could not choofe but follow.
Hake,
things,

That knowledge, which

as fpirits

we

Is to be valued in the midft of pain :

Ar.mbi'.at'un were to lofe heav'n more

We arc

obtain,

The

[annofatio,

f.

books

annoying.

befieged
bodies.

2.

<v.

a.

To
Of

publifh

To

Drydfn"

/ [amiverfarius

Lat.

That which

ly

an

pronounce

firft I

to declare

reckoned by the year.

The king's majeily

is

lafts

only a year.

adv. [from annual.] Year-

every year.

By two drachms, they thought

it

fufficier.t to

becaufe the heart at one year

,,:th two drachms, that is, a quarter at an
ounce j and, up.to fifty years, annually encreafeth
the weight of one drachm.
J'; ;7L n'j Vulgar Errcxrs.
The whole ftrength of a nation is the utmoft

to proclaim.

Aftfltatnfd by Gabriel with the

yearly.

me

A'NNUALLY.

the Mefliah 1 have heard foretold

all the
prophets 5 of thy birth at length

By

for

That which

fignify

from annus,

Every tree may, in fome fenie, be faid to be

an annual plant, both leaf, flower, and fruit
proceeding from the coat that was fuperinduced
over the wood the laft year.
Ray.

nuncio, Lat.]
1.

\_annucl, Fr.

adj.

dying in the winter of the roots of plants

that are annual, fecmeth to be caufed liy the
over-expence of the fap ; which being prevented,
they will fuperannuate, if they ftand warm. Bacon.

the ClaJJicks

[annonc'er, Fr.

heart

knew. Milt

by a judi

that a prince can raife annually from his fubjeils.

cial Sentence.

Thofe, mighty Jove, mean time, thy gloriou

Who
Or

To

model nations, publiih laws, announce

life

or death.

ANNO'Y.
commode
Woe

to poor

him

He

heaps in

Prior

a. [annoj/er, Fr.]
to vex ; to tea/.e ; to
-v.

man

To

in

ANNUTTY.
I. A

The differences between

or years.
a rent and an annuity are, that every
rent is going out of land ; but an annuity charges only the granter, or his
The
heirs, that have aflets by defcent.
fecond' difference is, that, for the relife

molef

each outward thing

0/3

grief, thai moft deftroys

him

Her joyous

prefence and fweet company

In full content he there did long enjoy ;
Ne wicked envy, nor vile jcaloufy,
His dear delights were able to aneoy. Fairy i^u

Swift.

n.f. [from annuity.] He

that potteries or receives an annuity.
n.f. \annuiti, Fr.]
yearly rent to be paid for term' of

ANNU'ITANT.

inward

The

The

commentator.

To AKNO'UNCE.

[from To annoy.]

Does purpofe honour to you j to which

A thoufand pounds a-yrar, annual fupport,
Out of his grace he aids.
Shatffp. Henry VIII.

Byle
n.f. [Lat.] A writer o.
or annotations; a fcholiaft ; a

c,n

dead

the grape, the rofe, renew

Pope*
juice neflareous, and the balmy dsw.

Annual

ANNOTA'TOR.

Felton

n. f.

That which comes

The

3.

it

Lat.]

upor

I have not that refpecl for the ari:statcrs, whicl

the world.
they generally meet witii

throw into

WiHins,

A'NNUAL.

might appear very improper to publiih ar.r.oretations, without the text itfelf whereunto they

notes,

they would

perfon that annoys.

It

late.

place,

ANNO'YER.

Lat.

notes.

'Mir,

annoyed ;"or ad of

The fpit venom of their poifoned hearts brcaklinker.

eth out to the annoyance of others.
The greateft annoyance and diflurbance of mank'nd has been from one of thofe two things, force
South.
or fraud.
For the further annoyance and terrour of any

Sidney
:

not quite exil'd, where thought can foar.

N i VE'RS A R Y.

annoyances to corn.
ftate of being

2.

care,

M.f. [from annihilate.

aft of reducing to nothing.
ftate of being reduced to
nothing.
i

11.

animal,

Explications or remarks written

2.

There is no reafon, that any one commonweal!

ihould annihilate that whereupon the whoic wi;r!
bas agreed.
Hooter

An American

rfNNOLIS.

agency o

any thing.

AN N

grain, a dud, a gnat, a wand'ring hair,

in that precious fenfe.
Statefp.
Crows, ravens, rooks, and magpies, are great

Any annoyance

Stillingfl.vt.

in ufe.]
hath a double fignifkation.
Any hurt done
either to a publick place, as highway, bridge, or
common river ; or to a private, by laying an\
thing that may breed infection, by encroaching,
The writ that is brought
or fuch like means.
See NUISANCE, the
upon this tranfgreflion.
Bhunt.
word now ufed.

Raleigh

To

their example.

now

was.

The flood hath altered, deformed, or rathe

annihilated, this place, fo as no man can find an
mark or memory thereof.
3.

for the martyrs, which they

and
keeping their Mlx'tverjan days,

n.f. [from annoy.]

hurts.
; that which

anni-vcrfjry

of
[Lat.] In the year
our Lord ; as, anno domlni, or A. D.
feventeen hun1751 ; that is, in the
dred and fifty-firft year from the birth
of our Saviour.
ANNO'ISANCE. ./. [from annoy, but not

Woodward
to

its

from the boar's anmy.

That which annoys

1 .

to a creature,
giving any worOiip
with chriftianity; but confefs the

They deny

when

created, and,
difbanded and annihilated.

2.

finiihing

ANNO'YANCE.

Ray.

as inconfiftent

water fufficicnt to a delug<

the bufmefs was done

imagined,

moft conftantly

viciflitudes.

South,

Some

Parergon.

with admirable ce-

angels guard thee

Shatefftare,
All pain and joy is in their way ;
The things we fear bring lef> annoy
Than fear, and hope brings greater joy;
IBut in themfelves they cannot ftay.
What then remains, but, after pall annoy,
To take the good vicifiitude of joy ?
DryJai.

ANNIVE'RSA nv.adj.

al

was

jy>
Good

to

jiyliffe's

un-

n.f. [from the verb.] Injury;

moleftation ; trouble.
and wake in
Sleep, Richmond, fleep in peace,

year,

[anniverfarius,La.t.]
with the revolution of the

let

not.

be faid daily through

the foul of the deceafed.

but which ought

AN NOT A'T ION.

r
d's mercy ; he, by a dedefpaired of
collation tf all hope, annihilated his mercy.
Brown's Vulgar Errours
Whofe friend/hip can ftand againft afiaults
ftrong enough to annihilate the friendfh'ip of puny
minds ; fuch an one has reached true conftancy.

provoked

them but alone, and annoy them

R"j.
.

\NNO'V.

Romifh

now only once a

church, celebrated

Dor.nc.

He

lefs

It

exiftcnce.
It

Milttn.
Infefls fcldom ufe their offenfive weapons,

Drydtn.

in the
dnni<verfary is an office

recommending

it falls,

-v.

the pleafant villages, and farms

Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight.

Among

jfNNO DOMINI.

ANNI'HIL ABLE. adj. [horn annihilate.]

That which may be reduced to nothing
that which may be put out of existence.

ANNIHILATE,

The aft of celebration, or performance,

in honour of the anniverfary day.
Donne had never feen Mrs. Drury, whom he
has made immortal in his admirable ann'ruerfaries.

expveflcd by

fmall armament, petty confequence,

Attends the boift'rous ruin.
Shakefpeare.

lum, Lat.]
To reduce to nothing

As one who long in populous city pent,

Where houfes thick, and fewers, ar.r.cy the air,
Forth ifluing on a Cummer's morn to breathe

returns in the

it

honour and efteem

Bach

To

day celebrated as
courfe of the year.

Stillingjlfft.

return to that charity and peaceable

mindednefs, which Chrift fo vehemently recommends to us, we have his own promife, that the
whole body will be full of light, Matth. vi. that

Jf

For encouragement to follow the example of

martyr;, the primitive chriltians met at the places
of their martyrdom, to praife God for them, and
to obfcrve the annivtrfary of their fufterings.

the
Failing in his firft attempt to be but like
highcrl in heaven, he hath obtained of men to be
affumcd
hath
the fame on earth, and
accordingly

ANNEXA'TION.

ANN

ANN

ANN

,cover)S
.

of an annuity,

no aftion

lies,

but only J&e, writ of annuity againft the

granter,

A N O

A N O
But drove with

but of
;
do of land.

acstfynes t" affuage the fm.trt,

mildly thus her med'cine diJ impart.
Dryd.
or
abaters
of pi.n ^t the alimentary
c.yias,
are
fuch
as
relax
the
tenfion
of
the
kind,
things
aftedted nervous fibres, as decoctions o^ cnvillient fubflances ;. thofe things winch dcilMy t'u'
particular acrimony which occasions the pain ;
or what deadens the fcnfation of the brain, by

granter, his heirs, or fucceflors

a rent, the fame adlions

lie as

si

The

third difference is, that an annuity

never taken for afTets, becaufe it is
no freehold in law ; nor (hall be put in
execution upon a ftatute merchant, fta-

a rent may.

Coiuell.

2.

1.

pence, beyond what cis arr.uity from his father

C.'t.'

?"<!

1.

AN N u't.
To make
gate

v. a.
void

that

it

the law,

the autho-

is

whoever deftroys

and

nothing

i.

'

rife u:

leg,
1

to

me

bending the arm or

to the bones by an-

in

them

Cbryr.e.

annulus, Lat.]

[from

adj.
'1

is

maje

it

may

r.-ipir.ition

not Hag and

A'N NCLET. n.f. [from

necefTary, the
that

is

w'.th atinnLir'j caitilages,

little ring.

[In heraldry.]

fall

together.

Kay.

annulus, Lat.]

difference or

which the

mark

brother of
family ought to bear in his coat of

diftinftion,

?.'iv

fifth

arms.
3. Annulets are alfo a part of the coatarmour of feveral families ; they were
anciently reputed a mark of nobility

and

jurifdiiftion, it being the cailom of

prelates to receive their inveftiture per

baculu-n

& annulum.

The fmall fquare

4. [Ii architecture.]
members, in the Dorick capital, under
the quarter round, are called amtulets.
.'.ulet is alfo ufed for a narrow flat
moulding common to other parts of the
column; fo called, becaufe it encomChambers.
paffes the column round.

To

'.K.ATE. -v. a. [finnumero,

Lat.] To add to a former number ; to
unite to iomething before mentioned.
A.'

ANNU MER A'TION.

f.

[annumtratia,

Addition to a former number.

Lat.]
To ANN'U'NCIATE. v. a. [annumio,
To bring tidings ; to relate
Lat ]
.thing thit has fallen out
not in popular ufe.

NCI

A'

.."/.]

word

ON DAY. n.f. [from anThe Jay celebrated by the

memory of the angel's falu-

church, in
tation of the bk-ffed Virgin ; folemnized
with us on the twenty-fifth of March.
ijy
.>:

of

the

annunciation, or

on the incarn

Lady-

3.

To confecrate
I

In his

ar.o':n!cd fi;<h (lick b lariih

ANO'INTER. n.f. [(ram

The

rule.

adj. [from anomaly.~\

Irregular ; applied in altronomy to the
year, taken lor the time in which the

earth pafleth through its orbit, diftinft

from the tropical year.

and wj*X'/]
deviating from

[ttpri-i>.

Irregular ; out of rule ;

the general method* or analogy of
things.
It is applied, in grammar, to words
deviating from the common rules of
inflection ; and, in
ailronomy, to the
feemingly irregular motions of the plawill arife

and

adj. [from

and

iotY/;.]

That

which has the power of mitigating pain.

Yi:t

'

'.nd,

ncbler parts were

ANO'THER.
Not

i.

He

He

quickfilver or mercury.

ANO'M ALOUSLY.
Irregularly

in

What

proceeded from

Jlt::lkcr yet

her daughter, as fuch

feen, we mull charge this

and bafcnels of nature.

monitors have been

upon a peculiar

aritu.'ly

Smth.

do not purfue the many pfeudojrapliies in

ufe, but intend to Jhcw how moll of thcfe anomaliti in writing might be avoided, and better
1

H'jltlcr.

fupplied.

n.f. [apri-j.

andoft-.] Breach

of law.
If fin be good, and jnfr, and lawful,
evil, it is

no

it

is

no

ANO'N.

ad-v . [Juntas imagines

it

elliptical form of fpeaking for

that is, in one minute ; Skinner

and

neart,

a feventh

or near

to

be an

I'll fee

no more.

elfe.

fefs'd

fin againft another, the

So had another been, where he his vows addrcfcM*

Dtyden.

Not

4.

one's

A man

felf.

have difFufed his life, his (elf,

and his whole concernments fo far, that he can
weep his forrovvs with arutber^s eyes; \vhen he
has another heart befides his own, both to /hare,
jn-1 t)

5.

(hall

South.

tupport his grief.

much

altered.
\Vlv:n the foul is beaten from its (lation, and
the mounds of virtue are broken down, it becomes quite atutkcr thing from what it was, be.

Widely

different

Scutb

fore.

ANO'TH ERCAINES. adj. [ See- A NOT H EH GUESS.] Of another kind. This word
I

have found only in Sidney.

If

my

father

had not plaid the hafty

fool,

might have had anotbirgaincs hufband than Da,

meus.
S'uhy.

ANO'THERGUESS.^'. [This word, which

though rarely ufed

in writing, is

fome-

in colloquial language, I

conceive to be corrupted from another

that is, of a different guife, or
;
manner, or form.] Of adifferent kind.

giiife
;'/;

one,

from a

Mixjheiv from en

any one

man

what frequent

no jnomy.

(in,

the

judge Aall
i StmutI, ii.
judge him.
25.
Why not of her ? preferred above the reft
and
with
love
him
deeds,
knightly
open
proBy

rr<7Hrj.J

lia, Lat.
>i-/x.ax-.]
Irregularity ; deviation from the common rule.
If we (hould chance to find a mother debauch-

to

other

If one.

Adam.

n.f.- [anomalit, Fr. anoi/ia-

addition

Sbakeffearf.

Any

3.

Br'jivris l .i.^'r

new

the line ftretch out to th" crack of

will

doom

ad<v.

anmahufy

ANO'MALY.

A'NOMY.

't

former number.

Eve was not fnlemnly begotten, but fudJenly

ing

v,ill

muft of

One more

in

rule.
framed, and

otber."\

lay a foundation for perpetual

neceflity find anahcr rile of goLocks.
v.'rnmcnt than that.

that

diforder,

Lctke.

[from anomalous.}
a manner contrary to

[from an and

adj.

the fame.

artificial,

Branil'all j
a.

n.f. [aK>{v;|a.] Inappetency,

or loatliing of food.
Quincy.

every
derftand ammafout pronunciation.
Holder.
Met.ils arc gold, filver, copper, tin, lead, and
iron : to which we may join that ancmalnui body,

more

A'NOD v NE.

A'NOREXY.

ananahus disturbances not only

but alfo in military officers.

Vj J^nlgar Errours.
being acquainted with fomc characters of
at
pleasure make him unmay

in civil

adv. [from enfaynnuf.J

I would know, whether the edition is to come

oatamiymcujlj, among complaints of fpuiious editions.
Swift.

nets.

There

and oo^a.]

Without a name.

Dift.

adj.

fri<v.

Nates on tbt Dur.ciad.

A NO'N Y MOUSLY.

Ar.OMALi'sTiCAL.

ANO'MALOUS.

[x

adj.

diate pub)i(hers thereof fculking.

n.f. [from anomaly.'] Anoirregularity ; deviation, from the

and

Thefe animalcules ferve alfo for food to another

of the waters.
Ray.
1 hey would forthwith publiih flandcrs unfunimcd, the authors being anciymcus, the imme-

Sbjitff.

anoint.]

ANO'MALISM.

common

e-i-er

anorynictts infect

perfon that anoints.

maly

at other

Wanting a name.

filter

fangs.

Walltf.

then ;
this fenfe is uted

ANO'N YMOUS.

Drydcr,.

by unftion.
w .aid r.Dt fee thy

ancrz r for now and then.

Full forty days he pafs'd, whether on hill
Sometimes, anm in (hady vale, each night,
Or harbour'd in-one cave, is notreveal'd. Mlhcn*

be rubbed upon.

to

extinct,

In the form of rings.

the fides of

finear

C/ar.

now and

In

times.

t.

waters then, in brazen caldrons borne,

Are pour'J to wjlh his body, joint by in -,
And fragrant oils the ftifi'oi:'ii limbs ani'm:.'

R^.i-i.
's

ligaments.

A'NNULARY.
-pipe

To

.'

withdraw himfelf.

Sometimes

2.

Dint. xxvi;S 40.

Warm

to obliterate.

Milt.
[from annulus, Lat.] In

N u A R adj.
the form of a ring.
That they might not,

of

2.

ail

A'.-;

for thine olive (hall caft his fru

Sen jcnfin.
young Ober,.n ?
However, witnefs, Keav'n

fee

the leaves infpire,

With fuch a purple light they (hone,
As if they had been made of fire,
And Spreading fo, would ilamc ancn.

to

2.

oil

this

her various objects of delight

Annuil'd, which mi^lu in part my grief have eas'd.

1.

to abro-

And

me be with deadly venom. Sbakefp.

(hah have oliv. oei's throughout all thy
but thou ilialt njt anoint thyielf with the

in a (hort time.

Still as I did

sln?nti-J let

//;.<;.]

to nullify;
to

ena-lb

To reduce

2.

to

to abolifh.

Th.r
rity
aut!

oil,

<

little

rub over with unctuous matter, as

or unguents.

Thou

[from
;

To

foon

while we difcharge
MUton.
Frcfly cur part.
He was not without defign at that prelent, as
(hall be made
lhat
device
out^wcw; meaning by

enoindrc,

\oindre,

Heav'n, witnefs thou anm

part, oint, enoint, Fr.]

He
rl,

a.

11.

we

Shall

JtriutbtKt.

ANOTNT.

Quickly

fnow, tumbled about,

-'/raj becomes a mountain.
Shakefpcjre.
Will they come abroad ansn?

<

procuring deep.

To

yearly allowance.
was g;per.iliy kn'nvn to be the fon of one
and brother to another, who fupplied his ex-

1.

And

is

tute ftaple, or elegit,

A N O

c//.]

Oh

Hocus! where
ifjs

manner

art

thou

in thy time.

It ufed to go' in
'-

drbutbnct.

A'NSATEB

A N

A N

[anfatui, Lat.]
or fometl.ing in the

A'NSATED.<#.
handles ;
handles.

7o

Having

To perform what
intended by the agent.
Our part is, to choofe out

a queftion.
fpcak in return to
Are we fucccur'd ? are the Moors remov'd?
and then a thoufand
Atj-wcr thefc queftions firft,
more.
Drjdcu.
Jfwer them altogether. _
2. To fpeak in oppofition.
No man was able to aifiocr him a word.
Maitbnv,

xxii.

46.

difcover the elementary

anfwer, that it is not
ing'edlents of things,
a
fuch
difcovery fliould be practinecefl'ary that
I

Beyle,

cable.

To

be accountable for: with/or

Thofe many had not dared to do evil
If the firft man that did th' ediG infringe
Had aisfuni 'a fir his deed.
Sbalefpeare.
Some men have finned in the principles of

a.

men.
anf-iver fir not being
Brown's Vulgar Erreuri.
If there be any abfurdity in this, our author
Locke.
iraft anfwer for it.

humanity, and muft

To vindicate ; to give a
account of: withyir^
The

5.

little

To

unificatory

impudently fixed for

night, fo
impreflion on myfelf
tifwrrfar my family.

made

To

my

laft,

ratively, the following paflage

ftand

ncrry

Eccl. x. 19.

To

8.

any claim or petition of

fatisfy

or juftice.
right
Zelmane with rageful
himfelf; for

no

eyes bade him defend

lefs than his life would anfwer

it.

Revenge the jeering and

Sidney.
difdain'd contempt

Of this proud king, who ftudics day

To cnjiver all the debt he owes unto
*

and night
you,
Ev'n with the bloody payments of your deaths.

lt his neck

'

fkies.

there

and, by their paly beams,

Sbal.
Each battle fefs the other's umbcr'd face.

yearly rent

cafualty itfelf was

in and anftoered.

9.

To

aft reciprocally-

Bacon.
.

Say, do'ft thou yet the Roman harp command ?

the firings anjvitr to thy noble hand ?
Dryd.

Do
10.

To

ftand as oppofite or correlative to

fomething

elfe.

There can but two things

tion and
part,

I.

create love, perfec-

ufcfulncfs ; to which anfiotr,. on our

Admiration; and, 2. Defire s and both

thcfe are centered in love.

1 1.

Lode.

can we think of appearing at that tribua ready anftaer

nal, without being able to give
to the queftions which he (hall then put to us,
about the poor and the afflicted, the hungry and

How

the naked, the fick and imprifoned

An

2.

of

Atterkury.

account to be given to the

employed

Of my

6.

7.

equivalent.

There be no kings whofe means are anftveralJe

unto other men's dcfires.
Raleigh^
Relative ; correlative.
That, to every

ought

A'NSWER-JOBBER.

He

jobber.]
ing anfwers.

What

that

difgufts

n.f. [from anfwer

me from

with anfiacr-jobberi,

and

makes a trade of writ-

is,

having any thing to do

no con-

that they have

Swift.

fcicnce.

A'NSWERABLE.

[from anfwer.]
That to which a reply may be made ;
that which may be anfwered ; as, the
adj.

argument, though fubtle,

is

yet anfwer-

able.

Obliged

to give

to anfwer

an account; obliged

any demand of juftice; or

trial of an accufation..
fliould
Every chief of ever)' kindred or family
be ethverable, and bound to bring forth every one
of that kindred, at all times, to be juftified, when
he fliould be required, or charged with any treafon
State of Ireland.
or felony.
Sfcnj'fr's
Will any man argue, that if a phyfician fliould
to all his patients, he

ftand the

manifeftly prcfcribe poifon

cannot be juftly puni/hed, but
to

God ?
He cannot

their

things, if

1.1

for the errors of

they anjvartd the bulk of fo prodigious a perfon.

.

is

anfvoa-aUt only
Stoift.

think ambition more juftly laid to

that
charge, than to other men, bccaufe
be to make church government anjiveratk

human

Correfpondcnt,

nature,

Swift.

for

petition

needful,

things

anfivtrablc fentence of
thanks provided particularly to follow, is not re-

there

fome

be

ftiould

Soaker*

quifite.

A'NSWERABLV. adv. [from

anfiueratk.}
with proper cor-

In due proportion ;
refpondence ; fuitably.
The broader feas are, if
free

from

they be entire, and

iflands, they are

anjmrably deeper.
Brerrwocd en Language!*'
into the atmofphere, to a

It bears light forts,

greater or lelTrr height, anfwcrably to the greater
Woodward,
or lefler intenfcncfs of the heat.

A'NSWERABLENESS. n.f. [from fnfuier-The quality of being anfwerable.~\

Diff.

able.

A'NSWERER.
1 .

n.f. [from unfair.']

He that anfwers ; he that fpeaks in return to what another has fpoken.
I

to have three qualiperfonal anfwer ought

in
ties j it ought to be pertinent to the matter
hand ; it ought to be abfolute and unconditional ;
to be clear and certain.
it
Aylijfr.

Af.ltcit,

celeftial pa'tronefs.

Equal

juftice.

Bacon,

taken even in monarchies.

If anfiuerable ftyle I can obtain.

demand

In law, a confutation of a charge exhibited againft a perfon.

Taylor.

Swift.

Jdfch.

Anted.

The following, by certain eftatcs of mtn, *(werable to that which a great perfon himfelf
of foldiers to him that hath been
profeflcth, as
in the wars, hath been a thing well

know your mind, and

will fatisfy

it

neither

do it like a niggardly anftuerer, going no

further than the bounds of the queftion
Sidney.

will

He'll call you to fo hot an anfwer for it.

That you {hall chide your trefpafs.
Sbaktfprare.

To

bear proportion to.

Weapons muft needs be dangerous

pofition.

his
It was a right anfwer of the phyfician to
fore eyes: If you have more
patient, that had
wine is good.
pleafure in wine, than in your fight,

is ftill

wont

call'd charity, the foul

the reft.

Suitable

fpeech

cr writing, in return to a queftion, or

is

paid, even as the former

to be, in parcel meal paid

fire,

A'NSWER. n.f. [from To anfwer. ]

in
1. That which is faid, whether

tial

That

be over-againft any thing.

Fire avfuien

any marlaw in the world*

Sbakcfpeare.
find
their
no
fooner
Men
appetites uvaxfiutrcd,
than they complain the times are injurious*
it, if

Slakcfptart.

To

16.

Sbakfjftare.
cnfteer for

wert better in thy grave, than to tnfuier,

this extremity of the

Thou

3.

made for laughter, and wine maketh

but money anjiocrttb all things.

5.

be,

with thy uncovered body,

for

teaft is

may

perhaps, taken.

To

to

Of all

any call, or authoritative

which fenfe, though figu-

in

to thy

Add virtue,
By name to come

wifhed

to produce tke

Rjleigb*

fuitable.

Only add

to

appear

fummons

Tetnflt.

To

15.

Swift.

He wants a father to protefl his .youth,

And rear him up to virtue. You muft bear
The future blame, and anfwer to the world,
When you refufe the eafy honeft means
Stutbtrn.
Of taking care of him.
6.
correfpond to ; to fuit with.
As in water face aitfweretb to face, fo the heart
Prov. xxvii. 19.
of man to man.

fucceed

knowledge anj-wtratle ; add faith,

add love
patience, temperance ;

Deeds

Bacon.

well
they have been fince received, and fo
to God or man,
improved, let thofe anfti-tr either
of
fuch
and
who have been the authors
promoters

be equivalent to
femething elfe.

comply with.

To

Proportionate

4.

Raleigh.
or alIn operations upon bodies for their verfion
doth not
teration, the trial in great quantities
fo deceive* many.
ttfvitr the trial in fmall : and

give an account.

To

that begot them.

quality to thofc

Alterbvry.

her counfel, whereto when tl

Jafon followed
fleece.
event had a*f-u.-ertd,\K again demanded the

How

7.

Sidney,
acdaughters of Atlas were ladies who,
as came to be regiftered among
fuch
companying
the worthies, brought forth children anj-wiral'lt in

The

the ends

event.

but 1 cannot

wife council.

colours, but erring in others.

dclervmg

He

4.

4.

mod

my

we may

be faid,

it

the

doth give, aitfutratle enough in fome features and

dies that touches of this fruit,

affairs are anfwered.
Till I and
Sbaleffeare.

To

endeavoured or

to prnvidence.

13.

eMf.vcori/fn.]

It was but fuch a likencfs as an imperfea glafi

moft likely to tnfmtr

objects, and the
al
of our charity, and when this it done,
be left
done that lif s in our power I the reft muft

A'NSWER. v. a. [The etymology is

uncertain; the Saxons had anbf-papian,
but in another fenfe ; the Dutch have

1.

is

12.

form of

ANT

I.

2.

He

that

manages the controverfy a-

has written
gainft one that

firft.

very unfair in any writer to employ ignorance and malice together ; bccaufe it gives his
It is

arfwerer double work.

ANT.

a. /.

Swift*

[seraerc, Sax.

which Junius

imagines, not without probability, to

have been firft contracted to aemt, and
An emmet; a
then foftened to ant.]
A fmall infedt that lives in
pifmire.
in hillocks.
great numbers together

We')! fet thee to fchool to an ant, to teach thee

no lab'ring in the winter.
Stakefpcart*
Methinks, all cities now but ant-hills are,

there's

Where when

the feveral labourers I fee

For children, houfe, provifion, taking pain,

and
They're all but aati carrying eggs, ftraw,
Donne,
grain.
Learn each fmall people's genius, policies ;
The ants republick, and the realm of bees, fcpe,
n. /.. [from ant and
animal that feeds on ants.

ANT-BEAR,

An

bear.']

Divers quadrupeds feed upon infcfts ; and fome

two forts of tamanduas
wholly upon them ; as
upon ants, which therefore are called in Englilh

live

Ray,

ant-tearl.

LL, or HILLOCK, n.f. [from ant

and hill.} The fmall protuberances of
earth in which ants make their nefts.

ANT-HI

1'ut blue flowers into an ant-bill, they

will

be

becaufe the ants drop upon them

their ftinging liquor, which hath the effect ot oil

flamed with red

of

Kay.

vitriol.

who have

feen a*t-lilhib, have ealily

perceived

percceived thofe fmall heapj of corn about their

p. cits.
^ddljon.

A N'T. A

contraction for

and if it ; as, an't

and if it pleafe you.

and it, or rather

pleafe you

that

generally a per-

It implies

flood

ANTEAMBULA'TION.

The

fhort club confifls

above

fix.

is

3.

In anatomy, the antagonijt

cle

A
in

is

relaxation of a mufcle

is

To

?(.]

-v. n.

am

[irom

and

Dia.

2.

ANTA'LCICK. adj. [from am, againft, and

aXy-, pain.] That which foftens pain
j%NiANslCLA"SIS.

n. f.
[Lat. from
from atlarax\Au, to drive

Did the blood

figure in rhetorick, when the fame

is
repeated in a different, if not
in a contrary fignification ; as, In
thy
youth learn fome craft, that in eld age thou

mayjl get thy living -without craft. Craft,

in the firft place, fignifies fcience or occupation ; in the fecond, deceit or fub

1.

life

fliall

them),

that heart, I fay, &c.

Smith's Rhetorick.

ANTAPHRODI'TICK.
againft,

which

[from

adj.

a>-i,

and 'Apgo&ni, Venus.]

is efficacious

That

againft the venereal

ANTAPOPLE'CTICK.
and

o.it'.Ti'i.rfa!,,

adj.

againft an apoplexy.

ANTA'RCTICK.

[i,ri, againft,

an apoplexy.]
adj.

[,

againft,

and

The

fouthern pole, fo called, as

tion.]
cppofite to the northern.
Downward as tar as antarfiick.
Miltm.
They that had (ail'd from near th' antarlTui pole,
Their treafure fafe, and all their vcflels
whole,

r.-i;,

adj.

the gout.

Walltr.

[am, againft,
Good againft

the gout.]

ANTASTHMA'TICK.
*o-9f/..]

ANTE.

Good

adj.

[from

am

and

againft the afthroa.

Latin panicle fignifying before, which is frequently ufed in compofuioas ; as, antediluvian, before the

take fomething before the proper

f)

mighty an influence, that

it is

in-

deed the neceflary atcce.{<.ut, if not alfo the riireft

caufe, of a finncr's return to -God.
Sonb.

3.

In logick, the

propofition of an

firft

or

enthymeme,
argument
of two propofitions.

confifting only

firrt

confejuent.

A'NT ELOPE,

In the

going before

We

consider

ftate

venting or flopping vomiting.

ANTEMU'NDANE.

ten,

f.

[from ante, be-

generally writThe
improperly, anti chamber.']

chamber that leads

it is

to the chief apart-

ment.
The emprefs has the anticbamicri paft,
And this way moves with a diforder'ci haftc. Dryd.
His antichamier, and room of audience, are litire chambers wainfcoted.
Mdif.n.

4NTECWRSOR.
runs before.

n.f. [Latin.]

before the creation of the world.

ante

ANTENU'MBER. n. f. [from
number. ]
The number that

and

precedes

another.
Whatlbever

virtue is in numbers, for

conducing
to confent of notes, is rather to be afcribed to the
to
than
the
entire
as
that the
aataamber,
number,

found returneth after

fix,

the feventh or thirteenth

fixth or the twelfth.

A'NTEPAST.

is

or after twelve; fo that

not the matter, but the

Bacon.

n.f. [from ante, before,

and

A foretafte ; fomepaftum, to feed.]

thing taken before the proper time.
Were we to expert our blifs only in the fatiating
our appetites,

it

might be reafonabie, by frequent

antcpajis, to excite
tual meal.

our guft for that profufe perpeDecay of Fitly.

A'N TEPENULT.H./

[antfpenultima, Lat. ]
fyllable but two, as the fyllable
te in antepenult : a term of
grammar.
ANTEPILE'PTICK. adj. [-i.nl and (Vi-

The

laft

medicine againft convulfiona.

Xr/^i?.]
That brzoar is antidotal, lapis judaicus diurcti'

cal, <Mia\anttpileptical,

we

will not

flrcivn's

deny.

Vulgar Errcurj.

To A'NTEPONE. <y. a. [antepono, Lat.]

To fet one thing before another ; to prefer

one thing to another.

One who A N T E p R E D I'c A M E N T

DicJ.

and
That which was

adj. [ante, before,

mundus, the world.]

antecedently to his creation,

and chamber;

[from ante, be-

and meridian, noon.] Before noon.

adj. [am, againft, and
That which has the
ipta, to vomit.]
power of calming the ftomach ; of pre-

JNTECE'SSOR.

fore,

Sfrmm
adj.

fore,

while he yet lay in the barren womb of

nothing,
and only in the number of pofiibilitics.
South.

ANTECHA'MDER.

[The etymology

ANTEME'TICK.

of antecedence, or

n.f. [Latin.] One who

goes before, or leads another; the prinDiet.
cipal.

Eettl/y.
is

n. f.

ANTEMERI'DIAN.

previoufly.

him

him

A goat with curled or

uncertain.]
wreathed horns.
The antelift, and wolf both fierce and fell.

Watts't Logick.

[from antece-

Wmdioard.

Relating to things exifting before the

longevity of the antedifiK-iaiti, that we give

thinks for contracting the days of our trial.

part of thefe propofitions, or that wherein

is called the
antecedent,

the condition is contained,

the other is called the

a.
deluge.]
Exifting before the deluge.

We are fo far from repining at God, that he

hath not extended the period of our lives to the

Conditional or hypothetical propofitions are

thofe whofe
parts are united by the conditional
particle if; as, if the fun be fixed, the earth muft
move if there be no fire, there will be no fmoke.

The

Pope*

[from ante, be-

before the flood*

hither.

Let him learn the right joining of fubftantives

with ailjicYives, the noun with the verb, and the
relative with \\ieantccedtnt.
Afebatn

adj.

and diluvium,

ANTEDILU'VIAN.

relative

comes

can improve,

deluge.

In grammar, the noun to which the

is fubjoined ; as, the man who

2.

it

antedate the bliis above.

The text intends only the line of Scth, conduceable unto the genealogy of our Saviour, and
the antediluvian chronology. Brmun i
fu/g. Err,
n. f.
One that-lived

Sentley.

n.f. [antecedens, Lat.]

before.

were, antedate his

folved.

2.

to let the effect be-

Good ANTECE'DE NTLY. adv.

a.^.^, the bear or northern conftella-

ANTARTH RI'TICK.

duty of

dent.'}

In fight of their dear country ruin'd be,

Witr.out the guilt of either rock or fca.

is

forma-

it

During the time of the deluge, all the ftone and

marble of the antediluvian earth were torally dif-

difeafe.

To

fore,
1.

fup-

That which goes

It is alfo a

returning to the matter at

the end of a long parenthefis ; as, Shall
that heart (which does not only
feel them,
tut hath alt motion of his
placed in

antecedent to the

But that

ANTECE'DENT.

tilty.

2.

firft exift,

tion of the heart

fore the caufe.

back.]

is

No one is fo hardy as to fay, God is in his

debt; that he owed him a nobler being: for exiftence muft be artetedent to merit.
Collier.

word

thing which

does, as

ANTEDILU'VI AN.

pofed to follow.

anodyne.
ailxtxx}.a?t;,

It has to before the

man

Our joys below

contend againft another.

time.

looked upon Adam's fall as

a fin, and puniflied it, when, without
sny antecedent fin of his, it was impoflible for him not to fall,
ems a thing that highly reproaches eficntial
Sautl.
equity and goodnefs.

de-

Arlutbr.-)'..

ftnyed.

z.

time and place.

fo aflert, that God

mufr produce a fpafm

becaufe the equilibrium

amagonift,

To ANTA'GONIZE.

1.

Antecedent
preceding.
is
ufcd, I think, only with regard to
time; precedent, with regard both to

which we were

and makes himfdf contemporary with the

Collier.
ages pad.

[antecedent, Lat.]

adj.

thofe perfons,

reading, a

By

And

Going before

1.

now

life,

is

ANTECE'DENT.

leav'ft,

Dsnns,

fimple bodies, and an antecedence of their conftitution preceding the exigence of mixed bodies. Hale.

which counteracts Tome other.

its

fay, that

We arc not juft

impoHible that mixed bodies can be eternal,

becaufe there is ncceflarily a pre-exiftence of the
It

muf-

that

Or

[from ante, beto go.]

To precede ;
-v. n.

cedence.

to be

*ndantag3fiij}i of the fpecies; considering all thefe

as neuters, who fill up the middle fpace. Addijon.

one whole day,

what wilt thou fay?
Wilt thou then antedate fome new-uiade vow,

of thofe who are under

compofed of fuch as are

Thefe we look upon as the two extremes
ours

ANTECE'DE.

me

thou haft lov'd

To-morrow, when thou

before.

ANTECE'DENCE.
f. [from antecede.']
The aft or ftate of going before ; pre-

2. Contrary.
five feet

Now

[from ante

n. f.

fore, and cedo,

to go before.
It feems confonant to reafon, that the fabrick of
the world did not long aniecede its motion. Hale.

antagonist in thefe coutsoverfies may have

Hooker.
jnet with li/me not unlike to Ithacius.
What was fet before him,

draw, and break, he Still performed,

Mi'tcn.
daring to appear antag.
It it not fit that the hiftory of a perfon IhouU!
appear* till the prejudice both of hisfir<ic/?jand
adherents be foftened and fubdued.
Add'ifcn.

I.

Dia.
To

Our

Kone

and a#.]

A walking

and ambulatio, Lat.]

i/. a.
[from ante, and
datum, Lat.]
To date earlier than the real time, fo
as to confer a fiftitious
antiquity.

do,

former ad.

fonal and particular oppofition.

To heave, pull,

To A'NT ED ATE.

antechamber, a chamber leading

into another ..partment.

A'NT E ACT. n.f. [from ante

is,

ANTA'CONIST. n.f. [am and ayi-H^u.]

1. One who contends "ith another ; an
opponent.

ANT

ANT

ANT

meat urn, Lat.]

n. /.

Something

Ditt,
[oxttpredicato

be

known
in

ANT

ANT

in the ftudy of logick,

previoufly to the
doftrinc of the predicament.
A N r E R i o' R i T v n, f. [from anteriour. ]
Priority; the ftate of being before, either
in time or fituation.
.

ANTE'RIOUR.

Goadj. [antericr, Lat.]

before, either with regard to time or

ing

n.f. A ludicrous word, formed by Sbat.fptare from

anthropophagi, for the fake of a formidable found.
Go, knock, and call; he'll (peak like an an'.lrofofbaghhn unto ther knock, I fay.

make

being placed at both extremes,

ANTHROPO'PH AGY.

is

Fr.icn'i

impofiible.

ANTES.

I'u'g Err.

,.-./.
[Latin.] Pillars of large
dimenfions that fupport the front of a

building.

ANTES T<f\l A c H.
and

ftomach.~\

In birds there

is

meat in the mouih

but

it

is

im-,

a- kind of
antfftamacb, which
obfervcd in pifcivorous bi

A N T H E L M I'N T H
and

eA/xuScf,

kills

worms.

cK

have

/wy.

ai!j'.

[i>Ti, ftgainft,

worm.]

That which

Atbthm'mthicis, or contrary to worms, are things

are know,]
by experience ta kill them, as
oils, or honey taken upon an empty ftomnch.

which

ArbmbiKt.

A'NTHEM.

n. f. [a>3t^x>e, a
hynin fung
in alternate parts, and mould therefore

be written anthytnnJ\ A holy fong ; a

fong performed as part of divine fervice.
God. Mofes firft, -then David did infpire,
To compofe anthems for his heavenly quire. Der.b.
There is no paflion that is not finely exprefled in
thofe parts of the infpired writings, which are
proAiUikn.
per for divine fongs and ardbans.

f'fbagy ofDiomedeshis horfcs.

ANTHO'LOGY. n.f. [SoAoyia,from

a*o$,

a flower, and
z.

>,.

A/^, to gather.]
collection of flowers,

ANTHYPOCHONDRI'ACK. adj. [ from artl

JXJHrPO'PHORA. n.
A figure in rhetorick,

ANT H YST E'R

and

n.f. [a.}$^t>believes a human

and

a-aSoc, paflion.]

man;

the paflions of

many amongrt

ANTHROPO'PHAGI.

the igLocke.

fenfibility

of

man.
n. f.

3.

alkalis.

uf another fort.

mony

has

no

Jingtdar. [a*Sfs)?rcc, man, and $ayu, to

Man-eaters; cannibals; thofe
eat.]
that live upon human fielh.

The cannibals that e.sch other cat,

The anthropophagi, and men whofe heads
Do grow beneath their flioulJcrs. Sljitfp.

of

Things

adj. [from .n\,

Ha^.fij, a bad habit.]
adapted to the care of a bad

c
j,;

? iriao5.]

Oppofite
,

r>,

ok!.] Odd ; ridiculoufly wild

in gefticulation.

What!

>

L-,nn;t;.
's

Scut/;.

The

n.f. [from antiOppofition or contrariety to

Rcr:,~o in,!

prize

was

to

ANTICHRISTI A'KITY.

[from

n.f.

Andrew, who was

A'NTICK.
1.

c.n'n-

res

jCf?> time.]

ANTTCIPATE.

I.

To

Sc

hath taken care

to

ant'xifaic and

every irnn, to draw liin.

give piety the prepoflcHion, and f >
in holinef.
If our Apoftle had maintained
/.^r/.-y
-.

is

church

tr

Hm
fuc'i

./

vv

i'.

;i*i

fits,

imilc he grows im-ai;..-rt.

contain ourfelvcs,
irj, we

fiiou'.d

my

cm

he the vcrirft antick in the world,

2.

odd

cruwn,

the mortal ti-mples of a king,

a:;d t!ij the .irtici
;

.'

Odd appearance.
A v,.i;k rich entail,

and curious mold,

and wild imagery.
l\:hj

'.f

Jj,

or c'cn at

firll

reflection (he cfpies

Such toys, fuch an!:cii, and fuch vanities,

As (he retires and Ilirinksfordiame and fear. Davits.

To A'NTICK. v.

ur fouls be ore
talk of fee'

L)rJ, fiui.-ij; that the knowledge of him was innate

and p-pie:
.

Fear not,

1
;

merry

I,:

:"Hng

If you

<v. a.
[antidfo, Lat.]
take fomething fooner than another,
fo as to prevent him that comes after ;
to take firft polTeffion.

AJiifin.

Kei-y-s c'cith his cou.t

order or account of time.

To

of

that play.s anticks ; he that ufes

gefticalation ; a buffoon.

That rounds

againft, and
Deviation from the right
\_a.n\,

to play tricki.

He

Contrariety to chriftianity.
n.f.

Julia.

upon !h: wimf.Li,

'.

that could go through his tun.

though provoked by the
.

buffoon

Of all our anticli fights, and pgeantry,

Which Engliih idiots run in crowds to fee. DryJ.

..

chriftianity.
- we not feen
many, whofe opr.'cns haw
faftene.l
upon one another the bian.t of ciiarifm f
D(;ay t-f P,', -v

dares the (lave

Ccme hither cover'd \viih an

And fleer and fcorn at our f

ANTICHRI'STIANJSM.
cbriftian.]

of men, the

whom
mid mulie
and fo deprive th.'m of heaven.

minifters,
liar:,

concerning one fupreme

adj. [probably from at:.

ancient, as things out of ufe appear

to chriftianity.

abject, opprellcd fort

ar.iicif.-.tinii

thin.;?.

notion of a Deity

H R I'ST i A N .<//.[from am .againft,

That defpifed,

A:

A'NTICK.

fee.
j

pleafing expectations"

Wlut nntion is there, thnt, without an\

ing, have not a kind of anticipation, or preconceived

n.f. This word is corruptly written for antechamber ; which

and

all

Thcc.rfl and weft, the north and louth, have the

and

excu
OtLi/.'o.

Opinion implanted before the reafons

of that opinion can be known.
fame

jjrt-,

AKTICHACHE'CTICK.

God
I,

Oils are aniiacids, (o far as they blunt

acrimony ;
as
tbey are hard of digetHon,they produce acri-

fcc~h

[5 -w7r6;,man,

The

often, and flay there, as

do.

monarchy.
and acidus,

am,

[from

adj.

ANTI'CHRONISM.
'

ANTHROPO'PATH Y../

comes, unlcfswemakeourlelvcsfo
-.
by *r,

but

contending that the Deity was corporeal and of human fhape; though few profefs themfelves antbrnfuKerptitcs+yet we may find
norinr. or" that opinion.

galdcn number gives the new moon four

days tou late, by reafon of the aforefaid at.ticipaticn,
and our ncgleft of it.
It is not enough to be miftrrable when th.

Contrary to fournefs

four.]

chrijtian.'\

Deity.
Turks

time.

The

Good

timonarcbical, oppofite to

Chriftians as well as

its

CK.at/j. [from a.n\, againft,

Js-i?ixo?.]

ANTIA'CID.

the doclrine of the

ftru&ure of the body of man.

p^tpoi;.]
form in the

.::.

AN T

ANTHROPOMO'RPHITE.

as are
:

ANTICIPA'TION. n.f. [from anticipate.]

i
The aft of taking up fomething before

AI^TICHA'MBER.

S>uiKcy.

government.

ANTHROPO'I.OGY. n.f. [from cit^uvo;,

man, and Myu, to difcourfe.J The doc-

One who

Arl

L'Eftrjr.ge.
againft hyftericks. -2. Foretafte.
ANTI. [>TI.]
particle much ufed in
If we really live under the hope of future
happicomposition with words derived from the
nefs, we ftiall taite it by way of
Greek, and fignifies contrary to ; as, anforethought) animige of it wii! meet uur ininiis

form and

fignifies a

'hv-ir

by the oppofitionof a contrary fentence.

Smith's Rhetorick,

humour, which burns the

and occafions ftiarp pricking pains

anatomy

[i^w^oja.]

which

-.

fion, or jrtic'pat'mg d'.eir direftioni tv.fuch

contrary ilhtion, or inference, and is

when an objection is refuted or difproved

corrofive

trine of

f.

Unlcfs the deed g> with ir.

Stel,
I am tar t'.vm
pretending to inflruiS the

agamft, and iwo^ij^iai-o;.] Good againft

hypochondriack maladies.

burning
made by

a carbuncle.

conftitution.

fipilas.

againlt a lethargy.

Akindofery-

n.f.

ANTHRAX, n. f. [Sja, a
coal.] A fcab or blotch that is
a

who

Greek

collection of poems.

A'NTHONY'S FIRE.

fkin

lc dl" th? .l-iVra'c

equals <he anxiety of
but aft the life of the damned, and anthe
defolations
of
he!!.
Br<,~jt*'s
ticipate
Vulg. Err.

death,

n.f. [a^vTro;, man,

Why flio'.ii,! -\-;
and c-opjot, wifdom.-] The knowledge
'tis like thofe
An'\:ipatt our fjrrows
of the nature of man.
That die for fear of death.
DenLim.
A M T H Y p N O'T c K adj. [from a.ri .againft, 4. To prevent any thing by crowding in
and vr t }(, flecp.] That which has the
before it
to preclude.
Time, thru
ny dre.id exploits
power of preventing fleep ; that which
The flighty
is o'ertook,
is efficacious

againft,

coile&ion of devotions in the

church.

really was.

fulg, Er.

lli-*tvn's

ANTHROPO'SOPHY.

'

A
A

quality

of eating human flcih, or man-eating.

Up ,n iK-Hiler f)u:ijai'.ons was rsifcd the ai

no maftication or comminution

("wallowed into

l.

The

money,

To

[S^anror,

are for prefent

no matter how they pay it.

Liiyttcn.
foretafte, or take an impreflion of
3.
fomething, which is not yet, as if it

n.f. [from ante, before,

cavity which leads

into the ftomach.

.of the

n. f.
fjiyu, to eat.]

man, and

who

the tcmp.-r of kii.gi,

wh'uh

t.ri :ir.

ends an-

bot'i

I find I have
ainlcifjted already, and taken up
from Biccaci-, h^iore 1 cnrn; tu him ; tmt I am of

place.
It' thar be the aaleritur or
upper part wherein the
fenle, are pUccd, and that the
poilerio'jr.i
which
j'jrt,
isoppofite thereunt-, there is no inloriour or former part in this animal ; tor the fenies

ANT
2. To take up before the time at which
any
thing might be regularly had.

AWTHROPOPHACI'NIAN.

make

a.

[from

antick.']

To

antick.

Mine own tongue

Splits what it fpeaks
Ar.tickt us aJl.-

the wild dif^uifc h.idi nlmoft

A'NTICKLY.

ANTIMONA'RCHICALNESS.
f.
antimonarchical.] The quality of

antick.] In an
with odd pollutes ; wild
gefticulations, or fanciful appearance.

A'NTICKLY, adv. [from

antick manner

an enemy

Scrambling, out-facing, fafhion-mongring boys,

and (lander,
lye, and cap, and flout, deprave,
and fhew an outward hideoufncis,
And fpeak of half a dozen dangerous words.

Go art:ck/y,

Shakefpeare.

called

is

diftich

is

by fome an anticlimax.
frequently mentioned

Lieutenant col'nel to the

ANTICONVU'LSIVE.
and

gair.il,

earl

adj.

am,

[from

difpofi-

vulfivl medicines.

Flayer.

againft,

cor, the heart.]

.veiling of a round figure, occaby a fan.,uine and bilious humour, and ap1..
pearing in a horfe's breaft, oppofite to
An antiar may kill a horfe, unlefs it be brought
to a fuppuration by good remedies. Fjrricr'i DiS?,
-

p;

.-.

>ezoar is ar.tldittl, we fhall not deny. Brmur..

Animals that can innoxioufiy digeft thefc poibecome
ax::Jjial to the p-/for. digeP.c-J.
fons,
Brm'r.'s y-

like

n.f. [a>riM-, antidotal,

thing given in oppofuion to

fomething

uieful in refining.

an

afs,

them

>r

work

meal an

jv'ry

'

fting oi

an-idstc prepare.

Good

ANT

adj.
dyftnteria, a

and

fit

Ft'eRi

t,

E. adj.

[from

>TI, againft,
againft fevers.

Anuftirilc medicine check t!:

i
M. n. f.

a-ri,

ANT LO'OARITH
and

againil,

[from

logarithm.'}

:hm of
01

gent,

[from

loquor, to fpeak.]

contra-

A. .t'.K'ir.

miJiic of the cr

ranged

oer
;

iw;/!(jrfi,

f lice.

.-.vd,

and moft of the kings

;^/afrcmb!y couid never

liiool'.

dif-

'

are

a'.muft unavoidable -in

fuch val
Baker.

Having a natural

contrariety to

any thing.
and luxurious, and antipathetical
Tfye
to all venomous creatures.
lla fwd\ Vtcal Fcrejt.
foil is fat

ANTIPAT u t'ric AI.TJESB.

adj.

their

adj. [from u.n\ and

ja^wic.] Efficacious againft the palfyi
NT l F A i H E'T i c A L. adj. [from antipa-

thy.]

contradiftor.

[from arrl,
againft, and ^.ova^' a > government by
a fingle perfon.] Againft government
by a Angle perfon.
;ue of King Chjrles in

tlie

and

and kidneys.
A'NTINOMY. n.f. {from am and >o,--c.]
A contradiiSion between two laws, or
two articles of the fame law.

an'i, againft,

Di3.

ANTIMONA'RCHICAL.

C'camlnrs.

ANTiFARALY'ricK.

diaion between any words and paffages

in an author.
D'fi.

and

under various furms, and witii va-

The

tipatbctical.]

having

natural

n.f. [fromri^quality or ftate of

contrariety to any

ANTI'PATHY.
I.

A
as

n.f.
cra^cc, feeling ;

[from i,r., againft,

antipathie, I'"r.]
natural contrariety to any thing, fo
to

fliun

diflikc.

it

It is

involuntarily

oppoied tej

n.f. [from

am

and

anw^-

TrEgira^ai, to

The oppofuion of

a con-

quality caufed by the oppofuion of ano-

Thus quicklime

fet

is

the affu'fion of cold water

fo

on fire by
water be-

comes warmer in winter than in futnmer and thunder and lightning are ex;

cited in the middle region of the air,

which is continually cold, and all by

This is an exploded principle In the Peripatetick philoibphy.

antiperijtjfis.

uf age
antifcrijlafi!
InftainM his nm'roui rage.
C.maLy*
Trie riotous prodigal clctelh covetoufnels ; yet
let him find the fprings grow dry which feed his.
luxu'-y, i o\ eloufnel's ihnll be called in: and fo,.
'I'll'

Mve

by

a fira:ige
antipcrijtirjis,

prodigality (hall beget ra-

Decay of Piety,-

pine.

Ar>
.

am,

TIPESTILE'NTI AL.

adj. [from
apeftihntial.'} Efficacious

againft, and
gainft the infection of the plague.
Perfumes correct the air before it is attracted by
the lungs j or, rather, anrtptftflenttai unguents, to
anoint the nec.irils. .vith.
Harvey cr: the I

JNTI'PHRASIS.

n.f. [from in\, againft,

and (pfia-i:, a form of fpeech.] The ufe
of words in a fenfc oppofite to their pro-

per meaning.
You now find no

caufe to repent, that you

never dipt your hands iff the bloody high courts of
Siuth.
juftice, fo called only by antlpbrafu.

ANTI'PODAL.

adj.

[from antipodes.] Re-

lating to the countries inhabited

by the

antipodes.

The Americans

are

antipodal unto the Indies.

Brvwn.

ANTI'PODES.

n. f.

It

ha; no finguLir .

[from MTI, againll, and o;o^:{, feet.]'

Thofe people who, living on the other
fide of the globe, have their feet direftly oppofite to ours.
\V, Ihould hold day with the antipcdc!,
If you would walk ill abfence of the fun.
Sbakeffcfa ~t .

Diet.

thing.

and

formed of

ther.

me-

eaies of the reins

Llamlin,

n.f.

1'fed

i-

i:

A NT NEPHRI'TICK. adj. [from a-n

n;.] Medicines good againft

a fine, tan-

n.f. [aiTiXovia.]

ANT I'LOQ^UIST.

-\

rious intentions, chieily a? an cmeticl:.

but improperly.

by which the quality it

oppofcs becomes heightened or intended ; or the action by which a body,
attacked by another, collects itfejf, and
becomes Itronger by fuch opposition ;
or an intention of the a&ivity of one

ingredient in

a general
help in tix; melting of metals, a:id
In pharin oilir/g of cannon-balls.

trary quality,

lerving

difference cf that loga-

rithm from tht logarithm of ninety decrees.

ANTI'LOGY.

a part in bell

Good

common

makes

efpecially

a.ri,

flux.]

againft the bloody flux.

And/eiris, a tever.]

is

fiiytlMJUfij

[from
bloody

i^

It

and renders the found more clear. It is

mingled with tin, to make it more hard, white,
and found j and with lead, in the carting of printers
It
letters, to render them more fmooth and firm.

Br'swiii I'ulgdr Errcuri.

againft the ftars : bcwjrc;

Ar;TiD YSENTE'RICK.
againft,

to

a finjr poliih.

tal }

with ohe's face towai

.vill

tht:

It

<vjith

ftand round.]

Sometimes veins

fpecnlums, or burning concaves

racii;,

intermixed,

mjfe antimony; that without them bch'.g

It r'tifes in the rire,
though with fome difficulty; aad diirdves more
'
in water.
I; dt.ill mec.;fily
1
and is tl.
;

be

Psptr

4NTIPERI' STASIS.

-d

..

medicine given to expel the milciii;.'s ofanoJiofpoifon.

Quiny*
Truft not the phyfician,
jnd he iys
His r>M^'re than you rob.
Sbak'fpearet
\Vha: to
ve that anti.

by Pierius againft

brittle as glafs.
ari

Tangible bodies have an antipathy 'with air ;

and any liquid body, that is more denfe, they will
draw, condenfe, and, in effedt, incorporate. Ktiion.

denominated_/iwjij/if artlmsr^,.

ell*.'.]

needles

have had

itrong antipathy of good to bad.

truth, or virtue, an affront endures,
affront is mine, my friend, and fliould

Formerly

4.

it

of a red or golden colour

A'NTIDOTE.

yours.

metal, except malleability ; and maybe called a

fcmimct.il, bein^ a fofiilc glebe of fome undetermined metal, combined with a fulphurous and itony
fubft-incc.
Mines of all metals afford it ; that in
It has alfo its own
gold mines is reckoned belt.
mines in Hungaiy, Germany, and Fiance. Its
tc-xture i* full of little fhining veins or threads,

which has the quality of an antidote, or

the power of counteracting poitbn.

Th'

a mineral fubfhnce, of a metalline

all the feeming characters of a real

is

Antimony

nature, having

Swift*

to.

what provocation

When

called antimoinc, antimcnk,}

AxTico'uRTiER.s.y! [fromam, againft,

and courtier.] One that oppofes the court.
ANTI'DOTAL. adj. [from antidote.'] That

Lat.

The

and

Sometimes

Aflc you,

had purged them

heartily, they immediately fattened
and therefore he imagined his fellow
monks would be the better for a like
dofe.
The experiment, however, fucceeded fo ill, that they all died of it ;
and the medicine was thenceforward

obferved that, after

the blocj, produces the afthma, as antkcn-

jfNTlCOR.^t.f. [from am,

children in flavery.

referred to Bafil Valentine, a German monk ; who, as the tradition relates,

having thrown fome of it to the hogs,

againft

convulfions.
Whatfoever produces an inflammatory
tion in

Gmu.

is

Good

ton-i/u!jive.~\

had a mortal antipathy againjl ilanding armies

times of peace ; becaufe I toak armies to be
hired by the mafter of the family, to keep his

antimonial cups, prepared with art,

n.f. [The ftibium of the

ancients, by the Greeks called r!^/*i.
The reafon of its modern denomination

a-

Locke*

particle again/I

in

A'NTIMONY.

great god of war,

of Mar.

Next comes Dalhoufley, the

men.
It has fometimes the
I

Though

au ex-

Sbakefptare,

before the objetft of antipathy.

Their farce to wine through ages fhould impart,

This diiTipation, this profufe expence,
Nor Ihrinks their fue, nor waites their ftores immeni'e.
Blj

ample

2.

got out of the reach of ar.timonlal

fumes.

Addfyn.
as

more

and fuch a knave.

To this perhaps might be juftly attributed moil

of the fympathies and antipathies obfervable in

to regal

They were

n.f. L :rom a>T and **iwhich the 1 aft part

f*a|-] A fentence in
lower than the firft.
exprefTes fomething
A certain figure, which was unknown to the

contraries hold

Than

mony.

AXTICLI'MAX.

No

[from
being

power.
ANTIMO'NIAL. adj. [from antimony.]
Made of antimony ; having the qualities of antimony ;
relating to anti-

That

ancients,

ANT

ANT

ANT

fun, tho' hence rrmov'd, as Ue.ir

LJT;;! wjriii th' attitudes, as here.
i\*

Wnca

hi.

Walk,;

AN'TIPOPE.

TI, againft, arid

n.f. [from
He that ufurps the popedom, in
pope.']
oppofuion to the right pope.

TOs

This houfe 11 famous in hlftory, for \he rean antifcfi, who called liimlclf Felix V.

of Jiil'm C.rfar; as alfo another fe.V, fupbo a you ^ Hercules j buth vtry choice antique'-,

treat of

.;:.

*-/':',;

JNTIPTO'SIS.

[i,T;jrr. { .]

n.f.

grammar, by which one

in

cafe

is

\v n'qjJENf

i<

We

*>

old coin, for the Itzmp

antiquaries
it once bore.

A'NTIO^UARV.
Old

proper.]

[This word

2.

A'NTKJUATE.

put out of ufc

im-

Law

Halt's Camtnw
of England.
But canMilton's Paradife Loft is admirable.
not I admire the height of his invention, and the

ttrength of his exprefiion, without defending his

antiquated words, and the perpetual harihnefs of
their found?
Dry Jen.

crown 'd,
Addifan.

A'NTIO^UATEDNESS. n./. [from antiquatworn

ed.] The ftate of being antiquated,
out of ufe, or obfolete,.

ANTI'QUE.

adj. [antique, Fr. antiquus,

It was formerly pronounced ac-

cording to the Englilh analogy, with

the accent on the firft fyllable; but now
after the French, with the accent on the
in

profe

the poets ufe

it

varioufly.]

Ancient; old; not modern.

Now, good Cefario, but that piece

1.

That

old and antique fong

we heard

The

antiquity.
which we have remaining of Julius

which -we know

of Venus over them.

My

to be
antique,

have the

ftar

Dryden,

copper lamps, at any rate,

trifles J alike

Bacon.
:

call

5.

yourfelf young

Ancientnefs

JTor fparkling thoughts in ar.'ique words convey ?

Smith 10 ttc Mijntiry af fbilifs.

wild

antick.

Name

not tiiclt living death heads unto me;

.Dcnnc.
For thefe not ancient but ar.tifut be.
And fooner may a gulling we.ither-f[n-,
forth heav'n's fcLemc, tell certainly
faJbion'd ha:s, or ruffs, or fuits, next year
-headed antique youih. wiH weJr. Dinn

By drawing

What
Our

giddy

ArJTi'o^yE. n.f. [from antique, ai/j.]

An

ancient times
antiquity ; a remain. of
an ancient rarity.
1

,cav

to

Edward, now

carl

Sbakcfpeare.

as, this ring is valuable

It has nofir.gular.

[from
am and crxia.] In geography, the people
who inhabit on different fides of the
equator, who confequently at noon have
their fhadows projected oppofite ways.
Thus the people of the north are Antifcii to thofe of the fouth ; the one projecting their fliadows at noon toward
the north pole, and the other toward the
Chambers.
fouth pole.
*._/.'_

ANTISCORBU'TICAL.

[from

am,

againft, SLnd/cortutum, the fcurvy.]

againft the fcurvy.

Good

adj.

The warm antifccriutica! plants, in quantities,

will occafion (linking breath, and corrupt the blood.

Good
mal

of Oxford,

adj.

and fcorbutum,

irn,

[from
the

fcurvy.]

falts, are

attifctrbuticks,

animal

diet,

and ani-

Arbuthnat.

proper.

ANTl'SPASIS.

n.f. [from in}, againft

and a-s-aw, to draw.] The revulfion of
any humour into another part.
ANTISP ASMO'DICK. adj. [ frc.n ir

ANTISP A'STICK.

[from a.n\ and

adj.
Medicines which caufe a revulfion of the humours.

cnrar'*oc.]

my

fcal

who

leads

A'NTITYPE.

my

chofcn fons,
and puns.

Pope.

ar.titlefis,

Thatwhich
refembled or ihadowed out by the
n.f. [aiTiVtB-iS-.]

type; that of which the type is the reIt is a term of theology.

ptefentation.
See TYPE.
W!i;-n once upon the wing, he foars to an higher
pitch, from the type to the ar.t.ijfe, to the <V.
the Mcffiah, die nfcenlion of our Saviour, and, at
length, to his kingdom and dominion over all the
earth.
Burnct'i Theory.

He

prieft

brought forth bread and wine, and was the

of the moll high God ; imitating the an-

tityfe,

or the fubftancc, Chrift himfelf.

Tay.'cr.

adj.
[from antitype.]
That which relates to an antitype ; that
which explains the type.

ANTJVENE'REAL. adj. [fromi^r.' and venereal.] Good againft the venereal dif-

fpleen.
Ami!; -Itntt'ittt oprn the obftruftions of the
n.f.

l' \femtn.

n.f. \andauillier, Fr.] Properly

branches of a flag's horns ; but,
popularly and generally, any of his
branches.
Grown old, they grow lefs branched, and firft

the

firft

[mr^?>,

brow

lofe their

antlers, or loweft furcations next to

the head.

A well-grown

High

Brmin.

whofe<tf/<Tj rife
o'er hit front, his beams invade the Ikies.
(lag,

Drydtn.
Bright Diana
Brought hunted wild goats heads, and branching
antlers

Of (lags,

the fruit and honour of her

toil.

Prior.

JNTO'ECI.

n.f. It has no Jingular. [Lat.

from
n, and amlu, to inhabit.] In geography, thofe inhabitants of the earth

under the fame meridian, and

fame diftance from the equator ;
the one toward the north, and the other
to the fouth. Hence they have the fame
longitude, and their latitude is alfo the
fame, but of a different denomination.
They are in the fame femicircle of the
live

at the

meridian, but oppofite parallels. They

have precifely the fame hours of the
day and night, but oppofite feafons ;
and the night of the one is always equal
to the day of the other.
Chambers.

fpleen

fcience,

from

contrary way, and rcc?>7. turnJn an ode fuppofed to be furvg in

parts, the fecond ftanza of every three
or fometimes every fecond ftanza ; fo
called becaufe the dance turns about.
>TI, the

ing..]

ANTISTRUM A'TICK.

dies.

A'NTLER.

Flcyrr,

adj. [from <im and

Efficacious in difeafes of the

AVTT STROPHE,

If the lues be joined with it, you will fcarce cure

your patient without exhibiting ant'ner.trtal reme-

* n }, and
form of fpeech, in
which, for a proper name, is put the
name of fome dignity, office, profeffion.

ANTISPLENE'TICK.
fplenefick.]

I fee a chief,

All arm'd with points,

who

againft the fcurvy,

The warm

full.

Denbam,

eafe.

for its
antiquity.

ANTl'SCH.

cramp.

pnrfue,

fad habiliments right well befeen. Fairy Qtiecn,

Muft he no more divert the tJd.oys day ?

ANTITY'FICAL.

a ludicrous fenfe.

It not your voice broken ? your wind fliort ?

your chin double ? your wit fingle ? and every part
about you blafted with antiquity ? and will you yet

And

Odd

appeared in the

againft,

Pr'.tr.
Becaufe they're old, becaufe they're new.
3. Of old faition.
Forth came that ancient lord and aged queen,
Array'd in antique robes dow.i to the ground,

4.

it

did revive the former

and otra.afj.oi;, the cramp.] That

which has the power of relieving the

for being true antique I bought ;

Yet wifdy melted down my plate,
On modern models to be wrought;

And

Old age

againft,

night.

Of genuine
Csefar,

who

ANTISCORBU'TICK.

of fong,

laft

Sbakefpcarc.

feals

long; as

laft

Artutbnot.

Such truth in love as th' antique world did know.

Tn fuchaftyleascourts might buail of now. Waller.
2.

all anti-

Raleigt.

antiquities.

4.

of Chriftianity in this kingdom

laws, and anor
abrogate forae old ones, that feemed lei's
tiqaate
confident with the Chriftian doctrines.

laft, at leaft

were raifed by Seth,

fucccflion of Sabinian,

gentle, yet not dull

Strong without ragej without o'crflowing,

is

or remains of old times.

that thofe eeals

Sbalrfp.

Shall like an antiquated fable found.

in

as in thefe lines

Though

all ar.ii-

Addijm.
the ancients.

As for the obfervation of Machiavel, traducing

Gregory the Great, that he did what in him lay
to cxtingnifh ail heathen
find
antiquities: I do not

The growth

Lat.

pillars

The works

might reafonably introduce new

cities

people of old times

That fuch

[antiquo, Lat.]
to make obfolete.

Almighty Latium, with her

The

n.

hill

quity has avowed.

antique.

-Here's Nertor^
Inftrufted by the ar.iiquary times ;
He muft, he is, he cannot but be wife.
Ta
i>. a.

To

is

impartial

quity.

Swift.

adj.
;

mod

~an.

the plural an.

i., placing in oppofition.]
Oppofuion of words or feutimeuts ; con-

[antiquitas, Lat.]

and the moll confummjte lUtefnian, of

ftarpen'd fight pale antiquaries pore,

Th' inkriptim value, but the rult adore.
Pcjx.
The rude Latin of the monks is ftill very inbeen delivered in the
telligible ; had their records
rulgar tongue, they could not now be underftood,

a diililltj milk, with

eni'ifm-

Addifcn.

grenteft philofopher, the

South*

With

him

JKITTHES1S.

traft
Ice the defign

paft long ago.

mention Ariftotle, Polybius, and Cicero, the

do a piece of

unlefs by atitiquaria.

icJ

and purged him.

venerable in the an-

would

bci; -we

AKTI'QJTITY. n.f.
1. Old time* ; time

All arts, rarities, and inventions, are but the

adof an intellect defaced with fin.

now, only

work

of the

enlarged.

of ancient things.
it

[horn antique.] The

an appear;

ance of antiquity.
We may difcover (omething

d_y A R Y . n. f. \antiquarius, Lat. ]

man ftudious of antiquity ; a collector

mire

ss. n.f.

quality of being antique

put

reliits

in gold*

A figure

for another.

A' N T

ANT

ANT

ANT

adj. [from im.anc

'Jtruma, a fcrophulous fweliing.] GoO(
N
againft the king's evil.

XTQNQMjfSIA.
mofj.it,

name

a name.]

n.f. [from

or trade ; or whan a proper

put in the room of an appellaThus a king is 'called hit ma-

is

tive.

We

iclty ; a nobleman, his loru/hip.

fay the philofopher inftead of Ariftotle,
and the orator for Cicero thus a man
is called by the name of his country, a
:

German, an
is

lomon.

and a grave man

;
and a wife man a So-

Italian

called a Cato,

Smith's Rhttcrict.

A'TRB

ANY
A

n.f. [antre, Fr. anlruni, Lat.]

cavern ; a cave ; a den : not in ufe.

With

Yen contented yourfclf with being capable, as

as any whofoever, of defending
your country
with your fword.
Dryden,
How fit is this retreat for uninterrupted ftudy
one
that
fees
will
I
could
have
it
not
own,
Any
chofen a more likely place to converfc with the
dead in.
Pope.
much

my

travels hiftory :
ar.tres vaft, and defarts wild,
hent to fpeak.
all

Wherein of

his metal to be
forged.
T
- f
'-I- fL
1
-!_
I (aw a fmith ftand with his rummer,
thus,
The whilft his iron did on his anvil tMo\.
SbaHrff.
On uieir eternal ant'ils here he foui.d
Tlic brethren
and
the
blows
round.
beating,
go
Dry-Jot,

r.

Any

thing on which blows are laid.

The an-v'd
Hody and

of

nobly.

Figuratively

g.

Here I clip
fword, and do conteft

my

Whofoever ; whatfoever ; as diftinguifhed from fome other.

What warmth is there in your affeclion towards
any of thefe princely fuitors that are already come ?

be upon the anvil,

is

to be in a ftate of formation or
preparation.
Several members of our houfe
knowing what
.;:
upon the anvil, went to the clergy, and dcfired
th.-:ir
judgment.
S-wift.

4.

heal

neither

company.

which

rifes

[io/li.]

A
Not

promontory, where are (till fome epartmerttt lek

very hig'a and arched at top.
Addijor.
A'PATHY. n.f. [a, not, and craSos, feel-

motion.
Or when

j. In the
fpirits,

In
fit is

which attend fevers, wlx;n the co!d

warmer regimen may be allowed and

fpices are ufel'ul.

A'NXIOUS.
t.

adj.

happen by fpafms from wind,

Arbvtbml.

being in painful fufpenfe

2.

His pen/ive chetk upon his hand reclir.'d,

And anxkui thoughts revolving in his mind. Dryd.

With beating hearts the dire event they wait,

Ar.XKUi, and trembling for the birth of fate. !':

And

may

.4.

butfometimes of;

lefs

Ar.xaus ':fntv,\;&, fufpecling change. Grauvitk.

A'SXJOUSLY. ad<v. [ffomaaxioui.] In an

of

it

fince

And

temporal, every probability

needs not put us fo
to prevent it,
anxioujly
*
mipht be repaired again.
South.
vhat befits the new lord
mayor,
what the Gallick arms will do,

Art anxlwjly

inquifitive to

know.

APA'RT. adv.
1.

i.

[aruj, eni3, Sax.]

tion.

Every; whoever he be; whatever

It is, in all its fenfes,
differently to perfons r

lu

gentkmnn born

any time thcK

it

applied in-

things.

knov. you are now, Sir, a

Ay, and have been

VOL.

Raleig'.'.

party difcerned, that the earl of Ellix

would never fcrve their turn ; they refolvnJ to have

another army apart, that fnould be at their devo-

be.
1

place.

The

of anxiety.
adj.

reft in

enter into that queftion, it behuveth me

to give reafon for
my opinion, with cirtumfpection ; becaufe I walk alide, and in a
way apart
from the multitude.

.A'NXIOUSNESS. n.f. [from anxious.'] The

quality of being anxious ; fufceptibility

A'NY.

2.

2.

Clarendon.

In a ftate of diftinftion
for

more

An

imitator

any

ufed generally in the bad

fenfe.
Julio Romano, who, had lie himfclf eternity,
and could put breath into his work, would beguils
Nature of her cultom fo pcrfeftly he is her apt,
:

Skakefpcarc.

a.

{from

imitates

Afing the foreigners

Which, bought

as, to fet apart

ufe.

He is fo very figurative, that he requires a grammar apart, tf conftMC him.

Dryden.
The tyrant (hall demanJ yon facred load,
And gold and vdlcl* fct apart fat God.
Prior.

To

apc.~\

human

imitate,

aftions.

in every drefs,

at greater coft,

Curfe on the (tripling

Ambitioully Sententious!

becomes him

how he

lefi.

afet his (ire

Addii'.r.
!

or APE'EK. adv. [probably from

a pique.] Inapofture to pierce; formed

APE'AK,

with a point.

[apart, Fr.]

Separately from the

Since

Dridtn.

apt,

and

lofi is

it

kind of monkey remarkable for imi-

apt! and monkeys are the gods within.

Granvillc.
CeleftU! Beings, when of late they faw
mortal man unfold all Nature's law,
Admir'd fuch knowledge in a human (hape,
And (how'd a Newton, as we (how an ape. Pope.

juft

abfurdity, which arifes from denying it ;

is allb called reduSit ad
imfcj/ihile,
or ad abfurdum.
Chambers.

anxious manner ; folicitoufly ;

unquietly ; carefully ; with painful uncertainty.
But where the

is

or draw.] An apagogical demonftration

is fuch as does not
prove the thing directly ; but (hews the impoffibility, or

properly.

Pope.

n.f. [ape, Icelandim.]

APACO'CICAL. adj. [from dtrayufrt, com- fo APE. i;.

as an ape
pounded of a?, from, andayu, to bring

generallyyir

objeft,

wht

Atttrbury.
If fenfiblc pleafure, or real
grandeur, be our
end, we (Hall proceed apace to real mifery. /^ar/j,

writings

But

This fecond courfs of men,

regard to

and right,
Shall lead their lives, and
multiply of ace. Mi! on.
The life and power of religion decays apace htrc
and at home, while we are fpreading the honour of
our arms far and wide through foreign nations.

meaning

the brcaft

exercife, not reft.

is

With fome

import-

anxious alnut the fenfe of other authors. Locke.

It has
or about before the

face,

Paps' i Ra[>e of tbt Lock.

other.

ance.

all, retiring to

giddy in my defircs than a monkey.

SbakeJ'p,
Writers report, that the heart of an aft, worn
near the heart, comforteth the heart, and increafeth audacity.
It is true, that the ape is a merry
and bold bead.
Bacon.
1
Wit glittering gold and fparkling gems they

with fpeed
fpoken of any
kind of progreffion from one ftate to an-

fix'd

South.

'tis fixed as in froft,

tating what he fees.

I will be more newfangled than an

him ?
Tillotjon.
applied to fome adion.

his refulgent queen.

3. Haftily

2. Careful; full of inquietude ;

unquiet.
In youth alone unhappy mortals live
j
ah
the
blifs
is
But,
mighty
fugitive ;
Difcolour'd ficknefs, anxtout labour come,
And age, and death's inexorable doom. Dryden.
3. Careful, as of a thing of great

lefs

L.

we need to be folicitous about the

of, but thofe that contain truths we are
or
to believe,
laws we are to obey ; we
be

hafte

The baron now his diamonds pours apace

Th' embroider'd king, who (hows buthalf his

painfully uncertain.

No

funk from

With

infenfible of fuch provocations, is

ftrength of mind

APE.

the fea overwhelm

[anxitts, Lat.]

Difturbed about fome uncertain event

felicitous

But

promis'd in His eaft a glorious race;

his meridian, fets
apace.
Dryd.
Is not he imprudent, who,
feeing the tide
making hafte towards him apa:e, will deep till

Now

becatife anxirtiei often

Their virtue
Contracted

He

anxieties

over, a

methinks,

remain

not constancy, but apathy.

In lazy apathy let Stoicks boaft

after fly apace.

would nat grow fo fart,

Becaufe fweet flow'rs are flosv, and weeds make
hate.
Sbakeffean.

medical language, lownefs of

with uneafmefs of the ftomach.

ex-

Milton.

To

Sperjcr.

fincc,

Pillion, and apathy, and glory, and ihanv:.

Ay, quoth my uncle Glo'ftcr,

Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow
apace.

And

quality of not feeling

emption from paffion ; freedom from

mental perturbation.
Of good and evil much they argued then,

the flying libbard (he did chace,

She could then nimbly move, and

Tillttfon.

The

ing.]

per-

private gallery 'twixt th' apa;ti::'tits led,

to the fie yet known.
Sir J. Dcnhrm.

He pale as death, defpoil'd of his array,

Into the queen's apartment takes his way.
Z)ry./.
The mofl conftderableruin is rluc en the eairein

APA'CE. adv. [from a and pace ; that is,

A.VXI'ETY. n.f. [anxietas, Lat.]
with a great pace.]
1. Trouble of mind about fome future
1. Quick;
ufed of things in
event ; fufpenfe with uneafinefs ;
fpeedily
folicitude.
plexity
To be happy, is not only to be freed from the
pains and difeafcs of the body, but from anxiety
and vexation of fpirit j not only to enjoy the pleafures of fenfe, but peace of conference, and tranquillity of mind.

'..//.'

of rooms.

ventricle of the heart.

i'n:

n.f. [apartment, Fr.] A

part of the houfe allotted to the ufe cf
any particular perfon ; a room ; a :l-t

there any that

Deut. xxxii. 39.

"The great artery

immediately out of the left

AO'RTA.^n.f.

So plcafe you, madam,

put apart thefe your attendants.

APA'RTMENT.

is

can deliver out of my hand.

A'ORIST. n.f. [ao'firo;.] Indefinite; a term
in the Greek grammar.

nameth them apart.

At a diftance ; retired from the othci

To

Sbakcffxare.

wound and

earth,

waters but in the third place, as comprehi

waters in the word earth ; but afterw:

An inverted motion being begun any where beLuke.

low, continues itfelf ail the whole length.
3. It is ufed in oppofition to none.
I

Sbakefpearc.

to

2.

Diftindly.
Mofes firft nameth heaven and

3.

It v.-as my
Shake/peart
A'XVIL. n.f. [aenplle, Sax.]
I.. The iron block on which the fmith
lays
.'"....

APE

A P A

AN'TRB.

'pErsY.

n.f. [a7Tf\J/ia.]

lofs

of natural

conception.

A'PER. n.f. [frotna/?.]

tator or mimick.

APE'RIENT.

adj.

Quitter.

ridiculous imi-

[aperio, Lat.

to open.]

That which has the quality cf opening

chiefly ufed of medicines gently

pur-

gative.
There be

bracelets fit to comfort tlic fpirits ;

and they be of three intentions j refrigerant, corBacon.
roborant, and apt.
Of the rrems of plsnts, fome contain fine aptrient fait, and are Jiurcdck and Jpun.icr .ir,.
.1

Apt'lllTIVE*.

APE'RITIVB. adj. [from

open.] That which has

A'PHORlSM.

broth, with the addition of

*f!r:r-Tc horbi.

An opening;

ftjircairs,
all

The

2.

chimney,

or other conduits

inlets or outlet:.

acl

of opening

man

or ftate of being

munity.

In the form of an apborifm ; in fcparate

and unconnected fentences.
APHOR I'STICALLY. adv. [from aphoriftical. ]
In the form of an aphorifm.

Openly

without covert.
APE'RT NESS. n.f. [from apert.]

Th'.-li'

The freedom, or aperlnefs and vigour of pronouncing, and the clolencfs of muffling, and lazinefs of I'peaking, render the found different.
Holder.

A'PERTURE. n.f. [from

1. The aft of
opening.

APHR.ODISI'ACAL..')

APHRODISI'ACK.

An
If

made by

be

the eafy motion of the

n.f. [fromafii, Lat. a bee.]

place where bees are kept.
Thole who a>e (killed in bees, when they fee a

concave metal bore an aperturt of an inch ;

but the aftrture was limited
by an opaque circle,

explanation

fel-

found.

It is too

fitely

much

untwiftcd by the HoOors, and,

Taylor.

leaf.]

.<#.

[ofafriv. undtrtra*,

Without petala or flower leaves.

APE'TALOUSNSES.
Being

A"PEX.

n.j.
without leaves.

[fiom afetalous.]

The

n.f. apices, plur. [Lat.]

tip

or point of any thing.

The

apex, or lefler end of

it, is

broken off.
Wv.dioard.

APHJERES1S.

which

A'FISH.
1.

n.f. [a^; ?It7i{.]

figure
in grammar, that takes away a Itcter or
fyllable from the beginning of a word.

JPHE'LION.

n.

/. afttlia,

[from
That part of
plur.

uno, and &,!<&, the inn.]

the orbit of a
planet, in which
the point remoteft from the fun.

The

reafon

why

the

it

is

not in the

name
to

n.f. [with aftrologcrs.]

of the planet, which is

Dili.

nativity.

APHE'TICAL.

adj.

[from upheld.] Relat-

ing to the apheta.

APHILA'NTHROPY.*./ [,

All this

is but
,ipijh fophiftry ; and, to gl\
divine and excellent, is abulivc and
unjuii.

ClanviUe.
(..

Wanton

The

imagined
be the giver or difpofer of life in a

without, and

aukward imitation. Siakefp.

Siliy; trifling; infignificant.

name

[a.xpartxa, from
Remedies endued

adj.

to drive.]

i^*,

garded.

We

APO'CRYPHAL.
1.

Not canonical
Jerom, who

adj. [(torn apocrypha.]

;

of uncertain authority.

faith that

all

writings not cano-

nical are
apicrypba!, ufes not the title epKrjfkai
tile reft of the fathers
ordinarily have don--,

cuftom
as

for t'^e

fj to

playful.

Gloomy

Jits

the queen,

Till liafpy ch.m-e reverts the crurl fccne;

iiy,

with her wild iclort

Of wit .ind jelr, difturbs the fulenin court. Prir.

A'i'iSHLY. ud-v. [from apijh.~\ In an apifti

manner ; foppilhly ; conceitedly.

A'PISHNESS. a./, [fromfl/;/-.] Mimickry;
foppery

insignificance

playfulnefs.

3.

J.S

moft part, only fuch

name,
might not pubiickly be r-aJ or divulged. H.ct.i.
is

Contained in the apocrypha.

To

imita-

affefted.
Becaufa I cannot flatter, ard look fair,
Duck with French n.ids, and afijb courtefy,
I muft be held a rancorous
enemy.
Sbaftfpfjre.

Foppifh

in

figure

apoplex, for apoplexy.

fpeak of her in the words of the apxrjfial

wifdom is glorious, and never

writers,

after, in Safe

3.

..]

hold not the

apocrypha fir facrci), as we do
the holy fcripture, but for human
competitions.

2.

Report of fafliions in proud Italy,

fe manners (rill our
tardy ef':jb n:>'ion

2.

uj
n.f. [from
put out of fight.] Books not pubiickly
communicated ; books whofe authors ;;re
not known.
It is ufed for the books
appended to the facred writings, which,
being of doubtful authors, ar_- lefs re-

paper may ferve a Jr/en of you,

than a farthing afint.
Sviifi.

APO'CRYPHA.

this

[from ape.]
the qualities of an ape

[i vn

with a repelling and

aftringent power,
by which they prevent the too great
afflux of humours.
Chambers.

Sbtikti'feiirf.

adj.

Having

aTroKfHii,

<j>uincy.

Wlu

*odia<k

APHETA.

ingenii

APOCRU'STICK.

tive.

at

is, that, in th-ir af-f-rUa, they m.y be at

the grcatell diil.mces from one another
and con;
fequently diflurb one another's motioni the leaft
that may be.
CLtync.

they plcafe.
Swift.

n.f.

grammar, when the la ft letter or fyllable

of a word is taken away ; as, ingeni, for

in

will be kfs

ad<v. [from
apoIn (uch a manner as to re-

veal fomething fecret.

APQ'COPE.

aii-v.

One copy of

ct'

APOCALY'PTICALLY.

fome neighbounng

whofe mouths at firft fcundcd nothing

but mortification, were come to think that
they
mi e ht lawfully luvc lix or fcven wives
apiece.
Hx,hr.
I have
to-night difpatched fixteen bufmeflts, a
month's length aplm, by an abihadr of liicccls.

Men,

we could underftand

that fcenc, at the

openthis
apocalyptical theatre, we (huuld finu \r.
a reprefentation of the majefty of our Saviour.
/.'ar^c/'j 7cf
ry cf the Eartb.

[from a for each, znd piece,

orihare.] To the part or (hare of each.

intricate by explications,
philofophy,
and difficult by the
aperture and diflblution of diftinftions.

APE'T ALDUS.

into

formed.

API'ECE.

made

like

If

ing

fcminalei, ot feed veflels, containing in

them imall globular, and often oval partides, of various colours, and exqui-

Ofticks.

a fenie

them

make what havock

of a flower. [Lat. from apex, the

top.] Little knobs that grow on the tops
of the (lamina, in the middle of a flower.
They are commonly of a dark purplifh
colour.
By the microfcope they have
been difcovered to be a fort of capful*

The

theie to

API'CES

Glinfii/e.

Enlargement

a trick to divert

"p'ttty,

hole next the objedl glafs of a telefcope or microfcope.

dom

velation.

rjaching to plunder their hives,

have

The

JV.iu.'tn'i

Ihwry t,f
[from apocalypft. ]
Concerning revelation; containing re-

APOCALY'PTICA \..adj.

calyptical.]

The

fpirits through the opened pafiages, images, without doubt, pafs through the fame
apirturti,

perforated in the middle.

[from*

adj.

a word ufedonly

for that warning voi.e, which he who faw

in heav'n aloud.
MUtort,
the glory of the Father,
compare the throne of the Son of God, as feen i:i
the apKafyp!?.
Suran's
tie Ejr'.l.

us.

\ Venus.] Relating to

difcovery

A'PIARY.

apsrtus, open.]

open place.
memory

tell

Th' aptxelypfe heard cry

With this throne, of

the venereal difeaie.

Hence arifcth die facility of joining a confonant

to a vowel, becaufe from an
appulfc to an apcnmr
it caficr than from one
appulfe to another, lioldir.
2.

Joth lik-way^icn/f/W/x

U I) lies.

of the facred writings.

being carried down, leldom mifs a cure,

as Hippocrates

Open-

nefs.

Revelation

[from aphorifm.]

adj.

holds a fvvord in her band, to rcprefent

as the other has an af-luftre, to u-pre

lent the Odyfley, or vova^e uf

Rogers.

APHORI'S TIC AL.

APO'CALYPSE. ./ [final mr*iPv<*Tii.

.1

plenituJe of vefiels, otherwife calj'eJ the

|lcthora, when it happens, caufeth an extravafation or' blood, either by ruption or
of them.
afirtien

[aftrti, Lat.]

tlie Iliad

.re uleful, and

religion a>id virtue is a
confcijuently a more valuable, member of a com-

tKjlmaa.

4.

The one
truth there

the apborifm, that a

at prefrnt confider

ilull

in (hurt,
H^otr.a.

lie

APE'RTLY. aJv.

n.f. [Latin.] The ancient

enfign carried in fea veiTels.

the

in

is

heart has gone aji'fjt tor }ou.

my

JPLU'STRE.

opened.
"I

3.

back: agad,

multitude; and, though fometimct

they are flatttrjd with that apeonjm, will hardly
believe the voice of the pcop.c to be the voice of
God.
en's Vulgar /

a paflage through any

order are the af tr t'rirt ; under

do comprehend doors, windows,

[f ofKr^of.]

adv. [a word formed from the

motion.] With quick palpitation.
O there he comes Welcome my bully, my

A maxim

an unconnected petition.
He will eafny difcern how little of

thing; a gap.
The next now in
which term

n.f.

Want AP I'T P AT.

a precept contracted in a fhort fentence

Harvey.

APE'RT. adj. [afrrfus, Lat.] Open.

APE'RTION. n./. [from nfcrtm, Lnt.]
1.

love of mankind.]
of love to mankind.
A'PHONY. n.f. [, without, and
A lofs of fpeech.
fpeech.]

aperio, Lat. to

the quality of
opening the excremcntitious pafiages of
the body.

Thry may make

away.
It is

fometimes ufed

for

an account of

uncertain credit.

APO'CRYPH ALLY.

adv.

[from

r.pacry*

phal.] Uncertainly; not indifputably.

APO'CRYPH ALNESS. n.f. [from apocryphal.] Uncertainty; doubtfulnefs of credit.

APODI'CTICAL.

a,ij.

[fromaToofi|it, evi-

dent truth ; demonstration.]

Demonftrative ; evident beyond contradiction.
Holding an a^t-.ii'-.cal knowledge, and an allured
knowledge of it ; verily, to prrfuadc thc-ir apprehcnlions othcrvvife, were to make an Euclid believe, that there were more than one centre in a
circle.

/?/
n'fl'j
Vulgar Errcurs.
can fay all at the number three; therefore
the world is perfect.
Tobit went, and his dog
followed him j therefore there is a world in the
Ghnville.
moon, were an argument r
_

We

APODTX1S*

P O

n.f.

/ilij.]

DemonftraDiet.

tion.

APQGJ&QN. T

in-i,

[from

n.f.

from, and

the earth.]
point
JPOGE'UM. } in the heavens, in which
the fun, or a planet, is at the greateft
from the eartli in its
diftance

A'POGEE.

>yi

poffible

The ancient aftrowhole revolution.

nomers regarding the earth as the centre
of the fyftem, chiefly regarded the apowhich the moderns,
grton and perigson,
the fun the centre, change for
the aphelion and perihelion. Chambers.
Ti.y (in is in his upogaw placed,
,vhen it movetn next, muft needs dcfccp.d.

making

Fairfax.
It

in what time,
yet not asrreed
abfcitvO. one degree.

is

the a'
t 'gt*rr.

defend.]

to

is

a/x>/J<riK<i/,

from apologedefence or excufe.

of
the
In
way
tical.}
APO'LOGIST. n.f. [from To apologize.}
lie that makes an apology ; a pleader
in favour of ano.'her.
To APO'LOOK/.E. i>. n. [from apology.]
or thing.
I . To plead in favour of any perfon
It will be much mote feafmable to reform than
ad<v.

and therefore it imports

dwell fee urc, to look about them.
Diiay <.fP itty.
.i-'icate;

:.

has the particle for before the fubjeft

of apology.
It

f r my indifcretion in the
Watc's Preparalhnfcr Death.

'.

The

tranfiator

nt this piece,

r.

A'POLOCUE.W./

,:<'/"

which was made

choice

'

in his child.
i

frrfaft toSttUMt.

[iTTsXd-/-.] Fable; ftory

contrived to teach fome moral truth.

An afdtgut of /i
m, and
more powerful than demonll
ni fnlgar Errwrs.
Some men arc rrmirkeJ for plealantnels in lall,.5

and appofite

1.1

divertinii

Lzctc

<;.

APO'LOGY.

[apologia, Lat.

n.f.

airc-

Defence; excufe.

Apology generally
than vindication,
and tends rather to extenuate the fault,
than prove innocence. This is, however, fometimes unregarded by writers.
In her facecufe
fi7;nines rather excufe

Cam? prologue, and apology too prompt

Which with bland words at will (he thus

J-

poem

mj

fhall

with any

ir.'-.'ntion

to

think
rectivc none.

fume

others will
I

addrefs'd.

has/or before the objeft of excule.

It

^V!ll

make

it

an at'.ls^f far my
needs no excufe, an^l

Neither ivill I mention thofe things,

as,

which if I jhould, you

tio:withjlat:ding

cculd neither confute or jpeak agaiuft them.

Smith's Rhetorick.

APOPH LE'GM ATICK.

n.f.

and px/y-

[a-n-o

That which has the quality of

drawing away phlegm.
APOPHLE'GM ATISM. n.f. [airs and pXsypa.]

fj.a,.']

is

And
that

medicine of which the intendraw phlegm from the blood.

to

fo it is in

aftpklcgmatijna

draw the rheum

and u-irgarifms,

d.i.vn bj the palate.

B.:c;ti.

it' tli

neither trouble the reader, nor mylclf,

for p'lbl.ftniig of thefe ft-

afi-A'jgy

y be, in

APOMECO'METRY.

n.f. [aTri.from,

nn-

diftance,and//./l^i'^,torneafure.] The art

of
DicJ.
things at a diftance.

meafuring

JPONEURO^SJS.

n.f.

particular kinds of

noftrils, as

by the

fternutatorios.

Quinty.

n.f. [iw'^iy^a.] A remarkable faying ; a valuable maxim

uttered on fome fudden occafion.

A'POPHTHEGM.
We

the ap<ifbtb;gms , or reputed

to be fcen

may magnify

whereof many are

replies of wiljom,
in Laettius and LycoHhvn^s.

Btiiar'i ftilg. Err.

had a mind to collect and digell fuch obfervation^ and tip^pbibegmj, as tend to the prooi
Prur.
great ailertion, All is vanity.
I

APO'PHl'GE.

n. f.
[iTopt-yi, flight, or
efcape.] Is, in architecture, that part
of a column, where it begins to fpring
out of its bale ; and was originally no
more than the ring or ferrel, which anciently bound the extremities of wooden

to

pillars,

keep them from

fplitting,
imitated is flone

and were afterwards

work. We fometimes
of the column.

APO'PHI'SIS.

call

the fpring

it

Chambers.

The

n.f. [iT>c7i:.]

[from

pro-

tlie lame
minent parts of fome bones
as procels.
It differs from an epiphyfis,
as it is a continuance of the bone itfelf
whereas the latter is fomewh.it adit is
hering to a bone, and of which
;

not properly a part.

It is tin:

ayjpbyjit,

^uinty.

or head, of the os tibia?,

makes the knee.

M, from,

and tiij^r, a nerve.] An expansion of

a nerve into a membrane.

which

APPPLK'C ricAt.

adj.

[from

apoplexy."}

lii

with the fame complaints of gravity

ing bodies, when the faculty locomotive feemi
:n<-ct

as may be obfcivKd in fupportirg perfons

;
inebriated, aptfldtflicalj or in lip)t!'ymies and iwocnEIMII i Vulgar ErrLiirs.
ing>.

aboliihcd

In an
blood

apofltfl'.cal cnfe,

making *ay Horn

he found

ex:r..v:iiatcd

the ventricles of the brain.

DI ham.

APOPLE'CTICK.

adj. [from. apoplexy.]

Re-

lady wa, feizcj with an a/. pleFiclt fit, which

afterward terminated in fome kind of lethargy.

Vijcmtn.

A'POPLEX.
plexy.
but this

n.f. [See

The

lail

APOPLEXY.] Apo-

fyllable

is

cut

away

only in poetry.
Prefent punifhment purlues his maw,
When furfeited and fw;ll'il, the ptacock raw
He bears into the bath; whence want of breath,
Drydtn.
Repletions, apifux, inttflatc death.
is

[from afof/ex.] Seized

at/j.

Senfe, (me, you have,

Elfe cculd you not have motion but fure that ffnfe
:

SfatlJfUTt.

1; af-.f.lfr'd.

ATOl'LEXY.

n.f.

[****>*(.]

fud-

den deprivation of all internal and external fenfation, and of all motion, nnThe caufe
lefs of the heart and thorax.
is generally a repletion, and indicates
evacuation, joined with ftimuli.
Af.pltxy

is a

fudden abolition

ot' all

Quituy.
the lenfes,

external and internal, and of all voluntary motion,

flux and reflux of tnc animal
by the iV,>;>;.j;;v ;.r the
nerves deitined for thole mofpirits through the
Arlnttknot on Dirt.
tions.

Peace

is a

very afvfltxy, lethargy, mulled, deal,

Sibateffearit Coria/anui.
realon, or memory,
leave neither fenle nor underfranj-

fleepy, infeniible.

fever

may

and an afcftay

take away

my

Locke.

ing.

APO'RIA.

Is a figure in

[<*W*.]

n.f.

rhetorick, by which the fpeaker {hews,

thut he doubts where to begin for the
multitude of matter, or what to fay in

foe

and

ambiguous thing ;
were, argue the cafe
with himfelf. Thus Cicero fays, Whether be took them fr cm his fellows more imto a harlot more lafpudently, gaiie them
them
removed
,
from the Roman
ci--vioitjly
or altered them more
people more wititfdl),
, I cannot well declare.
Itrange

and doth,

as

it

frefumptuoujly

Smith's Rhetorick.

Emu-,
n.f. [iwofV^.]
viuru-; emanation ; fbmething emitted
by another : not in ufe.
The reafon of this he endeavours to make out

APORRHO'EA,

from the
by atomical aforrl-ifas, which pairing
cruentate weapon to the wound, an3 being incorof thr falve, carry them
porated with the particles
GiaHvitic'i Sitfj!:.

t" the .lirccleci part.

APOSIOPE'SIS.

n.f.

[iwwurtiwrt, fronr

and C-IUTT<Z.U, to 'be filent.]

form of fpeech, bywhich the fpeaker,
through fome affection, as forrow, bafhfear, anger, or vehemency,
fulneis,
breaks off his fpeech before it be all
A figure, when, fpeaking of a
ended.
thing, we yet feein to conceal it, though
indeed we aggravate it ; or when the
courfe of the Sentence begun is fo flayed,
as thereby fome part of the fentcnce,
no; being utte,red, may be underflood.
*7ro, after,

Smith's Rhetoric^.

APO'STASV.

Departure
n.f. [tiiroram- ]
a man has profeffed : it is

generally applied to religion

tirnes with the par tide from.

The canon

law

di

fome-

to be a wilful

de-

that ftate of faith, which miy p -ilr-i

parture from
himfelf to hold in the ChrifHan church.
his
profeffeJ

jtyliffe's

Parcrgat.

had forewaru'd
by due example, to beware
what betel in heav'n
slpojlafy, by

The
Adam,

To

an apoplexy.

lating to

with an apoplexy.

from what

Relating to an apoplexy.

A'POPLEXED.

Wtfcinan'i Surgery.

ftrjdtn.

any mcai'urc, truly frrvkeable to

not fee
the end for which they are d'
what opdigy is neccflary j and if they be mt fo, I
am fure norc can be fufficient.
Tillotfon.
li-r

by which

the orator, fpeaking ironically, ieems to

wave what he would plainly infmuate ;

in

2.

n.f. [Lat.
figure in rhetorick,

>c-/i*.]
1.

*w?ri,

APO'PHASIS.
nying.]

a de-

That which APOPHLEGMA'TIZANT. n.f. \_'*.vl and

Any remedy which caufes an
pA/7(*a.]
greater part of
evacuation of ferous or mucous humour

publilh an efl'ay, the

for one fort of chyrnifts. Boy!,:

-.o

drfign

APOLOGE'TICALLY.

z.

Sharp's Surgery.

tion

1 adj. [fromairoXoyiw,
j

is

in defence of any thing or perfon.

is faid
1

a eyft rifes near the orifice of the artery,

formed by the aponturcfis that runs over the
vefle!, which becomes eiceflivcly expanded.

When

it

Brmanl Vulgar Errcurs.

APOLOGE'TICAL.
APOLOCE'TICK.
which

precifely,

affable archangel

thofc apoftates.

Milton.

Vice in us were not only wickednefs, but uprftawickednefs.

Xprar.
fy, degenerate
Whoever do give different worfhips, mud bring
God.
ont
which
is
an
in more gods ;
apojtafyfmn
StUiafjIttt.

Al'O'STATE.
!-TK.] One
feffion

n.f. [apojlata, Lat.

that has forfaken his pro-

generally applied to one that-

has

left his religion.

The angels, for'mlobcJiencc, thou'Uart rcfervcl

2.

A
tii

i m'ferable

APO

immortality

rebellious, equally afcfljtr

thou haft given a Saviour.

but unto man, equally

thce and g.rodnefs,
Rogeri'i Srrmint.

apoftles

againft hereticks.

accent

Ayliffa.

Or where
Provided

(till it

Ktfo,

from the

faith, becaufe they muft

not look upon a woman to lull after her, but becanfe
they are retrained from the perpetration of their
lufts.
If wanton glance;, and bidinous thought*,
had been permitted ty the gofpel, they would have

There

is

and

nfo/feme.]
fwell and

care to be taken in abfcef&i -of the

danger of breaking inwards;

yet, by opening thefe too foon, they fometimes
afofltiKote again, and become crude.
beily, in

fPifeman.

APOSTEMA'TION. n.f. [from afojtemaie.}

The formation of an apofteme ; the ga-

2.

of a hollow purulent tumour.

Nothing can be more admirable than the many

A'POSTEME.
A'POSTUME.

> n.f.
J

rulent matter

With

moft.

Grew.

equal

A hollow
with pu-

[avomna.~\

fwelling,

filled

an abfcefs.
propriety we may affirm,

them crude.

the fecond perfon:

men of account.

A'POSTUME.

another.

n.f. [apoftolus. Lat. Avtro

perfon fent with mandates by
It

is

Saviour

deputed

to

preach the gofpel.

But all his mind is bent to holinefs ;
His champions are the prophets and
apsftles.

barely that he

is

Wa.'fj'j

apparent.

n.f.

[from

A'POTHECM.B./

tion

As

Hooin

[ properly

May

if it could

founde
opon fcriptutc, reafon, afcfolical pjaftice, and an
^"'"yHooker

n.f. [from

heart opprefs,

Fairy <^v
to

Troy,

houfe of peers was fomewhat appalled at

but took time to conlidcr of it tilt
;

alarum

Nor

Clarendon.

fear appal,
the blackfear of death that faddens all?

The mi -niter
His flaming

Or

<iirortu.tu,

crefl, all

(hiv'ring flies, or

Pope*

curls

other thirft jppall'd,

at diltance ftands.
Thorn font

chouk'd

a.f. [from affal.] Dedifcouragement ; impreffion of

APPA'LEMENT.
preflion
fear.

As

the furious (laughter of them was a great

to the reft.

dikouragement and appaltmtnt

Bacon't Htr.ry VII.

\_appanagium, low Latin ;

probably from panis, bread.] Lands fet
apart by princes for the maintenance of
their younger children.
He became 1'uitor for the earldom of Chefter, a
kind of appanage to Wales, and ufmg to go to the

to cut

In mathematicks, the remainder or dif-

Bacsn.

king's fon.

Had he thought

it fit

That wealth fhould be

the appanage of wit,

of light could ne'er have been fo blind,
deal it to the worft of human kind.
Swift.

The God

To

APPARA'TUS.

n.f. [Latin.] Things provided as means to any certain end, as

the tools of a trade ; the furniture of a
houfe ; ammunition for war ; equipage ;
(how.

There

is

an apparatus of things previous to be

adjuftcd, before 1

come

to the calculation itfelf.

Ourfelves are eafily provided for; it is nothing

but the circumftantials, the apparatus or equipage
of human life, that colts fo much.
Pope's Letters to

APPA'REL.
1.

n.f.

It

has no plural,

2.

Gay ^
[af-

paretl, Fr.]
Drefs ; vefture.
I cannot
cog and fay, that thou art this and that,
like many ot ihofe lifping hawthorn buds, that
come like women in men's apparel, and fmell iikt
Buckleiibury in fimpling time.
SbakefpcarSs Merry

Garth

off.]
i

my

Does neither rage inflame, nor

S-.utb

Allots the prince of his celeftial line

ap^tbcojis, and rites divine.

An

APO'TOME.

courage, and

next day.

be graved and painted

omnipoand the hammer could give it an

fl-ttlnjii.

to dilcourage.
worth did appal

alee, her great

fj

dreadful Ajax ; that th' apfalUd air

pierce the head of thy great combatant.

The
tli'.s

Waltcn't Life of SMidcrfoit

tent, or the nails

il-.e

Thou

Dryden.

apophthegm

n.f. [iro$iWi 5 .] Deificathe rite of adding any one to the

is

In the manner of the apoftles.

n.f. [from afojldi

My feeble

rright; to ftrike with fud-

That yet I quake and tremble over ail.

Give with thy trumpet a loud note

find;

number of gods.

AOSTO'LICALNES.

apzxeai grow cold. Gay.

to deprefs

Whillt

APOTHE'OSIS.

as apcftl'ical, which is not found in tb

apoftles writings, in what other records foever

apolitical.

den fear

in his infancy, taught to abhor

vanity and vice as

mon fters.

To

pule."}

fee. ]
remarkable faying.
By frequent converfing with him, and fcattering
fliort afotbtfms, and little
plcafant ftories, anc
making ufeful applications of them, his fon was,

ny thing

APOSTO'LICALLY. adv. [from

which

t'll

To APPA'L. -v. a. [apfalir, Fr. It might

more properly have been written ap-

my imagination.

They, lab'ring for relief of human kind,

With fliarpen'd fight fome remedies may
Th' apothecary-train is wholly blind.

apo/iolick.'

Delivered or taught by the

apoftles
belonging to the apollles.
They acknowledge not, that the chtrch keep

Declare yourfelf for that church which

To

Di8.

Wand'ring in the dark,

Phyficians, for the tree, have found the bark

degree,

be found.

apoftume.~\

Stekefp. King Lear.

other doftor but the fun and the
freflj air, and that fuch an one, as never fends
them to the apctbicary.
South.

The

fome afoftlrjbip in me
To fpeak things, which by faith alone I fee. Dctttr
God" hath ordered it, that St. Paul hath wri
epiftles ; which are all confined within the bufi
ncfs of his
apiflrjbtp, and fo contain nothing bu
points of Chriftian mftruQion.
Lukt

[from

[from

They have no

I tltought it

adj.

n.

Ligick

afoflle.]

or dignity of an apoftle.
Where, becaufe laith is in too low

rFij'cmea'i Surgery.

Garth

Squirts read

A'PPAN AOE.n.y".

a. f.
[apotlwa, Lat. a
man whofe employment
repofuory.]
is to
keep medicines for fale.
Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to

office

APOSTO'LICAL.

is

APO'THECARY.

fweeten

this evacuation, he took opening broth*

Pope,

apoftemate.

fent forth.

During

and apozems.

SeeArosTEME. [This

Harvey

To A'POSTUME.

We

APO STLESHIP.

generally applied only to

caufes a conl'umption in the parts,

Sbakefpearc
I am far from
pretending infallibility; tha
would be to erecl myfelf into an
afift/e ': a pre
fumption in any one that cannot confirm what he
fays by miracles.
Loiti
know but a fmall part of the notion of an

knowing

n.f.

is

particularly applied to

them whom our

aftfle, by

it

word is properly apcJtemJ\ A hollow

tumour filled with purulent matter.
How an apiftume in the mefentery, breaking,

Jl'.^r:.,-..

APO'STLE.
A-.]

//).

n.
[from apoaddrefs by an apoftrophe.
J}rophe.~\
There is a peculiarity in Homer's manner of
apojtrofbixiag Eumsus, and fpeaking of him in

of the lungs, or

by boiling ingredients.

To

that ulcers

apoftenus of the brain, do happen

Brown's Vulgar Errours,
only in the left fide.
1 he opening of apcfltmei, before the
fuppuratioo be perfected, wcakeneth the heat, and render

Sit

To APO'STROPHIZE. v.

Sbaktfpeorf.

Many laudable attempts have been made, by

abbreviating words with afajlrsfbti ; and by lopping polyfyllables, leaving one or two fyllables at

ways nature hath provided for preventing, or curing of fevers ; as, vomitings, apofteinatims, falira-

&c.

boil

rip' for reputation.

*, to
n.f. [as-i, from, and
an infufion made
decoclion

A'POZEM.

refted to the judges or opponent.

Smith's Rbctorick.
In grammar, the contraction of a word
by the ufe of a comma, as, tka', for

though

thering

tions,

from

to turn.]

corrupt into matter.

btcaft

r^'ipw,

Dryden.

[in-os-jopii,

another perfon than the fpeech appointed did intend or require ; or, it is a
turning of the fpeech from one perfon
to another, many times
abruptly.
figure when we break off the courfe of
our fpeech, and fpeak to fome new
perfon, prefent or abfcnt, as to the people
or witnefles, when it was before di-

Bmtky.

from, and

n.f.

In rhetorick, a diverfion of fpeech to

To APO'STEMATE. <v. a. [from

To become an apofteme to

that the greater tone could not be divided into two equal parts ; for which
reafon they called the firrt part air'^ip.*,
Chambers.
and the other 'mptx.

tradition ftrike,

were afiflotickf

In mtfick, it is the pnrt remaining of

an entire tone, after a greater femitoncr
The proporhas been taken from it.
tion in numbers of the apoiomc, is that
of 2048 to 2187. The Greeks thought

Hooker.
firre

4PO'STROPHE.

religion.

apiflat'md nevcrthelef'.

in

did I at

rerolt

the

apoftles

perftition
and frivolous.

forfake one's profeffion

it is commonly ufed of one who departs from his

None

z.

maintenance of publick fuagainft apiftolick endeavours, were vain

[from apajtate.]

To

Taught by the

Their oppofitions

Sandys
n.

is

The

belonging to an apoftle.

ter the manner of an a po it ate.

To wear turbants is an apoflaticul conformity.

To APO'STATIZE. v.

tities.

[from apoftle.
placed by Dryden on
adj.

antepenult.]

Al-

aJj. [from afoflau.}

ference of two incommenfurable quan-

quality of relating to the

apoltolical authority.

APOSTO'LICK.

jipeflatet in point of faith, are, according to the

civil law, fubjcft unto all punilhmcms ordained

APOSTA'TICAL.

The

eal.]

frm

A P P

Wwts

cfWittafor.

External habiliments.
Our late buint London, in apparel new,
Shook offher alhes to have treated you.
Waller.
At publiclt devotion; his refigncd carriage made

P P

A
And

Tatl-r.

To APPA'REL. v.

a.

To

of what appeared

to clothe.

With

fuch robes were the king's daughters that

were virgins apparelled,
i Sam. niii. 18.

Both combatants were

To

2.

>

3.

ipptrtlltd only in theii

doublets ar.d hofes.

Hayivard.

made

have trees apparelled with flowers,

by
boring holes in them, and putting into them ea.th,
and fetting feeds of Violets.
Bacon.
Shelves, and rocks, and precipices, and gulfs,
being apfarelUd with a verdure of plants, would
refemble mountains and valleys.
Bentlty's Serm.

To

out

to furnifti

fighr.^

APPA'RENT.

adj.

unto man's underftanding, were to take

away all poflibility of knowing any thing. Hooker.
2. Seeming ; in appearance; not real.
intellective often correct-; the
phantaiy, as in the apparent bignefs of

perception

report of
the fun, the apparent crookednels of the lt..lt in
air and water.
Hale'; Origin of Mankind.

What
known

in

opppfuion

fecret

to

to/scref.

we entertained is
apparent, that we have

imaginations

God

this

is

not behaved ourfelves, as if we preferved a

grateful remembrance of his mercies.
sltreibury.
The outward and apparent fnnftity of actions
/hould flow from purity of heart.
Rcsrtrs.

Open

4.

evident

known

not merely

Which
5.

In

weil the fear of

my

APPA'RITORS.

He

APPA'RENT.

VI.
Elliptically ufed for
Skakrfprsre*! Henry

beir apparent.

Draw thy fword

I'll

And

draw

in that quarrel ufe

To

crown,

Sbakefp. Henry VI.

it.

adv.

APPARENTLY,
Evidently

in right.

as apparent to the

it

1.

me

fo

health.

My

n.f. [from appareo, Lat.

to appear.]
1.

Appearance ;
Wnen fuddenly
Whole inward

my

head

appari:i.n gently

My fancy.
My retirement

dream,

mov'd
M;i,

tempted

me

to divert thofe

would appeacb him.

The
Have
2.

.late

of your afFeftion

to the full

To

cenfure

for

to

And

me-

lancholy thoughts which the new apparitions of

foreign invafion and domeftic difcsntentgave us.

The

thing appearing; a form

vi-

fible objedt.

reproach,
guilty fh.ime,

Drydcn.

Charge
I

A thoufand
To

ftart

APPE'ACHMENT.

have mark'd

[from appeacb.
any man ;

fliames
bluftes.

And
Which

here you come to accufe.

Shakefpetir,:
Haft thou, according to
thy oath and bond,
Brought hither Henry Hereford, thy bold fon,
Here to make good the boiit'rous late
appeal
Agai nil the duke of Norfolk ?

Shak.

3.

find tMi;.. >-^.!i;-J.

anfwer a charge.

to

(hall the fncrrd

to ihield

character of king
thy hirlj appeal;

me from

have injur'd thee, that m.i'kes us

equal. Dty,l.
call upon
4.
any as witnefs.
The carting up of the e)es, and lifting up of
the hands, is a kind of
appeal to the Deity, the
author of wonders.
Bann.
I

APPE'AL A NT. n.f. [from

Wat tin.

He

appeal.'}

that appeals.
Lords appealants,

Your differences (hall all reft under gage,

Till we afiign you to your
days of trial.

A v P E'A L E R
makes
To

As

v.
be in fight

t.'.c

n.
;

[appareo, Lat.]
to

be

vilible.

leprulya//vj,-("i in the !kin

-/.,

And
Ey

Sbakefp.

One who

n.f. [from apptal.}

an appeal.
.

APPE'AR.

To

Duly-beaded man gave firft light to this appctichmcr.t ; but the earl did avouch it. IL'ytt.'ard.
The duk^'i anfwers t. h,:, ,ip-f c<ifl m- i:n, in

-umber thirtei,

Sbakefpears,

fummons

Be urg'a

innjcnt

a lawful declaration

The duke's unjuft,

to retort your manifeft
appeal,
trial
in the villain's
put your
mouth,

~\

exhibited againft

accufation.

blufhing apparition*
into her face ; a thoufand

In angel whitene, bear

away thofe

is

taint

inward grief, he fiercely gen

approach,
Refolv'd to put
away that lordly Aame.
Fairy ?.
nor
durft
Norcanft,
thou, traitor, on thy pain,
or
thine
own
jtffttct my honour,
maintain.

Denbnm.
2.

to

nvc.

Thus

Rid. II.

Shake/pears.

reproach

accufation

law.
which

of any felon, by one of his

accomplices in the

Nor

your paflions

Ai'.d

common

penalty
the contrary; more
commonly ufed
the private accufation of a
murderer, by a
party who had intereft in the party murdered, and

If

appeaihed*

to the
prince.

for

times

Sbakefp.

Dryden.
of juftice,
from whom

diftributers

mayenfueof

inform againft any per-

with accufation.
For when Cymochles faw the foul
Which them a] pea bed; jrick'd with

vifibility.
flood at

An

are

an appeal

will be declar'd.

ways

of another man's crime before a

competent judge,
by one that fets his name to the declaration, and
undertakes to prove it, upon the
that

can bagpipe or joints be well

appaid f Sf infer.
-u. a.

Can,

lies

2. In the

whence well

Difclofe

Tilhtfon.

There

Saan't Henry VII

Sbakefptare' t Comely of Erroun.

to the impairing of men't

zndfnm

all-righteous

Sidney.

Were he twenty

apparently.

Vices apparently tend

APPARI'TION.

Where God's

He did, amongft many others, appeach Sir William Stanley, the lord chamberlain.

Arreft him, officer ;

my brother in this cafe (

would not fparc

If he ihould fcorn
I

whereby the
judge is for

This ring
Deliver them, and your
appeal to us
Sbakefp. Henry VIII,
Our reafon prompts us to a future
ftate,
The laft appeal from fortune
fate,

fon.

[from affareat.]

openly.

Sbakefpearf,

There make before them.

pleafed ; ill appayed, is unobfolete.

well appaid ihe was her bird to find

come,

a while fufpended, in
refpecf of the
caufe ; the cognizance
being devolved
to the fuperior
j udge.
djlife'i Parerg.

now

APPE'ACH.
To accufe to

other of high treafon.

ferior to a fuperior
judge,
jurifdiftion of the inferior

So only can high juftice reft

Milton.
afpaid.
fenfe is obfcure in thefe lines :
Ay, Willy, when the heart is ill afiay'd,

How

a#Weach

t'

The

2.

well appeareth
by the caufe you

APPE AL. n.f. [from the verb To

appeal.'}
i. An appeal is a
provocation/ma an in-

well appaid that you had rather believe,

than take the pain of a long
Camden.
pilgrimage.

is

n. /.

As

Namely,

JSvlgjr Erroun.

am

the next of blood

heir apparent to the Engii/h crown.

And

Den. Sophy.

is

It is

How

Sbaiefpeares R'Kbjrdlll.

to content:

Stepney.
this,

To charge with a crime to accufe

term of law.
One but flatters us,

4.

there

fatisfy

eafy.

not prefumptive.

real.

_____

tisfy.]

apparent,

appeal'd.

that the foul

always thinks, be
a felt-evident
propofidon, I appeal to mankind.

'1
hey fwallowed all the Roman hierarchy, from
thf pope to the
apfaritcr.
Aylfe's Parergon.
To APPA'IT. <v. a. \_appayer, old Fr. to fa-

To

field

another as witnefs,

call

Whether

hand to execute
the proper orders of the
magiftrate or
judge of any court of judicature. Aylife.
z. The loweit officer of the ecclefiaftical
court ; a fummoner.

J.

and a fellow-

fociety,

hey knew no foe, but in the open

to their caufe and to the
gods

To

3.

[from appareo, Lat.

n.f.

though he be in

Locke.
1

And

to be at
hand.]
i. Such
perfons as are at

opinion ought to be presented.

Certain

5.

againft

lomething

Browns

Honker.

refer to another as
judge.

aggrellbr,

Aftronomically, the vifibility of fome

luminary, oppofed to occultation.
A month ot appariiicn is the fpace wherein the
moon appeareth, deducting three days wherein it

appayed,

harm

as

harm,

it.

Sbakiffeares Hamlet.
receive eaily impref-

an apparition, this or thit.

is

To

Force, or a declared fign of force,

upon the
perfon of another, where there is no common
on
earth
to
fuperior
appeal to for relief, is the
ftate of war; and it is the want of
fuch an appeal gives a man the right of war, even
an

comrno:-ly difappeareth ; and this containeth but

twenty-fix dayi and twche hours.

fufpefted.

As

they appeal

have intreatcd him,

That checks my joys

Nor can I yet diftinguiih

itfelf

3. Vifible

again this apparition come,

approve our eyes, and fpeak to

n. [appdlo,

transfer a

fcjves.

a walking

Still there's

Lat.]
1. Plain; indubitable; not doubtful.
The main principles of reafon arc in themfelves apparent.
For to make nothing evident of

The

if

Sir J. Hay-ward.
apparent, Fr. afparens,

was,

v.

Lat.]
caufe from one to another ; with the
particles to and from.
From the ordinary therefore
to them--

To

2.

Something only apparent, not

4.

not in ufe.
It hath been agreed, that either of them (hould
fend Clips to fea well manned and
apparelled to
fit

the fcnfr

fions of goblins, fprftres, and

appiritiir.s, wherewith maids fright them into compliance.
Locke.
One of thofe apparitions had his right hand
filled with darts, which he brandiihed in rhe face
of all who came up that way.
Taller.

You may

4.

fpeftre

Tender minds mould not

cover, or deck, as with drefs.

me

which afparitim,\t fecms,

fpirit.
Horatio fays 'tis but our phanLily,
Touching this dreaded lijhc twice feenof us;

Sidney.

To

j.

He may

moll fumptuous.

it

1.

TatUr.

That

She did apparel her apparel, and with the pre-

may

take from

c "-

Therefore

adorn with drefs.

cioufneis of her body

eyes.

Miltm.
thing bcfides

APPE'AL.

To

dimm'd Adjm's

carnal fear, that day

Any

drefs

A P

had no doubt,

[from apparel, the

noun.]
1.

P P

A glorious tpperition

the natural
apparel of-fimpli-

religion appear in
city

the

of'
.

fk-fli.

xiii.

43*

half hrr knee and half her brealt

appear,
and bare. Prior.

A:!) lik<: ji'-i'ligercc, dil'cius'd,

z.

To

A P P

To become

2.

For

make

vifible as a fpirit.
have appeared unto the e tor this purpife, to
theca min'ilter and a witnefs. jlfts,
vl. 16.

PfjIiK, llii. 2.

To

4.

mape IJiccMint-Jifeit, (hould think

him to inftruO hi; plajer.

To fland in the prefence of another,

generally ufed of Handing before fomc
fuperiour ; to offer himfelf to the judgment of a tribunal.
When fliall I come and afftar before God ?

j.

be the objeft of obfervation.

ATPK'ARER.

To

To

Egfrid did utterly wafte and lubdue

of Beda's complaint againft
fears out

him

Edgar brought it under his obedience, as Jpfrari

by an ancient record.
Spnjte'i Inland,
7. To feem, in opposition to reality.
His firit and principal care being to app:.ir unto
his people, fuch as he would have them be, and
to be fuch as he appeared.
Sidney.

My
Such

ag

he

i-,

Da-vies

2.

me

hear

reft (hall

(inful ftate,

Skjh'fpearc's Ricl'ardUl.
call, and oft be warn'd

and to affeaft betimes

Th' incenfed Deity.

bi

3.

To

Mill

The

taken, as wiJl appear by what follows, jfrtttlmt,

The thing feen ; as, the remarkable

appearances in the flcy.

3.

that quality

of any thing

which is vifible.
The advancing day

of experimental knowledge
difclofech fuch appearances, is will not lie even in
Clar.>v:!le's
any model extant.
Stepfis.

4. Semblance

; not reality.
He encreafed in eitimaiion, whether by deftiny,
or whether by his virtues, or at leaft by his ap-

fearanccs of virtues.

reduced to

Th'

ftjow.
and

their appearance in the world,

when

(hall

will

make

this genr ration

no more.

Addiftn.

Apparition

fupernatural vifibility.

with the imagination

of fpeflres, more reafonablc than one who
of
fabulous.
the appearance
jfddifon.
fpirits
I

8.

think a perlbn

terrified

Exhibition of the perfon to a court.

not tarry ; no, nor ever more
Upon this bufmcfs my appearance make
In any of their courts.
SL^kcfp. Her.ry VIII.
I

9.

will

Open
Or

How

circumftance of a cafe.

grant her i>aflion be fincere,

fliall his innocence be clear ?

Appearances were
The world mull think
all

fo ftrong,
him in the

wrong.

Swift.

Health, wealth, victory, and honour, are introduced ; wifdom enters the laft, and fo captivates with her appearance, that he jives himfelf up

There

is

that

likelihood.

which hash no apf cjramc, that

being utterly unacquainted with the

true perfon, according to whofc f attorn he (hould

this

An

appeal transfers the cognizance ot the caufe

judge ; fo that, pending the appeal,
nothing can be attempted in prejudice of the afSljliffe's

pdlaitt.

pricft

P.

APPE'LLATE.

n.f. \appellatus, lat.j

perfon appealed againft.

The

An appcllatory libel ought to contain the name

of the party appellant; the name of him from
whofe Icntcnce it is appealed j the name of him
to uhom it is appealed 3 from what fer.tence it is
appealed ; the day of the fentence pronounced,
ami appeal iistcipufcd ; and the name ot the party
againft

whom

I.

the appeal

is

Aj'.ffc'sPai ergon.

APPELLA'TION.

n. f.

[appeltatio, Lat.]

word by which any thing

is

called.

Nur

^rc always the

name and

fame plants delivered under

afpel/jti-jn.

Brittan's

Good and

evil

from over-valuing any of the

far

fo

life,

that the thoughts of

did

lirr

Atttri;<ij.

adj. [French.]
fomething elfe.
Belonging to ; annexed ; concomitant.
He that delpifes the world, and all its append*'*

Hanging

to

vanities, is the moft fccurc.

He that looks for the blefllngs apprndant to the

facramenr, muit expert them upon no terms, but

of a worthy communion.
Riches multiplied beyond the proportion
character, anj the wants appendar.t to it, naturally

men
In law.

difpofe

3.

to forget

God.

n.
;

any thing belonging to another,

with the civilians, or adAn hofpiial
i:tncr;tm J'ubjetJo, with the logicians.
may be appendant to a manour j a common of
jfppendant

is

as ai\ <IJ'.~rium
prir.cipali,

to the fuperior

ddtiifirt.

11. Probability; feeming

to a

living

APPE'NDANT.
2.

from a lower

t>f

not affect him.

Siai.

defies thcc thrice to fingle fight. Milton.

was

appendages of

1.

that appeals

the fame

is

uj

ances.

(hifts refuted,

fc.briety, and
and to humility,

Ttyhr't Rule

anfwer thy appellant,

by his blin.lncis mairrpd for high attempts,

Name

to temperance,

the laws of motion now eltablifi.;-.:,

will ferve to account for the production, i.
or number of bodies, nor their appendages, though
they may help us a little to conceive their a]

He

higher power.

lot!.''

the appendage of

is

None of

mn,

One

to

in courage great,

by entreaty, they were

fome good appcaftmxts.
Hay-ward.

or perlba
apptl'.att,

10. Prefence; mien.

to her.

2.

is
appended to the record.
fomething, as an acceflbry,

the feal

Modelty

Shalefpeare.

be done us hereafter by thole, who

add

to chaftity,

the day appointed for the combat,

ready are th* appellant and defendant,
to enter the lifts.
armourer and his

Though
Who now

To

not a principal part.

n.f. [French.] Something
added to another thing, without being
neceffary to its eflence, as a portico to
the houJe.

is

Thefe

a fair

6. Entry into a place or company.

Do the fame juftice to one another, which

f.

numbers nor

In the devotion of a fubjccVs love,

beautiful appearance there

-mould ever be the real fubltance of good. Rogers.

is

lumn
2.

This

hang

the fringes ate to a garment.

n.f. [appello, Lat. tocall.]

challenger ; one that fummons another to anfwer either in the lills or in

And

f. a. \appendo, Lat. to

any thing.]
To hang any thing, upon another ; as,
the infcription was appended to the co-

appeafe.]

And free from other mifbegotten hate,

Cjme I appellant to this pr'm.:ely prefence.

Addij.n.
j

To

n.f. [from

a court of juftice.

hypocrite would not put on the epf

virtue, if it was not the moft proper means to

Under

turbances.

The

APPE'ND.
to

APPE'LLANT.

Heroic virtue did his actions guide,

he the fubftance not th' appearance chofe.

5. Outride

To

n.f. [from To appeafe.~\ He

that pacifies others ; he that quiets dif-

1.

n.f. [from appeal.] One who

appealed againft, and accufed. DiX.

is

APPE'ASER.

HafUMrd.

gain love.

LATE.
APPE'LLEE.

partly by authority, partly

And
of

in

ufed appellati-yglj,

adj. [from appeal.] That

which contains an appeal. Sec Ai'i-n,-

Drydin.

Being neither

is

APPE'LLATORY.

of peace.

ftate

Hercules

U-i-aths.

for the feaft,

their hunger they ap-

peafe.

Logicl.

to fignify a flrcng tnan.

reft

They cut in legs and fillets

Which drawn and ferv'd,

APPE'ASBMENT.

appella-

APPE'NDAGE.

were furprifed by the fudden appearance

of the enemy.

es.

According to the manner of

nouns appellative ; as, ibis man is a

Milton.

to quiet.

agree to

all

individuala, auc

tive.]

Ireland.

pacify ; to reconcile ; to ftill wrath.

So Simon was afpcajed towards them, and
I Mac. xiii.
fought no more againti them.
47.
O God if my deep prayers cannot appeafe thcc,
Yet execute thy wrath on me alone.

Their

APPE'ARANCB. n. f. [from fa appear.]

1. The aft of coming into fight
as, they

Phcenomena

(/n

To

The

or proper.

Watts

xliii.

noble mafter will appear

full of regard and honour.
S&a^rjp.

be plain beyond dilpute.

From experiments, ufet'ul indications may

2.

Ecclus.

23.
think of reformation^
the civil wars were
fettled.
and
peace
afpcajed,

till

To

8.

v. a. [apfai/er, Fr.]
quiet ; to put in a Hate of peace.
By his counfel -he affcajctb the deep, and

To

lor they

e trout, eel, loblrer;

APPE'LLATIVELY. adv. [from

APPE'ASE.

and

nu:u

quality of being eafily apreconcileablenefs.

planteth iflandi therein.

England had no leifure to

as ap -

it,

,11

The

peafed

common

are either

are fuch as

peafe.]

names

Hand for unidcar, or a whole rank of being-, whether general

Thefc ate called appeUfiivn* i
or fprc'al.
ire common names j
fifii, t-tid, man,

Brown.

APPE'ASABLE. aiij. [from To appeafe.]

That may be pacified reconcilcable.
APPE'ASABLENESS. n.f. [from To ap-

be made clear by evidence.

mn

was in

cver.ts,

n.f. [appc-l/ativum, Lat.]

Words and names

appc.tr.-.
ravens are ominoxis ojpeanu,

conception.

1 .

APPE'M. ATIVE.

Eaten.

arui

and prcfignily unlucky

exhibit one's felf before a court of To

juftice.
Keep comfort to you, and this morning fee
You do appear before them. Shakefp. Hen, VIII.

1t poflible f^r

To appear.] The

n.f. [from

perfon that
Th:t cwh

Let thy woiic afftar unto thy fervants, and

thy glory unto their children.
Pfalm, xc. 16.
5.

A P P

P P

Vulgar

commonly operate upon

Ernun.
the

minu

of man, by rcfpccHve naincs or appcllu'.

which th.yare notified and conveyed to the mind.

nfliing appendant to a freehold.

APPE'NDANT.

well*

That which belongs

n.f.

thing, as an accidental or
adventitious part.
to another

Pliny gives an account of the inventors of toe

forms and afpindarts of Ih! piling.
llale*s

word,

Origin of Mankind.

a look, a trend, will rtrike, as they .ire

to external fymmetry, or indications of

apperdants
the bcanry of the mind.

To APPE'KDICATE. i>. a. [appendo, Lat.]

To add to another thing.
In a palace there is die cafe or fabrick of the
and there are certain additaments; as,
various furniture, and curious motions of divers
Haff,
things apptndic'atfd to it.
ftruc'hire,

APPEN Die A'TION.

cate.]

There

Adjunft

n.f. [from appendiannexion.

appendage

are conlider.ible

puts and

integral?,

and

appfr.di:ations unto the tnundut afpcclabilis, impofii//*.'.

blc tQ be eternal.

n.f. [appendices, plur. Lat.]

Something appended, or added, to an-

whatfoever

The

An

2.

And

Louden with

APPERTAIN,

1.

To

'

if

The honour of devifing this doctrine, that religion ought to be inforced by the fword, woul.d be.
found appertaining to Mahomed the falfe prophet.
Father,

f'

whom

in heav'n

Waller in

Keennefs of liomach
of food.

5.

they roafted the paflbver with fire, as appcra; for the facrifiies, they fod them

po'.s.

Both of them feem not

feft, but
ar.d i;
li it

That

fuch

to generate

as a?pt!-:aint:b :o tiieu"

o;

proper nbjecls

Ba;m.

cxpeled,

appertain

to

ihould

you

know no

Juus

appcrtainrr.cnts, vihting

APPE'RTEN ANCK.

The new

n.f.

or dignity.
He ment otir meflengers, and we

lay

to his

SLakt'f>.

The

of

arts,

controverfy of divithe doubtful apptr.

and receptaries of philofophj t

Brnvns I'ulfar Errors.

C'llty,

A' P P E

adj. [from To apperBelonging; relating.

You know h .w

To

him with

furnifh

Belonging

t"

waj

apt our l>ve

all

A'PPETENCE.
A'PPETESCY.

n.

f.

defire.
Bred only and completed to the

O(

fenlu.il

to fing, to dance,
drefs, to troule the tongue, and roll the eye.
MfjJi n

APPETIBI'LITY. n. f. [from appetible.~\

The quality of being defirable.
rliciratii.n whicli

tlie

fchools intend,

is

deducing of the r'wer of the will in'

:v of the object, as a man d.aws
a ciiild after him wiili the fight of a green bough.

BrambiiH azainft

A'PPETIBLE.
firable

adj.

that

'.

[nffetil>ilis,La.t.'\

-Af.rr, !.

APPLAX D.
T

11. a.

2.

To

praife by clapping the hand.

I would
apf.laud thce to the very echo,
Ihi'
/agjin.
SbMtjp. Macbeth.

To

praife in genera!.
Na:i
your- mighty names

And

worlds applnud'jhAt

The

n.f. [appethus, Lat.]

natural defire of good ; the inltinft

by which we are led to feek pleafure.

1 he

and

taken, as it
U.i-|> which ate referred unto the end that
wi:l properly

ftridlly

is

rf

man

u- -;,

n.f. [from applaud.]

that prailej or commends.
i b*
'<f
my fiiiglc reafon againft
drowned in the noife of a multitude of app:.

to Richard.

Sbakejpejre.
v/ept,

her

baiJc'.rij

tree.~\

moft part holthe cells inclofing the

for the

is
;

Sharp's ruflet, fpice apple, golden pippen, nonpareil, and 1'api. Thofc' for the kitchen ufe are, codf

ling,

fummer

marigold,

fummer

red

pearmain,.

Holland pippin, Kcntiih pippin, the hanging body,

Loan's pearmain, French reinette, French pippin,
royal rulTct, monftruous reinette, winter pearmain,

pomme

viulctte,

pippin, ftone pippin,

Spencer's

oakenpln. And thofc generally ufed for cyder are,

Devonshire royal wilding, redftreaked apple, the
whiti'our, Herctordlhire unikrleai,

John

apple,

&c.

Miller.

Oaks

and. beeches laft longer than apples and

K,iror..

pcari.

Thus

aff/e-treesv/hnfc trunks are ftronj to beaiTheir fpreading boughs, txcrt thcmiclvcs in air.

APPLE. WOMAN, n.f.

woman.]- A woman

[from apple and

that

fells

apples,

that keeps fruit on a ftall.

\ ondcr are two apple-women fcolding, and
juA
Arbittbnot ami P oft.
ready to uncoifone another.

APPI.I'ABLE. adj. [from apply.] That

which may be applied. For this word
the moderns ufe applicable
which fee.
Ijch principles luivc, in regard of
the varieties of the matter wlnumivo they are aft.
//.
All

-ill

ilookrr.
th.tt I

have

of the heathen idolatry is <i/>Mj or" another fort of men in the

faid

world.

Saiti'.

APPLI'ANCE.

genera! apflaufe, and cheart'ul Oiout,

c!r'.l

[from apple and

Lat.] Apexpreilbd ; praife

Argues your wifdom and your love

And
And

n.f.

this tree

fpreading; the flowers corrlift of five leaves, expanding in form of a role. There is a gieat variety of thefc fruits. Thofe for the deflert are, the
white juniting, Margaret apple, fummer pearmain,
fummer queening, embroidered apple, golden reinctte, fummer white Colvillc, fummer red Colville,
lilver pippin, aromatick
pippen, the gray reinette,
la hautc-bontc, royal ruflcting, Wheeler's ruflet,

[applauftts,

probation loucily
properly a clap.
i:

of

Li i.it.itiom

it,

Glanvil'e's Scefjis.

fruit

'

H-_-

A'PPETITF..
j.

i'

Fay.

De-

i'o*er both to flight the mofl n*petillc objefls,

and to controul the moft unruly paf'.ons*
Erouibali againfl Hobbes.

1!

APPLA'UDER.

which may be the objedl of APPLA'USE. n.f.

appetite.

tfi

no: )c. b^ :ound

ni-i'.l

Drydfn..

[applautto, Lat.]

'

That

appetitive power, as that of

is a rational
appct.tc.

find in

ratii

To
1.

tafte

which has the qua-

Male's Origin ofMar.lind.

myfelf an abpnit'rve faculty always in
exticife, in the very height of aft*vity and JnvigoI

"*.".

iu:tr:l rt^(frfftc';

To

that

the fenfuji appetite, but

Lat.]

[appeter.tia,

Carnal defire

an appetitkn or a\erfation.
'Judgc Hale.
j r i v E .
adj. [ from appetite. ] That

of dtliring.
The will is not a bare

to ace 3rd

Khai~-fp. fferr\

fa-

lity

gpjurtintnfl

fra&cal Cftifbifin.

an cftimative or judicial

which defires

APPE'RTI KENT.
tain.}

Hamr.:oi:d's

in animals

like an apple^tart

feed are feparated by cartilaginous partitions ; the

juice of the fruit is lourifh ; the tree large and

actual appetiian or fattening our affections

We find

Boyle.

lowed about the foot ftalk

De-

n.f. [affefitio, Lat.]

on him.

thing.

ttr.anius

The

fire.

or relates to another

Can they which behold the

nity condemn our enquiries in

APPLE-TREE,

have generally fuch an appetite to praife, that

Government of the 'Tongue.
greedily fuck it in.

APPETI'TION.

apple,

Sbakcjpeare*.

Clarendon.

of power.

of

n.f. [from apple and tart.\

tart made of apples.

What, up and down carv'd

nature needed fome reftraint

appetite
to.

forts

upon the fame old plant, moft of them

We

n.f. [afpartenanee, Fr.]

That which belongs

officer's

immoderate

have feen three and twenty

APP&E-TART.

continual

Sometimes

j.

we

by

of him.

is

adorned with fruit.

defire

hunger;

We

grafts

defire.
Cerjar.

[from apperThat which belongs to any rank

tain.']

n. f.
[from apple and
twig of apple-tree grafted
upon the flock of another tree.

graft.~\

li-

Bacon's Natural
Hifiory.
abundance, which creates
fuch an appetite in ynur reader, that lie is not
cloyed with any thing, but faiisficd with =11. Dryd.
6. It has fometimes of be/ore the objeft of

There

fecrets

Shakcfp.

APPERTA'INMENT.

Our

any

EfJni!.

APPLE-CRAFT,

Sivift.

princes, a

There be four principal caufes of appetite ; the

refrigeration of the ftomach, joined with ibmedrynefs ; contraction ; vellication, and abfterfion ;
bcfides hunger, which is an emptinefs.

tures.

And

engage

Clarendon.

a battle.

thing eagerly defired.

Power being the natural appetite of
mited monarch canrfot gratify it.

would content him,

taiattb

Dalies.
to

The

this life, then things appertaining to this life

as we fee they do other crea-

:i

mon

No man could enjoy his life, his wife, or goods,

a mightier man had an appetite to take the fame
appetite

of Love.

Apples of love are of three forts ; the mod comhaving long trailing branches, with rough
leaves and yellow joints, fuccceded by apples, as
they are called, at the joints, not round, but
bunched; of a pale orange ihining pulp, and feed 3
within.
Mortimer's Husbandry t

Milton's Paiadife Loft.

eagernefs after any

Hopton had an extraordinary

4.

fupreme

APPLE

fudden appetite

Dcut. xxxii. 10..

his eye.

to th' eye

from him.

Raleigh.

The

hung

Tall thriving trees confefs'd the fruitful mold

The redti'ning .ijfle ripens here to gold. Pofc's Qd.

2. The pupil of the eye.
He imtrudted him j he kept him as the apple of

thing.

v.
[appartcnir, Fr.]
belong to as of right : with to.

Kingdom, and power, and glory appertains,

Hath honour'd m, according to his will. Par. Left.
2. To belong to by nature or appointment.
If the foul >^f man did ferve only to give him bc-

me

pluck and cat.

Violent longing

3.

tree

faireft fruit, that

A'PPLE. n.f. [xppel, Saxon.]

1
The fruit of the apple-tree.
.

Hamlet.

his hateful luxury,

in change of lull.

ftirr'd in

Tempting,

To

#'i.';j.

it.

ce'rning

beflial appetite

Fables.*

Drydens

Utakeffcan'i Richard 111.

All concurrent appendices of the acVion ought to

be furveyed, in order to pronounce with truth con-

For pride or empire, nor defire of fame;

Kings fight for kingdoms, madmen for applaufi,
But love tor love alone, that crowns the lover's caufe.

Ihokir.

of fenfual pleafure.
Why, (he would hang on him,

they neither

came

which reafon

that good

Each

of England.

adjunct or concomitant.

To

The objeft of
may be wifhed

defire

Urge

appendix to England, the

r dominion, and received a greater conformity
of their laws to the Englifti, than they gave to it.

Law

is

See their wide-ftreaming wounds

irvferiour natu-

As if increafe of appetite had grown

By what it fed on.
Sbakefp.

Normandy became an

Civil

appetite.
fenfible good

does lead us to feek.

2.

StllKr.gflea.

Hales

call

appetite is
Jor ; the object of will

an objeft

The cherubim were never

of worlhip, becaufe they were only the appendices to
another thing. But a thing is then propofed as an
object of worfljip, when it is fet up by itfelf, and
not by way of addition or ornament to another
thing.

which we

ral defire,

other thing.
intended as

from that

d'firefh, dirTereth greatly

APPE'NDIX.
1.

A P P

A P P

A P P

waves into attention

A:llChar)bdis munnur'd foiiapplauje. Milton,

T;, ifc that arc fo fond of
appluujt, how little do
-ifte it when
iiouik.
they have it
!

./. [from apply.} The aft

of applying ; the tiling applied.
Dil'eale.-,
dclp'rate grown

By

defperate affliame are relieved.

Are yc u rhut'M ?

Cod for tcinpi-raafe, 'tis

Which yovir defire requires.
Art;

n.f.

the

Sbaltfpcan,

tffRmtl<aAj
Sbakffj.tart.

[hom. applicable.]
llML

A P P
'

The

quality of beiitg
fomething.

fit

to

be applied

to

&rfl>y,

A'pPt.ICAriLF. atij. [from Off!)'.]

'1 lull
which may be applied, as properly relating to fomething.

What he fays <>f the portrj't of any particular

In the characlcr,
perfon, is applicable to prctry.
there is a better or .1 worfe liicenefs ; the better rs a
Drydcn,
panegyrick, and the vrorfe a libfl.
wrre happy for us, if this complaint were apworld.
Rcgtri.
plicable only to the heathen

[from fpflica-

n.f.

Fitnefs to be applied.

tlt.]

The knowledge

of

may poflihly, by that

little p.ut wnich we have already delivered of its
in natural philofophy. Byle.
affJical.'atefi, be of ufe
falts

APPLY',

i.

To

perly applied.
A'I-PLICATE. n.f. [from apply-]
right
line drawn acrofs a curve, fo as to biiect
the diameter thereof.
Chamber!.

'

This brought the death of your father into remembrance, and \ repeated the verfej which I formerly app/iid to him.
JDryJec't Fftlet.
4. To put to a certain ufe.

The

no

which can be

flint

To

To

petitioner

him

to

To

8.

His

benefit his

to.

kingdoms,

pubtick

diverts

bufy

to

quated ienfe

as
7. Reference to fome cafe or pofition
the ftory was told, and'the hearers midc

wnrfl

apftli^'athrt

She .was

To

10.

APPLICATIVE,

adj.

which applies.
The directive command

Rtfcrl.

Whofc

flcilful in

aft

is

in the ur.-

command

adj.

To

fuit

Would

a cloud

ICATORY.

n.f.

Theic.i.-e Lut two

way

applies.

ptrtio, Lat.]

thrfu

it

n.f. [from afporA dividing of a rent into two

tion]
parts or portions, accoiding as the land,
whence it iflues, is divided among two

apply'd,

Fairy

fly.

}.

or more proprietors.
Chambers.
To APPO'SE. i>. a. [appono, Lat.]
1. To
to.
This word is not
put quefHona
now in ufe, except that, in fome fchools,
to

to agree.

;
ii

'the vehemency of your

(houU win what you vould enjoy ?

is

To
J

have recourfe

l.i.

in

3.

To

..v.;!i'

attach

and

mod

p.illi

<v. a.

\appointer, Fr.]
fix any thing, as to fettle the exaft
time for feme tranfaftion.

To

2.

To
lie

fettle
i.-i.'j

the Father.

Calat.

any thing by compact.

me thy wages, and I

jtfpoittt

Now
men
;;.

will pay

GetL/is.
t':rre

pf Ifrael

To

iv. 2.

was an appointed fign between the

and the Hers in wait. Judgts, xx. 38.

eftablifti

any thing by decree.

wjs before the Lord, which ch'-fe me before

thy father, and before a!l his h >ufc, t.>
It

ruler over the people of the Lord.

Unto him thou

,:,\, :!'.

: S<sn.

i.'jiin.undmeut,

vi.

21.

which he

it

come

thcmfelves to be furprifed at fuch

like the party that they work
upon,
upon them : and to be found with a
is

lettcrin their hand, or doing fomewhat which

they
arc not accuftomed ; to the end
they m.iy lie ap.
of
thofc
which
of
tiicaa:elvcs
are
pefed
things

ard in

in,

Rogers.

To APPO'INT.
.

will

they
Eaccn.

defirous to utter.

fuccefsful.y applied

t'J.

times as

by way of influence.

v.lu; r..ui:ucr they can be

for puzzle.

Some procure

to, as a petitioner.
m any but himfelf;
.hers.
Swift.

u
:

put grammatical tjueltions to a boy

called to foje him ; and we now ule

poj't

Stakejftart.

[from apply.] That

That which

way

of duft did

-v. n.

affccVion, tlu:

'

tion.

[from

APPO'RTIONWENT.

humours j never
nor hope to haften

it.

which comprehends the aft of applicaA'PPI.

Pope.

flying feet to fjir th.-ir

To APPLY',

for put-

BrambM agairfl

A'PPLICATORY.

a.

Bacon.
ware good, that fome proper prayer
were apportioned, and they taught it.
Scutb.
An crficc connot be affini^cd out like a common, and j'hared among diilinci
Cvl/icr,

To

tippling his

for ccv.mfe!

i>.

out in juit proportions.

fet

fir"-

Sidntv.

upon

That round about

[from apply,] That

derlUnding, and the applicative

ting in execution it in the .viil.

Sbakrfp,

allowance paid to any man, commonly ufed of allowances to publick of-

the parts of the body, which of them iflua

and which dowry ; and, by
tppcrthr.tng
th: time, take and leave that
quality which you de-

to ply.
varlet running towards haftily,

ilv

and the familiarity of

debauches, than that of good

men more fucccfsiully

men reforms.

Sbakffpcare*

art tlvju in
appointment fre(h anfl fair,

ficers.

ulty

the greateft force in

furniture.

fpecdily,

keep at work an antifor which we now ufe//y.

the application.
This principle afts with

Sbuhfptare^

Try

fuft'crin^ fear to fall ;o defpair,

him from

certainly deferves trie utmoft opfdicathn and wil'dora of a people to prevent it.. jfJUiftn.

afpsintmtnt

elfe.

An

5.

in myflerious termr, judg'd as then beft.

To

9.

affairs,

This crime

near

fellow,

my

'

1.

contin-.icd application to fuch

may

a/Fair

fo

follows

Anticipating time with ftarting courage.

God at laft
his doom
apply'J,

to afTurance.
our,

Here

To

Sacred vows and myftic fong afply'd,

grifly Pluto and bis. floomy bride.

thoughts
by
tention and affliction, getting the habit of attention and application,
Locke.

6. Attention
with the particle

fin

have none

myfelf To APPO'RTION.

To

frequent ,u-

fome particular

command him,

Ar.d look on their endeavour.

addrefs to.
firft

Hitker.

a folicitor or

to : as, I
applitt)

patience meekly to Aibmit

They have put forth the haven further on,

Where their appointment we may bcrt difcover,

Milton.

to

wilh

we ought with

Equipment

4.

for help.

Satan

The'

as

recovrrfe to,

eitabJiihment.

That good
If I

Watts.

have

JLiywjrJ.

Direftion; order.

3.

is

ceflion.

departed terribly torn.

ourfeives.

I will

the ideas that are there.

Locke.
Jt is a fign of a capacious mind, wh-n the mind
can apply itfclf to fcveral objects with a fwift fuc7.

poir.tmtnt

with

fliips

The ways of death be onlyjin his hands, who

alone hath power over all flefli, and unto
whofea^.

Locke

thinking,

fet to

clofe to their bufinefs, bur,

to ftudy

EnglilTi being well appointed, did fo enter-

them, that their

Decree

2.

Roger:.

mind upon

the

fix

ufed

They had made an affoiittnurii together, to come

mourn with him, and to comforthim. 'Jftli, ii. 11.

to

the

initrurnents in

ufes alo^t, lefs properly.

Apply thine heart unto inftruftion, and thine
ears to the words of knowledge.
Pro*, xxiii. iz.
Every man isconfcioiis to himfelf that hr thinks;
anj th.it which his mind is apflitd about, whilfr.

for a certain

Intenfenefs of thought ; ck>fe ftudy.

5.
1 have difcovered no other way to
keep

beings are

glorious

equip; to

He
n.f. [from appoint.]
that fettles or fixes
any thing or place.
APPO'INTMENT. n.f. [appoint e*unt , Fr.]
1 .
Stipulation ; the aft of fixing fomething
in which two or more are concerned.

means to an end.

ufe as

to

APPO INTER,

Clarendon.

aff'ccVions.

6.

applying to any perfon, as a

the value or
mcr:: of the (.iciiiiccd body of Chrift ; it hath no
measured certainty of limits, bounds of efficacy
uni.) lire it knoweth none, but is allb itfclf inrinitc
llakir.
in uoJTibility of afflaati-.n.
If a right courfe be taken with children, there
it be much need of the
applicatlsH of the common rewards and punishments.
Locke.
is

might be offried towards the

hands of God, who afflict their fervices, and governs rhcir actions, and difpofcs even their w'lls and

To

The

profits thereof

Thefe

end.

To

j.

new af plication, by which blood might

The employment of means

ufe of as relative or fuitable to

fomething.

be Itau/chcJ.

4..

The

tain

slddif'.n.

fupport of the year.

furmfli in all
points

fupply with all things neceflary

anciently in fpeaking of foldiers.

Rcgcrs.

To make

Mfiaffib't Frayer.

To

4.

appM.

every enemy.

another; as, he mitigated his pain by the

application of emollients.
2. The thing applied ; as, he invented a

acl or

Co the fword his throat

lay medicaments upon a wound.

Apply fome fpcedy cure, prevent our fatr,

to.

lolicitor, or petitioner.
It fliouW fecm very extraordinary, that a
patent
fliouH be pifltd, upon the application of a poor,
obfcure
mech.inick.
Siu'ifi.
prA i:e,

and

laid,

our nature,
applied remedies to every weaknefs, warned us of

APPLICA'TION. n.f. [from apply.]

1. The aft of applying any thing to

The

muft be the lacr.unenU.

Tayf'/r's Worthy Communicant
v. a. laffJ'co, Lat.]
it

Ann luccour nature ere it be too late.

God hat addrelfed every patiion of

trafgrtded, and immediately thou apptlmtdif

death in him, Ind in his generations. 2 t:
Lord, that art the God of thr juft, thou haft
not cppcinted repentance to the juft.

if there

To

2.

3.

A P P

nj'jlttatHy, and

put one thing to another.

He

A'PPLICABLY. adv.

[from applicable.]
In fuch a manner as that it may be pro-

inwaH

is tlii

It

A'PPLICABLENESS.

uitli

be jny outwird,

h- :icii"n of ctHd "u coropofrd of two parts

the one preffmp, the other penetration, which re
1

quire appticaeifhy,

P-P

2.

latinifm.

To

apply

to.

putrid vapours, the nutriment is rendered unapt of being app.ftd to the parts.
Harvey m

By malign

A'fPOSiTE.ac/j. \appcfetus, Lat.] Proper ;

fit; well adapted to time, place, or circumftances.
The duke's

delivery of his mind was not fo

marp, as fopd and grave, and appcfite to the times
and oceali
Wotton,
Neither was Perkin, for his part, wanting to
himfelf, either in gracious and princely behaviour,
or in ready and
Bacon*
appojite anfwers.
P.em.irk.ablr. inftances of this kind have beeri ;

but it wi!l :u!minifter reflections very

np^fte to
the dclign of this
prcfent falemnitj-.
AtUrburj.

A'PPOSITELY.

A P P
A'PPOSITELY.
perly

fitly

ad--v,

[from

appojiti.]

Pro-

2.

noufe.

make of

honour

into a government, and fee this

allotted to' a murderer, another

nefs

n.f. [from appofite.] Fit-

3.

propriety ; fuitablenefs.
Judgment is e;rher concerning things to be
known, or ot' things done, of their congruity, fit-

mals.

unknown,

grammar, the putting of two nouns

lame cafe as, Liter Stifannte matr.s, the book of his mother Sufan.
upon

price

APPRAISER,

n.f. [from appraife.}

fon appointed to fet a
price

A per-

2.

To

feize in order

punifh-

Clarendon.

was the rabi.:e,of which no

body wa
and, which is moie (bangs, .not one apprehended.
It

Clai'tndor.

3.

To
action

nd

good which

Among
Som-

I affrd.

w_V,m G,'d

.-.

;,

wl.y to thofe

on earth,

Itws are given.

Th'

.ir,d

Milton.

think on with terrour ; to fear.

From my grandfather's dea:h I had reafon
'\W the lljne;. and, from my lath

the

tc

Concciver
(i

th.it

miy bcfnl tiicm hereafter.

Perceptive feeling.

[from reprehend.}
apprehended, or

x-d points,
in the other.

Bro-wn'i Vulgar

r-.'in.

APPREHL'KSIOM. n.f. [npfrehenfa, Lat.]

I. The mere
contemplation of things.
without affirming or
denying any thing
So we think of a

concerning them.

horfe, high, fwift, animal, time, matter,

mind, death, &c.
ll'atx.
-note:, no more than the
nf an ohjefl, without eid-ductioa.
Lhr.-villt.

-Ctir.n
.

2.

my

tormentors,

armM

PPREHE'NT.IVE

aih'.

i,y.

Hark

pp.fTcd

hcrfivc.'}
vc.

The

'

V.

i:

',

be tauiiSt, yog
:.

-.

tinj,

by thcafi/rfbinjivtncfs already gained in

th" conlHolder.

'.f
1<

ru:

APPRr/NTICE.

,,./.

[apprenii, Fr.] One

to ferve ano-

bound by covenant

that

is

ther

man of trade,

fijr

a certa;a term of

To come

me

Jtr. xxx. li
in

all

the objects of

contem-

Locke.

it.

natural affinity, or
as, the cat approaches to

near,

refemblance

by

the tiger.

To APPRO'ACH.
i.

'

diffirylt to

malce a progrefs towards, in the figurative fenfe, as mentally.

He mail approach unto me for who is this that

mcafure, approached towards

4.

Milieu.

upon them lad,

Gay,

To

plation, \'j what the roind can hardly attain unto ;

the inftances arc few of thofe who have, in any

[from appremanner.

f.illinc

hear the found of coaches,

attack af-f-i-',ai't.^-s.

To have knowledge

with deadly

much more

i.y

of"

[from nfpr-quality of being appre-

wcls are

v> ill

near, as time.

engaged his heart to approach unto

In an apprehenfive
kenfive.']
p R E H /:: s v f. N KSS. n. f.

AP

&

To draw
The hour

3.
I

We

Tiffctfon,

:prtl(r.fvt tcntlrrcft parts.

north and fjuthern poles are incommuni-

when

of what
3.

coiKeived.

VOL.

of thij country,

look about: the powers of the

Siabc
approach apace.
fuppjle Ulyfles apfroacting toward

fis time to

plicme.

of evils .;t a
apprtbltlfivt
nor- tormented with the fearful
prof; eel

:,

.tii.'/c.

APPREHENSIBLE, adj.
That which may be

'

k;n d

are not a< all

Thry

a bulkt ihould be
rn.veu'by the

rariti

from apprehend. ]

through it, were extremely .ifprcheafne of (icing

Lomba'rdy the feat <
AJJif-n.

n.f. [from apprehend.]

thinker.
n may not think it any more
'

fit

church-yard drear (inhuman to relate)

Fearfuh
The inhabitant!

2.

A P P K E K f/N D E R

adj.

is

The difappointed prowlers fall.

Tbomfon,
To APPRO'ACH. -v. n. [affrecter, Fr.]
1. To draw near locally.

And givi's encouragement to thofe who teach

fuch apprekinjiv. fcholars.
Holder.
If Con!c'en>-e be naturally
af>prelvrfive and fugacious', certainly we mould trull ajid rely upon the
&wtl.
rep -rts nf it.

incorruptib'.r,

Stillingfttt.

To

On

to underftand.

Quick

1.

and can only be

apprct ended by our minds.

4.

tfltlt.

he be apfrixed of a few things, that may

prevent his mjftaking.
Ctyxe
But if apprm'd of the fevere attack,
The couhtry be mut up, lur'd by the fcrnt,
It

fulpar

APPREHE'NSIVE.

fuch a virtue or

he is well apprized, that the rcprefcntation

of fome of thefe things may convince the underftanding, and fome may terrify the confcience.

lobfter hath the chely or preat claw of one

than the other, but this is not their leg,
but a part of apprebenfir.r. whereby they feize upon
their prey.
Brwor't
F.rrwr<.

'

r.

will d v c-n tu dwell

vice;

fide longer

Hxker.
tli.v,

;
part.
to give the

[apprendre

inform

knowledge of any thing.

He conliders the tendency of

Vet

a.

i/.

To

appris, Fr.]

holding.

gotten by daing, caufeth not

unlcfs, apprehending jt as good, we like
is

'

To A?PRI'ZE.

6. Seizure.
See that he be convcy'd unto the Tower :
An<! go we brothers to the man that t^ok him,
Tc queftion ot his apprebn&ii
Sbakefptare.
7. The power of feizing, catching, or

conceive by the mind.

The

can be expeited one

neCeflary, before it
ihould work.
Dighy.
Many rulhed into the miniitry, as being the
only calling that they could profel's, without fervSouth,
ir.g any cpprtntictjbip.

frtnticcji.'ip

of memory,

Tayl:r.

a double handle, or at

governor k'-pt the city with a garrifon, delime.

z Cor. xi. 32.
fffrthtaJ

'

n.f. [from apprenyears which an apprentice b

to pafs under a mafter.
In every art, the fimpleft that is, there is anaf-

The

tice.]

fcourge you fjr this apprebtnfon.

Rbffkffp.
That he might take away the apprebenfion, that

he meant fuddenly to depart, he font out orders,

which he was fure ^-'ould come into the enemies
hands, to two or three villages, that they mould
fend proportions of corn into
Batinghoufe.

ment.
rn

my book

note you in

And

[apprehend, Lat.

apfrtbinJ'H.
for trial or

APPRENTICESHIP,

jUJifcm.

I'll

a.

to take hold
of.]
To lay hold on.
1 here is nothing buthath
leail we have two h.inds to

1.

cf that profperity.

Sufpicion of fomething to happen, or

be done.

fold.

APPREHE'ND. -v.

foreign paiTagcs, and in the end,

Having my freedom, boaft of nothing elfe
But that I was a journeyman to grief?
Sbakefp.

Aftrr the dea'h of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no fmalj apprebtr/Jion for his own life.

5.

ferve a long apprert'icebcod

To

Cltmtha.

upon things

be

to

Pope.

they have no apprekerfan of thefe things, fo

thev need no comfort againft them.
Tillotf^n.

[apprecitr, Fr.] To
any thing, in order to

a.

portion'd maids, apprenticed orphans bled,

labour, and the old who reft.

vitude.
Muft J not

As

fale.

To

unacknowledged

much

the crown, clouded

Drydafs Dufrejnoy,
*v.

APPRE'NTICEHOOD. n.f. [from apprenThe years of an apprentice's fertice.'}

fuccefl'our to

rAPPKA'JSE.i/.a.
fet a

Him

Hooker.

trail

ait.

The young who

he the future evil fiiall no lefs

In apprelenf.m, than in fubftance, fee'..
71,'.'.':;:.
1 h- npfrcbcrfcn ofwhat was to come from an
at

Wottir:.

[from the noun.]

put out to a mailer as an apprentice.

To

And

In

in the

of his

To APPRE'NTICE.

Milton.

to withftand.

Ur.ne infp^rej wirh a

microfcopc, will difcover
wherever this fand (ticks, it grows
;
ftill bigg-r,
the
by
afp'Ji:l;n of new matter.
Arbutkrat on Diet.

Sidney.
well

knew

This rule fets the painter at liberty $ it teaches

him, that he ought not to be fubjedt himfelf fervilely, and be bound like an apprentice to the rules

world mould be held in IVT,

not by a vain furmife, but a true apprebcnfan of
fomewhat which no man may think himfelf able

a black fand

2.

fuddcn apprihcnjion.

young

He

It faehoveth that the

[appo/itio, Lat.]
new matter, ib as that

it

princefs was.
found him fuch an apprentice, as
enough how to fet up for himfelf.

that

fuited

commonly

4. Fear.

ti.f.

The addition of
may touch the firil

1.

fcnpture are

The faculty by which we conceive new

ideas, or power of conceiving them.
I nim'd them as
t'ley pafs'J, and understood
Their nature, with fuch knowledge God indu'd
Mv

nefs, ri^htnefs, af,fo/i;ea-f!.

APPOSI'TIOV.

Cc=weli.
L&vernjoined fach diligence, that no apprentice,
no, no bond flave, could ever be more ready than

myftery.

thofe matters to the vulgar apfrfbrnjitms and

conceptions of the place and people where they were
delivered.
Loch.

lljti'i Origin 'if Manl'md.

Dfgl'y.

in

South.

A'PPOSITENESS.

it.

The expreflions of

with an atl.eift or a bhfphemer, may we not

affefitely and properly afx, Whether there be any
virtue, fobriety, or religion, amongtt futh a peo?

yeah, upon condition that the artificer,

or tradesman, Ihall, in the mean time,
endeavour to inllrudt him in his art or

coriceflion.

be falfe, and to be thought falfe, is all one in

refpedl of men who aft not according to truth, but
South.
apprcbenfion.

Har-jey,

tilled

ple

To

When we come

fenuments

we aim at right underftnding its true nawe mud examine what apprebetjion mankind

ture,

.1

or"

Opinion
If

fuitably.
We may appcji:e!y compare this difeafe, of
proper and improper confumption, to a decaji.nj

place

A P P

A P P

To

-v.

a.

This fenfe
bring near to.
French than Englim.

is

rather

Tbia they will nimbly perform, if olijcfted to

the extrerr.es; but llimly, and not at all, if
approached urrf o their roots. Enwri'sVuIgar Errei,r:.
By plunging paper thoroughly in weak fpirit of"
wine, and approaching jt to a candle, the fpirituous
parts will burn, without harming the paper. Bylc,
Approach d, and looking unikineath the fun,
He law proud Aiulc.
Uiyiirn.

a.

To

To come

*.

near

nd thought

efn to
1 0ff If.

[from the verb.]

of drawing near.

The

n. /.

ft
could bid the feventh welcome with ti good
* heart as 1 can bid tho othi-r five farewcl, I fhouid
Shat. Mcrcb. offence.
be glad of his approach.
1'is with our fouls
As with our eyes, that after a long darkncft
Are dazzled at th' approach of fudden light. Denb.

1.

1 1" 1

were thereby in fJch

fancYificd

Things

to.

He wa. an admirable poet,

have apf reacted Homer.

APPROACH,

APP

APP

A P P

fort

void, the diocefan and the patron, upon

the king's licence, may conclude. Co<wcl!.

tp-

might never afHukcr,

ter.vards again be made common.
As for. thii f;iot of ground, tWs perfon, this
fcleded and tpprtfrilleJ, I have
tl.ii-.g, i have

pnp riatcJ unto God,

ai that they

I
inclofed it to myfclf and my own u!e ; and
dure no Oiarer, no rival, or companion in it<

APPROPR' A'TOR. n.f. [from appropriate.]

He th.it is po(Te(Ted of an appropriated

will en-

benefice.
Thefc apfr priatcn, by reafon of their perperuiof the fee (imp
tie', are accounted owners

South.

to the gods,
they appropriated
to publick, Onic to private ends.

Some

And fomc

Accefs.
Honour hath

2.

it

the vantage ground to do good

fhe approach to kings and principal perfons ; and

Baccn.
the ra ting of i man's own fortunes.

3. Huilile advance.
For England his approaches makes as
waters to the fucking of a gulph.

As

Agaiml

To

To

belcagur'd heav'n the giants

To

on

hills,

[from app roach.] The

or draws near.
perfon that approaches
Thou gav'ft thine cars, like tapftcrs, that bid

APPRO'ACHER.

To

n.f.

welcome,
knaves and all apprcactcn.

3.

The
As

for ice,

will not concrete but in the

it

APPROBATION,
The

1.

aft

n.f. [approbotio, Lat.]

or expreffing

of approving,

himfelf pleafed or fatiified.

That not pall me, but
By learned approbation of my judges.
a. The liking of any thing.
i;

Uo'.kcr.

worth and goodnefs

The bare approbation of th

ef a thing, is not properly the willing of that thin^;
account i; fo.
Spgtt,
jet men do Tery commonly

Attention

3.

fupport.

Hiw many now

in health

Shall drop their blood in approbation

Oi" what your reverence fhall incite us to.

APPRO'OF. n.f.

commend-

to

In law,

alienate a benefice.

guard
be thought to be rather a matter of dignity, than
diffidence appropriate to his own cafe,
of
matter
any
he made an ordinance not temporary, but to hold
Bacon.
in fucceflion for ever.
Thehc.uhe.;s themfelves had an npprehenfion of
of
divine
acts
of fome
the
:

:,

ate.]

The

A'T 10 N .

n. f.

StUfag/tit,

[from appropri-

fhould have difiintVideas of the things,

and retain the particular name, with its peculiar
Ls.ke.
to that idea.
apfnpriation
claim of any thing as peculiar.
2.
He doth nothing but talk ot his horle, and make
can
a great appropriation to his good pa.ts, that he
flioe him himfelf.
Slake/fearA

APPROPl'NtjJJE.

n.

<v.

[appropinquo,

near
approach ; to draw
A ludicrous word.
The clotied blood within my h ft,

Lat.]

To

That f.om my wounded body

i!oth

I!:i,til>ra!.

particular.
This conceit, applied unto the original of man,
ar. j ih; bcjinnulg f trie w.rU, is more juftly ap.
Snivn's l^utfar Ernun.
untj its end.

fripriatle

i.

<v.

a. [apprnprier,

Fr. approprio, low Lat.]

To confign to fome particular ufe or
jjcrfen.

The

and piaij'd the better courfc,

her rebellious fcnfe did fo withdraw

feeble pow'rs, that (he purfu'd the worfe

Dav'ics.

To

2.

exprefs liking.
looked upon as infolence for a roan to fct up
againil that of fome learned doctor,

It is

own opinion

his

Locke.

or otherwife appryi-ti writer.

3.

To

prove

to

(hew

to juftify.

His meaning was not, that Archimedes could

be deceived ; but that he had in
fimply in nothing
fuch (art approved his (kill, that he feemed worthy
of credit for ever after, in matters appertaining

he was

to the fcience

Ikilful in.

Il'.sker*

In religion,
errour, but fome fober brow
and opprcvi it with a text ?
Sbairjp.

What damned
Will

blefs it,

I'm forry
That he approve} the common liar, Fams,
Who fpeaks him thus at Rome.
Shakrfpfcit.
W;>uld'it thou approve ihy conftancy

si

Itl-.M*.

Firft thy obedience.

Refer

the aQions of this

all

fliort lift

to

that

which will never end ; and this will apfrm

itl'slf to be wifdom at the laft, whatever th
judge of it now.
:
not in ufe.
(late

4.

To

experience

Oh 'tis the curie in love, inJ

When women cannot love, where
!

to
fixing a particular fignification

a word.
The name of

X\\\affry,'.i,
they're belov'd.

th.it

diQuifes

its

faculty may, by an apprr;

true fenfe, palliate the abfurdi'y.

5.

To make,

In law, a fevering of a benefice ecclc(iultical to the proper and perpetual ufe

or (how, to be worthy of ap-

probation.

The

..

My days to appn,-'ii:jar
APPRO'PRI ABLE. adj. [from appropriate.]
That which may be appropriated that
which may be retrained to fomething

To APPRO'PRI ATE.

3.

to.

flows,

poitrnj
an end.

Her

The mind

whereby Medea faw,

that,

When

ticular purpofe.

The

<v.a.

d.
To hallen to fet forward.
Tn AP f RO P I'M (yj A T E. 1J. a. {apprufitiquo,
Lat.] To draw nigh unto toapproach.

H-.oker.

What power was

And well affrov'd,

to a parapplication of fomething

1.

7't,

like ; to be pleafed with.

There can be nothing poflibly evil which God
and that he appryverb much more than
approveth,

appropriate

.foil.

[apprsuver, Fr. ap-

a.

i/.

A^lifft.

name of yeomen of

APP ROP R

ufed.

he doth command.

did inftitute a band of fifty archers, by the

and that it might
his
;

He

much

To

Before Richard II. it was lawful to appropriate

the whole fruits of a benefice to any abbey, the
one to ferve the cure; that king rehoufe

APPRO-'PRIATE. adj. [from the verb.]

Peculiar ; configned to fome particular
ufe or perfon ; belonging peculiarly.

Ap-

[from approve.]

probo, Lat.]
1

See

moft perilous mouths,

That bear in them on: and the felf-farac tongue
Either of condemnation or apprcof'!

7'sAppRo'pERATH.

To APPRO'VE.

APPROPRIATION.

drelled that horrid evil.

n. f.

a word not

Soft'ning the lead apprm.mcr to bellow,

Their Colours burnifli, and, by hope inf;
They brifk advance.

verfes of facred

from/rei;*.] Approbation
ation : a word rightly derived, but old.

f.

learning ih v:M not fo lightly rn\e

been carried away with old wives' tales fcoma/ provance of his own re i!i>".
Spenfert
'J flic feem

ii'.CRf.

wu ,

as proof
[from approve,
;

probation
A man of his

peculiar

necellity

Sbakifpcerc.

fi-iding

Stalcfp.

no pofitive law of men, whether received

or by lecret apby formal confent, as in councils,
taken away.
fnbtioit, as in cuftoms, but may be

There

To

4.

[from approvr. ] Approa word rarely found.

it.

APPRO'VAKCE.

Locke.

we have made trial in

fnacbmcnt of the air, as
will not eafily freeze.
glades of water, which
Brown's Falgar Errours.

profeflion fo-

>

immediately irrefragable arguments.

We, by degrees, get ideas and names, and learn
their appropriated connection on* with another.

ap-

what

a cenfor of juftice and manners, v,i;hbe

out \vh-)fe approval no capital fe:;
executed.
/'V.

the

that has appropriated

fcripture ; and his fyllem,
them to the orthodoxy of his church, makes them

n.f. [from approach.}

aft of coming near.

in

'i'lieie is

iliould people cngrofs and appropriate

benefits of fire, air, and water, to thfem-

annex by combination.
He need but he furniflied with

APPRO'ACHMENT.

appnvaMt

very

Br'swrii Ifutgar

bation

MUt>

L'Etratge.
title to it ; and
Every body clfc has an equal
therefore he cannot appropriate, he cannot inclofe,
without the conlent ot all his fellow commoners,
Locke.
all mankind.
to fomething; to
make

Sbakcfpearr.

is

A P P R o'v A L

promis'd alike and giv'n

fclves >

move ;

on mountains mountains lie,

make their mad approaches to the Iky. Dtyd.

Hills pifd

any men,
ever.

Why

Shaktfp.

themfelves appropriating

fpirit of God,
all b.'l.cvc.s.

common

Means of advancing.

4.

felf

The
fierce

'.

Alttrkary.

claim or exercife ; to take to himby an exclufive right.

To

2.

arecalled propil

[from approve.] That

which merits approbation.
The folid reafon, or confirmed experience, of

Maries of honour are appropriated to the mathat lie might be inviicd to reverence
giflrate,
himfelf.

in

ra

'

firil

himfelf to

care and concern

God

muft b?

to apjtrovt

ty righteoufnefs, hjhm-fs,

a:id

pu-

Rogert*

rity.

ot fomc religious houfe, or dean and

or college ; becaul'e,
chapter, bilhoprick,
as perfons ordinarily have no right of
fee fimplc, thefe, by reafon of their perare accounted owners of the fee
petuity,
and therefore are called pro;
limple

6. It has cf before the objeft, when it fignifies to be pleajcj, but may be ufed with-

prietors.

APPRO'VEMENT.

To an appropriation, after the

licence obtained of the king in chanof the diocefan, pacery, the confent
tron, and incumbent, arc neccflary, if
the church be lull

but if the church be

out

a prepofuion

as,

approve your

letter, or, of your letter.

r.wed you a piece uf black and white (tuff,
the dyer; w ich you wc:e
juft fent from
cuflomer for.
1
K-.uift.
ajpr've of, an ! be my
1

Approbation
It is certain

n,

n.f.

[from approve.]

liking.

that at the firft you sv.r all of my

I did nothing withou" \<mr af.
:

and tint

prnmftt,

i'arj,

V&>

APT

APR
In

ER. n.f. [from

that approves.
2. lie that makes trial.
Their difcip'.in^,

Now

with their

mingled

makv

courages, will

As

their affryvers, they are people fuch

mend up >n the v/ori j.
Eoakefpcen.

_gun.

A'PRON of a

mull prove what he hath alleged

in

API'RO'XIMATE,

[from ad,

adj.

prcximus, near, Lat.]

ive

Near

to,

[from approxi-

n.f.

to

aj j

Origin of Mankind.

Itjic's

Qu.ijrupeds are better placed according ta the

degrees of their a]fi oxlmati'.n to the human lhapc.

Crew's

This

Muff am.

ever arriving at

APTU'LSE.

n.f.

it

poflibility

The

the innate heat kindled into a

through the apfti'fe of faline ftcam'.

hecTic fever

deftruclivc fire,

is

z.

In vowels, the pafTage of the mouth is open and

without any appulje of an organ of fpeech to
confonants, there

Ut.ld<

To A'PRICATE. v.

n.

[apricsr, Lat.]

APRI'CITY. ./

[apricitai, Lat.]

To

aprlfus, Lat. funny.]

You may make

I

fourth

counted

kind of wall-

Men

is

[Aprilis.'LAt. A-vril, Fr.]

firft.

they wed
but the fky chat: L
:

wlvn they woo, December when

"ijy when they arc maids,
.

4.

is

Ready
have

quick

ln-?rt as

'I

hcnoi,ii'.ty

How
fern

?.

ti:

SLakrfpeare.

Thefc brothers had a whil

fcrved the king
in war, whereunto they were
U~. y.
only apt.
All chat wsrc ftiong and
fat
war, even them
apt
the kieg of Babylon bought'
captive to Bah-. in.
I

To APT.

i .

To
We

might we f F ilflarT, and not ourlchet be

Hut on tv.d If ,rJi.-r jerkins and
afnitt,

.it

upon him

a: lu, table as dr..

tptart.

A'PTNESS.
i

T/. a.

fuit

[apto, Lat.]

The
the

n'.f.

he learned

as,

[from

apt.~\

fuitablenefs.

nature of every law muft be judged of by

of things therein prefcribcd, unto tha

aptr.tjt

fame end.

Hotter.
arc antecedent

and independent

aptnef/fs

in things ; wSth refpcft to which, they are fit ta

be commanded or forbidden.
Norm's Mij'ccll.

2.

graces

Of hilrory,
Where brevity, where fplendour, and where height,
Where fwectncfe it required, and wiicre weight.
Ben

jferyin.

Pifpofjlion to any thing; of perfoaa.

The

of that
iif'fr.i'h

3.

his

nobles receive fo to heart the banilhmcnt

worthy Coriojanus, that they are in a ripe
to tak
powr-r from the people, Sbakfjp*
'.II

Quicknt-fs 'of apprehenfioa

readincf*

to learn.

What

i.'i..

ulj be the

of

,iptn-fi

rifon o/beafi")i, to imitate ijieech,

t>irds, in

may

comp-

be enquired,
'

.icoe.

4.

Tendency; of
Some

things.

feeds of goodncis give

reflections, as

is

have an

::ffti:Js

him

to

a relirtj of fuch
improve the mini'..

[of a. and ^5-15.]

not declined wifh cafes.

n.f.

A'QUA.n.f.
ivatcr, very

noun

word fignifying
[Latin.]
much ufed in chymical wri-

tings.

AQUAFORTIS.

corrofive li[Latin.]
quor, made by diililling purified nitre
with calcined vitriol, or rtftificd oil of
vitriol in a Ibxmg heat the liquor, which.
rifes in funi
red as blood, being collected, is the ipirit of nitre, or aquafortis ;
which ferves as a menftruum for diflblving of filver, and all other metals, ex.
But if ica fait, or fal amcept gold.
:

to adapt.

man tlut knows the fevcral

and how to apt their placet;

nci:d a

Fitnefs

which

-fritare.

AJdijan.

Readily ; -acutely
bufinels very aptly.

AP'TOTE.

aft as
my ufe 01 anger

5. Qualified for.

mour.tant.

gelifts.

'1'here

a ftranger to

pertinently.

very aptly remarks, that thofe nations,

not pofieft of the golpds, bad the fame
accounts of our Saviour, wiiich are in the Evan-

to.

af, an apt wit.

little

Juftly

IICM.-L'US

Tcmfk.
tliefc lights,

who were

are

B.'t yet a brain that leads

To letter vantage.

A'pr. ON',

before, to .keep the other drefs clean.

Give us gold, f ,o<l Timon had thc.u more ?
Hold u;

difpofed

Swift.
have always feen to Le done in oi.e
manner, we are apt to irrugine then: was but thar
x one way.
Betulej.

likt it.

n.f.
[A word of uncertain etymology, but iuppofed by foie to be
.contracted from a fare one.] A cloth
hung

liable to.

What we

At y f'it

z.

'

aie wives.

and naturally performed.

Blarkmore,

3.

wliat he reads, and

aft to put a wrong interpretation upon it.
Ad'li]',
Ev-n thole who arc near tl.e court, are apt to
t
wrong confequences, by rcafoniug upon the
motives of actions.

month of the year, January

are April

aptly fitted,

In youth increafethem, and in age repair

hrr ym, lo\c Le^cve it; which.

apler t > do, lii.in confefs ihe cioei.

One, who has not

April is rerrefentc'! by a young man in green,

with a garlan.l of m)r'le and hawthorn buds; in
one hand primrofes and violets, in the other the fign
Taurus.
Pejtcbam on Drawing.

profelytes,

Sbjktff tart's As you Hkt it.

apt to think well of themfelves, and
of their nation, of their courage and
ftrcngth.

fruit.

A'PRIL. n.f.

The

warrant, ihe

Men

[from

Properly; with jull connexion, or correfpondence ; fitly.

That part

But what the mafs nutritious docs divide ?

What makes them aftiy to the limbs adhere,

Ttirple

Inclined to; led to

3.

Diet.
n, /.

n.i-

Shakcfpcare,

making

liavcs and fruits.

Warmth

of the fun; fun-(hine.

A'PRICOT, or A'PP.ICOCK.

1.

upon

,-.

Di3.

bafk in the fun.

Having

about children, fhould ftudy their

is

A'PTLY. adv. [fromaff.]

My

an afpulft

is

a tendency to

that

vi\M turns they ealily talc*-, nd

what becomes them; what their native funk is,
and what it is fit for.
Locke.

Was
in

or inclinable to do otherwife than

they do. linker.
vines and peaches on
my beft fouth wails
were apt to have a foot or fmuttinefs
theii

free,

all

eminent induftry

Things natural, as long as they keep thofe forms

which give them their being, cannot
poflibly be apt

llar-Viy.

another : but, in
of the organs.

He

Ctyac.

their atfec~lion ;
after through a natural inclination unto piety;
after through fundry opportunities, &c. Finally, after through a lingulardelight
which they take in giving very large and particular
intelligence how all near ubout them (land att'efteii
as concerning the fame caul''-.
Hooker.

aft

among men.

tures and apt:tudc: t

[aftu,, Lat.]

ot

of

true virtue

all

Difpofition.

3.

that lex than of the other, groweth

for
;
th.it
they are deomed after to ferve as inftruments
in The caufe.
After they are through the eagernefb

of ftriking againll any thing.

An

the fquares of the diftances.

more of

exactly.

[afful/ui, Lat.]

fo

[French.]

Fitncfs.
This evinces its perfect aftitui'.a and fitnefs for
the end to vvlvch it was aimed, the
planting and

Fit.

1.

2. In fcience, a continual approach nearer

Hill, and nearer, to the quantity fought,

though perhaps without a

adj.

a. f.

In an abortion, the mother, befides the fruftraher hopes, acquires- an

aftirude to mifcarry
C>r the future.
0eey of Picy.

Cbambin.

rigee.

APT.

To

tinn ot

reci procally as

Sap<-y.

Tendency.

Pope.

'

Dtnham's

[aptatttm, .Lat.]

Pecay of Piny.

If bodies revolve in orbits that are

pietty near
circles, and the efftda of thcfe orbits be fixed,
then the c .'ntripecal forces of thofc bodies will be

melancholy,

fit.

nourishing
2.

the parfon gown'd.

Brsivn'i Vulgar Erro'jrs.

the inferi.iur elefiery region gains upon
a neceffory confecjue.it of the furl's gradual
a.-ds t'ne earth.

The

a.

ir.

To

Wearing

[from afrtn,]

apfn is more particularly denominated a.

phclion, or apogee ; the lower, perihelion, or pe-

ments

is

impiefiiojis.

aptate a planet, is to ftrengthcn the planet

in pofition of houle and
dignities to the greateft
advantage, in order to bring about the defired rod.

1.

apfides, plural. [i^Ic.]

Is applied, in
aitronomy, to two points in the
orbits of planets, in which
thi-y are at the greateft
and the leaft diliance from the fun or earth. The

:.xirr.dt::r.

to pre-

Bailfj.

L'nto the latitude of Capiicorn, or the winter

f>'rtice, it hai been a fpring; fr.r, unto that pofition,
it had beer, in a miuule point, and that of afcent
or appt

make

A' PS IS. n.f.

any thing.

ill

any

To A'PTATE.

Shnkefpearf.

adj.

an apron.
The cobi^r apnr'd, and

mate.}

Approach

for

A'PTITUDE.

You have made good work,

and your apron-men, that Hood fo much
Upon the vo:ce of occupation, and
The breath of garlick eaters.

A'PRONED.

to difpofe

The king

a work-

You

APPROXIM A'T ION.

which

to qualify

pare.'

apron and ;/?.]

man that wears an apron

man ; a manual artificer.

to.

quick conveifton, containing

unto animation.
aptroxhrare diipcfitions
i> ,~.ur. i .'ulgar Errours.

fat ikin

.4

Iris

and

goofe.

A'PRON-MAN.*./; [from

Cpixell.

appeal.

The

by nature, they beWalton.

it

pikes.

To fit

2.

covers the belly.

1.

come

Apted

In our common Ir.-.v, one that, confeffing

or accufeth
felony of himfelf, appealeth
another, one or more, to be guilty of the
fame and he is called fo, becaufe he

7.

In Come ponds, aftcj far

up before

A'PRON.B../ [in gunnery.] Apieceoflead

which covers the touch-hole of a great

known

To

thefe figures the vert is gathered

them, like an aprcn, which you muft fuppofe filkd

with fruits.
AiJij'un.

He

1.

3,

mouiuciy

A R B

A R B
moniack, be added to aqua fortis, it
commences aqua rtgia, and will then
Chambers.
dilfolve no metal but gold.
The diflolving of filvcr in aqua fartit, and gold

kn

when

His nofe was

AQUA MARINA,

of the Italian lapidaries,

This ftone
is of a fea or bluifh green.
feems to me to be the beryllus of Pliny!

water, is
galangals, cubebs,
derful

[Latin.] The won

prepared of cloves,

is

on gold.

mon

is

fea fait,

common aqua

fpirit

fortis.

common,

'Tis good

of oxen, and laborious talks.

Drydtn.
are forced
Having but very little arable land, they
to fetch all their corn from foreign countries.
Addifon.

drawn

will rather truft a

Fleming with

my

butter, an

Irishman with my aqua -vita bottle, or a thief tr>

walk with my ambling gelding, than my wife
with herfelf.
Sbaktfpcart.

AO^UA'TICK.

from
[ajuatifus, Lat.

adj.

aqua, water.]
1

in animals, as

vaft variety of worms found

well tcrrelhial as ajaatick, are taken into tlieir
meats and drinks.
bodies
Say vn the Creation.

The

by
Brutes

be confidered as 'either aerial, terAquatick are

reftrial, tquat'xk, or amphibious.
thofe whofe conftant abode is upon the water. Lackt.

2.

may

which grows
Applied to plants, that
in the water.
arc belt deftroyed
Flags, and fuch like aquaticki,

M:rtier's HufinJry.

by drainirg.

That

A'IJUATILE. adj. [ayttafilis, Lat.]

which inhabits the water.

n.f. [ajurttiufiits, Lat.]

water
conveyance nrade for carrying
from one place to another ; made on
uneven ground, to preferve the level o
the water, and convey it by a canal
Some aqueiti.ls are under ground, ant
others above ii fupported by arches.
Among the remains of old Rome, thr grandeu
of -the commonwealth (hews
plrs,

itfelf ch.efiy

tity.

In curious

To

tern

ir.

and bridges of th
highways,
"
aqucdufli, walls,

Hither the

rills

A'Q^UEOUS. adj. [from aqua, water,

Watery.
The vehement fire requifite to its fufion,
away

all

Lat.
force

the aqutaus and fugitive muiilure.

Ray

A'QJJF.OUSNESS.
Waterifhnefs.

Defpotick

N ir bear

term in
[French.] A
which fometimes denotes a

DiS,
a
[from aranea, Xat.
cobweb.] Reiembling a cobweb.
The curious arantous membrane of the eye conadj.

ftringcth and dilateth

ARA'TION.
practice

it,

and

natural period
depending on the
as
of tims, unto arbitrary calculations, and fueh
Bnian's fulgar Emurs.
vary at pleafure.

To A'RBITRATE.

-v. a. [artitror, La:.]

to determine.
This might have bc:n prevented, and made

To

1.

Derbam.

n.f. [aratio, Lat.]

The

aft or

To judge

2.

plough.]
RA'TORY.*^'. [from am, Lat.
That which contributes to tillage. Dift.
A'RBALIST. n.f. [from areas, a bow, and
an engine to throw ftanes.] A
lalifta,

cw tie Creat'n

\uqu'Jltai,

Lat

.'.'.

[Lat.]
A judge appointed by the parties, to
whoie determination they voluntarily
fubmit.
He would put himfelf into the king's hand?,
Btc.-.r..
and make him Arbiter of the peace.
of decifion or
z. One who has the
n.f.

regulation ; a judge.
Next him, high
Chance governs all.

To A'RBITRATE. v.

uin

r.le,

S <"" b '

n.f.

[from arbitrary.]

tint by harAncfs of na.urr, and art!lreri*tfi

like fctvants,
of commands, ufes his children
TtmfUt
wh.it they mean by a tyrant.

He

AR B

arbitror, Lat.]
i
n.f. [from
determination of a caufe by a judge
the panics conmutually agreed on by
i

T R'A'T o N.

The

tending.
i.

[from arbitrate.]

n.f.

between

An

party
extraordinary judge
conn id party, chofen by their mutual
ic tu.

Kwill.

fever.il reports ol

the

tyranny.

Defpoticalnefs

Lat.
adj. [from nrbitror,

depending upon the

give judg-

directing their verdict.

ARBITRARINESS,

be generally
hirt f Cbftendom.

A'RBITRABLE.

To

but alfo
not like a tirowfy judge, only hearing,

ARBITRATOR,
arbiter,

n.

ment.

feoni t
majefty, in this great conjuncture,
allowe ! for the folc trtiltr of the at-

Arbitrary

of.

1- did arkitrttt

that the arcuby William Brito,

the French
balKU, or arbalft, was firft (hewed to
who was fnortly atte,
by our king Richard the fiift,
CatUt*.
fl \:n
by a quarrel thenIt is reported

His

Yet wnerc an equal poife of hope and fear

Does arbitrate th' event, my nature is
That 1 incline to h;>pe, racher than fear. MiAw.

crofs-bow.

A'RBITER.

decide

wh
With very cafy arguments of love,
Which now the manage of tw.i kingdoms mu!t
Utatefffare.
With fearful bloody iiuie arbitrate.

fo varieth its focus.

of ploughing.

Prior.

to fee their vafl'als ty'd.

afcribc clrefts

branch, return, or gallery of a mine.

ARA'NEOUS.

capricious.
Depending on no rule ; w'.iat
infecurity we
It may be perceived, with

2.

n.f.

fortification,

Glamii'de.

[arbitrarius, Lat.]
abfolute ; bound by no law?
adj.

In vain the Tyrian queen refigns her life

For the challe glory of a virtuous wife,
If lying bards may falfe amours rehearfe,
And blaft her name with arbitrary verfe. Waljb.
Their regal tyrants (hall with biufljes bide
Their little lufts of arbitrary priae,

mem-

tranfparent

without reftraint. It
following the will
is applied both to perfons and things.

power

Blaebmor

hum.mr.

of water arc convey'd

by nature I, lid

atjuedufis,

carry all the

alfo a fine thin

arbilra[ from
according to mere

o u s t. Y. ad-v.

into mil'prifioo.

to

We behold many mill'nns of the aquatile or

water frog in ditches and ftanding plalhes.
Bwvn's Vulgar Emurs
A'O^UEDUCT.

is

A'RBITRARY.

dura
brane, which, lying between the
and the pia mater, is fuppofed to inveft
the whole fubftance of the brain.
Chambers.

ARAI'GNEE.

inhabits the water.

That which

It

Arbitrarily

Where woids are impofed arkltrarwfj, diftorted

from their common ule, the mind muft be It

Dtrbam.
2.

'

and pleafure.

will

the prodigious finenels

TRA

rious.]

of the aracbntides, the acute fenle of the retina.

Chambers.

manner from malt.

ARB

i',S-,

might be taken notice of

lame

the

after

have no precarious exiftence, or arb.t r:.^s dewill or understanding whatfopendence upon any
as

a
s *x"!>
n.f. [from
form.]
One of the tunicks of the eye, fo called
from its refemblance to a cobweb.
As to the tunicks of the eye, many things

1.

he was expelled, and

Drydtr.
tyrants.

all

adj. [from arbitranus.\

on the will.
Lat.] 'Arbitrary; depending
Thefe are ftanding anJ me. caiable truths, fuch

ARACHNOI'DES.
fpider, and

abfolutely.

to

ARBITRA'RIOUS.

for arable, a glebe that aiks

Tojgh teams

of nitre, or
Chambers.

ad-v. [from arbitrary.}

rule thin the will ; de-

governed arbitrarily,
thedcfcrved end of

came

rcap'd.

It is

that

fpotically

He

fall,

temptation to tranfgrefs rcprl.

all

With no other

His eyes he opcn'd, and

Part arable, and tilth ; whereon were (heaves
Milton.
New

to what is
appropriate the term brandy
or the grape ; aquaprocured from wine,
to

And

ARBITRARILY,

beheld a field,

commonly
[Latin.]
underftood of what is otherwife called
brandy, or fpirit of wine, either fimple
or prepared with aromaticks. But feme

*vit,s,

the twentieth

of king George.
year of the reign
A'RABLE. adj. [tromaro, Lat. to plough.]
Fit for the plough ; fit for tillage ; pro
duflive of corn.

He adds to his complex idea of gold, that of

lull.
fixrdnefs or folubility in aqua regia.

AS>UA-yiTjE,

vigefimo,

Georgii regis

in

to fUnd or
Stand fad
Free in thine own arbitrament it (lands ;
Perfect within, no outward aid require,

comprepared by mixing
or fal ammoniack,_ or the

of them, with

fpirit

/.
[from arbstror,
determination ; choice.
This ihould be written arbitremcnt.

Will

Lat.]

Di&.

nefs.

fea fait, the only fait which will operate

It

them.

ARBI'TRAMENT.

A. R. anno rtgni ; that is, the year of the

as, A. R. G. R. 20. Anno rtgni
reign

dieefted twenty-four hours, then diftilled.

or AS}UA REGALIS.
acid water, fo called beAn
[Latin.]
caufe it diflblves gold, the king of me-

ingredient

Br"wn.

;
AQJJO'SE. adj. [from aqua, Lat.] Watery
Did.
water.
having the qualities of
WateriAQJJO'SITY. ./. [from ajua/e.]

Woodward.

JWA REGIA,

Its eflential

his eyes were blue,

and

aqui i*e nofe.

mace, cardomums,
of wine,
and
fpirit
nutmegs, ginger,

tals.

hii lips,

MIRABILIS.

AQUA

aquiline,
freft

and fair his hue. Dryd".

kind of eag'e or vulture;
liryps fignifies forne
from whence the epithet gryfui for an hooked or

Ruddy

iw.

'

Lat. from

an eagle.] Kefembling an eagle

hooked.
applied to the nofe,

tt/juila,

in aqua regia, and not viuvtrjd, would not bedirficuit to

[ajuiliniu,

adj.

The ordiniry revenue of a parfonage is In ln<f,

called the glebe ; in rythe, a fet part of our goods
rende.eJ to God ; in other offerings beftowcd upon
God by the people, cither in fuch arbitrable pro, or at
own devotion r
portion as thtir
the laws or cuftoms of particular plae

z.

good
i

flr.'':"

jr"r

or
upngbt_tru(l,
from ccrru M m irt-.'.

fold'ier,

goveruor

a prefidcnt.

-j

T houjh

A R B
AnJ

A R C

heav'n

Though

be- fliut,

ARBOUR TINE.

heav'p'- h ^h arbitrator fit fecure

In his own ftien-jth, this
place may be expos'd.
Milts*.

He

that has the

power of prefcribing

A'RBUSCLE.

any

A'RBUTE.

ommon

that o!i
-

Arc

Lat.]
Decifion

1.

a. /.

mortal erkitrcmtnt

>"

"We

M .> keep
Aid

.of

al

cir

a.-fj.

building open below and clofed

above, iknding by the form of its own
curve, ufed for bridges and other work;.

Of

The

g.-am if .nufUrd bee

coniHtuting a

The

3.

,;,

cannot

properly,

r-r r.-.rhf r

it i

7^

'>

tr-e

..-, /-u /..

n.f.

From fox*.]

4-

[/#,.
naturalilt

, ;f

^^^

f
to
1

who ma^e

/fcaWi

longing to a

[from

<j

lo cover with

The
ect,

Be

nder /naHy arbtnm roof

orth were co.ne to
open fight

0, day-ff r,n f an,l the f,.

rtJ ,,
R BO v R . W
./ [from arbor, a tree. ] A
bower ; a place covered with
H reea
of trees.

To

3.

,.

Stair It fan
thou, where
re rr.oft
needs, whether to wind
-"<!
thisorioBr, ordireft
-where to cl,,,
-

4.r

nMn-d,,)', heat are

And ferfcA

clofer^^r, made,

ev'ning air the op 'net giadc.

D 4,

is ce

that giants

and the
arcbangelick pow'r prepar'd
with him the cohort bright
;
watchful cherubim.
Mlton..

For

Of

is'd,

(wife defccnt

fignal.

You (hall win the top of the Cornifli arcbkctcurf

Hjinborough, which may for profpefl compaie

Rama

with

in Paleftina.

may

his

fuffragans,
Cra.imer

tthe
pile

form into arches.

)t

rife

en. adj. [from

a^-, chief.]
Uiief ; or the firlt clafs.
Tne tyrannous nnt] b a
jj aft is done
The mod arcb died of pitc n s
1

return'd with welcome,

arcbbijbop of Canterbury.
Siaieff.
he
archhijbof was the known architeiil of this
fabiick.
Cfarcr.J'r

1
new

n. f.

[from arch-

or juriididion of an.

arcbbifhop.
'Tis the cardinal

merely to reveng-! him oh the emperor,

For no: bellowing on him, at his
The arcbbijhifrick of Toledo, this afking,
is
purpos'd.
Sbakcfpcarf.

I his excellent
mnn, from the time of his promotion to the
arcblifiofrick, underwent the envy
and malice of men who
agreed in nothing elfe.

chanter.'}

The

n.f. [from arch and

chief chanter.

ARCHDEACON,

n.f. [archi<iiaconus,'LM.~\
that fupplies the
bifhop's place and
office in luch matters- as do
to

One

the

him

belong

The law ftyles

epilcopal funclion.
the biftiop's vicar, or
vicegerent.
Jljlijfes

Parergon.

f.eft
neeligence might fgilt in ..imfes, an archdeaien was appointed to takeaccount of
their doings.
Careio's

Suri;y.

ARCHDE'ACOHRY. n.f. [prthtdiaetnatus

Lat..
The office or jurifdidlion of an
archdeacon.

It

m.illacre,
1 hat ever
yet this land was guilty of.
Statfff.
'Ih'-rc :s
lj-n:r:g up
An nererck, an a-cl, or.r,
Crnnmer.

2. VV;i
g

is

Inftall'd lord

ARCHCHA'NTER.
get through.

proud river which makes her bed

arcUd over with fuch a cumus

making

Car,-w.

n.f.

labour.:

adj. [from archangel.}

Belonging to archangels.

,,

arcling water without fpillini;

in icveral forms of
feathers
nd
dnoking-glaflia, be pretty things to look n
b
nothing to health and fweetncl .
Bam.
id

where, in an

't.*ft)e-i f ip^ nof

ebakejpcare.

arches.

n.f. \lamium, Lat.] The

plant, called allb Dead nettle.

ARCHANGE'LICK.

Fine devices of

v.

f'ur

is

name of a

Lat.]

ftoncs, that confideping the

rapid courfe of tl,
deep ftream that roars under it, it
may well take
am,.ng the wonders of the world.
//,.,

Ncrrit.

ARCHA NGEL.

And

Gates or monarchs

tret.

!,

Sbak^are.
chief: obfolete.

ARCH. -v.a. \_arcuo,

To build arches.

;-,,

r <5ar, Lat.1

Milton,

'Tis lure th'

arcbangr/'s trump I hear,
Nature's great pa/lingbell, the only call
>f God's that will be heard
by all.

ARCHBI'SHOPRICK.
The ftate
bijhip.}

noble duke,
ray mafter,
worthy arcb and patron comes to-night.

Are anfdfa
high,

.-.

n.

nationi of the field and wood

!wld on the wave, or arcb beneath
the fand. Pat,,.

2.

ln

Albi

The

muiberry, which the artorif

ftrve
ne !or. ;, n th:begetting his buds ;
l.c co i fefofU
being pall, hr (hoot, them oil ou

'

The

itf-lf

Fr. from

D ryjea

anbn.

loft

original b.-ightnefs, nor appcar'd.

than archangel ruin'd, and the excefs

Of glory obfcur'd.

fpace.

eyes
vaulted arcb, and the lien
cope

nature of rhe

REOROUS.

my

or vault of heaven.
Hath nature given them

0,feaanJland?

My
.,

tor, a tree ]
trees his
(huly.

The

who imkc

allin.al.ite.

A'RBORisr.

ilcy,

fee this

'''

They
OOtftmCC,

is

royal fquadron marches,

term in

botany, to dirtinguifh fuch

funguies or moffes as grow upon trees,

f, ei ,k

here

[archangelus, Lat.].

order of angels.

[from arcb and hiA bilhop of the firlt clafs, whoJhop.}

Superintends the condud. of other bifhops

Sbakifpeare.

Ereft triumphal

tree.

'

.rr.rs

from thofe that grow on the

ground.

the rais'd
empire fall

Miltcn

It

its

ARCHBI'SHOP.

Ne'er through an arch lo hurried the

blown tide
As the recomtorted
through the gates.
SMrfp
Let Rome in Tiber
melt, and the wide ard,

[arlareui, Lat.]

Belonging to trees

2.

..

ARBO'REOUS.

2.

f%-,

[from

archlijhop.

ARCHBK'ACON. n.f. [from arch and bedcon.] The chief place of profpecl, or of

perceives, that an arcb of a circle is

th;m the whole,circle, as
clearly as it does th"
idea of a circle..
lefs

out fair, and her Iweet fmeJls throw

all
arour' d Kn
Fairy
T

Nowhid, nowfeen,

The mind

found,

Among thick woven arbmtt, and flow'rs

Imbroider'd on each bank.
1.

half.

th painted bloiToms
dreft,
fmelling f.vect, but there it might be

n:

clafs

His form had yet not

l-efs

f. [am, Lat.]
Part of a circle, not more
than the

j) lfl

n. /.
{arbor, Lat. a tree.]
(hull tree or fhrub.

And
To bud

Be-

adj. [artcrarius, Lat.]

A'RBORET.

ARCH.

firft

archa.gel,

like k, as
archangel.

Micks.

arch.

Stv'ift.

ccrmpofition, fignifies chief, or

ARCHA'KGEL. n.f.
One of the- higheft
All

A'twtcn's

arch ; a walk arched over.

Or call the winds
through long arcadu to roar.
cr.tch co!,: at a Venetian
do,,r.
p tff
Prou^fj
JRCsi NUM. n.f. in the
plural arcana. A
Latin word,
fignifying a fecret

pr-rl-ns

longing to a tree.

Noari-wvt

-/.

Sbatfaar,.
of the offending fije
from drift arbhrsmtr.t.

think they
may accommoof religion by middle
ways, and >. ittv
reconcilements ; as if
they would make an arhisetween Gad and man.
Bacon.

Vl

be had

or *(%!.] ;
is
pronounced variously with regard to the ct,
which before a confonant found as in
cheefe, as archdeacon ; before a vowel;
as,

[areas, Lat.]

Compromife.

A'RBORARV.

May

in

of the

hazel bough
and good
apples g,ow

Loaj ion.e vain church with old

theatrick ftate,
urn arcs of
triumph to a garden-ga'c.
Pop'
ARCA'DE. n. f.
continued'
[French.]

ever.

Sbjkiff.
was gr jnte.i, and the
quarrel brought to the
t" the
fword.

Lukewarm

fegmejit ; a part of a circle; not

thart a femicircle.

An

2.

ARCH,

(lips into a

Their fegments, or arcs, for the moft

part, exceeded not the third
pa, t of a circle.

[from arbitror,

:.inicJagainft you,
but nothing of the

Eugcnio fet out from the unive fry

the reputation of an arcb lad at fchool.

hedges.
Hufbantlry.

i-:-fimer's

more

Hay-ward.

2.

A'

piair, tree flock.

.J.

1.

determination.

Ifc:
t-.

ARC.

t^it,ffcarc;

Sbrtefptar,.

ARBI'TREMENT.

jj iCf

oft ingrafted

Out of a

arbitrator, time,

"

da / end

Any

hence.

And

gained, by being frequently applied ;*

the boy moft remarkable forhii
piiiu^.si
as, the arch rogue ; unleis it be derived,
from Archy, the name of the jeiler to
Charles I.

n.f. [arlutus, Lat.]

D
Kough arbutc

Juft death, kind umpire of man's m:fe ie?,

With fweet enlargement doth difmifs me
all

n.f. [artufcula, Lat.l

Arbutc, or lira* berry- tree, grows common in

It is difficult to be railed
from the- leeds
but may be propagated
by layers. It grows to a
goodly tree, endures our climate, unlels the weather be very fevere, and makes
beautiful

the arbitrator of
defpa'rs,

The end crowns

fpecies of bind-

fee.

Ireland.

affair.

But now

n.f.

ARC

little ftirub.

to

others without limit or controul.

An thcr Blenheim or Rarniilies will make the
confederates mailers or' their own
terms, and artf raft: j of a
peace. jfddifai ,n tbt Slate -ftbe War.
The
determiner ; he that
I,.
puts an end
to

which

^weed

SLattff.

gi!h ; mirthful; triflirigly milchicvous. This

fignification it fttms to have

owuth fuljeclion to the

of Can-,
aa hath one only metropolitan

terbury,

arcbdtaronry.

Camu's Survey.

IRCHDE'ACOITSHIP. n.f. [from arcb-

deacon.] The office of an archdea-on.

ARCHDU'KE.B./ [arcbidux .Lat.] A title
:

givon

'-given to forae fovereign princes, as of

anbttulu us' Aui*ii.i, during his
rherUnib towania Sp-tin, %\a^ v.catlwrdiiven into Weyinouth.
Cariw't >-.
I'niiip

'

A*<

H nv'cii KSS.

i/Htl'f/s.]

;;.

'1

.and pbrtycpber.}
JtUnotfApl

[from arch

Cllief philofopher.
ir, w';icl

the

a* of, that the cjiiefeli p;rfjn in

^trcb-j.biltycfbir
every houiebjld \\ i, >iwj\t> a> it w.r: a.king.

H^lttr.

Aii

CH-PRE'LATE. n.f. [from arch and

f relate. ]

Chiijf prelate.

May we not w njcr, tii.it a man of St. pjfif

authority and quality, and arcb-frtlatt in the houfe
of Gjd, ihouU have
"in

qucftion

name Mr and wide

his

c.tllid

H<xker.

ARCH-PRE'SBVTER.

n.f. [from arcl and

Chief prelbyter.

frefkyler.]

As

a. /.

The

and

arcl;

[from

'

Parergon.

ARCH AIO'LOCY.
and

cient,

n.f. [from a.^cu^-., an.A dif^-/&-, a difcourfe.]

[from archaio-

adj.

Relating to a dilcourfe on anti-

!ogv-]

A'RCHETYPE.
The original

quity.

is

A'kCRAilM. n.f.

A'RC

an-

mode of expreffion.

cient phrafe, or
1

An

[i^aiTf/o;.^

fcil never ufe arcbaifms, like Miltm. Ifatn,

H E D. participial adj. [from To arcb.~\

Cent
I

in the

fee

mond

form of an arch.

how

thine eye \vou!d emulate the diathou hail the right arcbcd bent of the brow.

Of vegetables.
^A'ncHER. n.f.

ftHifs.

fiiall

is

Shtikcffcare,
his glory
j

no longer an arclfr

be ours, for we arc the only love-gods.

ikeffurt,

Thou frequent bring'ft the fmitten deer

:Tnr IVldoni, articrt lay, thy arrows err.

i'^CHERV. n.f. [from

t The ufe of the bow.

Prior.

as they a.e in the

mind,

Lat.]
Original ; being a pattern from which
copies are made.
adj. [archctypus,

'Ihrocjgh contempt iticn's opticks 1 have feen

M'ho is fairer than the Ions of men :
The f-.urce of good, the light arcbttyfal. Ncrris.

Him

JRCHE'US. n.f. [probably from i^-.]

A word by which Paracelfus feems to
have meant a power that preiides over
the animal ceconomy, diftinft from the
D

A'CON AL.

ths pre-emin;ncc, as peculiar to our nation.

Camiien.

aft of (hooting with the

Flower of this purple dye,
i's
Hi'
archery,

The

Sink

f h:s ey

in apple
.

The

art
i

An)

.rffc.irfs

bow.

.x-rcifc their arcbtry. C'JJhaw'i StefstoTtmflc.

Say from what golden quivers jf the iky
Do all thy wingJ ansnvs Hy ?
ver by birtli a-c thine.
i

1 :ui

bi-licve this
fa

much

archery to (liew,

c jil in colours tiiou

adj.

[from

archiepifce-

jeft to arcljiepifcopnl jurildiftion.

n.f. [arcbiteSus, Lat.]
1.
profeflbr of the art of building.
The arthirccl^. ^lory confifts in the dpfignmcnt
and idea of the work ; his ambition fhould be to
make the firm triumph over the matter. JVitt'tit,

plotter or'tb'Te wjfs.

.'

ticularly the hft mer.tioned, be ti.rniihed

arcbinfl'.ve materials t
Derb, Pb)ftca-Ti

with

ARCH ITECTO'NKK.

adj. [from a^-,

an artificer.]
That
which has the po-ver or (kill of an architeft ; that which can build or form

and

chief,

-rlx-u>,

any thing.
To lay that fome mere

fin* part of either, or

the hypoftatical principle, b the ircbiteA of
this elaborate iiruaurc, i: tj g've eccafion to demand what propirtion of the t.iu p

all

this a>ct:tifl;iticlt

and h

(killul

ARCH
1.

The

I'pirit,-

'p;~y

lipfit.

of building.

divided into

is

n:

n.f. [arfbife<?iura,LiHi.]

art or fcience

jjrct'ncfiurc
called by way

and wi;at Jgcct

mix

T E'C T U R E

of eminence

civ':!

arcbittHart,

arcl'iteffurt

military

and naval *:
;
lure, which, brfidcs building of Ihips and
includes allo ports, moles, docks, fi?f.
Cjuufttci j.
Our fathers next in arcbitcflurc (klil'd,
Cities for ufe, and forts for fafety build :
Then palaces and lofty domes arofe,
Thefc for devotion, and for pleafure thofe.
arcbittflurt, or fortification

2.

The

contriver of a building

a builder

performance of the fcience

effecl or

of building.
The foimation of

the

earth being a piece

to a particular proBurnet'i Theory.

firft

of divine anbit^ciirc, alcribcd

vidence.

A'RCHITRAVE.

n.f. [from a.^, chief,

and trabs, Lat. a beam
becaufe it is
;

fuppofed toreprefent the principal beam

in timber buildings.]
That part of a
column, or order of a column, which

immediately upon the capital, and

member of the entablature.
This member is different in the differ-

lies

the loweft

is

ent orders ; and, in building arch,t,-a-ce

doors and windows, the workman freThe
quently follows his own fancy.
architrave is fometimes called the reafon piece, or mailer beam, in timber
buildings, as porticos, cloyfters, EsV. In
chimaies it is called the mantle-piece ;

and over jambs of doors, and lintels of

Builder's Diet.
windows, hyperthyron.
The materials bid over this piihr \\.
wood

A'RCHITECT.

2.

irrelitV

CHITE'CTIVE. adj. [from archer.-?.']

That performs the work* of archite&nre.
How could the bodies of many of tliem, par-

trawtaoU

le.ive '.!:-ir tjuire,

of the

tit Criati.n.

P.

vifitation.

pns, Lat. an archbishop.] Belonging to

an archbifkop as, Canterbury is an arc bifp ij'tepal fee ; the fuffragans are fub-

of an archer.

Taphimsfli-ill

An

an archdeacon.] Belonging
to an archdeacon ; as, this offence i
liable to be cenfured in an arcbidiaconal

ARCHIEPI'SCOPAL.

MiJf. Nigbt'l Drtfm.

turn love's foldicrt upon thec,

adj. [from arcbidia-

conus, Lat.

Ammj the En|li&rti!!Ty,arry challengeth

*.

are the idea.

tfatrii Logkt.

ARCHE'TYPAL.

uti

contriver of any tiling.

C\\n! anbiteH and

architect

.Ijy

Blac\myrt<.

fouls,

GlanmHe's Sceffa.
a tree, are the outward objects of
our perception, anJ the outward arcbetyfei or patterns of our ideas ; fo our fenfarions of hunger,
cold, are alfo inward archetypes or patterns of our
But the notions or pictures of thcle things,
ideas.

ARCH

dnine

i-.c->nv^nience the

The

4..

[archetypam, Lat.]

rational foul.

arcber.]

prv -,
hand wns known

obviatcJ.

of which any refemblance

an itiyjjts.
As a man,

[archer, Fr. from arcus,

Ha that fhoots with a
Lat. a bow.]
'bo'A' .; he that carries a bow in battle.
Draw, aribtr\, draw your arrows to the head.

This Cupid

This

ordi-

though they might have perceived

images themfelvcs by fimple ler.fe, yet it fcenis
inconceivable, how they mould apprehend their

knift,
alliil the fpreading (hides

hi:

pound body.

made.
Our

let the arched

Weil Iharpen'd, now

n. f.

-tk f:-inc

t':if

In hesv'n, hy PMny a tow'icc ft.uih

Where fcepter'd ar.gcl* hcid their relidencc,
And fat a< princes.
former of any com3. The contriver or

fends out his citation to the party appealed, and his inhibition to the judge
from whom the appeal is made. CoweJL

courfe on antiquity.

ARCH AIOLO'OI CK.

is

through the whole

province of Canterbury : fo that, upon
any appeal, he forthwith, and without
any further examination of the caufe,

prieli.
The word dccanus was extended, to an ecc'efiaftical dignity, which included the arcb-frl-Jls.
Aylifl

judge

nary, and extends

Chief

fieft.}

jurifdiftion of this

:u:

pg entcr'd, and
f 'me th? tirft'itff?

And

arches, becaufe the official to the archbifhop, the dean of the arches, was his
fubititute in his court ;
and by that
means the names bacame confounded.

fimple deacons arc in abjection to prefl>yteri, according tu Lhe canon law j lo are a'fo prefbyci! and *rct-frtjlytcn in fubjertion tJ thsle
arcr d.acons.
Ayl'iffei Parergon.

ARCH-PRI'EST.

Thr

>v

fiftory that belongs to the archbifhop of

Canterbury, for the debating of fpiritual caufes, fo called from Bow-church
in London, where it is kept, whofe top
is raifci of ftone
pillars, built arch-iuife.
The judge of this court is termed the
dean of the arches, or official of the
arches-court : dean of the arches, bccaufe
with this office is commonly joined a
peculiar jurifdiftion of thirteen parilhes
in London, termed a deanery,
being
exempted from the authority of the bifliop of London, and belonging to the
archbifnop of Canterbury ; of w'.iich
the parifli of Bow is one.
Some others
fay, that he was firit called dean of the

to the filler or

i. /.

beft

A'RCHKI-COURT. n.f. [from

fcurt.~] The chief and moft ancient con

daughter of the archduke <if Aullria, or

to the wife of an archduke of l'uica:iy.

AnOH-"PHir.o'opHER.

do3

Ctvrty.
archei arid

[from arc

f.

title giv-;n

in painting

thy ancient arms, the gauJy heavenly bow.

Upon

and Tufcany.

\ iilria

ARC

ARC

ARC

i!ir.-.uv;h

(he ligntnefs whereof the arrblnor the column itfvlf, ! i-ij

n^itfurler,

Wotton's Artb'.tiKurc*

fo fub:l.intial.

Woftwaul

OnDorick
C'r

a p impous front fpiecc

appe.ir'd,
l.us ot rvhite nnrblc r:.ir\l,
p.

-wn'd with an arcl-aravc of antique moiJ,

fculpluir lifing on the r.nijhc Ta jol.i. i'-'.e.

And

A'RCHIVES.

n.f. ivrtbout ajingular. \r,rThe places where records

or ancient writings are kept. It is perhaps fometimes ufed for the writings
themlelves.
cbitja, Lat.]

Though

w<;

think our words

breath that utters them,

ec

van'rli with the

they become records
in

Cod's court, and are laid up in his trcl'toa, as

witnelfes cither for or againft uj.

Jn

G'/vcrn.-xenf

of

A'RDENT.

ciii

court of arches,

arch and wife.]

ab arcvtita

ccckjia,

2.

adj.

Dicl.

n.f. [from {x!-, the northern conltellation.] Northern ; lying unSee A R TICK.
der the Arftos, or bear.

A'RDENTLV. adv. [from

c K Circle.

The

A'RDOUR.

northern frigid zone begins.

adj. [arcuatus, Lat.] Bent in
the form of an arch.

Heat of

2.

affeftion

The

of being bent

ftate

The method

of railing
by layers fuch trees as cannot be railed
from feed, or that bear no feed, as the
elm, lime, alder, willow ; and is fo
called from bending down to the ground
the branches which fpring from the off[In gardening.]

A'RCUATURE.
The bending

Chambers.
low Lat.]
or curvature of an arch.
n.f. \_arcuatura,

ARCUBA'LISTER.
and

1.

Cod fj;Lid, vile varlet, qimth tl:e

Should procure tlie c.ath of the
lu.ly
Camjen's R,main;.

one

we

o;

ARD.

[Saxon.] Signifies natural difpofition ; as, Gaddcird, is a divine

temper ;
Reinard, a fincere temper ; GiJfarJ, a
bountiful and liberal difpofition ; B;rnard,

filial

A'R DENCY.
eagernefs

affection.

Gihjin's Camilen.

[from ardint.~\ Ardour;

warmth of affeftion.

n.f.
;

Accepted ojr prayers \\

humility, ard ardir.ry, and
concerns tiic end imined:

uiifi-i
-

pc.

far

;,,

':t!i

as

Hanna/ni'i Pratl. Ca;r

h \needs bring an incrfaluthe an.:, cj -A our love for

T].r. ineffable

ftiidte ta

[from

Height;

arduous.'}

f)j[i.

adj.

n. f.
[fiom arena, Lat.
fand.] Is ufed by fome phyficians for
a fort of dry bath, when the patient fits
with his feec upon hot fand.
Dift.

ARENO'SE. adj. [from arena, Lat.] SanDili.

dy; full of fand.

ARE'NULOUS.

2.

I'arnaflus' t->p her frms (he (how'd,

pjinted out thofc arduous paths they trod.

to.

Height

[from arduous.}

ARE,

Rcdee.nci

him.

.ivm-n
IS^it.

The

or dlamirc.

lov/eft

note but

one in Guido's fcale of mufick.

Gamut I am, the ground of all accord,
'

Are

to plead Hortenfin's
p:\fflon

E mi

llianca take

C faut,
A'REA.
1.

him

that loves with

n.f. [Latin.]
furface contained

The

SMefp.

between

any

lines or boundaries.
The area of a triangle is found by knowing the
Watts's Logick.
height and the bafc.
2.

Any open

furface,

as,

the floor of a

with

conceive

A'RCENT.

thv:

'11..

adj.

or a bowling-

i.

I'/ottun.
i;

more commonly
Dift.

Lat.

argentum,

The white colour ufed in the coats of

gentlemen, knights, and baronets, fuppofed to be the reprefentation of that
As

Rinaldo flings
as fiery lightning kindled

i'-.vifc

of an oval fiaure, and, by

new,

His argent eagle, with her filver wings

In !k-!d of azure, fair Erminia knew.
Fan-fax.
In an argent fldd, the god of v. .ir
Was drawn triumphant on his i.on car. Dryrlen.
z. Silver ;
bright like filver.

Thofe
Betwixt

argfnt JieMs more likely habitants,

fuijit , or midtile
fpi.-its, liolj,

Or

th' angelica!

and

human

Milton,

kiii'l.

alk of yur.d'r
argent fields above,

Jove's

atciiites arc lets

ARGENT A'TION.

area of goodly length,

breaii.h lomcwhat m-jre than hilt' the

Alban L!vi

[from

flicking to the

filver.]

a floor or

I'.'ijitucir.

lees

fides of wine-veflels,
called tartar.

Why

Jv:t us

lills,

Hard

n.f.

inclofed place, as
green, or grafs-plot.

An

virtue,

Dia.

^it.

A'RGAL.

Tranllatcd

the

a^irti,

to difcourfe.] That part of

moral philofophy which treats of virtue,
its nature, and the means of
arriving at

open part of a church ; the

vacant part or flags of an amphitheatre.

room

[from

metal.

for thy lord,

afFedtion.

all

DiS.
n. f.

and M-/U,

difficulty.

third perfon plural of the prefent tenfe of the verb to be ; as,

young
men are ram, old are cautious.

gravelly.

perfpiration.

ARETO'LOCY.

South.

n. f.

adj. [a ?-aionxa.] Attenuents,

applied to medicines that difTolve vilcidities, fo that the morbifick matter may
be carried off by fweat, or infenfible

Difficult.
It was a means to
bring him up in the fchool
of arts and policy, and fo to fit him for that
great and arduous employment that God defigned

him

[from arenula, LaC.

AREO'TICK.

hard to climb.

A'RDUOUSNESS.

adj.

Full of fmall fand

fand.]

Lat.]

[art/Hits,

[arena, Lat. fand.J

ARENA'TION.
is

P'jfe.

tii >t

n.f.

adj.

having the qualities of fand.

A piece of the itona of the fame mines, of a

yellowim brown colour, an arenaceous f.iablc fubitance, and with fome white fpar mixed with it.
IVosJluard on Fo/J'ils.

High on

King John was efp ed by a very good arcxljwhj faid, that he w-juld foon difpatch the
lifler,
carl,

Lofty

And

n.f.

man.

truel tyrant.

Sandy

ARE. The

[from areas, a bow,

an engine.] A crofsbow-

talijla,

ARENA'CEOUS.

Pope.

but from among

where he flood

celeiiial ardours,

difficult;

or ftools after they are planted.

fets

rf ftrain'd.

perfon ardent or bright. This

only ufed by Miltcn.
Nor delay'd the winged faint,

A'RDUOUS.

crookednefs.
3.

dry ; to exhauft of moifture.

Heat drieth bodies that do cafily expire, as
parchment, leaves, roots, clay, &c. and fj doth.
time or a^e arejj, as in the fame bodies, &c.
Bacon's Natural Hijloryi

Paradij'e Left.

curvity, or

to

the

Lat. to dry.]

a. [are/ado,

<u.

To

mind of Ithacus remain'd,

the v.;in ardours of our love

ARDU'ITY.

drag thee chain'd.

Paradlji Lofl.

drying.

To A'REFY.

pleas'd to fee

Veil'd with his gorgeous wings,

up-fpringing light,
Flew thro' the midlt of heav n.

incur-

vation.

with gen'rous rage

The

Thnufand

From them, and their motions, principally proceed arefaiJiin, and moft of the efteSs of nature.

Drydcn.
the

After his charge recciv'd

Dia.

infleded.

2.

And

Ray cr. rbc Crtr.tkr..

[from arcuate.] Bent;

ARCUA'TION. n.f. [from arcuate.}

1. The aft of bending any thing

aft of

defire,

hoft.

Unmov'd
3.

the carneous fibres arc inflefted and arcuate.

love,

as,

The ddiers ihout around

He prais'd their ardour, inly
H;s

to th' infernal pit

courage.

worketh in right lines ; but founds, that

in obiique and arcuate lines, muft needs
encounter 'and d.iturb the one the other.
Bacon i Natural Jiifi-jry.
In the gu'let, where it perforateth the midrilr",

Fairy S^ueen,

AREFA'CTTON. n. f. \_arefacio, Lat.

dry.] The ftate of growing dry

ardent.} Eager-

Joy, like a ray of the fun, tefledls with a greater

ardour and quicknefs, when it rebounds upon a
man from the brtaft of his friend.
South.

caufe of the confufion in founds, and the

inccm'jfion of fpccics vifibk, is, for that the

having
meane, the facrcd inuff arecds

blazon broad.

Back

[ardor, Lat. heat.]

n.f.

praifes
all too

Baccm.

The

adj.

gene-

Ifcat.

1.

to direct.

ladies gantle deeds,

flept in liience long,

But mark what I areaA thee now avjnt,

Fly thither whence tluu tk-d'll! If from this hour
Within thcfe hallow' d limits thou appear,

affeftionatefy.

Philips.

A'RCUATE.

A'RCUATILE.

ufed

true zeal may our hearts be moft

ardently
inflamed to our rcli^iun.
Sfiratr's Strtmm.

which the

circle at

advife

[arieban,

With

Of dailtneJs

cheering purple berry big with-wine.

Whofe
Me,

To

rally of defire.
Another nymph with fatal pow'r may rife,
To damp the finking beams of Caeiii's eyes ;
V/ith haughty pride nny heat her charms confeft,
And fcorn the ardent vows that 1 have bleft. Prior.

ly

Iiver-during fr.oas, perpetual ihades

-heir livid blood,
woi
Did not the arflick trail fpontaneous yield

affeftionate

a.

<v.

Knights and

Drydcn.

Paflionate

3.

to flraiten.]
to a nar-

To

Sax. to counfel.]

knight of fwarthy face

High on a cole-black (teed purfucd the chace ;
With flashing flames his an'.tr.: eyes were fill'd.

A'RCTICK.

A'n CT

Popr.

To ARE'AD, or ARE'ED.

AWrc/Tj Ofsicts.
fpirit.
Fierce ; vehement ; having the
appearance or quality of fire.

Lat.]

\arcitir.cr.s,

Bow-bearing.
A R c T A'T ION. n.f. [ from arSa,
Straitening ; confinement
rower compafs.

jUffm,
In areas vary'd with Mofaick art,
whiil the dilk, and fome the javTm dart.

jtjlijji't Parsrgnr..

it,

Some

converted into

fo called

cr f;om Bow-church, by r^afon of the iteeple or

clochier the;e"f. raised at tiie cop with ftone pillars, in faihion of a bow bent arctiuljt.

ARCI'TENENT.

fiery.

rue,

In the form of an arch.

The

reafon of the high mountains that encompafs

looks like the area of fome vaft amphitheatre.

gardens, Lat. burning.]

adj.

burning

Chymifts obferve, that vegetables, as lavender,

marjoram, &c. diitilled before fermentation,
yield oib without any burning fpirits j but, after
fermentation, yield ardent fpirits without oil-j ;
which (hews, that their oil is, by fermentation,

now

archives, to obfeive

A'RCHWISE. adv. [from

Hot

1.

the Tongut.

only look a little into the Mc.uic

what they furnifh us with upffevticarj.
this fubjec~t,
flia'.l

ARC

ARE

A R D

filver.]

Pcfe.

n.f. [ff<anargeafiii,Lut,
filver. Did.

Anovcrhyingwith

A'RGENTINE.
ing like

than Jove.

aJj. [ar^entiii,}?!.]

filver.

SoundDiet.

A'KGIL,

ARC
A'* GIL.
clay

H. f.

a fit

kind

Potters

of which

Neither good Chiiliuns nor good

L L A'C E o u s affj. .[from argil. ]

Clay-

ey partaking of the nature^of argil ;

conlilling of argil, or potters clay.
AR.UI'LL.OU. a.ij. [ from arg il. ] Confiftjng of clay ^ clayilh ; containing clay.
;

bc.tt

A'RGUMENT.

Sfnvn

vlar En-ourj.

[derived by Pope from

Arga, the name of Jafon's (hip ; fuppofed by others to be a veflel of Ruguju
or Ragofa, a Ragoxine, corrupted.]
A
large veflel for merchandize ; a carrack.
Your mind U Mfiin; on the ocean ;
There where your argtfia with portly fail,
e. f.

figninrs and lich burghers on the flood,

ovcrpeer the petty traffickers.
Sbaktff. Mercbjut of feaice.

Like

Do

To A'RGUE.

To

j.

reafon

know

V.
;

a.

maj-

A woman of lofs
Scholar aliow'd

freely to argae for her.

Of item

in heart, not to

longer difcourfe
your merciful difpofitions a

do Chriftians, of feveral perfuafions,

each other

Decay of Piety.
that by often arguing again/I his own fenfc,
impifes faifchoods on others, is not far from beLocke.
lieving hiiuf If.
I do not fee how they can argue -with any one,
without fetting down ftrift boundaries.
Locke.

To .prove
If toe

wn

By

fall,

Then we

To

2.

nii_;ht fear t^^t virtue, fince (he fell

(houlj be ni-ar her end.
Donne.

woman,

as

debate any queilion

as, to argue a

caufe.
3.
.

To

prove, as an argument.
So many iawi argue fo many fins
Among them how can God with fuch rcfide }

6.

ore

fiJe

t'.c

Tliis argues

other.
Stutb.
a virtue and d'fy fitloi in thofe
vir^ur
:

and difpofition of the chr,

4.

To

prciii

t!i

ftinvisa't

'.la .

charge with, as a crime

>n*

obfttn

ty,

of minr,
[i

:a

Of:uki

with

.i.l

of.
;

id

ex-

'

wiii.

iv.i.'cr.efs,

fu?rl ft

or im:r.

a-dd-'.its air not th^

fam?, w.:ich

him tf

i fcrvilc c -py'ng,
ba.rennois of invention ; yet the
fa

ne.

A'RCUER.
& Uil^jter

my

ffrom argue.]
a coatrovertift.

n.f.
;

A reaibner;

is

'-.tcil'jn

Or

premifed.

conc'ufron, wa'ch ueturc was

we

c include,

not;:.

it

is

the

tvvo
d.

t.i

fp|

(h-.,-

tlie

is

in.-

nrj:i
l'i

ill

p.evaieiKt

no
i

c>inn-nipt, by
fuil

all

arietarhns and ancient inven-

aft

of ftriking or conflicting in ge-

thofe heterogeneous atoms, by themfflves,

into their proper relidcnce, in the

n.f. [Ital. in mufick.] Afliort

fong, or tune.
ARI'GHT. adv. [from a and right.]
1. Rightly; without mental errour.
ll.;\v him 1 l"v'd, and iove with all
my might;

more

So thaUjjht

mm

Thefc were thy thoughts, and thou

arigl.
Till intere'.t

2.

jlddifcn.

AR c u M E'N r A T i VE. adj. -[from argument.]

could'it ju Ige

made

morions

Riglttly

!,_

I t'u,<

Dryrl.
jaundice in thy fight.
the trn^ue a;e fo cafy, and fo
fubtlc, tba you can hatdly conceive or diltini;ui| ra
them aright.
H'Au. r ,

The

i.

of cry.
Drjdcx.

tkc of him, and think

right.

ti:

u th.it fulficiently \varm.

,
M!i"ic cuurio of his
arguuun.ttun c -mt's
i

imitation of the blows

air,

uinn',

->r

Xii,

peel.

mult bu mifculinc,

[arieto, Lat.]

ram.

ARIETTA,
f.

JJ'jm'tLzgick
tnpick of arg umentatkit

i.I

firft

midft of futh tumultuary motions, and arUimi as

of other pai tides.
G/j-

awing

mini of

one of

hit fo exactly

unknown,

therefore the

tb.it

it

Bacon.

The

,,jrc

t^:

.f-

of thy
under the greateit

tions.

or doubt
kn,>wn and evident; l> wi.i-:i we hue julged that mat:
nut think, and that ;i:e mind of man doth think,

from Ionic

The ram

i>. a.

To butt like a
To itrike in

Now

operation of the

t'.iat

ru',

fpir

neral.

F'.J

wh^ieby we n:crone propofition from

lirior.s

my

n.f. [Lat.]

nance do exceed

n.f. [from argu

Reafoning; the aft of reafonitig.

frydcn'i Faoics.

'

meut.']

-gi

ARCU MENTA'TION.
rgumi

up

which rams give with their heads.

ARIETA'TION. n.f. [from aridate.]
1. The aft of
butting like a ram.
2. The aft of
battering with an engine
called
railed a ram.
The Itrength of the percuflion, wherein or

rouced reafon finds a lafe retreat in thce.

liaie argued

2.

to arg-.iment ;
reafoning.
Affl,aeJ lUifc thou ki: dlj doft lei free,
Opprefs'd with arguncnttil ty.^nny,

m.

The

1.

Belonging

t:!.]

foul with lively apprehenfions

my

To ARI'ETATE.

Che..

[from a

adj.

MJ:i

ficcity.

the twelve figns of the zodiack ; the

vernal fign.
At ialt irom Anet rolls the bounteous fun,
And th^ bright Bull receives him.

arch

firft.

ARGUME'NTAL.

It
o'gues diftcmpcr of the mind as well as of
!'
the b<*dy, w'nn a man is continually

n.f. [from arid.]

;

AVm,

[In aflronomy.]
by which
ue fcek anotlier unknown arch, proper

And

aduft, and
jJ:l-*tbnot

In the theological fenfe, a kind of in.

unc-

4'RIES.

jltscrbury

An

tional to the

become

and dejections, with the delightful profpcct

of thy glories.

which now towards earth doth

bend,

So low

moral argument to patience, in

the advantage uf patience itlctf.

beft

(late.

and oeath be argutd well,

ige

Dry;

aridities

in

This, befoie that revelation had enlightened

the world, was the very belt
argument ;r a future

any thing by argum'ent.

-;d's

.he fan's

Drynefs

Strike

IVIaJm,
it. .a,

is

complexion

exceilcncies, to bear

It lus fometimes the particle to before

the thing to be proved, but generally

is

Lat. dry.]

tion or tcndernels.

ori-

St-tikcfpeare.

opinion,

\arldus,

fenfibility in devotion, contrary to

argumrr.t that fell out laft nighe, where

leil in
praile of our country miftreffes.

f::
1 he

air,

my body
and Pope*
His harden'd fingers deck the gautly tyring,
Without him luminer were an flrjVwafte. 'Ttsmf*

2.

5.

An

mufick.j

Salt taken in great quantities will reduce an animal body to the great extremity u{ aridity, or dryJ.els.
slriutlact t,n Alr.n'i.

Sbakefp. Cymbtl'me.
If the idea be not agreed on betwixi. the fpeakcr
and hearer, the argument is not about things, but
na:l:
Locke.

fo

He

j.

My

each of us

adj<

ARI'DITY.

argument upon a cafe,

woids there grew 'twixt Somerfet and me.

An

[Ital. in

n.f.

arid, by viijting lands.

controverfy.

Some

difpute ; with the particles with or

agaiiift before the opponent, and againft
before the thing oppofed.
fiercely argueagainft the falvability of

which dilVmguilh copies from

dif-

parched up.

Dryilen.

Thib day,

To

70 A'RGUE.

Shrill.

Ihorter.

ginals.

of poetical logick which I would

make ufe of, to argue you into a protection 01
this pl-iy.
Conf/we'j Dcd. to Old Bachelor.

Why

2.

A'RIA.

argLtn<nt of the work, that i?, its principal action, the ceconomy and difpofition of it,

It i> a icrt

3.

Subtle; witty; fharp.

The

are the things

adj. \arguio, Ital. arfK/aj, Lat.]

1.

work fummed up

contents of any
by way of abftraft.

4.

perfuade by argument.

much

/;,:>.

to perfons, ditputatious

Applied

A'RGUTE.

\.

argument requires

of, but rarely.

Another thing argutr.et.tar.-- -e if providence, is
that pjppous plumage grcwir..; upon the
fome let-as, whereby they are wafted with the

pofed to controversy.

Spralt't Serrfions.

The

3.

Licke.

To

my

Sometimes with

A'RID.

Millar.

Achilles.

A much

wj

fong, or tune.

Sad talk
yet argument
but more heroick than the wrath

lefi,

difcourle

to kit Serr/Kr.1.

wind, and dificminJted fir and wide.

3.

Sbaitff. H,n:y VIII.

Publick arguing oft ferves not cnly to exafperate the mindt, but to whet the wits of he.e;kks.
Decay ofPie'yAn idea of motion, not pafTing on, would perwho
ihouU
from
fuch an ide.n.
plex any one,
argue

2.

fubjeftof any difcourfe or writing.

That ihe who ev'n but now was your betl object,
Your praife's argument, balm, of y.-,ur age,

Not

ys lov'd her

deny her what

place might afk by law

So dear

The

bounds within

my

sittertury'i Pref.

2.

Dcarert and beft.

Si:<ii,j'f. King Lear.
To the height of this great argunntit
I may affert eternal providence,
AnJ juilify the wa)s of God to man.
Milton.

[argtio, Lat.J
to offer reafons.

y .ur

confined,

fometrmes

prove, that heirs are lorjs over their brethren.

Lockt.

containing

could not avoid.

n.f.

.-.

2.

nis omifiion, confidering the

of

which the argumentative part

fee, on our theatres, vice rewarded, at lealt unpunished ; yet it ought not to
be an argument agaiiill the art.
Dryden.
When any thing is proved by as good arguments as that thing is capable of, fuppding it
were J we ought not in reafon to make any doubt
7 ../ //,>
of the exiltence of that thing.
Our author's two great and only arguments to

lr

of argument;

Confiftir.g
'I

thing.

We

argument.

j>_.

[argumentum,Lat.]
reafon alleged for or againll any

1.

>m.
1

1.

Atttrbltry.

fiom the land

this rcdi-.efj
.Hlbuqiierti'ic derivis

and tirgilkus earth at the

A'RCOSY.

Men re afhamed to be profelytes to a wr

arfuir, as thinking they mult part with their
Decay cf Piety.
putation as well as their fin.

made.

veflels are

AR n

Lat.]

.of earth

[argtH.i,

fof't

A R

3.

withsut crime.

generation that

Rightly

let

not their heart aright,

Pfj/mt.

without failing of the end

designed.
Gu.irdian of groves, and gaJdefi of the night,
Fair cjuecn, he faid, direct my dart ar gbi.
Dryd,

ARIOL A'TION.

A R

Lat. a foothfayer.]

Soothfay-

hentions

cl

Brrwn

ies.

ARIO'SO. n. f.
movement of

on like

arofe,

pret.

He
With
z.

To

rcfe, and, looking up, beheld the Ikies

purrle blufhing, and the day a ifi.
Vry&n.
get up as from fleep, or from reft.

So Efdras

aro/c

up, and faid unto them, ye have

tranfgrefted the law.

long wilt thou deep,
wilt thju anft out of thy fleep

How

3.

Ejd.

fluggard

Prov.

On

ARK.
1.

when
vi. 9.

dead

men

5.

(hall

arift

live,

together with

awake and

fing,

Ifa':ab,

A
2.

To

proceed, or have its original.

They which were fcattered abroad upon

To

enter upon a new

power or office.

to

ftation, to

And

did rig'rous laws impoie.

the nobles, without a king,

power
and exclufively of the people.
The arijlicracy of Venice hath admitted fo
abufes through the degeneracy of the nobles,
that the period of its duration feems to approach.

many

Swift.

ARISTOCRA'TICAL. \aJj.

[from arlftoAR ISTOCRA'TICK. \cracy.~\ Relating to

ariftocracy ; including a form of government by the nobles.
Ockham diftinguilhes, that the papacy, or ecclefiaflical monarchy, may be changed in an ex-

The

n.f.

[from

out their
on elbow lean'd.

Curfcd be the

maketh

fl-(h

And

not to
Afcribe we

Siat,ff. Hen.

all.

him from clofmg.

Such

may

never

[from arithme-

In an arithmetical manner ; according to the principles of arithmetick.

tical.]

the fifth part of a xeftes being a fimple

fraction, and aritbrreiically regular,

it is

yet no proin Ccius.

ArtutbrM

wifli

V.

from

my

To

ARM.

1.

To

ufed

r'/

length.

-v. a.

[anno, Lat.]
furnifh with armour of defence, or

weapons of offence.
And when Aliram heard that his brother was
taken captive, he armed his trained fcrvants, born
in hU own houfe, three hundred and
eighteen, and
purfucd them unto Dan.
Ca<Ji:.

He

feeds

upon

roots,

n. f.

ARMAME'NTARY.
fenal

n.f. [armamentarium,
a magazine or ar-

An armory;

Lat.]

of warlike implements.

Difl.

A'RMAN.

confeftion for reftoring

n.f.
Diff,
appetite in horfes.

Shakrffciirt.

is

Sbaltf.
wat'ry bail,

\_armamentum, Lat.]
A force equipped for war ; generally
ufed of a naval force.

as

In the fame fenfe

aflert the

y revaue,

A'RMAMEHT.

can keep him at arm's era, need

for a better companion. Sidrcy'i Arcad.

one

t'

fiejh is white, fat, tender, and more

delicate than that of a fucking pig.

may
keep

fake be canifdrtable, hold dcjth awhile

at the arm's tr.d.
F->r

made by any

aJ'V.

length, refulv'd

in himfelf'did

His

xvii. 5.

D. n.f.
phrafe taken
boxing, in which the weaker man
overcome the ftronger, if he can

be infinitely fm.ill,
not only beyond all naked nr affifted fenfe, but be.\\\ arithmetical
operation or conception. Grttu.
The fquarcs of die diameters of thefe rings,

VOL.

'jfer.

God, thy arm was here

us, but to thy arm alone,

ARM'S EH

method of

prifrnatick colour, were in antbmtnfa/progreirion, as in the fifth oblervation. Nnuton.

of

in man, and
whofe heart departcth

arithmetick.
principles of bodies

fea

that truftcth

from the Lord.

or

man

his aim, and

Fairfax.

fugar-canes, fruits, and poultry. When

he is caught, he draws up his feet and
head to his belly, and rolls himfelf
up
in a ball, which the
flrongeft hand cannot open ; and he muft be brought near
the fire before he will fhew his nofe.

ufed

is

Sbakejftare.
fleet of war.]

all

under ground.

the fecular arm, &c.

rules

In this fenfe

[Span, a

zard, and feet like a hedge-hog. He

armed all over with hard fcales like
armour, whence he takes his name, and
retires under them like the tortoife. He
lives in holes, or in the water,
being
of the amphibious kind.
His fcales are
of a bony or cartilaginous fubftance, but
This animal
they are eafily pierced.
hides himfelf a third part of the year

Norris.

Power; might.

n f.

is

Mn.

DryJ.

Spmfir.
fitted

be

fou'r,,.f. [Spanifh.]
footed animal of Brafil, as big as a cat,
with a fnout like a hog, a tail like a li-

Sidr.fy.

have yet fcen but an arm of this

to

ARMADTLLQ.

her face,

beauty.

4.

arif-

foreber, and /xamia, divination.]

Difi.
telling future events by numbers.
R i T H M E'T i c A L adj. [from antbmetick. ]

arrr.i to fliade

whole armados bring:

Him aged feamen might then ma/ler call,
Ana chofe for general, were he not their king.

(hoie

Full in the centre of the facied wood,

arm arifcth of the Stygian fliod.

An ariftocratical ftate. Difl.

ARI'THMANCY. n.f. [from a^iS^o?, num-

per part of that meafure.

I.

At

Drydtn.

An

We

take arms

So by a roaring temped on the flood,

^
whole armada of collected fail
fcatter'd and disjoin'd from
fellow/hip.

He

tree.

trees fpread

(he

tocraiical.]

Though

Is

Where the tall oak his fpreading arms entwines,

And with the beech a mutual fiiad: combines. Cay.
inlet of water from the fea.
3. An

fomc time, into an ar':Jtotraordinary manner,

cratital fr>rm of government.
Ayliffe.

ARISTOCR A'TICALNESS.

who view from

arm

But

for

ARITH M E'T ic ALLY.

lab'ring (hip, and bear the tempelt roar,

(lood they with their
acrofs.

The bough of a

2.

To

fines.

The
So

From Venice, Genes, and towns which them con-

reaches from the hand

hclplefs friends,

Surgery*

the mid-earth feas was leit i:o road

the pagan his bold head untwines,
Spread was the huge armada wide and broad,

fall from my (houlder-blade, and mine a'-m

be broken from the bone.
"Job.

in

The

In

n.f. [earim, eojim, Sax.]

Like

m'i

Wherein

arm

n.f. [<J ?li--, greateft,

to govern.] That form of
xfctliu,
government which places the fupreme

arm a

to

for fea ; a fleet of war. Ic

often erroneoufly fpelt armada.

is

iravcs

to the (houlder.
If I have lift up my hand againft the fatherlr fs,
when 1 law my help in the gate, then let mine

and

as,

ag.iinit.

An armament

Afi/ton.

wood, covered with

of gold, being two cubits and a

The limb which

RISE.

According to the

ARMADA,

fliittim

through which the

fide,

up

with arms.
Think we king Harry ftrong;
And, princes, look you ftron^ly arm to m^et him.

were put for

carrying it. Upon the top of it was a kind of gold
crown all around it, ir.d two cherubim were faftened to the cover.
It contained the two tables of
Ca'.mtt.
(tone, written by the hand of Cod.

ARISTO'CRACY.

was of

fit

noble gentleman ot hi^h rega.d.

ARM.

gold

each

ARM.

hoftility.
he arcft againft me, I caught him
fmote
him.
his
and
i Scm. xvii.
beard,
3:.
by
For the various fenfes of this word,

And when

To

repofitory of the covenant of God

with the Jews.
coffer

to

command,

wreck.

un'.vt-rfal

furnifh

His fervant, arrnd a^ainft fuch coverture,

Rep >rted unto all, that he was lure

plates or leaves
half in length, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half hijh.
It h/.d two rings of
on

fucceed

To commence

fee

world devote to

This

Another Mary then tnft,

7.

by his

Their wounded ftceds

armed heels at their dead mnftors.

#"'//(

The

the

perfecution that arofe about Stephen, trave'ied as

far as Phanice.
Alit, id. 19.
1 know not what mifchief may arlfe hereafter
an
innovation.
from the example of fuch
DryJtn.

6.

alive,

their

To provide

4.

Cinifis.

man

in th:
infideofit.
Walton's Angler.
wafted
the
I
lelt
<-ft"
ihole
tents
Having
callus,
and drcffed it with others aimed with digeftives.

the water,.ufu3lly

Shall build awond'rous art, as thou behelj'lt,

To fave himfelf and houfehold, from amidft

my

ye that
xxvi. 19

fwim upon

veffel to

without.
The one juil

revive from death.

Thy

Taylor.

ac

loadftone, is to cafe it with iron.

You muft arm your hook, with the line

ground

n.f. [area, Lat. a cheft.]

Pcpe.

may

Sbakejprare*

To

3.

'tis

applied to that in which Noah was preferved from the univerfal deluge.
Make thee an trrk of gopher wood ; rooms lhalt
thou make in the ark, and Jhalt pitch it within and

ix. 7.

into view, as from obfcurity.

There ihall arift falfe Chrifts and falfe prophets.

body mall they

dw?il in dud.

compu-

fobriety, juftice, religion.

To come
To

The

meafure.]
the art of

Yerk out

i^-, num-

I could beat
fort)' of them ;
odds beyond jritt-mctkk. Stak. Ccriol,
The chriftian religion, according to the apoftles aritbmctick, h-th but thefe th:ec
parts of it j

fair

But now

Man. xxiv.
4.

plate with any thing that

ftrength.

Addifcn.
[

to

peT^ta,

To

2.

His defcription runs

n.f.

numbers

un-

to

tation.

particip.

arifen. [from a and rife.']

To mount upward as the fun.

i.

need be a pood arilLmeticiatiy

a multirlicarion table.

and
ber,
fcience of

Diil.
a.

man had

ARi'THMETlCK,

wmmon

tune.

To ARI'SE. f.

n-.
f. [from arithmemafter of the art of numbers.

derftand this author's wjrlcs.

The
mufick.]
air, long, or

[Ital. in

tick.]

ing ; vaticination.
The priefts of elder

time deluded their apprewith ariclathn, foothfaying, and lucr

True confcious honour is to feel no fin ;

He's arm'd without that's innocent within.

ARI TH METI'CI AN.

ARI-OL-A'TION, or HARIOLA'TION. n.f

['.'arioliu,

ARM

ARM

A'RMATURE.
1.

n.f.

[armatura, Lat.]
to defend tlie body

Armour; fomething
from hurt.

Others (hould be armed with hard flielts; others

with prickles; the reft, that have no fuch unr.ature, fhould be endued with great fwiftnefs and

Ray

ft rnicity.

z. Offenfive

weapons

lefs

on tbt Creator:.-

properly.
Tlve

ARM

ARM.
n.f. \armiftiliam, Lat.].
fhort truce; a ceftation of arms for a
fhort time.

adj. [in
and birds of prey, when
refpecl of bealts
their teeth, horns, feet, beak, talons,

A'RMLET.

or tufks, are of a different colour from

the reft ; as, he bears a cock or a falcon
Chalmers.
armed, or.

Chair,

chair. 1

n. /.

An elbow

[from

\.

for the arm.

piece cf armour
bracelct/or the arm.
And, when (he tak.cs thy hand, nd doth feem

3.

armed and

fo
n.f. [erroncoufly
fort of volatile fait.
for ammoniack.]

Stone, n.f. A mineral Hone

or earth of a blue colour, fpotted with
green, black, and yellow ; anciently
but now
brought only from Armenia,
It
found in Germany, and the Tyrol.
bears a near refemblance to lapis lazuli,
from which it feems only to differ in
it being fofter, and
degree of maturity ;
inftead of gold.
fpeckled with green
Chambers.

AKME'NIAN

or ar~[adj. [armentaUs,
BelongJ mentinus, Lat.]
Di<3.
of cattle.
ing to a drove or herd
ARMENTO'SE. adj. \_armcnt r.fui, Lat.] ADi8.
bounding with cattle.

[from arm and gaunt.}

Slender as the arm.

He

Reigns

The

fteed.

A'RM-HOLE. n.f. [from arm and

The cavity under the moulder.

The whole dmfion

bole.]

an armory-bearer.] Bearing arms.

Lat. a
adj. [from armilla,
a bracelet.
bracelet.] Refembling

A'RMILLARY.

the circles of the mundane fnhert arc

be defcribed on the convex furfice of a
fuppofed to
hollow within, and, after this,
fpbere, which is
of the fphere's furfaoe to be
you imagine all parts
cut away, except thofe parts on which fuch circles
are defcribed ; then that fphere is called an armilbecaufc it appears in the form of feve-

When

lary fphere,
in a
ral circular rings, or bracelets, put together
Harris's Dtfcriftionoftbe Globti.
due pufition.

Having

adj.
bracelets.

A'RMINGS,

/.

[arraillatus,

Lat.,

Chamber*
ARMI'POTENCE. n.f. [from arma, arms
war
SL^
power, Lat.] Power in
the tops, called lop armings.
polemic.,

\armipctens, Lat.
Powerful in arms ; mighty in war.
The manifold linguilt, and the armtfetent fol
adj.

He

2.

The armorers accompltfhing the

With bufy hammers ciofing rivets

Diff.
fon (killed in heraldry.
A'RMORY. n.f. [from armour.]
The place in which arms are reported
1
.

The fword
Of Mi duel, from the armtry of God,
Was gh'n him temper'd fo, that neither

ARMI'^PMOUS.

adj.

[armifoniu,

Ruftling with armour.

confcicnce with
Satib

Dryden

Lat/

Their arms, their numbers, and

3.

W-jH worthy be you of that armory,

Wherein you have treat glory won this day.

fool hath planted in his memory an army

Sba teff. Merchant of Fenicr.
of good words.

AROMA'TICAL.
Spicy

Fairy

l^ueert.

rt.f.

a'nd t/ca>:]

Sbjlcfi>iarc.

He

n.f.

[from armour
armour

that carries the

of another.
His armour-bearer
His ch:Hioteer.

firft,

and next he

kill'd

Drydtn

[from arm and///.]

hollow place under the fhoulder.

A'RMPIT.

All things that are hot and arunaticaJ do prcferve

liquors or powders.
Volatile oils refrefh

Bact.n.

animal fpirits, but

likcwife are endued with all the bad qualities of
fuch fubftances, producing all the efYcfls of aft
drbutbnct.
oily and aromatical acrimony.

AROMA'TICK.

adj.

t!;:

[from aroma, Lat.

fpice.]

Spicy.
Amidft whole heaps of fpicet tights ball,
their odours arm'd againlt them fly;

And now

"Some precioufly by fliatter'd porcelain

fome by anmatick fplinters die.

An

fal),

Fragrant ; ftrong fcented.

Or quick effluvia darting through

2.

Oydeit,

the brain,

rofe in amxallcls pjir ..

1

Pope.

AROMA'TICKS.

n.f. Spices.
They were fuvniilieJ for exchange of their arimatichs, and other proper commodities.
Rjieigb.

[from aromaof
a
due proportize.']
tion of aromatick ipices or drugs with
any medicine.
To ARO'MATIZE. i>. a. [from aroma, Lat.
n.

f.

fpice.]
1.

That they might not go naked among their enemies, the only aranur that Cbrift allows them ir
South
prudence and innocence.

A'RMOUR-BEARER.

[from aroniatick.~\
high fcented.

adj.

fragrant

The mingling

[armateur, Fr. armatura

Lat.] Defenfive arms.
Your friends are up, and buckle on their ar-

A'RMOUR.

declare.

great number.

A ROM ATIZA'TION.

Enfigns armorial.

names

The

Die of a

and fnears,
high, with diamond flaming, and with gold
Milton

their

Dryden.

2.

hand

Celeftial armory, fhields, helms,

Hung

South.

The Tufcan leaders and their army fing,

Wh'uh follow'd great y^Jneas to the war;

Armour; arms of defence.

at

Pope.

family.

Bacon.
where the people are of weak courage.
The meaneft foldier, that has fought often in
an army, has a truer knowledge of war, than he
that has writ whole volumes, but never was in any

1.

vigour arm'd,

Nigh

rebound,

A collection of armed men, obliged to

Locke.
obey one man.
Number itfelf imported) not much in armies,

1.

Their anatriet and magazines contemns. M\lt'.n.

Let a man confider thefc virtues, with the conas out of a full armory, o
trary fins, and then,

11

a bent,

keen,

Milton.
Nor fjlid, might refill that edge.
With plain heroick magnitude of mind,

2.

Itl'-ltm.

(ties

The enfigns armorial of a

A'RMY. n.f. \armee, Fr.]

for ufe.

and to arms

buttle.

adj. [armorial, Fr.] Belonging to the arms or efcutcheon of a family, as enfigns armorial.
A'RMOR.-ST. n.f. [from armour.] A per-

his

of taking arms.

trumpet fung.
and rocks and
arms, to arms, to arms !

To

Camden.

magazine, let him furnifh

texts of fcripture.

al

5.

knights,

ARMO'RIAL.

ceicftial

the

rofe the victor angels,

Up

up,

breaftp'ate behind.

And

The matin
The feas

that drefles another in armour.

mour.

For if our Cod, the Lord armifotetit,

Thofe armed angels in our aid down
That were .it Dathan to his prophet If nt,
Th wilt come down with them.
Fairfax
Beneath the low'ring brow, and on
The ten, pic flood of Mars armifotent.

Paft.

Dryden.

The
The

in general.

Aor.s and the man I firg.

Dryjcr..
Him Paris follow'd to the dire alarms,
Both breathing daughter, boih refolv'd in am:;.

arnfrtri temper in the ford

kecn-eJg'd pole-axe, or the (Tuning fword,
red-hot metal ruffes in the lake.
Pope.

Sbakeffeare

dier.

pertains,

hoftility.

Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate,

more confederates, are in anr.s. Skatcj.

War

When

The fame

with wafleclothes, being clothes hung

about the outfide of the flap's upperworks fore and aft, and before the cubSome are alfo hung round
brige heads.

ARMI'POTENT.

Mars

Who

Diff.

[in a fliip.]

tint to

the victor bore.

:r.any

4. Aclion

and juice of herbs.

Bacon.

All trades of death that deal in fteel for gains,

Were there : the butcher, armorer, and fmith,
forges fharpen'd fauchions, or the fcythe.

Sbaktf.

Lat.
adj. [from armiger,

A'RMILLATED.

Sir

3.

of

ftate

With

Give dreadful note of preparation.

Stakeffeare.
The morning he was to join battle with Harold,
his armorer put on his backpiecc before, and h'u

of the feet, and

Tickling is moft in the foles
under the tmn-tala, and on the fides. The caufe
is the thinnefs of the (Yin in tliofe parts, joined
with the rarenefs of being touched there.
Baron's Natural tlijtory

ARMI'GEROUS.

in the bread of every man. Sbakfff.

armorers make their fteel more tough and

f.'lcly

now

P-^ff.

or weapons.

thrive the erimrcri, and honour's thought

giv'n the vanquifii'd,

2.

n.f. \armoricr, Fr.]

makes armour,

of water
pliant, by aiperlion

adj.

mount an armgaunt

that

Now

So he nodded,
fobcrly did

Had

AMMONIACK.

A'RMORER.

ARME'NTAL.
A'RMENTINE.

And

fence.

written

ARMONI'ACK.

from the country

See

A'RMGAUNT.

[arma, Lat.]
Weapon* of offence, or armour of de-

1.

Thofe arms, which Mars before

rings and armlets Die can find.

Donne.
Every nymph of the flood her trefles rending,
Throws off her armlrt of pearl in the main. DryJ.

name

its

>

Others hold their plate under the left arm- fit,

the bert lituiti jo for keeping it warm.
Swifr.
ARMS. n. f. without the fingular numitf.

Doth fcarch what

fatty medicinal
of earth, of a pale rtddiih colour,

kind
which takes
of Armenia.

workman.

kind,

chair, or a chair with

Sole. n.f.

n.f. [from arm.^

as, an armlet of the fea.
;

arm

A
A

z.

reds for the arms.

ARME'NIAN

little

TS; Sir. lies to thefc gouge; are made fo Ion?,

that the hantlL' m^j :cj^i unaer the armpit of the

A'RMISTICB.

double armalurt \i a more deflruflive tng'nic than the tumultuary weapon. Dtfjy of'Pity
A'MEI>.
heraldry.] Is ufed in

The

ARMED

A R O

The

n. f.

To fcent with fpices

with fpices.

to

impregnate

Drink the firft cup at funpT h it, am! half an

hour before ("upper Jomething hot and arowatizetf.
A.l::K.

2.

To

to perfume.
Unto converted jews no man imputeth

fcent

this

un-

favoury odour, as tliough aromatized by their conEr: twn,

verlina.

ARO'SE. The preterite of the verb

See ARISE.
I

arife.

ARO'VND.

to be arraigned, where he is
and brought forth to his trial.

ARO'UND.

[from a and round .]

ad-v.

In a circle.

1.

He

(hail

And

all

Been publickly accufcd,

fide.
all

ARO'UND.

prep.
as to encompafs.

About;

t.

Fairy Statin.

Sbakffprare.

ARRA'Y.

charge with faults in

up to excite.
But abfent, what fantaftick woes aratfd
Rage in each thrjjht, by reftlcfs mufing fed,
Chill the warm cheek, and blait the bloom of life.
;

Th'iHHn.

your lordfliip has any, they

for want of knowledge.

Drydtns

wiil not arraign

DeJicaiion

ARRA'IGNMENT. n. f.
l'he ad of arraigning

Wcr't thou fought

Of

if

fufta'n thy prowefs.

Hl<l! f .

gen'ral fe's his army in array

In vain, unlefs he fight and win the day.

DCH'MV.

Drefs.

A
On

row

the fame line.

Then fome
IB

green gowns are by the lalTcs worn

till home they walk arum.

chafteft plays,

Sidney.

But with a pace more fober and more flow,

And tw-nt) , ra.-.k in rank, they rode anvi.
Dryden.

adv. [a word of uncertain etymology, but very ancient ufe.] Be

gone ; away : a word of expulfion, or

AHO'VNT.

Saint Withold footed thrice the wold,

He met the night-mare, and her narr.e told,

And anynt

maiden queen.
'Fairy Qaccii.
In this remembrance, Emily ere day
in
rich
and
diefs'd
herfclr
A.rote,
Drydcn.
array.

A'RQJJEBUSE.

n.f. [Fr.

falfely barIt feeras to have

fpeh

hand gun.
anciently meant much the fame

quebuff.~\

as our

carabine, or fufee.

will be farther heard

barjuekafe, or ordnance,
or
piece, thin backwards

from the mouth of the

on the

Bacon.

fid?s.

A' R o^u E B u s I E R n.f. [from arquetufc. ]

Afoldier armed with an arquebufe.
He compaflod them m wifrrfiftern-thonfand ar~
with him well apqucbufirs, whom he had brought
,

Knoll' t.

pointed.

A'RR ACH, O'RR ACH, or O'RR AGE. n.f.

One of the quickeft plants both in coming up and running to feed. Its leaves
are very good in pottage.
Mortimer's Hujbandry.

ARRA'CK,
arrack

is

ARA'CK. n.f. The word

an Indian name for ftrong waor

ters of all kinds

for they call our fpi-

and brandy Englifh arrack. But

what we underftand by the name ar-

rits

no other than a fpirit procured

by diftillation from a vegetable juice
called toddy, which flows by incilion
Chambers.
out of the cocoa-nut tree.
rack,

is

I
f nd th:, tu be better kn
china, tea, arrack, and other Indian gouis.

.ice

of

Sfrflatcr.

To

ARRA'IGN.

^. a.

[arranger, Fr. to

fet in order.]
I.

ARRA'NGE. v. a. [arranger,
To put in the proper order for any

To

or Jo, the

chanc'd this day

in travel on my way,
(A forry fight !) arrang'd in battle new.
Fairy J^jr.vr.
Hew effectually are iu mufcular fibres jrrjr^u/,
and w.th what judgment arc its columns and furrows difpofed
Cbeynt.
I

A R R A' N G M E N T

To
1.

2.

Such

ply fomething bad, was applied at large

to any thing that was mentioned with
hatred or contempt.] Bad in a high degree.
Cuuntry folks, who hallooed and hooted after
as at the arranttft coward that tv.-r (hewed his
nVmldcrs to the enemy.
Sidney.
vain fool grows forty times an arranter lot
than before.
L'Ejirange.

me,

And

let

If his new

Cor-

In law.

foldiers duly

L 'Ejlrange.

ing clokes.

[from Jrrr.s, a town in

Artois, where hangings are woven.]
Tapeftry ; hangings woven with images.
'1

.'uncc

With

n. /.

t-j

the hjH,

which was on every

Fairy

flue

rich array and cortly an-ai dight.

He's going to his mother's clofet

Behim: t'-ie a'riii I'll convey myfelf,
'J

ARRAY

in law.

appointed in their armour.

ARRE'AR.

adv. [arrtere, Fr. behind.]

Behind. This is the primitive fignification of the word, which, though not now
in ufe, fecms to be retained by Sftn/er.
See REAR.

To

leave with fpeed Atlanta fwift arnai;

forells wild and unfrequented land

Through

To chafe

the lion, boar, or rugged bear.

hear th'c prm.

he (hill pafs the galleries,
:

SJjitea.

Sbaktffcare.
I'll

place

Dnibam't Sophy.

ufed by Sfenfer in the prefer tenfe, of which I have

not found the prcfent, but fuppofe he

n.f.

That which remains be

hind unpaid, though due.

See

AR-

REARAGE.

Funeral tears are asarrjrtify hired out as mourn-

A'RRAS.

See

ARRA'YERS. n.f. [from array.] Officers

who anciently had the care of feeing the

His boon

fhamefully.

Mittv*.

Dryden.
3.

ARRE'AR.

DryJrn.

[from arrant.]

gold

Fairy

every deity aijore,

bride prove not an arropt tvhorr.

ad-v.

in

10.

vf ft array
the corpfe, and one they fpreai
O'er his clos'd eyes, and wrapp'd around his head.

him

A'RRANTLY.
ruptly

heav'n, arrayed

xl.

One

[a word of uncertain ety-

arrant rogue, -that is, a rambling rogue,

loft, in time, its original fignincation,
and being by its ufe underllood to im-

as in highcft

Empyreal.

Cbtync.

adj.

the per-

and array thy(e\fwiii> glory and beauty. Jab,

Now went forth the morn,

a piojic-r tirrangtment of the parts in

elallick bodies, which may be facilitated by ulc.

mology, but probably from errant, which

being at ririt applied in its proper fig.
nification to vagabonds, as an errant or

Fr.]

with the particle nuitb or in.

Deck thyfclf now with majefty and excellency,

fon

is

A'RRANT.

ARRA'Y. -v. a. [arroyer, old

To put in order.
To deck to drefs to adorn
;

n. f.

[from arrange. ]
ad of putting in proper order ; the
of being put in order.
F,

To fet a thing in order, or in its place.

A gu.ird behind tiie un-ai.
One is faid to arraign a writ in a coun- AR R A'UGHT. <v. a. [a word

Array, of the Fr. array, i. e.

ranking or fetting forth of a
jury or inqueft of men impannelled upon a caufe. Thence is the verb to array a pannel, that is, to fet forth one by
Coiuell.
another the men impannelled.
In law.

3.

pur-

two knights

fee

As

ty, that fits it for trial before the jufticcs Q/ the circuit.
prifoner is faid

Fr.]

royal robes, and gorgeous airjy,

pole.

To

There

thee, witch, er-.ynithee right. Stakeff.

muft brave embelliihed

In the futh fatire, which feems only an arraignof the whole fat, there is a latent admonition
to avoid ill women.
Dryden.

ftate

alight, and her troth plight,

Bid her

fat

With

The

avoiding.

rich throne, as bright as funny day,

which there

a charge.
iKcr.!

[from a and rc--w.] In a

with the breads all bearing againft

A-"-O'w. ai/v.

to deeds

require th' array of war, thy fc'll

conduct would be fuch, that all the world

Could not

you

an accufation

reye,

That might

2.
;

from

Order, chiefly of war.

The earl cfpying them fcattered near the army,
fentone to command them to their art-ay. HaywarJ*

1.

[from arraign.]

arree, Sp. arTeut. order. It

[array, Fr.

was adopted into the middle Latin,

milie heminum arraitorum, Knighton.]

(be JEneid.

to

n. f.

rcdo, Ital.

(hall

has far before the fault.

My oun enemies I /hail never anfwer; and

rati/e.]

from

raife

to

have

It

3.

ileep.
;oud howling wolves arcufe the jades
That drag the tragic melancholy night. Sbaktfp,

To

accufe

His ambitious fons unto them twain

Arrtagbt the rule, and from their father drew.

fuch copies then

Arraign th' originals of Maro's pen ? Rsfiomtnan.
He that thinks a man to the ground, wilt quickly
endeavour to lay him there : for while he deip'Ls
him, hearrrfijTHj and condemns him in his heart.
Sautb.

encircling, fo

[from a and

a.

<v.

To

fo (hall flic

trial.

Reverie of nature!

From young lulus head

lambent flame arole, which gently fpread
Arwnd his brows, and on his temples fed. Dryd.

To wake

ed by violence.

general, as in controverfy, in a fatire.

I.

and open

around.

Dryden.

To ARO'USE.

A ju!t
2.

above was (ky and ocean

derived arr

Co-ivel/.

a fefiion, that we may arraign

difloyal ldy ; for as (he hath

Our moft

Dryden.

On every

indifled

Summon

extend his propagated fvMjr,

Where Atlas turns the rowling heav'ns around,
And his broad moulders with their lights are irown'd.

2.

A R R

A R R

A R R

is

giv'n; his knight has gain'd the

day,

But

loft

the prize; th' arrcin are yet to pay.

Dryden.
If a tenant run away in arreetr of fomc rent,
the land remains ; that cannot be carried away, or

iMlu.

loft.

comfort our grand-children, when they

fee a few rags hung up in Weflminfkr-ha!!, which
cod an hundred millions, whereof they arc paying
the arrears, and boaftlng, as beggars do, that their
Sviift.
grandfathers were rich.
It will

ARRE'ARAGE../.

Aw ord now little ufcd.

arritre, Fr. behind.]

of an account, or a
Arrtaragt it the remaindei
of
fum
money remaining in the hands of an ac-

[from

countant; or, more gencrally> iny money unpaid

Ctvttllat the due time, as frnoraze af Knt.

fajct

A R R

A R R

ARRE'ST. n.f. [In horfemanlhip.] A

mangey humour between the ham and

The thing at which we arrive is always

fuppofed to be good.
with to before the perfon.
6. To happen
This fenfe feems not proper.

A R R
forth the king of England's title to
from the French king ; with

fet

Paget

his debts and penfion

all

Hayward.
arrearage!*
He'll grant the tribute, fend the arrearages.

of a horfe.
pattern of the hinder legs

Stake/peare.

The

old arrearaget under

A'RRETED.

he hath brought

is

2.

To
To

1.

2.

ARRI'ERE BAN.

Crept in privily.

ment,

is

arrefler, Fr. to flop.]

man

To

of the crown

though the verdift of the twelve be palled.

plead in arrrft of taking the inqueft upon the
former ifi'ue, is to fhcw caufe why an inqueft (hould
man's

Aa

ot
arrejt is a certain reftraint
perfon, d priving him of his own will, and
it to become obedient to the will of the law,

and may be

called the beginning of

imprifonment.
Ccnuill.

many

years,

was a fad

it

3.

Taylor.

flop.

The

ilop and arrcjl

hith

air

of the air iheweth, that the

Bacon.

appetite of afcending.

little

ficers to gratify the foldiers

his fon!
arrej}, that

w:'S furpriied tile firft night.

To

a. [arrefter. Fr. to ftop.]

by a mandate from a court or

ieize

of juilice.

officer

Good

See

ARREST.

was worth

fon,

To

feize

my

He

thoufand of you

five

all.

his horfcs are arrcjted for

Brook;

To

3.

feize

to lay

it.

hands on;

h, cf

all

will not b; baffLd or defied,

To

4.

things in the world,

fliall begin to
arref,
Seutb.

withhold

Arnjl her night,

Nor couu

Of

is

(he to death decreed.

virtues, nor repeated vov.s

th ufanJ lovers, the relentlefs hand

To
'i

'

a curd'cJ ibb'tance.

Poetry.

Com-

Sbakefpeare.

n. [arriver,

Fr. to

come

to any place by water.

At length arriving on the banks of Nile,
Wearied with length of ways, and worn with
laid

her down.

Sidney.

reach any point.

nothing

To
it

into

To

obflrucl ; to ftop.
Af.
ufes of things to fecret
proprieties, hath arrijlcd and laid afleep all true enquiry.
i

ticca.

hinder

its

p^ogrcfs.

Locke.

gain any thing by progreflive ap-

the higheft wifdom by defpifing the world

to arrive at heaven ; they are blefled who converfc
is

with God.

The

virtuous

a.

i>.

To

[arrago, Lat.]
exhibit unjuft

claim vainly ; to
claims only prompted by pride.

intend to dei'cribe this battle fully, not to defrom one nation, or to arrogate to

rogate any thing

the other.

Hayward.

popes arrogated unto themfelres, that the

empire was held of them in homage.
Sir Walter Raleigh.

Who,

not content

fair equality, fraternal ftate,

Milton.

his brethren.

Rome never arrogated

to herfelf

but what (he pretended to

promife.

any infallibility,
be founded upon Chrift'i
Tilhtfon.

ARROGA'TION.

n.f. [from arrogate.'}

claiming in a proud unjuft manner. Diet.
ARRO'SION. n.f. [from arrofus, Lat.]

Di3.

gnawing.

A'RROW.

n.f. [apepe, Sax.]

The

pointed

weapon which is (hot from a bow. Darts

are thrown by the hand, but in poetry
they are confoanded.

proach.
It

Boyle.

to

A'RROGATE.

Over
toil,

reach any place by travelling.

When we were arrived upon the verge of his
eftate, we (topped at a little inn, to reft ourfelves

To

Philip!.

Will arrogate dominion undeferv'd,

Diydcn.

To

and our horfes.

3.

To

With

To come

^.

Of Churchill.

A'RROGANTNESS. n.f. [from arrogant.]

The fame with arrogance which fee.

The

cxpeftancy

on fhore.]

we havear-

of new milk, and turned

<v.

Dryd.

Another, \varm'd
high ambition, and conceit of prowcfs
Inherent, arrogantly thus prefum'd;
What if this fword, full often drench'd in blood,
Should now cleave flieer the execrable head

With

DiS.

bounds of ail body we have no difficulty to

arrive at ; but when the mind is there, it finds

Philips.

the coagulative power,

is

his play ;
arrogantly, as his fellows do,
Think he writes well, becaufehe pleafes you.

The

ftop motion.
".j:

rtfltd the fluidity

6.

Drjdcn.

View cf Epic

arrevance.

To ARRI'VE.

She

h-jr

ath arnfl.

5.

Every minute

to hinder.

defecTfcf the Englifh juftice was the main

impediment that did arrtjl and ftop the corrfe of
the cor.r;ue.1.
Davies.
As oftca as my dngs with better fpeed
it

Sracme't

ifland.

Himfelf admire the fortune of

faw the queen

n.f. [from arrive.}

pany coming : not in ufe.

and remind us of our mortality.

fe ze,

own

Of more

Morpheus had with leaden maze

d a'.lthat giod'y company.
fairy Siuten.

Arrcjl

his

to detain

ss

fii ft

ARRI'VANCE.

Shakefyeare.

by power.
But when

Difl.

n.f. [from arrive.} The ad

to any place ; and, figurative-

She, like the fun, does ftill the fame appear,

Waller.
Bright as (he was at her trrival here.
The unravelling is the arrival of Ulyffes upon

Sbakefp.

hath enjoyed nothing of Ford's but twenty

to msftcr

Lat.] Afmiling

How are we chang'd finte we

any thing by law.

pounds of money, which muft be paid

n.f. [arrifa,

adv. [from arrogant.]

In an arrogant manner.
Our poet may

And

of coming
of any purpofe.
ly, the attainment

1 dr Grr?j} thec, traitor,

2.

A'RROGANTLY.

vaffal.

upon.

ARRI'VAL.

lord Mailings, for the which

of high treafon.
Sbakejp.
There's one yonder arnfted, and carried to pritidings,

Feagh's right unto thatcountry which he claims,

or the ligniory therein, muft be vain and arrogant.
Spenfcr art Ireland,
An arrogant way of treating with other princes
and dates, is natural to popular governments. Temple.

Trei'oux.

ARRI'SION.

Drydcn^s Dufrtfnoy.

fame manner.

in the

fay, tofled up.

proud.

under them

ARRI'ERE VASSAL. The vaflalof a

To ARRE'ST. v.
1.

we

A'RROGANT. adj. [arrogant, Lat.] Given

to make exorbitant claims
haughty ;

of
ry, diftributed to their officers parts
the domains, and permitted thofe of-

Sbakefpeare.

caption, feizure of the perfon.

1 o the rich man, who had promifed himfeif cafe

for

Brvwni Vulgar Errcvn*

Humility it exprefles by the {looping and bendwhen it is lifte'd, or, ai
head
of
the
; amgancc,
ing
entreat a credulity.

Is a fee deor FIEF.

Thefe fees
a
one.
on
fuperior
pendant
commenced, when dukes and counts,
rendering their governments heredita-

Any

3.

Prw. viii. 13.

froward mouth, do I hate.
Difcourfing of matters dubious, and on any co:itrovertible truths, we cannot, without arrsgaticj,

ARRI'ERE FEE,

Ji" I could
fpsaic fo wifely under an arreji,
fend for my creditors ; yet 1 had as lief have
the foppe y of freedom, as the morality of impri-

i<:nt.

fliew itfe'f but pride ; for fupple knees

Feed arrogance, and are the proud man's fees. Sbal,
Pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the

vaflals.

woul

To

and arriere, thofe who

A
only hold of the king mediately.]
which the
general proclamation, by
king of France fummons to the war all
that hold of him, both his own vaflals
or the noblefle, and the vaflals of his

To

binding

Stanley, notwithftanding (he's your wife,

loves not me ; be you, good lord, aflur'd,
1 hate not you for her proud arrogance.
Sbakcfp.
Pride hath no other glafs

And

n.f. [Caffeneu-ve derives

arriere and ban ; ban

denotes the convening of the noblefle

or vaflals, who hold fees immediately

flayed,

not be taken.

claims.

upon one.

word from

this

apprehended for debt,

plead in arref of judgto (hew cjufe why judgment (hou'd be

flop or flay ; as, a

to be arrefted.

is faid

to look pleafantly

The horfemcn might iflue forth without difturbance of the foot, and the avant-guard without (huffiing with the batrail or arriere.
Hayiv.

In law.

I.

fmile

n.f. [French.] The laft body

of an army, for which we now ufe rear.

Diet.

ARRE'sr.n.yl [from

at.

laugh

ARRI'ERE.

[arreftus, Lat.]

Snatched away.
[from ad and refo.}

1.

Span, to farm.] Is, in the foreft law,

the licenfing an owner of lands in the
foreft, to inclofe them with a low hedge
and fmall ditch, in confideration of a
adj.

ARRE'ARANCE. n.f. The fame with arDifi.

rear.
SeeARREAR.
ARRENTA'TION. n. f. [from arrendar,

yearly rent.

Happy to whom this glorious death arri-rti,

low Lat.]
adj. [arrtaatns,
More to be valued than a thout.nd lives. Waller.
and
a
before
convened
He that
judge,
7"oARRo'uE. <v.a. [arra/e.Lat.] Tognawr
It is ufed fomecharged with a crime.
Diff.
or nibble.
as, no
times for imputed or laid unto
A'RROGANCE. \n.f. [arrogantia, Lat.J.
to
under
one
age.
folly may be arreted
A'RROCANCY. } The aft or quality of
Covjell.
taking much upon one's felf that fpeTo ARRI'DE. <v. a. [arrideo, Lat.]
cies of pride which confilts in exorbitant

which that crown had

tang groaned, being defrayed,

Lurana to uphold and maintain herfelf.
Hnotl't Vocal Fmjl.

ARREPTI'TIOUS.

may know

Taylor.
in (peculation, what

they could never arrive at by prafticr, and avoid

the fnarci of the ciafty.
Mdifen.

By

(wear to thee by Cupid's (trongeft bow,

with the golden head. Stalteff.

his bcftarrrai

Here were boys fo dcfperately refolved, as to pull

arro-ws out of their flefn, and deliver them to be
(hot again by the archers on their fide. Hayward.

A'RROWHEAD.

n.f.

[from arrow and

hi ad.}

ART

ART

water plant, fo called from

the refemblance of its leaves to the
head
of an arrow.
j)^
tread.]

A'RROwr.

adj.

ing of arrows.

he law them
How quick they

[from arro-M .'\

in their

forms of

The

That can make

Cunning.

6.

Speculation.

battle r-ng'd,

behind them

other would not

bang an

As

n.f.
called alfo a

ARSE-SMART,

n.f, \jtrfuaria,

herb.

re-

war;

nal of old

Rome.

Each

taining arfenick

An

fine

IT

Tk
1 nere

r
lijrvcy.
are arfnical, or other like noxious
mineladged underneath.
;
j.

rals

wr

ARSENICK.

[*?'.] A

n.f.
ponderous mineral fubftance, volatile
and uninflammable, which gives a whitenefs to
metals in fufion, and
proves a violent
corrofive poifon ; of which there
are
C
$'
Nat"ve Or I'11"
arfe'^>
if j
,r
called alfo
or

is chiefly

Chambers.
Jirfcnuk
fire, it

_
AK1.

Wmdviard on

I.

n.f. [arte, Fr. ars, Lat.]

Fffis.

1.

not
taught by nature and inftinft ; as, to
"walk is natural, to Janet is an
art.
jirt

2.

properly an habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims,

by which a man is governed
and direfled in his actions.
South.
is

lad and greateft

art, the art

fcience

t-j

blot.

The

Or
3.

am

trade.
This okfervatlon

making

is

Vice

How
it

/kill

dexterity,

To

are

bringing thither fifty-one,

all climes /hould be
alike,
From tropick e'en to pole artiquc.

Methinks

A'RTICLE.

2.

Dryden

Lat.]

part of fpeech, as, the, an

2.

the

man,

fingle claufe of an account ; a particular pare of any

complex thing.
Laws touching matters of order are
by the power of the church
doftrine, not fj.
Have the fummary of

When time
Many

changeable
concerning

articles

Haaler.

our griefs,
ferve to (hew in articles.

(hall

all

believe the article

Shakeff.

of remilfion of fins, but

without the condition of repentance. We
believe the article otherwile than God intended
it.
it

Taylor's Holy Living.

All the precepts,
promifes, and threatening: of
the
will rife
in
us

judgment

up

gofpel

P,pe .

againft

obey

we profeded

to believe

thechriftian

faiti;,

With

You
cle

and

of

that

we made

gofpel
confrlTion

of

but lived like heathens.

Tilhtfon.
have fmall reafon to repine
that arti-

upon

life.

Siuift.
J.

Terms
I

Rogers.

n.f. [from artful.]

bulk and
fituation is
contrived, to havejuft matter to draw
round him thefe
mafly bodies.
Cbejne.

\_articulus,

the articles of our faith will be fo

many articles of
acci* ition ; and the
great weight of our charge
will be this, That we did not
the
which

induftrioufiy cultivated

artfulnefs his

n.f.

an ox.

eafy,

Dryd.

how much

1.

dexteroufly.

and

live in chill
degree,

By

Dryden.

the natural growth of our

corruption.
irrefiflibly mult it prevail, when the feeds of
artfully lown,

who

you,

As map informs, of fifty-three,

And do not much for cold atone,

is

ARTFULNESS,

afforded us by the art of

rank

Confider with

fngar.

4. Axtfulnefs

reft in

Driden

ble.

dexterous.

tt

did his pen on

learning fix a brand,
rail at
he did not underftand ?

example

believe

Honoria, chief in
Was artfully contriv'd to fet her face place,
To front the thicket, and behold the chace.

as, the liberal arts..

When

adv. [from
artful.]

art; fkilfully

Pop,

Bcn j, fr.

fkilful

ARTFULLY,

Ant that refpctt the mind were ever

reputed nob.er than ihofe that ferve the
body.

Cunning;

under

trary to cuftom, fpelt after the French

manner, and accented on the laft fylla-

not natural.

dill the
fame, Ulyfles, (he rejoin'd,
In ufrful craft
fuccefsfully refin'd,
\n
Artful
fpeech, in aftion, and in mind.

Bled with eaJi grace of nature and

of art. Pope
Ev'n copious
Dryden wanted, or forgot,

The

Artificial

(hould be written arc.

[it

But they would have winters like thofe

beyond
art':ck circle
for the fun would be 80
;
degrees
from them.
Brown.
In the following
it is, con-

adj.

certainly
but, for the fame reafon, the lead
artful.

of

the

Quincy.

[from art and///.]

Performed with art.
The lad of thefe was
the mod

adj.

from a^xiix-.]
Northern
the Bear.
See ARCTICK.

endued witn a conby which they drive the blood dill

forward ; it being hindered from
going backward
by the valves of the heart.
Artutbnot.

A'RTFUL.

fpecies

tick,

tradlile force,

3.

The power of
doing fomething

arteries are elaftic

tubes,

fun-flower.

only

The

M':Ilcr.

A'R T i c H o K. E of Jerusalem.

continuations of the
capillary arteries.
,

but hath

Artichnkcs contain a rich, nutritious,

ftimulating
'"
Arbutbnot OH Al-ments.

'

feems to be a thread of
blood veflels and nerves, for nou-

artery,
fpiral fibres
arteries grow

very like the thiftle,

herbs have curled leaves, but

cabbage and
cabbage Jettuce ; none have double leaves, one beto
the
longing
ftjlk, another to the fruit or feed,
but the artichoke.
Bacan.

A'RTICK.

is

No

firft

fmaller, thefe coats grow thinner, and

the coats of the veins feem
to be

very deadly poifon ; h-ld to the

emits fumes, but
liquates very little.

This plant

large fcaly heads (haped like the cone of the pinetree j the bottom of each
fcale, as alfo at the bottom of the florets, is a thick
fleihy eatable fubftance.

i, and

compofed of three coats

is

would eafily feparate the

from one another. As the

is

?1vi e

the blood within its

canal, that otherwife, upon the dilatation of an

aimpigmentum

orpiment,
found in copper-mines. Whin
is
extracted from the
OTcyJralline arfenick
native kind, by
fubliming it with a proportion of fea fait: the fmalleft
quantity
of cryftalline
fl^/V-f, being mixed with
any metal, abfolutely deftroys its malleability : and a fmgle grain will turn a
pound of copper into a beautiful feeming filver, but without ductility. Red
arjenick is a preparation of the
white,
made by adding to it a mineral
fulphur.

VK>

S. n. f. [i
from
,
e
a joint.] Any
diftemper that affects the
joints, but the gout particularly. Quincy.
A'RTICHOKE. n.f. [articbault, Fr.]

riming the coats of the artery ; the fecond is made up of circular, or rather
fpiral fibres, of which there are more or
fewer ftrata,
according to the bignefs of
the artery.
Thefe fibres have a
itrong
elafhcity, by which they contract themfelves with feme force, when the
power
by which they have been ftretched out
ceafes.
The third and inmoft coat is a
fine
transparent membrane, which keeps

hereditary confumption, or one engendered

by trfaucfl fumes under ground, is inc.:cable of
cure.

n.f. [from

jirbulina.

Relating to joints.

and mufcuious parts, are able to make

progreflion.
Brown's Vulgar Ernurs

to

artery

the artbrltlck dif-

arthritic al analogies

Arbutbmt.

creeps.

of which the

[from arfenick.] Conconfuting of arfenick.

all

Serpents, worms, and leeches, though fomewant

bones, and all extended articulations, yet have they
; and, by the motion of fibrous

That
which

n.f. [arteria, Lat.] An artery

is a conical
canal, conveying the blood
from the heart to all
parts of the body.

MJlL.

adj.

SkiHeff.

artery.]
artery;" that

A RTERY.

would have a roo;n for the old Roman inftruments ot war, where you
might fee all the ancient
military furn.ture, as it might have been in an
arfe.
I

ARSENICAL,

2.

The operation of letcut.]

ting blood from the artery : a practice
in ufe
among the French.
^much
TIIJ.VU,

n.f. [arfenak, Ital.]

pofitory of things requifite to
magazine of military itores.

adj. [from
relates to the

An ARTERIO TOMY.

Lat.]

A'RSENAL.

of this in art as you

nature could not bear it fo.

this

rial tube

D;^i

ctidapper.

relating to the gout.

ea <~es -

much

mixture of blood and

chyle palleth
through the arterial tube, it is prefled by two conthat
of
the heart driving it forward
trary forces;
againft the fides of the tube, and the eladick force
of the air prefling it on the
oppofite fides of thofe
air-bladders, along the furfacc of which this arte-

A kind of water- fowl,

ARSE-FOOT,

Gouty

Frequent changes produce

Blackmvre,

Iludilras

arfe.

1.

Shake/feare,

contained in the artery.

Had not the Maker wrought the
fpringy frame,
The blood, defrauded of its rjtrous food,
Had cool'd and languifli'd in the arterial road.

wifely knowni.ng, could he Ki

active trot one fide of 's
horfe,

To

Sialttfp,

is

vulgar phrafe, fignifying to be tardy, fluggifti, or dilatory.

For Hudibras wore but one
I'pur,

The

as

my

which

or hind part of an animal.

As

have

ARTHRI'TICAL. 7
ARTHRI'TICK. f

ftrange,

lefs art.

ARTE'RIAL.

ARSE._,,./ [eanp, Sax.] The buttocks,

ARSE.

matter with

ire

But yet

Sharp fleet ofernvy fliow'r againft the face

Jf their purfuer-, and o'ercame
!,y flight. :.!!:.

To bang e

Confrft-

is

ART

vile things precious.

5.

;iying,

art of our necefiitirs

&*
It

ftipulations.

embrace thefs conditions;

let

us have

articles

s.

would have

Which

eafily

Tying him

Sbaitjfeart.
gall'd his furly nature,

endures not

article,

to aught.

f Point of time

Sbaktfpcarc.

exact time.

Jf Canslield had not, in th.it article of

time,
given them that briflc charge, by which other
troops

were ready, the king himiclf had been

To A'RTICLE.

Cunning.
ticle.]

To

<v.

n.

flipulate

i;i

danger.
Clarendon.

[from the noun ar;

to

make

terms.
Sncfa

'

ART
Such in

lore's warfare i*

f may not article

Hiving put love

He

my

cafe,

for grace,

(how

at laft to

had not infringed the

Dame.
of what wa

this fice.

leaft tittle

that they aimed at one mark, and their

cade were concentrick.
Hnvel'i Vncal FneJI.
It'it be faid, Cod chofe the fucceflor, that is m.inifelUy not fo in the ftory of Jrphtha, where heartieteJ with the
people, and they made him judge
over thrm.
Lock?.
trti-leJ,

A'RTICI.

t'a

E.

To

a.

<v.

draw up in par-

ARTI'CULATENESS. n. f. [from articuThe quality of being articulate.

late.]
ARTICULA'TION. n.f. [from articulate]
1. The juncture, or joint of bones.
With

Taylor's Rule vf ftv'trtg

[articularis,

aoj.

Lat.]

Thus

the gout

glandules feated in the

The

2.

adj. [from articulas, Lat.]

divided, as the parts of a
limb are divided by joints ; not continued in one tone, as articulate founds ;
that is, founds varied and
changed at

1. Diilinft

fome plants,

A'RTIFICE.

How

Art

2.

fcience.

trade

or knots in

articles.

This

is

An artift
whom any

n.f.

a manufacturer

thing

form words
;

one by

great artificer would be more than ordinaexaft in drawing his own

Smith.
picture.
In the practices of artificer!, and the manufactures of feveral kinds, the end
being propofed, we
find out ways.
Lt,ckc.

2.

gave his artiHtry unto his lad,

and faid unto him, Go, carry them unto the city.

in

articulated air.

c:kf.

Thefe two

to treat.

it. n.

To

fpeak

3.

Artful

dif-

tinftly.

ARTI'CULATELY.

adv. [from articulate.]

In an articulate voice.
The fecrct purpofe of our heart, nh' left art'icuUtily fpoken to God, who needs not our words to
Decay cf fitly

artillery 'gainft

1.

What

n.f.

are the moft judicious arlijam, but the

f
WuttariiArcia'acSturc.

Bert and happieft 'artifait,

Beft of painters, if you can,

With your m.iny-colour'd art,

Draw the mifticfs of my heart.
Gjardiar..
2. Manufacturer ; low tradefman.
1 who had none but generals to oppofc me, muft
have an artifan for

A'KTIST.

.S .1

The

1.

my

A<1<-

antagsnift.

Fr.]

[a'nfjte,

of an

profeflbr

How

of

art, generally

Rich

and dreadful ordnance

to build (hips,

Inftruft the

artifls, a:id rew.ird ilieir hai!

witli the fpoils

of

many

caft,

'.

conqurr'd

Ian.',

All art) and nitijh 'I'hL-ijus could command,

\Vliu t )!.! tor hire, or \vinujht for better fame

The

matter painters and

Whv*n
tate

;/>.

contrived with (kill.

to be the rmrc
as fhofe of
artificial,
a fmgle perfon the more natural
governments.

'n.f.

an art manual.

it

tile

inaiie this, .:n

carvers came.

i-.r(i t i

but ufmg another way,

undertook
fell

much

1\\ vitafs

2.

fkilful

man

Dryd,
to

imi-

fhoi t.

Ofli.itn

not a novice.

If a-.y or.c thinks himfelf an

at this, lot
^r'ijl
the parti ofliis child's budy.
'

him number up

L^it.

Arguments.

[In rhetorick.]

Are proofs on confiderations which arife

from the genius, induilry, or invention
of the orator ; which are thus called, to
dillinguifh them from laws, authorities,
citations, and the like, which are faid

A'RTLESLY. adv. [from

1. In an artlefs manner

to be inartifcial arguments.
Lines, on a feftor or fcale,
arc lines fo contrived as to reprdcnt the

A'RTLESS.

ARTIFICIAL

it,

the weakeft place.

mimicks of nature

Thefe feem

ARTIFICIAL

Sbaliffrarc.

iifceru our meaning.

not in ufe.
Ben Jinfcr..

artificial

majority.

can^

[French.]
Artift; profeffor of an art.

public good, has been fupportcd by an obfequious

party, and then with ufjal methods confirmed by
artificial

that views a fort to take

ARTISA'N.

Fictitious ; not genuine.

Why, I can fmile, and murder while I fmile,
And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart,
And wet my cheeks with artificial teajs. .s
The resolution which we cannot" reconcile" to

an

Dinkam.

Sleep did his office.

Drydtn.
There is no natural motion perpetual ; yet it
doth not hinder but that it is
polHblc to contrive
fuch ah artificial revolution.
Wilkifit.

2.

the hafte

all

th'

Plants his

The curtains clofely drawn

As if he had contriv'd to lie unfeen
Thus cover'd witli an artificial night,

knowledge, and not de-

little

He

lies

latter fignirications are unufual.

Send us to Rome
The beft, with whom we may articulate
For their own good and ours.

To ARTI'CULATE.

the

Tower with

and ammunition.
artillery
Sbateff.
Upon one wing the aitilitry was drawn, being
fixtecn pieces, every piece having pioneers to plain
the ways.
Hay-ward,

up in

terms

Sbakeffeare.
to the

view

batt'ry tries.

artful fellow
Let you alone, cunning
artificer.

ufed

I not Itard
great ordnance in the field
heav'n's artillery thunder in the fkies ?

I'll

To

Drfjtn,

A dexterous or

Bafilius

man.

articles.
Thefe things, indeed, you have articulated,
ProcUim'd at market-crofles, read in churchcc,
To face the garment of rebellion
"With fome fine colour.
Sbakffpfare.

To make

and

of

great ordnance.

Have

And

faintly (new. Milt.

artificer
his luft

Simud.

Cannon

2.

ARTIFI'CIAL. adj. [artificiel, Fr.]

1. Made by art
not natural.

Ray

To draw

unacr

Th'

3.

ufed of mif-

weapons.
And Jonathan

th' aflault,

[artil-

Fr.]

Weapons of war; always

1.

a contriver.
He, foon aware,

practis'd falfehood

Renews

dogmatift knows not by what art he dire3shis tongue, in articulating founds into voices.

They would advance

The

artifice.]

\vhh.artijtcial.
ARTI'LLERY.B./. It has no plural,

Each perturbation frnooth'd with outward calm,

of fraud
and was the tirft

The

ceive thcmfelvcs with a

forger

Artificer

That

[from

adj.

fame

Sidney.

The

[from

Glanvillc.
Parifian academifts, in their
anatomy of apes,
that
tell us,
the mufcles of their tongue, which do
moft ierve to articulate a word, were wholly like
thofc of man.
an the Creation.

fifted.

five

Sidney.
the light to (krcen,

to fpeak as a

artificially

n.f. [from artifciul.]

Diti.

Artfulnefs.

made.

is

Bacir..

a.

had been

.*:'

lerie,

article.]
to utter diitinft fylla-

<v.

with earth, crumbled

fides

all

it

ARTIFI'CIAL NESS.

[artifex, Lat.]

day of torches to
lighten the fports their inventions could contrive.

in diftincl articles to his quertions.

To ARTI'CULATE.

Kay.

not naturally.

covered on

It is

The lights, doors, and ftairs, rather directed to

the ufe of the gucft, than to the
eye of the at tificer.

in ufe.

Henry's inftruftions were extreme (furious and

articulate; and, in them, more articles 'touching
inqnifition, than negotiation : requiring an anfwcr

art

By

into powder, as if

or practice.

Antiquity exprefled numbers by the fingers on

ither hand.
On the left, they accounted their
digits and articulate numbers unto an hundred j on
the right hand, hundreds and thoufands.
Brinun's Vulgar Errouri.
little

Sidney.

curioully adorned.

2.

obtained by fcience

(kill

how

Should any one be c.tft upon a defolate iflanj,and find there a palace attijicuilly contrived, and

n.f. [arlifcium, Lat.]

ARTI'FICER.

beads; whom God, on their creation-day,

Created mute to all articulate found.
Mi/tan.

Branched out into

cunningly he made his faultinefs lefs,

he fe't out the torments of his ow:

artificially

rily

meaning

aJv. [from artifcial]

with (kill; with good con-

ARTIFI'CIOUS.

To

3.

The joints

no legends, no fervice in an unknown

tongue; none of all thefe laborious art-fees of ignorance ; none of all thefe cloak* and covei

'

i.

Artfully
trivance.

It needs

In fpeaking under water, when the voice Is reto an extreme

exility, yet the articulate
Brntn.
founds, the words, are not C'mTounded.
The firft, at leail, of thefe I thought deny'd

To

logarithms.
1.

as the cane.

Cbamtti'i.
are the fame with

ARTIFICIALLY.

Trick; fraud; ftratagem.

1.

duced

bles

of forming words.

[In botany.]

3.

ther.

Ray.

ARTIFICIAL Numbers,

By articulation I mean a peculiar motion and

of fume parts belonging to the mouth, between the throat and lips.

A\\ articulate pronunciation, a manner

of fpeaking clear and diilinft, in which
one found is not confounded with ano-

proper paufes, in oppofition to the voice

of animals, which admit no fuch variety.

2.

aft

nr.-irx.,.

trigonometry, navigation, &c.

one, in t)u>

figure

ris.

A R T I'c u L A T E

logarithmick fines and tangents ; which ,

by the help of the line of numbers, folve,
with tolerable exattnefs, qucftions in

I conceive that an i-xtieme

final!, or an extreme
great found, cannot be aiti*ulatc, but lhat the articulation requireth a
mediocrity of found. Baft:.

called morbus articula-

is

ti-m of the

is a twofold
liquor prepared for
the inunction and lubrification of their heads, an
oily one, and a mucilagimu?, fuppjied by certain

My.

Belonging to the joints. In medicine,

an epithet applied to a difeafe, which
more immediately infefts the joints.

them

relation to

articulating, there

ticular articles.
He, whole life feems fjir, yet if all his crrours
nd follies were rr;./a/againft him, the man would
feem vicious and miferable.

ARTI'CULAR.

ART

ART

2.

\\ithont

fincerely ; without craft.

Nature and truth, though never fo low or vbU

Naturally

gar, are yet pleafmg,

prefented.

i.

artlcfs.]

Unficilful

when

ofer.ly

and

artlcjiy

rc-

Ptpe.

[from art and Iffs.]

wanting art; fometimes with

aaj.
;

the particle cf.

Tie;

The W^-moed plowman,

he quit the

fliould

Who

Anltfs of

and of the moving fand.

itars,

3.

ARUNDINA'CEOUS-.

Of
ARUNDI'NEOUS.
Lat.]

As.

reeds.

Addljcn on Italy.

Teut.]

[als,

conjunft.

D13.

In the fame manner with fomething

1.

10.

am

as I

Sbakffflart.

In finging, as

in piping,

you

excel

And fcarceyrurmafti-r could perform fo well.

I

live as I did,

1 did

but

all

think as

thefe are ta r.o

Dryd.

love you as
purpofe : the worl

I did,

Swift.

In the manner that.

2.

Mad
With

as

could not bear his fate

was,

filent grief,

1.

but loudly blam'd the

ft.itc.

Arbutbnet and Pope.

in a confequential fenfe.
3. That ;
The cunnirgeft mariners were fo conquered by
the ftorm, as they thought it beft with ftrickcn
Tentured out of the room.

be governed by it.
Stdvey.
He had fuch a dexterous proclivity, as his teachWeiton.
trs were fain to reftrain his foiwardnefs.
fai.s to yield to

The

relations are fo uncertain, as they require

Bacsr.
a great deal of examination.
God (ball by grace prevent fin fo foon, as to
foul in the virginity of its

keep the
.4.

innocence.
Scuti.

In the ftate of another.

were

Madam,
I'd fpeak

j.

firft

Under a

as you, I'd take her counfel

my own

A. Ptilifs, Diffrrji Mtlhrr.

particular confideration ; with

Bfides that law which concerneth men

men,
and that which belongs unto men as they are men,
linked with others in fome fociety; there is a
third which touches a 1 feveral bodies politick, f,
far forth at one of them hath publicit concerns
with another.
Hooter's Ecc/ef. Polity.
Dar'ft thou be as good as thy word now >
Why, Hal, thou knowet, as thou art fci:t a
rr.':n, 1 dare; but as thou art a prince, 1 fear thec,
I fear tiie

roaring of ;hc lion's

SlH.i-ff.

fimplc idea

is

one uniform idea, as

f.vett,

Watts.

bitter.

7.

In the

fame degree with.

Where you,

uulefs you areai matter blind,

andieaut^ous difpofirion find. Blac/tmre.
h.vl th' u Irolce , the blue-eyed maid replies,

ConduS
i

Thoug'jcnloW man, lenevolentaj wife. Pope': Oa.

8. As if; according to the manner that

would be

it fell

with

that.

That

Of rulhing
Works

and defcending rains,

and as it runs refines.

12. Becaufe.

He
firft

Queer.

Cor:
as he hi

the

blifs

wood no

the injury to be done, is

it ; and they alfo are
aftift, as without them the

then he that did

obliged who did fo

thing could not have been done.

13.

Taylor.

Becaufe it is ; becaufe they are.

The kernels draw out of the earth juice

'.

7f

nourim the

tree, as thofe that

would be

trees

all t'ie

The

noife

ault, fo

...iar.

/fi fate foujlit oi.ly

-hcwfoe'er

me.

fit

to

Before the place

25. In

of comparison, followed

a fenfe

by/a.
As when

a dab-chick wabbles through the copfe

and wings, and flics, and wades, and hops;
So laboring on, with fhoulders, hands, and head,
"Wide as a mindmill all his figure fpread.
Pcpe*

As FOR

26.

As for
me, they

15.

How;

with refpedl to.

who have

the reft of thofe

Men

DryJen's Faifft, Preface.

it

to lite or fame.
?

Upon the like devotion as yourfjlves,

To gtatulate the gentle princes trKre.
Shakefp. Richard III.
In a reciprocal fenfe, anfwering to as.
Every ott>nce committed in the ftate of nature,
in the ftate of nature, be alfo puniflled, and

may,
as

fjr'.h

r.ir

As

as

fure as

it

it is

may

commonwealth. Loiie.

in a

good, that

human

nature (houfd

fo certain it is, that the circular revolutions

of the earth and planets, rather than other motions
which might as pombly have been, do declare God.

exift;

Bcr,tle\.

18.

Going before

fenie

the

firft

a comparative
as being fometimes unas, in

deiftood.
is as brave a man as Cato.
AJdiftn.
Bright as the fun, and like the morning fair.

S=:nnronius

Anfwering tofuch.

I
t n'.t
evtiy man's intereft, that there fnould
be jy.b a goverr.our of the world as defigns our
happinsfs, as wojld govern us for our advantage ?

Tillotfon.

20.

Owing

fo to anfwer it; in a condi-

rar as th?y carry

li^,ht

other man's

and conviction to any

u. dcrft.i:idirle;,/o far, 1

hope,

b/ar

may be i.t u!e t > him.

21. So is lometimes undi-rltood.
As

.itions

r.d

fame good in

my

la-

Lotltr.

have endeavoured to

prejudice,

am

this particular,

As

with refpecl

me

thou doft ruminate

to.

as

to

thy thinkings,

and give thy worft of

thoughts
worft of words.

The

Sbakefp, Otke/lo,
pretend, in general, to great refinements,

what regards Christianity.

AJdijonon Italy,
was miftjken at to the day, placing that acci-

as to
I

dent about thirty-fix hours (boner than

it

happened.
Swift.

As WELL AS

equally with.
peculiarity, as ivell
all others.

him from

Luki.
as tuell

30.

As

adorned with admirable pieces of fculpture,

modern as ancient.
Addijin tin Italy.

THOUGH;

Thefe ihonld be

as

if.

at firil gently treated, as

though
Sharp's Sstrg.

we expected an impofthumation.

A'SA DULCIS. See BENZOIN.

A'SA FOETID J. \ a./. A gum or refirj
SSA FOETID A.\ brought from the

Eaft Indies, of a fliarp tafte, and a

ftrong
which is faid to diJtil,
;
during the heat of dimmer, from a little
offenfive fmell

Chambers.

ftirub.

ASARABA'CCA.

n.f. [a/arum, Lat.]

name of a plant.
ASBE'STINE. adj. [from

ajltftcs.]

The

Some-

thing incombuftible, or that partakes of

the nature and qualities of the la
fit afbefits.

ASDE'SrOS.

fort of nan.f. [^,,-CK]

tive foffile ftone, which may be
fplit into

threads and filaments, from one inch to

U-n inches in
length, very fine, brittle,
yet fomcwhnt traciahle, filky, and of a
It is almolt infipid to
greyilh colour.
the tallc, indiilbluble in water, and
endued with the wonderful property of
remaining unconfumed in the fire. JJut
in two trials before :he
Royal Society, fl

piece of cloth made of this iione was

found to lolc a dram of its weight each
time.
This ftone is found in
Arjgleley
in Wales, and in Aberdeenfhire in Scotland.

dclirou';

ASCA RIDES,

Sfeclator.

(>, to leap.]

(till

mat-

Lvcke*

it.

Drydeti.

Byte.
fo taft

their questions, as i/"it were a

pray thee, fpeak to

It is

met; whicher away

if.

Each man's mind has f^me

of being understood.

With; anfwering

fame manner that

as his face, that diftinguifh.es

a:e generally
permitted to pub!i(h books,

Sifter, well

in the

needed

As TO
I

and contradict others, and even thcrnfelvM, as they

^pieale, with as little danger of being cpjlfutsJ, as

16.

IF

ter that

written againA

deferve not the lead notice.

Anfwering

what manner.

in

As

27.

29.

hundred doors a hundred entries grace

voices iflue, and the found
Of Sybil's words as many t:mes rebound.

go,

Dryd. Aurtitoc.

more

themBacon.

felres.

As

high th: tumult rof:,

and Ar^oVr.k
j-J^d been contracted ?n that narrow fpace.
DrjJ.
Can milery no place of fdlVty know ?
:

A-

fix, yet there hath been much

action in the prefent war.
Addifcr,.

hath as yet lafted but

14. Equally.

.'.'rr.

fometimes redundant;
low language.

it is

As how, dear Syphax ?

Addtfon's Cato.
24. It feems to be redundant before jitf;
to this time.
Though that war continued nine years, and this

They

tional lenfe.

did k<

n.

Doft thy committed pledge rcftore.

28.

commanded

that

bound

Gntnvilic.

his

queen of love

facred (hip, be kind;

would be

Addtfin's Cats.

19.

all contended to creep int

humour,
do that, ts of themfcUes, which tSey couhe
deftrcd
Hiould
do.
feivrd
they
Hayiuard.

They

>

th' aufpicious

23. Before ho-iu

but this is in

torrents,

itleif clear,

rut to

He lies,
And to

dew;

foul with (tains

1 he

Iquire began nigher to approach,

his horn under the caftle-watl.
with tht noife it (hook as it wtnld fall.

may

thee,

As thou, to whom the mufe commend*

The beft of poets and of friends,

Dryder.

if.

And wind

To

On feet

fwe.it

So the pure limpid ftrcam, when

of the fame kind with.

fame time

of fau^uine hue.
Dryden.
Thefe haughty words Alecto's rage provoke,
And frighted Turnus trembled as (he fpokc.

llnry IV.

objections that are raifctl a^. i:ift ic as a tragedy, are as follow. Cay's Prcf. tu lytat J? je tail it.

Like

at the

either end, it whittled as it flew,

as the brands were green, fo dropp'd the

Infected as

17.

v-

The

6.

fort.

king Edward IV. they

As many

diftrefs.

a particular refpeft.

While

And

Dryden's &r.c\d.

The landlord, in his Ihirt as he was, taking a

canjk in one hand, anc a drawn fword in the other,

fome

in

At

will not live, think, or love as I do.

were

it

for the daughters of

thought king Richard had faid enough for them ;

and took them to be but as of the king's party,
becaufe they were in his power, and at his difpofal.
Bacon's Henry VII.

have been,
be as thou waft.
Approach me, and thou (halt
doft hear

As
As

elfe.

When thou

Cor.

As
think,
hinted,
Prior.
Alma inform'd can try the cafe.
The republick is (hut up in the great duke's
dominions, who at preient is very much incenfed
The occafion is as follows.
againft it.

adj. ^arundinexs, Lat.]

Abounding with

juft before, 1

So

\i

gave to every man.

Their figure being printed,

\arundinactus,

adj.
or like reeds.

who

Apollos, but
ye believed, even as the Lord

is

whom

minifters by

Dryd.

Void of fraud ; as, an artltfe maid.

Contrived without fkill ; as, an artlefs tale.

z.

then

22. Anfvvering tofo conditionally.

to what.
Paul, and

According

j.

land,

Chambers.
n.f. [ttneenjic.,

Little

worms

fromaja-

in the reftum,

"A S C

Aries, which rif

fo called from their continual troublefome motion, cauling an intolerable itching.

>iiincj.

ASCE'ND. v. n.
To move upwards

To
1 .

Lat.J

[afce>i<fo,

to

mount

to rife.

Then to the heav'n of hea\'ns ihall he jfur.J,

With vict.iry, triumphing tlirough the air
Over

t.Kim.

his foes and thine.

To

2.

proceed from one degree of good

to another.
Bv thefe (reps we <hll

afcctid

to

more

of the glory of Jefus Chrirt, whu

united to God, and is one with him.

To

juft ideas

ftand higher in genealogy.

only inceft was in the offending, not

Drome's Nates on

They
vallies,

a.

To

the difference

Chambers.
In a ftate

fphere.

teral

o>.

is

between the right and oblique afcenfion

of the fame point to the furface of the

colla-

branch ; as when parents and children married, this was accounted inceft.

ASCE'NSIVE.

adj. [from afcend.]

not in ufe.

of afcent
The cold augments when

tte Odyffty.

climb up any thing.

To him

is

2.

Height
He was

In glory,

fciences that were there in their highcft ofindent.

Some

An

3.

Lvcbc

themfelves fcarecrow.

By

of the degrees of kindred reckonec

upwards.

and fweUing

The

moft nefarious kind of baftards, are incefMTJS baftards, which are begotten between afcendants and defcendants in infiniti.it; j and between
collaterals, as far as the divine prohibition.
Jly/ife's

ASCE'NDANT.
1.

Superiour

Parergon

ing.
Chrift outdoes Mofes, before he difplaccs him
South
and (hews an aftendant fpirit above him.
2. In an aftrological fenfe, above the ho

rizon.
is

Let him ftudy theconftellation of Hegafus, wh'ic

Brawn'i Vulg. Err
about that time afteadant.

./.

[from

In

a/ccitd.]

fluence ; power.
Cuftom has fome afcendency over underdanding
and what at one time feemed decent, appears dil
agreeable afterwards.

ASCE'NSION.

n.f.

ff'ati

[afcenfo, Lat.]

The ad

of afcending or rifing ; fre

quently applied to the vifible elevatio
of our Saviour to heaven.
Then rifing from his grave,
Spoil'd principalities, and pow'rs, triumph'd

In open (hew; and, with affen/icn l>;

Captivity led car live through the air.

a.

The

To

quantity
by the Itamp.

2.

To make
doubt

often with

farad. Loj

is either righ
or oblique.
Right afcenflon of the fun
or a ftar, is that degree of the equinoc
tial, counted from the
beginning o

ASCS'NSION, in allronomy,

of.

Right judgment of myfelf, may give

other certainty ; th.u is, afctrla'm me that
the number of God's children.

me th
I am ii

Hammond's FraS'ical Cattcbifm

act with a repofe of

mind an

wonderful tranquillity, becajfc it af.ertjia: us o

the goodnefs of our work.
Drydtn't Dufrejny
ASCERTA'INER.. n.f. [from a/certain.
or eftablifhes.
that
The

proves

perfon

ASCERTAINMENT,

n.f.

[from

afcertain.

fettled rule ; an eftablifhed ilandarc

For want oi ascertainment, how far a writer ma

plemental

ASCE'TICK.
wholly

adj.

None
rails,

lived

Homer

fequfftercd from plenty

n.f. He that retires

votion and mortification ; a hermit.
1 nm far from commending thofe
/..

ASCE'TICK.

to

the

wu^ht and

fpring of the air.

To ASCRl'BE. v.

a.

Boyle,

[afa-ito, Lat.]

I'o attribute to as a caufe.

1.

The caufe of his baniftmcnt is unknown, becaufe he was unwilling to provoke the emperor, by
it to
any other reaibn than what was preafcriiiitg
tended.

To

Dtj

we may

this

and encroachments,
to one another.

juflly afcribe

thofe jealoulies

render

mankind uneafy

svhicli

Rogers.

To

attribute as a quality to perfons, or

accident to fubflance.
Thefe perfections mud be fcmewhere, and therefore may much better be afcribtd to God, in whom

2.

we

fuppofe

any thing

all

other perfections to meet, than to

elfe.

Tillotfan.

ASCRI'PTION.

n.f. \_afcriptio, Lat.]

The
Difl.

acl of afcribing.

AsCRi'pTiTious.<y. \afcriftitius, Lat.]

Difl.
That which is afcribed.
ASH. n.f. [fraxinus, Lat. aej-c, Saxon.]
1.

tree.

This
odd

tree

lobe.

hath pennated leaves, which end in an

The male

confift

of

fruit,

(ramin.i.

many

which grow at a rehave no petals, but

The ovary becomes a

flowers,

mote diftance from the

feed-vcflcl, containing one

IhapcJ like a bird's tongue.

feed

at

the bott-m,
Mtllir*

\Vi:h which of old he charm'd the favage train,

cali'd the mountain ajhes to the plain.
Dryd,

And
2.

out of a pretence of keeping themfelves i

from the ivoiiJ, take up their quarters in delarts

are the effects of nature's abhorrency of a

Icera to be more fitly .afcribatlc to

vacuum, which

her

de

been reckoned an afcititiom name,

life.
Pope,

upon a miftaken perfuafion, that thofe phceno-

to a conltant afcaic

South

lias

adj. [from afcribe.~\ That

which may be afcribed.
The greater part have been forward to reject it,

Employe

monks and

ASCRI'BABLE.

of devotion and mor

fuch long lives as

not inherent

from fome accident of his

Lord Middlctin

[i<rx>}l'x.]

in exercifes

Sup-

adj. [a/cititius, Lat.]

additional

not original.

for his country, innocen

exprefs his good willies
intentions may be charged with crimes.

Sioift to

hydropical.

ASCITI'TIOUS.

take away

to

courfc of the fevered abftinence and devotion.

err in the theory of inebriation, conceiv

ing the brain di>lh only fuffer from vaporous

Brctun's fiilg.

[from a/cites.] Belonging to an afcites ;

7 adj.

it is part of another tumour, it is hydroWiftm. Surg*

pical, cither anafarcous or afc'itical.

Lofte

confident

the extravafatcd

When

tificaticn.

thing rifing, or mounting.

from the ftomach.

v.a.

[acertener, Fr.]
make certain ; to fix ; to eftabliflv
1.
The divine law both aj.ertainnb the truth, and
want of other laws. //:;*,
fupplieth unto us the
tha
Money differs from uncoined filvcr in this,
of filver in each piece is ffctrUiM
the

Men

tcnjitas

Benitey.

ASCERTAIN,

This makes us

ASCE'NDENCY.

1.

To

adj.

predominant; overpower

dropfical

cannot be pleafant in the Elyliar

be diverfified with depreffed valleys

afccnts.

>uincy.

leucophlegmacy, when

matter fwims in the cells of the membrana adipofa ; and the afcites, when the water pofl'effes the
cavity of the abdomen.
Sharp's Surgery*

mena
flat

fields, unlefs it

One

4.

called alfb

eminence, or high place.

wide

and in-

There arc two kinds of dropfy, the anafarca,

land like Italy etccts the fight

fuch a vaft afcent, or fwells to fuch a height.

certain

operation of tapping.

No

(tar, I find,

giv'n thee an jfcendant o'er my mind. Dryd,

When they have got an afcaidani over them,
they (hould ufe it with modeiation, and not make

afcends.

when

cafe,

univerfally allowed to admit

of no cure but by means of the manual
is

veterate,

Mihin.

pf old.

It was a rock
with one afcent
Confpicuous far j winding
Acceffible from earth, one entrance high. Hina,

influence.

By the

Has

This

veflels.

But*-

Temple
;

as

jlttertury.

basnofengvlar. [from a,
without, and a-n*, a fhadow.] 'I'hofe
people who, at certain times of the year,
have no fhadow at noon ; fuch are the
inhabitants of the torrid zone, becaufe
they have the fun twice a year vertical
Di<3.
to them.
ASCI'TES. n.f. [from ie-x-, a bladder.]
A particular fpecies of dropfy ; a fwelling of the lower belly and depending
parts, from an extravafation and collection of water broke out of its proper
It

ASCI'TICAL.
ASCI'TICK.

The temple, and the feveral degrees of afccrt

as if it
whereby men did climb up to the fame,
had been xfcala cteli, be all poetical and fabulous.

elevation.

initiated, in order to gain infiruction in

afcendant he had in his underftanding,

and the dexterity of his nature, he could pcrfuade
Clarendon.
him veiy much.

of

up return'd,

fwifta/irnrt

The way by which one

z.

3. Superiority

aft

in his folitudes.

afcttick

n.f.

Into his blifsful bofom reaffum'd

fuppofed by aftrologers to have great

influence.

tVmcd by an

creafe,

ASCE'ND ABLE. adj. [from afcenJ.'] That

ASCE'NT. n.f. [n/anfus, Lat.]
Difi.
may be afcended.
the
Rife ; the aft of riling
i
ASCE'NDANT. n.f. [from afcenJ."]
mounting.
The part of the ecliptick at any parti1
he
with

tint preaches to man, fliould underftand

in man ; and that (kill can force be at-

I' SCll.

the days begin to in-

though the fun be then afcenjivt, and returning from the winter tropick,
Brmuifs Vulgar Errours.

the
afcaid the mountains, they dcfcend
Delanry's Revelation exanintd.

cular time above the horizon, which

is

funtide.

ASCE'NSION ALD^TMrt,

He

itar

Obl:q:te aletnjion

an arch of the equator intercepted between the firil point of Aries, and that
which rifcs together
point of the equator
with a liar in an oblique fphere.
ASCE'NSION-DAY. The day on which
the afcenfion of our Saviour is commemorated, commonly called Holy Thurfday ; the Thurfday but one before Whit-

intimately

The

To ASCE'ND.

with the fun or

in a right fphere.

Improvement of tie Mind.

H'atts's

3.

if

ASH

The wood of the

afh.
Let me twine
arms
aHout
that
Mine
body, where againft
Mj grained cfi an hundred times hath broke,
And fcar'd the moon with fplintrrs.
Sbakcfp. Corio/jnus*

ASHA'MED.

adj.

with fhame

[fiomflan;c.} Touched
generally with of before
the

ASK

ASH
the caufe of fhame if a noun, and
verb.

to if

direction.

Made

His ajaff

once he

laid,

He

which quiver'd

fyear,

as it flew.

The remains of

the

often ufed
in poetry for the carcafe, from the ancient practice of burning the dead.
Poor key-cMd figure of a holy king

body

To

when

fometimes with
an accufative only ; fometimes with_/"w.
\V hen thou doll
me bltjjing, I'll kneel aown
aJJt
And ajk of thecforgrventfi.
Sbakefftare.

ttiy

fpotlcfs

breadths,
.

and thick-

Quartering

and a half or three foot high, perpendicular to the floor, and

reaching to the
under fide of the rafters.

I!ti:>j

Millet's Ct,mut.

n.f. The firft day of

Lent, fo called from tpe ancient cuftom
of fprinkling aflies on the head.

[from ajh and

weed.'}

herb.

pale

'

Of njly

ajh.']

Am-coloured

inclining to a whitifh_grey.
ve I feen a ti^'y parted gholl
It.Tiblance,

meagre, pale, and biondlcfs.

Sbaltfjptare.

VOL.

I.

To ASLA'KE.

Gine/ii, xxxii. 29.

men

to (lir

its

To

ken.

My

to flac-

this continual, cruel, civil

war

fkill

Spenfrr,

liquely

on one

fide

not perpendicu-

larly.

There is a willow grows afljnl a brook,

That (hews his hoar leaves in the glafl'y Itream.
Sbatffpfare'i Hamlet.

maturity.

to

He

beg

And

with for before

fell

the (haft

thro' his neck

he fpurns the ground,
ajlant ;
the foul ilfues through the weazon's wound.

Drydcn*

[from a and

ASLF.'F. p. ad-u.
?

do

fo

no more, but

Ecclus, xxi.
pardon/or thy former fins.
he ajk for bread, will he give him a (lone ?
Mart. vii.

I.

I.

Sleeping ;
How many
Are

9.

at this

To make enquiry with/or or of before

To enquire.
;

Stand yc in the ways, and fee, and ajk for the

where is the good way, and walk therein,
and ye fhall find reft for your fouls, jfercm. vi. 16.
F it njk now of the days that are palt, which
were ber.jr** thee, fince the day that God created

The

from the one

fide of

hour

ajletp

my

poorefl fubjecls

gentle IVep,

how have

frighted thec

Sbakejpeari.
diligence of trade, and noifeful gain,

And luxury more late ajleep were laid

All was the night's, and in her filent reign,
No fou/id the reft of nature did invade. Dryrtrrt.
:

old paths,

earth, and ajk

Jleep."\

at reft.
thoufrnds of

Nature's foft nurfc,

the thing.

ilie

Drnvc
;

fon, haft thou finned

man upon

to mitigate

ASLA'NT. adv. [from a and Jlant.~\ Ob-

it.

It

2.

Prior.

[from a zn&JIaltc, or

<v . a.

remit

c*n (lint, nor rcafon can ajlaltc.

Sptnfcr.
Whilfl feeking to ajlaki thy raging fire,
Thou in me kindled much more great delire.

the thing.
ajk

Obfolete.

But

No

>v. n.

petition

To

Jlack.~\

require, as phyfically neceflary.

To ASK.

ASHWE'DNESDAY.

[from

Nor look ajkciu at what it faith

There's no petition in it.

Add'^n.

Chian creek,

A'SHWEED. n.f.

rj.

before the thing.

longer time to conduit any dclign to

V.

I went,
ajhort
all the
following night in Chios i\ 'ft.

adj.

after

rov/l a/hore

gulden ore.

xlviii.

ajks

Sbakifp.

n.f.

ad<v.

For when ye mildly look with lovely hue,

is
my foul with life and love infpir'd :
But when ye lowrc, or look on me ajkeui,
Then do 1 die.
Spcnfcr.
Then take it, Sir, as it was writ,

Bacon.
adminiftration pifTes into different hands
at tiic end of two months, which contributes to
a much
difpatch : but any exigence of (fate

our precepts to the leviathan

in a place are

Di$l>y of Bodies.

A water newt.
[from a andy&r-w.] Afide
with contempt.

A'SKER.
ASKE'W.

The

Addon's CviJ.

An

with

to the top of the earth, will

fix
ajk

it

to tTie land.
bootlefi fpend our v.iin command,

in a

her that efcapcth

ycremiit,

Ben Jcnjon.
argument doth ajk it.
A lump of ore in the bnttim of a mine will be
by two men's flrengih; which, if you bring

Raieigb.

Moor'd

ftirred

ajhort.

we may conclude,

f.uisfied,

their conceptions of being

all

the fame.

As it is a great point of art, when our matter

requires it, to enlarge and veer out all fail j fo tc
take it in and contract it, is no lefs prail'c when the

ro"r Engiifliman riding in the road, having

that he brought thither
ajhcn, would have been

May thy billows

The beryl, and the

done

is

faid, wherefoi-e is it that thou doll ajk after

name? And he blefled him there.

To

5.

The

To come

that flieth, and

To enquire
my

ASHO'RE. adv. [from a and Jhorc.]

1. On more ; on the land.

as

that

Then

He

We may

him
what

S-jiitb.

Enquirer.
Every ajker being

of Aroer, (land by the way and

inhabitant

and fay,

BmlJer' ! Difi.

the (bore

4.

unrf

and

queftion.

efpy, ajk

ajk."\

requcfl.

Their funeral honours claim'd, and ajk'd their

quiet graves.
Dryden i JEneid-

To

n.f. [from
Petitioner.

Sbakefpearc.
The greatncfs of the after, and the fmallnefs of
the thing alked, had been furficient to enforce his

z.

wave;,

I.

Have you
Ere now denied the ajkirf and now again
On him that did not afk, but mock, beitjw. .

give according as ye fhall fay unto me: but

give me the damfel to wife.
Gentjis t xxxiv. 12.
He faw his friends, who, whclm'd beneatli the

3.

Drydcn*

folar orb, is

A'SKER.

\\\\\

name.

replies,

Loft to the light by that unhappy place,

This globe had lain a frozen luamome mafs.
Blackmore.

as, to aft a
gift,

and thus

Skakefptart,
t" ^,\

claim:

fide.

lies on either fide

without limits wide,
Grant that the fun had happened to prefer
fi-at
cjkaunt, but one diameter :

The

.Vi:-,>'.

to

Obliquely; on one

ad-v.

Since the fpace, that

this Achilles roll'd his furious ejes,

Fix'd on the king

ajtaunt

hardn---la.

he bid his angels turn ajiancc

O, impudent.

have nothing elfe to ajk, but that

you dery already
yet will ajk,
we fail in our requclr, the blame

To demand

2.

[with builders.]
garrets, about two foot

in

beg

ale to the horfes.

neiles.

A'SHLEERINC.

At

In long journies, ajk your mafler have

Pope.

as they come
ferent lengths,

to

price for goods.

djk me never fo much dowry and

[with mafons.] Free ftones

out of the quarry, of dif

A'SHLAR.*./

po'es

ASKA'UNT.

[afcian, Saxon.]

Thar,
May hang upon your

ornaments of death ;
the fates his royal ajha claim,
taint

<v. a.

fay,

dearth, twice ten degrees, and more,

From the fun's axle j they with labour puih'd
Milton,
Oblique the centrick globe.

We

great Laertes I bequeath

The Grecian matrons

The

Difl.

afs.

petition

if

talk of grief, his

A'SHY.

33.

Belong

adj. \ajinarius, Lat.]

Fairfax*

Some
vii.

Milton.

Which

Stateffeare.

To

And

ajide.

from the multitude.

bles.

To ASK.

blo'.d

And when he Jaw their labours well fucceed,

He wept for rage, and threaten'd dire mifchance.

A-, lend

ajide

not, told

Sidney,

Beadj. [from a/tnus, Lat.]

longing to an afs.
\ u (hall have more ado to drive our dulled
yourh, our (locks and flubs from fuch nurture, tha:
we have now to hale our choiceft and hopcr'ulletl
witi to that<i/HHf feaft of fuw-thiftles and bram-

1.

him

His wannifh eyes upon them bent ajkance,

it drawetl:

fpeak

Camdcn.

countenance ajkance, as fhe

him, it became her evil.

Zelmane, keeping

Bacon.

as, to

Gibfoii'i

com

be a

it

little ajidt.

company

took him

ing to an

To

the

A'SINARY.

DryJ.

relicks

Pale ajbft of the huufe of Lancaster

Thou bloodlefs remnant of that royal

2.

which though

the Saxon

come from

ASKA'NCE.
ASKA'UNCE.

out of the true direc-

Msrt,

Sbaktfp. Henry VI.

AJba contain a very fertile fait, and are the bed
rrunore for cold lands, if kept dry, that the rain
!h away thsir fait.
Morlimer't Hujb.

a'.l

thing for kings to have, yet

From
He

will at laft break out into a flame.

Left,

had no brother

the fubjedts eyes a

3.

and threw

would be left of it, as when ajbti

remain of burned bodies.
P'gfy " B-.di:s.
This late diflenfion, grown between the peers,
of
Burns under feigned ajhti
forg'd love,

Some

ruffled light.

understood

fortable

A'SHES. n.f. wants the ftngular. [aj-ca,

Sax. efcbe, Dutch.]
1. The remains of any thing burnt.

2.

yet flione they bright

A'SINJNE.
At

And

another part

all

z)-c, an aih tree.

tion.

of alh

wood.
.

As K , ASH As, do
;

Dryden.

To

2.

of a (rratum which
Clay, afi -coloured, was part
Jfc'tJn-ard cn'Fcffi!:.
flrata of ftone.
lay above the

[from ajh.}

Arcite flood aghaft

Fann'd by the wind, and gave a

ASH-COLOURED, adj. [from ajh and rColoured betxveen brown and

Iour.~\
bark of an afhen branch.
grey, like the
adj.

the ether, whether there hath been

any fuch thing as this great thing is, or hath been
Deal. iv. 31.
heard like it.
,

The itoim ruft'd in, and

The flames wtre blown zfide,

hvn unto

ASI'DE. adv. [from a

1. To one fide ; oat of the perpendicular

Profcfs publickly the doctrine of Jefus Chrifl

not being ajbamcd of the word of God, or (/any
it.
Tayhr's Holy Living.
practices enjoined by
One would have thought fhe would have ftirr'd j
drove
but
With modefty, and was ajharn'd to move. Dry Jin.
This I have (hadowcd, that you may not be
whofe protection you underejhamed of that hero,
take.
Dryden.

A'SHEN.

There is no difference between a peifon ajlt<f> t

and in an apoplexy, but that the one can be awajLliutbnM on Out.
ked, untjth" other cannot.

z.

To

To

2.

nun watch

too long,

odds fciit he will

Bacon' i EJJays.

it il

leep.

Thu4 done the tales, to bed they creep,

By whifpcring winds foon lull'd ajlerp.

ASLO'PE.

Miltcn.

On

With affeU cpen

Whole

The

curfe

Bann.

with bbour

Clanc'd on the ground j

My bread : what harm ? Idlcnefs had
My labour will fuftain me.

mud earn
been w
>r(.-

And

ASO'MATOUS.

?/

Thofe
peculiar to Egypt and Libya.
that are bitten by it, die within three
hours ; and the manner of their dying
being by fleep without any pain, CleoCalmet.
patra chofe it.
Hi^h-minded Cleopatra, that with ftroke

Of

a'f's fting hcrfelf did kill.

Fairy Qyten.

Scorpion, and afp, and amphilbzna dire,

Milton.

And dipfas.
As", n.f.

tree.

JSPA'LATHUS.
1. A plant called

See

Pjraelife
tiic

oft.

quor, that they glide over the furface.

Roughnefs of found

2.

Roughnefs or ruggednefs of temper

morofenefs

be patient till the heavens look

an ajpeft more favourable.

do nothing that

aftrologers call a con-

junction of planets, of no very benign affefl the

ffotton.
one to the other.
To (he blank moon
Her office they prcfcrib'd to th' other five

fpirit.

Puradife Loft.
does not every (ingle dar (hed a feparate
influence, and have afptfls with other (tars of their
Sermons.
own conftellacion ?

Why

Temple.

ASPE'CTABLE.
Vifible

He

a plant.
leaves, placed orbicularly, out of whofe
centre rifes the pointal, which turns to
full

globular berry,

of hard feeds.
Milltr.

dfparagvs

affects

efpccially if cut

white; and therefore ha7c been fufpccted by fome phyfichns, as

to
the
when
not fricnJly
kidneys
they are older,
nd begin t ramify, they lofe this quality ; but
thtn they are not fo agreeable.
Artuibnet en Aliments.

Lat.]

[afpeflatilis,

aJj.

Black and white are the mod afferous and unequal of colours; fo like, that it is hard to diftinblack is the moft rough.
guiflj them
Beyle,
:

To ASPE'RSE. v.

Ray

ing

n.f.

[from

Brvuir..

AS'PEN, or ASP. n.f. [efpe, Dutch; off,

Dan. eppe, trembling, Sax. Somner.~\
See POPLAR, of which it is a fpecies.

The

leaves of this tree always tremble.

afpen or afp tiee'hath leaves much the fame
with the poplar, only much fmaller, and not fo

The

white.

Mortimer.

The
The afpen, gsod

oak

builder

air; appearance.

fole

king of foreds

They are, iu my judgment, the image or

of a great ruin, and have the tnie affeff of a

Sptnftr.

A'SPEN.
1.

lying in

its

rubbifh.

r!J

tears,
Sham'd their afeffiviith ftore of childidi drops.

State/peart', Ri.-bardin.
fearful : wherefore frowns he thui. ?
I
Tis his aftid of terrour. All's not well. Shattff.
Vet had his afptt! nothing of fevere,
But iiu.b a face as p.-onus'd him lincetn Drjdtn.

adj.

like often leaves upon a lute.

gale diiturbs the trees,

2.

>
,

Maae

A"SPER.

mfefs the gentled bieczc.

Cay.

of a(pen wood.
adj.

This word

[Lat.]

Rough

have found only

rugged.

in the fol-

lowing paffkge.
All bale notes, or very treble notes, give an
for that the bafe ilrikcth more air
;

affer found
t!iua it

cau well (Irike equally.

^i :n.

To

Swift*

\afperfa, Lat.]

fprinkling.

If thou doft break her virgin knot, before

All fanctimonious ceremonies,
No fweet a/perfiom (hall the heav'ns let fall,
To make this contract grow*
Sbakcffegrt.
It exhibits a mixture of new conceits and old,
whereas the indauration givi-s the new unmixed,
otherwife than with fome little afpcrfmn of the old,

2.

Calumny;
The fame

Bjcon,

cenfure.

afperjions

of the king, and the fame

grounds of a rebellion.

ASPHA'LTICK.

Gummy

adj.

Drydt-r*

[from afpbaltos.]

bituminous.

And

with ajpbalikk (lime, broad as the gate,

Deep to the roots of hell, the gather'd beach
Milton.
They f.iften'd.

ASPHA'LTOS.

n.f. [atrpaXroc,

bitumen.]

black, bituminous, inflammable fubftance, refembling pitch,

and chiefly found fwimming on the furface of the Lacus Afpkaliitcs, or Dead
Sea, where anciently ftood the cities of
folid, brittle,

Sodom and Gomorrah.

Sbak'fp.

No

Nnfait

[from a/for

afpen. ]
Belonging to the afp tree.
Oh ! had the monfter teen thofe lily hands

Tremble

Surnet's Theory.

3. Countenance ; look.
Thofe eyes ^1 shine from mine have drawn

all,

for llatues, the cyprefs funeral.

n.f.

for tafte's fake.

fair one.

It
n.f. [afpeSui, Lat.
appears anciently to have been pronounced
with the accent on the laft fy liable, which
is now placed on the firft.]

hive prcfented t!ic tongue under a double afpefl,

fuch as may judify the definition, that it
ti<.
Government of the 1\n^ut.
beft and word part.

ASPE'RSION.

Behold-

Moorish queen, upon afpe&ion of the picture

of Andromeda, conceived and brought forth a

A'SPECT.

Look;

Unjuftly poets we afperfe,

(hincs the brighter clad in verfe.

Truth

view.

are

[afpirgo, Lat.]

In the bufinefs of Ireland, bdides the opportunity to affcrft the king, they were fafe enough.
Clarendon*
Curb that impetuous tongue, nor raflily vain,
And fingly mad, ofpfrfe the fov'reign reign. Pope*

on the Creaticn.

a/fe<3.]

a.

befpatter with cenfure or calumny.

fole

i.

Rough;

[affer, Lat.]

adj.

uneven.

being the objeft of

was the

ASPE'CTION.

the urine with a fetid fmell,

when they

Dia.

Negleft; difregard.

fight.
caufe of this aJpeHaile and
Raleigh.
perceivable univerfal.
To this ufe of informing us what is in this
the eye well fitted.
affiffaile world, we (hall find

The name of
n.f. [Lat.]
It has a rofaceous flower of fix

ASPA'RACUS.

foft

[afpernalio, Lat.]

Rogers,

A'SPEROUS.

our lady's rofe.

2. The wood of a prickly tree, heavy, oleBcnile-fs
To ASPE'CT. i/. a. \afpicla, Lat.] To benginous, fomewhat (harp and bitter to
hold : not ufed.
the tafte.
A'palatbus affords an oil of
Happy in their miftake, thofe people whom
admirable fcent, reputed one of the bed
The northern pole afpeUi ; whom fear of death
Chambers.
perfumes.
(The greateft of all human fears) ne'er moves.
Ecclut. xxiv.

argue a peevifli or froward

may

ASPERNA'TION. n.f.

Their planetary motions, and affctfs,

In fextile, fquare, and trine, and oppofite.

n.f. [Latin.]
the rofe of Jerufalem, or

myrrh.

crabbednefs.

Government of tbt Tongue.

upon ourfelves.
Avoid all unfeemlinefs and ajfiriry of carriage

mud

Sbaktfp. Wmttr*i Tale.

ASPEN.

gave a fweet fmsll like cinnamon and afpalatlu, and I yielded a pleafant odour like the bed

fournefs

The charity of the one, like kindly exhalations,

will defcend in (bowers of Mefiings ; but the rigour and afpir'ay of the other, in a fevere doom

6. Difpofition of a planet to other planets.

There's fome ill planet reigns,

which

Style.

harlhnefs of pro-

nunciation.
3.

Locke.

that

n.f. [afferitai, Lat.]

are fo

fpeaker.

Not unlike

from the

Sometimes the pores and afperitiei of dry bodies

incommensurate to the particles of the li-

fouth

Swift.

With

By/t.

Unevennefs; roughnefs of furface.

1.

relation.
The light got from the oppofite arguings of men
of parts, (hewing the different fides of things, and
their various afpcSt and probabilities, would be
to fay after the
quite loft, if every one were obliged

it.,

ASPE'RITY.
I,

Difpofttion of any thing to fomething

the pores of the body tJ be dyed,

lupcificies, according Co the big-

all

tex.ure of the corpufcles.

diviiions of plants, fo called

roughnefs of their leaves.

have built a ftrong wjl, faced to

affrf! with brick.
elfe

["fpi>> Lat.]

view

To

a. [afpero, Lat.]

ASPERA'TION. ;/. f. [from a/ferate."] A

Difl.
making rough.
ASPE RIFO'LIOUS. adj. [from offer, rough,
and folium, a leaf, Lat.] One of the

fctting fun

Levell'd his ev'nini:

and

-v.

make rough

to

afptratt
i:.d

and with right afftS

;
caftcrn gntc of ParaJife

Againd the

priv.

felvw into

may

Slowly defccmtcd

Miltui.

A kind of
A'SPICK.J ferpent, whofe poifon kills
without a poflibility of applying any remedy. It is faid to be very fmall, and
Asp.

The

Incorporeal, or with-

oupa,, a body.]
out a body.

fife.

towards any point

pofition.

HuJibras.

[from a,

adj.

head.

of beholding.

fole jl'feft

Direction

4.

The

knijht did ftoo-fjte on further fide ajlope*

aft

A'SPERATE.

or uneven.
Thole corpufclcs of colour, infmuaiing them-

he counts felicity.
Sftrfcr.
an cvious or an amorou- afftS doth infect the fpirits of another, there is joined both afBac:n's Natural Hi/1.
fection and iniag'nuinn.

a reafonable

tjl'.pe

To

roughen

When

larly.
fijlafe,

(hall erect his

view

Ian-

call

Fairer than faired, in his faining eye,

obliquely

Sc: them not upright, but

depth under the ground.

Clarice

3.

[from a unAJIopc."] With

not perpendicu;

tiJ-j.

declivity

ftall thy Craggi (and let me

mine)
the cad ore another Pollio fhinej

Then

deep.
a

If

ASP

ASP

ASP

It is call

up in

of liquid pitch, from the

bottom of this fea ; and, being thrown
upon the water, fwims like other fat bodies, and condenfes gradually.
ASPHA'LTUM. ./. [Lat.] A' bituminous
Hone found near trie ancient Babylon,
and lately in the province of Neufchatel ; which, mixed with other mattera,
makes an excellent cement, incorruptithe

nature

ble

by air, and impenetrable by water ;

fuppofed to be the mortar fo much celebrated among the ancients, with which
the walls of Babylon were laid. Chamb.
b'.c

A'SPHOD;;L. n.f.

he

In yellow meads of afptcrlef.

The name

And

To

we afpirate
To A'SPIRATE.

and

horfe, houfe,
-v. n.

what

ther with a confooant, or

for our
and b njplrete.

is its

A'SPIRATE.
For
you
rate,

\_afpiratus,
full breath.

their being pervious,

you may

call

pleaff, perfpirate ; but yet they are

\. e. with fuch an
afpiration as b.

them,

Haaer.

The

2.

keeps

its

powers attentive.
Walls.

aft of afpiring, or defiring fome-

thing high and great.

'Tis he

He

The

3.

his toe

him

lifts

pronunciation of a vowel with

full

breath.

is

\. e. a more forfrom the lungs. Holder.

only a guttural afpirjtan,

To ASPl'RE. v.
I

To

n. [a/piro, Lat.]
defire with eagernefs ; to pant after

fomething higher: fometimes with the

particle fo.
Moft excellent

no cxpeftatmn in others,
nor hipe in himf'-lf, could afpire to a higher mark,
tlun to be thought worthy to be pra'ifcd by you.
lady,

Sidney*

His father's grave counfellors, by whofe means

he ha 1 ajpir^d to the kingdom, he cruelly tortured.

Hence

Which

Jfroftf.
fnrings thnt univerfal ftrong defire,

men

have of immortality :
Not fume few fpirits unto this thought
But all men's min.ls in this united be.
IT are did ne'er afpirt to epic bays :

Nor
f

aght n

't

freedom, nor afpir'J

tc

gain. Drytfy*.
be gods, if angels ftT,

';r.g

men

rebel.

Pipe-

Sometimes with
-\>:

after.
are raifed above fenfr, and

imn,

1.

There

rLfc

There
'.

is

.vcet

Atttrlury.

to tower.

than war or

fears

ii

foment the

..i^k us

women

Mtltctt,

one of the

for

him

ejjijpniiies,

and

me

ler

Drj,ttn.
hir'd tiffJjtns for their gam invade,
treach'rous pois'ners urge their fatal trade.
Creech*
When (he hears of a murder, (he enlarges more
on the guilt of the fuffering perfon, than of the

Here

upon

Oreftes brandifh'd the revenging fword,

Slew the dire pair, and gave to fun'ral flame

manner;

to af-

The

vile aflaff.tiy and adult'rous dame.

Pope.
Ufeful, we grant, it fcrves what life requires,
dreadful
dark
hirvs.
the
But,
too,
ajfajjin
Pope.

to invade.

So when he (AW his flattering arts to fail,

greedy force he 'gan the fort t' affjil.
talry

S^iiteti.

To attack with argument ; cenfure

or motives applied to the paffions.

Ass A'SSIN AT E. n.f. [from njjujjin,}

crime of an afTaffin ; murder.

The

Weie not ail aj/jj/inatet and popular infurrections wrongfully chaftifed, if the mcannefs of the
offenders indemnified them from punifhment ?

gracious lord, here in the parliament

the family of York.
ajj'ail
Skakifpcare.
She will not ftay the fiege of loving terms,
Nor bide th* encounter of offailing eyes. Sbakefp.
How have I fear'd your f.ite but fear'd it moft,
When love a/fail' J you on the Libyan coaft. Dryd.
All books he reads, and all he reads affail:,
From Dryden's Fable; down to
y's Tales. Popt.
In vain Thalertri; with reproach affails;

Addifa.

ajfejjiij.

tlfeare,

in a hoftile

to fall

alone to

afterwards.

And

Pope.

To ASSA'SSIN ATE. v. a. [from ctJJ~aJJin.~\

1. To murder by violence.
Help, neighrnurs, my houfe is broken open by
force, and I am ravilhed, and like to be affirfSaitecL
r

For who can move when

ASSAI'LABLE.

fair

Belinda

[from

adj.

fails ?

ajfail,~\

P f'pe.
That

What could provoke thy madnefs

To ajjnjfmate fo great, fo brave a man
2.

which may be attacked.

Banquo, and

But

in

them

to t

have.

fire,

fancy can efyre* Wa/'rr,

To way-lay

to

Such

Dry din .
?

Philips.

take by treachery.
to

meaning is perhaps peculiar

This

Milton.

your honourable lords

and betray'J,
Who tfurft not, with your whole united pow'r!,
In fight withfland one iingle and unann'ii. M;lten.

his Fleance, lives.

's not eternal.

Afr'orJ

nature's copy

There's comfort yet, they are ajjaikblc. fiateC/i.

ul.igc as

me,

<.~{fi.ffmatid

Ha
n.f. \_ajjalllant, Fr.]
that attacks ; in oppofition to defendant.
The fame was fo well encountered by the de-

ASSASSI N A'TION. n.f. [from ajfitflinati.]

The act of aiTaffinating ; murder by vio-

fendants, that the obftinacy of th<: (ifliilar.ti dij

but incteafj the
llayivard.
I'll
put m>f '( in p^or and mean attire,
And with a kin i of umber fmirch my face,

It were done quickly, if th'

ajfaffmat'an
Coul J trammel up the conftquencc. Sbakefpeare.
The duke fmilh'U his courfe by a wicked off'.Jji-

ASSA'ILANT.

The
And

like d<>

you

never Mir

pals

the perche-l
Sffiiilant
Or' tame vUlaticK fowl.
i>n

came,

Milton.

n.f. [from

raficn.

ai

Attacking; invading.

atfj.
as ev'ning dragon

ASSA'ILER.

we

fo fliall

v/Jlii/iints.

ASSA'ILANT.
Ami

lence.

pj/iiil.]

fo

I,
<i

Reading.

One who

The egg expiring lefs in the clixation or boiling ;

whereas, in the affJti'M or roafting, it will fomctimes abate, a drach'.n.
Brtnvifs I'ulgar Errairt,

A?SAPA'NICK.

purfued our ajailcrs, that

him.
.

Sidney.

little animal of
f.
is faid to fly by ftretch-

Virginia, which
ing out its moulders and

its

fkin,

and

ASSA'ULT.
1.

Attack

n.f.

[a/ault, French.]

hoftile oniet

oppofed to

t/t*

fence.

Her

is

fpirit

had been invincible againft

all

of affeclion.
Sha
Not to be fliook thyfelf, but all affaultt
Ea.iling, like th/ hoar cliffs the loud fea wave.

frtvHtx.

ASSA'RT. a./, [rjfort, from effarter, Fr.

to clear away wood in a
An offorelh]
fence committed in the forcli, by plucking up thofe woods by the roots, that

Clarendon.

ASSASSINA'TOR.. n.f. \tm\T\aflaJJinate.~\

Murderer; mankiller ; the peribn that
kills another by violence.
ASSA'TION. n. f. [afflitus, roafted, Lat.]

called in Englifh the flying fquirrel.

betwixt th ir fmllr we would

afpire
alpecl of princes and our ruin,

More pangs and

him

aft,

With

one

Tiil'^frn.

after immortality*

To

>

none of us but who would !>e thought,

rhe whole couife of his lite, to
cfpirr

is

"

old king is juft murdered, and the perl'on

that did it is unknown,
Let the foldlers feize

v. a. \a/ailltr t Fr.]

r
trfpire (if;

believe the perpetual

war,

unproclaim'd.

'

leave eighteen.

ASSATL.
To attack
fault

2.

furprize

The

attacks another.

Us.

3.

Davits.

to lyrick Uy.,.
R'fitmaicn.
a helpJel"-, lir>pelefs, homely fwain ;

thn

to

I*

aff-tre t

Maro Hoop

lofty

Till
I

all

War

accufe

an

of their chief.]
by treachery,

kills

The Syrian king, wha, to

One man, aflaflin like, had levy'd

a dolt.

am made

one that

dan-

to

Let us

that fpirit of his

from the earth. Sbakefpeare.

cible impulfe of the breath

to perceive that I

command

who

fuppofed for Arfacidce,

In the very moment a; the knight withdrewfrom

the duke, this ajj'.tjjinate gave him, with a back
Jf'cttm*
blow, a deep wound into his left fide.

Sbakffpeare.
;

word

Fr. a

or rudden violence.

for

My

ken Uie manner of his gait

on
Intfarftim
rifes

murderer

yur

do begin

And

To

warmeft ^jraf;': HI after

foul infpiredwith the

ger, at the

an ^
like your
dog? and mules,
Jffcti
uie in abject and in flaviih part,

See ASSART.

any man, without regard

killed

That fuch a crafty mother

Should yield the world to this aft .'a woman that
Bears a'l dosvn with her brain ; and yet her fon
Cannot take two from twenty, for his heart,

if

bleffings.

fnffins, as is

Sbakeffeare.

ufed generally of a wilh for fpiritual

celeftial beatitude,

animal of burden, remarkable

To com-

brought originally from

Afia, where, about the time of the holy
war, there was a fet of men called af-

Lat.]

Becaufe you bought them.

ftupid, heavy, dull fellow
I

not affi-

n.f. \afpiratio, Lat.]

breathing after; an ardent wiih

ASSA'SSIN ATE.

Swlfr.

Pro-

ASPIRA'TION.
1.

2.

Drydtn.

Lat.]

adj.

nounced with

ei;

\_ofintis,

Which,

You

equivalent

7 n.f.
[a/affin,

fluggifhnefs, patience, hardinefs, coarfenefs of food, and long life.

You have among you many a purchas'd flave,

To

be pronounced with full breath.

Where a'vowel ends a word, the next begins

An

1.

bog.

\afpiro, Lat.]

ASSA'SSIN.

n. f.
[afportatio, Lat.]
DiQ.
carrying away.
. adv.
[horn a and/quint.] Obliquely ; not in the rtraight line of vifton.
A fingle guide may direct the way betTcr than
five hundred, who have contrary views, or look

Ass. n.f.

a. [a/fin, Lat.]

a. \ejjartir, Fr.]

pronounce with afpiration, or full breath;

as

afqu'mt, or fliut their eyes.

Mtiifix.
-v.

his throne

proud
but their thoughts prov'd fond and vain.

To ASSA'RT. <u.
mit an aflart.

AJPORTA'TION.

of

the fiery monfters of the ciefart,

all

To fee this day ?

To A'SPIRATE.

ftate, the

Milla.

'fcape th' inv'enom'd afpiii's rage,

Coivf/l.

dfpirer

a ferpent.
did

that

is.

To win the
To fet the envierof his

Pope.

A'SPICK. n.f. [See ASP.]

are thickets or coverts of the foreft, and

by making them as plain as arable land.

be greater than

They ween'd
mount of God and on

\JHio-afphoJeluj, Lat.]

Day-lily.
Ajfbadel
cients planted near burying-places, in
order to fupply the manes of the dead
with nouriihment.
By thofe happy fouls who dwell

One

n.f. [from a/fire.]

ambitioufly ftrives to

were by the an-

Why

ASS

ASS

ASP

2.

Storm

oppofed \ofap

Jjfon took at lead

dcnly

mule an

Q^i

a/fault

w Jiege.

a thoufiuul

Tbomfatt,

men, and fud1 Mat. v. 5.

upon the city.

A/ter

After fome day fiege, he refolved to try the

fortune of an tffault : he fucceeded therein fo far,
that he had taken the principal tower and fort.
Baton.

To

2.

Thcmfelves at difcord fell,

combat join'd in middle fpace,
With horrible tffault and fury fell. Fairy Quctn.
4. Invafion ; hoilility ; attack.
After fome unhappy a/faults ufcn the prerogative
cruel

by the parliament, which produced

there followed a compofure.

Whom

try ; to endeavour.
David girded his fword upon his armour, and
he ajfaytd to go, for he had not proved it.
I

ASSA'YER.

To ASSA'ULT.
attack

-v. a.

to fall

ASSECTA'TION. n.f.

Before the gates the cries of babes new-born,

fate had from their tender mothers torn,

Ajfauh his

of a fecond benefice, cannot return

again to his firft ; becaufe it is immediately void
his
by
afficutim of a fecond.
Ai!\fffi Partrgm.

ASSE'MBLACE.

curfcd

Neither liking their eloquence, nor fearing their

might, we efteemed few fwords, in a juft defence,
able to refift

many

unjult ajaultcn.

now

confidered

trial.

By

To

ajfay

keep us in

falfe

and weights ufed by the clerk of the

market.
Coiuell.

The

3.

entrance upon any thing

firft

4. Trial

by danger or

hardfhip.
She heard with patience

And

all

difficulty

i>.

To make

I.

a.

trial

fceptre get faft hold.

[ej/ayer, Fr.]

of; to

make experiment

of.

One

Ke

that to bounty never caft his mind,

thought of honour ever did afiay

His bafcr

brcaft.

What unweighed behaviour hath this drunkard

picked out of my converfatioo, that he dares in
manner

ajj/aj

to

as

bsaft

their

certainty

n. f.

[from

vindicator

Gl^r.-c.

Main-

a/firt.]

fupporter

aflertiiie

afiirmer.

of free reafon's chiim,

th'
ajjcrttn
natijn's not the leaft in worth or fame. Dryfa

a.

Prior.
It is

of Ifrael, and gather to-

citizens to

come

to

him.

To meet

<v. n.

Sbakffp.

(hew

aft of

To ASSE'SS.

a.

<!/.

Di<2.

Stakifftare.

were

afftjfcd

by the affidavit from the time of the

Bacon*

ASSE'SSION. n.f. [a/fj/!o,1.m.'] A fitting

down by one, to give affiftance or ad-

r
[aJj enfus,i,3A.'\

ajfrnt

Diff.

vice.

agreeing to any thing.

or knowledge,

agreement.

To urge any thing upon the church, requiring

thereunto that religious ajfent of chriftian belief,
v.li n-'.vith the words of the holy prophets arc rece'ncJ, and not to (hew it in fcripture ; this dU
the Fathers evermore think unlawful, impious,
Hiotcr.
and execrable.
The evidence of God's own teftimony, added
of reafon concerning the
affint
and
certainty of them, doth not a little comfort
llxkrr.
confirm the fame.

Ital.

[from a/cjlarc,

make an

equilibrium, or balance.]
To charge with any certain Ann.
Befjre the receipt of them in this office, they
to

com-

to be a legate.
Stakeff. Htn. VIII.
to any prepoficion, njt thus
is the
afftrt

Confent

To

ferve, help, or fecoiid.

inquifition found.

meet here.

to

n.f.

which their c_
them.
Atttbrnry.
v. a. [cjfervio, Lat.]

the proofs are,

in defence of

To ASSE'RVE.

together.

n.f. [aj/emblee, Fr.]

how weak

employ

ASSESSMENT, n.f. [from Toaffefs.~\

The Aim levied on certain property.
The aft of afleffing.
i

What greater immunity and happinefs can

there be to a people, than to be liable to no bw<,
but what they make themfclvcs ? To be fubjeft
to no contribution, aj'tfmtat, or any pecuniary
levy whatfoevcr, but
rily yield

ASSE'SSOR. n.f.
I.

what they

unto themfelvrs

vote, and voluntaJ/i.-.tv/.

Lat.]
by another

\_njjcjffer ,

The perfon that iits

;
generally ufed of thofe whoafliil the judge.
Minos, the ftricl inquifitor, appears j
And lives
Round in

and crimes, with his jiy/^rj, hears :

his urn the blended bails he rowls,
Abfolvcs the jult, and dooms the guilty fouls.

unto the natural

fyrr/ir.

Gray and Bryan obtained leave of the gencul a

little to ajfay them ; and fo with fome horfcm'n
charged them home.
Hay-ward.

this

the deduction of reafon, but upon

L-.eke.
the credit of the propoler.
All the arguments on both fides mud be laid
in balance, and, upon the whole, the understanding
Loike.
determine its affint.
2.

Mil'.or..

ASSK'RTOR.
;

not fo fond of the principles he under-

iiluftratc,

them not in a confident and

form, but as probabilities and hypothefes.

made out by

Cure to find

Ere thou of IfracTs

The

Faith

ajfay. Fairy Sltien.

pretl but late,
To hard ajfiyi unfit, unfure at need,
Yetarm'dto point in we'l attempted plate. Fairf.

propofing

into

Without the king's

(trove to mafter foirowful

To ASSA'Y.

fong

You wrought

unto the end,

1 he men he

Be

my

heard, by fame,
this fo noble and fo fair ajfemlly,

This night

What I foretel thec, many a hard ajfay

Of dangers, and adveifities, and pains,

dogmatical

He was

[from a/ert.] Pofitive

peremptory.

adj.

an ufuat piece of art to undermine the

authority of fundamental truths, by pretend

ASSE'NT.
.

Brown's Vulgar Erraun.

his a{fertion.

ASSE'RTIVE.

pany met together.

advanced.

If any affirm the earth doth move, and will

not believe with us it (tandeth dill, becaufe he
hath probable rcafons for it, and I no infallible
fenfe or reafon againtl it, I will not quarrel with

Danid.

1
;

aft of aflerting.

[afimUtr, Fr.]
one place. It is
ufed both of perfons and things.
And he (hall fetup an enfign for the nations, and

ASSE'MBLE.
To bring together

Of

diftrefs

The

2. Pofition

Faithful ajfcrtor of thy country's caufe,

Britain with tears ih^ll bathe thy glorious wound.

ASSE'MBLV.

For well he weened, that

Fahy Suecn.

1.

n.f. [from oflcrt.]

Among

They had

fo glorious bait
his gueft to take thereof affoy.

Drydta,

ASSE'RTION.

Thefe men ajfimblid, and found Daniel praying.

tafte for trial.

Would tempt

the groveling mind,

In the dark dungeon of the limbs confin'd,
the native (ties, or own its heav'nly kind.
sljjcrt

Tbomfan.

-v.

Such troops of

join'd

foft aflimblazc, liften to

To ASSE'MBLE.

The examination of meafures

2. In law.

Drjdt*.
to declare pofitively.
to vindicate a title to.

Nor can

tainer

gether the difperfed of Judah.

Ifalab, xi. 12.
He wonders for what end you have aflan/>tcJ

of reafon.

'Tis a pageant,
gaze.
Sbakeffeare.

3.

To affirm
To claim

Our

(hall ajfcmblc the outc.i(ls

This cannot be
no

2.

the plains

In

To

forefathers have afftrltd the party which

till death, and died for its defence.

took to

With unafl'efted grace, or walk

With innocence and meditation

as
1.

Your

they chofe

The ftate of being afTembled.

O Hartford, fitted or to (hine in courts

2.

Sidney.

may be

differing, they

two words ]
Examination ;

To

words or aftions.

n.f. \_ajjemllagt, Fr.]

a number of individuals

in our thoughts is
pofitive, and the affemblagc of a great number of
Locke.
pofitive ideas of fpace or duration.

ASSA'Y.

n.f. [f/aye, Fr. from which the

ancient writers borrowed ajjay, according to the found, and the latter ejjfay,
according to the writing ; but the fenfes

Lat.]

Their arguments are but precarious, and fubfifl

upon the charity of our ojftnimentt.
Bi vwn i Vulgar Errouri*
To ASSE'RT. v. a. [a/ero, Lat.]
maintain ; to defend either by
1.

generally, of' perfons.

AH that we amafs together

One

ASSA'ULTER. n.f. [from aflaitlt.~\

who violently aflaults another.

colleftion

brought together. It differs from affembly, by being applied only, or chiefly,

to things ; affembly being ufed only, or

ears.

Dryd.n.
fteel, and more accurfed gold,
Cave mifchief birth, and made that mifchief bold
And double death did wretched man invade,
By (reel ajfiulttd, and by gold betray'd.
Dryden.

New

1.

[aftntatio,

fent.

Lat.]

[affeflatio,

full poffeflion

granted the Jews to gather themfelves

Whom

FoJJih.

cutum, to obtain.]
Acquirement ; the
aft of obtaining.
By the canon law, a perfon, after he has been in

upon with

together, and Co (land for their life, to deltroy all

the power that would affjult them.
F.Jlb. viii. 1 1.

An

n. f.

Compliance with the opinion of another

out of flattery or diffimulation.
Di.'f.
ASSE'NTMENT. n.f. [from affcnt.] Con-

Difl.
Attendance, or waiting upon.
ASSECU'TION. n.f. [from ajjequor, affe-

violence.

The king

Sam.xvii. 39.
officer

froodward on

in twenty.

To

[from the noun.]

to invade

n.f. [from affay.]

the mint, for the due trial

of filver,
appointed between the matter of the
mint and the merchants that bring
Ccnuell.
filver thither for exchange.
The fmelters come up to the affayeri within one
of

6. It has upon before the thing a/Faulted.

when

Eve beheld,

To

3.

its diflblution,

In law.
violent kind of injury ofIt may be
fered to a man's perfon.
committed by offering of a blow, or by
a fearful fpeech.
C.oiuell.

thus afflifted

fad

Defolate where (he fat, approaching nigh,

Soft words to his fierce paflion (he affay'd. Milton.

Clarendon.
Theories, built upon narrow foundations, ar:
very hard to be Supported againft the c.Jfaults of opLcckt.
pofiiion.

5.

ASSENTA'TION.

apply to, as the touchftone in a

ing metals.

3. Hoflile violence.

And

ASS

ASS

ASS

ibakejftari.

To ASSE'NT.

<v. n.

[a/entire, Lat.]

concede ; to yield to, or agree

And the Jews alfo aj/cnttd, faying,
things wet

fo

To

to.
that

tlicfe

sllti, x*iv. 9.

a.

He

that

fits

by another

as next in dig-

nity.

To

his Son,

Th' affrjjir of his throne, he thus began. Milton*

Twice ftronger than his fire, who fat above,
to the tijroac

tbiuid'rinj Jove.

Dryd,
3.

He

ASS

He that lays taxes ; derived from ofto.

A'SSETS. n.f. without the flngular. [aj/ez,
Goods fufficient to difcharge that
Fr.]
burden, which is caft upon the executor
3,

or

in

heir,
anceftors

fatisfyi

To mark

I.

2 Sam. xi. 16.

T-he two armies were ajpgneJ to the leading of
two generals, both of them rather cocrtiers afi'urcJ
Baccn.
to the date, than martial men.

As

Whoever

and vice triumphant.

on the Creation.

Sbak. Ham.

ASSI'DUOUS.

The mod

aJJiaiKut talebearers,

yileis, are often

and bittered re-

half wilted people.

Government of tbe Tongue.

In fummer, yon fee the hen giving herfelf
greater freedoms, and quitting her care tor above

twoiours together

but in winter, when the ri;

gour of the feafon would chill the principles of
life, and deftroy the young one, (he grows rr>"rc
her attendance, and (lays
half the time.

ejjijuoui in

Each

1.

R'.g'rs,

Jlant in application.
And if by pray'r
Ir.ceffant I could hope to
change the will
Of him who all things can, I would not ccafe
To we.iry him with my cjjiduoui cries.
Milt;n.

away but

Diligently

The trade,

aj-v.

appointment to meet ufed generally of love appointments.

The lovers expected the return of this datd
hour with as much impatience as if it had been a
Keeps punctual to an

A making

2.

is

The habitable earth may have been

perpetually
the drier, feeing it is
efiiduoujly drained and exluufted by the fcas.
Bentley.

fiege.

On

Their

\_ajjleger,

Fr.]

To

Obfolete.

th' other fide th'

ft-ifaft

Dia.
ajjieged cadles

ward

arms did mightily maintain.

ji&SIE'NTO.

n. f.

be-

Stenf.

other powers, for

furnifhing the Spanilh

dominions in America
withnegroflaves

To ASSI'GN.
JuAt.J

a.

[^w,

Fr.

gMt

*ffi

The

of 'being affimilated, or belike fomethinjj elfe.

A nourishment in a large acceptation, but not
in propriety, csnferving the body, not repairing it
by

tijjimilctien,

but preferving

it

by ventilation.

firwuns Vulgar Errovrs.

indinct as duty of our nature,
an ajjlmilation with God ; even the
moft laudable and generous ambition.
It is as well the

to-

afpire

to

Decay

To ASSI'MULATE.

afllgn.']

He

The

gofpel

difiembling ; a counterfeiting.
<v. a.
[nj/iffer, Fr.

Receive- her in the Lord, as becometh faints,

and ajjift her in whatsoever bufinefs ihe hath need.
neceflary and
telkctual faculties.
It is

affijtir.g

to

all

ASSI'ST AN CE.

Help

Locke.

n. f.

[aj/iftance,

French.]

furtherance.

The council of Trent commends recourfc, not

only to the prayers of the faints, but to their aid
and
What doth this aid and

that

afftflanct

>

You

Stillingfeet.

have abundant ajjiflar.ca for this knowledge, in excellent books. JfakSs Prep, for Death.
Let us entreat this nccefTary ajjijlance, that by
his grace he would lead us.
Rogcri.

taflcs,

and the magazine of our irrength. Decay of Piety.

Assi STANT.

adj. [from afi/t.] Helping;

lending aid.
Some perchance did adhere to the duke, and
were ajjijiant to him openly, or at lead under hand*

Jick, is the pubiick alignment thereof urito fuch

duties.
Hooker.

Hales Common Laiv of England.

For the performance of this work, a vftal or

This inditution, which aftigns it to a perfon,

have no rule to know, is juft as good as

whom we

directive principle feemeth to be

to the
ajjijlant
corporeal.

Locke.

ASSIMILABLE, adj. [from tffimilatt.]

That which may be converted to the ASSI'STANT.
fame nature with fomething
The

tations

fpirits
;

of

many

meeting no

elfe.

whsrein to re-act

lefs,

Some young towardly noblemen or gentlemen

were ufually fent as
afflantsai attendants, accord,
ing to the quality of the perfons.
Bacon.

of converting food

to nourilhment.

2.

and cxccm

more, than

Gwu,

n.f. [from oj/tft.]

A perfon engaged in an affair, not as
principal, but as auxiliary or niinille-

rial.

Brtiun's f^ulgar Errours.

<v. n.
\_ajjimila, Lat.]

ASSI'MILATE.
To perform the aft
Birds ajjimilatt

fid but naked habi-

ajjimilablti

their natures.

To

will

xvi. 2.

our other in,

Acquaintance with method will aJJ-.jl one in

Watti's Lofrick.
ranging human affairs.
She no fooner yielded to adultery, but Ihe agreed
to fljjt/l in the murder of her hufband.
Brooms on the Qclyfjty.

ASSIGNMENT,

all.

Diff,

Lat.]
Dttt.
affifto,

Rom.

n.f. [from "JJign.'\

Appropriation of one thing to another
thing or perfon.
The only thin^ which maketh any place pub-

Lat.]

help.

ajjijlancts

of our

at once the ajfigncr

an aflignment to no body at

To

Lat.]

fignify
is

ofPiety-i

[ajjimulo,

To ASSI'ST.

He that
n.f. [aJfig>ie,Fr.']
appointed or deputed by another to

ASSI'CNER. n.f. [from

a.

Siuift.

afiignation.

"V.

To feign to counterfeit.
Assi MUL A'TION. n.f. \affimulatio,

over a thing to another.

perfon ; affigncc in law, is he whom the

law maketh fo, without any appointment of the perfon.
Co-ivc/l.

[In Spanilh, a con-

trad or bargain.]
A contraft or convention between the
king of Spain and

the parts
ftate

coming

gyl,,

a.

Sptfiattr.

do any aft, or perform any bufinefs, or

And an affignee
enjoy any commodity.
may be either in deed or in law affignee
in deed, is he that is appointed by a

continually.

-v.

2.

ASSIGNEE',

that obliges artificers to be

c/tducujly
tonverfant with their materials, is that of
glafs-

To ASSI'ECB.

real ajjignatiin.
Or when a whore, in her vocation,

Prior.

men.

Newton.
n.f. [from ajpmilate.~\
Difl.

of ajfimilation of ncu^
fome outward emollients that make
more apt to afiimilate* Bacoii'sNat.llift.

appoints.

[from affiuous.]

becomes like the

it

It furthers the very aft

Adaifcn.

renews her little labour,

her ajfiduout neighbour.

ASSI'DUOUSLY.

n.f. \ajjtgnation, French.]

An

ftill

Nor jufties

till

texture,

SiUt/J.

ASSIGN A'T ION.

Lat,] Con-

adj. [aJ/Muus,

ajftmilatt,

rirtiment, by

idence, in which the world did not alfo co-exid.

ufe to corrupt us.

its

Likenefs.

and emanation from God; fo that th"ie

was no Inftant afligttablc of God's eternal cx-

tion.

nature by digeftion.

ASSIMI.L.A'TION. n.f. [from ajfimilate.]

1. The a<5t of converting any thing to the
nature or fabftance of another.

ftreamed by connatural

it

own

ASSI'MILATENESS.

refult

clofenefs of applica-

have, with much pains and ajiduity, qualified

u-lf for a nomenciator.
in;,
Addijtn.
Can he, who has undertaken this, want conviction of the neceflity of his utmoft vigour and
to acquit himfelf of it ?
cjjlctuity
Rogers.
We obferve the addrefs and ajjijuity the, wi!

that

Ariftotlc held

its

denfe earth.

ASSIGNABLE, adj. [from a^Tgv*.] That

which may be marked out, or fixed.

n.f. [affiJuite, Fr. ajjiduitas,

Diligence

changing

ajpgn wafte, is to lliew wherein efpeciCmvell.

ally the wafte is committed.

No:t: on tbe OdyJJey.

turn to

Milton.
corporeal to incorporeal turn.
Hence alfo animals and vegetables may ajfimilate their nourifhment ; moift nourishment eafily

n.f. [from afs and bead.'} One

flow of apprehension ; a blockhead.
Will you help an afikead, and a coxcomb, and

Lat.]

how

to declare

to
and where the judgment is unjuft
affi^n the ceflbr, is to (hew how the
or given over ; to
plaintiff had ceiled,

A'SSHEAD.

ASSIDU'ITY.

is

judgment,

neceflitous

And

Locke.

[In law.] In general, to appoint a deanother ;

puty, or make over a right to
in particular, to appoint or fet forth, as
to ajjtgn error, is to ihew in what part
of the procefs error is committed to

repetition gives a greater emphafis to the

words, and agrees better with the vehemence of
the fpeaker in making his cfftvtrat'vai.

a knave, a thin-fjced knave, a gull

is

aj/ign falfe

and

ferine

Tailing concoct, digeft,

fettled

another.
3.

a.

<v.

bring to a likenefs, or refemblance.

To

2.

no fuch intrinfick, natural,

value in any thing, as to make any ajjigned quanof
it
tity
conftantly worth any ajfgned quantity of

him were admirable, (hould, in your mouths,

but argue ralhnefs.
Hooker.
Another abufc of the tongue I might add ;
vehement affeveratiom upon flight and trivial oc-

Browns

oppreffed,
:
to
ajj.gn

lad day will

with regard to quantity or value.

There

in

Ray

fix

and

dry. Bacen'i Nat. Hift.

better meat than beads, be-

more

kind of life would

next generation to barbarifm and ferinenefs.
Haltt
They are not over-patient of mixture ; but
fuch, whom they cannot afimilate, foon find it
their Jntsrcft to remove.
*wiff.

Milton.
is

generally

eafily aj/imi/atc at lead the

Addifin.

2.~Ta

To
A

1.

virtue

for their excrements are ever liquid,

To ASSI'MILATE.

exprefs cjpgn'd us,

The

flefli

Birds be commonly
caufe their flefh doth ajjiwl/afe more finely, and
fecerneth more fubtcly.
Bacctt's Natural Hijlory.

everv one a ftation fuitable to his character.

Solemn affirmation,

The

doom

That cruel ferpent.

True quality is neglected,

ASSEVER A'TION.

cations.

join'd in

Both joining,
injuries, one enmity

Againft a f ,e by

folemnity, as upon oath.

n.f. [from a//e<verate.~\
as upon oath.
That which you are perfuaded of, ye have it
otherwife
than
no
by your own only probable collection ; and therefore fuch bold aj/everationt, as

their

ajjigncd Uriah
that valiant men were.

pleads affets, fayeth nothing ; but that

the perfon, again!}, whom he pleads, hath
enough come to his hands, to difcharge

what is in demand.
Covjell.
1 <v. a. [ajfaero,
To ASSE'VER.
Lat.]
To ASSE'VERATE. 3 To affirm with great

beads

to appoint.
unto a place where be kntw

He

3 the teftators or

debts or legacies.

out

ASS

S S

Sometimes it is perhaps only a

word for an attendant

fofter

The

ASS

ASS

The Ml- ajfiflamt on e

With gating mouths for .ffuing

He was accompanied with a noble gentleman,

nJ unfuiuble ejjcciatt.
H'.: ..:-.

i'J,

woi

to me, beyond
Compare, above all living creatures dear.
But my tjpcietci BOW my Hay

'
:

\~,

An

ii-

a'iTcmbly of
.i.i!

r.j

Impatient.

with

iiiL-n,

cj.-tain

.1

limq.

3.

The

4.

ihe

affix.!, bit.

ftatnte.

never executed byanyjuuicej

yn

ot'

And

there the

iod Ihall clofe the

Lift

book of

Juv.

who

&c.

6. Atfizc if bread, ale,

D/y^.

Meafure of

Thus it is faid, <wiien

price or rate.
-wheat is of fucb a friiC, the bread fhall
be offuth affize.
7. Meafure ; for which we now ufeyfz?.
Oo high hill's top I faw a (lately frame,
An hundred cubits hiyh by jult ajjize,
Wich hundred pillars.
Sferrffr.

To
[from the noun.]
the rate of any thing by an affize or

fix

<v.

you in all his happinefs.

4. Conneftion.

ajj/ocia,

To

1.

fearful

jljfxiaieti

Upon our

To

2.

Lat.]

unite with another as a confederate.

led by

army

Appofition

5.

with Aundius,
Sbaktfpeart.

adopt as a friend upon equal term

djfr-lMc in your tO'.ui a

And

(Irangers in your

To

3.

A'SSONANCE.

accompany

Ki.cnJs fhould

ajficititc

unite

To

ASSUA'GE.

To

Hakir.

like.
.

companion

equality,

implying fome kind of

Ac-

n.f. \affuetudo, Lat.]

the force to hi:rr.

v.

/?..-,

a. [a/Itino,

Lat.]

This when the various god had urg'd in vain,

ftrait
ajjua'd his native form again.
Pyt,

He
2.

To

take upon one's

With ravifh'ci
The monarcli

And

To

felf.
c.irs

h^a:

?,

Sljumrs the God,

Affcds to nod,
feems to ihake the fpheres.

arrogate; to claim or

Dr\J;n,

un-

feizc

priate.
His ra.ijefty might well cj/iimt the complaint
and expieffion of king David.
Chiendir.

To ASSU'ME. v.

gant

man

To

n.

claim more than

is

be arrogant; to

due.

n.f. [from affumc.~\

; a man who claims

An

arro-

more than

his due.

Can

mm

be wife in any courfe, in which lie is

But can thcfc high ajjumtrs) and pretenders to reafon, prove themlelvcs fo ?
Scxtb.

not fafe too

ASSU'M N c. participial adj. [from

mitigate ; to foften ; to allay.

Refieihing winds the fummer's heats ajjuagc,
And kinJly warmth difarms the winter's rage

To

Arrogant

ajfic;*;]

haughty.

His haughty looks, and his affiim'irg air,

/
fon of'lfis CTiild no longrr h.-ar.
This m.iIiL-s him ovor-lorward in bunnefs, ofand
pcremptoi
ftming\n con\x-n'.uio:-,

appcafe

Yet

is

to pacify.

his hate, hi; i-iic IK, ne'er the Icfs,

when 'tis told.

Since nought ajua^ab nul^cc

ASSU'MPSIT.
This was necefTary for the fi-cnring the pcop'e
from their fears, capable of being ajpia'rd by no
Slull

I,

t'

The
3.

To

as,

>

Dr)'den'j+4/iricti.

medicine

the

offita^fs

pain.

the \vateri

u A'C E

tigaiion

To

/'.

abatement

from

viii.

affuug,;. ]
o-f evil.

Co

The

aft

/;.

i.

f.

[ttjT.n;:p:':o,

Lat.}

of taking any thing to one's

felf.

God

The

palt ovc-r the carih, aivl

Gin.
n.

vo-

tvhere-

conaJcration.

ASSU'M PTION.
i .

abate.

.iff-ia^fj.

MENT

made by word,

effua^t

To ASSUA'OE. -v. n.
God ma le a wind to

As s

luntarv promifo

r.ige,

rcgil (torn iu:tr,y

eafe

n.f. [afnmo, Lat.]

by a man takcth upon him to perform

it conor pay any thing to another
tains any verbal promife made upon

C.'..

Their brutal

ra.

dcie:-.d^r, and his afloci.itts, h.ive fithence

f r><u.>fcii to the world a form fuch as thcmfelies

loft?

[The derivation of ASSU'MER.

a.

-a.

other r

fenfe ;
Their

one

.'

The

z.

n.f. [from the verb.]

perjbn joined with another ; a part-

a good or neutral
an accomplice in ill.

1.

tnclc I'ucccflis.

confederate, in

Br^u-n't I'algar

ASSU'ME.
To take.

them

To

word is uncertain Minjhenu deduces it from adfuaderc, or afluaiiiare ;

Junius, from f*pa.')"> fweet from whence
Skinner imagines ar-paij-an might have
been formed.]

perfuade the ting, now in old age, to

m.ikc Pi.tngus his pjf-uatf in govcmmcn

tlie

.-."to

cuftomance ; cuftom ; habit.

Wef;e that ajj'-.niuiii or" things h-ir!:;V.I,Hn>h make

Spnftr.

ner.

2.

a<.

juflly.

But whence they fprung, or how they were begot,

Unenth is to aflurc,. uncath to weene
That ruonftrous crrour which doth fome ajfit.

ASSO'CIATE.

or

ajfuejjciijn,

ASSO'CIATE.

1.

Lat.]
of being accuftomed to any

(late

ASSUE'TUDE.

ufe.

It has generally the particle tvitb ; as,

he affociated 'with his mailer's enemies.

With

anJ

3.

this

adj. [from the verb.] Confederate ; joined in intereft or purpofe.

While I defeend through darkncfs
^'o my afficiittc pow'rs, them to acquaint

Ska.

\_ajjuefach,

4. To fuppofe fomething granted without

mafs or quantity properly felefted
proof.
In every hypothecs, fomething is all.wed to be
and ranged.
effumtd.
Btylt.
To ASSO'T. v. a. [from fat ; affoter, Fr.]
To infatuate ; to befot a word out of 5. To apply to one's own ufe; to appro-

to join himfelf.
'

merit,

friends in grief and woe.

unite himfelf;

lord

Right and left, as parts mfersient unto the motive faculty, arc differenced by degrees from ufe

ASSO'RTMENT. n.f. [from affort.]

1. The aft of
claffing or ranging.

keep company with

To

The

To

ther.

oleaginous paitkles unperceivedly ajaciateJ .ll;mfclves to it.

Styk.

-v. n.

Aci':-.

ASSUEFA'CTION. n.f.

a. [ajfirtir, Fr.]
range
in clafles, as one thing fuits with ano-

to join.

To ASSO'CIATE.

going to

Di<St.

To ASSO'RT. v.

:;>c

5.

Re-

n.f. [affonance, Fr.]

Soundadj. \affonant, Fr.J

a manner refembling another

ing in
found.

v.

Shakej'purc,

To

Watn.

A'SSONANT.

.i^U'rin^ train,
pahce entertain.
Drydcn.

to

By

union of matter.

ference of one found to another refemit.

Refemblance of found. Diet.

another..

4.

importance, and

The changes of corporeal things are to be placed

only in the various feparations, and new ejj
and motions, of thefe permanent particles. Ncit'ion,

2.

Cams Marcius,

territories.

fubjeft to

Muft not fo Mate h5s palm, nr

Nor by my will a/7lkj:trjre his

\\i'i

bling

Assi'zER.or ASSI'SER. n.f. [from fl^fz*.]

Is an officer that has the care and overfight of weights and meafures. Cbamb.
Asso'ci AB I.E. adj. \ajjocialilis, Latin.]
TJiat which may be joined to another.
To ASSO'CIATE. -v. a. [n/oder, Fr.]

To

'v. a. \fubjugo, Lat.J

not in ufb.

grows iironger.

j^JJociatbn of ideas is of great

be of excellent ufe.

P'spc'lSt.

To ASSU'BJUCATE.

Bylc.

may

writ.

h; bread tumultuous joys arii'e,

voice fup;
r-Jjuaf.-vt

her (uft

thing.

is a kind of
holy c^^i-tl'r
and, by making you his partner, i.

Soften-

mitigating.

Mulick

Partnership.

Gcd

ASSI'ZE.

againft

Sil:-iienial
lleep.

or appeafes.
adj. [from affuage.}

fate,

3.
j;ui thole

ing

for particular
pur-

v.hich to ftrcngt'icn tbemfelves,

they fecretly enteied into a league of ajj'jtutkr..
Iboker.

<jj/'i

in ivakr,

*To

pacifies

n.f. [from n/uagf.\ O,.

ASSUA'SIVR.

This could not be done but with mighty oppolition:

court of jullice.
'

ASDUA'CER.

JftkiUt

Confederacy ; union
pofes, good or ill.

2.

ij

each i^if and term we try

thousand ufxals of as deep a dye.. Dryd.

A ny

f,f,', OJyJfy:

unto fociablclife, arrd confent to fomc certain b< n

of ajficiati'-n ; which bond is the law that appoinlcth what kind of order they fliould be afficiatfii in.

At

SftnJ

being a fociety, hath the felf-famc

original grounds, which other politick focictks
the
natural inclination which all men have
hive;

Cawcll.

ws

i.uv

i i.:

IJu

jAssociA'riON. n.f. [from aj/bciate.]'

1. Union ; conjunction ;
focfety.

court, place, or time, where and

the writs and procefles of'ajfizc

when

weary woes hav;cnJ,

torment r.- \er cejfc,

(nail thefe

(luli ihcir ruthlcls

Without

MUttr..

The church

"A jury.
.An ordinance or

c.

S S

>,

ccruin phce, and at

iu a

.v folc,

when

Tell mr,

Or

So!.

/['<::'

of
himl'.-.f, ^nd his
per/Vinal deiceot
of our fl.fh to his divinity, more t'amU
ajj'..mft'w>
to us, wus *u enluii; to infinu.uc h's
plcafurc

i-

forcement beyond

ali

methods of wifdom.
'

a.

The

ASS
The

fuppofition, or aft of fuppofing, of

any thing without further proof.
Theie by w iy of aff'air.^tan, unJer .the two general prep ficioiis, a.e intrinficauy and n;'.tvvfcliy

z.

g-iod or baJ.
'I

3.

HoKi,
I

a populate.
's wrong
t'-rxptan

la;
-

Spirit
Ihey,

t!

.,

ASSU'MPTIVE.
That is
Ass 'RANGE,

Such an
lower aid

mm

Againft

lo f"on as

it

doth

fpiritual foes, yields

The fame
RANCE.

fleihly

come

might,

to fight

by and by.

Fa't-y

^.

To ASSU'RE. <v. a. [affeurer, Fr. from afJecurare, low Latin.]

1. To
give confidence by a firm promife.
So when lie had ajfurtd them with many words
that he would reftore

ledge.
Proof from the authority of man's judgment, is
not able to work that ajfurar.cf, which doth grow
by a llronger proof.

Hooter.

'Tis far

To

fecure to another ; to make firm.

So irrefiftible an authority cannot be reflected
on, without the moil awful reverence, even by
thofe whofe piety ajjitrei its favour to them. Rogers.

2.

off,

rather like a dream, than an ajforantc

That my remembrance warrants. Sbjt. TemfeJI.
The obedient, and the man of piactice, fliall
their doubts and ignorances, till perfualion pafs into knowledge, and knowledge advance into ajfarar.ct.
Scatt.
all

To make

3.

have given him

Firmnefs

and

My

behaviour,

my

ill

this lall afjitrance.

6.

when

Converfatiun,
will add to their

j.

vitious fhame.
they

come

knowledge and

into the world,

Lsckf,

affurjn<.(.

Ground of confidence ; fecurity; fufficient reafon for truft or belief.

The nature of defire itfclf is no easier to receive
belief, than it is hard to ground belief; for as defire is glad to embrace the firft (hew of
comforr,
fo

is

defire defirous of perfect

affuranct.

None of woman
Shall
'i

But

And
1

Daviei
born

<,n

live,

Macduff, what need

mr.k? ajfarance double fure,

take a bond of fate : tliou (halt not

nvid

;iir

And,
She is your own,

elfe

offer is the

make

live.

Sbaktff.

to betroth.

2. Certain

not doubting.

Young princes, cloL your hands,

And your lips too ; for, I am well allured,
That I did fo, when I was firft affur"d.
As when by

Of Galilaeo,

lefs ajfir',1,

Immodeft

3.

ASSU'REDLY.

Sbakcjpcarg' t

King Jobn.

night the glafs

oblerves

anil regions in

the

mocn.

ad-v.

[from

1.

her the effurantt,

me

ASSUAGE.
A mark

n.f. \ajlerifmus, Lat.}

conftellation.
the (kic with ajl-rifms, and
had
filled
Poetry
hiftories belonging to them; and the.,' a<lrology
devifesthe feigned virtues and influenres of each.

B-ntUf'i Scrmvrt.
2.

An

This

or mark.

afterifk,

'is

a very

ufe.

improper

*
Dwell particularly on palTages with an /?rj/r ;
for the obfcrvat'.ons which follow fi.ch a note, will

give you a clear light.

ASIERN.

DryJtift Dufrejny,

[from a and ftern.] Ira

the hinder part of the ihip ; behind the
adv.

fhip.

The
While

galley gives her fide, and turns her prow,

thofe afttrn, descending down the fteep,

Thro' gaping waves behold the boiling deep. Dryd.

To ASTE'RT.

[a word ufed by Sfen-

-v. a.

ftr, as it feems, for /art, or Jlarlle.]

terrify ; to ftartle ; to fright.

To

We deem of death, as doom of ill defert ;

But knew we fools what it us brings until,
Die would we daily, once it to expert}
No

danger there the (hepherd can

A'STHMA. n.f.

ajlert.

Spfnftr.

[ao-Spu*.]
frecjuent,
fhort refpiration, joined

difficult, and
with a hifling foond and a cough, efpeand when the
cially in the night-time,
body is in a prone pofture ; becaufe
then the contents of the lower belly
bear fo againft the diaphragm, as to
leffen the capacity of the bread, whereby the lungs have lefs room, to move.

An aflbma is the inflation of tire membranes of

the lungs, and of the membranes covering the
mufcles of the thorax.
Flyer an the Humours.

ASTHMA'TICAL. 7
ASTHMA'TICK. f

brought me garlands, Griffith, which I feel

am not worthy y-t to wear 1 flisll affurcdly.
:

o,.

afthma.~\

with

an

In ajlbmatleal pcrfons, though the hmgs be

much Muffed with tough phlegm, yet the patient may live bme months, if not fome years.
Beyle.

After drinking, our horfes are mod- ajlbiratick j

and, for avoiding the watering of them, we wet
their hay.
Flyer.

word ufed
part. adj.
the vcrfion of the Bible for ajhiiijbe.-i.

ASTO'NIED.

ins

were aftvnud at thee.

Ijjiab, lii. i.
Un-nanly dread invades
French afliny'd.
J. Pbilifs,

Many

attmitus, Lat.]

nffi<red.~\

Troubled

very

Cer-

[from

adj.

afthma.

The
To ASTO'NISH.

indubitably.
They prom'is'd me eternal happiued,

tainly

see

[arte'10'*'-]

Milton.

vitioufly confident.

And

bed;

you muft pjruun

affiance

It is an
ajjurcd experience, that flint laid about
the bottom of a tree makes it profper.
Bacan't Natural Hiflory.

Sbattffeare.
ion!"-!",

'

lands and leafes whatfoever.

Imagined lands
?

I'll

yet

my

'

Spenftr.

participial adj. [ftom aj/ure.]

Certain; indubitable; not doubted.

1.

Inland.

fear of thee

ASSU'RED.

harm Macbeth.-

hen

happy day

Diviner laid claim to me, called me Dromio, fwore I was ajjurcd to her.
Akiilujpearel
'Ih,

tbc conqueft was but (light and

fupeilici.il,
Co the pope's donation to the Irifh fub:r,JHi:>ns were

but weak and fickle ajjuranca.

all

To

5.

Sidnfy.

As

affure of

And, for that dow'ry, I'll ajjitrc her of

Her widowhood, oe it that (he fu: vivcs me,

Sidney.

Freedom from

with

of.
on earth can lung abide in Mate?

But what

In

governed, gave you the firft

ill hid, hath
given you

fecure

Or who can him

exemp-

affection,

(hall

Too make

4.

Robert.

comfort;

truth,

Mlltor.

undoubting

5. Confidence; want of modefty;

tion from awe or fear.

exempt from

to

cyja/vour hearts beforehim. i^<,^n,iii. 19

I revive
At this laft fight; affur'd that man (hall live
With all the creatures, and their feed perfcrve.

TiHotfoH.

(leadinefs.
Men whofe confidorji.im will relieve our modefty, and give us courage and ajjaran^i in the duties of our p:\/ferBon.
;

confident

doubt or fear ; to confer fecurity.

And hereby we know, that we are of the

Hath he found, in an evil courfe, that comfortable aj/iiranci of God's favour, and g ..xi M
his future condition, which a religious life would
4.

them without hurt, accordlet him go for the fay2 Mac. xii.

ing to the agreement, they

ing of their brethren.

And

ontgrow

See INSU-

with infurance.

13.

Freedom from doubt; certain know-

3.

[In theology.] Security with refpetl

;
certainty of acceptance with God.
to a future ftate

good

lofs.

make men

12.

Tillvtjor..

The

A'STERISM.

'

will
affurancc of things as

careful to avoid a lefler danger, ou;;ht to awaken

men to avoid a greater.
Tilhtfon.

'

lofTi

.Vc?/'/j.

his woiihip.

.
liar; as
He aKb publilhed the tranflation of the Septuathe
gint by itfelf, having firll compared it with
Hebrew, and noted by aftirijki what was defective,
Crrw.
and by obelifks what was redundant.

TtllotJ'an.

2. Secure confidence ; truft.

What
is he that boaiH of
And vain ajl'uran^c of moical ry,
all

as great affuratite that there is a God,

could expect to have, fuppoling that he were.

Conviftion.

1 .

th

cfllirut.j,

in
little
printing or 'writing, in form of a

Which

we

as

thing than aj/urjnce t yet, as to ah the purpofes of a

Swl.
pious life, ir may prove moie i.'fful.
.at encouragement ca.. bt t iven to goodr.cfi,
beyond the hopes of heavea, and the ajjuratice of a
er.llels felicity

of you,
tiffurance
SbabefpMre's King Lear.

We have

good

TO A'SSWA'GE:
A'STERISK. n.f.

and. breeding,

And, from fome knowledge and

Offer this office.

is

n.f. [from aft/red.]

(late of being allured ; certainty.
ASSU'RER. n.f. [from affiire.]
I
He that gives aflurance.
2. He that gives fecurity to make

Hammcnd.

him

that

ASSU'REDNESS.

is

Teltimony of credit.
am a gentleman of blood

10.

n.f. [aflurance, Fr."]

Certain expectation.
Tluugh hopr be, indeed,

1.

Dryd.

readinefs to hope.

clined to.

Lat.]

[a/itmfti'vus,

adj.
afl'umed.

me.

to you, a pride ro

fo,

hut of any thing t'nt is

evil he is no csufe at all.
Ralagb's Htf. of World.
our lib,: ty, till we rellorer
Affundly he will flop

any

n&t the grace of hope, but a good natuobferves

ral
ajfurance or c mfidence, which Ariltotle
young men to be full of, and old men not fo in-

after a

Walt

th> aflurartce

Sanguinenefs
This

'f the
nffuirpikn of tlie BlefTed
pope and cardinals keep the vefpers.

felicity.

all

abfolutely .g^od, and

all

innocence can bring,

Fearlefs without, becaufe fecure within ;
Arm'd with my courage, unconcern'd I fee

9.

Stillir-fnt.
certain period of years, would
have been rewarded with an ajfumfr'.ion to eternal

Adam,

like relblute

This pomp, a iname

taking up any perfon into heavc-n,

whirh is fuppofed by thj Romiih church
of the BlefTe: Virgin.
U:

is

caufe of

Bactn.

KnlKi.

With

Swh.

The

God

intrepidity.
men, flood in the face of
the breach witlnmore afliirancc than the wall ^tfelf.

4.

him, wherc's her dower

overltghr.
8.

For th~ .-yjtnfthn, that Chrid di fuch miracu-i

tins 1:1' fupern itural works to confirm \vhathc
faid, we need only repeat the meffage fent by hinr
to Joh:i the Bartift.

die before

Sbakcffeare.
An afjurer.ii being palTed through for a competent fme, hath come back again by reafon of fome

ve well defin'd. Dryct-

iii-you

&ouU

If you

N^.'ris.

he thing iuppofeJ

AST

ASS

[ejlmmer, Fr. from

confound with fome
fudden paffion, as with fear or wonder ;
to

amaze

t>. a.

To

to furprife
<f men to l\
VVh^i the mall
It is

the

p.xrt

Such dreadful heralds

,ir
.

to ftun.
and tremble,

by tokens, fend

to ajiimlh us.

Sboliejptfrt*
'

AST

at the voice,

he flood amaz'J,
Ajlmjh'd
And all around with inward horror gaz'd. .

ASTRI'FEROUS.

AJIini/bing as chaos.

man may

between two rocks, that a

upon both at once.

genius univerfal as his them:,

Tttmfon.

Lat.]

[a/lrifir,

houfes of heaven, in the form which

CanJ.r.

t\vel

ajirohgiam ufe.
Tin- Am, trn-y fay, cannot
difpofe
No more than can the aftrohpan.

Biylt.

adj.

or

Th-

(land aflnje

liars.

Httdthcs,

Dici.
Bearing
having
ASTO NISHINCNESS. n.f. [from aJfoHiJb.]
,..
Car- ASTROLO'CICAL. 1
ASTRI'GEROUS.<#.
\aftriger,
Lat.]
Of a nature to excite aftonifhment.
adJ- t trom
"A'%-1
Ibrs.
Difl. AST ROLO'C CK
rying
I
ASTO'NISHMENT. n.f. [ejionntment Fr.] To
ASTRI'NGE. *.. a [ajlringo, Lat.] I. Profefling aftrology.
Amazement
confufion of mind from
Some feem a little ajlrobgieal, as when tliey
To prels by contraction to make the
fear or wonder.
warn us from places of malign influence. Wc
draw together.
parts
We found, with no lefs wonder to us than aJ!oNo ajtnhgick wizard honour gains,
Tears are
,.

cauied by a contraction of the

fpirits
which contraction, by conference,
j
a/lrii;gftt the rnoMiire of the biain, and thereby
fendrth tears into the eyes.
Bacun.

vijbmnt to thcmfelvcs, that they were the two vaand famous brothers.

liant

She eftremed
aflamjhmirt

this as much above his wifdom, as

Sautb.
beyond bare xdnviratipru

is

ASTO'UND.

y~0

aftonilh

to

ThU

der.

a.

<v.

ASTRI'NCENCY. n. f. [from aftritge.]

To
The power of contracting the parts ot

[eftanner, Fr.]

confound with fear or wonis now fomewhat ob-

the body

word

Aftriclion prohibitcth d'fljlution

in medi; as,
aftringcnts inhabit putrefaction
and, by

Thefe thoughts may ftartle well, but not ajlaund

virtuous mind, that ever walks attended
By a ftrong fiiiing champion, confcicncr. Miltin.

cines,

The

With

quantity of oil of vitriol

will
ke:p frcih water long f, urn putrefying.'

adv. [from a and ft'raddle,.]'

Builder's Dii.
none of that ordinary confufion, which
the refult of quarter rounds of the
ajiragj', and

how many

Sptftetor.i

clofcr.

in their natures fimply good or ill,

moft fobfervient to bad fpirits will.

ASTRA'Y. adv.

That

What

let

the

v. a. \ajiringo, Lat.]

aft or

n.f.

the body by applications.

Aflniiton is in a lublrancc that hath a virtual
cold ; and it workcth
partly by the fame means that
cold doth.
Bacon.

This virtue requireth an

aflrlflim, but fuch an

not grateful to the
body ; for a pleafdoth rather bind in the nen -s than

\n% aflriflion
expel them ; and therefore fuch aftrifikn is found
in things of a harm tai'.c.
Bacon.
Lenitive fubftances are
proper for dry atrabila_
r'an conftitution^, who are
to
of
fubjeft

ajiriflion

Arbuthnit on Ditl.

adj. [from ajiriQ.'}

of a binding quality.

ASTRI'CTORY.
Aftringent

ftereographick pj-ojeclion of the circles of the

fphere.upon the plain of fome
Chambers.
great circle.
ASTRO'LOCER. n.f. \aftrologus, Lat. from
1.

and Aoy-.];

One

that, fuppofing the influences of

the liars to have a caufal powe -,
profefles
to foretel or difcover events
1

depending

on thofe influences.
Not unlike that which
ti

adj. [ajfriaoriui,
apt to bind.

ASTII'DE. adv. [from a and

With the legs open.
To lay their native arms afide,
Their modc-fty, and ride afindf.
1 faw a
place, where the Rhone

Stip-

Did.
Lat.]
Difl.

Jlride.]

MI of planets,

fo ltraite:ied

conjuncll'-:i:n.

happy genius is the gift of nature it depends

on the influence of the ftars, fay the
ajlrohgcrs ; on
:

the organs of the body, fay the naturalists it is thf

;
particular gift of Leaven, fay the divines, both
chriftians and heathens.

Drydtn,

Ajlrclogtrs, that future fates fore/hew.

Pipe.
I never heard a finer fatire
againft lawyers, tha

that of
ajlrohgtn,

when

when they

pretend, by

a fi.it will end,

rules ol

and whether

to the

advantage of the plaintiff or defendant.

Si^lft.
2. It was anciently ufed for one that un-

derflood or explained the motions of the

planets, without including prediction.
worthy
found in the

aftroltgtr, by perfpcfiive g.'afles, hath

ftars many things unknown to the an-

cients.

Hudihrat.
is

aftro/ogcrs call a

of no very benign afpcft the one to

the other.

me

to be built on as
sl;l domical pia; ers f.vni to
gouti realon as iho predictions.
StiHingfieit.
7 he poetical fables arc more ancient than the

afnhgical inftiences, that were not known to tiie

Creeks till after Alexander the Great.
Ber.tUy.

ASTROLO'CICALLY. adv. [from

ajirolo-

In an aftrological manner.

gy.~\

To As TRO'LOCIZE.

n.

a/,

[from

ajlra.

To praclife aftrology.
AS'JRO'LOGV. n.f. [apologia,
lgy-~\

Lat.]

The

praftice of foretelling things by

the knowledge of the ftars ; an art now
as

generally exploded,

and

irrational

falfe.
I know the learned think of the art of
ajlrdtgy,
that the ftars do not force the actions or wills of
meij.

Stvift.

ASTRO'NOMER.

n.f. [from ^(ot, a ftar,

and >oi-, a rule or law.] One that
ftudies the celeftial motions, r.nd the
rules by which they are
governed.

The motions of fatlions under kings ought t

be like the motions, as the
aftnnomers Ipeak of, in
the intcriour orbs.
Eanit.
Aftrcncmcrs no longer doubt of the motion of the
Locke.
planets about the fun.

The old and new ajtronomers

Attempt the hcav'nly motions

in vain
to explain.

BUci&ire .

ASTRONO'MICAL.
ASTRONO'MICK."

J adj.
t+it
f
,

t_!in
lAJt
UflU'ny
[{romajironomy.]
i

i j

Belonging

to aftro-

Our fjrefathers marking certain mutations to

in the fun's progrcfs
through the zod'ack,
th y ii'^iftrate and let them down in their
aflrono-

happen
mi.-al

art, to tell

ASTRI'CTIVE
tick

inftrument chiefly ufed for

taking
the altitude of the pole, the fun, or ftars,,

ar^oi

Relating to aflrology.

nomy.

An

2.
1

pafs either in too fmall or too

the belly, and the piles.

[of Ufr^, and teZiTr,

at fea.

To

[aJ?riaio,Lzt.] The
power of contracting the parts of

ajtrilliai as is

n.f.

to take.]
1

Artutbnot on Alimtntt.

ASTRI'CTION.

Dia.

A'STROLABE.

were to be relaxed or
ajinftcd, as

great quantities.

on Atnr.crK.

liars.

by applications, in oppofition
: a word not fo much ufed as

humours

Hiftcry.
perfpiration, en-

Artutkmt

purpofe.

elfe

conftringe.

they

Natural

creafeth the infenfible; for that rcafon a

(trengthcning and oftriugent diet often conduceth to tliis

way.

folid parts

fenlible

,-;'-

Spenfcr.
You run ajiray, for whilft we talk of Ireland,
the
of
Scotland.
original
you rip up
Sfcnfer on Irel.
Like one that Jiad been led ajiray
the
heav'ns
wide
Milton.
Through
pathlefs

The

B jean's

diminilrieth

A'STROGRAPHY. n. f. [from
and
y^u.$u.~\ The fcience of defcribing the

avil led,

aftray.

contract
to relax

fweet and yet ajlrmgent.

,n n.
is
very aflrlngent, anr] tVrcfore ot ll ,w

motion.

Drydcn.

fuch an one had guiding of the way,

knew not whether right he .went, or

ASTRI'CT.

it is

parts of contrary natures,'

The juice

from a and Jli-aj.~\ Out of

the right way.

May feem the wain was very

When

for

%- n'V:

The myrobalan hath

adj. [from aflrum, Lat.] Starry;

belonging to the ftars.
Some aftrat forms I mud invtke by pray'r,
Fram'd all of pureit atoms of the air ;

upi

A'STRAL.

But

Arhutbmt.'i

AJinngfnt medicines are binding, which aft by

the afnerity of their particle*,
whereby they corrugate the membranes, and make them draw

other intermingled particu-

lars.

Not

bitter fubftanccs,
by'
create horroor, that is, TOmtifate

adj.
[njlringens, Lat.]
contracting ; oppofed to laxative : it is ufed fometimes of taftes
which feem to contract the mouth.

Binding

fee

not

Hlftiry.

ASTRI'NGENT.

toms of columns.
know

aSrugenn,

trie fibres.

Natural

Acid, acrid, auftere, and

their

or ankle-bone.]
little round member,
in the form of a ring or bracelet, ferving as an ornament at the tops and bot-

is

frftall

:'s

one's legs acrols any thing.

Difl.
n.f. [ir^ayaX-, the ankle

z.

has not oft been banifli'd, or in chains.

fome

ajli-ingaify,

'

A'STRACAL.

We

oppofcd to the power of re-

laxation.

folete.

ASTRA'DDLE.

Who

of. the brain

SidntJ.

ASTROI.O'OIAN.
The fame with

Ralc.gb.
n.

f.

[from ajlrtlegy .~\

aft eloper.

canons.

C:m he

n-it

pj

Brown's P'ulgtr Errours.

an

afrmtnuck line,
imaginary fign,
That he fhould ne'er advance to either pole

Or

dre.ids the fun th'

Blaclxirr.

ASTRONO'MICALLY.
nomical.~\

ajv.

[from

ajiro*

In an aftronomical manner.

ASTRO'NOMY.

n. f.
[ir C o s/ *;, from
andvoft^, a law crrule.]
A mixed mathematical fcience, teaching
the knowledge of the celedial bodies,

arfii,

ftar,

their magnitudes, motions, diftances,

periods, eclipfes, and order.
Pythagoras taught that the earth and
planets
turn round the fun, which Hands immoveable in the centre. From the time

of Pythagoras, ajlronomy funk into netill it was revived

by the Ptolemys, kings of Egypt and the Saracens
brought it from Africa to Spain, and reftored this fcience to
Europe. Chamfers.
To this muff be a.Jd the undeiftamling .f the

glert,

globes, and the principles jf geometiy and ajlroaony.

C<r:rl y.

A'STROSCOPY.
croiriu,

n.

f.

to view.]

[,-i?, a

and

Obfervaiion of the

liar,.

Difl.

ASTRO-THCOLOGY,
ftar,

ftar,

[from aftrum, a
and tbttlagia, divinity.] Divinity
founded
n.f.

A T

fbinded on the obfervation of the celef

eluded in the adjective ; we common!

fay, at a minute, at an hour, on a day
in a month.

bodies.

tial

That

the diurnal and annual revolutions are th

motions of the terraqueous globe, not of the
fun,
fliew in th: preface of my
Afire-Theology.

Durham's

We

feparately

Two

indirect linei.

,-

that

whole

Greedy hope
His

wifli,

and

beft

afur.dei

bwlc

to find

advantage, us a/unjer.

we

fpecies,

are falling foul

They

prefently

when he

Staitrff fare's

they meet ajain.

Dryderis Fables
All this metailkk matter, both that which con
tinued afundtr, and in
and t'ui

which was amaficj and concreted into nodules

Wmkearfi Natural Hftury

Difmay'd.

fteel

Much

fingle corpufcles,

[Lat.

./.

anAo, from

and c-ti>. f', to pillage.]

which he that has fled
taken

a fanftuary

to

of retreat and
Sj

4.

a placi

n. f.

[from a, without
Iymmetry.]

rv[j. :j.iTM,

Contrariety to iymmetry;

difpropor

tion.

The afymmetriet of the brain, as well as the deformities of the lets or

face, may be redified in

tim "

Grrw
fometimes ufed in mathematicks, for what is more
ufually called

This term

is

incommenfurability ; when between two

quantities there is no common meafure.

A'SYMPTOTE.
with, and

meet

<,

[from a , priv.
which never

of the money

which, though
they and their curve were infinitely continued, would never meet ; and
may be
conceived as
tangents to their curves at
an infinite diftance.
Chambers.
Afynptui

lines,

though they may approach

till

they are nearer than the

ffignable diftance, yet, being

nitely, will never meet.

ASYMPTO'TICAL.
Curves are

adj.

ftill

produced

The reft,
May run in

and

mm

they

Saxon.]
At, before a place, notes the nearnefs
of the place ; as, a man is at the
houfe
before he is in it.

irinued
the'r prayers at fountains.

At, before a word

coe-xittence

event

VOL.

the
I.

word

among many,

StUlbirtea

fi^nifying time, notes

of the time with the
time is fometimes in-

They will not let me be at quiet

purfue me to my very dreams.
.

At before a

fuijftantive

employment

We

own

find

in

my

fometimes marks

or attention.

fomt: arrived to that

fottifhncfs, as to

d'ye find

pstrnt.
with a, Pray

But
Be! or-

(he
lie

South.

at the profecution of the houfe of

received their determinations in

Hair.

?
fays .the doftor to his
while after he is at it again,
find
d'ye
your bo Jy? L'EJIran^e.

how
who well enough knew what,

fpoke, he would be ar,

t.i
apprehend.

creature's at his
dirty

work

Tom

this occafion.

coff.

AdJifon.

Arbtitbnot.

reafoning.

At fometimes

12.

nearly the fame as in,

as, he was at the bet-

is

noting fituation ;
torn, or top of the hill.
She hath been known to come

Swift.

At fometimes marks the occafion,

13.

of

at the head

thefe rafcals, and beat her lover.

like

on.

Others, with more helpful care,

Cry'd out aloud, Beware, brave youth, beware!
At this he turn'd, and, as the bull drew near,
Shunn'd, and rcceiv'd him on his pointed fpear.

At fometimes feems

14.

DryJcn.
to fignify in the

po-iver of, or obedient to.

But thou of all the kings, Jove's care below,
Art leall at my command, and moft my foe. Dryd.

At fometimes notes the relation of a

15.

man

to an aftion.
He who makes pleafure

a doctor at

it

in

the vehicle of health,

good earneft.

Collier

is

of Friendjhip.

At fometimes imports the manner of

1 6.

an aclion.
One warms you

by degrees, the other fets you

at once, and never intermits his heat.

on

Drydetfs Fables,
lefs

ruin than the Bajan mole

At once comes tumbling down.

17. At, like the

Drydcn 't Mncid,

French cbez, means fome-

times application

to, or dependence on.

worft authors might endeavour to pleafe us
and in that endeavour defcrve fomcthing at oui

The

pc

hands.

8.

At

In any

all.

manner;

in

A'r A B A

i. .

n. f.

t>

e,

any de-

gree.
Nothing more true than what you once
Muft women have no characters at all.

let fall,

Pops.

kind of labour ufed by

the Moors.
Children

(hall beat our atabal: and drums,

the noify trades of war no more
Shall wike the peaceful morn.
Den

And

all

flTAR A'XIA. la./. [iT

A'TARAXY.

tion

Dryd.

SetaJ),

!;.] Exempfrom vexation;

f

tranquillity.
The fccptkks

air'efted an indifferent
equipon.
derous neutrality, as the only means to their ata-

raxia, and freedom fr

Pcfi.

pro-

Thofe may be of ufe, to confirm by authority

what they will not be at the trouble to deduce by

>m paflionate

d'.ftjib.mces.

Glani'jlU"t Scepjts.

UuJibrai.
again.

effect

Drydcn.
has been at the charge of a penny upon

yourfflf

little

Pretended not

The

bed, but

Swift.

roundly what they would bear.

How
to fay

Fab.

take the fe from thcnj, nd

they arcperfectly at a bfs, their compafs and pole-ftar then
are gone, and their
undemanding is perfectly at a
nonplua.
Lccke.
One man manages fourhorfcs at once, and
leaps
from the back of another at full
(peed.
in
Ihmer'i Battlci.
Pi>pc't Effay

guided by

immediate

in

Reft in this tomb, rais'd at thy hulband's

Not with

Wile
ar? form-times
over-borne, when they
are taken at a
Collier
d'jfadvantage.
of Confidence.
1 hefe have been the maxims
have been

o f a>

[arc,

Pope.

fignifies

At marks fometimes the

ceeding from an adt.

fire all

Dryd. St.CaecUla.

hinder'd cither, in their native I >H,

to reap the hai vert of their toil.
Dryd.

&

prep,

bounty

What

leaft

infi-

together.]
figure in grammar, when a conjunction
copulative is omitted in a fentence ; as,
in veni, -vidi, -vici,
is left out.

AT.

for whom no lot is

yet decreed,
paftures, and at plcafurr fcei.

Deferted, at his utmoft ne-'d,

thofe his former
fed.

Grew.

[^'..w,

Bacon.

the fiend at large in

fpacious field.
Milton.

By

ftill

[from afymptotc.}

n.
f.
<n,$iu, to bind

want of wifdom

will be in the box.

Bxckturjf.
heard, of love and ftrife,
on the fliore.

Drydcn'i Virgil,

be ajymptoiical, when
they continually approach, without a
poflibility of meeting.

priv.

commons, have

game

Hence walk'd

faid to

ASr'NDETON.

at tafk for

prais'd for harmlefs mildnefs.

Sbaieff
b.-ingeth the treafure of a realm into a few
hands: for the ufurer
at
being
certainties, anc
others at uncertainties, at the end of the
moft

right lines, which approach nearer and

nearer to fome curve ; but

rearer together,

much more

It

Aj'ymptotes are

incoincident.]

Tempi,

Under pardon,
are

travels

of.

Impeachments

is

Than

to fall;

''*,

confequence

pi jc'd

feldom ufed other

wife than
ludicroufly ; as, he longed t<
be at him, that is, to attack him.
6. At before a fubftantive fometimes
figni
fies the
particular condition or circumftances of the perfon ; as, at
peace, in a
ftate of
peace.

You

at fea indite.

at land

the houfe of lords.

Dryd
At before a fuperlative adjeclive
implie
in thiftate; as, at
tejl, in the ftate o
moft perfection, &c.

5. At, before a perfon,

men

now

ladies

Their various news

bialt.

the beft.

you

11.

Confider any man as to his

perf >nal powers, the
are not great; for, at
greateft, they mutt ftill b
limited.
Soutb
We bring into the world with us a poor need
uncertain life, fliort at the longcft, and
unquiet a

fecurity.
was the church to fome, that it had the
<$/;,, or fancluary. Ayl'fe'sParergon

Asy '.vi M E T R Y.
1.

it

refuge

is

all

Of ftorms at fea, and

10. At fometimes

facred

right of an

and

, not
place out o
may not bi

Grew.

To

We

Sbakffp. King Job

in his heart
Milt.n's Parad'ijt Laft

High o'er their heads a mould'ring rock

That promifes a fail, and fliakes at ev'ry

fubfided.

ASY'LUM.

made

Adam

was

hear his trumpet.

Sbakejpcarc.
that in tracing the veffels
began at the hearf,
at all of a circulation,
yet
he the firft true
ftep towards the difcovery.

He

(hall

at the fight

Shakefp.

where any

the place

though he thought not

Madid

hear of your approach,

^O fir,
If that young Arthur be not
gore already,
Ev'n at this news he dies.

man at arms.

foil a

thing is, or afts.

Your hulband is at hand,

MdKfa

amend.

naked

At fometimes notes

9.

upon one anothe

accompanies, or immediately fucceeds

the action of the caufe.
At his touch,
Such fandtity hath Heav'n giv'n his hand,

The fall'n archangel, envious of our ftate,

Seeks his advantage to
betray us worfe ;
Which, when a under, will not prove too hard,
For both t 'gether are each other's
guard. Drydcn
Borne far j'undtr by the tides of
men,
Like adamant and

Infufe his breaft with magnanimity,

And make him

no efforts at all, where we could hav

weakened the common enemy, and, at th

mod

fometimes the fame with

French a.

is

<witb, after the

fame time, enriched ourfehes.

Swif
3. At, before a caufal word fignifies nearl
the fame as tuitb,
noting that the even

Paradift Loft

I.

a fign of co!
Haake,
and at laft

At

8.

firft

We made

Sfenfer on Irelana

Senfe thinks the planets fpheres not much

us th. n their diftance is fo far ?

What tells

at the very

frequent to defert him,

To heap ingratitude on worthieft deeds.
Miltt,
At the fame time that the ftorm beats upon th

they ar

drawn out, the further they go

a/under.

it

How

Pbyfao-Tbeokgy

not together.

thought

affeflion.

As u's D E R. adv. [ar-nnbpan,

Sax.] Apart

2.

ATE

A T

TE.

The

preterite of cat.

See To

EAT.
And

A T H
And

A T L

hii fide hit fteed th; grafiy forage atr

bjr

parents an themfelves out of Pa

radifc; and Job's children junketted and feaftc
together often.
firft

n.f. [a chymical term, bor

rowed from iSa*T- ; or, as other
think, nun.]
digefting furnace to
keep heat for fome time ; fo that it may
be augmented or diminished at pleafure

fome

fliutiing

ATHERO'MATOUS.

all

common

who would

thofe

intereft

feduce

A'THEIST. *. /.
One that denies
To

ATHI'RST.

men

to atbt ifm. Ti//otforr.

Religious titled

Seldom

of thofe

The

unmindful Abdiel

atbiijs

crew.

Men

Thy

[fromatt/eijt,]

Given

[from

atheift.'}

Given

1.

Poft.
2.

this

as cafy to count atoms, as to refolve the

propofitions of a lover.
Sbakcff. Asytu like it.

jEtbelredis ncble for ccunfel ; jEtbtlard,

noble genius ; jEtbdbert,
eminently noble ; JEthtliaard, a noble
protector.
Gibfon's

Bifwn's Vulgar Errvuru

One that
n.f. [from a&.]
holds the atomical philofophy, or dodrine

of atoms.
The atcmijls, who

define motion to be a pafone place to another, what do they mjrc

than put one fynonymous word for another ?

2.

^,

aJ-v. [from a and /;'//.]

In the manner of a tilter ; with the
adion of a man making a thruft at an

obfolete word for atom.

n.f.
Drawn with a team of little atomics
Athwart men's nofes, as they be afleep. Stakeff.

To

it

1.

otit'f;

Than

his favours

come
2.

Sfcflator.

collection of

maps, fo called probably from a pifture of Atlas fupporting

the heavens, prefixed to fome collec-

large fquare folio

thefe

folios,

fo called

from

were made large and fquare.

Sometimes the fupporters of a build-

rich

women's

kind of

filk

or fluff

made

for

clothes.

have the conveniency of buying Dutch

atlajfts
with gold and. filver, or without.
SftSator.
I

violenteft contrariety.

To

Sbakejf. Corio/anus.

ftand as an

equivalent^for fomething ; and particularly ufed of expiatory facrifices, with the particle for
before the thing for which fomething
elfe is given.

From

Yet fuch
f.r

Rome

mean Mock

the pious Decii

The

came ;

their virtues, that their lofs alone

and all our legions did atone.

which, containing maps,

ing.
4.

run out.

tion.
2.

ATO'NE. 11. n. [from at one, as the

etymologifts remark, to be at one, is
the fame as to be in concord.
This derivation is much confirmed by the following paflage of Shakefpeare, and appears to be the fenfe ftill retained in
Scotland.]
To agree ; to accord.
He and Aufidius can no more atcrr?,

men, and wield

Their naked tools in open fieU.

llud:bras.
In the poitureof a barrel raifed or tilt-

An

A'TOMY.

Sbakejpeart.
at

A'TLAS. n.f.

[.

from i$ F ,
n.f. [<i3/?
pap or pulfe.] A fpecies of wen, which

Blackmtre.

baby beats the nurfe, and quite atfrtvart

decorum. Shakcff. Meajure for Miafure.

"ed behind, to make

Such a man is always
hardly from him.

god-

Regained.

can judicious atomifts cor

Chance to the fun could his juft impuliV

In the city Tours

lefs.

Thy Father, who is holy, wife, and pure,

Suffers the hypocrite, or alhemis
prieft,
To tread his facred courts.
Paradife

Locke.

Now

all

To run atilt

of the alt-

Berkley's Sermons.

A'TOMIST.
fair.

tort.

a tracers.

atom."]

Relating to atoms.
Vacuum is another principal doctrine

z.

Thou ran'ft atilt, in honour of my lore,

And ftol'ft away the ladies hearts from Frjnce.

Camden.

Atheiftick

[from

Vitrified and pellucid bodies are clearer in their

continuities, than in powders and af.'m;Y<z/divifions.

All athwart there came

from Wales, leaden with heavy news.

Wrong

adj.

Confifting of atoms.

mKWphilofophy.

In a manner vexatious and

perplexing

port

is

ATO'MICAL.

is

ad-v.

thing extremely fmall.

Any
It

antagonift.

ATHERO'MA.

we

Drydin

ATI'LT.

atbtiflkk gainfayert.
Ray on tie Creation.

[Si-.]

one

Bacon's Effjys.
Execrable mape
dar'ft, though grim and terrible, advance
mifcreated front athwart my way.

The

hearts profanenefs and

Hamir.cnJ's Fundamentals.

A'THEL, ATHELINC, ADEL, and BETHEL, from add, noble, Germ. So

adj.

undefcrvedly

not proper.
Now, athwart the terrors that thy vow
Has planted round thee, thou appear'ft more

Goes

to atheifm.
This argument deimnftrated the exigence of

A'THEOUS.

brutes,

Shaitffeare,

2.

all

all

whom

prep, [from a and thwart.]

tranfverfe to any thing.

Through

ATHEI'STICALNESS. n.f. [from atheiftical.} The quality of being atheiftical.

Deity, ami convinced

South.

man of honour from

crofsly.

Is it not enormous, that a

divine, hearing a great
finner talk
aibeiftical/y, and fcoft" profanely at religion, fhould, inftead of vindicating the truth, taSouth.
citly approve the fcoffer?
I entreat fuch as arc
atkeiftically inclined, to confider thefe things.
Tillafm.

adj.

atbletick

ATHWA'RT.

Jn an atheiftical manner.

atbeijtitaiiffs.

caterer.

Ray.

See plaftick nature working to this end,

fingle atoms each to other tend,
Attract, attracted to, the next in place
Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace.

The

jijdtfon.

annoy

ATHEI'STICALL Y.aJv. [from atbeifiical.']

ATHEI'STICK.

really indivifible.

(hall

Paradife Loft.

2.

[atomus, Lat. aTc^c-.]

Such a fmall particle as cannot be
phyfically divided : and thefe are the
firft rudiments, or the
component parts,
of all bodies.
^uincy.
n.f.

Innumerable minute bodies are called atoms, beby reafon of their perfccl folidity, tin-

impious.

Lord, purge out of

ro-

the Herlefpont.

That

are atbei/licat, becaufe they are firft vicious ;

nd queftion the truth of chriftianity, becaufe they
hate the practice.
South.

1.

Themiftocles made Xerxes poft out of Grecia,

by giving out a purpofe to break his bridge atituari

denying

Mi/Kn't Paradife Loft.

ArHEi'sTiCAL.aJj.
to atheifm

to

Dryden.

Bnle.

refifted.

A'TOM.

one fee in rich families that

and vigour of constitution,
feen in cottages, where nature is cook,

Acrofs

1.

ftood

bent atmofpberical cylinder, as a part of the weight

flood.

lufly

ATHWA'RT.

Creech.

Nor

call heroes.

No atbffl,

Atheiftical;

food

[from athkta, Lat,

adj.

Science dirtinguiflies a

;
j&beift, ufe thine eyes,
And having view'd the order of the fkies,
Think, if thou canfl, that matter, blindly hurl'd
Without a guide, (hould frame this wond'rous world.

adj.

thirfl.'

foundnefs

which is
and neceffity

A'THEIST.
God.

and

"<aufe,

atblctifk

as fuch, can be a true friend, an affectionate relation, or a loyl fubjeft.

Bittley,

adj.
[from atmoConfifting of the atmofphere ;
belonging to the atmofphere.
We did not mention the weight of the incum-

fphere.~\

buft.

lives

Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame,

to the trains, and to the fmiles,
Ignobly
Of thefe fair atbeijls.
Milton's Paradife Loft.
Though he were really a fpeculative albtijt, yet
if he would but
proceed rationally, he could not
however be a practical atbeift, nor live without
Cud in this world.
Smth.

ATMOSPHE'RICAL.

thought i
tl'ifcmarit Surgery

Belonging to wreftling.
Strong of body ; vigorous

2.

without God.]
the exiftence of God.

men, whofe
them the fons of God,

Immenfe the whole excited atmoffbere

Impetuous rulheso'er the founding world. 7

aSxT>!f, a wreftler.]
1.

[S,s

thefe that fober race of

all fides.

fluctuating,

[from a

adv.

ATHLE'TICK.

Bacart

it.

of mankind, to punilh

fpringy body, that encompalTes the folid earth nn

Thirfty ; in want of drink.

With fcanty meafure then fupply their
And, when atbirft, rcftrain 'cm from the

It is

becaufe his ordinary works convince

It is the

the matter
atberomat-Ms.

aperture:

n.f. [from atheift.

only
of two fyllables in poetry.] The diibelief of a God.
God never wrought miracles to convince alkiifm,

or

fit,

Stjrf

adj.

Feeling

S>uincy,

A'THEISM.

compofed of

from atheroma.
Having the qualities of an atheroma
or curdy wen.

Aiders over them,

called regifters.

if

In ty fuhftance, fteatoma.

by opening or

anil

and

n.f. [axf*.-, vapour,

eQa't^a.,
fphere.]
The exteriour part of this our habitable world
is the air, or
atmifktrt ; a light, thin, fluid, or

honey, mrliceris

ATHA'NOR.

made on purpofe with

A'TMOSPHERE.

neither caufes pain, difcolours the fkin

nor yields cafily to the touch.
If the matter forming them referable! mill
if it be lik
curd:, the tumour ii called altenma

Sfnjt

Even our

A T O

good intention of a

Dryden's Juvenal.
weight and

man of

worth, or a real friend, feldom atones for the uneafinefs produced by his grave reprefentations.
Lickc.
Let thy fublime meridian courfe

For Mary's

fetting rays atone:

Our luftre, with redoubled force,

Muft now proceed from thee alone.

Prior.

Hi*

ATT

ATR
His virgin fword j9Jgyfthus' veins imbrued
murd'rer fell, and blood atondfor blood.

I never rccal it to mind, wNiout a deep aftonilhment of the very horrour and atrocity of the

The

fal

Pope.

To ATO'NE. v.

To

1.

reduce to concord.

knew none

fitter to

To

expiate

Soon (houli yon

boafters ceafe their

A'TROPHY.

./I [a-rfopia.] Wantofnoua dileafe in which what is

rifhment ;
taken at the mouth cannot contribute to
the fupport of the body.

haughty

ftrife,

Or

each atone his guilty love with

ATO'NEMENT.
1.

make atommcnt

feeks to

by

Between the duke of Glo'iler and your brother?.

Sbaktfpeare.

2.

Expiation

expiatory equivalent

with

To
1.

And

the Levites were purified, and Aaron made

Numbers.
an atonement for them to cleanfe them.
Surely it is not a fumcient atonement for the wri-

ATTA'CH.
To arreft
;

-v.

[from a and

top.]

On

at the top.
;
Atcp whereof, but far more rich, appear'd
as

ATR AEILA'RIAN.

[from atra

adj.

bilis,

black choler.] Melancholy; replete with

black choler.
The atrabilarian conftitution, or a black, vifcous, pitchy confidence of the fluids, makes all
fecretions difficult and fparing.

Arbutbnot on Diet.

ATRABILA'RIOUS.

adj. [from atra

Melancholick.

black choler.]

ink. Lat.]

in

and denigrating condition lodgeth, it will

feem efpecuDy to lie in the more fixed fait thereof.
Brmvn't Vulgar Err'.nr;.

ATRAME'NTOUS.
ii

To

[from atramentum,

adj.

Inky

And
6.

to rcprcfent

them,

gain over

to

Adherence ;
The Jews are

n.f. [attacbement, Fr.]

fidelity.
remarkable for an attachment

3.

4.

Coins.

apprehension of a man to bring

him to anfwer an aftion ; and fometimes it extends to his moveables.
Foreign attachment, is the attachment of
a foreigner's goods found within a city,

ToATTA'CK. v.a. [attaquer, Fr.]

To affault an enemy oppofed to
Wicked
1

ATRO'CIOUS.^.

[/rc*,Lat.]
in a high degree ; enormous ;
horribly

An advocate is necclT.iry, and therefore audience ought not to be denied him in defending
caufes, unlefs it be an atrocious offence.
Ayliffe's Parergon.

an atrocious manner

though with difadvantage of ground.

2.

In

fatire,

with great wick.

n.f.

[from atrocious.]
quality of being cnormoufly crimi-

nal.

ATRO'CITY.

n.f. [atrocitas, Lat.] Horrible wickednefs ; excefs of wickednefs.

Cane's Campaigns.

in

any manner,
confutation, calumny ;

arrive at.
Such knowledge

n.f.

as with

I.

firft

breach in the wall.

Pope's Iliad.

That

procurable.

The

n.f. [from. To attain.}

of attainting in law; convicSee To ATTAINT.

tion of a crime.
The ends in calling a parliament were chiefly
aft

to have the attainders of all of his party revcrfed ;

and, on the other fide, to attaint by parliament hif

Bacon.

enemies.
ti.

fully of charadter.
So fmooth he daub'd his vicewith (new of virtue,
He liv'd from all attainder of fufpec~l.
Sbakefp.

Taint;

ATTAINMENT,
1.

That which

We

is

n.f. [from attain.]

attained ; acquifition.

difpute with men that count it' a great albe able to talk much, and little to the

ta'ir.mcnt to

Glanville,

purpofc.
attainments are

mean, compared with the

perfection of the univerfe.

2.

and continues the attack; in

attained

Tillotfon.

ATTAINDER,

[from the verb.] Anaffault

Mefior oppofes,

adj. [from attain.]

wilfully neglefls the obtaining unfpeakablc

is perfuaded is certain and attain-

Our

which Sarpedon makes the

The
the verb.]
attainment : a word not

1'crfons become often enamoured of- outward

beauty, without any particular knowledge of its
pofleflbr, or its attainablcnefs by them.
Cbeyne.

as, the

upon an enemy.

ATTA'INABLENESS. n. f. [from attainable.] The quality of being attainable.

adverfaries.

ATTA'CK.

the higheft degree of acidity.

Arbutbnot on Aliments.

to

propofed that appeared certainly attainable, or of value enough.

Rogers.

dcclaimer attacked the reputation of his

ednefs.

ATRO'CIOUSNESS.

To impugn

with" to.

None was

de-

The fronti the rear

Attack, while Yvo thunders in the centre. Philips.
Thofe that attack generally get the victory,

able.

fence.

criminal.

ATHO'CIOUSLY. adv. [from atrocious.]

ftate

good, which he

to fatisfy creditors within a

city.

arc

feldom
Bacon,

To

He

An

is

Glandule's Scspjis.

to

own country.
Addifon.
Attention ; regard.
The Romans burnt this laft fleet, which is another mark of their fmall attachment to the fea.
Arbutbnot on

a certain

ATTA'IN ABLE-,
which may be

their

2.

be good,

n.

<v.

to

it

in ufe.
Crowns and diadems, the moft fplendid terrene attains, are akin to that which to-day it
in the field, and to-morrow is cut down.

one's intereft.

ATTA'CHMENT.

Milton's Paradife LoJI.

to equal.

thing attained

Rogers.

fee his tents

ATTA'IN. n.f. [from

Milton's Paradife Loft.

fix to

attains;

is too wonderful for me ; it ii

cannot attain unto it.
Pfalm cxxxix. 6.
To have knowledge in moft objects of contemplation, is what the mind of one man can hardly
attain unto.
Locke.

Songs, garlands, flow'rs,

charming fymphonies, attacb'd the heart

To

to enter upon.

firft

To come

high

enamour.

to

reach

days, attains

2.

to

Milk will fbon feparate itfelf into a cream,

and a more ferous liquor, which, after twelve

Brwin.

ocular.

The

little in ufe.

To ATTA'IN.

great and rich depend on thofe whom

their power or their wealth attaches to them.

black.

which feem

win

are quite contrary

come up with

precedent, if
attained by imitation.

The

not fathfied, that thofe black and atrafpots,

To

To

So the

Who am

part of vitriol this atra-

mer.ta!

4.

Sbakefp.

I cannot blame thee,

myfelf attach' d with wearinefs,
th* dulling of my fpirits.
Sbakefpeart.

to

Pitch'd above Sichem.

feize in a judicial manner.

France hath fiaw'd the league, and hath ai-

5.

now

Canaan he now

Sbakejpeare,

To

tacb'd

Itate

what

but not

means that

Sivift.

overtake

To come

3.

lord archbifhop, and you, lordMowbray,

capital trcafon I attach you both.

Our merchants goods at Bourdeaux.

4. To lay hold on, as by power.

"Inky; black.

we enquire

ink, Lat.]

Of
3.

n.f. [from atraof being melanbilarioits.]

choly ; repletion with melancholy.
ATRAME'NTAL. adj. [from atramentum,

The

ftrait.

Of Adam.

ATR ABILA'RIOUSNESS.

ftate did wait,

of,

to procure ; to obtain.
who hopes to attain the end without

The earl hoping to have overtaken the Scottifli

king, and to have given him battle, but not attaining him in time, fst down before the caftle of
Aton.
Bacon,

You,

bilis,

The blood, deprived of its due proportion of

ferum, or finer and more volatile parts, is atrabilarkus ; whereby it is rendered grofs, black, unctuous, and earthy.
S^uincy.
From this black aduil ftate of the blood, they
are atrabilanr.us.
jlrbutbnot on Air.

am

Sometimes with the particle

a. \atteindre, Fr. attineo,

Ti/htftm.

To

Coivell.

in prefent ufe.

The

All the nobility here could not attain the fame

favour as Wood did.

apprehend by

and bound him

Young.

[from attack.]

it ?

fenfe

Bacon's Henry VII.

BohemU greets you,
Dcfires you to attach his Con, who has
His" dignity and duty both caft off.
SL'akfj'peare.
2.

of a kingly palace-gate.
Paradife Loft.
What is extracted by water from coffee is the
oil, which often fwims atip of the decoction.
Arbutbnot on Aliments.

falfe,

the means, nay by

to

2.

or writ.

ATTA'IN. <u.
Lat.]
To gain
Is he wife

noife, be prefently alitibcd.

die

top

The work

1.

[attache,; Fr.]

Spcnfcr.
The Tower was chofen, that if Clifford ihould
accufe great ones, they might, without fufpicion or

Svilft.

ad--v.

To

an atropby.
Arbutbnot on Aliments.

to take or

Attach'd that traitor

they profefs loyalty to the government,

and fprinkle fome arguments in favour of the diflenters, and, under the (helter of popular politicks
and religion, undermine the foundations of all piety and virtue.

ATO'P.

a.

n.f.

perfon that attacks.

fallcth into

Eftfoons the guards, which on his

ters, that

and the perfon

commandment

for.

If

ftool,

that hopelefs, ill-advis'd attack.

ATTA'CKER.

Milton.
Marafmus, and wide-wafting peftilence.
The mouths o'i the lacteals may be (hut up by
a vifcid mucus, in which cafe the chyle patTeth

Pope.

Agreement; concord.
He

back,

To make

Pining atrophy,
life.

[from atone.]

n.f.

Wotton.

might be done upon ofof their crimes d..-1'erved.

Clarer.d.n.

to anfwer for.

If, appris'd of the fevere a/tact,

country be (hut up.
Thimfon.
I own 'twas wrong, when thoufands call'd me

The

defired juftice

fenders, as the atrocity

be their judge, to atone and take up their quarrels,

Drumm.
but himtelf.
2.

in a Chriftian court.

They

a.

If any contention arofe, he

ATT

The

aft or

Grew.

power of attaining.

The Scripture muft be fumcient to imprint in

us the character of all things acceflary for the
attainment of eternal

3.

life.

Hooka.
Education

Education in extent more Urge, of time (horter,

Alilicn.
and of attainment more certain.
Government is an art above the attainment of
:'/'
an ordinary genius.
If the fame actions be the inftruments both of
acquiring fame and procuring this happlnefs, they
would nevcrthclefs fail in the attainment of this
laft end, if they proceeded from a defire of the

To ATTE'MPER. v. a. [alttmfero, Lat.]

To mingle ; to weaken by the mixture
of fomething

ATTA'INT.

To

1.

difgrace

a. [atttnter, Fr.]

<v.

to cloud with ignominy.

His warlike

Wjs

fliield

of diamond perfect pure and clean,

(June his glittering ray,

all

i) .-receding

That

I'horbus

As when

face

goUen

a cloud his

did attaint,

it

beams doth overlay.

Fairy Queen,

2.

To

attaint is particularly ufed for fuch

found/guilty of fome crime or

and especially of felony or treaman is attainted two ways, by
Attainder
appearance, or by procefs.

as are

offence,
ion.

kir.d

called attainder

is

by abjuration.

Attainder by battle is, when the party

appealed, and choofmg to try the truth
by combat rather than by jury, is vanquifhed. Attainder by verdict is, when
the prifbner at the bar, anfwering to
the indictment Not guilty, hath an inqueft of life and death pafling upon him,
and is by the verdift pronounced guilAttainder -by procefs is, where a
ty.
party flies, and is not found till five
times called publickly in the county,

and

at laft

To

to corrupt.
;
ij.
My tender youth was never yet attaint
With any pa/lion of inflaming love. Sbaiefpeare

This

nefs.

fenfe is

the verb.]
as illnefs, weari

now

and overbears attaint

cheerful femblancc.
Sbakcfp.

With

No man

fpot
hath

pered his nature therein.

Thofe fmiling eyes, attempting ev'ry ray,
Shone fweetly lambent with ccleftial day.
Pcpe.
mix in ju(t proportions ; to regu,.
late.
She to her gucfts doth bounteous banquet dight,
well for health and for delight.
Altar.ptrd, goodly,

3,

of

attaint,

he has not a glimpf

but he carries fom

it.

[Inhorfemanmip.]

A blow or wound o

the hinder feet of an horfe.

gal cenfure

./. [from attaint.] Le

reproach ; imputation.

Humc'j knavery

will be the duchcfs's

corrupt;

fpoil.

5.

England

to

fomething

Stakefpeare..
pray'rs and wilhes always (ha!l at:erd
friends of Rome.
Addifon'i
vehement, burning, fixed, pungent pain in the
Arbutb. on D:et.
ftomach, attended with a I- ver.

My

ATTE'MPERATE.

Lat.] To proportion to fomething.

Hope muft be proportioned and attemperatc
tion, it

This fenfe is French.

expeft.
So dreadful a temped, as all the people attended
therein the very end of the world, and jud,;

To

Spet:fer,

To

be confequent to.
The Duke made that unfortunate

8.

To ATTE'MPT.

<v. a. [attenter, Fr.]

attack; to invade; to venture upon.

To

1.

For him attempting, who was

Sbjk.

Miltin.

To

try

To remain

o.

felf-fubdu'd.'

To
and
10.

To ATTE'MPT.

<v. n.

xii. 17.

have been

An

efi'ay
I

To ATTE'ND.

To

1.

objects, if you employ your fpirit upon a book or

a bodily labour,jou have no room left for fenfual

attemft.]
;

to delay.
This fell true cauff, and laft good end,
She cannot here fo well and truly fee;
For this perfection (he muft yet attend,

an invader.

are no factors for glory or treafure,

To

The charge thereof unto a covetous fprite

Commanded was, who thereby did attend
And warily awaited.
Fairy <$utent

bu

difinterelted attemptcrs for the univerfal good.

Glanviile's Scepfls

ftay

Davits*
Maker {he efpoufed be.
Plant anemonjes after the firft rains, if you
will have flowers very forward ; but it is furer to
atttnd till October.
Evelyn.
wait ; to be within reach or call.

endeavourer.

You

4.

To wait,

as

compelled by authority.

cttt <nio

If any miniftrr rcfufed to admit a lecturer recommended by him, he was required to attend
upon the committee , and not difchargeJ ti.l the
Clarendon*
houfes met again.

to fix the
;
upon.
diligent pilot, in a dangerous tempeft, dot]
a
not attend the uullulful words of paffsnger.

ATTE'N DANCE, n.f. [attendance, FT.]

The aft of waiting on another ; or of

To
1.

To

Till to her

Sbakefpeare.

God, with godlike force endu'd

attempt er of thy Father's throne. Milt

layhr*.

temptationj

2.

than the raref

of

yield attention.
!

adj. [from attempt.^

Liable to attempts or attacks.
The gentleman \ouching his to be more fair,
lefs attemptal'ii,

n.

,:

ATTE'MPTABLE.

ladies.

<v.

for I attend,
Bur, thy relation now
MUton.
with thy words.
Since man cannot at the fame time attend to t\o

Dryder.

An

1
promis'J to attend my doom,
long days and nights are yet to come.

Dryden.

I fubjoin the following attempt towards a natural

'ward on Fojjils.
hiftory of foilils.

2.

flay for.

Three days

dreamt,

\\\

To

And two

Amazement tied his tongue, and ftopp'd th' attempt.

The bun

bent upon any objeft.

Whom

an endeavour.
am afraid they have

ATTE'MPTER. n.f. [from

The perfon that attempts
1

Locke,

changed.

wait for infidioufly.

1 died whilft in the womb he (laid,

.
/
CynibeKne,
Attending nature's law.
I haften to our own; nor will reia.e
Great Mithridates' and rich Crocfus' fate ;
Solon wifely counlcll'd to attend
The name of happy, till he,know his end. Creccb.

n.f. [from the verb.]

awak'd,
And 'tis not done ; th' att,m;'t, and not the deed,
Confounds us.
&L-jkc(pearcs Mncbetk.
He would have cry'd; but hoping that he
!

(rate that

meafures of good

Drydc*.

12.

we

Alack

evil are

To

after this, the

Their hunger thus appeas'd, their care attends

doubtful fortune of their abUnt friends.

attack.

An

2.

to be in ftore

The

fo

be always prepared to receive an enemy,

we (hall long live in peace and quietncfs, without
Baeon.
any attempts upon us.
If

Sbjtejp. TtuclftL Night.

ancient Syrens that attempted upon Ulyli'es.

\
Brown's Vulvar Errours.

ATTE'MPT.

men

n. To be

To make an attack.

hardy to attemft upon a name,

which among fome is yet very facred. Glen. Step.
Horace his monfter with woman's head above,
and filhy extreme below, anfwers th: (nape of the
1

to await

Thy interpreter, full of defpight, bloody as the

hunter, attends thee at the orchar

have neverthclefs attempted to fend unto you,

for the renewing of brotherhood and friendfliip.

Mac.

to

him, who hath a profpecl of the

attends all

Clarendon.

for.

to endeavour.

u;-or.

Rhce, which was afterwards attended with many

Who, in all things wife and jufl,

Hinder'd not Satan to attempt the mind
Of man, with ftrcngth entire and free-will arm'd.
2.

defcent

unprofperous attempts.

He flattYing his difpleal'ure,

me behind, got praifes of the king

Tript

wait on, as on a charge.

The fifth had charge fick perions to attend,

And comfort thofc in point of death which Uy.

to

Hammond's Pratl. Catectifm.

Raleigh's 11

d.iy.

if it

To

7.

exceed that temper and proporbecomes a tumour and tympany of hope.

the promife

let arts

king'd,

The

6.

elfe.

is fo idly

Her fceptre fo fantaftically borne,

That fear attends her not.

of gods and heroes old,

Pope.
Atttmper'd to the lyre, your voice employ.
<v. a.
To
\attcmpero,

wreck,

And her attair.ture will be Humphry's fall. Sbai

To ATTA'MINATE. -v.a. [attamino,'L3t.

To

fit

Phemius

Far. Dilt

ATTA'INTURI.

To be prefent with, upon a fummons.

To accompany to be appendant to.

(..

Spenfer.

To

..

Againft

Sbakrjpean

To

To

a virtue that

riour, or a fervant.
His companion, youthful Valentine,
Attends the emperour in his royal court. Stakcjp.
;.
accompany as an enemy.
He was at prefent ftrong enough to have flopped
or attended" Waller in his weftern expedition.
Clarendon,

Baccn.

of our

SenryV

To

2.

doth fing as fweetly as the Merit,

is attended.
Sttttfpean.
wait on ; to accompany as an infeneither

to mollify.

virtuous, wife, and

taint.

of; nor any man an

fliin

foften

His early providence could likewifc have attem-

frelhly looks,

a. Stain

Tbmfon.

pleafing calnt.

To

,.

obfolete.

Nor doth he dedicate one jut of colour

Unto the weary and all-watched night j
But

Bacon.

taint

ATTA'INT. a./, [from

1. Any thing injurious ;

to dilute.

Attemper' d funs arifc,

Swcet-beam'd, and (hcdding oft thro' lucid clouds

outlawed upon his default.

Were it not an endlefs trouble, that no tvaito

or felon (hould be attainted, but a parliament mud
be called ?
Spenftr
I muft offend before I be attainted.
Sbaktjpcare

royal.

by appearance is by confeffion, battle,

or verdict.
Confeffion is double ; one
at the bar before the judges, when the
prifoner, upon his indictment read, being aflced guilty or not guilty, anfwers
Guilty, never putting himfelf upon the
verdift of the jury.
The other is before the coroner or fanfluary, where he,
upon his confeflion, was in former times
conftrained to abjure the realm ; which

elfe

and drawj th:

Nobility attempers fovereignty,
afide from the line
eyes of the people fomewhat

Addifcn.
for our falvation mud

The great care of God

appear in the concern he exprefled for our attainment of it.
Rogers.

The crow

When

-\'

fii.t.

ATT

ATT

ATT

ATTE'ND.
Lat.]
To regard

-v.

a. [altendre,

Fr.

mind

The

Sidny

i .

ferving.
l:danc.

ATT

ATT
I dance attendant! here,
think the duke will not be fpoke withal. Sbak.
For he, of whom thefe things are fpoken, pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave
Heb. vii. 13.
attendance at the altar.
]

The

other,

the duke, was

after many years attendance upon

now one of the bedchamber to the

Being denied communication hy their ear, t!iei

more vigilant, atttnt, and heedful. Haider
To want of judging abilities, we may add thei:
want' jjf leifure to apply their minds to fuch a
eyes are

ferious and attcr.t consideration.

A'TTENTATES.

2. Service.

might not you,

Why
From

me

thofe that

my lord,

receive attendance

calls fervants ?'

King Lear.
a train.

Sbaktfpearc* t

The

3.

perfons waiting

Attendance none

(hall

need, nor train

where none

Are to behold thejudgment, but the judg'd,

Thofe two.
Milton's Paradije

; regard.
Give attendance to reading, to exhortation,

doclrine.

Tim.

to

iv. 15.

Expeftation : a fenfe now out of ufe.

That which caufeth bitternefs in death, is the

5.

languishing attendance and expectation thereof ere

it

come.

Ac-

aJj. [attendant, Fr.]

fubordinate, or confe-

as

companying
quential.

Other funs, perhaps,

moons, thou wilt defcry,
Communicating male and female light. Far. Left.

With

their attendant

ATTE'NDANT. n.f.
1. One that attends.
I

will be returned forthwith

tendant there

n.f. {attention, Fr.] The

aft of attending or heeding ; the aft oi
bending the mind upon any thing.

look

it

difmifs your at-

be done.

the fad attendants.

Among

for

endeavour that

my

patch

4.

meaning

my

reader

may

that

wai

not wait long

to give an attendant

is a civility.

One
He

quick

dif-

Burnit's Ti'iory.

prefent at any thing.

is

a con.tan: alterttar.! a: jll

meetings reSwift.

lating to charity, without contr.buting.

One

that oweth a duty or

5. [In law.]
fervice to another ; or, after a fort, deCcivell.
pendeth upon another.
Th^t which is united with another, as
a concomitant or confequent.

Govern well thy appetite, leii fin

Surprize thee, and her black at.\r.,lant, death.
fecurc

They

thrmfelves

firft

thing, and then from d"ing

ill

fo clofe an attendant on the other, that

poJTibic to ie\er them.

it is

He had an unlimited fenfe of fame, the att,ndant of nobie fphits, which prompted him to engage
Po}e.

It is hard to take into view all the attendants or

confequents that wi.l be concerned in a quelrion.
Watts.

ATTE'NDER.
panion ;
The
Like

aiTociate.

ATTE'NTIVE.
ful

lords to appear,

ATTB'NT.
attentive

Now

i#.
;

mir.e eyes

(hail

then be

yr,nfct.

Intent;

regardful.

be op.n, and

unto the prayer that

What can
To fee thee,

Ben

[atlentus, Lat.]

heedful

is

lefs in

made

me

adj.

ears

1 Cbrsn. vii.
than defire

5.

and approach thee, whom 1 know

Declar'd the Son of God, to hear attins
Thy wildom, and behold thy goulike deeds ? Milt.

Read

jo.ir chapter in your prayers : little intcrniptions wjll rr.ake your prayer? lefs tedious, and
youiielf more dittnt upon them.

Taylir'l Guide

It

Devttun.

bear witnefs of ; to witnefs.

facts are recorded in holy writ,
by particular pagan authors.
Addifon.
call to witnefs; to invoke as con-,

The

[from attent.~\ Heedof attention.

reafon

is,

The

mod of them

faw

tiguiihed by the
P,eafure.

critick

more

is

attentive to

what

is

all

With wonder.

timony

is

wanting than what

is

Addifi,

Attentive to the fong.

There remains a fecond kind of peremptoriwho can make no relation without:

an atttjiation of its certainty. Gov.
of tbs Tcnpue*
next coal-pit, mine, quarry, or chalk-pit,
thefe aie fo
give atttjiation to what I write
obvious that I need not feek for a
;

caufe of cold

flie

attentively,

is

he

be blind, (he

To ATTI'NGE.
To

king,
Sbak. W:r.. Tale.

[attentions,

My Nan

ATTE'NUATE.

To make

With

it

Pbilipi.

left

own attire.
Hooker*
Alter that the Roman attire grew to be in acand
the gown to be in ufe among them.
count,
his

Davies on Ireland.
buildings, and thy wife's attire,
mafs of publick treafury.
Sbakeffcare's Henry VI. p. ij.
And in this coarfe attire, which I now wear,
With God and with the Mules I confer. Donne,.
When lavim nature, with her bed attire,
Clothes the gay fpring, the feafon of defire. Waller*
I pafs their form, and
ev'ry charming grace,
But their attire, like liveries of a kind,
All rich and rare, is frcfh within
my mind.

Thy famptuous

Hath cod

Wfiman's Surg.

[In hunting.]

The

horns of a buck or

itag.
3.

verb.]

Diyd,

2.

Arbmbna.

Vivification ever conliftcth in fpirits

attenuate,
cold doth congeal and coagulate. Baton.

which the

xvi. 4.

things free to be ordered by the church, than for

Nature to have left it to the wit of man to devife

Lat.]

of the nature of acids to diiTolve or attenuate, and of alkalies to precipitate or incraffate.

Nfiotons Of ticks.
The ingredients are digefled and attenuated by
heat; they are ftirred and conftantly agitated by
adj.
[from
flender.

Shakcfffare's Merry Wives ofWmdfor.

the linen mitre lhall he be attired..

n.f. [from the verb.]

Clothes; drefs; habit.
It is no more dilgrace to
Scripture to have

1.

is

the

Sfen/er^
be the queen of all the fainei ;.
of white.

ATTJ'RE.

-v.

winds.

To

whom now tholb leaves attire,.

Lev.

a. [attenuo,
Lat.]
thin, or flender : oppofed to

ATTE'NUATE.
Made thin, or

(hall

the fappy boughs

Attire themfelves with blooms.

of making thin,

into a limpid water.

To

Lat.]

Diff.

Now

.tr part
belonging to the juice of grapes,
being attenuated and fubtilized, was changed into
an ardent fpitit.
Boyle.
Vinegar curd, put upon an egg, not only diffolves the (hell, but alfo attenuates the white con-

It

\_attingo,

Finely attired in a robe

or diluting.

To

maid,

Proud Daphne.

not
Baccn.

attention.

ATTE'NUANT. adj.
What has the power

<v. a.

ATTl'RE.

Of rhatproud

(hall

a quick fpirit in a cold

his daughter.

attefla..

if. a. [attircr,
Fr.]
drefs ; to habit ; to array.
Let it likewife your gentle bread infpire
With fwcet infuHon, and put you in mind.

is

the relation of the queen's death,

bravely
confefled and lamented by tire
how ntttn-

wounded

from the

of wife and honeft

touch lightly or gently.

At

tivintft

derive a probability

men by word or writing, o r

the concurring witnefs of multitudes who hav e
feen and known what they relate.
Watts,

ATTE'NTIVE NESS. n.f. [from attentive.]

The ftate of being attentive j heedful;

compurgator.
Woodward's Natural Uijtory,.

We may
tion

adv. [from at tent I've.]

Fortune;' for though

Tef-

nefs, of thofe

Prior.

invifible.

nefs

The

Mufick's force can tame the furious bead

j
Can make the wolf or foaming boar rcltr.iin
His rage ; the lion drop his c. cited main,

The

Paradife Regained.

n.f. [from attejl.]

witnefs ; evidence.

will

occafions,

Heedful'y ; carefully.
If a man look iharply and

Sbakcfpcare..
the voice divine

ATTESTA'TION.

Sloth, Ignorance, and

Taller.

prefent.

fee

atteftation.
of eyes and ears.

With

Merchant cf Venice.

man who, on

ATTENTIVELY,

attejl

attentive to three Sirens, dif-

names of
a

Dryden.

Witnefsj

Nigh thunderftruck, th' exalted man, to whom

Such high arteft was giv'n, a while furvey'd

me attentive.

fpirits
Sbakejf tare's

which heav'n's imperial

fears to violate.

n.f. [from the verb.]

teftimony

hear fweet mufick.

yoar

and

Atttjii in oaths,

Hooker.

I'm never merry when

facrcd ftreams,
ftatc

thefe, and the like your effectual difcourfes, whereunto we gave mod attentive ear, till they entered even unto our fouls.

tained in

mine

in this place.

To

were, regiftered in the

full

regardful ;
Being moved with
;

Skinner.

Lat.]

fcious.

condenfe, or incraffate, or thicken.

gypfies were there,

With fuch their atiendtn

As you thought offenders.

ttttr.t

Com-

n.f. [from attend.}

it

[atte/lor,

attejled

Locke.
Attentbn is a very neceflary thing; truth doth
not always ftrike the foul at fird fight.
Watts.

fcarce

Decay of Fitly.

in travels.

attention thus recall'd. Milton.

the ideas that offer themfelves are

a.

Many particular

body ; as will appear to any that (hall attentively

confider nature.
Bacon.

Miltm.
from doing nothe
one
;
being

To

memory.

Dryden.

and his

atter.ticn,

taken notice of, and, as

rife

that waits the pleafure of another,

as a fuitor or agent.

Lincolnfliire.

venom.] Corword much ufed in.

To ATTE'ST. v.
1

n.f. [atep, Sax.

rupt matter.

ATTE'ST.

rais'd,

The

One

3.

A'TTER.

Soon

Sbakefp. Oiii.i^.

that belongs to the train.

When feme gracious monarch dies,
Soft whifpers firft and mourniul murmurs

nuation of the air, can be

only between the hammer and the outfide of the bell.
Baccn.

2.

By

leflening.

a hammer upon the outfide of a

bell, the found will be according to the inward
concave of the beil ; whereas the elifion or atte-

Chiming with

They fay the tongues of dying men

Jnfnrce attention like deep harmony.
Sbakefpeare.
He perceived nothing but filence, and figns of
attention to what he would further fay.
Bacon
But him the gentle angel by the hand

One

3..

6.

ATTE'NTION.

tfc-.ker.

ATTE'NDANT.

flender

Lat."

[attentata,

Ayliffe.

Lc/l.

4. Attention

n. f.

ATTENU'ATION. n. /. [from attenuate.'}

The aft of making any thing thin or

Scutt

Proceedings in a court of judicature

pending fuit, and after an inhibition is
decreed and gone out ; thofe things
which are done after an extrajudiciai
appeal, may likewife be ililed attentates.

Clarendon*

prince.

ATT

[In botany.] The flower of a plant is

divided into three
parts, the empalcment, the foliation, and the attire,

which

is

either

florid

or

fcmiform.

ATT

ATT
./

attirt, called

thrums or fuits, as
and tanfey,

been royally attornied with interchange of

fometimcs of two, but commonly

The outer part is the

the body of which is divided at
the top, like the cowflip flower, into
of three parts.

To employ

z.

floret,

Ms of two parts, the chives and apices;

Di3.
one upon each attire.
ATTI'RER. n.f. [from attire.] One that
another

ires

a drefler.

is

placed.

Bernini would have taken his opinion upon the

beauty and attitude of a figure. Frier's Drdicatkn.
They wen famous originals that gave rife to
ftatucs, with

he

fame

air, pofture,

and

attitudes.

Addijen.

ATTO'LLENT.

That

adj. [altollens, Lat.]

which

raifes or lifts up.

I ihall farther take notice of the
exquifite libration of the attslient and d:priment mufcles.
Dertaat's PbyfKo-Tiit>Igy.

AIVO'RNEY. n.f.
Irom
trui
1.

\_attornatus,

Such a perfon as by confent, commandment, or requeft, takes heed, fees, and

takes upon him the charge of other
men's bufineis, in their abfence. Attorney is either general or fpecial: Attorney general is he that by general authority

is

appointed to

all T>ur affairs

as ihe attorney general

torneys general are made either by the

king's letters patent, or by our ap-

pointment before juftices in eyre, in

open court. Attorney fpecial or particular, is he that is employed in one or

more

caufes particularly fpecified. There

are alfo, in refpect of the divers courts,
attorneys at large, and attorneys fpecial,

belonging to

this or that court only.

Co*well.

common

law, are nearly the fame

with proors in the civil law, and iolicitors in
courts of equity.
Attorneys fue out writs or procefs, or commence, carry on, and defend actions,
or other proceedings, in the names of other perNone are
fons, in the courts of common laV.
Attcrneys in

Form'd and impell'd

To

Urg'd on examinations, proofs,

conr'eflions.

Sbakefpeare.

Defpairing quacks with curfcs fled the place,

And vile attorneys, now an ufelefs race.
Pope.

was anciently ufed for thofe who did

any bufmefs for another ; now only in

2. It

law.
I will

And
And

attend

will have

my

hu/band

it is

no attorney but m;

therefore let

me

ATTO'RNEV. v. a. [from
the verb ij now not in ufe.]

9'o

my

office;

I'clr";

have him home.

the

Sbakefp.

noun;

love

its

neighbour to embrace.

} not thy fubjection.

the care of approving

may moft

The

condition of a fervant (laves h'm oft" to a

but the gofpcl fpeajcj nothing but at;
traBives and invitation.
South.

diftancc

ATTRA'CTIVELY.
With

ad<v.

[from attractive.]

the power of attracting or draw-

ing.

ATT R A'CT

vEN

E ss.

./[froni attractive.]

The quality of being attractive.

ATTRA'CTOR. n.f. [from attrafl.] The
agent that attracts

a drawer.

the draws be in oil, amber draweth

not; oil makes the ttraws to adhere fo, that they
cannot rife unto the attraUor. Union's fu.'g. Err.

A'TTRAHENT.

Lat.]

[attrabens,

Our

of the motion of the

eyes will inform us

fteel to its attrabext,

Glanville's Scepfis.

ATTRECTA'TION../

Lat.]

[attreftatio,

Dif.

Frequent handling.

buted

Milton.
actions fo as

all

n. /.

That which draws.

ATTRI'BUTABLE.
That which may
;

afcribable

[altribuo, Lat.]
be afcribed or attri-

adj.

imputable.

Much of the origination

effectually attrafl all to this prorefiion.

of the

Americans feems

to be attributable to the migrations

of the Seres.

Hammond.
Dei^n to be lov'd, and ev'ry heart fubdue
What nymph could e'er attract fuch crowds as
!

>ou?

ATTRA'CT.
traction

;/.

To

To

I.

cA

\..

adj.

[from attracJ.] Hav-

ing the power to draw to it.

Some ftones are endued with an
attraflical virtue.

We

The drawing

H^jker,
that hath any rePower and wif-

a campania determine contrary

by the caution and conduit of a
general, which were attributed to his ijirirmitics.

Temple,

The

thing.

imperfection of telefcopes

fpherical glafics;
pounded to figure

is

attributed to

and mathematicians have pro-

them by the

conical fcftions.

Newton's Ofticks*

A'T T R i B u T E

The

1.

thing

n.f. [ from To attribute. ]

attributed to another, as

perfection to the

Supreme Being.

light, -virtue, wifdom, and goodnefs,

but attributes of one fimplc effence, and
being
of one God, wo in all admire, and in part difcern.

Power,
ali

may be performed by
1

The power of

vain poets after did miftake,

ev'ry attribute a goj did make.
Dryden.
All the perfections of God arc called his attributes ; for he cannot be without them.

alluring or enticing.

Setting the attraction of

have no. other charm*.

ATTRA'CTIVE.
the

adj.

my

good parts

[from

afide, I

Sbatefpeart,

attrafl.

Watts's Legick*
2.

~\

power to draw any thing.

What if the fun

and other liars,

and their own,
Incited, dance about him various rounds ? Milton.
Some, the round earth's cohtiion to fccurc,
For that hard talk employ magnctick power ;
Remark, fay they, the globe with wonder own
Its nature, like the fam'd attractive ftone.
centre to the world

Blackmere.
Bodies aft by the attractions of gravity, magand
and
thefe
inltanccs
make
neiifm,
electricity ;

Quality ; charafteriftic difpofition.

They muft have thefe three attributes they muft
be men of courage, fearing God, and hating co;

vetoufnefs.

his attrafii've virtue,

Raltigb.

Your

Who

Niiuton's Opticks,

Be
By

God

to appearances,

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

impulfe, or fome
ufe that word, to fignify any force
;
which
bodies
tend
towards one another.
by

Having

nothing to

have obferved

elecVical or

of amber and jet, and otner electrick bodies, and the attratTun in gold of the
fpirit of quickfilver at diftance ; and the attraction
of heat at diftance ; and that of fire to
naphtha ;
and that of fome herbs to water, though at diftance ; and divers others, we fliall handle. Bacon.
Loadftones and touched needles," laid long in
quickfilviT, have not amitieJ their aitradi'.n.
AttraSion

attribute

tl.e

our

pugnancy or contradiction in it.

dom have no repugnancy in them.
z. To
impute, as to a canfe.

Ray on the Creation.

n.f. [from attract.]

ATTRA'CTION.
i. The
power of drawing uiy

i.

judgment Ibmewhat

man would attribute, notwithilandin^

common imbecillities which are incident unto
nature.

AT T R A'C T

z.

their very bare

fonable

Feel darts and charms, attrafls and flames,

And woo and contract in their names. Hudibras.

other means

afcribe

To

Atn.f. [from To attraS.]

the power of drawing not in

v. a. [attribuo, Lat.]
to give ; to yield as due.

ATTRIBUTE,

Pope.

ufe.

am

And challenge law

me,
And therefore perfonally 1 lay my claim
To mine inheritance.
Sbalejpeare.
The king's attorney, on the contrary,

is of a
good or
and allurement gene-

except that atlra8i<vc

indifferent fenfe,

Pope,

allure

Shew

To him come
ney general pleads within the bar.
warrants for making out patents, pardons, &ff.
and he is the principal manager "M" all law affairs
of the crown.
Chambers.
a fubjcc"t,
attorneys are deny'J

the affecVions

to invite.
Adorn'd
She was indeed, and lovely, to attrali

Thy

r.

rally bad.

of the loadftone, or that jet and amber attrafletb

ftraws and light bodies. Union's
Vulgar Errours.
The fmgle atoms each to other tend,
Attrafi, atlrafiedto, the next in place

2.

M,.:

n.f. [from attract.'} That

draws or incites ; allurement :

It"

To draw to fomething.
A man fhould icarce perfuade

admitted to al without having ferved a clerkfhip

for five years, taking the proper oath, being enThe attorrolled, and examined by the judges.

[from attorney.']
attorney ; proxy ; "vi-

1 .

moft averfc, thee chiefly.

which

Sbakefpeare.

n. f.

Lat.]

or

of the king,
which is nearly the lame with Procurator Ctrfaris in the Roman empire.
Atfuits

The

ATTRA'CTIVE.

Than to be dealt in by Mfmeyfliip. Sbakeffeare.

A T TV u R N M E N T . n.f. [ attournemint , Fr. ]
A yielding of the tenant to a new lord,
or acknowledgment of him to be his
lord ; for, otherwife, he that
buyeth or
obtained! any lands or tenements of
another, which are in the occupation of
a third, cannot get pofTeffion.
Co-well.
To ATTRA'CT. v. a [attrako, attraQum,

low Lat.

(he hath b.etl'cd and attractive eyes.

Sbattfp.
plcas'd, and with attractive graces won,

carious agency.
But marriage is a matter of more worth,

tour, Fr. Celui <jui <vie/it a tour d'auqui alterius I'ices fubit .]

Fur

your fervicc.

Nttvl'jii.

Inviting ; alluring ; enticing.

Happy ib Hcrmia, wherefoe'er ihe lies;

atSufpearl.

ATTO'RNEYSHIP.
The office of an

Difl.

A'TTITUDE../. [attitude, Fr. from at to,

The pofture or action in which
Jtal.]
a ftatue or painted figure

Atttrn'itd 10

2.

as a proxy.
As 1 was then

Advertifing, and holy to your biifmrfs,

Nor changing heart with habit, I ain ftill

Scmiform attire con-

five diltinct parts.

giYti.

my be more alirtfTive

it not improbable but there

powers than thcfc.

perform by proxy.

Their encounters, though nat perfonil, have

in the flowers of marigold

confills

To

I.

ATT

3.

Bacon,

thing belonging to another

pendant ; adherent.

an ap-

His fceptic (hews the forc.2 of temporal pow'r.

attribute to awe and majefly :

The

But mercy
It

is

is above this fceptcr'd

fway,
an attribute to God himfelf.Sbaltffearc.

The

fculptor,

what the
fpcar

and

to

medalilts

diftinguiih him, gave him.

call his proper attributes, a

a ihicld.

Addifon.

4.

Rep a-

A V A

A V A
4.

Reputation

For

honour.

Commendation

may

Sbakefpectre

ATTRI'TE.
The

of two bodies, grind

collifion

Milton

air attrite to fire.

of no more ava

is

Lick*.

After this

To

they be to fecure the continuance of bleffmgs

authority nor commiHion available.

incefTantly out of thi

and the

abyfs, and pervading the ftrata of gravel,

decays the bones and vegetables lodged in

thofe ftrata ; this fluid, by its continual
reft,

fretting the faid bodies.

The chanje of the aliment

Woodward

effected by attriticn of the inward ftomach, and diflblvent liquor

Arbutbmt
aflifted with heat.

The

is

of being worn.
Grief for fin, arifing
3. [With divines.]
only from the fear of punifhment ; the
lowed degree of repentance.

A.

ftate

To ATTU'NE. v.
1.

a. [from tune.]
any thing mufical.

To make

2.

field

and grove, attune

tune one thing to another

attunes his voice to his harp.

ATTU'RNEY.
Betwixt
:

See

n.f.

as,

he

ATTORNEY.

[SCC-BETWEEN.]
in the midlt of two

obfolete.

things
Her Irwfe long yellow

locks, like golden wire,

Sprinkled with pearl, and perling flowers alivren,

Do, like a golden mantle, her attire.

ATWI'XT.

prep. [See BETWIXT.] Jn the

middle of two things
obfolete.
:

But with outrageous

And

him reftrain,
way at-wixt them

ftrokes did

with his body barr'd the

twain.

Fairy S^ue.n.

To AVA'IL. v.

a. [from valoir, Fr. ; to

avail being nearly the fame thing with

faire valoir.]
1.

To

profit; to turn to profit: with of

before the thing ufed.

Then (hali

they feek

avail themfelves o/*names,

and with thefe to join
t'

Places, and titles ;

Secular pow'r.
Milton.
Both of them avail thcmfrivo of thofe licences,
which Apollo has equ illy btftowed on them.

2.

Dryd.

To

promote; to profper ; to aflilh

Mean time he voyag'd to explore the will

Of Jove, on high Dodona's holy hill,

What means might bed hij fafe return avail. Pope.
To AVA'IL. 11. n. To be of ufe; to be of

Her

(rrength email, unlefs by thee

d with f jrce, I gain the victory.
Drydtn.

When

merit

wanting, it avaih nothing

to have been encouraged by the great.
real

is

Pope's Preface

AVA'IL.

n.f.

advantage;

AVA'IL ABLY. adv. [from

a. [avaler, to let fink, Fr.

todeprefs ; to make abjeft

if.
;

By

to tit

[from To avail.]
benefit.

Hearts.

Profit;

A'UCTION.
1.

2.

Spenfer.
fovereignty into

did abafe and avail the

fervitude towards that fee, than had been
(fatten
among us.

To

Hu:;e heaps or mu.i he

AVA'NT.

The

fink.
'gins to avale,
-

Spfnfcr.

front of an

See

army.

VAN.
AVA'NT-CUARD. ;;./. \avanigardc, Fr.]
The van the firft body of an army.

things fold by auftion.

Aik you why Phrine the whole aufliatt buys

f. [aucupath, Lat.]
bird-catching.
AUDA'CIOUS. adj. [audacieux, Fr. au-

Fowling

Such is thy audacious wickednefs,

lewd, peilif'rous, and diffentious pranks.
Sbakfyearc.
Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time
T' avenge with thunder their audacious crime.

Thy

Dryden.
ftudents, by a conftant habit of difputimpudent and audacious, proud and di(-

Watts.

AUD A'CIOUSLY.
Boldly

adv. [from audacious.]

impudently.

An

JJryden.

Luxurious, avariciiui,

Vet

it

to be

AVARI'CIOUSLY.

ad-v.

Co-

toe Odyjjcy.

[from avaricieat.]

[from avariquality of being avari-

cious.

AVA'ST. adv.

[from tafia,

Ital,

[from audax, Lat.]

confider ~e.

Lean, raw-bon'd rafcals who would e'er fuppofe

fuch couragu and audacity ?
Sbakefp.
Great effefts come of induftry and perfevebind
and
mare
r.ince; for audacity dotU almoft
the weaker fort of minds.
Bacon' i Nat. lliflory.
For want of that freedom and audacity, neceflary
in commerce with men, his pcrfonal modefty overtlucw all his publick actions.
Matter.

AVARI'CIOUSNESS. n.f.

The

They had

VUDIBLE.

Covetoufly.
cious.']

n. f.

Spirit; boldneis

fpoken ar.
c;;

Sbatefp.

n.f. [from auaacieus.]

Impudence.

AUDA'CITY.

Sbaktfp. Mjcbctb.
avaricious j

and EuftathiuJ judges

angel (halt thou fee,

fear not thou, but

(pezkaudaciatjly.

\VD A'CIOUSNESJ.

faile, deceitful.

This fpeech has been condemned

dax, Lat.] Bold; impudent; daring:

always in a bad fenfe.

Young

adj. [a<uaricieux,Fr.]
infatiably defirous.

(land

n. f.

AUCUPA'TION.

ing, grow
dainful.

Be-

Dryden's Juvenal.

vetous

To

auftion.]

[from auftion.] The

perfon that manages an auction.
A'UCTIVE. adj. [from auflus, Lat.] Of
an increaiing quality.
t>iS.

In

Avarice is infatiable ; and fo he went (till pufliing on for more.

VEJtrangt.
Be niggards of advice on no pretence,
For the wortt avarice is that of fenfe.
Pope.

Pipe.

adj. [from auflion.]

an auftion.

AUCTIONEER,

infatiable defire.
;
There grows

Drydcn.

bid as

Provoking to give more, and knocking thrice

For the old boufehold fluff, or picture's price.

Covetoufnefs

my moil ill-compos'd affection, luth

(Unchlefs avarice, that, weie 1 king,
I fliould cut off the nobles far their lands. Stalefp.
This avarice of praife in limes to come,
Tbofe long inl'criptions crowded on the tomb.

is

longing
And much more honed to be hir'd, and
aufrionary hammer in thy hand,

A'VARICE.

IVARI'CIOUS.

which one perfon

With

ilTue forth

Nor love his peace of mind deftroys,

Nor wicked avarice of weal ^h.

[audio, Lat.]

fale, in

The

to

without difturbance of the foot, and the avant-guard without

(h i.iing with the battail or arriere.
Hayivard.
n.f. [avarice, Fr. av.aritia,

Lat.]

n.f.

manner of

A'UCTIONARY.

The 'horfemcn might

To A'UCTION. v.a. [from

fell
by auftion.

n.

perfect yellow.

Phrine forefees a general excife.

that th' exalted

To AVA'LE. v.

is

Ordjins, infus'd, in auburne drink compofe,

deathlefs fame.
Philips.

a word out of ufe.

Phabus 'gan atiale
His weary wain, and now the frofty night
Her mantle black thro' heav'n 'gan overhale.
to fink

mine

Wholefome, of

available.]

Powerfully; profitably; advantageoufly

Legally ; validly.
AVA'ILMENT. n.f. [from avail.] Ufefulnefs ; advantage ; profit.
fall

auburne,

bids after another, till fo much

the feller is content to take.

1.

To let

is

Shakeffeare.

2.

To AVA'LE.

hair

His auburne locks on either (houlder flow'd,

Which flffihefun'ral of his friend he vow'd. Dryd,
Lo, how the arable with barley grain
Stands thick, o'ermadow'd ; thefe, as modern ufe

validity.

Brcwc

advantage.
Nor can my
i

Legal force

2.

But when histeter ebb

or prep.

between

Hoi,

more

Milton.

To

ATWE'EN. adv.

that fuppofition of the efficacy

oravailabfcnefi, or luitablenefs, of thefe to the end

He

Airs, vernal airs,

Breathing the fme'l of

The trembling leaves.

procel's

A'u B u R N E. adj. [from aubaur, bark, Fr.]

Brown of a tan colour.

Raleigh

We dift'er from

The aft of wearing things, by rubbing

one again ft another.
This vapour, afcending

give her the avauntl it is a pity

Would move a monlrer.
Sbakcfp. Henry VIII.
diimifs that rabble from your throne.
Miflrefs
Avaunt / is Ariilavchus yet unknown ? Dunclad.

\avant, Fr.] A word

by which any one is

kbaktfpeare.

ATTRI'TENESS. tr.f. [from attrite.] The AVA'ILABLENESS. n.f. [from available.

1
Power of promoting the end for whici
being much worn.
it is ufed.
ATTRI'TIOX. n.f. [atfritio, Lat.]
I

A word ufed

O, he is bold, and bluihes not at death ;

Attfunt, thou hateful villain, get thee gone

[from avail.]
advantageous.

Powerful ; in force ; valid.

Laws human are available by confent. Hcoker
Drake put one of his men to death, having r

z.

worn by rubbing.
Or, by

way,

ceafe.

interjeft.

of abhorrence,
driven away.

Sbakefpeare

Decay of Piety

adj. [attritus,

AVA'UNT.

for thine avail,

Atterbury
All things fubject to action the will does i
far incline unto, as reafon judges them more avail
able to our bills.
Hater

to perfuade us we are as gods

never fufpect thefe glorious attributions may b

Lat.] Ground

me

adj.

avert

him

flattery.

in

truly.

Mighty is the efficacy of fuch interceffions t

judgments how much more available the

not a foldier of this feafon's ftamp

Should go fo general current through the world

and
no more than

enough.] Enough
among feamen.

Sfeafti

charge thee,

work

fliall

me

Profitable

As

fuffer

tell

AVA'ILABLE.

If fpeaking truth,
In this fine age, were not tkought flatter)',
Such attribution (houki the uouglafs have,

We

heav'n

To

Truth, light upon this

to us than errour.

qualities afcribed.

As

i'ure to fail

further none but icr avail.

1

From our achievements, tho* performed at height.

The pith and marrow of our attribute.
Sbakefp
ATTRIBUTION. n.f. [ from To attribute .

come were

that elfe did

all

Yet would he

It takes

A U D

it

is

adj.

\audibilii, Lat.]

That which may be perceived by hearing.

Vifibles work upon a looking-glafs, and audiblcs
upon the places of echo, which refemblc in fomc
fort the tavern of the car.
Jiacon'i Nat, Jlijlt>ry.
Eve,

Vet

ill

Bifliops ordinaries auditing

Eve, who unfeen,

hid heard, with audible lament

twelve pence.
I love exact dealing, and

Mlton.
of her retire.
with the
Every fenfe doth not operate upon fancy
Cam- force. The conceits of vifiblcs are clearer
Crewand ftronger than thofe of auaiklis.
irifc.ivcr'd foon the place

Loud enough

2.

knows how

[from

actor too, perhaps.

Shakejfeare.
firft doctrine, though admitted by n,
it
the
bis auditors,
Epicureans.
exprel'sly ag.iinft

voice,

me

A'UDIENCE. n.f. {audience, Fr.]

The aft of hearing or attending
1

The

A king's officer,

counts of

Mi/ten.

VTti-e

not hearing performed by the vibrations of

in the auditory nerves by
the trem:mrs of the air, and propagated through the
Nituton,
capillaments of thofe nerves ?
Is

According to the fair play of the world,

Let me have audience : I am fent to fpeak,
My holy lord of Milan, from the king. Sbakeff.
collected to hear.
3. An auditory ; perfons
Or, if the ftar of ev'ning and the moon
Hafte to thy audience, night with her will bring

The
greateft

was filled with an

eminence for quality and
hall

at-diaice

1.

of the

fit

politenefs.

in a proproclaims the triumphs of goodnefs

the whole race of manper audience, even before
kind.
Attcrtury.

man who

delivers

2.

woman

To AVE'L.

becaufe
original of this court was,
the archbifhop of Canterbury heard feveral caufes extrajudicially at home in
his own palace ; which he ufually com-

away.
The

A'VE
of

^cA'uoiT.
an account

but the bran.

11.

a.

[from

finally.

audit.]

mind

1.

AVE'NGE.
To revenge.

a.

his beads*

To

trees,

before a

<v.

a. [averer, Fr.

To

from

I'trtim,

declare pofitively, or

peremptorily.

That

How

Sbaktfp.

Di3

finite,

1.

Friar.

God

be in-

the capacities of matter are within limits.

Baitlej*

n.f. [averagium, Lat.]

In law, that duty or fervice which the
tenant is to pay to the king, or other

lord,
2.

Ifaiab

'.;'</<

by

beads and carriages. Chamb,

fo called,

tioned,

3.

his

navigation, a certain contribution

that merchants proportionably make towards the loffes of fuch as have their
of the
goods caft overboard for the fafetv
contribution
fhip in a tempeft ; and this

In

feems

punirti.

DryJ,

tiieirs.

A'VERAGE.

//

Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time

the cfrVcts entirely are the fame

though the power of

We may aver,

and wcr

T' avenre with thuadcr your audacious crime.

Prior.

reafon guides our deed, and inftincl

can we juftly diff'rent caufes frame,

When

ol

I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the houf

of Jehu.
Hofea
2.

of the

S-.urt*

walk of

The reafon of the thing is clear ;

Would Jove the naked truth aver.
Then vainly the philofopher avtn

[venger, Fr.]

will ai'tnge me of mine enemies.

flood againft their enemies,
of thrir aJverfaries.

avenged

at all th? a-vtnuti

it.

alley, or

bent on holinefs,

-v.

up

houfe.

worfliip re-

n. f.

They

To take

is

To AVE'R.

termed

or as a rent by the tenant.

Stakeffeart

form of

is

fet

Clarendon.
people from going out.
a llrong h >Id, and iiiii b ence is laying
ail
the avcr.nts
fo that it muft obfeive

divulfion of
to be

[of avena, oats, Lat."

A certain quantity of oats paid to
landlord, inltead of fome other duties

To

An

2.

fome-

is

all

and pafles to

/. [from the firft words

the falutation to the Blefied Virgin,

A'VENACE.

Hamlet

From
And leave me

Tmth

fiege to it

Brown,

MARY.

All his

I can make my audit up, that all

me d3 back receive the flow'r of all,

pans avellcd

pull

keep

truth, Lat.]

makes fome

beaver in chafe

To number Ave Maria on

account.

He took my father grofs'y, full of bread,

With all his crimes broad blown, and flulh as May
And how his auda Hands, who knows fave Heav'n

To

[awllo, Lat.]

peated by the Romanics in honour

the Virgin Mary.

which

are accuftomed to weigh al!

down to receive our audit, the
things, (nail here fit
fum, which truth amountcth to, will appear to be
Honker
but this.
If they,

a.

Ave Maria.]

Ctnuell.

he hears,

-v.

telticles.

Lat.]

Good guards were

city, to

a Ihe-hearer.

parts, yet are not thefe

mitted to be difcufled by men learned in

the civil and canon laws, whom he called
and fo in time it became
his auditors
the power of the man, who is called
Cantucau/arum negotiorumque aiidientif

[from audit,

that hears

It

tered.

The

auditor."]

fhe not, as not with fuch difcourfe

Delighted, or not capable her ear
Of what was high : fuch pleafurc (he referv'd,
Milton.
Adam relating, (he fole auditrefs.

The

n. f.
final

[from

[a-veaue, Fr.

n.f.

1.

Yet went

court belonging to

arienjis audit*r,feu officials,

by both uni-

place where leftures are to be heard.

n.f,

times pronounced with the accent on the

fecond fyllable, as ffattj obferves ; but
has it generally placed on the firft.]
way by which any place may be en-

Soarb.

A'UDITRESS.

the archbiihop of Canterbury, of equal

authority with the arches court, though
inferiour botli in dignity and antiquity.

A'UDIT.

are,

queen avrngtreft

A'VENUE.

Atterbury.

In this high temple, on a chair of date,

feat of audience, old Lat'mus fate.
Drydcn.

Court.

you

in ufe.

mifn.f. [e ve>tturf,Fr.]
chance, caufing a man's death, without
felony ; as when he is fuddenly drowned,
or burnt, by any fudden difeafe falling
See ADVENinto the fire or water.
Cowell.
TURE.

to bring his

of this auditory were, perhaps, entire

Arangers to the perfon whofe death we now lament.

The

AUDIENCE

as

Not

AVE'NTB RE.

Several

It

The reception of any

a folemn melfage.

to be waited on,

tsry
verficies.

Pefe,

Fairy Slueen.

n.f, [auditorium, Lat.]

audience ; a collection of perfons
aflembled to hear.
Dema.lcs never troubled his head

cruel

a-vtngcr breeds.

[from avenger.]

n.f.

A'VENS. n.f, [caryofbyllata, Lat.] The

Miller.
fame with herb bennet.

An

L'Eflrange.
auditory to their wits by dry reafon.
Met in the church, I look upon you as an ii:t<<;-

Addifm.

4.

There that

A'UDITORY.

Milton.

Silence.

adj. [auditorial,

own

its

the

Drydcn.

Heap on her new waves of weary wretchcdnefs.

Lat.] That

fome medium, excited

Hooker.

ratified ?

ev'ry death

female avenger.

Cmvell.

which has the power of hearing;.

mtnaudienee, pleading for

of that which their own deed hath

as darting his thunder.

juft difcafe to luxury fucce- dj,

But

And

makes up

under-otficers accountable,

A'UDITORY.

reafon to give

the overthrow

all

Milttn,

victorious Louis,

who, yearly examining the ac-

a general book.

punifhment, or their revenge.

his

fit

Revenger; taker of vengeance for.

The juft avenger of his injured anceilors,

AVE'NGERESS.

In thfcjlate.

hearing.
it

Can
2.

archbiihop's ufjge was to commit the difcufling of caufes to perfons learned in the law,
(tiled his auditors.
Ayl'iffe'i Parergon.

is night,

liberty of fpeaking granted;

hulbandry,

The

avenge.]

Puniflier.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother,
becaufe the Lord is the avenger of all fuch. i
^bfjjl
Ere this he had return'd, with fury oriv'n
By his avengert ; fince no place like this

1.

In ecclefiaftical law.

\.

His look

^.

my

b:lore th' exacted auditon,

let me on th? proof.
Stakefpeari'i Tirr.on.

And

breathe again
Aloft the flood, and can giv: audience
To any tongue, fpcak it of what it will. Staleff.
Thus far his bold difcourfe, without controul,
Miliat.
Had audience.
itill

AVE'NGER. n.f. [from

me

Call

Drew audience, and attention

Or fummer's noon-tide air.

Spenfer*

perfon employed to take an account

ultimately.
If you fulpect

to any-

avenge.]

All thofe great battles which thou boafts to win

Through ftrife and bloodihed, and aucngemer.t
Now praifcd, hereafter thou (halt repent,

2.

Pki/ift.

[from

f.

;
revenge.
That he might work th' avengemnt for his (hame
On thofe two caitivci which had bred him blame.

Bentley.

his.

Miit.n.

Vengeance

This

Audibly heard from heav'n, pronoune'd

Now

A
AVE'KCEMENT.

An

In fuch

audit/e.]

Pu-

avenge."]

This neglected, fear

Signal aver.gtanct, fuch as overtook
mifcr.

fo high in
the pulpit againft lovers, are you now become fo
mean an auditor f
Sidney.
What a play tow'rd ? I'll be an audit'.r ;

Ca-

audible.'}

a manner as to be heard.
And lait, the lum of all, my Father's

thing.

Hear-

n.f. [auditio, Lat. ]

[from

./.

nilhment.

n.f. [auditor, Lat.]

hearer.
Dear cnufm, you that were laft day

pablenefs of being heard.

A'UDIBLY. adv. [from

',

Arbutbnut.

diiburfed.

AVE'NCBANCE.

Bicw.
n.f.

take

accounts,

AjKffft Parergen.
he
let Hocus at>d\t

A'UDITOR.

deep,
the water returned an audible

<xho.

A'UDIBLENESS.

alt

ing.

to be heard.

1'oftly,

money was

the

AUDI'TION.

One leaning over a well twenty-five fathom

and fpeaking

A V E

A V E

A U D

becaufe

after the rate

it is fo proporof every man's

Coivell.
average of goods carried.
A fmall duty which merchants, who
fend goods in another man's (hip, pay to

the

the matter thereof for his care of them,

Chambers.
over and above the freight.
medium ; a mean proportion.
4.

[from a<verJ\
Eftabliihment of any thing by evidence.

1.

avoid the oath, for averment of the continueftate, which is eigne, the party will
Bacon.
fue a pardon.

AVB'RSION.

An offer of the defendant to juftify an

exception, and the aft as well as the
Blount.

offer.

AVE'RNAT. n.f. A fort of grape. See

VINE.
AVERRUNCA'TION. n.f. [from a-verruncate.] The aft of rooting up any thing.
To AVERRU'NCATE. <v. a. [averruaco,

To

Lat.]

root up

roots.
Sure fome rnifchief will come of
Unlefs by providential wit,

Or

we

force,

aiterruncatt

Hatred

Lat,]

Hatred is the pafTion of defiance, and there is a

kind of at'erfation and hoftility included in its efSouth.

fence.

What

There
ture

my

nefs towards others.

Sometimes,

more

exafperating.

of the

avtrfatioit

human

freeholder

lefs
is

properly, with

bred with an averf.on

to

is

ufes.

predominant, as

it

found place not only in his

Bacwi.

councils but in his bed.

The

caufe of averfion.
They took gveat pleafure in compounding lawfuits among their neighbours; for which they were

AVE'RSE.

the a-vcrfim of the gentlemen of the long robe.

/trtuttmt'i Hijl'jry of John Bull.
Self-love and reafon to one end afpire ;
Pain their averjion, pleafure their defire.
Pope.

6.

natural and fecret hatred and at'erfation tovvardt fociety, in any man, hath lomewhat ot the
Baet
fiwage beaft.

[averfut, Lat.]
havir
fuch
;
having
"

Malign; not favourable

:

a hatred as to turn away.

To

Their courage languiih'd

And

Pallas,

now

as their hopes decayed,

averje , refus'd her aid.
Dryden.

1.

pleafed with ; unwilling to.

Has rhy uncertain bofom ever drove

T* avert your

Than on a
At this,

the fird tumult; of a real love ?

Hall thou now dreaded, and now blels'd his fway,
Prior.
By turn-3 averje and joyful to obey ?

Avfrjt alike to Ratter, or offen %

free from faults, nor yet too Tain to mend.

He

to.

from the

hi'l,

\ery averje

to

b'-ginnir.g of thr war, been

any advice ot the privy council.

Clarendon.

Diodorus
averfe

to

all

telli

us of one Charondos,

innovation, especially

when

proceed from particular pcrlons.

AVE'RSEI.Y. ad<v. [from averfe.]
1.

Unwillingly.

2.

Backwardly.
Not
it it

was

to

Swift.

they want thofe parts of fecretinn, but

or backward, by both fex-s,
emitted
nljr

tverfrlj,

Hrt-Viniyulgar Errcun.

VOL.

I.

to turn off.

liking a

To

n.

wretch.

for the lad time, ihe lifts her

hand,

people began

M cfpy the fa1feh-x>d of ora-

3.

To

But

as his heat

with running did augment,

The winds redouble, and the

The waves on heaps are dalh'd.

A'UGMENT.
Increafe

1.

You

Sidney,
rains augment,

DryderCs Virgil,

n.f. \augmentum, Lat.j

quantity gained.

this augment of the tree to be

without the diminution ot one drachm of the earth.
(hail find

avert whatfoever evil our fwerving may

Hooker.
threaten unto his churrK
D verfityof conjefturcs made many, whof; conceits averted from themfcivcs the fortune of that
to become c.irelcfi and fccure.
ATW/ci.
Th*fe affections earnedly fix our minds on God,
and forcibly avert from us thole things which are
difpteaiing to him, and conhaiy to religion. Sfratt.

war,

Thro

thrjaten'd

lands

tiiey

wild

cleilruclion

throw,

n.f,

[of alf, Dutch.]

[egger, Dutch.]

ter'* tool to bore holes with.

The auger hath a handle and bit ;

make
ftuff

fool, or

D,a.

filly fellow.

n.f.

Prior.

but proper, when mixed with repel-

lents, in the augment.

Wij'eman.

Auc MENTA'TION.

n.f. [from augment.]

1. The aft of increafing or making bigger.
Thufe who would be zealous againd regular
troops after a peace, will promote an augmentation
of thole on foot.
Addifon,

The

2.

ftate

What

of being

made

bigger.

modification ot matter can

while another
infi-a

fo prodigioufly vaft augmentation^

is confined to the minutcnefs of an

The

Bentley.

thing added, by which another

bigger.

being glorified,

it

does not

mean

When you ufe it, the

great round holes.
you work upon is commonly laid low under

is

that he doth

receive any augmentation of glory at our hands ; but

his name we glorify, when we teftify our acknowhooker,
ledgment of his glory.

AUGMENTATION

Court.

court created
for the in-

by King Henry the Eighth,

creafe of the revenues of his crown, by

Dtf.
the fupprcflion of monafteries.

A'UGRE. n.f.

See

carpenter's tool.

AuctR.
Your temples burned in the cement, and
Your fianchifes, whereon you flood, confined

AUGRE-HOLE.

Sbakefp. Corio/anut,

[from augre and hale. ]

A hole made by boring with an augre ;
proverbially a narrow fpace.
What fhould be fpoken here,
Where our fate, hid within an augre-bole,
May nidi and feize us.
SLakrJp. Macbeth,
n.f.

A'UGUR.

n.f. [augur, Lat.] One who

pretends to predict by omens, as by the

of birds.
What

They would

fay the augurs f

not have you ftir forth to-day

Plucking the entrails of an offering forth,

They could not find a heart within the bead.
Shake/flare,

Calchas, the facred feer,

to

make one em-

bryo capable of

carpen-

its office is

Angler,

Difcutients are improper in the beginning of in-

flammations

flight

Till ardent prayer averti the public woe.

AUF.

a/ton's

State of increafe.

2.

Into an augrt's bore.

put by, as a calamity.

O Lord!

of England,

increafe; to

grow bigger.

By

more worthy way,

Lear.
Si'uk^fft.tre's King

caufe to diflike.

A'UGER.

whereupon all gentility was built, their hearts

were utterly averted from it.
Hooker.
Even cue themleKes off from the opportunities
of profelyting others, by averting th'-'m irum iheir
Government of the Tongue.
company.

who was
it

<v.

Much more his fightencreas'dhishot defire.

made

cles,

mod properly from before the objeft of averiion.

has

Very frequently, but improperly,

To

When

de r talcing to be avirjefrom peace.

Clarendon.
Thefe cares alone her virgin bread employ,
and
the
Venus
^' '{'from
nupt.al joy.
Pope.

4.

Law

Half t Common

3.

[averto, Lat.]

Drydin.

Poft.

Lsws politick are never framed as they fhould

be, unlelt prefuming the will of man to be inwardly
obflinate, rebellious, and averfe from all obedience
Hooker.
unto the facred laws of his natuie.
They believed all \vho objected again/I their un-

a.

A-vtrtt her eyes, and half unwilling drops the brand.

2.

Not
It

AVE'RT. i/.
To turn afide

1 befeech you

Not
With

3.

Fairfax,
Rivers have dreams added to them in their pafand augment them.
fage, which enlarge

Stsaift.

Sometimes, very improperly, with towards.

His aver/ior. tmvjrJs the houfe of York was fo

5.

2.

Some cui-fed weeds her cunning hand did know,

That could augment his harm, encreaie his pain.

fubjec-

This averf-n of the peopleyir the late proceedings of the commons, might be improved to good

na-

force any thing

1 will not deny, but the excefs
be levelled againd pride.
Government of tit Tongue

'

Boyle,

my fon, and fee if aught be wanting,

Among my father's friends.
Atfdifon'i Can.
To AUGME'NT. <v. a. [augmcnter, Fr.]
To increafe ; to make bigger, or more.
But go,

Walt!..

my

adj.

induce the chymifts to entertain

Addifon.

The Lucquefe would rather throw themfclvcs

under the government of the Genoefe, than fubmit to a ftate/ir which they have fo great aver/ton.

it,

Addifon.

4. Sometimes, very improperly, with to<wardi.

I.

can do

may

ftances as

1 might borrow illustrations of freedom and averfan to receive new truths from modern allronomy.

Sometimes whhfcr.

Saxon.
written

thing.

To AUGME'NT.

to.

[auht, aphr,
improperly,

other thoughts.

Sfratt.

tion.

4.

Any
If

adhefion to vice, and aver/ion from

goodnefs, will be a reafon for rejecting any proof
whatfoever.
Attiriury.
3.

pronoun,

fometimes,

is

By aught that I can fpeak in his difpraife,

She fhall not long continue love to him. Sbakefp,
They may, for aught I know, obtain fuch fub-

Milton.

many

lord of Effex

fuch a general averja.'ion in

is

the objeft.
with like averfun \ rejeft

refolved to prevent it by all poflib.e means. Clarendon.

With men thefe confidcratiuns are ufually caul'es
but
of defpite, difdain, or aijerficn from others
with God, fo
rcafons of our greater tender-

to: lefs properly.

contempt, that there

to

fuch as

ufed moft properly with/ro? before

the objeft of hate.
They had an inward averjtin from it, and were

ffottsn.

3.

if

Riches and realms

the earl of Lciceder.

frail applying himfeif to

Sometimes with

deteftation

2. It is

moft properly ufed with/row before

It is

the object of hate.

There was a did" averfatiom in

diflike

away from

turns

Hudibras.

a-verfor,

with deteflation.

2.

Fr. averjto,

\a-iierjlon,

The fame

n.f. [from
abhorrence ; turning awav

It

ought.,]

Hatred

1 .

it,

it.

AVERSA'TION.
1.

up by the

to tear

n. f.

AUGHT,

Lat.]

ance of fome
2.

n.f.

nifed, than in his ai'trfenefs to entertain any friendAtterbury.

(hip or familiarity with God.

n.f.

To

may the eafier ufe your ftrength ! for

in twilling the bit about by the force of both your
hands, on each end of the handle one, it cuts great
Moxon's Meek. Exercifes,
chips out of the ftuff.
you, that you

[from averfe.] Unwillingnefs ; backwardnefs.

The corruption of man is in nothing more ma-

AVE'RSENESS.

AVE'RMENT.

A U G

A U G

A V E

Things prefcnt and the

foreknew

who had

paft,

in view
and things to come

Supreme of augurt.
S

DryJtn'i Fables,

Ai

A V

As I ad mine confult thy fagvr,

Grant the glad omen, let thv (av'rite rife
Pr"p.tious, ever (oaring from the right.
-v.n. [from augur,"]

To A'UGUR.

the Italians beflow vaft expcnce ; including great

fcope of ground, variety of buflies, trees of good
height, running waters, and foinetimcs a (love annexed, to conttmper the air in the winter.

Frier.

Toguels;

to conjefture

by

Wottin't jircbiteflure.
Look now to your aviary ; for now the birds
grow fick of their feathers.
Evelyn's Kalendar.

figns.

The

people love me, and the fea is mine,

pow'r's a crefcent, and toy aug'ring hope
Says i. will come to the full.
Staktfpcart.

My

My

mind

aug'ring

To A'ucunATE.

allures the

AVI'DITY.

fame fuccels.

Dry den,
n. [auguror, Lat.] To

ii.

judge by augury.
AUGUR A'TION. n.f. [from augur."] The
praftke of augury, or of foretelling by
events and prodigies.
Claudius Pulcher underwent the like fuccefj,
continued the tripudiary augurations.

[homaHgur.] The fame

Thefe apparent

this foundation were built the conclusions

foothfayers, in their augurial and tripudiary di-

Br.iun.

vinations.

n.

[from

ing

adj.

prefcient

To

augur."]

praftife divination by augury.

AU'GUROUS.

Difl.

[from augur."] Predictforeboding.

So

they mourn'd.

Chapman's

Iliad.

[augurinm, Lat.]
of prognosticating by omens
n.f.

or prodigies.

Which,

Thy face and thy behaviour,

if my augury deceive me not,

ger free,

augury. Dryd. &neid.

She knew, by augury divine,
Venus would fail in the defign.
Swift.

An omen

z.

my

(kill in

or prediction.

What if this death, which is for him defign'd,

Had been your doom (far be that augury )
And you, not Aurengzebe, condemn'd to die ?
!

DryJtn.

The

To

pow'rs

we both invoke

you, and yours, and mine, propitious be,

firm our purpofe with an augury,
Drydtn.

And

AUGU'ST.

adj.

grand

royal

There

Great;

[auguftus, Lat.]
;

nothing

magnificent
fo

awful.

contemptible, but antiquity

can render it auguft and excellent. Glarsj. Scepjis.

The Trojan chief appeared in open light,
Auguf in vif.ige, and icrencly bright;
His mother goddefs, with her hands divine,
Had form'd his curling locks, and made his temples fliine.

Drydcn.

A'UGUST. *. /. \_Augufius, Lat.] The

name of the eighth month from Jan-iary
inclufive.
jfugufl was dedicated to the honour of Auguftus
Cxfar, becaufe in the fame month he was ere .ted
conful, thiice triumpher in Rome, fubdued Egyp.
to the Roman empire, and made an end of civil
wars ; bring before called Sixtilis, or the fixth

from March.

Peacbam.

AUCU'STNESS.
tion of look

n.f.

auguft."\ Elevaloftineis ot mien

[from

dignity

or afpeft.

A'VIARY.

Him

place

n.f. [from avis, Lat. a bird.]

inclofed to keep birds in.

la aviaria of wire,

to

to avenge.

To

3.

To AVO'ID.

-v. a.
[wider, Fr.]
fhun ; to decline.
The wifdom of plcafmg God, by doing what he
commands, and avoiding what he forbids. Tillotfon.
2. To efcape ; as, he avoided the blow
by

keep birds of

all forts,

To

1.

turning afide.

Sfenfcr.

To

endeavour
The faihion of

3.

confider; to examine.

No

power he had to

That when

He

nor will to

ftir,

you encounter

rife

A'UKWARD.
AULD. adj.

To

4.

the careful knight 'gan well avix.e t

lightly left the foe.

As they 'gan his library to view,
And antique regifters for to avixe.

Spenfcr.

word now ob[alb, Sax.]

ftill uled in the Scotch dia-

'Tis pride that pulls the country down

take thine aulci cloak about thee.

are found

Sbukefpearc.

Difl.

A'u L i c K

adj. [aulicus, Lat.]

the court.

n.f. [au/ue, Fr.]

fure of length ; an ell.

Belonging

To AUMA'IL.

<v. a. [from maille, Fr. the

of a net ; whence a coat of aumail,
a coat with network of iron.] To varie-

mem
gate

to figure.

Upton explains

To

or mother's

nephew or

lifter

A fa-

correlative

to

To become

2.

Ayliffc,

or efcaped.

Who

Want

meets us here ? my niece Plantagenet,

Led in the hand of her kind aunt of Gb'fter.

Pope.

take feveral things for granted, is hardly

avoidable to any one, whofe talk it is to (hew the
falfchood or improbability of any truth.
Locke.

mons and

fugar, to give

A'VOCATE.

call off

z.

n. f.

reafon they generally eat

it

with the juice of lea poignancy.

Miller.

it

-v. a.

from bufmefs

[avoto, Lat.]
;

nonage

The

of our
fenfes, and the din of a clamorous world, are imGlinvitk.
pediments.
buftle of bufmefs, the avocations

and
t'l.it

king's
if there could have been
any fuch
alone would not avoid them.
Hair.

AVO'IDANCE. n.f. [ from

1. The aft of avoiding.

avoid. ]

It is appointed to give us vigour in the

purfuit
of what is good, or in the av^iJance of what is
hurtful.
Watts.

2.

Their diveuure of mortality difpenles them

from thofe laborious and avocatir.g duties to diftrefled Chriftians, and their fetular relation;,
which are here requifite.
Boyle.

AVOCA'TION. n.f. [from avocate."]

i. The aft of
calling afide.

Liable to be vacated or annulled.

The charters were not avoidable for the
pretence,

To

to call away.

is

Boyle.

To

Sbakefpeare.

[Span, perfca, Lat.]

The name of a tree that grows in great
plenty in the Spanilh Welt Indies.
The fruit is or itfcll very iniipid, for which

of exa&ncfs in fuch nice experiments

fcarce avoidable.

She went to plain work, and to purling brooks,

Old-taihion'd halls, dull aunts, and croaking rooks.

To

void or vacant.

AVO'ID ABLE. adj. [from avoid."]

t. That which may be avoided, ftiunned,

niece.

AVQCA'DO.

Bithopricks are not included under benefices :

fo that it" a perfon takes a bifhoprick, it does not
avoid by force of that law of pluralities, but by
the ancient common law.

Fairy S^ueen.

ther

<i/.

And Saul cad the javelin ; for he faid, I will

fmite David even to the wall with it
and David
avoided out ot his pretence twice.
i Sam.

AMBRY.

[(ante, Fr. amita, Lat.]

Eaton,

to annul.

To retire.

1.

curious anticks, and full fair aumail'd.

See

In golden buflcins of coftly cordwaine,

All hard with golden bendes, which were entail'd

AU'MBRY.
AUNT. n.f.

vacate

To AVO'ID.

enamel.

With

caufed putrefaction,

How can thefe grants or' the king's be at/tided,

without wronging of thofe lords which had thefe
lands and lord/hips given them ?
Spcnfu:

to

it,

Brcivn's Vulgar Errturs.

effeft.

oppofe ; to hinder
The removing that which

doth prevent and avoid putrefaction.

7.

which

parts

animals to avoid that ferous

To

6;

to

French mea-

in other

excretion.

to

Belonging

[atAo?.]

adj.

pipes.

to quit.
;
have you to do here, fellow

Then

AULE'TICK.

to avoid coft, and

Sbakeitteare.

To emit to throw out.

A toad contains not thofe urinary

5.

is

it*

?
pray you,
avoid the houfe.
Sbakelpezre.
If any rebel fhould be required, of the
prince
confederate, the prince confederate ihouM command him to avoid the country.
Baccn.
He defired to fpeak with fome few of us :
whereupon fix of us only flayed, and the reft avoided the room.
Bacon.

folete; but

to fhun.
the world

evacuate

What

Fairy Sjiecn.

AWKWARD.

See

AULN.

Witnefs good breeding.

Sbakefptare.
The winds are chang'd, your friends from danI renounce

and with the permifiion of

man may employ in luch a
Halt's Origin of Mankind.
contemplation.
By the fecular cares and avocations which accompany marriage, the clergy have been furnithed
with (kill in common life.
jittcrbury.
life,

neceifary avocations, a

left.

fear'd

their chariots turn'd,

Prefaging in their augurous hearts the labours that

A'UGURY.
The aft
1

a reciprocal pronoun, to bethink

himfelf : t'avi/er, Fr.

But him avixing, he that

fair-man'd horfes, that they flew back, and

The

Or

With

2.

Sba'iefp.

On

To A'UCURISE. f.

couniel.

dieadful deed
Foibore, and rather chofe, with fcornful (hame,

to augury.

ordinary time of

word

With that, the huiban.iman 'gan him avize,

That it for him was fittcfl exercife.
Sfenfcr.

prodigies,

AUCU'RIAL-C^T. [from augury.] Relating

of

To

1.

bufmefs that calls; or the call that

It is a fubjecl that we may make fome progrefs

in its contemplation within the time, that in the

Difl.

many m>~

fummons away.

'out of ufe.]

with augur.

And the perfuafion of his augurersy

May hold him from the capital to-day.

The

z.

Left by a

[a-iitus, Lat.]

man's ancestors ; ancient.

To AVI'ZE. o. a. [e-vi/er, Fr.

Brcivn's Vulgar Errours.

n.f.

adj.

his

to lay jfior.

Drjdt*.

Lat.] Greedinefs; eagernefs; appetite;

A'vrrous.

of

CoA d jes frequently ii>;eft inM the foul b.cfled

imnulfes to duty, and powerful avocations from
fin.
Sou:b.

[avidite, Fr. a'viditas,

n. f.

up that remembrance which

bufir.efs have caufcc him

Stir
cationi

infa tiable deiire.

when he

A'UCURER.

A V O

A V O

The

courfe

by which any thing

is

car-

ried off.
For avoidances and drainings of water, where
there

3.

4.

too

is

The
The

aft

AVOI'DER.
i.

much, we

act or ftate

The

(hall

fpeak

of.

Baton,

of becoming vacant.

of annulling.
n.J.

[from avoid.]

perfon that avoids or fhuns any

thing.
2.

The

AU R

A V O
z.

that carries any thing away

which things are carriec

Theperfon

Tne

3.

veffel in

away.

AVO'IDLESS.

adj. [from avoid.] Inevit

able ; that which cannot be avoided.
That aw.idltjs ruin in which the whole empir

would be invoived.

WiSmot

AVOWEE'.

contains fixteen ounces, and is in proportion to a pound Troy, as feventeer

All the larger and coarfer
to fourteen.
commodities are weighed by avoirdupois

Romans left their ounce in Briwhich is now our avoirdupois ounce : for our
Arbutbnot en Coins.
tr y ounce we had elfcwhere.
VOL A'TION. n. f. [from a-jolo, to fly

The^aft of flying away

flight

Strangers, or the fungous parcels about can-iirs

only fignify a pluvious air, hindering the avdatkr.

To

affirm

to

The

if

try'o

Staiefp. Hamlet.

avouch.} That

He

before

Such a(Terti-)iis proceed fiom

vt be awwcd by thofe who
church and

Then

B;n Jvnfon.
long.
Influence; good derived to others from
the piety of their patron.
But fo may he live long, that town to fway,
Which by his aujfice they will nobler make,
As he will hatch their ames by his (lay. DryJett.
AUSPI'CI AL. adj. [from aufpice.] RelatS.>

3.

n.f.

BEARS EAR.

See

adj.

2.

Within the

fenfe or teach

Secret

told in the ear

Traditional

The

3.

call

in

many

4.

A
And

In a fecret manner.

Thy

Rocks

S-iuifr.

rich in

gems, and mountains big with

a burfling

your

aufpicioui caufe has

dream

it

AURVRA. n.f. [Lat.]

1. A
fpecies of crowfoot.
2.

The
day

aufpidous.]

with" profpe-

aufpidous.]

aujlert

hand

'nature as an
and rigorous mailer, always lifting up hit
t,ikc vengeance, fuch conceptions mud

to

unavoidably raife terror.

From whence
fway
2.

this

Rvgers.
Saturnius, fay
? or who controuls
thy

wrath

Pope.

Souroftafte; harih.
Th'

aufltrc and pond'rous juices they fublimc,

Make them afcend the porous foil, and climb
The orange-tree, the citron, and the lime.

Blackmore.
auriferous plays.

to/lycri.

[from avow.] Juftificatory

open declaration.
AVO'WEDLY. adv. [from avoiv.] In an
open manner.
10
f.

declaration

Severe; harm; rigid.

When men reprefent the Divine

Auficre wines, diluted with water, cool more

than water alone, and at the fame time do not relax*
Arbutkmt on Aliments.

AVO'WABLE. adj. [from avow.] 'I hat AURICA'TION.

n.f. [aurlga, Lat.] The
which may be openly declared; that
ad or practice of driving carriages. Difl. AUSTE'RELY. adv.
[from
which may be declared without fhame.
AURIPIGME'NTUM. SeeORpiMENT.
AVO'WAL. n

won

has begun. Drydeit.

promife of happinefs.
adj. [aufterus, Lat.]

j4iijl<re

mines,

Whence many

Rofcommcn.

battles

fword can perfect what

Profperity

and that not auricularly,

but in a loud and audible voice.
Decay of P'uty.

biaz'd his fmother'd flame, avtnu'd ,md

Shakefptare'tTempcft.
pure, an active, an aufpicious name,
bright as heav'n, from whence the bkfling

Auspi'ciousNESs.n.y; [ftom

will I'oon confefs,

which produces gold.

fcas, avfpicious gales,

expeditious.

Happily ; profperoufly
rous omens.

1.

That

Siakrffeart.

deliver all,

promife you calm

fails

AUSPI'CIOUSLY. adv. [from

auricular.]

adj. [aurifer, Lat.]

ap-

applied to things.

came.

Bacon.

AURI'FEROUS.

happy

I'll

var etics out of

AURI'CI/LARLY. adv. [from

Boyle.

thy aujficivus miftrefs

Lucky
And
And

and feigned tdli-

monies.

fortunate: applied to per-

Fortune play upon thy profp'rous helm,

As

of hearing.

report.

Favourable; kind; propitious:

plied to perfons, or actions.

AUSTE'RE.

known by

alchymifts

Thele

Profperous

jiufpicivus chief! thy race, in times to come,

Shall Ipread the conquefts of imperial Rome. Dryd.

as, auricular

aufpicicous Jje-

fons.

[from auricula, Lat.]

now, with happy and

are

Two

aftrology, auricular traditions,

principles
are for prefervinti

'1

it

confeffion.

which

ftate.

You

ginnings, forming a model of a Chtiftian charity.

Sfratf.

Chambers.

You lhall hear us confer, and by an auricular

aflurance have your fatisfaction.
&'hat. K. Lear.

Dryd.

ing to prognolticks.

AUSPI'CIOUS. adj. [from'aufpice.]

1. Having omens of fuccefs.

be ready to join with the chyle,

reaches the right auricle of the heart.
Ray on tbz Creation.

the ear.]

3.

publ'ick

Great father Mars, and greater Jove,

auj'fice Rome hath ftood

fliiuld

AURI'CULAR.
i.

mud avvw, I drove

to fcreen my fecret love.

of

By whofe high

correfponding to the diaflole

the fabrick (hook. Garth.

n, f.

[from aufcuho t
hearkening or liftening to. Dig.
A'USPICE. n.f. [aufpicium, Lat.]
i. The omens of any future
undertaking
drawn from birds.
z. Protedlion ; favour (hewn.
Lat.]

flower.

H s cmel ihpdamc, feeing wht was done,

Her wicked diya with wretched knife did end

[auricula, Lat.]
ear, or that part of the
prominent from the head.

is

AURI'CULA.

a.

fhame

AUSCULTA'TION.

being
mufcular caps, covering the two

Blood

z.

From

;.

the heart.

that

In death avtiving th' innocence of her fon.

Fairy Screen.
He that delivers them mentions his doing it
opon his own particular kno-.v,edge, or the relation
of f'me c: edible pcifon, avswing it upon his own

maggot, found in the dry heads o

fomctimes changed into the aurclia of
fometimcs into a fly-cafe. RayonCreat.

thus called from the

refemblance they bear to the external
ear.
They move regularly like th"e
heart, only in an inverted order ; their

[avouer, Fr.] To declare with confidence ; to jultify ; not

to diflemble.

experience.
Lett to myfelf,

of pear; which

appendages of the heart

fyftole

fwu<b

n.f. [from avouch.]

11.

fort

Quincy.

Some aurum fulminant

ventricles thereof;

the duke

avouches.

AVO'W.

is

Two
two

Decla
n.f. [from the verb.]
evidence ; teftimony.
I might not this believe,

AVO'UCHABLE. adj. [from

may be avouched.
To

;;.

ear which
z.

Mtefurefor Meafart.

AVO'UCH ER.

f.

it becomes capable, by a moderate heat

of giving a report like that of a piftol.

A'URICLE. n.f.
I. The external

Without the f-r.fiblc and

Or' mint own eyes.

con-

Dia
[See AUOWTRY."

folitary

butterfly,

'

n.

avov.'.]

firft

teafel,

that themfelvcs only had

they would at ali times defend.

to juftify.
You will think you made no offence,
avouch the juftice of y^ur dealing.

ration

i:

Chambers

A term ufed for

n.f. [Lat.]
apparent change of the eruca
or maggot of any fpecies of infects.
the

antiquities cuuld have been avouched for

the Iri/h.
Sfexftr's Inland.

AVO'UCH.

in his own right, is to iheu

avow the taking, which

AURE'LIA.

produce in favour of another.

vindicate

and

fee.

Such

To

Adultery.

A'URATE.

declare

to

Wretched though I feem,

can produce a champion that w.ii prove
What is avcucbed here.
Sbakefp. King Lear.

3.

it

it

fo

feflion.

To

ow

Chamber s.
;

Hooker

2.

and

fay

maintain

peremptorily.
They boldly awucbrd
the truth, which

what caufe he took

awvury.
AVO'WSAL. n. J. [from

Brown's Vulg. En
a. [avouer, Fr. : for this

tion made by diiTolving gold in aqua

regia, and precipitating it with fait of
tartar ; whence a very fmall quantity of

In L\v

[from avovj.]

called his

of the favillous pai tides.

To AVO'UCH. II.
word we now generally
1.

he took

AVO'WTRY.

ie airy vegetables are made by the relicks ol

flantal cminivci, wii^lb awjlalizn was prevented
GlanvillSs Scc^Ji:
by the condenfe.1 er.clofure.

n. f.

his plea, for

efcape.

a bold avetver of his

is where one takes a diftreis for rent, o

other thing, and the other fues replevin
In which cafe the taker (hall juftify, ii

it

ing in the night from the north.

A preparaFulminans. [Lat.]

AW RUM

Dry, UK

AVO'WRY.

it,

On

Aurora fheds
Indus' fmiling banks the rofy (hower.
Borealis. [Lat.] Light ftream-

whom AURQ'RA

to

juftifies.

makes tineas

Virgil

Probably the

away, Lat.]

He

virrvies.

tain,

excepte
CfareKti.it

n.f. [avoue, Fr.]

avows or

Chambers.

weight.

avowedly have

not

the right of advowfon of any church be

Dia
longs.
AVO'WER. n. f. [from avow] He tha

AVOIRDUPO'IS.

A U

againft the other.

Dennis's Letters

n.f. [avoir dupoids, Fr.

kind of weight, of which a pounc

could

goddefs that opens the gates of

poetically, the morning.

verely

aujlere,]

Se-

rigidly.

Ah Luciana, did he tempt thee fo ?

Might'ft thou perceive, aujlerely in his eye,
!

That he

did plead in earned ?

Hypocrites

Of purity,

aujierely

Sbaki'flcarc.

talk

anJ place, and innocence.

S 2

Par. Left.

AUSTE'RE-

A U T
AUSTI'RENESS.
1.

Severity

[from

n.f.

ftriftnefs

auftcre."\

The

i.

rigour.

My

unlbil'd name, th'

of mj lift,
auferenefs
vouch againft you ; and my place i' th'ftate
Will fo your accufation ovci weigh.
Sbakefpeare.

thing

May

tafte.

n.f. [from aujlere."]

Severity ; mortified life ; ftridnefs.
Now, Marcus Cato, our new conful's fpy,

Wilt

it

your four

avjitrity fent

t'

explore

?'

What was that fnaky-headed Gorgon fhield

That wifeMinerva wore, unconquer'd virgin,
Wherewith (he freez'd her foes to congeal'd ftone,
But rigid looks of chafte aufteritj,

My

Southadj. [auftralis, Lat.]

as, the auflral figns.
A'USTRALIZE. v. n. [from aujter, the

The

z.

To

And
The

Steel and good iron difcovcr a

verticity, or polar
; whereby they do feptentriate at one exand
at
another. Brown's Vulg.Err.
treme,
aujtralixe

faculty

efficient

adj. [from auftrinus, Lat.J

Southern; fouthernly.
AUTHE'NTICAL. adj. [from authentick.}
Not fictitious ; being what it feems.
Of ftatutes made before time of memory, we

New
Two

To ftand

Hale.

dubious, and not yet authentically

Brown's fu/gar Errours.
Confcience never commands or forbids
any thing
authentically, but there is fome law of God which
or forbids

AUTHO'RITATIVE.
2.

South.

it firft.

AUTHE'NTICALNESS. n.f. [from autbentical.] The quality of being authentick;

to fee vir-

tuofos about a cabinet of medals,

defcanting upon
the value, rarity, and
aathenticalnefs of the feveral

M&fm.

pieces.

AUTHENTICITY.
Authority

n.f. [from authentick.}

augenuinenefs ; the

being

thentick.

2.

ufed in oppofition to
any
ihing by which authority is deftroyed,
as autbentick, not
It is rever
counterfeit.

ufedof perfons. Genuine; not fictitious.

Thou art wont his great authentick will
Interpreter through higheft heav'n to bring. Mill.
She joy'd th' autbentick news to hear,
Of whatlheguefs'd beforewith jealous fear. Cvwley.
But cenfure *s to be underftood

a reafonable

manner

au'benttck mark of the cleft,

publick fcamp Heav'n fets on all that's great
and good.
Swift.

c K L Y. adv. [from
autbentick.']

Legal power.
Idle old

That ftill would manage thofe

That he hath given away
Adam's fovcrcignty, that by

After an authentick manner.

f.

[from autben-

authenticity.

man,

Shakfff. K. Liar.
virtue of being proover
prietor ofthe whole world, he had any authority
men, could not have been inherited by any of his
Lsckc.
children.

arifing from opinion,

are few.

Tfle woods are

is

Hooker.

violated.

are

ufe.

Temple.

To juftify
defires,

prove a thing to be right.

in a power of denying our own

to

lies

where reafon does not authorize them.

Locke.

To

give credit to any perfon or thing.

Although their intention be fmcere, yet doth it

notorioufly ftrengthen vulgar errour, and authorizt
opinions injurious unto truth. Brvwn'iVulg. Err.
Be a perfon in vogue with the multitude, he
ihall authorize any nonfenfc, and make incoherent
ftuff, feafoned with twang and tautology, pafs for

AUTO'CRASY.

South.

n. f.

[aurox^iirnei,

from,

and x^r-, power.] Indefupremacy.

pendent power
AUTOGR A'PH ICAL. adj. [from autograOf one's own writing.
Di8.
phy.
AUTOGRAPHY, n.f. [ivn>y~a.q>or, from
A particuI!TOC, and ypaipw, to write.]
atir-,

felf,

~\

in thofe

:
authority
in thofe that govern, who

fitter to

Locke.

rhetorick.

authorities

Influence ; credit.
Power arifing from ftrength, is always
but
that are governed, who are many

Dryden.
and

irregularity,

bed which have been longed

received and authorized in a nation by cuftom and

Hale.

him

eftablifh any thing by authority.

Lawful it is to devile any cerem>ny, and to autboriz? any kind of regimen, no fpecial command-

All virtue

acting by authority

in

To

Thofe forms

4.

DicJ.
authoritative appearance.
n.f. [aufloritas , Lat.]

z.

have countenanced

ment being thereby

with a

au-

Drydcn*

legal.

and wickednefs, in his creatures.

3.

of the one, and

AUTHO'RITY.
I.

any thing

difobedience to that light which he haJ, would

have been, to have authorized diforder, confufi n,

moral

JPotton.

An

fafe crifis authorize their /kill.

Yourfelf firft made that tine which I claim,

Finl bid me love, and authorized my flame. Dryd.
I have nothing farther to defire,
But Sancho's leave to authorize our marriage.

authoritative title of

may make

of England.

thoritative.]

fome

To make

To

AUTHO'RITATIVENESS. n.f. [from

The

AUTHE'NTICKNESS. n.
tick.
The fame with
\

Til)

2.

law foreign binds in EnglanJ, till it be received, and auiboritjii-vily engrafted, into the law

It is

favour and power depended upon her.

Sidney*
Deaf to complaints, they wait upon the ill,

No

[authentic, Lat.]
That which has every thing requifite to
give it authority; as, an autbentick re-

Au T H B'N T

them the

In an authoritative
ihew of authority.
With due authority.

a. \_autorifer, Fr.]

give authority to any perfon.

Making herfelf an impudent fuitor, autbor'.xing
herfelf very much, with making us fee, thar all

r it at I've. ~\
.

<v.

To

Swiffs Examiner.
AuTHo'RlTATiVELY.afl'i'. [from autho-

AUTHE'NTICK. adj.

The

obligation of laws ariles not from their

but from their admiffion and reception,
and authorization in this kingdom.
Hale.

the infipid mirth of the other.

authorize.]

[from authority.}

The mock out boiitat'rac manner

genuinenefs

;
authority.
Nothing can be more pleafant than

dare not give

aphorifms, which yet

yvognoftick.

The

in particulars, belong-

adj.

co-

matter,

Having due authority.

Having an air of authority.

1.

credibility

ZA'TION. n.f. [from

Eftablifhment by authority.

writer in general.
Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
That the land Salike lies in Germany.
Sbakefp.

is

Hooker.

AUTHOR

4.

procure authority.

charge

They confider the main content of all the

churches in the whole world, witnelfing the facrcd
authority of fcriptures, ever fithence the hrft publication thereof, even till this prefent day and hour.

diilinft

firft author of the ftory.

iMac. ii. 30
author has the choice of his own thoughts
and words, which a tranflaror has not.
Dryden.

gency of evidence.

1.

An

This point

upon every point

hardy as to undertake

Glarfvllle s Scffcfis*

Philips.
;

fo

Weight of teftimony

6.

eth to the

AUTHENTICALLY,

decided.

Having been

To AU'THORIZE.

writer of any thing

from the tranjlator or compiler.

Jotifon,

againft the philofnphy of the fchools, I was liable

to have been overborne by a torrent of authorities.

Dryden's Fables.

firft

Ben

We

authors of diftention fpring

from him
branches, that in hofting long contend

The

3.

thee

Something I have heard of this, which I wuld

be glad to find by fo fweet an authority confirmed.
Sidney.
urge authorities in things that need not, and
introduce the tcftimony of ancient writers, to confirm things evidently believed.
i-o^vn's ^ulg.E-rr.

his loins

For fov'reign fway.

condemn

filent wills

Teftimony.

Left.

Sbakefpeare.

From

tranfcripts.

adv. [from autbeuAfter an authentick manner

tical.]
with all the circumftances requifite to

Whofc
5.

obey

while the tortur'd favage turns around,

flings abouthis foam, impatient of the wound;
wound's great author clofe at hand provokes

Kis rage.

lord,

;
juflification ; countenance.
Dolt thou expect th' authority of their voice?,

he that efte&s or pro-

A'USTRINE.

gifter.

Now

Couth.

commands

fhould

my

know,

Support

4.

Th.it which is the ftrength of their amity, fliall

prove the immediate author of their variance.

tend towards the

have no mbenttcal records, but only

duces any thing.

fouth wind, Lat.]

me; whom

Dryden.
If the worftlip of falfe gods had not blinded the
heathen, inftead of teaching to woHhip the fun,
ani dead heroes, they would have taught us to
worftlip our true Author and benefactor, as their
anceftors did under the government of Noah anJ
his fons, before they corrupted themfelves. Newton.

MJifor..

Refcaamim.

rule.

If law,
authority, and pow'r deny not,
It will go hard with poor Antonio.
SLaleffeare.
But 1 fuffer not a woman to teach, nor to uturp
filence.
authority over the man, but to be in
I Tim. ii. iz.

Thus king Latinus, in the third degree,

Had Saturn author of his family.

noble grace, thatdaOi'd brute violence

With fudden adoration and blank awe ?
M':lir..
This prince kept the government, and yet lived
in hi convent with all the
rigour and auflcrity of

A'USTRAL.

being gav'ft

But thte ?
Milton t Paraclife
But Faunus came from Picus, I'icus drew
His birth from Satii:n, if records be true.

And

a Capuchin.
2. Cruelty ; harfh
difcipline.
Let not eujierity breed fervile fear
j
No wanton found offend her virgin ear.

call

Locke,

Power;

3.

Ih.icr.

never
Be fuch a goding to obey inftirft ; but Hand
As if a man was author of himfelf,
And knew no other kin.
SMtifa C'riotanus.
Thou art my fattier, thou my at.tb'.r, thou

'

To

I'll

Ben Jonfm.

ern

beginner or mover of any

he to whom any thing owes its

caufed.

AUSTB'RITY.
1.

themfeives civil ind rational,

go out of their way, by the authority of example.

n.f. auiJor, [Lat.]

firft

That law, the anther and obfervcr whereof is one

Horttr.
only God, to be bleiTed for ever.
The tzutkcr of that which caufeth another thing
to be, is author of that thing alfo which thereby is

J'ulg.

Roughnefs in

where thofe that

original.

If an indifferent and unridiculous

object could
draw this auflerenejs into a I'mile, he
hardly could
refift the proper motives thereof. Brawn's
r.

2.

A U T

A U T
A'UTHOR.

Temple.
give rules than cities,

own writing ; or the original of a treatife, in oppofition to a copy.

lar perfon's

AUTOMA'TI-

AWA

A U X
AUTOMATICAL,
to

Belonging
power ot moving

In the
n.f. [u.vTof/.xroii.
plural, automata.] A machine that hath
the rower of motion within itfelf, and
which Hands in need of no foreign affiftance.
)uincy.

AUXI'LI AR.

7 adj.

AUXI'LIARY.

Having

[itn-&o^U.]

living

n.f.

monftration

[at/T<>4/ia.]

Ocular de-

feeing a thing one's

felf.

$>uincy.
autopfy convin-

In thofe that have forked tails,

etth us, that it hath this ufe.
Ray an tte Creation.

AUTO'PTICAL.

adj.

own

ceived by one's

Verb.
verb that helps to
conjugate other verbs.

languages, Tome of the commoner!

nr-uns and verbs have many irregularities j fuch are
the common auxiliary verbs, to be and to have, to do

In almofr.

eyes.

AUTO'PTICALLY.<J<&;. [from aut optical.]

By means of one's own eyes.
Were

would

this true, it

autoptically filence that

Snwn.

difpute.

and

exhalation.

G.'arti-iltc'i

aid

fuccour.

1 .

To exped

2,

tember, and October.

To

I would not be
over-confident, till he hath parted
a fpring or autumn.
Wifar.an'i Surgery.

(lender autumn.

AUTU'MN AL.aJj.
ing to autumn

No
As

Or

(halt

To

ad

And

amaz'd, he

And

ftares rou.il.

your excellent

Dryd,

we

To

fleep.

And
I

'tis

am

of

all,

be

to

beware;

and

AWA'Y.
1

as

ad<v. [apej, Saxon.]

In a ftate of abfence ; not in any particular place.
They could nuke

Love

to

yourdrefs, although ycur face were away,

away,

efl~a.ce is

not there.

From any
I

Pipe.

Jonfon'i Catalint,

It is impoffible to know properties that are fo

annexed, to it, rfwt any of them being
that

2.

break from fleep

laft

after the
grar'C-gitucms.

To

of themfelves.

fair

afraid they have

not done

awaked up

n.

Ben

Locke,

place or perfon.

have a pa n upo:i my t'orehead here

that's wuh watching j 'twill aivay again.

Wtiy
;

to ccafe to deep,
Alack, I

SiJi:ef.

This pafTage is by others undcrftood

thus He warned thole, who were ataare,

Si. Cacilia,

Repairs her fmiles, awl-ins cv'ry grace,

And calls forth all the wondeis of her face.
-v.

myfelf nothing but

Inftant, without diftufb, they took alarm.

aiuake,
to excel. F. Queen.

felt

The

To AWA'KE.

left

king.

cautious.
So warn'd he them aware themfelves

put into new adtiun.

he fpark of noble coarjge now
ftrive

To AWA'RE. v.

the dead,

To
r

name of

Sidney*! Arcadia.-

3.

attentive.
;
was aware, I had

Ere forrow was aware, they made his thoughts

bear away fomething elfe betides his own forrow,

To

H.irk, hark, the horrid fuund

Has rais'd up his he ui

As aivaVd from

Paradifc Loft.

n.f. [Latin.] An increafing ;

an exornation, when, ior
amplification,

the

a-waked.]

To raife from any ftate refembling

By kind at ufan.
Philip*.
The preffure of any ambient fluid can be no
intell gible caufe of the cohefton of matter
;
though
fuch a p".'(T>i e may hinder the
a-uutfion of two p->Jiflied fuperficies one from
in
a
line
another,
perr-rn^irui " to them.
Lvckt.

Ere

Temptations of profperiry infmuate themfelves;

we are but little aware of them, and lefa
able to withfland them.
Atterburi,

Pope.

n.f. [avuljto, Lat.] The

of pulling one thing trom another.
Spare not the little offerings, if they grow
Redundant but the thronging ciufters thin

JUXPSIS.

alarm

Co that

awake nur fleeping (word of war. Shake ff.

Our friend Ljz.irus flcepeth ; Lut I go that J
may awake him out of deep.
John, xi.
2.

and ware, an old

for cautious ; it is however, perhaps, Miadjefti've ; jeparuan, Sax ] Excited to caution ; vigilant ; in a ftate of"

heed,

How you

not long

a,

word

roufe out of fleep.

Take

Glan-jiilt,

To

AdJifon's Cati.

Sfinfer.

a.

now more commonly fpeak,

Bind now up your autumnal flowers, to

prevent
fudden gufts, which will proltrate all.
Evelyn.
Not the fair fruit that on yon branches glows
With that ripe red th' autumnal fun bellows.

may

work our decay.

a party.

AWA'RE. adv. [from

Ambuih.

[p^ccian, Sax.]
aiuake has the preterite aiuoke, or, as

like an autumnal ftar,

Milton.
lightning, thou (halt fall.

AVU'LSION.

us daily, to

To AWA'KE. v.

[from autumn.] Belongproduced in autumn.

Thou
in the clouds

About

Tbutr-fcn.

rpring or fummer's beauty hath fuch grace,

have feen in one autumnal face.
Donne.

Rule

mi/hap the mod blifs alter

For thoufand perils lie in clofe awnit
A'.id leaft

o'er the yellow

plain,

jovial on.

[from the verb.]

n.f.

Pope's Odffey^

urge the fbe,

Prompted by blind revenge and wild defpair,
Were -to refufe th' awards of Prov idence.

WAIT.

See

Phi/if i.

Autumn, nodding

Comes

made

to be in ftore for.
To (hew thee what reward
Awaiti the good ; the reft, what puniihment.

AWA'IT.

ftarving brood,
Void of fufficient fuftenance, will
yield

to lodge it in the tow'rs,

facrcd.

Dryden,

Rogers.

The

deter-

Affection bribes the judgment, and we cannot

expect an equitable award, where the judge is

Sbakejpeare.

Duelling.

to

judge;

Judgn.f. [from the verb.]

ment ; fentence ; determination.
Now hear th* award, and happy may it prove
To her, and him who bed deferves her love.

Unlefs his wrath be, appfafed, an

eternity of
torments awaits the objects of his difpleafure.

though (he chide as loud

As thunder, when the clouds in autumn crack.

To

n.

AWA'RD.

Af''or..

will board her,

<v.

Th' unwife award

An offYmg

as the

attend

Collier an

by dated laws.

To AWA'RD.
mine.

Dttf.

to wait for.
wretch condemned to lofe his life
jtwaiti the falling of the murJ'ring knife. Fairfax.
Betwixt the rocky pillars Gabriel fat,
Chief of th'angelkk guards, awaiting n\&h\.. RlHt.

Even

thine;

r.

[from a and ivait. See

a.

is

it,

[from auxiliatus,

pound of that fame merchant's flem

court awards

and the law doth give it.

Sbakejfean.
It advance-, that grand bufinefs, and according
to which their eternity hereafter will be awarded.
Decay of Piety,
church which allows falvation to none without it, nor awa rds damnation to almo any withinSouth.
it.
Satisfaction for every affrontcannot be mcarJeJ

WAIT.]

pularly, autumn comprifes Auguft, Sep1

The

Watt:,
n. f.

To AWA'IT. v,

A'UTUMN.

For

&c.

Help

Lat.]

Scefjis

The
n.f. \autumnus, Lat.]
feafon of the year between fummer and
winter, beginning allronomically at the
equinox, and ending at the folftice ; po-

be done,

AUXILI A'TION.

That

the galaxy is a meteor, was the account

of Ariftotle j but the teleicope hath
autaptica/ly
confuted it : and he, who is not Pynhonian enough
to the dilbelief of his fenfes,
fee
that
it is no
may

to

all

The fame

a.

i>.

thing by a judicial ientence.

AUXILIARY

[from autopfy.] Per-

and

To AWA'RD. *v. a. [derived by Skinner,

fomewhat improbably, from pearib, Sax.
To adjudge ; to give any
towards.]

derate.
In the ftrcngth of that power, he might, without the auxiliaries of any further influence, have
determined his will to a full choice of God. Soutt.
There are, indeed, a fort of underling auxiliaries
to the difficulty of a work, called commentators
and criticks.
Pspe.

<v. a.

with Avjake.
Awake Argantyr, Hervor the only daughter
Hickes,
Of thee and Suafu doth awaken thee.

1 n.f. [fromauxitium,La.t.]
) Helper ; affiftant ; confe-

AUXI'LIARY.

Dici.

A'uTOPsy.

Bacon,
Cares (hall not keep him on the throne awake,
Nor break the golden flumbers he would take.

fide,

is

AUXI'LI AR.

according to one's mind and prefcription.

fleeping

men, than men awake.

DryJeti,

Brow n's Fltlg ar Errours.

not the fmalleft capillary vein but it
is prefent with, and
auxiliary to it, according to
its ufe.
Hale' s Origin of Mankind.
Nor fromWs patrimonial heav'n al me
Is
Jove content to pour his vengeance down ;
Aid from his brother of the leas he craves,
To help him with auxiliary waves.
Dryden.
There

[from automaton.]
the power of motion.

The

To AWA'KE N.

giant brood,

Thebes and Ilium on each

at

afford us any light to detenebrate this truth.

adj.

AUTO'NOMY. n.f.

Not being

not fleeping.
Imagination is like to work better upon

afleep

Mix'd with auxiliar gods.

Milton's Par. Left.
Their tractates are little auxiliary untoours, nor

automaton, than to have learned the intrigues of

Glanvillis Scefjts.
policy.
The particular circumftances for which the automata of this kind are more eminent, may be
reduced to four.
Wilkms.

Clocks, or automana.' organs, whereby we diflinguifh of time, have no mention in ancient writers.
Brown's lfutgar Errours.

AWA'KE.

[froma^/7;aOT,Lat.]
Affiltant ; helping; con-

The
That fought

greater to underftand the art, whereby

the Almighty governs the motions of the great

in itfelf

is

adj. [from the verb.]

federate.

it is

AUTO'MATOUS.

more grave and magnificent word

put inflead of the proper word.

Smith's Rhetorick.

itfelf.

AVTO'MATON.

For

adj. [from automaton.]

an automaton ; having the

awak'J,

Shakefp. Maeketb.
one that gathereth
/*;. xjuiii. 16.

Sbaktfpeare,

When the fowls came down upon the carcafes,

Ab. aha.n drove them away again.
Gen, xv. n.
Woul you youth and beauty ftay,
Loxe hath wings, and will away,
Waller,
1

Summer

funs roll unpcrceiv'd

way.

Pope,
3-

Let

A
Le

us go.
5.
Atuay, old mm; give me thy hand ; away;
King Lear hath loft, he and his daughter ta'en ;
Give rae thy hand. Come on. &iw*r^>. King tear

Come,

let 's

Sbakifftari s King Join

the happier brutes
;
hark, the flirill horn refounds
Smite's Pbadra and Hiffolitut.

w wds among
away
.

Aiuay, you flart'rcr

Nor charge his gen' rous meaning. Rcwc'sJ. Shore.
5. Out of one's own hands; into the power

of fornething

elfe.

concerns tvery man,

It

who

will not trifle

muay

his foul, and fool himfclf into irreco\eraSle mifillit

fery, to enquire into thefe matters.

On

7.

the

way

away.
on the road

Pope,

Sbah
Perhaps the phrafe, be cannot away with,
may mean, be cannot travel with; he canSir Valentine, whither

away

fo faft

Throw away ;

take away.

arms.

n.f. [eje.o^a, Saxon.] Reverential fear ; reverence.

without awe of
parents, without precepts of mailers, and without
tear of offence.
Sftnfrr's State of Inland.
all

be br< ught

up

idly,

or fear

reverence,

to

fubjeclion.
If you will woik on any man, you muft eithci
know his nature and fafhions, and fo lead him;
or his ends, and fo perfuade himj or his wejkneflcs anJ di (advantages, and fo awe him ; or
thofe that have interell in him, and fo govern him.
Bacon.
then was this forbid ? Why, but to awtf
bu;
to
and
low
Why,
keep you
ignorant,
Hib wor.liippers ?
Miltor
that
hath
this
ifland to give law;
Heav'n,
plac'd
To balance Europe, and her dates to awe Waller
The rods and axes of piinces, and their depu-

Why

ties,

of

may awe nv'ry

t'leir

into obedience;

you love me, as you fay you do,

perfuade you to forbear awhile.
Sbokcfp,
Into this wild abyfs the wary fiend
Stood on the brink of hell, and look'd awbite.

A'WFUL.

awe and

band,

when

Milton

approach

the-:

f-ar'd

Mi!t n

Worfhipful in authority ; i nefted with

diguity. This lenle is oljfulcte.
;

Inelegant;

unpolite

that

is,

untaught;

un-

genteel.
Proud

Whofe manners
Limps

ftilt

aiter in bafe

Italy,

our tardy,

awkward

apifti

nation

imitation.

Sbaittp.

Their own language is worthy their care ; and

they are judged of by their hanJfome or awkward
Locke.
way of expreiling themfelves in it.
An awkward (hame, or fear of ill ufage, has a
(hare in this conduit.

z.

Unready;

Swift

unhandy;

not dexterous;

SI AV to refolve,

So
|.

Perverfe

A kind
To
But

To

but in performance quick;

he wjtsuii'^iuard at a trick. Drydcn.

tru?, that

all

w
ail

untoward.

n. f.

ale, Sax.]
inftrument to bore holes.
[aele,

pointed

x
He which was mended to ma!<e himfelf a perpetual fcrvant, (hould, for a vifible token thereof, have alfo his ear bored through wah an awl.

You may

likewife prick

awl, about a joint that will

mjny
lie in

Hooker.
holes with an.
the earth.

Mortimer 's Husbandry.

A'WLESS.

attj.

tive
1 .

[from awe, and the nega-

lei's.]

Wanting reverence

of reipedl-

void

ful fear.

Againft whofe fury, and the unmatched force,

awlrfs lion could not wa;;e the fight. Sbak-ff.
He claims the bull with aw/eft infolence,
And having feiz'd his horns, accofls the prince.

The

the power of caufmg rever-

Wanting
ence.

Ah me
The

tyger

of my houfe ;
hath feiz'd the gentle hind

fee the ruin

now

Infuking tyranny begins to jut

Upon the innocent and awlefs throne.

that regularly offenj ;

is
itnplacaWe, and awkward,
that interlop'd and ruwkir'd.

ad-v.

fteckans, or twenty verges or verteels ;

anfwmng to what in England is called
a tierce, or one-fixth of a ton of France,
or one-feventh of an Englifh ton.

Arbutbnot.
Lat.] The beard growChambers.
ing out of the corn or grafs.
A'WNINC. n.f. A cover fpread over a
boat or veflel, to keep off the weather.
Of thefe boards I made an aw?iing over me.

AWN.

n.f. [arifta,

Rnb.nfcn Crufoe,

AWO'KE.

The

AWO'RK.

ad<v.

preterite from awake.

And (he fai.', til.- Philistines be upon thee, SampAnd he uw^kt out of his deep.
fin.
'Jitdgt:, xvi.

work; into

[from a and

a ftate or labour

So af

e.

Aroufed vengeance

and cnnftant friend

A'WKWARDLY.

reti>'d,

F.'i-'t-'

backward, untoward.]
I.

fills

Paradifc Lvjl.
thus, anJ gaze

Ithusfinge; nor l:av

Thy cwful D'OW, m ue awful thus
Infatiate

Saxon

adj. [aepanb,

clumfy.

tn >u arr (i'n leaf} w:fc.

Wafts's Improvement of the Mind,

AWL.

Ricb.

A'WKWARD.

awfut. that vith honour thou rnay'it love

f'-es,

Miltorfs Parattife Left.

awk

adj.

Thy mace, who

2.

D.fl.

company.

adj.

pits, as the (leeples ; and profertbrs ringing as

as the bells to give notice of the conflagi a. ion.

will

in

III.
Sbitfff.
[A barbarous contraction of the
AWME, or AUME. n. /. A Dutch meafure
word aiuk'-ward.~\ Odd; out of order.
of capacity for liquids, containi g eight
We have heard as arrant jangling in the pul-

rtury.

[from awe and/i//.]

Th:tt which itrilces with awe, or
with reverence.
S

Pond'ring his voyage.

thefame

goodneii, juftice, and other virtue

work on more.
A'w E B A N D . n. /. [from
check.
1.

b'it

worn away

Drjien.

And if
me

AWK.

obferve awkwardnefs in the Italians,

difcovers th^ir airs not to be natural.

Addija.

2.

Let

in

keep

have

Stay, (lay, I fay;

South.

[from awkward.]
gei.tility ; odd-

All his airs of behaviour have a certain awku'arJnffs in them; but thcfc awkward airs arc

fome

n.f.

want of

unfuitablenefs.

which eamy

in -Spenfer,

puted an ad-verb, is
a time, an interval.] Some time
{pace of time.

What is the proper awe and fear, which is dur

from man to God ?
Rogers.
To AWE. i/. a. [from the noun.] To ftrike

One miy

generally reonly a while, that is,

fixed upon him who is only to be

and yet with a filial fear, which at
feared,
the fame time both fears and loves.
It was awe
without amazement, and dread without diftraclion.

with

nefs

AWHI'LE. adv. [This word,

This thought

God

Inelegance

Drydtn.

AWE.

[This word

Ah my dear goflip, anfwer'd then the ape,

Deeply dj your fad words my wits awbape.
Both for becaufe your grief doth great appear,
And eke becaufe myfelf am touched near.
Hubterd's Tale.

you dare think of deferving our charms,

Away witb your fheephooks, and tike to your
If"

They

A'WKWARDNESS.

nor can I difit is derived ; but imagine, that the Teutonic language had
anciently wapen, to ftrike, or fome fuch
word, from which 'weapons, or offenfive
To
arms, took their denomination.]
ftrike ; to confound ; to
terrify.

'with.

v. a.

yet writes fufficicntly well, it is not worth/while

to teach him the accurate methods of
handling that
instrument.
tf'a/ts'i Improvement of the Mind,

forbids. Smith.

of being ftruck with awe

ftate

met with only

cover whence

Away

it

Addijor..

TAWHA'PE.

not tear the

company.
She never could aivay with me.
Never,
never
(he would always fay, (he could not abide
Mafter Shallow.
Sbakfyeart.

9.

what

An help to prayer, producing in us reverence

and awfulntfs to the divine majt fty of God.
Tayln's Rule of living holy.

:
perhaps
original import of the fol-

lowing phrafe.
8.

The

gay, an:1 oddly merry

(carf pule pink, her h=.id-knjc cherry. Prior,

man be taught to hold his pen awkwardly,

If a

little ufed.

life
;

butefpccially

thing.

gone.

this is the

Her

Thefe objects naturally raife ferioufnefs; and

night heightens the awfu/mfi of the place, and
pours out her fupernumerary horrours upon every
2.

is

f'ay'd his

commands,

Awkwardly

folcmnity.

is often ufed with a verb ; as, to drink

aivay an eftate ; to idle aivay a manor ;
that is, to drink or idle till an eftate or

He

In a re-

A'WFULNESS. n.f. [from awful.}

1. The
quality of ftriking with awe;

Lctke.

ny pretty creature is void of genius, and

would perlorm her part but a-aikwardiy, I mud
ncverthelefs infill upon her working.
dddijui.
She ftill renews the ancient fcene ;
Forgets the forty years between ;
I>

concern a man, to treat this great principle aTvfuily and warily, by (till obferving what
it

go more ewltv>arJ!y

is

to their breeding.

It will

6. It

manor

mon

verential manner.

man

i>Umj,
done awkwardly, the comany thing
will
that
it
ii
Im.able
faying
pafs upon them,

When

fenl'c

A'WFUI.LY. adv. [from awful.]

to w.irk.

timorous ; fcrupu;
occurs but rarely.
It is not nature and r>r,tl reafon, but a weak
and awful reverence for antiquity, and tlie vogu
of fallible men.
fPjtts

This

lous.

the

fwearing he neverknew a

Struck with awe

3.

r
Thrufl from the company of
awful men. Sbakt f

Aivsy, ani glifter like the god of war,

When he intendcth to become the field.
I'll to

Know, then, that fome of us >re gentlemen,

Such as the fury of ungovtrn'd y mth

Begone.

\.

By
to tlie

ivork.~\
;

20.

On

into aftion.

t^ynhu^' paufe,

fers

him new awvr\.

Sbakefp,

preforibing the condition, it fets us aw<*rk

performances of it, and that by living well.

Hcrnniind.
Hud'ibra*.

[from aivtivard .]
inek^andy ; un-

Clumfily; unreadily

gainly.
Pametas nodding from

the wafie upwards, and

AWO'RKING.
ftaie

adj.

[from awork.] Into the

of working.

L g th'-y thus travelled, yet never met

Adventure which might them uworkwg f't.
Hutbcrd's Tale,

AWRY'.

A X

AYE

cannot be

AWRY', adv. [from a and iury."\

I. Not in a ftraight direftiun
obliquely.

thought unluuud.

the

z.

confufio*

DIft'nguim form.

viole

Afquint

4.

are guided,

Rlcbardll.

:h

Mitten.

n!r.

on which

Deuba*?! Sophy.

On

Not

in the right or true direction.

I hap to ftep uicrt, where i fee no path, and can
Brerewood.
difcern but few fteps afore me.

Not equally between two

.points; un-

evenly.

5.

fuch rage.

felt

Not according

Pope.

to right reafon

per-

verfely.
All atarf, ird which wried it to the mod wry
courfe of an, wit abufed, rather to feign reafon
why it fliould be amifs, than how it fliould be

amended.

An

longing to the arm-pit.

Axillary artery is di<*r.bu;ed unto the hand ;

bel'.w the cubit, it divideth inro two
parts. Brown.

A'XIOM.

n.f, [axioma, Lat. i^u^a., from

a^'.u, Gr.]
I.

proportion evident at

firft

fight, that

[axis,

Pope.

fee.

Z);<f7.

The

neft

of the hawk.

(h'uld difcourfe on the brancher, the haggard,

treat of their feveral
ayries.

ridian

3.

And the gilded car of day

His glowing axlt doth
allay
In the fteep Atlantick dream.
Milton.
He faw a greater fun appear,
Than his bright throne or burning axle-tree could

5.

Milton's Cbrijt's
Nativity

fwiftell

wing of fpeed.

fay'ft

Wilt thou be of our confort

Sav ay, and be the cantain of us

all.

Sbatefpcaie.

a word by which the fenfe is enforced ; even; yes,

certainly; and more
than that.
Remember it, and let it make thec creft fals'n;
Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Staktjpt.-.re.
It is

AYE.-

ad<u.

[apa, Saxon.]

Always

to

it

is

the appare.it diftance

the

finding

Azimuth Dial,

gnomon

is

fun's

magnetic

is

a dial whofe

ftile

at right angles to the

of the horizon.
Azimuths, called

or

plane
l

alfo vertical circles,

are great circles

interfering each other
the zenith and nadir, and cutting
the horizon at
right angles, in all the
Chambers.
points thereof.
A'ZURE. adj. [aztir, Fr. axttrro, Span.
lazur, Arab, from lazuli, a blue ftone.J
Blue ; faint blue.
in

Li'fe

Sbakefpeare.

thou

or

at lea for

4.

What

of the fun from the north or fouth point

of the compafs.
Azimuth Compafs, is an inftrument ufe 1
azimuth.

his experienc'd
tongue.
Sbakefpeare.
fly fat upon the axle-tree, of the chariota durt do I raife \
wheel, and raid.
Bacon.

ai/Tj.

Walton's Argtir,

or of a ftar, is
an arch between the meridian of the
place, and any given vertical line.
Magnelical Azimuth, is an arch of the
horizon contained between the fun's
azimuth circle and the mag letical me-

The

Lat.]

with houfe-

and then

pin which pafles through

Return you thither?

Ay, madam, with the

z.

n.f.

2.

and one the wh.le.

tively.

in air

[perhaps from aio, Lat.]

Yes; an adverb of anfwering affirma-

'

which

And one

bear.

n.f. [axilla, Lat.] The cavity under the upper part of the arm,
called the arm-pit.
>uincj.
A x L i A R . \adj.[ from axilla, Lat. ] Be-

A'ZIMUTH. n.f. [Arab.]

The azimuth of the fun,
1

Ay.

AXl'LLA.

A'XILLARY.

leek

What

i.

Philips,

The fame

All things which on the rapid orb appear.

Slactmore.
It might annually have comparted the
fun, and
have
never
once
turned
yet
upon its axis. JBently.
On thir own axis as the planets run,
And make at once their circ.e round the fun;
So two confident motions act the foul,

The

Drydcn.

aye, aufterity

A'YRY.

To

fliarp

fj^ht.

morn,

Venerable Neftor
Should with a bond of air, ftrong as the axle-tree
On which heav'n rides, knit all the Grecian ears

There

No

muft difperfe

to

formed.

metal can,
not the hangman's axe, bear half the keennefs

Hungeon, wretched t'irall,

he doth him hold, fairy Queen*
Either prepare to die,

for ay:

A'YOREEN. n.f.

the midft of the wheel, on which the

circumvolutions of the wheel are
per-

Sidniy.

envy.
Sbaktfpeare.
ftood a fortft on the mountain's
brow,
Which overlcok'd the /haded plains below j
founding axe prcfum'd theft trees to bite,
Coeval with the world j a venerable

fwift rotation

obiig'd to turn

n. f.

n.f. [eax, acj-e, Sax. afcia. Lat.j

inftrument confifting of a metal htad,

thy

is

itfelf,

No

Of

axis

regards

with a (harp edge, fixed in a helve or

handle, to cut with.
No,

own

may

A'XLE.
1
A'XLE-TREE. J

Much of the foul they talk, but all awry,

And in themfelves feek virtu?, and to thcmlelves
All glory arrogate, to God give none.
Milton.

AXE.

its

That

Noc tyrants fierce that unrepenting die,

Not Cynthia when her mameau *s pmn'd aivry,
Ere

natural agen's
Hooker.

revolve.
But fmce they fay our earth, from morn
it

iifed,

Diana's altar to pruteft,

and Angle life.
Shatefpeare.
The f nil, tViugh made in time, furvives for aye ;
And, though it hath beginning, fees no end.
Sir J. Da-vies.
And hears the mufes, in a ring,
round
about
altars
Milton,
(ing.
Aye
Jove's
Th* alt tniih'd mariners aye ply the pump;
No ftay, nor reft, till the wide breach is clo&'d.

For

have their ufe in the moral.

A'xis. n.f. [axis, Lat.] The line real or

imaginary that pafles through any thing,

with oblique vifion.

\ ou know the king
eyes has look'd awry

now rarely

Or on

Their affirmations are no axioms ; we efteem

thereof as things unfaid, and account them but
in lift of nothing.
Brown.

wind, from either coalt,

thoufand leagues awry

jea'ous
Oi. h'S Ion's adlmns.

3.

ait'rv,

tranfvetl'e, ten

Into the devious

j.

eyed

Sha'-.efp.

troii

:t

Blows them

Rcmedylefa

eftablilhed principle to be granted

without new proof.

The axioms ut that law, whereby

Like perfpeShes, which rightly gaz'a upon,

for ever. It is

H.ok.r.

lefler.

An

and only in poetry.

And now in darklome

this, tjtat tlie greater

Spenfer.

Shew nothing but

eternity

Axioms, or principles more general, are fuch as

good is to be chofen bef< re

But her lad cy ,, (tiii falt'r.ed r,n the ground,

Are governed with ^o d:y modefty ;
That fuflers not one look to glance awry,
let in a litde

plainer by demonftra-

tion.

Which may

made

A Z U

pomels round of marble clear,

Where axur'd veins well mixt appear.

Sidney.
The blue of the firft order, though vtry faint
and little, may be the colour of fome fubftance ;
and the azure colour of the

fkies

feems to be this

order.

Newton.

Thus

replies

Minerva, graceful with her azure eyes.

The

Pope.

fea,

Far through his axure turbulent domain,

Your empire owns.
Tbomfen,

B.

B.

BAB
fccond letter of the Englifh
alphabet, is pronounced as in
moll other European languages,
by preffing the whole length of the lips
together, and forcing them open with a
It has a near
ftrong breath.
affinity
with the other labial letters, and is
confounded by the Germans with P.
and by the Gafcons with
from which
;

BThe
J

The apoftle had no fooner propofed it to the

matters at Athens, but he himielf was ridiculed
as a babbler.

2.

Spaniards, in moft words, ufe

The

n.f. [See the verb.]

He

treble baas for help, but

To BA'BBLE. v.
biller,

To

I*

a.

none can

\babbelen,

get.

Sidney.

Germ, ba-

Fr.]

a child

prattle like

babbling praifes I repeat no more,

hear, rejoice, (land filent, and adoie.

in

strbutbna.

What from

Let the filent fanfluary flio-.v,

the babbling fchools we may not know.

Prkr.

To

talk thoughtlefsly
There is more danger in

friend, than in a noil'y babbling

to tell fecrets.
and lilent

l.

The babbling echo had defcry'd his

She, who in other's words her filence

face

breaks.
Addifon.

n. f.

[babil, Fr.]

Idle talk;

fenfelefs prattle.

This babole (hall not henceforth trouble me ;

Here is a coil with proteftation.
Sbakiffcare.

Come, no more,
is

With

meer moral

babble.

Milton.

volleys of eternal babble,

And clamour more unanfwerable.

The babbit, impertinence, and

lltidibra.

folly,

taken notice of in difputes.

BA'BBLEMENT.
lefs

prate

n.J.

have

Glanville.

[from babble.] Senfe-

empty words.

this white w.th ragged notions and

babblements, while they expected worthy and de-

Deluded

lightful

all

knowledge.

BABBLER, n.f. [horn babble.]

I. An idle talker
an irrational
We lv>!d our tim? too precious to be
;

With

fuch a batbUr,

The

prattler.
(pent

Sbakejfeare.

decorum.

Shakejpcarc.
rather than
Lock*.

Becomes

father can-

runnngate ; and it was the part of -children to

fall out about babia.
Bacon.
Since no image can reprefent the great Creator,
never think to honour him by your fooli(h puppets, and btibiei of dirt and clay.
Stillingfleet.

adj.

\_baccatus,

with pearls; having

Lat.]

The haunting of

lia,

Lat.]

ard.

BACCHANALS,
The drunken

2.

n. f. [tactbanalia, Lat.]
feails and revels of Bac

chus, the god of wine.

Ha, my brave emperor, (hall we dance now the
Egyptian bacckanals, and celebrate our drink ? Sbak.
What wild tury was there in the heathen" bacchanals, which we have not feen equalled ?

Decay of Piety.
Both extremes were banilh'd from their walls,
Cartbufian falls, and fulfomc bacchanals.
Pcfe.

the libercy

Drydcn.
woes deplore,
and
more.
they reel,
PoJ>e f

fiuful bachelors their

Full well they merit

A man

who

all

takes his

firft

degrees at

the univerfity in any profeffion.

Being a boy, new bachelor of arts, I chanced

to

(peak againft the pope.

Askant.
I appear before your honour, in behalf of Martinus Scriblerus, bachelor of phyfic. Mart. Scr:blerus.

many berries. DiS.

n.f. [from bacchanariotous perfon ; a drunk-

Bacon*

true painter naturally delights in

which belongs to th? bachelor's eftate.

Let

Shakefp.

dilTolute places, or refort to

in married men

more puniihed

Befet

BACCHAN A'LI AN.

Such feparation
a virtuous tactchr and a maid.

courtcfans, are no
than in bjcbclon.

A fmall image in imitation of a child,

which girls play with.
The archduke faw that I'erkin would prove a

BA'CCATED.

Latin, baccalaureus.]
A man unmarried.

1.

not ftay for the portion, nor the mother for babei
Locke.
to play with.
z.

n. f.

ferved, that Menage's etymology is much

confirmed by the practice in our univerfities of calling a
In
Bachelor, Sir.

baby beats the nurfe, and quite athwart

all

The chiid muft have fugar-plums,

make the poor baby cry.
He muft marry, and propagate: the

much.

babbling echo mocks the hounds,

Replying Ihrilly to the well-tun'd horns,
As if a double hunt were heard at once. Shakifp.
And had I pow'r to give that knowledge birth,
In all the fpeeches of ,he babbling earth.
Prkr.

This

call

n.f. [See BABE.]

child; an infant.

Goes
enemy. LSEftrange.

The

BA'BBLE.

[This is a word of
very uncertain etymology, it not being
well known what was its original fenfe.
Juntas derives it from @z.xr,\<, fooliih ;
Menage, from las chevalier, a knight of
the loweft rank ; Spelman, from baculus,
a ftaff; Cujas, from buccella, an allowance of provifion. The moft probable
derivation feems to be from bacca lauru:,
the berry of a laurel or bay ; bachelors
being young, are of good hopes, like
laurels in the berry.
Dr. Lawrence ob-

A$ciam.

brought up thing.

Difl.

berries.

BA'BY.

a rcferved

naked monofpermous fruit,

it
only one feed ; as the

Such

BA'CHELOR.

You had looked through the grate like a geminy

of baboons.
Shakcffeare.
He caft every human feature out of his counand
became
a
baboon.
tenance,
Add\jt,n.

all

companies.

talk

ill

BACCI'VOROUS. adj. [from bacca, a berry,

and <voro, to devour, Lat.] Devouring

golden leaves and painted babery

babijh and

have

acini, or

It is fupn. f. \babouin, Fr.

pofed by Skinner to be the augmentation
of babe, and to import a. great babe.] A
monkey of the largell kind.

Prior.

words; thefe he uled to tattle indifferently

To

as

containing in

and

as have their fruit compofed of many

round foft balls fet clofe together like a
bunch of grapes } as the uva marina.
Rfly.

4.

Sbnkeffeare.

If he be baihful, and will foon blufli, they

him

talk idly, or irrationally.

John had conned over a catalogue of hard

4.

good faith,

Of feely boys, pleafe unacquainted fight. Sidney.

BA'BISH. adj. [from babe.] Childifh.

To

3.

for, in

n.f. [from babe,]

Finery to
pleafe a babe or child.
So have I fcen trim books in velvet dight,

With

Such
is,

the

as have but polyfpermoiu fruit, that is,

j. Such
containing two or more kernels or feeds within it ;
as the jefminum, liguitrum.

BA'BERY.

My
2.

talk:.

BABO'ON.

perfedly.
But

eafy

Nor (hall Sebaftian's formidable name

Be longer us'd, to lull the crying babe.
Dryden.
The babe had all that infant care beguiles,
And early knew his mother in her fmiles. Dryd.

im-

to prate

fex.

Thofe that do teach your tabes t

art a flieep

Berry-bearing.

arbutes.

Do it with gentle means, and

He might have chid me Co
I am a child to chiding.

fheep.
Therefore them

2.

that

cry of a

flower not tall,

Bjcciferous trees are of four kinds.

1. Such as bear a calculate or naked berry
flower and calix both falling off together,
leaving the berry bare ; as the faflafras trees.

a child of either

full

and/ire, to bear, Lat.]

BABE. n.f. \jbaban, Welih

babbatrd,
Dutch; bambino, Italian.] An infant

or

Such another proof would make me cry baa. Sbak.

To BAA. -v. n. \balo, Lat.] To cry like
a fheep.
Or like a lamb, whofe dam away is fet,

teller of fecrets.
Utterers of fecrets he from thence debarred ;
Babblert of folly, and blazers of crime.
Fairy
Great babblers, or talkers, are not fit for truft.

n.f.

and broad-leaved. Mortim.

BACCI'FE nous. adj. [from bacca, a berry,
but very

L'Eflrangr.

V indifferently.
BAA.

Rogers.

BA'CCHUS BOLE.

an epigrammatift remarks, that bibere

and vi'vere are in Gafcony the fame.

The

BAG

BAC

z.

knight of the loweit order.

This

is

now little ufed.

BA'CHELORSHIP. n.f. [from
a fenfe

bachelor.]
condition of a bachelor.
Her mother, living yet, tan tfiiity,
She was the firlt fruit of my bacbelorjl^p. Sbakefp,

The

BACK.
i

The
neck

n.f. [bac, baec, Sax. bach, Germ.]

hinder part of the body, from the
to the
thighs.

Part following enter, part remain without,

And mount on

others lacks, in h >pcs to (lure.

DryJea.
2. The

BAG
z.

outer part of the hand when it

is fhut : oppofed to the palm.
Mcth night love, pitying me, when he faw this,
Gave me your hands, the backs and palms Co kit's.

The

The outward

part of the body; that

which requires clothes : oppofed to the

Locke.

The

4.

rear

oppofed to the van.

He might conclude, that Walter would be upon

the king's hack, as his majefty was upon his. Clarend.

The

5.

place behind.

As the voice
tick as towards
does the echo :
the place where

goeth round, as well towards the

the front of

him

for you have

that fpeakcth, fo

many

hack echoes to

you Hand.

The

&

break a horfe; to train him to bear

upon his back.
Diret us how to tact the winged horfe ;
Favour

You

not

Bull dreaded not old Lewis either at tackfwcrd,

Arbutbnat.

the world
turns iti

back upon him.

To

to

go away

to

cious reafon.

We

fent

that if

the noun.]

many

to feck the

dip Argo, threatening

they brought not back Medea, thry (ho'jld

fuftcr in

he

Rahigb'i Hfiory of the World.

(lead.

Where they are, and why they came

now the labour of my thoughts.

Is

not back,
Milton.

Back to thy native iH.md might'lt thou

fent ilation.
I've been furprij'd in an unguarded hour,
nciw go lack ; the love, that
lay
Halt" fmothei'd in my breafl, has broke through
reftralntj.

Behind

3.

not

all

jfdjjft*.

coming forward.

thought to promote thee unto great honour;

but lo the Lord hath k- pt thce tack from honour.
fiumb. xxiv. n.
Conftrain the glebe, keep tack the hurtful weed.
I

Blackrr.ore.

Towards things

4.

had alv.jjs a iurou;y to look lj;k unt'i the

of thing-,, and to view in rny mind the br
Harntt.
ginning and p.-jgreis of a r.fing world.
,

Again

She

command

her fol-

and give tick affairi, and their difnatch,

fu>h a fmooth, difcreet, and liable bearing.
Shakejpeerc,

6.

Again

a fccond time.

found, and that ungrateful a?**,

Withl'ifing Vim,ivcnti<K*tob!'*, u r r. Walter,
"piltlei be. Kg wn ten fron ladies forfikcn
many thoughts caioe back u
;eiAr

in d vr.< ierteti.

VOL.

I.

not how
this moral.

the houfe.
Their backboufcs, of more neceflary than cleanlf
climbed up unto

fervice, as kitchens, Rabies, are

by

many

The

The morning that he was to join battle, h'c

armourer put on his beckfiece before, and liii breadCtmicn,
plate behind.

m liicioufly

untruly and

do

allies

that perfonage.

Spenfcr.

Sbakefpeare.

[from backbite.} A
privy calumniator ; a cenfurer of the
n.f.

No body is bound to look upon his backbitrr, or

his undcrminer, his betrayer, or his oppreflbr, as
his friend.
South.

B A'C K BONE.

ti.f.

The bone of the

'I

he

!'jc'*i

tebres for

/.v

[from back and tone.]

back.

li:-iulj

be divided into

to be cnc

entire rigid bnne.

BA'CKCARRV.
in

vrr-

many

commodijus bending, and not

Ray,

Having on

t!ie

back.

his forcit laws, noteth

for

of the four ciroumffan

or ciirs,
,
forefter may arrctt an offender <igainft vert or verif'*n

in the fortll, t ix. (table-fUnd,

dog-draw, lackCowfll.

DOOR. n.f. [from back and

The

door behind the houfe

iic.or.]

privy pai-

he prorefiion durft not return

by the

came;

but, after

t!,

<!'.:.

of ihe monk.,

way

it

'i

out at a bacldi,tr of the convert.

Addlfanl
1'opery, whkh is fj rar (hut out as not tj rc:enter openly, ^ (tcjung in by the bac'ud'^r of atheifm.
Sltterbtity.

BA'CKBD.
back.

aJj.

[from back.]

hinder part of any thing.

If the quickfilver were rubbed f.om the tacxjtile

of the fpeculum, the gbfs would caufe the fame
rings of colours, but mo-e faint ; the phenomena
depend not upon the qukkfilver, unlefs fo far as it
encreafes the rerletlion of the backfidc of the glafs.

Newton.

The hind
A poor ant

2.

animal.
part of an
carries a grain

bjckfhlc

MdljtM,
behind a houfe.

upwards.

3.

of corn, climbing up

downwards and her

a wa'l with her head

The

yard or ground
The waih of palhires, fields, commons,

Itreets, or backfides, are

forts of land.

To BACKSLI'BE. v.

To

roads,

of great advantage to all

Mortimer.
n.

[from back and

off; to apoftatize : a
word only ufed by divines.
Haft ihou feen that which backjliding Jfrael
She is gone up upon every high
hath done ?

JliJe.]

'fall

mountain, aod under every green

BACKSLI'DER.
apoftate.
The hacljliJcr

[from

n.f.

tree.

Jcr:n>'jb,

backfliJe.]

in heart (hall be filled.

An

Prwcrbt.

om

back and ftvjf;

becaufe, in taking an obfervation, the

BA'CKSTAI<F. n.f.
back

[ft

is

turned towards

the.

An inftniment ufeful in taking

fun.]
the fun's akiiude at fea ; invented by
Captain Davies.
A i R s n.f. [from laclt and_/?iz;V.t.]
private ft.drs in the houfc.
1 CLtidemn the practice which hath lately
crept
Jnt> the court at 'the bactjlairt t ihat (bmc pricked
Bean.
for (hcr.ft'i get out of the bill.

,B A'C K s r

The

fage.
'J

The

1.

ob'.erver's

one
wherein a
it

Max. Mccb. Exrrcifq.

larger.

BA'CKSIDE* n.f. [from back and Jide.]

of

I will ufe him well

a fr'end i' th' court is better
;
thin a penny in purle.
Ufe his men well, Davy,
for they are arrant knaves, and will backbite.

BA'CKBITER.

room behind

If you have a fair profpctl backwards of garit

may be convenient to make lackrocaa the

evil

tlicfe

tongues backbite and /lander the facred

n.f. [from back and room.]

not in the front.
;

BA'CKROOM.

cenfure or reproach the abfent.

Mod

[from back and piece.]

piece of armour which covers the
n.f.

back.

L'Eflranre.

kite.]

To

Caretu.

Iteps.

BA'CKPIECE.

Boyic.
adages to hack

lower*,

With

S-w.fr.

BA'CKHOUSE. n.f. [from back and bouje.]

The buildings behind the chief part oif

princi-

Factious, and fav'ring this or t'other fide,

Their wagers tack their ivi/hes.
Drfiirn.
To B A'C K B i T E. <v a. [from back and

B A'C

yet if 'twere fo,

not fw y her hooff,

coul.i

i>f

know

carry, and bloody hand.

in return.
;

In what citeem are you with the vicar of the

can you play with him at backgamn'.nt

parifli ?

fecond.

Manwood,

part.

5.

To

6.

n.f.

little battle.]

dens,

abfent.

But muft not

weak

[from bach gamA play or

game at tables, with box and dice.

mon, Welfh, a

fail,

And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. fife.

2. Backward ; as retreating from the
pre-

Its

have

the reafon

the place from which one came.

Bjck you (ha.l not to the houfc, unlefi
You undertake that with me.
Sbukefytare.

He

and thofc that would have rive elements,

endeavour to back their experiments with a fpe-

be

His back was no fooner turned, but they returned

to their former rebellion.
Sir j. Dui'ies.

To

man

treat this bold afpiring

ples,

zance.

1.

BACKCA'MMON.

Tojuftify; to fupport.
The patrons of the ternary number of

5.

not within the reach cf taking cogni-

BACK. adv. [from

enough in the (houlders, you care

call you that
backing or
upon fuch tacking ! give
me.
Sbakefptare.

your back

How (hall we

S:utt.

turn the back

and

protieflioni.
f, Eftratign.

is our church from rncroachinj upon the cipower ; as fome, who are backfriendt to both,
Scufbn
would malicioufly in(inuate.

Mdifai.

At the hour of death, all friendlhips of

bid him adieu, and the whole creation

and

Far

Succcfs dill follows him, and tacks his crimes.

to forfake

him, or negleft him.

<).

words
backfriends againft fair

fing!e faulchion, or cudgel-play.

fees

Thefe were feconded by certain demilauncei, and

both Lucked with men at arms. Sir
J. Hayiaard.
Did they not fwear, in exprefs words,
To prop and back the houfe of lords ?
And after turn'd out the whole houfeful. HueJitras.
great malice, backed with a great interell, can
have no advantage of a man, but from his exSouth.
pectations of fomething without himfelf.

lack on one

are Ihait

who

your friends ? a plague

me them that will face

fet

turn the

fecret.

Set the refHefs importunitict of talebearers

To

edge ; as the tack of a knife or

fword whence backfiuord, or fword with
a Lack ; as,

To

place upon the back.

As I flept, methought
Great Jupiter, upon his eagle back'd,
Appear 'd to me.
Sbalnffearc.
maintain ; to ftrengthen ; to fupport ;
4.
to defend.
Belike he means,
KacVd by the pow'r of Warwick, that falfc peer,
1" afpire unto the crown.
Sbakrfptare.

the

8.

and moderate his courfe.

Rvfcomtnon.

To

3.

upon the backs of chimnies do ripen

Bacon's Natural Hiftory.
thick part of any tool oppofed to

The

an enemy in

vil

fruit fooner.

7.

his flight,

friend.]

To

2.

part of any thing out of fight.

Trees

and
/. [from back
friend backwards ; that is.

BA'CKFRIEND.

Well, I will back him (trait.

Efperance !
Bid Butler lead him forth into the park.
Sbakeff.

Bacon.
Antheus, Sergeftus grave, Cleanthus ftrong,
And at their backs a mighty Trojan throng. Dryd.

6.

Lofty-ncck'd,
.
Sharp -headed, barrel-bellied, broadly back'J. Dryd

tellj.

Thofe who, by their anceftors, have been let free

from a conltant drudgery to their backs and their
bellies, ihould bcftow fome time on their heads.

BAG

To BACK. v. a. [from the noun back.]

To mount on the back of horfe.
1
That roan mail be my throne.

Donne*
3.

Having

BA'CKSTAYS.

n.f. [from bade and Jlay.]

the malls of a

Ropes or Hays which keep

foward or overboard.
[from bach and jk:-wd.~\

fhip from pitching

BA'CKSWORD.

n.f.

(word with one (harp edge.

Bu'.l drc.idcJ

nut cl

Lewis

at fraf'j'ivord'.

BAD

BAG
back, and
toj pearib, Sax. that is,
wards the back ; contrary to forwards.]
With the back forwards.

BA'CKWARD.
BA'CKWARDS.
1.

They

v.cnt

adv.

That

And
That

'

Good
Then

mind can tack-ward

for the

caft

But

(he

wouM

fpell

if fair-fac'd,

She'd fwear the gentleman (hould be her

2. Vitious

lifter;

to

We

alliances.

Addijon.

are ftrangely backward to

lay hold of this
fafe, this only method of cure.
Atttrbury.'
Cities laid wafte, they ftorm'd the dens and caves;

For wifer brutes are backward

to be (laves.

Pope.

2. Hefitating.
All things are ready, if our minds be fo
Peri(h the man, whole mind is backward

now

of weighing every argument.

4.

5.

Dull

'

undergo the fatigue

Watti.

Late

as with a badge.
Yo'jr royal father's murder'd

Thofe of his chamber, as it feem'd, had done *t

Their hands and faces were all badg'd with blood.
So were their daggers.
Shake/peart.
BA'DGER. n. f. \_bedour, Fr. metis, Lat.J
:

An

animal that earths in the ground,

ufed to be hunted.
That a brock, or badger, hath legs of one fide

coming after fomething elfe as,

backward fruits ; backward children

What

feed thou elfe

In the dark backward or abyfm of time

BA'CKWARDLY. adv

Sbakeff.

[from batk-ward. ]
I. Unwillingly; averfely ; with the back
forward.
Like Numid lions by the hunters chas'd,
Though they do fly, yc: ^ackward'y do go
With proud afpcft, dildtiuing greater haite. Sidney

The

; but by Juaiut derived

from the badger, a creature who flows
up his provifion.] One that buys corn
and victuals in one place, and carries

i.

Co-ivell.

In

bad

How goes the day with us O tell me, Hubert.

\ fear. How fares your majefty
Stakrff.

n.f.

Caw-

Sbakefpeare.

[A word of uncertain etymo-

or cognizance

Want of good

qualities, either natural or

fert
It

moral

de-

depravity.

was not your brother's evil difpofition made

his death; i.t a piovAing merit, fct

him feck
a work by

a reproveable badntft in himlrlf.

Shall.

There is one convenience in this city, which

makes fome amends for the badn,/! of the pavement.
Addifo* cti lialy,
I did not fee how the badiscfi of the weather
could be the king's fault.
Addil'r.

To BA'FFLE.

\_baffler, Fr.]
elude ; to make ineffectual.
They made a flirt to think thcinfelves

To

lefs, in

and

z.

of

mark

[from bad.]

n.f.

fpiteof

at the

guilttheir fins; to bieak the precept,

Stalk,
to baffle the curfe.

all

fame time

He hath defervcd to have the grace withdrawn,

\vlMuh he hath fo long bjffied and defied. Atte'bury,

worn

to

dear rcfcmblaiKv of lus dying lord

To confound

to defeat

with fome con-

by perplexing or amufing : to
fometimes lefs than to conquer.

fufion, as
baffle

is

Etruria

loft,

He brings to Turnus' aid his baffcdhoft.

DryJ.
When the mind has brought irfclf to clofe thinkit may go on roundly.
Every abdrufe problem, every intricate quedion, will not baffle, difit.
Locke.
or
break
courage,
A t'jreign potentate trembles at a war with the
Englith nation, ready to employ againft him fuch

ing,

revenues as

fiiall

baffle

his

dcfigns

upon

their

Adfifon.

country.

mew BA'FFLE.

the relation of the wearer to any perfon

pr thing.
But on his bread a blordy crofs he b9re,

The

unto another.

it

BA'DLY. adv. [from bad.]

manner not well.

preterite of bid.

bajulo, to carry, Lat.]

fuppofed to

is

bajulus, a carrier

I .

derived by Junius from bode or

bade, a mefTenger, and fuppofed to be
corrupted from badage, the credential of
a meftenger ; but taken by Skinner and
Minjbciij from bagghe, Dut. a jewel, or
bagui, Fr. a ring. It feems to come from

logy

long in ripening ; children flow

of growth.
BA'CKWARD. n.f. The things or ftate
behind or paft poetical.

and

of an unequal

His body crooked all over, big-bellied, badgcrand his complexion fwarthy.
L'ERranpe.
BA'DGER. n.f. [perhaps from the Latin

BA'DNESS.

\\i\\ifor,

der.

fruits

legs

lesrged,

fii.es

adj. [from badger

length, as the badger

have.

Milan.

And for an earned of greater honour,

He bade me, from him, call thee Thane

BADGE,

Brown*

daily.

Having

legged.]

them

behold

BA'DGER-LEGGED.

Reading was bad far his eyes, writing made his

head ake.
Addijon.
a. fever.
5. Sick: with of; as, bad of
>

than the other, is received not only by theoand unexperienced believers, but moft who

rifts

Unfortunate; unhappy.
The fun his annual coutle obliquely made,

'

Oh, by whom?

Badly,

Good days contracted, and enlarg'd the bad. Dryd.

mifchievous ;
4. Hurtful ; unwholefoine ;

not quick or apprehenfive.

Jt often falls out, that the backward learner
makes amends another way.
Scuth.

To

[from the noun.]

a.

mark

thee amongft the bad, or make thee run

near the paths which virtue bids thee fljun.
Pr'ur.

pernicious

to

3.

Sbakefpeare.

dilatory.
The mind is backward

Sluggifli

3-

To BADGE, v.

Our unhappy

Mix
Too

Sbakeft>earc

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge, Sbaltjf,

Let him not bear the iadgcs of a wreck,
Nor beg with a blue table on his back.
D^ydcy.

will the latter, as the former, world

RT.lton.
Still tend from bad to worfe.

friends of our nation

engage with us in

out a badge of bitterncfs.

Thus

adj.
1. Unwilling; averfe.

backward

or token of any thing.

There appears much joy in him ; even fo much,
that joy could not fliewitfelf modeft enough, with-

corrupt.

May'ft cover.

Sbakejpeare.

makes the

Pope.

may'ft repent,
one bad act, with many deeds well done,

And

BA'CKWARD.

mutability

fcheme of government

beft

Thou

If black, why, nature, drawing of an antick,

Made a foul blot ; if tall, a launce ill-headed.

Our

Ill ; not good : a general word ufed in

regard to phyfical or moral faults, either
of men or things.
Moft men have politicks enough to make,

through violence, the

a bad one.

never yet faw man,

him backward;

The mark

fuperl. ivorft.]

from the wrong end.

I

fays

Di3.
tances by one or more ftaves.
BAD. adj. [quoad, Dutch; compar. <worfe;

Luke.

viard.

SirJ.Daviei.

a better to a worfe date.

The work went backward; and the more he (trove
T' advance the fuit, the farther fromher love. Dryd,
9. Paft ; in time paft.
They have fpread one of the worft languages in
the world, if we look upon it fome reigns back10. Perverfely;

good fon

BACULO'METRY. n.f. [from baculus, Lat.

and j* 'T ? o.] The art of meafuring dif-

From

8.

my

j. Reflex.
;

known.

is

favagc tygrefs on her helmet lies ;

famous badge Clarinda us'd to bear. Tairfax*

(liorter

thus,

You

South.

doubtlefs

Dryden.
phrafe for pre-

the prieft j
murtier'd, are forry, and have been confeft.
father! my forrow will fcarce fave my bacon ;
For 'twas not that I murder'd, but that I was
Prior.
taken.

thing, there is no
argument to that which looks taciioarils; for what
has been done or fullered may certainly be done or

herfelf, her understanding light.

flice.

ing foldiers.
What frightens you

Newton.

Towards fomething paft.

To prove the poflibility of a

No,

cut a

the country, where they have feldom

any other provifion in the houfe than
dried bacon, to ftcure it from the march-

in palling by the edges

and fides of bodies, bent feveral times backwards
a
like
that of an eel ?
and forwards with motion

Upon

Atterbury.

token by which one

The

o'er the hearth a chine of bacon hung,

old Philemon feiz'd it with a prong,

To fave the bacon, is a

hurt ; borferving one's felf from being
rowed from the care of houfewives in

2.

Regreffively.
Are not the rays of light,

fufFerrd again.

High

The monftrous fight

Struck them with horrour backward; but far worfe
Milton.
Urg'd them behind.

6.

Aiterbury.

Slownefsofprogreffion; tardinefs.
BA'CON. n.f. [probably from baken, that
is, dried flefh.]
1. The fleth of a hog falted and dried.

the prefent ftation to the place

beyond the back.
We might have met them dareful, beard to beard,
And beat them backward home.
Sbakefpeare.

wardly bears.

n.f. [from backward.]

ties.

Then darting fire from her malignant eyes,

n'1 him backward as he drove to rife. Dryd.

The outward fplendour of his office, is the lodge

and token of that facred character which he in-

does he think fo backwardly of me,

I'll requite it lad ?
Sbakiffeare.

z.

the back.

From

5.

e'er

is the ill fuccefs that

backwardnejs to good works,
hath been obferved to attend well-defigning chari-

Sii7

4.

Sfcnftf.

was the firft man

receiv'd gift from him ;

Dulnefs ; unwillingnefs ; fluggilhncfs.

The thing by which we are apt to excufe our

the back.

In leaping with weights, the arms are firft caft

backwards, and then forwards, with fo much the
before
greater force ; for the bauds go backward
Baccn.
they take their rife.

On

or with cold hope.

BACKWARDNESS,

Cenefi,

Towards

3.

Perverfely

backward, and their faces were back-

ward.
2.

2.

[from

A F

For whofe fweet fake that glorious badge he wore.

n.f.

[from the verb.]

A defeat.

of the difputant that keeps off a

South,
baffle.
'J'he authors having mifled of their aims, are
fain to retreat with iruftration. and a baffe. South.
It

is

the

(kill

BA'FFLER.

BAG
BA'FFLER.

n.f. [from baffle.]

to confufion, or defeats.

allures us the thing is too pofiible, and brings,

in all ages, matter of fact to confute our fupporr.mtnt of the Tor.gue.
(itions.

[beige, Saxon ; from whence

perhaps, by dropping- as is ufual, the

BAG.

BA'GNIO.

Sfcflator.

t.

reed, and is played on by compreffing

the bag under the arm, when full ; and
opening or flopping the holes, which are

which fomt

fweliing poilon of the feveral fefls,

vent, the nation's health infefls,
Shall burft its bag.
Dryden.
Sing on, fmg on, for I can ne'er be cloj'J ;
diflend. Drydcows their burden'd
So

thy

filk tied to

[from bagfife.]
that plays on a bagpipe.
Some that will evermore peep thro' their eyes,

men's

hair.
faw a young fellow riding towards us full
a bob wig and black liiken bag tied t
gailop, wiih

We

it.

term nfed to fignify different quan4.

tities of certain commodities ; as, a bag
of pepper, a bag of hops.

To BAG.

To

1.

[from the noun.]

put into a bag.
i/.

a.

Accordingly h^drain'd thofe marlhy grounds,

Dryden.
bagg'd them in a blue cloud.
Hops ought not to be bagged up hot. Monimtr,

And

To

;.

And

Like a bee, bagg'd with his honey'd venom,

and had aponinger

Two

of matter in

full

it.

than an aftragal

BAIL.

feals

s;i

r.

?>:-.

Ired

at that time, or ocherwife at their will.

They were
among

probably always in readinefs, and

the baggage of the army.

Addifan on Italy.

The goods

that are to be carried

away,

bag and baggage.

as

Worry'd with debts, and

Th'

3.

A wort;ilefs woman
fo

in

called, becaufe fuch

French bagafte

women

follow

camps.

'!iil
life in her, not to
Ipark o:
fuch a tag^age to win away any th.
hers.
Subtly.
i

To

2.

hopes of

admit to bail.
When they had bailed

the twelve bilhops who

the Tower, the liouie of Common -, in great
caufcd
them
indignation,
immediately to be recom1

t'j

tile

Tower*

To

put meat upon a hook, in fomc

temptation that doth goad us on

Shak. Mtaf,
loving virtue.
for Meaf,
Let 's be revenged on htm ; let 's appoint him a
meeting, give him a Ihow of comfort in his fuit,
and lead him on with a fure baited delay, till he
hath pawned his horfes to mine hoft of the garten
Is that

To

fin in

Many
known

Sbakefpeare's Merry Wives cfWmdj'or,

of fillies feed upon infects, as is well

forts

to anglers,

who fair

their

hooks with them.

Ray.

How are.

'he fex improv'd in am'rous arts !

fnares they bait for human

What new-found
hearts

2.

To

Gay,

give meat to one's

or horfes,

felf,

on the road.
What
But, wanting

The fun,
At night

fo ftrong,

reft, will alfo

want of might

that meafurcs heaven

all

day long,
doth bait his ftceds the ocean waves

among.

To BAIT.
1.

To

Sfenjcr.

[from battre, Fr. to beat.]

attack with violence.

Who

<v.

a.

feeming Ibrely

chaft'ed at his

band,

As chained besr, whom cruel dogs do bait,

With idle force did fain them to withftand.
Fairy Queen,

I will not yield

To

ground before young Malcolm's feet;

to be baited with the rabble's curfe.

kifs the

And

Sbatcfpeares

2.

To

harais

bait a

by the help of others

Macbab.
;

as,

we

boar with maftiffs, but a bull with-

bull-dogs.

To

mitted

Sax. baitzen,

[batan,

place, to tempt fifh, or other animals.

Oh cunning enemy, that, to catch a faint,
With faints doft bail thy hook! moft dangerous

hail,

give bail for another.

|q

a.

Germ.]
1.

rottingin ajail. Rvfcomm'.n.

Lit me be their ba.l

They mall be ready at your highnefs' will,
To anlwer their fuf >iuon
Thou malt not bail them. Sbckefp. Titus Andror.

Ariutkna.

tor Irjiy.

pi'l all

Hale*

bailiwicks*

To BAIT. v.

Ccnvell.

And bribe with pieients, or, when preients fail,

They iend their prolVituted wives for bail. Drydcn.
To BAIL. o>. a. [from the noun.]

Dohuelladefi^r.rj, *hen hi? affairs grew dcfpep.^k up tt and lap/age, and

,

unpity'd wretchl

Spenfer.

Thcie ifTued writs to the IherifTs, to return the

names of the feveral land-owners in their feveral

ttai.n.

carried

bailiwicks.

word the etymologifts

under f.-curity taken for his appearance. There

is both common and fpecial bail; common bail is
in actions ff fm.'ll prejudice, or flightproof, called
common, becaufe any fureties in that cafe are
taken : whereas, upon caufes of g. eater weight, or
apparent fpeciality, fpecial bail or furety muft be
taken.
There is a difference between bail and
mainprife ; for he that is mainprifcd is at large,
until the day of his appearance
but where a man
is bailed, he is always accounted
by the law to be
in their ward and cuftody for the time: and they
may, if they will, keep him in ward or in prifon

a word

-.fund

over which the lord of the liberty apCoivelL

pointeth a bailiff.
A proper officer is to walk up and down his

moulding,
fometimes carved and

is

thit liberty which is exthe fheriff of the county,

is

empted from

lefs

the freeing or fetting at liberty one arrerred

or imprifoned upon action either civil or criminal,

Bail

and feventy thoufand

horfemen, be/ d f:u?
Judith.
.es are the
laggagcot v'.rtue ; they cannot be
the
march.
nor
left
hinder
but
behind,
fpa.ed,
they

was

this

The

franchife. It

derivations ; it feems to
the French bailler, to put
into the hand ; to deliver up, as a man
delivers himfelf up in furety.]

;r:r.y

n.f. [of baillie, Fr. andpic.

place of the jurifdiftion of>a
bailiff within his hundred, or the lord's

come from

BA'GGAGE. n.f. [from bag baggage, Fr.]

I. The furniture and utenfils of any army.
The

[Of

under-fteward of a manor.

Sax.]

many

give

Heaps of ha'r rings and cypher'd

Rich trifle;, ferious bagattllis.

n.f.

An

3.

BA'ILIWICK.

they plead their heels, with a woife perfume than

Jugurth found in the dungeon.
Carnu's Survey of Cornwall.

kids that in the valley llray'd

and their

Sbatifp.

term of archi-

many

feized you for a debtor,

bailiff, by miftake,
and kept you the whole evening in a fpunginghoufe.
Swift,
Swift as a bard the, bailiff leaves behind* Pcpe

f:und by chance, and to my fold convey'd :

They drain two bagging udders every day. Drydcr..
BA'CATELLE. n. I', [bagatelle, Fr.]

a thing of no importance
not naturalifed.

times happeneth, that, by the underthe owner hath incurred

bailiffs,
the forfeiture, before he cometh to the knowledge
of the procefs that runneth againft him.
Bacin.
It

iherifts

To BAIGNE. -v. a. [baigner, Fr.] To

drench ; to foak a word out of ufe.
The women forilow not to baignt them, unlefs

Wijcman.

An

arrefts.

enriched.

trifle

laugh, like parrots, at a bagpiper.

BAGUETTE, n.f. [Fr. a

A little round
tecture.]

load with a bag.

He brings it to your hive. Drydcn s Don Sebajlion.

To BAG. -v. n. To fwell like a full bag.
The ikin fccmed mich contracted, yet \ibagged,

is under the canton of Berne, governed

by a bailiff fatt. every three years from the fenate
of Berne.
Aildifon.
2.
officer whofe bufmefs it is to execute

Ltiufanne

One

n. f.

Fr.]
fubordinate officer.

banners but ihirts, with fome bad bagpipes

in!K-aJ of drum and fife.
Sidney.
He heard a bagfife, and fw a general animated
with the found.
jiddifon's Freeholder.

BACPI'PER.

aaj.

fet at liberty

baillit,
1

No

bags

ornamental purfe of

be

Chambers.

The

[from bait.'] That may

by bail or Sureties.
BA'JLIFF. a./, [a word of doubtful etymology in itielf, but borrowed by us from

BA'ILABLE.

The bagpipe
eight, with the ringers.
takes in iiie compafs of three oftaves.

Which, wanting

may

Ital.

[baguo,

it, and ilopped by a valve and

three pipes or flutes, the firft called the
great pipe or drone, and the fecond
the little one, which pafs the wind out
only at the bottom ; the third has a

That part of animals in

as the
particular juices are contained,
poifon of vipers.

An

ac

fixed to

Once, we cnnfefs, beneath the patriot's cloak,

the crack'd tag the dropping guinea fpoke.

3.

has

From
a.

t<>

inftrument, confilling of a leathern

bag, which blows up like a foot-ball,
by means of a port-vent or little tube

:\

Kurr:,

him

fical

it

tag.

man who

turns

produced by the hot airof a bagnio, Arluth. on Air.

BA'GPIPE. n. f. [from bag and fife ; the
muwind being received in a bag.]

that opens thy mouth in prailes ? Ib

Sw.b
th.n ihy bags and thy barns are full ?
Waters were inclofcd within the ear:h, as in

it

me

bath.]
houfe for bathing, fweating, and
otherwife cleanfing the body.
I have known two inftances of malignant fevers

Coufin, away for England ; hafre before,

ere our coming, fee thou (hake the bags
Of hoarding abbots ; their impritbn'd angels
S.T thou at liberty.
Sbaktjfeere.

baggage meets with a

n. f.

And,

What U

this

vanity to credit relations,

count.

a. f.

harfh confonant, came bege, bage, bag.]

fack, or pouch, to put any thing in,
as money, corn.

I.

When

He that puts

great baffler of fpeculation,

Experience, that

To BAIT.

i/.

refrefhment

To ftop at any place for

perhaps this word is more

properly bate, to abate fpeed.

But our defires tyrannical extortion
Doth force us there to fet our chief dclightfulncfs,

Where but a baiting place i~ uil our portion. Sidney.

As one who on his journey baits at noon,
Th;>' bent on fpeed

Clarendon.

iy here th' archangel paus'J.

Mi/fon.

Tz

B A K
In

our jnurney from Lindon to h!i houfe,

much a; tat: t whig Inn.

til

Mdijtlfl

the wings
to flutter.

to

Sfeftatc-r.

To clap
[as an baivk.]
make an offer of flying ;

n.

-v.

chks

thy black mantle ( till ftrangc love, grown

bold,
Thinks true lov a&cd fimple modefty. Sbatijf.

Another wjy I have to man my hag'jard,

come, and know her keeper's call
That is, to watch her as we watch thofe kites
bait

and beat, and will

n.-.t

be obedient. i'Zu*

bo:<J(.

pleafanfft angling is to fee the fi(h

Cut with her golden oars the (ilver ftream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bjst. Sbabtff.

temptation

an enticement

gbrious beauty's idle boaft

Is but a bait fuch wretches to beguile.
Sftnfer.
Taketh therewith the fouls of men, as with the
Hacker.

S weet words, I grant, baits and allurements fweet,

But greateft hopes with

One

greateft croffes meet. Fairf.

Fruit, like that
in Paradife, the bait of Eve

Ijttcious flattery's

more pernicious

But

in a

is weighed therein.
Swift.
For when on ground the burden balance lies,
The empty part is lifted up the higher.

Sir

another.
I

refremment on a journey.
BAIZE, n.f. A kind of coarfe open cloth
fometimes
fluff, having a long nap
frized on one fide, and fometimes not
frized. This (luff is without wale, being
wrought on a loom with two treddlesj
Chambers
like flannel.

fufTer:

Griefs heavier than our offences.

a.

lakec
participle paffive,

The aft

4.

Z.'
fufTer only the lot of nature.
Upon a fair balance of the advantages on either
fide, it will appear, that the rules of the gofpcl

are

overplus of weight; that quantity

by which, of two things weighed together, one exceeds the other.
Care being taken, that the exportation exceed
in value the importation ; and then the balance ul
trade muft of necefiity be returned in coin or bul-

fied bread.]

To

He

will take thereof, and

warm

himfelf ;

kindleth

it,

To

harden in the fire.

The work of the fire is a kind of

2.

whatfocvcr the

To

3.

fire

dufty

To

ftilifi

The
And,

fun with flamingarrows pierc'd the flood,

mud. Dry,.
darting to the bottom, bak'd die

To BAKB. f
t.

To
I

>:.

do the work of baking.

keep

th

hoafe, ai.d

fcour, die.Cs meat, and

royft'.f.

walh, wring, brrw,ii,

t^e beds, and do a

make

balance beats, think

t'

tl

my

and

watch thought

.ill

ail lall

To pay that which is wanting to make

the two parts of an account equal.
Give him leave

To
in
I

To

weigh
;

fumciently proved
L'ckc
night.

in a balance, either real

my
am

power

to balance accounts

refolved, however, t>

:.n

that way.

with
;<!!

my Maker,
my cncravours-

JldJifon, Sf >latcr.

To BA'L AKCE. v. a. To hefitate

tuate between equal motives,

to fluc-

as a ba-

lance plays when charged with equal

weights.
Were the fatisfa&ion of luft, and the joys of
heaven, offered to any one's prelent podriTioa, he
would not balance, or err, in the determination of
Locke.
Since there is nothing that can offend, I fee not
why you Ihould kal^r.ci a moment about printing
it.
jfttert'ury to Pope.
his choice.

BA'LANCER. n.f. [from

The

balance.]

perfon that weighs any thing.

BA'L ASS Ruby. n.f. [balas, Fr. fuppofed
to be an Indian term.] A kind of ruby.
Balaj's ruby is of a crimfjn col >ur, with a cad
of purple, and feems beft to anfwer the dcfcription
ff^ocdivarj on Fc-Jjils.
of the ancients.

To BALBU'CINATE. rv. n. [from balbtitio,

Difl.
Lat.] To ftammer in fpeaking.
To BALBU'TIATE. v. n. The fame with
Did.
balbucinate.

BALCO'KY.

n.f. [balcon, Fr. balcone, Ital.}

frame of iron, wood, or Hone, before

the window of a room.
Then pleafure came, who liking not the falnion,
Began to make balconies, terraces, v
Herbert.
Till fhe had wcakcn'dall by alteration.
When dirty waters from balconies drop,
And dext'rous damfels twirl the fprinkling mop.

Gay.

BALD. adj. [bal, Welfh.]

hair ; defpoiled of
1. Wanting
time or ficknefs.
Neither (hall men make

hair

by

themfclves bald fot

them.

Jerim'.ab.

I !>nd it remarked by Marchetti, that the caufe

of baldnefs in men is the dryr.efs of the brain, and
its ihrinking from the fkull ; he having obfervcJ,
that in bald perfons, under the bald part, there war
a vacuity between the fkull and the brain.
Kay.
He fhould imitate Caefar, wh , becaufc his head
was baid, covered that defect with laurels, jtdriif.

2.

Without natural covering.

Under an oak, whofe boughs were mofs'd with

aftronomy.] One of the twelve fign

of the zodiack, commonly called Libra.
Or wiltthou warm our iummers with thy rays
And feated near the baljnce poife the days
To BA'LANCE. v. a. [balancer, Fr.]
figurative

balance the account of Bienhrin/i Jay. Pr'ur.

I am very well Cati-fied, that it is not

Though

age,

And
3.

9. [In

i.

fides.

is
balancing an account, and determinJuJjjing
ing on whiJi fide tl.e odds lie.

w.itchrs, whilft thi

is

regulate an account, by flating it

on both

is

but fu]>i>o(ipg that

A'tw.'in.

To

beating part of a watch.

It is

clods,
beneath trre twifted arch,
!

The

8.

weigh equal to;

liquor.
|..

t<-.

With vehement funs

fummer bakes the crumbling

pleafant is 't,
fwret caroufe
ply the

to

The attract. on of ;he giafa is balanmi, and rendered ineffectual, by the contrary attraction of the

wanting to make two

he ftated
parts of an account even ; as,

That which

Love, hope, and joy, fa rpleafurc'sfmiling train ,

Hate, fear, and grief, the family of pain 5
d\.e bounds connn'd,
Thefe mix'd with art, and
Make and maintain the balance of the mind. I'cjx

Btct,n

How

to counteract.

harden with heat.

When

to

the account with his correfpondent, and

paid the balance.
See
7. Equipoife ; as, balance of power.
the fecond fenfe.

laklr.* ; an
bakett, time Juth in fomc de

cliflblve.

gree

Bacon's sldwrt

lion.

6.

ye;

and bakab bread.

JjaiaL
The difference of prices of bread procee.lci
from their delicacy in bread, and perhaps f.imr
Arbusbmt
of baling.
tltttig in their manner

Je

Atterkvry

The

5.

[bxcan, Sax. bcken, Germ

fuppofed by It'achter to come from tec
which, in the Phrygian language, figniheat any thing in a clofe place
generally in an oven.

more powerful means of conviction than fuch

meftage.

or baken.

1.

Skat. Hen. IV.

of comparing two things, as by

the balance.
Comfort arifes not from others being miferablc.
but from this inference upon the balance, that we

fo BAKE. v.

have in equal balance juftly weigh'd

our arms may do, what wrongs we

What wrong

y. Davits.

metaphorical balance, or the mind

employed in comparing one thing with

3.

bare,

unheeded bait of love Drydcn.

Grant that others could with equal glory
Look down on pleafurcs, and the baits of fenfe.

Sweet negligence

Chambers.

ever

bai:.

ornament of hair,
Cmple knot was tied above

of feveral forms.

of fcales.
balance of power, either without or within a
ftate, is beil conceived by confiJering what the nature of a balance is. It fuppofes three things; firft,
the part which is held, together with the hanJ
that holds it ; and then the two fcales, with what-

for her native

Which

Her head was

It is

A pair

Milton.

by the tempter.

South,

n.f. [balance, Fr. bilanx, Lat.]

of the fix fimple powers in inecha-

nicks, ufed principally for determining

the difFerence of weight in heavy bo-

Secure from foolilh pride's affected ftate,

And

bake.
and a crufc

counterpoife

JA'LANCE.

dies.

taitl.

To

to be equipollent

\.

Ifolton.

The participle from To

There was a cake taken on the coali,

I
of water, at his head.
Kings.
whole
?A'KF. R. n.f. [from To bake.]
trade is to bake.
In lite and health, ever)- man muft proceed upon
truft, there being no knowing the intention of the

allure-

ment.
And that fame

LVd

ondcr ground.

BA'KEN.

cook or baker.

The

Which grew

boii/e.]

1 have raark.'J a wiltingncfs in the Italian artizans, to diltributc the kitchen, pantry, and batc-

to a fnare.

and

He

BAIT. n.f. [from the verb.]

1 Meat fet to allure fifli, or other animals,

Bacon.

n.f. [from take

place for baking bread.

L'E/lrange.

regulate the weight in a balance

to keep in a ftate of jull proportion.

Hcav'n that hath plac'd this ifland t- ^ive liw,
To balance Ei^rop*, and her Matt1 TT awe. Il'allcrm

be

others.

With

To

Come houles, wherein fvveetmeats will

and baked meats will mould, more than

'I 'here

for dirty intereft.

Skalffp, Afacbefb.

Meats. Meats drafted by the oven.

A'KFHOUSE.

Glittering in golJcu coats like images. Sbetefftirt.

Hood m> unman'd blood bailing in my

That

of a fenny Inakr,
In the cauldron boil and bake.

AKED

A L

If men would but batata trie good nd the evil

of things, they would not venture foul and body

be heated or hiked.

relent,

All plum'd like cftridgts, that with the wind

Salted like eagles ha\ing lately bath'd ;

To make her

Fillet

did not fo

To BAIT.

To

A L

o:

to'coinpare by the balance

high top

baltl

ftand bald before

4.

with dry antiquity.

Sbakeff.

Without the ufual covering.

He is fet at the upper end o' th' table

Unadorned

him.

but they

Sbakejpearc.

inelegant.

Hobbes, in the pniace to his own baU tranflalion, begins che praife of Homer when he mould
have ended it.
Drydcri's Fables, Preface.
And that though labiur'd, line mufl bald appear,
;

That

'

brings ungrateful

mufick

to the ear.

5.

Creech.

Mean

A L

B
Mean

j.

naked

out value

What

B A L

without dignity

with-

Ah,

And

bare.

O.i

whom

th' greater

fails

Sbakefpecn,

&C
{"''
BA LDACHIN.
-

GibftH.
n.f. {balJachino, Ital.]
piece of architeclure, in form of a ca-

nopy, fupported with columns, and ferving as a covering to an altar. It properly fignifies a rich filk, Du Cange,
and was a canopy carried over the ho!t.

BA LDERDASH.

inspiring

BA'LEFULLV. adv. [from

rowfully

BALK.

BALK.

the
uit iiuun.
noun.]

any liquor.

BA'LDLY. atv. [from

told.} Naked! v
meanly inelegantly.
BA'LD.\.OKY. n.f. The fame with GEN.

there

corrupting to a

[Of

n.f.

Swift.

By feme

girdle.

Diaicnariis
explained a bracelet; but I have
iound it in that fenfe.

it

That

precious rare.
a ;r
radiant laldntk, o'er his
fhoulderj tied,
e,
(la-n d ih. fword
at
'd
at
his fide.
thatgiitter'd
glitter

The
Thar

like the twin,

of Jove they fcem'd in

MJrick of the heavens

the

fight,

bright.

4.

BALE.

n.f. {ball,, Fr.]

bundle or parcel
of goods
packed up for carriage.
One mreo an afi, in the
to

Ma

tain

"

It

carrv cer-

dog-days,

r,t

pa-.t

good, to fuch a town.

of the bale, in which

//
boh=a

from China.

was

Jf^warJ

''4W SaX< ^' Dan ^' ^

IcelanUim.] Mifery; calamity.
P

'

'*l'

She

Armed
For

lo-,k'J abtut,
to
int,

^ fl tu-7',*
<M

pumping.
ler,

to tarn
again :
deadly 4,4-.
jr*y

AW

k,,,ner.

believe from bail-

hr. to deliver from

i
Ital.].

hand

to

['"'"fl"-. Fr.
,*,//*,
"',
make
up into a bale.

/, i
[from
Full of
milcry; full of grief j forrow-

lul

a^'.

fad j woeluj.

3.

their

own Mood,

ie

did Sir

tit

pu-fued
Pjlcbinfc
, wn., k.,

p'.uflic.

wrayeth them

BALL. ,./

t'

Sat, tan^nutiv.
-".

Celta;,

e bailor.

\_bal,

wa

<

..

Waite

by

>

held with pain.

have feen play at hill, grow extremely

fiiould have the ball.
Sidney..

white, are fafe.

rerl, aii

ftritt inquifitor,

appears

urn the blended balls he rowlj,

Abfolves the juft, and dooms thcguilty fouls.
in his

Drjd,

if,

biggc.

as, the ball

of^he earth..

OrtmrH/et

Ye gods, what juftice rules the ball?

Freedom and arts t gether fall.
5.

globe borne as

Pef*..

an enfign of fove-

reignty.
Here the tragedy of

a young man, that

by right
hold the ball of 'a
kingdom; but, l.y
fortune, is made himfelf a ball, tolled from

flight to

to mifcry,

from place to

mifery
Bjcor.

place..

part of the body that approaches

as the lower and
;
(welling,
part of the thurr.l) ; the apple of the eye.
Be fubjeit to no light but mine ; invifible

6.

Any

to rounduefs

To every cye-Aa// eift.

To make a ftern countenance,
bend fo,.thjt

it

let

j.

The

SbaL-fpean.
your brow

may

almoft touch the ball of

c y e-

-vc

L,l,n, the fun, or Apollo, of

;.

Julius and Antony, thofe lords of all,

at br feet [..efent the
conquer'd ball.

ri,,,,

water, and br
Canto's Sur. of Corn

A.globe

Lsw

fr-e

Dan. hi, Dutch.]

ca, id

is

fmall round thing, with feme particular mark, by which votes are
given,,
or lots caft.

Round

by the ancient Gauls Abelwas round, and in particular the

(...led by the ancients either
', w n
Bat, or
Bet, ana likewife isil anc: Bui.
Among the mo.
d
Perfi^ns, the head is called Pole
and
the
;
Fl^min^ .till cd! the head Bali. niXoc it th.
heaa or f
j md Vi ^i, ii to turn. J3Ko f likcwiu

Whj

lit.

fear'd, and life

Sidney^
I

who

Minos, the

On Holmedon's plains.
Sb^efpearr
BA'LKERS. n.f. [In
Men who
fifhery.]
ftand on a cliff, or
high place on the
tore, and give a fign to the men in the
f.lhmg -.oats, whirh way the paiTage or
ihv ic ,,f hen
in;
Co-Mill.
1

is

Let lots decide it.

For ev'ry number'd captive put a bait*
Into an urn; three only black be there,

twenty

BtKd in

death

Thofe
earned

The

heap, as on a ridge. This, or

femetfcug like this, feems to be in
tended he.e.
Tin thoufond bold
Scots, three and

hand

V'
To

BA LEIUL.
I.

and leeing one in mail

rd Ufed b the fail ",

X
bid tale out the water
that is
;
u out, by way of difti notion from
1

who

7-

fought hack

l.ght fte haied a, the

Where

Sbakefpeare.

To

Balls to the ftars, and thralls to fortune's

reign,
Turn'd from themfelves, infected with their
cage,

knygiiu,

t.-a

AJdifom
to combine
formed the metallick and mineral
or nodules, which we find.
Woodward.

round thing to play with, either withthe hand or foot, or a racket.

Prior.

walk,
do th he
any creature balk,
But ijys on all he meeteth.
Braynin's Nimpbid.
omit, or refufe, any
This was looked for at our thing.
hand, and this wis

zodiack..

Which deck

ball

good

Nor

Pep.

leathern firings huge lolls of lead..

2.

gnfly Pluto he doth Iwear,

r?nt his clothes, and to.e Jus
hair j
as he runneth here and
An acorn cup he greeteth jthere,
Which foon he taketh by the
(talk,
About his head he lets it

his breaft a hatirxk bravs

he ware,
ft,n d, like
twinkling it an, with ftone; molt

A
2.

l\i/ls,

no

And

Athwart

they wear, nor fwords and bucklers-

into one mafs,

le

not

themfelves into

That through the cryftal darts.

Such of thofe corpufcles as happened

Fy

is

or

of fnow tumbling^ down a hill, he

gathered ftrength aa he pad'ed.
Howell.
Still unripen'd in the
dewy mines,
Within the ball a trembling water limits,

Balk'dan
_the courts, and contcft is m. more. Pope.
I o mifs
any thing ; to leave untouched

2.

Baxter,-

in a round form,

Diyderx-

Like 3

door,

uncertain etymo-

logy- J
1.

f-e

highj
people
rich would not balk their
Arluti.
fancy.
Balk-d of his prey, the
yelling monrter flies,
And fills the city with his hideous cries.
Is there a variance > enter
but his

wound,

their Sol.

made

wield r

>

Meannefs of writing; inelegance.

BALDRIC*,

this

And take things otherwife thanintent,

meant.
The prices mult have been
fora

Spreads leprofy and baUaefi round.

3.

learning
languages.
Locke
one
has
a
defire
to
Every
keep up the vigour
of Hi
(acuities, and not to balk his underitand'nf
by what is too hard for it.
Luke.

Whit;, happen'd on the /kin to

light,

And

in the grammar fchools

be to balk
young lads in

But one may balk

fignifies

and, in fonie

under logs of timber, but not in the timber..

But whir) from

elude.

of hair.

thing

Nor arms

n.f.

it

Bator..-

mifchievoufly.

Another thing

n.f. [from bald.]

want of hair.
lofs

balls

Sor-

ufe of, unlcfs

TIAN.
BA'LDNESS.

The
The

Philips.

n.f.

7VBALK. v. a. [See the

noun.]
i. To
diiappoint ; to fruftrate to

alfo the fun

approaching to round.
Worms with many feet round

Any

i.

[derived by Skinner from -vaItcare, Ital. to pafs

over.]
ridge of
land left
unploughed between the furrows, or at the end of the field.

courfe.
1 *- 1

the Syriack

in

a!fo,

and likcwife ^ix,

name

Romans form

the

DryJeti.

baleful.]

>ix,

dialects, "HX and 'ix, .whence "iXo{ and "HXic;,.

I'iXn; and EnXio;, and alfo, in the Celtick diminutive way of exprcfiion/EXEvos, rtxivsc, nd Bi>svo;, fignified the fun ; and 'l\k-ir,, nXsvu, and BeX-.i>
the moon.
Among the Teutonicks, tol and teil
have the fame meaning; whence the adjecYive boor ttilig, is derived, and fignifies divine or
lig,
holy ; and the afpiration being changed into f,

air

[balk, Dut. and Germ.]

great beam, fuch as is ufed in
building
a rafter over an out-houfe or
barn.

n.f.

To BA'LDERDASH. v. a.
*
"
L*
[from
In mix
miv r*i*
ii4iil-d_ n
i:
To
or adulterate

glides.

Happy ii'me, whofe moft whoiefome

P.a.3.\,

lord, and by this

fight

Poifons envenom'd
fpiders, and forbids
The fc/i/W toad and
vipers from her fhore.

D;a.

Builder's

[probably of balb,
Sax. bold, and
dajh, to mingle.] Ar.y
thing jumbled together without
ment ; rude mixture ; a confufedjudgdif-

dialecls,

Fairy Queen.
_
Boiling choler chokes,
of thcfc, our
enemies.
baleful
Sbaktfpcare.
Unfeen, unfelt, the fiery ferpent (kims
3etwixt her linen and her naked
limbs,
His baltful breath
as he

By

Hence

underflood' a king.

baleful
witncfs'd hu^c affliaion and
difirny,

threat'ning
vain,
turn'd about, and learch'd his
baleful book?
again.

He

import
T/jrafeas, Tkya.ymacbus, and
Thrajybu-

\.

ff>

'

Mix'd with obdurate

pride ard Itedfaft hate. Mill.
2. Full of mifchief
^eftrudive.
;
But when he faw his
was but

Etbelbald, nobly bold; Eadbald,

happily
bold; which are of the fame
as

2.

itJr,

in dead parents
baleful alhes bred,
fairy
I feel the bitter
fmart,

That

Ball was ufed

by the northern nations,
to fignify the fame a
audax, bold ; and
is
lull in ufe.
So Baldwin, and by
invenlon Winbald, is bold
conqueror;

6.

round ball, whence fatcf, and bill, and

flgoifiei
ball, which the Welch term lei.
By the Scoti-h
alfo the head is named bill; whence the
Engliih
i///is derived,
Fifignifying the beak of a bird.
guratheiy, the Phrygians and Thurians by SaXXw

depending, their obedience

bench.

A L

born under cruel

bakfnl
VV hich her fair
eyes unwares do work in me,
I think that I a new Pandora
ice.
Spenfer.
Round he throws h'is
eyes,

To

But when

(hould the
people do with thefe bald tri-

bunes

bbe

lucklefs

tlie

Peacbam.
/kin

fpread over a hollow piece of

with hair or wooi, which
the printers
dip in ink, to fpread it on-

wood,

fluffed

the letters.

BALL.

n.f.
Lat. from

\liul,

Fr. from balart,

low

An

entertainment of dancing, at which the

/3aA>uJri>, to

pre; arations are

made

dance.]

at the
expence,

of lome particular
perfon.

nr

3 A L
golden fconces hang not on the walls,

It'

To

and the

light the coftly (uppers

He would make no

tails.

3.

Dryde*.

etraordinary

any man.

Swift.

A fong.

a./, [balade, Fr.]

Ral'ad once

fignified a

folemn and facrcd fong,

well .is trivial, when Solomon's Song was called

the badad
of ballads ; but now it is applied to noWatts.
thing but trifling verl'e.
s

An'

have not Ballads made on you all, and

fung to filthy tunes, may a cup of facie be my
1

polfon.

Like the fwcet ballad,

TOD

tliis

long detains the lover on

To BA'LIAD.

make

bright fparks of fire, refembling liars.

BA'LLOT. n.f. [ballote,fr.]
1
A little ball or tjcket ufed in giving
votes, being put privately into a box or
.

urn.
2.

tickets, with particular

marks, privately in a box ; by counting
which, it is known what is the refult of
the poll, without any difcovery by whom
each vote was given.
No competition arriving to a fuffieicnt number

To

BA'LLAD-SINGER.

One

fi"S-"\

vvhofe

n. f.

rhimers

Sbaketftare,

employment

of ten

Gay.

Dutch ]
the bottom of

the

to the centre of

gravity.
There muft be middle counfellots to keep things
Heady ; for, without that ballad, the (hip will roul
too much.
Baton

As for the afcent of a fubmarine veflel, this may

be ealily contrived, if there b-; fome
great weight
bottom of the (hip, being part of its ballafi ;
fome
cord
which, by
within, may be loofened from
't.

3.

ufed to

make any

prefs

and his

ballajl lefs.

Swift

name of a

Lat.]

The

are,

I.

plant.

Garden balm.

tafte

Wsllans.

As

keep any thing fteady.

BA'LLIARDS.
or ftick to

n.f. [ballette, Fr.]

fome

n.f.

[from

dance

ball,

fecms to me, that the zori of Gilead, which

in our Bible by the worJ talm, was p. t
the fame with the b.ilfam of Mecca, bur only a
better ! r; ot" turpentine, then in ufe for th_- cure of
wounds and other difeafes. Pndeaux's Cennfrfhm.

andjW,
2.

Come, Deldemona,

To

plant remarkable for the ftro:ig balfcent which its leaves emit,
upon being bruifed ; whence fome h;.ve
fuppofed, erroneoufly, that the balm of
Gilead'was taken from this plant. Miller.

To BAL M.

large round fhort-necked veflel ufed

in chymiftry.
z. [In
ball or globe
architecture.]
placed on the top of a pillar.

i.

z.

ii.

a.

[from

balm.~\

To

anoint with balm, or with any

thing medicinal.
Bjfm his foul Ju.iJwkh warm diftilled waters,
And burn fweet wo~d.

To

footh

to mitigate

to afluagc.

the foldiers

'tis

we

tree.

Pcfe.

life

have their balmy numbers wak'd with

Such

ftrife.

vifions hourly pafs before

fight,
from my eyes their balmy (lumbers

my

Which

DrjJt*.
4.

odoriferous.
;
Thofr rich perfumes which from the happy
The winds upon their balmy wings convey'd,

Fragrant

Whofe

guilty fweetncfs

firft

(horc

the world betray'd.

Dryden,

Eurus to the

Firft

The

rifing

morn

is

fent,

regions of the balmy continent.

Mitigating

5.

Oh

Uiydiit.

afluafive.

balmy breath, that doth almoft perfuade

Juftice to break her fword

BA'LNEARY.

n.f.

bathing-room.
The balnearies, and
unto the fummer

Sbakcfptarf.

bathing- places, he expofcth

Brmin's Vulgar Ernan,

n.f. [from balneum, Lat.

aft of bathing.

As the head may be difturbcd

may the fame way be relieved, as
lalneaticns,

[balnearium, Lat.]

letting.

BALNEA'TION.
a bath.] The

by the (kin,
is

it

obfervable in

and fomentations of that part.

Brawn's Vulgar Errours.

BA'LNEATORY.
Belonging

[balnearius, Lat.]
adj.
to a bath or ftove.

The leap of an horfe,

fore-feet are in the air,
(hews nothing but the ihocs of his

BA'LOTADE. n.f.
fo that when his
he

hinder-feet, without yerking out.

balotade differs from a capriole ; for
when a horfe works at caprioles, he

yerks out his hinder legs with

all his

Dil,
BA'LSAM. n.f. [balfamum, Lat.] Ointment unguent an unftuous application thicker than oil, and fofter than
force.

Farrier's

falve.
Chrift's blood our balfam

Him, when our judge, we

if

ihall

that cure us here,

not find fcvere.

Dtnbiim,

BA'LSAM

[momordica,

Apple,

Lat.]

An

annual Indian plant.

BA'LSAM
This

Tree.

a ihrub which fcarce grows taller than

the pomegranate tree ; the bloiTjms are like fmall
ftars,
very fragrant ; whence tyring out little
is

fruit like an almond,

carpobalfamum, as the wood is called xylodihret,
balfamum, and the ju'ce opoballamum,

pointed pods, inclofing a

called

BALSA'MICAL.
BALSA'MICK.
balfam

miid

famick

SeeBALusTRE.

BALLOfN.

aitringent.
from the plant by inci-

It

BA'LLISTER.

iffties

and

we render

with.]
play at
which
ball is driven
by the end of a
ftick
now corruptly called billiards.'
With dice, with cards, with halliards, far unfit
With ihuttlccocks miflecming manly wit. Sfenfer'
it

little

bitter, (harp,

gensrally adulterated with turpentine.

Calmet.

hiftory is reprefented.

puftj

it

by the merchants is
made of the wood and green branches
of the tree, diftilled by fire, which is

love's pinnace overfraught.

Dannc.
you have given me virtue for my guide,
with true honour ballajied my pride.
Drydin.

in which

of

fion, the iralm fold

had

BALLE'TTE.

of Gi'lead.
The juice draxvn from the balfam tree,
by making incifions in its bark. Its
colour is firft wMte, foon after green ;
but, when it comes to be old, it is of
the colour of honey.
The fmell of it is
agreeable, and very penetrating ; the

Now

1.

\.>"elijja,

BALM

While thus to ballaft love I thr.-jgh",

And fo more fteddily t' have gone,

And

f.

2. Carder,
ta'm, with yellow variegated flowers. 3. Stinking
with
foftcr
Miller.
balm,
hairy leaves.

1.

little,

able.

\ "

Mint, J
The fpecies

If this be fo ballafted, as to be of
equal weight
it will be move-

faw

praiie's

BALM

with the like magnitude of water,

thing that fooths or mitigates pain.

BALM.

a. [from the noun.]

put weight at the bottom of a fnip,
in order to keep her fteady.

To

waOi'd off wherewith thou waft anointed.

To

2.

remarkably

argument, balm of your age ;

Deareft and bed.
Sbakeffrare.
tender fmile, our forrow's only balm, jotritf

To BA'LLAST. o.
1.

balfamum, Lat.]
flirub

Roman

fhould he fink where nothing fccm'd to

Hi lading

Any

Your

thing

fteady.

Why

ffotnti.

Yuii were conducted to a gentle bath,

And balms anpiy'd to you.
Shakefpeare.

Dryden.
is

Let India boaft her groves, nor envy

The weeping ambr, and the balmy

3. Soothing ; foft ; mild.

under

Sbakfffeare.

float,

fandy bfllafi Tailors trim the boat ;

So bees bear gravel (tones, whofe poifing weight
Steers thro' the whittling winds their
fteddy flight.

feveral ballaathns.

Thy balm

With

That which

lie

odoriferous.
Balm trickles through the bleeding veins
Of happy Ihrubs, in Idumean plains.
Dryden.
z. Any valuable or
fragrant ointment.
Thy place is fill'd, thy-fceptre wrung from thee ;

WiHins.

As, when empty barks on billows

Producing balm.

2.

Swift,

BALM. n.f. [baume, Fr.

I. The fap or juice of a

at the

2.

they

balloting,

fenfeJ.

Soft on the flow'iy herb I found me laid,

In balmy fweat ; which with his beams the fun
Soon dry'd.
Milton,

aft

\jballaftt,

Something put
ftup, to keep it fteady

by

might yet have balm"d thy

WMOH.

baikt fome others.

their votes

n.f. [from ballot.'} The

of voting by ballot.
The election is intricate and curious, confiding

fooncr 'gan he raife his tuneful fong,

But lads and lall'es round about him throng.
Not ballad-finger, plac'd above the crowd,
Sings with a note fo (hrilling, fwcet, and loud.

at

fell to

they

BALLOTA'TIOK.

No

1.

balls,

Giving
no awe.

to fing

is

ballads in the ftreets.

BA'LLAST. n.f.

of

[from ballad and

reft

BA'LMY. adj. [from balm.]

1
Having the qualities of balm.

To
[balloter, Fr.]
that is, by putting

n.

-v.

ballot,

by

Oppreft nature deeps

Thil

balls or

little

liclors

fcall'd

of voting by ballot.

aft

choofe

or fing ballads.

Saucy
Will otch at us like (trumpets, and
BalljJ us out o' tune.

The

To BA'LLOT.

Sbakrfpeare.
amufing lay
his vv.r. .
Gay.

[from the noun.]

"j. n.

ball of pafteboard,
[In fireworks.]
with combuftible matter, which,
when fired, mounts to a confiderable
height in the air, and then burfts into
fluffed

figure at a

t*:l\ but 1 can tflure the ladies, for their confolation, that he has writ better vcrfc; Bn the fex than

BA'LLAD.

BAL

B A L

Hav-

oily.

wound

in

my

Irg, the vital

foul thrufts out die

taJJamicfl
bl oil to heal it.

my

my

adj. [from balfam.']

ing tne qualities of

unftuous ; mitigating ; foft ;

If there be a

of

"I

energy

humour of
Hale.

The

aliment of fuch as have frefli wounds ought

to be fuch as keeps the humours fn>m putrefaction, and lenders them oily and baljanutk.

BA'I.USTER. n.f. [according tQDuCange,

from balauftrium, low Lat. a bathingA fmall column or pilalter,
place.]
from an inch and three quarters to four
Their diinches fquare or diameter.
menfions

BAN
menlions and forms are various ; they
are frequently adorned with mouldings ;
they are placed with rails on Hairs, and
in the fronts of galleries in churches.

the

BA'LUSTRADE.

upon a

terras, or the top of a building,

for feparating

BAM, BtAM,

one

part

i.

the

You

BAMBO'OZLER.

n.f. [Iran,

Here

To

curfe

j.

's a

To BAND.
1.

Raleigh.

3. Interdiction.
Bold deed to eye

Th

facred fruit, facred to abflincnce,

to 1,-Ce it, under ban to touch.

Have

a.

a publick cenfure

BA'NDOG.

He proce-Jed fo far by treaty, that he was proffered to have the imperial ban taken off
Altapinu, upon fubmilTion.
Hcrwell.

perfons joined together

From HeavVs

fa BAN. v.

a. \bannen, Dutch, to
curfe.]
curfe ; to execrate.
Shall we think that it kanett the work whiih
they le.ive behind them, or-takcth away the ufe

To

Banded

'I

The

brothers.

2.

high jurifdi&ion, in

Or

bind over with a band.

And by his mother ftood an infant lover,
With wings unfledg'd, his eyes wereian<// over.
Drydin.

this

word, in

BANDS

privy, or pert,, if any bin,

tear their (kin.

BANDOLE'ERS.

of a Saddle, are two pieces of iron

n.

/"..

Sf infer.

[bandouliers,

Fr.jT

Small wooden cafes covered with leather, each of them containing powder
that is a fufficient charge for a mufeet.
flag or

n.f.

dreamer

little
[banderol, Fr.]
the little fringed fillc
;

hangs on a trumpet.

BA'NDY.

club
n.f. [from bander, Fr.]
turned round at bottom, for ftriking a
ball at play.

To BA'NDY.

i/.

a.

[probably from bandy,

the inllrument with which they flrike

balls at play, which,
being crooked,,
is named from the term bander ;
as,

new league

To

he time of night when Troy was fet on fire,

time when fcieech-owls cry, mAbandig; howl.
Shake flare's H-jnry VI..

BA'NDROL.

Milton,

Skinner inclines to de-

We havegreat bandogs will

exempt

againft his throne.

Sbakcfpeare*

n. f.

dog.

Carc-w.
to live

fworder, and bandiltoi\wt,

it

flag that

parted.

Pefl..

the plural banditti.

from bana, a murderer. May

it not come from ban, a
curfe, as we
fay a curft cur ; or rather from bound,,
fwelled or large, a Danijh word ; from,
whence, in fome countries, they call a
great nut a ban-nut ?~\ A kind of Itrge
duce

foot.

bifhop, and the duke of Glo'iler's men,

fill'd their pockets full of
pebble (tones,

pride,

rcfts fclf fatisfy'J.

n.f. in

dog chained up.

unite together into one body or

They,

man,

[from ban or band, and

The original of this word is very
dog.
doubtful.
Caius, De Canibus Britannicis, derives it from band, that is, a

major, and others for the king, who, after fix days
(kirmiftiing, at laft made a compaction, and de-

prince are fufpended.

whether

A Roman

the feet of

[from band.~\

no tyrant mad with

hermit,

Murder'd fweet Tully.

bar.ds, it appeared
Bac-,n.

Ami banding themftlvei in contrary parts,

Do pelt at one another's pates.
Sbakeffeart.
Some of the boys bandtj tliemfelves as for the

Milt.

by which the privileges of any German

It is uncertain

<v.

[bandito, Ital.]

troop.

Much more

thereof

To

mould-

[bandito, Ital.]

fierce,

BANDI'TTO.

Sbakifpeare.

the pope'i

cellars,

queen, in white array before hfr band,

Saluting took her rival by the hand.
Dryden.
On a fudden, methought, this feleft band fprang
with
a
refolution
to
climb
the
forward,
afccnt, and
follow the call of thit heavenly muiick.
TaiLr,
Strait the three bands prepare in arms to join, '
Each band the number of the facred Nine.
Puff.

Sbakeffeare's Hamlet.

Empire

Addifcn,

defign.
few, we happy few, we land of

We

flat

favage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer,

foil her virgin
Milton*.
purity.

No bandit
No cavern'd

common

was of St. Peter that he

great oveifight
did not accurfe Nero, whereby the pope might have
got all ; jet what need of fuch a ban, fince friar
Vincent "uld tell Atabalipa, that kingdoms were

the

do not care

The

No

toy that I could fpare:

company of
any

band,

outlawed.

company of foldiers.

little

fillet.

BA'NDIT. n.f.

Sbakcjffart.

in

Any

tecture.]

ing, or

n.f. [bandelet, Fr. in archi-

Will dare to

And, good my lord of Sornerfet, unite

Your troops of horfemen with his bands of
8.

Tiandboxtt

Cay's Trfotf*.

BA'NDELET.

plinth.

two

friends are furprifed to find

books, till I let them fee that they are

lined with deep erudition.
Addifon..
With empty bandbox (he delights to range,
And feigns a diltant errand from the 'Change.

[In architecture.] Any flat low member

or moulding, called alfo fafcia, face, or

7.

or

among my

reftrained to a

that the lead did fv.dl.

6.

it

Ban of

now

In old flames of (tone in

mixture rank of midnight weeds collected,

With Hecate's baa thrice blaftcd, thrice infefled.

4.

is

them being bound with leaden

Thou

The

It

Any thing bound round another.

CoweH.

mud

his bands.

excommunication.

My

Hub. Tale,

Let his title be but great,

His deaths rich, and band fit neat. Benjonfon.
He took his lodging at the manfion-houfe of a
taylor's widow, who watfhcs, and can clear-ftarch

'Tis (he is fubcontrafted to this lord,

And I her hufoanu contradict your bant. Slaltff.
To draw her neck into the tjr.t.
ilujitrai.

2.

to be,

to fee.

take hands
join in Hymen's bands.
Sbakefpeare.

That

banna junt prrsniamationes fponjl 13 fponfre

wife;

joy

fillet

wrapt over a wounded member ; and, fometimes, for the aft or

practice of applying bandages.
BA'NDBOX. n.f. [from band and box.'] A
flight box ufed for bands, and other
things of fmall weight.
roller

entrance, he demands
cruelly you hold in bands. Dryd.

colleges.
For his mind

can fay againft the intention of the parties, either in refpeft of kindred or

my

is

neckcloth of particular form, worn by

clergymen, lawyers, and fiudents in

life

in ecclcfeis fieri folitie.

I bar it in the intern! of

tame ytaught

Siuift' s Gulliver,

furgery, for the

2. It is ufed, in

him

eight that

's

neckcloth.

Teut. a publick procla-

otherwife, they may take their exception in time.

And, in the cannon law,

kept

Something worn about the neck

if.

fellows they call banterers

efpecially in the publifhing matrimonial contracts in the church, before

marriage, to the end that if any man

is

ufually fpelt,

of union or connection between perfons.

mation, as of profcription, interdiction,

1.

now

Cords were faftened by hooks to my bandages,

which the workmen had girt round my neck.

Any means

3.

[from bamboozle.']

excommunication, public fale.]

Publick notice given of any thing,
whereby any thing is publickly commanded or forbidden. This word we

whom

His wife,

fo

to his bands,

Since you deny

and bambmzters, that play fuch tricks. Arbutbnat.

BAN.

is

properly, bond.

And buxom

a cheat.

This

So wild abeaft,

jfrbutbnsf.

n. /.

tricking fellow
There are a fet of

Sbokffpcare.

chain by which any animal

lefs

larger than our ordinary reeds, which

are knotty and feparated from fpace to

ca'led for counters.

(hall find

in reftraint.

Git/on.
BAMBOO', n. f. An Indian plant of the
reed kind. It has feveral fhoots much

John

Addifon.

band, Saxon.]
;
a bandage ; that by which one
joined to another.

their amity.

z.

Zeal too had a place among the reft, with a

bandage over her eyes ; though one would not have
expefted to have fcen her reprefented in fnow.

of plantain.

the band, that feems to tie their

friendmip together, will be the very ftrangler of

day.

The bamboo is much

fpace by joints.
larger than the fugar-cane.
91? BAMBO'OZLE. a/, a. [a cant word not
ufed in pure or in grave writings.]
To
deceive ; to impofe upon ; to confound.
After Nick had bambooxled about the money,

is

thing

name

of any place, ufually imply it to have

been woody ; from the Saxon beam,
which we ufe in the fame fenfe to this

tie

B,A'NDACE. n.f. [bandage, Fr.]

1. Something bound over another.

Knalles.

Chrifl-ians.

BANA'NA Tree. A fpecies

BAND. n.f. [bende, Dutch

from another.

initials in

being

nailed upon the bows of the faddle, to

hold the bows in the right fituation.

be deduced

to

is

to curfe, or bane, to poifon.

In thy clofet pent up, rue my (hame,
And ban ourenemres, both mine and thine. Sbak.
Before thefe Moors went a Numidian prieft,
bellowing outcharms, and carting fcrowls of paper
on, each fide, wherein he curled and banned the

fliould fii-ft have been planched over, and

Carctu.
about with balufcrs.

An
n.f. [from balufter.~\
aflemblage of one or more rows of little
turned pillars, called balufters, fixed

foregoing fenfe,

from ban,

This
railed

BAN

BAN

i.

bander un arc, to firing or bend a bow.]

To beat to and fro, or from one toanother.

They do cunningly, from one hind to another,

bandy the fcrvituJe like a tennis ln.ll.
Sfenfer.
And like a ball baitdfd 'twixt pride and wit,
Rather than yield, both fides the prize will quit.
J)tnham.

Wtet

Wht from

the trop'ckt can the urtfc repel t

vigorous arm, what repercuflive blow,
Bandies the mighty globe ftill to and fro ? Blatkm.

Deftruftive.
1 he fiiver eagle too

What

To

2.

exchange

and take

to give

reci-

Sbakeffeare.

To
To

my

Ben Jonfcn.
nightly wolf is baneful to the fold,
Storms to the wheat, to buds the bitter cold. Dryd,

agitate ; to tofs about.

This hath been fo bandied amongft

Poifonoulnels

To

No

fimple

To

let

time away, and bandy ;

Made lords and commoner^ lay lieges
one one another's privileges.
Hudibras.
After all the bandying attempts of refolution,
fijviandur

To

much

it is as

a quefHon as ever.

Giaavil'e.

n.f. [from bander, Fr.]

.crocked leg.

He

a.

tempeil hath fo

am

That

*s

y-u'll bear me a
many a ftirY thwack,

aloud your greater! failing,

Nor makes a fcruplc to expofe
Your bandylcg, or crooked nofe.

With
Hard crabtrec and
Swift

many

SANE.

C,//;i

now

[bana, Sax. a murderer.]

n.J".

If

Poifon,

a.

air

e!fe let

me.

Ben

with thee.

jfonfon.

They with
Their courfe through
their

Thus am

b.:r.e.

fpeed
thickeft conftellations held,
Miltot

doubly arm'd ; my death and life,

My bane and antidote, are both before me-:
This, in a moment, brings me to an end ;
But that informs me I (hall never die.
^/iififci
I

That which

2.

dcilroys

it is

'Tis bane to draw

All good to me becomes

Sane; and in heav'n much worfe would be my
Aate.
Miltcn.

Spreading

ufed only in conversation.

we bangle away the legacy of peace

Chrift,

Begone, or

The fame

odd figure.

-v.

a. \banir, Fr. banio,

Lat. probably from ban, Teut. an outlawry, or profcription ]

To condemn to leave his own country.
Oh, fare thee well

1.

It is

Till Birnam foreir, come toDunfmane. Sbattjpcart

Suffices that to me (trength is my bane,
And proves the fource of all my miferies. Milton

To

So entertahi'd thofe odorous fwcets the

Who came their bane.

Who can omit the Gracchi, who
The
The

double

l-anc

anddeltrucYnm

To BANE.
fon.
V'hit

Milton

To

?
Dryilt
in its nature, the grcateft ben
government in the world. South

>

V. a. [from the noun.]

To

foft rarefies
p'ove,

IK full quit of thofe my

banijbers,
I before thee IKTC.
Sbalefpeare

,'.v

')

in

Fr.]
as,

and not to hanijhm:nr.

Sbak fctart
the wide wirlci in barlijttlittit we ro.ui),

Forc'd from our pleating

and/;///.]

lielai

and native h

;tne.

Dry lien

BANK.
;
i

PoJ

it be no bank, or common (lock, but

every
be mafrcr of hi* own money.
Not that I almiflike
but
will
banks,
together
they
hardly bs
brooked.
Bacon's Efiys.
This mafs of treafurc you mould now reduce j

But you your Uorc have hoarded

The

in foine^anA.

D.I: tarn,

There pardons and indulgences, and giving men

a mare in faints merits, out ..f ttie. common bank
and trcal'ury of the church, which the pope has the
file curt

Siutb,

dy of.

The company of

5.

perfons concerned in

managing a bank.
To

BANK.

1.

To

o>. a.

[from the noun.]

inclofe with banks.

Ami a
And

the cliffs

burning fands, that lank the (hrubby vales.

To

TMi/t*

bank.
BANK-BILL, n.f. [(rom tank and bill.]
A note for money laid up in a bank, at
the fight of which the money is paid.

2.

up money

lay

Ln

in a

three hundred pounds be paiu her out of

Whole

To

my

Siulft,

droves of lenders crowd the banktr's doors,

call in

money.

n.f. [hanc, Saxon.]

earth arifing on each fide of a water

V/e (ay, properly, the jljtre of the fea

Drydin,

By powerful charms of
The Lombard bankers and

gold aid (ilver led,

the Vhcnge to w.tfte.

Dryin,

BA'NKRUPTCY. n.f. [from ban //;///.]

1. The ftateof a man broken, or bankrupt.
2. The aft of declaring one's fe'f bankrupt; as, he railed the clamours of his
creditors by a fudden bankruptcy.

BA'NKRUPT.
hi

To liberty,
Round

be

Let

ratio, Ital.]

adj. [ianq*trute, Fr. bancoin debt beyond the power

of payment.
The kind's grown

bar.knij;, like

.!

broken man.
/ t\;ie,

Sir, if

e. intent

Poifonou*.

iiu; reius'd to inipart the baneful trull.

,
;

(beared himfelf by the banijbmeiu of hi

enemies.
The llate of being banifhed ; exile.
N'

Sbakrfytar,

For voyaging to learn the direful art,

To taint with deadly dru,js the b.irbed dart
Gblervant of the gods, and fternly juft,

Tillaftn

his breaft his country's love.

BA'NISHMENT. n.f. \ba>i':JJement

1. The aft of banifhing another

2.

my huf;

Sruid

poi

be troubled with a nt,

I be pleas'd to give ten thoul.md due its
if

To have it band?
BA'N-EFUL. adj. [from bane
1.

fiend,

of Carthage

her

him out

Pope
n.f. [from banijb.~\ He tha
forces another from his own country.
In mere fpite,

declare

is,

all

fion

f'arrjb

to

up

manages a bank.

BA'NISHER.

Scipios worth, thole thunderbolts of wir,

Falfe religion

And

Succefslefs

laid

the God< belongs to-morrow.

for wicked men only to dread God, and

endeavour to tani/b the thoughts of

their minds.

Arbutbna,
is

BA'NKER. n.f. [from bank.} One that

trafficks in money
one that keeps or

Ban'tjk bufmefs, banifi forrcw,

miichief; ruin.

evident from de-

ready money, or bank-bills,

To

Inlolency muft be repreit, or it will be the ban

of the Chriftian religion.
1 will not be afraid of death and bjn<;

is

man

Thofc evih thou repeat 11 upon thyfetf

Have banijb'd me from Scotland.
2. To drive away.

feat or

gifrs a vcfTel ftores,

place where money

called for occafionally.

us b\

low

Sjtnucl.

Waller*

time the king with

(..

of our want of rcga-d for him.

Duty of Man

a fign

To BA'NISH.

left

Abci of Bethma.:chah, and

and it Hood
;

but railed above one another,

fcriptions of ancient fliips.

heard feveral langs or buffets, as I thought,

in

Supplies the banks with twenty chofen oars. Dr^tl.

'i hat banks of oars were not in the fame
plain,

a b^n%,
liudibrai.

JBA'ND YLECGED. adj. [from banJyleg.]

given to the eagle that held the ring of my box in
his beak.
Swift'i Gulliv
Having crooked legs.
The kthiopians hid an one-eyed bandylegged To BA'NCI. E. 11. a. To wade by little and
fuch a pcrfon would have made but an
prince
little
to fquander carelefsly
a wore

him

Pott,

piled up.

deep.

to fay, t -ey are f >ol

bang lot that. Skat

old iron ranj.

beficged

Mean

Sbakeffearc,

a bachelor.

along his banks was led

Piac'd on .:ncir banks, the lafty Trojans fweep

Neptune's fraooth (ace, and c.e.we the yielding

JANG. n.f. [from the verb.] A blow;

a thump ; a ftroke : a low word.
I

pomp

[from bane, Fr. a bench.]

bench of rowers.

\.

banged

dumbnefs.

that rrurry

tells

They

bangd the Turks,

their defignment halts.

Sbakeffeare.
You mould accoft her with jefts fire-new from
the mint ; you mould have
the youth in:

Crajhaii'.

they call up^a bank againlt the city

in the trench.

lence, in general.

The defperate

the lad

Any heap of earth

to treat with vio-

Mules dwelt upon.

when our ftreams of knowledge How

their banks, but not to overthrow. Der.kam,

early loft ! what tears the river Jhed,

When

llowel,

handle roughly

ihc

fill

[-vevgohn, Dutch.]

That

up grandee againft grandee,

SA'NUYLEC.

<v.

To

biakefpeare,

brook whofe ftream fo great, fo good,

lov'd. was honour'd as a flood j

'Tis happy

To

One fit to bandy with thy lawlcfs fons,

To ruffle in the commonwealth.
Sbakeffeare,
Could

Was

ivort.]

having got f>me iron out of the earth, put

it into his fervants hands to fence with, and
bang
one another.
Locke.
Formerly I was to be banged becaufe I was too
ftrong, and now becaufe I am too weak, to refift ;
I ain to be brougnt down when too rich, and
opArbutbnii.
prcffcd when too poor.
z.

If they were his afliltanu.

Whofe^jB

and

He

{hat ifees

that he doth prefage fome ill event.

valiant fon-'m-law thmi malt enjoy

deftruftivenefs.

purpofe.

contend, as at fome
ilrives to drive

man

baneful.}

beat ; to thump ; to cudgel a low

and familiar word.
One receiving from them fome affronts, met
with them handfomely, and banged them to goou

of their favourites,

facVious-A<wT t /y;;'

[from

n.f. [from bane

To

own way.

.the ball his

But

BANO.
.

which each

in

n. f.

water.
Have you not made an univerfal flnut,
That Tyber trembled underneath hit bank f Sbek.
Richmond, in Devonlhire, fent out a boat
Unto the (h ire, to a(k thole on the tanis,

A plant the fame with deadly nightjbade.

Watts.

about in a difputation.
S~o BA'N D Y. i'. n.

This

IA'NEWOKT.

that

.us,

Locke.
one can hardly mifs books of this kind.
un.;ed into governEver fince men have be
the
endeavours
after
univerral
ments,
monarchy
have been h-mlieJ among thenv.
Jitoift.
Let not obvious and known truth, or^bme of
the melt plain jnd certain prqpjfitions, be banditd

game,

IA'NEFULNESS.

train,

SJiakffftare

To

3.

before,

The

bendy looks with me, you rafcal?

'Tis not in thee

grudgt my pleafures, to cut off
bandy hafty words.

and the tanks of a river, brnok, or fmtll

is fent

Which I do hope w'll prove to them as baneful,

As thou conceiv'ft it to the commonwealth.

procally.

Do you

BAN

BAN

BAN

(h.lll

It

you (pend word

make y'mis

faid

>r

word with me,

wit bankrupt.

that

tin-

St\;l

money-changers

of Italy had benches, probably in the

and that \\liL-n any
burfe or exchange
became iniblvent, his ban o was roito,
his bsnch was broke.
It was once
;

written bankefvut.

Bankerout

is

a verb.

BAP

BAN
Dainty

Make rich the

B A'N K R u P T

the power of

bits

but bankermt the wits. Skai.

ribs,

A man in debt beyond

/.

payment/

Perkin gathered together a power, neither

they approached, the more encreafed the nobility.

Sir jf. Hayivard.
To BA'NQJJET. <v . a.
feart ; to fare

To

in

men

with wicked

ha

as

bankrupt

when

him

leaves

To

if. a.

to

her laws.

break

We

caft off the care

of

all

Poft

todif-

BA'NNER.

1.

He

A flag

a ftandard

7 n.f. [from ban-

In a

And

are at point to fliew their open banner. Sbat.

All in a moment through the gloom were lien

Ten thoufand banners rife into the

With orient colours waving.
He faid no more

air,

To

From

Blount.

over his tomb.

fet

BA'NNIAN.

n. f.

morning gown, fuch

pafiei

and excufe

make.

It is a banquet to

am

fc

that banters

this

an en-

To

If the object of their love

Chance by Lucina's aid to prove,
Th"y leldom let the bantling roar,
la baiket, at a neighbour's door.

Sbakefpeare.

To BA'NQJJET.

To

BA'PTISM.
1.

At that tafted fruit,

fun, a? from Thyeftenn banquet, turn'd

dalliance, banjuttt, ar.J ignoble cafe.

treat

t/.

a.

Welcome

VOL.

I.

hi? fri"
Sialtrfp.'

lii!

great baftffm flock'd,

With awe, the regions round and with them came

From Nazareth tire fon of Jofcph deem'd,
;

Mi/ton.
Unmark't, unkncwn.
2. Baptifm is often taken in
Scripture for

fufferings.

K.-baniah*

Any obftacle which hinders or obftrufts

Muft

new liars

to

Refufe myfelf, what

my own
had

joy create,

forc'd.

from

fate ?

DryJ.

Fatal accidents have ftt

A moft unhappy bar between your friendfliip.

Rowt.
rock, or bank of fand, at the entrance of a harbour or river, which
fhips cannot fail over at low water.
5. Any thing ufed for prevention, or ex-

clufion.
I.c(t examination ihoulJ hinder and lett
yqur
proceedings, behold for a lar againft that impeHMer,
diment, one opinion newly added.
Which Salique land the French unjuttly gloee

external ablution of the body, wit

a certain form of words, which operates
and denotes an internal ablution or wafhing of the foul from original fin. Aylijfe.

H^cr.

and the bars

I brake
up for it my decreed place, and fet hart
and doors, and faid, Hitherto (halt thou come, and
no farther.
jf^b.
And had his heir furviir'd him in due courle,
hadft
thcu
?
found
whatiar?
Whatlimits, England,
What world could have refitted ? Dan. Civ. War.
Hard, thou know'ft it, to exclude
Milton.
Spiritual fubftance with corporeal bar.

4.

Prior.

thereof,

obltruftion.

n.f. \_baplifmus, Lat./9a7r1i^o<.

feafts.

Yilit his countrymen and banquet them.

An

To
Diyd-n.

3.

L'EJlrange.

Baptifm is given by water, and that prefcript form

of words which the church of Chrifl doth ufe.

{from the noun.]

any one with

the locks

thereof.

n.f.

Milt'.n.

doors thereof,

One

[Jf it has any etymology, it is perhaps corrupted from the

old word bairn, bairnling, a little child.]
little child : a low word.

cannot have a perfect palace, except you

have two fi Jcs ; a fide (IT the banjuct, and a fide for
the houfehold ; '.he one for fcalls and triumph?, ami
Bacon.
the other for dwc
Shall the companions make a banautt of him }
him
the
merchants
t
among
they part
J',b.

Hii coiirfc infc-nded.

That dar>: prc/er the toUi of Hercules

The rim-gate did the fans of HafTeniah build,

who alfo laid the beams thereof, and frt up the

Wafts.

banter.]

n.f. [tarre, Fr.]

a droll.

mockery and contempt

BA'NTLING.

Yon

The

[from To baptize.] One

one that adminifters

to a door, and
entering into the poft or
wall, to hold the door clofe.

life.

lazinefs.

n.f.
chriftens ;

iron, or other matter,

laid crofs a
pafTage to hinder entrance.
And he made the middle bar to fhoot through
the boards from the one end to the other. Exodus.
2.
bolt ; a piece of iron or wood fattened

What opinion have thefe religious banterers of

the divine powi.r ?
Or what have they to fay for

me.

own

BA'NTERER. n.f. [from

Hwter.
I

for thciv

(hall believe,

Apiece of wood,

1.

fubjcfts, that thofe, who ridicule it, will be

fupprfcJ to make their wit and banter a refuge

If a falling day come, he hath on that day a

In his commendations

human

them who

baptifm.

BAR.

many

tertainment of meat and drink.

lanc/*et to

in

them mall leave in charge,

nations what of him they learn'd.

his falvation

that

L'EJirange.

n.f. [banquet, Fr. banchello,

fcaft

Ridi-

Mettphyficks are fo neccfTary to a diftii'ct conception, folid judgment, and juft reafoning on

of gold and purple

CamJrn.

fn.ire;>

little flag

man's undrefs, or
as is worn by the

Span.]

the verb.]

to

all

BAPTI'ZER.

it look never fo
filly, as it
times for frolick and banter, is one of

many

the moft pernicious

Bannians in the Eaft Indies.

n.f. A kind ofoatenorpeafeTOeal cake, mixed with water, and baked
upon an iron plate over the fire ; ufed in
the northern counties, and in Scotland.
Ital. -vanqueto,

to

cule ; raillery.
This humour, let

BA'NNOCK.

BA'NQUET.

fcorn or rage? Shall we, cries one, permit

his. bant' ring wit f
late.

BA'NTER. n.f. [from

BA'N-NEROL, more properly BANDFROL.

a bannerol

play upon

His leud romances, and

gentleman told Henry, that Sir Richard

Croftcs, made banneret at Stoke, was a wile man ;
the king anfwcrrd, he doubted not that, but marCam Jen.
velled how a fool could know.

To

rally; to- turn to ridicule ; to ridicule.

The magiftrate took it that he bantered him, and
bade an officer take him into culiody. L'Ejlrange.
It is no new thing for innocent
fimplicity to be
the fubject of bantering drolls.
L'Eftr&nge.
Could Alcinous' guelts with-hold

his

anciently called by fummons to parlia-

[from banderole, Fr.]

BA'NTER. 11. a. [a barbarous word,

without etymology, unleis it be derived
from badlncr, Fr.]

tanner.]
with the cere-

ftandard, and making it a banner. They

are next to barons in dignity; and were

n.f.

fire.

n.f. A fmall fifh, called alfo

a ftickleback.
Pungitius.

Addijon.

or ftreamer.
K'ng Ofwald had

And

ftreamer born at the end of a lance,

or elfewhere.

teach

Baptizing in the profluent dream, the fign

Of warning them from guilt of fin> to life
Pure, and in mind prepar'd, if fo befal,
For death, like that which the Redeemer died.
Milton.
Let us reflect that we are Chrtflians 5 that we
are called by the name of the Son of God, and
baptized into an irreconcileable enmity with fin,
the world, and the devil.
Rogers.

BA'NSTICLE.

ment.

He

To

fmall bank at the foot of the parapet, for the foldiers to mount upon when

they

Addifon.

facrament of baptifm to one.

Sidney.
the walk's end behold, how rals'd on high
falutes
the
fouthern
iky.
Dryden.
bavtjuet-boufe

At

Milton.

point of

near to an excellent water-

work.

left his lifter

BA'NNERET. x. /. [from
knight made in the field,
mony of cutting off the

fet

and leaning tower,

TiBAPTI'ZE. -v. a. \laftiftr, ?t. from.

To chriften ; to adminifter the
$a.-K\'<fy.'\

A
BJNQUE'TTE. n.f. [Fr. in fortification.]

and his queen behind.

And wat'd his royal banner in the wind. Dryden.
Fir'd with fuch motives, you do well to join
With Cato's foes, and follow Czfar's banners.

2.

was

[laptifterium, Lat.J

The great church, baftifttry,

are well worth feeing.

houfe.~\

banquets are kept.

banjueiirg-touje, among certain pleafant

trees, the table

But

Him the Baptift foon

Defcry'd, divinely Wirn'd, and witnefs bore
to his worthier.
JHHtoti.
place where the facrament of baptifm is adminiftered.

From France there comes a power, who already

Have fecret I'pies in fome of oar bell ports,

/3WItr*e.J

that adminifters baptifm.

The

BA'NQJJETI NG-HOUSE.

A boufe where

J0f

As

that

ftt and

kaftiftx.]

[baftifte, Fr.

BA'PTISTERY. n.f.

banair,

a military enfign.

n.f. [from banquet.,]

one that lives delicioufly.

Hammond*

WelGh.]
1.

feafter

makes feafts.
BA'NO^UET. HOUSE.

\bannitre, Fr.

n. f.

BANQUETER,
2.

future thrift, becaufe

are already bankrupted*

He

South.

unbend the evening hours,

banquet private in the women's bow'rs. Prior.

And

able one from fatisfying his creditors.

we

\vater.

[from

Ham-mend.

BA'PTIST. n.f.

I purpos'd to

Calaxiy,
big, he giveth them many good words.
In vain at court the bankrupt pleads his caufe ;

His thanklefs country

make

and banqueti upon bread and

adj.

>nd how
Luke.

or pertaining to baptifm.
When we undertake the baftifmal vow, and enter
on their new life, it would be apt to difcourage us.

mall banquet', tho the bfldy pine:

lean pates, and dainty bits

Make rich the ribs, but bankerout the wits. Stak.
So long as his innocence is his lepaft, he feafts

tupi'ifm to be baptized with,

I ftraitened till it be
accomplished ?

BAPTI'SMAL.

The mind
Fat paunches

his creditors are loud and clamorous, and fpeak

TOBA'NKRUPT.

I have

am

daintily.

in hardincfs contemptible) but, in

their fortunes, to be feared, being bankrupt;, and
Bacon,
many of their, felons.

number nor

It is

BAR

They were banqueted by the way, and the nearer

to be

The
6.

founder of this law, and female bar.

Sbatejf.

The place where caufes of law are tried, or where criminals are judged ^ fo
called from the bar
placed to hinder
crowds from incommoding the court.
The great duke
Came to the bar, where to his accufations
He pleaded ftill not guilty.
Sbtlktftftrt.
'

'

SUM

Hath he

Butt (hut from ev'ry

that

His

And

Any

thing which

is

7.

wedge from
to a fort of

the

by

not difablf or bar h'* adverfary.

Two

BARB.
1. Any

beard.

The

by reafon of the barb or

n-attels at his mouth, or under his chaps.
Walton's Angler.

duty cannot fuller

T' obey in all your daughter's hard commands j
Though their injunction be to bar my doors,
And let this tyrannous night take hold upon you.

My

3.

it

To

points that {land backward in an

arrow, or fiihing-hook, to hinder them

Nor

3.

Swift.

to obftrnfh

prevent

to exclude

to

Dcnbam.
There were not

2.

grow old

3.

bar firniliing in the former fentencc- was but

tude in fuch things as were repugnant to his ordi?
Hockcr.
ftatute.
and
nances, laws,

To.
1.

to

:-

wit'-

BARB.

To

B.,rbs,

<v.

2.

faid,

may

Thou

To

[from the noun.]

BARBED.

horfes with

KbaUfpearr.

armour.

See

man without pity

fell

barbarian

what could provoke thy mad-

nefs
fo great, fo

BARBA'RIAN.

adj.

brave a man ? A. Phiilt'.

Belonging to barba-

rians; i'avage.

Some

felt

the filent ftroke of mould'ring njr,

Barbadian blioJnefs.

BARBA'RICK.

adj.
fenie,

P^>c.

[barbarian, Lat. init

means in Latia

wrought, fretted.} Foreign ; far-fetched.

The gorgeous Eail, with 'clieit hand,
i

Show'rs on her kings barbariit pearl

ai'.d

gold.
Para.:
The eartern front was glorious to b
With diamond flaming and tartjr'uk gold. Pct',e.

BA'RBARIJM.

n.f. \barbavilmus, Lat.]

form of fpeech contrary to the purity

and exa&nefs of any language.
The language is as near appioaching to it. as
our modern barbarifm wilLalluw. ; which is all that
can be expected from any now extant.
Drjdtn'i Javcra!, Dedication.

DiS.

furnifh

had he done

To afTaflinate

die, 1-ut never

t'arr'ur's

their life.

a.

brutal monfter

What

1.

to drefs out the beard.

IJB the head, and tie the bea.-d, and fay it
wa, the Jefu ji' tiie penitent to be fo barbed before

(have

his

-.

it is

foreigner.

a term of reproach.

the vigour and mettle of barbs neve

G reeks

tlayivard.

for fu!li"ns.

the

would they were barbarians, as iHey are,

Though in Rome tter'd.
Sbakfy.Ccrktanus.

It.

Barbary horfe.

among

[contracted from Barbary.]

different gods

and barbarians.
&i4/Mjfeef
But with dclcending (how'rs of brimvtone fn J,
The wild barbarian in the ftorm expir'd. Addifa.

Huifcs br>;u;g.ii from Barbary, are commonly of

a lli-nlirligh lizc, and very lean, ufually chofcn

Sjjaeji
Dtith it not feem a thing Tery probable, that
Cod Joth purpiftly add, Do after .my judgments;
as giving thereby t-> umloiit.ind, that his- mean-

with/Jv/n,

Froud Greece all nations elfe barbarians held,

Boafting, her learning ail the world exceli'd.

for horfes.
,
Th-ir Irji.tt! were naked, without any ba<-bs j
for albeit i.uny brought barbs, lew regarded to put

cour.

by excluding the claimants

vage.

The armour

make im-

prafticable.

To detain,

Is

BARB. n.f.

Sbultfa*

The houfes of the country were all fcattercd,

and yet not fo far oft" as that it 6<0rW mutual fnc-

4.

them on.

law can da no right,

be lawful, that law bar no wrung*

1.

a different

Spartan fear'd, before he found

Theihinir.^ fWAap> ear above the wound. P.pc's

you bar the window-diutters of your lathe falhes

dy's bed-chamber at nights, leave- open

Let

fo called,

is

It
[barbarus, Lat
at firll only a foreign or a foreigner; but, in time, implied lome degree of wildnefs or cruelty.]
man uncivilized; untaught ; a ia-

n.f.

feems to have fignified

from being extracted.

When

Woodward's Method of Fcffils.

BARBA'RIAN.

The

2.

Sbabifyrart.

When

barbel

bituminous fub-

land and Scotland.

Ayiffi.

n.f. [barba, a beard, Lat.]

thing that grows in the place of a

ftance, differing little from the petroleum floating on feveral fprings in Eng-

bar a vein.
This is an operation performed upon
the veins of the legs of a horfe, and other
parts, with intent to flop the malignant
humours. It is done by opening the (kin
above it, difengaging it, and tying it
both above and below, and flriking between the two ligatures.

Cherry, \malphigia, Lat.]

BARBA'DOES Tar.

To

10.

through which

In the Weft Indies, it rifes to be fifteen or fixteen feet high, where it produces gr^at quantities of
a p'.eaiant tart fruit ; propagated in gardens there,
but in Europe it is a curiolity.
Mtilcr.

If a bimop be a party to a fuit, and excom.nunicates his adverfary, fuch excommunication thai)

or bar.

hinder

BARBA'DOES

an

to

From fuch
of truth, a criminal caufe ought not to be barred.

the

gagements
and rigging.
To BAR. i>. a. [from the noun.]
j. To fallen or fliut any thing with a bolt,

To

time, nor trick of law, their ac"tiun lars

in the wall

opening

i^.

end of a bridge.

at the

the guns are levelled.

profit,
Col. ortPriiU.

eafier iffue put.

Drydtn.
delays as conduce to the finding out

half bullets joined

fea entogether by an iron bar ; ufed in
for cutting down the mails

X.

good order, and wi h Juc regard. Faiiy

in

An

3.

Addifor..

Their caufe they

wholly in iron bars.

to let in air.

he barred the

except ; to make an exception.

Weli, we mall fee your bearing
Nay, but I bar to-night you (hall not gage me
By what we do to-night.
Stakeffeare.
a fuit.
g. [In law.] To hinderthe procefs of
But buff and belt men never know thcfe cares ;

are ftrokes drawn

of a
perpendicularly acrofs the lines
piece of mufick ; ufed to regulate the
beating or meafure of mufical time.
is ufcd for a
14. Bar, in African trajpck,
denomination of price ; payment being
formerly made to the Negroes almoit
n.f.

the barbacan a porter fate,

A fortrefs

2.

To

horfe governed.
13. Bars, in Mufok,

EARSHOT.

But

Da-viei.

prohibit.
For though the law of arms doth bar
Hudib as.
of venom'd (hot in war.
is a greater pedant than a mere man of
the town ? Bar him the playhoufes, and you flrilce

No

before the walls

Day and night duly keeping watch and ward

Nor wight uor word m >te pafs out of the gate,

mould, and never wrought.

its friction,

is

him dumb.

The upper part of

12. Bars of a Horfe.
the gums between the tufksand grinders,
which bears no teeth, and to which the
bit is applied, and,

fortification placed

Within

all ;

To

8.

of a town.

The ufe
What

for ever.

Pi'i^fs.

n.f. \barbacane, Fr. barba-

why

qualified,

on their barbed point!

(hafts, that

cana, Span.]
1 .

all

when he only performs the conditions

lump or
mines, melted down inis

is

BA'RBACAN.

Sbakeffearf.

do bind and tar them

Adam

from

If he

is

Jonah.
laid acrofs ano-

ther, as bars in heraldry.

.
Bar of Geld or Silver,

civil afts

as

he twanging bows

Alternate ruin bear.

Hooker.

It was thought fuffifient not only to exuluJe

them from that benefit, but to bar them from their
Clarendon.
money.

10.

will not.

SirJ.

commenced.
Ajlifft.
thing by which the compages or
ftrufture is held together.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains

me

arrows with hooks.

Scni (howers of

corruption take,
So, if the father's crime be capital,
In all the blood law doth corruption make.

Any

the earth, with her bars, was about

To jag

3.

'\

things of themfelves inaifr'crent.

Give my voice on Richard's fide,
To bar my mafter'5 heirs in true dcfcent

principally

9.

coaft.

Uay<

like a deiuge puui'd upon the plain

;
barbiA deeds they rode, in proud array,
hick as the college of the beci in May.

On

Drydta'i Fables,

exclude from ufe, right, or claim

with/ro/a before the thing.
God hath abridged it, by baning usfrvm f mv

God knows

warriour

That

and larr'J from ev'ry

(hare,

To

6.

the cafe in hand, upon fome fpecial cirCo-well.

cum (lance of the fadt.
bar of fomething

ftiut out : with/row.

Our hope of Italy not only loft,

peremptory exception
[In law.]
againft a demand or plea brought by the
defendant in an aftion, that deftroys the
It is diadlion of the plaintiff for ever.
vided into a tar to common intent, and
a bar fpecial : a tar to a common intent, is an ordinary or general bar, that
difables the declaration or plea of the
plaintiff; a bar fpecial, is that which
is more than ordinary, and falls out in

laid in

me
t
me

To

5.

is

their

bounds between their love and

mother ; who (hall tar them
from
mfrom
fet

Scaktfpeari.
Sbfktff,

Baftardy

am

houfe, where the houfekeeper fus and

receives reckonings.
1 was under fome apprehenfion that they would
and therefore laid down my penny
appeal to me
at the bar, and made the bed of my way.
Addijt,n.
8.

BAR

BAR

BAR
Some at the tar with fubtlcty defend,
Or on the bench the knotty laws untyc. P
a tavern or coiiee7. An inclofed place in

2.

arts ; want of learning.

have for barbarifm fpoke more
Th in for that angel knowledge you can fay. Sink..
The genius of Raphael having HH Deeded to the
times of barbarifm and ignorance, the knowledge
of painting is now arrived to perfection.

Ignorance of
1

ns

Dufrifnay, Preface.
I,

Brutality

3. Brutality

favagenefs of manners

about two foot above a charcoal

with which it is furrounded.

in-

civility.

Moderation ought to be had in tempering and

managing the Irifh, to bring them from their de
e i'jve of goodlight of licentious bjrbarifm untu tf
nefs and civility.
Sttnfcr's Ireland.
Divers great monarchies have nlen frcra bar-

and fallen again to ruin.

bjrijm to civility,
Dai'i'-s en Ireland.

Send me, gods,

B A'R B F. c u E . n. /.

1.

n.f. [from barbarous.]

Savagenefs ; incivil ty.
2. Cruelty ; inhumanity.
And they did treat him with all the rudenefs,
1.

;ich,

ard barbarity imaginable.

Then

In the old

command

to ruft,
II.

Richard

SbateJ'f.

hands and

i .

in rivers, large

and

folinw'd, and in

Next Pefarch

him we

fee

Whit rhyme, iroprov'd in all its height, can be

At beft a pieafmg loun.i, and Iweet barbar'uy. Dr\J.
j

Lat.n expieiiti that :n one word, which either

the iarl^ritj or narrownefs of modern tongues can-

not lupply

more.

in

Dryden.

Aflccitcd refinements,

in

which ended by degrees

Goths had invaded
Swift.

Italy.

adj. [barbare, Fr. )?,=-

Stranger to civility; favage

1.

uncivi-

fay

mare

to

you

What

ear

is

fo

barbarcut but hath heard of Amphi lius ?

Sidney.
The doubtful dam el dare not yet commit

Herfingle ptrfon to their barbarous truth. ToiryQ.

Thou art a Roman ; be not burha rout. Sbakijf.

He

left

govtrnour,

Philip,

for his countiy a

Phrygian, and for manners mure barbarous than

he that fet him there.
Mace.
barbarous country mull be broken by war,
before it be capable of government j and when
fubdued, if it be not well planted, it will eftfoons

return to barbarifm.

2.

Dairies on Ireland.

unacquainted with

Ignorant
They who

arts.

reftored painting in Germany, not

having thofe reli<juc3 of antiquity, retained that

tarkanus manner.

Dryden.

Cruel ; inhuman.
By their barbarous ufage, he died within a few
days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon.
BA'RBAROUSLY. adv. [from barbarous.]
1. Ignorantly ; without knowledge or arts.
2. In a manner contrary to the rules of"

We

baibareufy call them blcft,

Wailtfwellingcoffers break theirownersreft. Stefn.
;

inhumanly.

But

yet you barbaroujly murder'd him. DryJen.

She wiihes it may profper ; but her mother
ufed one or h-:r nieces very
barbarottjly. Sftclator.

BA'RBAROUSNESS.

n.f. [from barbarous.]

Incivility of manners.
Excellencies of n.uliclc and poetry are grown
to be little more, but the one fiddling, and the other
rhiming; and are indeed very worthy of the ignorance of the friar, and the tartanufnefi of the
Goth-.

1.

Temflt.

Impurity of language.
It is much degenerated, as touching
nefs of fpeech

Cruelty.

The karbaroufnrfs of the trial, and the perfuafivcs

of the clergy, prevailed to antiquace it.
Halt t Common Laiv.

To BA'RBECUE. v.a. A term ufed in the

Weft Indies for <3reffing a hog whole
;

which, being
laid fiat

fplit to the

backbone,

upon a large gridiron,

is

raifed

plain

fimple

without

th'

their manners then but bare and plain

antique world excefs and pride did hate.

Sfwfir.

Detected

4.

no longer concealed.

Thefe falfe pretexts and varniih'd colours failing,

Bare in thy guilt, how foul thou muft appear !
Milten,

Poor

5.

indigent

wanting plenty.

to drefs

endue them with the felt-fame

bein:; ftived

with friends or fui'ors,

legs, arms, and bi<Mlts to his fcivants

his head and face to his barber, his eyes
to his letters, and his ears to petitioner;.
H'ottin.

No

Loiil'rous look:

Thy

worthy match for valour

Even from

to aliail,

the biirbtr's razor beft fubdued.

Miltcn.

Mere

6.

What fyftem, Dick, has right averr'd

The caufc, why woman has no beard

Whom

to

ne'er the

Being barbtr'd ten times o'er, goes to the

put himfclf into barber -cbirvrgctns hands,

who, by

unfit applications, ratified the

tumour.

Wijeman's Surgery.

n.f. A word of reproach in Shakeffeare, which feems to

fignify a fop ; a man decked out by his

BARBER-MONGER,

Dr.iw, you rngue ; for though it be night, the

mo- n Ihines; I'll make a fop of the moonihine
of you; you whorefon, cullinnly, barber. m"ngtr,
draw.
Sbakejfeare't King Lear.

BA'R BERRY,
canthus.~\

The

[barberis, Lat. or oxyaPipperidge bufh.

fpccies

n.f.

are,

The common
(tones.
The firft
i.

barberrf.
of theft

2. Barberry without
forts is very common in
England, and often planted
for hedges,
Milhr.
a
trnt
bears a fruit very ufeful
plant
Bjrberty\s

houfewifery; that which bearcth

out (tones is cou.itcd beft.
in

its

fruit with-

Mortimer.

n. f. \jbardd,
Welfh.]
poet.
There is among the Irijh a kind of people called
whole
bards, which are to them inftead of poets
profeflion is to fet forth the pfaifes or difpraifes
of men in their poems or rhime ; the which arc

had in high regard and estimation among them.

Sjxnfir on Ireland.

And many bards that to the trembling chord

Can ttme their timely voices cunningly. Fairy
The bard who firft adorn'd our native tongue

Tun'd

to his Britilh lyre this ancient fong,

Which Homer might without a blulh rehearfe.

Dryden.

men

other

treafurefor your followers; for it appears, by their

bare liveries, that they live by your tare words.

A man who

formerly, but now it is ufed only for a

low praclifer of furgery.

are

Threadbare ; much worn.

You haye an exchequer of words, and no

7.

feaft.

joins the praftice of furgery to the barber's trade ; fuch as were all furgeons

He

was a tare petition of a ftate

one whom they had puni (lied.

Nor

Sbakrfpfare.

n.f.

Hooker's Preface.
fuccels has been

Sbakefpear'.
prevailed upon by bare words, only
through a defefl of knowledge; but carried, with
thefe purFs of wind, contrary to knowledge. South.

Prior.

a. [from the noun.] To

powder.
Our courteous Antony,
word of No woman heard fpeak,

BARBER-CHIRVRCEON.

my

Mr. Cowley.
Dryden*
unaccompanied with ufual re-

It

To

To BA'RBER. v.
drefs out

aflfrftion.

commendation.

In points like thefe we mult ague

Our barber knows as much as we.

a bare treafury,

contrary to that of

Ertniu'jtid.

nefs.

3.

he gave his

BARD.

the purebeing overgrown with barbarouf-

the
not

Were it for the glory of God, that thj: clergy

ihculd be left as bare as the apoftles, when !i'cy
had neither Haft' nor fcrip ; God would, I hcpr,

His chamber

barber.

fpeech.

2.

A man

BA'RBER. n.f. [from To barb.]

who fhavej the beard.

3.

3. Cruelly

in

Farrier's Dicl.

But by

lized.

What need

Knots of fuperfluous flefh growing up

the channels of the mouth of a horie.

before the

many barb^rims,

BA'RBAROUS.

2.

AddiJ:n.

Yet was
For

3.

Drydcti..

ornament.

The barbel is fo called, by rcafon of tiie barb

or wactels at his mouth, or under h s chaps.
Walton's Angler.

Clarendon.

air.

in refpeft.

Unadorned

3.

ftrong, butcoarfe.

Barbarifm; impurity of fpeech.

empty

ftatues, thefe two parts were

expofed to view as much 3i our

be bare before the Scottish commiffioners ; and fo

none were covered.
Clarendon.

[barbus, Lat.]

n.f.

A kind of fifh found

inclofe but

Though the lords ufed to be covered wh'ilft

commons were bare, yet the commons would

If I conjecture right, no drizzling fhow'r,

But rattling ftorm -if arrows tart d with fire. Milt.

B A'R BEL.

embrace the body

face.

Uncovered

2.

t*

Roman

always bare, and

will

arms

Her clafping hands

jngged with hooks or points.

[bane, Sax. bar, Dan.]

without covering.

ftrctch'd her

barf

Furniihed with armour.

Bearded

The trees are bare and naked, which ufe both to

cloath and houfe the kern.
Spenfer on Irelan.l.

His glittering aimour he

His barbed fteedb to (tables.

adj.

Naked

Weft Indian manner. *

BA'RBED. part. adj. [from To barb.]

Sbak. Riti.ll.

BARBA'RITY.

the

2.

Triey mult perforce have melted,

BARE.

whole hog barbecued. Pope.

hog dreft whole, in

Ann barberijm itlclf have pitied him.

fire,

more than hirpy throat endued,

Oldfieid, with
Cries,

Cruelty ; barbarity ; unpitying hardnot in ufe.

neis of heart

4.

BAR

BAR

BAR

Not united with any thing

8.

Sbakcfpearci
elfe.

A defire to draw all things to the determination

of bare and naked Scripture, hath caufed much
pains to be taken in abating the credit of man.
tlxkcr.

That which ofFendeth us, is the great difgrace

which they offer unto our cuftom of bare reading
Hookfr.
the word of God.
flenderly fupplied
g. Wanting clothes ;

with clothes.

Sometimes it has of before the thing

wanted or taken away.

10.

Tempt not the brave and needy to defpair ;

For, tho' your violence ihould leave them bare
0/"golil and filver, fwords and darts remain.
Dryden't Ju-utnal,

Making

a law to reduce intereft, will not raife

it will
only leave the country

the price of land;

barer of money.

Locke,

To

To BARE. 'v.a. [from the adjedlive.]

to make bare or naked.
(trip
The turtle, on the bared branch,
;

Laments the wounds that death did launch.

Sfenfer,

There is a fabulous narration, that an herb

groweth in the likcnefs of a lamb, and feedeth
upon the grafs, in fuch fort as it will bare the graft
round about.
Bacon's Natural llijhrj.
Eriphyle here he found
Baring her bread yet bleeding with the wound.

--

bar"d an ancient oak of all her boughs ;

a riling ground the trunk he plic'd*

Then on

DryJat,

For virtue, when I point the pen,

Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a

ftar j

Can

there be wjnting, to defend her caule,

Lights of the church, or guardians of the laws

Puf*.

BAR*.

BA Rt

6r

Bo R E

The preterite of To

bear

BA'RF.BONE. n.f. [from tare and

Lean, fo that the bones appear.
Here comes leaa Jack, here comes
is

long

own knee

it

ago, Jack, fince thou

br.rebone

Sbatypeare's H:-rr;

th)
1

BA'RKFACED. adj. [from

With the face naked ;
1

bare andy**.]
not mafecd.
Your French crowns have no hair at all, am

2.

MuJfummer Night's

Clarendon
peared barefaced againft each other.
It is moft certain, that barefaced bawdry is the
Drydcr.
poorer! pretence to wit imaginable.

BAREFA'CEDLY. adv. [from

What

not fear

tie people's

of

Effrontery

BA'REFOOT.
Having no
Going

One

adj. [from bare

fhoes.

Sbakeff. Romeo and Juliet.

of our order.

BA'REFOOT. adv. Without flioes.

She mud have a huiband
I mud dance barefoot on her wedding-day.

An

BAREFO'OTED.

adj.

He

Being without

BAREGNA'WN.
gnaiian.]

By treafon's

mud make
6.

of any thing
thing.
Henry

refpeft.
He, bareheaded, lower than his proud Seed's neck,
Befcokc them thus,
Sbakefpeari s Richard II.
Next, before the chariot, went two men bareBacon.
tiatfrii.
The viflor knight had laid his helm afiJc,
low
he
bow'd.
Barci'tadtdi popularly
Dryd. Fables,

3.

Without

indigently.
decoration.

4.

Merely

only

be bargain fit for

The

bare.]

living too, for

now

his fon

is

duke

BA'RENESS.

mud -be

gain.

Locke,

You
And

ferve

you

3.

fea commander's boat.

It was confulted, when I had taken my barge
and gone afliote, that my (hip fliould have let f.iil
and left me.
Rtltigb.

boat for burden,

to

purfue with re-

is the
vengeance on the afiSes cold,
envy bafe, to bark at'ileeping fame. Fairy

^.

You dare patronage

envious barking of your faucy tongue
Againft my lord
Sbakcffeare,
7*0
-v. a.
[from the
!

BARK,

noun.]

Tp

ftrip trees of their bark.

The fevered penalties ought to be put upon
barling any tree that is not fe.ljd.
Ttmflf.
Thefe trees, after they are barked, .and cut into
ihape, are tumbled
the ftream.

down from

adj.

the mountains into

Addifcn.

[from tark and bare.]

Stripped of the bark.

Excorticated and bark-bared trees may be preferved by nourifhuig up a (hoot from the foot*,
or beJow the ftripped place, cutting the -body of'the
tree (loping off a little above the flioot, and it will
Mortimer*
heal, and be covered with bark.

SA'RKER. n.f. [from bark.}

One

that barks or clamours.

What hath he done rmre than a bafe cur ?

barked and mndc a noife ? haj a fool or two to
Bjt they are rather enarrHcs of
fpit in his mouth ?
Bin j
my fame than me, thefe barkers.
[from bark of trees.] One that is employed in ftripping trees.
JA'RKY. adj. [from bark.] Confining of
bark ; containing hark.

2.

Ivy fo enrings wtbafiy fmjers of the elm.

SA'RLEY.
a burnifii'd throne,

2.

Sbateffcart.

painted oars the youths begin to fsvcep

Waller.
Neptune's fmooth face.

know

not where they had

thatj and for their tarenefif they never learned
(hat of me.
I

from barga,
\bargle, Dutch,

With

t, Leannefs.
Fnr their poverty,

BARGAIN.

boat for pleafure.

The barge ihe fat in, like

clamour at

The

See

Burnt on the water.

Sbakeffearc.
PUc'd in the gilded barge,
Proud with the burden of fo fwect a charge

n.f. [from bare.]

So you ferve us
but when you have our rofes,
barely leave our thorns to prick ourfelves,
mock us with our barcntjs.
Sbaktjfcare,

we

[from bargain,]
a bargain.

accepts

low Lat.]

Nakednefs.

Till

See

To
And

He

JA'RGAINER. n.f. [from bargain.] The

perfon who proffers, or makes a bar-

BARGE, n.f.

proaches.

Bacon.

BARGAIN.

title,

modities with commodities, there money

fcnt, or elfe the debts cannot be paid.

The
2.

j&ij'fon on Jtaly.

n. f.

Siakeff care's M.rry Wives of fPir,Jfor.

calls him back again ;
C-^-jIcj.
dngs (land off afar, and bark in vain.

town

JARK-BARED.

It is poflible the great duke may

republick of Lucca, by the help of his great trea-

fures.

threatens or purfues.

In vain the herdman

often with/ir before the

Dryden.
bargain fir the

not in revenue. Sbak.Ricb, II.

He barely nam'd the ftreet, promis'd the wine,
wife
his
kind
iJunr.:.
But
gave me the very fign.
Where the balance of trade barfly pays for comBarely in

th'

thrifty ftate will bargain ere they fight.

or Ihe that

is

upon the ground.

[biorican, Saxon.]
the noife which a dog

Sent before my time

Into this breathing world, fcarce haif made up,
And that fo iamely and unfaflitonably,
That dogs bark at me.
Sbakeff. Richard III.
1
Why do your dogs bark fo ? be there bears i

So worthlefs peafants bargain fir their wives,

As market men for oxen, fhcep, or horfe. Sbak.
For thofe that are like to be in plenty, they may

The external adminidration of his word, is as

weir by reading tartly the Scripture, as by explainHooker.
ing the fame.
The duke of Lancader is dead ;

when he

n.

Vile

able to enrich his queen,

not to feek a tjueen to make him rich.

BARGAINEE',

To make

if John Bull.

is

without any thing more.

And

I.

And

Nakedly.

2. Poorly

CBA'RGAIN. &. a. [from the noun.] To

make a contract for the fale or purchafe

King Lear.

fatal

Granvillr.

Drydcn.

In law.
fale

was that

To BARK. v.

one fingle

a contract or agreement
made for nvinours, lands, &c. alfo the transferring the property of them from the bargainer to the
Cwocll.
bargainee.

Uncovered in

1.

llijiary

/)>>/.

(hip. [from barca, low Lat.]

The duke of Parma mnft have flown, if he
would have come into England; for 1:-:
neither get lark nor.mariner to put to fea.

Bacon en Ike War with Sfai*,

and perfidious bark,
Built in th' eclipfe, and rigg'd with curfcs dark,
That funk fo low that fncred head of thine. Milt,
Who to a woman trulls his peace of mind,
Trufts a frail bark with a tempeftuous wind.

the beft of a bad bargain.

Bargain and

[from bare and head. ]

BA'RELT. aJv. [from

in

terminate

AbulbiM'i

is lofl,

Sbakffpcare'i

adj.

all

Hijhry,

dark,

A fmall

It

Swift.

flioes.

tooth bartgrunun und cankcrbit.

BAREHE'ADED.

they

in the

for the tree have found the bark.

re-

maid at court is lefs afliam'd,

Howe'er for felling bargains fam'd.
Sioift,
5. An event ; an upfhot : a low fenfe.
I am forry for thy misfortune ; however we

[from bare and

adj.

Eaten bare.
Know my ntme

becaule

lent,

No

himfeif, with a rope about his neck, bareof

fcvtca, came to offer himfeif to the discretion
Leonatus.
Sidney.

2.

to be excel-

point.

Sbakeffearc.

Phylkians

fcenity.
?

of Cornwall*

Bacon's Natural

Wand'ring

unexpected reply, tending to ob

Where fold he bargains, whipditch

As to bargains, few of them feem

S:.ri-ty

\barck, Dan.]
ri'l or covering of a tree.

againft the injuries of the a:r.

iar/ir

even have that into fat bargain. ISEJlrangc,

at the charge of a tutor at home

ceived from their marter and the duke ; for thai

the duke's might have ends of utility and bargain,
Bacot
whereas their mailer's could not.

4.

by put-

n.f.

Bacon

Stipulation; intereiled dealing.

There was a difference between courtefies

3.

glee,

Trees laft according to ine ftrengt!) and quintify

of their fap and juice ; being wr:i munited by their

fon a more genteel carriage, -vith

greater learning into the bargain, than any a
fchool can do.
Lockt

Ambitious love hath

Envoys dcfcribe this holy man, with his Alcaydes about him, Itanding barefoot, bowing to the
earth.
Addijon.

The

1.

He who is
may give his

Sbak,

fo in me offended,
the cold ground upon

marriage but a very bargain f wherein

wife.

rn.iaa-

bargcrs, f trflow not to bi'gr.e them.

Carni'i

BARK.

the thing purchafed.

Give me b^t my price for the other two, and you

That barefxt plod I

With fainted vow.

is

man and

(hall

and /not.]

to find a
barefwt brother out,

London

more can be due to me,

Dcr.n,
Than at the bargain made was meant.
2. The
thing bought or fold ; a purchafe

Lccke.

n.f. [from barefaced.]

affurance ; audacionfnefs.

No

barefaced.]

tongues.

[barS en, Welfti

n.f.

The

ting the inhabitants in mind of this privilege; who

again, like the Campellians in the north, aud the

fought alliance, or portion, or reputation, wit]

fomc dcfire of ifluej not the faithful nuptial union

BAREFA'CEDNESS.

fuchpriv.ljgca. b

Openly fhamefully without difguife.

Though only fome profligate wretches own it to
did
barefacedly, yet, perhaps, we (hould hear more,
;

all

of clothes.

gaignty Fr.]
1.
contract or agreement concerning
the fale of fomeihing.

Dreart:

Shamelefs
unreferved ; without concealment ; undifguifed.
The animohtirs encreafed, and the parties ap-

Meannefs

BA'RGAIN.

then you will play barefaced.

Shakefy.

itcould legaily want

rit.,
Of.

./. [from large.]

ger of a barge.
Many wafareis make thtmfe'vre

privileges, and made a

far its imrnt,-js as ;ts pu

it

like the primitive church

tone.'

fawft

BA'RCER.

Poverty.
Were it ilripped of

3.

See To BEAR.

how

BAR

BAR

BAR

n.f. [derived by Junius from

Q, horJeum.]
It hath a thick (pike ; the calyx,' htifk, ownj
and flower, are like thofe of wheat or rye, but the
awns arc rough ; the feed is fwclling in the middle-,

and, for the

mod

which the hufks

are, I.

Common

part, ends in a (harp point, to

.are clofcly

united.

long-eared barley.

Ths
2.

fpecic*

Winter or

3. Sprat barley,
fquare barley, by fome called b\v.
All thcle forts of barley arc
or battledoor barley.
fown in the fpring of the year, in a dry time. In

fomc very dry

light land, the tar/y is

fowa early

BAR

BAR
(awn

til!

flfij

and expectoBarley is emollient, moiftening,

as a
rating; tarlrj was chofen by Hippocrates
proper food in inflammatory diilempers.

PA'RLEYBRAKE.

n.f.

Abvtbwt SK Aliments*
A kind of rural

play.

BARLEY BROTH,

feet to try.

f-.v'.ft

it.

]Jc':->i

furreyn'd jades, tlieir /vnVy bntb,

. their cold blood to fuch valiant htat ? Stak.

BARLEY CORH.

A long, long journey,

[from barley and

thorns,

The

mow.]
is

place where reaped barley

flowed up.
Whenever by yon

I pafs,
barley mtnu

eyes will trip the tidy

lafs.
Cay.
n.f. [burm, WeJfh ; beorim, Sax.]
Yeaft ; the ferment put into drink to
make It work ; and into bread, to

Before

my

BARM.

fweli it.
lighten and
Are you not he
That fometimes make the drink

llarr'v.

Gravity is another property of air, whereby it

counterfoils a column of mercury from twenty(V. en inches and one halt to thiity and one half,
the gravity of the atmofphere varying one -tenth,
whidi arc its utmoft limits ; fo that the exad
fpecific'k gravity of the air can be determine.]
when the lammcffr (lands at thirty inches, with a
dcnte h'.-at uf the weather. Arbutbnot en Air.

bear no barm,

Miflead night wand'rers, laughing

at their

harm

Stattj'feare.

Try the force of imagination upon (laying the

working of beer, when the barm is put into it.

BA RoM

yearly.

Their

jovial nights in frolicks

and

They pafs, to drive the tediou h

And their cold ftomachs With crown'd

worJ

Of

winJy

BARN.

bjrmy

Diydcn.

place or ho uf?
for laying up any fort of grain, hay, or
./. [berin, Sax.]

In vain the larni expect their p.omis'd load;

at horjr.e, nor reeks are heap'd Abroad.
:

mice nor vermin can crc-p up.

BA'RNACJ.E.

a. /. [probably of bsajin,
Sax. a child, and aac, Sax. an oak.]
1.
kind of fheil-nfli that grow upon
timber. that lies i'i th-; lea.
2.
bird like a goofe, fabukmily fuppofcd

'

am:

that the

credulity and

im

fi

a:'

fame

/ grow mifcreants,
A.barnjcfn turn Solan-1 gecfe
'3

3.

of the Orcades.

I!:<Mtrai.

An

inflrument made commonly of iroi:

for the ufe of farriers, to hold a horfe by
the nofe, to hinder him from
(Iruggling
when an incifion is made.
Farr. Ditt.

B ARO'METER. n.f.

[The etymology of

this

They that bear

Trie cloth of (late above, are four barons.

is

Menage derives ba-

4.

Of the cin ;ue ports.

Baron is ufed for the hufband

Sbabefpeart.

in relation

to

his wife.
Co-well.
as a t^rm of military
dignity.
A Baron of Beef'is when the two firloinsOthers luppoie it originally to fignify
are not cut afunder, but joined together
only a man, in which fenle baron, or
Diet.
by the end of the backbone.
maron, is ftill Wed by the Spaniards
BA'RONAGE. n.f. [from ban>t.~\
and, to confirm this conjecture, our law
\
The body of barons and peers.
yet ufe? b,u-0'i andjtmme, hufband and
His c'.:a >!', of the liberties oi England, and of
wife.
Others deduce it from her, an
the foreft, were hardly, and with
difficulty, gained
oil Gauli.h word, iignifying ccBimanHalt,
by iiis barir.age at Suincs, A. D. 1215.
ci.r; others from the Hebrew 13J, of 2, The dignity of a baron.
r
the ^.Tie import.
Some think it a conThe land which gi vs title to a baron.
traftion of par lomme, or peer, which BA'RON ESS. n.
/. \_baroneffa, Ttal. bartfeems leaft probable.]
baron's lady.
nijja, Lat.]
A '.i.-gree of nobility next to a vifcount. BA'RON ET. n.f. [of baron, and ef, dimiIt may be
nutive termination.] The loweft degree
probably thought, that anciin England, all thofe were called
of honour that is hereditary: it is below
b.fons, that had fuch figniories as we
a baron and above a knight ; and has
no.v call court barons : and it is faid,
the precedency of all other knights, exthr.t, after the Conqueft, all fuch came
It was
cept the knights of the garter.
to the parliament, and fat as nobles in
firft founded
by king Jaujes I. A. D.
the upper houfe.
But when, by expe1611. Cornell. But it appears, by the
rience, it appeared that the parliament
following paffage, that the term was in
was too much crowded with fuch multiufe before, though in another fenfe.
tudes, it became a cuftom, that none
King Edward 111. being bearded and croiTed by
the
mould come but fuch as the king, for
clergy, was advifed to direct out his writs to

01
goes about baraaclet
vafl prodigious animal;,
might
whifc fpecies is now extinct.
Bcntlry.
And from the mo:r rcfinM of faints

be the lice

Mailings, Wirichelfea, Rye, Rumney,

Hithe, Dover, and Sandwich, that have
places in the lower houfe of parliament.

tu

alfo barons

puJence,

to the

exchequer.
of the cinqueto each of the feven towns,.

belonging

There are
two
ports

trees.

juilicp
3.

Drytltn.
notice of tht make of larni here
at the foui
,
ing laid a frame
corners, four biucks, ii: lie!) a (hape a>

grow on

is called lord chief baron, and the

three others are his afliflants, between
the king and his fubjefts, in caufes of

cipal

ron,

Nor barm

to

are called lords fpiritual.

Baron is an officer, as barons of the exchequer to the king : of thefe the prin-

z.

tucfe fignifications,

ftraw.

by tenure, as the bifhops of the land,

who, by virtue of baronies annexed to
their bifhopricks, have always had place
in the upper houfe of parliament, and

Baro, among
very uncertain.
the Rumans, lignificd a brave warriour,
or a biutal man ; and, from the firft of

gobt-ts cheer

beer.

their baronies.
Thefe barons, which
were firft by writ, may now juftly alfo
be called barons by prefcription ; for that
they have continued barons, in themfelves and their anceilors, beyond the
memory of man. There are alfo baront

very accurate :n making barometrical ami

metrical K)!rrumcnts. Dtrb. Pbyjtco-Tbeol.

BA'RON.

in play

cid'~r, ar.d o*

E' T

'

Containing

aJj. [from barm.]

barm

patent, and that they may be difcerned

by their titles ; the barons by writ being
thofe that, to the title of lord, have their
own furnames annexed ; whereas the
barons by letters patent are named by

I c A L
adj. [from barometer. ]
Relating to the barometer.

Baccn.

BA'RMY.

thelefs thought, that there are yet bai-ant

by writ, as well as barons by letters

rilled

trical experiments, founded upon that eflentia!

A*
property of the air, its gravity or preffure.
the column of mercury in the barometer is counterpoifed by a column of air of equal weight, fo whatever caufcs make the air heavier or lighter, the
preffure of it will be thereby increafed or lefTened,
and of conference the mercury will rife or fall.

BARLEY

and thefe were

liament; of which kind the king may

create more at his pleafure. It is never-

The meafuring the heights of mountains, and

finding the elevation of places above the level or
the fea, hath been much promoted by barome-

choak'd with brakes and

'

cumbent atmofphere.

mejfur'd by ten thoufand barley earns. Tickcll.

MOW. . /. [from barley and

III

fo

tube will dcfcend, and, as it increafes,

the mercury will afcend ; the column
of mercury fufpended in the tube being
always equal to the weight of the in-

the begingrain of barley;

ning of our meafure of length ; the third
part of an inch.
corn.]

male

barons by letters
or by
patent,
creation, whofe pofterity are now thofe
barons that are called lords of the par-

mofphere diminiihes, the mercury in the

f.idden water,

for
A drench
n

patent of this dignity to them

their heirs

called

fealed at one end

and

flror.g beer.

Can

letters

and

with mercury, horizontally

the other open, and
;
immerged in a bafin of ftagnant mercury : fo that, as the weight of the attube

Sidney.

barley

feeing tnat this Hate of nobility wa

but calual, and depending merely on the
prince's pleafure, obtained of the king

called from Torricelli, the inventor of

It is a glafs
it, at Florence, in 1643.

f. [from
low word fometimcs ufed for

broth.}

upon the Torricellian experiment,

went abroad thereby,

(lie

By neighbours prais'd
At tarlybrake her fweet

men

meafuring the weight of the atmosphere,

and the variations in it, iri order chiefly
to determine the changes of the weather.
It differs from the barofcope, which
only fhews that the air is heavier at one
time than another, without fpecifying
the difference. The barometer is founded

in Krone clayey foils it is not/

The fjuare tarhj, or tig, h
April.
north of England, and in
chiefly cultivated in the
Scotland : and is hardier than the other forts.

March; but

in

BAR

0^,

[from
weight,
and phy>i, meafure. J A machine fur

their

extraordinary wifdora or quality,

thought good to call by writ ; which
writ ran bac -vice tarttum.
After that,

certain gentlemen of the bed abilities, entitling

them therein barons in the next parliament
By

which means he had fo many barons in his parliament, as were able to weigh dowa the clergy ;
which

tympanum, covered with a

which barons were not afterwards Ifl'ds, but bar:ueti, as fundry of them do yet retain the name.
n.

Such are not only

of temporal barons, but of

fees

n.f.

Dauntlcfs at empty noiCs

Little

is ftill

barat, old Fr.

retained barateur, a

The

law-fuits.
Will it not refled> as much on thy character,
Nic, to turn barrator in thy old days, a ftirrcr-up
of quarrels amonglt thy neighbours ?
jtrbutbtmt's Hijlory of Jabti Bull.

n.f. [from tarrater.] The

practice or crime of a barrator ; foul
pradice in law.
'Tis arrant barratry, that br ars

BA'RREL.

1.

'agiinfr.

n.f. [baril,

round wooden

matter, but

thirty-two gallons; of
beer, thirty-fix gallons ; and of beervinegar, thirty-four gallons.
A barrel of Eflex
3. [In dry meafure.]
butter contains one hundred and fix
pounds ; of Suffolk butter two hundred

Want

and

dull.

of

nvcntion.

Want

4.

Drjdin.

of matter

fcantinefs.

The

importunity of our adverfaries hath conflrained us longer to dwell than the barrenneft ^
fo poor a caufc could have fcemed cither to requin
or to admit.
Ho'itr

[In theology.] Aridity;

5.

wantofemo

The

Swift

BA'RREN WORT.
f. [epimeiliutn, Lat.
The name of a plant.
BA'RRFUL. adj. [ from bar And fa/I. ] Ful

upright with the brerch upon the ground

and take a bul'tt exactly fit for it; tlin , if
yo
luck at the m >uth of the barrel ev. r 10 grnt \
the bullet will c >mc up fo ri'ic.bly, that it w
hazard -he ftrik'ng out your teeth.

A cylinder; frequently that cylinde

about which any thing is wounu.
your

drill}
barrel.

if

and b->r mull

too weak,

Barrel of thi Ear,

it

is

lie

will

accommodated

not carry

a;

out

Whoe'er
1.

a cavity behind th

Ai.irr/V/ftrife!
woo, myfelf would be his wife.

fortification,

made

in haftc,

waggons, or any thing

keep ofFan attack.
2.

Any
'1

hei

ftop
.

l>ar

mult be fuch

annoy, or ablolutc!y
mofphcre.

[barricade, Fr.]

n.f.

earth,

xa

lljii'tjf.

2.

a barrier

from the

foes.

Pcpe,

fortification, or ftrong place, as on

the frontiers of a country.
The queen is guarantee of the Dutch, having
poflcflion of the barrier, and the revenues thereof,
before a peace.

Swift,

ftop ; an obftru&ion.
Jf you value yourfelf a< a man of learning, you.
are building a moil impafljble bjrricr againit imWattt,
provement.

,.

bar to mark the limits of any place.

For juits, and tournrys, and harriers, the glories
of them are chiefly in the chariots, wherein the
challengers

make

At

either

R--

('

ird, o:

Bacon.

their entric;.

Pris'ners
b.-.rriir

plac'd

>

the pillar bound,

nor, captives made,

jrm'd anew.

boundary

wave whatc'er

And fix, O mu/e,

At Oedipus.

Drjdtn.

a limit.
to

Cadmus may

the barrier

>f

belong,
thy long

Pofc'i Staiiut.
in the groveling Cw nc,
n
reas'ni
half
with thine:
Compar'd,
g elephant
'Twixt that and rcafon what a nice barrier 1

Howinftinft varies

For ever

fcp'rate, yet fir ever nr.ir.

BA'RRISTER.

Pope.

n.f. [from bar. ]

per Ion,
qualified to plead caufes, called an advocate or licentiate in other countries
barrifltrt are pleaders

without the bar, to diftuiguiih them

from inner barrifters ; iuch are the
benchers, or thofe who have been readers, the counfel of the king, queen, and
priv.ces, who are admitted to plead
within the bar.
counfcl'or at law.
Blount. Chambers.
A'I'KOW. n.f. [berwpe, Sax fuppofed by
S<i,,i:cr to c;mc from
Any kind
tear.]
of carriage moved by the hind; as, a
hatJ-barro-iv, a frame of boards, with
handles at each end, carried between

of obftru<3ions.

BARRICA'DE.

find fo obliterate.!, that

barricade! from any in:rlleclual

and courts. Outer

tion or fenfibility.

fet it

fecms almoft

Riit

in the

Clarendon.

we

Safe in the love of heav'n, an ocean flows

5.

yTineis; trnu,;h the accidents are not the fame,

wh'ch would have argued him of a total barrenneh

entered.

truth of caufcs

Around our realm,

want of the power

of producing any thing new.

The adventures of Ulyllcs are imitated

[from the noun.]

a.

11.

bar

properly on the firft.]

A barricade ; an entrenchment.

;.

Want of invention

to

A'R R I E R. n.f. [barricre, Fr. It i; fometimes pronounced with the accent on.
the laft fyllable, but it is placed more

n.f. [from barren.]

; want of the power

thing hollow ; as, the barrel of

gun, that part which holds the fhot.
Take the barrel of a long g.in perrV&.y boreu

Any

rtr.ng

Un-

barren.]

approach.

gr atcll i.ur.c; fometimes are fervent, an

fometimes feef a barrenneji of devotion.
T.:y/ '

Your

it

degrees of value, through the diverfity of the'n

Bacon.
fertility or barrenncjs.
\.

enemy

The

Unfruitful nefs; ftcrility ; infertility.

Within the felf-fam>; h'.mlct, lands have divers

rings
Several colleges, inftcad of lim'tins; their rents
to a certain fum, prevailed with their tenants ti
pay tlie price of fo many bantti of corn, as tlv

ft.

fcanty.

fortify

tlie

I priy'd for children, and thought btrrenneft

Mtltcn.
In wedlock a reproach.
No more be mcntion'd then of violence
Againft ourfelves ; and wilful barrcr.r.ifi,
Mi/tort.
That cuts n- oft" from hope.

2.

BARRIC A'DO.

to ftop up.
Fait we found, fait (hut
The difmal gates, and botricado'd Itrong Milton.
He had not time to barricade the dx>is ; fo that

fterile.

of offspring
of procreation.

ale,

A barrel of herrings
fifty-fix.
ihould contain thirty-two gallons wine
meafure, holding ufually a thoufand her-

5.

JA'RRENLY. adv. [from

market went.

To

will appear barren of hints and

prove to be fruitful.
Swift.

JA'RRENNESS.

be flopped

Trembling to approach
The little barrel, which he fears to broach. Dryd.
2. A particular meafure in liquids.
barrel of wine is thirty-one gallons and

4.

.iccefs was by a neck of land, between the

on one part, and the harbour water, or inner
fea, on the other; fortified clean over wit? a ftrnng
Bacon*
rampier and barritado.

fruitfully.

Welm.]

veflel to

A
to

fea

"o

There be of them that will make themfelves

laj;h, to fet on feme quantity of irrifpelators
to laugh too.
Sbakeffeare.

our laws. Hudibras.

hinder by ftoppage.
new vulcano continually

hinder entrance.

Deuteronomy.

Unmeaning; uninventive

clofe.
It hath been obfcrveJ by one of the ancients,
that an empty barrel, knocked upon with the
*nS er > g''eth a diapalbn to the found of the like
barrel full.
Baton.

a half; of

proground un;

Some fchemes

BA'RRATRY.

am.

IARRICA'DO. n.f. \larricada, Span.]

fortification ; a bar ; any thing fixed

iituation

Not copious

..

wagon's K

the.

Wcvdicard.
Dryd.

of this city is pleafant, but the

water is naught, and the ground barren, z King!.
Tclcmachus is far from exalting the nature of
his country ; he confefies it to \3cbarren.
Pope.
.

ambling

difiharging that
matter, vvh'.ch being till then barricaded up and
imprisoned in the bowels of the earth, was the
i.ciafion of very great and frequent calamit'ci.

of mine fucceeding.
Sbakefffarc.
fh-ill not be male or female barren a:ncmg

among your cattle.

Unfruitful ; not fertile

wrangler, and encourager of

Point blank an acTton

naked

ynu, or

BA'RRATOR. n.f. [from

There

ings to lodge foldiers.

from which

To

Pin

nV

Gey.

They haii'd him father to a line of kings.

Upon my head they plac'd a fruitlcfs crown,
And put zhprren fccptre in my gripe,
N'~>

t.

The

n.f. \_tarracca, Span.]

cabins made by the Spanifh

the mixthurry barncaaei the

Entangled here,

Without the quality of producing its

kind not prolifick applied to animals.

fifhermen on the fea more ; or little

lodges for foldiers in a camp.
2. It is generally taken among us for build-

cheat.]

And

fruitful.]
.

the pavement founds wltii

all

feet,

lotty-ncck'd,

adj. [bape, Sax.

perly applied to trees or

BA'RRACK.
1.

Now

a. \barr.cader, Fr.]

<v.

up a paflage.

flop

hirre!l.\l,

b ick'd.
barrel-belly''d, broadly

A'RREN.

\bouracan, or barracan,
ftrong thick kind of camelot.

Fr.]

Sharp-headed,

n. f.

To

A'RREL-BELMED.a<#. [from
Having a large belly.
telly.]

If there was always a ca:m, the equilibrium

could only be changed by the contents ; where thi
winds are not variable, the alterations of the tafmall.
Arbuibnot,
refcofe are very

B A'R R A c A N

BARRICA'DE.

a.

which may be ufed at is needed.

Sfenftr oa Ltl.
Burnt up earth, and low fume feed in it, and
Bacon.
put it in the bottom of a p,r.A.
barrel and

[8df&- and axctria.] An

inrtrument to (hew the weight of the atSee BAROMETER.
mofphere.

BA'ROSCOPE.

<v.

tion.
I would have their b-ef beforehand

bifliops

'o

[from the noun.] To

put any thing in a barrel for prelerva-

the

Cawll.

alfo.

Diet.

BA'R REL.

'o

[baronnie, Fr. beopny,

honour or lordtlup that gives
f.

Sax.] That
title to a baron.

mem-

fine

brane.

Sfaijer.

BA'RONY.

BAR

BAR

BAR

of trees
elfe,

obftruftion.
would

a barricade, as

ftop,

two men a ivbecl-harrcii:, that which

one man pufhes forward by raifmg it
upon one wheel.
;

greatl

the currents of the at

Derbam

Have

B A S

Have I lived to te carried in a bafket, like a

larrina of butcher's offal, and thrown into the

Thame.

No

ijj'rcro's

/.

[bij-.j,

A hog:

unn-bie hearty (hall that heart, liited up tr- fiic?

a height, be counred byji f
Sittry.
It is bafe in his ?dveifaries thus to dwell upon

greafe, or hog's lard.

whether in the beginning or

end of names of

p-'ves,

fignifies

To BA'RTER. i.
in

To

traffick

the excelfcs

from beajipe, which the Saxons

:.
ufed in the fame fenle.
G.-7;
BARROW is likewiie ufed in Cornwall for
a hillock, under which, in old times,
bodies have been buried.
grove

Of low

{hall

foil,

1.

<v.

For him was I exchanged and ranfom'd j

But with a bafer man of arms by far
Once, in contempt, they would have tarter' J

for

Then

To

as

t;

f.-

the

who, at the market

hon ur tor cftate.

thoie

When my

reft,

As

the

left

5.

Sicift.

2.

Sometimes

He

bartered atuay

alfo

BA'RTER.

lall

bafe.
In pip-s,

[from barter.'} He that

trafficks by excharge of commodities.
BA'RTE RY. n.f. [from barter.} Exchange
of commodities.
received opinion, that, in moft ancient
ages, there was only bartery or exchange of commodi:ies amongft mod nations. CamJtn'i Remain!.
It

is

Who,

n.f.

n.f. The demefne lands of a

the manour-houfe itfelf ; and
fometimes the out-houfes.
Blount.
BASE. atij. [has, Fr. ba/o, Ital. baxo,
Span. baJJ"us, low Latin ; @a.?x;.]
I.

Mean
The

vile

worthlefs

harveft white

the white da:e

plumb

are

of things.

a bafe plumb, and

no very good plumbs.

plumb

is

Barcrt.
all

Pyreifus was only famous for- counterfeiting

haft things, as earthen pitchers, a f<

whereupon
topon he was furnamcd Rupogr
Etacbam.
6.

th M, thy babe of
by thec, upon our parilh came.

The king

tlir

BASE-VIOL,

An

as

Gey.

Mean

fpirited

difhonour-

not himfelf, but baftly led

is

flatterers.

Stake/peart*
lieutenant bafely give it up, as foon as Effex
demanded it..
Clarendon.

Dryden*

Thde

two Mitylenc brethren, ta/ely born, crept

out of a fmall galliot unto the majefty of great

[ufually written bafsinftrument which is ufed in

Such
That it
Your

sL't if

Firm Dorick

f>imd your folid bafe ;

The fair Corinthian cr-wns the higher fpace. Dryd.
A^nd all below i-, (f:rngth, and all above is
grate,
pillars

firmly fet

golden tafei, are his legs and feet.

JV-V.

all

his bafcncfs ript

up before thofe
South.

Vilenefs of metal.

2.

We

a.legcd the fraudulent obtaining his patent,

ol li.t metal, and the prodigious funv

iafcKtfs.

b**

>ined.

Baflardy

3.

r.,

of any thing : commonly

ufed for the lower
part of a building,
or column.
What it it tempt thee tow'rd the flocd, my lord ?
Or t.> the dreadful fuminit of the cliff,
That beetles o'er his b<ift into the fc ?
Sbatefp.

fordid bajeneft doth expel.

Spfnfer.
foul's atio^e th&^u/t'nr/i of.diftruft:

pure fphits, this will be a-double hell.

With

[&;/, Fr. ^z/fr,. Lat.]

The bottom

the power of that Tweet pallion,

all

the airgcls, and

t'>

n. J.

is

Nothing but love could make you founjulr. Dryd.

When a man's folly muft be fpread open before

the

he call every human feature out

at the lecond, lie became the
;

Kntlltt.

kings.

BA'SENESS. n.f. [from tafe.~\

1. Meannefs ; vilenefs; badnefs-.

n. f.

fi.ft .jrin

Ba.or..

In baftardy.

i.

it

of his countenance
head ot

whether

as,

gain.

/i,

concerts for the bafe found.

On

With broken vows his fame he will not Main,

With comjuert bttfely bought, and wuh inglorious

feemeth, no more than abjeft, bafe-m'mdcd, filfe-hcai ted, coward, or nidget

CaimLti*i Remains.
J: fignifieth,

I.

have fufficiently
baft

tin be refined to the height.

in his pallage

the lafe-tourt he dt'.h attend,

you.
Sbakrffcure.

adj.

ably.

worthlefs.

BASE.

men

which we cannot

and

BASE-MINDED,

the

doubtful whether

BA'SELY. adv. [from bafe.~\

i. In a bafe manner ; meanly

yard.

At

am

Bactn

t!iy kajt-ll't;

Mv lord, in
To fpeak with

<viol.~\

embafe

lefs

refined metals,

Born out of wedlock.

Columns of.polim'd marble,

It

grave.

[ias cour, Fr.] Lower

court ; not the chief court that leads to
the houfe ; the back-yard; the farm-

plant; the fame with

deep,

th.;

adj.

To

[bafier, Fr.]

valuable by admixture of
meaner metals.

BASE-COURT.*./

pellitory.

BA'RTON.
manour

f.-c

left

a.

make

to

'^rd tlicy yield.

But

BA'RTRAVI.

To BASE, f

By

BASE-BORN,

corrupteth Englifh wi:h foreign wo.-di,

5s as wife ai ladies that
change plate for chimr;
for which the laudable traffic!* of old clothes ii
much the faireft bcr'.er.
Filter.

./.

He with t'.vT ftriplings (lads more like to run

The country baft, than to commit fuch (laughter)
Made good the pallag;-.
Sbakefpeare.

liwpr-thc note holes be, and

further from the mouth of the pi;>", the m

He who

BA'RTERER.

bays, and in (brae counties called frifoa

bars.

more frequently written Lafs, though

the comparative bafer feeins to
require

n.f.

thing
.,ay w.int, and, in exchange or
tarur, fend other things with which they may
abiun.!.
Bactn.

appointed bafe they went;

heart th' expecting fign receive,
once, the b.irricr leave. DryJ.

all at

a bafe found.
firing that gives
At thy well fliarpen'd thumb, from (hore to fhore,
Th= trebles fi].;f .ik for fear, the bafti roar. Dryden.
8. An old ruftick play, written by Skinner

iron, bral's,

has nothing b
Watt
infer me:al.

it,

to tlieir

The

filver.
puie.gold, if it

darting -pod.

(aid;

With bcacing
And, darting

is

hav.

[from the verb.] The aft

or praftice of trafficking by exchange of
commodities ; fometimes tlie thing given
in exchange.
From England they may be furnifhed with fuch

He

fieid,

is

place from which racers or tillers

the bottom of the field ; the car-

eer, the

wherefore baft?

guinea
without any alloy '>r
Applied to founds

in

6.

run

dinienfr)ns are as well comp.'.cl

Pitij

plum ^, tha:w,ul,l

rotted in a week, for nuts that would

his eating a whole

madam's

gold and

metWrks

Dicay if

The

6.

uled in this fenfe of all metal except

is

ufed with the particle

a'uiay before the thing given.
it is

If they will barnr

t-jcir time,
J~.i;.iy
ih'uld at leall hae (ome eafe

honcfl

baflard

This y.iung

Prl:r.

us, but to truck and l,i r,

nothing
our goods, like the wild Indians, with each ct.ie
I fee

baft.

iffur.
Stakefpcare
lord loll his life with h:> tatner i:
and with them a bafe I'm. Camticn's Rem.
It
Applied to metals, without value.

rate,

barter

gauntlet blue and tuffs white,

round blunt truncheon by his fide,
JJudifras.
So great a man at arms defy'd.

And

legitimate.

Why

and

Sidney*

the legs, [from tat, Fr.]

Nor (hall it e'er be laid that wight,

7.

UrfJt*.

cic.

tafes

With

4. Bafe-born; born out of wedlock, and by

confequence of no honourable birth ; il-

Can

5.

He, whofe mind

Is virtuous, is alone of noble kind ;
Though poor in fortune, of celerHal race ;
And he commits the crime who calls him

a.

To give any thing in exchange

fomething elfe.

thefe noble lords,

not been here.
StaUfearr.
It c.,u!a noteife be, I fooutd
prove fo baft
To fue and be denied fuch common grace. f!l::t.
And 1 v.ill yet be more vile than this, and will
be baje in mine o\vn fight.
2 Ssm.
Inl'urreiaions of bjjc people are commonly mo>e
furious in their beginnings.
Bacon.

Cdlitr

R.

great place, arc like

The broad part of any body ; as, the

bottom of a cone.
Stockings, or perhaps the armour for

4.

Had

fcorn'd to trade and barter t

abilities in

fct

Phala-ftus was all in white, having his

crov'fon embroidered.

to pur-

neighbour.

le

weak

of

ft.itues

That part of" any ornament which hangs

down, as houfings.

3.

Atnrli.r;.

pedeltal of a ftatue.

be hoped of the pcalani^

on great bajti, made the lefs by

Bacon.
the.r advancement.
Mercury was patron of flocks, and the ancients
Brooms,
placed a ram at the bafe of his images.
little

Came, like itfelf,

You, reverend father, and

Hud.lrn.
by taking quirter.
a.an has not e\xry thing growing upon his
and theiefore is w.illng to barter with his

To BA'RTE

ibtion

If'

chafing with money.

As if they
By giving or

Men

Sf^rjcr on Ireland.

by exchanging one commo-

traffick

The

r.

'

n.

dity for another, in opposition

.fa paffi-Mi.

of mean acc~unt ; without dignity of rank ; without honoL. -.

If the l.ids ai.u ch^f ::i n d g^ner^ e, what

3.

[taratter, Fr. to trickfrom harat, craft, fraud.]

illi-

Since the pertecti.T.; J.L- (uch in the party 1

love, as the feelirg of them ca:mot come unto r.::;

Ga;.

whence bcrrenu

BARROW,

difingenaeus

wh-el

Sax.]

:
fp rit

ungenerous ; low ; without digof perfons.

nity of fentiment
beral

Sialcfpeare.

Shall mark, thy ftockm.; with a mi:v trace.

BA'RROW.

Of mean

2.

bafe

Swift*
;

illegitimacy

of- birth.

\Vliy brand they us

with bajenefs ? baftardy,?

Sbakcfjuare..

Deepnefs of found.

4..

The- juft and meafured proportion of the air

toward the baftntfi or trcblenefs of tones,
is une nf the
grcateft feciets in the contemplation
of founds*
Bacon.
pe. culled

To

BASH.

-v. n.

be afhamed
fhame;

[probably from bafe.] To

to be confounded with;

His countenance was bold, and bafhtd not

For Guyon's looks, but fcornful eye glance at him
fl.0%

Spenfir..

BASHA'W,.

'

n.f.

a bafilick
nificent

fljould get in.

which way they

confultcd

all
adj.
[This word, with
thofe of the fame race, are of uncertain

finds in

fignify frame.

Modeit; fhamefaced.

Hence, tajbfxt cunning

prompt me, plain and holy innocence. Sbai.
Our author, anxious lor his fame to-night,
!

firll

attempt
bajhfal
cautioufly obfcure.

Lie.,

BA'SHFULLY.

cannons and

[from bajhful.}
moroufly; modeftly.
BA'SHFULNESS. n.f. [from bajbful.']
1 . Modelty, as fliewn in outward appearmufed how to cut the thread
even, with eyes, cheeks, and lips, whereof each
up the harmony of bajhSidney.

/i;-

Such looks, fuch

The

lijhfulnefs,

li

-in.

Dry din.
2. Vitious or ruftick Ihame.
For fear had bequeathed his room to his kinfto teach him good manners.
msn
bcjhfulncjs,

Sydney
There are others who have not altogether fo
much or" this foolifti bajhfulnefs, and whoalk every
'^;
Dryaen.
opinion.

BA'SI

i,

Lat.]

n.f. [ocjoium,

The name

It

The angle to which the edge

of a joiner's tool is ground away. See
To BASIL.
BA'SIL. n.f. The fkin of a Sheep tanned.
This is, I believe, more properly writgrind the edge of a

an angle,

Thefe c&ffcU

ground to fiich a lafl as

on one of the fides, but are

are not

the joiners chifTels,

'.!:

cd'ge Iic5
the tool.

between both the

Hat fides; fo that the

fides in the middle of
Mox'/n.

BASI'LICA. n.f. [|3lwA>!.] The middle

vein of the arm, fo called by .vay of
likewifc attributed
pre-eminence.
to many medicines for the fame reafon.
It is

'

Quincy.

BASI'LICAL.
BASI'LICX.

1 adj.
j

[from

bajtlica.

See

BASILICA.] Belonging

to

the bafi'.ick vein.

the hafiick vein,

mud

ing always upon bleeding

be aneurifms of the humeral

Sharp.

artery.

n.f. [baftlique, Fr. /fao-iXixr,]

hall,
having two ranges of pillarge

BASI'LICK.

Jars,

and two

iflea

To BASK.

bjfilijis.

is

n.f. \bajin,

We

>..

or wings, with gal-

fmall

On one

fi

j-

Je of the

with i:
under the eye
.

i.f t!;s

walk you

fee this

hollow bafm,

K-jtiona lying conveniently

beholder.
SfcSc.t^r.

inclofed
part of the fea
with a narrow entrance.
'1'h

j'.]t-tin;4

land twj

.I'.npie b.ly5

in rocks,

divides;

The

locks inclofe,
fpati ;tis btjini arching
fure defence fr,Tn ev'i) itorm tint blows. Pofe.

A
4..

Any

hollow place capacious of liquids.

If this rotation does the less a (TV ft,

The rapid motion rather would ejefl

The ftjres, the bw capacious cavn coitain,
call the main. Blackmvre.
And from its ample
for repairing and building (hips.
dock
A
5
6. In anatomy, a round cavity fituated between the anterior ventricles of the brain.
of metal, by which
7. A concave piece
convex glaffes.
glafs-grinders form their
A round ihell or cafe of iron placed
over a furnace,' in which hatters mould
the matter of a hat into form.
a Balance, the fame with
9. Bajir.s of
the fcales ; one to hold the weight, the
other the thing to be weighed.
BA'SI s. n.f. \J:ajis, Lat.]
a
I. The foundation of any thing, as of

Wo

column of a building.
It tn-jft follow, that I'aradif:, being raifed to
this height, muft have- the compals of the whole

cm th

and foundation.
Ralcigt.
charint, guide the rapid wheels
Mitten.
fliake heivVt kjii.

for a tajls

Afccnd

That

my

Sbaktfftare.

principle of

firil

fortune upon the bafn of valour.

Sbaktffeare,
the world are oft
friendfli'ips of

[bacZeren, t)ut. Skinner.'}

in the heat :

a.

<v.

To warm

by laying out

ufed almoft always of animals.

And

ftretch'd out

all the chimney's length,

Milts*.
hairy ftrength.
the fun.
was lafunr himfelf in the gleam of
-

Bafts at the

He

*Tis

all

fire his

thy tiufinefs, bufinefs

hew

to Ihun,

To bajt thy naked body in the fun.

DryJn.
To lie in the warmth.
To BASK. -v.
.

About him, and above, and round

The

birds that

the wood,

haunt the borders of his

That bath'd within, or bafCd upon

To

waters tukc the virtue quicker, and better, than in

Bacai.
veilels and tjfas.
behold a piece of filvcr in a tafir, when
water is put upon it, which we could Hot difcovcr
before, as under the ver.;e thereof.
nivn'i Vulgar Erroun.

3.

To

The

exceeding your greaUft

Banr..

or

Confederacies in vice, or lergues of pleafurc ;

Addjfon.
O'irs has fevercft virtue for its bafn.

Let one attend him with a filvcr bafn,

Full of rofe-watcr, and belhcw'd with flowers.
Sbakfffcarc.
have little wells for infufions, where the

BA'SI L. n.f.

tool to

worthier than the duft

The ground-work

fport,

any thing.
Build me thy

or other ufes.

of

a plant.

ten bafen.
fa BA'SI L. v. a.

pcdcilal.

How many times ihall Csfar bleed in

That now on Pompey's bafa lies along
No

We

might well adorn

cheeks of youths that are more nobly

The

5.

ing to etymology.]
i . A fmall veflel to hold water for wafhing,

I'hi'.oclea a little

make

gentle height, made only proud

be the baft of that pompous load,
Than which a nobler weight no mountain bears.

4.

Fr. bacilf, bacino, Ital.

often written ia/ba, but not accord-

BA'SI N.

ance.

fang their part, to

than yours are

violent

Ti-

is raifed.

Dsr.bim.

you

Add'ijan.

ad-v.

MJifmh

over fcveral times.

Such feems thy

to write,

it

To

not fighted like the bajH'iJi j

I've look'd on thousands who have fped the better
Sbakejftare.
By my regard, but kill'd none fo.
The bajilijt was a fcrpcnt not above three palms
other
from
differenced
fcrpeuts by adlong, and
or corovancing his head, and fome white marks
Brnan's Vlg.H.rr.
nary fpots upon the crown.
or ordnance.
2.
fpecies of cannon
We pnctifc to make I'.vifter motions than any
have, and to make them (Ironger and more:

And

in his

read

That on which any thing

Make me

^. Sheepifti ; vitioufly modeft.

He looked with an almoft ta///kind of mothe eyes of man.
Sidney.
dcfty, as if he feared

And

j.

looking.

I never tempted her with word too large ;

But, a, a brother to his lifter, (he-w'd
and comely love.
Sbahfpeare.
.Bayib/W fmcr.rity,

ir .

capital.
the toft,
Obferving an Englifli infcription upon

fPlfeman,

BA'SILISK. n.f. [bajilifcui, Lat. of #<riXIO-K-, of (iWiXiuc, a king.]

1. A kind of ferpent, called alfo a cockatrice, which is faid to drive away all
others by his hiding, and to kill by

probable.]
I.

it.

ltar wife a ftately pile they retr ;

taSi broad below, and top advanc'd in

and

tetrapharmacon.

over
pledget of tafiliccn

Mlnjhew feems moft

cor.jefture of

alfo

[**!}'.]

oint-

The lowed of the three principal part

of a column, which are the bajii, jkaft,

I.

we

An

Drjdeu.

Qu'tncy.
I made incifion into the cavity, and put a

de-

The

The

for a magis
generally taken
church, as the Lafilick of St.

ment, called

them
etymology. S.'iinner imagines
d from baft, or mean ; Minjbeit.',
from I'trbatfeit, Dut. to ftrike with aitonifhtnent ; Juntas, from j2ao-i;, which
he

In

them.

for the

Peter at Rome.
BASI'LICON. n.f.

Bino.

BA'SHFUL.

Htfychius to

made

firft

ind, bccaufc of the Units o( the mountains, the

-v

Thefe lajtlich were

palaces of princes,
and afterwards converted into courts of
and laftly into churches ; whence
juftice,

leries over

[fometimes written la/a.}

A title of honour and command among
the Turks ; the viceroy of a province ;
the general of an army.
The Turk* made an expedition into Perfia ;

BASHA'W.

B A S

flood,
his fide,

tuneful fongs their narrow throats apply'd.

DnfJr*.
her freely run
To range thyourts.ar.d baft before the fun. ?'ul:".
Some in the fields of pureft zther pia; ,
T
and whiten in the blaze of day.
And

fnlock'd in covers,

let

bajk

BA'SKET. n.f. [bafged, Welfh ; bafcauda,

Barbara depiftis \~vcnlt bafcauda
L.it.

vefFel made of
Britannis. Martial.]
or fome other
twigs, rufb.es, or fplinters,

(lender bodies interwoven.

Here is a bujka; he may creep in, and throw
v
linen upn him, as if g-iiug to bucking.

f,

ul

Thus

And

while

bending

fung,

my

ofieis into

forrows I decch'tl,
weEv'd.
Drydcr,.

,7JJ;','i

Poor l*e w.is forced to ^o hawking and peda bafttt of fiih to

dling ; now and then carrying
jirhutbttt.
the market.
n. f.
[from tajket and
fo made as to
a
of
weapon
hilt.]
contain the whole hand, and defend it

BA'SKET-HILT.

hilt

from being wounded.

His puitfcnt ("word unto his fulc,
Near his undaunted heart, was ty'd
that would hold broth,
With
:

bajka-biii,
Hudlbrtt.
And ferve for fight and dinner both.
Their beef they often in their murrions ftew'd,

And in their ttftct-tilti their bcv'ragc

'.-:

BA'SKET-WOMAN. n.f. from

woman. A woman that plies

'd.

K;ng.

bajket and
at markets

"\

with a bafket, ready to carry home any

thing that is bought.
BASS. n.f. [fuppofed by Jttaius to be
derived, like bafici, from' fome Britifli
but perhaps
word ii^nitying a. fujb
more properly written bofi, from the
French 'b<tffc."\ A mat ufed in churches.
;

Having woollen yarn,

or
ta/s m.\t,

fuch like,

Morl'mrr's Ha/Unity*
them withal.
To BASS. v. a. To found in a deep tone.
to bind

The thunder,
dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd
Theftair.c of 1'iolper ; it did
my ucfpafs. Sbat.

Trftdcep and

Ms

BASS.

BASS. adj. [See BASE.] In mufick, grave;

deep.
n.f. [from bas, and relief,
work, Fr.] Sculpture, the figures
of wnich do not ftand out from the

BASS RELIEF,

much

half; and in the third

BASS-VIOL. See BASE VIOL.

On the fw.:sp of the arch lies
-

one of

Dr^d:r..

[Ital.]

ihe flandered

game

That

with

ftill I

RELIEF.

<v.

Armorick
a Hick
rals,
1.

To

While

And
2.

to the

bajtards and

fyllables

'->"gy, iiifenfible, a

very

war

's

a de-

men.
Shaktj;iart.
2. Spurious ; not genuine ;
fuppofuitious;
felfe ; adulterate.
In this fenfe, any
thing which bears fome relation or reflroytr of

femblance to another,

is

called fpurious

or baftard.
may partly hope

that your father got you

hat you are not the Jew's daughter.
That
were a kind of baftard hope indeed.

Mt."
purlue thtir
is

own

Utakrffnan.
'
the difguife of publick good,
of
anil
luch bajturd
defigns
power,

as attend

them.

BA'STARD Ccdnr

lim^lc.

Trie,

[called

guazuma

Weil Indies.]
To BA'STAR D. -v. n. [from the noun.] To
vift of being a baftard ; to
ftigma1C

tize w!th badardy.

!

as drpjfed
',

7'',
1

2.

HA'SI ARDIZE.

To
To

"th-r beheaded, and her

crown, baftardtd in

Ir'jm the

and cruelly murdered.

<v.

a.

Bacon.

[from baftard.}
convidt of being a baftard,
*
beget a baftard.

VOL.

1.

of roafted mutton falling on the birds,

to tajlc them, and fo fave time and
Suiifr.

few

flightly.

[bajler, Fr. to ditch.]

The

aft

the

Of bafiinaftM) cuts, and wounds.

Hudibras.
2. It is fometimes taken for a Turkifh
punilhment, of beating an offender on
the foles of his feet.

adj. [from bate.~\ Difputable.

Eatable ground feems to be the ground heretofore in qucftion, whether it
belonged to England
or Scotland, lying between both
kingdoms. Ciw.-//.

BATCH, n.f. [from bake,~\

i. The
quantity of bread baked
batch

z.

beat ; to treat with the

bajlinailo.
Nick (eized the longer end of the cudgel,, and
Lewis, who had
flunk into a corner, waiting tht event of a fquabble.
Arbuibnot.
began to

bjfl'ixadi old

A huge
[haftian, Fr.]
mafs of earth, ufually faced with fods,
fometimes with brick, rarejy with ftonc,
/landing out from a rampart, of which
it is a
principal part, and was ancientlycalled a bulwark.
Harris,
Towa.-<i
but how ? ay thcn- 's th; quelti'in

BA'STION, n.f.

BAT.

word feems JO
a great number of

have given rife to

words in many languages
Fr. to beat

as,

quantity of any thing

deStrife; contention; as, a make

To BATE, v. a. [contracled from abate.]

I
To lefil'n any thing ; to retrench.
.

Shall

With
Say

bend

1-jw,

and

in a

bondmun'h key,

baled breath, and whifp'ring Immbleiu-fs,

Shakefp. Merchant of Venice.

envious at the fight, will I forbear
nor
bate my plenteous cheer.
plenteous bowl,

this

NT,

My
;.

To

Drydcn.

fink the price,

Wh-n

the landholder's rent falls, he muft either

bate the labourer's wages, or not employ, or not

py

battrc,

baton, battlf, teat, batty,

Mortimers Hujbandry.
made at
once, fo as to have the fame qualities.
Except he were of the fame meal .md latch.
Ben Jofyn.

Any

bate.}
bate.

Prior.

n.f. [bar, Sax. This

is

puts the boards into ovens after the

drawn, or lays them in a w srm ftabk.

BA'TCHELOR. See BACHELOR.

BATE, n.f, [perhaps contracted from

Fierce the afiault, unarm'd the laflhn.

at a time.

The joiner

To BASTINA'DE. ~l<v. a. [from the noun;

To BASTINA'DO. J baftonner, Fr.] To

it

Practam.

BA'TABLE.

But this
Zelmanc ;

courtefy w.is worl'e than a bafllr.ado to

fo with rageful eyes (he bade him defend himfelf.
Sidney.
And all thofc harfli and rugged founds

They

Stpktfptare.

bat-fowling.

of beating with a cudgel

blow given with a cudgel.

with

hedges.

and then beat the

Bodies lighted at night by fire, muft nave a

brighter luftre than by day j as facking of citie;,

BASTINA'DE.
1.

trees, or

;
upon which the birds, flying to
the flames, are caught either with nets,
or otherwile.
You would lift the moon out of her fphere, if
Die would continue in it five weeks without
changWe mould fo, and then go a tat-foii'ting.
ing.

it.
fat

iatundfmvl.]

bufhes

Sbaktjptjn.

will fcrve

To

upon perches,

moiften meat on the fpit by

falling

upon
The

n.f. [from

light torches or ftraw,

have, a

Sbaktfp.

adj.

e is a

:.

To

no

particular manner of bird-catching in

the night-time, while they are at rooit

it

bajl'mg.

kind of fweet wine.

getter of ir.orc tajlard children than

turns upon the fpit.

think the meat wants what

ftar

fwallows in the winter feafon

keep,
the drowfy bat and dorinoufe
deep. Gay,

Swift.

thing elfe, upon

as

Sir, 1

3.

Where
And how

BAT-FOWLING,

butUT.

[from the noun.]

Begotten out of wedlock ; illegitimate.

To

meat

4.

Score a pint of baftard.

Then your brov/n bafird is your only drink. Sbak.

2.

Drydtn,

allowance to your b>.<fom's truth.

BASTARD,

a little gentie jerking

Sets the fpirits all a-working.
drip butter, or' any

Stattfn.-arf.

that fair

fair forms of good and truth difrern

;
Bats they became who eagles were before
j
And this they got by their delire to learn. Davits.
Some animals are placed in the middle betwixt
two kinds, as bats, which have fomething of birdi
and beads.
Locke.

in vain

Kujlmgs heavy, dry, obcufe,

Only dulnefs can produce j

Could the

Eecaufe the pangs his bones endure

Contribute nothing to the cure.
Hudibrtts.

bare,

thing fpurious or falfe.

Words

rooted in your tongue

Of no
3.

Lydmnia

fent her boafted

baflard to the war.

Any
But

Lydian king

But then grew reafon dark

more

deduced.]
beat with a ftick.
it is

When owls do cry,

the bat's back I do fly.

On

may be

BA'STARD.

and

Bazata, in the
with

to feel pain

Hakncill.

as

bajlou, a
all its derivatives, or collate-

Quoth flic, I grant

For one that 's ia/it-J

bats.

[vefpertilio, the

cheefe ; and appears

candles, oil,
only in the fummer evenings, when the
weather is fine.
Calmet.

dialecl, fignifies to ftrike

and

ftick,

n.f.

with feathers, but with a fort of (kin

which is extended. It lays no eggs, but
brings forth its young alive, andfuckles
them. It never grow* tame, feeds
upon
flies, infefts, and fatty fubftances, fuch

from which perhaps

weight,

etymology unknown.] An animal having the body of

a moufe and the wings of a bird ; not

a. participle paiT.
bafted, or

other large flutes ; its diameter at bottom is nine inches, and it ferves for the
bafs in concerts of hautboys, &c.
Trevoux.
BA'SSOCK. n.f. The fame with bafs.

H'm

broken with

BAT.

be true begot, or no,

\_baftanner, Fr.

baften.

its

A handfome lat he held,

which he leaned, as one far in eld.
Sftrfer.
They were fried in arm chairs, and their bones

lay

To BASTE.

See BASS-

n.f. [bafiartU, Welfh, of

low birth ; bajlarde, Fr.]
1. Baftard,
according to the civil and
canon law, is a perlon born of a woman
out of wedlock, or not married ; fo that,
according to order of law, his father is
not known.
Aylijfe.

tnj>,:r,'y

fignified

On

upon my mother's head. Sbaksff*.

In rcfpedt cf the evil conlequents, the wife's
adultery is worfe, as bringing baftjrdy into a family.
Taylor.
No more of kajtardy in heirs of crowns, foft.

at

BASSO' at. la./, \_baffbn, Fr.] A mufical

BASSO'ON. j inftrumentof the wind kind,
blown with a reed, and furnifhed with
eleven holes, which are flopped like

me

probably

or club.

baftard, both according to the laws of

God and man, from fucceeding to an
inheritance.
Aylijfe.

Once

It

that did execution by

oppolition to a fharp edge ; whence

whirlbat and brickbat.} A heavy ftick

BA'STARDY.

n.f. [from baftard.'} An unlawful ftate of birth, which diiables tht

others.

in

'Let the mind's thoughts but be transplanted fo

Into the body, and baflardty they grow.
Dame.

t]:e

Gamefters would no more blafpheme; and lady

Dabchcek's bajjtt bank wouU be broke.
Dennis.

B4SSO RELIEFO.

Staicjfeart.

But whether

Mule;, playing on a bajt^ml.

BA'SSA. See. BAS HAW.

BA'SSET. a. f. [baffet. Fr.]
cards, invented at Venice.

and

weapon

ad<v. [from
baftard.} In the
manner of a baftard ; fpurioufly.
Good feed degenerates, and oft obeys
The foil's difeafe, and into cockle (Irays ;

coins.
\

i-dixing.

BA'STARDLY.

as in

lefs,

ftar

lieft
t.t

raifed

gro-jnd in their full proportion. Feliiien

diftinguifhes three kinds of bafi-rtlitf :
in the firft, the fitat figures appear
almoft with the full relief; in the fecond, they ftand out no more than one

BAT

A T

have been w4iat J am, had the maic*enin the firmament twinkled on my
baf-

I fliould

3.

him.

To

leflcn a

Lccltt.

demand.

UK,

Bate

me

fome, and

will pay

tnolt debtor! do, promife

you

you Come, and, as

4.

Sbtkrfp.

cut off; to take away.

Bate but the laft, and 'tis what

Hnrj

Drydcn

To BATE.

IV.

Why my

acres of vineyard (hall yield one tali, an!

the feed of an homer (hall yield an cphah.
Ifaicb, . 10.

not I fallen away vilely fmce thi

'
I not tattt do I not dwindle
Ikin hangs about me like an old lady's

Do

Sbaktfpeart's Henry

remit

IV.

To BATHE.
1.

with ef before the thing.

Abate thy (peed, and I will bate of mine. Dryd.

feems to have been once tTie preterite of bite, as Shakcfpcare ufes biting
unlefs, in the following lints,

faulcbion ;
it may rather be deduced from beat.
Yet there the ftetl ftaid not, but inly bete
Deep in his fled, and open'd wide a red flood gate.

a.

[banian, Saxon.]

To

warn, as in a bath.
Others on lilvcr lakes and rivers bait't!
Their downy bread.
Milton't ParaiKfe
Chancing

BATE

<o.

to bathe himfelf in the river

To

fupple or foften

adj.

by

[from bate and/a//.] Con-

I'll

her haunt, and haunted in the fame,

his flieep her (heep in food to thwart ;
Which foon as it did batiful queftion frame,
He might on knees confefs his guil:y part. Sidney.

BA'TEMENT.
minution

To

3.

Frefli

When forrows come, they come not fingte fpirs,

Bur in battalions.
Sbakefpeare' t Hamltt.
In this battalitn there were two officers, -illcd
i

Thcrfites and PanJarus.

in
I

Exercifes.

ciple in itfelf,

prcpofition.]

The

king, your brother, could not choofe an

advocate,
Wh(,-m I would I'ooner hear on any fubjcfl,

their turning filver and copper blackift.

The cold baths are the moll convenient

ftate in

which great outward heat

In the height of this bath, when I was more

than half dewed in greafe like a Dutch dift, to be

thrown iuto the Thames

Sbattjp.

cow's dugs that

milked.

BATO'ON.

Merry Wnies of Winder.

In chymiftry, it generally fignifies a

3.
veflel of water, in which another is
placed that requires a fofter heat than
Balneum Muriee is a
the naked fire.
rniilake for balneum marts, a fea or water
find heat is fometimes called
bath.
balneum fee cum, or cinertum.
Quincy.

fee

that the water of things diftilled

pretty

in

which they call the batb, diflcreth not

much from die water of things diiVlled by fire.

chopt hands

Although

make

his IhoulJcrs

Be claw'd and

The

The French came

foreraoft, tjtiailous

ll

ith,

and

home

ba'.tcn

on

bits.

will

keep,
Drydcn*

his deep.

:i:ce,

r'ull

blythe and amicable,

Battir. bclidc erle Robert's table.

While paddling ducks

Or

hjgs

ba:i'x:r.g

BA'TTEN.

roll in

n. /.

the

Prior*

fHncing lako deure

the linking mite.

Gay's Pafttrab.

word ufed only by

workmen.

b.ittin is a

fcantling of wood, two, three, or

aod the
, i'eldo;n above one thick,

M:XOTJ*

length unlimited.

To

BATTER, -v.

a. \lattre, to beat, Fr.]

to beat down ; to fh;ittcr :

To beat ;
frequently ufed of walls thrown down by
artillery, or of the violence of engines
of war.

To

appoint battering rams againft the gntes, to

mount, and to build a fort.

Thefe haughty words of hers
Have batter'd me like roaring cannon

ExMtl.

caft a

m.\de me alm>>it yield tp.-a n

Britannia there, the fort in vain

And

lludil>.u.

Had

batter''J

been with g ilJen rain

'li^t,

knees. Sbak,

Thunder itfelf had faiTd to pafs.

Be then the naval (lores the nation's

New mips to build, and batter' J

To wear with beating.

Waller.
cire,

2.

to repair.

Drydtn.

the caftle mounted up the ftreef,

Crowd;
feet.
Batt'ring the pavement with their courfers

and bolJ
Fairfax

10

to live

at full length the pamperM monarch lay,

Bjrt'ti':ng in eafe, and (lumbering life away. Gaitb*

2.

Bjfin's Hiiiu

Pbifyt.

fat

grow

As

with tatom

He ftarted up, and did himielf prepare

In fun-bright arms and tanailaa array. Fairfax

To

lazy glutton lafe at

Indulge his

were, forbidding us to
Bacon's Nciu ,4rj'an!is.
a man the worfe,

A truncheon or marlhal's ftafF; a badge

of military honour.
BA'TTAILOUS. adj. [from iattaille, Fr.]
Having the appearance of a battle ;
warlike ; with a military appearance.

thoots.
.

Sbaktjfejrt.
Burnifli'd and bati'mnp on their food, to (h iw
The diligence of careful rieiJs beiow.
Drydcn.

it

cud^ell'd to fome tune.

hen*, with<*rr*m'r ooze tnrich'd,

three cuujts high
;

in indulgence.
Follow your function, go and batten nn cold

I .

does not

to feed plen-

Ipirit to the grals

The jointed herbage

To BA'TTEN. o>.

fpelt bajton.]
Itaffor club.
We came dole to the (horc, and offered to land ;
but ftraightways we faw divers of the people with

That

fat

We

The meadows
Give

land.

make

drove afi-ld,
our flocks with the frelh dews of night.
Af;/r r

haJ

n.f. [l>aj}on, or baton, Fr. for-

[a word of doubtful

a.

Sbatrjpeart.

taflms in their hartd, as

batb,

Shake If fare's Macbeth.

water,

her

now

not

is

To fertilize.

z.

killing of her />.:/, and the

merly

1.

lilt, fore labour's

remember the

i>.

fatten, or

Batt'r.ir.g

Sleep,

The bi'th of each day's

Balm of hurt minds.

To

Locke.

BA'TJ.ET.
/ [from bat.] A fquare
in
piece of wood, with a handle, ufed
beating linen when taken out of the
buck.

is

all.

Poftt
in ufc.

their utmotr. power.

our battalion trebles th.it account. .S'tfjK

teoufly.

Baling that only one, his love, than you.

If we confider children, we hive little reafon to
think that they bring many ideal with them,
ideas of hunger and
but;r.g, perhaps, fome faint
third.

o'er*helms them

fate

etymology.]

Rome.

is

applied to the body, for the mitigation

of pain, or any other purpofe.

Except.

one

army. This fenfe

Why,

This word, though a partifeems often ufed as a

or abate.

pierc'd t>a;ta/ioms difunited fall

7 BA'TTEN.
i .

in Cummer, and in winter fiide. Walh.

But ta:be, and, in imperial robes array'd,
Pcpii QdyJJry.
Pay due devotions.
BA'TI N o, or BA'T INC. prep. [from.baie,

But the mocutaneous cafes.

dern praftice has greateft recourfe to
the natural baths ; moft of which abound
with a mineral fulphur, as appears from

not the cold batb, into whicn UK-;,

tfiare in then
plunged themfelves, have had fome
cure ?
Addfyris Spectator.

any refemblance of a bath.

Taller*

.Six or leven thoufand

Except they meant to batbr in reeking wounds,

cannot tell.
Sbatcfpeare's Macbeth.

They bjrhe

opening

Why may

An

2.

bathe,

The delighted fpirit

bathe in fiery floods, or to refide
In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice. Sbatcff.
The gallants dancing by the river fide,

alfo in

produce abundance of noble cures performed by them.

<%uincy.

mutual blood the centaurs

To

cold water
fprings, or refervatories, of
to warn in, which the ancients had in
can
great efteem ; and the prefent age

(tood,
bath'd in blood.

To

To

n./. [ba$, Saxon.]

bath is either hot or cold, either of
I.
Artificial baths have
art or nature.
been in great efteem with the ancients,
be relieved
efpecially in complaints to
by revulfion, as inveterate headaches,
the pores of the feet, and
by

The

In heaps on heaps

Dido

wrath.
Jove himlelf give way to Cinthia's
Drydcn.
be in the water, or
BATHE, -v. n.

is to

Moxon't Mechanical

in

divifion of

tain, but generally from five to eight

hundred men. Some regiments confift
of one battalion, and others are divided
into two, three, or more.

And

BATH.

We

Left.

Cydiun,

DnJn.
Mars could

wafte a piece of fluff; inltead

of alking how much was cut off, carpenters alk
what beienunt that piece of Iruff had.

To. abate,

from her wound, her bofom

in array,

n.f. [tat aillon, Fr.]

an army ; a troop ; a
boJy of forces. It is now confined to
the infantry, and the number is uncer-

walh any thing.

I'i.oenician

n.f. [from abatement.] Dia term only ufed among ar-

tificers.

Drydcn.

He knew
And taught

into bat-

Chrendcn.

BA TTA'LION.

ffijtman's Surgay.
in tears tor my offence.

talkt your wounds

army

di.tinguifhed from the wings.

outward ap-

the

his

The mnin body of an army

2.

while by clyflers and lenitive bolufes.

tentious.

a.

Next morning the king put

Ital.]

talia.

plication of warm liquors.

Bathe them, and keep their bodies foluble the

Sfctijtr.

B A'T E F u L

BATTA'LIA. n.f. [battaglia,

1. The order of battle.

through the exccllive coldi.cfs of thefe watcn, he

Stiiii.-.
fell fi.k, near unto death, for three days.
2.

fiery region,' ftretch'd

In bitta'Jcus afpeft, and nearer view

Briltlcd with upright beams innumerable
Mnltn.
Of rigid fpeart and helmets throng'd.

Ten

gown.

To

2.

Friar.

am

election

loofe

Sfani/b

of Hebrew meafure, containing

and
things liquid ; and three pecks
three pints as a meafure for things dry.
Calm-l.

fay.

left.

Bardolph,
laft

would

n,

<v.

To grow

1.

I
i

fort

the tenth part of an homer, or it. en

gallons and four pints, as a meafure for

infinitely.

To

4.

BAT

BAT

BAT

If you have a Clvcr fiucepan for the k..

uk,

BAT
me

advife you to tatter it well

ufe, let
fceiv conftant good houfekeeping.

Swift's DircRhtll

to perfons, to

Applied

3.

the Ccol,

to

am

a poor old batttrrd fellow,

willingly end my days in peace.

By

lllfliry

Sfvtitrn.

and

would

ofj'bn

from

its

mixn.f. [from To batter.}

ture of feveral ingredients beaten together with fome liquor ; fo called from
its being fo much beaten.
One would have all things little, hence has try'c
Turkey poulcs frefn from th' csg '.: batter fry'd.
Khg,
BA'TTER ER. n.f. [from batter.,] He that

BA'TTER.

batters.

n.f.

[from batter, oriatterie,

aft of battering.
Strong wars they make, and cruel latUrj ben
'Cainft fort of reafun, it to overthrow.
Fairy <%.
minds,

Earthly

like

mud

the

reftlt

walls,

Iic/te.

ftrongeft tatteri^s.

inftruments with which a town is

battered, placed in order for aftion ; a

The

of cannon.
Where is beftplac?to make

line

our batfry next ?

think at the north gate.
Sbatefp. Henry VI.
It plant* this reafoning and that argument, this
eonfeqiience and that diltinclion, like fo many inI

tellectual batteiiei,

till

forces a

at length it

way

f adage into the obftinate inclofed truth. Sautb.

Sec, and revere th' artillery of heav'n,

Drawn by the gale, or by the temped driven
dreadful fire the floating batt'ries make,

O'erturn-the mountain, and the

foreft (hake.

Slatkmcre.

The

frame, or raifed work, upon which

cannons are mounted.
A violent finking of any
4. [In law.]
man. In an aftion againil a (hiker,
one may be found guilty of the aflault,
yet acquitted of the battery. There may
therefore be aflault without battery ; but
battery always implies an afiault.
3.

Chambers.

Why does he fufter this rude knave n

knock him about the fcon-e with a dirty
and vvi^l not tell him of h, ^clion and battery ?
SLaSir, quo' the lawyer, not to flatter ye,
Kave as good ard fair a battfry
As heart cjin \vi(h, ar.d necti not flume
Thr proudefl man alive to claim.
Hudibra!.
>

BA'TTISH.

We receive

adj.

[from bat.]

Refembling

be out late in a
hu-nour.
battijh
Cer.tlcnan IntlruRid.

The

To

accounts of ladies tattling

f, -.
cr. both

it

n.f. [bataille, Fr.]

an encounter between oppo-

armies.

We

Into

m-ir-.i to give

you

,ne

tattle prefentiy.

Sbaktfjj.

within our power,

She'll r.'ver fee his pa,
fptare.
The race it not to the fwrft, nor the batt.e to
the ftrong.
EcilcJ.'

truncheons

make

billet,

bavin, and coals.

Mortim;i'.

BAULK.

To

BALK.

See

BA'\VBLE. n.f. \_Baubellum, in barbarous

Latin, fignified a jewel, or any thing
valuable, but not neceflary. Omnia baubellafua dedit Othoni. Hoveden. Proba-

BATTLE-ARRA'Y. n.f.
ARRAY.] Array, or
Two

[See

A gewgaw ; a
bly from beau, Fr.]
trifling piece of finery ; a thing of more
iliow than ufe ; a trifle. It is in general,
whether applied to perfons or things, a
term of contempt.

bafe,

virtues bafl'ing with his place.

Sn-ift.

BATTLE

anc

order, of battle.
women, placed in the op-

parties of fine

boxes, feemed dra%vn up in lattle-arra)

one agalnft another.
slddifon.

She haunts me in every place. I was on the

bank with fome Venetians, and thither comes
the bauble, and falls me thus about my neck.

n.f.

ciently, probably the

weapon ufed anfame with a bill.

fea

Certain tinner?, as they were working, founc

and fwords of copper, wrap*

fpear heads, batt'e-axel,

ped in linen clouts.

Care-zu.

n.f. [fo called from door,

taken for a flat board, and bc.ttle, or

An inftrument with a handle

and a flat board, ufed in play to llnke
a ball or fliuttlecock.

This

rupted
raifed

In gingling rhyme.
prince, the moment he

fix'd his

As emblems

Thou

make

(halt

if

any

man

this

we

to the high'jft t:i:t/imeal, from

The Trojans threw their darts.

whence
Dcnham.

Their (iandard, pir.ntcd on the biillltmint,

Defpair and d?alh arnor.g the Mi'ie.-s f;iit. Dryd.

No, I (han't envy him, whoe'er ho be,

That (lands upon the i>al;t':mri:ti of it.ite j

BA'WCOCK.

to a

Sbakefpeare.

Why, how now, my

chuck

-,

AUBfiV;
and the

''i

bavaro-y the fon embrace,

er'd o'er with lace.

in th**

TQ

Cay.

word ufed in Scotland,

n.f.
nottliern counties, for a half-

penny.
dravvrs of

my japan

lady Gripeali I the Ca.ais (how,

bureau,

>

baiucock f

how

doft thou,

Stakeffcare's Twelfth Night.

*./ [bauds, old Fr.]

procurer, or procurefs ; one that introduces
men and women to each other, for the

promotion of debauchery.
If your worihip will take order for the drabs and
the knaves, you need not to fear tr.e liaivils. Stak.

This commodity,

ThisidtW, this- broker, this all-changing word,

Hath drawn him from his own determin'd aid.
Shakeffeart.
colouring lena fororii, thciaW
(he drcflcs her up, (he
paints
piucuici for the dcfign, and makes lovers

Our author
of her

1;

familiar word,
fame as fne

felloinj.

kind of cloak or fur-

tout.

to fignify the

BAWD.

Till o'er their brows dca:h,

counterfeiting deep,
leaden legs ;u:d
batty wings doth cr--ep.

BA'VAROV. n.f.

[perhaps from beau, or

coc/t.~\

which feems

than great.
The weighiy mr.llct deals refounding bl IMS,
Till the proud batti'tmtnt; her tow'rs inclofe.
Cay.

[from 6af.] Belonging

n.f.

and

baude,

I'd rather be fccure

adj.

aitj.

in ufe, except in converfation.

A b.nulling vefiel was he captain of,
For (hallow draft and bulk unprized ;
With which fuch icathful grapple did he make,
With the moft noble bottom of our fleet.
Stak.

pafs

Up

Sivift.

Tri[from ba-ivble.]
fling; contemptible: a word not now

Deuteronomy.

Through

of the (bvcreign pow'r,

BA'WBLING.

battl.mmt for thy roof, that

fill.

crown'd,

Like other baivblei of the Tow'r.

head upon our battlement*.

Sbakjp. Macbeth.

thou bring net blood upon thy houfe,

Gran-ville.
is

Inherits every virtue round,

embrafures, or interftices, to look thro'

to annoy an enemy.

And

Dryden.

neither figures nor wheels ;

loaded with baiublci and feals.
Prior.

is defended
perhaps only cor-

from b'timent, Fr.]

A wall
round the top of a building, with

'tis

Our author then, to pleafe you in your way,

Prefents you now a baiuble of a play,

n f. [generally fuppofed
as the parts
;

be writ to fright the fry away,

their little baivblis, when they play.

A lady's watch needs

formed from battls,

from whence a building
aflailants

and baivbles.
Government of the Tongut.

(hall traffick toys

'Tis enough that

Lake.

againft

is

(hall

Who draw

Play-things, which are above their (kill, as tops,

gigs, tatiieJocn, and the like, which are to be
ufcd with labour, (hould indeed be procured them.

to be

we

notions,

ft iki'tg.'}

BA'TTLEMENT.

Sbakeffeare's Othello*
a paltry cap,
a
filken pie.
cuftard coffin, a bjiable,
Sbakrff.
If, in our contcft, we do not interchange ufcful
It

BA'TTLEDOOR.

With

generally fay a tattle

of many, and a combat of two.
The Eng i(h army, that dividril was

And

to give battle.

own, he hates an action

His

bat.

fite

[tatailhr, Fr.]

Addijvn.

To

fight

n.

o>.

fides.

BA'TTY.

Soon kindled, and foon burnt. Shakefp. Henry IV,

For moulded to the life in clouts
Th' have pick'd from dunghills thereabouts,
He's mounted on a hazel bavin,
A crop'd malignant baker gave him. Hvdibras.

a bat.

BA'TTLE.
I.

from the

to contend in fight.
'Tis curs by craft and by furprize'to ga'n
*Tb ynu: j to meet in arms, and battle in the plain

join battle

The

and

fay to join battle

To BA'TTLE.

BA'TTLE-AXE.

Fr.]
1.

as diftincV

p-ifite fide

BK'TTERY.

2.

We

4.

or ary timber, tint bulges

bottom or foundation, is faid to i.;.'f.
Mcxct,

[of uncertain derivation.]

A ftick like thofe bound up in faggots ;
a piece of wafte wood.
He rambled up and down
With (hallow jefters and rafh bavin wits,

the avant-guard, hjmfelf followet

with the battle a good diftance behind, and after
came the arrier.
Heyicard.

word ufed only by

Man

BA'VIN. n.f.

led

Angus

or divifion of an

forces,

The main body,

van and rear.

3.
Bull.

As the fsme dair.e, experi^nc'd in htr trade,

names of toafts retails each tatter'tl jade. Fife,

To B A'T T E R v. n.
workmen.
The fide of a wa!',

body of
army.

"T!s equal to her lady/hip or me

copper Otho, or at Scotch baubee.
Bramji.

The king divided his army into thee battle!

whereof the vanguard only, with wings, came to
Bacon
fight.

The

Arbulkr.ifs

2.

wear out with

tj:::i'4 veteran ftrumpets here

Pretend at leal'r to bring a mndeft ear.

So they joined battle, and the heathen being difi Maccabees

comiiU'J Hed into the plain.

this wil

fervice.

B A

filler

her, flie
for her.

To

pets.
Leucippe
at thj

Dryden.

BAWD,
procure

calls

defign

To
[from the noun.]
to provide gallants with (trum-v.

n.

il
afeht for the kind's luft, and bawds,
fame timcj 10. ihc wiiole court.
sidfifox.
x *
And

And

months

in four

a batter'd hirridan

Swift
ad-v.

[from laivt/y.]

Ob-

[from baiudy.~\

Ob-

fcenely.

JA'WDINESS.

n.f.

fcenenefs.

B.I'WBRICK.

[See

n.f.

BALDRICK.]

belt.
Frefl) garlands too the virgins temples crown'd ;
ut'is pit fw.irJs wort atth.ir thigh?, with
j

coft fo

I j-.uJ.'

Cbaf man's

bound.

i.-.<s

Iliad.

for a jig,

or a tale of

It is mod certain, that barefaced ba-uidry is the

Dryden.
pooreft pretence to wit imaginable.

adj.

[from

baruid."\

or

lefs

are called
called

commonly

BAY.
An
.

water

Obfcene; un-

is

where the

(hut in on all fides, except at

the entrance.

reverend Syracufan merchant,

Sbakefpcart.
put unluckily into this bay.
have alfo fome works in the midft of the

generally applied to language.

The bawdy wind, that kifl'es all it meets,
Is hufli'd within the hollow mine of earth,

Who

And

and fome bays upon the more for fome works,

wherein is required the air and vapour of the fea.

chafte

will not hear

't.

Only

That come

to hear a

Not

o.-.e

poor

bawdy

jeft ihall

dare appear

For now the

batter'd veteran ftrurapets here

Soutberrt.
Pretend at leaft to bring a modeft ear.

BA'WDY-HOUSE. n.f. A houfe where

traffick is made by wickednefs and debauchery.
Has the pope lately fliut up the bawdy-bcufes,
or does he continue to lay a tax upon fin ? Den-.is,

To BAWL.
1.

"J. n.

To hoot

When tir'd

Some of you have

z.

\lalo, Lat.]

ufed in contempt.
They bawl for freedom in their fenfelefs mood,
And ftill revolt, when truth would fet them free.

BAY.

Is,

(bakes the ftatues on their pedeftals. Dryden,

home no lucre him can draw ;

From
The fenate's mad decrees he never faw,
Nor heard at bawling bars corrupted law. Dryden
his lov'd

like a ftas
(hip, for fifteen hours, fate
at the bay, and was fieged anc
fought with, in turn, by fifteen great mips.
<witb Spain
Bacon's

This

among hounds

War

Fair liberty, purfued and meant a prey

To lawlefs power, here turn'd, and ftoui

And bawl, and

Nor

damn

2.
;

blame,
her into fame. Smith

have a race of orderly elderly people, who cai

lawl when I am deaf, and tread foftly when I am
only giddy and would Ceep.
Swift
I

2.

To cry as a froward child.

A little child was ba-uiling, aud a woman chidin
it.

L'Ejtrangc
If they were never fufTeted to have what the
cried for, they would never, with baivlirg an
for maftery.
Locke
jeevi/rmcfs, contend

My

hulbjnd took him

in,

a dirty boy

it

wa

the bufinefs of the fervants to attend him, th

ike fuch a noife.
rogue did ba-wl and

Abulbmt's

It BAWL,

-v.

a.

To

Hiflory of Jc,ln

proclaim as a

Bu

crier.

was

nor hopes to force his way

Embolden'd by defpair, he flood at bay ;
Refolv'd on death, he diffipatcs his f^'ars,
And bounds aloft againft the pointed fpears. Dryd

Dryden' t Fables

hifs,and

I have feen the wicked in great power, and

a green bay tret.
ffa/ms.
fpreading himfelf like

AY. n.f. A poetical name for an honorary crown or garland, bellowed as a

prize for any kind of victory or excellence.
Beneath his reign mall Eufden wear the bays.
Pope.

To BAY. if. n [abboyer, Fr.]

To bark as a dog at a thief, or at the
game which he purfues.
And all the while (he ftood upon the ground,
The wakeful dogs did never ceafe to bay. Fairy <^.
The hounds at nearer diftance hoarfely bay'd ;
The hunter clofe purfued the vifionary maid
.

She rent the hcav'n with loud laments, imploring

flight

left,

Some

writers, perhaps miftaking the

meaning, have ufed lay as referred to
the affailant, for diftance beyond whicl

[from bay, an inclofed place.]

compafs about; to fliut in.

2.

All,

fir'd

And with a
The Trnjan

with noble emulation, ftrivc ;

ftorm of darts to diftance drive

his

en-

We

are at the flake,

enemies. Sbakffteart.
bay'd about with many
follow with barking;
BAY. <v. a.

'o

To

to bark at.
I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in the wood of Crete they bay'd the boar
With hounds of Sparta.
SLokffeari.
If he mould do fo,
He leaves his back unarm'd, the French and Welch
'

Baying him at the

Salt
Salt.

JAY

receives
the fun,

heels.

Stahfftare.

made of fea

water, v,hich
confidence from the heat of

its

and

is

fo called

from

its

brown

letting the fea water into

fquare pits or bafons, its furface being
ftruck and agitated by the rays of the
colour.

fun,

it

By

thickens at

firlt

imperceptibly,

and becomes covered over with a flight

cruft, which hardening by the continuance of the heat, is wholly converted
into

fait.

The

water in this condition

fcalding hot, and the cryftallization

or at moft
perfected in eight, ten,

is

fifteen days.

Chambers.

All eruptions of air, though fmall Sand flight,

give found, which we call crackling, puffing, fpitcaft into fire.
ting, &c. as in bay fait and bay leaves

Bacon.

BAY Window.

window

jutting

out-

ward, and therefore forming a kind of

bay or hollow in the room.

BAY

chief; who, held at bay, from far

Vulcanian orb fuftain'd the war. Drydfn
We have now, for ten years together, turned the
whole force and expcnce of the war, where th
Siv:ft
enemy was belt able to hold us at a bay.

On

To

And

It

no approach could be made.

Drydfn's Fablts.

aid.

is

Deiibarn

So on the tuneful Margarita's tongue

hung

in the utmoft diftrefs.

enemies, and obliged to face them by

an impoflibility of efcape.

foul difgrace,
bawling infamy, in language bafe,
Till fenfe was loft in found, and filence fled th<

lift'ning nymphs and ravifli'd heroes

cits and fops the heav'n-born mufick

is

taken from abboi, the barkyig of

a dog at hand, and thence fignified the
condition of a flag when the hounds were
almoft upon him.]
1. The ftate of any thing furrounded by

Loud menaces were heard, and

But

the laft
[abbot, Fr. fignifies
as, Innocence eft aux abboins.

It is

And

The

n. /.

extremity

Millin.

cry the caufe up heretofore,

Hudibras.
And batal the bifhopi out of door.
Through the thick (hades th' eternal fcribbler

place.

head raifed to keep in ftore

of water for driving a mill.

To

bail

pond

Dryd.
Dryden.

bay,

Boileau. Innocence

to cry with great vehemence,

word always
whether for joy or pain.

And

at fea, within this bfy they creep.

bulhcls in

were anciently made.

Baccn.

from this calm bay

Hail, facred folitude
I view the world's tempeftuous fea.
Rcfammoa.
Here in a royal bed the waters deep,

Sbatefpcarc.

after threepence a bay. Sbakiff.

it

Tree, \lc.nrus, Lat.] The tree, as

which is tranflated
generally thought,
laurel, and of which honorary garlands

fca,

merry bawdy play,

Will be deceiv'd.

Dia.

rent the

is

We

Sbaiefptarfs Othello.
they,

I'll

?AY

The

n.f. [baye, Dutch.]

opening into the land,

years,

each bay, there being fixt;en bays, each eighteen

feet long, about feventcen wide, or three hundred
Mortimer.
fquare feet in each bay.

more deep.

that

houfc in

Vienna ten

There may be kept one thoufand

Sbakefpeare' s Hamlet.
bawdry, or he (Icip;.
I have no fait
no bawdry he doth mean
For witty, in hte language, is obfcene. Bcn'Jonfc.n.

BA'WDY.

is

My

L'Ejtrangt.

's

it

cheftnut
colour of
bay is that which comes neareft, to the
Farrier's Did.
the cheftnut.
lord, you gave good words the other day
of a bay courfcr I rode on. 'Tis yours becaule
Sbakcfpeare.
you liked it.
Poor Tom proud of heart to ride on a bay
Sbake/f.
trotting horfe over four inch'd bridges.
His colour grey,
For beauty dappled, or the brighteft bay. Dryden.

unchafte language.
he

faircft

inclining to a cheftnut j
various, either a light bay or a
is

fomeivhat of a yellowi/h colour.

Jtyliffg.

If this law hold in

brown by the common people.

All buy horfcs have black manes, which'diftinred or white
gui/h them from the forrd, that have
manes.
There are light bays and gilded bays, which are

Cheating and bawdry go together in the world.

Pr'ythee fay on

what

are alfo coloured horfc-i,

dappled bay:. All b.y horfts are

wicked practice of procuring and

bringing whores and rogues together.

is

and this cobur is

dark bay, according as

z. Obfcenity

lay horle

Builder's

of the barn.

Ditt.

badger.
AY. adj. \badius, Lat.]

the praclice of a bawd.]

i.

Ditt.

IA'WSIN. n.f.

from bawdery,

n.f. [contracted

fourteen to twenty feet long, and floors

from ten to twelve broad, and ufu.-illy
twenty feet long, which is the breadth

Swift.

A'WREL. n.f.h kind of hawk.

The

BA'WDRY.

me when I faw labours, which hJ

much, baialid about by common hawkers.

It grieved

Now nothing's left, but wither'd, pale, and flirunk,

To bm-d for others, and go (hares with punk.

BA'WDILY.

BAY

BAY

hath bay -windows tranfparent as barricadocs.

Tarn.

Sbaktfj cjrf,

denomination fometimes

ufed promifcuoufly with woollen yarn.

Chamber.'.

BA'YARD.

n. f. [from bay.~\
Blind bayard nvvrs the mill.

BA'YONET.

n.f.

bay horfe.
Pbilips*

[bayonttte, Fr.] Amort

fixed at the end of a

n. f. In architecture, a term
to fignify the magnitude of a building
as, if a barn confifts of a floor and tw

fword or dagger
mufket, by which, the foot hold off the

heads, where they lay corn, they call i

a barn of two bays, Thefe bays are fron

One of thSk black fpots is long

refciublcs a dagger or bajtnct.

BAY.

ufe-

horfe.
and /lender, and

fPmkatrJ.

BAYZE.

B E
See BAIZE.

BAYZE.

that part that

the ftrand.

SDE'LLIUM. n.f. [i9J*wiiM riV-a.] An

arnmatick gum brought from the Le',

vant, ufed as a medicine, and a perfuwf. Bdellium is mentioned both by

the ancient naturalifts and in Scripture ;
but it is doubtful whether any of thefe
be the fame with the modern kind.
Chambers.
'

Th's bdellium is a tree of the bignefs ot'an oiivc,

whereof Arabia hath great plenty, which yieldeth
a certain gum, fweet to fmcll f>, but better in
The Hebrews take the
tafte, called a, Co Ldd'.ium.
loadftone for bdellium.

To BE. v.

is

fo

remarkably

is neceflary to
terminations.

irregular, that it

many of its

Prefent. / am, tbou art, be is,

com,

eapr,

paT ,

The

To

&c.

BE'ACHY.

condition,
as, the man is

confider them.

Ijj'iab.

Therefore be fure,
his feaftful

friends

Pafies to blifs at the mid hour of night,

Haft gain'd thy entrance, virgin wife and pure.

men would

the auxiliary verb

is

verb paflive

The wine

of

lite

Ii left this vault to

3.

to

Toexift;

is

voice

Thy
With

the lady of the place,

was bufy at her beads. Fairy
fecm in every hymn to hear,

ev'ry bead

2. Little balls

brag of.

lees

With

Sbakeffeare.

drop too foft a

tear.

fcarfs

and

With amber

have exiflence.

times have been,

the brains were out the

Troy

man would

3.

Macbeth.

ye powers, and let your reageanceend,

no more, and can no more oft'cr.d.
Dryden.

Shall fooner be.

To be, contents
He aflcs no angei'j
4.

To

wing, nor feraph's

fire.

Pope,

have fomething by appointment or

U political power be derived

only from Adam,
and be TO defcend only to his fuccefiive heirs,

by

the ordinance ot
right

God, and divine inftj.-ution, this

antecedent and paramount to a
gu-

and

all

Do

Let BE.

not meddle with; leave

BEACH,

ie, fa: d h?,

n.f.

The

my

pfey.

flw.-c,

Dry Jn.

Careio's Survey.

river.

And

[from beak.~\
Having a
having the form of a beak.
adj.

queftion'd every guft of rugi;cd winds,

oft' each bentid
promontory.

That blows from

Ipirit

fiiiitcn.

court.

Co-ivell.

petty officer in parifhes, whofe bufinefs it is to punifh petty offenders.

dog's obey'd in office.

rafcal beadle,

ImU

thy bl'ioJy hand

thou U!h that whore ?

Why
Sbakrffeare.
'i
hry ought to be ta <cn care of in this condition, filter by t;>e ti^Jlt or the migiilratr.
Sjjrftator.

BE'AKER,

n.f. [from ieaL]

cup witha fpout in the form of a bird's beak.

And

into pikes and mufqueteers

and porringers.
HuJilra:.
dulcet bev'rage this the beaker crown'd,
Fair in the midlr, with gilded cups around.

Stampt

beakers, cups,

With

Tree,

Lit

little

s
Farrier's Di8.
thing ending in a point like a
beak ; as, the (pout of a cup ; a prominence of land.

beak

dolt

untouched.

Any

Sbakeffeare.

Thou

is

Cuddenbeak, from a well-advanced promontory,

which entitled it beak, taketh a profpec.1 of tl.e

globular bodies.

Leclu.
5.

4.

beak

fuch knav'ry.

[azedaracb.]
plant.
BE'ADLE. n.f. [bybel, Sax. ameflenger;
bedeau,Fi. bedel. Span, beddle, Dutch.]
1.
meflenger or fervitor belonging to a
2.

Dryden.
(hoe, at the toe aboutan inch long, turned up and fattened in,
upon the fore-p.irt of the hoof.

3.

Sbakffpearf.

BEAD

rule.

is a

And

BE'AKED.

bracelets, beads,

j-

well laid o'er, 'the filt iea waves withftand,

lhakc them from the lifing beak in drops.

Which,

yellow lumps of amber, almoft like

beads, with one fide flat, had fattened themfelves
to the bottom.
Boyle.

Rc-we.
his natural defire

With boiling pitch another near at hand,

From friendly Sweden brought, the feams inflops

Several

to extravagance of loofc
dcfcription,

which they pierced their enemies. It

can now be ufed only for the fore par:
of a fhip.

of

within thee hath been fo at war,

That beads of fweat have flood upon thy brow.

Thy

All th' impoflibilities, which p etj

Count

Any

n.f. \bec, Fr. pig, Welfh.]

bill or horny mouth of a bird.

piece of brafs like a beak, fixed at

the end of the ancient gallies, with

2.

for or-

fans, and double charge

Dryden's Fables,

His royal bird

Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his teak,
As when his god is pleas'd.
Sbakefp. CyaJjeline.
He faw the ravens with their hurny beaks
Food to Elijah bringing.
Milton's ParatHfc Reg.
The magpye, lighting on the ftock,
StooJ chat:' ring with inceflant din,
And with her beak gave many a knock.
Swiff.

Pope.

worn about the neck

brav'ry,

ce-ifr,

is

And

<j>.

plains with weH-bred beagles we repair,

trace the males of the circling hare.
Pope,-

BEAK.
1. The

beads, or to be at one's beads, is to be at

this while

hound

To

nament.

drawn, and the mccr

die.

Herr

their queen.

to

prayer.
That aged dame,

The
That when

to

and ufed by the Romanics to count cheir

prayers ; from whence the phrafe to tell

all

<>._

About her feet were little beagles ieen,

That watch'd with upward eyes the motions cf

n.f. [beabe, prayer, Saxon.]

1. Small globes or balls of glafs or pearl,
or other fubftance, ftrung upon a thread,

Who

The reft were various huntings.

graceful goddcfs was array'd in green

The

BEAD.

formed.

is

Sbakefpearc.

and warn them from rocks,

mallows, and fandbanks.

be

by which the

n.f. \_bigle, Fr.] Afmall

with which hares are hunted.

erected, or lights made in the

to direft navigators in their

night,
courfes,

SfMngfeet.

It

Neptune's hips.

Ba;on.
they ftood too thin.
No flaming beacons caft their blaze afar,
The dreadful fignal of invafive war.
Cay.

To fay a man has 'a clear idea of quantity, without knowing how great it is, is to fay, he has the
clear idea cf the number of the fands, who knows
not how many they if.
Locke.
2.

for

Marks

n.f.

An holy hofpita!,
In which feven beadfriin, that had vowed all
Their life to fervice of high heaven's ki ng. Fairy
In thy danger,
Commend thy grievance to my holy prayer ;
For I will be thy biadfman, Valentine.

of beacons upon the coafls, and eretting more where

2.

Henry VII.

[from lead and man.~\

A man employed in praying, generally
in praying for another.

The beacon of the wile.

Sbakeffeare.
The king feemed to account of Perkm as a
May-game ; yet had given order for the watching

Milton.

not eafy to difcern what fuch

BE'ADSMAN.

fl, icon's

BE'AGLE.

ftate,

men-

.5'

beacby girdle of the ocean

His blazing eyes, like two bright mining lhieli'4

Did bum with wrath, and fparkled living fire ;
As two broad beacons fet in open fields
Send foith their flumes.
Fairy Queen.
Modclt doubt is call'd

roll.']

are to fee

Having

beach.~\

Something raifed on an eminence,

be fired on the approach of an enemy,
alarm the country.

1.

Seventy fenators died

By their proscriptions, Cicero being one. Sbakefp.
He hath to-night ban in unusual pleafure. Sbak.
Be what thou hop'ft to be, or what thou art,
Refign to death, it is not worth enjoying. Sbakjp.
Be but about
To fay (he ii a goodly lady, and
The juftice af your hearts will add thereto,
'Tis pity Ihe it not honed, honourable.
Sbakcff.
Let them (hew the former things what they he,

It is

[from

adj.

who

Expofed

~\

[from bead and

The king, for the better credit of h's rfpials

abroad, did ufe to have them curfcd by name
amougft the bcadidi of the king's ci ^:

n.f. [beacon, Sax. from been,

a fignal, and becnan, whence beckon,
to make a fignai.]

Sax.

at.

[from beacb.

adj.

n.f.

catalogue of thofe
tioned at prayers.

has been longer

Woodward.

common loves, a lewd abandon pack,

beadle'* la(h ftilliftaerant on their back. Prior.

BE'APROLL.

('.

BE'ACON.

Thou, when the bridegroom with

The

waves.
Timon hath made his everlafrir.g rnanfion
Upon the beached verge of the fait
Which, once a day, with his emboi'ed froth
The turbulent furge mall cover.
Sbakcfpeare.

beon, Sax.]

it

Their
~

to the

arton, Sax.

iiaere,

beo,

have fome certain

we may

BE'ACHED.

Too wide

conjunctive mood.
hi be,
we be, &C.

quality, or accident
wife.

that

the b\-acbes and iho:es, where

expofed.

are, &c.

psrion,

bij-e,

fifhermen, that walk upon the bfacb,

like mice.
Sbakejpcare''s K-*g Lear.
to the rocks of hell the gather'd beacb

The

thou beefl,

be,

beo,
1.

ive

'was,

taften'd, and the mole ioimcnlc wrought on

Over the foaming deep.
Milton.
They find the waihed amber further out upon

paipe,

paj-,

darned by the waves

beaches.

inie

if,

down

fet

is

B E

They

tbou ivajl or ivert,

<was,

il

The
Appear
Deep

Kaltigb.

[This word

n.

B E

Pope's Odyff'y.

BEAL. n.f.

\balla, Ital.]

whelk or

pimple.

<v. a.
[from the noun.] To
ripen ; to gather matter, or come to
head, as a fore does.
BEAM. n.f. [beam, Sax. a tree.]

To BEAL.

I.

The main

piece o^timber that fupportS'

the houle.

beam is the largeft piece of wood in a building, which, always lies crofs the building or the
walls,

B E

E A

wmllt, Serving to fupport the principal rafters of t'n

roof, and into which the feet of the principal rat"

Vi'de in ftiameful

Hide,

are framed.
No building has lefs than two
Into the/c, the girders
IcaHu, one at each head.
of the garret floor are alfo framed ; and, if the
building be of timber, the te.trcl-tenonj of the
ports are framed. The proportions of beom^, in or
near London, are fixed by ait of parliament.
A

beam y fifteen feet long, rnuft be Seven inches on

one fide its Square, and five on the other; if it be
fixtern feet long, one fide rnuft be eight inches,
fix

and fo

to

parti have

columns and

bcjrr.s,

but the root

or lead, or {tone.

He

iieav'd,

wi:h more than

human

Having horns or

\.

weighty (lone, the labour cf a Warn,

rais'd from thence he reach'd the iiti^Vib'ring
Drydtn.
:

Springs to the walls, and leaves his foes behind,

luatchcs at the beam he firft can find.

Of

Whofe

DyJen's MneU.
part of a balance, at the ends of
the fcales are fufpended.

to the

wood

To
Tell

convey or carry.
meSTage to the ghoft of Priam

him

like

To

4.

fer.t thee there.

Dryd.ALn.
him, a Trojan gued befoie,

Compares. A wooden or brafs inftrument, with Hiding fockets, to carry

feveral (hifting points, in order to draw
circles with very long radii ; and ufeful

BEAM

5.

To

9.

mark of diftindlion.

He may not bear fo fair and fo noble an image

of the divine glory, as the univerfe >.n its full
His pious brother, fure the beft

large projections, for drawing the

furniture on wall dials.
Harris

Wh

[r-unnebeam, Sax. a ray of the fun.]

The ray of light emitted from fome lu-

She

Then

minous body, or received by the eye.

femblance,

name.
Drya'en.
fad Spectators ftiffen'd with their fears
limb
and
fudden
She
fee;,
fmearx;
every

ever bore that

The

each of fav.igc beads the figure b-jrt. Garth.

His fupreme fpirit of mind will bear its bed re-

when

itrcprefents the fupreme infinite.

Pile ten hills on the

Tarpeian rock,
That the precipitation might down ftretch

Below

the

lam

of fight.

Skak.ffeare's Coriclanus

Pleafing, yet cold, like Cynthia's filver tram.

To

Drydtn
As hcav'n'i bleft learn turns vinegar more irur
Pope
BEAM. -v. n. [from the noun.] To

emit rays or beams.

Each emanation of
That beams on

BEAM

Tret.

BE'AMY.
1.

So we fay, to bear arms in a coat.

6.

A fpeciefof wild

fervice.

adj. [from beam.]

Radiant; fhining ; emitting beams.

To

carry, as in (how.
Look like the time ; bear welcome in your eye,
Your hand, your tongue ; look like the innocent
flower,

w is
8.

put therein.

and

jflim.-r.ti,

did the open multitude reveal

wond'rous love they bear him under hand

bare

They

and

great faith

Darnel.
obedience to the

Bacm.

Darah, the

eldeft,

bean a generous mind,

Bui

to implacable revenge inclin'J.

Dryden.
bvrc the man immortal fpite. Dryd.
As for this gentleman, who is fond of her, ihe

The coward

him an invincible
That inviolable love 1

beciretb

hatred.
Stvift.
bear to the land of

my

upon me

nativity, prevailed

to

engage in

an attempt.

fo bold
Siv'tft*

To

\i.

It

endure, as pain, without finking.

was not an enemy that reproach'd me, then I

could have

To

13.

bcrr.e it.

fuffer

P/alm*.

to undergo, as piuiilhment

or misfortune.
I have borne chaftifements, I will not offend
any
more.
"J^.
That whith was torn of beads I brought not
unto thee, 1 bare the lofs of it j of my hand didft
thou require it.
Gintjh.

To

14.

permit

to fuffer without refent-

ment.

To

of the church which

rejefl all orders

have eftablilhed,

is

men

to think worfe of the laws of

in this refpect, than either the judgment of

alloweth, or the law of God itfelf will

men

Ht&ker,

bear.

Not

Thy

the gods, nor angry Jove, wil! bear

lawlefs wand'ring walks in upper air. DIJ/.

To

be capable of; to admit.

the fon of one earl of

Pembroke, and

younger brother to another, who lib-rally fupplied

his expcnce, beyond what his annuity from his
Clarendon.
father could bear'.
Give his thought either the fame turn, if our
tongue will bear it, or, if not, vary but the drefs.

Drydn.

Do

not charge your coins with more vjfts than

It is the method of fuch as love

they can bear.

any Science, to difcover

all

others in

it.

on M^ilah.
not been eager to find mistakes, he
a fenfe
woiks
to
S'uch
would not have Strained my
as they will not bear.
Atttrbvry.
In all criminal ales, the mod favourable interpretation Should be put upon words that they
poSTibly can 1 ear.
Swift*
'.'

Had he

>

16.

To

produce, as

fruit.

Some plaats that bear no flower, and

there be fome that bear flr.wers,
yet bear fruit
there be Some that itar neither
and no fruit

There

be

But t| the ferpent under "t.

Stakeffeare.
7. To carry, as in truft.
He was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what

his fires

earth, e ;ch virtue he infpires. Pope

elaftick

carry in the mind, as love, hate.

How
The

of labour and

more

Arbutbns! en

To

Hale.

fy.tem.

in

Genejis.

ufc a great deal

food.
I.

Stkeffeare.

carry as a

they can bear, and ought to ha\e, ftronger

Be ng

that you have us'd to bear.

hooks are fattened.

8.

Animals that

15.

carry as a mark of authority.

1 do commit into your hand

Th' unitained fword

up above the earth.

lifted

excrcife, have their folid pares

wife

new Achilles

gued

was

men,
i.-ar

In (hew of friendship, fought the Spartan Shore,

And rav'uVd Helen from her huSband Icn. Garth.

Cbron.

of an Anchor. The ftraight part

er (hank of an anchor, to which the

ufed

Deeaj of Piety.

My

was like a weaver's turn.

BEAM

is

We

3.

Add\^ f

To fupport with proportionate ftrenglh.

o.

Watts.

her young, ipreadcth abroad her wings, taketh

them, iearetb them on her wings.
Deutfraiany.
fee fome, who we think have burn lefs of
the burden, rewarded above ouri'elves.

weavers, a cylindrical piece of

wood belonging to the loom, on which
the web is gradually rolled as it is wove.

7.

bear

him and fet him in his place.

lfiab.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thoufand
1
that ban burdens.
Kings.
As an eagle dirreth up her ncd, fluttcreth over

dream

The word

aft

kings.

carry as a burden.
They bfar him upon the Shoulder} they carry

pole of a chariot ; that piece of

which runs between the horfes.

Staff ot his
(pear

plant.

To

Among
The

it

keep afloat ; to keep from finking

fometimes with up.
The waters increafcd, and bare up the ark, and
it

bears

invifib'e fupports his foul,

in all irs wonted prcatnefs.

To

are cultivated in

a word ufed with fuch latitude,

is not
eafily explained.

fruit, or to bior children.

his clalhing beam.

Dryden

which

in very different fenfes.

Juturna heard, and, Setz'd with mortal tear,

Forc'd from the learn her brother's charioteer.

6.

bean.

is

it

9.

are feveral varieties

fay to bear a burden, to bear forrow or reproach, to bear a name, to bfar a grudge, to bear

Dejtbartt.

The

5.

This

We

beam

echo

principal forts

Caper. \_fabago.~\
An herb.
Treffcl.

that

Sbakejftare.
If the length of the fides in the balance, and
the weights at the ends, be both equal, the beam
will be in horizontal fituation : but if either the

His dreadful challenge, and

There

bean.

BEAR. i'. a. pret. / bore, or bare;

part. paiT. bore, or born, [beonan, bepan,
Sax. bairan, Gothick. Jt is founded as
bare, as the are in care and t/are.]

'

weights alone be equal, or the distances alone, the

will accordingly decline.
WilHtii.

The

BEAN
BEAK

Pjifc the caufe in jnftice' equal fcales,

bram Hands fure, whofe rightful caule pre-

The horn of a ilag,

A \d taught the woods to

[faba, Lat.]
arc, I. The c jmmon garden

England, a.e the Mazagan, the fmall Lisbon, the

Spanish, the Tokay, the Sandwich, and vVimlfor
learn.
The Malayan bear, h brought fro si a fettlement of the Portuguefe, on the c aft of Africa,
of the fame name ; and is by far the bed fort to
Miller.
plant for an early crop.
His allowance of oats and beans for his horfe
wa:. greater than his
journey required.
Stcifr.

vails.

4.

a. f.

The fpecies
i. The horfe

To

And

JEAN.

Addtjon.

Some power

their defert dens the bridled rage

boars, and bcarty Slags in toils engage
Dry-den's Virgil.

And

That
which

them.

antlers.

ROJZC from

Size.

Any

3.

double-biting axe, and beamy fpe.ir;

a gigantic force to rear.
Diyd. Fables.

Bacon
force, to

large and long piece of timber

a beam muft have more length than
thicknefs, by which it is diftinguiihed
from a block.
But Lycus, fwiftcr,

2.

Each alking

of the garden beans, differing either in colour or

And

bf.im.

weight or ma.Tmefs of a

is tile,

move

tl.e

Having
beam.

their

proportionable
Snilatr's Did.
lengths.
The building of living creatures is like the
building of a timber houfe ; the walls 2nd other
;

2.

may be removed, and fo a way be made either for

Hotker.
paganifm, or for bubarifm, to enter.
And Samfim took hold of the two middle pillars, upon which the houfc flood, and on which it
was Inrne up.
Jua%tl*
A religious hope dots not only bear uf the mind
under her furferings, but makes her rejoice in

night, thy tejiny head.

Sfi'b.

ters

the other

All-feeing fan

John.

flowers nor fruit.

They vfing'd their flight aloft

then, (looping

low,
Perch'd on the double tree that bears the golden

To

fupport ; to keep from falling

frequently with up.
Under colour of rooting out popery, the mof
cft'e&uaj means to bear up the ftatc of

Baccn,
;

bough.

A
17.

Dryden.

Say, Shepherd, fay in whit glad foil appears

wond'rous tree that (acred monarchsimrj. Popt.

To

bring forth, as a child.

The

B E
The

queer, that tare thee

Oftner upon her knees than on her lit ef,

Died every day (he liv'd.
Sbakefprare.
Ye know that my wife tare two fons. Gene/is.

What could the mufe herfelf that Orpheus Here,

The mufe herf?lf, for her enchanting fon ? Milieu.
The fame ./Eneas, whom fair Venus tore
To fam'd Anchifes on th'Idean (hore. Dryden.
1 8. To give birth to ; to be the native

When

vice prevails, and impious

The poft of honour

To

gain

is

men

bear fway,
a private (ration. Addif. Cars.

to win

tcre,

commonly with

away.

As it more concerns the Turk than Rhodes,

So may he with more facile querlion bear it ;
For that itftands not in fuch warlike brace. Sbak.
Becaufe the Greek and Latin have ever tarne
away the prerogative from all other tongi.es, they
(hall ferve as touchftones to

make cur

trials

to bear it

by fpeaking a great word,

and being peremptory ; and go on, and take by

admittance that which they cannot make good.
Baton.

To

maintain

to keep up.
and credit of bearing a part
In the converfation, and of hearing his reafons ap-

So

31.

To

with the oil

a very thick

35. To bear a price.

value.
36. Ta tear in hand.

me

let

O more than madmen

Was

The
25.

To

have you under your arm

26.

To

be the objeft

This

of.

is

for his eflate

fit

prefbv tery,

unufual.

be your father and your brother too j

Let me but bear your love, I'll bear your cares.
Sbakefftare.

To

How

Hath
28.

To
Do

behave

to aft in

hold
I'u;

fo feeble, that
this >

to reftriin

it

impel

refidue were

fo difordered

as they

To

could

To

1.

Dryden.
borne devin, alterations negkftrd, the
teftimony of fober pcrfons defpifed.
Siutft.
The hopes of enjoying th: abbey lands wu.ia

an

in

iil

And
2.

limfli.
n.

Stranger, ceafe thy care ;

the foul ; but man is born to tear

is

the

of earth in dubious fcales,

whili-thcbad prevails. Pt>pe.
bcre as heroes, but they felt as men. Pofe.
affairs

g.-.od lufters

1 cannot, cannot trar

'tis pall, 'tis done ;
;
Perilh this impious, this detrfted fon!
Dryden.

3.

To
A

be fruitful or prolifick.
fruit tree

roots,

and

fct

exceedingly.

fides
lie

generally with,

is lefs

prefled.

one aga'injl the other, they

bearing
Burntt.
fo dole at the bottoms.

bounding in his way,

augmented bean again/} his prey,

a lion,

foice

Dryden.
Sideling to feize.
Becaufe the operations to be performed by the
teeth require a confiderable rtrength in the inftruments which move the lower jaw, nature hath
it bear
provided this with ftrong mufcles, to make
Ray.
forcibly againft the upper jaw.
The
of the
doth tiar mod upon the
body
the
railing itfelf up ; and moil upon
mufcles of the thighs, in coming down, jfilkini.
The waves of the lea tear violently and rapidly
upon fome Ihoies., the waters being pent up by the
land.
Ermine.

weight
knee joints, in

To

8.

aft upon.

withSpinola, with his (hot, did tear upon thofe

in, who appeared upon the walls.
tiayinurd,

9.

To be fuuated with refpeft to other

of
places ; as, this mountain bean weft
the promontory.

10.

To bear

falling

To

up.

not to fink
So long

I daily

They
be patient.

To

as

firm without
not to faint or fail-

ftand
;

nature

Will bear up with this exercife,

fuffer pain.

Jove weighs

Dryden.

is

JIudlbras.

farther trouble.

To BEAK. v.

ebbing tides bear back upon th' uncertain land.

with a ncifelefs gentle courfe

keeps within the middle bed ;
Anon it lit'ti aloft the head,
And leari dvwn all before it with impetuous force.

me cut.
man out

South.

And

It

only can bear a

doubted whether that occafnn could bear me

cut in the confidence of
giving your ladyfhip any

Wife

Truth

With

Their broken oars, and floating planks, withftand

Their paflage, while they labour to the land ;

Now

The

Poilipi.

maintain

thing.

Jokn llayward.

Contention, like a horfe

Full of high feeding, marlly hath broke loofe,
And heart dwjn all before him.
Sbdketfeare.

rind friends that will bear

Company

not conveniently fight or fly, and not only jurtleJ

and bore dmun one another, bur, in their confufea
tumbling back, brake a part of the avant guard.
Sir

to

power

Btyli-

prince be able to btar out his actions by power.

Sir J. Hayivard.
Quoth Sidrophel, I do not doubt

The

an impellent, opponent, or

egaiaft the reftagnant iiuickfilver

damfel up,

A.

To fupport

Dryd.

Which being violently borne upon,

Our helplcfs (hip was fplitted in the midft. Sbal.
Upon the tops of mountains, the air which bears

Hay-uiard.

aft as

could not

j our warrant will tear out the deed. Sbak.

can once or twice a quarter bear out a knave
agai.ilr. an honed man.
Sbakefpcare.
Changes are never without dangerVTrrriels the

now

cannot tear off* greater bl.iw than

in

grows defperate.

off.

Dryden*
did (hew,

the particles upon or again/}.

We were encounter'd by a mighty rock,

I hope

realm to be

to urge; to pulh
with
fome particle noting the direftion of the
as, dc,iun, on, back, forward,
impulfe

29.

her

bear out.
to defend.

to fhifc

Dry Jen.

ffiores.

as a
reciprocal

Addif<.n"> Cato.

foul

3& Ta

with of.
'..'a

bar

I'll

give,

Sbalefpeare.
he borne himfclf penitent in prifun ? &bat.

To

7.

As

we'll fnatch this

and continuing

falling off,

guide the mariners aright :

this, the feamen ftretch their oars,.
the rock they (leer, and leek the

former

carry away.

off.

My

any character.

Sjme good initrucYion

may tear me here.

you

To

tear her

fio, fometimes tearing up

if all were to unite into one

In a convex mirrour, we view the figures and

lifc and
all other
things, which tear out with more
Dryden.
ftrength than nature itfelf.

Creech.

Give but the word,

And

Bojtt,

thee as a father, if

I will refpect

any point

and

reftlefrly to
as

The mark to
To bur taitb
Then round

Thou bcar'JI my life off hence.

Sbatefpeare.
The fun views half the earth on either vvjy,
And here brirgs on, and there bean yf the day.

Dryd.

to

Till he tore in, and bent them into flight.

On this the hero fix'd an oak in fighr,

South.

To

Sbakefpeare.

be direfted

Never did men more joyfully obey,

Or fooner underftood the fign to fly :
With fuch alacrity they bi>-c away.
Whofe navy like a ftiff-ftretch'd cord

though his words are for epifcopacy.

37. To bear of.

to

places.

falfe

and bearing them

friar.

one another,
body ; and then
to

to love

I'll

17.

moved

only

Sbakrfpeare.

formally in perfon bear

may

Sbakcfpeare.

in bar.d.

any charafter.
Inftruft me

with a particle to^determine the meanas, up, titvay, omuard.

ing
The oily urops, Iwimming on the fpirit of wine,

band, that he was to communicate with them of

matters of great importance, for their good. Bacon.
It is no wonder, that fome would bear the world
mbarii, that the apoftle's dcllgn and meaning is for

Somewhat that
?

fcorpion to her fight.

a retinue

Gcnfjts.

will bear your charges in your pilgrimage

as a

To tend

6.

have a certain

amufe with

aft in

Like a true

Biuges, defiring of the dates of

Bruges to enter peaceably into their town, with

fupply.

What

To

Gnaidi.ii,

To
How

His fickn?fs, age, and impotence,

Was falfcly kirnc

He repaired to

tear the

you yourfelves ft all brar

guilt of blood and facrilegious war.
Dryden.

To

pretences ; to deceive.
Your daughter, whom /he tore in band
With fuch integrity, (he did confefs,

exhibit.

blame.

fo entirely, as to feem
oil of the fame colour.

to fucceed.

tear.

5.

34. To bear date. To carry the mark of

the time when any thing was written.

fupport any thing good or bad.

be anfwerable for.
bring him not unto thee,

Ve Trojan fbmes, your teftimony bear,

What I perform'd and what I luffer'd there. Dryd.
If

but he loves Brutus.

colour is faid to
33. To bear a body.
bear a body in painting, when it is capable of being ground fo fine, and mixing

Bacon.

To

To

Locle.

times.

24.

me hard

take effeft

Having pawned a full fuit of clothes for a fum

of money, which my operator allured me was the
to
laft he ihould want to
bring all our matters

Jaifcjn.

Though he tear me hard,

I
Ben Jonfcn.
yet mult do him right.
Theie men tear hard upon t^e fufpecled party,
purfue her clofe through all her windings. jQddiftw.
incite; to animate.
32.
But confidence then tore thee on ; fecure
Either to meet no danger, or to find
Matter of glorious trial,
Milton.

was carried on to oblerve, how they did bear

their fortunes, and how they did emphy their

To

me.

To

4.

To

prefs.
Cxlar doth tear

llrangers to the fun, yet ripen here. Granviitt.

And,

is

hope

Betwixt two feafons comes th' aufpiciouS aif

This age to bloflbm, and the next to tear. Drydtn.
Melons on beds of ice ate taught to bear,

manage.

Bt*

23.

to

to bear through, and out, the

confullhip,
fpiu lhali ne'er wound you, though it may

As

finds the pleafure

proved.

22.

conduft

My

by.

Camden.

Some think

He

To

30.

Sbakej'pear*

Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos

But now felf-banilh'd from his native Ihore.
as power or honour.
19. To poflefs,

21.

B E

of.

place

20.

B E

foon tear dcvin all considerations, and be ah effectual incitement to their perverfinn,
Sivift.

hath been blown up almorr. by the

bear
u,> again, and the next year

vow

to ufe

ir.

fo

long
Sbakefpeare.

Perfons in diftrcfs may fpeak of themfclves with

dignity ; it (hews a greatnefs of foul, that they
Brocme.
bear up againfr. the ftorms '.'f fortune.
The confcioufnefs of integrity, the fenfeof a life
fpent in doing good, will enable a man to bear up
under any change of circumftanccs.
jilttrbury.

When our commanders and foldicrs were rawr

and unexperienced we loft battles and towns : yet,
we bore up then, as the French do now ; nor wa$
there any thing decifive in their fuccelTes. Swift.
11.

To bear

'with.

To

endure an unpleaf-

ing thing.

Thty

B E
They

content to bear

re

vi'itb

nd

my'abfence

folly.

Though

mud

be content to bear tvirh thofe

Look you

him

his

lay

home

him;

to

pranks have been too broad to bear

ii;

Sear -.vitb roc then,

BEAR.

if lawful

what

lEARD. n.f. [beapS, Saxon.]

The hair that grows on the

Sbakrfpejre.
Miltvn.

[bepa. Saxon ; urfsis, Lat.]

I. A rough ravage animal.
Some have fa!fely reported, that bean bring thci'
into the world (h 'peiefs, and that their dams
ii- k ihem into form.
Theda.nsgo no longer than

lipi

RailM

n.f.

covenant, and jeer'd

nd rerfons to my beard.

Beard

Thnu'dft (hun

a bear

Sharp prickles growing upon the ears

Hath

conftellations, called

bear oppos'd to bright

Orion

Creech.

flione.

BEAR-BIND, n.f. A fpecies of bindweed

BEAR-FLY, tt.-f. [from bear and fy.] An
infeft.

There be of

flics, caterpillars,

canker-flies, and

Bacorr*s

bearfiifs.

BEAR-GARDEN,

Natural

Hi/lory

n.f. [from bear andgar-

4*.]
i.

place in which bears are kept for

fport.
Hurrying

me from

the p!ay-houfr,and the fcenes

there, to the bear-garden, to the

ape, and

Any

place of tumult or mifrule.

could not forbear going to a place of renow:

for the gallantry of Britons, namely to the tear-

1.

adj.

word ufed

The

I'prcics

bear*s-brcetb-

arc,
2.

n.f.

~\

The

The

fmooth-leavrJ gi

prickly bear's-breech.

Lat.]

to fet at

or Auricula, [auricula urji

of a plant.

The name

or Sanick.

plant.

PE IVR'S-FOOT.

n.f.

]BAR.'t-woRT.

n.

\cortufa, Lat.

A fpecies of hellebore
f. A a herb.

more than

is lefs

The

fite

Sbaieffcarr.

[from tear.]
or place of any thing with ren.f.

fpeft to fomething elfe.

But of this frame, the bearing and the

open

ties,

The

He, whenfocver he fhould fwerve from duty,

may be able to beard him.
Spenjer,
More.
I have been bearded by boys.
The defign of utterly extipating monarchy and

Gradations juft, has thy pervading foul

Look'd through ? or can a part contain the whole

nued, and would have ended, if they had not been

beardid by that new party, with whom they could
not agree about dividing the fpoil.
Swift.

BE'ARDED. adj. [from

1. Having a beard.

Gefture ; mien
That is Claudio ;

2.

in floating caftles land. Dryden.

prickles, as corn.

As when

ends, to fhprten

RWA R D.

BE'A

a field

3.

Sways them.

Milton.

after another

Flew o'er the field, nor hurt the btarded grain. DryJ.
Barbed or jagged.
Thou fliould'it have pull'd the fecret from m)

The man
While the

There arc fome coins of Cunobelin, king o

EfTer and Middlefcx, with a beard'.eji image, in-

AJmir'd with clamours of i\\c

beardleft rout.

Drjd

BI-/ARER. n.f. [from To bear.]

i. A carrier of any thing, who conveyany thing from one place or perfon to
another.

He
N.:

2.

An

th*'

The

iho.ilH the bettrtrs put to

- lilow'J.
.

fuMcd

Build. D.ft.

bearing.

death,

to death,

btarii'crd in their chain:..

after one manner, the mill..

the beanuard leads but one brute,

L'E

and man.

that once did

btaft liv'J,

was

fell

the lion's (kin

kill'd

with hunting him.

Seal!! t( chafe are the buck, the c

the m-ric n, and the roe.
BeaJJi of the forcft arc
the hait, the hinj, the hare, the boar, and the
wolf. Bc^'jlt of warren arc the hare and cony. (

Camden.

{tripling? whip the top for fport

linooth pavement of an empty court,
wooden engine flies and whirls about,

infefts, fillies,

the beardfd <kte\ to g've me reft. Dryad

BE'A RD ESS. adj. [from beard.]
1. Without a beard.

On

its

and the mountebank leads a thoulanJ.

bieaft,

Youthful.
Anu, as young

bearing,

BEAST, n.f. [befie, Fr. beftia, Lat.]

1. An animal, diltinguifhed from birds,

Torn out

2,

behaviour.
know him by his

n.f. [from bear and ward.]

And manacle the

The bear is led

fierce virago

fcribed C'M'iltlin,

We'll bait thy bears

wind

The

keeper of bears.

Of

Ceres, ripe for Irirveft, waving bends

Her brardei grove of cars, which way the

[In architecture.] Bearing of a piece of

timber, with carpenters, is the fpace
either between the two fixt extremes
thereof, or between one extreme and a
poft or wall, trimmed up between the

3.

beard.]

Think, every bearded fellow, that's but yok'd,

dra\v with you.
Sbvkefpttire.
Old prophecies foretel our fall at hand,

When kcztded men

2. Having fliarp

itrong connections, nice dependencies,

Pcfe.

epjfcopacy, the pre/byterians alone begun, conti-

j.Th

M'.ll'.r

BEAR'S-EAR,

oppofe to the face

is

SE'ARINC.
1.

that

a youth, is not for me

;
than a man, I am not for him ;
will even take fixpjr.ce in eirncft of the

that

therefore I
bearbfrd, and lead his apes into hell.

[from beard. ]

a.

A man

defiance.

Idle

BEAR'S-EAR,

He

and he that

i.

I.

The

\_acantbus.

beari-brucb, with (hurt. I'pines, &?c. Th

firft is ufed in medicine, and is fuppofed to be th
The leaves of this plan
fiellii aeattfus of Virgil.
r; cut upon the capitals of the Corinthian pillar
were
in
and
formerly
great eftcem with the Ro

mi

To

2.

in fa-

miliar or low phraie for rude or turbulent ,

as, a bear-garden fellow ; that is, a man
rude enough to be a proper frequenter o
Bear gard:n fport, is
the bear-garden.
ufed for grofs inelegant entertainment.

BEAR'S-BREECH.
name of a plant.

<v.

fupporter.

[from bear and herd,

n.f.

as Jhepherd from foeep.]

tends bears.

To

take or pluck by the beard, in contempt or anger.

No man fo potent breathes upon the ground,
But I will heard him.
Sbakeffeare.

[In heraldry.]

barb on an arrow.
beard or chuck of a horfe, is that
part which bears the curb of the bridle.

Sf'Cl^ttr.

BEAR-GARDEN,

timber, to fhorten its bearing ; or to

prevent its bearing with the whole
weight at the ends only.

May

gard.n.

SE'ARHERD.

To BEARD,

to the grave.

[In architecture.]
poll or brick wall
railed up between the ends of a piece of

The

afles,

ar.d tygers.

t.

cut the reapers and thrcmers fingers.

body

tree that yields its produce.

5.
This way of procuring autumnal rofcs, in fome
that arc good bcar.n, will fucceed.
By!r.
Reprune apricots, faying the young moots ; for
the raw bearers commonly perifh.
Evelyn.

Farrier's Ditf.

thrown,

The

com

carries the

fweat, and the green

5.
6.

if thy flight lay tow'rd the raging fea,

Thou'dft meet the bear i* th' mouth. Sbakefptare.

The name of two

One who

..

rotted ere its youth attain'd a beard. Shaleff.

certain farmer complained, that the beards

A
of his

the greater and lejftr bear ; in the tail

of the lejfer bear, is the pole-ftar.
E'en then when Troy was by the Greeks o'er-

loft his

z Cbrer.Uei.

thing.

O majcfly
thou do.t pinch thy bearer, thou doft (it
Like a rich armour worn in heat of day,
That fcalds with fafety.
Shaktffeere.

corn

But
Z.

Dryd.

it

his.

The ploughman

let

When

of corn.

Poland. In the remote northern countries the fpeCalmet.

cies is whi c.
Call hither to the ftake my twr> brave bean,
me.
Bid Sali/bury and Warwick corne to

And

\\btard..

not be infufteraMc for a profcflbr tu

crnauthority, of forty years ft.inding,
firmed by general tradition and a reverend beard,
Z.5. kf.
overturned by an upftart novelift ?
j..

he

be bearers of burdens.

Ev'n under Jovo, but Jove without

Would

>fr .

in carrying burthens.
threefcore and ten tnoulai

One who wears any

HuJibras.

SLilrfpean.
fparcd at fuit of his grey beard.
Some thin remains of chafrity appear'd

Arc ihcfe thy bears ? we'll bait thy bars to death,

r.u:iac!c the bearward in their chains. Slat.

And

is

and fo
forty days, and the femais four months ;
will
foundly for the firft fourteen days, that blows
n it wjke them. In th: flcepy feafjn, they are
faij to havL' no nourifhment but from IK king their
feet.
This animal has naturally anihidcous b.ik,
but when enraged it is terrible ; and, as rough
nd itupid as it fecms to be, it is capable of difcia thoufand little
plinc; it leapt, dances, and plays
tricks at the found of a trumpet. They abound in

have

to the capacity of the bearer.

One employed

ones.
thirty days, and generally produce five young
Jn the winter, they lie hid and afleep, the mall-

down
.

ufed to mail: age or virility ;

as, he has a long beard, means he is old.
This ancient rutnan, Sir, whole life I have

Di

gentleman fends a fervant with a rru

without endeavouring to put it into terms brought

at th'-ir

ruin.

No

fiance, or to his face.

,,

Forgive the bearer of unhappy newi

alter'd father openly purfues

Your
Your

and

chin.
Eie on thy chin the fptirtging beard began
To fpreid .1 drubtful down, and promil'e man. Pr: r.
. Beard is ufed for the face ;
as, to do any
is to do it in dea
man's
to
beard,
thing

I a(k.

B E

hat fay you are reverend grave men; yet th-; li<faces. Stat.
deadly, that tell you, you have good

Tell

B E

as,
I

irrational animal, oppofed to

man

m.in and beaft.

dare do

Wha

all

that

may become

man

do more, is none.
iv.-y? was 't then
That made you break this crtcrprize to

d.ir^s

W.i

-.

Sl>al(f(p'arc' i

mr

Machtb.

Medea's charms were there, Circean fe^il..

bgv.J- that turn'd ensmour'd youths to trails*

With

'

Dryden:
3.

B E
J

A brutal favage man ; a man a&Ing in

any manner unworthy of a reafonable

To mix

7.

prailice of

any kind contrary

the rules of human!./.

They held this land, and with

P jliuted
That
A. r

their

Brutal

adj. [from leaft."\

contrary to the nature

It is ufed
nity of man.
a term of reproach.

anbiro;!.

You

knave,

Icajliy

know

Riakiffeere.
you no reverence ?

Shakefpeare's tCing Lear,

':!y phrafe,
c

vuin gaze.

>r

Ben
It ij

the nature or form of hearts.

Having

of god?.

B2AT.

To

Prirr.

V. n. prefer, beat ; part.

[A///v, French.]

paff.

To

ftrike

to

knock

; to lay blows
upon.
une that beatttb the air.

Corinthians.

To tread a path.
Wh'l: I this unexampled

10.

To

To make

1 1.

To

3.

is
;

but one fault for which

and that is obftinacy or

them coi
chamber

at their

4.

Lode.

He

To

12.

break

to bruife

conquer

Which

to

comminute by blows.
The

pecplc gr.th.ereJ manna, ard gn'

or&tjr it in a mortar, and baked it. /
They did teat the gold into thin plates, and cut
,

to

the better

fubdue

man

to vanquifh.

p'.ay at

The

dice,

throw
May turn hy fortune fiam the weaker hand
So is Aicidjs beaten by his page.
Stakfffeare.
You fouls of gecle,
That be.ir the ftupes of men, how have you run
From Haves that apes would b:et !
Sbatrffeare.
is

wires, to work it.

f.ivc the laborious

They

greater

Five times, Marcius,

have fought with thec, fo often haft thou bra

hem;

of
bcalir.g
of the main wheel

young fellow.
21. To beat the hoof.

To BEAT, v.

To move

1.

foul,

li

i)

they

Ne.lor furni.4itd the gold, and h- lia:

hid occafion toufe his a:

it

Dryden.

To

motion

bu(hcs or ground, or

jtrbud-it'.t.

Whackum

fame and

To move

Her own
And-Jianj

the'.r

To

ri>.

frail

Id <<(

pulfe (hill keep

nat'ral progrefs, but furceafe to beat.

!>(r

!>!<(',

which

it

To

throb

fwelling.

To
;

\\.is

6.

ftill

1\\\\
r

to roufe

To

come

ncjr

fomc men

Bac'.n,

it.

16.

tlirc.1i ;

to drive the

com

linn

To

tiKi-n all

drive

-.icj

He

my

filly 'J,

.1:1

out of the

h-

prccc\h upon other

v,"

!,

ar.d teat

out

.;:.

VOL.

I.

Th

t!.

ir.

And
8.

principles

all

ways

feeling elfe,

Sbaitfpurt.
to fearch : with

but

tltar it
'tUfin.

of m.inkind might be

frcn'tlij bzljef ol'tie moil important

To

j>c.i.u.

bwt upon tlie head of Jurulij that he

and wilted in himfelf to die.
jfonai,

fun

To

(peak frequently ; to repeat

enforce by repetition : with upon.

We

A:-,

drawn MI
:i"

even

u'.

upon with violence.

afl
:,

().

^JJijf.n.

an honjft man, I beat aim,

loyc hir.ij court him, praifc kim, in or

The

in J f:irty, v.-'uih
licad,

rt

my f;nfes take
Ims livjre.

find

'.

bt,:!cn int.

He

waik,
Sbakefpearf.'

v.!i,i:

try different
about,

with a particle.

him! ''(
ft.

I'll

To

Tu

ddf-.f.n.

Dryan,
that

turn or two

countrymen.

on me,

ills fall;

fti.

by violence

have

Loch.

be in agitation, as a fore

1 am
always beating alvjt in my thoughts fi.r
fometliiug that m.iy turn to the bcne;it of my dear

'

">he

7.

'

'i

Prhr.

'

or

77.

j-for ftcrm of
It

from the cave thou rifcit. with the day

lea: the woods, and roufe the
bounding prry.

>

fi:v>ii:y,

at the fame ti{ae they art

will lie in wait

When

with tint

".d.

by any thought or

to be in agitation.
Tlu temped in my mind

fluctuate

Saving

i'

game.

'.: '-,
ftranje how lung
to fpeak, and ho
.*>

nut

hia power,

bcjtu % mind.

my

Doth from

proclaim, d, U.uchi;
-

i.T

to

iratin corn,

to crttfh by repeated opdepiv Is

pofttion ufuaiiy with the particle </-.;;.

not

is

volition, to ftop.

by

Albeit a p LI j m
'i
tending t)

Stab,

My

temp'ratc puife djes regularly beat;

Feel and be fatisfy'd.
Drydcn.
man's heart bc its t and the blood circulates,

J.

(hake like 4

with frequent repetitions of

No

i;.iin?.

lay, or prefs, as flanding corn

f.ies

knock at a door.
The men of the city befet

His

hard weather.
Her

in the bot-

the fame aft or ftroke.

any one ,'hould walle h^s time, .\M-btat his

head, about the Latin grammar, who does not intend to be a criticlc.
Lccke.

To

warn
more or

1'paces

as they are

the houfe round

about, and beat at the door, and fpalie to the matter
of the houfe.
"Judgls.

Why

14.

many hollow

fees

To

3.

beat h'n dirty brains

his mailer's

manner.

lefs able t~
th^ imprefiions of the water that btets agairid^
tliem.

4.

poll.

'.

refill

harafs ; to over-labour.
It is no point of wifdorn for a man to teat his
brains, and frend his fpirits, about things im-

into

make

go on

to

dafh as a flood or ftonn.

One

To

ftrike

walk

in a pulfatory

toms of the rocks,

Addtf'.n

wit!.

5.

jfJJifcn.

To

Public envy feemcth to beat chiefly upon nvniftcrs.

Bacin.
Your brow, which does no fear of thunder know,
Sees rowling tempefts vainly teat below. DryJ,-n.

13.

To

2.

PyrrKu:, king of Epirus, joining his (hips t

thofe of ti.e Syracufans, beat the Carthaginians at

ff! /-timer.

p.

would gladly underit-ind the formatiort of a

and fee it bc.n the firrt confcious pulfc. Coli-.cr.

'.

-I':

to

foot.

are firmly perfuaded, that one Lucquefe can beat live Floren-

15.

'

he

S&ti*t'lf>care

have d'fcern'd the foe fecurely

Too proud to fear a beettr. enemy.

The common people of Lucca

ExsJus.

work of

attack fuddenly

T'advan:e

to fpread

To

beat up.

Will fancies he fliould never have been the man

is, had not he knock'd down conllables, and
beat up a lewd woman's quarters, when he was a

the truth of things, muft

tiatea track.
Lode.

H_rculcs and Lichas

know
common and

that will

leave the

So

Si-t

em-

fnrt!i~

in that rjuiet po.ture, without oiakinj^

the leall imprefiion upon tlie enemy by beating vf
his quarters, which might eafily have been dune.

with

it

price of lanJ

alarm.
They lay

An-1 a? in prifons mean rogues beat

Mcmp, for the fervice of the gre.it ;

dor>r I'll beat the iiru-n,

deep to death.

:ry,

To

chilJ.

rcbeiiion.

an inflrament of mufick.

ilrike

BW
Or

marking

tines.

-lake them of co more voice

for barking. SunkMiftrefs Ford, good heart, is beaten black and
that
cannot
fee
a
white
bJ^,
you
fpot about her.

There

a path by

fink or leffen the

tracks.

take

To

20.

and beat my painful way,

divine afliftance bring. B/aekmore.

To

Ufuryiw/i dmcr the

talk eflay,

me.

punifh with ftripes or blows.

They 'ic chofe a conlul that wili from them

be hat:r.

dove

liad

ploymcirt of money is chiefly either merchandiz'ng

or purchafing ; and ufury waylays b'jth.
Bacar.

Pal's awr'ul gulfs,

Ccleftial

he

19. To btat doivn.

value.

As when a linn in the midnight hour?,

Beat by rude blufts, and wet with wint'ry fhow'rs,
Defcends terririck from the mountain's brow.
Pope.

2.

his lofty forehead teat,

's high or gri-at.

that

all

Denbam.

He rav'u with all the madnefj of dcipair

He roar'd, he bias his bread, h; tore his h.iir.
Dtydcn.

Drjdt*.
to truft the rcnegado with
o%cr
for
their
ranfom
brought
j
money
as not qucftioning but he would btctt dtivn tlie
terms of it.
Ad;j'.*.

She perfuaded him

Ao/OMMUff.

of

fate

Diydttt.

To endeavour by treaty

teat do-iun.

the

tempefts teat, and to the winds a fcorn.

While winds and dorms

'JiT.j.K,

charged upon the gentlemen of the

c of drinking to excefs hath been
from their example, rcftored among u

Smft.
i.

With

with night

beat tlic wing, and rid

to leflen the price demanded.

Surveys rich moveablc's with curious eye,
Seats down the price, and threatens ftill to buy.

Muton.

hail.

with fluttering agitation.

the world.

To

8.

viii. 17.

Judgfi,

and digas

beat with peipctual (lorrns

and dire

The common

commonly

About

of a

jefls

JViltts.

Thrice have

this flood a frozen continent

Of whirlwind

WeW
.

of the city.

by the impudent

religion,

To move

17.

dafh as water, or brufh as wind.

Bejond

Ifl ti.ou, have

thyfelf fall in the confufion
cf men, or nmai.j a bcalt with bca:ts ?
I]

T^

To

unkindly crime.
Fairy Sjtttn.

men

flew the

Lies dark and wild

fame gejitle foil long time ;

own mother loath'd their tfaJHirifs,

BE'ASTLY.
I.

batter with engines of war.

And he heat down the tower of Penuel, and

profane wit.

To

8.

9.

this

of natural

things by long and frequent

By long beating the white of an egg with a lump

of alum, you may bring it into white curds.
B-jyle.

to

their filthinefs

B E

agitation.

creature.

fe BEAST, v. a. A term at cards.

BE'ASTIVGS. See BSESTINGS.
BE'ASTLINESS. n.f. [from teajtly.~\ Brutality

B E

int.;

:i

lar^.-r fpettli,

tMriicllncfs,
..\

who

alleged words.

Leiil

to

by reaf m

more

.i-ij

Ilockir.

B E
How

frequently and feirtntly doth

brat U/-M this cnule !

To

10.

teat up

tlit

as, to beat up for foldiers.

up feems redundant, but enforces the fenfe ; the technical term be-

The word

received in heaven, though he is not

inverted with the dignity of a faint.
Over againft this church ftunds an hofpita),

ing, to rai/e foldiers.

fart. pajpi>e. [from the verb.]
Like a rich vellel lejt by ftorms to Oiore,
'Twer madncfs (hould 1 venture out once more.
DrydtK.

n.

[from the verb.]

1.

Stroke.

2.

Manner of ftrikiag,

though

BE'ATINC.

ftruck

Dryde*.
as, the beat

part. adj. [from

To

completely well.
This is the image and

1.

He

n.f.

is

perfon

The

beft

much given

fchoolmafter of our time

greatefl butter.

and has often the French plural

man of drefs ;
beaux, founded as bees.}
a man whofe great care is to deck his
bo,

to blows.
was

the

jlfctam'i Scboolmrfer.

BEATI'FICAL. 1 adj. [beatifats, low Lat.

BEATI'FICK. J from btatus, happy.]
That which has the power of making

perfon.

What

Than

aught divine or holy

elfe,

Tifion beatififk.
It is alfo their felicity to

for en-

vifion in the fruition of the

beatifical
the full evaobjcft of faith, they have received
Brvwn't Vulgar Errours.
cuation of if.

joying the

We

amphibious, and remarkable

for his art

on account of the fur.

The beaver being hunted,

from
2.

Hake-will

fo BEA'TIFY.
I

a.

happy

[beatfao, Lat.]

and unfpcakabic, efpecially if free and unreftain

of that convention which i
ed, bearing an image
llamn-.cnd
among angels and btatified faints.

We

fhili

know him

neareft to us,

qurntly,
J

wi

ii

.in<l

to be the fulleft good, th

the moft certain ; and, confe

the moft tealifymg of all others. Bm-wn

I hid the wings ol" an angel, to hav

fought.
Hatnvill.

upon the beaver,

building.

for

indeed

Breiun'i V^/g. Err,

hat of the beft kind, fo called from

being made of the fur of beaver.
fee

fmart rhetorician turning

hat

into different cocks, examininj tin

his harangue : a ilea
lining and the button during
man would think he was cheapening a bra-er
it

talking of the fate of a nation. Add\

The broker here his fpacious beaver wears,
his brow fit jealoufics and cares.
Gay

when he

in

to blefs with the

completion of ce'-jftial enjoyment.
The ufc ff fp'iritual conference is unimaglnabl

Tq make

is

moulding

term in the Romifh church, diftinguifhed from canonization. Beatificatio,

an acknowledgment made by the
is

-v.

biteth off his ftones

his life

wifdom of that animal

its artifice in

You

are conferred by canonization.

them only

placed this invention

the fagacity and

[from teat fa

is

that for

knowing

They

beatified

fber.]

the caftor,

animal, otherwise

by

beatifical.]

pope, that the perfon

heaven, and therefore may be reverenced as blefled ; but is not a concef
fion of the honours due to faints, which

\jbie-vre,

of which
building his habitation ;
many wonderful accounts are delivered
travellers. His (kin is very valuable

pinefs.

n.f.

n.f.

French

The
face,

covers th
part of a helmet that
[baviere, Fr.]

His dreadful hideous head,

Clofe couched on the beaver, fecm'd to throw

From flaming mouth

tute beauty.

He

ftolc

beautiful

away and took by

women

itrong hand

in his time.

d hod
Big Mars fcems bankrupt in their beggar'

ftaft"

Baenti

going in at his beaver.

BE'AVERED.

adj. [from beaver.]

with a beaver

all

the

Kj.'rigb.

The moft important part of painting, is to

know what is mod beautiful in nature, and moft
which is the moft beautiproper for that art ; that
is the moft noble fubjeQ
fo, in poetry, tra.
becaufe the
gedy is more beautiful than comedy,
whom
the
poet inftrudls, and
perfons are greater
of
more
benefit to
the
inftruitions
confcquently
:

ful,

Drydeiu

And fummer feas are turn'd by fuddcn winds. Prior,

JEAU'TIFULLY. adv. [from beautiful.]
In a beautiful manner.

No
From
That

lac'd
longer ftall the boddice, aptly
thy full bofom to thy flender w.iift,
air and harmony of ih:;pe exprefs,

Fine by degrees, and beautifully

Prior.

lefs.

JEAU'TIFULNESS.

n.f. [from beautiful.]

of being beautiful ; beauty ;
excellence of form.
To BEAU'TIF Y. v. a. [fiQm beauty] To

The quality

adorn

to embellifh

to

deck ;

to add beauty to.

Never was forrow more fweetly

to grace

fct firth

Covere

wearing a beaver.

His beaver'd brow a birchen garland bears,

Dropping with infants blod, and mothers tears.
fife

their

faces feeming rather to beautify their forrow, than

their forrow to cloud the beauty of their faces.

Wayward.
we

are brought to Rome,

To beautify thy triumphs and return,
?
fiat.
Captive to thee and to thy Roman yoke
Thefe were not created to beautify the earth
Sufficeth not that

alone, but for the ufe of man and bead. Raleigh.

all confpire to grice

How

Th' extended

earth, and beautify her face.

Bkckavre*
charity and juflicc; and the one lerves
to heighten and btautify the < ther.
Atttrbiiry.

There

is

To BEAU'TIFY. <v. n. To grow beautiful

to advance in beauty.

It mull be a prolpeot pleafing to God himfelf,

to fee his creation for ever beautifying in his cycs
and drawing nearer to him by greater degrees of

red.
bright fparkles fiery

And faintly through a rufty beaver peep?. Sbak

He was (lain upon a cou'rfe at tilt, the fplintcr
of the

goddeiTes.

Dome*.
A U'T i F u L . adj. [from beauty and/if//.]
Fair ; having the qualities that conftt-

is

Upon
3.

them gods and

gentiles fia:r,'d

rulM by fickle minds,

Beautiful looks are

Swift.

In fuch a manner as to complete hap-

beneath man.

The

mankind.

in

Scu'b.

BEATIFICA'TICN.

nymphs

all, at

named

An

1.

ftrangenefs of the beatifck

to bear all thofe
eye fbould be fo fortified, as
from the fountain of uncreated
|'lorie> that ftream

the face of God, in the

Btatfially to behold
fulnefs of wifdom, righteoufnefs, and peace, is
MeflTednefs no way incident unto the creatures

n.f. [from beauttiai.]

date or quality of being beauteous

beauty.
From lefs virtue, and lefs beautec-ufrefs,

fo >

dred.

BB'AVER.

the grcatncfs and

vifion j how a created

BEATI'FICALLY. adv. [from

Vitl'roy

are the land

once combin'd
fly they
Prior.
To fharne a general, and a beau f
You will become the delight of nine ladies in
btaux in a hunten, and the envy of ninety-nine

may contemplate upon

light.

water nymphs are too unkind

And

Milton.
faith

attempt

to pleafe the fair

Dryden

To

enjoy'd

have no

will not beaux

The

happy, or completing fruition ; blifsful.

It is afed only of heavenly fruition after death.
Admiring the riches of heaven's pavement
In

manner

in a

The

oif

A declaration of bleflednefs made by

our Saviour to particular virtues.
BEAU. a./, [beau, Fr. It is founded like

AU'TEOUSNESS.

>E

Digiy.

2.

Beat all your mortar with a beater three or four

times over, before you ufe it j for thereby ynu inMaxai.
corporate the fand and lime well together.

Pr'ur,

[from ieatutdia.]

pleafing to the fight ; beautifully.

Look upon pleaf^rcs not up>n thu fide -.liat is
next the tun, or where they look ktaatatify ; <hat
be enjoyed. fayhr.
is, as they come towards you to

men's

;
(lightly pafling over the accomthe foul, and the beatitude or" that part
which earth and vifibilitics too weakly aftclt.
Brown's Vulgar Errourt.

aJ-v.

In a beauteous manner

it is

pliflimcnt

AU'TEOUSUY.

IE

delights of fenfe

Dryd.

[from beat.]
An inftrument with which any thing
comminuted or mingled.

2.

Sbatejfejre.

not hoping to fubdue,

I only to the flight afpir'd ;
To keep th? bejvtecttt foe in view,
Was all the glory I dcfir'd.

Alas

representation of

little

chiefly poetical.

can, Petnicbio, help thcc to a w.r'e,

wealth enough, and young, an.; i rjutuut.

com-

his being

is,

is

With

beatitude in piflurc.
Taylor.
fet out the felicity of his heaven, by the

heaven;

beat.]

you, Sir, fo late abroad

Without a guide, and this no 1'eaten road

happinefs

agreed to be beatitude, that

is

aims,

What makes

BE'ATER.

word

Mdijin.

monly ufed of the joys of heaven.

The end of that government, and of all

of the pulfe, or a drum.

Bt'ATEN.

beautiful. This

has been beatifed,

pleafing to the fight

[from teat.] Correction;

a.f.

1. Bleflednefs; felicity;

Grew.

air.

Manner of being

who

Playwright, convift of publick wrongs to men,

Takes private beating*, an! begins again. Ben Jcnj.
JEA'TITUDE n. f. \btatitiido, Lat.]

He, with a carelefs leaf,

Struck out the mute Creadon at a hejt.

jv

(hocmaker,

never fainted.

Fair;

[(torn beauty.]

adj.

elegant in form

punifhment by blows.

Albeit the bafe and neble firings of a viol be

tuned to an unifon, yet the former will dill make
a bigger found than the latter, ai making a
broader best upon the

ereflcd by a

EAU'TEOUS.

i;

BEAT.

BEAT.

beau

To fettle the character of any perfon,

by a publick acknowledgment that he

a
adj. [horn teau.] Befitting
foppifh.

EAU'ISR.

into Parjdifr, and to have beheld the

forms of thofe beatified (f mis, from which I might
have copifd my archangel.
Dryden.
aftcrta^d

finpttif

/'<*

B E

B E

refemblance.

BEAU'TY.
1.

dddifon.

n.f.

[beaute, Fr.]

That aflemblage of graces, or proportion

of parts, which pleafes the eye.

of Co*
Btauty confifts of a certain compofition
lour and figure, ca..(ing delight in the beholder.
Locke,
Your beeuti was the caufe of that effect,

Your ff>',~tht

did haunt

me

in

my

deep.

EEC
IF I thought that,

Thefe

nails

I tell thee,

homicide*
rend that beauty from

fliould

cheeks.

my

BECA'USE. emjunB. [from

Stakcffeare.

that

Cannot

of

beft part

is

leaj..y

which

that

Bacon.

Of

the beauty of the eye I fliall fay little, leaving

poets and orators : that it is a very pleafant
and lovely object to behold, if we confider the

that

of

it,

is

the leaft

can

He

2.

pieces arc beautiful, becaufe they

referable the bcaatia of nature; and nature will

Dryden.

Wherever you place

a pitch,

you deftroy

Addijon,

beauty.

thing more eminently excellent

than the reft of that with which it is

Any

j.

With

incredible pains have I endeavoured to

copy the feveral

beauties

of the ancient and modern

hiiloiians

4.

adorn

[from the noun.]

to beautify

to embcllilh

My fons,

The
Than

my deed

to

ff*

your moft painted word. Shak.

Grriv.

Till becajjcot fold fo dcv'lidi dear,

To one th.tt \va-_, or woxiid have been, a'peer. Pope.
. a.
[from calm."\

7 BECA'LM. f
i. To ftill the elements.

flune clear on :he becalmed flood.

To keep a (hip from motion.

A man becalmed at fea, out ol fight of

To

land, in

quiet the mind.

Soft whif;i'ring ti:-,

Thrn woo

:he lark's mattinfong,

becalm the mind

Ferplcx'd with irklome thoughts.

Baniih hi
becalm his foul
AdJifox.
:y

bfcf!m'dh\t brcaft

P <p:.

in

this,

is to
llop motion, and to beto with-hold from motion.

.'MS.
fee.

The

me

2.

3.

whofe beck

is

enough for

Then

forthwith to him t.ikes a chofen band

Of fpirits, liked to himfelf in guile,
To be at hand, and at his beck appear.
Milton.
The menial fair, th.it round her wait,
At Helen's beck prepare the room of ftatc. Pcfe.

To BE'CKON.

i/.

n.

To make

a fign with-

out words.
Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would
have made his defence unto the people.
Afli, xix. 33.

he had raifed my thoughts by thcilc

tranlporting airs, he beckoned to me, and, by the
waving of his hand, directed me to approach.

MtRfon.
Sudden you mount, you beckon from the fkies ;
arife

To BE'CKON.

<v. a.

[from beck, or beacn,

To make

a fign to.

preterite of become

And

cannot joy, until

To BECO'ME.

which

you to go au'ay with it,

fome impartmcnt did d'jfirc

It betkonl

As

if it

manner
If

a.

<*.

a.

[of be clyppan., Sax.]

Di3.

is

biceme.

S&alffp*

[from te or by,

and

Suitable to fomething.

become not a cart as well as another

man,

on my bringing up.
Sbakffpetire*
Why would I be a queen ? becaufe my face
Would wear the title with a better grace ;
If I became it not, yet it would be
Part of your duty then to flatter me.
Drydtm.
z.

Applied to things, to be fuitable to the

perfon ; to befit ; to be congruous to the
appearance, or character, or circumftances, in fuch a manner as to add
to be graceful.
;
She to her fire m.vJc humble reverence,
And bowed low, that her right well it, 'me,

grace

And

added grace unto her excellence. Fairy S(urin.

1 had fome flowers o' th'
fpring that

\ wuuld

might
Becane your time of day j and your's, nd yoor't.
That wear upon your virgin branches yet
Your maidenheads growing.
Kkahejfeart.

Yet be

fad,

For, to fpeak truth,

it

good brothers

vtty well treaties you. Sbal

Your dj/honour
Mangles tre judgment, and bereaves tbc ftate
Of that integrity which fliould i>ect!r.rh. Slattfy,
Wicherly was ef my Opinion, or rather 1 of his;
it

He

ttc:eui

me

fo to

fp;ak of fo excellent

11

poei .

Dtydeti.
utterly rejected their fables concerning their
,is

not-tecomirg gnrd

which were worfliipped

you alone.
Sbakrfpearr.
With this his dift.mt friends he kechni nejr,
Provokes their duty, and prevents their fe.ir. Dryd.

be refolv'd

a plague

gads,

To

To BECI.I'P. -v.
To embrace,

cpemen, Sax. to pleafe.]

I. Applied to perfons, to appear in 3

for

her two crooked hands (he ligns did make,

becksn'd him.
Fairy S^tJftn.

out of the

In the following paflage, the phrafe,

where is he become? is ufed for, -what it

Pcfe.

ifl'ued

of me

Where our right valiant father

difci-

SiJnry.

the blood that

will become

become of him?

back,

Neither the lufty kind fliewed any rnughnefs,

nor the eafier any idlenef; ; but ftill like a wellpline.

cfM

then ? for, when he it

free, he will infallibly accufe me.
Dryden.
What became of this thoughtful bufy creature,
when removed from this world, has amazed the
vulgar, and puzzled the wife.
Rogers,

nod of command.

obeyed matter,

Raleigh.
become

Graunt.

What

come on. Stak.

n.f. [from the verb.]

fign with the head ; a nod.

what would

mankind.

firft

what became

Hatte thec, nymph, and bring with thee

Q^iips, and cranks, and wanton wiles,
Milter.
Nods, and Itcti, and wreathed fmiles.

caft.

that to calm
is

to

Sbakrff. Antotif and Cleopatra.

BECK.

me

all

heart.

With

eafy dreams.

Perhaps the wind juft ihifted from the

4. To becalm nnd to calm differ

calm

Shjk.

Egypt, this gay charm,

eye btck'd forth my wars, and call'd them

home.
1.

(hall p.ot drive

and

Milton.
hints of the circulation of the blood
were taken from a common perfon's wondering

foul of

Sax. a fign.]

With

filver beck

Clouds intcrpofc, waves roar, and winds

-in.

.1

book, and candle,

Bell,

When

a fair day, may look on the fun, or fca, or (hip,

a whole hour, and perceive no motion.
Locke.

3.

Perplcx'd with thoughts,

Of me,
The

Difl.

When gold and

Oh this falfe

n. f.

Span.] A bird
like a nightingale, feeding on figs and
PineJa.
grapes ; a fig-pecker.
The robin-redbreaft, till of late, had reft,
And children facred held a martin's neft ;

2.

tinent.

in little ufe.
knows what has bechanced them.

BECK. T/. n. [txacn, Sax, tee, FT.

head.] To make a fign with the head.
To BICK. v, a. To call or guide, as by

not

n.f. \becafigtj,

The moon

[from be and
happen to a

n.f. [jS^ixa, of jS|, a

cough.] Medicines proper for relieving

Whofe

of the animal creation.

BKCAFI'CO.

terrogative.

BE'CHICKS.

To

[from beauty and

ffot.] A fpot placed to direft the eye
to fomething elfe, or to heighten fome
beauty ; a foil ; a patch.
The filthinefj of fwine makes them the btautyf.t

God

is

What is then become cffa huge a multitude, at

would have overfpread a great part of the con-

a motion of the head.

harlot's check, bfautied with plaft'ring art,

to the thing that helps it,

is

It is obfervable, that this

never, or very feldom, ufed
but with 'what, either indefinite or in-

word

Sbakeffteart.

more ugly

BEAU'TV-SPOT.

to

All happinefs bifbar.ce to thee at Milan.

in ufe.
Is not

condition of.

word proper, but now

Dry Jen.
a.

befal

coughs.

kill'd thy brother, live for thee

To BEAU'TY. v.

To

chance.]

n.

i>.

To become of. To be the fate of; to be

end of; to be the fubfequent or final

the

To

He (lightly view'd, and (lightly overpafs'd. Miltcn.

Whit can thy ends, malicious beauty, be ?
who

z.

Arbutbr.a.

cretion.

beautiful perfon.

he,

of

To BECHA'NCE.

Artuibr.it.

Remember th.it Pelican conquerour,

youth, how all the teaaties of the eaft

Can

fo generally agree in the fenfe

My

fome fort, the force of a prebut, becaufe it is compounded

of a noun, has of after it.
Infancy demands aliment, fuch as lengthens
fibres without breaking, becaufe of the ftate of ac-

united.
This gave me an occafion of looking backward
en fome beautici of my author in his former books.
Dry Jen.

7.

Imaller pear, grafted upon a (tock that beareth a greater pear, will become great.
Bacon.
voice thou oft haft heard, and haft notfear'd,
But ftill rcjoic'd ; how is it now become
So dreadful to thee ?
Mi!tn.
So the leaft faults, if mix'd with fairtft deed,
Of future ill become the fatal feed.
Prior.

It has, in

pojitian

ever be beautiful, which rcfembles thofe taat'us of

antiquity.

do not

other, tetevft the interefts, 'and

lulls, and pafiions of men are marc concerned in
the one than the other.
Tillotfon.

2.

it.

unto the Jews I becam; a Jew, that I might

i Corirt. ix. 20.
gain the Jews.

thefe as of the

particular grace, feature, or orna-

ment.
The ancient

Gertfis,

And

Men

view'd their twining branches with delight,

prais'd the beauty of the pleafing fight. Pope.

And

To BECO'ME. v. n. pret. / became ; comp.

pret. I have become, [from by and eeme.]
i. To enter into fome ftate or condition,
by a change from fome other.
The Lord Cod breathed into his noltrila th
breath of Ufe, and man became a living foul.

H.iw great foevcr the fins of any perfon are,

Chrift died for him, brcaufe he died for all and he
^
died for thofe (ins, becauje he died for all fins:
Hamncml.
only he muft reform.

Rjy,

fay.

caufe."]

fled.

figure, colours, fplendour

and

part of an illative proportion, either exprefsly or by implication, and is

anfwered by therefore ; as, / f.cJ becaufe / ivas afraid \ which is the fame
with, becaufe I was afraid, therefore I

a picture

expref's.

By

that; on this account

for this caufe that.
It makes the

this reafon

firft

Bacw.

virtue.

For

1.

Beauty is beft in a body that hath rather dignity

of prefence than beauty of afpeft. The beautiful
prove accomplilhed, but not of great fpirit, and
ftudy for the moft fart rather behaviour than

The

EEC

EEC

men, much

for gods.

lels

thof

Stili'mgjtcct ,

BZCG'MINC. faf-ticif. adj. [from liffeyti.]

That which pleafes by an elegant proIt is fometimes ufed
priety ; graceful.
with the participle cf; but generally
2

Ten month? after Fl.irim-l happen' J

And wutmeftt in a laudable m

without any government of the following words.

Of thec, kind boy, I afic no

To make up my delight,
No odd tecomif* jv
Black eyes, or

know

little

red uid white

9.

wht,

not

in faces.
all

Their difcourfcs are fuch

fuch as
age, their calling, and their breeding;
ire ktccmitig of them, nd ff them only.
Drjdtn.
boldr.rfs I may ule ;
A'et fome

pcrUfled into an habitual and be(Cj::np tafinefs.

lock.

n.f. [from became.']

in ufe.
Mr, :Vrive me,

teattningt kill
well to you.

Sii-.ce

Eye

my

me when

congruity

I'll

ad-~j.

2.

3.

n.f. [bib, Sax.]

to deep on.
Lying not ercdl, but hollow, which is in the
making of the bed; or with the legs gathered up,
which is in trie pofture of the body, is the more
.:c:n.
wholefome.

5.

gone
Advice with fcrupulous head. Wi'ton.
caves, or homely fheds,
With twining oziers fcnc'd, and mofs their teds.

Lodging

the convenience of a place

to ileep in.

On my

That

knees

me

you'll vouchfjfe

eldeft fon of this fecond bed, w.i?,

death of his father, by the (ingular
care and affection of his mother, well brought
Clatcadw.
up.

George, the

Bank of earth
Herbs

raifed in a garden.

be tenderer and fairer, if you take

out of bedt) uhen they are newly come up,

them

vrill

and remove them into pots, with better earth.

5.

channel of a river, or any hollow.

So high
heav'd the tumid hills, fo low
Down funk a hollow bottom, broad, and deep,
ious bed of waters.
Hilton*

Aidilor,.

The place where any

thing

is

gene-ate.!,

See hoary AlbuU's infeflec!

O'er the warm bed of fmoaking fulphur glide.

layer ; a ftratum ;
over another.
1 fee no reafon, but the

weary, never fo in woe,

Bedabbled with the dew, and torn
1 can no further crawl, no further go. Skaktfprdre,
To BEDA'GGLE, <v. a. [from daggk]

bemire

8.

ibi <was

to

brought

to

to foil clothes,

by

them

letting

To

ffcr,

bed of a daughter.

with afiHu'us

Firft,

ca.-e

from winttr

Then

fpread with draw the tutting of

crn beneath.
Arcitc return'd, and, as in honour tied,
His foe wi.h bMtfginA with feed fupply'd.
DryJ*

BEDE'CK.

-v. a.

[from deck.]

To deck i

to grace.

Thou ftam'It thy

And ufeft noi.
Which Ihould lafecJt

Oiapc, thy love, thy wit,

thy Oi..pe,

to

'
>

Finale

it

That fo teitck'd, ornate,

Corr.es this way.

and

gajr,

Hf
With ornamental drops tti'cck'ii 1 (lood,
And writ my victory with my enemy's blood. Norris*.

Now

Smiles

Ceres, in her prime,

and with ruddied

fertile,

frtis-i

Pi:

prayer, and bonfe.] An hofpital or nlmshoufe, where the poor people prayed for
their founders and benefactors.

?EDt'rTER. See BEDDER.

To BEDE'W. <v. a. [from de-ia.]
ten gently, as with the
ftu

To

Let

the tear',

all
.

u:

fc..l:n

t-

What

a&wVwich

fiender youth,

li
;

My

too

much

To

luftre.

mirt.tko'

That have been fo itdaxzitd by the fun,

That every thing I look on feemrth grei-n. Sla
B E'D CHAMBER, n.f. [from bed and chamber.]

The chamber

They were brought

.

appropriated to

He was now

relt

to the king, abiding then

in his bedchamber.

ooe of the btdtliewltir

Hr.\
t->

the
( ...

Di;
ground.
(aid
and failing tears his face WCTO. Dry<L

He
SE'DFELLOV/.
:

One
But

n.f.

[from bed and fellow.]

fame bed.

that lies in the

loves your people,

to be their
te.tf

him not

tie

Mifery acquaints a mail with

11

dim by

yt/./>..

..v_q ?

B-.Um, from aiilver box diltill'd .-.round,

Shail all tedeia the roots, and fcent the

ftrang:

piteous corfe, a bloody piteous corfr,

Pale, pale as aflicc, all bedaiab'd in blood,
All in gore blood.
Sbatefftart

the fight

lf"

countcf, received a letter fiorn him, whereunto ail the while (he was writing her anfwcr, (?ie
bcdfwed the paper with her tears.

Sta (!

To B E D A'\V B <v. a. [fronWti'^.] Todawb

over; tobefmear; to foil, with fpreading any vifcous body over it.

make

''
:i

The

[from dazzle.]

moil-

of dew.

fall

..

a.

JE'DEHOUSE. n.f. [from bebe, Sax. a

doth the crown lie there upon

Being fa troublcfome a bedfe&io f
Siakrif
man would as foon choofe him for hL

thy warlike father, like a child,

Tuld the fad ftory of my father's dc.ith,
That all the ftanders-by had wet their cheek',
Like trees bedafifd with rain.
5.j.

<v.

are.

fecms,

Why

When

To BEDA'ZZ LE.

w!.

love, thy

ti.y.

He
be-

mire by throwing dirt tobefpatter;

wet with throwing water.

BED. To

deliver of a child
Lriag
It is often ufed with the panicle of; as

To

reach the dirt in walking.

fo BEDA'SH. v. a. [from dajb.]

Burner

even.

fo

To

a body fpreac

furface of the Ian

(hoult! be a* regular a> that of the water, in th
firit
production of it j and the It;au, or butt within, tie as

him.

Never

or repoftted.

7.

pi incc

his play

L'EJlranfe.

V/l...

water.

6.

There be no inns whcve meet Jedd';i:g may bi

had fo that bis mantle ferves him then tor a Led.

We

could bed bear the

Sijkefpearf.

To

convenience.

as

as the fleeping foldicrs in th' alarm,

bedded h.iirs, like life in excrements,

plied to perfons, in a fenfe including in-

great magazine for all kinds of treafurc

is fuppofed to be the bed of the Tiber.
may
be Cure, when the Ki.mans lay under the apprcr
barbarous
thc
faoked
a
of
henfions
city
feeing
by

of their riches that way,

to ftratify.

To BEDA'BBLE. ir. a. -[from dabble.] To

wet; to befprinkle. It is generally ap-

care to bcftow fuch

L'SJtrutgt.

lay in order

infected

The

enemy, that they Wuuld take

fnake bedded himfelf under the threihold of

n.
cohabit.
If he be married, and bed with his wife, and
afterwards rel.ipfe, he may pofiibly fancy that flic

Bacon.

The

To

:irr.:r.

lay in a place of reft, or fecurity.

Let coarfe told hands, from (limy neft,
Donne.
The beaded fifh in banks outwreft.

To BED. v.

after the

4.

it.

Start up, and (tand on end.

beg,

Marriage.

3.

bed your quick

To

Vour

raimtnt, ltd, and food.

Sbektjfart.

and lay your quick upon

to

And

DryJcx.
2.

fome of yourbeft mould

lay

a country-houfe.

6.

faine drunk, and in his j]<r<-p he

Live to his bedtlabti about

but e.

partaker of the bed.

fow, or plant in e.irth.

Lay the turf with the grafs fids downward, upon

harm,

to adorn

To
in,

And

Thofc houfes then were

To make

which

to bed,

is

her. Slst..

There was a doubt ripped up, whether Arthur

JSjetr..
was btdJed with his lady.
..

will be

little

JE'DDER.
!"./ [from bed.] The ne.
JEDE'T'TER. j" ther-ltonc of an oil-mill.
SE'UDING. n.f. [from bed.] The materials of a bed
a bed.

'o

Tufcan wars, and ncxer bed

place in bed.

She w.\5 pub'.ickly contracted, dated as a

and fnlemnly keddtd ; and, after (lie was laid,
Maximilian's ambaflad..r put his leg, ftript naked
to the knee, between the efpoufal (licets.
Bectn.

Something made

Rigour now

11. a.

to the

To

fpread-

[from the noun.]

go to bed with.
They have married me

To

dues

NIT is the majelty of the divine govr-rnmen'

thereof
greater in its extent, than the beanurgntfi
Cr^iv.
is in its manner and form.

BED.

Dtfl.

riage.

Sbfttffftr*.

propriety.

JED of a gnat Gun. That thick plank

which lies immediately under the piece,
being, as it were, the body of the car-

[from beaming.] After a becoming or proper manner.

BECO'MINC NESS. n. f. [from becoming.
See To BECOME.] Decency; elegant

BECo'tiiiNGLY.

.">'./;

clcit.e;.

over a bed.
For h?

warn, wring, brew,

-,e tbe bolt, and do

they not

Bf'c CLOTHES, n.f. [from bed and

It has no Jingular.]
Coverlets

has been ufed.

it

mylclf.

To BED.

word not now

in
put the bed

a Mortar, [with gunners.]

piece of oak, hollowed in the middle, to receive the breech and half the
J313.
tiunnions.

Orna-

BECO'MINC.

fn w.-J,

folid

looming

I've wtll delcrv'J, nor will he now rel'uf:. Drjden.

Make their pupils repeat the adicn, that they
ma< curreft what is conlrraincd in it, till it te

To

BED.

ma'-t tli

k?rp l\i< lu-ufe, and

Aour,drefs n.

as belong to their

To

order after

Smiting.

ment.

BED

BED

B E D

men

life,

'.in,

ch

.:ch

To BEDI'GHT.

<v.

a.

and con.

women!

[from

--;

digl-i.]

To

adorn ; to drefs ; to fet off

an old
word, now only ufed in humorous wri>
:

ings,
A maiden

fine bet'^Lt hejiapt to love

The maiden fineAnd for the v'.ll.u

To BID I'M. <-j. n. [from dim.]

dim

to obfcure
I

The
And
S;'t

nocrtidc

to cloud

To make
to darken.

h.v

fun-, cr.ii'd

torth the

mutinous winjs,

'twi\t thi green lea and the azure vault

1

loanng war.

To EEDI'ZEN.
drefs out

Sbu\,
<v.

a.

[from
a low word.

dix<.u.]

To

BEDLAM

BED
Er'DLAM.

n.f. [corrupted

from

Betl.lc-

name of

a religious houie in
Loadon, converted afterwards into an
hofpital for the mad and
the

l.-cm,

BE'D-RITE. n.f. [from btd and rite.] The

privilege of the marriage bed.
VVhcfe. vrvvs arc, that no ledy.ti: 'La.l bepa'd

Till

Hymen's

1.

niaJSvjufe

for

place appointed

the cure of lunaqt,

2.
madman ; a lunatick,

L?

his roguifh

!il:

AT,

Our

madnefs
flfcare.

adj. [from the noun.] Belonging to a madhoufe ; fit for a rnadhoufc.

-

Ofi..'
i

Aa

FE. n. f. [from lcdlam.~\

inhabitant of Bedlam ; a ma.!

r"

A pej-fcn

BE'DSTEAD.

The draw

in love with

ofiice

EE'DMATE.

my

iejaaker, upon

for ever.

[from led and mate.'] A

one that partakes of the

n.f.

bedfellow

fo

y?'.i,

h~:'<

or icdjlrfiiv kept clofe, and

n.

.n:^J.

r,. :

//j;:w.

that

bed

[from

f.

falls to the

is

prince

She

That

'

In./'. [froOI&eJ

and

To

to Agnify

;ibers in the cornice,

phc-

ed below the coronet.

Btiihifr's D:J}.

ng behind, holding

it

To BEDU'NG.

fk

BE'DPRESSER.
heavy

n.f. [from bed

lazy fellow.

Th'

-his

and/ny}.]

Irilfirrfir,

Toward

To

them,

in

n. [

reli-

Poor Patty Cl unr, no more

to foa!;

to

L-e

and

To make

Dry:!.

o;,

frrii-i

rhc

n-.

v
:

;"

.//

In

without
.re!h green

15

P^i.h.irJ'j

la.!-).

aifj. [from led and ride.] Confined to the bed by age or Acknefs.

ly

l-in };

'

cljiij;;;.

[from bed and ivork.]

in bed
work performed
f.

the hands.

toil of

he

and mental part;,

;j;any handi (hall (bike,
tiiem on, and know, by meafure

fiiH

O.

i.

v.'eight

[beo, Saxon.]
that makes honey, remark-

its i.ntlu!lry

and

art.
fi';,

T be c

y
L.)

M'gl.'

ruling

Fr^rn the

Muor
;

whf n

thrir

money
come to

..hen 'hry
to be fixed to their beds, hold out
force have luin bidrid twenty ;aii,
;

.r.ituie,

a peopled
;

teach

kingdom.
<h

'iillunt

;nd armii.g

ir

Statcj'f.

camp
iiumrning noife,
theirhlves. Dryd.

be fo

many

'

years

bctt,

fay.

otht

.tiffs' ,

when we

dine,

our wine.

DrjJm.

\lituf,

flefli

What

i-hted w'nii cthsr

to*

fjy ycu

a piece of ttef and milliard

'

^ff-eare.

The
bafte

2.

fat

of roafted taf

on

falling

birds, will

them.

Swifc.

An

ox, bull, or cow, confidered as fit

In this fenfe it has the plural
for food.
ieevei ; the Angular is feldoni found.
pound of man's

flefh

Is not fo efrirrable or profitable,

As flcih of Muttons, ttma, or goats.

Stttejfean*
Alcinous flew twelve fhecp, eight white-tooth'd
fwine,

Two

crook-haunt
Chapman.
There was net any captain, but had credit for
more victuals than we fpent there and yet they
.

had of

me

fifty

becva among them. Sir

fl'alt. R.il.

'

On

hides ot betva, before the palace gate,

the fiiitors fate.
Sad fpoil of luxury
Pcft,
!

BEKF.

[from the Aibflantive.] Conof the flelh of black cattle.

adj.

Ming

If you a-e employed in marketing, tnS not accept

of a treat of a iecf ileak, and a pot of ale, from
the butcher.
Sivift.

BEEF-EATER,
war. Slak.

The animal
able for

a finger's dignity,
.-.:3?p'ry, clofct

hears

Slafeffeare.

f^ c.iii

$iu>
i;e di

-3rd.

[from ^*and d~jjarf.]

to hinder in growth ;

nking, not c!of weaving, that hath thus

! n
.
both but'.u.T
D<,mt.

'i

EE'DRID.

ha:

little

BF.'DWORK. n.
Work done

T.

-v.a.

fill

French.]
of black cattle prepared for

n.f.

nuptial day \vas done,

to ftur.t.

fnturate with

jr.oillure,

Tar

when our

:>WA'RF.

R E'K c H.<V. a. [from

French

BEEF.
1. The

-v. a.

'

Suifl.

BE 9

diligence he'll ferve us

food.
,:.

b'jd.
as

ftood.

it

72om/orr

plain tcctLcn velTels

ir.

In heart

As m.?ny

from be and dragfoil the clothe?,

by fufFering
walking, to reach the dirt.
-_>.

thick with tcccb

adj.

d.

Ifiai-e.

gle.]

With

And

i.

[from be and dung,]

To cover, cr manure with dung.
To BEDU'ST. v. a, [from be and tfuf!.]
To fpiin'.ls with duft.
BE'DWARD. ad-o. [from led and ivard.]

this horfe-

foreii,

[bticene, Sax.] Confifting of the wood of die beech ; belonging to the beech.

BEDRA'GOLE.

To

drunkard, if he
, t-kes no

iwt

as alibi

Drydcn,

The BE'ECHEN.

of

.'c/i

though the
upon the de-

to a confiderable ftarure,

grow

Nor is that fprlghtly wiidnefs in their notes,

Which, clear and vigorous, warbles from the teak.

gion.
1

'.

tt.eir

at prefent
fpecies of this tree
varieties, with ftriped leave?.

be floney and barren

good
Black was the

teJtl-.

n.f. [from bed and pojf.] The

the corner of the bed, which

fupports the canopy.

I came ;'-e next
day prepa:-

fit

Saxon

[bece, or boc,

of mountains. The (hade of this tree it

to be very
very injurious to plants, but is believed
The timber is of
falubrious to human bodies.
The mail is very
^great ufe to turners and joiners.
Miller,
to fatten fwine and deer.

have,
long age of three hour*,

After evjnir.g repaiis, til; l/eiit'me,

c beit taken
up in the

EE'DTOST.

7'o

kte-neficrs,

clivities

a tfjfiuer'vcr, even as bad as thofe

vulgar! give thr boldeit titles to. Stjn.f. [from tsii and time.]

Between our after-fupper and

mc.jler.]

mud

There is but one

known, except two

hourofreit; fleeping-tin'.e.
Whit m:ik', what dances (hail we

.:./.

aic.

a. /.

and
bed
one thit ranges or fwerves from one bed

term ufed by workmen,

bacl-

BEECH,

foil

BEBSWE'RVER.
Jki:cr-i:c.] One

and

and have not care

not expect to reap any conMortimer.
fidcrable advantage by them.
that

They

enough of them,

n.f. [from /w"andyf/v;-y.]

laid under a bed to make it

bet

Swift.

BE'DTIME.

BEE-MASTER, n.f. [from

One thnt keeps bees.

H::r:?ur.

Fleas breed principnlly of ftraw or ma's, wherj

there hath been a little moiilure ; or the chamber

o.

MOULDINO.
Bt'DDIKG MOULDING,

poll at

Midi hive.] The

n.f. [from bee
cafe, or box, in which bees are kept.

to another.

good

convenient and neceilary plate ought to be

ch.'ice of for your apiary, or tee-gar Jen.
Mortimer,

BEE-HIVE,

foft.

fame bed.
A?

made

It will

whofc

the beds, and clean the

.-

\n

[frcm ted and ftead.]

frame on which the bed is placed.
n. f.

BE'DSTRAW.

chambers.
I was detpiy
which I

li;'

Chirnnies with fcorn n;-c'.'r:f f:r.-ke;

Stools, tab'cs, chairs, :"J I'ci'jlcods broke.

I'jrvcy,

in the- univerfities,

make

to

fide.

accommodate us with a
Bin j'trfin's Ev.rf ?.J-n

[frcm ln>

n. f.

The

Thy:

it is

Milton.

Iloltefs,

foil

plenteous Irreams a various race fupply

ping on'eithsr

is

guage.
BKF.-EATF.R. n.f. [from lee and eat.]
bird that feeds upon btes.
BEE-FLOWER, n.f. [from tee and^inw.]
Miller.
fpecies of fool-ftonec.
BEE-GARDEN, n.f. [from bee and garden.]
A place to fet hives ef bees in.

arms

anddrcp,]
to mark with fpots or drops
[fioui

The filvcr eel, in filming \olumes roll'd

The ye.lov.-carp, in fca
;h geld. Fife.
BH'DST AFF. n.f. [i;a s.ndj}^/'.] A wooden
pin ftuck anciently on the fides of the
bedilead, to hold the clothes frcm flip-

cks.

BE'D u A K E R

To

l>e

and careful perfon, This

faaiilar lanonly ufed in

induftrious

figniucation

Sbu

An

z.

.'.

if, a.

Btdrcfd with birod of Govgon.

BE'DLAM.

Str

torch b-

besprinkle ;
to fpeckle.
Not fo thick fwarm'd once the

and inhabitant

2-d get the bedlam

old eat',

BED RO'H.

To

of Bedlam.

To kai

BEE

BEE

n. f.

[from lee/ and

eat,

commons is beef when on

waiting. Mr. Steevens derives it thus':
one
Be:*f-eater may come from beaufstifr,
who attends at the ltdeboard, which was
anciently placed in a beaufct. The bubecaufe the

fmefs of the ic-.f-taters was, and perhaps,

is ftill, to attend the
king at meals.]

yeoman of

the guard.

BEEF-WITTED.
Dull

ilupid

[from tr.f and

heavy -headed.

aJj,

ivit .]

BEE
./ This word

BB'KMOI..

have found

only in the example, and know nothing

of the etymology, unlcfs. it be a corruption of bytnodule, from by and modulus,
a note ; that is, a note out of the regu-

but (even whole

Bacon,

"BE.

that virtue fill'd the fpace between,

Prov'd by the ends of being to have been.
Fife.

Enough

BEER.

u. /.

[bir, Welfli.]

flow, like thine infpiter, betr

tho' thin, yet never clear ;
;
So fweetly mawkifli, and fo fmoottily dull ;
Heady, not ftrong ; and foaming, tho' not full.

The

The common

i.

white

BF/ETLE.
An infeft
1

./.

They

To

are as (hards, and

poor teetle, that

he their

we

beetle.

a giant dies.

mon

there

tribes, that

believe, in our

own

2,

luch
itlelf

is cleft

moment

birds, or cut in pieces by axes.

defiU-J

Or where
High

To
5

in the

l-f.-tl'.ng

th:

having a head ftupid,

a wooden beetle.

men

To

great mifchief hath befallen

meek man.

befall of.

Paradife Loft.

To become

,.-ffe.

this evening

thou

h:i!t

morn and

night,

And all the year, before th for delight. Dryilen.

He hath put us in the hands of our own counLife and death, profperity and dcltructiorj,
us.
Tilletfa,

fel.

arc

before

the impulfe of fomething behind.

Her part, poor foul feeming as burdened

8.

By

With

Was

bring you where Ihe

Her deity.
Thou, what hefts
Art anxioufly

To BEFO'OL.
infatuate

not only to

be the

1 1

~.fs.

Taylor.

Prior to ; nearer to any thing ; as,

the eldeft fon is before the younger in

BEFO'RE.

aJ-u.

Sooner than

Btferc two months

If heav'n albw me life,

2.

In time part.
Such

a plenteous

Of pureft
As
3. In

crop they bore

and well winnow'd grain,

Britain never

fome time

knew

before.

DryJtx,

lately pail.

refume fomewhat which hath been Icttre

Hale,
touching the queftion beforcgoing.
Previoufly to ; in order to.
this elaborate treatife can become of ufe
I (hall

faid,

South.

4.

to

Dryd.

with light adorn,

will return.
Drydix,

their orb

fol-

earlier in time.

or fountain flow'd,
Before the hills appear'd,
Thou with eternal wifdom didft converfe. Mi/tot*

a.

no further

com-

Heav'nly born,

Milton.

them than the next line ;

low that they can drive to no certain point.
z. In the front of; not behind.

the

12. Superiour to ; as, he is before his

and power.
petitors both in right

the

it will

before

We think porcrty to be infinitely defirablc before

as bcfts

whence

it

Hooter.

the torments of covctoufn

beetle

before

becaufe he hath taken

fitteft,

reft.

1.

but to infatuate.

woe,

the wind.

fucceflion.

[from be andyW.] To
to fool ; to deprive of under-

defile,

leflcr

before

appeared

To

fits,

and BEFO'RE. prep,

[bippan, Sax.]
wooden headed ; I Farther onward in place.
like the head of
Their common practice was to look

more fpeed

10. In preference to.

We (hould not prefume to determine which
mould be the fitted, til! we fee he hath chofcn,
fome one ; which one we may then boldly fay to

now.

to lead into errour.

Men i./w/themlelvcs infinitely, when, by ventwill nec-ls perfiuJc thcming a few fighs, they
Smth.
fclves that they have repented.
the bed piety, though
Jeroboam thought policy
in nothing more befooled; the nature or' fin being

ftanding

carried with

Sbatcfpeart*

new lord mayor,

Dryden.
inquifitive to know.

<v.

weight, but not with

Hurried by fate, he cries, and borne before

furious wind, we leave the faithful (horc. Dryd.
9. Preceding in time.
Particular advantages it has before all the books
it in this kind.
which have
Diydt
before

little ufed.

till

Icfler

Clad in fplendour,

Tt'^fcn.

Sbakeffeare.

A:

Milm.

Give us

of ; to be the

or condition of: a phrafe

I will

whoi-cf&n, btitlcttadid, flap-ear'd knave.

to

fu':t

The world was all before them, where to chufe

Their place of reft, and Providence thsir guide.

are dill uncertain,

the fea. Sbakfffeart.

[from

an archdeacon, the
an higher court.

tief;re

licenle the

to pafa.

Blind is his love, and bed befit the dark. Sbak.

that name belt
Out of my fight, thou fcrpent
as falfe.
Befits thee, with him leagued ; thyfelf
Parudijc Loft.

Enquire for the beetle-broiv'd critic, &c. Swift.

heuei. ] Loggerheaded

come

beetle and
aiij. [from
trow.] Having prominent browj.

adj.

to

To BEFI'T. v. a. [from be and/*."]

to become.
to be fuuable to
fuit

BBETLEBRO'WED.

UEKTLEHE'ADED.

Sbaktfptare.

hawk

cliff his airy builds.

may

In the power of: noting the right of

j.

Tillafon.

Du me the favour to dilate at full

What hath befall'n o/them, and thce,

by

lord

that

ftate

Stillingjleer.

What if it tempt you tow'rd the flood, m)

Or to the dreadful fummit of the clifT,
bettlft o'er his bafe into

in

is rare.

fecure

To BE'ETLE, v. n. [from the noun.] To

jut out ; to hang over.
That

him

whom any thing happens

perfon

out of the trunk of fome well-grown

from being eaten by worms, or

befall:

Ray.

cannot one

what

Milton.
mong th' angelick pow'rs.
with to before the
4. It is ufed fometimes
:
this
to

the (kill of artificers to let forth

yet, after all
a divine block, it

If a fuit be began

ordinary

choice.

may befall. Sbak.

have reveal'd
This difcord which tefctt, and was in heav'n

native country

pavements rammed.
If I do, fillip me with a three man beetle. Sbak.
When, by the help of wedges and beetles, an
tree

countrymen.

Let's reafon with the worft that

may amount to one

heavy mallet, or wooden hammer,

which wedges are driven, and

B,fae the eyes of both our armies here,

Let us not urnngtr.
Stakcfftarr.
6. Under the cognizance of: noting jurif-

but becaufe the people love new

Addifon.

fince th' affairs of

Some

with

image

it,

happen

But

was with hoary mofs o'ergrown,

alone, the fpecies of each kind

hundred and fifty, or more.

befell his

The clafping ivies up the ruins creep,

And there the bat and drowfy beetle deep. Gartt.
The butterflies and beetles arc fuch numerous

many.

before

In fight of.

happen

To

3.

Sbakeff.

Stakeffeare.

refpeft.
down of the

calling

when we come

Knolles's Htftory of the Turks.

danger.

A grot

which

hatrcJ t> any perfon, from

tretd upon,

Others come (harp of fight, and too provident

for that which concerned their own intereft; but
as blind as beetles in forcfeeing this great and com-

:J

fee that blufhing,

him. jUdif.

diclion.

this world.

In corporal fuff 'ranee finds a pang as great,

As when

Drydrn.

They

harm

left

to, as good or neutral.

Bion alked an envious man, that was very fad,
what harm had befallen unto him, or what good
Bacon.
had befallen unto another man ?
No man can certainly conclude God's love or

hard

The

me,

polFelfcs

faces.

[byrcl, Saxon.]

diftinguifhed by having
cafes or Iheaths, under which he folds
his wings.

We

both are more

Addifon.

2.

The
In the prefence of: noting

4.

This difgrace has btfMtn them, not becaufe

beet.

3. The common
green beet.
red beet. 4. The turnip-rooted red beet. 5. The
The Swifs
great red beet. 6. The yellow tea. 7.
Milltr.
or Chard beet.

thee

before

we adre

thee
Alps and Pyrenean fin* before

J.

happen to: ufed generally of ill.

Let me know
The worft that may befall me in this cafe. Sliat.

they defcrvcd

fpecies are,

fall

Pr&ftrate

It befell, it

[from/a//.

To

The name of a

The common

n.

T/.

leled calamities,

plant.
a.

Brwn's Vulgar

Milton.
from me.
Brfall thce, fever'd
This venerable pcrfon, who probably heard our
Saviour's prophecy of the dcftruflion of Jerufalem, drew his congregation out of thcle unparal-

See BIESTINGS.

[beta, Lat.]

/.

Great queen of gathering-clouds,

See we

Bacon,

Other doubt

Pope.

BEET.

conqueft.

hath befallen.]

ripe

BE'ESTINGS.

drives

a farmer and a
reprcfent our poet betwixt
bed babit,
courtier, when he dreft himfell" in his
to appear before, hi* patron.
Dtydat,

1.

from forage

Beeva, at his touch, at once to jelly tarn,

And the huge boar is ihrunk into an urn. Poft.

To BEFA'LL.

Flow, Wf'lfted

feleft

Errours.

cr.
Here

Tho' dale, not

In the prefence of: noting authority or

l-a-vei, fair

of malt and hops. It is diftinguimed

from ale, either by being older or fmall"s

Milan-.

Black
3.

nually (lain in England.

Liquor made

a pot of good double beer, neighbour ;

irink.
Sbatcjftare.
Try clarifying with almonds in new btir. Bacon.

herd of

anJ remove
guide them in thuir journey,

BeLittJ them, while the obdurate king purfucs.

oxen, and fair kinc,

Milton.
From a fat meadow ground.
Others make good the paucity of their breed
with the length and duration of their days i whereof there want not examples in animals uniparous,
fird, in bifulcous or cloven-hoofed, as camels;
and l-Ki'ri, whereof there is above a million an-

IrsN. [beon, Saxon.] The participle preof To

oxen.
;
One way, a band

cattle

in a cloud and pillar of fire,

Rcfire them,
fir ,
By day a cloud, by night a pillar of

To

w /Ap!ant
BE ETRAD1SH. }
J
BEEVES. ./. [The plural of beef.}

F.

BB;ETAVE.

is

The

flock.]

There be internment in the rife of eight, in

tones, two beiKili, or half notes ; fa as, if you divide the tones equally, ;he eight
and equal notes.

/.
[from beetle and
handle of a beetle.

BE'BTLBSTOCK.

lar order.

terite

B E F

5.

Before
my country, two points are neccfiary.

To

time

Swift.

hitherto.
TSe peaceful cities ot' th' Aufonian more,
Lull'd in her cafe, and umlifturb'J before,
Drydta.
Are iill en lire.
6. Already
this

BEG
6.

BEG

Already.

Yon

me, mother, what

tell

knew

The Phrygian fleet is landed on

7. Farther onward in place.

Thou

The

To

*rt lo far

before,

the Ihore.

Dryd.

not Pegged any

principles or fuprofij but taken that common" ground, which both Mofes and all
antiquiry
P re! cnt atet.

flow

overtake thec.

BEFO'REHAND. adv. [from

Stalteffrare.

In a ftate of
anticipation, or preoccufometimes with the partkle
pation

See To

obtain.

Quoth Hudibras, I am ttforeland

In that already, -with your command. Hudibras.
Your foul has bien beforehand iviib
your body,
And drunk lo deep 3 draught of promis'd blifs,
She (lumbers o'er the cup.
Dr\den,
I haie not room for
many reflections ; the lafl
cited author has been
beforehand -with me, in its
? r.>per moral.
Adffin.

'"8-

of thegofpel.

tefmband

oef,reband\ for

it

thirty-fcvcn years.

At

firft

What

thefe

a man's
contending with infupcrable
but the rolling of
Sifyphus's ftme up
which is foon bcfonband to return

is

hill,

Beforet'mt in Ifrael,

of

To BEFO'RTUNE.

To

tunc.

n.

-v.

to

happen

enquire

to betide.

As
Tc BEFO'UL.T;. a.
[from be

make
To B E F

foul

to foil

'E

ND

-v.a.

Sbakeff.

to dirt.

i.

We

See them embarked,

the winds and feas

if

z.

fa
T

nE F R
B

To

'

i
r; G E . v. a
[ from be
decorate, as with frir
.

When
"

t:f

1 flatter, let

my

f""f c

To BEG.

'^ "!>
11.

upon alms

n.
;

row,

of Bedlam and Sni,o.

[l<rprflb Germ.]
to live

by

p.,f,.

To

live

of

others.

To

cannot dig ; to
big
BEG. v. a.

1.

To

He

aCiamed.

afk ; to feek
by petition.
went to Pihte, and
lejgeJi tjic body

do the

Luke.

firlt

make

to

the

aft,
firft

any action or
or

at the ancient
fore the houfe.

By peace
I'll

kings regard
A beggar fpeaks too foftly to be heard.
Dryden.
3. One who a/fumes what he does not
?

we

ftate; to

part of an adt ;
ftep from not doing co
firft

doing.
They begem

men which were beExet'ul.

will begin.

Sbakeff tart.
fing of heroes and of kings
:

Begin, my mufe
Of thefe no more you hear him
He now btgiin upon the Greek
!

Cmvley.
fpeak

prove.
1

Thefe, rang'd and fliow'd,

Remain

(hameful beggars of
principles, who give
this precarious account of the
original of
aHumc to themfelves to be men of reafon. things,
licfe

To BF/GCAR.
I.

i>.

a.

[from the noun.]

To reduce to beggary to impoverifh.

W hnle heavy hand hath bow'd you fj he gravo,

And

for ever.

lrggar\t >our

They

/hall

1-

il

r\

the prefent
fpinner;.

clothiers wool,

With he>'n,

for

3.

Shjkrjpcart.
and "btrrar

cheaply wipes

to l-j^ar m,ore.

h^

Gay.

4.

gods, his hand

high command. Dryd,

into future times, the bard

begun,

virgin (hall conceive.

feft.

enter upon exigence ; as, the world

began ; the practice began.
I am as free as Nature firft made
man,
the bafe laws of fervitudc
btgaa,
wild in woods the noble fa v
age ran.

When

mifi'r

twopjcncc,

fcorc,
Lj;:s uj. his
eyes, and |a(lc

Rapt

po-.Vis

To

Er

Croat.

The

(hall in their turns

obl'cure as in their urns.
Prior*

Rcgixi'i'ig from the rural

lib'ial to tli=
of

Was

Tilhtf.

aflcing relief

To commence

2.

and contemptuous term.

^,t;y

fpice, line trunks, or, fluft'ring in a

Begin
next day with the fame zeal, fear, and
humility,
thou had ft never
begun before.
Taylor.

as if

fupplicates for any thing ; a

for which,
beggar is a harm
will precarious

applied

Btgin every day to repent ; not that thou fliouldft

at all defer
it; but all that is part ought to feem
to thec, feeing it is fo in itfelf.
the

\Vhat lubjedU

Sivift.
zn&fring e . ]

fomething

little

Brmm

One who
petitioner

Atd'tk*.

ftiys
Pope.
Brother- fervants muft
befriend one another.

to fet

Samuel.

and dignity.

befriend them.

Be thou the firft true merit to

bifrind;
His praife is loft, who
till all commend.

fee

princes.
the whole

n.

to perfons.

equipage of a bfggar fo
drawn by Homer, as even to retain a noblencfi

Sbakeff.
Now, if your plot* be ripe, you are befriended
With opportunity.
Denbam.

me

up the beggar from the dunghill,

Swift.

began, or begun ; I
have begun, [bejinnan, Sax. from be, or
by to, and ^anjan, jaan, or jan, to go.}
To enter upon
new :

1.

lives

among

into fo bare a houl'e, that it

beggary for endlels years to come.

upon alms ; one who has

nothing but what is given him.
He raifeth up the poor out of the duft, and
reth

Jf it will plcaie Cacfar

be fo good to Cajlar, as to hear
me,
I (hall beleech him to
b'fr'.eid himfelf.

tell

One who

me

he brought

To BEGI'N. v.

more

is

Indipoverty in the utmoft degree.

[from beggar.]

We

plunders

It

n. f.

was the piilure of miferabie

happinefs and rich.
k 'SSarySidney.
While I am a beggar, I will rail,
And fay there is no fin but to be rich :
And being rich, my virtue then mall be,
To fay there is no vice but beggary.
Sbakefpeari.
muft become not only poor for the prefent
r
but reduced, by further
mortgages, to a ftate of

To

And

On

properly written begger ; but the common orthography is retained, becaufe

the derivatives all
preferve the a.]

and/W.] To

from be and friend.

To favour ; to be kind to ; to counte-]
nance ; to (hew
friendfhip to ; to benefit.
i

gence

themfelves alone, and to their heirs :

(hare of that goes back to the
begdttr,
if the fon fights
better
well, and

beg.

Hooker.

Beget ff>on
by his father John. Sftfatir

BE'GCAR. n.f. [from

Recking

defpicably

is

BE'GCARY.

Men

[from be 'smd/or-

Sivift.

Mean-

revealed, that
his delight to dwell
beggarly ? and that he
taketh no pleafure to be
worshipped, faving only
in poor
cottages ?

Dryden.
continue the race of mankind,
commonly
without the intention, and often
a^iinft the confcnt and will, of the
Locke.
begetter.

l.

g've confent to go along with you ;

as little what bctiderh
me,
much I wi/h all gcou etftrtare
you.

No
But

he fpakc.

God.^thus

beggar.}
indigently.

Touching God himfelf, hath he

Is to

[from before and

of old time.
when a man went to

Formerly

time.]

ly
it

n.f. [from beget.'} He that

procreates, or begets ; the father.
For what their prowefs gain'd, the law declares

L'Ef range.

B FORETIME, adv.

Wlow/hip.

BE'GGARLY. adv. [from

BECE'TTER.

upon

>

him^again

by
of one king and the banifliment of
another, afcend
the throne >
Smb.
The next town has the reputation of
being extremely poor and ttfgarly.
4dd,)<m.
Coruibdes, by extreme parfimony, faved thirtyfour pounds out of a
beggarly

Gramiille.

is

His mother Martha

difficulties,

the

dearly.
beggarly account of empty boxes.
Sbakeff.
that
beheld
fuch a bankrupt
Who,
teggarlyfeilow as Cromwell entering the
parliament-home,
with a thread-bare, torn cloak, and
greafy hat,
could have fufpecled that he
the murder
mould,

.'

done.

is

poverty.

fometimes ufed with on, or

upon,
before the mother.

4. It

Baton.

before any thing

ftate
;

To

expended.
much

Skahjfrart.

[from beggarly.]
of being
beggarly ; mean-

adj. [from beggar.'} Mean ;

poor ; indigent ; in the condition of a
beggar ufed both of perfons and things.
I ever will,
though he do ftake me off
To beggarly divorcement, love him
Sbalt^

produce, as effect.
Jf to have done the
thing you gave in charge,
Beget you happinefs, be happy theu ;
For it is done.
Stahfftare.
My whole intention was to beget, in the 'minds
of men, magnificent fentiments of God and
hiworks
Ctejm.
3.
produce, as accidents.
Is it a time for
(lory, when each minute
Begets a thoufand dangers
Denbam.

Atierbury.

He

tiffue,

BE'CCARLY.

Dryd.

legal.

/he did

n. f.

at this time rich, and

hath laid up revenue

is

Love is beget by fancy, bred

ignorance, by expeflation fed.

To

a.

4. In a ftate of accumulation, or foas that

more has been received than
Stranger's houfe

nefs

Jove's

By

Hooker.

refitted the
general pronfs

The

Whp

When the lawyers brought extravagant bills,

Sir Roger ufed to
bargain beforehand, to cut off a
quarter of a yard in any part of the bill. Arbutbrot.
3. Antecedently; aforetimes.
It would be refifted
by fuch as had

BE'GGARLINESS.

GET.]

fweet paradife, of
day and night,
Which do the feafonS of the year allot.
Sfenfir.
I talk of
dreams,
Which are the children of an idle
brain,
Begot of nothing but vain phantafy.
Sbakeff eare.
hath begotten me thefe,
feeing I have loft
my children, and am defolate ?
Jfaieb.
'Tw-as he the noble Ciaudian race

His profcfiion is to deliver

precepts icceflary to
eloquent fpeech ; yet fo, that thjy w jich receive
them, may be taught beforehand the Ikall of fpsak-

leggar'ii all defcription

In her pavilion, cloth of

gold, of
O'er-pifturing Venus.

to procreate ; to become
the father of, as children.
But firft come the hours, which we
begot

In

way of preparation, or

Previoufly; by
preliminary.

5.

To generate

'with.

2.

For hrr perfon,

It

E'T. w. a. begot, or
begat ; I have
lego/tea, or begot, [bejerran, Saxon, to

hand.~\
I.

Slakti'peart*

3. Toe.\hauft.

and To BEG

before

deprive.

Necefiity, of matter b'ggar'd,

Will nothing flick our jierfons to
arraign
In ear and ear.

We have

is

To

z.

tions, for the proof of this

before,

wing of recompence

fwifteft

BEG

how tfcey teg an alms of flattery,

K*Kg.
2. To take any
thing for granted, without
evidence or proof.
See

To

Drj-Ji

luve its original.

And thus the hard and ftubborn race of man
From animated rosk and flint began, Elacknnrt.
From

'

BEG

BEG
Trom Nimrod

fuft the farage chace tegan ;

mighty hunter, and his game was man. Fife.
take rife ; to commence.
Judgment niuil tegia at the houlc of God.

To

5.

fong ieguti from Jove.

All tvgar,
All ends, in love of God and love of

To come
Now
And

and ihin

a iigh he
began to flow.
"j. a.

Pofe.

Dryder..

to

religion

begin

lias

improved

P"fe.

His very

itfelf

divine grace.

To

2.

from any thing,

trace

ground.
The apjftle

tegir.s

which leads

tures,

To

3.

as the Crft

majcily, that

lefibn

which

had need be eaily

requires fo

much

And,

To

nal, to

rudiments

his

one in

They

are,

introduction

to beg:nrrs, an eafy and f.s

a mighry augmentation of ^.il vir-

tue and knowledge in fuch as are entered

have taken a lift of feveral hundred words in

a fermon of a new beginner, which not 01
co-.ik!

pofliiily

undcrftand.

The

3.

trie

God

To

The

which

thing

dirt

By
!;

tilh'.-s firlt

1.

1 ~>t rrft".

palTive

firfl

action, arc

the eft'-ch of tn

<-ilc;

jnd tb

t}ie

n d the
.tion of

me
fets

any

[from be and
m.m

ihould

To

::d

3.

To

is

now

not

and

man,

\v!i

up-r.

I.KTI

iu!d

\v

good or bad

i'. n.

To

manners

carriage, with

but her

.1

have be-

n,,i!cir,g

ii;

that

is

him

External appearance with

He
han.'.

Scutu.
3.

to

m.irked, in Dora's dancing, goud jrace and

or.
Sitiny*

Geflure

manner of

aftion, adapted to

particular occafions.
l.-T>iffive

S/rfrtv.
:i

we make

;.

nmufe.

igc our fins, or leek uir

.

fpi its

;rnw

Jull, r.nd tV:n

J fii.ultiei,

are

-'.lure <>f

w
'

thi'

a .Jjc.tjution o*'t!ulc

it,!.-

.!

ffcare.
;

to

refpeifl

grace.

-,

My

own good
Sidnrj.

2.

;:

rr HI

deceive pleafingly

,j

legit.

I did eat
)

ufed.

rclpeft to propriety.

that
'"i

fecurc of

aft; to conduct
It is taken either in a good
one's felf.
or a bad fenfe ; as, he leba iW well or ill.

tchcdneis dcpiiv'd tiia: benefit,

J:lclf by death ? 'Tis yet fomc comfort,

fniftrat

we were

ffciins.

lifguil't!,

as if

fo aft,

fi.r

bi.

govern; tofubdue; to difciplinc

To BEHA'VE.

to cheat.

to delude;

and

biinf-.lf

BEHA'VIOUR. n.f. [from t:'-r.i'e.]

1. Manner of behaving one's felf, whether

bl.ick

Wh.

ATd

'

cannot

.-a
;

:':>]*

natural hus

believe a lye, he may truly fay,

who would bave ruined
2. To deceive ; to evade.

part of any tiling.

Tlv

a.

ro their errours

them, they think,

The

Icrpent

Whofo-jvcr

rv.

impofc upon
>

and whether or
not it will ha\e thel's trgiKmngs, and mail
Le<te.
i^dge, is not in hi own
5.

To

his limbs with Uhvur-, and his min

with cares, canr.ot fo eaiy r,.
With fucS fober and unnoted pnfiijn
H^ did ld'-vt hi
pent,
As if he had bnt prov'd an argument.

to foil in fuch a

came from heaven unto

2 Ma,
manfully.

tbenjeli:cs

Rut wiio

nnd grime.
foil with

/<

[from

-'.'

[from be and haw.]

to conduct: ufed ahnofl

fcems formerly to have had the fenfe

It

but this

GRIM.] To

the

that

This 1 fly, U'lt

\\ith enticing \v

ma-

to fliipping did im;

is

a.

and piodace, iu

a.

<v.

fa live,

of, to

be recovered.

To BEGUI'LE.

the rudder, and their head the prow.

The undemanding

2.

-v.a.

deep imprefled

The

tail

We

Dryi'tn.

Her name, that was as

As DiarTs vifage, is now bsgrut'df and
As my own face.

viewing nature, nature's handmaid, art,

mighty thing* from fmall tfpwuafsfrow.

Thus

fiavc.

the rinal ifluc ar.d event of things, however we

ni.iv biC^fc t-'J*fcfi.
i^ry

manner

terials.

of the

'

firfl is.

behaved

To their
No man lilc~

[from be and grcafe.]

or dawb with unfluous or fat

foil

eafily

Youth, what rmn'i ^;;r is like to be, doth

nay.ourend by our ^fgmn/ffgf know. /
Tlic
rudiments, or firft grounds or
4.
.

Thub.in

To BEG R I'M E. <v.

Sec GRIME and

created the heavens and

ajiy

on

or ?.miclion

profpe.-ity

M.:nifeft fignt

vtioicgtt,

1,,-frcl/en

man,

Tbtff.

matter.

earth.

ilate in

hence

The participle paffive

To BECRE'ASE.

entrance into aft, or being.

In the beginning
-

Remember that thou wait tcgct of them. Ecclus.

The firft he met, Antiphatcs the brave,

Wherever we place the iiegii:ti'ag of motion,

whether f."m the hc..-.l or the heart, the body
moves and a&s by aconfcntof allits paits. Swift.
z.

Go away

fupport.

To carry;
always with the reciprocal pronoun.
We behaved not cwr/f/o-n diferderlj amon
th.lt

BECO'TTEN.J

S'j;\ft.

BEGI'NNINC. n.f. [from begin.]

i. The firtt original or caufe.

1.

TV:t kjfc

fi'i'

away.

Ruler.

in Icbtilfof

To BKHA'VE.

[only a coalition of

interjcli.

BECO'T.

;,

their tcLMf, an ancient munurr.ent.

Begnnel the goddcfs criei w'th ftcrn difdiin,

Begone! nor dare the liallow'd ftrcani to ll'.'n.
She fled,' for ever banifli'd from t'i= tr.:!n.

a young praftitioner.

Palladius, behaving himfelf nothing like a ttthe honour to the Iberian

g\i:aer, brought

Sbjityfjart.

of confidence

the words be gone.]

hafle

thy

Left the fiend,

or to invade
Vacant poliL-ffinn, fomc new trouble r
Others believe that, by the two Fortune.,

Or

a.

<v.

Sbjte!f!M-c's Ri:t:ii,l 111.

BECO'NE.

to

He mijht, in his prelVnce, defy all Arr:

kri^hts, in the behalf of his miftrcii'a be

[Turkifh.] The chief

province among the

flioulder-fhctten.

Heater.

/\n unexperienced atteir.pter

2.

n.f.

Vindication

meant

The woim

na!d

heart as

Attiriuij.
2.

Ben

His horfc is (lark fpoiled with the ftaggers,

.i'n with the bots, waid in the back, and

Thus

apollles themfelves.

with him.

pc.icc

[from be and^<7iu,]
to eat away ; to corrode ; to

my

interpofi;ions of divine

for they are th-y

nibble.

any thing.

heaping crimeon crime, and grief on grief,

To lofs of love adjoining lof
1 meant to
purge both with a third mifch'ef,
And, in my woe's bcginner, it to end.
Spatter*
Socrates roaketh Ignatius, the biihop cf Anthe
firft
under
the
even
tioeh,
beginner thereof,

bite

but

noufc,

feize hi* fons alive

To

.r.don.

Were

Marcus would fee it bleed in his htbalf. y-7

Never was any nation blrfljd with more frequent

See BEGIRD.

Tobcgird.

Lenti..

To BEGNA'W.

.
/. [from begin.]
that gives the firft caufe, or origi-

He

nation.
is, I

[This

governour- of a
Turks.

BEGI'NKER.
\.

i-. a.

Muft nuke our

to learn,

G*"jermr.tnt cf tb: Tongue.

:Jcr,c; with thofe who dcfigned

He
the dcftruftion of Straftbrd ; againft wh
had c->ntr~tcd fomc prejudice, in the behalf of \\\i

mirji

the king's

would

lie

printer.]

with.

beg-jr.

not the etymology, behalf.]

caufe favoured: we fay in
beh:ilf, but for the fake.

Favour;
..

BPGLERBEG.

time

to beleaguer

think, only
a corruption of begird; perhaps by the

to fall

1.
j

be'.-afc

who knew

in with a fiege

To BECI'RT.

Lxte.

enter upon

ftatc acknowledg'-r.g

friut

degenerating eafily
which, in imitation of other
words To founded, was written, by thofe

<rowd,

into the i'

our knowledge in the creaknowledge of God.

To

bjr

It \v.is fo clofely
legirt, before

us to the

To begin tvitb.
to work upon.

3.

the pronunciation
to

a fcrvile

to block up.

:.

and, afteiwards, their virtue

into more refined principles, by

n. /.
[This word Skinner defrom half, and interprets it, fir
my half; as, for my part. It fcems to
me rather corrupted from kthoof, profit ;

rives

Abroad

firft aft.

in thefc latter

BEHA'LF.

Pron.pt to ajuJc, and in detraction loud :

with men, an.d fworJ^, and fpcars
begirt

do the firft aft of any thing ; to

pafs from not doing to doing, by the
Ye nymphs of Solyma, ttgir. the fong.
They have been awaked, by thcfe awful

times haft brought to lig'ut

Thofc myfteries, that fnicc the world began
Lay hiJ in darknefs nr.d eternal nighr. StrJ.Djii.

to encircle; to,c

T' enamour.
At home furrounded

To

Which

a girdle.

Begird th' Almighty throne,

Bcfceching, or be:
Or Should Ihe, confident
As fucing queen aJorn'd nn bejuty^a throne,
Defcend, with all her winning charms ieg^n,

ftolc,

tears

pafs.

into aft.

fo BECI'K.
1

2.

t>>yd<n.

mm.

6.

To bind with
To furround

Piter.

The

To BEOI'RD. v. a. I begirt, or leglrded;

have brgn-l. [liuiu /, und girti.]
1.

B E

'K. The participle fnjjl TJC of legal.

But thtju, bi
.~,

t'l-

V. ilh

heR
.

lom.-rimes

flu-

.i

ith ht-r

ti

''

Oir
/

r"

in ii a

to love.

I,

B E
And

B E

II

he changed his btliv'uur before them, anJ

mad in their hands.
\ Samuel*

Elegance of manners ; gracefulnefs.

The beautiful prove accompli/lied, but not

4.

of

great fpirit ; and ftudy, for the moft part, rather

behaviour thr.n virtue.
Eac'r..
He who advil'eth the philofopher, altogether

devoted to the Mufes, d netimes to offer facrifice

to the altars of the Graces, thought knowledge
Wotton.
imperfeft without behaviour.
c.

Conduft; general pra&ice

was

named,

Acomates hafted with haiquebufiers, which he

had caufed his horfemen to take behind them upon
their horfcs.

Knotla.

z.

On

3.

Towards the back.

the back part ; not before.

She came in the piel's behind, and touched him.

Mark.

life.

To

him, who hath a profpeft of the

men

ftate that

The

after this life,

depending on their
be^ai'iour here, the meafuret of good and evil arc
Lockf.
changed.
6. To be upon one's behaviour.
familiar
attends

phrafe, noting fuch a (late as requires

great caution ; a ftate in which a failure
in behaviour will have bad confequences.
Tyrants them/elves are upon

To BEHE'AD.

[from be and

<v. a.

deprive of the head

ting off the head.

His bibcaJ'mg he underwent with

He left beblnd him myfelf and

On

each

fide

they

6.

which

AU
Ye

participle pajfi-ve
'

my

Signifies

main

hopes: btbeld again

fit

for fervice.

make

care to

Behold

Bebemab

Such

Pope.

But Job

it

an ox.
in

is

the fwiftnefs of your mind,

like the earth's,

it

leave, out fenfe bibind.

Inferiour to another ; having the pofteriour place with regard to excellence.

After the overthrow of this firft home of God,
a fecond was ercfled
but with fo great odds, that
they vwpt, which beheld how much this latter

Hebrew,

the hippopotamus,
Sanflius thinks it is an

3-,

grafs

came
9.

On

it.

Hooker.

the other fide of fomething.

for

light retir'd btbind his daughter's bed,

approaching deep, compoa'd his head. Dryd.

BEHI'ND. adv.
Out of fight ; not yet produced
1 .

to

view ;

remaining.

We

cannot be fure that we have all the parti; and

thai; there is no evidence

culars before us

behind, and.yet unfcen, which

bility on the othoc fide.

2.

J*t,

beM.
yi Valerian

brtinj

From
He,

Moll of the former

may

fenfes

caft the

probaLvcke.

may become

adverbial, by fupprefling the accujaiive

cafe ; as, I left my money behind, or
behind me.

plaited mail

rear* his

Pope.

going be-

That,

or river-horfe.
ox. The Fathers fuppofe the devil to be
meant by it. But we agree with the generality of interpreters, that it is the
Calmtt.
elephant.
Behold cow tetcmstl; which I made with thce;
he eateth

a frnall

DryJen.

{peaks of an animal behemoth, and defcribes its properties. Bocbart has taken

much

belonged.

fore.

in general, particularly

the larger kind,

after the death of thofe to

from behold;

*./. Behemoth, in

beads

both born

he gave me to publiin, was but

what he left behind him.
a dillance from fomething

At

7.

8.

dreams, beyond

it

What

fly,

ye virgin daughters of the

BK'HEMOTH.

fiflfer,

part of

fee.

hail

Remaining

whom

chnflian

JJy chains connext, and, with deftractive fweep,

Bfbead whole troops at once.
Philips.
Mary, queen of S^ots, wjs bebiaded in the reign
Elizabeth.
of qu*en
jttUifa.

JEHE'LD.

Skakefycare.
Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the
prefcnt, but they reave peace and contentment
bibind them.
Tilhtfin.

hiad.~\

all

of fome-

in one hour.

Clarendon.

magnanimity.

after the departure

elfe.

thing

by cut-

to kill

Remaining

5.

I.'Eftraxgt.

To

her.

Samuel.

their btiavi-jur to a

fuperiour power.

Judges,

Her hulband went with her, weeping behind

fimnfui.

BE'HEN.)*.
roof.
Allb a
KEK.
J fruit refembling the tamariik, BEHINDHAND, adv. [from behind and
from which perfumers extraft an oil. Difi.
BEHE'ST. n.f. [from be and htjt ; haej-,
i>axon.]

Command

precept

Her tender youth had

1.

mandate.

obediently lived umlcr her

parent:.
hjii, without framing, out of her own
the forcchoofing of any thing.
Sidney.
Such joy he had their ftubborn hearts to quell,
And Iturdy courage tame with dreadful awe,
I:

Thai

feai'd as a

,<>

proud t)rj
/

In

I, rn'il'T.jcr
h'

-j

hand.]
In a ftate in which rent or profit, or
any advantage, is anticipated, fo that
lefs is to be received, or more
performed, than the natural or juft proportion.
Your trade would fuft'cr, if youi being biLindlarJ has made the natural ufc fo high, that your
tradefman cannot

2.
.

from everla.ling Jove,

l:i
bcbff do tell, fji-jjx.
to

by

le:T. a i^

i>ft to be obcy'd!

I'<;HT.

-v.

'.'-:.

a. pret.

'

Met, pan.

It-

[from harm, to promifc, Sax.]

thi, word is obfolete.
promifc

1.

To

mindful of his vow yplight,

fr.m dr..-*!'y coi:r]i, and him adJreft
>n,

I'p rofr

Unt-.

2.

To

ii..

enuiift

to

h,l ierigbt.
FairJ
.h,'t

Whrr

i,

Irlij.

V.r.I.

commit.
to

i.)

g!iiVreth bright,

hi.-iJ t.
):
/'):

Locke.

ivith.

whether

it is

Kf rfJator.

M.l'sn.

i.

his labour.

not better to be half a

tbe fafhionable part of the
year bfbvutbfnd :<:;
world, thaji to ftrain beyond his circumrHnces.

and fro
.W.

*r

upon

_Not upon equal terms, with regard to

fonvardnefs. In this fenfe, it is followed
Confiiier,

ingcU

live

3.

Shakefpeare ufes it .is an adjeSliiie, but

lioentioufly, for backward ; tardy.
And thefe thy of
So rar.-iy lcir,<!, are ab interpreters

Of my bttiatibanj flackncfs.
Sba'tcfptare.
To BEHO'LD. v.a. pret. llibtld, I have
bfbeld, or beholden, [behealban, Saxon.]
view ; to fee ; to look upon : to

To

bthold

is

10 fee, in an emphatical or in-

tenfivti fenfe.

ItMd

with, thine eyes,

and hear
Exekiet.

When Theflalians

on horfeback

vttve-bebcld afar

while their horfes watered, while their heads

were depreffcd, they were conceived by the fpectatofs to be one animal.
Browne's Vulgar Errcurs*
Man looks aloft, and, with erected eyes,
Beboldt his own hereditary ikies.
At this the former tale again he told,

Dryden*

With thund'ring tone, and

dreadful tobehcld. DryJ.

The Saviour comes, by ancient bards foretold,
Hear him ye deaf, and all ye blind behold ! Pofc.

BE-HO'LD.

Benjamites looked behind them.

Following another.

4.

San of man,
with thine e,ars.

oft",

BEHI'ND. prep, [hinban, Saxon.}

I. At the back of another.

courfe of

B E

Perhaps to call j to name biglx being

often put, in old authors, for named, or

3.

feigned himfelf

interjeS. [from the verb.] See>

a word by which attention is excited,
or admiration noted.
Bebdd! I am with thee, and will keep thee. Gen,

lo

When

out of hope, btbald her not tar oft',

faw her in my dream, adorn'd
Witli what all earth or heaven c,ould beftow,
To make her amiable.
Miltcn,

Such

as I

BEHO'LDEN.

part idp. adj. [gckouden,

that is, held in obligation. It
is
very corruptly written beholding.]
Obliged ; bound in gratitude with the

Dutch

particle to.
Horns, which fuch as you
to

your wives
Little are

And

we

Maiden

are fain to be

for.

SkaltfpCtirf,

beholden It your love,

look'd for at your helping hands. Sbti,

I found
you next, in refpeft of bond, both or'
near alliance, and particularly of communication in.
little

wherein i mult acknowledge myfelf beBacon.

think myfelf mightily bfhaUm to you for the
then
us.
gave
rcprehenfion you
jtddijor*
We, who fee men under the awe of juftice, cannot conceive what favage creatures they would be
without it ; and haw much beholden w= are lo that
ftudies

ti'.dtn ic

you.

wife contrivance.

Atttrbury.

BEHO'LDER.
tator

n.f. [from behold.] Speche that looks upon any thing.

Was

this the face,

That, like the fun, did makei.-4t>,j/<ri wink ? Sbatt,

Thefe bealts among,
BftolJcrt rude, and mallow to difcern
Half what in thw is fair, one man except,

Who

fees thee ?
MUtrt.
Things of wonder give no lefs delight
To the wife Maker's than beholder'j, fight. Dentain.

The juitlin^
Each

chk'f; in ruue encounter: join,

fair iebcldcr

trembling for her knight.

Graniiillt;,

The
Rime,

charitable foundations, in thechuich of

exceed all the demands of charity ; an8

envy, rather than companion, in the hrcafi*

of beholden.
Aut-rl^r}'.
raife

BEHO'LDING. adj.
en,]

Obliged.

BEHO'LDING.

[corrupted from bektildSee BEHOLDEN.

n.f. Obligation.
any particular lc~

Love to virtue, and not to

holding!, }\M\i exprciied this

CarciQ.

my testimony.

BEHO'LDINCNESS.

n. f.

[from beholding^
milta'ken for beholden.]
The ftate of
being obliged.
The king invited us to his court, fo as I mure
a b^hcldingncji

acknowledge

unto him.

Siiir.iy,

In this my debt I fcem'd loth to confefs,

In that I fhunn'd brhvldingneft.
Dcr.ic.

BEMO'OF.*./ [from
behooves

that

fe0c>ir.]

which

is

Thatwhich

advantageous

advantage.
K'T mnjcfly may alter any

profit

for her ov.n behoof,

No

thing of thofe la'.v%

and for the good of the pc ophS/e^/ir.

mriin rccompence

it

brings

To

yuur hl'iif: if I that region loft,

All ulurpat:on thence cxpell'd, reduce
To her original cla Itnefs, and your fway. frfihyit*
Wc.t thuu fome ftar, which from the ruin'd roof

Of

flnk'd

Olympus by mifehar.cc

-lidft fall

Which

T'A

careful Juvc, in nature's true bikmf,

iu tit place did rein tax'.
Milt;-:,
<tf, and
'&

Becaul'

B E

Becaufe it was for the behoof of th animal, that

uron any fudden accident, it might be awakened,
there wetc no fliuts or
floppies made for thi

3.

Ray,

would be of no behoof, for the fettling of government, unlefs there were a way taught, how to
the perfon la

whom

belonged this power and

dominion.

Locke.

To BEHO'OVE. v.

n.
[bhopan, Saxon,
a d*tjj] To be fit ; to be meet
either with refped to duty, neceffity, or
convenience. It is ufed only imperfonally with it.
is

//

examination of their quality, !l be:h the

very foundation and root, the higheft
wcil-fpring and fountain of them, to be difcovered.

BE IT

llwktr.
did fo prudently temper his paflions, as that

Confent

It is vc.-y
bcbtKHjeful in this country of Ireland,
full of grafs, that the

where there are watte deferts

fame ihould be eaten down.

Laws

times

Stenjer.

of imperfections ;
fuppofed bebccvtful unto men,
oftentimes
moft
linker.
proveth
pernicious.
Madam, we have cull'd fuch neceflaries
As are kcbicvuful for our (late to-morrow. Sbat.
It may be moft
bebo&utful for princes, in matters of grace, to tranla<2 the fame
publickly : fo
it is as
requifite, in matters of judgment, punilhmem, and cenfure, that the fame be tranfacled
are

many

and that which

To BELA'BOUR.

Profitably

BE'LAMIE.

n.f.

Pour'd out his

lant

confort

Lo,

With

bring-

Therein

to

nighted

There
i'e

My

t.-'ntf

is

fejr

[from be and late.] Beout of doors late at night.

adj.

Bflatnl, Items on

King

Tiiee,

Author of

S-u>ift.

and

The fpeedy horfe all pailagcs behy,

And fpur their fmoaking deeds to crofs

To

as,

place in ambufh.

To BELA v a

rope, [a fea term.] To fpllce ;

a rope, by laying one end over

another.

BELCH,
To ejeft

v. n. [bealcan, Saxon.]
the wind from the lloniach

to cruel.

The fymptoms
all

kt'ixg,

ttlcb'mgt,

n of ligbt
M-.ltin'i
ParaJfi L'.fl.
Merciful and gracious, thou
javeft us being,
jai nothing to be an excellent creation.

are, a four fmel! in their fjeccs,

and diftcnfions of the

Tayler'i Guide to Dentition.

<"'

axn

;;
at all,'^

tlicn

s it
mijht have been.
particular itatc or condition.

::J

Htav'n

Fiom

(i

b utcs

know
Or wSo

wait.
Drtd,:it.
hijcs the b.i"k ofVate;

C'Hi'd fufier

once

fate,

fa.idiei

irei

bfitsg

htte below

a forceful
engine: throw. DryJ.
of plumes his creft adornM,
which with ttleiiiag flames Chimsra bum'd.

Biarl--

'

triple pi'e

To BELCH.

what men, from men what

-r

And

new

iflue out, as by eruftation.

The w.ters bjil, and, beki.tir.* from belo^v,

Beatlcy.

'

For

To

On

orh-r v.a

*.

jQrbtttbnet en Aliments.

2.

Poft.

own, our Mr.gt were of

old,
iuvlos'J. in wonlau'i fceau'.wui raonl-1.

P*,.

To

throw out from the

ftomr,ch; to ejetl from any hollow place.
It is a word
implying coarfenefs, hatefulnefs, or honour.
<v.

a.

They .ire all but Itomachs, and v.v nil but food
They eat us hungeily, and, when they're full,
Sla
ajw Itkb from n.y

'

TUc

bittctncfs

of

j|

Mh'.sr.

hag.
Why, how now, Hecat ? you look angerly.
Have I not rcafon, btldami, as you are,

Saucy arU overbold ?

Sbe/ttff tare's Macoitb.
The rerty fieve wagg'd ne'er the more j
I weep for woe, the
telly beldam fwore.
Diyden

To

BELE'AGUER.' v.
To befiege

a.

[behggert*]
block up a

to

to lie before a town.

;
Their bufineft, which they carry on, Is the
general conctrruncnt of the Trojan
camp, then btleagmred by Turnus and the Latins. DryJ. Dufref.

place

BELE'AGUERER.
One that befieges
To BBI. EE'.

To place

-v.

from beleaguer.
]

a place.

[a term in navigation.]

a.

in a direction unfuitable to the

wind.

BELEMNI'TES.
their way.
Dry den.

'Gainrl fuch ftrong caftlos ncedeth greater might,

Than thofe final! forces ye were wontbelay, Stt:j\r.

mend

beldam Nature in he; cradle was.

(ky.

La/I.

To

Tliec, f'a:hi-r, hr't they fing,

Immutable, immort.il) irfinite,
.'

to lie.

be

Aj:sinft tlftagatr'd heav'n the giants move :

Hills pil'd on hills, on mountains mountains
lie,
To make their maa approaches fJthe
Dr:d,-n.

[from
lay
to waylay, to lie in wait, to lay wait
for.]
block up ; to Hop the paflage.
1,

To
Macb.tb.

watch

11. a.

woman

as
old

Dutch.]

coverlet's,

ihroud her fumptuoiis bslauaur. fj'.ri

S^

To BELA'Y.

Davits.

.S7.,,',;/f.

and gold

Fairy elves,

to

none but he,

:
anJ under him

reoukcd.

pniul

fl!>

obfolete.

Whofe midnight revels, by a foreft fide,

Or fountain, fome belated peafant fees,
Or dreams he fees.
Milton s Paradifc
Or near Fleetditch's oozy brinks,

firft

Hooter.

Yet is not God the author of her ill,

Tha' author of her bang, and being there.

belle age,

An

When
2.

philofophy,

paramour

man,

old age.]
generally a term of
contempt, marking the laft degree of
old age, with all its faults and miferies.
Then fing of fecret things that came to p:ifv,

1.

(he decks her bounteous bow'r

(ilken curtains,

BELA'TED.

2.

and their continuance to be that which

they

how brave

lo,

malt liquor.

terra for

A fudden

n.f. [belle dame, \fchich, in old

French, iignified probably an old wo-

To the fair Critias, his dearcll btlair.ie. Fairy ^.

BE'LAMOUR.. n.f. [bcl amour, Fr.] Gal-

[preterite, asitfeems, ofbehigbt,

to proraife.]

A cant

Dil.

laft

Swift.

2.

and

Pofi'iO.lyff'.

BE LDAM.

friend ;
[belamie, Fr.]
This word is out of ufe.
Wife Socrates

life,

fleih,bis indigefled food.

reformation would follow,

among all
forts of people ; porters would no
longer be drunk
with btkb.
;,.

[afea term.] Tofaften

<v.a.

an intimate.

BEHO'T.

BE'ING. n.f. [from be.]

i. Exigence: oppofed to
nonentity.
Of him all things have both received their

as, to belace a rope.

Spffljer.

be.]
Thifc, who have their hope in another life,
look upon themfelves as be'ixg on their paflage
through this.
Allcrbury.

thump

(beams of wind and

BELCH, n.f. [from the verb.]

1
The aft of eruftation.

ftaff,

ToBELA'cE.

Te.l us of more
weighty diflikes than thefe, and
may more Icbeswfully import the refermuion.

BE'ING. partiap. [from

[from be and la
a word in

a.

to

Nell belabour,
his peaceful neighbour.
Stvift,

fees virago

that

With (harp intended fting fo rude him fmote,

That t> the earth him drove as ftrickcn dead,
Ne living wight would have him life bebet. Fairy <^.

rv.

beat

Sbalefp.

Drydctti

He

With his own

ufefully.

When

madnefles in men appear !

Orcftes runs from fancy'd furies here j
Ajax belabour* there an harmlefs ox,
And thinks that Agamemnon feels the knocks.

Chrcnd.
bebooveful. ]

And human

low fpeech.
What fevcral

full

BEHO'OVEFULLY. adv. [ from

To

bour.~\

is

privareiy.

belcb'd the mingled

blood,

an am'rous kil's dtfign'd,

I bclcb'd an hurricane of wind.

marry with Demetrius,

to

Drydert.

There

be fa,

let it

beg the ancient privilege of Athens.

adj. [from behoof. ] Ufeful ;

advantageous. This word is

lomevvhat antiquated.

or of permiflion,

their favagelordsivhorang'd the

wood,
fat with acorns, bclcb'd their
windy food.

And,

phrafe of anticipation, fup;

BOW

Milts*.

Since. Dift.

bc.~\

gates that

Rough as

gracious duke,
Be'! fo (he will not here, before your grace,

BEHO'OVEFUL.
;

be Jo

it

The

Stood open wide, Meting outrageous flame

Far into chaos, fincc the ficnJ pafs'd thruugh.

My

rone of them made him wanting in the offices oj

life, which // behooved or became him to perform.
Alter bun,
But flnuld you lure the monarch of the brook,
Stbowtf you then to ply your fined art. Them/on.
profitable

[from

cenjuaeJ.

so.

pofe

better

He

Immediate in a flame,
But Coon obfcur'd with fmoke, all heav'n appear'd,
From thofe deep-throated engines bclcb'd. Mihin.

exifting.
ah burg form'd to cheat
By Teeming kindncfs, mixt widi deep deceit! Dryd
It is folly to fcek the approbation of any tiing
befidei the fupreme ; becaufe no other bring can
make a right judgment of us, and becaufe we can
procure no contiderable advantage from the apAttai^m, Sftfiatcr
probation of any other tting.
fair, yet falfe

BE'INC.

For

The perfon
Ah

It

know

BEL

BEL

Slat'

he.ut.

n.f. [from /3X-, a dart

or arrow, becaule of its refemblance to
the point of an

arrow.]

Arrowhead,

or finger-ftone, of a wliitiih and fometimes a gold colour.

BELFLO'WER.

n.f. [from bell and flower,

becaufe of the fhape of its flower
; in
Latin campanula.} A plant.
There is a vail number of the fpecies of th!

i. The tailed
plant,
The blue peach-le.ived

pyramidal

belfls-wer.

2.

The

white
4. Garden bcljivtucr, with
3.

beljlmucr.

peach-leaved btljt'rwer.
oblnng leaves and flowers

;
cnmrmnly called Canterbury btlh.
5. Canary bdfovier, with orrach
leaves and a tuberofe root. 6. Blue
tdfav.-tr, with
edible roots,
commonly called ranphru. y. Venus
looking-glafs bilflnoer, (s?c.
MdUr.

JELFO'UNDER.

He

n.f.

whofe trade

[from

it

is

tell

and found. ]

to found or call

bells.

Thofe
wife

that

make

tulftmulif^

BE'LFRY.
tower
v>'oH,

recorders

this, and lifceof their bells.

[Bcfroy, in French, lift

was perhaps the true
thofe, who knew not its ori-

n.f.

which

till

ginal, corrupted
bells

knaw

in fitting the tune

were in

it.

it

to

The

belfry, becaule
place where the

bell: are rung.

ftfth

BEL

E L

Fetch the leathern bucket that liiags

fry

BELGA'RD.
glance

n.f.

C,iy

word

Upon her eyelids many graces fat,

Unoer the (hado-.v of her even brows,
Working bclgzrds, and amorous retreats. Fairy
Yo BELI'E. v. a. [from be and //>.]

To

1.

counterfeit

Which

to feign;

to

dible

To

1.

ther,

perfonal knowledge.
Adherence to a proposition which th?y are perfuadcd, but do not know, to be true, is not feeing,

mimick

Ten

lie to

none but

is

fears a future

and

mod

1.

And Phillis is fome forty-three.

Prior.
calumniate; to raii'e falfe report
3.
of any man.
Thou dolt iefie him, Piercy, thou lelieji him

To

With

3.

All

j.

with

;.

'

in hn;"',
'

arm /
gofyct, commands,
is a

f his

--

hofe

word

He

1.

Religion ; the body of tenets held

the profeflbrs of faith.

'-'"

was fubjcct upon the firft promulconfirmed the weaker minds,

waa made how God had been glori-

tian belief
it

much

Q relation

tlirough the fuRerings of martyrs.

Hcuker.

4. Perfuafion ; opinion.
II
,1 know, but doubt to think li? will
Yet hope would fain lubfcribe, and tempts belief.
Miltin.
ftates will be

of

5.

mud

in '.luir

belief,

into conflict with

at

honour and ob(crv"!icc

As the oit hath his yoke, the horfe his curb, an!
the faulcon hij bells, fo hath man his dcfircs.

Probably

I .

likely

perhaps.

Sidney.

MHr, thinking me remifs in my

awkerj me with this unwonted putting on.

Lord Angela,

thing believed; the object of be-

Skdtefftfre.

lief.
in

Jofephus affirmctli, that one of tliem rcm .tin .:d

h'r,
timej meaning, belike, fome rMin or foun-

dation thereof.

Raleigh.

Shalefpelre's

As you

like it.

To

firll

from

be the

may

appear both by their

Hakcwiil.

To Jb~hi

the bells.
p'irafe in Shaketajccn from the bells of a haw!:.
Neither the king, nor he that laves liini belt,
The proudcft he that holds np Lancafter,

ffears,

D.irts Ilir

awing,

To BELL.

<v. n.

i:i

if

Waiwicky/i<Ki/i
[from the noan.]

bells.

Sea 1:.

To grow

buds or flowers, in the form of a bell.

beginning of Au^uft,

in the

fuiuctimci ripe.

fujbien.]

There came out <( the fime woods a horrible

which fearing, le'Me, white the l!')n was
irfciit, came furioully towards the place nhere I

was.

5.

bel', in, I

are

Mw'nlttr*

E;;LL-FASHIONED.

foul bear,
;

other nations, as

all

Hops,
ie/ic-vc.]

the bell.

the wether, that carries a bell among the

ilieep, or the firft horfe of a drove that
has /v/A on his collar.
The Italians have carried away the bt!l from

Sw ft.

[from To
After a believing manner.
BE I.I'K E. adv. [from like, as
ad-j.

To bear

4.

of Chriftianity.

BELI'EVINGLY.

Dffiat,

hollow globe of metal perforated, and containing in it a folid ball ;

which, when it is fliaken, by bounding
againlt the fides, gives a found.

Hooker.

profeflbr

Superfluous prophecies are not only th.:

f f")!, but the Ulk fomstimei of wife men. Bj,,n.

Hooker,
Myfterics held by us 1m: no power, psmp, nr
wealth, but have becn'minta!:. :u by the univcrfjl
body of true believers, from the days of the apoftle ,,
and will be to the refurreftinn ; neither will the
gates of hell prevail againft them.

treaties.

The

bcgr-.n

entrr

to

to five believers?

Ail treaties are grounded upon the

n.f. [from ietitve.]

that believes, or
gives credit.

Inridelithemfelvesdid difcern, in matters of life,

te/'tevm did well, when othenv:fe.
Ihiktr.
If he which -.vritctli do that which is forcible,
howflio-ild he which readeth be
thought to do that
which, in itfclt, is of no force to work belief, and

In the heat of general perfccution, whereunto

Sbatefpearfs Timfeft,
hunt the golden dew,

A finall

3.

't-

2.

by

bees, that

In fummer'f heat on tops of lilies feed,

And creep within their bells to fuck the balmy feed.

in

Difcipiine

can attain ie/ief by the bare contemand cartli ; fur that they neither
plition of heaven
are fufficient to give us as much as the lead fpark
of light concerning the very principal myfU-rics
of our faith.
Hxiker.

gation,

fome want of certainty

churches, which, in extremity, had bee

theological .virtue of faith, or firm

confidence of the truths of religion.

bell \ lie.

The humming

they ire, I ttticve,

high as moft
England, yet a perKui, in his drink,
down, without any other hurt than the breaking of an arm.
Addifcn an Italy.

o:

The

bell, as the cups of flowers.

the bee fucks, there fuck I,

way

ftecples

threats, and pro:

any thing in the form of

Where

fell

No man

3.

or exaftnefs.

Wik.
2.

Addtfoft, Spectator.

It is ufed for

z.

BEM'EVER.

jmforts that (hall never ceafe,

but prefsnc in
Ji' tt-r.
telief.

Future

ring to thy ear,

five belli oue hundred and twenty.

Holder's Elements of Speech.
has no one neceflary attention to any thing
but the bell, which calls to prayers twice a-day.

God, even to them that bclic-ve on his name. Jztn.

I believe, is fometimes ufed as a
of

Though

delivered.

tells

He

In a cowflip'f

gave he pcwer to become the

flightly noting

te.'ie

merry

and

ing,

faith.

To them

bid the

That thou art crowned, not that 1 am dead. Sbat,

Four tells admit twenty-four changes in ring-

the particle upon, to truft ; to

4.
place full confidence in ; to reft upon

believe.]

it is

And

With

Credit given to fomething, which we

know not of ourfelvcs, on account of the
authority by which

you be
z Cbrcn.

body of call me.

formed to make a noife by the act
of a clapper, hammer, or fome other

fo /hall

eflablilhed.

Sbakejpearfi Cjmbeline.

BELIE'F. n.f. [from

God,

BALL.]

or hollow

veflel,

congregation together.

the particle in, to hold as an ob-

Believe in the Lord your

come from

Your flock, alVcmbled by the bell,

Encircled you to hear with reverence.
Sbakejp,
Get thce gone, and dig my grave thyfelf,

fouls

Waving

Saxon; fuppofed, by
pelvis, Lat. a

[bel,

inftrument ftriking againft it. Bells are

in the towers of churches, to call the

jeft of faith.

here.

corners of the \vjrld.

be praU'd, that to

tal,

exercife the theological virtue of

Now God

To

'Tis H.inJcr, whofe breath

Rides on tht porting winds, and doth

i.

n.

Gives light in darkncfs, comfort in defpair. Sbat.

For \\ith the heart man bclici'ftb unto righteoufnefs, and with the mouth confeffion is made
unto falvation.
Romans.

Itrydens J.nc\d.

meaning

fpeak with thee,

Exodus.

n.f.

Skinner, to
bafin.
See

have a firm perfuafionof any thing.

They may believe that the Lord God of their
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac,

To

thing.

5.

BELL.

faith.

To

In the difpute whate'er I faiJ,

My heart was by my tongue i:/yV;
And in my looks you might have read
How much 1 argued on your fide.
Pricr.
fill with lies.
This feems to be its

Log.

To

2.

never did encounter with Liiendnwer. Sbakejp.

give a falfe reprefentation of any-

Uncle, for heav'n's fake, comfortable words

-Should I do fo, I fhouid belie my thoughts. StaL
Tufcan Valcrus by force o'crcame,
And not bily'd his mighly father's name.

when

quickly

By that fam,e way the direful dames to drive

Their mournful chariot, fill'd with rufty blood,
A nd down to Pluto's hou fe are come beiive. Fairy 'j*.

and the God"of Jacob, hath appealed unto thee.

Gnefs,

4.

hear

believe thce for ever.

To BELI'EVE. f.

Paint, pitches, jewels laid afide,

At night altronomers agree,
The evening has the day belfj,

M'alts's

put confidence in the veracity of

any one.
The people may

Mate;

obdurate fwear they do not,

Their trembling hearts tcfit their boaftful tongues
Dry den

He

To

2.

to charge with

I'poken orwritten of them.

Speedily

fpeed, quicknefs.]
a word out of ufe.

th'.'ufsnd

who have

fometimes ufed in afenfe of irony,

may befuppofed.

BELI'VE, adv. [bihve, Sax. probably

from bi and hj-e, in the fenfe of vivacity,

things there are, which we befievc n5en.iv upon the authority or credit of thofe

fallehood.
the

Saxon.]

upon the authority of anoor from fome other reafon than our

credit

but believing.

give the

And when

credited or

a. [jelypan,

<v.

it

We think, belike, that he will accept what the

meaneft of tlum would difdain.
Hooter.
God appointed the fea to one of them, and the
land to the other, becaufe they were fo great, that
the fea could not hold them both j or elfe, telUe,
if the fea had been
large enough, we might have
Brercto. on Lang.
gone a filhing for elephants.

Cre

be!ie<ve."\

may be

Te BELI'EVE.

durft, with horfes hoofs that beat tin

Sure there

[from

adj.

that \vh:.h
believed.

walk, the words, the gefture could fupply,

habit mimick, nid the mien befit*
Drydt

To

as

BELI'EVABLE,

And nurti.il brafs, belie the thunder's found. Drji,

The (nape of man, and imitated bealt,

a form containing the articles

ground,

The
The

n E L
2. It is

of faith.

difitfpd.

Creed

6.

wit

A for

Fr. ]
an old

belle egartt,

a kind regard

now wholly

be!

t.'io

before, and

that is curioufiy painted

a figure.

make

Is

Having

adj. [from tell and

the form of a bell ;

campaniform.
The thorn-apple rifeswhha
luving large

BET.

',

bell

E. n.f.

ftrong round ftillr,

.
-fajhhntl flowers at the joint1

\btau, bdle, Fr.]

A young

lady.

What

A
O

motive could compel

well-bred lord
Cay,

Cuuld

what

mks

t' a'.lauit a gentle bei/ef

llrangcr caule, y^t unei-plor'd,
a j^ntlc belle rejcft a lord ?

Tope.

BELLES

BELLES LETTRES.

n. f.

[Fr.]

The body's members

Rcbe'J'd againft the telly} thus accuk'd it j
That only like a gulf it did remain,
Still cispboarding the viand, never bearing
Like labour with the reft.
Sbatrffejre.

Polite

has \\ofingular.

It

literature.

The exactnefs of the other, ii to admit of fomethe

thing tike dhcourfe, elpecially in what regards
Tallir.
bell.s Itttm.

BE'LLIBONE. n.f. [frombdlus,

and bcnus, good, Lat. belle

beautiful,
bonne,

is"

w>

her lot

Sf infer.

Did.

time.

To make

1.

n.

demands

clothes.

They were

content with a licentious

in thi-y miglit

[bellan, Saxon.]

by

He
many

fpoil,

Phil.

is their belly.

The dull fat captain, with a hound's deep throat,

Would bcllvai out a laugh in a bafe note. Dryden.

clofed.
Out of the belly of
bearded my voice.

To BE'LLY.

<v. n.

hell cried

to make any continued noife,

that may caufe terrour.
;

And

rocks the

bcll-suiing

ground

Dryden.

no fogular
tf

belloiui

for

we

belly. It

but Dryden has ufed bellows

as nfingular.}

The

1.

inflrument ufed to blow the

fire.

my inward furnace turn'd,

For bellnot ferve to kindle more the fire. Sidney.
One, with great bilkivs, gather'd filling air,
And with forc'd wind the fuel did enflame. FairyS^
The fmith prepares his hammer for the ftrokc,

BE'LLYACHE. n.f. [from belly

The cholick ; or pai in the
BE'LLYBOUND. adj. [from

While

the lung'd ttllvais hiding fircprovoke. Dryd.

lungs, as bellows, fupply a force of breath ;
and the afftra arttna is as the note ot bilhivs, to
II elder.
collect and convey the breath.

As

Of

fiagult,,:
fwcll It thy face,

thou wert to blow the burning mafs

DrjJtn,
melting ore.
if

Be'u.uiNE.
ly

it is

adj.

[belluinus, Lat.]

belonging to a bead

favage

tal.

Bcaft;

bru-

mm

If human acYions were not to be judged,

Would have no advantage over hearts. At this
the animal and i.Mninc life wou'.d be the
i.i'.e,

bed.

BETLLY.
Welm.]
i.

Atttrl*ry.

a. /. \balg,

Dutch

Lolt bola,

part of the human body which

reaches from the breaft to the thighs,
containing the bowels. .

That

"j.

BE'LLY-FRETTINC.

This

Was

is

the hand, which with a vow'd contrail

faft tclock'J in

BE'LOMANCY.

thine.

n.

I.

[With

farriers.]

in rcque 1

and

belly

Brown's Vulgar Ei rcurt.

To BELO'NG.
i

z.

To

chafing of a

light

\belangen, Dutch.]

on

of.

a pare of a field bucngii>

no need

Boil.
Rait*

to

be the province or bufinefs

of.

Inch rcdrefs ;
Or if there were, it not tilings to you.
SMtfp,
.
The uccl.irar.iori of thcle latent philofopl.r,
to another paper.
Btylt*
lungs
the care of heav'n and earth tcltxg:.
To

There

Ditf.

by worms.

<v. n.

be the property

To

with the foregirt.

caufed
great pain in a horfe's belly,

horfe's belly

and jxa-

$&&

Be^irancy, or divination by arrows, hath been

with Scythians, Alar.t, Germans, witU
the Africans and Turks of Algier.

bowels.

n.f. [from belly and

The

SbaMfttrl.

[from

f.

1.U.]

To

fret.}

is

ot"

BE'LLYFUL. n.f. [from

I. As much food as fills

belly and/z<//.]

the belly, or fathe appetite.

2: It is often ufed ludicroufly for more
than enough ; thus, King James told
his fon that he would have his bellyful

Jove

Drjjeit.

tisfies

To

3.

BE'LLYCOD.
glutton

Late,

To

made

this

way, the

only dory of Apicius, a famous bellyged,

may lufUekewW.

fi

to

wafte they

(hew -

BE'LLY-PINCHED.
}

have relation
tiitr.g.yl

to.

thou

whence

belly

[from

adj.

belly

and]

art

thou ?
1 Samuel,

To

be the quality or attributes of.

The faculties ltkng:ng to the fuprem.'

5.

his belly.
V.'liat infinite

into a dcfart btknging to BcthfaiJu.

To whom

and god.}
one who makes a god ot

n.f. [from

adhere, or be appendant to.

He went

of parliamentary impeachments.

To

[from be and kcL}

a.

fallen as with a lock.

Difeafed, fo as to be coftive,
and fhrunk in the belly.

The

In the following pafl'age

Thou neither, like a telktus,

To BELO'CK.

bound.}

Since fighs, into

2.

colours of water bubbles, are changed by viewing

ffai-tai.
them at divers obliquities.

Dryden.
they not to drench
Thomfelves with bellying goblets.
Pbilif

n. f.

Be/metal has copper one thoufand pounds, tin

from three hundred to two hundred pounds, brafs
Becct^
one hundred and fifty pounds.
Colours which arife on tctmetet, when melted
atW poured on the ground, in open ait, like the

rife,

'Miflit, thefe difports, forget

has

a pair

ufually fay,

To

pow'r appeas'd, with winds fufHc'd the fail,

The. bellying canvas ftrutted with the gale. Dryden.
Loud rattling Oiakes the mountains and the plain,
Heav'ri bellies downwards, and defcends in rain.

BE'L LOWS. n.f. [bilrj, Sax. perhaps it

is corrupted from bellies, the wind being
contained in the hollow, or

Swift.

[from bell and metal.}

The metal of which bells are made, being a mixture of five parts copper with
one of pewter.

The

voice of boiling feas re-

bound.

cuit, cries out every night, Paft twelve o'clock.

Creech's Manilnti.

Sfenfer.
rifing rivers float the nether

was the owl that Ikriek'd, the fatal bclaan

gives the ftern'ft good night. Shakeffeare*.
WhercTitian's glowing paint the canvas warm'd,
Now hangs the belman't, long, and parted here
The coloured prints of Overton appear.
Gay\
The belman of each paiiih, as he goes his cirJt

hang

Thus by degrees day waftcs, figns ceafe to

For bellying earth, iYill rifing up, denies
Their light a paflage, and confines our eyes.

Till, at the lad, he heird a dread found,

Which thro' the wood loud belkiving did rebound.

any

Which

BE'L METAL,

to

He

and nan.}

to proclaim

is

it

thing in towns, and to gain attention

by ringing his bell.

Jtmab.
}

bell

[from

in-

is

[from the noun.]

fwell into a larger capacity

out ; to bulge out.

n. f.

whofe bufinefs

and thou

I,

and

materials to fupport the

belly.

BE'LMAN.

grain upon marble, will have

Arlu-.brmt.
a hungry telly before harvest.

place in which fomething

:ur.cr.

belly

BE'LLY-WORM. n. f. [from belly and

worm.] A worm that breeds in the

that lows hi

Any

[from

Where belly -timber, above ground

Huiilrat*
Or under, was not to be found.
The itrength of every other member
founded
on
Pmr.
Is
your belly -timbsr.

Fortune fometiraes turncth the handle of the

bottle, which is cafy to be taken hold of; and
Bacon.
after the belly, which is hard to grafp.
An Irifh harp hath the Concave, or belly, not
along the firings, but at the end of the itrings.
Baccn.

6.

To

by

Food

a. f.

belly.

part of any thing that fwells out

into a larger capacity.

3-

The

timber.}

The

5.

This gentleman is accuftofhed to roar and bellnw fo terribly loud, that he frightens us. Taller.
roar as the fea in a ftorm, or as the
4,

their tellies

Hayivard.

Whofe god

word of contempt.

fill

whererather than

life,

lab-Air.

f<.\,

Afoi

Y-TIMBBR.

BE'I.L

Ct,rrrc-.'e.

billy.

feems, from en-

it

when they have

goes between the ridges

man which

part of

as

roll fo called,

requires food,
4.
in oppofition to the back, or that which

a bull, U>tltlltmJ\ the green

Jupiter became
Sbatefftare.
Neptune a ram, and bleated.
What bull dares belkia, or what flieep dares bleat,
Within the lion's den ?
Dryden.
But now the hufband of a herd muft be
fons
thy progeny. Dryd.
Thy mate, and bellowing
2. To make any violent outcry.
He faften'd on my neck, and ieltow'ii out,
As he'd burd heav'n.
Stake/peart.
To vociferate ; to clamour. In this

wind

lion

tering into the hollows.

They have two fmall harrfws that they clap
on t.i. h fide ot the ridge, and fo they hirr:>w
right up and down, and roll it with a kjiynli, that

com-

is

it

than you

tl.at better,

Mrs. Primly's big

That

a noife as a bull.

fenfe it is a

Gcnef.s.

in this fenfe,

anlv.\-r

fliall

like

adj. \lellipotens, Lat.]

Ditf.
mighty in war.
<v.

The

i the Moor is with

getting up of the negro's belly
child by you.
Sbakcjpearc.
The feeret is grown too big for the pretence,

BELLI'POTENT.
fo BE'L LOW.

couch,
and the ir.'li-finebed wolf
Kyp their lurdry, unbonnettcd he run;. Siahjf.
BE'L LY ROLL. n. f. [from belly and roll.}

ufed ludicroufly or familiarly.

monly

BELLI'CERANT. 7^'. \beUlger, Lat.]

BSLLI'GEROUS. \ Waging war. Di3.
BE'LLING. n.f. A hunting term, fpokeof
a roe, when me maktes a noife in rutting

Puiffant

thy life.

.it"

The womb

3.

Such

a tellitcac,
Syrinx tcjoice that ever
To bear fuch a one.

This nighf, wherein the cubdrawn bear would

In beads, it is ufed, in general, for

that part of the body next the ground.
And the Lord faid unto the lerpcnt, Upon thy
(halt thou go, and duft Ihait thou et, all the
telly

2.

both in beauFr.] A woman excelling

out of ufe.
now
word
A
and
goodnefs.
ty
Pan may be proud that ever he bsgot

And

BEL

BEL

BEL

are unlimited

and boundlefs,

fitted

fir infinite obiecls.

6>

To be
He

re ferr ed to

fpirit,

anJ deiigned
Ciieync*

to relate to.

carcth for thing* that ttltf to the Lord.

\ Cori-rb.

Starved.

BELO'VED.

He

de-

[from lihve,
participle,
It is obfervable, that
love.

BELO'VED.
rived of

think

it is

fo well

15

Dt

Then

bawd to a tehbahcr.
Shale/fare.
flock of flieep an i 4,'fciv/] cr thinking to
and
break into another's paflure,
being to pafs
over mother bridge, juitled till both f^-li into the
cattle

the moon I would not leap. Skat .

He'll beat Aufidius" head belra his kne?,

Ar,d tread upon his neck.

Sbakefptare.
in dignity.
Venetians think themfelves equal at
lead to the ekclors of the empire, and but one
degree tefav; ki

See BELIE.

To BEMA^J.

'v.

Add-on.

Of how
The

foil

it.

The
The

in the place nearefl

To men (landing bcltnv on the ground, thofe

that be on the top of Paul's feem much lefs than
they are, and cannot be known ; but, to men

Sj^in,

His fultry heat infcfls the (ky ;

ground bdna\', parch'd, the hcav'ns above us
fry.

This

fa'H,

he

led the^i
all

up the mountain's brow,

the dining

fields tit:-so.

Dryden.

On

earth, in oppofition to heaven.

And

no fara from erring pity flow,

For one that's blefs'd above, immortal! I'd belna.
let

iim'.'i.

Tlie

of Jove,
for ever fought, and bleiVd above.
In hell ; in the regions of the
-

3.

faireft child

:'

Prior.

dead

in circling troops attend

and long to know

bus'nefs brought him to the realms
.?ir,

What

Swift.

a.

[from mock.}

To treat

with mocks.
BciMf't the modcft

To BEMO'IL.

<v.

moon.

a.

Sbakefffare,

and

[be,

tniil,

from

To

mauiller, Fr.]
bedraggle ; to bemirc ;
to encumber with dirt and mire.
Thou fliouldft have heard in how miry a place,
how me was baniUd, how he left her with the
horfe upon her.
<v.

To make

tnsnjhr,}

a,

And

Ticttll.

To BELO'WT. "j. a. [from le, and -low t,

a word of contempt.]
To treat with
opprobrious language ; to call names.

EEMU'SED. adj. [from To muff.} Overcome with mufing ; dreaming a wort

of contempt.

him

home,

and bclmitid

hi?

int fcullion, that never drelled

;ith:r epigrams or anagrams.
Camdtn.

BLLSWA'DCEK.

n.f.

cant word for a

whoremailer.

You
out

B*LT.

are a charitable btlfwaggtr

and you ctied

my wife

fire,

n. j.

g'rdle

[blr,

Sax.

baltheui, Lat.]

a cinclure in which a fword,

or lome weapon,

h commonly

hung.

Rome. is

2.

And by

feat

Ecclus.

it.

Dryden,
direft to a certain point.
O<Savius and Mark Anthony
Came down upon us with a mighty power,
Bending their expedition tow'rd Philippi. Sbaktjf.
Why doft thou bend thy eyes upon the earth,
And ftart fo often when thou titt'lt alone ? Ska*.

To

Your gracious

eyes upon this labour bent. Ftirf,

To that fwcct region

When winds, and ev'ry
Difturb'd our

couri"; .

was our voyage bent,

warring clement,
Dryden.

rtfliing found, th' aflembly ber,d

Diverfe their fteps ; the rival Tout afcend

Then, with a
royal

dome.

Pfpt,

To

apply to a certain purpofe

tend the mind.

j.

to in-*

Men will not bend their wits to examine, whether

be
things, wherewith they have been accuftomed,
Hwhtr.
good or evil.
reverend
tWJ
He is within, with
fathers,
right
Sbakeffearc.
Divinely bent to meditation.
When he fell into the gout, he was no longer
able to t'.-nd his mind or thoughts to any publick

fnfc

plcas'U

when

it

To

nfe : a
put any thing in order for
metaphor taken from bending the bow.

4.

I'm

Statins will

awfji btnib

and bend up

corporal agent to this terrible feat. Shakefp.

a fowler was btnJi<:g his nctj a blackbird

afked

him whit he was djlng

Sfftftr

lu.

fettled,

Each
As

playr bought, fupply'd her bread. Drya

of juilke ; the feat where judge

To pluck dcv.'ri juftice from. your

To tap the cou;f; vl Uw.

Ternfir.

biifincfs.

longing crowds cxpcft the promh'd verfe j

His lofty numbers with fo great a gull
They hear, and fwallow wi:ii fuch eager lufl :
But while the common fu3"r:ie crown'd hiscaufe
And broke the ttncbcs with thfir loud auplanTc
His mufe had ftarv'd, had not a piece uniend,

2.

to crook; to inflefr.
the heaven with a gloand the hands of the Moft High hath
;

bend their bows, they whirl their flings

around :
Heaps of fpcnt arrows fall, and ftrew the -ground ;
And helms, and ihields, and rattling arms refound.

[benc, Sax. bane, Fr.]

ay?W by

They

And

cried

lirydtn.

n. f.

Th feats and b;nctu (hon of ivory,

An hundred nymphs fat fide by fide ab->ut.
All

by feveral

parfon jri'jch btmufd in bcr,

maudlin poetefsj a rhiming peer?

dillinguifhed from
greater length.

rated

bended

1> ther* a

Oi.tolete.
Sieur Caulard, when he heard a gentleman
-, that at a
fupper they had not only good
cheer, bjt alfa fivoury cflgram ;, and fine ana-

rious circle,

The

chang'd and fdt'-convcrted thing! for

ihame,
Shalrffeart,
SemonJItr not thy feature.

BENCH,
j. A feat,

of Lincoln's

me
me.

The rainbow compafleth

monilrous.

futT'ring flints aloft in beams ihall glow,

projp'roui tiutors gnalh their teeth kclt,io.

'Vhtn

old with

To make crooked

1.

be anc

[from

indulged

Sb'e!..ffcarc.

To BEMO'NSTER.

is

Saxon ^bander, Fr. as Shinner thinks,

from pandare, Lat.]

n. /. [from the verb.]

the perfon that laments.

Tln.u

oppoled to heai'in and earth.

giadlome ghoit*

To BEMO'CK. v.

Dij\'.:r:.

A-.d fliew'd them

2.

lamenter

a favour that

Blaunt. Chambers.

Tat!it\
who are grown
To BEND. v. a. pret. bsndtd, or bent ;
[benban,
part. paff. bended, or bent,

He falls, he fills the houfe with heavy groans,

Implores their piry, and bis pain tomans. Dry Jen.
The gods thenil'elvcs the ruin'd feats htrtcan,
And blame the mifchiefs that themfclves have
done.

BEMO'ANER.

Sbalefpetre.

in the gardens

binchers,

for.

above, thofe bcl<no lean nothing fo much leffened,

Bacin.
and may be known.
The upper regions of the air perceie the collecVion of the matter of the tempfts and winds
before the air here belmu ; and therefore the obfcuring of the fmallcr ftars, is a fign of tempeft

The

fliort

from meaner form

to worihip.

n. /.

yearly chofen.
\ was taking a walk
Inn

To BEMO'AN. <v. a. [from To moan.} To

lament ; to bewail ; to exprefs forrow

the centre.

,vmg.

Sbaktffcare.

loving couple well btmir'd\

horfs and both the riders tir'd.

The
are alfo called inner barriiters.
benchers, being the feniors of the houfe,
are intrufted with its government and
direction, and out of them is a treafurer

and mire.}
the mire ; to

by pafiing through dirty places.

Away they rode in homely fort,

and goodly to be feen,

freflier green. Dryd,

[from leach.'} Thofe

gentlemen of the inns of court are called
iinchers, who have been readers ; they
being admitted to plead within the bar,

BE'NCHER.

It

Their journey long, their money

Dryden.

BELO'W. adv.
In the lower place

His cupbearer, whom

btncb'd, and rear'd

Have

juft report,

caul'e to plain.

turf,

thick young gitifs arofe in

feat upon a bench.

To

:.

unnatural and bemadding ibrrow

king hath

v. a. [from the noun.]

with benches.

furriifh

"Fwas tincb'd with

The

To

[from be and mad.}

Unworthy of;

to Ct

a.

TBBMI'RE. v. a [from
To drag ot encumber in

Fdtoa.

1.

To

to turn the brain.

Making

His idylliuma of Theocritus are as much below hi. Maiiiliu;, a^ the fields are below the ftars.

do, you fcall petition

To BELY'.

fpeecb.es,

BENCH,

"o

Hwvtll.

make mad

Inferiour in excellence.

to be a

ditch.

2 Inferiour
The noble

But when

Of publick

The

bdna

unbefitting.
'Tis mucli bckiu me on his throne

Fools to popular praile afpire

which worfe fools admire ;
While, from both bsncbcf, with redoubled founds,
Th'applaufe of lords and commoners abounds.Z)rjrf.

Dryd.

neck.
The fox will ferve my flieep to gather,
And drive to follow after theii hehvctbtr* Sfctifer.
To offer to get your living by the copulation of

Sbalefftare,

4.

gf>!d inlaid

hands had made.

flieep
bell on his

Milnil*

3.

artful

and wether.}
n.f. [from tell
which leads the flock with a

BELO'W. prep, [from be and l<rw.}

Under in place ; not fo high.
I
a!l

The perfons fitting on a bench ; as, the

whole bench voted the fame way.

BELWE'THER.

meet,

In likenefs of a dove
The Spirit defcendeJ, while the Father's voice
From hcav'n pror.ounc'd him bis tclvued 'STH.

Fcr

fnatch'd theffiiningitfr, with

The trlt Eury tion's

kdcv'd of Csfar,

Shjuld outlive Ciefar.

Of

South.

are much beloved

ted ; as
fay, you
bv me, but not, 1 'dove you.] Loved ;
dear.

we

Cyr'ae, whofe grandfire on the reyal bincb

British Themis, with no mean applaufe,
Pronounc'd, and in his volumes taught our laws,
Which others at their bar fo often wrench. Milton.

cannot buckle his diftcmperM eiufa

Within the lilt of rule.

Sbakefptare.
Ajax flew himfelf with the fword given him
the
by Heftor, and Heftor was dragged about
walls of Troy by the bilt given him by Ajax.

though the participle be of very frequent

ule, the -verb is leldom or never admit-

Mark Anthony,

BEN

BEN

BEL

5.

To

But when

How
6.

7.

L'F.flrange.

incline.
to mifehief mortals bind their will,

focn they

fir.d fit

inftrumenrs of

ill

Pope,

To

fubdue ; to make fubmiflive : as,

war and famine will Lend our enemies.
To lend the iroiv. To knit the brow ;
to frown.
Some have been

fn

to bite their pen, fcratch

their head, bend thtir brcivt, bite

their piper.
the baud, and te

their

l)[.s,

tat

Ctmdeti.

B E CL
Tendency; flexion;

9.

'I choafe executors, and talk of uillt ;

lor what can we bsqueutb,
yet not ft*
Save our depofed bodies to the ground ? ii
lather btjucjtktd me by will but a poor thou-

exercifing the undemanding in the feveral

ol rearming, teacheth the mind firpplenefs,
itfelf more dexteroufly to temi and turns

to apply
of the matter, in

10.

ftalk

Hit

And
'I

My

fand crowns.

Methinkt

Loeit.

all its rt fcarches.

well near of

iVifl"

bent-graft.
aud llrong,

two inches long

the vines

it

is

remember

little

Hurt, like the dull of a bent, which grows upon the

Bacon's Effap
-,-, in the firft coming f >rth.

June is drawn in a mantle of dark grab-green,

and
'upon his head a garland of tmti, 'kingtnp
Ptacbarh.
maidenhair*

with noife

fill

are ripe.
come,
'WLen, lagging

Thefe

So

torpid

"

The

harmlcfs lay, with cold iaiumm'J, before.

Fairfax
winds blow moift and keen, which bid?
us feck

Some better fliroud, fome

Our limbs Itituir.m'J.

better

warmth,

Cnews flackcn, and an

Scaumi my blood.

ftall bring thorn to

of

RRY,

n.

f.

To

2.

or bereft
on.]
i .

To

(trip

n. prtter.

Dinban.

of ; to deprive

of.

have lertft

Thou mny'Riereave him

themfchcs, bccaufe they were

w i:h cold ?

me

c/"

BERME.

fThc beafts

2.

comes from Siam, and is called amygdaloides, being interfperfed with

white fpots, refembling broken almonds.

Sometimes

Trcvoux. Chambers.
liquor we have diiVilled from benxntt, is
fubjcct to frequent viciffitudes of fluidity and
firmnefs.
Boyle.

Wlie.-con

Thy
3.

See

Tree.

a.

t!:y

To

BE'RRY.

Is utterly
bereft you,

the maflc of night

blufli bifairt

BEPI'NCH. rv. a. [from

mark with pinches.

is on
my fa>:c,
my check. Sbat.

pinch.]

all is loft.

{from

n.f.

to another.
will.] To leave by will
She had never been difmherited of that goodly
jortion, which nature had to liberally bejutctttd
to her,

flalitfffart,

mow, a'mwiing,

T-.

court

To

Cedar,

'1'he

M.ule.

Miller.

Y-BEA
NG.
BERRY BLIGHT.

1JER R

ScC MlJL-

Ol'ac'j.

is the, fame with our bright ; in

the Latin, illujht- and A;.--ui. So E.fart,
imoui
.

'

cnnqucrcr.

the

And

Germans

f><

who was termed by

ihe

r,- '..,-,

callc-.i

\v.is

Iiy

Greeks
by Lint'

the
:

or chief officer,

Saxon.]

Stjltiff,

[from the noun.]

n.

inclofmg three hard feeds in each. The

ivood is of great ufe in the Levant, is
large timber, and may be thought the
Iruttim-wood mentioned in the Scripture, of which many of the ornaments
to the famous temple of Solomon were

DeD;8>

th'e

ins fort \verr

,

among the Derbyshire miners.

BE'RCMOTE. n. f. ^of barij, a mountain,
and

beft,

[cf.'irut bciedleaves are fquamo(V,

fomewhat likc^hofe of the cyprefs. Ths
katkins; of male flowers, are produced
at remote diltance"s from the fruit on
the fame tree.
The fruit is a berry,

\b--rgamntte, Fr.]

b.dlifF,

Sfer.ftr-.

netUe,

bear berries.

The

terries fpread,

fruit of bafeft quality.

Ndgribour'd by

To BE'RRY.

icreavi.]

fort

mnjhr.]

with

the guds admir'd.

fern, Lat.]

of pear, commonly called burIn their fides, arms, moulders, all tifiactl,
See PH AR.
gamut.
Ran thkk the weals, red with blood, ready to it.;,
2. .A fort of eilence, or perfume, drawn
out.
Cbjfmjn.
from a fruit produced by ingrafting a
fo'BEfi'ss. i: a. [from fi/i.] To wet
on a bergamot pear itock.
lemonsree
urine.
with
One caufed, at a fcaft, a bagpipe to be playd, 3. A fort of fnuff, which is onry clean towhicK made the knight ttfifs himfelf, to the great
bacco, with a little of the eflbnce rubdivcrfion of all then prcfent, as well as confufion
bed into it.
Durham,
of himfelf.
BE'RCM ASTER, r.f. [from ber-JvSax.u,].!
To BEQUE'ATH. <v. a. [cpjSe, Sax, a
1.

ail

The llawberry grows underneath the

And wholeiome .'".//.vj thrive and ripen

of bereave.
p'ajf.
The chief p.'"cithcr liclc bcnf:
Or yielded to the foe, concludes the ftrifc. D^a.
BERG. See BUR ROW.

To BE'RGAMO.T.

[b*px. Sax. from berian,

n.f.

did yield
fruitful olive tree,

That

jrntle looks, thy aid,

uttcrmotl diftrefc.
Miller,

titf.

to bear.] Any fmall fruit, with

many
feeds or fmall (tones.
She fmote the ground, th: which ftraight forth

take a\vay from.

B E R E'A v E.M E N T>

BERRY-BEARING

of.

BENJAMIN TREE.
privation.
To BERE'FT. part,
[from paint.]

cover with paint.

Elfe would a maiden

live!

i/. a.

lord
what evii dar
you hath frovvn'd, and pour'd his influence biJ,
Tint of yourlelf you thus btrobtcd are ? f a'try

All yuur inteieft in thole territories

The

To BEPA'INT. v.

counl'el, in this

ufed without
".:/ me mt,

S^

fometimes palifadoed.

lence.
Not ufed.
She faid, ah deareil

Drydcn.

it is

On

dqirive us of met.ils, is to make us mere

favages; it is to bereave us (-/"all arts and fcicnces,
ef hiftory and letters, nay of revealed religion
too, that incftiimble favour of Heaven

belt

fc:

ff.irrif.

prieiU with ready knives bereave

on

[from rob,] To rob to

plunder ; to wrong any, by taking away
fomething from him by health or vio-

wonder.

'

mote

To BERO'B.

a prince bcrtavtd of his depenby his council, except there hath been an
Bacon's
overgreatnefs in one counfellor.
facre^j

n.f.

into the

There was never

The

all

[Fr. in fortification.]
fpace of ground three, four, or five feet
wide, left without, between the foot of
the rampart and the fide of the mote,
to prevent the earth from falling down

Sbaltfpcari:.

medicinal kind of re-

fin imported from the Eaft Indies, and

vulgarly called benjamin. It is procured
by making an incifion in a tree, whole
leaves referable thoftof the lemon-tree.

{To

Beware of Latitvauthors

Nor think your verfes (K

Though with a golden pen
And fcribblc in a bt'lin.

of M w.ndi,

his wits with

p-f..

a particular form.

jdencie!

fong.

n.f. [from Berlin, tlie cit-'

where they were rft made.] A coach ot

It has ge-

Only my blood fpeiks to you in my veins. Shall.

That when thou cem'il to kneel at Henry's feet,

dangerous, when warmth

Thrmknow'ft,

Sax-

part, bereft, [bejicopan,

taken away.
Madam, you

bcf.i.r-r.:A

BENZO'IN. a./.

Shiik-

H;ji.

/ bereaved,

BERM'X.

nerally the particle of before the thing

icy ftiflhefs

Thefe accents were her lafl the creeping death

JSenamm'd her fenfcs firft, then ftopp'd her breath.
Drydtn,

BENZOIN

dare

Bacw'iNat.

ff.

ierbtrries, crabs, !lo:s,

Itupify.

The

fometimes

[btrlerls,

'

once frozen and

and

gool'equills,

thither.

that PC;

fought ri homage from the race that write

I kept, like Allan monarcHs, from their
light :
Poems I heeded, now bsrbym'd fo long,
No more than thou, great George! a b'-

the fafhion, and fo berattle the

they .call them, that many wear.

To BERE'AVE. v.

the vitals, and Ittmmt the feni'cs;

and where there is no fehfe, there can be no pain.
Siuth.
lefs

fo

word

A berry
written barberry, which fee.]
of a fluirp talte, ufed for pickles.
Some never ripen to be fweet, as tamarinds,

fei> upon

Will they be the

[from rattle.] To
a noife at in

make

the numberl

for

To

[from rbymc.]

her.

to crierifti

Alston.

My
It

come

BE'RBF.

itings a fnake that to the fire is brought,

Which

a.

to

ing rapiers are afraid

a.

[benumen, Saxon.]
to take away the
;
fenfation and ufe of any part by cold,
or by fome obstruction.

To make

1.

now

are

common iHges,

'

To BINU'M. v.

H.slr.

a.

Laura to his lady was but a ki'.cticnmarry, ihc had a better lore to b.

f.ow'J in

wench

v.

rhyme, or verfei

in

of contempt.
N w is he

contempt.

and moulting months, may

they cannot reach their home.

Drydtn,

late,

mention

[from bequeath.]

Pie claimed the crown to himleif ; pretending

an adoption, or btjucft, of the kingdom unto him

JLB'NTING Time, [from ber.t.] The time

when pigeons feed on bents before peas To BERA'TTLE. v.
tints,

n.f.

Di3.
legacy.
SomeBEC^UE'ST. n.f. [from bequeath.]
thing left by will ; a legacy.

Kate timing

Slouirf.

it.

for
deciding contrathe Derbyshire miners.

hill

among

TOBERHY'ME.

age fcems refolved to ht<]uca:b

thi

BEO^UE'ATHMENT.
a

verfies

For you, whom bed I love and value muir,

But to your fervice 1 tfjaeaib my ghoft.
Drydtn t Fablrt.

he pile was of a horfe-fly'j tongue,

reverted. Drayt.

Whofe fliarpnefs nought

Thrn the fljwers of

&taltfftart.

pofterity fornewhat to

of grafs, called

fp:ar, a btnt both

held upon a

And

The

B E

Let

particular direc-

tion.

vij!

B E

thefe,

Lampri-

Gilfon'i Camd^i.

BSRTH.

n.f.

See BiftTrt.
[vitH failors.J

B$'R

rp.

AM.

B E S

E S

fc

B E S

they him fpying, both with greedy force

A fort AtBut
[fyretkrum.'Ltt.l
once upon him ran, and him befet
of herb, called alfo baftiird pellitory.
With itrokes of mortal ireel.
Fairy S^iieen.
kind of To BESHRE'W. <v. a.
.BE'RYL.
/. \jberyllus, Lat.]
[The original of

bej>atient, till we have appeas'J

multitude, btfide ibemfch-cs with fear. Skal.
Frftuj faid with a loud voice, Paul, thou art btfiJe
Afli*
tbyjflf\ much learning doth make thec mad.

Only

BB'RTRAM. ./

ftone.

precious

from kefcbryen, Germ, to enchant.

his Book of Animals, deduces
Topfel, in
it from the j&rtnv maufe, an animal, fays
he, fo poifonous, that its bite is a fe-

To

a.

art thou, that thus bcfcreen'd in night,

on

my

To BESE'ECH.

<v.

ttumble.fr.

have
I

be/ought,

counfel

a.

'SMMcare.

[from fecan, Sax.

Jatken, Dutch.]
To entreat ; to fupplicate

to

fometimes before a perlbn.

I befeub you, Sir, pardon me; it is
from

my

brother, that I have not

all

<ver-

implore

He

whom

2.

citizens

[from bejle,
have only found in Spenfer.]
Adapted; adjufted; becoming.

TcBtsE'T.-u.

a. prct. I be/it

To

befiege

to

hem

<J>.

3.

ilkmzlxjet.
to inclofe

as

prteter &T
ture.

Of.

>,

4.

be

ii

much

n.-fet

amifj,

Rvtvf,
with fuadry uneafi.

diftraclcd with'difi'crcnt dcfncs.

To fall
VouJ.

upon;

to Jjajafs.

Not

Lccki,

ufed.

And he (hall tefegi thee in all thy gates, until thy

Dcutcrcnomy.
high and fenced walls come down.
The queen, with all the northern earls and lords,
caftle.
in
Intends here to beftege you
Skatefp.
your
BESI'EGER. n.
[from tejiege,'} One

employed in a

fiege.
There is hardly a town taken, in the common
forms, where the tefiegeri have not the worfe of
the bargain.
Swift.
To BEJLU'BBER. <v. a. [from Jlubter.]

To dawb

of true men.

1.

of devialirg from.

,to
ij

5.

dignity ot pui'liik pru)i-r

what more
Urcn.

fituefi in

tktffife/vei,

to

whom

ilulli

men of

parents tears. Farad.

Her tainting hand let fall the fword, i/cfjntar'd
Dmbatn.
With blood.
Her g'ufhing blood the pavement all tefruafa.

Of human facrificc, and

(hciv.whaf

Lwtt>

be can icJ btjidfi

Tobedawb; to overfpread with fomcthing that fticks on.

He Uy as in a dream of deep delight,

Loll.

Drydcn.

quite. l>cjijft

Before a reciprocol .pronoun, out ot {

a, btjiiie himfelf; out of the order of 'rational beings ; out of his wit?.

They

a. [from /mear.]

B.frr.tar'd with precious balm, whofe virtuous might

Did lieal his wounds.
fairy Queen.
That face of his I do remember well;
Yet when I faw it lft, it was befmear'd
As black as Vulcan.
Sbaktffeart.
Firft Moloch, horrid king bejmtard with blood

arc too .wilful blame.,

Thefc nuy ferve J5 lanri.n>-uk>;

the direct way of truth, or

Sbpleffear*.

To BESME'AR. v.

L'.rtc.

lies in

to fmear.

nofes with fpearperfuadcd us to tickle our

and then biffMtr
graf'i, :md make them bleed ;
our garments with it, and fwcar it was the blood

S'mtb\
prefent bufmefs to enbrgo upon

in a ftate

He

'

it.

Miltun.

admiflion.

And, fince your coming here, have, done

Enough to put him quitttejtlu hi: p.atiencc. Shall,
Of vagabonds we fa_y,
That they arc ne'er brfde their, way.
Hujiiras,

To

r^ad her vifage

grief ttfets her hard.

Out of;

You

' t a man's
frlf, and an undifturbcd doing his duty
whatever evil bcffts, or dangerltes in his way. Locke.
embarrafs ; to perplex; to entangle
3.

bejet. Sl-at.

fortrefs, by furrounding it witk

an army, and forcing the defendants,
either by violence or famine, to give

Brambjli.

my

jravity, Uian in

the

be-

town or

and "againft na-

this (peculation.

hated, therefor* fo bejct

With foes, for daring fingle to be juft.
Milton,
True fortitude I rake to be the quiet poifejlini

without any means of efcape.

Now, datjjhterSjIvia, you arc hard
Thus Adam, Core itut, rcply'd.

itcJiJtt

events befide the knowledge, purpofe, expeftation,

and power of fccond caufes.
Seutbl
>
l rt>vtdcnce often
difpoits of things by a method*
bcfidf, and above, the difcovcricj of man's reafon.

The
And therefore

We

to nature.

naturam,

To

<v. a.
[horn. Jiegt."\
to lay fiege to ; to befet with
leaguer
armed forces ; to endeavour, to win a

fay a thing is a chance, as it relates to lecond

caufes, fignifies no more, than that there are fome

It is bejidt

forth thy weapon, we're befet with thieves

miftrefs.
Sbalufpeare
only righteous in a world pervcrfe,

ctititra

A fpecies of pear.

n. f.

To

Draw

Or

to furround.

Refcue thy

Sure, or

Not according to, though not contrary

as we fay, fome things are befide nature,
Stoicks did hold a necellary connexion of
caufes; but they believed, that God doth adt

Pope.

BESI'DERY.

a nature found,

Addifon,

fome are contrary

fiege.
Follow him that's fled ;
The thicket is befti, he cannot 'fcape. Shakefpeare.
Now, Caviar, let thy troops befet our gates,
And bar each avenue
CatO'fljall open f> himfelf a palTagc.
I know thou look'fl on me us on a wretch
Befet with ills, and cover 'J with misfortunes.

To waylay

is

The

in;

To BESI'ECE.

there

clafs ;

Locke.
All that we feel of it, begins and ends
In the fmall circle of our foe or friends ;
To all befide as much an empty made,
An Eugene living, as a Csefar dead.
And dead, as living, 'tis our author's pride
Still to charm thofe who charm the world befide.

Bacon.

Pcfe.

fenfe,

with a

2.

him.

Over and above.

man

out of this

faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any te?

Gcneftf.
Outlaws and robbers, who break with all the
world btfidn, muft keep faith among themfclves.

Viclory

our Saviour's hiftory.

j^adijon onCbi-ifl. Religion.
Precepts of morality, bcjidei the natural corruption of our tempers, arc abstracted from ideas of

[beprtan, Sax.]
1.

bejide

We

forth came that ancient lord and aged queen,

Armed in antique robes down to the ground,
And fad habiliments rijht wll befeet.
Fairy

down

fit

Addifon.
;

fidts

may be fure there were great numbers of

wife and learned men, befide thofe whofe names are
in the Chriftian records, who took care to examine

Skinner.

particip.

to

his right hand,

Doubtlefs, in

Dry Jen.

This word

me

keep too watchful an eye.

Not in this number

The men

near.

Bejtde the fenfes, and above them far. Sn-jf. Daviet.

In brutes, bejides the excrcife qf fenfitive perception and imagination, there are lodged inltincta
antecedent to their imaginative faculty.
Hale,

Caft by their brave befeeming ornaments. Sbakrff.

What thoughts he had, btfitmt not mo to fay ;
Though fome furmife he went to foft and pray.

BE s E'EN,

that the

not included here.

Unheard, unknown,
He makes his moan.

fush virtues fpring.

ncint

2.

Fairfax.

Verona's

Tillotfon.

my

Sat eagle-wing'd befide him hung his bow. Miltai.

Fair Lavinia fled the fire
Before the gods, and flood befide her fire. Drydcn.
Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows;
Fair is the daify that brftde her grows.
Cay.
Now under hanging mountains,
of
the
falls
fountains,
BtjlJe

Hotter.

This overfight

caufed

At

To

Biftxmi thec not, in

the fide of another

At

of necefiity for him to know, is but an

man, whatever he may know befides.

Turk never attacks this

But, befides that he has attempted it fortreafury.
merly with no fuccefs, it is certain the Venetians

a fruitful palmtree grows,

Befide the hearle
this great funeral.
Fairfax.

to be fit ; to be decent for.

form of fpeech, or behaviour, bejumctb
?

not, while you here attend,

fate of your unhappy friend. Drytf.
that doth not know thofe things,

are

ignorant

Ennobled fince by

God

f f

know

Some wonder,

and
pride,
to fay Lyfanderlied. Sbakefpeart.

Herm'u meant

BESI DES.

whilft 1 fpeal; fomething to ourfelves here prefent.

Sfralt.
To BESE'EM. v. n. [bex,iemen, Dutch.]

What

which

to.

over-read.

To

us in our prayers to Almighty

ill

To quit the dreadful purpofc of your foul. Addljen.

2.
beg ; to aflc : before a thing.
But Eve fell humble, and kefougtt
His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint. Milton.
Before I come to them, I hefec;b your patience,

become

That man

Now much befhrevi my manners,

If

only a letter

Sbakefpeare.
fon Onefunus, whom I
Pbibmor., 10.
have begotten in my bonds.
I, in the anguiih of my heart, bejetcb you

Befides, you
Th' unworthy

to.
Nay, quoth the cock, but I bcjbrna us both,
It 1 believe a faint upon his oath. Drydcn s Fables.

To happen

over and above.

That makes me ugly ; and, befidet, the Mqor

May unfold me to him there Hand I in peril*

a curfe

wifli

Calfio do remain,
hath a daily beauty in his lite,

He

BeJhrrui thee, coufm, which did'ft lead me forth

Of that fwcet way I was in ta defpair. Sbakefpeare.

my

thee for

I ttftetb

2.

To

lylore than that

It"

known.]
1.

I btjtatgbt,

pret.

i .

vere curfe.
Jbi-etu likewife fignifies
a fcolding woman ; but its origin is not

ceal.

What man

BESI'DE.

[from fa-ten.]
to (belter ; to con-

it

cover with a fcreen

fomewhat obfcure as it
derive
to
nvijh ill, fome

is

evidently implies

cornelian, of a more deep bright red, fometimes

with a cah of yellow, and more tranfparent than
Woodward,.
the common cornelian.

To BESCRE'EN. f.

word

this

thy bUlows roul aftore

Milton.'
The beryl and the golden ore.
The beryl of our lay Varies is only a fine fqrt of!

May

So

The

2.

To foil

to foul.
Mylionuur would not

So

much

it.

befmear

To BE s M I'R c H
Not in life.

i/.

a.

let

ingratitude
Siaieffeare.

To foil

to difcolour.

Perhaps he loves you now,

An. now no fnil of cautel doth btfmircb
The virtue of his will.
I

B E

B E S
Our gaynefs and our gilt are all lefm\r;Vi
With rainy marching in the painful field. Sba\.

fa BESMO'KE.

To
To

1.

2.

belly, they will

I will

Lord of

fo BESO'RT.

-v.

bofls.

a.

IJaiat,

[from

pany; attendance;
crave

my

xiv. 22.

To

infatuate

take away

to ftupity
the fenfes.
;

to dull; to

Swiniflj gluttony
to heav'n amidft his gorgeous feaft,
with
bt\utt,:d bafe ingratitude,
But,
Miltvn.
Crams, and blasphemes his feeder.
Or fools kifated with their crimes,
That know not how to ihift betimes.
HuJiirat.
He is b^jjttedt and has loft h s reafon ; and what
then can there be for religion to take hold of him

To make

2.

to doat, with on.

Sbaltfp.
Truft not thy beauty ; but reftore the prize
Which he, kefoucil an that face and eyet,
Would rend from us.
Dryden.

To give mine
To BESPI'T. v,
have

with

by

With

ftall yet

have

it

with

Fair B.itain, in the

i'.aith bleft
never faction c u d beffatttr.
Swift
BEJPA'WL. <v. a.
fpcnvl.]

[from

[from

Jfread.~\

over

upon

[from^attfr.]
;

To

dawb any

to

or throwing out

it.

Saxon.]
Moft good; that which has good quathe higheft degree.

he will take your

them, and give them

fields,

even the

to his fcrvants.

befl

of

Wi.en Baboon came

beaft.

My

to Strutt'seflarc, his trad

Artuik.
heavy wr'ter was to be encouraged, and accordingly many thoufand copies
Injfukc, Swift-

Sbakeffeare.

argument to fay, the infin't "iy

wife God hath made it fo, and therefore it is btft.
But it i> too much, confidence of gur owa wifdom,
\

think

it

a good

Sbakefpeare.

I lifted

a.

if.

have

profit.

brood of

folly,

without father bred;

fill

you befttad,
the fixed mind with

To

treat

to

fhould rather be

They

flia.l

pafs

all

your toys

Mitten.

accommodate.

This

hefted.

through

it

hardly beftead, and

hungry.

Ifa'iab,

BE'STIAL.
1.

[from bea.Jt.']
Belonging to a beaft, or to the
adj.

clafs

of

beafts.
His wild diforder'd walk, his haggard eyc,
Did all the tcftial citizens furprize.
Dryden.

purple flood

If you will marry, m.ike

your loves to me ;
lady is b./jiikc.
SbakcJ'peare
Here is the cap your worship did befpeak. iitak.

wc

The

adj. ihe/uferlati've-fiom good, [bet,

betepa,
betj-c, good, better, beft,

And

pure honours.

Hence, vain deluding joys!

a.

a.

To

Or
painted

Sam.viii. <4When the beft things are not poluble, the bift
Huktr.
may be matle of thofe that are.
When he is lijf, he is little more than a man ;
and when he is worft, he is little better than a

Brniiu.

lities in

order, or entreat any thing beforehand, or agaiuft a future time.

<v.

fabulofities.

fpittle

line his thin bejlained cloke

[from ftead.}

bejled.

To

Btsr.

i.
I

To

men waited upon him toM^.a* hiscultom.

With our

to fpot.

How little

His nuptial bed,

needles wrought, and

thing by fputtering,

To

dawb with fpittle.

Te BESPE'AK. v. a. be/pole, or befpake;
ha,vett/pote, or beffoken. [fwm/feaL]
1.

preter. befpread

(putter over fomething

ftains

We will not

a.

<u.

To BESPU'TTER. v.

Sivift.

with

To mark

afperfe with reproach.

Whom

Flows from the trunk, that welters in the Wood

The bed befpr'iMes, and bedews the ground. DryJ.

kefpatter their faces.

'T:llafcn,

To mark

N. -v.a. [fromjiain.]

[from fprinkle .]
to fcatter over.
Herodotus imitating the father poet, whofe life
he had written, hath biJfrinUed his .vork with

To

curious

To fprinkle

many

Government of tbrtfTongue.
His weapons arc the fame which women and
children ufe
a pin to fcratch, and a fquirt to /v

2.

the world.

To BESTE'AD.

To BESPRI'NKLE.

their bofoms,

Jpatter.

flowers btfpread.
Drydin.
The globe is equally befpread; fo that no place
Derbam.
wants proper inhabitants.

a, [fiom /fatter.]
throwing filth; to fpot or

fprinkle with dirt or water.

Thofe who will not take vice int

to them, how weakly his emerprize and hopes

were built.
Bacon.
By this law of loving even our enemies, the
chrntian religion difcovers itfelf to be ihe moll generous and beft-natured institution that ever was in

To

fpots.

part. paff. befpread.

Berenice's locks firft rofe fo bright,

httv'ntjrfptngling with diflievell'd light. Pope.

I'o foil

brjt-bc truftffics

further inftruftions, to draw oft" the beft friends

and fcrvants of Perkin, by making rcmonftrances

Mildew refts on the wheat, brffotting the ftalks

with a different colour from the natural. Mortimer.

ft BESPA'TTRR. v.
J.

He (hall dwell in that place which he fliall choofe,

cover over.
fpread over ; to

Not

<uW/.] In the higheil de-

gree of goodnefs.

fpittle.

BESPO'KE. \irreg. particip.

which fee.]
sBESpo'r. <v. a. [from fpot.}

B E sp A'N GLt.v.a. [ from fpangle. ] To

The

a. I befpat, or befpit

or befpitten. [hom/pit.]

befpit,

dawb with

Milton.

to befprinkle

we

jtddifen*

might'ft be/put a cup

enemy a biting wink. Sbalefpeare.

[preteritt and part, pa/fae of

which fee.]
To BESPRE'AD.

adorn with fpangles;

fomething mining.

We

let fail, and made tie

of our way, till
btft
were forced, by contrary winds, into St. Remo.

with fpices.
Thou

Haften to appeafe
Th' incenfed Father, and th' incenfed Son,
White pardon may be found, in time befougtt.
ST

Addifcn,

BIST. adv. [from

any thing.

its

in glaffes.

with fpew or vomit.

To BESPI'CE. <u. a. \frosn fpicc.~\ Tofeafon

BESO'UGHT.
beftecb

carry to

He

from befpeak

Paris, you fpeak

Like one btfated an your fweet delights.

To

the beft.

in one of thy gates, where it liketh him btft.

To BESPE'CKLE. -v. a. \{romfptckle.~\ To
Deut. xxiii. 16*
mark with fpeckles, or fpots.
ufed in compofition.
To BESPE'W. v. a. [fiom/pew.] To dawb BEST is fometimes
had fome of them
Thefe latter

Not much

nfed.

[from be/peak.}

Bacon.

greatcft perfection ; to improve to the

utmoft.
Let there be freedom to carry their commodities
where they may mate the heft of them, except there,
Bacon.
be fome fpecial caufe of caution.
His father left him an hundred drachmas Alnafchar, in order to make lie bift of it, laid it out

They mean not with love to the befpeaker of

Wottcn.
the work, but delight in the work itfelf.

South.

n. f.

that befpeaks

Sbekifpeart.

come down.

Licit.
to the btft of his power.
friend, faid he, our fport is at the btft. Addif.

My

mind compos'd. Addij.

orders that hi/peak a

his te/l.
did his kejl to

To mate

3.

to fliow.

not talking: only this,

man do

The duke
He docs this

When

BESPE'AKER.

Ne'er looks

by

betoken

utmoft power ; the ftrongthe moft ; the higheft

I profefs

the abbot of St. Martin was born, he

had fo little of the figure of a man, that it be/poke
Lacke.
him rather a monfter.
He has difpatch'd me hence,

To

To

and

perfection.

chiefly poetical.
hearty words her knight flie 'gan to cheer,
her modeft manner, thus be/fate,

With
wife,

to addrefs.

aflions,

j4ad:]:n.

The

bef.

Let each

fenfe

Fairy S^ueen.
At length with indignation thus he broke
His awful filence, and the powers be/poke. DryJen.
Then flaring on her with a ghaftly look,
And hollow voice, he thus the queen befpokt.Dryd.

With fucb accommodation and bffcrt,

As levels with her breeding.
Sbakefptare.
BESO'T. <v. a. [from Jet.]

1.

fpeak to

left

fins.

endeavour

eft

flatted fears, teffcte

in order to (care the allies.

Dear knight.

train.

difpifition for

fit

fort.'}

The

2.

dangers, and formed

This

intention perverts the

evil

makes them

With
And, in

faid,

fuit;
to fit; to become.
Such men as may brforl your age,
And know thcmfelves and you.
Stakejfeare.
BESO'RT. n. f. [from the verb.] ComI

is

Bacon.
with the brfom of deftruQion,

it

fweep

faith the

To

4.

Borrow of thy back and

never a Ik thee again; 1 fliall dun

thcc every day.

An

L',cke.

fo.

it

Stvift.

An

inftrument to fweep with.

Bacon commended an old man that fold kefani :
a proud young fellow came to him for a bift,m upon

man

made

ominous prognofticks,

BE'SOM. a./, [bej-m, bej-ma, Sax.]

the old

hand.
They

To

<o. a.
[from fmut."]
blacken with fmoke or foot.

To

3.

To BESMU'T.

trufl

of my
preface looks as if 1 were afraid
Dryden,
reader, by fo tedious a beff eating of him.
forbode; to tell fomething before-

My

God Hth

and therefore

to fay, 1 think it btfl,

To tnake wty by a previous apology.

^,

-v. n.

[horn/mote.]
foul with fmoke.
harden or dry in fmoke.

B E S

2.

beafts
qualities of

Having the

brutal

below the dignity of reafon or humanity

carnal.
have

loft

the immortal part of myfelf,

what re:t:.iins is trftial.

Sbakeffeare' i
Moreover urge his hateful luxury,

And

in c
btjttil appetite,

:ange of

luft.

aid

Otbclle,

Sbalteff,

For thofe, the race of. Ifrael oft forfook

Their living ftrength, and unfrequented left
His righteous altar, bowing lowly down

To befiial gods.
The things promifed
fuch as
of us.

may

Milton,
are not grofs and carnal,

court and gratify the moft

bif'tal

part

Decay of fitly,

BESTIA'LITY.

a. /.

[from

befttal.}

The

from huquality of beafts; degeneracy

man nature.
What
teftialily

uefo th

can be a greater abfurdity, than to affirm

to be the eiTcnce of humanity, and darkcenter of light f

ArbutbnM and Pop'' 'M*'<-

Scribl.

B E

aJ<v. [from It/Hal.] Brua manner below humanity.

BE'STIAUJ.Y.
tally

in

To BESTI'CK.

preter. I teftuck

a.

-V.

partici-

ple I have not found the <verb

by ana-

He

or "pots here and there.

infixing points
Truth (hall retire,
with (Underous darts j and works of faith
Piftuck
Milan.
Rarely to be found.

What I am not beftraugbt.

Sbakefftare.
To BEST RE'W. i>. a. particip. paff. beftre-i-jnot.

To BESTI'R.

i>. a.
[fr'om^r.]
It is
put into vigorous aftion.
feldom ufed otherwifc than with the re-

to

they dread,
Rouze and bejlir tbemfelvei ere well awake. Milton.
each
tender
(talk
and
from
her
then,
Btfiin

Whatever earth,
She gathers.

Milton.

Ray.

2. It

common

ufed by Sbakefpeare with a

is

word.
I

am

fcarce in breath,

you have
rafcal

To
1.

fo

my

No

lord.

marvel

your valour, you cowardly

btjlirrtd

Sbakeffeare.

BESTO'Wi -v. a. \befieden, Dutch.]

To give to confer upon: commonly
;

with upon.
All men would willingly have yielded him
pife ; but hit nature was fuch as to biftina it
himfelf, before any could give it.
Sidney.
All the dedicated things of the houfe of the Lord
did they btf-na ufcti Baalim. 2 Ctrenicla, xxiv. 7.

z.

To

tuioil'u

Sometimes with
Sir Julius

of the

fix clerks places

in his office, the di (petition

which he had teflrwed

fuch perfons as he thought

That

Thou noble
Than when

to

my

I firft

give as charity or bounty.

Our Siviour doth plainly witneff,
not be as

fliould

much

as a

that there

cup of cold water

be-

my

my

threshold.

But when

(teed

4.

you pompoufly

btjiridc

Shares with his lord the pleafure and the pride.

Hooker.
fvuied for his fake, without reward.
And though he was unfitisficd in getting,
Which was a 6n j yet in btjlwving, majam,
He was moll princely.
Sbakeffeare.
Spain to your gift alone her Indies owes ;
For what the pow'rful takes not, he btftt,ioi. Drjd.

You

always exceed expectations

was not your own, but

to btflruj

as if yours

on wanting merit.

Dry den.

To

give in marriage.
Good rev'rend lather, make my pcrfon yours ;
And tell me how you would btjlow yourfelf. Sbak.

4.

could have bc^vwtd her upon a fine gentleher.

Taller,

man, who extremely admired

To give as a prefent.
5.
Pure

And
6.

fat

To

fei

f.

To

vi

infallibly

have been kfjlnocd there.

lay

to flow

from

their

to the

2 Kin^;, v. 24.

BESTO'WER.

n.f, [from ie/low.] Giver;

he that confers any thing ; difpofer.
all
They
agree in making one fupreme God

Tarquin'j

He

doth

Gafping

beflridt a

bleeding land,

under great Bolingbroke.

v. a. [from _/?</.]

for life

To BESTU'D.

To

are fvcral

beings that are to be

forne at the tefaivm or

ripped under him;

tttonei, but fubordinatc to the Supreme.

Sbak.

adorn

with/rW/, or mining prominences.

Th' unfought diamonds
emblaze the forehead of the deep,
And fo b.ftud with (tars, that they below
Would grow inur'd to light.
Milton.
BET. n.f. [pebbian, to wager; peb, a wa-

Would

fo

ger, Sax. from which the etyraologifts

I fhould rather
derive bet.
imagine it
to come from beran, to mend, increafe,
or better, as a bet increafes the original wager.]

A wager

won upon
The hoary

fomething laid

certain conditions.

fool,

who many

Prior.
upon to-morrow.
His pride was in piquette,
Newmarket fame, and judgment at a bit, Pofe.
To BET. v. a. [from the noun.] To wager ; to ftake at a wager.
He drew a good bow and dead ? John of
defp'rate bet

Gaunt

loved

him

well,

and

have fteered

that chymifts

gld

To move

to remove.

Soft (he withdrew ; and, like awoed

Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train,

nymph light,
Milieu.

Betook her to the groves.

betook item fereral

They both
Both

make.

courfe, fo I Intake myfelf to

Wetid-uiari,

my

again.

ways;
Milton,

to deftroy.

To BETE'EM. v.

a.

[from teem.]

To bring

forth ; to beftow ; to give,

So would I, faid th' enchanter, glad and ftin
Betcem to you his (word, you to defend j
But that this weapon's pow'r I well have ken'd,
To be contrary to the work that ye intend. Fairy ^Rain, which I could well
Beteem them from the tempeft of mine eyes. Sbak,

betted

a. I bethought ; I have
bethought, [from think.'] To recal to reflection ; to bring back to confidera-

It is generally
tion, or recollection.
ufed with the reciprocal pronoun, and
ef before the fubjedt of thought.
They were fooner in danger than they could al-

moft bethink ttemfel-ves exchange.

Sidney.
fault.
I have
bethought me if another
Sbakejf.
I, betlcr bethinking ityftlf, and mifliking hi
determination, gave him this order.

He

much upon

his

Sbakefftart.
He flies the court for want of clothes ;
Cries out 'gainft cocking, fmcc he cannot bet.

Ben Jsnftn.
god, unhappily engag'd,

Complain'd, and iigh'd, and cry'd, and

Ljit every earthly thing he eclttd,

Raleigh,

himfelf,

Infatiablc of glory, had loft

all :

Mitrm.
plea bttbougl't him foon.
nets were laid, yet the birds could never

Vet of another

The

iflbink tbanjtlvii,

till

hammered, and

paft recovery.

L'Ejtrtigc,
Chcrippus, then in time yovrfelf bethink,
And what your rags will yield by auction (ink. Dry/,
little consideration may allay his heat, and
make him bethink bimfelf, whether this attempt be
worth the venture.
Locke,

n. f.
[See BEDLAM.]
An hofpital for lunaticks.
BE'THLKHEMITS. n. /. [See BEDLAM-

lunatick
ITE.]
a m*dhoufe.

BETHO'UCHT.
which

fretted,

fr\w.

an inhabitant of
[from Itthink

farticff,

fee.]

TiBfiTHRAL.
enflave

to

head.

The

betake,

BETHLEHEM,

days

Has ftrugglcd with continued forrow,

Renews his hope, and blindly lays

and that there

fclf

him on his knees.

Sbakefpeare.
If thou fee me down in the battle, and beflride
me, fo; 'tis a point of friendfliip.
Sbakeffeare.
(Truck

The

to place.
Tower, he took them
hund, and i>fl:iucd them in the houfe.

up

And when he came

view
he met,

th' conful's

i'

we

To BETHI'NK. v.

tefrtd

Roman, and

Slew three oppofers

Swift.

lay out upon.

thou (halt btftm> that money for whatever

thy fgul lultc'.h after, for oxen, (liecp, or for wine.
Deal. xiv. 26.

To

He
o'erprefs'd

wjs not the duke of Marlborough's

othcrwife the whole force of the war

And

S.

fometimes of a man (landing

over fomething which he defends
the
prefent mode of war has put this fenfe
out of ufe.

4. It is ufed

to be

apply.

element
I

inccnfe on the fire they throw,

itims which his friends icjlow. Diyd.

oil at.d

of

Poff

them

fubduc

for fancy to

cvrfelvet to action

Dryden,
obfervations have been the light where-

As my
by

confequential

Sbakeffetre.

with the reciprocal pronoun.

fuch fond chimeras we purfuc,
:

It fhuns the mint, like

Sbakeffea

That horfe, that thou fo often haft bejlrid ;

That horfe, that I fo carefully have drefs'd. Sbak.
Venetians do not more uncouthly ride,
Than did theirlubber (rate mankind bejlridt. Dryd.

The bounding

To apply

With eife
As fancy frames

rapt heart,

He bcjlridci the lazy pacing clouds,

And fails upon the bofom of the air.

And

Milton,

3.

wedded miftrefs faw

3. It is often ufed, in the

fenie, for to ride on.

An

To

3.

itfelf

Sbaktfftari,
nothing but defpa'u-.
The reft, in imitation, to like arms
Ectook them, and the neighbouring hills up tore.

I fee thee here,

thing! more dances

Clarendon.

(it.

Spenfer,

with the recipro-

To

to.

Czfar had,

part,

to fuch practhey behold things

Hoiktr,
brought to defperate extremities.
Thou tyrant !
Do not repent thefe things ; for they ire heavier
Than all thy woes can ftir : therefore ketake ibtt

have be-

ufm

2.

writ he did betake,

pronoun.
The adverfe party bdak'mg
as men embrace, when

ftep over.

JjeftritJe

betook

cal

covering the flood. Milt.

a. I bejlrid; I

*v,

Sbaktfpcare.
and mankind
btftride the ocean,
his confent to ufe the fca and wind.
H'ti'ir.

Afk

creature's
tbemfelvei to get in air, to maintain the
life

bcjlriKvn,

loft lay thefe,

Make him

His own weight brings him down again. Huditras.

What aileth them, that they mutt needs beflir

To take ;
Then to his hands th
Which he dil'c! ifing read.
2. To have recourfeto
1

[from jtrids.]
To ftride over any thing ; to have any
thing between one's legs.
Why, man, he doth teflritie the narrow world

Like a

But, as a dog that turns the fpit,

and plies his feet
BfJIirt bimfclf,
To climb the wheel, but all in vain,

[from take.\
to feize : an obfolete fenfe.

jlrid, or biftridJen.

all-bearing mother, yields,

a. preter.

<v.

hammer had
Bacm,

the

pliant.

paff. betaken,

[from^rfou.] Tofprin-

So thick

whom

duty, deeping found by

teat.
till

more

tet the party

To BETA'KE.

of

hour,

tices

To BESTRI'DE.

watch

(laid for' a better

wrought 3ni

kle over.
Abjeft and

As when men wont

On

eJ, or teftrown.

To

ciprocal pronoun.

logy we may derive it from bejtrafi ; perhaps it is corrupted from diftraught.]

Diftra&ed ; mad ; out of one's fenfes ;
out of one's wits.
Af< Marian, the fat alewife, if (he knew me

The old preterite

BEST R A'U c H T. farticif. [Of this

have beftuck. [fromj?;V.] To (tick over

with any thing to mark any thing by

1.

BET

BET

i/.

<r.

conquer

[from thrall.]
; to bring into fub-

jeftion.

No
For

let

(he

that

it is

way,
Stakcffeore,

[from thump.] To
to lay blows upon : a ludicrou

To BETHU'MP.
beat

woman 'fcape
my lard tetbral,

wicked

that did

-v.

a.

word.

Aa

wu

was never

Since

fo tetbumfl

my

call'd

ftrft 1

with worJ

To BETO'SS
Sbak.

brother's father dad.

.
pret. // tetiJed, or
Sax.
part. paff. ^r/iW. [from Tab,

See TIDE.]
To happen to ; to befal ; to bechance,
whether good or bad with the perfon.

1.

What

To
1

Sometimes

2.

What

pen

to fall out

to hap-

without the perfon.

She, when her turn was come her tale to tell,

Told of a ft range adventure that bttidtd
Betwixt the fox, and th' ape by him mifguided.
Spnftr.

In winter's tedious nights, fit by the fire

With good old folks, and let them tell thee

Of

woeful ages, long ago bttid.

Let me hear from thee by letters

If he we

left

5.

folid

often bttrayi itfelf

thou ttt'mtt, and know

good what leads the nearcft way. Milt.

For when they once to perfeQ ftrength do grow,

Sftnfrr,
Strong wars they make.
that (pur? too

faft betimes.

Sbak.

There be Come have an over early ripenefs n

their years, which fadeth betimes : thefe are tirft,
i

fuch as have brittle wits, the edge whereof

turned.

Creator in the days of thy youth ;

enter upon a religious courfe betimes, TilhtJ,
Short ii the date, alas ! of modern rhymes ;
And 'tis hut juft to let them live betimes*
fcfe.

in the morning,

night, and is hanged betimes

Deep the founder next day.

all

may

BE'TLE. \n.f. [fiper aduherinum.] An

Indian plant, called water
BE'TRE. j
Di3.
pepper.
To BETO'KEN. v. a. [from token*]
1.

To
We

fignify

knuw

to

iu/t

mark

to reprefent.

if,

bellifli

at this

time,

when

trtnven,
1.

To

He,

it.

BBTO'OK.
fee.]

\irrtg. fret,

from betake

which

or

women.

in the

firft

2.

To

2.

Was

foM then, and tetmtb'J to V.Qory.

To

have,

as affianced

marriage.
And what man

is

C'snlty.

by promife of

let

as,

for

cf

know
Pritr*

the better, fo aa

it.

improve

him any where fur the Ittur,

fame time acknjwledge, that I
could have done nothing without him.
Dryden,
niuft at the

[comparative of
Well, in a greater degree.
Then it was better with me than now.

BE'TTER. adv.

ivell.]

Htfea*

were ftrctched or broken, than a great beauty were omitted.

Dryjen,
The better to understand the extent of our
be
ohkrved.
Lccke*
knowledge, one thing is to
He that would know the idea of infinity, cannot
do tetter, than by confiilcring to what infinity is
Better a

mechanick

rule

Luke.

attributed.

To BE'TTER.

a.

[from the noun.]

To

improve ; to meliorate.
The v;:ufe of liis taking upon him

was

to fitter the quality,

our nature,
aud to advance the con-,
Hotter.

dition thereof.
is

furniflied

have

with

bctter'tl.

But Jonathan,

to

my

rather than dccrcas'd.

SLak.

whom both hearts were known,

well-tim'd zea!, and with an artful care,

Reftor'd and better'd foon the nice affair. CfwJey*
The church of England, the pureft and bed reformed church in the world ; fo well reformed,

With
Sbaktffeare.

there that hath betnttta a

wife, and hath not taken her

turn into his houfe.

tlx better

If 1 have aliercd

Which

my

lord,
her,
bctrttbtJ, ere 1 Hermia faw.
By foul's publiik piomife (he

much

to fix their rclentment.

Improvement;
to

always fo

fatirift, that the perlbn* touched did not

opinion, which is,

baund. with his own learning.
Sbakcfpeare,
Heir to all his lands and goods,

flower ot my frefiieft age,

the only heir
king, moll rich and fage.

fit

Svutbentc*.

The gentleman had

the

He

Was

think

get the better of me, and you {hall ;

Since you will have it fo I will be yours.

i.

Sjxnjcr

plant,
\letonica* Lat.]
ereatly efteemed as a vulnerary herb.
Miller.
f.

You

To

Dutch.]

me unto
mod mighty

Of a

Illum'd with fluid gold, his near approach

Bitakcn glad.
Teanfin.

BE'TONY.

[from trim.]

contract to any one, in order to

marriage ; to affiance : ufed either of

Bitrttbcd

to prefignify.
The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow
foreftiow

a.

epiftle to

Pompey, after an exprefs comparifon, affords him

Brtmn't fulg. Errouri*
tke bette r of Thucydiaes.

to

To

men

2.

<v.

Boon.
countryman, in an

Dionyfius, his

grace ; to adorn ; 10 emto beautify ; to decorate.

Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,

Which fpungy April at thy heft ietrimi,
To make cold nymphs chatK- crowns.
Skatrff.
To BETRO'TH. v. a. [from troth ; be-

wherefore churches (hould be the

they are delivered

into God's own pofleflion, eeremonies 6t to betoken
fuch intents, and to accompany fuch actions, be
Ueolur.
fual.
dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow
Confpicuous with three lifted colours gay,
Milton.
Betokening peace from God.

worfe,

to drefs

Sidney,

ws

niards.

Swift.

To BETRI'M.

as the days

unvoyage of Drake and Hawkins

fortunate ; yet, in fuch fort, as doth not break
our prtl'cription, to have had ike better if thr Spa-

all

To deck

that morming,

Corinthians,

The

where

Sbakeffeare.

They rofe betimes in the morning, and offered

I Mace. iv.
facrifice.
51.

The fuperiority ; th advantage : with

the particle of before him, or that, over
which the advantage is gained.
The

He

fuccours which reafon can afford.

Sir J. Haytvard.
They are only a few betrayers of their country ;
at half price,
they are to purchafe coin, perhaps
and vend it among us, to the ruin of the publick.

Pbiliff'ues*

before, had the better*

a traitor.

betrayer of

in the day.
3. Early
that drinks

1.

The wife m.m doth fo fay of fear, that it is

a betrayer of the forces of reasonable underftandHooker.
mg.
You cad down your courage through fear, the

Skakffftarc*

and be with Chrirt

defire to depart,
better*

The BE'TTER.

to difcover.
Ire, envy, and defpair,
Which marr'd his borrow'd vifage, and betrayed
Milton.
Him counterfeit, if any eye beheld.
The Veian and the Gabian tow'rs mall fall,
And one promifcuous ruin cover all ;
Nor, after length of years, a ftone betray
The place where once the very ruins lay. Mtflf*
that
n.f. [from betray.'}

betrays

foon
Bacon.

is

is,

He

fhow

at this inftant.

Having a
which is far

is

BETA'YER.

Remember thy

that

To

me

Before

Wttu.
6.

life learn

tires betimes,

Sbaktff. Merck* cfytnuc*

have feen tetter faces in my time,
Than ftand on any (boulders that 1 fee
I

ready to be fo forward, as
into great enours in judgment.

bright genius

has a horl'e bt'.ter than the Neapolitan's ; a

bad habit of frowning than the count Pala-

tine.

His abilities created him great confidence ; and

was like enough to betray him to great errours.
King Char Its,

2. Soon ; before long time has pafled.

Whiles they arewak, 4MHwithth.:m contend;

He

He
btttir

this

The

your memory,
H-'atti*
be difpofed in a proper method.

aJj. The comparative of good*

[bet, good, beteria, better. Sax.] Having good qualities in a greater degree
than fomething elfe. See GOOD.

Milt.

fwift to hear, but be cautious of your tongue,

Warn.
you betray your ignorance.
make liable to fall into fomething

betime.

Sbakeffeare.

Toward

let it

betruft to

BE'TTER.

inconvenient.

7 aJ-v. [from by and time ; that

BETI'MES. J is, by the proper time.]
1. Sealbnably; early; before it is late.
meafure

Grew*
Whatfoever you would

fomething that were

To

BET I'M E.

To

capacity will allow us, or his fufficiency encourage

us, to hope for, either in this Die, or that to come.

Kntlltt,

To

in confidence of fidelity.
all the good which our own
Bctrufl him with

it.

Be

and flop the rage

ftyti/e.
being canonical!? proaiottd.
a. [from truft.]
entruft ; to put into the power of another,

To BETRU'ST. i.

Chronicles.

words and doings to the Lord

my

* bifhop to that
perfon be confecrated

my

church, whereunto he wa not before bttrotbcd, h

(hall not receive the habit of confecration, as not

better concealed.

Skatcfftare.

lords,

v. a. [trabir, Fr.]
into
the hands of enemies by
give
with to
treachery, or breach of trull

To

To make known

Send fuccours,

If

foul

tctffij
Sbakeffeare.

difcover that which has been entrufted to fecrecy.

fome3. To expofe to evil by revealing
thing entrufted.
How would'lt thou again tttray me,
4.

nominate to a bifhoprick, in order

to confecration.

To

Sbakcj'feere.

with of.
to be the fate
>
dead, what would betide of thee
;

To

3.

BETRA'Y.

Bearing
tales

thy fnccefs in love ; and what news elfe

Setidetb here in abfence of thy friend.
Sbattff.

To become

rode

reward, to betray the city.

2.

Of
4.

of man (hall
Jefus faid unto them, The Son
Mutkew.
be betrayed into the hands of men.
For fear of nothing elfc but a betraying of the
W,Ui,m.
fuccours which reafon oftercth.
He wai not to be won, either by promifc or

to.

we

Staitfftare.

to pafs

as

of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke

JMiltsn.

all.

To come

my man, when my*

faid

To difturb

before the perfon, otherwife

If ye be come to tttroy me to mine enemies,
the God
feeing there is no wrong in mine hands,

Neither know I
t Cloten j but remain

it keri<{

Perplext in

3.

hat

it

tt/t.]

But fay, if our deliverer up to hev*n

Muft reakend, what will betldi the few,
Hi* faithful, left among th' unfaithful herd,
?

[from

to put into violent motion.

into.

Sftxfer.

of truth

Did not attend him

Said he then to the palmer, reverend fire,

Whit great misfortune hath betid this knight?

The enemies

a.

<o.

to agitate

Tf BET I'D B. i.
bttid

BET

BET

BET

him go and

re-

that it will be found eafier to alter than bif.cr its

Smth.
conditution.
The Romans took pains to hew out a paflage
forthcfe lakes to difclwrge themfelves, for thekctterinf of the air.

Addt^n.
2.

To

BET
To

2.

furpafs

to exceed.
nature do always aim

The works of
which cannot be

by, a cottage chimney fmokes

From betwixt two aged oaks.
Methinks, like two black ftorms,

Honker.

bettered.

Our

Still tetters

during a treaty, to

BE'TTER.

a party.

better

z.

perior ;
be given.

Is

mighty grateful

liarving.

BE'TTOR.

/.

[from To

let.]

One

a genteelcr
behaviour than ordinary ; but, notwithstanding he
wa a very fair better, nobody would take him up.
Addij'an.

B-E'TTY. n.f. [probably a cant word, fignifying an initrument which does what
is too often done by a maid within.] An
inftrument to break open doors.
Record the ftratagems, the arduous

I.

over or upon

be drank in general.
am his cupbearer

liquor to

To

prep, [betpeonan, berpman,

from the original word tpa,

to another:

noting

Ptfe.

inter-

courfe.
He IhouU think himieif unh ippy, if things
mould go fo between them, as he Ihould not be
able to acquit himlelf

ingratitude towards

bmh.

3.

Bsucn.

to two in partnerfhip.
I
whether Ca.l r a.id Pollux, with only
,tik,
one {oulbttwfen them, which thinks and perceives
in one what the other is never coniciuus ot, are
Luke.
not two diftinct perfons ?

4.

to two.
4. Bearing relation
if there be any dilcord or fuits between them
and any of the family, they arc compounded and
Bacon.
appealed.
FriendUiip requires, that it be Its-ween two at
lejft ; and there can be no friendship where there
are not f.vo friends.

Sdatk.

ordiilin&ion of one
5. Noting difference,
from the other.
Their natural conltitutions put Co wide a difference between fome men, that art would never
matter.
Children quickly diftinguifti
nf them, and what not.
requiied

L^cke.

binvem what
^

is

Lccke.

is
properly uled of two, and
among of more ; but perhaps this accuracy is not always preferved.
BETWI'XT. fref. [brrpyx, Saxon. It has
fication with between, and
the fame ii

treat at

firft

z.

A
A

In this city he

Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one,

hour biwail the injury.

Ytt wifcr Ennius gave command

i* indifferently

ufcd for it.]

Sbaieff.

to all

bewail his funeral.

Sir 'Ycbn

Denbam.

cannot but bcviail, as in their fird principles,

the miferics and calamities of our children. Addij.
I

Ui

To

exprefs grief.

Thy

ambition,

fcarlet fin, robb'd

noble

Buckingham,

to perplex

to

to puzzle.

parted thus ; 1 homeward fped my way,

in the wood till dawn of
day. Diydtn,
no -lution or" our quettion rind ;
Words bewilder, not direct the mind.

Bu^kmert.

felves in

fuch Itudics.
.

I.

To

injure

-v.

/;.;..,

a.

[from

<iuitcb.~\

by witchcraft, or fafcination,

or charms.
Lnok how I am

bewitch' d ; behold, mine arm

Wafted fapling withcr'd up.
Shaiiefpeare,
I have forcfworn his
company hourly this twenty
I
and
am
bewitched
with
the rogue's
years,
yet
Company. If the rafcat has not given me medicines to make me love him, I'll be hang'd ? Sbak.
My flocks are free from love, yet look fo thin ;
What magick has beviitcb'd the woolly dams,
And what ill cyej beheld the tender lambs?

Ital.]

To BEWA'IL. <v. a. [from wail.] To bemoan; to lament; to exprefs forrow for.

Thou

want of a plain road

Is like a

Sdiueen

To

[from wild,]

Our undemanding traces 'em in vain,

Loft and beiuild^r'd in the fruitless fearch. jitidif.
It is good lometimes to lofe and bewilder our-

into a prifon,

They on the plain

Long had rot walk'd, when, from the tents, behold
A bevy of fair women.
Milter.
Nor rode the nymph alone;
Around a bevy of bright damfcls ftone.
Pope.

a.

a,

We

in the midft thereof, upon the

floor,
U.vcly bevy of fair ladies fat,
Courted of many a jolly paramour. Fairy Quicti.

To BEWA'IL. v.

to confound, for

Your

And

to

wet

We

His friends, not

To

Bewilder 'd

of birds.
company ; an aflembly.

to this

Sbakeffeart,

lofe in pathlefs places

entangle

fl>ick

Which

iuet.~\

Sbakejpcari'.i Titus Andr>>niciiif

garnijh.

BE'VY. n.f. [beva,

i.

coming

[from

To BEWI'LDER. v.

and honey mix'd.

Dryden.
lean gravel on the mountain fide*

called alfo

Belonging

a.

<v,

go

to bedew ; to water.
His napkin, with hii true tears all bnvct,
Can do no fcrvice on her forrowful cheeks.

clothes.

them

bcvjtft to the grave did

true love fhowers.

To BEWE'T.
to moilten

Beverage, or water cyder, is made by

putting the mure into a fat, adding
water, as you defire it ftronger or fmaller. The water T^uld fraud
forty-eight
hours on it, be ton: you prefs it ; when
it is preflcti, tun it
up immediately.
Mortimer.
A treat upon wearing a new fuit of

[from weep .] To weep

bedew with tears.

temper clay.
Sbaktffearc.
Larded all with fweet flowers

With

Scarce dewy bev'rage for the bees provides. Dryd.

z.

to

Which

Of wine

a.

Old fond <yes,

Biivetf this caufe again ; I'll pluck ye out,
And caft you, with the waters tliat you lofe,

The coarfe

From one

6.

To BEWE'EP. v.

n.f. [from tevere, to drink,

Gra.ns, piufes, and all forts of fruits, cither

bread or beverage may be made almoft o!" all.
Brown'l Vulgar Errcurs.
pleafant beverage he prepar'd before

exploits,

fmell the headlong lionefs b.tween,

And hound fagacious on the tainted green

3.

regard with caution; to be fufpidanger from : generally the

particle of goes before the thing which

only
fuch forms of fpeech as admit the word
be : thus we fay, be may beware, let hint
beware, he 'will beware ; but not, he did
beware or tie has been ware,

If from me he have wholefome

btveragt,
Account me not your lervaat.
Sbakifpeart.

O;

2.

Drink

To

DryJen,
Every one ought to be very careful to intiart
what he admits for a principle.
Leckt.
Warn'd by the fylph, oh pious maid, bitvart!
This to difclofe is all thy guardian can j
Beivare r,f >{;, but molt beware of man.
Foff.
2. It is obfervable, that it is
ufed in

M'jxon.

fall off.

See
Saxon; vjarer, Da-

piece.

BEAVER.

two.]
la the intermediate (pace.
What modes

See

Ital.]

Arbutbncl.

the freelier

BE'VERACE.

fcribing the powerful bitty, or the artful picklock.

Saxon

may

have found be ye ware.

Ijeparuan,

excites caution.
You mult bfwarcof drawing or painting clouds
winds, ami thunder, towards the bottom ot your

Shakefpeare.

1 n. f.

BE'VER.

and wart, or

thus, in an old

cious ot

to a bevel angle.
Thefe rabbets are ground fquare ; but the rabbets on the groundfel are bevelled downwards, that

and the nocturnal (calades of needy heroes, de-

BE TW E'EN.

1.

To

rain

among them of

nifli.]

Their houfes are very ill built, their walls bevil,

without one right angle in any apartment. Swift.
To BE'VEL. <u. a. [from the noun.]
cut

lays bets or wagers.

I obftrv-j a ftraiiger

WARY.

In mafonry and joinery.

a kind of fquare, one leg of
j
is
frequently crooked, according
to the fweep of an arch or vault.
It is
moveable on a point or centre, and fo
may be fet to any angle. An angle that
is not fquare, is called a bevil angle,
.whether it be more obtufe, or more
acute, than a right angle. Build. Difi.

that

treatilc, I

either

to another.

Betwixt myfelf and her.

Stuift.
.

From one

BE'VEL.
BK'VIL.
which

to your betters,

e'en gods themlel ves your debtors.

Prior.
1 have fome gold and filver by me, and /hall be
able to make a fliift, when many of my betteri are

cautious

riage

Their belters would be hardly found, if they did

not live an! ing men, but in a wildernefs by themHmker.
fehes.
The eourtefy of nations allows you my better,
ia that y.u are the firft-born.
Skabeffdirc.
That ye thus hol'pitably live,

And makes

n, [frotn lc

is,

Five years fince there was fome fpeech of mar-

Bactn.

n.f. [from the adjeftive.] Suone to whom precedence is to

hand,
Spanish army and your Indians Hand

is clear.
Dryd.
If contradicting interefts could be mixt,
Nature herfelf has caft a bar bettvixi.
Dryden.

do

what is done; when you fpeak fweet,

you do it ever.
Sbakefpeart.
To advance ; to fupport.
The king thought his honour would fufFer,

-v.

that

ivarj

Milton.

on

This only place betwixt the clouds

Sbakejjteare.

I'd have

To BSWA'RE.

Hard

hath borne himfeif beyond the promife of

bis age ; he hath, indeed, better bettered expectation, than you mult expect of me to tell you.

B E

In the midft of two.

i.

that

at

He

Whit you

B E

iti\s

bewailing land

u>y father-in-law.

Shak.

z.

DryJ.
to pleafe to fuch a degree,
as to take away the power of refinance..

To charm

Doth even beauty

beautify,

And moft bewitch the wretched eye.

Sidney*
The charms of poetry our fouls bewitch;
The curi'e of writing is an cndlels itch. Drydcn*
I do not know, by the ch.iracler that is
given
of her works, whether it is not for the benefit of
mankind that they were loft j they were filled
with fuch bewitching tcndernefs and rapture, that
it might have been
dangerous to have given them

a reading.

sldiiifm.

BEWI'TCHERV.
Fafcination

n.

f.

charm

[from bewitch.]
refiillef* preva-

lence.
There is a certain bewitclery, or fafcination, in
words, which makes them operate with a force
South*
beyond what we can ^ivc an account of.

JkwfTCH-

BEY
BEWI'TCHMENT.
Fafcination

n. /.

man, and

give

it

BEWRA'Y.

bewitchment of lumc po.

bountifully to the defirers.

<v. a.

[ppejan, beppejan,

Saxon.]

To

I.

betray

to difcover perfidioufly.

Fair feeling words he wifely 'gan difplay,

And, for her humour fitting purpofe, fain

To

now

She faw

cheeks

a pretty blufh in Philodca's

a modeft discontentment.

dnvray

Sidney.

formed in its belly, and growing to the

fize of an acorn, and fometimes to that
of a pigeon's egg. Its formation is now
is
fuppofed to be fabulous. The name

Men

do fometimes bewray that by deeds, which

Hooker.
they are hardly drawn.
Next look on him that fcems for counfeL fit,

-to confefs

Whofe

locks bewray his ftore of days. Fair/.

filver

SEWRA'YER.
trayer

When

n. f.

a friend is

kewraycr of

fecrets,

divulger.
turned into an enemy, and a
the world is juft enough to
Addijon.

bejeonban,

[begeonb,

J>rej>.

Saxon.]
t. Before; at a diftance not yet reached.

What

fame

a fancy'd life in others breath,

thing beyond us, ev'n before our death .
what you hear, you have.
Pope.
Juft
's

On

the farther fide

Neither

of.

beyond the fea, that thou (houldft

go over the fea for us, and bring it

it

Who ft all

fay,

unto us

Deal, xxx. 13.

Now we
and

is

are

on land, we are but between death

utJuywd the old world and the

life; for -we

new.

We

cannot think

men

that fees a dark and fhady

Stays not, but looks beyond

4. Paft

it

out of the reach

Thy

and

thefe declare

god God

<an require of man any thing

or naturally beyond his power to

crofs

neither does nor

that

is

impollible,

Confidcr the fituation of our earth

it is

lauchery.
vants, whereby his manufactures are difturbtd,

Locke.
And his bufincfs neglected.
As far as they carry conviction to any man's
of
ulr
be
.unuet Handing, my labour may
beyond
the evidence it carriei with it, I advife him not to
:

Luke.

follow any man's interpretation.

6. Above
His

in excellence.

fatires

are incomparably beyond Juvenal's,

if to laugh and rally,

is

to be preferred to railing

and declaiming.

y.

Dryden.

Remote from
With

of.
; not within the fphere
equal mind, what happens, let us bear;

$?or joy, nor pricve, too

our care.

$.

TV go
venc

ieyond,

is

much

for things beyond

<Dryden's Fablet.

to deceive;

tosircum-

BIB.

been miftook:
drew in that. Sbakcffcari.
This is that beaded bias of thy mind,
By which one way to dulncfs 'tis inclin'd. Dryden.
Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias
to

all

Locke.

their aftions.

mind from

plations, without throwing

it

off

from

[Mo,

Propenfion ; inclination.
As for the religion of our poet, he fcems to
have fome little bias towards the opinions of Wickliff.

To BI'AS.

fome

[from the noun.] To

; to balance one way

fide

to prejudice.

Were

in

no more danger

to be milled

by

ipnorancc, than I am to be It.iffcd by intereft, I

Locke.
might give a very perfect, account.
dcfirc leaning to either fide, biajes the judgment ftran,;ely ; by indifference" for every thing
but truth, you will be excited to examine. Watts.

bially

in

BI'BLE../ [from

French mettre une chafe

give any thing a wrong

formably

to

interpretation.
Every adion that hath gone

before,
record, trial did draw
Bias and thwart, not anfwcring the aim.
Stakefptare't Trei/as and Griffith

Whereof we have

Addifted
Ditt.

The

tippler;

(2.*oy, a book; called,

.by way of excellence, The Book.} The

facred volume in which are contained
the revelations of God.
If we pafs from the
apoftolick to the next ages
of the church, the primitive chriftians looked on
their bibles as their moft important treafure.
Government of the Tongue.
We muft take heed how we accuftom ourfelves
to a flight and irreverent ufe of the name of Cod,
and of the phrafes and exprefllons of the holy
bible, which ought not to be applied upon every
Ti/htfcr.

In queftions of natural religion, we (hould confirm and improve, or connedr. our reafonings
by
the divine afliflance of the bible.
Watts.

BIBLIO'CRAPHER.

it./,

[from

A man

to write.]

y^aipi,',

terary hiftory, and in the

books ; a tranfcriber.

.xor,

and

flcilled in li-

knowledge of
Difl.

BIBLIOTHE'CAL.

adj. [from bibliotbeca,

Ditf.
Belonging to a library.

Lat.]

BI'BULOUS.

adj.

[bibulus,

Lat.]

That

which has the quality of drinking moifture

fpungy.

Strow'd bibulus above, I fee the funds,

The pebbly gravel next, and guttci'd rocks. Ttamf,

BICA'PSULAR. adj. [bicapfularis, Lat.]

Having the feed veffel divided into two
parts.

BICE.

The name

n. f.

of a colour ufed in

It is either green or blue.

*
Take green kite, and order it as you do your
blue bice; you may diaper upon it with the water
of deep green.
Peacham.

painting.

BICI'PITAL.
BICI'PITOUS.

a dj-

[biceps, bicipitis,

Lat.]
Having two heads.
While men believe bkifitoti conformation

1.

any fpccics, they

aJmk

parts.

2.

in
a gemination of princip.il
Br(.iun's filler Eri-urt.

applied to one of the mufcles of

It is

the arm.

feems to be ufed adverthe following paflage, con-

de blais,

tipple;

[bibacitfs, Lat.]

of drinking much.
Bi BEER. ./. [from To bib.}
a man that drinks often. v

It

to the

n. f.

quality

BI'AS. adv.

To

adj. \bibax > Lat.]

to drinking.

Dryden.
in-

<v. a.

cline to

Lat.]

BIBA'CIOUS.

proper

nature gives us, let it check our pride,

The virtue neareft to our vice ally'd ;
'
Reafon the bias turns to good or ill.
Pcfe.

Crrjfida.

To .-pj.eaic a tYoward child, they gave him

drink as often as he cried ; fo that he was conftantly kit/tirg, and drank more in twenty-four
hours than 1 did.
Lxke.

contem-

its

Thus

3.

and

finall piece

to drink
frequently.
He playelh with bibhing mother Meroc, as
though fo named, hccaufe ihe would drink men:
wine without water.
Catr.dui.

under fuch refeverer

Addifons Freeholder.

bias.

./.

fip

that expofc vice and folly,

furnifli ufeful diverfions. Raillery,

gulations, unbends the

Aquilon.

Sbakeft'Care^s Troilus

noble a talk to write upon a lib and hanging.

flecves, as on the butla and fratcxta.
Addijon.
To BIB. -v. a.
to

to her bias

Wit and humour,

cliolic ot'puft

of linen put upon

the breads of children over their clothes.
1 would fain know,
why it mould not be a;

You have

But nature

than.
Timotheus was a man both

my country.
Sidney.
thing, in this enormous accjdent, is, 1
flatten.
jnuft confefs, to me beyond all wonder.
To his expences, bcytr.d his income, aild deidlenefs, and quarrels amongft h;s fer-

the world is full of rubs,

fortune runs againft the bias. Sbak.

thing which turns a man to a particular courfe, or gives the direction to

his meafures.

5. Above i proceeding to a greater degree

One

my

thy biat check

till

flight occafion.

we'll play at bowls

make me think

Any

2.

placed

of

and

Having

or tbiuart.}

Madam,

Bentlty.

men

binits

line.

conveniently, that plants Houriih, and animals

live : this is matter of faft, and beymd all difpute.

in power, riches,
.parentage, goodnefs, and love of his people, beyond

[from

lodged on one fide of a

bowl, which turns it from the ftraight

South.

do.

J adj.

3 angulus, Lat.]

The weight

1.

ifo

.any of the great

A'NGULOUS.

Diet.
two corners or angles.
BI'AS. ./. [biais, Fr. faid to come from
bihty, an old Gaulifh word, fignifying

of.

Milton.
juft, wife,

Bi

grow,

on the iky* Herbert.

goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine.

The

BIA'NGULATED.

'Twill
And that

Beyond the infinite and boundlefs reach

Of mercy, if' thou didft this deed of death,
Art thou damn'd, Hubert.
Sba/affeare.

Yet

bezmrdicks are necclTary to promote fweat,

Fly;r.
putrificd particles.

and drive forth the

Locke.

money for nothing.

$. Farther onward than.

He

The

Blow

Outfwcll the

BIBA'CITY.

jovial bezoars.

Saiiary. Chambers.
BBZOA'RDICK. adj. [from bezoar.} Medicines compounded with bczoar.

Bacon.
beyond fea will part with

their

and

neral, folar,

A
a.

applied to feveral chymical compofitions, defigned for antidotes ; as mi-

accufe the perfidioufncfs of the friend.

BEYO'ND.

Be-

[from bewray.]

difcoverer

In the following paflkge it Teems to

be an adjedive. Swelled, as the bowl
on the biaffed fide. This is not ufed.

iv. 6.

Tt'JT-

zabar, poifon, Perfick.] A ftone, formerly in high efteem as an antidote,

and brought from the Eaft Indies, where
it is faid to be found in the dung of an
animal called pnKan ; the ftone being

in ufe.

little

BE'ZEL. In. f. That part of a ring in

BE'ZIL. J which the ftone is fixed.
BE'ZOAR. n. /. [from pa, againft, and

tempt the caufe itfelf for to leviray. Fairy {.

to make vifible : this word
;

is

in any matter.

To mow

t.

him

Sbaktfpeare.

She made earned benefit of hit jeft, forcing

to do her fuch fervices, as wcie both cumberfome and coftly ; while he ftill thought he
meat tycnd her, becaufe his heart did not commit the idolatry.
Sidney.
That no man go beyond, and defraud his brother

[from

power of charming.

will counterfeit the

pular

A piece of flclh it exchanged from the bicifital

mufclc of either party's arm. Sn tun's l^"Ig. Err.
To BI'CKER.

-v. n.

\bhre, Wclfli, a con-

teft.]
I.

To

fkirmifh

battle

They

to

to fight off

fell

to

fight

without a fet

and on.

fuch a bickering, that he got

ing, and loll his piilurc.

a halt-

Sidney .

In

B
a little abroad ; which
bid any welcome.

In thy face
I fee thy fury ; if I longer ftay,
(hall begin our ancient bickerings, Sbakcfpeart.

We

2.

To quiver; to play backward and

ward.
And from about him fierce effufion rowl'd

Of fmokc,

How,

6.

Millar..

o'er the pool,

icy gale, oft (hifring
its mid career,
Arrefts the bickering ttream.
Tbmfon.

To

An

fomctimes made with

or beakiron, at one end. Mtx.n.

blackfmith's anvil

a pike, or ticker*,
1
BICO'RNE.
BICO'RNOUS.]

7.

Lat.] Hav-

Hav-

I bid, lad, bade, I

pret.

To
I

defire

to afk

to call

bid forth to fupper, Jeflica ;

are my keys.
Sbak. Merchant of Venice.
ye into the highways, and, as many as you

Go

ftall find, bid to the

Malt. xxii. 9.
to great feafts ami

marriage.

We ought, when we

are

bMin

Haknuill.
meetings, to be prepared beforehand,
2.
command; to order : before things

To

Antony's in danger ? Dryd. All fir Lmie,

heard the numbers, as he flow'd along,

Thames

And bade his willows learn

the

moving fong.

P.>pc.

To

offer; to propofc

Ditt.

of the family.

Madam,

Th<ra

tidfl

me

to

my

lofa

2.

for true to thee

little

Gratwille,
give intereft a (hare in friendship, is to fell it
inch of candle ; he that bids moll (hull have

by

and when
ing on it.
it

4.

To

proclaim

known by

mercenary, there is no dependCellar in FritnJJkip.

it ii

to

offer

or

to

make

forae public voice.

Oor

My

bans thrice bid! and for our wedding day

'kerchief bought
then prefs'd, then forc'd
!

5.

To

away.

Cay.

pronounce

to declare.

Y-JU are retir'd,

A-. if' you were a feaft' d one, and not
Tne hoftefi of the meeting ; pray you bid

Thfe unknown
b.veis,

we

welcome.
Sbattjp.
them, pot their arms

friends to's

pafltd by

To

n.f. [from

BI'DDINO.

n.f. [from iid.]

v.

a.

BI'ESTINGS. n.f. [byprinj^Saxon.] The

firrt milk
given by a cow after calving,,
which is very thick.
And twice betides, her bicftings i^ever fail
To ftore the dairy with a brimming pail. Dryden,
BIFA'RIOUS. adj. \bifarius, Lat.] Twofold ; what may be underltood two ways..

To

Ta

dwell

To

to live

(he

remain in a place.
Safe in a ditch he bidet,

be grafted in.

Romani,^

xi.

found.

Having

Creffida,

\biformis, Lat.]

Com-

fmall white piece, bifurcated, or branching

into two, and finely reticulated all over. Woodtvard,

BIFURC A'TION.

n. f.

binus and.

[from

furca, Lat.] Divifion into two

ing into two parts.

open-

The firft catachreftical and far derived fimilitude, it holds without man ; that is, in a bifurcation,
or divifion of the root into two parts.
Brown's Vulgar Errourt,

BIG. adj. [This word

unknown etymology.
from

Qctyai!&-

of uncertain or
Junius derives it
Skinner from bug, which, ,
is

in Danijh, fignifies the

belly.]
1.

Having comparative bulk, greater or

lefs.

troubled ocean, to a man who fails in it, is, I

think, the biggejt object that he can fee in motion.
Speflatir.

2.

Great
Both

in

bulk; large.
and divifion, either of fpaceorthe idea under confideration be-

in addition

duration,

adj. \bidtns, 2at.]

adj.

and

Shakefp. Troilui

adj. [from binus, two, and

furca, a fork, Lat.] Shooting out, by i.
divifion, into two heads.

23.

grown fomewhat obfolete, the examples

its various
meanings are not eafily

O madnefs of difcourfe !
up with and againfl thyfelf

BIKU'R GATED,

has probably all the fignifications of

the word abide ; which fee : but it being

SIDE'NTAL.
two teeth.

Lat. a bota-

pounded of two forms, or bodies.

4. It

of

fets

Sifold authority.

to inhabit.

With twenty trenched games on his head,

The leaft a death to nature.
Sbakefp. Macbeth.
3. To continue in a Itite.
And they alfo, if they bide not flill in unbelief,
Jhill

two;

This is not
That caufc

n.
;

\bifidii!,

nical term.] Divided infplit in two; opening with a

If beauty have a foul, this is not (he;

If fouh guide vows, if vows are fancTununy,
If fanftimony be the gods delight,
If there be rule in unity itfelf,

All kneel to thee (hall bow, of them that tide

In heav'n or earth, or under earth in hell. Milton,

2.

\"dj.

BI'FIDATED.J

-v.

Lat.] Bearing

\biferens,

twice a year.

fruit

en-

to fuffer
commonly to abide.
Poor naked wretches, wherefoe'er you are,
That bide the pelting of this pitilefs ftorm! Sink.
The wary Dutch this gathering ftorm forefaw,
And dur.1 not bide it on the Engii(hcoaft. Dryden.
1.

adj.

BI'FID.

Command;

[biban, Saxon.]

Make as if you hanged yourfelf, they will convey your body out of pnibn in a tier,
Artutbnot's Join Bull,.

One who

At his fecond bidding, darknefs fled,

Light Oione, and order from diforder fprung. Milt.

To BIDE.

his grave raiiru many a tear. Sba

hfpeame*
float upon his wat'ry bier

mult not

BI'FORMED.

barefaced on the bier,

BIFO'LD. adj. [from binus, Lat. and fold. ]j

Twofold; double.

How, fay'ft thou that MacdufFdenies his perfon

At our great bidding f
Sbakefpeare' s Macbeth.

dure

him

cleft.

order.

ToElDE.

bore

Miltcn.Criefs always green, a houfehold (till in tears;,

Sad pomps, a threshold throng'd with daily biers,
And liveries of black.
Drydin's Juvtnaf.-

Rape of tie L<

bid.]

bier.

Unwept.

offers or propofes a
price.
He looked upon feveral drefles which hung there,
to
the
the belt bidder. Addifon.
of
expofcd
purchafe

will embrace that proteflion which bids laireft

to the reconciling thofe fo diilant inrcrcfts.

To

He

to

Pope's

When

As when the god defies came down of old,

With gifts their young Oardanian judge they try'd,
And each badt high to win him to their fide.

Philips.

hearts to flutter at a beau.

BI'DDER.

to prove folfe.
Sbakefpeare't Cymbelme.
a man is rcf -lute to keep his fins while
lives, and yet unwilling to relinquish all hope,

Decay tf Piety.

A.

Commanded.

And

Were
he
be

And on

feafl

'Tis thefe that early taint the female foul,

Inftruft the eyes of young coquettes to roll,
Teach infants cheeks a bidden blu(h to know,

be true.
;

They

BI'FEROUS.

Bactn.

the bidden guefts are come.

in>

Difi.

[from To bid.]

fart. faff,

Invited.
There were two of our company bidden to a

1.

as, to bids, price.

Come, and

thorn,

charity.

BI'DDEN.

on tbe Cteatitrtt

[from To bear, asferetrum,

n.f.

Spenfer*

An
n.f. [from bid and ale.]
invitation of friends to drink at a poor
man's houfe, and there to contribute

Acquire a government over your ideas, that they

may come when they are called, and depart when
Walt*.
they are bidden.
3.

and dies.
GranviUe.

evening and morn.

Drydi

Who

When

fli.idy

the

long lived, others

Ra:

And now the prey of fowls he lies,

Nor wailM of f;iends, nor laid on groaning

lies,

BI'DALE.

And

bade them fpeik to him.

Sbakifptare.
Halle to the houfe of Deep, and bid the god,
rules the nightly viCons with a nod,
Prepare a dream.
Dryden's Fables.
Curfe on the tongue that lid: this general joy,
.Can they be friends of Antony, who revel

bid beads, is to diftinguilh each

bead by a prayer.
or fome

Of

Lat.]

[biewiis,

carriage, or frame
of wood, on which the dead are carried*
to the grave.

fpeed.
they defired

bids his beads both

adj.

Latin, irom/m?.]

him God

By fome haycock,

or perfons.
Saint Withold footed thrice the wold,
He met the nightmare, and her nine fold,
Sid her alight, and her troth plight. Sbalejpearc.
He chid the fitters,
When firft they put the name of king upon me,

BIER.

See BEAD.

pray.

to invite.

am

There

their rage,

Siuifl.

oniy annual or biennial?

To

He

have bid,oi bidden, [bibban, Saxon.]

1.

Hinry V

AfiSj xviii. 2

8.

ing two bodies.

.

mocks

not to be heiped

is

continuance or two years.

Then why ihumi iume be very

Join.
When
him to tarry longer with
them, he contented not, but bade them farewel.

(hould be too critical, to queltion the letter

or bicortuus element of Pythagoras ; that is, the
making of the horns equal. Brawn's Vulgar En

To BID. v. a

and fpecchlefs as he

fiery glances,

To
bid

Y,

adj. [bicorpor, Lat.]

If there come any unto you, and bring not this

doctrine, receive him not into your houfe, neithe,

ing two horns.

BICO'RPORAL.

at laft

is

adj. [bicornis,

We

to all

Sbakefpearc's
that d^rft fupply

forks

ate only bidln:at.

BIE'NNIAI.

his foes, reviles, provokes, difdains

And, fpent

With

point.

corrupted
iron ending in a

t.'iey

n.f. [from bide.] Refidence ;

habitation.
At Ant v- if nas my conftant biding been. Rowe

Of nature fierce, untameable, and proud,

He bids defiance to the gaping crowd,

[apparently

management of

BI'DINO.

f"re r?p <Is'd,

denounce.

Yet braves

from beakircn.]

Roman,

III

when

on.

The place of thofe Ii^r ctuelty made die. WjIUr

The captive cannibal, oppreft with chains,

fkirmimer.

BJ'CKERN. n.f.

Ba

Didius, mill a

She bid war

[from the verb.]

when they

Thyfelf and Oxford, with five thoufmd men,

Shall crofs the feas, and bid faUe Ed, aid bit: r.

An

;--.

their gefture,

How

Breathes a blue him, and, in

BI'CKERER.

is

Greet your arrival to this diftant ifle ?

bid you welcome to thele lhat;er'd levins

for-

nd bickering flame, and fparkles dire.

BIG

when

comes very big, Of very fmall,

comes obfcuic and conjTufcd,

its

precife bulk be-

Lockt.

3.

Teeming;

Teeming; pre^ant;

3.

Sometimes with

purfued our march, to the terror of the

market people, and the mifcarriagc of half a dozen
bigbellied

As he was born.
Full of fomething
5.
about, to give

The

it

and

BIGHT,

n.f. It is explained by Skinner-,

the circumference of a coil of
rope.

defirous, or

vent.

BI'GLY.

great, th' important day,

the fate of Cato and of Rome, jtddiftm.

Jtig viitb
of approaching woes,
big toitb knowledge

Now

The prince of
6. Diftended

roi'e.
fof"
ready to burft
ufcd often of the effefts of pafl/on, as

augurs, Haiithreles,

fwoln

A child's cap,

Skakrfpeare'i Cymitlire.
;

jtiddifott.

n.f. \bcguin, Fr.]

Sleep now
Yet not fo found, and half fo deeply fweet,
As he, whole brow with homely biggin bound,
Snores out the watch of night.
Sbakcjpearc.

His gentle lady,

ibis getitleman, our tlieme, deceas'd

Big of

women.

BI'GGIN.

Waller.

but rarely.

of,

Mdlfat.

We

Ba.-an.

4.

men.

feldom been feen.

Lately on yonder fwelting hum,

Big ivitb many a common role,
This early bud began to Mufh.

So manywell-flupcd innocent virgins re blocked up, and wadilc up and down like
bigkeU'ud wo-

great with young :

with the particle toitb.

A bear Hg isiti young hath

Thy

heart

is

big

Sbakt/peare" 't Julius Ctffar,

7.

elfe, faid he, but with a good bold face,

with big words, and with a {lately pace ?

mm,

the nieanrr

or

unknown

fcem fomewhat folemn, coy, tig, and dangerous of

look, talk, and anfwer.
j4fcbam,
It"
you had looked tig, and fpit at him, he'd
have run.
Sialtjf tare's Winters Ta/r,
In his profperous fcafnn, lie fell under the re,
a man of tig looks, and of a mean
proach of being
and abjeft

Clarendon.

fpivit.

Or docs the man i' th' moon look

Or wear a huger periwig
Than our own native lunaticks ?
Of governments that once made

tig,

Size, whether greater or fmaller;

parative bulk.

2.

Several forts of rays

Great in

8.

fpirit

What

Garth',

in

my

art

[bigtunus,

BI'GOT E D.

adj. [from fagot .] Blindly prepoffe/Ted in favour of fomething ; irrati-

low Lat.]
See

One that has committed bigamy.

BIGAMY.

onally zealous
/tfgtrftfl

Styliffc.

BI'GAMY. n.f. [bigamia, low Latin.]

1. The crime of having two wives at once.
bcauty-wainir.g and diftrefl'ed widow
Seduc'J the pitch and height of all his thoughts

Martin,

[from

Pregnant; with child

When we

great with young.

have langh'd to fee th fails conceive,

Ajid grow bigbeUlcd with the wjnton wind. Shak.
M i?.;um: antidote:
Children .ind ti;
ftmcwliai more grateful to the' palate.
Harvey
-

'

rapier

a (word.

To

be comparted like a good bilb-i, in the circumference of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head.
Shtiktjpeare*

fort of ftocks, or
n.f.
fliackles for the feet, ufed for

merit, during

n.f. [from fagot.]

Blind zeal; prejudice; unreafonable
warmth in favour of party or opinions
with the particle to.
Ware it not fnr a bitvry to our own tenets
we could hardly imagine, that fo many abfutdj
wicked, and bllnxiy principles, mould pretend
fupport thcmfelves by the gofpel.

2.

The
Our
fil>

practice or tenet of a bigot.

makes our .idvcrfaries think, we ptri

which all good and d-niiti e
tigttrifi,

filence

in thole

men

I lay
the mutincs in the Hlbses.

Me:hought

BILE.

Stakcfp.

thick, yellow,
bitter liquor, feparated in the liver, collecled in the gall-bladder, and dif-

n.f. [falh, Lat.]

charged into the lower end of the duodenum, or beginning of the jejunum, by

the common duft.

Its ufe is to flieathe
or blunt the acids of the chyle, becaufe
they, being entangled with it* fulphurs,
thicken it fo, that it. cannot be fuificiently diluted by the fuccus pancreaticus, to enter the lafteal veffels.
>uincy.

In its progrcfiion, foon the labour'd chyle

Receives the confluent rills of bitter bile;

Which, by

And

the liver fever'd from the

Itriving

Wood,

through the gall-pipe, here unload

Blachnore.

Their yellow Itrcam

think, lefs properly.]

fwelling.
But yet thon
daughter
rather

Thole
run

A
bsfis,

art

my

my

flem,

angry

blood,

my

difeafc that's in

a bile in
bilts

fore

my

did run

were nor that

t'linmculiH

is

my

flem

corrupted blood.
'far 1o

di.l

botchy fore

n itt

:-

Sbakrfp.
general

Scah-fpearf.
a painful tubercle, with a t>r".i.l

arifing in a cone.

It

is

generally called a

nnd is accompanied with inflammation,

pulWtfefnan,
fation, and tendon.

tile,

BILGE,

n. f. 'The
compafs or breadth of
a (hip's bottom.
Skmner.
To BILGE. i>. n. [from the noun.] To

fpring a leak

de.pile.

BI'C.JWOI.N. ajj. [from -big zndyk

'I'urgid ; ready to burft.
Might my bigfal heart
Vent all its griefs, and give a loolc to forrow.

BIC-UDUERED.

adj. [from fa
large uirders ; having
'

Having

wooden

puniftiing

'BiLE. n.f. [bile, Sax. perhaps from bilis,

Lat. This is generally ipelt boil; but,

'

adj.

BI'LBO. n. f. [corrupted from Bilboa,

where the beft weapons are made.] A

Thou *art

ArbuibiKt andfvfi.

for ecclefial'tical offices.

BICBE'LLIED.

Cricket, to W'ndfir's chimneys (halt thou leap;

as blue as bilberries.
Shalt,

There pinch the maids

1.

[In the canon law.] The marriage of a

fecund wife, or of a widow, or a woman already debauched ; which, in the
church of Rome, were confidered
bringing a man under ibme incapacities

Or

bafe declenlion, and loath'd bigamy.

Sbatefp.
Randal determined to commence a fuitaM rm

2.

n, f, [from bill?;, Sax. a

bladder, and berry, according to Skinfmall fhrub ; and
ner ; <tiiiis iiitca.~\
a fweet berry of that fhrub ; whortle-

BI'OOTRY.

To

incclt.

to.

difclaim

QartA

and

we

the reign of thaf

weak, tigated, and ill-advifed prince, will can!}
be computed.
Stvift,
I'refiSyterian

to that law.

with

to this idol,

Relt, health, and eaic, for nothing but a name.

By the papal cnnbns, a clergyman, that has a

wife, cannot have an eccleliaftical benefice; much
have fuch a benefice according
f, can' a
tigamijl

for bigamy

rife

Religious fpite and pious fpleen bred firft

qujrrel, which fo long the bigots nurft. fait.
In philofe-phy and religion, the iigoti of all
Walts,
parties arc generally the moft-pofitive.

mouth. yhahtjpcart's

EI'OAMIST. n.f.

its

A man

This

thou ? have not I

An arm as big as thine? a heart as big ?
1
are
Thy words, grant,
bigger : for I wear not

My dagger

f.
[The etymology of this
unknown ; but it is fuppofed,

n.

nions ; a blind zealot.

It is ufed often
with to 'before the objeA of zeal ; as, a
bigot to the Cartefian tenets.

lofty; brave.

BI'LEERRY.

BI'LBOES.

devoted unreafonably to a certain party ;

prejudiced in favour of certain opi-

fenfe,

at leaft oft'encc.

com-

vibrations of fcveral

word is
by Camden and others, to take
from fome occafional phrafe.]

Drytieri,

To

Like tilanJrrs 1 creep

and land in view to keep.
Dryd,

coaft,

Worfe than

thyfclf, thus infoient in Itatc,

Should indignation give,

make

for the

fit

particularly

Savaiy. Trevoux.

ing to their bignejjii, excites fenfations of fcvcial

founds.
Ncivtcn's Optlclcs,

fuch a nolle,

grant big Thrafo valour, Phormio

land, as being

offenders at fea.

and looked fo big in the eyes of mankind, as being

rounded upon thedcepClt counfels, and the ftrongell
force; nothing remains of them but a name. Scutb'.

Thou

fmall
n.f. \belandre, Fr.j
of about eighty tons burden, ufed
for the carriage of goods. It is a kind
of hoy, manageable by four or five men,
and has marts and fails after the manner
of a hoy. They are ufed chiefly in Holveflel

blgmfles, which, according to their tigaefe;, excite

fenfations of feverai colours; and the air, accord-

BI'GOT.

lludihras.

Art but perhaps fome country infiltrate,

Whofe power extends no farther than to fpeak
Big on the bench, and fcanty weights to break.

'Sacon.

bignej'i.

in the court,

BI'LANDER.

berry.

People were furprifed at the bifnefs and uncoutii

deformity of the camel.
'EJlrange''t Fables,
The brain of man, in refpeft of his body, is
much larger than any other animal's; exceeding
in tigtttfs three oxen's brains.
Pay on the Creation.

Spenfer\

To

heaps on heaps th' unnumber'd

ck,
Big-uddtr'd ewes, and goats of female kind. Pope,

Along the

ceflive

How

And

the ttchinj

fl

Would'ft thou not rather choofc a fmall renown,

To be the may'r of fome poor paltry town ;
Slgly to look, and barb'roufly to fpeak;
To pound falfe weights, and fcanty meafures,
break ?

If panicum be laid below, and about the bottom

of a root, it will caufe the root to grow to an ex-

Great in air and mien ; proud*; fwelltumid haughty ; furly.

ing

him through

Came tumbling

canals.

BI'GNESS. n.f. [from big.']

Bulk ; greatnefs of quantity.

get thce apart, and weep.

driv'n before

rock,

adv. [from tig.]

Tumidly;
haughtily ; with a bluftering manner.

ttrydcn,

grief, rage.

Now,

fwelled with milk.

dugs

ing upon

'a

to let in water,
;
by.ftrikrock : a fea term ; noAv bul^t.

Skinner.
1

Bi'tiARv:-*.*/ [from
ing to the bile.
.

bili's,

Lat.] Belong-

Voracious animals, and fuch as do not chew,

have a great quantity of gall ; and fome of them
have tho bitidry duct iiifertci! into the pylorus.
jQrbutbftit,

BI'LINGSGATE.

B
BI'MNGSGATE.

rowed from Bitingfate in London, a

place where there is always a crowd oi
low people, and frequent brawls and foul
Ribaldry

language.]

foul

BILI'NGUOUS.

ing payment.
fiilk'd liationers for

yeomen

BALL.] The

[bile, Sax. See

n.f.

talons.
till

Vor with

BILL.

his

horny

n.f.

til!

tills

difplay,

provoke the day. Dryden.

till,

word, as other fervants do the fickle or

at the command of thofe who entertain
I

then'.

Temflt.

kind

by the

ru!ryii//i ;
id old rebel.

bill

of exchange.

wh >m money

due, or taken up upon credit, in

a foreign
country, (hall be paid.

They

,;!it

(ale,

,..:<r>

than the

I;fs

l.c

3.

:;;i

to

be

lim'trd by a

J to the !)elt, that the Luis

Baton.

eii

>

till,

they ticad

fits

Ur

i.

common;

doth his

01

r>

confounded.
Sba'-.

aft of
4.
parliament.
There will be no way left for me
tc',1
you
thit I rcncmber you, and that I \o\: j
th it one, which ne'.'ds no open warrant, or fccret
yanccj which no bills can preclu !, nor na

nt.

Al/itl^rf.

pKyfician's prefcription.
doctor's

th
.

>'

th'

lluitikras.

p'.ll.

L
I.

z.

turgid

to lodge.
3. Billet-doux, or a foft billet

'Twas then,

Thy

firll

eyes

Bel;n<la

bpen'd on

4. [Bilot, Fr.]

tiie ti,7.

FJIranre.

or

lill't is

>w va/l a

Their

[from the noun.]

To

adj. [from billow.} Swelling

wavy.

A place where
bread, or corn, or wine, is ropofited.
The moft convenient way of
is

BIN. n.f. [bmne, Sax.]

into a long f^uaie frame of

wood, 'called a tin.

As when, from
All p -wder'd o'er

A
r

lively

maggot

You know him

BI'NARY.
dual

adj.

Mortimer.
looting in a iin,

from

Tallies

tail

to chin,

out,

by his hazel fno>it.

Swift.

[from tiuus, Lut.]

Two;

double.
Aritbmetick.

putation propofed by

method of com-

Mr.

Leibnit?., in
figures in the
common arithmetick, and the progreffion from ten to ten, he has
two

which, in lieu of the

what houfc

un

only

end ufes the funple

progrrtflion
from two to two. This method
appears
to be the fame with that ufed
by the
figures,

a love letter.

if irj* >jt fay true,

a bi/lcr-iLu.r.

1'

/,.

A fmall log of wood for the

calculate, when th" bulk of .1

dilated and rarified to the degree of fire,
in BJ!ci.
pla> e itmuft take up.
"
Di^liy

lillet at

<v. n.

And whitening down themofly-ttnaur'd ft;

earn,
Defcends the
hillnoj foam.
Ihcnjon.

which was
CL.

ticket direfting foldiers at

rolls

bilk-wing fnow, and violence of thf (h w'r,

the bills

BI'NARY

chimney.
Let us thm

till,

icd according to

VOL.

little billet, in

river

picking hops,

{billet,

he found this

and

difperfe their dreadful itore,

o'er the vales collected ruin
Prior.
pi ur.

BI'LLOWY.

only written Remexier Cttfar, he \v.u exceedingly

An

j.

The

French.]
fmall paper; a note.

When

(wclri,

That from

L'F.ftrangc.

BI'LLET. n.f.

for mitigation of this till,

by the

Ine

1'

Alcyone c impn-fs'd
brooding on her floating ncft.
trjdai.

wave

fwell, or roll, as a wave.

be

His marterpicce was a compcfition that he billed

about under the name of a lov::r i,;n antid-jti-.

Bacon.
.

To BI'LLOW.

word.

law prefentcd to the parliament, not

yet made an aft.

No new laws can be made, nor old laws abrogated or alt.red, but by parliament j wh< re b':th
aie prepared, and prclcmcd to the twu h><

Boyle.

Dee, as filver cleen,

with gen.le lore. Sfttifer.
Billisuis fink
by degrees, even u.hcn the wi> d it
down that firft ftirred them.
ft'ctton,
Chafing Ncreus with his trident th.cws
The billitos from the bottom.
Dtr.bam.

Dry den.
7BiLi.. <v. a. [from bill, a writing.]
To publiih by an advertisement : a cant

low

From whence the

His tumbling billows

He that bears th' artillery of Jove,

The ftrong pounc'd eagle, a. d t'ue tilling due.

to

Sax. a
bladder.}
hollow.

And

Seven days

Joes receive
;;cular addition from the till
wri;e; th-m a
alike.

.'.

billiard table.

n.f. [bilge, Germ. to!g, Dan!

probably of the fame origifial wi'h bilij,

To

es, they fay, will lill, after their pecking,

and their murmuring.
Ben Jinfon's Cataline.
Still amorous, and fond, and
tiling,
and
on
a
H:iditrjs.
Philip
Mary
filling.

Skak.

account of money.

on a

BI'LLOW.

fond.

He

mi

Lakt.

fo BILL. i>.. [from bill, a beak.]

carefs, as doves by joining bills ;

n.f. [billet, Fr.]

written paper of any kind.

An

fuppers.

note ordering

him in another place.

comfortable fentcnccs are tills of txchange,
upon the credit of which we lay our cares down,
and receive provifiins.
Taylor.
All that a l-ill
<f exchange can do, is to direct to

BILL.

2.

The

a battle axe.

women manage

Sbalrfpearc.

the ball obeys the ftioke of a tillurd

is not
any action of the ball, but bar*

it

flick,

the value paid to

of weapon anciently carried

foot

When

drawer or remitter, in coniideration of

lance and

let 's to billiards.

like ivory balls meeting

payment of a Aim of money in one

place, to fome perfon afligned by the

kind of hatchet with a hooked point,

ufed in country work, as a hedging bill
fo called from its refemblance in form
to the beak of a bird of prey.
Standing troops are lervants armed, who ufethe

An

lome of the foremcnlioned

cffare for

Even nofe and cheek withal,

Smooth as is the billiard ball.
Bcnjonfat.
Some are forced to bound or fly upward , a. mod

the

offare.

alone

it

Arlulbnot.

Sax. rpibilk, a two-

[bille,

Let

fires,

of provifions, or of the dimes at a feaft.

It may feem fomewhat difficult to make out the

edged axe.]

9.

Miltoti.

3.

oar

unfit,

Graunt.

10.

An olive leaf he brings, pacifkk fign

No crowing cock does there his wings

the

liv'd

much

fhuttlecocks miiTeeming

manly wit.
Hattcrd s Tale.]
game at which a ball is forced againft
another on a table.

the burials cncrcaled or decrcaleJ.

Bac-.n.

In his

1.

So

Halyards

And

diilrift.

in the weekiy bills of mortality,

other ufe of .them, than to look at the

little

how

Sfenjer

ere doctors learn'd to kill,

And mu!tiply'd with theirs the weekly bill. Dryd.
bill
account of the feafon

beak of a fowl.
Their tilIt were thwarted croffvrays at the end,
and with thefe they would cut an apple in two at
one fnap.
Car,vi.
It may be tried, whither birds may not be made
to have greater or longer tills, or greater or longer

n.f. 'without ajingular. [btlFr. of which that

language has
no etymology ; and therefore they
probably derived from England both the
play and the name, which is corrupted
from halyards, yards or flicks with which
a ball is driven
along a table. Thus

An

have died in any

fjldicrs.

lard,

Moft who took

-:.

ticket, or note,

BI'LLIARDS.

C;wfU.

foot,

by a

lodge.

billeting
Raleigh,
counties throughout the
kingdom were fo
and
clitir
affections poifoned, that they
incenfed,
refuted to fuffei the foldiers to be billeted
upon

fourth thing very maturely to be confulted

by the jury, is, what influence their finding rhe
b:ll injy have
Swift.
upon the kingdom.
8.
bill
account of the
mortality.

that-

[from the noon.]

The

The

numbers

is to

dom, by

in

of

a.

direct a foldier

Away, I fay.
Stakeffeare.
2. To quarter foldiers.
They remembe-ed him of charging the king-

the general afiizes ; but moft to the

lord chancellor.
It containcth the fact complained of, the damages thereby fuffered, and pr.tition of procefs againft the defendant for redrels.

Whit comedy, what farce can more delight,

Than grinning hunger, and the pleafing light
Of your b'hk'd hopes ?
DiytScr,

BILL.

Dry Jen

party complained of hath committed againft fome

law.
This till is fometimes offered to juftices

flood preparM.

<v.

Retire thee; go where thou art billeted:

fill,

till.

enants

To

where he

writing, that expreffeth either the grief and the

wrong that the complainant hath fuffered by the
party complained of; or elfe fome fault that the

When the tafte of the mouth is bitter, it is a rign

of a redundance of a bilious alkali.
Arbutinot.
;

pit to

I. An obligation, but without condition or

forfeiture for non-payment,
i.
declaration in

bilious

To BILK. v. a. [derived by Mr. Lye horn

the Gothick iilaicen.]
To cheat to
defraud, by running in debt and avoid-

empty

[In law.]

J.

juice a golden light puts on

floods of chyle in filver currents run. Garth.

Wh)

in del'pair, their

Set up fome foreign monfter in a

ing, or fpeaking, two tongues.

BI'LIOUS. adj. [from bilis. Lat.] Confiding of bile ; partaking of bile.

And

advertifement.

And

Lat.] Hav-

adj. [Ailinguis,

To BI'LI.ET.

Dry in.

An

6.

There

AnH

When

language.

ftript, fair rbetorick langui&'d on the

ground,
(hameful bilirgfgate her robes adorn.
Pcfi.

Let them, but under your fuperiottrs, kill,

doctors firlt have fign'd the bloody bill.

cant word, bor-

[A

n.f.

the fire wjs found.

I'n.t

Chinefe four thoufimd

years ago.
Chambers.
To BIND. <v. a.
pret. 7 bound ; particip.
I.

pad. bound, or boumlen. [binban, Sax.]

To confine with bonds; to enchain.
Wilt thou play with him as .Mth a bird? or
wilt thou bind him for
thy aiaiJcni }
7'ah.

B b

a /To

B
To

I.

gird

Who

To

3.

to

hath

enwrap

hamJ

fatten to

cumvolution.
Thou flialt <W

B
To BIND.

to involve.

the waters in a garment ?

Proverbs-

any thing

this line

z.
3.

Proverbs.

bundles,

To

cover a wound with dreflings and

bandages : with up.
he faw him, he had compafii.m on him,
and went to him, and bound
up his wounds. Lukt.
Having filled up the bared cranium with our
drefiings, we bcund up the wound.
ff'ifman.

To

oblige by ftipulation, or oath.

If a man vow a vow, or fwear an oath, to bind

bind; the latter

to

compel

to conftrain.
I am kt.unj to
every act of duty,
not bound to that all (laves are free to. Sbak.
Duties exprefsly required in the plain language
of Scripture, ought to bind our confciences more
than thofe which are butdubioufly inferred. Watts.

Though

am

To
To

9.

oblige by kindnefs.
confine ; to hinder

reftraint

be local

with in, if the

with up, if it relate
:

to thought or aft.
Now I'm cabin'd, cribb'd, confm'd, bound in
To faucy doubts and fear?.
Sbaktffeare.

You

by imagination, tind a bird

fiom finging, than from eating or flying. Bacon.
Though pallion be the moft obvious and genera),
j ct it is not the only caufe that binds up the undcrftanding, and confines it, for the time, to one obLscke,
j ft, from which it will not b- taken off.
In fuch a difmal place,
Where joy ne'er enters, which the fun ne'er cheers.
will fooner,

Jl*Li.d ;n

Dry den.

To hinder the flux of the bowels

m:ike coftive.

to

Khub.trb hath manif frlyin it parts of contrary

;
parts that purge, and parts that bind
Raccn.
the b-xly.
The whey of milk doth loofo, the milk doth.

iterations

Herbert.

t'ir.d.

i.

To

reftrain.

The more we are btunduf to arrexadr. narration,

we want more life, and fire, to animate and inform
the ftory.

12.

So

Felton.

To bind a book. To put it in a cover.

Was ever bonk, containing fuch vile matter,

bound
Sbakefpcare.
Thofe who could never read the grammar,
\Vlv-n my dear volumes touch the hammer,
prior.
May think books bed, as riched bound.

13.

fairly

To bind

To

to.

oblige to ferve

fome

one.

The fame
Still

14..

thou

iaind

art

To bind

to vice,

To

to.

and

dill a (lave.

Dryd.

body.
Art thou Icund

to a

wife, feek not to be Inofed.

1

15.

To bind

over.

To

oblige to

Corinthians.

make

ap-

pearance.
Rojterwas ftigg"red with the reports concerning this woman, and wouU have btund her over
Sir

to the

county

fciTions.

Mortimer.

1.

2.

A man
A man

whofe trade

To

bind.]

From

A
3.

it is

to

bind books.

Ctaftiun.

boys thatgather'd quickly up.

man, with a binder, may reap an acre of wheat

Mortimer.
it dand well.
fillet ; a (hred cut to bind with.

double cloth, of fuch length and breadth as

might ferve to encompafs the fraftured member,
I cut from each end to the middle, into three
binders.

Wif,n:ar..

BI'NDING.

n.f.

[from bind.

Addijen.

band-

age.

BI'NDWEED. n.f. [meuolfmltii,

The name of a plant.
Bindweed

is

the larger.and the fmaller

Lat.]
j

the fird

September, and the lad in June and

Afcrtiv:.'r.

July.

BI'KOCLK. n.f.

[from linus and

oculus.~\

A kind of dioptrick telefcope, fitted fo

with two tubes joining together in one,
as that a diflant objeft may be feen with
Harris.
both eyes together.
[from linus and ocuHaving two eyes.

BINO'CULAR.
lus.]

adj.

animals are binocular, fpidcrs for the mod

Derbem.
part oftonoculur, and f ime fenocular.

BINO'.MIAL Root, [in algebra.] A root

compofed of only two parts, connected
Harris.

with the figns plus or minus.

BINO'MINOUS.

[from tinus and

ncmen, Lat.] Having two names.
BIO'GRAPHER. n.f. [iciO- and ypapi-.]
A writer of lives ; a rclater not of the
hi ftory of nations, but of the actions oi
adj.

particular perfons.
Our Grubdrcet biographers watch

for the death

of a great man, like lo many undertakers, on

MJ':j:n,
purpofe to make a penny of him.

BIO'GRAPHY.

n.f. [,S!' and 7fa^i'.]

In writing the lives of men, which is called
in the
biography, fome authors place every thing
prtrcile

order of time

when

it

occurred.

Wjtts.

Fr from ivcy ivach, a

BI'HOVAC. V double guard, German.] A

BI'OVAC.

")/

at

night performed
which either at a
ficge, or lying before an enemy, every
evening draws out from its tents or huts,
and continues all night in arms. Not
Treimux. Harris.
in ufe.
BI'PAROUS. adj. [from binus and pario,
Lat.] Bringing forth two at a birth.
Bi' PARTITE, adj. [from binus and partior, Lat.]
Having two correfpondent
parts

Nil ferpent, or fiflies oviparous, have any fton.es

neither
bifed nor qu.idrupcd oviparous have
Brnvn'i Vulgar Erraurt,
any cxtcriourly.

divided into two.

BI'PEDAL.

adj. \bipedalis,
feet in length; or having

BIPE'NNATED.

and

Having two wings.

penna, Lat.]
All bifer.nated

feet.

binui

[from

adj.

Two

Lat.}

two

ir.lcdls

have poifes joined to the

Dcrban.

BIPE'TALOUS.

adj.

arTaAo>.]
leaves.

[of

flower

Lat.

lis,

and
two

confifting of

T>itl.

In. f.

[in

algebra.]

ADR A'TICK. J The fourth power,

anfing from the multiplication of it
fquare number or quantity by itfelf. Hur.

BIO^J;

BIRCH Tree. n.f.

[biric,

The

Sax.

fttt&.Lat.]

leaves are like thofe of the poplar

the (hoots are very flender and weak

;
;

the katkins are produced at remote diftances from the fruits, on the fame tree ;
the fruit becomes a little
fquamofe cone ;

the feeds are winged, and the tree cafts

outer rind every year.
Miller.

its

Tiiis beloved young woman began to take oft

Taller.
the binding of his eyes.

fort flowers in

aft

BI'QJ;ADRATE.

that binds (heaves.

Three linden dood, and took the handfuls reapt

guard
by the whole army

with any

contrail

a large fquare hop, and more

n.f. [from

BI'VOUAC. J

If dill thou dod retain

habits, the fame follies too,

ill

the white and the grey

hardy.

BI'NDER.

MoM

with darknefs, overfpread with damps.

10.

is

n.

/.
[from bipartite.]
of dividing into two ; or of
making two correfpondent parts.
BI'PED. n. f. [bipti, Lat.]
An animal
with two feet.

The

body.

fpecies of hops.

beft forts are

at all;

in a diy, if

Pope.
;

n.f.

The two

Numbers.

duty or law

a binding

it is

harrowing of it.
Mortimer.

biiuling to

BIND.

Swear by the folemn oath that binds the gods.

8.

it fine liy

them, though they are perfectly in a

date of nature*, in reference to one another. Locke.

his foul with a bond, he (hall not break his word.

muil make

To make coflive.
To be obligatory.

are

When

To oblige by

and bard.

Thofe canons, or imperial conftitutions, whicli

have not been received here, do not bad.
Hale.
The promifes and bargains for truck, between
a Swifs and an Indian, in the woods of America,

faften together.
Gather ye together firft the tares, and jiWthem
in
to burn them.
Mantrw.

7.

parts together; to

of fcarlet thread in the

To

6.

BIPAHTI'TION.

own

its

If the land rife full of clots, and if

land, you

heart.

5.

(tiff

n.

<v.

contract

grow

to fix by cir-

window, which thou didtl let us down by. J'jbua.

Kc.p my commandments, and live; and my
law, as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon
thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine

4.

To

i.

BI'RCHEN.

adj. [from birch.]

birch.
His beaver'd brow a birelen garland

BIRD.

Made of
bears.

Pcft.

[bipb, or Drub, a chicken,

Saxon.]
general term for the feathered kind ; a fowl. In common talk;
,-.-./

foiul is ufed for the larger, and bird for

the fmaller kind of feathered animals.

The poor wren,

diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her lied, againft the owl. Stak,
Sh' had all the regal makings of a queen j

The mod

As holy oil, Edward confellbr's crown,

The rod and bird of peace, and all fuch emblems,
Laid nobly on her.
Sbjkefj.eare's Henry Vlll.
The HrJ of Jove ftoop'd from his airy tour,
Two tirdsof gaycd plume before him drove. Milt,
Hence men and beads the breath of life obtain,
And Hrdi of air, and menders of the main. Dryd,
.There ate fome tirds that are inhabitants of the
\v2',c: , whofc blood is cold as fiflies, and their flefli
is

fo like in tafie,

them on nih days.

To BIRD.

-v.

that the fcrupulous are allowed

Lcete.

To

[from the noun.]

n.

catch birds.
I

do invita you to-morrow morning

houfe, to breakfaft

to

my

after we'll zbirding together.

Seakt/ftant

BI'RDBOLT.
arro-iv.~[

An

be (hot at

[from bird and bolt, or

arrow, broad at the end, to

n.f.

birds.

To

be generous and of free difpofition, is to

take thofe things for tlrdbtJti that you deem can-

non

bullets.

Stall/pare.

n.f. [from bird and cage.~\

inclofure, with intcrftitial fpaces,

BI'RDCAGE.

An

made of wire

or wicker, in which birds

are kept.
Birdcages tjught
centrifugal force.

him

the pulley, and tops the

jtrrutbtmt

and Fife.

BI'RDC ATCHER. n.f. [from bird and

One that makes it his employcatch.]
ment to take birds.

poor lark entered into a miferablc expodula-

tion wiJi a birdcatcber, that had taken her in his

net.

BI'RDER. n.f.

L'Ej:

[from bird.]

bird-

catcher.

BJ'RDIKC.

.BI'RDING-PIECE. n.f. [from bird and

piece.~\ A fowling-piece ; a gun to (hoot

Who

Abhor

f. L/rom bird and

over the

But

fire.

wayfaring ihrub, will

make

it is

6.

I'm cnfnar'd

me

7.

my

Dry den.

The

Woodpecker, and other birds of this kind,

'becaufj they prey u;>on flies which
they catch with
their tongu.-, have a couple of bags filled with a
vifo^us humour, as if it were a natural birdl'mc,
or liquid

n.f. [from bird and mart.]

birdcatcher ; a fowler.
A; a fowler was bending his net, a blackbird
alked him what he was doing
why, fays he, I am
:

laying the foundations of a city

and

man drew out of fight.

BI'RDS-CHRRY.
//.]

The feamen call a due or proper diftance between (hips lying at an anchor,
Alfo the proper
or under fail, a tirth.
place on board for the meis to put their
cherts, I3c. is called the tirth of that
mefs. Alfo a convenient place to moor
a ihip in, is called a birth.
Harris.

2.

L'EJirangt.

is

my

birthday

as this very

I'll

keep

n. /.

[aracui.]

it

DiS.

DOM)

fowl

of the goofe kind.

Did.
Bi RT. n. f. A fifh, the fame with the turbot ; which fee.

BIRTH,

n.f. [beojrfS, Sax.]

aft of
coming into life.

Shake/peart' s King John.

In Spain, our fprings like old men's children be,
and
wither'd
from
their infancy;
Decay'd
No kindly (bowers fall on our barren earth,
To hatch the feafons in a timely birth. Drydtn.

2. Extraction

lineage.

Mod virtuous virgin, born of heavenly birth. Spenf.

All truth I (hall relate : nor firft can I
to be of Grecian birth
Denbam.
deny.

Myfelf

Rank which

is

inherited

He

5.

of

as kingdom, dukedom.}

by defcent.

The

Sr.j;:iil

night annually kept in

any one's

fome.

My

birthplace hate I,

BI'RTH RIGHT,

in his chariot then Halefus

came,
unhappy name. Drydtn.

Thing born ; production ufed of vegetables, as well as animals.

of

than a birthnight beau.

and

This enemy's town.

my

love's upon

of ftupidity beyond even wh:i; we have

been charged with, upon the fcorc '
uur f^nl>-

right.

The

which a

man

Unfathcr'd heirs,

do obferve
and loathly birtU of nature.

mej

for they

Stalufptan.

for

[from
rights and privileges to
is born
the right of the

Shares with thy birthright.

Shaktfpeare.
Thou haft been found
By merit, mon than birthright, Son of God. Milt.

J-'ulgar

E-rroiu*.

n.

[From

f.

epifcopus, Lat. the

of

(hall find

Partrgan.

him

Charles.

roafted, with fugar and

make

a (vmr.l>ilutp t

wine Jn a cup,

when gentlefolks

fup.

Swiff.

To BI'SHOP.

Thy blood and virtue

empire in thee, and thy goodnefs

which

well accompany 'd

reverend fathers, and well learned hi/hops,

They'll

and

confirm
church.

firft-born.

Contcn^

tifcuit,

Fine oranges,

people fear

dry

In cafe a bijhop fbould commit treafon and felony, and forieit his eftate, with his life, the ianda
of his bi/hoprick remain ftill in the church. South*
On the word iijliop, in French evcyuc, I wouli
obferve, that there is no natural connexion between
the facred office and the letters or found ; for
the fame office, trmugti
evitjue, and bijbop, fignify
thrre is not one letter alike in them. tVaHt's Log.

Well

Siuift.

tirth

eating

and ftrorg friclions four or five

Arbutbnot on /);<.'

Brown's

n. f.

drinks,

thirft,

BI'SHOP. n.f. A cant word for a mixture of wine, oranges, and fugar.

Shaiefpiare.

A degree

no

K.

n. f.
[from birth and'
Place where any one is born.

place.}

in which

foe by birth to
Troy's

glitt'ring

Knollfs't Uijiiry.

have been cured of droplics by abfti-

Their zealous fuperftition thinks, or pretend*,

thev cannot do God a greater fcrvice, than to deftroy the primitive, apoitolical, and anciently univerfal government of the church by bilhips.

BI'RTHPLACE.

ptace and climate.

The condition or circumftances

any man is born.

With

birth.

youth more

the (hips, efpecially in the

Ay life's

born.

memory

long voy-

was grown hoary, and unwhcle-

gailies,

You

angclick fong in Bethlehem field,

thy birtbnigbt, that fung the S.ivlour born.
Paradije Regained.

The

2.

for

[from birth and

is

baked

an overfeer, or fuperintendant,
i
bijhop
Chriltian church.
religious matters in the

Privilege

night on which any one

it is

ages four times.

The tifcuit allb in

Saxons formed brpcop, which was afterwards foftened into bijhop.} One of the
head order of the clergy.

Th'

On

carried to fea

BI'SHOP.

night. }^
1.

doth object, I am too great of birth. Stall.

Be j uft in all you fay and all you do ;
Whatever be your birth, you're lure to be
A prrr of the firft magnitude to me.
Dryltn.

The

1.

faft

n.f.

and

geometrical term, fignifying the dirifion of any quantity into two equal parts.

Let us rather
the mortal fword ; and, like good men,
Beftride our down fain birtbdonu
Shaktfpeare.

Hold

n.f. {frorn bis, twice, Lat.

baked, Fr.]
kind of hard dry bread, made to be

cuit,

equal paits.

birth.

BI'RTHNICHT.

But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear

boy,
Nature and fortune join'd to make thee great.

High

BI'SCUIT.

BISE'CTION. n.f. [from the verb.]

think, printed in Shakefpearc, birthdoom.

It is derived from birth and dam (fee

plant.

marmalade,

flour, fugar,

A compofition of fine flour, almonds,

and fugar, made by die confectioners.
To BISE'CT. -v. a. [from binus undjeca,
to cut, Lat.] To divide into two parts.
The rational horilbn bijctletb the globe into two

day

and

made of

eggs, Cff.

times a-day.

Sbakefpeare.
I'i'thday,

2.

of the year in which any one

was born, annually obferved.
This

[from birth and ivort

n.f.

fuppofe from a quality of battening'

delivery. Arijlokchia, Lat.] The name
of a plant.
BI'SCOTIN. n.f. [French.] A confec-

creates

The day

Was Camus born.

They tell me 'tis my

n.f. \_padus Theophraf-

BI'RDSTONCUE. n.f. An herb.

BI'RCANDER. n.f. [c&eria/ojiex.]

BI'RTHWORT.

nence from

Exhaling Srft from darknefs, they beheld,

Milton.
Birthday of heaver! and earth.

plan*.

JBI'RDSTARES.

4.

birtkjit angled babe,

Ditch-deliver'd by a drab. Shjlefpeere'i Macletf:

light,

fo the bird-

being born.

Finger of

Many

'

3.

in

birth

[from

adj.

Strangled or fuffocated

ftrangle.~\

tion

The

and

Milton.

fled to felicity.

With double pomp of fadnefs

BI'RDSEYE. a. f. [adonis, Lat.] The
'Tis what the day defervrs, which gave me-breath.
name of a plant.
Drydtn.
BI'RDSKOOT. n.f. [crnithopodium, Lat.]
Your country dames,
The name of a plant.
cloaths
Whofe
Prior.
returning birthday claims.
BI'RDSNEST. n.f. An herb.
Difl. BI'RTHDOM. n.f. [This is erroneoufly, I

1.

Addifon.

BI'RTHDAY. n.f. [from tirth and day.]

any one is born.
A 1. The day on which
Orient

BI'RDMAN.

confound governments.

refift, is to

BIRTH STRANGLED,

Grew.

loft

Syrian ihepherdefs

Through pangs

round, and glues

Add-on.
forth.

bringing

fair

till

Who, after years of bnrrennefs,

The highly favour'd Jcfeph bore
To him that ferv'd for her before;
And at her next birth, much like thee,

is

lime of the bark of

Heav'n's birdlime wraps

acl of

That

i.

birth,

bafer.efs in this breaft I find,

the birthright of my mind. Dryditl.

To fay that liberty and property are the birtbbut that, if a prince
rigit of the Englifh nation,
invades them by illegal methods, we muft upon
I have not

no pretence

able to fhift for itftlf.

The

i'j-d!irr.e.

of fo vifcous a juice, as they make birdit.

Bacon's Natural Hi/lory
With ftores of gather'd glue contrive
To ftop the vents aud crannies of their hive, j
Not t>irdntne. 01 Idsan pitch, produce
more tenacious mafs of clammy juice. Drydtn.

Holly

Others hatch their eggs, and tend the

it

very good

While no

Blackmore-

(beam, ti!l-n j motes appear, and put up to ferment,

and fcumrne;?, aiid then laid up forul'e; ar which
oil,

Ottcay*

Walli
Produce before, to grace the earth.
His eld.-ft tirth
Flies, mark'd by heav'n, a fugitive o'er earth. Prior.
The vallies fmile, and with their flow'ry face,
And wealthy births, confefs the flood's embrace.

cannot quit the claim,

of my pafiion.

firft, I

will preferve the lirtbrigbt

of themfclves

She, for this many thoufand years,

to have praftis'd with much care
To frame the race of woman fair ;
Yet never could a perfeft birth

lime.']

a third part of nut

the bark of our lantonc, or

to join

Seems

glutinous fubftance, which is fpread

npon twigs, by which the birds that
light upon them are entangled.
Birdlime is made of the bark of holly
they
pound it into a. tough parte, tlm no fibres of the
wood be left; then it is warned in a running

time they incorporate with

But

and, by imprudence mix'd,

Produce prodigious births of body or mind. Milt.

There they
creep up into the chimney.
always ufe to difcharge their bird.r.g-p'uccs j cr:ej
into the kill hole.
Shutcfpiart.
I'll

her

I lov'J

poets are far rarer births than kings,

Ben Jonfon.
noblcft father prov'd.

That

Your

birds with.

.BI'RDLIME.

BIS

<v.

to

a. [from the noun.] To

admit folemnly into the

They are prophane, impcrfcfl, oh too bad,

Donne.
Except confirm'd and bijhiped by thee.
!

'

JI'SHOPRICK.

The

n.f.

diocefe of a

[bifcoppice, Saxon. J
diltrift over

bimop j the

B b 2

B
which the

B
of a bimop ex-

jurifdicYion

it will be fit, that, bjr the. kind's fjprem- power

in caul'es ecclcfiaftical, they be luburdinatc under
fume bilhop, and bijkvprick, of this realm.

Bacwii Advice
virtuous

man

good

to

VUl.tri.

does

We

jiddifa't Sfctlatar.
Thole pallors had epilcopal oidinari
in
the
and
were fonietimes
church,
preferments
promoted to bijbifricks thenifelves.
Swift's Sentiment*
England Afiln.

The

And,

JIT.

The fame

as marcajste

There
for the

made,
BISSE'XTILE.

tilt.

cafion of

biffextile,

and this was the oc-

or leap year.

Erovin.

Towards the latter end of February

is
theij^i
or intercalar day ; called
bifftxtile, bccaufc the
Cxth of the calends of March is twice repeated.
tilt

Haider an Time.

Blind.

But who, oh

who hath feen the mobled queen

barefoot up and down, threit'ning the flames

Run

With biffan rheum ?

What harm can your
of this character

O'lt

BI'STRE.

Spanifh Weft Indian filver coin, valued at fevenpence halfpenny.

bit the better or ivorfe. In the fmalleft
4.
degree.
There are few that know all the tricks of theft

To BIT.

fee.

BI'STOURY.

n. /.

[bijiouri,

Fr.]

edge on the

infide.

Bisu Lcous.a^r.

1 .

And

To

.r

tifalcous,

as,

and in place of, her puppies.

bit,

a.

pret. I tit

or bitten, [bitan, Saxon.]

or pierce with the teeth.

My

my

Sbaiifj cure.
as thefe,
Like rats, nft bile the holy cords in twain,
'!',>> intricate t' unloofe.

SLaktffcare
Thefe arc the youths that thunder at a playand
for
bitten
Si,.
houfe,
fight
apples.
He falls j his arms upnn the body founJ,
'

with his bloody teeth he

There

w.is htcly a

who

has

bites

4.

\.

He

Ernur

[birol,

teeth as if they

2.

To

bitf off

my

man

be ne'er fo wife,
be caught with fober lies

.1:

oaikers are no

He

is fo
;

ar.d

lijjlit,

call a bite.

Swift.

be a bold

3.

biters.

Camden.

take the bait.

bold, that h w.il invade one of his own

you may therefore ealily believe him to

tittr.

biter is

Walttn.

a deceiver.
one who tells you

tricker

thing you have no

reafon todilbelieve in icfelf, and

perhaps has given
.!eve it
you, bef're he bit you, nor:
for his faying it j and, if you give him
credit,
laughs in your face, and triumph,
deceived you.
He is one who thinly ; :..i a fool,
becaule you do not think him a knav;.
.

BI'TTACLE.

Kjiffutar.

frame of timber in
the fteerage of a fhip, where the compafs

is

f.

DiS,

placed.

BI'TTEN. partidp. pn/. [from To

bite;.

which fee.]
IJI'TTER. adj. [bitep, Saxon.]
1.

Having a hot,
wormwood.

acrid, biting tafte, like

Bitttr tilings arc apt rather ti kill than

DryJn

putrefaction.

tit to tin

engender

Baetafs Natural

Hiflory.
in a ferer
Though
ih"uic), fr ,-m
have a titter talte, which, at another ti.,
duces a fwect one, yet the idrj of ii t.-r, in that

man

man's mind, would be as diftii.ct from ;hj idea

of fwcct, as if he had talhd only gall.
Luke.

nofe.

Arbusbnct andftfe'i Mart, Scrib

give paia by cold.

low and

in

that bites.

kind

now

would

A fi(h apt to

indeed recovered.
Ta:ltr
Their foul mo'-.ths have not opened their lip
(howcd thei
without a farfity ; thou

bone,

a fraud

(harper ; one who commits frauds.

BI'TER. n.f. [from bite.~\

the ground.

young gentleman

a trick

For, take it in its proper

*Tis juft what coxcombs

fire.

Such fmiling rogues

as other
HJa/cstts animals.

Sa.von.] Signifies th
whole machine of all the Lo:i .ippuite
nances of a bridle, as the bit-mouth, th

L-

very enemy's dog,

he had bit me, fhould have ftood that night

Though

And

cheat

He may

To crulh,
Againft

Wa'tc*.

vulgar language.

Lickc.

part. paff.

n. f.

tile-

3.

2.

name of reproach

have
1.

yet being

Jirewn's Vulgar

BIT.

To BITE. v.

and inly clovenfootcd, are farrowed will

open eyes,

aft of a fifh that takes the bait.

have known a very good fifher angle
diligently
four or fix hours for a river cap, and not have a

wolf fuck did yield

for a wonun.
Him you'll call a dog, and her a bitch.
Pafc.
John had not run a madding fo long, had it no;
been for an extravagant bitch of a wife. Arl-utbmt.

Chambers
Cloven

multipass,

at his fee: a titeb

two young babes.

much
2.

\bifulcus, Lat.]

the fwine, although

as the

indented on the

Sfenfir.
I have been credibly informed, that a bitch will
nurfe, play with, and be fond of young foxes, as

footed.

fears

Drydtn's 1'irgifs Georgitks.

The

put

wolf, the dog, the fox, the otter.

fur

gcon's inftrument, ufed in making inci

fions, of which there are three forts ; the
blade of the firft turns like that of a Ian
cet ; but the ftraight ^//?or^ has the blade
fixed in the handle ; the crooked
bijioury
is ftiaped like a half moon,
having the

<v. a.

BITCH, n. f. [brcje, Saxon.]

The female of the canine kind

Trewux
The name

BI'STORT. ./ \biftorta, Lat.]

of a plant, called alfo fnakeiueed'; which

To

[from the noun.]

the bridle upon a horfe.

their defigns.

2.

for

and

bite,

ftocks.

aught 1 can fee, your cafe is not a bit

clearer than it was fevcn years ago.
jirbutbnot.

conlpectuitics glean

colour made
of chimney foot boiled, and then diluted
with water ; ufed by painters in warning

Their vcnom'd

Sbakeff care's Ccriolanus.

[French.]

./.

everlafting

Swift.

[from the verb.]

n. f.

burnings, or arm himfelf againft the tilts of the

never-dying worm ?
Soutt.
Nord'ogdays parching heat, that fplits the rocks,
Is half fo harmful. as the
greedy fl >cks ;

to grant a patent, for

of copper, to every fubject he

bits

feizure of any
thing by the teeth.
Does he think he can endure the

His majefty has power

lawyers

as

The

1.

clap four fiices of pilafter on*t,

lac'd with bits of rultick, makes a front.

itamping round
hath.

Sbjkej'feart's U.imL-t.
biffin

Dryden,

tafe.

3.

may

BITE.

He bought at thoufands, what with better wit

You purchafe as you want, and bit by bit. Pcj*c,

BI'SSON. adj. [derived by Skinner from by

and/*.]

lard

Then

intercalated.

had prepared,

fav'ry bit, that ferv'd to relifh wine.

That,

n. f.

time, deprave the compute

piece of any thing.

fmoaking

with an acrid

as an Indian
lay,
honcft factor ftoie a gem
away :
He plcdg'd it to the knight ; the knight had wit,
So kep t the diamond, a;:d the rogue was bit. Pjtt.
If you had allowed half the fine
gentlemen to
have converfed with you, they would have been
ftrnngely bit, whiL- they thought only to fall in
love with a fair lady.
f^te.

L 'EflratJge,

to the table fent the

SL-atrJfcart.

An

they put in their bellies.

this the boiling kettle

By

And

fan'

bitir.g

(kip.

phrafe.
Afkep and naked

climb-

j&butbntf.

A fmall

an artificial Hjmuth
mops, of tin.
Quincy.

year of the fun confifteth of three hundred and fixty-five days and fix hours, wanting
eleven minutes ; which fix hours omitted, will, in

bit

ftill

pon,

z.

is

The

troublefome to be

Rojcctnm.w,

be the firft wat?r will have more of the

more f.-agiai-: and the fecond more of
the tafte, as more bitter, or
Bit-.n,
biting.
6. To cheat ; to trick ; to defraud : a low
It

John was the darling ; he had all tbe good bits,

was crammed with good pullet, chicken, and ca-

is

it

bites.

tafte.

Sbakefpcarc.

The mice found

[from bis and fcxtilis,

Lat.] Leap year the year in which the
day, arifmg from fix odd hours in each
year,

and peafants

This night engluttcd

Sbaktffearc.
Follow your function, go and batten un coU

ing the oak for every

white, brittle, mineral fubftance, of a metalline nature, found at

Mifnia ; fuppofed to be a recrementitious matter thrown off in the formation of tin.
Some efteem it a metal //
generis ; though it ufually contains feme

flaves

my good

would have made them

fcent,

have

one inftrufts, another

to wound.

To make the mouth fmart

5.

mouth

cut

I've feen t'ne

day, with
I

:tbcr,

poet with a diff'rent U.tnt writes;

praifes,

To

4.

than the winds. MJif.

put into the

is

How many prodigal bin

a hard,

filver.

as

i>takr,fcarr.

hurt or pain with reproach.

Eeh
One

to the reftraint

fleeter

bite. ]

[from

To

rillingfleet.

at once.

K.r.g.

n. f.

n. f.

and

As much meat

See BISCUIT.

BI'SMUTH.

.S

I finite.

Rctoe ') dr.

Sbaktffeart.

tits,

fhrinkwith coW,

till I

Full fi/ty years, harncfs'd in rugged flee.,

I have cnJur'd the
biting winter's Waft,
And the feverer heats of parching fummrr.
3.

between his teeth, and away he

bit

Unus'd

Talks of no pyramids, or fowls, or lifts of fifh,

But hungry fups his cream ferv'd up in earthen

BI'SKBT.

and moft hiring fa\vs,

and curbs of headftrong Iteeds.

bits

hath the

feel we the
Icy phang,
chiding, of the winter's win^j
itbitei anJ
| my bcdv,

Kidney.

frridt ftatutes,

Of curbs and

who

difli.

Even

their

refiefli

fomething

the grafs.

runs.

in a foreft rides aftray,

weary, to fomc cottage finds the way,

prince,

have

needful

He

might

they

months upon

neither to pcrflii in refuting,

ofadunb of
Bl'sHOPSWEFD. n. /. [ammi, Lat.] The
name of a plant.
BISK. n. f. [bifque, Fr.] Soup; broth
made by boiling fevcral forts of fleflj.

that

tit,

Jhould reject marriage, as a

I would adviie
b.jboprick ; but

Here

And churhih
Which when

bit-mouth in particular Farrier's Di8.

They light from their horfes, pulling oft their

woman
a

branches, the curb, the fevil holes, the

tranchefi!, and the crofs chains ; but
fometimes it is ufed to fignify only the

tends.

2.

Sharp

cruel

fevere.
FricnJs

now

Friends

B
and

fafr.

fwora,
Unfeparab!e, ftui: within this hour,
On 3 diir-nfioa of adoit, bieak out
tot'arereft enmity.
Stahffjrt.
Hu(ba.-,,.,, love your wives, and be
tS*Colo/uins.
rtofGod, inf ad of a titter, teacti, us
* c 1'

4. Satire;

they_

Sfrar,

and

,d will
r
;

I,

Stat.

They

TtarJgreft, ineritafal]

>o

kn

for

i.ce:

my

engcan;e for

of
with

d.>n.,t-r,

(hall be in
bitlcrncfs for
tlrttrtefi ror his fir!l-born

'

And
5.

(hun tht

si

cU't,

And,

md

and

about the Iky.

Drydir.
fatirical.
wlitei

-tds, let 's

is

li.;':.

him

b ve n unto
.

,ji

that

is

is

biltir

there are bitter words, ;here are

i

a bitter taile.
2. In a bitter manner

BI'TTERWORT.

Lat.]

That my

Lat.]

ca-

And,

halt thou
paid, and dill

Sharply

Bi'TTERN../[^/ar,

the er-

matter dug

bird with

long legs, and a long bill, which feeds

upon fifh ; remarkable Tor the noife which
he makes,
See
ufually called bumping.

BlTTOUR.

Thepoorri.h l.ave enemies enough, befides fuch

unnatural fiflicrmen as otters, the
cormorant, and
the intern.
Walton.
bittirn

knows

ration

W ith

fait.

Qtincy.

BI'TTERMESS.
\.

n.f. [from bitter.'}

bitter tafle.

The
mind,

Malice

tn

produce

it thrrr.

grudge

hatred

bittermf,

implacabi-

and animofity betwe

^,
3.

Sharpncfs

n the
that 4 great part of the

comarmy

feverity of temper.

oil,

and

is a
is

La't . ]

Crrw

h,^

tongue blaln, then

to tell tales.
be ;
mine eyes not fee.

let

The fccrct man heareth many confefilons ; for

who will open himfelf to a blab, or babbler ? Bacon.

To
Secrets of

foluble in water.

yield)

Naph.hi, which wa,

the-

as publick

lake, where Sodom .1am

d.

to

difcharge their feeds, as

Hvabe)

/J_

more titurr J< and fjuniefs than

formerly,

f .cas.

loofe the (hell of fomr- for-

larger than cr.uld be int>

WM

n.f.

An

herb.

BI.A'DBER LIPPED.

Swift.
taller ; a

To whiftle

to

a horfe.

Skinticr.

SeeBLOB-

BERLIPPED.

BLACK, adj. [blac, Saxon.]

Of the colour of night.
1 .

In the twilight in the

evening, in the Hack and
dark night.
Prwcrts.
Ariftotle has problems which
enquire why the
fui makes man black, and not the
fire.; why it
whirls wax, yet blacks the (kin ?
Brown.
2.

Dark.
The heaven
and there

3.

4.

wa-,

was black with clouds and wind,

.1

^rcat rain.

Cloudy of countenance
Lo

jj;

BI'XWORT.

L'EJIrangc.

Skinner.

d^ur,i.

rvA LVI/LAR.
adj. [from ti-valw.] HavUJg two valvt:.
a

I'll

privacy

telltale.

adj. [from tiaut and wlv*,

Lat.] Having two valves or mutters
a
term ufed of thofe fiih that have two

fhells
asoy'r-rs; and of thofe plants
Whofe feed pods
open (heir whole length,

n.f. [from blab.]

To ELA'BBER. f.

Milton.

B.VA LVE.

make

acquaintance.

BLA'BBER.

tkaunveut mortarufed

RTilton.

a very inquifitive
body,

a blab, and one that (hall

as a proclamation.

I (hould have
gone about fliewing my letters,
under the charge of
fecrecy, to every blab of my

Woodward.

in the walls of.

Babylon, grow, ta an entire and
very hard matter, like a (tone.
Sana.
i he
fair
to fight, like that which
fruitage
grew

man,

Whoever (hews me
(hew him

Drydtn.
fin-,

have reveal'd

the fecrets of a friend,

Contempt and (corn of all, to be excluded
All friendihip, and avoided as a tlab.

Savory.

littimn cad between.

n.f. [from the verb.]

telltale;
thoughtlefs babbler ; a treacherous

betrayer of fecrets.

glutinous

..

of

Sbaktfp.
tn

I'll

'

thvmcn mingled with lime,

'",

Md

tattle

Kbaktffiart.

[Irom biiuminJ} Having the nature and qualities of bitumen ;

compounded of bitumen.

th

To

BLAB.

m&SZl

A'hi

body that readily takes

iies

foriiws have fo overwhelm 'd his wits

n.

<v.

When my

lity.

The

fulphur an

wear UuUJaUmun,

idea of whitrncfi, or
kitttrrtfi, is in the
exaflly aniwering that power which is in

any body
a.

an

n. /.

cfEpfom

eloquence,
torn from forth that
Shalt.
pretty hollow cage.

Your mute

Drydtn.

id put undei
water, will make as it were an artificial rock, the fublta::ce
becomelh fo ha.d. Bacon.
he fabrick feem'd a work of
Jl
rifing ground,

fbamfcn.

[from Litter.] A very

bitter
liquor, which drains oft in making
of common (alt, and u!ed in the
prepa-

t/
out

It is reported, that

Buumin

his time, with bill

injulpht,

ke the founding marlh.

BI'TTERN.

I tell.

as to ferve for mortar.

So that fcarce

The

a reed,

iake, (he fiid,

of the earth, or fcummed off lakes, as the

Afphaltis in Juda=a, of various kinds : fome fo hard as
to be ufed for coals
others fo
;

Sfrat.

Fr.]

bumps within

thefe
daean pitch,
quick ful,hur, filver's fpume,
l
an
aC

BITU1vIEN!
bitterly

ne,

Is

Mix wi;h

Milton.

;
feverely.
His behaviour ii not to cenfure
rours of their zeal.

Nor blab it on the lonely rocks,

Where eclio fits, and lift'ning mocks.
Swift.
z. To tell : in a
good fenfe : not ufed.
That delightful engine of her thoughts,
That blakb'd them with fuch pleafirtg

See

Sbakrffurt.
art paying

rigiJ fcorc.

as a bitttur

thtre al

Sti/lingfcit.

Nor whifpcr to the tattling reeds

The blackeil of all female deeds ;

To BLAB.

TU ME. n.j. [from

bitumen.] Bitumen.
BITUMEN.

aded with ray tears,

moved therev.

lively

pui.r miftrefs,

'.y

foreheads blab the fecrets of our heart.

Dryd.
unlawful to give any kind of religious wor(hip to a creature ; but the very indices of the
fathers cannot efcape the indtx
exfurgatortus, (ot
Halting fo great a truth.

but

Hudiltras.
art,

It is

commonly

her head

rafh folly blab it.

Our

mean.

BITTERN)

Milton.

Sorrow nor joy can be difguis'd by

[iutour, Vr.ardeaftellaris,
name of a bird,

The

own

Unlefs his

[gentiaaa,^.] An

n.f.

perhaps as properly bittour.

Then to the water's brinl; (he hid
;

her cabin'd loophole

peep.

Nature has made man's breafts no w'mdores,

To publifli what he does within doors ;
Nor what dark fecrets there inhabit,

Lat./'!

[ervum,

called the bittern

(fee

forrowfully

That

From

BI'TTOUR.B./.

To

I lo

herb.

la.mitoi.fly.

Wt

Pep,.

plant.

i';ft,

Waits' sLogttk.

BI'TTERVETCH.

With

gaudy, blabbing, and remorfefu! day

crept into the bofom of the fea.
Sbalteffeare.
Thy dues be done, and none left out,
Ere the
blabbing eaftern fcout,
The nice morn on the Indian deep,

taiieof fweet and bitter.

what

The

ir.

Jj,,

BI'TTERCOUS D. n.f. [cclocyxtbts,

The name ot a plant.
BI'TTERLY. adv. [from bitter.]
1

compound

a. [llalheren,
Dutch.]
to be kept fecret

what ought

tell

Is

I:;

there

d a iii-cr

a.

Htttrfma,

..':'.-

liii.i.

Zecb.

It is but a
bitttrjiuta at beft, and the fi e Co
lours ot the
ferpent do by no means make ameno
f..r the fmar; a;-.J
poifon of his (ling.
South.
V> hrn I
exprefs the tafte of an apple, which we
call the
none can miltake

Sbakfjt.cj-t

"

wormwood,

has

afflicted.

life u

is

of fou!, dcpior'd
and my dearer lord.

To

ufually implies rather thoughtleflhef*

than treachery ; but
may be ufed in
either fenfe.

TTtRswEET. n.f. [from bitter and

facet.} The name of an apple, which

fly,

7. In any manner unpleafing or hurtful.

"

rntfs

abll-nt Daughter,

yet called a bixaniine,

is

it

Wherefore
y,

w'uh me,

in the ^rej-;

M.
Mournful

^y
Bi

borders

Sharp; repro.cnfal;
<.

6.

i'.e

Wake.

..,,_

it

To BLAB,

SbaMftare.
him, as one mourned,

:,..,.'

fjn. Drydcn.

clement.

i..

affliaion.

and

..ite,

for

days

which anciently was a piece of

gold
coined by the emperours of Conftantin p!e.
Camden.

between fahncfs

pleal'ures, as they call rhem,

their natuics,
wh]c!j begin in fin, are carried -in

'-'

4. Pai::lul

val

Moil paifuc the

Milton.

(halt die.

mourn

(hall

0:1,

y K:I,,
as or.e that is in

<.v,

m. lUc c=mr.

eat'u ch.veof,

hi,

to.'

fpelt

upon high

afleep, except
to the quick

p ai

Trance, hoping :he confequence

ve as batir, bL.
Kal. Slaiefp.
th.; b.

to find the difference

And jhu.i
The day th
1

my end.

to

di.e ij.ducViur

byxantine ; from Byzantium.]

great
piece of gold valued at fifteen pound,
which the king offereth
fefli-

T;:ere apjjcars much

joy in him, even fo much,
that joy could not (how itfclf mo.ief.
enough, without a bad-e of kit:-

Cc *

have been

Sorrow; vexation;

5.

to leave

their wits

fomewhat piquant, and

bitternefs.

miferable.

whom

dart out

men ought

BI'ZANTINE. n.f. [more properly

keennefs of re-

piquancy;

L A

B
commifClarion.

proach.
Some think

'

referred towards the

king's

'-f-

Calamitous
-

more

ne

fi

'

3.

v?ere

Kings,

fullen.

of half my train;
<k',i bl'.tk

Horrible
:

i,"j

upon me.
;

wicked

Sbakcffcare.
;

country never muit be freed,

Or I c fer.ri ng to lo bhck
5. Diimal ; mournful.
-:

atrocious.
a deed.

DryJtn.

A dire

L A

B
A
V.

ill

I witnefs to

will to France, hoping the confluence

prote as bitter, black, and tragical.
Sbakefp.

6. Black and

im

dire induction

And

B L

The

blue.

colour of a bruife

(tripe.

Milliefs Ford, good heart, it beaten Mack and

blue, that you cannot fee a white fpot about her.
Sbakefpeare'i Merry Wrves of Ifmdfor.
And,wing'd with fpeed and fury, flew
To icfcue knight from black and blue. Huditrai.

BLACK-BROWED,

difmal ; .threatening.
;
Come, gentle night ; come, loving, btack-brtrw''d
night,

Give me my Romeo.
Shaltfpearc,
Thus when a black-brovt'd gull begins to rife,
White foam at firft on the curl'd ocean fries,
main, the billows mount the

roars the

fire.

name of a

Addtjsn.

plexion ; a negro.
They are no more afraid of

n./.[tamuuj,La.t.]
n. f.

Oxen,

bulls,

and

.The other

part of the grazier's bufinefs is what

produces hides, tallow, and

call thick-cattle,

beef, for exportation.

n. f.

and what we

call

mould.

Then

How
And

much

ufed for pencils

not fufible

it is

firft

and put

fart into quills, for

draught.

BLACK-MAIL,

n.f.

A certain

rate of

mo-

by them protected from the danger

fuch as ufually rob or Heal.

ol

Covtell.

BLACK-PUDDING,
putlding.]

n.f. [from black anc

kind of food made of bloxx

Through they were lin'd with many a

Ol ammunition bread and cheefc,

And

piece

blaik-fudilings, proper food

fat

For warriours that delight in blood.

BLACK- ROD. K. f. [from black

The
To BLA'CK EN. <v. a. [from black.]
1 . To make of a black colour.

To

2.

liament.
T.

3.

To

and

rod.

r. f.

Part of

lord.

Drydn

blackamoor.
3.
.4, ,That part of the eye which
which

is

that

is

black.

be in every part of the ai

as big js the tlaik or fight of the eye.

it all

with the floe.

is a fpecies.

body which contains

it.

Ray.
filled

with wind, to which

Spenfer.
bladder but moderately filled with air, and
ftrongly tied, being held near the fire, grew exceeding turgid and hard ; kut being brought nearer
to the fire, it fuddenly broke, with fo loud a noife

as

made us
It

3.

for a while after almoft deaf.

ufual

is

for

thofe,

black, or

At

[from

far

beyond

my

depth:

my

highblown pride

length broke under me.

4.

blifter

Lat.]

Sbakiffeart,

a puftuleu

BLADDER-NUT,

n. f.

[jlapbjlo dendron,

plant.

BLADDER-SENA, n. f. [colutea,
name of a plant.

Lat.]

n. f.
[blsb, bleb, Sax. bled,
Fr.] The fpire of grafs before it grows
to feed ; the green moots of corn which
This feems to me
rife from the feed.
the primitive fignification of the word

the

Somewhai

from which, I believe, the blade

;
of a fword was firil named, becaufe of
its fimilitude in fhape ; and, from the
blade of a fword, that of other weapons
bladt

or tools.
There is hardly found a plant that
red juice in the blade or ear, except
that beareth_/flnu;j draconls*

it

yielrieth

be the tree

Bacon*

Send

Ths
Ir

in the feeding flocks betimes, t' invade

riling bulk of the luxuriant blade.
Diydcn.

we were

able to dive into her iecrft recedes,

we mould

mod

blactt.]

find that the linallefl blade of grafs, or

contemptible weed, has its particular ufe.

Black colour,

Swift.

a difpofition to abforb, or ftiflc

moft of the rays of every fo
Lock,
that fall on the bodies.
There would emerge one or more very blacl

Jllncknefi is only
without reflection,

other fpots of
fpots, and, within thole,

an intcnle

Ne-Ktm

Ibckncfs.
His tongue, his prating tongue, had chang'd hi
quite

footy blacknrfi

The

BLADE,

land of Chus makes no part of Africa

nor is it the habitation of blaekmoors ; but thj
and Stony
country of Arabia, efpccially the Happy
Bn.ivn's Vulgar Etrours
More to welt
The realm of Bacchus to the blackmoor fea. Mtlten

To

to

I have ventur*d,
Like little wanton boys that fwim on bladders,
Thefe many fummers in a fea of glory,

negro.

it

Boyle.

that learn

bladders.

the year continues in the form of a

Style

n.f.

[from black and

See

f.

allufions are frequently made.

That huge great body which t!ie giant bore
Was vanquifh'd quite, and of that monftrous mafs
Was nothing left, but like an empty bladder was.

The

BLA'CKNESS.

veffel in the

It is often

z.

Drydcr,

adj. \fron\black.}

oil.

r..

The fame

The bladder (hould be made of a membranous

fubftance, and extremely dilatable, for receiving
and containing the urine till an opportunity of

BLA'CK MOOR.*./ [from black and Moor.'

i.

Rife,.wretched widow, rife; .nor, undeplor'd,

Permit my ghoft to pafs the Stygian ford :
But rife, prepar'd in blatk to mourn thy pcriuV

That

black.

is

Mourning.

It fufiices

To grow

ground.

blackijh

tail.}

the urine.

But

hollow found
Sung in the leaves, the foreft (hook around,
Air b'.acken'ci, roll'd the thunder, grc-an'd

BLA'CKISH.

and

Dutch.]
.

The

the badge of hell,

The buepf <lungcp.-.$, and the fcowl of night. Sbak
Fur the production of black, the corpufcles mu:

Z.

n.

black

a kind of perch, by fome called

Diet.
or popei.
See POPE.
;

fwim, to fupport themfelves with blowa

South.

-v.

fo

PLUM, of which it
ILA'DDER. n.f. [blabbj-.e, Saxon; blader,

to cloud.

proaching trial.
The morals blacken d, when the writings 'fcape,
The libell'd perfon, and thepiftur'd fliape. Pofe

[from the adjeftive.]

than any of thofe which exhibit colours.

niffs,

defame, or make infamous.

To BLA'CK EN.

Let us blacken him what we can, faid that mifcreant Harrifon of the blelled king, upon the wordhis aping and drawing up his charge againft

black colour.

lefs

fifh

ILA'CKTHORN.

That little cloud that appeared at firft to Elijah's

fervant no bigger than a man's hand, but prefently
after grew, and fpread, and blackened the lace ot
South.
the whole heaven.

Covell

Black

be

darken

Hudibras

ufher belonging 10 the order of thi

garter ; fo called from the black rod hi
carries in his hand. He is of the king'
chamber, and likewife ufher of the par

Swift.

Blefs'd by afpir'mg winds, he finds the ftrand

Prior.
Blackened by crowds.
While the long fun'rals blackis all the way. Pop e,

The

BL.ACK.

fchoolboy ran unto't, and thought

crib was down, the blackbird caught.

dark.

and grain.

ILA'CKTAIL. n.f, [from

emptying
bird.~\

Carew.

your rude anc

Peacbam.

ney, corn, cattle, er other confideration

paid to men allied with robbers, to be

and

and

black

be impoflible for the klackfirith to make them fo

a way
faft, but a cat and a whoremifler will find
ttefJater.
through them.

Stfkc/ptare.
fad he fung the Children in the Wood ;

n.f. [from black

of a bird.

[from

Thetlactfmitb may forge what he pleafes. Umoel.

Shut up thy doors with bars and bolti ; it will

that
crafty fncering rafcals,

Of fiuging birds, they have linnets, goldfinches, blackbirds, thruflies, and divers others.

cr not without a very great heat.

.You muft firft get your black-lead fharpenec
finely,

of the

fruit

fmith that works in iron

fmhh.~[
called from being very fmutty,

blackberries they pluck'd in defarts wild,

fearlefs at theglittcring faulchion fmH'd.Gay.

The name

black andleaJ.]
the lead-mines,

found in

mineral

nefs.

LA'CKSMITH.

thorn.}

The

SLA'CKBIRD.

BLACK-LEAD, n.f. [from

n.f.

mnufc-caten cheefeNeftor, and that fame

dog-fox Ulyfl'es, is not proved worth a blackberry.

adj.

Let a black-guard boy be always about the

haufe, to fend on your errands, and go to market
for you on rainy days.
Szvift.

His faults in him fcem as the fpots of heaVn,

More fiery by night's blacknefs.
Sbaktjfeare,
Atrociouihefs ; horriblenefs ; wicked-

ftale old

Woodward.

[from black and

guard.] A cant word amongft the vulgar ; by which is implied a dirty fellow ; of the meaneft kind.

Lacte.

Darknefs.

fpecies of bramble.

bramble.
The policy of thefe

BLACK-EARTH,

BLACK-GUARD,

a blackwire, or a

a nurfe or a cat.

BLA'C* BERRY,

Stvift.

It is every where
obvious on the furface of the ground,

than of

LA'CKBERRIED Heath. [eMpetrum,Lz.\..]

The name of a plant.
JLA'CKBERRY Bujb. n.f. [rubus, Lat.]

The

cows.

we

lion,

plant.

BLACK-CATTLE,

Beyle.

Then in his fury black' d the ravn o'er,

And bid him p:ate in his white plumes no jimore.
i ff

flues

Drydcn,

BLACK-BRYONY.

To

not only the

Blacking over the paper with ink,
ink would be quickly dried up, but the paper,
that 1 Could not burn before, we quickly fet on

my

Then

noun.]

BLA'CKAMOOR. n. f. {from black and

and
black comMoor.~\ Atnan by nature of a

adj.

L A

BLACK, v. a. [from the

make black ; to. blacken.

[from black
Having black eyebrows ; gloo-

bro*u>.~\

from the

purcft white, dddijon

Hung on every fpray, on every blsdc

Of guls, the myriad dewdvops twinkie

round.

BLADE. / \blatte, Germ, blad, Dutch. ]

The fharp or ftriking part of a weapon
.

i .

or inftrumen:, diftinct from the handle.

It is ulually taken for a weapon, and fo

called probably from the likenefs of a

fword

B L

It

many;

is

UDOn

commonly applied

to the knife.
fought all :oui:d about, his thirity Made
To bathe in blood of faithlefs
enemv. Fairy U
She knew the virtue of her
blade', nor would
Pollute her fabre
y, 0(i .

He

fword, wnofe blade of brafs-dilp|.,ys

ruddy gleam, whofe hilt a filver blaze.
f^..
brilk man, either fierce or

So we fay

contempt.

mettle for

You'll find
yourfelf miftaken, Sir, if you'll
take upon you to
judge of thefe blades by'their
garbs, kka, and outward
appearance. L'Egraare
Then, turning ab -ut to the
hangman, he faTd,
J
Mlpttc& me,- pn'thee, this troublcfome blade.

r or

IT. a.

furnilh or

BLA'DED.

th

Havin"

blade. 1

[from

blades or fpires.
Her filver \,fjge in the
Decking with liquid pearl

Dutch.]

Sta/t

'^'""S ""

th'

all

Athenian

general leprofy.

hu

all

my

all

his

flcfli

hear a

body

BLA'MABLE.

all

rival

nmal

v*

Fault;

blame

the

ftate

in a

manner

procefs

cimei

Culpa-

i.

liable

ftinn coxfil,ani mcrtui

c.unlellors blanch.

BLA'NCHER.

>r V
,

blame, but not controul.

1*

>J

Something

this
.

Each finding, like *

friend,
to blame, and
fomethinj to commend.

The
all

reader mult not blame me

f,r
along of the word fentim.nt.

3. Sometimes, Imt rarely,

Tnmop

f"

hr

IA.,

m cd

'.

o'.ry

'

longmg

t-

BLAME. ,./ [from

Imputation of a

making ufe
Loch.

We

will be

it is

i.

tbrnelef, of

M,

^l*'"-

Who

cf.

Innocently

Wm "'

thc

not the

a fa. [from
without crime.
PP afin S

the verb.]

fault.

Jo arm;, the
praife

Lat.]

I have met with

word in no other
paflage.
all hi-r

me

me

wiles,
aflaults,

furceas'd not day nor

night
over-watch'd, and weary 'd out. Milt.

le-batteries,

n. f.

[from blandijh

up
hent,
w,th fweet
pleafure and bold blandithnent,
J %~

fmilc.
.

^
2.

Soft words

r''cit articles,

kind fpeeches

a
b
and a
ufe ftrrn
ge fwtrnef.
d'

and

''

fp

kCn> *"

U' d

that he took to heart.

Kind treatment

|.

nocence

/ [from ^/^/.ji
exemption from cenlure

itCr

in

Homer,

3nd fatc - th

W/
m ^w
/
thci " f

[fro

i-r

^ i"

agent.

I
fufp-a the town
wKere'/urw re 'g ns . jj n
In order to
bung thof, infills within the wi
c.-oe of wh

.]

One

blames or finds fault

a ccnfurer
In me youVe hallowed
a r
agan mufe,
And denuon'd a
who

,gg,|],

that

",

.1'

wit'

/*'

that

M, am c

^ /a "

from

Fr

^/;,,,

blandij

t h us

..

tl!

bianian, bianau,
anco ,
tlantcu,, blanc a! ,
anc
by others, frora
C, which, in
Danifh,

U*

miftaught

"^
BLAMEWO'RTHY.

community, neither
,

Hranjer,

"?
carefs.

But

Having refolved,-wi:h him

" T///am f/7

hi^,

Each bird and

benft, behold
Approachmg two and two ; theft
cow'ring low
With tlanjt/hmctit.
njrii

thine oath.

BLA'MEI.ESLY.

[blandior,

Aft of fondnefs
;
expreffion oftenderneis by
gefture.
The little babe
in his arms he
Oan

ufed with

a.

-u.

to foften.

blanditits, Lat.]

of.

of inconliderate ramnef,,
rvrnfelf in matters not
be
A.',..//.-,',
//;/,. ,/ ;tt Tllfh

Jonf

eftates.

Sometimes

what the zephyrs bland

exuanfe,
Tbtmbn.

Mult'ring
w
With
Mrm^Vparleya, feminine

exempt from

tlamlef, maid add'reii'd'hcr

pray'r.

"

To blame has
ufually the particle for
before th: fault.
here

I.

'

o fmooth

late-

Fis true, your

duty to me it became;
But, praifing that, I mult your conduct blamt,

even calm

BLAKDISH.
J

--hjiefpeare

tempt your

An

c;

Such a
leiTening of our coin will
numbers of
blameltf, men of a filth
2.

mild:

_
and apo ogy {og
Which, with bland words at
wiU, foe thus addrefs'd.

'

far did

adj. [6/a/u/uj,Lat.} Soft;

prologue,

o^ltorm

thus the

n -A
UIC[.

In her face excufe

Lame

into her blameful bed

(tern untutor'd churl.

Ajtiffi.

PorphyriM, you too

jj ac

gentle.

blamable.} Culliable to cenlure

v. a. [blamer,
Fr.]
i. To
cenfure; to charge with a fault:
Jt
a
generally implies
flight cenfure.
Our p-r.v r
Shall do a court' fy to our
wrath, which men

will fpeak plain,

[from blanch.}J

whitener.

RT
/1N7F4
D^HWU.

books

-f.

BLANDISHMENT,

faultinefs.

BLAME,

n.

reign'd, fave
perpetual
_.Breath d o'er the blue

Guiitlefs ;
i'nnoceiit
cenfure or blame.

to

may

To

foft.

dcaths

S-*\?:

be carried on
againft a
that ,5
maliciourty or blamabiy abfent, even to a
definitive fentence.

2.

fpeak

meriting blame.

th?fe

warms

is

wnen

wrongMher lo^fo'mu'cT"'

Thy mother took

oome

BLA'MABLT.<WV. [from
;

guilty

and

BLANCH,

to

[from blamable\

of being

culpablenefs

adj.

nottranfported in an aftion that

appearing holy, to blanch, or

take for
admitted, the point of lawfulnefs. Bdctn.
Jo
v. n.
evade
to fhift :

manner.

they

AW/W art h

If ever
lady

[from fame.]

adj.

toftiift

13 aeon.

are

in

blood

miftakef"^

[from blame and /,//

u fer of

AS

BLA'MABLENESS. *./

May

balk; topafs over;

away. Not now in ufe.
The judges thought it
to

might exprels

,.

were u blame, I muft be

plain with you,
part fo /lightly with your wile's 'firft
gift!

BLAMEFUL,

;
faulty.
Virtue is placed between two
extremes, which
arc on both fides
equa'ly blamabl,.
Dryden.

To

we mould hold them much

ra
If me>- went back
before
came.

nam'd,

inflam'd

ble

flur; to

admit ifs
dangerous
and ands, to
qualify treafon; whereby every one
his malice, and blanch his
danger.

from blame him

Fai

the

^y

Which breaking out in boils and

blains,
With yellow filth
my linen (tains.

pably

his ihicld,

Now

Sbakefpear e.
imbofs,

people.

Whene'er
I feel

rigour fo outrageous he fmit,

mare it hew'd out of the
reft,

down

f the

S
,

blanched almonds.

To

3-

do not aik whether

they were
whether they were
blamt iu

Itches, blains,
bofoms, and the crop

or peel fuch
thiags as have

huiks.

crcft

/ [b!e 3 ene, Sax. AW.

A puilule a botch a bliiter.

Botches and blaau murt

And

glancing

black dye feems blancVd bv

age^to

ftrip

/>,_,-./.

BLAIN.

Be

And

To

Haded grafs.

it.

fin's

ryden.

rp
To

2.

You
the

along the ground,

^
Nor Mu/ft/ graft,
nor bearded corn
fucceeds,
Butfcaiesof Icurf and putrefaction breeds.

Sow

a large

"

cenfure.

vrat'ry glafs,

blanch

And

peculiar ftrufture of this

word, in which it is not
very evident
whether it be a ntun or a
verb, but I
conceive it to be the mlm .
To blame,
a tort ;
culpable ; worthy of
Drench

with a blade.

fit

adj.

K /7vT

4-

To

[from the noun. 1

who

upon myfeif,

tarjjrbleft.
i here is
a

Pcfe

To BLADE.

With
That

fcapula, or fcapular bone.

Fr.J

change from

my nature.
Not now in ufe.

Therewith upon his

brae

\_blancblr,

Itrangers to

Hurt.

3.

I laid

to

And

which produces or de-

and blama

taints

You can behold fuch fights,

keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,
When mine is blanch"d with fcar.
Sbak&eare
way of whiting wax cheaply may be of ufe;
id we have fet
down the prailice of tradefmen

Locke.

that

whiten

Other colour to white.

from

molt furioufly on the broiled

relicks of
a Inoulder of
mutton, commonly called a bladebme.
Jell

it

crime
f-i

The

by ana-

the

ifts

He

paffionately enough, to divert

ones,

eyes no fault of ours hath ever hitherto

been accultomed to feem fmall.
Haka
I unfpeak mine own
detraftion ; here abjure

tturage.

BLADE of the SbcMer.

T../ The
BLADEBONE.
J called

To

ferves cenfure.
Who would notjudge us to be
difcharged of all
awf, which are confeft to have no
great fault,
ven by their
word
and
very
teftimony, in whole

gay, called

fo in

BLANCH. v

i.

"

z.

his. this

Z.

little

poor

To

Hay-ward.

lay the blame on the

metunes

'

charged

!s

rr

Ol-K'.

They

L A

yet the blame of mifadventures

T-I

Dndtn

Be

L A

/Word blade to a blade of

grafs.

in

lignifies /5/,.

conformity to which, the (Arto /./^

the Sax-

mans have blanker,

a jj. [frorn ^/ajw

d
Culpable; blamable; wory of blame or cenfure.

and the

-]

Although the fame mould be

blamevnrtbi, ve t

i.

aslilh -

White.

To

ol fjccefi is ftared"
among

'

Their
Iflcir

the W.j,,*

"

'

thC> Pief ib d
l"
planetary motion..

tV

th

"

f5va

/!/>,-.

Without

B L
2. Wit'iout wr'.ting

B L A

unwritten

empty

me

on the fecond.]

S.t better, Lear, and

trui- A'jsi of

let

BLANK.

[from Maul

i"

The

~.rks.

Our iub;litutcs Jt home {hall have Mtni charters,

Wheirto, when they know that men are rich,
They (hill fubicnbe them tar larje fuau of cold.

<;.

with regard to

Mojr-

Fr.]

rr.

to confufe

Ml

to difpirit.

cles

the creditor fide,

but, upon
'

/._-:

Pale

j.

find innun.e jhle arti-

fij.-.

Meet what

little in

confufed

iubclucd

crufhed

difpiritcd

doprefled.

Thei-

u< be^ari.
Aiiam, fooa as be heard

Solicitous

The fatal

trefpMs

d.-vr.c

Ee,

by

honour

and

Us joint'

all

To

2.

JOlii'd,

h'jt't, whi'.e
in.-,

hij foul

-.

.V.

Aftonird flood, and

Ran through his

For

moa-ns, h^wwill

efface

chill

and

all

s.

tdn than that

-

ing
oaths and c.

TtB*pm.

That any thug

jCVn*.

that wrars the ataane of *

inire to own

<s. inifuif nt, and llj^l

tioa

B L A '$ r n F i'

aaci cai

t:

Til

ll

Mi

fadnefs, or continual (fits.

Without rhyme

4.

BLA'JCKET.

A woollen

1.

where the rhyme

is

mind

or the
freely,
'

Long have your can been

U**t

fill'd

cover, foft, and loofely wo-

warmth.
Nor heav'n

peep through tbetMntt* of the dark,

The

k:**>t verfe

hare harden 'd

Our / Jj( rerfc, where there

is

all

your hearts.

oa one fide
too fcanty a tint* when TOO are

or other, like

[from the adjective.]

void (pace on paper.

A
1

If

And

My

\ou

of his

.it

is

loU

frrifti) ^iJ properly, u an

adigaity, or injury, unto Cotbet by words or writing.

BltfretHj,

.:

To cover

Rome,

Our

..-.

The world the cowan) will delpiu,"

lire 's a Utmt, who pulU not for a

paper from which the writing

..<

Tt

A paper unwritten ; any thin.

out maiks or characters.
him, 1 think not on him ; for hi :'
Would

they were Mtwti, rather than

me.
Omiffion to do what is nece
Seals a commirTion to a
of danger.

1.

>ujhts.

.-*

The

5.

ed

2.

cir:s

K
is

To

Bi ASPHS'ME.

fttnds ace

they

faii,

ddh themfehes

to

made by blowing any

inilru-

nothing ib becomes a

nao,

o:

s.

Fa tie, or ooe god*rft foooding two c

dirti-

tcaia
Aijfl

Tillawy has a< go.

rrorn the preptr trnrrifct, as

>

_^_
3.

The

ttroke of a

malignant p
:JX.B

the verb

Before a

Hfffltmn

and

leUni

cl

<.

7 BLAST, v.
{from
i. To ftrike with IV.
.

1.
the noon.]

-.

plsgue or

r*nf

cali"

Tnn.v v

diimder,

.'ipjflaairs

,n

lunum,

he in hit heart

as

reuL'y

'

fan,

brvon.1

my

ain

BecauTe the
.1

iht Umll

which

my
3

thing

ir.iul; 's

not to

BLA'SPHEMCUS.

.-

is

7. Object to

u-..-v

As modtft ftilhi.
But when the U^ff

blalphe-

...ncmany K^U to aVike

;

heast their hoard,

their lord. Pcfr

and irreverent term'.

,>

the tenner.

Aim; tV

it

pun hrd them oft in every fynagogue, and

compel ed them to Hffptimt,
BLASPHE'MER. *.j. [from Uffrttme.]
hat (peaks of God in impious

Sl-

H^c

>

:e

(od,
uch

nicnt of \\ind muilck.

[U*frl*r

w.. To fpeak

.icr.

Ana

-a unto the worS

*
Perhaps th fortune doth omtrou! the winds,
oak or biad their Uf/t> in fecrr
were hurry 'd by th* foaticrr iu/f,
DrrJrm.
t'ury ca*.

In

*.

>

to reveal himfdf,

imagine.

of.

fpeak evil

.to be moie vi.

but only iuperaciaily

1 he

Lat.]
To fpeak in terms of impious irreverence of God.

my.

dimfed.

6.

if

And,

imtr.

irs

point to which an arrow

Wnofewh

.-.

;reU

nr gifJt Win*

was mark.

>..-

-m. to blow.]
.uftor puff of wind.

To bel-

to roar.

t>-r.^

\'::

it

I i".-d

UiMan to

"i

j.et

fib'.e,

-s,

[from .'.ajri.] In a blank

with whitenefs ; with palc-

blotted with fin.

{rl S

e^itf.

BLASPHE'ME.

ith

fi.l'd

Ui

mi.

.-.,.

God couM

them

"

ny;

in accordance, and.

rom bl*p, Sax.

with confufion.
;
\RE. -:.. [ibtm, Dutch.]
;

.'

u-oiks,

fwttarr

ere bid >. y

c -nijits

:..

manner;

is

She has left him

The Mfdt of what he was j
I tell thce, eunuch, <he has quite urtmar-

u>ii> eif.it

ing of

flici

contrariety, to the tecret will of God] or

not be defined (O*d, fc far as his

f.i i?

eltc

pur^inf s, patnpmft, >JUlii^i, and blrxrs

BL A'N K I.T
-.

Or)

ntej with an

OB

fly )-oo niu*.

Intrinfick foodoefs

'

effaced.

4.

'

But

[from the noun.]

t.

To tots in a blanket, by way of penalty

or contempt.
A\ oh he cry'd, what (Vieet, what lane, but
knows

2.

'."

my beat

would fpeak Uffftoy,

with a blanket.

My

\ lies

3.

fometi.-nes written

pear,

Tt BLA'NKET. w.

St*tvjft*ri

A heap of Ainrii, like this, for one fmali

When

kind ot

and

to

name hath touch'd your car*.

./ [from Ut/fl*me.]

i of

h..

upaai your BsouMer

if you thru ft ; down npon

IM

'

BLA'SPHEMY.

A lot, by which nothing is gained

which has no prize marked upon it.

a.

it

2.

cannot write a paper full as 1 ufcd to do

not forgive a Utnt of hut an

1 will

yet

fall ihort

a-bed;
ym pull
leave your licet bare ;
net,
your
your Shoulders are uncovered,
ttwfk.
Himself among the ironed chiefs he fpics,
-m the Mnutn h'.*h in air he flie>.
Pift.

no rhyme to lup

BLANK. *./
.

man muft

if

port the exortifion, is extremely difficult to Inch at

.-...
art not mailers in the tongue.

of

irreverence.
rafoa, while
coatroul the

to

St*i:Jftirt.

Blood and

abilities

.<*.

Shittjfrfr..
with tra^ick

aff.-r-

rom fa.fbfae.]
-i

[ILacbtnt, Fr.]

ven, fpread commo:

bed, over
the linen theet, for the procurement c f

kla*cbtJ, or milled.

The lid) (hall lay her

vcrfe <Kall halt for it.

./!

Iiii..

But now no face divine contentment wear>

or.

tafs the firrets, withcnt har.1

h.-r.-^d ar.d
bjijjpitmat

hi

to annul.

thee

.inner purpo
at a bay,

move,

prove. ii.=.

And more to/lam f

If the ath.

boaft, or fijn of

Of all thete boanrd tmphin won en me.

And with cnmufiua Utmi hi* wodhippen

;'

go-is doft

ii

To wor&ip

wrtild have well, r

Dap snult froop, and nail err k-qg rrc
Such a difromfir, as ih^II o^i'e dcipoi.

rake heed h >w than the

dar'ftthootJCheSoB,.-

the debtor

Upon

Impioufly irreverent

>

To damp

1.

L A

is di:

ufual.y Ipoken

hr;l fyllable.

bu:

'

Pcfi
f'":om /.V/fx-av. It
with the at.

Who owes

hit

gru

.may's rv.n

<f)".

ukd

:U

it

2.

To
I

..--:.:

'...

>--

:":.

..

B L E
T" ta

tmfii

nut,

"tfgtmml^lff

--

.-**'

"
-

_.

...

-:

I'-

-:-

-:

:----.

te^'***T.*- lUftm,
f

-szzz

.:.:;

I,

ttt a Ivy
.

M,
--:

L K

B
To dim

the eyes.
This may ftanl for a pretty fup'rfidal argument, to blear our eyes, and lull us aflecp in lecu-

2.

z.

And

ftate of being bleared, or dimmed with

rheum.
The dtrluxion falling upon the edges of the
.

makes

eyelids,

TO BL.EAT.

a i!rartj>:efs.

-v.n.

negligence

Tocry

as a ftieep,

We

were as twinnM lambs, that did

friik

fun,
And Heat the one at th' other.
You may ns wtll ufe i;ucOion with the v

he hath made the ewe

Why

bleat

i*

3.

Of

Dryditt.

Ctapatan.

fleecy ftieep.

n.f. \blaen, to fwell.

Germ.]

BLED,

Skinner.

blifter.

and

tret er tie

To

.i.

blood

lofe

have

J lujvc

Evadne's huib.md

To

I will

:2.

3.

die a violent death.

The lamb thy riot dooms to ifcj'to-day ;
Had he thy realon, would he (kip and play ? Pope.
To. lofe blood medicinally ; as, he bled

I'll

To

drop, as blood.

It

is

To BLEED,

v. a.

To

let

to take

blood from..
That from a patriot of diftinguifh'd note,
Have bled and purg'd me to a fimplc vote. Pope.

BLEIT.
BLATE.

adj.

Bafhful.

It

is

ufed in

Scotland, and the bordering

counties.

7"oBLE'MISH.

v. a. [from blame, Junius-,

from bleme, white, Fr. Skinner.]
To mark with any deformity.

i.

my outward face might have been

than that the face of Co excellent a mi
could have been thus bltnnfced.
Srihiiy

To defame

him

tent

know my

my verfc would Htmijb all the fair ;

fomebe bid, 'tis wifdom toheware. Dryd
'1'hofr, who, by concerted defamations, endeaVOuiMji/t-m*^ his character, incur the complic.uc<
of (lander and perjury.
(,'iilt
AJdifin
i;i

*.

K'WIEH.

[from the verb.]

A mark of deformity ; a fear ; a diminution of beauty.
As he hath caufcd a blimljb in a man, fo (hall
./.

him

be 'done to
not

th.ir

iikfi

Lfviticm

from the

eye-lid, that you divid'

for, in fc doing, you will leave a reme

it

Open

again.

fo

b'-.ix'.Jb.

Wiftman

(he return'd

no more, toW/i his longing

To

wiih happinefs to another

nounce a bleffing upon him.

2.

>

Dry J, n.

we thus invoke,

hofpitab'.e Jove
Blefs to both nations this aufpicious hour.
;

Dryden.
to pro-

And this is the blefling wherewith Mofes th

man of God bltffcd the children of Ifrael before
his death.

To

3.

He

to Hart

D:utcronwiy.

confecrate by a prayer.
and brake, and gave the loaves.

bltjj'ai,

The

<i.

Not

ftrud.

if

quick;

a.

To

4.

blentb

fpecial drift j
from this to that,

blefs'd

With

To

hinder; to ob-

ufed.

5. It

BLEND,

ii.

a.

To

1.

To confound.
(hould w.indcr from her beaten

To

way

but

is

His fparkling blade nbout his

fmotc oil' quite his right

And

BLK'SSED.

particip. adj.

Happy;

l.

enjoying

Bhjied are the

hca.l

),

leg by the

[from To

knee.

blejs^\

telicity.

b,i'

j-ip,

Holy and happy ; happy in the favour

of God.
AH generations (hall eal' me b'.efid.
Lule.

Z.

Happy

3.

in the joys of heaven.

:hc dead which die in the Lord. R?v.

BLE'SSED ThiJIU.

[cnicus, Lat.]

he

fiv., he burnt with jealous flie

Tlv y- of KMlon \\.ts with rage yblfnt. F../'y -^
Regard of worldly mvick d >th foully bltnd,
i

And low ab.ife th.: high heroiclt fpirit. K;.rv i^

The whilit thy kingdom from thy head is tint,
And thy throne royal with dishonour Her,-. Spcr.j-.r
Tlv
Bi. E'NDER. n. f. [from To blend.}
perfon that mingles.
participle of Mend

ad--u.

pily .
This accident

BLENT. The obfolete

See BLEND.

it.

Who/n when the prince to. battle new addrefr,

And thrcat'ning high his drcjdful flrofce did fee,

BLE'SSEDLV.

to fpoil
to corrupt. This
was anciently much in ufc
now wholly obfolcte.

pollute

fignification

rite

The name

of a plant.

the times and lealons of the ye.ir blend themleivc

b\ dMnrdcrcJ and con fu fed mi.
Ho'-kf

3.

to jlourijb.

parts of

mingle together.

The moon

taken from an old

preter. I blended; an-

fife.
2.

This lignification is
of our Romiih anceltors, who, bhjjing a field, direded
tht-ir hands in
quick lucccflion to all

difo

[bknban, Saxon.]

"Tis beauty truly tint, whofe red and white

Nature's own fwcet and cunning hand hath laid
on.
SbakejpCiirt.
The mift'ton taught by the ancients is too flight
or grofs j for bodies mixed according to their hyc
pothefis, would not appe;ir fidi to ihe acute
or a lynx, who would diicern the cleme its, ir't.'.
were no otherwife mingled, than but t.'aiiiiJ in.t
not united.
Biylc.
He had his calmer influence, and his mien
Did 'ove and mnjefty together tlatS.
Dry-Jen.
The grave, where even the great find reft,
And blended lie th' oppTelTor and tli* opnrcis'd.

in one place of Spenj'er, to

fame as to -icave ; to bra/t-

feems,

fignify the

rebels

ciently, blent,

than earth and hc.iv'n can have.

life

longer

Sbakcfpeare.

beliegcd them, winning the even

ground on the top, by carrying up great truflcs
of hay before them, to bunch the defendants
Carnv,
fuht, and dead their mot.

To

us there is one only gj'dc of all agcnti

natural, and he both the creator and worker of all
in all, alone to be il.J/U, adored, and honoured by
all for ever.
Honktr.
But tlefs'J be that great pow'r, that h.ith us

he but tlenck,

our

to

to glorify for benefits re;

to celebrate.

praife

ceived
Unto

courfe.

To BLENCH.

jeput;ition.
that

blcfl
.'

oblerve his looks

to the

Hold you ever

to tarnim, with refpect to

"tif

But

tlsmijh take,

l.'kclier that

dif.;uifcrl,

i.

any

not in his Inyjl breait H'jl'.tr.

In vain with fading amis the youth alTay'd
To flop her flight, and (train the flying (hade ;

mylelf your father's captive make. Drydcn.

a mirth as this is capable of making a
as well as a
the iubjeft of derilion,
bUmijh,

Though fometimes you do

As caute doth miniftcr.

applied to

blood

with fuch a hero

this ifle,

Happy

Waller.

thought.

C!ar

What virtue dwells

Sbakefpcarc.
Patience herfdf, what goddefs e'er (he be,
Doth leffer iltneb at fufferance than I do. Slakcff.

for a fever.

any thing that drops from fome body on

.incifion, as blood from an animal.
For me the balm (hall tied, and amber (low,
The coral redden, and the ruby glow.
Pipe.

with.

t(i

Addifan.

Bj^n.

To

4.

my

To BLENCH. <v. n. To (hrink ;

back ; to give way not ufed.

to faint, as
gled, or torturcJ, th:mfelves are ready
/./.-,/.

fulleft mealure of
felicity, that any people, in
age, for fo long time together, have been

Such
H

inwardly for

Many, upon

they

There 's nothing ferious in mortality.

Sbaltfp.
This kingdom enjoyed thegrcatelt calm, and the

Vis a fault

love, a bhm'tjh to

That your duty may no

if

that takes.

^idrfy.

I'll

Sbaiejfearc.
my lord.
BltcJ, blted, pior country
"Great tyranny, lay thou thy balis furc;
For goodnefs dare not check thee
Staktffeare.
the feeing of others blcid, or llran1 bleed

with fong of praifc her praifr

with blood.

to run

bled;

him

that gives, and

but died an hour before this chance,

I had liv'd a
time
for, from this in!' i:,t,
blcjjtd

Not a hair periih'd :

their furlaining garments not a blemifh,
But treiher than before.
SLakefpearc.

bleed.]
I

him

Sbakefpeare.

Had

On

beau'

To BLEED, -v. n. pret.

tied, [bkban, Saxon.]

It bltffttb

Live thou, and to thy mother dead atteft,

Thai clear (lie died from bltmijb criminal. Fairy ^.
Is conformity with Rome a
unto the
blcmijb
church of England, and unto churches abroad an
ornament. ?
Hooker.

[from To

participle,

qu.ility of mercy is not (Irain'd ;

droppeth as the gentle rain of heaven
the
It is twice kltfi'J;
Upon
p:.u.e beneath.

,:iize.

BLI-AT. n.f. [from the verb.] Theory

of a fheep or lamb.
Set in my Ihip, mine ear reach'd, where we rode,
The bellowing of oxen, and the bleat

ULEB.

make

to

Ere that

Aftrcb. of Ffrthr.

to profper

The

taint ; deformity.
virtue be vice, and beauty be counted

ilnll

ir'irir.

happy

It

Sfrait.

turpitude

[blefpjan, Saxon.

fuccefsful.

dadifon.

foil

To make

to

ncjjlctl

ir",

While on fweet grafs her Heating charge docs lie,

'Our h.ippy lover feeds ufOn lier eye. R
What bull daras bellow, or what ihecp Jaic; bleat,
\Vithin the lion's den

(lull

racter,

th'

lamb.

tV>r :l\e

Hwktr.

we

and paniciplr,

a. preterite

<v.

blejjid tn blejl.

None more induftrioufly publifh the t!emiji.\-s ol

an extraordinary reputation, than fuch as lie open
to the fame cenfures ; railing
appUufc to themfrlves, for rcH':i;i>l.n^ a pcrfon of an exalted re;>uin
the
blameable
t.iti.m, though
parts of his cha-

Wifm:an.

[bla^an, Saxon.]

if

BLF.SS.

'o

kttni/!.'

propagate thefe
Melted difpollf'ibns, what others can undertake it,
without fume blmijb to us, Come reflection on our

The

n.f. [from Heared.]

have been eanult, ihouli be no

or difcredit at

L E

Reproach; difgrace; imputation.

Tim you

Raltifl'.

rity.

BLE'AREDNESS.

LE

[from

i"t.-jicJ'thi- r

taking,

meet:

Happinefs

had

fo

.S',..'-y.

RLE'SSEDNESS. n.f. [from

1.

Hap-

blcffid.]

ot Clrtophon's

bkjfij.]

felicity.
jMiiny times have 1, leaning to yonder palm, admired the klf'Jalr.cj! of it, that it could boar love
without the Itnft * pin.
.S;
/ny.
Hi-. o\v!thruw heap'd happinefs upon
him}
For then, and not till then, lie felt h:mfelf,
And found the blcj/eineji of beinj little. Sbjki'f.
;

2.

Saniflity.
Eurthlicr liappy

Thin

is

the rofe diilill'd,

:

whin;, Wit icrirr :n t ie \jr^ n thorn,

Grow;, lues, aud dicj in fingle bttjidncji. $.
;

t'i.i:,

3.

Heavnly

BL

It

felicity.
fuch an one, as,

is

pafles into glory, t!ejfidne

fs

corn and fruit, and

[frora
a

He

kiefs.}

bleffing

makes any thing profper.

When thou receive:! praiie, take it

and return it to God, the

giver of the
of the action.

My country neighbour;

that

to think

corn,

cr

,.

hap-

i.

is
_

Any of the means of happineh; a

Links

gift;

Aju.t

c.infin'd,

LyUdu*.

magiflmte

WOing which

i-

ir,c!ud=-s al.

Terefias, and Phineas,

ether i/effn, Whatfoever

Unieen

Jltttrb

My

ufin,

Ultffirrg UJ--

SrU k

'

'

and .\rnen

'

,J

in '"

o.>Mr,.

'

""<

He

fliil!

receive

mother, both in
urd
may come upon thee from

fnm

&iebl,jj;*g

5.

The Hebrews, under

the Lori.

who

...
1

thee.

-?

RL 1ST. preterite MA
cc

'

participle,

th )'

fY?
XUJi in thy ^emu,, in thy
BLEW. T\\e preterite from
I

The

refi fled into a

\th a great

bleu,

theBjfeja

An

inflammation in

of a horfe, between the

bone
foot

fole

and the

Farrier's

(^7'

"-S-

Th e

Din

lightnings, dart your

Into her fcornful
eje,

iMla ,

etymology unknown.]

Or

fruits.

hand have

v.-ho-e

mine

eihld

biin.l

cy= 3

tncre-vith

he fanc.es

ne^thmks

and

complained

?"?
2.

Any

to the oldeft

'^-\

thc

and

belt

?.*,

gardener,,
d

2.

Temple.

thing nipping, or Mailing.

-nen you come to

,;

(h

([([

5-

I
J

ot^ofti;,
-r.
i.

his

my

They who
.<: [from the noul'

And

cn Udlts
vegcub ,;

JIlg

4-

The

ftate
,

of

lnd

Whenfoevcr we would
proceed beyond thele
we fall
prefently into darknefs and

.thcu.ucs, anJ can dilcover

nothing farther but
our own
'Hutdnfft and ignorance.
Loci,-

BLI

NDNETTLE.

art, to>i!</

[fcrofularia.]

BLI'NM.SIDE. n.f. [from blind

and/to.]

Weaknefs;

foible;

underllanding.
, n us

bb

Slfetifer,

plant.

W more.

,,,

kept from looking on the lightfome

day.

rimplc ideas,

of

d
,

I/.

to the
ti..

t,

Nor can we call ,t choice, when what w,chafe,

Folly and blMntf, only could refufe.
Dwbam

under/landing.

,R,,-i

neglect a

lo obfcure

-'"g^irhitanyn

t l.

l.

'

relt as born of
iav.ige brood,
wftii bife
thougiits, are into blinJnef, led,-

VT

'

harden'd,

lo corrupt with mildew.

,;

CaS ' '"" Ch 1:lrkn<;l s ^""'' 'he

fty,
n.ght receives a deeper dye. Ofjd.

every hiufe of the people witli 1/hJ.

All the

'

o darken the

will (mite

77

But

obfcure to the
eye

'

for

eyes open. StiUintHia.

Ignorance; intelleftuil darknefs.""'

tarl

ar.y bribe to
I will ,'ltore it.

a great ririfchlef bu'j

j, certninly
8--le that hid, thofe whom he ft
ouU I,,!,, b
IH.
ubtedly a muci, greyer.
Slutbi
z. 'J'o darken
to
;

r,iy

'''C

guid:

hi
th e
TlfIhat ^,
the 'u
bl.uk

blindm^, buff w;th him

never have

Want of fight.

1.

Curdy

pl jy at

BLI NUNESS.
n.f. [from^W.l

ll. l

Eb^

received

DifguiYd in all the maflc of night,

our champion on his
flight;

but ir
ccms taken by moil
writers, in a o- c
neral fenfc, for
any caufe of the failure

of

bythH-.^gthofaWWaller

ou nimble

bl'wdman's buff to
grope his way,
In equal fe.ir of
night and d.iy.
Ilvdilrat,
I
/hut
imagines
my eyes again; but

free,

ry,.
Blh,d re/eh,
[with chymifts.] Such
as have no
opening but on one fide.
To BLIND, -i-. a
[from the noun.]
i. To make blind
; to
deprive of fight

-Mildew; according \oSkinner:

I.

At

tire

n. f.

We left

lofl.

6.

'

githcr'd in this goodly ball.

company.

cl'Jlet led.

part of the caftlc, with

gunpowder.

ME. n.f.

poftem door, yet unobferv'd and

Toin'd

Dydcn.
play in
which fome one is to have his
eyes covered, and hunt out the reft of the

'"'

;,
b'.-.

UmOf

WOMAN'S BUFF.

!!

llrong tower, where,

no remedy, they
defperately

Were
i-i

" '"'

So mariners miftake the

promis'd guft,
And, with full (ails, on the tfmd roeks are

,.

Locke.

leas, and eai-th, and air, and active

flame,
through the mighty void; and, in their ftll.I

th'

[from

without examination.

H-,w

Milt

D -*
Rofcortimwi,
Part
ci-cepmg under ground, their
jouwey klM,
A:.J
climbing from below, their fellows meet.

rr.v

Without judgment or direction.

clfe

night,
h AT y
*?'
through bind paths by each
deluding light

L-di

Calmet.

(at, receive my prefer- at

pray thee, my /,',/.
that

lenfc.
,,..

Bann [

fight.

Implicitly

Drydt*.
How ready zeal for imereft and
party,- is to
charge atheifm on thofe, who will not, without
examining, fubmit, andT5/iW/v fwallow their non-

whic

being poured upon them',

Where

blind -

old king, after a

long debate,
By his imperious rajftrefs blindly led,
Has given Cydaria to O.bellan's bed.

'

who receive.

And Jacob
take,

oil

man

The

find'-

(lone,

1 I
inform my
unacquainted feet
Jn the bi'wd mazes of this
tangled wood
3D
d * lon Jil mal

and compliments both from

give, and thofe

alfo

they flame out.

-.

hard to

together, or a

'

Swb.

Without

rem.toutj but

the

llefltagi

thofe

There be

P/W

2.

unfeen.
tfmd fires under

lots are ihuffled

cafts a
dye,

The women will look into the ftate of the nation

nth their own eyes, and be no
longer led llindfa'J
male legislature.
by^a
Bl.1 NDLY. a<t-v.
[from blind.}

eafily difcernible

fares,

ab:ack?

dark; obfcure

generally attended

ith

Not

5.

this name, often

prefents which friends
make to one another; in all
probability, becaufe they are

underilood

'

Dyd

prayer.

;
and deed, thac
a
Uc/.,s
them.

random

what rcafjn can he have to

prclume, that he (hall draw a white (tone rather than

and fcandalous inconveniencies

they
....
u 1jv
wth
njvn whom
vvii-Jiji
blind tor
any o.'tnd
J<-^>
is
judged a fit houfe of comma

mlelv
-----/
^
corner

ct

blindfold bull, at

'

When

JM

To grievous

,,

moil need

as a

where he hits, nought

knows, and where'
he hurts, nought cares.
ia.
Who blindfold walks upon a river'sFairy
When he mould fee, has he deferv'd tobrim,
1'wim ?

out of the
publick view ; pri
vate :
generally with fome tendency to
fome contempt or cenfure.

4.

[from the verb.] Havl

adj.

cried,

But,

And

of.

HcpulU

[from blind and-

make
Dryd

BliiJ of the future, and

by rage mifled,
his crimes
upon his people's head.

bel<>

A nd or"t himfelf he chanc'd to hurt

unwares, ,
Whilft reafon, blent
through paflion, nought dciV

pSets old.

people, what fpby mouths they

their fingers pointed
.tthy back.

ing the eyes covered.

defefts are blind-.

like, a face behind,

the

L'ntc.

BLI'NDFOLD.

'

own

to their

oometimes

3.

ir

I,.-

'

by

(teps

mrk

Du-ine favour.

4'.

o f

Hff ^

.,

to. which

community

To BLI'NDFOLD.

fold.} To hinder from feeing, by blinding the eyes.

When they had blindfolded him, they (truck. him on the face.

dctefl of eyes, .eceives

advertifement
through a ft:,rT.
Di . k

Hadft thou but,

Janus

'

ociety.

..na wile

the

fet

an oppofition between his

commands and decrees;
miking the one a blind
for the execution of the other.
Decay of Pietf.

adj.

All authors

five as

Thefe difcourles

jealoufy h very Veafonable in f erlbns

perfuaded ot the excellency of their
conltitution,
rho believe that
they derive from it the
^

eye,

underftanding.

Afu'tpn
Intelleaually dark ; unable to judge
with to before that which i
ignorant
unfeen.

z.

Political

impoffible

and commor., as the fea and wind.

^j-

it

fhofe pther two, equall'd with me in fate,

5o were I
eqtiall'd with them in renown
Blind Thamyris, and blind Mwonide;

a benefit.
i;ii

do not find

And

/.

Something

ai:-J

[blmb, Saxon.]
Deprived of fight ; wanting the fenfe
of feeing ; dark.
The blind man that governs his
feel-

ing,

JL I

to hinder the
fight.
Hjruly any thing in our convcrlation is
pure
genuine ; civility calls a blind over the
dutv,
under fome
cuftomary words.
L'ERranrc
2.
Something to miflead the
or the

from

left

tilings

Bac-.r..

ble/ine.

free,

1.

lame horfe they have, or their Hiebied

they have run over in their minds all

BLIND,

the chair, and the father

hyeth his hand upon his
head, or her ncad, and giveth the

Jut

BLIND.

Lake.
hnrfh care the lover's
peace deflr oy,
And roughly blight the tender buds
of joy,
Let reafon teach.

mt&fer

gift,

happinefs

to

of

till

But

promifed in a prophetick and authoritative manner.

The perfon that is called, knee.'eth down befor-

Wood
to hinder

gs-

indifferently

pinefs is- implored for any one.

2.
declaration by which

an advantage

fomstimes injurious even

men.
In general, to blaft

2.

he that

BLE'SSING. n.f. [from

blefs.}
t. Benediaion ; a
prayer by which

J.

fertility.

or gives

blefies,

is

to

being begun in jrace,

an d immortality. South.

4. Divine favour.

BLE'SSER.

Heavenly

5.

,,

I his

cn

and con/ound.

'

weak

part.

of himfelf; this
ttndjidti

without them.

BLI'NDWORM.

the bell of

men,

is

I fear, are

on
not

w ;,j

n.f. [c^edlla, from

Cc z

MW
an d

'

B
tnd ivtrm.]

wife a llow

worm

venomous.
You fpottcd

Come
The

greater (low
is

To wink,

To BLi'iTEi.

or twinkle with the eyes.

To

To

I.

's

here

raife blifters

by fome hurt,

the portrait of a blinking ideot.

To

z.

',/

hltjlci

raife

by

her report.
blillers with

Sweet and lovely wall,

to blink through with mine

above another.

Small caufes are fuffkicnt to make a man un.

when great ones are not in the way for
want of a block, he will ftumble at a draw. Swift.

Mxtjummir Night's Dream.

might his foul proclaim
One eye vn\ Hinting, and one leg was lainc. Pope.
Statefp.

eync.

His

figure fuch as

rude piece of matter: in contempt.

When, by the help of wedges and beetles, an

(..

BLI'NKARD. n.f. [from blink.]

1. One that has bad eyes.
2.

Something twinkling.
In fome parts we fee many glorious anrTeminent
ftjrs, in others tew of any remarkable grcatnefs,
and in fome none but blinkards, and obfcurc ones.

BLITHE,

n.f. [bhrye, Sax. from

bhBapan,

The higheft degree of happinefs ;

the
fednefs ; felicity
generally ufed of
happinefs of blcfled fouls.
blef-

I
mighty Saviour hath witneiTed of himfclf,
the way ; the way tljat leadeth us from milery

linker.
tlifi.

Dim

fadnefs did not fpare

That time celedial vifages; yet, mix'd

With pity, violated not their bliji.
With me
All my redcem'd may dw/^l, in joy and

Milton.

bl'fi.

Milt.

Condition, circumrtance is not the thing;

is the lame in fubjeQ or in king.
Pop t.
Bltj's

Full
.Bii'ssFui..a<#. [homblifs and/V/.]
of joy ; happy in the highelt degree.

Yet I'wimming in that fea of blifsful j )',

He nought forgot.
Fairy S>jicen.
The two faddcd ingredients in hell, arc deprivation of the blifsful vifion, and confufiom of face.

Reaping immortal

fruits

Then figh not fo, but let them

And be you blithe and bonny.

Of goddell'es,

Fiift in the fields

filvan drains,
try the

Windfor's

Should he return, that troop

fo

Precipitant in tear,

wuuM wing

blithe, manner.
Bi-i'THNtss.
\
BLI'TH SOME NESS. J

l>lif<fnl.]

I'll

In a

blitbe.]

n.f.

[from

The

quality of be-

7.

blithe.]

Gay;

tlitke.]

blitbjmc
widovv'd.

.t

(hutting petticoat 1'mooths all liilVmiSions,

mother with the daughter. I cannot but
be troubled to fee fo many well-fliaped innocent
down like
virgins bhtutd vf, and vvajdlmg up and
levels the

Hap-

Addijtn.

To grow

from

bein;;

warm grows

n.f. [from blifsful.]

fulnefs of joy.

To BLI'SSOM.

-v.

n.

To

Hap- BLOAT,

turgid.

mftitution' begins to A/Mf.

cold, his fibres gn

Di

luftful.

ELTSTER.

n.f. \blufflcr,

the cuticle
puftule formed by raifing
from the cutis, and filled with ferous

blood.
ftate (he g.illops,

ladies lips, who drait

Which oft the angry

O'er

Mab

nijht by night,

on k>fl>s drram,
with bliflirs plagues,

Btcaufe their breaths with fwcctmcau tainted

arc.

Sbakefpiare
I found a great tli/ler drawn by the grlick, but
had it cut, which run a good deal ot water, but

*Ucd again by ncit

n'ght.

'1

Temple,

Si'j!relt>r<'ri<

BLO'ATEDNESS.

n.f.

fwelling

Hmlct.

[from bloat.] Turtumour.

Latitude.
fpots,

arc

Symptoms of weak

fibres.

BLO'BBFR. n.f. [from

blob.]

Arbutbmt.

word

ufed in fome counties for a bubble.

There fwimmeth alfo in the fea a round (limy
fubdance, called a blabber, reputed noifome to the
Cartw.
filh.

B L o' B B E a L
and

a defcrt,

where the good

lip.]

They make
H\sl>leiber/ipi

from

blob, or blobbtr

thick lip.
a wit

of their infipid friend,

and bectlcbrowt commtnd. Drydtn

all

evils

Dime.
were they, would they n"t
Sbakffpeare't Richard 111.

a. \bloquer, Fr.]
fhut up ; to ihclofe, fo as to hinder
qgrefs ; to obltrudt.
iHte> about them lliould neither by encreafe of dominion, nor by blocking of trade, have

To

it

in their

Clarcrrion.

;>

They hlak
But now they

the caftle kept by Bertram;

rire
cry, uuwn with the palace,

it.

Dryda*
z. It has often up, to note claufure.
nme;.d it to the k'jvernor ot Abingdon, to
fend fome troops to block it up, from infefting tho
>

'
'

great

he I'h.n king.

gidnefs

Dutch.]

In this

with intemperance
adj. Swelled

turgid.

caterwaul; to bt

is

remarkable for

To BLOCK, v.

ar.J

a.

Decay of Piety.

tongueicfs blacks

fpeak

e'ftays

Hat him up with praife,

he di.-s. Diyi!.
get nvue bulk bcfoie

11.

cs, blocks.

It'.

jht

.come beads, and prone to

BLOAT,

women.

thence;

inhabits not; born's not underftood

v. a. [probably from blow.}

To fwell, or make turgid with wind
it has up, an intenfive particle.

To-

fi

A fea term for a pully.

A blockhead a fellow
ftupidity.
The country

Frofty blafts deface

fruits
year : trcri of their Ihrivell'd

Are

frnp rur

t )

9.

cheerful.

The

him

'

8.

[from

drag

Even from rhe holy altar to the block.

DrjJctt.
An obitruftion ; a flop.
Can he ever dream, that the flittering for righteoufnefs fake is our felicity, when he 'Ices us rtm
fo from it, that no crime is block enough in our
way

ing blithe.
adj.

Bacon,

the king.

jirbuttmt.

BLI'SSFULNESS.

i.

Miltrm.

and bold,

their flight. P-.pt.

pily.

pinefs

thefe traitors to the Heck of death,

Treafon's true bed, andyielder-up of breath. Skat.
At the inflant of his death, having a long beard,
after his head was upon the block, he gently drew
his b;ard afide, and faid, this hath nut ofF-nded

gay;

fo blithe

BLI'THLY. adv. [from

To BLOAT.

Pop..

BLI'SSFULLY. adv. [from

fmooth,

criminals are be-

headed.
Some guard

all

And the milkmaid iingeth blithe,,

And the mower whets his fcythe.

bi'^-bellied

ttiftful plain'..

He wears his faith but as the faihion of his hat;

ever changes with the next Hock.
Sbakejpeart.

The wood on which

6.

Sbak

The

Mllf.n.

blufli to fport in

go,

StUlingJlttf.

piece of wood on which hats are

Some old writers ufe block for
formed.
the hat itfelf.

The

5.

Milton.
guml.
To whom the wily adder, blithe and glad :
Emprcfslthc way is ready, and not long. Milton.

That he may

So peaceful (halt thou end thy b/ifsful days,

And ft.-al thyfelf from life by flow decays. Pope.

Nor

fo blitbt, fo

Yet empty of

it

being catfn by worms.

it

Encourage him,

of joy and love,

A/i/i/W folitud?.

blcck,

linker.

approbation.

out or' the trunk of fome tree, yet,

of artificers to fet forth luch a divine
cannot one moment fccurc itfelf from

cleft

is

after the (kill

have always one eye fixed upon the countenance of our enemies ; and, according to the
blithe, or heavy afpeft thereof, our other eye iheweth fome other fuitable token either of difliks or

His rude

Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love,

Jn

[bUS*. Saxon.]

BLI'THSOME.

Felicity in general.

z,

image

We

into

For that fair female troop tliou faw'ft, that leeni'J

to rejoice.]
l.

late

Gay ; airy
merry; joyous; fprightly; mirthful.

Hal

BLISS,

but was too

Wiftnum.

adj.

a medical inten-

Mdijcn.

mafly body.

eafy,

Shakcfptare.

I Uiflcrecitiic legs and thighs

[War*, Dutch; Wcf, Fr.]

piece of timber, rather thick

n.f.

roafs of matter.
Homer's apathcafuconfilb of a groups of figures,
cut in the fame block of marble, and riling one

own yDuth,

he died ho^

tion.

Shew me thy chink,

<

than long.
2.

gentlewoman of mine,

of her

falling in the flaws

H.i'h

as

fcemeth to be a kind

GJYW.

A heavy

3.

comes one,

I-ook, here

Who

}*::<lia.

a.

burn, or rubbing.

fee obfcurely.

What

let

prove honeymouth,

To BLI'STER. f.

Upon

2.

blcbberlipped (hell,

BLOCK.

my tongue tltfter,
anger be
Skaktfptan.
Embrace thy knees with loathing hands,
Which b/ijler when they touch thee.
Drydea.
If

adj.

H'.i perfnn deformed to the higheft degree ; flat~~

nofed, and blMerlipptd.
L'Efirairgit

And never to my red- look.' d

The trumpet any more.

Crnv.

politick, as if

To

[from the noun.]

i/. a.

Having fwelled
or thick lips.

muflcl.

rife in blifters.

to be blind, btcaufe

one eye
the other were a fpy ;
That, to trepan the one to think
The other blind, both ftrove to blink.

So

Bonn.

[blincken, Danilh.]

SLO'BLIPPEO.
JLO'BBERLIPPED.

the feparation

lifter.

of his eyes.
n.

made by

fwelling

of a film or fern from the other parts.

Upon the leaves there rifeth a tumour like

called alfo the tlinrl-

worm,

commonly thought

littieeefs

To BLINK, v.
t.

be not feen

Any

t.

and tlindtumHs, do no wrong j

not near our fairy queen.
Sbakifpeare.

worm,
of the

called Jikefmall
viper,
believed not to be
;

fnakes, with double tongue,

Thorny hedgehogs,

B L O

B L O

The
on the

alb

raifcs

an army, and

fide that races his

BLOCK-HOUSE.

ll'.cks

dominions.

niton.

up the town
Add'.j'ov.

[from6l<x&a.nAl>eu/e.]
fortrels built to obfti uft or block up
a pafs, commonly to defend a harbour.
and
His entrance is guarded whi:
<,
./.

that un the town's lide fortified with ordnance.

Canw.
Rochefter water reacheth far within the land,
and is under the protection of fome blockbwfes.
Raleigh.

/.-[from block and tin.}

So the tradesmen call that which is pure
or unmixed, and yet umvrought.
Stjlt,

BLOCK TIN.

a.

BLOCKA'DI.

L O

B
ILOCKA'DB.
carried on

n.f. [from Hock.} A fiege

by (hutting up the place.

Tbe enemy w.u

the gocMefs

fi ,r.

of
hundred oxen

cloth blcrlaiit the door,

at your levee nar.
Pofe.

bales

Huge

tlupid fellow

block

a dolt

but

V.iur wit will nor ?> foon out as another man's

it is

We

sly

itron;!) wedged up in a thckbcai!.

lit like :ljp:d blxkhtaiti,

Oui hanJs C'jmmitwii

A bl-ckbtad rubs
And

thanks his

J.

Stupid

HiJiirts.

'.

ai'j

[from

adj.

Make
And, by

Moors,

In

blockijb.}

n.f.

blockijb.} Stu-

[from
firft

bltnktt livery 's been

too fad

all

feufon, wlien

all is

n.f. [blob, Saxon.]

red liquor that circulates in the
bodies of animals.
But flclh, with the life thereof, which is the

blood thereof, (hall you not eat.

G<n<Jti.

We'll no more meet, no more

tliou art

my

fleih,

my

fes

btooJ,

one another

Family

my

.laughter.

kindred.

As many and

as well

born ll'sdi

A friend of our own

liftrations, the

bkcd, a brother kind Waller.

common law of England, in
!

whole klood

is

preferrc
Ayl'ifft.

Defcent

lineage,.

hy few of them

ke the perpetual gen-

rut;'
ic

Ormond

5. Blood royal

family.

l)rydtn*

7.

Skate/fare.
J breeding.

Murder;

Siai.

violent death.

have bk'.d

they fay, blood will have

Sbakrfpfart.
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me
'he ground.
Gintjis, iv. 10.

Life.

When wkkrd men

.

own

Swift.

BLO'ODILY.
difpofition

V
As

adv.

J told

at

[from

With

blood.}

to (lied blood

cruelly.

the pu'luivant,

how mine enemies

too triumphing,

To-day

Pomfrct

bloodily

were butcher'd.
Richard III.

This day the poet,

to exafperate.

Has made me

[from blood and

Blood fprinlded.

blood-bolter 'd

Banquo

fmiles upon

me.

BLOOD-H.PT. a.ij. [from blood and hot.}

Hot in the fame degree with blood.

A good piece of bread firft to be eaten, will gain

time to warm the beer blood-bot, which then h
Locke,
may drink fafely.
-v. n.

WWand

[from

phlebotomiit
medically.

This mifchief,

[from

Surgery*

Sl.n!rf>*s

BLO'ODLESS. adj. [from blood.}

1. Without blood ; dead.
He cheer'd my forrows, nud, for fums
Hector fold
ThtJi/sott/eft carcafc of my

of gold,

let.}

Drydtn's JEntiJt

Without flauglyer.
War brings ruin where

2.

it fiiould amend
;
But beauty, with a blotdlt/s conqueft, finds
A welcome fov'reignty in rudeft minds. Waller,
BLO'ODSHED. n.f. [from blood and Jhed.~\

The

I.

to open a vein medicinally.

The chyle is no perfectly aflirr.ilated into blood,
by its circulation through the lungs, as is known
by experiment* in blood-ittiivg.

n.f.

The

It will mahifeft itfelf by its bloodinefs ; yet fometimes the fcull is fo thin as not to admit of any.

blood-let.}

Abhorred

blKftJlxd,

and tumultuous

flrife,

Unmanly murder, and

unthrifty fcath. Fairy <^*

All murders pafl do ftand excus'd in this j

And

this fa fole, ;:nd fo

unmatchable,

Shall prove a deadly blwdjbed but a jeit,

Exampltrd by this heinous fpectacle.

one that takes away blood

Shake/flare's

Kinp Jot*,

tranfports of a vehement
rage, pafles a different judgment upon murder
and bhodjijed, from what he does when his revenue

in ancurifms, proceedeth from

the bl^d-lctter, who, not confj-

the ignorance of
dering the crrour committed in letting bi id, binds
Wifanan.
up the arm carelefsly.

crime of b{ood, or murder.

many mifchiefs follow cruel wrath,;

Full

BLOOD-LETTER,

Dryd.

Macbeth.

bleed

my

bloody.'}

of being bloody.

itate

Bacon's Apvpbtbcgms.
fey this means, matters grew more exafyerate ;
the auxiliary forces of French and Englifh were
much UioJtioot againft another. Bacon's Htn.VU.

adj.

bloodily inclin'd,
mind.
die, full fore againft

BLO'ODINESS. n.f. [from

tions.

BLOOD-STONE,

n.f.

The

blood andyftw.]
is

a (lone,

hav (lain a righteous perfon

houfe, upon his bed, (hall I not there-

oov* require his ul^d at your haml >

iUjtr.uil, iv.

\hcematitis; from
name of a fame.

which they

call

man, under the

Woodward

BLOOD-THIRSTY,

aiij.

on

FoJJils*

[from blood

and

tbirft.} Defirous to llied blood.

And high advancing his blood .thirfty blade,
Struck one of thofe deformed heads. Fairy tauten.
The image of God the tlosJ'tbirflt have not ;
for God is charity and mercy itfelf. Rale'igh't
Hft.

BLOOD-VESSEL, n.f. [from

and vc/by nature

blood

vefTel appropriated

conveyance of the blood.

The (kins of thu furehcad were extremely

to the
1

1.

over.

South.

Slaughter; wafteoflife.
So by him Cirfar got the victThrough

ry,
great bloodjkcd, and Bi<my a fad aftay.

the blood-font ,

thought to be good for them that

which, no doubt, is b^jftric;
Bacna.
tion, and cooling of the fpiriti,.
The blood-Jicnt is green, fpotted with a bright

fel.}

is

Z.

Of wari

ij

blood red.

The
8.

blood me-

bleed at the nofe

high extraclion.

a;:

It will

-^

the faculties intellectual are in vigour,

ot drenched, or, as it were, Hooded by the affec-

which, worn,

it

prince o' th' blood, a fon of Priam,

i^e of him.
;

heat

Tl>ere

royal lineage,
.vilt al' .

C. Birth

full cry,

''nets of flattery, defcrved

and not

rav'ni ng 1/kottinunJs, that purfue

gaping to fwjilow me ?
Southerners Inn. Adult.
blacdbonr.t will follow the track of the pcrfon
he purfues, and all hounds the particular game they
Arbuthnct on Ailments.
have in chace.
And though the villain 'fcjpe a while, he ie-. Is
Slow vengeance, like a tloodb'junj, at his heels.

slrbutbnot on Aliments.

the

to

i.W.
4.

To

fhofe

in his face, to contradict his claim. Sbalefp.

what an happinefs is it to find

According

4.

To

Stakrffearc.

Where are thefe

In a

Sbaktjptorfs

To BLOOD-LET,

progeny.

let

Sfcnfr.

The

fometimes to

blood, is

The

BLOOD,

Stand

fcent, and feizes with great fiercenefs.

Hear this. hear this, thou tribune of the people !
Thou zealous, publick blccdbcund, hear and melt !

Spnifer'i

bolter.}

yclad

plcafance.

Child

own

to enure to blood, as a hound.

Fairer than faireft, let none ever fay,
That ye were blooded in a yielded prey.

To

3.

his

BLOOD-BOLTERED.

n.f. [I fappofe for blanket.'}

fame

To enter

Addii.cn.

When

forge in the
iron mills, through' which the metal
pafles, after it has been firft melted from
the mine.
Di3.

tl'ilke

'.vith

bound.}

dically.

BLO'MARY. n.f. The

BLO'NKET.

he butchered

Sbakej'fxare.

dullnef^.

whom

heap offVnce,
crime abhon-'d

to

[from blood and

f.
hound that follows by ths

BLO'ODHOUND.

fcarcc fecure, rejch out their fjjcars afar,

blood their points, to prove their partnerih'r
in war.
Dryder.'s
He was bhodtd up to his clSowj-by a couple ,n

Ajax draw

with Hector.

BLO'CKISHNESS.

3.

put divers young bleeds into fuch a

juice of any thing.

wiifli'^hi:; garments in wine, and his c'othes
trn; Hood of shapes.
Genejis, xiix. II.

h-tn

't

Fairy Sjitsnt

And

a lott'ry,

decree, let blockijh

fort to fight

But yet

Than with bloridguiltinffs to

And mortal vengeance join

And,

a ftupid manner.

a.

Hvdibras.

man of fire.

there rightful caufe of difi'irence,

not better, nil it to accord,

Yet were

The

in

Stupid;

block.}

BLO'CKISHLY. adv. [from

i.

And were

paffions.

To BLOOD, v. a. [from the noun.]

1. To ftain with blood.
Then all approach ths lUin with vaft furprife,

2.

Our

cf the

He

from blockhead. }

dull.

With

blood.

.'

ELO'CKISH.

For

Hot fpark

13.

Says a blitkhcadtd boy, thelV are villainous crsaL'Efiranvt.

pidity

ftate

n.f. [h<ixaiithus, Lat.]

plant.

BLOODGUI'LTINESS.W./ [from 4/Wand

the crime of fhedding
guilty.'] Murder

hath not revealed it unto thee,

Father which is in heaven. Maitb. xvi. 17.

The news

turts.

The

fury, as the ambafladors were not, without peril,

to be outBaton.

dull.

BLO'ODFLOWER.

/'A.V(/

>.p.4

Temper of mind

12.

Sb*k.

his thoughtlefs fkull,

was not born a fool. Pofe.

he

ftars

B o'c K H B A o E D

our pockets.

to

my

carnal part of man.

Will you, great fir, tint gl'>ry blot,

In cold blood, which you g^in'd in hot

without

parti.
uili

1 1

and head.}

man

L'EJlrattgt.

Flcih

Brltifti

Br.o'cscHiAD. n.f. [from

The

10.

Pof(.

To BLOCKA'DE. v. a. [from ths noun.]

To mat up by obftrudion.

that

crow lay battering uoon a mufcle, and could

not, for tis bloid, break '.he (hell to come a- the

roll

Broad hats and hoods, a** caps, a fable (Tioal ;

Thick, and more thick, Ihs black blockade extends.

nJ thick, and had not in them any Ihod-vtfit,

we were able to difcovcr. Addijon s Speftator.

life

-fatter.

L O

For bkad. Though his blood or

was at ftake a Icnv phrafe.

9.

abandon

neccflitated wholly to

the blockade of Oliveuza.

Round

L O

Dryrifn's Tyrannic Lovt.

BI.O'ODSHEODBR.
Murderer.
He that taketh away
e:h

him; and he

his hire,

is

n.f.

[from

bloodjhcd.'}

his neighbour's living, (lay-

that dffraudeth the labourer of

a bhadjlxddtr,

Ecclus. xxxiv. Z2.

BLO'ODSHOT.

\adj. [from blood and

BLOODSHO'TTEN. j Jbot.} Filled with
blood burfting from its proper veflels.
And that thewindt their bellow ing throats would
try,

When
Cough

>w.

Fairy

and bloodjbid, and of dire events,

could with greater ceitainty foreteU

rcdd'rung clouds reflect his bhodjhot eye.

Garth.

Bto'oo-

B L O
Bro'onstrcKER.
fud:]

leech
blood.

.1.

2.

fly

any thing that fucks

The

a murderer.

as a

compenfation
n.f.

I'LO'ODY.

[from

bl<itd.\

adj.

To

be in a
ment.

3.

Pofes

/'./

BLO'OMY.
blooms

Sbalcfp. King Lejr.

AUs why gnaw

!'

you

your nether lip ?

frame j

fo

bloody pailion fhakes your very

Thele are p-j'-tenti : but yet I hopr,
'S hey

do not point on me.

be aveng'd

no reward j though he/e thou Ice him die,

Milton's Paradife Lo/1.
K-oUing in duft and gore.
The bkojitfl vengeance which (he could purfue,
Would be a trifle to my lofs of you.
Drydcn's Indian Emperor.
P.oud Nimrod firft the bloody chace began,
mighty hunter, and his prey was mm.

a difcafe in which the excrements

mixed with blood.

Cruel

m.'tid.]

not much regarded in themfelves, but

as a token of fome following produftion<<
Cold news for

Thus

And

are

blofld,

f.

Germ,

SUi on

ret blj-'im,

extracting
tree

i.qijid

The

Milton.

To

of ojnjning l>lo:nr.< was ev'ry bough.

Dryd.
Haite to yonder wuoibinc bow'rs ;
turf wirh rural dainties iriall be crown'.!,

While opening

1.

The

colour

blue

The

and

grapes newly gathered.

A piece of iron
4. [In the iron works.]
wrought into a mafs, two feet fquare.

To BLOOM,
I.

To

[Irom the noun.]

bring or yield blofibms.

The

rod

i/.

o.'

n.

Aau'ri tor the houfc of

Lc:

Spots and

^niid.

and figures,
arc red, ot-h r^ yel--

f kvcrnl colours

<

fome

herrings.
n.f.

BLOW.

Hurley.

To

fmoke, or dry by
Llateei herrings, or red
Dutch.-]

[t.'o-ve,

The

aft of ftriking.
z.
ftroke.
A moft poor rr..in, made tame to fortune's blows,'
Who, by the art of known and tVeling furrows, pregnant to good pity.
Sbaktfp. King Ltar.
i .

Am

woman's tongue,

That

As

gives not half fo great a bloto to th' ear,

will a cheftnut. Xicikfjp.T.i
^'.'i-c".'*.

Words of great contempt commonly tinJin; a

return of equal fcorn, blows were fSftened upon the
nv>ft pragmatical of the crew.
Clar.
fatal ftroke; the ftroke of death.
3.
Aliu,i^c your thirit of blood,

and

llrike th.
.

limy VI.

4.

efface ; to erafe.
Ecitrim, oh no moic my for, but Vrot1>;r
acl like this bkts our a ihoufand crimes. Dryd.
!

ideas, ^ft'cred to the niiiul,

of hoftHity

bltnus are ufed for

Be moft abared captives to fome nation

That won you without blows.
Ururm'd if" I (liould go,

What

[peart*

'

mercy from this dreadful foe,

But woman-like to fall, and fall without a Woivt
5.

pe of

Popr.

fudJen

calamity;

an

unexpected

evil.

broken with a Lrrifvous bloiv. Jirem.

but thee in fits he feem'd to go,
'tsvas nxy miniftr)- to deal the b'tw.
Parnel*
e is

the

To

Underftanding can no more vefufc-, nor alter, nor

blot out, than a mirronr can rf r'ufe, niter, or ob-

Utcmtv, the iins^es which the ohjetti produce.

An ad

combat or war.

laft

Thcfe (impic

bl*:. /v:,

low, or black.

To
One

A' fpot or

[from- Hot.]

To BLCITE, >u. a.
the fmoke ; as

>

n,f.

ftraggling over the body

and greater} art, the art to i/;f.

Pope.
A man of the mofl underftanding will find it impofliblc t make the be!> nfi: of it, while he writes
in conftramt, perpetually foitcning, correct
out exprcrTionr.
>:^
2.

make

The

with ink.

Kt.tt,Jj>.

decay.

upon plums

it

too great a mafter of his art, to

fo eafily be hit.
Dryden' s Dedication to

is

puftule upon the fein.

Ev'n copious'Dryden wanted, or forgot,

Drydtn't A'.trcngxtbc.

3.

BLOT.
To

v.a. [from blotiir,fr. to hide.]

obliterate ; to make writing invifi-

its

17.

that are king

Have caus'd him, by new aft of parliament,
To tla out me, an;l put his ov.'n fon in.

Pope.

youth in bloom, your age in

iii.

which may

blot

at

Vuu

The (late of immaturity the Rate of

any thing improving, and ripening to
higher perfection.
Were 1 no queen, did you my beauty weigh,

My

rain,

ble by covering

bloom\ difFufe their fwreets

2.

Haib.

blojlming time, often

occ'afions the dropping off of the bloffoms, for want
of fap.
Mortimer.

full

fig-tree (hall

Lord.

..

Ar.d

not' blffnr., neither

fruit b: in the vines, yet will I rejoice in the

fliall

the bee

fweet.

man

fuit,

Drydc*.

The .tender taaya of hope j to-imr,

And bears his bluiVmg honours thick upon htm.
Sbakcfp. Henry VIII.

blocm,

wr planted by ;.
The fprcidmg branches made
<rxl)y luiw,
medlar

[At backgammon.] When a fmgle

lies open to be taken'up ; whence,
to hit a blot.

4.

BLOTCH:

The want of

how

would

y_>u
fruit.

difappointed hope, a blot ot honour, a ftrain"

of conference, an unfortunate love, will ferve the
turn.
TempU.-

He

n.
[from the noun.] To
put forth bloffoms.
This is the itiue of man
to-day lie puts fort!)

the fruir.
iruie paints hrr colours,

your cenfurc
but c-.peft the

his green years

mouth

man

yet it is contiof the untaught. Eccl. xx. 24.

a foul blot in a

is

To BLO'SSOM. v.

the flower which precedes

me

lie

nually in the

blafted in the bud,

my leaves away. Sbak.Htn.1V.

blaft the blffim,

Although the

bloffom

bloffbmt

caterpillars eat

To
Not

Dotch.]
i

it is no-vicious /=iV, inuid r, o- fiulnefs,

j
Tha* hatii dcpriv'd me. .
Kir.gLcjr,

Soatefp. Temfcft.
pulling off many of the blofllms of a truit
tree, doth make the fruit fairer. Bacon's Nat. llsft.

Drydtn's Spuni/h Friar.

\bluni,

The

thinL you'll make me mad : truth has been

at my tongue's end this litilf hour, and I have
n t the power to bring it out, for" fear of this

BLOOM.

my

Merrily, merrily, (hall I live now,

the ihjj'om that hangs on the bough.

and

inclined to bioodihed.

are

Under

bl-ndy m-njed colonel.

Your wars, your loves, your prailes, be IM

And make of all an univerfal bht. Dryd. Jut-mat.
2. A blur ; a fpot upon paper.
3.
fpot in reputation ; a ftain ; a difgrace ; a repro .ch.

We

[from bloody and

adj.

Dryden.

The
n.f. [blorrne, Sax.]
flower that grows on any plant, previous to the feed or fruit.
generally
call thole flowers bloffoms, which are

the bowds, loefenels, bloody fluxes.

Arbutbitot on A'ir.

BLOODY-MINDED,

1.

BLO'SSOM.

fr.pprelling perfpiration, produces giddiness, fleepiiiels, paiiitvin

BLOT.

Make known;

Pope's Windjcr Torefl.

dyfentery

CKI
n./. [from the verb.]
An obliteration of fometliing written.
Let flames on your unlucky paper;

Out rufht, with an unmeafur'd roar,

Thofe two winds, tumbling clouds in heaps ; ufhers
to cither's bhre.
Chapman's Iliad.

Cold, by retarding the motion of the

lung how earth Hits the moon's gilded v :ir,

Whiiit fo.4.
..Us in vain.

flowery.

uled.

hope,

tiofe

The

darker..

He

Har how the birds, on ev'ry bloomy fpray,

With joyous mufick wake the dawning d;iy. Pope.
BLORE. n.f. [from blow.} Art of blowing ; blaft : an expreffive word, but not

Sbakej'peare's Otbello.

n. f.

To

5.

of

bloody fact
and th* other's faith approved

BLOODY-FLUX,

Ulit not thy innocence with guihlefs- blood. Rvaie r

Odyjjey.

Full

bloom.]

Her blocmy beauties on the genial bed,

But left the manly fummcr in her fteaJ.

The
\V!i'.

-.'i

that on yon blsomy fpray

nightingale
W.irblcfl at eve, wlien all the woods are frill. JMilton.
Daparting ipring could 'only flay to (bed

blccdy,
Luxurious, avaricious, falfe, deceitful.

Some

[from

adj.

him

Tliou blanAur villain,

Tlian terms can give thee out. Sbakefp. Macbeth.

Wiih

of heat t, light of ear, bloody of fund.

Kkakefp. Macbeth.

Ef'ftlii.

greatly blefs'd with every blixmmg grace

of glory tra:e.
equal fteps the paths

It blots thy beauty, as froft bites the meads,

Confounds thy fame. Siat. Taming of the Shrew*
My guilt thy growing virtues did defame j
My blackncfs bland thy unbtemim'd name.
Dryiicn's JEnai,For mercy's fake reftrain thy hand,

frail flow'r, that every feafon fears,

in thy colours for a thoufand years.

I grant

difgrace ; to disfigure.
Unknit clue thrsat'ning unkind brow

Beauty,

i.

To

if.

of youth and improve-

ftate

jljcbaia,

fweet Portia

Here are a few of tli? unpleafant'ft words

That ever bl'.t:,d piper. Sbak. M-rcbunt afVcmct*

as evil.

plant.

Stained with blood.

1. Cruel ; murderous
applied either to
men or facts.
By continual martial exercifes, \vithout blood,
fce made them perfect in that bloody art.
Sidney*

letter.

the

or charitable affection
ftrcngth of virtuous, devout,
li -.mil them, no man couiJ juftly have condemned

fine anciently paid

for blood.

BLOO'DWORT.

f aJfe

overfull of matter, be like pens o\ erfull

of igk, which will fooner tint, than make any fair

blollbms.
produce, as
Rites and cuftoms, now luperftiuous, when

a murderer, and a parricide.

Hayteard.

BI.O'ODWIT. n.f.

black fpots on a paper; to

blur.
HeaJ

To

z.

Sbattfp. RicbarJlM.
out upon him, that he was a

nobility cried

<.-5.T,

'

To make

3.

man

cruel

G'H! keep the prince from ill thr pack of you

kuor you are of danined blwdftidtrs.

budded, and brought forth buds, and klotmul b'oflumbers, xvii. 8.

Coins and yielded almond.'.
I: is a common exp rrcnce, that it' you do not
the firll time a tree bhometb,
pull off fo.'i'.e bloflbms
blolTom itfelf to death. Bacon' i A'*t. Iliflvy

[from blood and

n, /.

B L

L O

And
6.

a!l

fmgle aflion

a fudden event.

livciy year they gain a victory,

and A town} but

if

L O

B
**"

of a

aft

eggs in
1 much

fly,

me

by which

with the J/OTOJ of

His brals-infliited woir ds are fill'd.
*v. a.

pret.

^/rw

his will the fouth

rye, and

in a dry
day, towards noon, and
the wind tlnuttb not fruth
and when the
;

when

moon
By

Bacons Natural

in decreale.

is

This word

2.

is

ally with //.

Hi/lory

bo

To

3.

Pope

To

the full-voic'd
quire below.

found, or play muftcally by wind.

The priefts (hill blavi with the
ihua.
trumpet.

When

ye time an alarm, then the

camps thatliP"ts (hall go forward.
Number, .

To blow

To

over.

Storms, though they

may

Wlien
I!

An

times, vet
,,

is

bloivn

ai.d ,.ur

f/^

en

the Iwaln,
begins to difcover

C-,.;//,.

t^ng now

covered the relapfe.

happilv
a s ain,

have

bat
re-

Dfntfn

-v.

drive by the force of the

with a particle to fix the

wind:
meaning.

Though you untie the winds,

bladed corn be
lodg'd, and trees blmvn

And

let

Una

on

thy eyes (bine forth in their full luftre.

is

too

Drydtn.
very

much

inflamed

much

inclined to think
uf with fomething divine within

JIJJT
Adaijon.

rr

-lo tlovj
To burft with gunpowup.
der ; to raife into the air.
The captains hoping,
a
to

mine,

by

city,

H'fl-

up

in air, not

ei-ter u

U:wmg

he formerly obfcrvcd fome of

theft,

To

know

infeft with

how

not

the eg?;s of

this fenfe

word.
LAV

on

wavos exrir'd

fowhich
hisprideprerum'dtogivethclaw.
Not far from the faid well,
14-

up

JJ, y .l.
i

rock

flies.

of

obedience.

2.

To inflame with wind.

J

fire

To
No
But

J^j

no more endure
flavery, than 1 wu-ald fuff-r
The Heft-fly klm> mv mouth.
Sbakejtearc.
Rather at Ni; u mud
Lay me ftark naked, and
w ltd flics
.u Id

This wooden

not bltrtvn

Blftt

15.

confume him.
Job
fwell ; to puff into fize.
blnon ambition doth our arms
incite,
(hall

love, dear luve, and our ag'd father's

right.

King Ltar.

me

into abhorring.

To make

Toblnuup.
J

have created the fmitli that

blvanb th; coals.

A
3.

paflive

Slal.htart.
'
(tale.

am

wonderfully ijlt^irr!, when I meet with

any paflage in an old Grcik or Latin aut!.-.it, that
not Utt* upen, and which I have nc-vr
is^
.-net
with in any quotation.

He

will

whifper

blown upon by

To BLOW.

-v.

an

common
.

intrigue

fame.

BLO'WPOINT.

SsJnei.

birds and beafts alone.

n.f.

are

l'-ti,

child's play,
pcr_

hnps like fujbpin.

-Shortly boys

fliall

not clay

At fpancountc%or
bkwfdau, but

BLOWTH.

fliall

play

Datre

[from blw.]

./.

Bloom, OT

bloflora.
A' . Mtion and covetoufnefs
being but green, and
newlj grown up, the feeds and erletts wrc as
yet
but pjrenti.il, and in the binvth and
bud.
f

BLOWZE.
BLOWZY,

Kalc:gb

ruddy fat-faced wench.

ajj. [froni blowxt.] Sun burnt;

n.f.

high coloured.

BLITBBER. ./

[See BLOB.] The part

of a whale that contains the oil.

To BLU'BBER. <v,
[from the noun.] To
weep in fuch a manner as to fwell the
.

Even

that

is

ddJifon.
not yet

MJifir.

[blopan, Saxon.]
bloom; to blofibm.

To

an<J

BIM'rmi

fo li?s (he

weeping, weeping and

AAWVmj.

Skaktjf. R.irjoantl Ji,?,t.

boy that w.,s blvbbtri
by
the lide of a Well, and alk. d what he
cried for.

thief

came

to a

Soon as Glumdalclitch mifs'd her

pkaling cafe*
She wept, (he blubber^, and ihe tore her hair.

To BLU'BBER.
with

v a To
.

fwell the cheeks

weeping.

fair (h-eams reprcfent unto

face

me my blubbered
piocure your (ray.
Suinty.
wild wood gods, arrived in the
place,

let tears

Ihe
There

lind the
viigin doleful, dcfolate,

With ruffled raiment, nnH

As her Outrageous foe hifd

belongs to the

'

Dtr.bam.
,
Jnefe primitive heirt of the chriftbn
church
could not fo
the doctrine of
eafiiy blew
rr.

'

knew thrm.

while cheerful hori

fleep,

And arms cmploy'd on

"/'^ Turh.

'

.:

that

tt'.iun,

gain the

approached with foldiers reaiiy to

"
fthe
nC> Kml'"' s

f
TM?
Thir chief tk-wn

their warders heads.

Mackttb.
a-joay thofe mifts and clouds,

(he

Htun

i>

_,
Ihc trumpets

all

h.,l
t)ic7r

cheeks.

kindle.

Ij.

dvwn,
cafties topple

it

hcrl

a.

To

Though

To

uf,.

nth devotion,

hi--:,

To bio-.-.' up. To fly into the air

by the
force of
gunpowder.
On the next day, fome of the
enemy's nu-azmes kino up ; and it is
thought they were defir.yed on purpofe by fome of their men. Tjtitr.

Though

bio-iv

lo move by
afflatus.
When t!,e mind fi.-Us hcrfclf

J2.

'

clouds

lun clearly
Ihining out

Yo BLOW.

To

His prclcnce f.,on blvais

up th' unkindly fight,
And his loud gun fpcak thick
like
angry men.

nerj

<le

1.

11.

Una wcr divers

the ftorm

king.

blelt is

,-.v

Who

8.

away without

fell at |,ft.

To

inflate with
up.
pride.
Hf with the conceit of his merit, he did
th.nk he had received
good mcafure from the

X&*n
t

pafs

effed.

St<,hjf< ar <.

my

To blow

10.

may

juftly

inflamed the affettions of

:

man

breath that Una this

tempeft ut*
ftubborn ufage of the
StakA.
An empty bladder gravitates nopope.
more than when
*
up, but fomewhat lefs ; yet defcendj more
eafiiy, becaufe with lefs refiftance.
Grnv

the eaft

j.

was

(;,.<,,

The farticiplt paflt-ve o f blew.

the

Sparks of viitue, which natu e

kindled in them, were fo hlnun to
give forth
uttermoft heat, that
it
be affirnn.

v.-ith

tlvtas a

it

It

All

it.

Upon your

Milton.

To

6.

fire

Before we had exhaufted the

receiver, the bladder appeared as full as if
blown vf with a quill.

VMmt.

blown."

and coft in buying wood, and Into the

blowmg-houfe, together
two or three months extreme and

Toll to fome courtier.

like a biadder.

./

Nor with left dread th* loud

Ethereal trumpet from on
high 'gan l/w.: Milton.
There let the prating organ binu

To

plague of fighing and grief

bkwm'

.ncrealing labour.

BLowN

breath.

breathe.

To found with being

raife or fwell

melter of

fame

the"

fetching

Dry Jen.
extinguifh by wind or

To

up.

bkiu,

mountains glow. Pofe.

[fr om &Wu.] A

,/./.

his care

witli the

behind fome cloud, fome

tcmpcll rife,
cut ail the (tars that
light the flcies.
Dry Jen.

. .

Walla-.

fpicy
feeds of gr.ld in
Ophir's

Add

flip

Hew

To

9.

tin.

Sbateffeare.

And blow

Says the fatyr, if you have gotten a trick of

bluing hot and cold out of the fame mouth, I've
e'en done with >c.

5.

Stetefp.

kindled the dead coal of war,

firft

fair

is the
kingcup that in meadow blows,
the
daily that beliJe her grows.
Gay.
thee Idum^'s
forefts

BLOWER.

fame weak wind which enkindled

that

Moon,

Mrs. Page

at the door,
fweating and
looking wildly.
StaltAan.
Each aking nerve refufe the lance to
throw,
And each fpent courier at the chariot him.

4.

breath

Dryd*.

's

For

And

much

Your

.'

is

wall,

pail.

To

Fair

Vtu

And brought in matter that ihould feed this

And now 'tis far too
huge to be blown out

pant; to puff; to be breathlcfs.

Here

hang by the

a
11
8. cr
lo bltnv
out.
the breath.

Hnmng, and

Afihca.

fpread by report.
But never was there
man, of his degree,

rettnefs.

balmy

This royal

the blo(Tom of her

Shallj
beauty 's Unci,,
bee her great brother on the
Britift throne.

Minn.

eltecm'd, fo well b-lov'd, as he :

So gentle of condition was he
known,
That through the court his
courtefy was bkivn.

ufed fometimes
imperfoa-

It bletu a terrible
tempeft at fea oner, and there
was one feaman
praying.
L'f.frangc.
It it tlctvt a
happy gale, we muft fet up all our
fails ; though it fometimes
happens that our natural heat i more
powerful than our care and cor

ificles

To

7.

the (Vagrant winds that blvio

O'er th' Eiylian flow'rs.
Pope's St. Cacil'.a.

lofe the
prime, to mark how fpring
tended plants, how Uvat the citron
grove,
drops the mj f.h, and wliac the
reed.

when

with the breath.

And Dick tfie (hepherd blws his

nail,
And Tom bean
logs into the
And milk comes frozen home inKail,

16.

Fruits, for long keeping, gather before

they are
full

heir loud
uplifted angel trumpets blnu.

To warm
When

xliii.

tenacity.

burning row,

Ihaken, and at

We
Our

What

an inftrument of wind mufick.

ffra the trumpet
among the nations. Jenmab.
Where the bright fcraphirn, in

6.

wind bkioetb. Ecclus.

given

To found

Itiad.

B L
the breath.

ftiape by
Sphcvkal bubbles, that
boys fjmetimcs thte
with water, to which
hath

J.

particip. paff.

blown, [blapan. Sax.]

To make a current of air.
At his fight the mountains are

form into

foap

flies

Chapman's

To BLOW.
I

lodges

flelh.
fear, left

To

4.

ZJr./nr.

The

;7-

L O

tf they ire once

defeated, they lofe a province at a

fair blubber'*
face,
her late.

left

Fairy S>"an.

I ir d

With

B j. u

with the fearch, not

finding what (he licks
cruel blows (he pounds her blubber' d
checks.

Drydnt.

D fartidp.
adj. [from To blul>'ter.] Swelled; big: applied commonly
B B E R E

to the
lip.

Th"M

-ith

(ing

him, rhnu booby

Wa:: fu prof.iu'd, to t,u,

BJU'DCEON.

BLUE.

adj.

n.f.

end loaded,

I,

|i.,t

never pipe

b!u!,i.,rd lip.

fliort

DiyJ
jHck, with one

an offenfive weapou.
Sax. bleu,
Fr.j One

tiled as

[blrcp,

of the (even original colours.

T'

Mj

tluffi veins

ti.

iic

's

Ulf.

gold, and here

a h.n.l thai
kings

Have lipt and t-mbl<-d kli;i,,

Sba^lfrtri.
Where fires thou fin.l'il unruk'd, and lie.,. -hi
.

unfwcpt,

There pinch

the

m lids ^

Hut

as bilkcrry.

."f/'df

LU

coward confciece. how dod thou afflict me

lights bum bluf. Is it not dead midnight?
Cold fearful drops dand on my trembling flcfh.

forms to underdand no difference betwtn

of rcfpeft nd fts of worlhip ; between cxprefiions of cdecm and devotion ; between relifor he blunders and congious and civil worship
founds all tlicle together ; and whatever proves
one, he thinks, proves all the red.
Stilling fleet

The

poppcy with a crimfon hue,

Vet leave the lily pale, and tinge the violet blue t

There was

only the

the fecond blue, inclined a

BLU'EBOTTLE.
and
I

and principally
to green. Nnvtcn.

little

from

bottle.']

flower of the bell fhape

a fpecies of

It is

their dinging liquor.

A fly

BLUE-EVED.
Having blue

eye.]

Rile, then, iiirbtut-iyed maid, rife and difcover

filver browj and meet thy
golden lover.

[from 61uta.ad bair.]

While

blue.}
his

full foon,

as the light burnt

blucy.

momenr our

The

blue."]

Boyie on Colours.

BLUFF,

adj. Big; furly ; blattering.

Like thife whom ilature uid to crowns prefer,
Black-bruW'd and bluf, like Homer's Jupiter.

BLU'ISH.

[from

adj.

BLUNT,
to the

tinfel.

At

as far as I could caft

tluijh mids.
Here, in full light, the ruiTct plains

There, wrapt in clouds, the

bluijb

hilis al'cinH.

BLU'ISHNESS. n.f. [from Hue.]

that

is

went

to

4.

perhaps irom

v.n.

[?Wrw>Dufc|n

blind. ]

To

millake grofsly ; toerr very widely;

to miftake flupidly.
It is a word im-

I.

5.

prcilions

many

my
j

it

circumftances, ere one cntne

to ufe none at all, is
;
Bacon.

wearifome

is

tit

3.

1.

To

To

He

and dumbled, abo^t

South.

2.

blindly.

foolifhly or

To
fire,

him

thofe lines of favour,

Sbakcffurf*

blot ; to ftiin ; to fully.

Sarcafms mny eclipfo thine own,
But cannot blur my lod reiv>w:i.

Hun'ilra!.

a.

<v.

[without etymology.]
To fpeak inadvertently ; to let fly
without thinking commonly with out
:

intenfive.
Others cad out blood and deadly fpeeches at
random ; and cannot hold, but blurt iut, thofe
words, which afterwards they are forced to eat.

They had fome

A
To
I.

i.

fwan

is

white, or Qj^ernlbury

go waih

Youttr,

by a

And, when my face is fair, yousJuli

Whether I blajb or no.

perceive

Shtkefrcjrr.
All thcfe things are graceful in a friend's nwudi,
which arc blnjhing in a man's own.
Bacon.
Shame caufrth bluJJAng ; blujoing is the rd n : .if

the blood to the face

although

feen in the whole bread, yet that

to the face.

DryJ-n.

without fharpncfs.

fair.

I have mark'd
thuufand blujhiu? apparitions
To dart into her face; a thoufand innocent ihamrff t
In angel whitenel's, bear awiy thefc blulhes. Sbjk.

in battle,

blunt."]

is

BLUSH, t-. *.lU/e*. Dutch.]

To betray fliame, or confnfi->n,

had fuch things to urge againd our marriage,

In a bJuut manner

1 will

reprefsor weaken any appetite, deor power of the mind.

which they,

red colour on the cheek or forehead.

P<fe.

BLU'NTLY. adv. [from

belief of a Deity,

furpriral, thusV/wr; cut. G'?i><:rn.afibc Tcrgu:

They blufh if they blurt out, ere well a*-are,

upon

[from the noun.]

dull the edge or pornt
f

Slant not his love ;

Nor lof: the fcood advantage of his grace,
Shakrffrarc.
By feemiog cold.

ttft.

To mix

BLURT.

a.

As, now dcclar'd, would Hunt my (word

And datturjize my courage.

a.

To

.1

to fenfc, n

To B- U'NDER. v.

To

Dryden.

to ftumble.
>w nonfenfc leaning,
Kieans not, but blunders round about a meaning.

flounder

He who now

'secrt,

uw

then he wore.

l.

So fickcn waining moons COT near the fan,

And blun: thir crefcents on tlieedgeof day. DiyJ.
Karthly limbs and grofs allay
iv.
Blunt not the beams of heav'n, and edge ol

gr.ind.es anJ giants in knowledge, who

at all befides t'uemfelves, as barbarous and

principal concern.

Concerning innate principles, I defire theic men

to fay, whether thev can, or cannot, by edu
and cuil'nn, be Unrretl and blotted out ?
Locke,

infijjmricant, yet blun.itrtd,

fincc

is it

But time hath nothing blun-'J

improper.

of ycftcrday.

plying contempt.

laughed

blurs the grace and blulh of

virtue hypocrite.

Which

heart hardened and blunt lo n sv imwill fcarce receive or retain affections

To BI.VNT. v.

It is one thing to forget matter of fact, and another to blunder upon the eafon of it. L'Eftrang' .

The

[from the noun.]

to'obfcure; without, quite

a.

Long

th<-

civil.

blot;

Such an at,

not elegant.

too

H:ird to penetrate. This ufe

I find,

it-,

Boyle

BLU'NDER.

Abrupt
To ufc

to the matter, is

fmall

accompany

donot whet

effacing.

Sidney.
lie

To
That
CaiU

which can giie an edge

not delicate; not

blur,'.

foli,

vulgar

To

kluijlmefi

To BLUR. f.
I.

fwords.

SbjJt.

Span, a blot, Skinntr.]

a total univerfal pollution.

Pope.

Puff.

could make, with crude copper, a folution

to that beauty,

bluntfji

and

[from blunt

aiij.

ftupid.

blot ; a ftain ; a fpot.

Man, once fallen, was nothing but a great Uar

Blunt truths more milc'.iief than uice falsehoods do.

degree of blue colour.

without the

Prydtn.
extend ;

Dull

;;./ [borra,

The major of the town came to fcize them in

a blunt nup.ner, alleging a warrant to ftop them.
V/attm.
'Tis not enough your counfel dill be true

my

Like

BLUR.

:i

eyes
Upo-. the fea, fome.what, methought, did rife
U.'i,

<w.'j>.]

Wlnteh ij, grave divine, was of a blunt ftoical

l)i\^ d>y the queen happened to fay, I
nature.
likechee the better, bccaufe thou lived unmarried.
He a'nfvKred, Mjilain, I like you the worfc. Bacon.

Skjkeffcan.

..';._)'.

Byte.

Skjkijfeare.

Side flceves and Ikirts, round underhorne with

llu'ifs

civility

liis

.S.

whence fome

Falfe friends,hisdeadlied foes, could find no w.iy y

to betray.
biuntnefs
Dryden.

adj.

Rough

fmall degree.
a

ftupid fellow.

If the iron be blunt, and

Dryden.
Blue in a

blue."]

n.f. [from blunder and

then muft he put to more dr'.-ngth.

Ecdtj.
2. Dull in underftanding ; not quick.
Valentine being gonr, I'll quickly crofs,
By fome fly trick, blunt Thurio's dull proceeding.
3.

his Huntnefi integrity,

difputes with

Bur ihows of honeft

[etymology uncertain.]
Dull on the edge or point ; not Qiarp.

qua-

may be deprived of its

again, by thearTufto'n 01

it

Thanks

liquor

and redored to
a lew drops of liquors.
bluenejs,

Manage

At the rate of this thick-fkuUcd HunJtrtead,

every plow-jobber (hall take upon him to read upISEftrange.

Swift.

grew wit,

readers will be afiiiled to difcern a difference be-

on divinity.
1.

BI.U'ENESS. n.f. [from

lity of being blue.
In

a blue

iilence

A BLU'NTWITTED.

fort

BLU'NDERHEAD.

Millar..

With

pen

His

beaftly ignorance virtuous Simplicity.

Blur.tiv'tted lord, ignoble in den.^anour.

head.]

quarters to his bJae-bair'J deities.

of manners

Coarfenefs ; roughnefs
rude fincerity.

2.

a block-

of judges will decide in favour of

an author, or will pronounce him a mere blun<Urcr, according to the company they have kept.
Watts.

hair.
This phce,
greated and the belt of all the main,

colour.
This 'fquire he dropp'd

crafcy boy, that had full oft cflay'd

pierce my flubborn and reliving bread,
But dill the bluntnefs of his darts betray'd. Suctlixg.

twixt bluntneft of fpeecb. and ftrength of rcafon.

blunder."]

blunders

ob-

fiiarpnefs.

The

[from

want of

To

Drydin.

Another

Having blue

BLU'ELY. adv. [from

Dcrbam.

head.

Crajhtitv.

He

tufvMiefs

as ill-contrrvcd or ill-made.

BLU'NDERER. n. f.
man apt to commit

Nor to the temple was (he gone, to move

With prayers the blue-eyed progeny of Jove. Dry.L

The

us

fiddle.

Thy

aitj.

makes

as defects or blunders,

n.f. [from blunt.}

of -edge or point ; dulncfs

Want

1.

n.f. [from blunder.]

that is charged with mn^iy bullets,
fo that, witho'it any exad aim, there is

Prior.

eyes.

BLUEHA'IRED.

Drydftt.

There are blunderbujfcs in every hoop-hole, that

go off of their own accord at the fqueaking of a

[from blue and

adj.

ignorance that

Sbatffftart.

to his wife, before the

BLU'NTNESS.

a chance of hitting the mark.

Say,
My upon the chariot pole
Cries out, What bluebmtlt alive
Did ever with fuch fury drive ?

roughly.

of honed blood,
time aUijn'd
For childbirth came, thus bluntly fpoke his mind.

gun

of infects, mighty Sol,

own

BLU'NDERBUSS.

Ray.

with a large blue belly.

fire

our

works of the Almighty

tliofe

'

them

A man

ing up of an army, and other circumftances in the

day of battle ; for that he had obfcrved notorious
blunders and abfur-iities committed by writers not
converfant in the art of war*
AJdij^r..

blut

battleflo'wer.
If you put tlsietettles, or other blue flowers, into
n ant-hill, they will be dained with red : bccaufe the ants thrud their dings, and indil into

a.

n.f. [from the verb.] A grofs

or fhamcful miftake.
It was the advice of Sehomhcrj to an hiSoiian,
that he OiouU avoid bnng particular in the draw-

t.'tiu,

n.f. [yanta

plainly

can keep honcit counfels, marr a curious u!e

it, and deliver a plain mcflage blurt!).

Who

BLU'NDER.

Prior.
other colour fenfible be-

my

fcarce

and blut

blufliing

fides red

Coarfely
in telling

endue

foil

2.

titles

Sbakefftare.

does one climate and one

L U

He

The

W'y

L U

That

To

but in

will

be

pafl'.ige

Bacon.
but blaf> for your dcdruiftive filcnce,
tears your foul.
Smith.
carry a red colour, or any foft and

Biujb
*..

blufi'ir.g
is

tlicn,

bright colour.
To-day he puts

forth

The fender leaves of hope to- morrow bloflbmi,

And bears his blujhing honouii thick uu >n him.
j

Sbak.

But

BOA

B L

But hers the rofes lltijh fo rare,

Here the mornings fniile fo fair,

As

But would

It

tuous

be courteous, would be kind. Crafijtv.

HujKng borders, bright with dew,

thol'c

Along
3.

BLU'STROUS.

cloud, nor wind,

if neither

has at before

whin'd, and roar'd away your viftory,

pages blujh'd at him; and men of heart
Look'd wond'ring at each other.
Sbakcfpeare
You have not yet loft all jour natural modefty,
but blujb at your vie .
Calamy'i Sermons.
.

To BLUSH,

i>.

To make

a.

Not

red.

ufed.

Pale and bloodlefs,

Being a!l defcended to the lab'ring heart,
Which with the heart there cools, and ne'er returneth

To

[from the verb.]

colour in the cheeks,

To
Weie

raifed

by

ers.
All purely identical proportions, obvioufly, and
to contain no certain inftrucit firil
tltjb, appear
Locke.
-,u.\ in them.

Having

the

To

roar as a ftorm

to

Soon

And

blvJTring ^Solus his boafted fire.

Spenfer.
So now he itjrms with many a fturdy ftoure ;
So now hii iluft'ring Wall each coail doth fcour.

My
fellow

fwagger

heart's too big to bear this, fays a

;

I'll

man, here

'

to

off.

//'

y. Denbtm.
fupper, which wa.

commands

hoarfe

And

boaft and bluJJtr in his

ikies

Noife

5.

Drydtn.

6.

Now

fellow.

-,

[from blufter.} A
a bully ; a tumultuous noify

To BOARD, -v. n. To live

where a certain rate is paid

or floor of a
(hip

an board

fliip

in fo

part,

at firft did

We

Sj>el}ator.

To BOARD.

a.

11.

To

place as a boarder

in another's houfe.

BOARD-WAGES, n.f. [from board and

wages.]
Wages allowed to fervants to
keep themfelves in viftuals.
What more than madnefs

When
And

one (hort

not enough

reigns,

many hundreds

fitting
is left

him

to

one

rate.

BO'ARDINC-SCHOOL. n.f. [from loard

and fchool. ]
fchool where the fcholars live with the teacher.
It is com-

monly ufed of

a fchool for

girls,
blockhead, with melodious voice,
boat-diag-fcto'.!, can have his choice.

Arbuthmt

board.

To BOARD,
i.

To

-v.

a.

adj.
[from boar.] Swinifh ;~
brutal ; cruel.
I w.mld not fee
thy croc! nails
Pluck out his poor old eyes ; nor
thy fierce fitter
In his anointed fltrti (lick
Sbak.
boarifl; fangs.

To
1

BOAST,
To brag

v.

tf.

{bSfl,

Weifb.J

to difplay one's own worth,

or afUons, in great words.
Let not him that putteth on his harnefs,
btajt
himfelf as he that putteth it of}.
;

The

Whom

Kings.

bcne.uh.
feduc'd, ttaflinjr I could fubdue
fp'rits

Th' Omnipotent.
z.

To
For
which

talk

Milln.

oftentatioufly.

know

haft of you to them of Macedonia.

the fornardnefs of your mind, for

I Cc,r,

enter a (hip by force

dorm, ufed of a city.

the

3.

fame

My
.

as

It is ufed

More

on Coini.

[from the noun.]

Swift.

BO'AR ISH.

(harp hooks, wherewith they took hold of the tackwhich held the mainyard to the maft of their

(hip ; then, rowing their own (hip, they

cut the tackling, and brought the mainyard by the

Dryden.
tabler ;
n.f. [from board.]
that eats with another at a fettled

BO'ARDER.

Drydfn.
great dan-

enemy's

drains

fupply

Board-wagei, or a footman's livery.

board to board the rival veflels row,

captain thought his

Exercifei.

hoard with thee,

Now thou wouldft tafte our mifery.
Herbert.
arc feveral of us,
gentlemen and ladies,
who board in the fame houfe ; and, after dinner,
one of our
company ftands up, and reads your
paper to us all.

fomftimes

mnjeity to it.
Bacon.

That we might not

As we

off.

in a houfe,
for eating.

ling

to
I

Max Vi Mechanical

billows lave the fkies, and ocean groans below.

Our

LEf

fwaggercr

p!*.ifed
a

it a.i<K

ger, that he confeficd himfelf to a capuchin who

was on board.
slddtjoa.
He ordered his men to arm long poles with

Sti'ift.

4. Boail ; boiilcroufnefs.
A coward makes a great deal more blafcr than
a man of honour.
range.

VOL.

The deck
The

fury.
Spare thy Athenian cradle, and thofe kin,
Which in the blufter of thy wroth muft fall
With thofc that have offended.
Sbakr/ftart.

f.

they find any irregularities, pl.inc them

fignines in a (hip.

Milton.

n.

Sbakcfpea>:.

a court

in this-fury.
learn what afTbciates

therefore they perufe the whole floor; and, where

is

acquainted with affairs, than any

then at that boar.l.
Clarendon.

wi(h the king wnuld be

tumult.

BLUS'TERER.

fat

An aflembly feated at a table

of jurifdic\ion.
I

bhfltr to confound

ihr.rc.

Turbulence

better

who

to be prefent at that board.

Sbalefpearc,

So, by the brai:n trumpet'', blufltr,

Troops of all tongues and nations muftcr.

3.

held.
Both
other

thus at gaze, the palmer 'gan to board

Bacon i Kerry VII.

Lay or pave with boards.
Having thus boarded the whole room, the edges
of fome boards lie higher than the next board

In

look grimly,

when with

Entertainment ; food.
A table at which a council or court

3.

4.

[from the verb.]

ftorms ; tempeft.

Their corrt-r
2.

his breathing fubjeel; call,

empty hall.

threaten prefent blujttn.

To the winds they fet

Sea, air, and

Pan

F.jtrange.

n. /.

The

ev'ry god his friendly aid afford ;

guard thy flock, and Ceres blefs thy board.
Prior.

May

and fword. Deft.

To

llaleTVill on Providence.

tltifltr'oig

Gwcrmntnt of tte 'Tongue.

countcr-ftorm.
Virgil had the majefty of a lawful prince, and
of a tyrant.
Drvde*.
Statius only the
tlujleruig
There let him reign the jailor of the wind ;

BLU'STER.
-4. Roar of

Cleopatra made Antony a

furnptuous and royal ; howbeit there was no extraordinary fervice upon the board.

be

Either he mure fink to a downright confcflion,

or mutt huff and Miijlcr, till perhaps he raife a

With

which, three hundred lords he (lew,

blood,

fire

t-."-d.

3.

Sir

Sir, fay the gentledeftroy myfelf.

a dagger at your fcrvicc : fo the

humour went

And

after

and carry

Tynans fca/i

and correfpondehts
they had, and how far every one is engaged, and
what new ones they meant afterwards to try or

My

Spader,

to

[from burdd, Welfh.]

griev'd.

They

Temple.

all
fitting at his board. Fairy Q.
In bed he flcpt not, for my urging it }
he
fed not, for my urging it.
At beard
Sbalufp.
I'll follow thee in fun'ral flames ; when dead,
and
mall
thee
at
boaid
bed.
attend
ghoft

Earth his uncouth mother was,

bully ; to puff;
tumultuous.

it.

be violent and

fleet,

bjizd,

Go now, go truft the wind's uncertain breath,

Remov'd four fingers from approaching death
Or fcven at moft,when thickeft is the board. Dryd.

A table,

(he cry'd, and let our

attack, or make the firft attempt

upon a man ; aborder juelqu'un, Fr.

me

Raleigh.

Of BritiOi

To

Goth,

[baurd,

it

To

Whom,

and

Saxon.]
A piece of wood of more length and
breadth than thicknefs.
With the faw they fundred trees in boardi and

perfons living in

loud.

2.

f.

leceiv'd

With goodly reafon, and thusfair befpake. Fairy S^

Away, I d-i befeech you both, away;
I'll /tard him
prefently.
Sbakfffeare's Hamlet.
Sure, unlefs he knew fome (train in me, that
I knew not
myfelt', he would never have boarded

Every houfe has a board over the door, whereon is written the number, fex, and quality of the

2.

tlaft.]

n.

planks.

[fuppofed from

n.

-v.

2.

Dutch.]

boar

[from

f.

we

Waller.

Arm, arm,
With ours his

BOARD,

Harvey on Confumpthns.

BLU'STER.

beer,

fpear ufed in hunting the boar.

And in her hand a (harp boar-fpear (he held,
And at her bick a bow and quiver gay,
StufTd with Iteel-headed darts.
KnVy Queer..
Echion threw the firft, Hu: mifs'd his mark,
And ftruck his boar-fpear on a maple bark. Dryd.

Blollbms of trees, that are white, are commonly

inodorate ; thofe of apples, crabs, peaches, arc
and fmell fweet.
Bacon.
tlujby,
Stratonica entering, moved a llujhj colour in
his face; but deferting him, he rciapfed into palc7'o

n.

a fatal volley

duke, but his great heart

Sbakefprare.

the boar purfues,

fly the boar, before
to incenfe the ioarto follow us. Ska'

j~pear.~\

colour of a blufh.

nefs and languor.

It mifi'd the

Temple.

BO'AR-SPE AR.

blujb.]

From whence
accord,

She fped the /> vr away

His eyeballs glare with fire, futfus'd with blood ;
His neck (huts up a thickeir. thorny wood ;
His bridled back a trench impal'd appears. Dryd.

red or purple colour.

a fignification that
j. Sudden appearance:
feems barbarous, yet ufed by good writ-

[from

all

for thy lord.

enemy.

adj.

him

t.;ke

BO'AR. n.f. [bap, Saxon;

The male fwine.

virgin's wifli,

BLU'SHY.

Huji&ras,

Bo. interj. A word of terrour ; from Bo,

an old northern captain, of fuch fame,
that his name was ufed to terrify the

Slak4f.

without her fears, impart;

Excufe the blvjb, and pour out all the heart. }'-.fe.
z.

note in mufick.

am, the ground of

Bmi, Bianca,

n. /.

lhame or confufion.
The

n.f.

king's (hip : now on the beak,

in the wafte, the deck, in
every cabin,
flam'd amazement.
Shake/pear:.
not
the
inclir.'d
He,
Engli& (tip to board,
More on his guns relies than on his fword,

Now

and beautify the cheek again.

blvjh

BLUSH,
1. The

SMI.

Gamut

He
That

Tumul-

klujlti-.]

The ancient heroes were illuitrious

For being benign, and not blujirout.

caufe of fliame.

..ae

[from

adj.

noify

BOA

commonly with

fjntencc

for

optn war

inexpert, 1 beafl not.

Sometimes with

ix. 1.

tf.

cfwlex,
Milton.

in.

ioajl i,: mortal things, and rond'rlng ttH

Babel, and the works of Memphian kings.

They

Of

/ Ttitr.*.
i

Some

Some

furjeons

in their roikcts,
'

againft

from thenff as far as Augufta and Syntofe,

an hundred Italian miles, in loud /V.j'^r;
Derbam's Pb\/i' P-- -JO'ATM AN. 7 n.f. [from boat and man.]
He that manages a boat.
JO'ATSMAN.

Eztlt. xxxv. i;.

wat.i llm.v,
Boatfmen through theeryft.il
T>. wond'riiig palK-nger>, the walls below.
Dryd.

have met, carrying

boa/ling in that

To

about

V>on

which was

flame.

5.

Hi/ana*.

Thus with your mouth yon hive hafteJ

me, and multiplier

To

1.

me.

'

That boohy Hhaon only was unkind,

a.

<v.

An

brag of; to difplay with oflenta-

tious

For

their

exalt one's felf.

To BOAST.

BO'ATSWAIN.

have boa/lid any thing to him of ynu,

2.

An

To

magnify

to exalt.

that truft in their wealth, and ioa/l

ges, that boaft themfelves of idols.

BOAST,

An

Pfalm

[from the verb.]

expreffion of oftentation

them-

xcvii. 7.

n. f.

a proud

Harris.

fpeech.
Thou, that makeft thy

boaft of the law, through

breaking the law difhonourelt thou God ?
Remans, ii. 23.
The world is move apt to find fault than to

To

Specifier.

2.

caufe of boafting ; an occafion of

pride ; the thing boalled.
Not Tyro, nor Mycene, match her name,
Nor great Alcmena, the proud hafts of fame. Pope.

BO'ASTER. n.f. [from boaft.} A bragger ;

a man that vaunts any thing oftentatioufly.
Complaints the more candid and judicious of
the chymills themfelves are wont to make of thofe
have
toafteri, that confidently pretend that they
extrafted the fait or fulphur of quickfilver, when
they have difguifed it by additaments, wherewith
it refembles the concretes.

Boyle,

Oftentatious

affinity

2.

it.

in their

To

cheat

It

in.

our fathers

by

calls

me

to a reftitution large
I bobb'd from

gold and jewels that

him,

As

Sbaktfpeare,
gifts toDefdemona.
Here we have been worrying one another, who
fhould have the booty, till this curled fox has

L'Ef'rjnge.

may

tell

her,

BOB. n.f. [from the verb neuter.]

1
Something that hangs fo as to play
an ornament at the
loofely ; generally
a pendant
an ear-ring.
;
The gaudy goffip, when (he's let agog,

The words

a fmall fize ; as, a pa/ag

fliip of
boat, patquet boat, advice boat , fly boat.
BOA'TION. n.f. [from boare, Lat.] Roar;
loud found.
Inlutivtlion, the guns were heart

a I'.b.

Drydefi.

end of a

at the

repeated

ofra/.] Cut

To

fharply

taunted,

yea

fomerimes

Album's

with

Scboolmajter.

mode of ringing.

BO'BBJN.

n.f. [bobine, Fr. from bombyx,

fmall pin of wood, with a

Lat.] A
notch, to wind the thread about when

women weave
The

lace.

thingi you follow, and

mould be

fent to knit, or

fit

make

fongs on nnw,

dowu. to

Itttl-ir.s,

01

Talltr.

bonclace.
I

Tom will make him weep and

BO'BTAILED. adj. [from
ing a

tail cut,

wail.

Sbttbrfpeare.

Hav-

bobtail.}

or fhort.

There was a bobtailed cur cried in a gazette,

and one that found him brought him home tu h's
maftcr.

L'F'/frarigf,

BO'BWIC.

[from bob and nuig.]

n. f.

fhort wig.
A young fellow riding towards us full gallop,
with a i>:.b~.cig and a black tilken bag tied to it,
ftopt fhort at the coach, to alk us how far the
judges were behind.
Sptffsgsrm
BO'CASINE. n.f.
fort of linen cloth ; a

buckram.

Dift.

BODE. <v. a. [bofcian, Sax.] To portend ; to be the omen of. It is ufed in

a fenfe of either good or bad.
Come itrangc eruption

This

bodtt

You

have oppofed their

to our (hte.

Uamla.
policy wirh true
d be a

falfe

and great wifdom ; what the;

mifchief to us, you are providing fliall be one of
our principal ftrcngths.
Spratt's Seraism.
It

happen'd once, a boding prodigy

Iwarm

Upon
Jf

or bees that cut the liquid fky

the topmaft branch in clouds alight.

Dryd.

his
fiery red

glowing globe dcfcends,

High winds and furious trmpelts he portends ;
But if his cheeks are fwoln with livid blue,
He badet wet weather by his watry hue. DiyJta.

To

n.

11.

be an omen;

me

leave to fay, whatever

it bi,J;d well to you.

to

now
Diydtn.

prove,

BO'DEMENT, n.f. [from

omen prognoftkk.

Portent;

bode.}

This

Makes

fooliih,
ull

thefe

dreaming, fupcrftitious

girl,

bcttctt\

^tare.

Macbeth lhall never vanquifh'd be, until

Great Birnam-wood to Dunfinane's high hill
Shall come againft him
That will never be
:

Sweet ioJmrnts, good.

Sbaktffearr.

To BODGE, -v. n. [a word in Shake/peart,

which is perhaps corrupted from boggle.}

To

boggle

With

this

to flop

to fail.

we charg'd again
:

as I

:
but out, alas!
have feen a f\wn,
Sbal.

[from

n.f.

bodies.}

Stays; a

wailtcoat quilted with whalebone,

blow.

pinches, nips, and bcbs.

4.

fhort tail.
;
Avaunt, you curs

I'

ieni'c

\Vitii bootlels labour, fuitn ag.i'nfr the rule.

bed, to bed, will be the bob of the Cong.

am

Arbu:brot and

Be thy mouth or black or white,

Or Mlfti tikr, or trundle tail,

BO'DICE.
3.

firft, in adhering to
the latter, in hearing 4

tail

We bcdg'd again

ftanza.

Tate't Ju-vtr.cl

In jewels dreft, and at each car

the

BO'BTAII.. n.f. [from bob, in the

Sir, give

rich in jewels, rings, and bobbing pearls,

Pluck'd from Moors ears.
Drytlcn.

2.

arid conft .uicy

The omen

Dnam.

I'm

ear

bob againft the

to

forefhew.

They comb, and then they order ev'ry hair ;

their ear.
DiyJea.
birthday jewel bobbing at
Y'iu

fo as

the purfuit or" one cud

disappointment.

To BODE.

And fometimcs lurk I in a goflip's bowl,

In very likenefs of a roafted crab ;
And when me drinks againft tier lips I bcb,
And on her withcr'd dewlap p >ur the ale.
Midfummer Night's

hung

Bahcbtriy teaches at once two noble virtues,

patirner

Sbakifpcare.

Live, Roderigo

He
Of

is

cherry

To

fraud.
brain more than he has beat

to gain

bones.

my

Mdiuu

whom

own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd.

have bcbt>-d his

Raleigh's EJays.

effeminate fcoundiel multitude

daring is to crofs the Nile
In painted boats, to fright the crocodile.

In

to bang.

Sbakefpcart.

3.

i:

Whofe utmoft

drub

to

baltard Britons,

tMitwtrl. Gr,w's R'

<*f

BO'CKELET. ~[n.f. A kind of long-winged hawk.

BO'CKERET.J

bobtail.

Decay of Piny,

do not think that any one nation, the Syrian

excepted, to whom the knowledge of the ark came
did find out at once the device of either (hip or
i-tai, in which they durft venture themfclvcs upon

noif'e

Juntas.
;

Have

Whence

commonly moved by rowing.

2.

foolifh,

thing.

ufually diftinguifhed from other vefTels,

by being fmaller and uncovered, anc

An

beat

Thole

Pope.
loading.'} Of-

BOAT. n.f. [bat, Saxon.]

1. A veffel to pafs the water

the fea>.

cut.

fobbed us both on't.

tentatioufly.
We look on it as a pitch of impiety, boaftir.gl)
to avow our fins j and it defervcs to be confidered
whether this kind of confefling them, have no
with

To
To

inclined to brag.

BO'ASTINCLY. adv. [from

fome

Span.]
1

manner

BO'BCHERRY. n. f. [from lob and r/frw) .]

A play among children, in which tl\

fine

[from boaft and full.}

BcaJIful, and rough, your firft fon is a 'fquire

The next a cradefman, mcoic, nnd much a liar.

from bobo,

it

To BOB. -v. n. To play backward and

forward ; to play loofely againft any

adj.

of Pdrh.iv

[of uncertain etymology:

a.

11.

rf.

'

No more delays, vain boajler ! but begin ;

I prophefy beforehand I mall win
I'll teach you how to brag another time. Drya,n
He the proud boaflirs fent, with Item atfault,
Down to the realms of night.
Philips
BO'ASTFUI,.

BOB.

Skinner deduces

the tiaji will probably be cchfured,

;
the great action that occafioned it is for-

gotten.

to

Sometimes the meaneft kuufwain may help

prefervc ihe fhip from finking.
Il'SWcl's Pre~L*:incnC

commend
when

officer

felves in themultitudeoftheirrichcs. Pf,i!m xlix. 6.

Confounded be all them that ferve graven ima-

n.f. [from boat and Jkvain.}

on board a fhip, who has

charge of all her rigging, ropci, cables,

anchors, fails, flags, colours, pendants,
r. He alfo takes care of the long-boat,
and its furniture, and fleers her either
calls out
by himfclf or his mate. He
the feveral gangs and companies to the
execution of their watches, works, and
and he is alfo a kind of provoftfpells ;
marfhal, fei7.es and punifhes all offenders, that are fentenced by the captain,
or court-martial of the whole fleet.

They

rough

nor w.-.vcn with warp and w.inf, rut

nettc-l

after the

with bobbins.

mouth.

waves and wind.

as

am

I Cor. vii. 14.

not ajh.uiied.
Neither do the fpirits damn'd
Lofe all their virtue, left bad man (hould bojft
Mi/ten.
Their fpecious deeds.
If they vouchfaled to give God the praife or' hi
gftodnefs ; yet they did it only, in order to boaft
the intereft they had in him.
Attcrbury.

ill-bred inatmtin,

Not

[from bsbbln and

n. f.

Work woven

tvari.}

Prior.

language.
if

BOD

BOB

BOA

worn

by women.
Her
About

The

bidice half

his

arms

way

flic

lilkcn band,

(he unlac'J

flilycait

and held him

t".<ft.

This conlidcration fhould ke^p ignorant

and icJ/c.-makers fr.im meddling.

Prior.
:

Locke.

BO'DI LESS. adj. [from body.} Incorporeal

having no body.

and immaterial are,

boiiilrfi
can be only lodg'd within our minds. Da*<:es,

They

And

'i j-.-s

BOG

BOD
This 11 the very coinage of our brain
This bodUefs creation ecftafy
Is very

cunning in.
Thefe are but (hadows,

4. Reality

Skakffptart.
.

1.

Swift

Corporeal

fuch as reforted to our Saviour Chriftj being,

prefent on earth, there came not any unto him
with better faccefs, for the benefit ot' their fonleverlafting rnppinefs, than they whofe br-dily ne:i"ion of
Hv.kir
ceilil
f.'cking relief.
Virtue atones for bodily defects ; beiuf, ii no-

would

not

have children much beaten for

would not have them think

Real

3.

The main arm/

Shaki/pc-jfe.

Corporeally; united with

ad-v.

human

Ic is his

is

in which the godhead

advanced to thcle honours,

n.f.

\boddiken, or fmall

body

a loop.

Or

An

3.

material fubftance of an animal,

to the

what ye /hall put on.

By curtom, pucticc, and

all

Matter

L' EJlrange.
:

whence

put out
Surely, a wife b^dy'i part it were not
his (ire, brcaufc his t'oolilh neighbour, from whom
he borrowed wru-rcwith to kindle it, might fiy,

were

not for me tl.o j v.ouldrt freeze.

defiow'rcJ maid
by an eminent b-*dy, that enforc'd

And

law again rt it
'Tis a pafling (lumr,
!

'!

Hookir.

it

lint I,

unworthy

5 ,.<*uld cenfure

body as I

Stjtcfptare.

am,

thuk an lovely gentlemen.

Sbak.

body fceth me ; whit need 1 to fear ? ihe

F.cJut.
Mr,ft High will not remember my fini.
A!I civility and reafon obliged every body to
Clarendon.
fbbn.it.
Ci/ad may be drawn out of evil, and a bidy'i
ri.ay

''..<

ivr- witliout having any

animal, may, by

fire,

ts.

horfcs

that

To
To

the noun.]

a.

it.

[from
produce in fome form.
As imagination bodict forth
The forms of things unknown, the pott's
to (hape.

2.

oulii-

.
f.
office.

of

n.f. [an

mufe, and

a morafs

ion -TROTTER,

n. f.

that lives in a

hi* life.

ll'uus,

[from tog and

trot,]

boggy country.
[from togil, Dutch,
bugbear, a phantom.]

BO'GGLE.

-v. n.

To

That

Sbakffptare.

and mire almoft every day of

a fptdre, a

Sbakefpeare.

Marmy; fwam-

[from leg and

boufe.~\

fpecies

Indian word.]

Tlcktl?.

part her time 'twixt reading and bubctt,

What

South.
foevcr he treads, he finks.
Lurn from fo great a wit, a land of Ings
with
heaven
tat
With ditches fcnc'd, a
fogs. J)r}J.
He is drawn, by a fort of in/i famm, into&jgj

One

bog.~\

holds fecure the coffee's fable waves.

fpill

be hot

When

pen

and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire. Sbakefptare.

A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog,
Betwixt Uamtata and mount Cafius old. Aft/ton.
He walks upon bugs and whirlpools vvhcre-

To

[from

her folitary tea.

Pipe.

to be fervent, or effervef.

ftrength with

which

fraught,
in the vale of Balafor

Well

;
bagtu,' Fr.]
a ground too foft
to bear the weight of the body.
Through Tire and through flame, through foul

'

houi'e

cent.
That

To

[bog, foft, Irifh

adj.

He faw there toil the fiery whirlpools. Chapman.

Suppofe the earth removed, and placed nearer to
the fun, in the orbit of Mercury, there the while
ocean would boil with extremity of heat.
Scntley.

sttdifon.

BOG. n.f.
A marm

To BOIL. v. n. \boutlhr, Fr. bullio, Lat.]

1. To be agitated by heat ; to fluftuate

are

informed that feveral afle* arc kept in

fweated every morning upon the
body-eloalbi, and

Turns them

A doubter

She went from opera, park, aflembly, play,

To morning walks, and pray'rs three hours a day;

wine of a good body.

n. f. [from both and

am

To Bo'nv.

logglt.~\

with heat.
as,

dieted.
I

[from

man.

Coarfe pewter, confiding chiefly of lead, is part

of th bales in which tobea tea was brought from
Woodward.
China.
As fome frail cup of China's faireft mold
The tumults of the boiling bobea braves,

Uoylc.

Clothing for

tloibes.']

n. f.

10.

nity.
12. Strength

littic

a little

of tea, of higher colour, and more

altringent tafte, than green tea.

be turned

have been a boggier ever.

BOHE'A.

much more

[In geometry.] Any folid figure.

it.
pandeft ; a general collection : as,
a body of the civil law ; a body of divi-

the ears a

play faft and loofe ; to diflemble.

When fummnned to his lair endj it was no time
Hwvc!.
for him to boggle with the world.

And
and therefore

Hudtbras.
that has

man

To

3.

my
I

boiling

youth was

fought.

Dry den,

knew

perils youthful ardour would purfue,

too far.
failing blood would carry thee

To move with

DryJ.

an agitation like that of

boiling water.

Then headlong (hoots beneath the dalhing tide,

The trembling fins the bailing waves divide. Gay,
4. To be in hot liquor, in order to be

made

No

lit'r

a metalline body,

more pointed, and the nofe

BO'GHOUSE.

afterward, by

heath.

f.-I

oppofed to fpirit.
3. A perfon ; a human being
Jomebody and nobody.

2.

Even

night,

patience, all dirhculcies

and harJiriips, whether of body or of fortune, are
eafy.

and,

be in doubt.

Their country was very narrow, low, and boggy,

by great induftry and expcnces, defended
Arbutbr.m .
from the fea.

fubftance; matter, as dillinguiflied

BODY-CLOTH

and took the b f,dy of Saul, and the bodiis <>f his
Samuel.
funs, from the wall.
Take no thought for your lift, what yc tb.i'l
for
(hall
drink
nor
or
what
eat,
;
y
>ct
ye

made

vegetable or
into water.

n.f. [bobt, Saxon ; it originally

fignified the height or ftature of a man.]

All the valiant

when worn.

py-

Kaicigt.
city has navigable rivers, trut run up into
the body of Italy ; they might fupply many countries with nth.
Addifcn.

BO'DY.

immaterial foul.
men arofe, and \\ent

bended wcftward

to return,

and,

This

Pope.

and etlcnce to prepare :

For this your locks in paper durance bound. Ptpe.

oppofed

it

you.

than 6rdinary, and then you begin to boggle.

You

as, the body,

unknowing

hefitate, to

BO'GCY.

from other matter.

inilrument to drefs the hair.

You took conftant care

The

To

a timorous

a branch thereof.

9.

The b'-'dkin, comb,

1.

man

as far as

An

plung'd in lakes of bitter w.iftie! lie,

wedg'd whole agei in a isjkin's eye.

the bulk

the body, or trunk, of a tree.

Thence fcnt rich merchandizes by boat to Babvbnj from whence, by the b:\ijoi Euphrates,

of a

Or

with continually they pricked him.

Sidmy.
inftrument to draw a thread or rib2.

band through

part

boldly on, and loves the path

Bo'c c L E R

Swift.

or hull, of a fliip; (he body of a coach

the body of a church ; the body, or trunk,

SkinnerJ\
An inftrument with a fmall blade and
fharp point, ufed to bore holes.
Each of them had bcdklni in their hands, where-

1.

fide.

ftarts

iatkt*

3.

Sivift.

The main

8.

Watu.

and to this empire.

my

richc?.

nature,

dwells bodily, that

almoft to a mdj;, on

Nothing was more common, than to hear that

reverend body charged with what is inconfiitent ;
defpifcd for their poverty, and hated fur

Goes

flatter

b'jjy

laity,

to the road,

longer, and

men

ot

Us'd

And never bvggle to reftore

The members you deliver o'er,
Upon demand.
The well-Jhapcd changeling is
a rational foul, fay you ? Make

by the

led

iog/s-ihrewdlyj every feather

Drydcnt
2.

diftinft

n.>w mention a particular wherein your

will be certainly againft mej ana the

i fhall

Rome

matter.

BO'DKIN.

corporation ; a number
united by fome common tye.

in this ftate,

Had circumvention.

BO'DILY.

Cuirtndon.

well.

7.

come

to fear to

Stood boggling at the roughnefs of the way

general and Wilmot ; In tUi body was the king

and the prince j and the Yesr confided of one
thoufand foot, commanded under colonel Thel-

whole

Whatever hatn been thought on

the battle

from the wings, van, and rear.

The van of tue king's army was

adual.

Tliat could be brought to bodily act, ere

mankind

fo

Lut-:.

punishment.

a joint power.

pigmies pretend to form themfelves into

a l^iif
it is time for us, who arc men of figdve,
to look about us.
Add\)sn"s Guardian

reafon.

We

the knowledge both of God anc

this certainty, that lite and death have di-

When

thing worth, without a mind.

L'EJlrangt.
As clearnefi of the bodily eye doth difpofc it
for a quicker fi^ht ; fo dnth freedom from luft
and pallion difnole us for the moft perfect acls ot

back

to fly

Shakcfpeartt
unufual appearance,
!rart and
toggle at every
and cannot endure the fight of the bugbear.
Granvillei
Nature, that rude, and in her firft eflay,

Hooker.

6.

(tart

You

many difafTeftcd perfons of the

for the
nobility, that there might a body ftart up
Ctartr.don.
king.

To

is o:

in

is

There were

Of

but the body

vided between them the whole body or

Relating to the body, not the mind.

their faults, bccaufe I

bodily pain the grcateft

come

to

colle&ive mafs

man

containing body.

refemblance could wood or tlone bear to

1 fpirit void of all fenfible qualities, and bodily
dimcnfions ?
Ssvtk.

Colofliatis

There

What

2.

j.

adj. [from lady.}

forward.

Chrilr.

Phantoms bodVtfa and vain,

Empty \i!i'ins of 'he brain.

BO'DLLY.

oppofed to reprefentation

fcriptural fenle.
A lhadow of things

tender by the heat.

of a fenny fnakr,
In the cauldron boil and bake.
Fillet

5.

To
It

Sbakefpcare*

cook by boiling.

you

live in a rich

family, roafting^nd boiling

are below the dignity of your office, and

becomes you to be ignorant of.

6.

To

boil over.

heat.
A few

Wits

foft

fee

To run over the

which

it

Sivift.

veflel

with

words and
kifs, and the good man
nature works and boils tnitr in him.

Uow

d *

This

O L

Th'u hollow was a vaft cauldron, filled with

melted matter, which, as it tiilid over in any pait,
ran down th fides of the mountain, slddif. on Italy.

To BOIL.

<v.

a.

To

heat,

1 have feen the councils of a noble country grow

timorous, according to the fits of his good

or

mits.
A0&MMNh
cathedral church is a veryioWwark, and a
mafter-pieceofGothick architecture. .A/i/i/".<in Italy.

Mo/

Confident

We were

n.f. [from To boil.} A place at

works where the fait is boiled.

The

boil.}

perfon that boils any thing.

The

which any thing is boiled.

and
This coffee-room is much frequented
veflel in

Licentious ; fuch as (hew great liberty

of fidion, or expreflion.
The figures are bold even to temerity. Cmoley.
Which no bold talcs of gods or monrters fwell,
But human pailions, fuch as with us dwell. Walltr.
6. Standing olit to the view ; ftriking to

there arc generally fevcral pots and Stiltrt before

Wood-ward.
the fire.

BO'ISTEROUS.
1.

adj.

furious,

\byfler,

Dutch.]
Violent; loud; roaring ; flormy.
By a divine inftinft, men's minds miftrud
by proof we

as

Enfuing danger;

the eye.

fee

Catachrefes and hyperboles are to be ufed judias heightenings and

cioully, and placed in poetry,
Ihadows in painting, to make the figure botdfr, and
caufe it to (land off to fight.
Dryden.

The waters fwell before a boijleroui ftorm. Siakrff.

As when loud winds a well-grown oak would
rend

by the roots,

Up

this

that they bend

way and

j.

His

reeling trunk, and with a totft'roui found

Scatter his leaves, and drew them on the ground.

tumultuous

Wherefore do you

fo

furious.

of peace,

Spirit
ill

tranflate yourfelf

Out

of the fpeech of peace, that bears fuch grace,

Into the harlh and boift'rous torgueof war ? Sbak.
His fweetnefs won a more regard
Unto his place, than all the boft'roui moods

My

Procure

My

His

He
But

clumfily violent.

fo buried in the
biiflerotu club,

ground,

could not rearen up again fo light,

that the knight him at advantage found.
is

ufed by Woodiuardot heat

violent.

When

the

the fun hath gained a gn-ati-r ftrength,

eat becomes too powerful and boi/itrcui tor

them.

Haiurcl

BO'ISTEROUSLY.
Violently

at/'i'

[from
,tn

boijleroui.]

unruly hand,

mainta n'd
Thofe are all remains of the
when the water of the ocean,
be as

U,jiory.

tumultuoufly.

wnii
fceptre, fnatch'd

Wuft

toijlerx.j[i

as jja.n'H. Siak.
univerf.il deluire,
be;

turned out upon the earth, bore a!on;:

'.vi:i'

it

ih

W<j td<waid.
moveable bodie:.
Another faculty of the intellect comes fn,ji,> -nj]t
tn, and wakes me from fo pleafing a dream. .'Tt .;.-

n.f. [from boijlerous.]

ftate cr quality of
being boifterous ;

tuinnhuoulnefs

BO'LARY.

adj.

turbulence.

[from

bole.}

Partaking of

the nature of bole, or clay.

A ^pak and in.iuim.>tc kind of loadftone,w'th

l.

....

4 lion.

your wife

(..

Our
Cometh

accefs.

trmcrti.

a.

[from

tolJ.~\

am

you eat, you

(leal.

BO'LDFACLD.

adj.

charge thee
fuch a gallant toldnefs ; if 'twere thine,
couldft not hear 't with fuch a filent fcorn.
Dcr.bam.
His diftance, though it does not inlh-ufl him to
think wjfer than other princes, yet it helps him to
fpeak with more boldnefs what he thinks. lanfle.
the power to fpeak or do what

is

we

Lode.

Impudence.
That moderation, which ufeth to fupprefs boldand to make them conquer that Curler, Jloofur,

nefs,

BOLE.

n.f.

The body

1.

All

firrah,
;

what

L F.ftrange.
[from bold and face.}

their curled brows

Fell

hurtling to the earth

and boughs.
But when the (mouther

of creatures ; and,
fa-ing the r iare works, I have fe-n enough to
confute all the boldfaced atheifts of this age.

and up went

boles

bole

all

the

Cbapmar..
from knots i:, free,

We

make a deep Incifion in the tree.

D-jJea,
View well this tree, the queen of all the jjrove ;
How vail her Ue, how wide her .:rms arc fpread,

How

2.

3.

high above the reft (he (hoots her head Drjd.

irth.
Bole Arum. >*.<.* is an aftringent earth, which
takes its name from Armenia, the country from
which we have it.
s.uaril.

kind

<

meafure of corn, containing

ii.t

bufhels.

Of

good barlny put eight 4/, th.it is, about

Englifh quarters, in 3 llone trough. Mortimer,

lit

Edit
the

[Latin.]

n.f.

is

a great fier;

air, ar.cl

boll

of

b.i'.l,

fwiftly hurried through

tail after it.
Arif-

generally drawing a

totle calls it caprj.

mcnfe balls of this

BOLL.
fillieft

or trunk of a tree.

upon the high-hair'd oaks, and down

fell

BO'LIS.

an old trot:
have you know

cries

Impudent.
have (ten thole

With
Thou

bzldufd

proach and reprehenfion.

I'd

?
And yet koUnefs is a child of
Boldnef,.
ignorance and bafenefs, far infer jour to other parts.
Bacon.
Sure, if the guilt were theirs, they could not

too vent'rous

Sfaitf/fttrt*

Hebrnvi.

third

To make

bold and face. ]

a term of re-

Eftejians.
therefore boldnefi to enter into the ho-

Wonderful is the cafe of boldnfft in civil bufiwhat firft ? Baldmfs.

What fecond and

nefs

6.

BO'LDFACE. n. f. [from
Impudence; faucinefs
bcldfa-.i

Hooker.

Sbakeffcare.

am much

own hen

which be-

and accefs with confidence, by

by the blood of Jefus.

Boldnefs

Under your promised pardun.

now,

great

C'.r.r.tbians.

intend, before others, without fear or diforder.

bold,

In tempting of your patience, but

eat our

Afiurance ; freedom from bafhfulnefc

confident mien.

5.

How

toward you

fear excludeth not that boldmft

faints.

Having
lieft

t%

we

Dryden.

the faith of him.

Qmck

upon the mindl

We have boldnefi

Dcfdemona

to give confidence.
inventers, and fair ready fpeakers, being
their prcfi-nt abilities to fay more,
with
bcldcntd
at the fudden for that
and perchance better
ufe Jefs help of
prefcnt, than any other can -do,
diligence and ftudy.
Ajcbams SfboolmjJf^T.

bold

adj, [balb, Saxon.]

lo'.u

fome

To BO'LDEN.I-.

Daring; brave; (lout; courageous;

magnanimous ; fearlefs ; intrepid.
The wicked flee when no man jmifueth but
the tig^itcous a:C

failor's

only for making bold to feoff at thefe things, which

the greater part of mankind reverence.
Tilloijon.

f.
flax.

There have often been imkind.

round

Mufcb.nl-rxck.

ftalk or

Hem

as,

few magnctical lines, but chiefly confilVmg of a

and clammy fulftancc. Bi-ciun'i I'ulg. Err.
bclary

BOLD,

their effeft

Freedom ; liberty.
GreSt is my boldncjs of fpeech
is my glorying in you.
Confident truft in God.

\.

fears forgetting

BO'ISTEROUSNESS.

The

Sidney.

nicety.

future Milbourn mould arifc.

Dryden.
Some men have the fortune to beefteemed wit.*,

Fairy !$uetn,

4. It

level

manners, to unfeal
Their grand commifiion.
Slakeffxare.
And were y* as good as George a Green,
Hitdibrai.
I (hsll make bold to turn agcn.
I durll not mall thus bold with Ovid, leil fome

me

Making fo

men.

Unwieldy

fuit is, that fhe will to

th' oppreflbr,

Milan.
tn&tmift'nui force of violent
Still mull I beg thee not to name Sempronius
Lucia, I like not that loud boiflerius man. Add'^n.

3.

to fend to

have made bald

Ben Jmfon.
ignorant g'eatnefs praclileth.
God into the hands of their deliverer

The brute

even

horfe (he rid fo, as might flicw a fearful

daring to do that which (he luK'vv aot ho\v

The iolJnefi of the figures is to be hidden fometimes by the addrefs of the poet, that they may-

Rudgcrd.

That

Puts invincible might,

To quell the mighty of the earth,

fmooth

term.
Her dominions have bold acceflible coails. Ho-uiel.
To take freedoms : a
8. fa make bold.
phrafe not grammatical, though common. To be bold is better ; as, / luas
bolt! to tell the houfe, that fcandalous
livings make fcandalous minifters.

Waller.

2. Turbulent

Open

fpi-

daring-

Exemption from caution and fcrupulous

work

In thy profpcrity he will be as tiyfclf, and will

be t'.lil over thy fcrvants. If tliou be brought low,
Ecclui.
he will be against thee.

intrepidity

magnanimity

to do.

2.

rude.

fortitude

boldjicfi,

told in our

Impudent

bravery

nefs.

Locke.

That fuch alterations of terrei'.rial matter are

not impodiule, feems evident from that notable
B-y!:.
practice rf the ioifers of falt-petre.
2.

rit

Her

God to fpeak unto you

much contention. 1 fbtff-

./.[_ rrom bold.]

Courage

not timo-

the gofpel of God with

1 can be tdi to fiy, that this age is adorned
with fome men of that judgment, that they could
open new and uudifcovcred ways to knowledge.

BO'ILARY.

1.

rous.

See BII.B.

BO'ILER. n.f. [from

not fcrupulous

fenfe, for impudently.

BO'LDNESS.

The

fia.or:.
feeds will fprout (boner.
In eggs
and roafted, into which the water
cntcrrth not at all, there is fcarce any difference to
Baton.
be difcerned.

fait

thofe, languid and re-

perhaps be fometimes ufed, in a

may

2. It

bad

Thcfe, nervous, bold

new

the

Stakcffeare.

Temf.'t.

and without mean

fpirit,

fpfak to fubjcfls, and a ful>jec"l fpeaki,

up by heav'n, thus boldly for his king.

Stirt'd

caution.

to feeth.
;
whether feeds be old or new, the fenfe
cannot inform ; but if you boil them in water, the
try

BOIL. n.f.

health that managed them.

ill

Executed with

2.

into

by putting

B O

bold) or

boiling water

To

O L

Braml<all

llol!x\.
ugali.ft

BO'LDLY. adv. [from bold.']

In a bold manner ; with courage
1
.

fpirit.

Thus we may lold'y fpcak, being

with the etampU of U lever-nd a pirate.

with

To BOLL.
rife in

i>.

n.

[from the noun.]

To

a (talk.

And the flax and the barley was fmittcn : for

the barley was in the ear, and the flax was /-/.'.,;'.
Exxii <.

BO'LSTER,

n.

f.

[bolrtne, Sax,

telfler.

i.

Some-

Dutch.]

B O

Something laid on the bed, tor.iifeanJ

fupport the head ; commonly a bag filled
with down or feathers.

1.

Perhaps ibme cold bark is her boljier now,

Or 'gainft the rugged bi..ic of fome broad elm
Leans her unpillow'd head.
Milieu.
This arm (hall be a bolfler for thy head ;

To fatten,

3.

That

Which

3.

iffrnan.

To BO'LSTER.
1

Mortal eyes do

fee

them

toljter,

prefs.

The

practice of toljlering the cheeks forward,

does little fervice to the wound, and is very uneafy
to the patient.

To

to hold

now an

is

made

be

may

up

expreffion fomewhat

wifer by the publick perfua-

An

i.

[fault,

/.

arrow

the

.Lightning

Still

feen

that

is,

oli.

upright as an

arrow.
Brufh iron, native or from the mine, confiftcth
ttria-, about the thickncfs of a fmail knitting needle, bolt ufrigbt, like the bridles of a ftirf

of long

Gretu.

Wiilh.

As

The

fewed and fattened.

BO'LTER. n.f. [from
I.

with

him

to prifon

lay tnltt

To BOLT,
1.

To

-v.

Sbaktffcare.

a.

[from the noun.]

To blurt out
I

And

hate

when

virtue ius

Drjjtn.
,

filthy

When

dowlas : I have given them away

and they have made bolurs of
Sbakeffeare.

z.

Bacon's Natural Hifltry.

fuperciliouflyhefifts
coarfeft bolter others
gifts.

Through
A kind of net.

hefe hakes, and divers others of

cited, are taken

with the

bolter,

Hudibra'..

the fore-

with threads, and fome of them

which

is

fpiller

or throw out precipitantly.

vice can^s// h^r uiguments,

no tongue to check her pride. Mi/tor.

of a bigger fu-.

BO'LTHEAD.

n.f. Along ftraight-necked

glafs veffel, for chymical diftillations,
called alfo a
matrajs, or receiver.
This fpirit abounds in fait, which may be fepa-

rated, by putting the

long narrow neck.

iitjuor into

poets

we

love, alas

are well afiur'd,

can ne'er be cur'd;
!

complicated heap of
bolufts

and

tMcad

with

Bylc.

ills,

Swift.-

pills.

n.f. [bomtus, Lat.]

loud noife.
An upper chamber being thought weak, was

2.

hollow iron ball, or

fhell, filled with-

gunpowder, and furnifhed with a vent

for a fufee, or wooden tube filled witty
combuitible matter, to be thrown out
from a mortar, which had its name
from the noife it makes.
The fufee,
being fet on fire, burns flowly till it
reaches the gunpowder, which goes off
once, burlting the (hell to pieces with
incredible violence : whence the ufe of
bombs in befieging towns.
The lar.geft
at

are about eighteen inches in diameter.

By whom they were invented is not
known, and the time is uncertain ; fome
fixing it to 1588,

Ctire-iu.

(hut or fatten with a bolt.

The bulled gates flew open at the blaft ;

The ftorm rufh'd in, and Arcite llood aghaft.
2.

Sea Difl.
the verb.]

With a good ftrong chopping knife mince the

tw> capons, bones and all, as fmall as
ordinary
minced meat j put them into a large neat bolter.

']

enough upon

him.

Dryden.

them.

An

Away

foreft

fieve to feparate meal from bran or

or to feparate finer from coarfer
;

pnrts.
Dowlas,

'Tis not in thec, to oppofe the bdt

Aj:,iin(l iny coming in.
Kbattfprarc.

or link.

to bakers wives,

opening a door.
iron to fallen the legs of a priloner.
This is, I think, corrupted from bought,

and faw the

huiks

Ml ufriglt

We

5.

Dryden.
birds to foreign feats rpj-air'd

hearts, that bolted out,

bar'J.

BOLT-ROPE, n.f. [from bolt and rope.]

The rope on which the fail of a (hip is

upon one end, one of the

Ulir. b .r;t .iuj.
Md'ihn.
The bar of a door, fo called from being
4.
like an arrow.
now ia.y,Jhoot
ftraiglu
the bdt, when we fpeak of (aliening or
I flood

have

many

trans-

Drytlen.
;

fucceflions of them; fome

bolting out
upon the ftage with vaft applaufe, and others ruffed

Dryd.

by clyfters,
and manna, with fyrup of
Wijimnn.

fupported by a pillar of iron, of the bignefs of.

one's arm in the midft ; which, if you had {truck?
would make a little flat noife in the room, but a
Bacon.
great bomb in the chamber beneath.

Draytcn.

time, have (hot themfelves into the world.

to

BOMB.
1.

us.

pills,

their bodies foluble the while

Defpifmg

dolt,

moufe from the ruins to fave herfelf.

L'Eftrangc.
1 have reflected on thofe men
who, from time to

And

upright

By
That

walking like a ragged colt,

doth halt,

native earth your blood the monfters miic'd.

Bolt

Keep

lenitive bcluja of caliia

violets.

and fornetimes back to their den.

Baccn.
As the houfe was all in a flame, out bolts a

fix'd,

3.

up into a (oft mafs, larger than

be fwal lowed at once.

fanned fnow,

erected a fort, and from thence

they
tolled like beads of the forelt, fornetimes into the
foreft, fornetimes into the woods and faftnefTes,

he dreft;
brtafr.

belts

Sbakcfpearc*

BO'LUS. n.f. [/So*-.] A form of medicine, in which the ingredients are made

bolted by the northern blaft twice o'er.

They

nymph

Sing'd with the flames, and with the

With

or jury, or parties, or the council, or

And oft out of a bufh

Of purpofe to deceive

a thunderbolt.

Bacon.

quicknefs of an arrow.
This Puck feems but a dreaming

Sbakeffeare.

To BOLT. -v. n. To fpring out with fpeed

and fuddennefs ; to ftart out with the

I where the hit of

Cupid fell j
upon a little weltcrn flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound.

tilt againft

Sometin.es I'd divide,

And burn in many places on the topmaft,

The yards, and bait/frit, would I flame diftinctly.

Sbakeffeare.

Yetmark'd

blunted

's

to

well tolled out, whether great renot be made upon reflections, as

The
That

|3&i f .]

But with the (harp transhVd Apollo's

to try out

To

a dart (hot from a crofsbow.

lifting

propounding questions, beats and bolls out

the truth much better than when the witnefs delivers only a formal feries.
Halt.
Time and nature will jo/f out the truth of things,
all
L' Ejlrangc.
through
difguifcs.
7.
purify ; to purge. This is harm.

It fell

The

may

The judge,

boifler-

Dutch

Sfenfer.

attornies,

Haknvill.
ing out of unjuft caufes.
ft was the way of many to
kelfltr up their crazy
South.
doating confciences with confidences.
.

the flour.

direct beams.

upon

fions grafted in men's minds, fo they be ul'ed to

further the truth, not to holfcr errour.
Hooter.
The lawyer fees his tongue to fale for the

BOLT.

examine by

fractions

to maintain.

coarfe and obfolete.

We

To

Sharp.

fupport

This

or feparate the parts of any

thing with a fieve. [blutcr, Fr.]
fift,

lay open.
It would be

<v. a.

More than their own.

Sbakiffeare's Othello.
3. To hold wounds together with a com-

4.

6.

[from the noun.]

fupport the head with a bolller.
afford a bed to.

To
To

2.

Dennis.

"/ A

maft running out

J at the head of a (hip, not
Handing upright, but aflope. The but
end of it is generally fet againft the foot
of the foremaft ; fo that they are a flayThe length without
to one another.
board is fufficient to let its fails hang
clear of all incumbrances.
If the boltffrit fail in bad weather, the foremalt
cannot hold long after. Bmuffrtt is perSea Did,
haps the right fpelling.

In the tolling and fifting of fourteen years of

power and favour, all that came out could not be
Wattm.
pure meal.
I cannot bolt this matter to the bran,
As Bradwardin and holy Auitin can.
Dryden.

is returned as white, and as powdered,

had been at work in a bultmg-boufe.

BO'LTSPRIT.
BO'WSPRIT.

It is great

all

is fifted.

Thejadc
as if (he

all other deeds,

(hackles accidents, and bolts up change.

had boulted

bolt and.

[from

place where meal

Jtinfon.

to (hackle.

The

houfe.~\

could reach the axle, where the pins are

frame, that I might pull them out!

He now

is

thofe parts raifed upon

the bows, to hold the rider's thigh. Ferrier't Did.

BO'LTINC-HOUSE. n.f.

Sbakeffeare.

Sivift.

[In horfemanlhip.]
The k'Jflirs i/f a laddie are

to

do that thing that ends

To

5.

the girt, which hath a bolfter in

the middle, ajid the ends tacked firmly together.

4.

to pin

toll this

fetter

Which

pad, or comprefs, to be laid on a

wound.
The bandage

To
To

Hips

Ben
4.

fetch clean ftraw to

Up goes her hand, and off the

The bulfters that fupply her hips.

as a bolt or pin

keep together.

make a foldier's bed. Cay.

2.
pad, or quilt, to hinder any preffure, or fill up any vacuity.
I'll

BOM

B O

and others

to 1495.

Chambers.
The loud cannon ml (five iron pours,
And in the fl.iught'ringAcwiGradivus roars. Rewf.
To BOMB. v. a. [from the noun.] To
fall
upon with bombs ; to bombard.
Our king thus trembles at Namur,
Whilft Villeroy, who ne'er afraid is,

To Bruxelles marches on Iccurc,

To bomb the monks, and fcare the ladies.
Prior.
Bo MB -CHE ST. n.f. [from bomb anAcbefi.]
Akindofcheft filled ulually with bombs,
and fometirses only with gunpowder,
placed under ground, to tear and blow
it
up in the air, with thofe who (land
on it.
Chambers.

BOMB-KETCH.

BOMB-VESSEL,

kind of (hip,
llrongly built, to bear

n.f.

the ihock of a mortar, when bombs arc

to be fired into a town.
Nor could an ordinary fleet, with icmb-vrjftls,
to fuccecd againft a place that haj in its arfsnal Dallies aud. jncu of war.
AddV'on en l-a'y.

hope

BO'MBARD.

BON
BO'MB AMI. n.f. \bombarJui, Latin.]
I

great gun

now

obfolete.

a cannon

it is

hoops, what bttij he can imj Ir,

of matter in fu dole a

a word

air,

z.

falling

down

into the city,

the houfet.

1o BOMB A'RD.

<v.

a. [from the noun.]

To

is ftruck on the
Englilh failing in
attempts on Dunkirk, when they enutr.ivo'Jtcd to blow up a fort, and bombard the town.

m<dal

his ball

6.

BOMB A'R n M E N T. n. f. [from bombard. ]

An attack made upon any city, by

dition,
;

ne'er confentto m.ike you mine

rromife ties me not to time ;
bords without a dace, they fay, are void.
if I

b\\-inus,

fluff

of

obliged.
Unhappy

loofe

foft

My

texture ufcd formerly to fwell the garment, and thence uled to fignify bulk

or (hew without folidity.] Fultian ; big

words, without meaning.
Not pcJatits motley tongue, foldiers b'.mbuft,

to

to hear this.

Are

BOND.

BO'NDACE.

noile

How
t'un

of

Than

Lat.]

ON4 RQBA. n. J.
A (hewy wanton.
knew where

[hal. a fine gown.]

the bona robat were.

BONJSUS.

n.f. [Lat.]
or wild bull.

falo,

Sbakcfp.

kind of buf-

BONCHRE'TIEN.
cies

the

of

n.f. [French.]
pear, fo called, probably,

gardener.
[bonb. Sax. bound;

n. /.

fpe-

from
it

is

written

indifferently, in many of its

See BAND.]
fenfes, bond, or band.
1. Cords, or chains, with which any one
is

bound.
There

left

gether

me, and

my man,

2.

both bound to-

Till, gnawing with my teeth

1 gain'rj
my freedom.

Have in bafe

we
3.

bonds afundcr,
Sbaktffeare.

Ligament that holds any thing together.

Let any one fend hit contemplation to the extruomc of the uoiverfc, and fee what conceivable

n. J.

fing our bondage freely.

Sbaktjp. Cymbelint.
king, when he dclign'd you for my guard,
Refolv'd he would not make my bandage hard. Dryd.

Obligation
If ihc has

bondage to love

tye of duty.
druggie for honour, (he

a
;

which gives the

ftory

its

in

fold for Haves,

to be cnflavcd,

and brought under the bondage of obferving oaths,

which ought to vanilh when they ftand in commopetition with eating and drinking, or taking

the tone (hould be Itrong, to fuilain its

allotted weight, and refill accidents, the
fibres are there more clofely compacted

South.

ney.

BO'NDMAID.

n. f.

[from bond, captive,

A woman

Good lifter, wrong me

To made a bondmaid and

together, fupporting one another ; and

the bone is made hollow, and coniequently not fo eafily broken, as it mult

flave.

not, nor
a llave

BO'NDMAN. n. /. [from
A man flave.

wrong yourfclf,
of me.
Kbaktfp.

band and man.}

the Romans, in making of a binJmar:

not wondered wherefore fo great ado
made? the maftcr to prcfent his fla\c
in Come court, Co take him by the hand, ani! nut
only to fay, in the hearing of the publiik mabecome free ; but,
giftratc, 1 will that this man

have been had

Amongft

free, was
ftiould be

n.f. [ban, Saxon.]

The folid parts of the body of an animal,

made up of hard fibres, tied one to an-

is

Pope.

muft refolve by no means

and their wives for bondj-Mf.mrr .

Ben 'jfynj'orl's Catal'-.r-.t,

brane, called the periofteum. Each bone

much bigger at its extremity than in
the middle, that the articulations might
be firm, and the bones not eafily put out
of joint. But, becaufe the middle of

turn that

way.

He

is

Thy

it

been

folid

and fmaller.

thy blood

bones are marrowlefs,

folemn words uttered,

to ftrike

There was

lately a

young gentleman

cold.

bit to the

Taller.

b:-n;.

4.

fragment of meat

a bone with as

much

flefh as adheres to it.

Like /Efop's hounds contending for the bone,
Each pleaded right, and would be lord alone.

him on

the cheek, to turn him round, the hair <>t in

head to be fliaved oft', the magiftrate to touch him
thrice with a rod; in the end, a cap and a white
JJtaker.
garment given him.
O freedom firft delight of human kind ;
Nut that which btnjmin from their matters fin 1.

is

Macbeth.

it

after thofe

Dat'irs,

are all fpongy, and full of little cells ;

or are of a confiderable firm thicknefs,
with a large cavity, except the teeth ;
and where they are articulated, they
are covered with a thin and llrong mem-

Our cage

The

2.

J,

[from band and man.]

As
porous, foft, and eafily difcerned.
their pores fill with a fubftance of their
own nature, fo they increafe, harden,
and grow clofe to one another. They

Sbakcfpeare.

fervility.

1.

other by fmall tranfverfe fibres, as thofe

In a foetus they are
of the mufcles.

my

BONE.

a choir, as doth the prifon'd bird,

and maid.]

name of a

BOND.

is

make

And

report.

BOMBY'CINOUS. adj. [bombycinui,

made of filk.
Silken

We

We

to abate the vigour, or filence the bar.bilagun^, a way is faid to be by borax and but-

mixt in a due proportion, which will almoft

take off the report, and alfo the force of the charge.
Brmun'i Vulgar Erroun.

Arc

n. f.

Sbaktfp.

by his lord, but

BO'NDSWOM AN. n./. [from

maa.] A woman flave,
My lords, th^ fena^ors

You only have overthrown me, and In my

bondage confifts my glory.
Siifa.y.
Say, gentle princefs, would you not fuppofe
Your bondage happy, to be made a queen ?
To be a queen in bondage, is more vile

n.f. [from bombus, Lat.]

ter,

Locke.

a frce-

diffolves the bond*

Cur. xii.

of

/V/^ir. ii.

ftraint.

jneaqing.

fed

is

perfon bound, or giving fecurity, for

another.

z.

be Jews or Gentilet, whether

young prin-

flave.
Carnal greedy people, without fuch a precept,
would have nr mcicy upon their puur lct$at*
aad beafts.
Deriarr.

is

love your majefty

lefi.
Sb.ik.

that

Sir

[from bond.~\
Captivity; imprifonment ; ftate of re-

1.

He, as loving his own pride and purpofe,

Evades them with ibombaft circumllance,

Sound

commands than

become a ^5rr//taix'.

flte is

BO'N DS M A N.

m;m

con-

here the lord was fed by his ionJjljvt.

at/j.

Whether we

iervile

his mailer.

more nor

be bond or free.

BO'MBAST. adj. [from the fubftantive.]

High founding ; of big found without

Horribly fturFd with epithets of war.

at all

fervile ftate.

Dryden.

BOMBILA'TION.

who cannot change

C'immcniy the kinJjlav t

I cannot heave
:

one pf

All her ornaments are taken away

woman

[from bind, perhaps for bound;

from jebonben. Saxon.] Captive ; in a

Donne.

the flights of heroick pocty to be concluded iximb.ijl, unnatural, and mere madncfs, becaufe they ave not aft'eclcd with their excellencies ?
all

my mouth
my Hind, no

According
Take which you plcafe, it
of government and' obedience.

Alountebanks drug-tongue, nor the terms of law,

Are ftrnng enough preparatives to draw

Me

am

that I

IK-JVC into

vas.

for

mourning.
BOMBA'ST. n.f. [A
ftuff",

Kingt.
fanti 'and/?/:;-. ]

enjoined fuch diligence, that no apprcnno, no bondjlavt, could ever be, h;, t^.u,

t'~e,

Dry.ien.

Obligation; law by which any

7.

in flavery

more ready

My father's
And

levy a tribute of b-':d-

I,:-\e

writing of obligation to pay a fura,

or perform a contract.
'Go with me to a notary, feal me there
Your lingie bond*
Skjt-.tjfttarc.

BOMBASI'N.

n.f. \_bombajtn, Fr. from bomlilken, Lat.]

flight filken

A man

What

Solomon

BO'NDSLAVE. :./ [from

caufe of union; link

it.

thofc did

Upon
f-rv^fc.

nor yet lecure from a bonlardntr.t ,

not fo cxpofed as formerly.

it is

though

great Juno'-, crr.wn

is

The

vice.]

n./. [from bond and fercondition of a bondfcrvant;

flivery.

blcfVed-*W of board anil bed

Staleffrjrt.
Love co:ils, brothers divide, and the **,/ i^
cracked 'nvixt fon and father. Sbattfp. King Lear.

fhoot bombs.

is

liujbandry.

Wedding

thy brother, that dwellerh by thoc, be

if

Leviticus, xxv. 39.

of connexion.

lnd and

[from

BONDSE'R VICE.

Chains; imprifon-

Cement of union

'

(>cnoj

And

perceived to have nothing laid to his

charge worthy of death, or of bonds. Atfs, xxiii. 29.

BOMHARDI'ER. n. f. [from bombard.']

The engineer whofc employment it is to

waxen poor, and k fold unto thee, thou :ihah not

compel him to fcrve as a bmJ-i van'.

'

captivity.

Whom

5.

throwing bombs into

i-fimer't

n.

flave ; a lervant without

/errant.}
the liberty of quitting hi* mailer.

ment

fomctimcs into the

uiidtt or'a city, with a delign to fill all around him
with terrour and combuliion.
Tatter.

in

the plural.]

4. [In

their

The bombardier tofles

of the hook', nor any part ft the walls, be brought

up three feet abovp the other, heroic the next
adjoining wall be wrought up to it, fo that il.' \
be all joined together, ami make a good bond.
ITI.IJ

ght break
Kralla.

attack with bombs.

BONDJE'RVANT.

hold th'm msf.

a workman's term.
working up the walls, thut no fide

connexion

Obfene,

Obfolete.

barrel.

Union

3.

planted in diver? places twelve great' b'.m\\hcrrwith they thiew huge ftonca into the

which,

tt<

They
.,

BON

BON

3.

To

be ufsn the tones.

Pufi had a month's mind

him, bul wa act willing

to

To

Drjjtn,

attack.

(5 ir
upon tbe bonei of
pick * ijuarrci.

i'ijirantrt.

4-

to

BON
4.

make no

7"

To make

banes.

no {cruple

mainfail, and forefail of a (hip, wfin

narrow or mallow to clothe
the malt, or in order to make more

a metaphor taken from a dog, who readily fwailows meat that has no bones.
5. Bs'ies. A fort of bobbins, made of trotter bones, for

Bu: th.n

way

~\

BO'NNY.

watch the box, lor fear th?) m.mld convey

Falfe banes, and put mum me in the play. /

out the bones from the flefh

cooks boned the veal.

BO'NELACE.

or b-jidace.

Taller.

We

ddiroy the fy;nmeiry of the hiiTian figure,

contrive to call off the eje from gre.u
real beauties, to childiih gewgaw ribbands and
i'ooliihly

hr.tlaa.

BO'NELESS.

[irom tune.]

adj.

Handiome

1.

would, while

Thus wail'd

And

it

was fouling

in

my

Gay

To BO'NESET.

[from bone and fet. \

To reftore a bone out of joint to its
place; or join a bone broken to the
other part.

the art of reftoring broken or luxated

bones.

At

prefent mydefire

to

is

have

good

BO'N FIRE.
_/5Vv.]

n. f.
fire

We

for

forae

Mary's days? Wl.y,

our

BO'NGRACE.

BO'NNET. [In

a hat

fortification.]

the fea language.]

fails fct on the courfes on the mizzcn,

fattened

Ruy.

Full of bones.

[a word of no certain ety-

n. f.

known.]

A dull, heavy,

wine,

King.

n.f. [boc, Sax. fuppofed from toe,

a beech, becaufe
they wrote on beecben
boards ; as liber, in Latin, from the
rind of a tree.]

1.

volume

in

which we read or write.

Sec a hok of prayer in his hand

True ornaments m know a holy man.
Sbahfftarc.
;

Receive the fentence (if the law for

fins,
Such as by God's foal are adjudg'd to death. Shut.
In the coffin that had the
kecks, they were found
ai trefh as if
they had bfen but newly written ;
b<:mg written on parchment, and covered over
with watch candles of wax.
Bacon.
Eceis are a fort of dumb teachers
;
they cannot
anfwer fudden iji.efiions, or explain prefent doubts ;
this is properly the work of a
living mlriudlor.
2.

Watts.

particular part of a work.

fuft book we divide into fccYions

The

the full
3.

i'

th'-l'e

chapters, palt.

The

regifler in which
account of his debts.

Thi.
1. iroblcr

/'

'!

whereof
Tlieiry.

a trader keeps an

life

than attending for a bauble}

befcech your grace, let it be booted with the

this day's deeds j or I will have it in a
particular ballad die, with mine own
picture on the
top of it.
Sbake/peare.
He made wilful murder high treafon ; he caufed
the marchers to boot their men, for whom

of

reft

ihould

make

they
Davits on Ireland*

anfwer.

BOOK-KEEPING, n.f. [from book and

The art of keeping accounts, or
teef.]
recording pecuniary tranfaclions, in
a manner, that at any time a man

fuch,

may

books.
Bo'o K F U L adj. [from book
and///.] Full
of notions gleaned from books ; crowded
with undigelled knowledge.
.

BOOr>.

little ravelin,

BO'NNETS. [In

To

a book.

and expedition.
Harris.
Bo'o K B i N D E R n.f. [from book and bind. J
A man whofe profeffion it is to cover
fpecies of

fr,(,r.

Mr!ifin.
ki;,<i of

without any ditch, having

a parapet three feet high,
anciently
placed before the points of the inliant
angles of the glacis.
BO'NNET a pr.ftre, or prjeft's cap, io an
outwork, having at the head three faliaat
angles, and two inwards.

n.f.

by repeti-

Sermons read they abhor in the church ; but

fermons without took, fermons which
fpend their
life in their birth, and
may have public audience
Hooka.
^butonce.
To BOOK. <y. a. [from the
re-

Sivifi.

Young matter next muft rife to fill him

And ibrvc himfclf to fee the bcoby dine.

n.f.

head

MM hire.

ilupid fellow ; a lubber.

But one exception to this faft we find ;
l'l'on only wjs unkind,
_V
An ill-bred boatman, rough as waves and wind.

[tenet, Fr.]
covering
a cap.
;
Go to them with this bonnet in thy hand,
And thus far having ftretch'd it, h~re DC with them,
Thy knee bufling in.- Hones; tor, in fuch bufir.cfs,
Aftion is eloquence.
Staktfptarts Corh/anu;.
They had not probably the cerenrjny of vailing
the bnmct in their faluta.ions j fur, in
medals,
they ftill have it on their I,.-

for the

mi'r,

round bony limb, and ftretchcd like the 1'cad

drum; and therefore, by anatomifts, called

bo<ujharii\s not

TMttttn Prcviflrntt.

BO'NNET.

tcnty-elablicr

Addiftti.

Without book. By memory

tion ; without
reading.

thereby know the true itate of the whole,

or any part of his affairs, with clearnefs

jabber

mology. Henjha-w thinks it a corruption

of bull-beef, ridiculoufly ; Skinner imagines it to be derived from bcbo, foolim,
opaniih. Juniits finds boiubard to be an
old Scottim word for a coward, a contemptible fellow ; from which he naturally deduces booby : but the original of

forehead-cloth, or covering for the forehead. Not now ufed.

Skinner.
have feen her bcfet all over with emeralds
and pearls, ranged in rows about her cawl, her
peruke, her bongrace, and chaplet.

in

adj.

BO'OBY.

made in queen
hal abufej and deceived

Vr our

to

tymfamtm.
2.

publick

[t<m'ttS,jract,fr.']

want of talk,

[from &me.]
Confiiting of bor.es.
At the enu or' tint, >ie is a membrane,

of

C,',.v.

n.f.

word ufed

i:

'

lie,.

Gay.
cheerful ;

plum.

her pe >ple.
Full foon by borfrt,tn&
by Ull,

We learnt

ft tics

Bo'xy.

b;af.ret to be

fcc

fcorn, for

caufe of triumph or exultation.

Ring ye the bells to mike it wear a-

And b'jrfrts make all

How came fo many

n.f.

Who votes tor n,

BO' NUM MAGNUM,

[from Ion, good, Fr. and

made

Ireland for four buttermilk.

i;r
/

frolicklbme

BONNY-CLABBER,

-M': Surge-y.

BO'NESETTER.B./: [from konejct.] Achione who particularly profefles

rurgeon

generally

the country by one pre.

let in
kcnefettiiif.

merry

fation for plump,

tending to

ftrain,

Then figh not fo, but let them go,

Ar.d be you blithe and
bonny.
Sbalefpean.
ufed in conver3. It feems to be

(>

-v. n.

melancholy

blithe.

face,

nipple from his ttaelffi c,ums,

daflit the brains out.
i/u-

iir

lucubrations.

5.

noun.]

Sbaktff.

the louts

/ilk

In kind remembrance.
4. In books.
I was fo much at bis
booh, thar, at his deceafe*
he left me the lamp by which he ufed to write his

gilter in

Till bonny Sufan fped acrofs the

plain.

2.

Wanting

my

plutkt

; beautiful.
match I have encounter'd him,

a prey lor .carrion kites and cu.ws

the f-:,:ay bej'l lie hv'J fo well.

Ev'n of

bones.

Have

to

And made

lace; the

bobbins with which lace is woven being

frequently niaJe of bones.] Flaxen lace,
fuch as women wear on their linen.
The things ^ou follow, and make fongs on
now, fhould be Cent to knit, or fit down to bobbins

and
and

Scottim dhileft.]

the

Match

[from bone and

n.f.

as,

It
adj. '[from ton, bonne, Fr.
word now almoit confined to the

is

To take

[from the noun.]

<v. it.

'

Chambers.

attj.
[from bonny,
Gayly ;
handfomely j plumply.
BO'N N NESS. n.f. [from &>'.]
Gayety;
handfomenefs
plumpnefs.

to

And

To BONE.

calm weather.

in

EO'NNILY.

cog the dice,

Jexfroufly :o throw the lucky fi
To/hun anico ace, that fwcpt my (take, away

Prouder, tn*n ruftling in unpaid-for

Such gain the cap of him that makes them JSne,

Yet keeps his book uncrofs'd.
Sbakeffare.

thefe are too

weaving bonelace.

Dice.
m\ itudy was

6. Bones.

BOO

B O

The ttolfol blockhead, ignorantly read,

With loads of learned lumber in his head,
With his own tongue ftill edifies his ears,

And always
BO'OKISH.
books

lift'ning to himfelf appears.

Pope.

Given to
[from took.]
acquainted only with books. It

adj.

generally ufed contemptuously.

I'll make him
yield the crown,
Whofe bootijh rule hath pull'd fair England down.
is

I'm not

woman

can read waiting-gentle..

Sbakefpeare's Winter's Talc.

I
bookijo, yet

in the 'Icape.

Xantippe follows her namefake ; being married

bookijh man, who has no knowledge of the;

to a

world.

Spcftator.

BO'OKISHNESS../. [from
application to books
BOOK LE'AK. NED.

tooki/b.]

Much

over-ftudioufnefs.

[from book and

adj.
Verfcd in books, or literature :
a term implying fome
flight contempt.
learned.]

Whate'er thefe hakltara'd blockheads

Solon

He
at his

's

the verieft fool in

will

own

all

fay,

the play.

quote pafTages out of Plato and

Dn'iltx,
Piiici.ii,

fome bnakicarncd comp

table, to

without blulhing.

Stvift.

BOOKLE'ARNING.

[from took and

learning.] Skill in literature ; acquaintance with booko a term of fome conn. f.

tempt.
They might

talk of ho-Al-arnin^ what

they
would, but he never faw more unicaiy fellows than

great clerks.
Neither docs

Sittn,-?.
it

fo

much

require Imklcarning aiid

fcholarfhip, as good natural fcnfe, to diftiiiguiiK
true and falfe, and to difcern what io well
proved,
and what is not.
Hurncr's 'I'r's., ..
.

BO'OKMAN. n.f. [from took and wan.] A

man whofe profeffion is the lludy of
books.
This civil war of wits were much better us'd
Navarre and his bookmen ; for here- 'tis abus'd.

On

Sbakyftartt

BO'OKMATE.

n.f. [from took and male.]

Schoolfellow.
Thi

BOO
This Armado

it

B O
BOOR.

Spaniard that keeps Here in

court,

monarch, and one that makes

phantafm,

To the prince and his ba^knuns.

BO'OKSELLER. n.f. [from book and

fport

lout

fM."\

whole profeflion it is to fell books.

He went to the boikfelltr, and told him in anger,

he had

fold a

book

which there was

in

fjli'e

BO'OKWORM. n.f, [from book and worm.]

1. A worm or mite that eats holes in books,
chiefly

My

when damp.
moth

lion, like a

(hall !<

he

Pcfe'i

[An

n.f. [from tocm, a tree, Dutch.]

[In fea language.]
long pole ufed
to fpread out the clue of the

ftudding

and fometimes the clues of the

mainfail and forefail are boomed out.

To

1.

'what boots

A pole with bufhes or bafkets, fet up as

a mark to (hew the failors how to fteer
in the channel, when a country is overflown.
Sea Dictionary .
3. A bar of wood laid acrofs a harbour,

It (hall

To

rufli

come

to

me

fail

2.

To

with violence

fwell

and

as a (hip

when me makes

booming,
can.

If

enrich

billows clos'd; he

And

n.f.

Profit

1 .

n.f.
;

[from bene>, Sax. a

a grant

a pre

Which

fer.t.

Vouchfafe

me

my meed

but one fair look

cannot beg,
than this, I'm furc, you cannot give.
for

fmallcr boon than this

And

Icfs

That

To

Drylem'
What rhetorick didil thou ufe
gain this mighty bocnf ihe pities me

all

Deny

it

M.m

And

impanion, and throw our money away

our cups
jirbutbnc

i:

in

judge (hall fit to try his caufc,

the ftatntc, but by martial laws.
Dryii.-n.

h'juteil

Not by

BOOTH,

Dutch

; b-iuth,
n.f. [boed,
Welfh,]
houfe built of boards, or
boughs, to
be ufed for a fhort time.
The clothier^ found means to have all the qu. I*
made of the northern men, fuchas had their

in

in the fair.

(?.7r

fair

mifchief will be done

by the' fall of a bcitb.

BO'OTLESS.
Ufelefs

1.

Am.

and

When

Cltepatrj.

[from

adj.

S-nift.

boot."]

unprofitable

Bartholomew

at

unavailing

Their

bwtltfs pains,

and

wifdom, with

wander

in darknefs.

over anc

I'll

fucceeding night.

bxtlifi

expcnce of travel, to

Huttr.
Sooiltfi fpeed,

When cowardice

SbaJttfptai

ill

Spcrfir,
did not fuffcr him, being defirous of the

Cod
light of

gravity,

thole accurlcd
mefTengers of hell
wicked man, and 'gan to tell

C.irac to their

purfues, and valour flies.

Let him alone ;
follow him no more with
bootlefs pray'rs

He feeks my life.
Without fuccefs.

2.

appliances and
to a king?

meanu

ti>

Si'jlt,

Sbaktfptarc

Doth not Brutus

Thrice

boot,

Sbaktjprari

fandy bottom'*! Severn, have

Him

boaliji

Skatcfptare.

of
1

Wye,
fent

home, and weather-beaten back.

to bcoi in fevci al

fciences.

LMk

St*tjjpt*rl,
1.

n.f. \bottas, Armorick

fhoe, Welfti ; botte, French.]
covering for the leg, ufed

beta,

that

it is

wear a tut,

my
too

to

herd of beeves, fair oxen, and

kinc,

he has only caught a Tartar.

L'KJirange.
For, ihould you to extortion be inclin'd,

2.

ibmewhat rounder.
Sbekcjfcarc

cruel guilt will

little

booty find.

DrjJrr.

Things gotten by robbery.

li

little.

it

fair

buiiy,

by horfe

leg is too long

make

butin, Fr.]

Their booty.
nJ:!t'.n.
His conscience is the hu nnd cry that
purfues
him ; and when he reckon:, that he has gotten i

Your
That

Dutch;

Plunder; pillage; fpoils gained from

enemy.
One way a band feleft from forage drives

Others, like loldiers, armed in their flings,

iStat
ito'.t
i.poa the fummer's velvet buds.

Make

BOOT.

n.f. [bujl,

the

feems, in the following lines, ufe

for booty, or plunder.

No;

bntltfs kneel
lY'im tin; banks

And

BO'OTY.

It

I'll

'

is

men.

heighten'd as with wine, jocund and tocn,

boot.'

without advantage.

and be inftructeJ
3.

I.

Thus to hcrfclf (he pleafmgly began. Pur. L-ft

I know the
infirmity of our family; we play th
Loot: c

firll

Cod's imagcj but apioor man is

Chrift'srtamp wiser: both images regard, Herbert
He might have his minJ and manners formed

Satiate at length,

In

boot.']

Much

the air beats for vain.

With

Mdijcnt Can
BOON. adj. [bon, Fr.] Gay; merry as
a boon companion.

[from

adj.

'

Shakcjpeart

bluft'ring fool has fatisfy'd his will ;

boon is giv'n ; his
knight has gain'd the d.iy
loll the prize.
I Fable

The
But

S'wiff.

BO'OTED.

a horfeman's habit.

Canft thou,
partial deep, give thy rtpofe
To the wet feaboy, in an hour Pi rude ;
And, in the calmeft and the (lillcit night,

courtier, who obtained a I -an or' tlie cm

peror, that he might every morning whifpcr liim
in the ear, and fay
nothing, alked no unprofitab!
fuit for himfelf.
Bacon

His

or

ftiun

To boot. With advantage

above ; befides.

2.

of paflengers.

oftkr and the buteatcber ought to

partake.

com-

Wherein, let no man hear me, 1 take pride,

Could I, with boot, change for an idle plume,

petition."

a benefaction

is

it boots,

[from the verb.]

fomething
advantage
mend the exchange.

gain

to pull off the boots

is

The

derogate from read-

Ska!:.

beg.

My

Forfook by fhee, in vain I fought thy aid,

booming billows clos'd above my head. Pope

A gift

and widening them.

inn

it

pieces of wood, (haped like a leg,

BO'OT-CATCHER. n.f. [from loot and

catch.~\ The perfon whofe bufmefs at an

thee with what gift bcfide,

J will boot

given to

When
BOON.

we

jiurr.

n.f. [from boot aiul Vive.]

to be driven into boots, for

ftretching

to benefit.

That modefty can

BOOT.

together.

Booming o'er his head

's number'd with the dead.

The

To

2.

Difi

fall

Dutch

and bore,

who

lift.

Two

purpos'd end, or here lie fixed all,

What boo:s it us thcfe wari to have begun ? fairf.
What baits the regal circle on his head,
That long behind he trails his pompous robe ? Popf\

is faid

all the

blue

The

term.]
.

for a

it.

not boa them,

fpatter-

His lacquey with a linen (lock on one leg, and

on the other, gartered with a red and

bivoruin borne.]
:

AJ/C.]

dalhes.

BOOT-TREE,

advantage
modes,

and

boot

Stockings to ferve for boots

Hoot:
them, without fermons.
For what I have, 1 need not to repeat;
And what 1 want, it boots not to complain. Sbak .

A fea

[from the noun.

n.

ftall

that belief doth ufe to be wrought at the

keep off the enemy.

As his heroick worth (truck envy dumb,
Who took the Dutchman, and who cut the toom.
<v.

in thefe

I know the
young
us take ajiy nun's iiorfcj.

Sbai.

ing, to excufc it, when they fee no other remedy ;

as if their intent were only to deny that aliens and
ftrangcrs from the family of God arc won, or

to

To BOOM.

to

monly ufed

2.

profit

let

JOOT-HOSE. n.f. [from

as,

bit

me

fick for

is

king

bot, in Saxon, is recompence, repentance, or fine paid by way of expiation ;

botan is, to repent, or to compenfate;

He if piP'jS
Anb bet

put

a boot-bofe

[batcn, to profit,

-v. a.

To

[from the noun.]

a.

Bwt, but, mailer Shallow;

iiki if.

[from<j</ri/&.] Clownruilicity ; coarfenefs of man-

BOOT.

j&tdijoti't

To BOOT. <y.
on boots.

in

ners.

fail

is,

SO'ORISHNESS.B./

BOOSE, n.f. [bops, Sax.]

cow or an ox.

to call

Guardian.

Akindof rack for the leg, formerlyufed

in Scotland for torturing criminals.
JOOT of a Coach. The fpace between the
coachman and the coach.

JO'ORISHLY. adv. [from boenjb.] In a

boorifti manner ; after a clowniih man-

now

is

it

2.

'

iihnefs

Milt.

light.

wing-,

going a journay, as

is

for his boots.

Therefore, you down, a'oandon, which

the vulgar, leave the fociety, which, in the
is, company of this female. Sbakrjp. y/j_ycu

BOOM.
.

richer wafte his life.

JO'ORISH. adj. [from boor.] Clownifli

rullick ; untaught ; uncivilized.

I...".vs.

Irifh term.]
n.f.
All the Tartaiians, and the people about the
Cafpian Sea, which urc naturally Scythians, live
in hordes; being the very fame that the Jrifh
bodies are, driving their cattle with them, and
feeding only on their milk and white meats.

ftill

away the

Rifhop Wilkin fays, he doei not tjueftion but

will be as ufual for a man to call for his

whin he

prefently a maletontcnt.
L'Efiratgt.
live as well as u i><Kr of Holland, whoft

ner.

thofe venerable galleries and folitary

Scenes of the univerfiry, 1 waited but a black
a
and
gown,
friary, to be as mere a lu^l ..

Among

BO'OLY.

it

'

a reader without judgment.

any there*

night,
Pull'd off his iooti, and took

To one well-born, th' allront is worfe and

When he's abus'd and baffled by a bocr. D'yJtn.

fubfta:iiial food.

ftudent too clofely given to books

is

cares of growing

of them to diet

Guardian.

or iMkw.rrn, feeds upon

nothing but paper, and 1

him with wholefome and

2.

bling

He may

di-

;
jebupe, Sax.]
a country fellow ; a

bare fenfe of a calamity is called grumand if a man does but make a fate upnn tlic

ii/or,

Walton.

vinity.

Sh. w'd him his room, where he muft lodge that

Dutch

a clown.

The

He

n.f. [beer,

ploughman

BOO

'O

had a

not fuflcr

mmd

me;

to be honeft, I fee fortune

(he drops botliei in

my

would
mouth.
Sbat
3-

r.

O R

To

at feptay leoty.

n intent
/HIS bone,

play difhoneftly,

The French

to lofe.

when they mean

From bed to bed, from one to other border ;

And takes furvey, with curious bufy eye,

Je
I 'will

ufe,

to fay,

flower and herb there fet in order. Sftnfer.

All with a birder of rich fruit-trees crown 'd,
Whofe loaded branches hide the lofty mound ;

We

deliberate,
flay booty againft
confciences direft us -it way, our corruptions

My

coin.

To BO'R D E

Dryden.

drunkard.
D' ye think
!

you

niece

my

're

BO'R ABLE,
be bored.

adj.

EO'RAGE. n.f. [from

plant.

EO'RJMEZ.

the

Scythian lamb,
name of dgnus

Much wonder

is

made of

that

the faramtx,

!/

Making

it

might come

evc:i

his

own

Bin

Ben Jonfin.

unwary ears of hh poor

BO'RDER.
The

irftii

Vet

Germ.

Swth.
Lord, Kr.]

outer part or edge of any thing.

bordered with broad

hey have looking-gUIki
bcrdirt of cryftal, and great counterfeit precious
Bactn,
ftonet.
The
mult ftrike on the middle, and ex-

To
1

tend its greateil clearnek i>n the jirir.i-ijjai figures;

comes nra.' r am:
Uimirriftiing by degrees, as it
nearer to the ierdiri.
Drydin.

3.

The march

or edge of a country

BORE. v.
To pierce

a.
i

[bojiian, Sax.]
n a hole.

To lea* or
The Adas,

To

Take
and

So
.

for

t'

The

the mrrsl of 9 long gun, pcrfeflly bond,

upright, and take a bullrt exactly fit

fet it
it ;

teerh.

D'gly.

To make

by piercing.
Thefe diminutive caterpilhri

fize

fit

for die

of any hole

file,

or fquare tort.

the cavity

the

We

took a cylindricl pipe of glafs, whofe Icrt

a quarter of an inch in diameter.
Bajlt,

was about

Our careful monarch ftands in perfon by,

This new-caft cannon's firmneli to explore ;

The

And

ftrength of big-corn'd powder loves to tryt

and cartridge Torts for every tore. Drytf,

ill

appear in the born of wind

heft

It will

meim

inlr.ru-

therefore cauie pipes to be made with 4

ngle, double, and fo on, to a fextuplc btrt j an4
mark what Cone every one givcth.
Effcw*
j

The preterite of bear.

BORE.
The

it with undaunted foul fc

Like one who durft his deftiny controul ;
Yet with becoming grief he tare hi part,

father bore

Refign'd his ion, but not rcfign'd his heart. Dryt,

To

'Twas my

my

kill

father,

By marrying

her

fate

and pollute his bed

who

hurt

me.

Drydtn,

BO'REAL.

adj. \borealis, Lat.J Northern;

feptentrional.
Crete's ample fields dimtnifh to our
eye ;

Before the boreal blafts the veflcls

Pope*

fly,

BQ'REJS.

n.f. [Lat.] The north wind.

Bunas, and Cscas, and Argeftas loud,
Thrafcias, rend the woods, and

fe.is

are able,
t>

by

n.f.

upturn.

kind of dance.
"

Dick could neatly dance a

But Tom wai bed at bcnes.

BO'RER. n.f. [from

jig,

Svilft,

tore.]

piercer;

an inilrument to make holes with.

The mafter-brickhyer mud try all the foundaMtxtn,

the ground.

explore.

3.

hole bt

Ihall that

hollow.

<lc-

The participle

BORN.

pafli>ve

Their charge was always

'

grecj to pierce or ttre their way iata a

I.

The inilrument with which a hole i$

bored.

tions with a btrcr t fuch as well-diggers ufe to try

and then, if you fuck at the mouth of the

never fo gently, rhe bullet \vill come up fd
forcibly, that it will haiard the ftriking out your

The

flowers.

2.

Alilttt,.

fnfpedted prefent to commit

at 1-art, to fcarch and byre
j

hollow.

boring.

Into hollow engines long and round,at tb' other btre with touch of fire
Milton.
Dilated, and infuriate.

BO'REE.

il.imcs

and what that fpace contains

[from the verb.]

made by

hole

Thick ramm'd,

moon

Dtnbam.
2.

[with farriers.] Is when g

tt.'f.

The

1.

And

believe as foon,
earth may be bor'd ; and that the

The Greeks

rally

VUL.

annoy 'd with fundry bvrdrjgingt

and foreign fcatterlings* Spwf.

through the centre creep.

Sbjlttfaan:
Mulberries will be fairer, if you bore the tiunk
of the tree through, and thrust, into the places
Bacin.
t-crt'd, wedges of fome hot trees.
But C.ipys, and the graver fort, thought fit

spenjfr.

outer part of a garment, geneadorned with needlework, or 01naments.

a garden, and fet
4. A bank raifed round
with flower* ; a narrow rank oi herbs or
3.

BORE,

May

confine.

in obedience.

oft

f his whole

the

It a prince keep hi refiJeftce on the lt,rtltrof his

Jominion), the remote parti will rebel , but if he
make the centre his feat, be lhall ealily K.e.-p them

on mutual ilau^htcr bent,

I'll

'I

light

bcrdi.rtri

Of neighbour Scots,

vice into the

chil-iirn.

n.f. [bora,

Jtrfor.

They rend tiieir countries.

PbiKft.
To BO'R D RAGE. -~j. n. [from border.] To
Not in ufe.
plunder the borders.
L n.; time in peace his realm edablilhed,

houfe a Hew, a ItniJ,

and a fchool of Itwdnels, to

1.

as well,

or pitthatch.

To BORE. v.

3
!

of Scots in perfori, with Perkin in

his company, entered with a great army, though
it chiefly confided of b'.rderers,
being railed fomewhat fuddenly.
Eactn.
ftream
Volga's
Sends oppofite, in ihaggy armour clad,

Her

ftfilkim.

a certain

towards

Thofe milk paps,

he that dwells next to any

The king

niac, nitre, calcined tartar, fea fait, and

alum.diffolved in wine. It is principally

ufcd tt> folder metals, and fometimes an

uterine ingredient in medicine, i^umcy.
BO'RDEL.
[horded, Teut. borJtl,
BORDE'LLO. J Armorick.] A brothel ;

upon

and, of fuch, the borderers on the fea do beitow

fixty at lead in every acre} but moft hulbands
Cjrcw.
double that number.
The eafteft to be drawn
To our fociety, and to aid the war :
The rather for their feat, being next barfnrt
On Italy; and that they abound with horfe.

An
n.f. [borax, low Latin.]
from
fal amrrroprepared

fpit.il,

to confine

gracious fovereign
Shall be a wall I'umcient to defend
Our inland from the pilfering bordtrers. Skaktfp.
An ordinary horfe will carry two facks of land ;

artificial fait,

The

They of thofe marches,

be confumed
breaking, and liveth while the plants
Bnwn'i fii/gar Errctirt.
about it".

a bawdy-houfe.
From the bordello

to touch

place.

ihape

pu(h forward

a.

with a border of ornaments,

or confines

ftran s e plant-.mim.il, or vegetable lamb of Tarto feed on ; which hath

tary, which wolves delight
of a lamb, aftbrdeth a bloody juice upon
the

BO'RAX.

<v.

Raleigh.

Scytbicus.

hole
hole

litre

point.

BO'RDF.RER. ./. [from border.] He that

dwells on the borders, extreme parts,

to oire

That through the window bars tare at men's eye.

Are not within the leaf of pity writ. Sbakefpearc*
Nor fouthward to the raining regions run ;
But taring to the weft, and hov'ring there,
With gaping mouths they draw prolifick air. Dryil,

to be Contiguous to.
Sheba and Kaamah are thofe parts of Arabia,
which border the fea called the Perfian gulf.

borage, Lat.]
Miller.

The

n. /,

known by

generally

That may

[from tore.]

an ablb-

Cwgrcve.

lute tare,

z.

a hole.
make >n inrrrument

horfe carries his nofe near the ground.

To adorn
To reach

1.

To

2.

to.

All wit, which borders ufon profanenefs, and

bold with thofe things to which tltt greateft
reverence is due, dcferves to be branded with folly.

Caj.

an inch wide, or half an inch, not to

of a foot.

makes

To

approach nearly

'

a.

A man may

jiddij'an,

To

2.

To make

ferve inftead of peaceful barriers.

of their warriours,
part th' engagements
Where both from fide to fide may (kip,
Huti'ibras.
And only encounter at bifeef.
There the devil plays at btftif, puts out his
horns to do mifchief, then (brinks them back

you ftink of wine

Itiorjeretb upon the province of Croatia, which,

in time paft, had continual wars with the Turks
Knd'us,
garrifons.
Virtue and honour had their temples birder'mg on

That

How

To BORE, v.

each other, and are fometimes both on the lime

Sbakefftare.
go the fools among.
Rivers,

will ever endure fuch a boracbio

knownj

riots fcen, what buftling crowds I far'd,

oft I crofs'd wuere c*rts and coacho roar'4.

How

confine upon; to touch fomething

with upon.
elfe at the fide or edge

did weep,
they for fudden jby
And I for forrow fung,
That luch a king (hould play hfeef,

n.f. [borracbo, Span.]

to break through.

Whit

[from the noun.]

n.

<v.

en-

Bay.

Confider, reader, what fatigues I've

To

1.

Then

BQRA'CHIO.

various ways the fpacious alleys lead,

doubtful mufe knows not what path to tread.
Waller.

To BO'RDER.

if frighted, or with the purpofe to fright

fome other.

for fafety.

Ailty

Such

we

And

To pierce ;

4.

we

fter they

;
wMcJi,
grow together.

tered,

Of every

not go,
underftand what we ought to do; but when
ourlelves : our
we

IS.&Jtmff,
hurry us another.
that
I have fet this argument in the beft light,
I
write
that
think
not
booty. Dryd.
the ladies may
BOPE'EP. n.f. [from bo and//.] The
as
aft of looking out, and drawing back

ery fnull holei

arriving, round about doth flf

There h

with

B O

O R

/>cr*

by the cjuecn, and

Baton.

pid out of the exchequer.

The great men were enabled

duly

of bear.

to opprcfs their

inferiors ; *nd their followers wcra isra out and

Dei-its.
countenanced in wicked aflions.
Upon fome occafions, Clodius may be bold and
infoient, torn

To

away by

BORN.

his pallion.

Svi'ijr,

[derived from
the word To bear, in the fenfe of fringing
le

firth

as,

-v.

my

n. faff,

mother bore
ly

me

twenty

years ago

or, I

abroad
fiid, go, tornio true reffels
* Kingsthy neighbours.
Whrre darknefs and furpriie made concert
cheap
Where virtue lirrmitii the arms of chance,
/
And ftruck a r.mdom blow

Then he

was born twenty years

of

a fro-]

To come

i.

into life.

Inclofure 5 compafs ; embrace.

Unto laws thus received by a whole church,
they which live within the bfjiin nf that church,

4.

11

muft not think

it a matter injitieient, either to

Hunker.
yield, or not to yield, obedience.

When we arc i ;rn, we cry,

To this great ftage of fools.

that

we

are

come

SbaHrffeart'

The pew fam babe by nurfes overlaid. Drytit-n.

Nor nature's law with fruitlcfs forrow mourn,
But die, O mortal man for thou waft born.

'

BOS

BOS

O R

3.

To

The

bread, as the feat of the paffions.

".!o!s.
Anger refteth in

5.

take fomething belonging to ano-

For ever be

A borrctu'J title haft thou bou.;lit too dear

Why didft thou tell me that thou wert a king

All that are tern into the world are furrounded

with bodiii, that perpetually and diverlly affeCt

them.

They may borrmv fomething of InftrucTion

is

him as
Yet man

love

bun unto

upward.

friend Invcth at all times,

Itrn for a<fyerfity.

alike

from heaven derive their light j

a miferable race

was birn to a good

turneth to

little

eftatc,

account.

it

now

Swift.

Their lands are let to lords, who, never deOgned

to be tenants, naturally murmur at the payment of
rents, as a fubfervicncy they were not bcrn to.

I'll

pow'r of

man

for

n.f. [bojvhoe, Saxon.]

1. It fignified anciently a furety,
man bound for others.

A borough,

as

here ufe

it,

And

that

fpeeches, as Chancer faith, St. J'obn to Borob ;

for affurancc and warranty.
Sftnfcr.

town with a corporation.

And if a borougb chufe him not undone.

ever,
for it.

1.

places where this cuftom holds, lands

and tenements defcend to the youngeft
fon ; or, if the owner have no iflue, to
Cowell,
his youngeft brother.

BO'RREL.

am

to

deemen
I

v. a

know.
.

[iorgen,

Sfenfr.

Dutch

bopjian, Sax.]
j. To take fomething from another upon
credit : oppofed to lend.

He

barrmvtd

able.

We

And

My

Stakeffeare.

To

lor a time*

is

my

title

more,

To

betray the heady hulbands, r>b the

Clarendon,
fourth privilege of friend/hip.is that which
here fpccified in tie text, a communication of

is

fecrets.

The
The

he

Lay comforts
Your needful

The

folds

and a bifun-friend, are

calls

an

Sautb,

a bofom-frienJ nf her
royal mirtrcls,
infolent woman, the worft of her fex.

To BO'SOM. v.
1.

with each end of ihy blue bowdoft crown

and my unOuubb'd down. Sbuk.

breaft

bojam-frcrtt,

She, who was

To

a.

[from the noun.]

incloie in the bofom.

Evfm up my
You'll find it who!
I do not think my

bzjky acies,

n.f. [boj-me, bor-om, Sax.]

embrace of the arms holding any

Jcnfor..

The

ufually put together.

Wtltcn.

helps

eal'y.

He fent for his bijlm fr'nr.ds, w'th whom he mod

confidently consulted, and Ihc.ved the paper to
them ; the contents whereof he could not conceive.

reprefentation of woods.

Woody.

Sbalcffceri.

traitors, bcftiK-tliitvcs,
; the reudiefr

Btn

Bacor.

and fuch wild works, in open terraces, or

Sbal,

Whom cuftom hath call'd wives

P<f-

counfel;
taktff:are.

filter fo to

feek,

Or fo unprincipled in virtue's book,

And the fweet peace that btj-jmt goodnefs

ever.
Miitcir*

2.

To

conceal in privacy.

The

groves, the fru-tiins, and the ftVw'rs,

their choiceft
bcfom*X fmcll ,

That open now

the heart.

Our good

3.

whofe

go, pronounce hij death. Slat.

Thole domeftick

great borrower ; howcreditors have challenged me

thing to the breaft.

2.

it,

This Antonio,

another's, and

BO'SOM.
.

deep.
kindnefs ; fa-

Being the tefom-l'.ver of my lord,

Mult needs be like my lord.

1 know each hnd, and every alley green,

Dingle, or bu/hy dell, of this wild wood,
And every b:jiy bourn from fide to fide. Milton.

vras

have bornvieJ money for the king's tribute,

and that upon our lands and vineyard:. Nrbrmiab.
alk of another the ufe of fomething
a.

what
own.
that I am a

fummcr houfes.
Bo'sicy. adj. \lofque, Fr.]

age has charms in

OUT b'jjcm-lnttrefl \

rooms; graver

box of the ear of the Engliihman,

an4 fwore he would pay him again when he

fay,

bofc.ige,

in composition, implies
intimacy
confidence; fondnefs.
No more that Thane of Cawdor /hall deceive

Cheerful paintings in icaftiug and banqueting

ftories in galleries ; landfkips and

but rude and burn!,

Yet nearer ways

To BO'RROW.

fo

tender affeftions

BOSOM,

as his

none of

The

Siker thou fpeak'ft like a lewd forrel,

Of heaven

The

defire.
Not ufed.
;
It you can
pace your wtldom
In that good path that 1 could with it go,
You (hall have your kofvm on this wretch.

my

dark.

n. /. [it is explained by Junius

A mean fellow.
without etymology.]

J,J,.

10. Inclination

n.f. \lofcage, Fr.]

Wood, or woodlands.
We bent our courfe thither, where we faw the
next day, we might
appearance of land ; and, the
it was a land flat to our fight,
plainly difcern that
and full of bafcage, which made it fliew the m >rc

2.

bofom.

BO'SCACE.

Pope.

Englijb, is a cuftomary defcent

lands or tenements, whereby, in all

Howbe

oft lofes

that takes
it

Some

BO'ROUGH
of

He
ufes

is,

nor a lender be ;
boch itfelf and friend,

a bcrrovier

harlhly deal, like an ill borrower,

that which you receiv'd on other terms.
Milton.

or a

/ons, therefore called a free borough, or, as you fay,

a
fraruplsgivm. For tor!b,~fa old Saxon, lignifieth
pledge or furety : and yet it is fo ufed with us in

my

receptacle clofe or fecret ; as, the

to/omof the earth ; iheiofemof the

Any

With

flillufe, is not a borough town, that is, afranchifed

town ; but a main pledge of an hundred free pcr-

ibme

money

lender.

S tat iff tare.

For a dark hour or twain.
But you invert the cov'nants of her trtit,

2.

of fecrets.
Adam, by' hid-

tranfgrefiion as

Paradifi Loft*

oppofed to

Go

and as the old laws

iniquity in

Whofe

borrowing dulls the edge of hufbandry. Stak.

horfe the better,
not
I muft become a borrower of the night

BO'ROUGH.

my

vour.

And

TaiUr.

breaft, as the receptacle

covered

Sidney.

For loan

Sbakffftare.
being born of my father's firft wife, and /he
like a
rather
his
(he
with
me
converter
third,
*f

my

Grjy.

His talk is of nothing but of his poverty, for fear

belike left 1 fl.iuld have proved a young borrower.

truft

Neither

God.

To pluck the common bofoms on his fide. Sbok.

To whom the great Creator thus reply 'd
O Son, in whom my foul hath chief delight,
Son of my bofom, Son who art alone
My word, my wifdom, and effectual might

upon

none cf woman bur*

a fifter.

ing
8.

Sbattffiare.

n.f. [from torroiv.']

that borrows ; he that takes

He

harm Macbeth.

daughter than

If

BO'RROWER.
1

ho/cm of bis father and his

The

9.

adventure

borrow of a week.

The

The

the verb.]

thing borrowed.
Yet of your royal prcfence

has ufually the particle of before the

mother.
Be bloody, bold, and refolute ; laugh to fcorn

Shall

The

Unkind and

BO'RROW. n.f. [from

further feek his virtues to difclofe,

his frailties from their dread abode
they alike in trembling hope repofc,

There

j.

cruel, to deceive your fon

taitrrwV flupes, and his embrace to fhun. DiyJ.

LamtntatuKi.

No

Or draw

own, though not be-

It

The

2.

ufe as one's

breaft, as the feat of tendernafs.

Their foul was poured out into their mother'i

bffym.

Watts.

longing to one.

Swift.

3.

To

4.

a vifags
bof'.ms wear
gay,
fti6ed groans frequent the bail anJ play.
"Twtg.

The

6.

children give
Ltckt.

are not felicitous to borrow.

Poft.

although

new names

Here acting

And

have narrow reperfons of bright parts

riches of their own, they
; for, having

Some

Thffeiwn to judge, as well as thul'c to write. Peft.

For all mankind alike require their grace j
All bcrn to want;

even

membrance

Both muft

the

among

to things.

Jsb.
and a brother is

Proverbs.
Either of you knights may we!! deferve
princeis born ; and fuch is the you ferve. Drjd.
Two r'.fing creits his royal head adorn;
Sara fiom a god, himfelf to godhead bcrn. Dryiitn.

obfervc

may

Leviticus, xix. 34.

trouble, as the fparlcs fly

thyfelf.
is

The

from their part gu-lt.

I was engaged in the

PnV.

O, who can nime

Unfortunate Taliard
pangs of rage, of forrow, and of jhame,
That with mix'd tumult in thy h'J-^t: (wcil'd,
When firft thou faw'ft thy braved troops H

Decay of Pity.
tranfljtion of Virgil, from
whom I have borrowed only two months. Vrydcn.
Thele verbal figns they fometimes borrtnc from
others, and fomttimes make thcmfclves ; as one

ftrife

tiiy btj'.m freed.

!

Stakcjfeare.

Lbt'-c.

ufually fpoken with regard to circumftances : as, he was born a prince ;

he was torn to empire he was torn for
greatnefs : that is, formed at the birth.
The ftranger, that dwelleth with you, lhall be
unto you as nnc icrn among you, and thou fhalt

1. It

n jcaloufy's tormenting

ther.

Relerv'd for night, and kept for thee in

old friend,

your Lofun ; and boftow

counfels to our bufmeiTcs.

(tore.

Pjrae'if.' Loft.

to

Siatrfp.

of the drefs that cover the

breaft.

Put now thy hand into thy bofom ; and he put his
hand into his Itijvm : and when he took it out, behold lu band was leprous us (now. EXMMS, iv, 6.

Tow'crs and battlements it

BofonSd high in tutted trees,

fees,

Where perhaps fome beauty lies,

The cynofure of neighbouring eyes.

To

Milton.

in vines,
abbots, purple as their wines. Pop;.

happy convents, bofand deep

Where number

BOSON,

n.f. [corrupted

from foatfwain-.]
Tha

The barks upon the billows

The matter will not (lay
The merry kofm from his fide

ride,

An

j.

whiftle takes, to

The

check and chiJe

ling'ring lad's delay.

beauty, ftrength, youth, fortune,

? VEJlrange.
boffet
This ivory, intended for the b\ffes of a bridle,
and a woman of Caria or
for a
was laid
(ignifies

up

The

t.

A thick body

of any kind.

an iron hook, to hang

Abffs made of wood, with
on the laths, or on a ladder, in which the
mortar at the britches of the tiles. Moxcn.
puts the

To mend

2.

To

runneth upuii him, even on his neck, upon

the thick to/es of his bucklers.
Jt, xv. z6.

j.

To
fully

framed

if

U
by. the lips, then
of the tongue to the

made

by the

bcfs

K.

the throat, then

palate, near

Holder,

I.

Go

dentures or channels left in the joinin the corners of

ings thefe are chiefly
:

BOTA'NICAL.
BOTA'NICK.

ruftick quoins.
Builder''s

fpeciei of crowfoot.

[from @ndn, an
J herb.] Relating to herbs;
adj.

May

fmile at this.

tell

[from botany."] One

one who ftudies the

of
uliginous hcteous matter, taken notice
by that diligent botanij), was only a collection of

The

Woid-ward.

Then

fpring the living herbs, beyond the power

tctjmft to number up their tribes.
Tlcmfcn.

Of
BOTANO'I.OGY.

n.

f.

[(SoranAoyiix.]

Dill.
upon plants.
BO'TANY. n.f. [from go-ram, an herb.]
difccurfe

The

that part of narelates to vegeta-

fcience of plants

tural

hiltory

which

bles.

[botarga, Span.] A
of food, made of the rocs
of the mullet fiiTi ; much ufed on the
coafls of the Mediterranean, as an inChambers.
centive to drink.

BGT'sTRGO.

n. /.

reliftiing fort

BOTCH,

a.

[boxza, pronounced botza,

Ital.]
1.

fweiMng or eruptive difcoloration of

the (kin.
Time, which

and makes botehei pox,

And, plodding nn, mult make a calf an ox,
Donne.
Hath made a Uwyer.
b'.tibet and bhins muft all hii flcih imbed,

And

Milton.

more incommodious, which,

if

it

were propelled in boils, bot<:/.'u, or ulcers, as in the

(curvy, would rather conduce to health.
Harvey.
2.

4.

Young

A part in any work ill finiihed,

appear worfe lhan the reft.
With him,

To

leive no rubs or bctcbci in the

,

lus fon>

Sir,

botches.

A quantity of hay or grafs bundled up.

name,

defire to a bottld

of

To BO'TTLE.

[from the noun.]

<o, a.

Ta

inclofe in bottles.

You may

He

was a butcher's prentice in Paris, from

whence he was whipt for getting the (heriff's fool
with child.
Sbakeffeare,
Bottben left old cloaths in the lurch,
and
the
church,
llud'ibrat.
fell
to
turn
A*id
patch

have a great

good hay, fweet hay, hath no fellow. Sbak,

But I (hould wither in one day, and pafs
To a lock of hay, that am a bottle of grafs. Dornr*

hay

In cradle here renews his youthful frame- Garth.

Hay, and take t'other bottle.

(hall

you

Methinks

menn.f. [from botch.']

der of old clothes ; the fame to a taylor
asa cobler to a flioemaker.

*.

Sprftator,

3.

Hylas, botc'u'd with ftains too foul to

adj.

quantity of wine ufually put into

a quart.
;

bottle
-

Dry Jen.

To mark with

2.

For treafon batch'd in rhime will be thy bane;

ii the rock on which thou art to wreck.

have

it

mod

excellent cyder royaf,

to drink or to bittk.

When

wine

is

to be battled off,

immediately before you begin

Mortimer,
wa/h your bottles
but be fure not

drain them.

BO'TTLE

[horn bttch.] Marked with

words

friend

is

Swift,

often

as,

compounded with other

bottle-friend,

a drinking-

bottle-companion.
Sam, who is a very good bt>t tie-companion, hat
been the diversion of his friends.
dddifen.

And thofe biles did run fay fo Did not the

general run ? Were not that a batchy fore ? Sbaktf.

[cyanus, Lat.J
of ufe.]
A plant.
1. A compenfation or amends for a man
BO'TTLESCREVV. n.f. [from battle and
(lain, which is bound to another. Conuell.
/cre<w.~\ A fcrew to pull out the cork.
2. It was uFed for any payment.
A good butler always breaks off the point ot
his bottltfircw in two days, -by trying which it
BOTH. 'adj. [batu, batpa, Sax.] The
lurdert, the point of the fcrew, or the neck of tie
two ; as well the one as the other. Et
bottle.
Stasfl,
It is ufed only of
I'un
1'autre, Fr.
BO'TTOM. n.f. [botm, Saxon ; btdtm,
CcKne
two.
Germ.]
And the nejtt day, loth morning and afternoon,
i. The lowed part of any thing.
he was kc^t by our paity.
Sidney.
M >fes and the prophets, Chrift and hhapoftlcs, z. The ground under the water.

&

in their times j)l preachers of God'* truth

fomc by wjrd, Come by writing, Come by butl.

wire

Two

lovers c.innot (hare a finglc bed

Venus and

a Helen have been

conj.

4.

[from the adjective.] As well:

adj.

[jSclew'iJVis]

bunch of grapes.

Having

my

fuppofition

reafonings proceed, ,in<

dale

a valley

a low ground.

Shakeffftarf,

both the (hores of that fruitful fattcm, are

marks of ancient edifices.
jlddifon in ttalj.

the form of a

tiiis

Dryjff*
the ground-work.

Equal convexity could never be fcen : the inhabitants or luch an earth co ild have only the profpect of a little circular plain, which would appear
to hive an acclivity on all (ides ; fo that ever/
man woufd fancy himlelf the loweft, and that he
always dwelt and moved in a batmi.
Bextlej.

gr-at multitude both of the Jews and alfo of

-^ff^
the Greeks believed.
Milton.
Pow'r to judge b',?h quick and dead.

BO'TRVOID.

foundation

dill to be (ecn the

has the conjunction and to correfpond

with it.

Bulb the b.iy was worthy f> be prais'd,

Stimichon has often made me long
Drydrn.
hear, like him, fo fweet a fong.

On

it

1o

iw'J fo clear,

In the purlieus rcanJn a (heep-cote,

Welt of this place; down in the neighbour lotion.

q'i?en.

Aid

The
On

feer.

and the

(1

bottom did the top appear.

cannot be affected by objections which arc fit

from being built on the fame liottam.
Atterbu:j,

Dtyd.v.

ClYIT)//

BOTH.

3.

therefore both are equal in d-gree,

The lot of both he left tu deftiny.

fo as to

work,
mu(i embrace the fate. StaHeff.

The

As

Biitb pc-rjur'd wives, the goddefs

Shallow brooks that

Honker.
Which of them (hall I take ?
can
br
f
un<?
or
nehher
?
neither
Kitb
enjoy'd,
If bath remain alive.
Siakrfftart,

rots all,

hit people.

all

It proves far

Sbakejfiare,

BOTE. n.f. [bote, Sax. a word now out BO'TTLE-PLOWER. n.f.

various fpecies of plants.

corals.

Bacon*
any wit in their heads, or no.
Then if thy ale in glafs thou wouldft confine,
Let thy clean bottle be entirely dry.
King,
He threw into the enemy's (hips earthen bottles
filled witli ferpents, which put the crew in diforder.
Arbutknvt 01 Coins*

Rhime

botches.

u. f.
{killed in plants

houfe,

Sbakejpearc,

Atdifan.

BO'TANIST.

my

Her fpeech is nothing,

the un.'haped ule of it doth move
The hearers to collection ; they aim at i*,
And batch the words up fit to their own thoughts.

BO'TCHY.

poplars.

to

how many fruitlefs pranks

hath botfb'd up, that thou thereby

ruffian

us, the poets have

not rightly followed the traditions of antiquity,
in metamorphofing the fifters o/ Phaeton into
botarical critickj

me

BO'TCHER.

Di

Hulled in herbs.

Some

with

in.

His cold thin drink out of his leather bath,

Is far beyond a prince's delicates.
Shokifyeart,
Many have a manner, after other men's fpeech,
would fay,
to (hake their heads.
officer
great
it wis as men (hake a bottle, to fee if there wa

Yet

wards carved,
t. Ruflic work, which confifb of (lones,
which feem to advance beyond the
naked of a building, by reafon of in-

BO'SVEL. n.f.

n.f. [bouteillt, Fr.]

fraall vefiel of glafs, or other matter,

with a narrow mouth, to put liquor

The (hepherd's homely curds,

put together unfuitably, or unflcilmake up of unfuitable pieces.

; to

hear thou there,

is

and called

any thing awkwardly.

And

Any ftone that has a prefecture, and

laid in a place in a building to be after-

edifices,

are

Dtydcn.

This

BO'SSAGE. n.f, [in architecture.]

bodies.

Sbakeffeare,

up what th' had torn and rent,

Hudilras.
Religion and the government.
j.

fpecics

BO'TTLE.

botch

If a clofe appulfe be

from botching newly brought,

coats,
torn.

He

[without ajingular.~\

Peafe and beans are as dank here as a dog, and

that is the next way to give poor jades the bats.

[from the noun.]

or patch clothes clumfily.

Their

it,

with totrymd

fet

<v. a.

To mend

1.

n. f.

human
Swift.

your poor

Te BOTCH.

thick

is

of fmall worms in the entrails ofhorfes ;

anfwering, perhaps, to the afcarides in

prince,

Pfe.
in the midft of any thing.
part rifing

BOTS.

D'ydcn-

name ;
place in any Britifli
Yet, making here a perfect botch,
vowel from his notch.
Thrufts

outfide

cences, or fmall knobs, yellow, bluilh, and purple ;

Wotidvjard,
all of a ihming metallick hue^

If both thofe words are not notorious botches,

the French tranflator thinks

deceived, though
otherwife.
comm3 ne'er could claim

Drydeti.

embroidered furniture, or gaudy

Mzoaia d>ed

part,

am

BOSS. n.f. [bo/e, Fr.]

above the
I. A ftud; an orn -nent raifed
reft of the work ; a fhining prominence.

What

adventitious

adfcititious,

The

clumfily added.

His

B O

B O T

B O T

5.

The part moft remote from the view ;

the dccpcft part.
His p.op^ljU and arguments mould with fre., "
dom

ic cxunijicd to the

.'itttn,

e *

that,

there
,

a^s

EOT

B O
U

any rnifbke in them, no body rciy

r.l(V:d

Bound

4.

my

no littua,

's

volupruoufnefs.

The

7.

there

pit,

Skalttfpetre.

falling, than,

how

do

ful>je&

we

not
Then be

fee the bottom

The

8.

full

He
in his

men

old

to lying!

refort

remotefl caufe

the

To

which he did not appear, jlddij.

(hip ; a veflel for navigation.
9.
A bawbling vefie! was he captain of,
With which luch fcatchl'ul grapple did he make

nubie bottom of our

fleet.

Shakefp.

My ventures are not in one bottom trofted

to one place,
Sbatefftare.
We have memory not of ore (hip that ever
;

returned, and but of thirteen perfons only, at fevcral times, that chofe to return in our bottoms.
a con.
a fuoiifh Teaman,

That, when his ihip is linking, will not

Denbam.
Unlade his hopes into another bottom.

He

puts to fea upon his own bottom

Hern himfelf; and now, if ever, we

new

holds the

may

difcovcriei.

He fpreads his canvas, with his

The freights of flitting ghorls in

expect
Horrls.

pole he fteers,
his thin bottom

bears.

malt

Silkworms

Their

And

12.

BOTTOM
BOTTOM

13.
dregs.

TV BO'TTOM. v. a.
To build upon ;
1
.

as a fup-

upon

port ; with on.

They may have fomething of obfcurity,

Pride has a very ftrong foundation in the mind

upon felf-love.

But with

1.

wind upon fomething

to

twill

thread round forae thing.

BO'TTOM.

*v.

To

n.

reft

upon, as

its

ultimate fupport.
Find out upon what foundation any propofitioji
advanced, bottoms ; and obfcrve the intermediate

which
upon which it is

ideas, by

it

i:

joined to thn

foundation

creeled.

Locke.

BO'TTOM ED. adj. [from bottom.] Having

a bottom : it is ufually compounded.
There being prepared

number of Jiat~bot

Voats, to tranfport the land-forces,

and uiuicttiun of Lit ^i tut aavv.

loquial fpeech.

BOUND,

limit; a boundary; that by which

any thing is terminated.
Illimitable ocean

Indus and Ganges, our wide empire's bounds,

their dy'd currents with
their natives
wounds.
Dryden*

Uttllcr

the wing

all

th' infernal bounds,

Wliich flaming Vhlegethon furrounds,

Sad Orpheus fought his confort loft.

am

Pope,

by which any excurfion

limit

ftrained.
Hath he

fct

is

re-

bounds between their love and me ?

who fhill bar me from them ?

their mother,

Skjkefpeare,

Stronger and fiercer by reftraint he roars,

bound, but makes his pow'r his
mores.
Der.h.im.
Any bounds made with body, even adamantine

Mlltw.

n. f.
[French.] Broth;
any thing made to be fupped a
:

term ufed in cookery.

Walls. [In architecture.] Walls
of round flints or pebbles, laid in
a ftrong mortar ; ufed where the fea
has a beach caft up, or where there are
Builder's Dictionary.
plenty of flints.
v. a.
See Te BOLT.
built

Swell

BOU'ILLON.

BO'ULDER

without bound,

where length, breadth, and

height,
And time, and place, ire loft.
Milton*
Thofe vaft Scythian regions were feparated by
the natural bounds of rivers, lakes, mountains)
wovids, or matfhes.
Temple*

Without dimenfion

2.

flexure of the joints is not the fame in elephants as in other quadrupeds, but nearer unto
thofe of a man ; the bought of the fore-legs not directly backward, but laterally, and fomewhat inward,
frown's Vulgar Einun,

n.f. [from binf.]

And knows no

flexure.

foup

and

fmoke,

boaft; a threat: in low language.

n.f. [from bounce.] A boafter;
a bully ; an empty threatener : in col-

In notes, with

ni

3.

Fairy !$ueen,

2.

lire,

BO'UNCER.

The

Therefore, as you unwind your love for him,

l>cft it ihouid ravel, and be good to none,
You muft provide to bottom it on me. Sbakefpeare
*fo

Immortal verfe,
as the melting foul may pierce,

this lufty blood ?

bounce ;
He gives the baftinado with his tongue. Stakejf.
Two hazel-nut? I threw into the flame,
And to each nut 1 gave a fweetheart's name;
This with the loudeft bounce me fore amaz'd,
That in a flame of brighteft colour blaz'd. Gay.

folds,

Such

Dryde*.

or noife.

What cannoneer begot

He ipcaks plain cannon

Through

And

many a winding bought

linked fwestnefs, long drawn out.

n.f. [from the verb.]

ftrong fudden blow.

A fudden crack

2.

not for empire fought,

bougtts whenever he unfolds,

thick entangled knots adown does flack.

another

'The bounce burft ope the door; the fcorn'ul fair

Relentlefs look'd.

Of

was putting out my light,

hard as he can knock.

Forfooth the bouncing Amazon,

bufkin'd miftrefs, and your warriour love,
Theleus muft be wedded.
Sbakiffeart*

1.

their blood their country's fafety bought,

n.f. [from To bo-iu.]

twift ; a link ; a knot.
His huge long tail wound up in. hundred

Svuift.

a fudden noife.

BOUNCE,

Whofe wreathed

Co/for.

jiilerlary.

To

who

hcau

Your

BOUGHT,

The grounds upon which we bottom our reafbning, are but a pxrt ; fomething is left out, which
Locke.
Should go into the reckoning.
AcTion is fuppofcd to be bottomed upon principle.
.

thefe

Swiff
triple

To boaft ; to bully : a fenfe only ufed

in familiar fpeech.
J. To be bold, or ftrong.

1.

and participle of Te buy

neft,

of the

the hare with double Iwifincli fled.

of

4.

Pope.

as being bottomed upon, and fetched from, the true nature of the things.
Hale.
it is bottomed

pr.eter.

which fee.
The chief were

pajlions

Juft as i
leunci

Rofi-cmmon,

[from the noun.]

to fix

fav'rite myrtle's fliady boughs,

See how, on every bough, the birds exprefs,

In their fweet notes, their happiuefs.
Dryden,
'Twas all her joy the ripening fruits t tend,
And fee the boughs with happy burdens bend. Pope,

Prior.

The loweft end.

The grounds, or
BOUGHT,

of a lane.
of bar.

3.

Sidney

their pulfions in repeated vows.

tlic

dddifm*

from their

longer will tarry.

l>o:-m'd the maftifF

To make

and patron loud did him proclaim,

Under fome

They fpeak

Mortimer.

Each Chriftmas they accounts did char,

And wound their bottom round the year.

Away

finding a bsugb broken, took

tied it about the

Fairy Queen
the bough
She gave him of that fair enticing fruit. Mihin.
As the dove's flight did guide ^Eneas, now
May thine conduft me to the golden bough. Dent

and bounces, and imitates

They

lame bough, and

From

in about fifteen

<Uys*

lord

kut frets,

fpi'it,

nobler liquor.
tiur.ce

which

like beer in a bottle,

is

No
Out

t>. n.

at his feet their laurel

boughs did throw.

flies,

much

To

which breeds in
a ivtrvil.
Dia.

place broken.

of
Bacon.

bMomt

called a!fo

of

fort

infeft

A vine-labourer,

will be like bottoms

finifh their

a branch of the

Speflator.

wound up.

a fudden leap, a

no ftrength and

in reality,

and

adl

than a branch, yet not always diftinguifhed from it.

Dryden.

This whole argument

An

hs,

[in navigation and

[French.]

make

to

High uonfenfe

[bouge, Fr.] To fwell out.

BOUGH, n.f. [boj, Sax. the g b is mute.]
An arm or large (hoot of a tree, bigger

A ball of thread wound up together.

thread, clofe

f.

The

fpring

fudden e.xplofion.

Harris.

To BOUGE.

mifery.

To

2.

pear.

We

it.

a. f.

Boub. n.f.

are embarked with them on the fame bottom, and muft be partakers of their happinefs or

The fright awaken'd Arcite with a ftarr,

Againft his bofom bajnc'd his heaving heart. Dryd*

Milton.

the Ihip.

chance ; an adventure ; Aate of

hazard.
He began to fay, that himfelf and the prince
were too much to venture in one bottom. Clarendon.

10.

any

Sidney.

bcttoxtefs perdition.

SO'UCHET.

's

thing witk
great force, fo as to rebound.

1.

forrow deep, having no bottom f

Siak.
p.iflbns bottomltfs with them.
Him the Almighty Pow'r

my
my

v. n. [a word formed, fay*

Skinner, from the found.]

To fall or fly againft any

from

felf

voyage, he is to repay the money lent,

with a certain premium or interelt agreed on ; and this on pain of forfeiting

Nor

He

falling infinitely.

felf

of borrowing
Ihip's bottom ; that is, by
engaging the veflel for the repayment
of it, fo as that, if the Ihip miicarry,
the lender lofes the money advanced ;
but, if it arrives fafe at the end of the

m-.ift

BOUNCE,

With-

to a tottvntlefs

keep one's

eaficr to

being fallen, to give one's

commerce.]
money on a

cellent counfels, in

the

it is

BO'TTOM RY.

motion.
wrote many things which are not published
name and was,at the bottom of many ex-

With

bottom.']

Hurl'd headlong flaming from th' ethereal fky

are

Sbaktffcare.

laft

from

Is

man's capacity, whether deep or malfetch ofTthefe juftices

into

ftay

low.
I will

which

nir.r,

utmoft extent or profundity of any

of Juftice Shallow

[from

&dj.

out a bottom ; fathomleis.

Wickcdnd* may well be compared

limit.

But
In

BO'TTOMLUS.

by

Lake.

his reputation.

O U

17

walls, are far from putting a ftop to the

its progrefs in fpace.

3.

[from To bound, v. n.]

jump

mind, in
Locke*

leap

S~

a fpring.

Do but not: a wild and wanton herd,

race of youthful and unhandlcd colts,
Fetching mad bounds, bellowing, and neighing
loud.
Sbakejfeart.
The horlcs ftarted with a fudden bound,
And flung the reins and chariot to the ground.

Or

Dcxt'roui
/>

WhiUl

Jdnifi*.
he 'fcapes the coach with nimble

itnds,

rcfcmnds.
ev'ry hoaeft tongue Stop thief

OU

A rebound

; the leap of fomething

the force of the blow.
back
by
ing

A,

'i

hele inward difgufts are but the

of contention.

this ball

To
A

bound of

firrl

Uccay (f Piety.

v. a. [from the noun.]

fo BOUND,
1.

fly-

limit

to terminate.

and Itrong on every

lofty tow'r,

To

reftrain

Tak:

3.

m .'rr.er'b

Alv
Biurdi

<T'o

my

in

To jump

1.

by

i-

Siiakejfeart.

11.

leaps.

Torrifmo&J apptar'd,

Gave me

hand, and

his

led

me

Before his lord the ready fpaniel bounds

tries tcie

Pope.

When fudden through the woods a bounding (tag

Hulh'd headlong d<jwn, and plung'd amidrt the
R<rwi.

river.

to the Tary'd ft.-ain, advance

dance.
fprightly youths, to form the bounding

Warbling

Two

Pope.

2,

To

rebound

to

fly

back by reper-

cuflion.

Mark

th-n a bounding valour in our Englim,

being dead, like to the bullets grazing,
Breaks cut into a fecund courfe uf mifchief. Skat.

To make to bound.
might buffet for my love, m bound my horfe

7a BOUND,
I

-v. a.

for her favours, 1 would lay on like a butcher, and

like a jackanapes, never off.
Shalclpeare*
If love, ambitious, fought a match of birth,
Whofe veins bound richer blood than lady Blanch ?
fit

Stjtefpeare.

SOUND,

preterite

and

of

participle fajji-ve

bind.

Nay, faid Pamela, none ihall take, that office

from myfelf, being fo much bounds 1 am for my
education.

Sidney.

This

To whom
You
For,

A
A

is

Antonio,

as I hear,

he was

flone to

BO'UNTY,

ufed to bring into the

They fummoned

Whence

power dwells

boundlcj'i

fceml as bmndlefs in his defires, as God

and therefore nothing but God
;
South.
himfelf can fatisfy him.
in

his being

Though we make

Or

roll

to any place.
His be that care,

whom

molt

it

doth conceit),

Bo'u NT ECUS.
beral ; kind

Hath

in

him

gift
ctos'd.

Her

n.f. [from beund.} Limit;

bound.
fiiifcrs

clwnoun of

the

them.

To

Liberally

He

bountcfujly beftow'd

Dryden,

StiU would

BOURN,

1.

Drydtn.

adj. [from bounty and/a//.]

generous ; munificent.

As

Sbakifftare.
bountiful as mines of India.
If you will fcc rich, you mu(V live frugal ; if you
will be popular, you muft be bountiful.
Taylfr.
I

am

obliged to return

who, without

my

confid'irirg the

2.

of before the thing given, and

to before the perfon receiving.
Our Icing fparcs nothing, to give them the (hare
It has

It his
felicity, c/'xiiicb, lie is 19 tiuntifvl

...

[borne, Fr.]

a limit.

tilth,

wim'd by one that

As

dice are to be

No

bourn 'twixt his and mine.

fixes

Shektjpearfy

know

each lane, and every alley green,

to fide.
Milton*
every bofky bourn from fide

And

[From bujm, Saxon.]

2.

brook; a tor-

whence many towns, feated near

brooks, have names ending in bourn*
rent
It

thanks to many,
man, have been

Vrydcn.
bountiful to the poet.
God, the bountiful author of our being. Lccte.

DrydiU*

Falfe,

Bo'u N T j F u L.
Liberal

fell

vineyard, nsne.
Sbakrfpcars*
That undifcovri'd country, from whofe bourn
No traveller returns.
Sliakcjpeare.

Pfa/ois.

1 .

n. f.

bound

where another
work.

b*.~:'gcm

give thee

Bourn, bound of land,

largely.

thing* living with beutuiuj'ncfs.

filleth all

How*!*

That one might

n.f. [from bounteous.}

Munificence; liberality; kindnefs.

He

that I had the fruitful heads of Hydra,

unenvy'd good

On me.
BO'UNTEOUSNESS.

\bourgtonner, Fr.J
to fhoot into branches ; to-

fetvcs.

[from bounteous.}

generoufly

fprout

n.

put forth buds.

L'.mg may the dew of heaven difti! upon them,
to make them bourgeon and propagate among them-

which bountvms nature

od-v.

Addifoni

fo Bo'u RG EON. v.

bounty.']

BcuntcMit; bucalmoft bouniewt toavice.

of that
the canfi'ieace and

bounJlefs.}

Sbtifj'fiare.
foul abhorring avarice,

BO'UNTEOUSLV.

Itmfli.

JO'UNDARY.

mery

Every one,

ta-.ry i^ueen,

and hithe bt.und,

we found. Dryd.

great perfons.
Tell a mifer of bounty to a friend, or
to the poor, and he will m>t undcrftand it. South*
Her m.ijefty did not fee this-aficmbly fo propep
to excite charity and companion j though I queftion not but her royal bounty will extend itfelf to

a word ufed chiefly in poetry

According to the

be bound for a port one defircs extremely,

and fail to it with a fair gale, ii very plcalant.
!horej,
port fo long delir'd at leng'h

a prefent from an alms ; being ufed when

perfons, not abfolutely neceffitous, receive gifts ; or when gifts are given by

Pope

Limunificent ;

wanting virtue kind,

Bounty well plac'd preferr'd, and well defign'd,

all their titles.
Dryden.
2. It feems diftinguifhed from charity, a*

for bountiful.

but whither with fuch hafty flight

Art thou now bound? for well might I difcern
Great caufc, that carries thee fo iwift and light.

Willing we fought your

[from
generous ;

adj.
;

to

To

we

of his voluptuous defires, by Hinting his capacities.

South.

To

it is,

the planets through the boundh-fs Iky.

adj.

logy.]

duration ttundlrfs as

Bo'u NDLESSN ESS. n.f. [from

Exemption from limits.
God has corrected the boundlejnefs

elfe they

[a word of doubtful etymoDeftined; intending to come

Denbam.
Thofe godlike men,

high,

to

it

fonsof men, adorned with gorgeous attire, llxker.

If you knew to whom you fliew this honour,
I know you would be prouder of the work,
Than cuftomary bounty can enforce you. Sbcktfp*
Such moderation with thy bounty join,
That thou may'ft nothing give that is not thine.

cannot extend it beyond all being. God fills eternd it is hard to find a reafon why any one
nity,
Locke.
Jhould doubt th.v he fills immenfity.
Some guide the courfe of wand'ring orbs on

field.

the governor to deliver

do not fo far magnify her exceeding bounty ,

as to affirm, that (he bringeth into the world thc-

in a will confin'd.

Man

is

would not leae one ftone upon

To which the governor made no other
another.
he
that
was not bound to repair it ; but,
reply, than
however, he would, by God's hdp, keep the
Clarendon.
ground afterwards.

them, or

We

Dryden.

bigger bouttding-flone.

n.f. [bonte, Fr.]

Generofity; liberality; munificence.

1.

infinite and bourrdlefs reach

mercy, if thou didft this deed of death,
Art thou damn'J, Hubert.
Sbakejpeare.
Heav'n has of right all victory defign'd ;

much

Krulles.

He

a boy

1 Corinthians.

bountifufnefs.

This goodly frame of temperance,

Formerly grounded, and fift fettled
On firm foundation of true bounnbead. Fairy Qv*
How mall frail pen, with tear difparaged,
Conceive fuch fovereign glory, and great bonntiun
bood f
Fairy

play with.

pair,

all

BO'UNTIHEAD. ~) n. f. [from bounty and

BO'UNTIHEDE. > bead, or hood. Se
BO'UNTIHOOD. 3 Hoon.] Goodnefs j
virtue.
It is now wholly out of ufe.

Beyond the

gentleman is
none more bound.
(peare.
The biftops of Hungary, being wonderfully
rich, were bound to keep great numbers of horfe-

mcn, which they

Br&ivn's Vulgar Errour~s*

BO'UNTIFULNESS. n.f. [from bountiful.]

The quality of being bountiful ; gene-

Of

bound for you. Shak.

Icarn'd, a molt rare fp-aker,

The

The

is

but a play-thing, and a globe

beneficent

him

And noip thy alms is givea,

Donne*
thy poor ftarvelmg bountifully fed.
It is affirmed, that it never raineth in Egypt {
the river bountifully requiting it in its inundation.

limitable.

To nature

Said he

am

manner j

And

Rogers.

/ A

[from

bountiful

largely.

Bo'u ND LESS. adj. [from bound.'} Unlimited ; unconnned ; immeafurable ; il-

am

fo infinitely bound.
Diould in all fcnfc be much found to

Bou ND.

fccptre's

us,

Dryden,

That

If

bounden duty.

furrow' d grounds.

who depend on

thole

BO'UNDING-STONE.
BOUND-STONE.

lightly o'er,

Leaping and bounding en the billow > heads. Dryd.

Panting with hope, he

mod humbly

for ourfelves, and

ad<v.

in

Enriched to

befought him to accept

of us as his true fervants, by as juft a right as ever
SJCOK.
men on earth were tounden.
To be careful for a provifion of all necelVaries
alfo

Liberally

rofity.

Sbakefpeare.

We

[bondir, Fr.]
to fpring ; to move forward

of bind.

in ule.

Sbakrfp.

fire's.

v.

participle paffi-ve

I lhall

mores,

the dsxter cheek, and this Cnifter

BOUND,

Not

Herejt'ter, in a better world than this,

delire more love and knowledge of you.
I reft much tounden to you : fare you well.

degree away,

b..t

Runs on

Bo'u N o E N

BO'UNTJFULLY.

Ctarlei.

our reformation mu'.t appear, by pirrluing

the boundaries of duty.
Rogers.

now much

The bounded waters

Would lift their hr.foms higher than the
'f all this folid globe.
AnU
Sometimes with in.

King

them within

to confine.

boundaries of laWl, snd recrsnc

Senfation and reflection are the boundaries of

our thoughts; beyond which the mind, whatever
efforts it would make, is not able to advance. Lock:.
Great part of our lins confift in the irregularities attending the ordinary purfuite of lite j fo
that

fiJe

With ticWe walk, which Pnlegethon furrounds,

Whofe fiery flood the burning empire bounds. DryJ.
2.

t
pafs all
to his authority.

popl

B O
'

'

is

now

not

ufed

in

either fenfe

;..

though the fecond continues in the Scottifh

Ne

dialed.
dwelling Neptune, ne hud thund'ring Jove r
cheer, or make me ever mourn :
boat can fafely pafs this perilous bourn.

Can change my

My

little

Spenfer*

To

BOUSE.

V. n. [buyfcn, Dutch.]

drink lav idly

to tope.

T*

BOW
Ai he

rode, h* fomewlnt ftill did eat,

hand did beat a icufir-g can,
Of which he fipt.
Fairy

And

To make

2.

BOUT. n.f. [botta, Ital.] A turn;

much of an action as is performed
one time, without interruption ; a
gle part of any aclion carried on by

As make

To

3.

Bow. n.f. [from

bout,

tliat

Eflrang

fee when 'tis enough,

want the nice concluding lout.

e.

if it

BOV'TEFEU.
cendiary

n. f.

Now

Bow.
1.

in-

ber, a very bouttfeu, who bore

the vulgar, they cnterod into open rebellion. Bacon.

The
That

Nor

ries.

King
Befides the herd of boutefeas,
fet on work within the houfe*

We

Cbarlis.

2.

BO'UTISALE.

To fpeak nothing of the great bvutifale of colleges

The
And

Sir 7.

HaywarJ.
The laft
[French.]
words or rhimes of a number of verfes

SOUTS RIMEZ.
to

given

To

BOW.

1.

To

be

A
Old

Make

threepence brno'd would hire me,

The mind

has not been

cipline, when at firft

eafy to be bwctl.

To

it

bend the body

fubmiffion.
They came

made obedient

curb, and

to dif-

was molt tender and

Let

it

p'-or,

Locke.

And

beggar*d yours for ever

And

added woes

ft Bow. v.
i

To

bend

may b<rw me

to the

n.

7.

to fuffer flexure.

Like a bold flood appear.

Stakrffcare,
His foldicrs fpying his undaunted fpirit,
A Talbot Talbot cried out amain,
And rufli'd into rhe bowiU of the battle. Sbak.
As he faw drrps of water dillilling from the
!

Sbaktjfcare.

rock, by following the veins, he has made h.mfeif

two or three fountains in the bowcli of the mountain.
>

'

Mdijon.

The

'

feat

of pity, or kindnefs.

His b/nveh did yern upon him.

Tendernefs

He

Ccntf'..

compaffion.

had no other conlidcration of money, than

for the fupport of his luftre ; and whilft he could

do that, he cared not for money ; having no bowclt
in the point of running in debt, or borrow! ig all

he could.
5.

Clarendon.

This word feldom has z.fj/igular, except

in writers of anatomy.

BO'WER. n.f. [from bough or branch, or

from the verb To bow or bend.]
1.

An arbour; a fheltered place covered

with green trees, twined and bent.
O

But,
Mi^lit

To
With

fad virgin, that thy power

Mufieus from his iiiiyrr,

Af.,'"-j.

raile

grids appealing,

when

reach their bcw'rt

loud complaints, they .inl'wer

me

in fliow'rs.

Wall*.
Refrem'd, they wait them tj

Where,

circled with his pec,

tin-

;W>Vof tUte,

\tridesfat.

5,

Ptrft.

2. It feems to fignify, in Sfenfcr, a blow ;

Bow of a Jbip. That part of her which
a ftroke ; bourrer, Fr. to fall upon.
ends
His rawbone arms, wivfc mighty br.u.ncd
begins at the loof, and compafling
Wi-;c wont to rive itcel pUtr;, and helmets hew,
of the ftern, and ends at the fternmolt
Were clean confum'd, anU .ul his vital p
If a mip hath
forecaftle.
parts of the
Sftnfrr't Fairy Qiictn.
Decay 'd.
a broad bow, they call it a bold 6civ if
BO'WER. n.f. [from the haw of a fhip.J
a narrow thin bow; thev fay (he hath
Anchors fo called. See Bow.
a lean tow. The piere ot ordnance that
To
BO'WER.. <v. a. [from the noun.]
To
is called the boiuv.

lies in this place,

and the anchors that hang here,

are called her great and little bowers.
Snv is alfo a mathematical inltrument, made of wood, formerly ufed by
feamen in taking the fun's altitude.

piect
8.

Sbakeffeare.

ground. Pvpt.

his

the faulcon his bells, to roan hath his

and
% Sam. xx. 10.

keep

not grieve thce to bnu down thine car to

and give him a friendly aniwer.
E(dus.

Now wafting years my former ftrength confound,

Sir, the horfe

of afaddle
are two pieces of wood laid archwife, to
receive the upper part of a horfe's back,

to

4. To deprefs ; to crxjih.
Are yeu fo gofpcll'd,
To pray for this good man, and for his ifiue,
Whofe heavy hand hath baw'd you to the grave,

bow,

to give the faddle its due form, and to

Farrier's Ditiionary.
it tight.

ruoft

in token of refpe& or

his

bows
of afaddh. The

Bow

To bend, or incline, in condefcenfion.

th?

the fecond knot be with a

defirc.

6.

meet him, and bmvcd themfelves

a Kings.
to the ground before him.
Is it to bow down his head as a bu'.rum, and to
? wilt thou
fpread fackcloth and afties under him
call this a fait, aod an acceptable day to the Lord ?
3.

let

inner parts of any thing.

Had we no quarrel clfc to Rome, but that
Thou art thence banifh'd, we woaid mutter all
From twelve to fcventy and pouring war
Into the biwtli of ui-gi jieful Home,

4..

fPifeman.

yoke.
As ihe ox hath

Jfvja themfelves when he diu fing.

Sbakiffeare.
Some bow the vines, which bury'd in the plain,
Their tops in diftant arches rife again.
Dryden.

2.

knot, and

ia

The

5.

am, to queen it.

Stakeffeere.
Orpheus, with his lute, made trees,
And the mountain topi that freeze,
as

tow.

ho=ui.

2.

for bought.

<v. a.
[bujen, Saxon.]
bend, or infled. It founds as niw,

pal's

in the fifth rib,

ihcd out his ^TIV/J.

doubling of a firing in a flipThis is perhaps corruptly ufcd

knot.

may

n.f. [tejaux, Fr.]

; the veffels and organs \vith-

in the body.
He fmoto him therewith

fawtry, pipe, and hautboy's noify band,

the foft lute trembling beneath the touching
hand.
Dryderfi Fables.

The

4.

filled up.

Inteftines

1.

rainbow.

Their inftruments were various in their kind

Some for the bow, and fome for breathing wind

fold.

nd chantries.

BO'WELS.

white faith of hift'ry cannot mow,

mufke: yet could beat the btno.
Mtynct Henry VII.

inftrument with which ftring-inftruments are ftruck.

fpace which an arrow

from the bow.

leg-]

Though he were not then a bow-jl-x off, and

made haite j yet, by that time he was come, the
thing was no longer tj be fcen.
Boyle*

e'er the

The

3.

the bnu-band, and

uii

its flight

1 do fet my Ixno in the cloud, and it (hall be for a

token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen. ix. ij.

Hudilras.

n.f. [I fuppofe from bouty

A fale at a cheap
or booty, and fale]
rate, as booty or plunder is commonly

The

Take, 1 pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver, and

and take me fome
thy hmu, and go out to the field,
venifon.
Ger.efii.

John Chammuch fway among

could ever any orcier be obtained impartially

to punilL the known boutefeut, and open incendia-

Swift,

n. /.

band.]

Bow-Lto'GED. adj. [from ba-w and

Having crooked legs.
BOW-SHOT, n. f. [from bow and

great force.

old, low-lent with crooked age,

far events full wifely could preuge. Milton.

1'ibyl

Surely he moots widj

very far from the mail:.

pro-

[pronounced as grow, no, lo,

without any regard to the it.-.]
An inftrument of war, made by holdwith a ftring,
ing wood or metal bent
which, by its fpring, moots arrows with

difufed.

a bafe fellow, called

xlvi. 2.

is

Some clergy too flic would allow,

Nor quarrel'd at their awkward boiv.

one who kindles feuds and

difcontcnts.
Animated by

they could

It

and bent.]

bo-iv

BOW-HAND, n.f. [from Ixnu and

The hand that draws the bow.

bending the body.

King.

An

[French.]

A
That

nounced, like the verb, as now, bmu.]

An aft of reverence or fubmiifion, by

We'll

Or

verb.

the

the, foreft.

[from

adj.

Crooked.

their knees to

IJ'a'ut,

under-officer of

BOW-BENT,

JuJget.

not deliver the burden.

got off for

down upon

under prefTure.
They ftcop, they bnu down together ;

He

fiys the vveifel, I give no quarter to birds: fays

rhe bat, I 831 a moufe ; look on iny body : fo ihe

An

To fink

4.

your bouts more violent to that end,

calls lor drink.

Sbakeffeare.
If he chance to 'fcape this dil'm jl isar,
The former legatees are blotted out.
Dryden.
weafel feized a bat ; the bat begged for life :

people bvuied

drink.

is

floop.

The

fuc-

of the fphere, or wherever

requifite to draw long arches. Ilarrij.

Bow- B E A R E R . n. f. [from bow and bear.
]

hf ad

Dryden.

at

ceflive intervals.
The play begarr: Pas durft not Cofma chace;
But did intend next bout with her to meet. Sidney.
Ladies, that have your feet
Uorlagued with Coins, we'll have a l.u:. Stakeff.
When in your motions you are hot,

my

Decay ef Piety.
Admir'd, ador'd, by all the circling crowd,
turn'd
her
For whcrefoe'er me
face, they bnu'd.

as

fin-

let

Stoop to the block, than thefc knees beta to any,

Save to the God of heav'n, arid to my king. Stu
This is the great idol to which the world bawi
to this we pay our devoutcft homage.

[from

adj.

projections

Rather
f>ueen.

b-mfe.] Drunken.
With a Kong legend of romantick things,
Which in his cups the tvij pott fings. Dry Jen.
Theguefts u.>on the day appointed came,
Each toufy farmer with his limp'ringdame. King.

or

a reverence.

in

BOU'SY.

BOW

BOW

9.

embower

Sow

is

likewile a

beam of wood or

tiu vet
brafs, with three long fcrews, that
a lath of wood or Heel to any arch ; uied

commonly

to

draw draughts ot

fliips,

to inc'ofe.
-

Th(>,.

the fpirit

In mortal parndilcot' !Vih f.vrft ik(h. Sbattfaurt.

BO'WERY.

adj.

[from bower.]

Full of

bowers.
Landlkips how g^y the b'.iu'ry grotto y'clds,
Which thought creates, and lavilh fancy builds \
TK keft.
Snatch'd through the verdant mize, the hurried
eye
DilbafkJ wanders new the h;u'ry wa k
:

BOW
Of cTrt

The whole city (hall

horfemcn and bcrwmen.

clofe, where fcarcs i fpeclt of day

on the lengthen'd gloom, protracted1 fweeps.

Falls

Them/on.

Yo BOWGE.

To BO'WSSEN.

have not that alacrity of

cheer of mind, that I

wont

The

Brnvn.
makj unto it.
The I'acred j;iv,fts, \0ith ready knives, bereave
The beads of !lVv, ind ::; /uii iowlt receive
The ftrearr.ine bKxxi.
Dryden,
While the bright

With

And

to the ear.

fpoon for tin:

be worn out with

[boule, Fr.

*3 covj,

hmul.]

it

S-wift,'

n.f. [from btnv.}

; one that ufes the bow.
CaU for vengeance from the bowler king. Dryd.
2. One whofe trade is to make bow.
1

It is

the top, but row is over.

Men may make a game

bvwh

at

1.

2.

Bowt.

To
To

[from the noun, j

had rather rx fet (;jick i'

botvi'd to death with turnips.
I

Box.

He

[from bovjl.]

is

make

or clofe to a wind.

it is

About

t'n

./iils

run necedarily in a direct

archer

The

4.

The

2.

[from Imu and man.] An

he 'Jut ivjots with a bow,

nurfe's legends are for truths receiv'd,

the

dreams but what the

for

young men, as

hands.
Fife.'

[from the noun.]

<v. n.

To treat

as a boy.

Anthony
drunken

Shall be brought

forth,

Some
is

I'

fqueaking Cleopatra boy

th pi)iture of a whore.
%

a boy
Spcrf'r.

in-

beliciv'd..

of worth and parts will noteafily admit the

who yet need the care of a
Ltckc.

boys.

the part of

This

is

and

my

I (hall fee

greatnefs,

Sbakcfpfare*
ftate
boy.~\
Jife in which
are

BO'YHOOD. *./ [from

To

b',y

Diydrn.

A word of contempt

To Boy.

where the

[from the rioun.]

man

The pale rny fenator yet tingling ftoaJs,

And holds his bfeeches clofe wiihboth his

perhaps

The

of

we

an arbitrary

word.
If you fliould look at him, in his
boyhood,
through the magnifying end of a perfpeflivc, and,
in his manhood, through the other, it would be
impofiible to fpy any difference : the fame air,

ring;

cloie in a box.

The

Men

vain, unquiet, glittering, wretched thing. Pcpe.

a.

be full of loy\ and

Zccbar'wb.

familiarity of boys,
tutor.

you ; thr lixes and rhe pit

I'uverrign judges of thi* fort of wit.
DryJtn.
Mir glarei in balls, front boxes, and the
i;.

(hall

noting their immaturity.

Arr

of the city

And
3.

ladies are placed.

To Box.

man who

Speak thou, boy ;

Perhaps thy childimnefs will move him more
Than can our reafons.
Sbak?fyeare*t Ccrioltinuft
Sometimes forgotten things, long cad behind,
Ru(h forward in rhe brain, and come to mind :

I.,.!ij' s
glowing gems unlocks,
Arabia breathes from yonder tox.
Pr,pt,

given

One in the ftate of adolefcence ; older

than an infant, yet not arrived at
puberty or manhood.

Sidney.

feats in the
playhoufe,

ftreets

girls playing.

his (helves

cafe of the mariners

compafs.
chefl into which money

Gay*

n.f. [bub, Germ. The etymology is

not agreed on.]
A male child ; not a girl.

1.

dillinguimed

put.
So many more, fo every one was us'd,
That to give largely to the b?x refus'd.

linn.

Barbj,
a. f.

The
The

Hood around,
hautboy found.

lalTes

BOY.

"I'is left to
pl a ;

JO'WMAN.

3.

Harm.

for bowlers.
wil<

2.

all

and

lads

hear

learned, before all other

of boxen wood. Dryct*

tablets

n. f. [from box.]
with his fift.

fights

This cnfkct

And

Hand iharp

-"">,

It is

fift.

faded cheeks are chang'd to boxen hue,

in her eyes the tears are ever new.
Dryrf.

BO'XER.

Icfs

kept in my cuftody, to receive fuch paper's

as are dropped i-itu it.
Stall,

fattened in

Bo'wi.iNC-GREtr;. n.f. [from boivl and

A level piece of ground, kept
gnen.]
Imooth

as the

with the

Her

And

heggruly account of empry boxes.

HbaH-lfeare.
The lion's head is to open a mod wide voracious
mouth, which (hall take in letters and papers.
There will be umier it a box, of which the
key

to

any thing.

cheft,

upon

my boxen
Refembling box.

2.

that

three or four parts of the fail, called

the banuling bridle.
The uie of the

bowline

to a beloved needle.

n.f. [fea term.]

rope fafter.ed to the middle
part
fail

As

is

will be

of the outiide of a

title.

of box.

things, to defign

a taller

A magnet, though put in an ivory box, will,

through the box, fend forth bis embracing virtue

plays at bowls.

BO'WLIKR. 1
Bo'wLiiro.i

dwarf tax, and

tl:

ftrike

The young gentlemen

from the greater.

It is
fuppofed to have its name from the
box wood.

n. f.

and four-and-twenty

duels,

[from box.]

n.f.

Made

n.f. [box, Sax. bujle, Germ.]

cafe made of wood, or other matter,

from

th'

ments of ikmes or marble, broke from

the adjacent cliffs, rounded by being
tumbled to and again by the water
whence their name.
Woodward.

BO'WLER.

Miller.
are

to hold

Merry W'eua cf Windkr.

n.f. Lumps or frag-

BoVtDEk-STONES.

buxus, Lat.]

good for borders, tad is

ealily kept in ordr, with one clipping in the year.
It will increafe of
(lips fet in March, or about
Bartholomew tide ; and will profper on cold barren
hills, where nothing elfe will grow.
Mortimer.

1.

a bowl.
pelt with any thing rolled.
!

fix

To

-v. a.

To

two forts
The dwarf bvx

fort.

fummer,

roll as

Alas

And

a.

i'a,es are pennateil, and evergreen ; it hath

flowers, that are produced at remote diftances

There

at whift in the wititi r.

<u.

Saxon

[box,

water.

Dryden.
in the

f.

which, when ripe, are cafi: forth by the elaflicity

of the veflels. The wood is very ufeful for engravers, and mathematical ir.ftrumcnt makers;
being fo hard, clofe, and ponderous, as to fink in

on

Dernh't Let,
Though
piece of wood, which is now a
be
made
if
few/, may
roundnefs be
fijuare, }er,
tak-n away, it is no longer a fowl.
Watti'iLefiik.

tree ; the fruit is

(haped like a ^ .rridge-pot inverted, and is divided
into three eel. ,
containing two feeds in each,

that

T'c

hath had

To Box.
BO'XEN.

from the fruh, on the fame

praife falls back, or (lays not

archer

tree.

male

and a game

He

boxing matches, in defence of his majefty's

The

be rolled along the ground.

Like to a bvtul upon a fubtile ground,
I've tumbled part the throw.
Sbakefpiart.
How finely doft thou times and feafons fpin
And make a twift checker'd with night and day
Which, as it lengthens, winds, and winds us in,
As kno It go on, but turning all the way.. Herbert.
Like him, who would lodge a loti'i upon a pre-

my

An

BOX.

may

cipice, either

brandifhing two fticks, loadcn with plugs of lead ;

this gives a man all the
pleafure of boxing, without
the blows.
Spi&ator.

Bacon.

BO'WYER.

pronounced
round mafs, which

leopard is like a cat ; he boxes with his foreCrew.

feet, as a cat doth her kitlins.
The righting with a man's madow confifts in

filver

to convey the water,

never (lay either in the hnolot in the cille:n.
Baton.

n.f.

VEJlrange.

Sound will be conveyed to the ear, by (Inking

upon a k/nujlring, if the horn of the bow be held

hollow part of any thing.

BOWL.

the lurch.

Sbakefpeare.

bafin, or fountain.
But the main matter is fo
it

[from bc<w &rA firing .]

by which the bow is kept

He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid's bmuftring,

and the little hangman dare not (hoot at him.

Lard Gnat'.

A
as

firing

n. [from the
noun.] To fight
with the fift.
The afs very fairly looked on, till they had boxed
themfelvcs a-weary, and then left them fairly in

To Box. v.

n.f.

wit and focial mirth infnircs.

If you are allowed a large

kitchen, let half the total ot
continual fcraping.

There may happen concuflions of the brain

from a box on the ear.
Wifcmant Surgery.
Olphis, the fimerman, received a box on the ear
from Theftylis.
jfJJi/on's Spcflator.

bent.

fparkling plenty crowns the tmvl,

The

3.

The

:>cin, t* exalt the foul,

P'entat ta

2.

Bo'ws T R i N c.

Welm.j'"A

o' th' ear that the

prince gave you,
he gave it like a rude prince.
Sbaerfftart,
if one mould take my hand perforce, and give
another a box on the ear with it, the law puni/heth the other.
Bran-ball.

water

to hare.

cheek,

the head given with the hand.

For the kcx

<u.a.

fell into a clofe walled

plot ; upon
was the frantick perfon fet, and from
thence tumbled headlong into the pond ; where a
ftrong fellow tofied him up and down, until the
patient, by foregoing his ftrength, had fomewhat
but if there appeared fmail aforgot his fury
mendment, he was bwffened again and again,
while there remained in him any hope of life, for
Careia's Survey of Cornwall.
recovery.

[bock, a

n.f.

blow on

[probably of the fame

boufe, but found in no other
To drench ; to foak.

paflage.J

Sbakefpcare.
If a piece of iiw be faftene-!-on the fide of a
a
a
I ",-jii of water,
bor of cork, will
loadftone, in

'

BOX.

this wall

fpirit,

as

While

19.

original with

iv.

Jtrtmiah,

n.f. [from the fou> of a

This word is generally fpelt
boltfprit ; which fee.

n.f.

Nor

a chair, the bean impatient (its,

fpouta run clatt'ring o'er the roof bv (it,

for the noife of the

Ihip.]

[budin, Wellh ; which fignines, according to Juntas, any thing

ma<Jt of horn, as drinking cups anIt is pronounced bole.]
cieiiti/ were.
veflel to hold liquids, rather wide
1.
thar deep ; diftinguiihed from a cup,
which is rather deep than wide.
Give me a bmal of wine ;

BOWr..

flee,

BO'WSPRIT.

BOUGE.

See To

BOY

BOX

the fame ftrut.

BO'YISH.
i.

adj.

Belonging

to

[from by,]
a boy.
lra

rn

it

through, e'en from my ly'ijb ttfti

bade me tell it. Stat.

To th' very moment that he

Childilh ; trifling.
This unhair'd faucincfs, and

or t-'nlion.

Sbakejfearc.
Engliih poet for their

Young men take up fome

Model, and imitate him, without knowing wherein
he is defective, where he is bcyijb and trifling.

ly

Ten

ifhnefs

trifling

And

Tuerility

He

had complained he was farther off, by being

fo near, and athoufand fuch tcyifmi t v]iith Chaucer
njeifled as below the fubjcdl.

Drydcn.

An Abbreviation of bifhop.
BRA'BBLE. n.f. \brabbehn, Dutch.] A
BP.

clamorous comeft; a fquabble

a broil.

Here in the ftreets, defpente in lhame and ftjtc,

In private brabble did we apprehend him.
Sbak.

B R A'B B L E
clamour

<v.n.

To

[from the noun.]

n.f. [bracelet, French.]

for the arms.
Both his ham!;, were cut off, being known to
have worn braciUts of gold about his wrilh.
Sir

n.f. [from brabble.] A clamorous, quarrelfome, noify fellow.

Tie about our tawny

BRACE,
To bind

I.

-v.

a, [embrafer, Fr.]

to tie clofe with

and

bandage.

z.

The women
them

of China, by bracing and binding

from their infancy, have very little feet.
I.ectf.

To intend

t.

to

The tympanum

make

tenfe

to ftrain up.

not capable of tenfion that

a) a drum is traced. Holder.
The diminution of the force of the preilure of
the external air, in tracing the fibres, muft create
a debility in mufcular motion. Arbutbnot tin jiir.
in fuch a

wiy,

BRACE,

n.f.

The

little

Derbam.

that.

BRACE [in architecture] is a piece of

timber framed in with bevil joints, ufed
to keep the building from fwerving
Builder's DiiS.
cither way.
4. BRACES, [a fea term.] Ropes belonging to all the yards, except the mizen.
They have a' pendant to the yard-arm,
two braces to each yard ; and, at the
end of the pendant, a block is feized,
through which the rope called the brace
3.

is reeved.

The

and
5.

braces ferve to fquare

Sea Difl.

traverfe the yards.

BRACES of a Conch.

leather on

which

it

Thick

ft

raps of

[In printing.] A crooked line

inclofing a pafiage, which ought to be

BRACE.

taken together, and not feparately

in a triplet.
Charge Venus to command her
Wherever elfe ihe lets him rove,

as

fon,
ion,

To Ihun my houfe, and field, and gro

Stove
Peace cannot dwell with hate or Io v.

>

Prior.

ftands not in fuch warlike trace,

altogether lacks th' abiliuci
it

But
That Rhodes

When

it

dreliM

much

may be

rc-

ff^ifemaa.

he

may

mud

be

ft.iru]

by

Sbakeffearc.

[from brachium, an arm,

Lat.] Belonging to the arm/
BRACHY'CRAPHY. n.f. [B?"X^'<> wort,
adj.

Arliutbntt*

2.

All the certainty of thofe high pretenders, bating

what they have of the Jirft principles, and the word

of God, may be circumfcribed by as fmall a circle
as the creed, when brachygrafly had confined it

n.f. [from break.

broken part.
The place was but weak, and
~\

breach; a

io,

Kdjcommcuk

1.

Let your (helves be hid upon brackets, being about

two feet wide, and edged with a fmali lath.
Mortnur.

fomewhat

(alt

[brad, Dutch.] Salt;

it is

uled particularly of

the water of the fea.

Pits upon ihe fea fhore turn into frclh water,
hut
by percolation of the fait through the i.vid
it is farther noted, after 3 time, the water in fuch
:

pit! will

become

When

bracli/k again.

fij.-on.

had gain'd the brow and top,

A lake of Irackijb waters on the ground
Herbert.
Wai all 1 found.
I

is

boaft; a proud expreffion.

-.left

but made not here his brag

Of came, and faw, and overcame.
Sba':
It was fuch a new thin^: for I!K' Sjuniards to
receive f little hurt, upon dejling with the English,
as Avellaneda made great brjgs of it, for no g;catr
matter than the waiting upon the Englifli afar off.
Cjefar

of iomething.

adj.

On

ufed, but improperly.

Vet Io in me what authors have to brag fit,
Reduc'd at laft to hifs in my own dragon. Pflt
BRAG. n.f. [from the verb.]
3.

n.f. [a term of carpentry.]

of wood fixed for the fupport

piece

taking fanctuiry io the crowd,

Brags of his impudence, and fcorns to mend.

the bracks fair;

but the defendants, by refolution, fupplied all the

defects.
Hayivard.
Let them compare my work with what is taught
in the fchools, and if they find in theirs many br*cks
and fhort ends, which cannot be (pun into a;i even
piece ; and, in mine, a fair coherence throughout
I (hall
promife inyfelf an acquiefci-.nce.
Digby.

BRA'CKET.

has of before the thing boafted.

And

Glartvi/k.

It

Knowledge being the only thing ivbirecf we

poor old men can brag, we cannot make it known
but by utterance.
Stiiuj,
Verona brags of him,
To be a virtuous and wcll-govern'd youth. Sbakm
Every bufy little fcribhler now
Swells with the praifes which he gives himfclf,

and y%tt.$u, to write.] The art or

practice of writing in a fhort compafs.

BRACK,

Stakefftare.

In bragging out fome of their private tenets, at

were the eitabiiflied doctrine of the church
of England.
SanJoi-n.
The rebels were grown fo ftrong there, that they
intended then, as they already biaggcd, to comeover and make this the feat of war.
Chrcndtr..
Mrs. Bull's condition was looked upon as defall the men of art; but there were thofa
pcrate by
that bragged they had an infallible ointment.

trouble.

within the compafs of a penny.

Dutch.]

to difplay oitcntatioufly ;
to tell boaftful llories.
Thou coward art thou bragging to the ftars ?

if they

medicine of conftringent power.

BRACK, n.f. [brajue, Fr.] A bitch hound.
2.

n. \braggeren,

lies.

they arFccl die belly, they

BRA'CKISH.

4. Warlike preparation ; from bracing the

armour ; a we fay, girded for the battle.
As it more concern! the Turk than Rhodes,
i'. May he with more facile queftion hear it
For that

Beyle.

n.f. [from trace.']

cinclure ; a bandage.

ftraincd by a bracer, without

BRAG. t/.
To boa ft

hangs.

6. Harnefs.

7.

BRA'C H i AI..

tight.

bones of the ear-drum do in (training

and relating it, as the traces of the war-drum do

1.

rooms

Telling the buflies that ihou loak'll for w.

And wilt not come ?
Sbakeftteare.
Mark me, with what violence flic firft loved the
Moor, but for bragging, and telling her fantajical

piece of defenfive armour for the

Truth, 's a dog mull to kennel ;

whipped out, when the lady brack
the fire, and (link.

1.

arm.

is

[from the verb.]

To

wrifts

of thofe gems.

floor

Sen Jonfon.
Bracelets of the fairy twills.
very ingenious lady ufcd to wear, in rings

trace/tit, ftove

of nail to

driven into, and buried in, the

board they nail down
fo that the
tops
of thefe brads will not catch the thrums
of the mops, when the floor is
warning.
MCXOH,

BEA'CER.

manner

Cindure bandage.
3. That which holds any thing
I.

J. Hay-ward.

fort

They

may be

ornament

SRA'BBLER.
To

fifty trace

Sfrakfifcare.

An

are about the fize of a tenpenny nail, but have not their heads
made with a fhoulder over their ftiank,
as other nails, but are made
pretty tlikk
towards the upper end, that the very tup

BRA'CELET.
I.

n.f.

with.

to have (hot with his

of pheafants.
MJlfcn.
3. It is applied to men in contempt.
But you, my trace of lords, were I fo minded,
I here could pluck his highncfs' frown upon you.

own hands

to conteft noifily.

BRAD.

a fportfrnan's word.
He is faid, this lummer,

childiftinefs.

Cbejitt,

being an initial, fignifies broad,

ff acinus, from the Saxon briab, and the
Gothick braid.
CF;
/;,-/;.

Dryiitn't Fables.

2. It is ufed generally in converfation

artificial ftrainings hitherto leave a

in fait water, that makes it unfit for

BRAD,

all

his chair.

#O'YISM. n.f. [from ty.]

Ti>

hiU the beafts that reign in woods,

brute and

tall

manner.

the

Iraekijbneft
animal ufes.

the forell, hare and hind. Par.Lofl.

more of gicyhounds, fnowy fair,
as (lags, ran loole, and cours'd around

Goodliell of

n.f. [from loyijb.] Child-

BO'YISHNESS.

trackijb.}

Saltnefs in a fmall degree.

not braces,

is

Firft hunter then, purfucd a gentle tract,

triflingly.

BRA'CKISHNESS. n.f. [from

All

a couple. It
but brace, in the ///*/.
pair;

Down from

Dryden.

[from boyijb.] Childifh-

ad-v.

>

Blactonrt.

ther.]
1.

end Intent,
and feafon'd all the fea.

fait,

What other caufe could this efteft produce

The brtttk'ijb tincture through the main diffnfe

Holder.

[of uncertain etymology,

probably derived from two braced toge-

wife contriver, on hi

Mix'd them with

ef deafnefi 11 the laxnefs of Che tympanum, wlu-u it has loft in brace

BRACE. n.f.

king doth fmile a:, and is well prepar'd

whip this dwaifiih war, thefe pigmy arms.

BO'YISHLY.

The

Tenfion ; tightneft.
The mod frequent caufe

9.

bcyifb troopl,

The

To

BRA

BRA

BRA

made here

Baccn,
2.

The

thing boafted.

Beauty
In courts,

Where

it

<rt

ind mnft be fliewn

na'

,\'

may

high fulemnities,
wander.

BRAGGADO'QIO. n.f. [from

Milttti*

trag.~\

puffing, fwelling, boalting fellow.

The world abounds i:i terribli; fant'arons, in the
malque of men of honour ; but thcfe kraggjdcciot
are eafy to be detected.

L't.Jirargt.

the plot, you may guefs much of the ch.ifaclers of the perfons; a trjggadec'a captain, a jaL>ral'ue, and a lady of pliafun-.

By

BRA'CGARDISM.

cefs of the dura matfr, under which the tcrebtttuiH

The fubftance of the bra\n is diHinis iituated.

[homlrag.'] Boaflvain oftentation.

BRA'GGARDISM.*./
fulnefs

BRA'CGART.

[from brag.] Boaftful

adj.

vainly orientations.
high born or

jj.v.

Fear frowns;
th* hun.

aii'

guiJred into outer and inner : the former is calle.i

the latter, wct/:;/.://jj cinerca, or g/iixduicjj j

men

raib'd

It

ty

Dtnnt.

dog

BRA'GGART. n.f. [from brag.~\ A boafter.

Who knows himfclf & braggart,
this

for

That every braggart

it

(hall

come

will

n.f. [from frag.]

an oftentatious fellow.

The

Hector's (hin, and by

is,

it is fi,
ir<ig.cfi

Heilor

as as

Ach'.l;

man

l.Kjin

A'

it

biiigly

now
l'U:

wcr. Sptrfcr.

lyiiji; lo-if.ly,

from the

bafkot, they cohere ilrongly.

ribband did the iraulal trcfi'es bind,

was

reft

be

geometrician
hand.

afFedlions

hand

to breed it in

ir.iirt

Why,

Liften where thou art Ortinj,

Under the glofi'y, cool, trar.fluLent wave,

as

Sir,

tic

V.

;, ;

S imc

rt. ir.

',

.nen have, by
t>
p*iy> tiiLi'

:,rej;

tiiily

travel
;

[To

nicer,

fignify deceitful.

'em

V-.-.chmen arr f> braid,

t!iat will.

I'll

and die

live

maid.

>'.

fide the ties,

a little off

[br-.ijdn,

f.

Sax.

Th'it
.e

colleftion of vefTeh and organ';

head, from which fenfe and mo'

is

th.'t

VOL.

I.

art (!

-.trtti

ffr'-lrtim

the

Hum

n. /. [from train and

pan.]
containing the brains.

N.

iulehuge

and ctrrlfllum,

my b
BFLA':NSICK. adj. [from
Difeafed in the

'

by

[bpemlap

n.f.

Sax. rubus,

Lat.]

The

blackberry bufh
hindberry.

the rafpberry

Milhr.

Content with food which nature

On

freely bred,

ftrawburies they fed

lies gave the reft,
And failing acorns furniih'd out a feafh Dryden.
2. It is taken, in popular
language, for
:i

:.

i,

)Jtefi1;s

:,

b-:ir;;

any rough prickly forub.

Tnc buih my bcJ, the bratvb was my boThc woods can witnefs many a wor'ul (tote. Sfrnfir.
hat.nti the foreft, that abul'es
is a man

;;iday

our young plants with carving Rol.-liiid on their

b.n-ks ; lungs o.ir.-., upon l..iwiix,rns, and elegies on
a! , i':
n^ the name nf j<
;

They

diftallc the
v.

eie

Thy

hands, he
.

///.';/

ami

youngling';,

No tin ui; ice fiiftlLj

BRA'MBI.ING. //.

Cu My,

?re tut juil

.m

Fn.m me do back, receive the fluw'r of a'l,

And leave me but the /;<.
The churns we c driven trttant of vi&u.Ji j b"-ad they ma le of the

hlu..-.-

Dryd.

JicL~\

<

underftanJ-ng
though;

goodnefs of

hrj'mfuk

addle-

I'-cn,

nvmldjil in c'oaths

\\-\-

for othcrvtife

r.

ii

//,7 i

ve

nmong

a .J b,-an, in this

[from IraiiijLk.^

hcadily.

it

a certain

lower age of

mixture

human

ol

fragility.

iPanm.

liable

Then

water him, am! drinking wh.if he can,

Encourage him to third again with bran. llrr.iri-

BRANCH.
1

Wh;,
your

,i

ik

n.f.

diamond.

n.f.

it./, [tranche, French.]

(hoot of a tree from one of the

Why grow the brandies, when the root

imt the leaves that want their
Why

is

So Irair.JiMy of things.

BRA'INICICKIS.

The

main boughs.

fti

v. I'.liL-r

[from

trainjiclt.']

Among jewellers

for a

rough
Diet.

gone

lap?

Sbatejfearn
2.

giddinefs.

In the fiKir.g of fourteen years of

power and
f.ivour, all that came out could not be pure meal,

a .p..uvl.

men, who could

You di unbend

tVf,

BRAN.

endure the government of their king,

thankfully receive the authors of their dcliwr-

bird, called alib

/.
a miunlaiu chnfimh.
Diff.
n.f. \!>nima, Ital.] The li lifts of
corn ground ; the refufe of the lieve.

d:jcfl the ci.uiage of our minds,

Becaufb CalTandra'^ maJ ; her
tures

Cannot

traa:/>.'.-i

Nor once

Indifcretion

bellow-, in hi?

Newli.'; inti

Weakly

irife.

urr.

Thorny;

arts

BRA'MELE.

>

BRA'IKSICKLY-. adv.

Dutch.].
i.

and [eiiaiit.c!-: 2 oxvn

:umb.
T^kcll.

A'd
BR A'I N r A

upon

the yard ; (b that they come down before

the fails of a fhip, and are fattened at
the Ikirtof the fail to the creniilcs. Their
is, when the iail is furled acrofs, to
hail up its bunf, that it may the more
readily be taken up or let fall. Harrii.
n.

[from brakc.\
rough.

adj.
;

corr..

't'ftar,:

V.it',

Small ropes
>:.
[fea term.]
through blocks, which are fciz'ed

on cither

Diet.

machine in which
be mod, are con-

from their rough and l-raky feat*,

they lie hid and overgrown with thorns, to
a pure, open light, where they may take the
eye,
and m: y be taken by the hand.
Sen Jvvfon.

aii.i

'

ikull
.

.('

linith'i 1-rake is a

.Redeem

Huki-r.

Ajax

is to

old word, which ieems to

I

prickly

An

handle of a fliip's pump.

baker's kneading trough.
(harp bit or fnaffle for horfes.

horfes, unwilling to
fined during that operation.

now

is

.1

'..Pi-:c>.

adj.

4..

v.

;
'

or

'c

[from brain.}

aSj.

'

a *.]

hemp

dreiftng

bufii, or

BR-A'INISH. a.ij. [from brain.'} Hotheaded ; furious

ascentra/us \u L-tin.

aiii.i

I'.ij,

fecond dire rcpjH-.

!.:s

-,

Irede, in

The

3.

BRA'KY.

DiVtfcrt.

labourj

-:.ik

BRAID,

2.

two wretcSeJ more, and headlong

ftiz'd

n.f.

inilrument for

Sbakcffcare.
Outlaw's of nature,
Fit to be (hot and br.imd, without a p.-ocefs,
To Hop infection j that 's their proper death.

thouj'Jitlcfs

j hjir. Milsoi.

mean fern.

flax.

cuftom with him i'

thou nrn'lr train

told the?, 'tis a

afternoon to deep ; there

,-

An

\.

Sbae

BRA'INLESS

W
'

BRAKE,

[from the noun.] To

to kill by beating
;

a.

-v.

to write this,

Drydcx's Fables.

be-

this is not

the gentle knight,

iis'it-

It is faid
originally to

2.

Hale.

in hi,

him

Whn, flying death, had there conceal'd his fiight;

In frrffkt's and brambles hid, and manning mortal

n.f. [f;om the verb.] A

a knot, or complication of fomethin;;
woven together

lie

nJ

in his Lr*in,

Muter.

ferpent flccping.
Full little thought of

and

G~j.
texture ;

BRAID,

The

1.

Dry den,

Brc'in'aan the rock,

Since in l-ral's.i gold her foot is bound,

An.! * ling trailin.; man;eau fwccpa the ground,

In

a real force,

dalh out the brains

out the brains.

B*ylt.

and

loofe,

is

-r

but, wiiea irjuitd

virtue mu(r. go through.

Sbtibefptjrc.
In every buih and brake, where hap may rind

hi:n.
TA:lt >n.

1
may each of (hem

reft

That

ir.

flalMmtd.
is firft

Sometimes the

th*

und

t!iey are

To BRAIN,

v.irr,

Olierwa'-.ds,

force

man

C!ofe the ferpent f.y,

Infinuiting, wove with gordian twine
~a tram, ar.J nt hii fatal juile
Ga\-

My

in which? the underftanding

for the un-

common, nor proper.

a
My fon t

fl

faculties nor perfon j let me fay,

"Tis but the fate of place, and the rough trate

therefore taken

he be fuch

fore

3.

llui,

ealily d.lT'xiatcd

Stat'ff.
lo

To BRAID, "v. a. [bpxdan, Saxqn.j To

weave together.

The

The

calleth ibrch each

him

placed

Srnini'i Vtlg.

ve:y true.

begins to

ut;cr his tender

Altrry W.-vu offf^irdf-.r.

!Jers,

as he.

gift.

that of their fare but an ima;inary conceived one j

tlie one but in their iraiw, the other on their

let it be,

good a

n.f. [of uncertain etymology.]

1.
thicket of brambles, or of thorns.
A dog of this town ul'ed daily to t'etch meat,
and to carry the Time unto a blind m aft if}", th it
Caniu,
lay in a Irake without the town.
If I'm traduc'd hy tongues, which neither know

proportionably hath the largeft brain,

cunfeis, fomewhat doubt, and conceived it

trial, I fi.nl it

Krutlles.

fpeech.

BRAKE.

derftanding.

Without

brag.~\

ft

That part
is

BRA'GLV. adv. [from brcg.} Finely;

as it may be bragged.

I-'lora

2.

mipany, ha.,

[from

adj.

bruit

If

How
And

upon

thcfe

without oftentation.

'

in birds, cf;-ecia!!y 1'uch as having

bodies, have yet large cranies,and (eem to conmuch
tain
ira':r., as fnipes and woodcocks ; but,

'.

a boaft

another trick, I'll have my

uttered, and give them to a

He

little
;

.::imes endured

I did, I

found

to

rtur.iry

BRA'GLESS.

fu.-li

iV'rffif'f.-irf'j

Skat.

A boafter

BRA'GGER.

them,

Cbejddcn.

The preterite of break.

thought it tufficient to coneci the multitude
with (harp words, and brake out into this cholcrick

BRAKE.

That man

to pafs,

be found an ais.

:ih c

be (erved

r;j.

truth, br;

To

Lrt hi;n tear

BRA

BRA

BRA

Any member

part of the whole;

any dillinft article any feftion or fubor

divifion.

F f

yo.,r

BRA
Your

oathi

ftrike his

honour down,

fmalleft brar.cb herein.

If

R'g"!
Any part that fhoots out from the reft.
And fix tranches (hall come out of the fides of

-ft.
.

three tranches of the candlcftick out of the

one fide, and three brsntbts of the candleftick ou
ExtJus
of the other fide.
His bloo'd, which difperfeth itfelf by the tranchti

It

of veins,

may

Raleigh.

fmaller river running into, or pro

4.
ceeding from, a larger,
be fepa
If, from a main river, any branch

we

is

it

keep in our minds,

are

To fpeak difFufively, or with the diftinftion of the parts of a difcourfe.

I have known a woman branch out into a long

diflertation

To

upon

tlie

edging of a petticoat.

have horns mooting out into ant-

The

fwift flag from under ground

Milton.

Bore up his branching head.

BRANCH. <v. a.

"o

To

1.

divide as into branches.

The

of things animate ar^ all continued

within themfelves, and are branched into canals,
as blood is ; and the fpirits have notoniy branches,
but certain cells or feats, where the principal fpirfts
Bacna.
do refide.
fpirits

To adorn with

2.

needlework, reprefenting

flowers and fprigs.

Any

5.

of the

river.

Tiic rules of good and evil ar^ inver'ed, and

.nfamy pafles for a badge of h
:

L'Kfu-ge.

Raleigh.
a

part of a family defcending in

Where

Have 1 liv'd thus long a wife,

Never yet branded with lufpicion

The king w?s

collateral line.
His father, a younger branch of the ancien
flock planted in Somerfctfhire, took to wife the
Carew
widow.
6. The offspring ; the defcendant.
Great Anthony Spain's well-befeeming pride,
T|hou mighty branch of emperours and kings

more foUer
Wat.

and
longer expectation, as ufeful
than the other.

little

fruit

2. \jbrancbier, Fr.]

The
The

Crajhaw
antlers or (hoots of a (lag's horn.
branches of a bridle are two piece:

of bended iron, that bear the bit-mouth

the chains, and the curb, in the interva
between the one and the other.

Did
of Go
1

Farrier' !
9.

[In architecture.] The arches

thick vaults ; which arches tranfverfing
from one angle to another, diagona

bread and wings of a dark colour. Diet,

To BRA'NDISH. v. a. [from brand, a
fword.]

To

1.

In Falconry, a young

Brave Macbeth,

Walton

1.

BRA'NCHLESS.
2.

If

caufc of fcattering the boughs, is the haft

breaking forth of the fap j and therefore thol
trees rife not in a body of any height, but branc

when

it

yours fo tranchlefs.

BRA'NCHY.
branches

One

fees

Sbalefpcare

[from branch.} Full o

fpreading.

Trees on trees o'erthrown

Fall crackling round him, and the forefts groan ;
Sudden full twenty on the plain are ftrow'd,
And loup'd and lighten'd of their trancby load.

What

carriage can bear

the variou:

all

away

a
rude, and unwieldy loppings of a tr.im.ty tree
Watt
once ?

BRAND,

1.

Saxon.]
in
lighted, or fit to be lighted,

n.f. [b,nanb,

ftick

the

Have

caught thre

from heav'n

parts us (hall bring a brand

us hence.

Sbjkeffeare

(he faid, and when your needs require,

This little brand will ferve to light your fire. Dryd
If, with double diligence, they labour to retriev

Take

it

it,

the hours they have

1oft,

they (hall

be faved

though this is a fcrvicc of great difficulty, an

like a brand plucked out of the fire.
Rogers
2.

[brant/a,

Ital.

branJar,

Runick.]

Avord, in old language.

They looking back, all th' caftern

Of

Paradife, fo late their

happy

feat

Wav'd over by that flaming brjxd

With dreadful faces throng'd, and

and branding into boughs

fide

beheld

To fpread into fcparate

parts and fubdivifions.

and

diftind
3.

The Alps a; the one end, and the long range

Appeuines that j\lTci tluvugh the body of i

<

head of your renown'd Cydonians

2.

fiery

arms.

thunderbolt.

The fire omnipotent prepares the brand,

By Vukan wrought, and arms his potent hand.
Cranvilli

Smith.

To

play with ; to flouridi.

He, who (hall employ all the force of

his reafon
only in tramlijhing of fyliogifms, will difcover very
Ltfkt.
little.

BRA'NDLINC.
ticular

The name

./.

for a par-

worm.

The dew-worm, which fome alfo call

worm, and the trandfmg, are the chief.

BRA'NDY.

/. [contracted

tuinf, or burnt ivine.]

from

the lobWa/ic.-t.

braitde-

ftrong litjuor

from wine.

diftilled

If your maftcr lodgcth at inns, every dram of

raileth his
brandy extraordinary that you drink,
Swift'} Fcotman,
character.

BRA'NDY-WINE.
It

fame

has been a
i'og

The fame

common

faying,

and thought that

with brandy.

hair of the

trinity -wine

is

relief to fuch.

BRA'NGLE.

n.f.

[uncertainly derived.]

Squabble wrangle ;
The payment of tythcs
;

litigious contelt.
to many
is lubjcA

other difficulties, not onljr

and diflcnters, but even from thole
who pro_fefs themfelves proteftants.
Swift.
To BRA'NGLE. 11. n. [from the noun.]
frauds, brangle:, and

from

To

papifts

wrangle

When
pany will
tell.-rs,

to fquabble.

convening (hall be improved, combe no longer peftcrcd with dull itiry-

polite

nor tranftag difputcrs.

CLEMENT,

the gat;

Milta
2.

at the

common

fire.

He that
And fire

Drydei
her thighs transform'd, another view

arn.s (hot out.

adj.

mine honour,

were not yours,

myfelf ; better

Than

beginneth to

Bacon
round with (hade
Of laurel, evergreen, and irar.cblng plane. Mlltcn
Straight as a line in beauteous order Rood
Of oake ur.morn a venerable wood ;
Frcfh was the grafs beneath, and ev'ry tree
At diftance planted, in a due degree,
Their branding arms in air, with equal (pace,
Stretch'd to their neighbours with a long embrace

Her

I lofe

car the ground. The eaufe of the pyramis, is th

it branch, an
'keeping in o/ the fap, long before

by equal degrees.
Plant

I !<>fe

eager pace purfued the flaming lhade. Dryd,

march their leader, not their prince ;

Brandt/!} this fword.

adj.

Pope

The

it,

And

[from the noun.]

fpread in branches.
They were trained together in theirchildhoods
and there rooted betwixt them fuch an affection
which cannot choofe but trench now. Sbakeffear,

Let

'_

[from branch.}
Without moots or boughs.
Without any valuable product ; naked

To

the fpending of

branchy.

Fulnefs of branches.

Harris
<v. a.

With

BRA'NCHINESS. n.f. [from

1.

as a

Difdaining fortune, with his brandijVd (reel,

Like valour's minion, carved out his pafToge. Sba^,
He faid, and trand'ijh'ing at once his blade,

the obfervation of the

enlarge my difcourfe to
forts of lentners.
eires, the brancber, and the two

a crofs between the othe

arches, which make the fides of th
fquare, of which the arches are diago

To BRANCH.

wave, or fhake, or flourim,

weapon.

wife, form

nals.

way, by brand'mg him wichhertfy. Aitirtuiy.

hawk.

faith

infamous, and branded la a proverb.

MJlfen,
The fpreader of the pardons anfwercd him an

BRA'NDGOOSE. ./ A kind of wild fowl,

lefs than a common goofe, having its

7.
8.

fc

eafier

If their child be not fuch a fpeedy fpreader and

a
brancber, like the vine, yet he may yield, with

SttkAttn.

after trended, by Perkin'a

Our Punick

n. f. [from broach.]
that (hoots out into branches.

a true
?

proclamation, for an execrable breaker of thr rights

Satan.
of holy chutch.
Brand not their aflions with fo foul a name j
Pity, at leuft, what we are forc'd to blame. Dryd.
Ha dare not for thy lifs, 1 i.!.
thee, dare not
To brand the fpotlefc virtue of my prince. Jlrc*.
Is

BRA'NCHER.

One

did his wit en Earning fix a brand,

And raU at arts he did not understand ? !'

To BRAND. <v. a. \branden, Dutch.] To
mark with a brand, or note of infamy:

lily

Sfinfer.

1.

note of infamy.

Any

5.

white (he was array'd,

to her heel down raught,
The train whereof look far behind her ftray'd
Branched with gold and pearl, mod richly wrought
In robe of

rated and divided, \then, where that branch doth

bound itfelf with new banks, there is that part
of the river, where the branch forfcketh the main
called the head

infamy.

That from her moulder

firft

Aream,

Clerks convict. (hould be burned in the hand,

both bccaufe they might tafte of' fomo corporal
a bratd of
puni(hraent, and that they might carry

Sfeli.

lers.

be refemblcd to waters carried by

brooks.

we would weigh, and

confidering, that would bed

inftruct us when we (hould, or fhould not, branch
Lartt.
into farther diftinftions.

this

A mark made by burning; a criminal

with a hot iron, to note jiim as infamous ; a ftigma.

.,

Mdifn.

what

Sbakeff.

was of fpecial importance,

to confirm our hopes of another life, on which fo
chriftian
of
piety do immediately
niany brancba
Hanimatd.
defend*
In the feyeral trancbet of juftice and charity,
our
comprehended in thofe general rules, of loving
as
neighbour as ourfelves, and of doing to others
we would have them do to us, there is nothing
but what is moft fit and reafonable.
Tillnfon*
This precept will oblige us to perform our duty,
according to the nature of the various brancbn of

ill fides, into feverl different divi-

fions.

names,
That his own hand may

That violates the

The belief of

Iratck out, on

nd now fubfcribe your

are paft,

BRA

BRA.

n.f. [from

Swift.

Irangle.}

Tlic fame with brangle.

Buckwheat, or Irani, is a
in
grain very ufeful and advantageous
Mortimer.
lands.
barren
dry
BRA'NNY. arlj. [from bran.] Having the
appearance of bran.

BRANK.W./

BRA

BRA
It became ferpiginou;, and was,
covered with white branny fcales.

when

faw

BRA

Jupiter fummoned all the birds and hearts before

him, \vith their brjts jnd little ones, to fee whit.ii
of them had the prettied children.
L'EJirangi.

it,

Wifentar.

Martin Swart, with

BRA'S EN.

lefs

brafs.

Moxon.

turners lathe.

2.

The two

No

BRAVA'DO. n.f. [from

Names

It is

BRASI'L. la./. An American wood,

BRAZI'L. j commonly fuppofed to have
been thus denominated, becaufe firft
brought from Brafil though Huet (hews
it had been known by that name many
years before the difcovery of that country ; and the bell fort -comes from FerIt is ufed by turners, and
nambuc.
takes a good polifh ; but chiefly in dy-

1.

We write

manners

in water.

brafs

1.

And
3.

2.

Hard

1.
flint.

adj.

[from

iurj}.~\

Obfolete.
There creature never

Burft

A heftor

fight, but

part,

returned without heavenly gun:,

which their chains have braft,
fprights lent forth to

make

ill

men

agaft.

BRAT.

n.f. [its etymology is uncertain;

bpart, in Saxon, fignifies a blanket ;
from which, perhaps, the modern fignification may have come.J

Sidney.
a brave

know

He leaii. tl.-m like a thing

by fome other deity than nature,

That

friapcs

better; .ind they follow

Sbakifpeare,

got the brats, were poifon'd

In thia fad cafe what coul'i our vermin do

defy

He

to challenge

Here comes

Docs

upo-i tbc watch.

nobles leave me, and

My

at nay gates,
ills

(late is

brw'it,

with ranks of foreign powers.

Sba'

of love, not thofe of

fate, I

for

Thefc I can brave, but thofe I cannot bear. Dryd.

Like a rock unmov'd, a rock that br.;^ s
"Jhc raging tempeft, and the riling waves. Drydcn.
2. To carry a boafting appearance of.
Both particular pcrjnns and factions arc apt

enough to flatter themfclvcs,

that which they believe not.

brave
Bacon.

or, at lead, to

BRA'VELY. adv. [from lra-ve.~\ In a

br%ve manner; courageoufly j gallantly

fplendidly.

man

my

Sir

John

what, are you

this

become your

braiiil'mg

place, your time, your bufi-

In council (he gives licence to her tongue,

Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong. Dryden.
Leave all noify contefts, allimmodeit clamours >
brawling language, and efpecially all perfonal fcandal and 1'currility, to the meancft part of the vulgar

Wain.

w.irld.

2.

Tofpeak loud and

And

Shakffpwe.

my

ftill'd

ncfs ?
Shakeffeare't Henry i V.
Their batt'ring cannon charged to the mouth>,
Till their foul-fearing clamours have broivl'dAtntn
The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city. Sbak.

Are

Brave me

often

of comfort, whofe'advkc
Stak.
tra-rirlittg difcontent.

here?

to fet at de-

tedious hravjlings of her parents dear. Sidney.

How now

made him

upbraids lago, that he

The
him,

Againft us brats, with no lets confidence,

Than boys purfuing fummer butterflies. Sbakefp.
This brat i> none of mine:
Hence with it, and, t'other with the dam,

Commit them to the

The friends, that

To

quarrel noifily and indecently.

alas
that it might be,

Hath

fiance.

Ev'n

child, fo called in contempt.

Made

To
With

-i

[brauiller, or brauler,

n.

<v.

She troubled was,

*s

boall ; a challenge ; a defiance.

There end thy br :;**, and turn thy face in peace

BRAWL.
Fr.]

1.

not

We grant tliou canft outfcold us.

Sbakefptare.
To BRAVE. v. a. [from the noun ]
1

who

for hire.

Gay.

To

thr, t!ie lair, great (lake.

Dryden.
too infotent, too much a lrai>> ,
Hii courage to his envy is a Gave.
Dryden.
2.

A man

To manage
Morat

Ital.]

For boldncfs, like the bravoes and banditti, is

feldom employed, but upon defperate Cervices.
Government of tbc Tongue.
No bravces here profefs the bloody trade,
Nor is the church the murd'rer's retuge made.

[brave, Fr.]_
a man daring beyond decen-

cy or difcretion.
Hot braves, like the*, may

B-jt dreadful furies

too

n. f.

Sidney.

L'EJirangc,

murders

well

3. Impudent.
BuiLST.pamcif.

man

lation.

Bacon.
If a ftatefman has not thisfcience, he muft
be fubjeft to a brj-^r man than himfelf, whofe
province it is to direct all his actions to this end.

BRAVE,

man, with more unmanlike brawhich lately

BRA'VO. n.f. [bravo,

commodity where wood aboundeth.

Stalttffrart.

is

boaft.

'could

For a bravery upon this occalion of power, they

crowned their new king in the cathedral church of
Dublin.
Bacon.
There are thofe that make it a point ef bravery, to bid defiance to the crades of divine reve.

it was nature dcfign'd

br^vi place, and then as brave a mind.

If there be iron ore, and mills, iron

Spenftr.

very, ufc his tongue to her difgrace,

had fung fonnets of her prailes.

Digby.

Lofles,

1.

Bravado

fingers,

Old wood inrlam'd doth yield the bravcft fire,

When younger doth in (moke his virtue fpend.

Woodward.

merchant down,
r.nough
And plixk commifcration of his ftate
From irajf'f bofoms, and rough hearts of

And damned

4,

Shak.

Let not old age difgrncc my high defire,

heavenly foul, in human fhapc contain'd

fweetnefs.

; oflentation.
Let princes choofe miniiters more fenfiblc of
than
of riling, and fuch as love bufmefs, raduty
Baccn.
ther upon confcience than upon bravery.

Excellent ; noble : it is an indeterminate word, ufed to.exprefs the fuperabutidnnce of any valuable quality in
men or things.

ap-

to prefs a royal

That back

Dcnbam.
4.

Spectator.

more than female

found.

Show

grand.

us.

the bravery of a hero,

Splendour ; magnificence.
Where all the bravery that eye may fee,
And all the happincfs that heart defire,
Is to be

But whnfoe'er
Firft a

as brafs.

broken.

prove the prettier fellow of the two,

wear my dagger with a travrr grace.

Rings put upon his

fome quality of

brafly pyrites in it.

lofty

all

fofteft love, a::d

Never

Magnificent

made

3.

heart victorious as your eyes.

Add'fon.
z.

having a noble mien

geaerofity

And brave attendants near him, when he wakes ;

Would not the beggar then forget himfelf? Sbak.

A'SSY. adj. [from brafs.]

Partaking of brafs.
The part in which they lie, i? near Hack, with

fome (parks of a

Adds

graceful.

brafs.

BR

Gallant

that

Juba, to

Waller.
2.

Dryd.

An

braj/y.}

him

Armado.

generous

magnanimity

It denotes no great
bravery of mind, to do that
out of a defire of fame, which we could not be
prompted to by a generous parlion for the glory or"

the bravado,

[from brave.]

gallantry.

braiiada, Span.]

[brave, Fr.]
daring ; bold

Shows your b^ave

2.

pearance like

n.f.

Courage

An

'baktfftare.

Impudence.
BRA'SSIN ESS. n.f. [from

South.

I'll

live in trafs, their virtues

Let others mold die running maf*

Of metals, and inform the breathing brafs.

adj.

BRA'VERY.

Irats and

Egyptian foothfayer made Antonius believe,

that his genius, which otherways was brave and
confident, was, in the pretence of Oftavius Czur,
Bator..
poor and cowardly.
From armed fucs to bring a royal prize,

A yellow metal made by mixing copIt is ufed,

per with lapis calaminaris.
in popular language, for any kind of
metal in which copper has a part.
Brafs is made of cnpper and calaminaris. Bacon.
evil

Drydm,
Sivift.

high-fpirited.

gives but a fpurious red.

n.f. [br.a r , Sax. fres, Welfh.]

Men's

the invincible

it

Courageous

1 .

Chambers,

BRASS,

a brag.
make gool

BRAVE,

it

boaft

Spain, to

thought they had no chimneys, but were

jQrbvtbnvt.
warmed with coals on brajsers.

late

Who

Swift.

; the offspring.
confpiracies were the

Bacon,

nor foe, nor fate, nor night,

fire,

hero did affright,

Dfr.bam.
bravely twice renew'd the fight.
Your valour bravely did th* a(f.iult fuftain,
And fill'd the motes and ditches with the (lain.

to kill orfave,

offspring of two contr?ry factions.

cmbrajer, Fr.]

ing, though

The progeny

z.

[probably from

pan to hold coals,

command

give

Germans, performed

The Trojan

never beheld fince (he was

Can grant ten thoufand pounds a-year,

And make a beggar's brat a peer.

fomewhat near the door, he

Sbakefftare.
brafser by his face.
turn andirons, pots, kettles, 6rV.
Bra/iers that
have their lathe made different from the common

a brjt in hanging-ilecves.

~\

a fellow

whom

was obliged, and

1

[horn brafs.
manufacturer that works in

whom

I (hall live to lee the invifible lady, to

properly written,

n.f.

There is
mould be a

of

to the pronunciation, brazen.

according

BRA'SIKR.
1.

now

It is

trafs.

Made

[from brafs,}

adj.

his

bravely.

'

3.

indecently.

His divifions, as the times 'loiWrc/,

heads ; one pow'r againlt the French,
one againft Glendowcr.
Sbakefpcarc.

in three

To make

a noife.

This

is little

ufed.

As he

lay along
Under an oak, whofe antique root peeps out
Upon the brook that brawls along this wood. Shalt.

BRAWL,
noife

n.f. [from the verb.]

Quarrel

fcurrility.

He

findcth, that controrcrfies thereby arc mads

but brawls ; and therefore wifheth, that, in fome:
lawful afl'embly of churches, all thefc ftrifcs
may
be decided.
Hooker

Never fmce that middle fummcr's fpring

hill, in d,ile, foreft, or mead,
But with thy ffrtteli thou haft difturb'd our

Met we on

(port.

Sbakejpeare-

Ff*

Th.t

BRA

B R E

That bormm is an animal,

M.uJe good wi;.h itout pjiem'.tk

/r,ra>/.

And

If

n.f. [from brawl.] A wranga quarrellbme, noify fellow.'

BRA'WLER.
ler

An

The

Hold

n.f. [of uncertain etymology.]

or mufculous part of the
2.

I'.jfkam.
i

aflcinj a

The arm,

To BRAZE.

Dryifea.
gigaotick force to rear.
fo called for its being muf-

Bulk; mufcular ftrength.

The boift'rous haeds are then of ufc, when
this directing head, thofe

.m-n without brain

The

4.

The

thine.

age for

bcft

t''.eT)oar
it is

is

bed

That

hands apply ;
Dryfen

Then if you would fend up the braivr.tr head,

A.;tf.
S\\^".'t rofemary and bays around it fpre.'.d.
Strength

This bra-uimncjs and infenfibility of mind, is the

bed armour againft the common evils and acciLate.
dents of life.

BRA'WNY.

His heavier arms

and

itrength.
The trawiy f-iol, who did his vigour
la that prcfuoing confidence was lail.

To

BRAY,
Fr.] To
I'll

and for a barren

burft hiin

33 in a :n
Chapman.
in a ::
Except ycu wou.d bray Chriftcndom
and mould it ir.ta a new (jaitc, there is no pombiB^n.
Hty of a ho'.y war.

To BRAY. w.

[broire, Fr. barrio, Lat.J

make a noife as an afs.
1.
Laugh, and they
Return it buder than an al's can bray.
Drydcx.
-

if

him

To make

an ofFenfive, harm, or difa-

greeablc nolle.
What, (hall our
Irj'jl:-?

>u,i

:o

Arms on armour

churlUh drum;,
pomp ? kia(.

our

clafliing,

Hjrrifclc difcord.

BRAV.

Appearance
Impudence.
BRA'ZIER. n.f.
1.

Is it

two

{h:m!d

fell

n.f. [from the verb.]

Voice of an afs.
i. Harih found.

An

Make

Cure

Sprfljlcr.

Support of life at large.

God is pleated to try oar patience
lift

up thcmfelvc: againft

thert

is

il

us.

irves, while

the reward of virtue brtadf

NT

r;

me, and

difpraife
an.l

know

call

no abufc

me

pantl

not what

n.f. [from breaj KaC,

of wliich brc.ul is r.

BREAD-CORN,

..
'

i'i

hi'

the

Km/la.
upon

and

i>reaii-fcrn,

Wiicn

.the

breach hcfir'd,
iui^ke irur'd.

...s, ajij in tlic

Jjrvjtlt.

among

and

kt<-;>

it.

is

ripe they gather

it,

Mwn

the

imt

fulVn. -U

J/.

made by

it

witli rage

brratl,

ubuli-'il

fortification

mad

a baker**

an under butler.

abufc, Hil,

to

tcrn

'

bread and

thing.

by tnr in-

BREAD-CHTPPER. n.f. [from

One that chips bread
chip.]

Irecbe, Fr.]

was bl^Mmupin-wipIicfS ; bywhich

the Turks f:eki:ig to have entered.

..

for-:'/

Mate of being broken.

\va

Till

my Voice,

my

What

battery.

S.^ew

Rome;

have

St..

in

DryJ

,-ctid.

neither have been bred a fcholar, a

ror to any kind of bufmrfr ; this crcain
mind, ti-.;linj 1 mall in time wur.t !>reaj.

(.''rn

gap

Miltt.it.

K-und,

fervaut

ihis peace,

this great Irca.b

brjy'd

country, with

grztitude of tflofe \vhi,

in a fliilling.

Difhin; the
Thi: fadde'n

c:;i/rn, a fenaror of

r.

To fell my

SeeBRASiER.

This

3.

ins

tjh

'

had but juil enough

fubmit to fu;h

But fjmetimes virtue

i .

The

whom my

life in p-jtici.c

Whenl

!:ii:j

n.f. [from brazen.]

like brafs.

BREACH, n.f. [from break

The aft o'f breaking any

z.

I-'f-f

fimplc fober

Pi

and farthings in England, if you

them to the b'aztcr, you

above a p-nny

tliem

This dowager, on

art thou, to deny

days ago, fince I tript

The halfpence

be kept with flaughter'd

t.umyrt-,, and

fmd

[from lrazenfa.ce.]

(/

feaft

2.

>?.

me

ing.

2.

adj.

t-

If pretenders were not fuppertcd by die limplithe tr.i

city of the inqv,:!itive fools,

faid,

BRA'ZENNESS.

a.

he'd
he Ihould hear i
into an als, and to his primitive tray-

;'

Sbahfpeare.
Quick-witted, iraxutfac'J, with fluent tongues,
Pa'.ient of labours, and diflembling wror.ri. DryJ.

To

id

In the fweat of thy face malt thou eat

Impudent ; fhamelefs.
What a brsxmfaad varlet

ffjydm.

His bones

Food in general, fuch as nature reto get

quires : to get bread, implies,
fufikient for fupport without luxury.

to

up thy heels, and beat thee before the

I wiil If ay

flies.

Pcpe.

do, if you fufpeft me in any difhoncfty.

braxmface ; hold it out. Sbatefptarc.

You

a.

Bread, that decaying man with then-'

generous wine, which thoughtful forrow

And

[from brazen and

in low
impudent wench

An

knowcft

[bpacan, Sax. braier,

pound, or grind fmall.

v.

be impudent

i:.r

At

liuman bodies..

poetical

language.
Well

Drydcn.

ilia-ic.

and propereir. aiimsnt

into triail, the lighted
'

on the plain. DryJ.

uie.
a

native energy
Turns all into the fubitancc of the tree,
S:aivesand deftroys the fruit, is only raaJe
irjivtty bulk,

1.

n.f.

BRA'ZENFACED.

b^aft,

[bpeob, Saxon.]
Food made of ground corn.
Mankind have found the means to rmkr

bully.

face.]

Chnr.^r..

BREAD. *./

When I reprimanded him for his tricks, he

would talk f.iirlly, iyr, and brjxcn it out, as if he
had done nothing amifs.

BRA'ZENFACE.

injury.
upon kingly power was without

Tliis breach

2.

To

n.

-v.

C...ra-<bii.

Infraction

7.

Trumpeters,

3. Impudent.
To BRA'ZEN.

compofed.

Sbai.

fenfe.

din blaft you the city's ear,

mingle with your rattling tabourines. Sbak.

Make

of

It w.mld have been long before the ];'

been
and ir^ach^l between the arm;.

it fo,

With brazen

The

For

lay fcatter'd

feparation

quarrel;

precedent.

Proceeding from brafs

[from brawn.] Mufcubulky ; of great mufcles

adj.

flefhy

Fraxa

2.

n.f. [fom brawn.] A boar

killed for the table.
At ChriUmas time be careful of your fame,
See the old tenant's table be the fame ;

Difference;
kindnefs

Stakifp. K.ng

Getah'o a fmall pair ot'brazen compalTes, an-! a

Puitiim*
fine ruler, for taking the diitjnce.
bough his Iraxrn helmet did fuftain ;

from two to five

him, or fell

b.idy irj-ain

'

properly written brajen.

to geld

al! liis

Spatter,

6.

adj. [from brafs.]

of brafs. It was anciently and

Made

1.

proof and bulwark againft

it is

Ji

ftrongly forth

it is kr.

BRA'ZEN.

I,

[from brawny.

it.

If J.amp.ed cuitoni hath not

Mortimer.

n.f.
hardnefs.

l-rax'J to

true

Rtgcru

That th' utmoit fandy breach they ftortly feuli,

While the dread danger docs behind remain.

bluihed tj acknowledge him,

often

fo

1 a-.l

th'i

in a cbaft.

heedful bjat:nan

th'

His brawny armr, and

harden to impudence.

have

and the penalties affixed by

ftretch

M.xzn.

BRA'WNER.

lous

To

2.

boar.

BRA'WNINESS.

and you may try that before

the nut.

flefhof a boar.

years, at which time

him for brawn.

5.

is

But

S'Mlb.

truck of tlnle laws, the only

the

The opening

j.

becaufe that worm is firft

turned up, and bowcJ into the gror.ves of the fpin-

1 had purpofe
inim.
thy target horn thy
State/peart

hew

to

a.

ftill

the only ftandin^

are

f.of^.l

that can eft'cclually reiirain men within

bounds, of decency and virtue.

abfolutely neceflary,
dle

I'll hide my filver beard in a gold beaver,

A:iJ in mv vantbrace .put this withcr'd tra*.i<n.
...

of the

n: iraliry

t'

>

[from brufs.]
folder with brafs.
If the nut be not to be caft in brafs, but only
hath a worm brazed into it, this nicencfs is not fo

culous.

The Uws

To

1.

Bacon.
in-

Brticb of duty towards our n?ighbonrs,

volves in it a brtacbof duty towards God.

or beat.]
printers ; from Tc brny,
inftrument to temper the ink.
<v.

right in a nat'um to-

ail

g.ivern

[With

An

But moft their look on the black monarch bend,

Hi riling mufcles and hi; irj-.un commend
His double biting ax, and beamy fpear,

With

fha'.l

Pcpe.

thereof.

3.

a cat-call each

Uw.of nati.:

arc thofe brtachet of the

fulfil

flefhy

Once more

Spenftr.

What

Equal your merits, equal is your din

But, that this wvl!-difputed game may end,
So-and forth, my broycri ! and the wcikin rend.

of the arm ,mu!t appear fni', ftaitrwtd on one fide; then mew the wiiil-bone

Each

cried the queen

win

body.
The brawn

;.

That

n. f. [from bray.]
that brays like an afs.

One

1.

i.

violation of a law or contract.

oath, would fure conu'm them
;.iti of it bring them to fhorter veng

The

4..

BRA'YER.

advocate may incur the cenfure of the court,

for being akraviltr in court, on purpofe to
out the caufe.
/lylife.

BRAWN,

Boift'rous untun'd drums,

refounding trumpets dreadful

harflj

R E

snd, broiling

brcad-corx, flicy put it up into a

Brca>.i.
it as food for thrir (laves.
1

[In a (hip. ] Apart

of the hold feparateJ by a bulk-head
from the reit, where the bread and bil-

BREAD-ROOM,

cuit for tUe

n.f.

men

are kept.

BREADTH.

BREAOTH.
on.] The
from

ficies

:re

fide to fide.

church

Ticin.im, a

w>.dov,s OB

hundred

hath /.>:/;: the l'i e to me. Skat.

So fed before he 's !'nrc, he 'il bear
Too great a Itomach patier.tiy to feel

'-e;

it

that

The

ler

in

is

bnaa

feet, in

curb,

Bjicn.
having a dojr in tae midic.
later icla(.ianges, according unt.i
.iot in l:ugtli, jet in irtadtb and depth,

if

m.iy excel

Then

even by lawful kings. Dry den.

Nofports buc what belong tu war they know,
To break the itubbcrn colt, to bend the bow. Dryd.

Hard

Bwwn.

jr.

AJinire on what
In our O

(lain

the

in height;

rife

it

And

The

To

part by violence.
When I brake the five loaves among

Let us brtat the'r bands afur.dcr,

Is

The

from

us.

bruilcd reed jhall he not break.

faid the fire, how foon 'tis done
,

he then tnte one

(licks

Swift.

could

-,

ay by force

13.
/'

Mods tell us, that the fountains of t'r.<were bieke open, or clove afunucr. Bur,,:'s Tbetiry.
y hand he forc'd the tempting g/ld,
V"!;i,el with modeftftrugglingiri/.'c his holJ. Gay.
.

4.

To

as light divides
pierce ; to divide,
darkncfs.
By a dim winking lamp, which feeb'y br'.tt
The gloomy vapour, he lay ftretch'd along. J)rjd.
Te deilroy by violence.
Thi>

wheti O..J IrealetL

"Ich,

Kurr_t^

down, none can baild up again.

to make breaches or gaps
5. To batter ;
in.
give bay Curta], and his furniture,
broken than thefe boys,
w:it as little oeard.
Sbekt/prart.

To

cruih or deftroy the ftrength of the

body.

father abbnt

'

man,

i'J

is coir.e tj lay his

weary bones

among

arth for charity.

To

ye;

Bnte him;
At Chffironca,

.:clory

md

reduced

him

want

to

To

flop ; to. make ceafe.

Break their talk, m'nrrefs Quickly
(hjll fpr.ik for hlir

To

18.

and

it

her to

lier

To

crufh

She

al

r.'

:,

,'

fn'd in'o fiTioke

To weuken

the deftin'd blow to break,

D'^.ir.

.'.II

(olit.;r

the

b]
';

meUi

broke. Vrj,!.

the mental faculties.

a, to hid

with figh" and fjbbin^

I.-

treat
y will

Stand

in

It

'>

ii'jt

allow,

.-.-,

Sbakffptcre.
pc.etry dares venture u;
.

IO

To

tanie

to

tram

to

obedience

to

\V

'

lr:ak a colt, i..d to let

:om!

him

Sftn/er.

till

the

mo

til fpi-ak-.

1'icldl

at table.

firil

time

plough.

fiifa

break the land, before

bid, enter here.

treat

heart f

my

to treat

enough

To break a

Stakefprare*

relations bear'a part ?

a Jingle heart.

all

To

jeft.

pefted.
break iht neck.

32. To
the neck Joints.
I had as lief thou
fing T

Drydcn.
utter a jeft unex-

To

lux, or put out

didft treat

To break

Stajiejftepg,

To

off.

as his

bis neck,

put a fudden flop;

to interrupt.

To preclude
34. To break off".
obftacle fuddenly interpofed.

by fome

To check the rtarts and failles of the foul,

And break off all its commerce with the tongue.
To break

Who
He

To

up.

d'uTolve

to put a

to.

cannot

reft till

he good fellows

finS

treats up houfe, turns out of doors his

mind.

Herltrt,
He threatened, that the tradcfmen would beat
out Lit. teeth, if lie did not retire, and break ttp the

36.

/frkui&not.

Te break
's

To

up.

being

open;

to lay open.

lodged amongft mineral matter,

j
be irAc uf, it exhibits im.
!

prelh
Tc,

37.

break up.
r

m.m,

To

mulviard,
feparate or dilband.

nlciiv; ths (Irong city of Belgrade, Solyto ConiUntinoplc, broke up his

lel.irning

aimy, and thcie lay

dill the

whole year following.

Knolle?.

Look

1'ilt^i.

re to dov.:

v. c.-e

DiyJcn
holy midnight bell.
], that lie could onl
,L-te

eat the

meeting.

tlioofe,

...v-'rin
ing Sands, and mult no

V.

't

Should not
It.

flirub

interrupt.

Sjme

up

I'd rather brtak mine o^un,

fudden 'end

Drydcn

i.l.

ofy lipi begin to fpeak.

To

19.

to fharter.
nrmif

9.

.:!

it

Da-vis.
made capable of good feed.
To open trenches.
29. To break ground.
To deftroy with
30. To trsak the heart.

35.

depth below,
fhoit, and took* about for fome kind

cut

To

The hu.'bandman muft

D'yden
to leap a precipice,

flsep,

To

8.

fall.

fees befoie his eye; the

Tii"-

face;

treat he;

and break your

Shakejprart.

To
To

be

it

33.

firft,

As one condemn'd

rce C'.urfe yf
I'll

Lap down

manors on 'em,

Who

e-.en broke the heart

.10

kinf-

intercept.

rather

I'll

Clarendon.

how

my

with common water

Spirit of wine, minjlc'l
o
'iy means
yet (3 as if the firir fall
Bacon
a fop, or otherwife, it ftayeth above.
Think not my fenfe of virtue is fo final ;

inuch greater than

n appeared to be

rr.ar.y

the price of corn falleth, men generally

give over furplus tillage, and treat no more ground
Carno*
than will ferve to fupply their own turn.

Skakefpcare,

Shat.

When

G ;ol my

the pious laws

nature, pleading in his children's caufc. Dryd.

back,

difable one's

journey.

in die day.
28. To break ground.

\V,1I

To infringe a law.
Unhappy man to break

Of

this great

To break a dar.
27. To break fajl.

16.

To

brute their backs with laying

26.

Pardnn this fault, ai-.d by niyfii.it

(wear,
Skat.
never more will ir^al an cath with th:e.
1)1,1 not our woithiu of the houfe,
broke the peace, break vows ? Hufsbras.

fn.k or appal the fpirit.

For

my

dilhonour undergo.

grisf.

fatal t> liberty,

Kill'd with report that olj man eloquent.

imc of his vices wcak'cn'd his b)d>,
and triti hij health ) have not others diliirated

To

bef-rc their time.

come

finews, break

violate a contrail or promife.

Ur.lefs itbe to

To

Have

Lovers break not hours,

man

obtki/petrt.

a fuelling Or irnpofthume

open.
15.

17.

T he breaking of that parliament

7.

To make

Eaccn.

know
how to break

dcfir'd to

25. To break the back.

fortune.

Drydcn.

14.

be the better under-

was, yet fearful

flie

IM rather crack my
Than you fhould fuch

dorms of ftatc,

It

Of whence

ii

mouth no more were

And
6.

Swift.
the (kin, fo as that

She could have run and waddled all about, even

Ihe broke her brow; and then my
hufbmd took up ;h; child.
Sbateffeare.
;')ul
and blindly to deftruflion led
She break her heart she'll fooncr treat your head.
the

I'.;

Mv

To

crack or open
the blood comes.

To
O

great officer bitten.

I fee a

who much

1,

to difmifs.

may

it

cate the vertebra with too heavy burdens.

fees,

difcard

that

tirli.

man.

command

To

12.

all

at

it,

ftood at the next meeting.

Sbatefpeare.
thcmfelvesl for merchants

like a frnttea

and little lawyers treats. Drydtr..

or call to b liberal, all of a fudden
the
rich, breaks the merchant, and
impoveriflies
South.
(huts up every private man's exchequer.

Attracts

So ftro.ig you'll be, in f.-ienJihip tied;

So quickly broke, if you divide.
burft, or open by force.

2.

h'ijk

mind,adventur'd humblythus to fpeak. Dtytf.

ftrain or di {lo4. To break the back.

their eftate with difcontentand pain. Davit!harts like thef? rich Matho, when he fpeaks,

View

Grezv.

be propounded, no

fhall

My

grown bankrupt,

know

until

it,

bankrupt.

few

this

quite br'jkcn if

a leal were opened.

When any new thing

broke

up ?
Mark.
cad away

ar.d

For

thou-

five

bafktts cf fragments took ye

how many

fand,

king's

of.

became Chriiiians.

after they

To open fomething new ; to propound fomething by an overture ai if

Mtifm.

Saxon.]
1.

3.

breaks the iiercenefs of his native temper

To make

11.

23.

young Juba, the Numidian prince,

care he forms himfdf to glory,

BREAK,

v. c. pret. I broke, or brake;

or broken, [bjieccan,
part. paff. broke,

To reform with
The French were ii'it

counli'llcr IhouKl uiddenly deliver any pofit'n'C opinion, but only hear it f and, at the tnoft, but to.

Make human nature fhine, reform the foul,

And break our fierce barbarians into men
i

is

feme time

With how mucn

SMa-jon.

To

to be iraien

makes

:ch

oft'

22.

Viitiies like thefe

with vift furprije,

bicaJ.tb of earth he lies. D 'yd.
narrownels of

approach the

all

rbing (reel. May.

halMnuuta'd b;a.l that beats a^ainil tlie

any union.

JiiTolve

great folly, as well as injuftic> to t-,r.:it

Collier.
(a noble a relation.

It

(lie

ci

'

That

rur
.

no; for

Why,

To

21.

can'ft not treat her to the lute.

Why tliei) thou

[from bjiab, bror-d, Saxmeafure of any plain fuper-

./.

in

i5,

B'R E

B R E

B R E

d pale, and trembled,

when he

view'd th

20.

To feparate company.
Did nut Paul and Barn.ibas difrutf with tha

vchcmcntr, that they were forced

To break upon tie. wheel. To punifh

by ftrer.cb.ing a criminal upon the wheel,
and breaking his bones with bats.
39. To break -wind. To give vent to wind

38.

fair.

to break

com

A-.'.-l

in the body.

To

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a term of

n.i

rock i or fundbanki

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triml',

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and

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tin- full

in the

ni'-.il

day.
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a. /. [l
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i

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of

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a.

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fd Iriilfajl,

kvt

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placed in the middle of the yard,
B*'AiTFA-r. ./ [ from tnajft and /////
In a ft. ir<, a rope fattened to fome part
rward on, to hold her

if

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HK/ft

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rt)f,

lu

rtwt

e*.rf

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rtJNi

a warp, or th

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.

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that

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from ^r"

make* a practke of
nv*ft

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all the forepart
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knot or

women on

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booth of ribbandt
the breaft.

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ais by

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relaxation.

rly ffMk, ^//>

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A^l .] With

\hramt, ft. i)}rtnv

name of a Oh.

paafe

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the tern,

<'nf,

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timber* before, that help to flrcngthen

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to the breall.

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the neck.

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fteep

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meal.

firrt

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pcr.
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tftiiff.

thing eaten at the

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To

3.

take breath

B R
Thewirmth

to reft.

J, and tlnee times <1U

Thiee times they truth

Vpon

Ri.it, ;hat gives all

And

men

When

gave him
him out of

life,

put

.-siting

bicath.

To

pufs

.1^

Brearb.'efi,

air.

no: then be Rifled in thr vault,

-iln in,
whole foul mouth DO heiltJ

And

my Romeo

there be liiinclej ere

they

a certain

Or

>

doct

To infpire,

i.

dy, and eject or expire out of

They wilh to live,

And
The

it.

here began to breathe a mod delicious

and faw all the neldi about them

They

by breathing

breathed

Me

with

us the breath of

To

to

expire;

with

To

to

To

infpire

to

by

exhale

Ah

have tow'cit heav'n breati'd a fecrct vow,

and contemplation.

T
I

if Venice

Ji-Iertbaat

give air or vent to.

Are tun
4.

To

(tatue than a
1 wijl

r.trl:

than a

-i

'-'//'

b<

One

and

CIi

part'Cuiar

But

any thing.
f.oee

fc;iriv:.il

e.m t-^uch,

irbfr,

it

Jingular.
1.

whole forward ears are bent

guide the government;

art,

Socrati-i rf nli

liv.'t

Infpircr

one

tli.it

animates or infufes

by inspiration.
f fcr

BRE'ATHING.
1.

life

now

him

expire

:;w,i).

n.f. [from breathe.]

Aspiration; fecrrt prayer.

Wrrpirg he hop'd, and

2.

does

lu:.iriions

Norrii

To

7.

may

to ftrip

ar.i!

To

bring up

8.

to take cart- of

To

conduct through the

Bred up
Oi::

1.

breech

To

ficrinxinjj

Breathing place; vent.

wisi of

as /he

no-

2.

To

<v. n.

bring young.
it

was

l.-ems,

entertain

'.,ut

difficulty of

/<r..,/.'.vj,

company with

th--

reckoning to

But could youth

is

.,

la

and a.c KO

i-

the
air is

di-i

Thd
dietli

;.i

foon after

ii

The
worm

caterpiilir

hath been

It

that

maugnts

oiJ Inow,

,r;.l

f;r>\\.

<

is

onr

llijl^y.

the

nif-

t!i

a.u: n-es breed in patriricd c.n

>*

to ufurp the.

4.

To

raile a breed.
ofe

her fortune, and her ejuracti;

to t'u tntil~i.

Thc

rl'd
.!

Then ihcfc delights my mind n.i t ni..v

To live vmh thi-e, and
RaUlgb.
3. To be produced ; to have birth.
:.
1
When: r,:ey n.oli li
ii..ve
obui.:i:,

but the brute

tn

.1

be increafed by a new production.

II ui joys I,Q <l;He,

authority of the luilbinds.

The

our theme

in grief, can p!enfjre be

Luciiij,

as, to

Rnugh f.itircs, fly rema.ks, ill-natur'd fpeeches,

Arc always aim'd ,it poets that wear /
Give him a fmgle coat to m:ikc, he'd d >'t;
L-E

of

ftages

cfl

To BREED.

Petnichio is coining in a new hat r.nd an ok

jerkin, and a pair of old l'r.eeh,i, thrice m

ail thi

firlt

thing.
the noun.]

lower part of the body.

Ould ne'er contrive

2. To wear the

averfe decreed

f.iu-i

..'

from in-

life.

.~lr

fing'y

chi;

biing thoe forth w.th pain, with

.e

:.:,

V'yd. Jut'.

.-'

/;
.ilK-r.

a./.

veil or irtefl

Dryd.

rapine
the d-raJ. Dryd.
Ipoil

not remove his

fancy.
Ah n retched me! by

The garment worn by men over

cxpeiice.

left their pillagers, to

Rlcjfuref.:

3.

ha
.

His form

t .

[bna;c,Sax. from bracca,

an old Gaulifn word ; fo that .V
imagines the name of the part cuverec
with breeches, to be derived from that o;
In this feme it has no
the garment.

u:i>ir in the world but myfeif

that utters

ebet.

hn:,

the lov'd yjuth v.hoai he a!

the fon to coinmo:;

breech a gun.

Shakefptare,

2.

The hinder part of any

BREECH, v. a. [from

BRE'ECHES.

life,

Slnl,

chide no

ruck upon their ^;<

To put into breeches.

To tit any thing with a

I.

BRE'ATHER. ./ [from kreathe.]

1. One that breathes, or lives.
body

blej

what

firlr.

And

hinder part of a piece of ordn.incc.

So c.imions, when they mount va!t pi

Drydin'l V\r

.,o\vs a

the brcub liom l.aio

fome

form by education.

to

Without controui

thy father hiJ been fo refrlv'J

l'n

Lc/tr.

i;im, or the era

to a wall,

C'rm'i R'

th.-.t

be the n

for the fyacc of

Is cvei .roie the parent's

'
!

to

brought up together in the fame

ftatc .irfairs, to

To

The

z.

,.-aJy cure to cool the raging pain,

unik-raf.r.li Liic foot lAbrtetkt * \ein.

On

iheir/r^d
l:

c!

Skak. King

Hail, foreign wonder !

certain tlicfe rough (hades did never hrttJ.

educate

Hear

live in pray'r

To

6.

fui'a-.ie lo :h.:c g'.'iurc.

to write th

in

univcr.

Whom

ftorks devour fnakes and other fcrpcnts;

And

utter privately.

Siekejfeart

ie

the back

3.

Ind

tendoni hach

hi:

Miltcn'i Paradije Left.

8.

to plot.

Breeches.

z.

to fend out as breath.

His altar in entkes
Ambrofial odours, and jrnbrnlial Mow'rr.

wor-s

keep then;

/',

To

ui'id

they will pref:n;iy ch^> them

'7.

lower part of the body

ft-

fo, there are breeding ponds, and

place
feeding ponds.
Mr. Hr.;-Jing, and the worthiefr. divine Chrif-

frreeJ.]

in

[fuppofed frora bruvcan,

which when they begin

actuate

brrn to lire.', it
give birth to;

To

5.

11ay ward.

The
youth proceed to form the quire;
They breaikt die flute, or itrike th-

To

n. j.

the

Ipoil

Whoe'er thou

brack, and

artful

To

I'ri.r.

\\iien the king's pardon was oS'ered by a hersuld, a leuii bjy tinned towards him his naked

Ire.uh.

6.

now.

SeeBRAiB.

The

move or

was bred

to hatch

heart and

-h'-u

burieft

contrive

My

Ki*g Jabn.

what thou

To

-':

part.

Stjt
.

the fentcn.

and dif-

luft breed infirmities

The

are as Iwift ~

Thy greyhounds

trrotbltfi exceil

j~, a holy vow.

'

in breath.

keep

th::,
.

liberty,

eafes, which, being propagated,

a nation.

fwc-et life,

Sax.]

exercife

of

this ruin

fartidp. pa/I [from To

BREliCH.
i.

called, by ancient authors, th"

and bv Plutarch is coin]...
Vulcan, who /Tiv.vev.' 'Mt notH

ri.ime.

4.

H.

>mpany, and overmuch

ill

brcrdctb in youth

out.

V/hat hurt

n. f.
curious brede of needle-work, one colour
falls aw.iy by fuch juft df^rees, and another riks
that we fee the variety, tvirhout being
able to diibnguifh the total vanishing of the one
;>t
appearince of the other.

In

and orders of our church

-rs.

pal? :hultljc, as

n.

we know, but we sn

heart;

ine the rites

-hem, and th.-i: cogiKrifdm, xii. jo.

tation would never be chanced.

lite,

is

rnuk-

'.o

Ffirir m.ilice

by breathing:

eject

1.1"

BREDE..

into.

fliould
Ipirit; whcfc m'.liors he cxpcil-,
the dignity of its oriitin-I.
Dec~y of Pletj
1 \voulJ be ycung, be bandfblbe, be beJov'd,
Could I but tiHutie myftlf into Adraltus. Dry den

}.

BRE

1.n.\r.

inject

He

And

R-thcr,

with. kind of purple light.

.cd

To

z.

Yielding

vital

Dry Jen.

air.

Our own

race, that

flffifartlt

Theirpains and poverty dchre to bear,

'I'u lie* the light of ru-av'n, and hreaibe the

Vnid of

breathing to

dan-

lefs

'

1,

Intemperance and

ir.cenle

RofcUKIHin.

felf.

I-

tir'

Kneeling before

bo-

to caufe ; to produce.
;
Thereat he roared for exceeding pain,
have heard, irc.it ho.rjjr would haMJ

Dead.

z.

own

led.

produce from one's

To occafion

3.

glutted fpleen at It-.

my

n^rcr.

ger.

Drydtn't &r.e'sd.

a.

<v.

or inhale into one'?

'r

dr.*1.

^inj

Stj

To BREATHE.

to generate; to produce

:.

brtatbltji

and

Biejrl'lejs

Ifii

then

ftr.iintd

down

fell

fw

and faint, leani:

Came there
Many fo

Sh.iil I

To

re-

have

Children would breed their teeth with

F
4.

To

2.

prefer. I bred,

fpecies.

".uthajew*

o'Terance

To procreate
None

with pa
fiy,
ptii-.ce,
So hafty heat foon cooled t.> lul.due ;
Tho' when he brea;blejs wax, that battle 'gan
new.
Fait)
I rcm-mbrr, when the fight was done,
was dry withraje and extreme toil,

.rjrlV.
his death,

a.

-j.

[bpzban, Sax.]

more of the

France had truth' J after inteftmc broils

cruwn'd h:r foirign toils.

AnJ

bred,
1.

II.

Sbeteffeerc'i

BREED,

To

!K F.'ATHLFSS. adj. [from trtalb.]

Out of breath ; fptnt with labour.
Well k new

The

they drink,
agreement.

maket

diftcnds the chinks, and

New trejttinri, whence nrw nourifliment (h-

He

pielently followed the victory fo hot upon

the Scots, that he fuftercd them not to tnalte, or
gather theoifelvcs togctlier again.
Stall if 1
Sfrnfer'i

BRE

r.

is
'icj

L'j

as

her

BRLFT.
i.

fuch to

I)

.o

n. f. [from the verb.]

call; a kind; a fubdivifion ofTpecfes.

B R E
Twice

I bring you wltnerJes,

thoufand hearts of England's trad

fifteen

young and handfome, and of

the north. Siakeff. Henry VIII

this

is

tried and

fro--d arfenals, and ordnance;

but a iheep in a lion's /kin, except the
be flout nnd
difpofition of the people

gale

Afcanius on a fiery fleed,

Queen Dido's gift, and of the Tyrian breed, Dryti.
t.
family ; a generation : in contempt.
A coufin of his laft wife's was prcpofed j but
John would have no more of the breed,
fair

Gradual finks the breevx

Into a perfect calm; that not a breath
Is heard to quiver through the clofing wood.

Bull.

ofj.

money, lend

it

to thy friend ; for when

breed of barren me'al of his friend

not

Sbakefpeare's Merchant of Venice,

number produced at once ; a hatch.
4.
She lays them in ;he fand, where they lie till
they are hatched ; Ibmecimes above an hundred at

Gre^u.

a breed.

no

honeft, willing, kind fellow, as everfervant

in houfe withal ; and, I warrant you,

BREME.

nor no

breerlbute.

Not

StaUfeare's Merry Wives cf ffindjir.

B R E'E D E R
I.

n.f. [from breed. ]

That which produces any thing.
Time ia the nurfe and breeder

t.

The

SkaJt,

female that is prolifick.

Get thee to a nunnery ; why would'ft thou

be a

breeder of finners

?
Sbakffpeare' s }iamltt,
the babe, as loathfoirie as a toad,
Arnon,jft the faired breederi of our time.

Here

is

Let there be an hundred ptrfont in

Lor.<i< n, and
in the country, we fay, that if there be
fixty of them trader! in London, there a
than Cxty in the country.
Graant.

a>

many

friend a night or two ihoul 1 need her,

a fpecial breeder,
fsf>e,

Vet, if a
He'd recon.

One

4.

breeders of Engliih cattle turned much to

dairy, or elfe kept their cattie to fix or fcvcn years
\i.

BRE'EDING.

n.f. [from breed.

Education;
She had her

inftroftion
breeding at

my

hope to

B R E'T n R E N

care to bring up from the

my

v.,i5
;

[b;nor-a, Saxon.]

iling-

upon her,

like

cr>w in

,-

thee prefent fee

fVotton.

f.

i/.

To

perform the

office

of

keep his houfe, and wafri, wring, brew, bake,

and make the beds, and do all

fcour, drefs meat,

Sbakeffeare.

[from the verb.] Manner of

or thing brewed.

f.
;

Trial would be made of the like treia with

of artipotitoe roots, or burr roots, or the pith
Bacon*
chokes, which are nourifhing meats.

BRE'WAGE.

n. f. [from brew.] Mixture

of various things.
Go, brew me a pottle of fack finely.

Diti.

With

eggs,

Simple of itfclf:
brrwage.

[The pluralof lrber.'\

BRE'WER.

fir ?
I'll

in

no> pullet-fprrm

my

n, f.

Sbctkfffcare.

[from

A ma

lre<v:,~\

to make beer.
brewers marr their malt with water.

whofe profeffion

When

it is

Shake/peart.

BRE'VIARY.

n. f.

\breviaire, Fr.

1.

An

abridgment; epitome
dium.

2.

breviary thereof.

is

n. f.
[from brevis,
fhort conipendium.

for

Irevio,

man

tu

know,

is

it is

incumbent

cotnprifed in one breviat of

evangelical tiuth.

n. f.

Decay of Piety.
[from brevio, Lat.]

particular (ize of
letter ufed in printing ; fo called, pro-

bably,

n.

J.

from being originally

ul'ed

in

houfe. ]

[from

n.f.

breiu.~\

Quantity

beer,

maketh
Ba,n.

BRE'WIS,

n, f.
foaked in boiling
piece of bread
fat pottage, made of faked meat.
2. It feems anciently to have meant broth.

What

an ocean of

brcivis fh.ul

Iwim

in

Bcautn. and Flacb* Dkclefan,

JRI'AR.

abbreviation.

JREVI'ER.

from breiu and

of liquor brewed at once.

A brewing of new beer, fct by old
it work
ajjain.
1.

obvious to the ihalloweft difcourfer, that

houfe appropriated to brewing.

JRE'WINC.

jfylffi.

containing the daily fervice

of the church of Rome.

E'W HOUSE.*./.

In nur bmol-iujes, bakehoufcs, and kitchens,

are made divers drinks, breads, and meats. Baan.

The book

SRE'VIAT.

a compen-

Crefconius, an African b'ihop, has ijivcn us an

ali.-idgir.cnt, or

Men every day eat and drink, though I think

no man can dcmonftrate out of Euclid, or Apolloniuf, that his baker, or br-eiuer, or cook, has not
conveyed poifon into his meat or drink.
Ti/htfnn.

Irwia-

rium, Lat.]

An
f

and flies.
Kbakrfp. Ar.:. an,! C',',[
learned write, the infeft bretfi
the mongrel prince of bc4i.
Hudtbras.

VOL.J.

n,

RE'viATURE.

the gadfly.

The

contrive ; to plot.
found it to be the moft malicious and frantick
furmifc, and the moft contrary to his nature,
that, I think, had ever been brewed from the beginning of the world, howfoever countenanced by
a libellous pamphlet of a fugitive phyfician, even ii*

brewing

the whole c'-iunfelof Gorf, ai far

Milton''i jlgwfles.

Cleopatra,
rcffe

on the wat'ry main,

Poft,

print.

note 'or
n.f. [In mufick.]
character of time, equivalent to -two
mealures or minims.
Harris.

It

.'id,

BREESE. n.f.
f.y

REfE.

Lat.]

1-Htdinf nrdcr'd and prefcrib'd,

Defign'd for great e>ploin

fierce tempefts

To BREW.

All thcfc feels are Iretkrtn to each other in

nt itate.

ing

to

See BR.OTHT. R.

fee it a piece

a pottle"

To

Shukejptarc.

Sriedtxfr andwit, and air, and decent pride. Swift.

Nurture

me

Shateffearc,

a brewer.

alfo hurt or brut.

breeillr.g.

of breeding, fomctimcs mi;n of wit,

erroun, muft the lefs commit. Pope.
Graces from the court did next provide

A-, of a

Sax.

[from bpennan,

adj,

Summers. The pieces in the outward parts of any timber building, and
in the middle floors, into which the
Harris.
girders are framed.
BRET. n. f. A fifli of the turbot kind,

rr.tn

Why

once,

fiecd from fear,

torus, Or tore.

lid great

3.

when you count you

BREST

Manners; knowledge of ceremony.

The

go, trciv

o'er the globe diftil the kindly rain.

myfelf.
BREST, n. f. [In architeftnre.] That
BREW. n.
member of a column, called alfo the

father's charge,

Claniiille't S/'epfis, Prtf,

AJ

faction, ignorance, iniquity, pcrvcrfcnels, pride.

King Lear,
of none of the mcanfft
the laws i-f nature.
iretding, to be acquainted with
2.

Or

In danger rather to be drcnt than brent ? Fairy Q.

~\

Sbatijpeare's

nately.
Or brew
5.

chalices

finely.

Pope feems to ufe the word indetermi-

4.

Sfrrfcr,

burn.] Burnt. Obfolete.

What flames, quoth he, when

qualifications.

daughter.
a gentleman of blr.od and

am

mingle.
Take avvjy thefe

of fack

.V7<-,7>.

a iccorepence,

put into preparation.

To

3.

adj.

BRENT,

Ttmfle.

/.

is f:a'm,

trevi'd enchantments, foul deMilton,

Here's neither buih nor ftirub to bear off any

weather at all, and another ftorm brewing. Sbak,

-,

that takes care to raife a breed.

The

\.

ceiver

ufed.

eft,

have drinks alfo brewed with feveral herbt,

Bacon.
and fpices.

roots,

To

2.

C'rne) the breme winter, with chamfred brows,

Full of wrinkles and frofty furrows.
Sfenjer.

and bringers up of the worthicft men.

AjcL am' i SctteJmgflf.

that

feveral in-

Mercy guard me

But

perfon which brings up another.

Time was, when Italy and Rome have b.en the

3.

him

an eriach.

And when the ihiriing fun Uugheth

You deemen the fpring come at once

beft breeders

call

[from bjiemman, Sax. to

rage or fume.] Cruel ; fharp ; fevere.

come

telltale,

We

and

Hence with thy

child or wife of

Drydtn.

[brouwen, Dutch
bpipan, Saxon.]

a.

gredients.

the party rmiidt-ieJ, which profecute the action,

that the malefactor (hr.ll give unto them, or to the

which they

v.

German ;
To make liquors by mixing

Fanned

[from treexe.^

adj.

BREW.
brain-en,

An

diary.

An

cannot vender without circumlocutions.

To
1.

The leer, while zephyrs curl the fwelling deep

Balks on the breezy fliore, in grateful ilecp,
His oozy limbs.
Pope.
Irifh word.
BRE'HON. n.f.
In the cafe of murder, the trctut, that is, their
judjje, will compound between the murderer and

BRE'EDBATE. n.f. [from breeJznd bate.~\

One that breeds quarrels ; an incen(hall

Virgil, ftudying brevity, and having the comhis own language, could bring thofe
words into a narrow compafs, which a translator

mand of

with gales.

did friendship take

n, f. [brevitaf, Lat.] Concontraction into

fliortnefs ;

few words.

Tbomfin.

BRE'EZY.

Progeny; offspring.
If tliou wilt lend this

cifenefs

Serenely fhone the ftars, the moon was bright,

And the fea trembled with her fi^'er lig'it. Dryder..

Arbutbnit'i Hijhry

examples appear.

BRE'VITY.

a foft wind.

the Spaniards call breeze, that doth ever mnre blow

ftronger in the heat of the day.
Raleigh
From land a gentle breeze arofe by night,

Rvjc'jjnmtn.

Rode

A gentle

n.f. [brezxa, Ital.]

We

Infectious ftreams of crowding fins began,

And thro* the fpurious breed and guilty ration ran

gadding through the wood.

cat'.le

fmalfeft
printing a Ireviary : fuch is the
type ufed in. this work, in which the

draw

find that thelc hotted regions of the world

feated under the equinodlial line, or near it; arc fo
rcfreihed with a daily gale of eafterly wind, which

Bacon's EJJayi.

warlike.

As

their ftingf

breefe,

Dryden

BREEZE,

Walled towns,

3.

blood,
drive die

horfes were

the beft treed in

all

loud buizing

fierce

And

Skatefftare

The

R E

BRIBE,

n. f.

See BRIER.

{Bribe, in French, origiand is,

nally fignifies a piece of bread,
the
applied to any piece taken frcm
n. f.

reft ;

RI

B
reft

therefore likely, that a tribe

among us, a fhare

it is

originally fignified,

of any thing

reward

unjuftly got.]
or corgiven to pervert the judgment,
nipt the conduft.
You have condcmn'd and notel Lucius Pclla,
For taking bribes here of the Sardians.
Sbakeff.

'

Not

may Jupiter to gold afcribe,

turn'd himtelf intJ a Iribe.
be covetous, profits or bribes

Irfs

"When he

man

If a

Waller.

may

put

kirn to the teft.

VEJirange.
Tlieie's joy when to wild will you laws pr;.-lt.niv
When you bid fortune carry bark berlribt.Drjd.

BRIBE, v. a. [from the noun.]

To gain by bribes; to give bribes,

9*0
1.

re-

wards, or hire, to bad pnrpofes.

1

The grrat, 'tis true, can ft'tll th elecYing tribe

The bard'may fupplicate, but c.inrot br'.le.

Man.
feldom, and not properly, ufed in
Prologue

2. It is

a good

ft)

Gtod-ra:urtd

fcufe.

How pow'rful are chafte vows

You brib'd
BRI'BER.

to

the wind and tide

combat on the Engliih

fide.

Dryd.
that

One

[from Iri6i.]

/.

for corrupt practices.

pays

Arteiftion iirtLU a briber of the

it is hard for
thing he loves

man
;

or

argument againft an

judgment; and

to admit'a realbn
to

agaimt the
of an

The crime

n.f. [from bribe."]

of taking or giving rewards
a law

made by

the

bad

for

Romans,

againft

the bribery and extortion of the governours of provinces : before, fays Cicero, the governours did
k/ibe and extort as much as was fufKcient tor
themfelves ; but now they bribe and extort
much as may be enough nut only for themfelves,
Baccn.
hut for judges, jurors, and magiftrates.
No bribery of courts, or cabals of factions, or
the
advantages of fortune, can remove him from
folid foundations, of honour and Bdelity. Dryder..

BRICK,

[trick, Dutch-; brique, Fr.

n. f.

Lat.
according to Menage, from imbrex,

whence

j.

n.f. [from trick and

a place to burn bricks.

kiln ;
Like the Ifraelitts in the brl
tiplied the more lor their opprelli

A man

bricks

The

a brie klayer

mafs of burnt clay,fquared

for the

fo alter a body, as it re-

callec
turncth not again to that it was,
may^e
tlterat'a majtr : as coals made of woo4f9 tricks
Bacu;
of earth.

SRI'DAL.

loaf (haped like a brick.

STo BRICK, -v. a. [from the noun.]
with bricks.
2.

To lai

I will

Come,

fcxton comes to know where he is to b

and whether his grave is to be plain or bricked

BRJ'CKBAT. n.f. [from

brick

and

Swift
but.'

piece of brick.

Clay
I

n.f. [from trick and clay.

making brick.

ufed for

obfervcd

it

in pits

wrought for

tile

and trick

}^odivard

tlay.

BRI'CKDUST. n. f. [from
Duft made by pounding

brick

and

duft.

bricks.

This ingenious author, being thus (harp fet, go

of brickdufl, an
together a convenient quantity
Spcfiatar
difpofed ofiit into fereral papers.

SRI'CKEARTH.

n.

flood

When my arms thou brought'rt thy virgin love,

Fair angels fung our bridal hymn above. Dryden.
With all the pomp of woe, and forrow's pride
Oh early loft oh fitter to be kd
to

nuptial feftival.
Nay, we muft think men re not gods ;
Nor of them look for fuch observance always,
the bridal.'

fits

Sweet day,

f.

A woman

raife a

f.

[from

tank.] Eaith ufed in making

brick

anc

budu

reftrained

is

due from pious brides,

From a chafte matron, and a virtuuus wife. Smith
are tributes

[from bride and

bed.

Marriage-bed.

bridle,

fciz'd at laft

and his

feet

men

fancied to be a bridle upon the city, into the

man

hands of fuch a

it

he might rely upon.

CLircndirt,

bright genius often betrays itfelf into

errours, without a continual bridle on the to:

many

Will!.

To

I.

[from the noun.]

guide by a bridle.

a.

Itruggling mufc with pain,

into a bolder {train. Addifan*

my

Uunch

longs to

To

21

<z>.

reftrain, or

bridle in

That

put a bridle on any thing.

The queen

of beauty ftopp'd her bridled doves

frier*
Approv'd the little labour of the Luves.
To reftrain ; to govern.
3.
The difpolition of things is committed to them,

whom

law

at all times biidlc, ar.d fur

may

Hoc'ttr.

and yet a gentle hand,

Yonlr'i/ileh&ion, -md "i hearts command. //^//ir.

With

a (Irons;,

To BRI'DLE. v.

To

n.

hold up the head.

BRI'DLEHAND. n.f. [from

The hand which
hand,]

bridle

and

holds

the

bridle in riding.

BRI'DECAKE.

n.f. [from bride and cake.'

cake diftributed to the guelts at tin

In the turning, one might perceive the briilt(Vir ; but, indeed, fo gently,
virtue than ule violence.

bjnd fomething gently

as

it

did rather

diitil

wedding.

Sidney*

W:t!i the phant'fies of hey-troll,

Troll about the bridal bowl,
And divide the broad bridecake

Round about the bridellake.

The writer, refalved to try

cmbrac'd. DiyJ,

Areftraint; a curb ; a check.

The king refolved to put that place, which fome

2.

power controul.

until the break of d;iy,

houfe each fairy ftray j

Through
To the beft bridebed will we,
h by us (halt blclfed be.
Sbaieffeare
Would David's fon, religious, juft, and brave,
To the firft bridebed of the world receive
A foreigner, a heathen, and a (lave ?
Prior

and governed.
They

Drydtn,

Now

BRI'DLE. n.f. {hide, Fr.]

The headftall and reins by which a horfe

Sfenfer,

day approach'd, wrfen fortune <hould decide

enterprize, and give the bride.

n. f.

bridge over any place.

to the fea,

To BRI'DLE.

love's praifes to rcfound,

Th' important

BRI'DEBED.

part of the nofe.

and over Hellefpont

5rjW;np'his way, Europe with Afia join'd. Mlhoju

;
brudur, in
a beautiful woman.]

let the fame of any be envy'd ;

So Orpheus did for his own bride.

The

Came

His courfer's

new married.

me mine own

Help

no bridge could bind.

The fupporter of the firings in ftringed

inftruments of muficlc.
To BRIDGE. <v. a. [from the noun.] To

[bpyb, Saxon

fignifies

Stjttffearc,

whom

3.

fo cool, fo

Sweet dews flull weep thy fall to-night ;

Ifcrtfrt.
For thou muft die.
In death's dark bow'rs our bridals we will keep,
AnJ his cold hand
Sh.ill draw the curtain when vre go to deep. DryJ.

BRIDE.

wa

houfe of

[bnic, Saxon.]

proud Araites,

Sbateffcare's Otbella.

calm, fo bright,
bridal of the earth and Sky,

The raifmg gently the bridge of the nofe, doth

Bacon,
prevent the deformity of a faddle nofe.

As

built

tuell,

Drydtr..

In chearful fplendour to the bridal bed

Waljh.
For her the fpoufe prepares the bridal ting,
For her white virgins hynienaeals fing.
Pope,

SRI'DAL n.f. The

n.

The upper

z.

M'Jtcn.

thirty ipies.

Bridget's

And

thi:>

Ejrthen bottles, filled with hot water, do pro

voke in bed a fweat more daintily than briMa,
Bacc:
hot.

BRI'CKCLAY.

me

or

[The palace

y.

A bu:lding raifed over water for the

convenience of paiTage.
What need the bridge much broader than the

1.

of night

Your ill-meaning politician lords,

Under pretence ot bridal friends and guefts,
to await

SftSljtcr.

fpoufal, aud bid hafte the ev'jiing ftar,

his hili-top to light the bridal lamp.
Mihi/n,

Appointed

-S'

til.

St. Bride's,

BRIDGE,

Sung

On

iboiit

correction.
He would contribute more to reformation than
all the workhoufes and Bridrwtlh in E

Sbakejfeare.
bird

ii

turned into aworkhouie.]

Wuiidioard.

fei've for a buried corle.

Sbak.
bring thce tj thy bridal chamber.

The amorous

.1:1,

by

Belonging

O,ir bridal flowers

Thefe

The
laid,

[from bride.]

Ne

Addijon,
fons, yourglory thin or thick,
or
folid
on
brick.
Pope
paflive paper,

my

BRI'DEWELL.

but the brick-

wedding ; nuptial ; connubial.

Our xveddin^ cheer tu a 1'^d fun'ral
Our folemn hyinns t> lulien dirges change,

charges of their fearch.

fpread,

the clay.

the bride and bride-

r.l
./. [from iritfr andytof
feems to be a port i'tt in the ground,
to dance round, like a maypole.

to a

Runick,

But

in claypits

them out of
adj.

generally gain enough by the rubbim anc

much
i/iv.ij, which the prefcot architects value
beyond thofe of a modern make, to defray the

They

On

common

are

EM AIDS.

It

bricks.

They

/*

to marriage.

groom.
SRI'DESTAKE.

to

JRI'CK -MAKER. ;;. / [from brick and

One whole trade it is to make
make.]

maters pick

I'D

JR.

to age. Sbakeff.

h.U liv'd, Sir,

have been interpreter
Babel's br'nklayen, lure the tow'r had ftoid.
Donne.

To

happy kriJegrMtn !
Why daft thou (leal fo (oo;i away t <> bed ? Drydiit,
7 a. /. The attendants on
* I'D EM EN.

it y-ju

Time enough

[from bride
new married man.

And fummoo him

Why,

and[lay.l
to build with

and

*.

.4 iii break of
day,
creep into the dreaming bridcgmm'* ear,

mul-

(.rick

when he came

Sftflattr.

gn>sm.~\

e!Jer of

Became

which he place! vry conveniently under

EGROOH.

them, being put to nu.fe,

ignorant of his birth and parentage,

And

his pillow.

That

whofe trade is
a brick-maibn.

IriJtrike,

kiln.']

RI'CKI.AYER. n.f. [from

The

brica.~\

ufe of builders.
For whatfoever doth

RICK-KILN,

Scutb.

intereft.

B R

They grow very well b->th on the haielly Wtltimer.

artbi, and on gravel.

confefs the force

BRI'BERY.

practices.
There was

The

heat of

fummer put

his blood into a fer-

ment, which affected tusbndlcband with grcjt pain.

Sen Jinfin
his fortune, farted a

ol .i;-- uning up<

day, and, that he mi^lit be fimng a; night, pietuniaahiad/oaic ''- tc
1

BRIEF.
i.

adj.

[trevit, Lat. brief, Fr.]

It is now ftfldom ufcd

Short; concife.
but of words.

Afby

'

B R
A play there
Which
But

is

my

is,

have

at brief as I

my

by-ten woras,

Which makes

Come ten wotdi long,

known

on the

gamut in

teach you

The

which exprefieth much in

Ben Janfan.
If I had quoted more words, I had quoted more
r. Congreve has reafon
profanenefs ; and therefore
to thank me for being
Collier,
brief.
triefilile is that

little.

2. Contracted ; narrow.
The flirine of Venus, or ftraight pight Minerva,
Poftures beyond brief mtun.
Sbateffeare.

BRIEF,
1

a. /.

[brief,

Dutch, a

letter.]

writing of any kind.

is a
how many fports
bri-f,

There

Make choice of which

of foot.
Or

BRI'GAND.

I will ye.ir highnefs thus in

brief advife. Fairy S>.
I doubt not but I (hall make it
plain, as far as a

Like

man is fummoned to anfwer

is
any precept of the king in
out
ot
writing, ifl'uinj
any court, whereby he command any thing to be done.
Ccwtll.

The

writing given the pleaders, containing the cafe.

The ir/"with

On

which the pleader much c

Swift.
5. Letters patent, giving licence to a charitable collection for any
publick or private lofs.

manner which the

lpe.ik in that

that

is,

probably, and

Drydcn.

excel in grandity and

gravity, in fmoothnefi and proprirty, in tj'iicknefj and
briffnefi.

Hr

,'i ;

-.

Hc\!

L,rn

Then

irigbt Seine,

Wir4.

fubtle hole

is

this,

5.

Tliy
In

Sbakefptpre.
thrice under a trhr Joth
creep,

un.

Imfr!,vtmt!t of tie Mind.

i*

b'-a'icy

appt

i.

a:-,

angel

ton'i

BRI'ERY.
thorny

[from

adj.
full

of

b;

new

dropp'd from the

Such C!)loc

'.

"hrair.

is, an.'

derived

is

a bridge which,
to this
in the northern counties,
d.-^-,
is called a
biig, and not a brithe.
bpicjr,,

Liberty, thou g-iddefb hcav'nly bright,

".ant with delight
i

iilul

To

tell,

Jpitil-'s

'..

were as to

ftrive againfr. the

by long lying

/till,

il

ream.

Fairy $ueex.
will contrail a ruff,

/hall deface its brightness.

put on her veil of light,

South,

The moon

Myfterious veil, of brigbtncfs made,

That's both her lultre and her /hade.
Hud'ibrJs,
Vex'd with trie preftnt moment's heavy gloom,
feck

Why

we

brightness

from the years

to

come

Prior,

Acutenefs.

2.

The brigh:ncfs of his parts, the folidity of hii

judgment, and the candour and generality of hi*
temper, diftinguiflied him in an age of great poPricr.

BRI'LLIANCY.
tre

[from

./.

brilliant.]

Luf-

fplendour.

BRI'LLIANT.
So have

fcen in laidcr

Shinof luitre.

adj. [brilLnt, Fr.]

;

full

dark

Of

veal a lucid loin,

Replete with many a brilliant fpark,

As

wife philofophers reouvlc,

ftink and (hine.

At once both

BRI'LLIANT.

n.

f.

Dorfet,

diamond of the

fineft cut, formed into

angles, fo as to
refrail the light, and ihiue more.

care.

and 1" bright,

but fumes by his own proper
I'hi't.
Driven.
L I A N T ME ss n. f.
[from brilliant.]
Splendour ; luftre.

with fcicncc

btill-unt

fo fpotlefs

ii

nj;

m-i/d-.

foil,

MJif.

Grwuillf.

dreaded foe, liigit beauty,

Illumiriated
wuh wit.

dawning (hone
her golden throne. Pope*

brightly

n.f. [from bright.]

fplendour ; gliuer.

A fword,
which

fjtit

Pcpc.
fliine.

SKILLS,

The

n. f.

hair on the eyelids of

a horfe.

Did.

BRIM. n. f.
i. The edge
'<'

6.

till

The blazing brightness of her beauty's beam.;

And glorious light of her fun-/hining face,

He

flcy.

:>ing fair,

]!

luftre.

In deference to his virtue.;, 1 foiivar

ftu'w you what the reft in orders
werej

Rough;

trier.]

'.xtx,

from the Saxon

Nymfh'..i.

with

Luftre

This

All bright a>

let a

To

Par'n.

I'ap

Th^m\n.

Refplendent with charms.

Inert }

'.ver it thr<-<-

exalt the foul,

the bowl.
Ft-r,::n.

-r

bright

BRIGHTNESS,

c
t'

ft'itti'i

Guy.

Clt-ar ; evident.
He mull not proceed too fwiftty, that he rruy
with m-.re eafe, with brighter evidence, am! with
fjrcr fuc.

To grow

ing; fparkling; fpleadid

trigit.-ft wi,-:es
ibli'jriCiit.

reft.

What
is

di.inu.id. Lr'igH.

he

[hrtaep, Sax.]
phnt".'
fweet and the wild forts are both

ruguth

i.i

the fun her eyes th; ga/crs ftrikc.

Pcfe .

<u.

lite.'-efs.

CL-afman,

Clear; tranfpicuous.

3.

fptcies of the

DryJeit.

fhortnels.

made the temple

Biifht braf;, and brighter domes.

may darken thine. Pope,

as, the fky brightens.

lord once own the happy lines,

up

The morn, confpicuous on

light.

roof, .and

and

acute, or witty.

Safely I flept,

Shining, as a body reflefting light.

2.

Concife-

[from brief.]

of

Sprung through the

They

Whcfe

But

Saxon.]

bright.

fubjefl

To make

didly

a cloud
thee like a radiant /hrine,
D.irk, with exceflive bright, thy (kirts appear.
MiftOK.
Then /hook the facred (hrine, and fudden light

The modert queen awhile, with do'.vncaft eyes,

Ponder'd the fpeechj then
briefly thus replies.
./.

full

Swift,
or degrades each line

It brightened Craggs's,

5.

Drawn round about

modern

illuftriom.
The prefent queen would brighten her character^
(he would exert her authority to inftil virtues

Yet time ennobles

Through

Baun.

BRI'EFNESS.

adj. [beopt,

Shining

Milton'i Paradifc Lojf,

To make

into her people.

Agoni/les.

BRIGHT,

triejiy.

The

Brightens his creft.

4.

krig^ndine of bul's, thy broad habergeon,

and groves. M'utun's
Samfm

~\

n.

To

coat of mail.
Then put on all thy gorgeous rms, thy helmet

V.intb.-afs,

meafure of quantity,
two ftrokes down in
beating time, and as many up. Harris.
BRIB'FLY. adv. [from brief. Concifely;
in few words.
6. [In mufick.]
which contains

BRI'ER.

An ecftacy, that mothers only feel,

Plays round my heart, and brightens all my forroWj
Like gleams of funfhine in a louring Iky. Philips,
make gay, or cheerful.
3.
Hope elevates, and joy

from with-

out.

Arbutbmt.

brigantines.

light

as a

conful obliged him to deliver

up his fleet,
and reflorc the fliips, referving only to himfdf two

2.

luminously

How the ftile brightens, how the fenle refines Pope,

BRI'GHTLV. ad-v. [from bright.] Splen-

The

weighty crimes was charg'd,

Dryi,

To make

2.

Staifer,

writ whereby a
or it
;

purple morning, rifing with the year,

Salutes the fpring, as her celeftial eyes
Adorn the world, and brighten up the fkies.

fuch as has been for-

corfairs or pirates.

In joorfrifiauim you fail'd to fee

The Adriatick wedded. Oiway'i 1'enice Preferred.

to any action

bright

[from bright.]
to make to mine.

The

if

warlike brigandine, apply'd

To fighr, lays fi'rth her threatful pikes afore
The engines, which in them fad^fcath do hide.

[In law.]

And

light veflel

Cutttti,

a.

<u.

To BRI'GHTEN.

merly ufed by

Woodward.

n.f. \briganJ, Fr.]

To make

1.

to clear

1.

or brief tan make a caufe plain.

Bacon.
The brief of this tranfaflion is, thefe fpringi
that arife here are impregnated with vitriol.

nefs

A robber;

There might be a rout of fuch barbarous thie? ifh

brigands in fome rocks ; but it was a degeneration
from the nature of man, a political creature.
Bramball agatnji Hobbet

Cum

To BRI'GHTEN.

appointee

BRI'GANDINE.

fhort extraft, or epitome.

But how you mult begin this enterprize,

I will

7. Dluftrious ; glorious.
This is the worft, if not the only (lain,
I' til'
brighteft annals of a female reign.

one that belongs to a band of robbers.

way of

requires

officer

by the brigadier to affift him in the management and ordering of his brigade ;
and he there ads as a major does in an
Harris
army.
BRIGADI'EH. General. An officer who commands a brigade of horfe or foot in an
army ; next in order below a major ge-

briefs,

4.

An

BRI'CADE Majir.

Sbakefpearc.

are comprifed in a fhort and

compendious
writing.

Mi'ton

fronted brigades form.

Here the Bavarian duke his brigades leads,

Gallant in arms, and gaudy to behold.
Philips

apoftolical letters are of i twofold kind and

difference ; via. Come are called
becaufe they

3.

neral.

are ripe :
your highnefs will fee firft.

The

2.

divifion

a britftr fort,

Sbakcfpeari't Coriolanus.

fyllable.]

a body of men, confifting o:

feveral fquadrons of horfe, or battalions
forces

More plealant, pretty, and elledtual. Sbatefftarc.

They nothing doubt prevailing, and to make it
brief vfzn.

lalt

Saakfffca

mild and gentle in my words.

And triif^ood mother, for I am in halle.
I mult, begin with ridiments of art,

Gen'rous, gay, and gallant n.ition,

Great in arms, and bright in art.
Ar.inymwt,
If parts allure thee, thjnk how Bacon (hin'd.
The wifeft, brightefi, meaneft of mankind. Pcfe.

n.f. [trigs Je, Fr. It is now

generally pronounced with the acceni

I will be

To

B R

BRI'GADE.

a play;

lord, it is too long,

tedious.

it

lord,

[I-im, .Jcelandim.]
of any thing.

''

i:'g

fparklin^

'ii

/";

in the form of a turban, d-.

of his hair came down ub>. ut the

at' it.

ca,

a. Tii,-

B R

of any

The upper edge

t.

B R

H-.w

my
Hew my cup

fries,

BRI'NDLE.

the brims they force their fiery w.iy.

.-

bafon drop a ihilllng,

i'u> in a

of the water.
dipped in the trim

The bank of a

4.

It told

Tc

me

it

iii.

Jtjkua,

>

BRINE.
i

add to
Diflblvc flietpsdung in water, and
much fait as will make a ftrong brine ; in
z.

Milti/r.
a thoufand rills.
This fiiJ, a double wreath Evander twin' J ;
And poplars black and white hh temples bind :

From

Drydrn.

To

n.

Now

be

full to the

brim.

Commence, the bnamig &tK<x now arc hurl'd

Pbtlift.
TT H.H UIIB
diic intent.
/
Wkh
IUWUM
BRJ'MFUL. adj. [from brim and Jull.

Full to the top ; overcharged.

Meafure my cafe, how by thy beauty's filling
With feed of woes my heart brimful is charg'd.
^

We
Our

Hath wauYd

BRI'NEPIT. n.f.

Then

And
The

is ripe.

full to the

When

n.f. [from trim.]

top.

Hen. V.

[from brim.}

And

bowl

was the chief that

rais'd

him

to the

Full to

Tell

him he

n.

blue.

Enroli'd in dulkilh ("moke and brim/lone

Fairy
The vapour of the grotto ilel Cane is general!n
I can fee
fmipofed to be fulphureius, though
I put a whole bun
,n for fuch 3 fuppof.ti.rn
matches to the
die of lighted brimfl.ne
out in an inllant.
MJif<a -n &a(
they all went

To

The
13.
tion.

BRI'MSTONY.
of brimftone

adj.
;

lu

To
1

wandering minds, by

alter

God's own heart to

a right fenli

attract,; to draw along.

IndilliHaiion, the water ifend difficultly,
of the oil ot v
brings over with it fomc part

To

To

adj.
;

the

tabby

bn^d

a branch.]
marked with freaks.

\jbnn,
;

Fr.

hathimew'd.
Sbakcfptarei Matbelb.

wd

put into

any particular

ftate or cir-

to make liable to any thing.

;
which th.it
Having got the way of reafoning,
the mind to, they might be
f
ftudy necelTa.ily rings
able to transfer

they

in-

/, fi t> light.
II.

condiplace in any

He protefti he loves you,

needs no other fuitor, but his hking,

br.n% you in again.

in.

To

To bring

reduce.

Send over into t'ut realm fuch a ilrong power

of men, as IhouM pjrfo.-ce bring in all th.i'
on
lious nut, and loofc p. pie.
S;'<:frr
To afford gain.
i:. To bring in.
The fole mcafure of all his c..urtefies is, what
return they will make him, and what revein
w'.li I"'.--- him in.

fliaii

it

to other parts of knowlc'i

have occifion.

*ww.

-*

vou can,

britir in

gion.

There

is

L.cke.

plenty and riches.

To

introduce.

-ring in.
Entertain no l.mg difcourlc

16. 'To

cumltances

phureous.

BRI'NDED.

4.

To

in.

Tra

..

oton'i Ofticks.

6.

bring to light.

trinpth

'

theta

Fu
[from hrimfionc.}

containing fulphur

And

*"">

Brinr back gentlv

5.

jigtmifa.
;

IXXviii.

them in the train they fhould

goin^ before
without any rebuke.
as to bring
Nathan's fable had fo good an effect,

tiling that is hid

To bring

reduce; to recal.

To

To bring forth.

12.

not to

king,
fhould not fend the peace, but bring.

you may.
4.

Samjm

this tempts men to injuftice, and t.-.at

caufeth enmity and animoCty.
The value of land is ra'fed, when it is fitted
to bring forth a greater quantity of any valuable
<*
.
product.

to procure, as a caufe.
produce ;
li
There is nothing will l-ring you mure
in jufli:-and more cafe, than to do what right

Drydeti

faithful wives.

want; -and

To

tail,

Streaked

crown,

hand ;
convey in one's own
fend by another.
And if my wilh'd alliance plcafe your

women,

Bellona leads thee to thy lover's hand

To

illuftrious

Another queen brir.gt forth another brand,

To burn with foreign fire; her native land! DryJ.
Idlenefs and luxury bring fcnb poverty and

money,

bri
[corrupted from
Sul
f that is, fiery ftone.]
or breJlone,
'
See S u r. p H u R
phur.
From his infernal furnace forth he threw
all the heaven's ligh
Hugo flames, that dimmed

BRI'MSTONE.

The good queen,

a
good, hath brought you forth daughter:
commends it to your blefling. Stjkyf*
;
More wonderful

Milton's

Drydcn.

never
twice befides her beeftmgs
the dairy with a brimrt::;ig pail.

'tis

Among

the brim.

To (lore

to

that which, by creation, firft brought forth

Parade toft.
Light out of darkr.efs
Bewail thy falfehood, and the pious w:rks
memorable
thee
make
to
It hath brought forth,

o
and faid, Bring me, I pray thee, a model
Kings.
bread in thy hand.
of lands may furnifh cafy fecunties
regiiiry
that flull be tnuftt over by ftrangers.
of

2.

adj.

give birth to

Than

Sbekeffeare.

a.

her,

their foreheads glow.

garlands on

BRI'MMINC.

flic is

Here

And I'll be chief to bring him down again. Sttk.

And as (he was going to fetch it, he called to

Addifon'i Fraltlatr*

To

bring forth.

produce.
For

Sax. prefer.
[bpin^an,
part. puff, brought ; bpoht,

V.

guifhed
another place.

healths go round, and kindly ba

Till the fieih

///.]

fetch from another place : dmmfrom to tarry, or convey, to

To

The Scot on his unfurmfh d kingdom

Came pouring like a tide into a beach,
With ample and brimfulncfs of his force.

BRI'MMER.

To

11.

Sax.]

nefs to the top.

Sbakcfffare's

This he conceives not hard to bring about,

him out.
all of you would join to help
Dry den's Indian Emftror.
This turn of mind threw off the oppolitions of

bring

all the qualities o' th' ifle,

barren place, and ferfp/mgs, brinefits,

I brought

Fuln.f. [from brimful.]

;.

To

[See ABOUT.]

Cato.

Mdijmt

fon.

them. i:. i,-.

effect.

vantage of the publick.

1 lov'd thee,

tile.

idle fports in tafhion, if

to delight in

it enabled him to gain the

envy and competition ;
mod vain and impracticable into his defigns, and
about feveral great events, for the adto

fhew'd thee
frefli

To BRING.

'

my

If

Pit of fait water.

Sbateffearis J. Cfjar.
that ready ftood,
brimful eyes,
And only wanted will to weep a flood,
Fables.
(lore.
their watry
Dryden's
j
JVClCd u int..
Releas'd
ov-7 "
The good old king at parting wrung my hand,
of tears ; then fighing cry'd,
lis ey
His
eyes brimful

be careful of

men
10. To bring about.
bring to pafs ; to

Pb l'f>-

and

tomAe

employments

than any of the

could but be brought

'

[from brine

to fummons.
and m. re th.m 1 to mind can bring,

verfion,

What a deal of brine

for Rofaline !
thy fallow checks
Statejfean.

Jl'Biy.

Her

P'rithee,

horrid ihock, the ruffled trine

Roars ftormy.
as they are fait.
3. Tears,

of our friends;

have try'd the utmoft

our caufe
legions are brimful,

Mortimer.
corn.
quor fteep your
The lea, as it is fait.
All but mariners,

Encage with

horrid flays

L:r*.

recal

to

Plunp'd in the foaming

Skektfftafft TeaiftJI.
Then all afire with me.
The air was calm, and on the level trine
Milton.
Slcc!" Panope, wilh all her fillers, play'd.
winds
As, when two adverfe

To

men,
It feemsfoprepofterous a thing
themfelves unhappy in order to happinefs, that
Lickt.
themfelves to it.
they do not eafily bring
would be no lefs a diProfitable

Mite, did quit the veflel,

Then trims his ample bowl with like defigrt,

The reft invoke the gods with fpiinkled wine.

them.

it ai

thy trimmed

full tribute neve.

of the vanitie. of the v

tlie contempt of i;

The nature of the thing?, contained in thofe

him to think othe
words, would not fuft'er
reflect on
how, or whenfoever, he is broufot to

The

to the top.

To BRIM. v.

lalt.

of water will cnencrealing of the weight

when
a.,- we fee brine,
creafe its r <-,wr of bearing
an egg.
it is fait enough, will bear
Bacon's Natural Hijlory.

was Cynthia's own,

by degrees.

But thcfe,
Menalcas has not yet K",
to prevail upon.
9. To induce ;

*. /.

Water impregnated with

v..cli -ut sr.y upp.iii-

degrees.

8.

Addijw'i Ovid.

5-

lead

Swi/r'i Frefljttrif* Plea.

the contempt of the world will as c:

'>'
us home tj outfclves.
The underlUnding mould be hrcugbt to the difficult and knotty parti of knowledge by infcnfible

\MnJff,

natural trindle.

cm find.

A Joj c-miidcration

fountain.

to Ju
fVi^.Vj the king

will natuial'.y trirg us to

May

[from

f.

To

7.

The

Irttukd.}

BRI'NDI.EM. adj. [from brindle.'} Brindcd ilreaked.

The boar, my lifters aim the fatal dart,
And fliikc the brindled raonfter to the heart.

Within whofe cueerful br.mt

That curious nymph had ot't been known
Draw.
To bathe her fnowy limbs.
BRIM, -v a. [from the noun.] To rill

Their

n.

tion, that

of being brinded.

ftate

Then fill the vellcl to t!

You (tall obferve, as you are filling,
S-siif:.
The pond'rous metal fcems to fwim.
The top of any liquor.
The feet of the prieib, that bare the ark, were

Two

the .;;:!cellayi
twice a-day. Dry*.
thriving calves (he fuckles

Crtjhrvi.

for

immediately put, and esni-

(potted

nrjdeni
1

Theejftion

lioneft

And
!

So when with crackling flames a cauldron

The bubbling waters from the bottom rife,

Aoove

Rhe tam'd the trirJeJ

mountain pard.

veflel.

head in ointment fwirns

o'erlookj her brims !

fomething to leafon

but one G.jd

it

wit

who made heaven and

and madbut th=

fo'.ly
earth, and lea and winds;
of
ncls of mankind brought in the images

The
brourht

llnlt

fruitfulncfs of Italy, and the like,

in

argument.

by force, but naturally

rife

.ire

not

ou:

*
Since

B R

Since he could not have a feat among them

himfelf, he would bring in one who hail more
Tatltr.
merit.

Quotations are bed brcugbt

opinion controverted.

17. To tring

To

off.

be acquitted

in

fome

to confirm

Sicift.

clear

to procure to

to Ciafe to efcape.
I tru'.tsd to my head, that has betrayed me;
and I found fault with my legs, that would otherwife have brwgbt me sfF.
ISEjirangt.
Set a kite upon the beach, and it is forty to one
he'll bring off

crow at the

bar.

L'Ejtrange.
!icft way to avoid this imputation, and to
tne ""I** o* our understanding, is to be

The

a.

l r '-"S cff

truly religious.
1

fa bring

8.

Tillctfoa.

To

on.

in aftion.
rc'gn, and take up

engage

If there be any that v.-ouirl

time, let him find means to take
and br:n? others sx.

all t'le

19.

To bring

on.

To

them

or),

Bacon.

produce as an occa-

fional caufe.

The fountains of the great deep being broke

and devastation
open, fo as a general dertruftion
was bnugbt

the earth, and

uf.

things in

all

it.

Burnt!*! lie.ry

The

great queftinn,

which

turbed mankind, and brwgbt

in ail ages has difin them thofe mif-

Lcclc.

chiefs.

20. To firing over.

a new party.

To convert ;

to

draw

to

n
proteftant clergy will find it, perhaps,
difficult matter to bring great numbers over to the

church.

Suift

To

exhibit ; to mew.
not this cheat bring cat another, anc
the /hearers prove fheep, let me be unrolled.
Staitfftare's Winter' i Tali
Which he could Ir'ir.g out, where he had,
And what he bought them for, and paid. ll:td\bras
Thefe fluke his foul, and, as they boldly prefs

21. To tring out.

Bring

make

cut his

crimes, and force

him

to confefs.

but thofe experiments bring tut the denarius hea

Arbutbr.ot

vier.

To

22. To bring under.

fubdue

to reprefs
That iharp courfe which you have fer. down
;

for tl.e bringing under of thvii rebels of Ulller

and preparing a way for their perpetual reforms
1

more capable,

He, who

enter.

To

cyder, with
Sloes pounded, hips, and
It

SptSatu

bri/i

oft faid, tha

muft needs be fome

ailing of

efficacy

3.

brijk

cannot

c brake's

I'crvit'

race

produft wild,

harfridt juice.

Locke.

rcfift.

Vivid; bright. This is not ufed.

ny
Objcfts appeared much dark
more knjk and

n.

To

for the bare pickt bone of majefly,

his angry creft,
brijllc

And fnarlethin the gentle eyes of peace. Shake/p.

Which makes him plume himfelf, and irijtlc up
The creft jf youth againft your dignity.
Sbakcff.
To BRI'STLE. <v. n. To ftand ereft as
briftles.

Be it ounce, or cat, or bear,

Pard, or b"ar with brijtltd hair,
Jn thy eye that ihall appear,
When thou wak'ft, it is thy dear.
Stalcff.
Stood Theodore furpiiz'd in deadly fright,
With chatt'ring toeth, and briJIHng hair upright ;
Yet arm'd with inborn worth.
Dryden.
Thy hair fo brijiln with unmanly fears,
As fields of corn that rife in bearded cars. Dryiien.
to

it

magnified thirty
the objecl appear
JWiurtff.

To come up

To

fix

a bridle

it.

Thick fee
atlj. [from brijllc.]
with bridles.
The leaves of the black mulberry are fomewhat
which may help to preferve the dew. Bacun.

BRI'STLY.

acute as to rival the fine!!

microfcupe, the fight of our own fclves would afwith
fright us ; the fmootheft (kin would be befet
Btntliy.
rugged kales and brijily hairs.
Thus inartful beech the brijily cheftnut bears,
And the wild alh is white with bloomy pears.
It

the eye were fo

The

DryJiii.
careful matter of the fwine,

BRI'STOL STONE.

brifllid

kind of

care.

Puff.

foft

diamond

in a rock near the city of Briltol.

kind of cryftal ..re the better and larger
fort of firi/iol-Jlines, and the Kerry ftone> of IreH'uJtvafJ,
land.

Of

this

BRIT.TZ./ The name of

in-

made

plcafjnt.

To BRISK vt. v.

[from the noun.]

found

FtiKfi.
and the

fome objedli without me, whofc

ftrumentwas overcharged; had

<o. a.

Forth haftcd he to tend his

extcrioiir caufc,

or twenty-five times, ithaJ

love to battle draws,

To BRISTLE a thread.

and gay, like me.

Powerful ; fpirituous.
Our nature here is lot unlike <;ur wine
Some fortt, when old, continue brijk and fine.
Mimick

whom

brifllci,

To BRI'STLE.

Denbam.

it is

free,

Under ground, the rude Riphaan

with m my ou'v.'ard forms and ceremo

were firft of all brought uf among the polite
part of mankind, who lived in courts and cities.

for

Several obliging deferences, condefcenfionj, an

Addifon.

Dcnbam.
A creeping young fellow, that had committed
with
a
was
fo almatrimony
brijk gamefome Jafs,
tered in a few days, that he was liker a Ikeleton
than a living man.
L'Eftrairge.
Why ihoulJ all honour then be ta'cn
From lower part) to baJ the brain ;
When other limbs w. plainly fee,
Each in his way, as brijk as he?
Pritr,

f jbmiHions,

wards fomething

boars

rifmg

Now

Or

ral practice.

probably

Doth dogged war

BRI'ONY. See BP.YOKY.

BRISK, adj. [brufqtie, French.]
I. Lively;
vivacious; gay; fprightly

z.

may-

ereft in bridles.

tafte feems to be produced

mixture of an acid and alkaline fait ; for fpirit
by
of fait, and fait of tartar, mixed, produce a fait like
Arbulbnct.
fea (air.

brijk

briftle

and with frothy jaws,

Their adverfe breafts with tulks oblique they
wound.
Drydin.

Kind and

is

Two

Swift.

dwell.

me

ftiff

Sbakeffeare.
covered with hair, and not, as the boar,
which
fpend more upon the

trifles,

With

Salt.

A muriatick or Iriny

Pr'ythec, die, and fet

clfe be

Dryden.

The

fame matter, which, in other creatures, makes the

horns ; for trijl.'a feem to be nothing elfe but a
Grew.
hotn fpl'r. into a multitude of little ones.

Drydin.
tempfd ft ": Me brir.y flood.
Then, Iriny leas, anu tailti't.1 fprings, farewel,
Where fountain nymphs, cont'us'd with Nereids,

introduce to gene

To caufe to advance.
25. To bring up.
Bring uf your army but 1 think you'll find,
They've not prepar'd Kr us.
Sbakrffcari
36. Bring retains, in all its fenfes, the ide
of an agent, or caufe, producing a re;
or metaphorical motion of fomething to

with

the paflage try'u,

applied to men.

his cha-

to be his brijknefs, his jollity,

n.f. [bpip:!, Sax.]

hair of fwine.
as a
1 will not
open my lips fo wide

Who

uf young men, efpecially young gentlemen, (houl

Lcckt
have fomething more in him than Latin.
They frequently converfed with this lovely vir
brought uf by her father i
AddiJ<m~: GuarJiai

firft

me

and his good-humour.

In harden'd oak his heart did iiide;

Or his, at leaft, in hollow wood,

well bringing up of the people, ferves as

bond to hold them.
Sidnty
that takes upon him the charge of bringin

who had been

feath-r.

adj. [from trine.]

mam-

vigour; quicknefs.

BRI'STLE.

fo large a leap.

And, fwimming, never wet a

BRI'NY.

it

bodies that leaned upBvjlt.

the creature to fuck in

But the moft diftinguiihing part of

fure

kn wlrdge.

on

fuddenly

Gayety.

He

We

The

Livelinefs

racter fcems to

Dryden.
ftand therefore on the brinks and confines
of thofc ftates at the day of doom.
Atterbury.
So have I feen, from Severn's brink,
flock of geefe jump down together;
Swim where the bird of Jove would fink,

To

24. To bring up.

2.

ftand gather'd in a heap,

the precipice's brink retire,

Afraid to venture

that

of corruption, though they do

not conquer and extmguifh, yet will flacken and
of the renewed prinallay, the vigour and brijknejs
South,
ciple.

Th' amazed flumes

And from

brijkly,

Some remains

fee

n.f. {brink, Danifh.] The edge

of any place, as of a precipice or a ri-

to form.

gin,

1.

BRINK,

or the better d<

could plainly perceive

To

many of the moft minute animalcula, that were

fwimming brijkly about in the water.
Ray on the Creation*
BRI'SKNESS. n.f. [from brffi.]

brinijb.] Salttendency to faltnefs.

Actively;

~*

SRI'NISHNESS. n.f. [from

nefs

it.

her plaints, her brintjh tears. Skat.

To
For now I {land, as one upon a rock,
Environed with a wildernefs of fea,
Who marks the waxing tide grow'wave by wave ;
Expecting ever when fome envious furge
Will, in his brinijh bowels, fwuilow him.
Sbakffp.

hear and

hath fuch right to govern, as he may com

pulforily brirg under the lefs worthy, is idle. Bacon
educate ; to indruft
73. To bring uf.

He

on

Ajcbsnfs Scioolmajtei
brine. [
Having

[from

brijk.]

air in the bladder

much, and
up fome light

itfelf fo

fellly lifted

the tade of brine ; fait.

Nero would be tainted with remorfe

ferver,

rr.cft

Sbakeffeare.
Beft you fee fafe the bringcr
the hoft : I muft attend mine office. Staktff.

adj.

[from

have feen the

expand

JRI'NGER UP. Inftruftor ; educator.

and triagtrs
Italy and Rome have been breeders

Sptnfu
fay, that the

We

uf of the worthiell men.

aJ-v.

vigoroufly.

after as a fullen bell,

Remember' d tolling a dead friend.

Drydtr.

Another way made ufe of, to find the weight o

the denarii, was by the weight of Greek coins

To

BRI'SKLY.

Sounds ever

liberty

The

If I

See that none of the wool be wanting, that their

be red, teeth white and even, and the brijket
Mortimer.
fkin red.

gms

Yet the firft bringtr of unwelcome news

Hath but a lofing office and h'S tongue

SRI'NISH.

breaft

of an animal.

that was likewife without.

IRI'NGER. n.f. [from bring.] The perfon
that brings any thing.

Outof

BRI'SKET. n.f. [brichet,?!.] The

eanbt brought tit companion out. The

ing is, that he was brought to fomething

ver.

mould be made ufe of upon few

occafions of fmall importance, and only with a
view of bringing voir his own fide, another time,
to fomething ot greater and morepublick moment.
Swift's Church cf England Mur,

This

B R

brifldy.

The

pilchards

upon which they

TsBRiTE.
To BRIGHT.
when

fifh.

were wont to purfue the trie,

Car no.
feed, into the havens.

n. Barley, wheat, or
hops) are (aid to brlte,
they grow over-ripe.

-v.

BRITTLE.

B R O
BRI'TTLE.

adj. [brurran, Saxon.] Fraapt to break ; not tough.

The wood of vines U very durable ; though no

gile

while they are green, fo

krittle, yel the wood dried is extremely tough.
Bacon.
From earth ill came, to earth muft all return,
Frail as the cord, and brittle as the urn.
Prior.

Of airy pomp, 2nd fleeting joys,

What does the bufy world conclude
Sat brittle goods,

^.

This opinion is commonly, but falfcly, tfcribed to AriiKitlc, not as its firit brmcbcr, but as its
ableft patron.
Cbtync.

hath the twigs,

tree

If the ftone
pif: in the

nefs to break

1.

crumble, and

will often

Arbu<bn',t.

brittlcnefs

or

HtyU.

[troche, French.]

He

was taken into fcrvice

fo tht he turned
;
worn a crown.

3.

that

A mufical inltrument, the founds of

which are made by turning round a han4. Grofs ; coarfe.
dle.
Dia.
The reeve and the miller are diftinguiihed from
each other, as much as the lady priorefs and the
3. [With hunters.] A ftart of the head
iroarf-fpeaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. Drydcn.
of a young flag, growing fliarp like the
Love made him doubt his broad barbarian found
end of a fpit.
Di3.
By love, his want of words and wit he found.
To BROACH. <v. a. [from the noun.]
Dryden.

a.

To

If open vice be what you drive at,

fo broad we'll ne'er connive at.

with a

to

pierce as
fpit.
the general of our gracious emprefs,
As in good time he may, from Ireland coming,
Bringing rebellion broached on his fword. Shakejp.
fpit

Were now

A name

He

mirth unfeeling folly wears,

broadefl
Lefs pleafmg far than virtue's very tears.
Pope.
.for
lord
three jockeys in his train ;

men

felled

as

one would

mow

hay,

Room

draw the

pierce a veffel in order to

liquor ; to tap.

To open

3.

will

any

5.

To

want

nei-

out any thing.

And now the rield of death, the lifts,

Were enter'd by antagonifts,
And blood wa.s ready to be broach'd,

When Hudibras in hade approach'd.

To

5.

Hudibrat.

BRO'ACIIER. *./. [from broach.}

fpit.
fire,

and, as

Thcfc m.irfeU
2.

An

ftay'd their ftomachs.

it

burn'd,
they turn'd j

Drydrn.

opener, or utterer of any thing

author.
Thcic is m ,ch

the

firfl

tion of being die

Numerous

pride and vanity in the affectafirft ticuclar of an heru:

L'F.ftrargt.

denominate themfclve'., not

from the grand Author and Finifher of our tYith,
bur from the firft broachtr of their idolized
opinions.

parties

Decoy of

Bold

2.

n.f. [from broad.}

extent from fide to fide.
Coarfenefs ; fulfomenefs.

Breadth

have ufed die cleinc:! metaphor I could find,

Drfdtn.
meaning.

to palliate tht broadriefi of the

BRO'ADSHOULDER.ED. adj. [from broad

and Jboulder. ] Having a large fpace between the moulders.
and large of

Big-bon'd,
ftrong

with

lirrb',

(incurs

Broadjhtulder d, and his arms were round and long.

DryJtm.
I am a tall,
tmadjlniildcrttt, impudent, black
fellow
a rich

and, as 1 thought, every way qualified for

widow.

Sfx.'latar.

BRO'ADSIDE.
1.

n.f. [from Ircad ana Jlde.~\

The fide of a fhip, diftindl from the
head or ftern.

From vallcr hopes than this he fcem'd to fall,

That durft attempt the Eiitiiri aj:;i
From har brtadjidcs a ruder Hame is 'hrown,

Than from
2.

The

the fiery chariot of the fun.

volley of

mot

Waller.

once from

fired at

the fide of a Ihip.

[In printing.] A meet of paper, containing one large page.

BRO'ADSWORD.
[from broad and
f<word.~\ A cutting fword, with a broad
3.

blade.
He, in fighting

a duel,

thigh with a broadfword.

was run through the

Wifem&n.

BRO'ADWISE. adv. [from broad and

If one Ihould, with his hand, thruH a
piece of
iron broadiuife againft the flat ceiling of his chamber, the iron would not fall as long as the force

of the hand perfevercs to prefs againtt

BROCA'DE.

n. /.

it.

Boyle.

Span.]

[brocatto,

filken fluff, variegated with colours

gold or

of

filrer.

h ivc the conveniency of buying and

importing
rich brocades.
Spcficltr.
Or flaiii her honour, or her new brocade
I

Drydcn.

not delicate

not referved.

ri'ij.

Who

can fpeak broader than he that has no

houfe to put his head in? Such may rail againfc

firfl

Raleigh.

had breached, for arguments to prove that the

change of minifters was dangerous. Swift's Exam.

approach'd the

According to the direction of the breadth.

great buildings.

felvcs

The youth

In a

[from broad.]

Thofe who were the chief inftruments of railing

the noife, made ufc of thofe very opinions them-

On live (luipi^.'/vi-i rank'd.the r./afl

paf-

fulfome; tending to obfce-

plain.

give out, or utter any thing.

ir',acbtd by Jofephus.

light

6.

This errour, that Pifon was Ganges, was

1.

Becaufc he feems to chew the cud again,

When his bread comment makes the text too

this

Pofe.

As chafte and modeft as he is elleemed, it cannot be denied, but in fomc places he is broad and
fulfome.
Diydtn.
Though now arraign'd, he read with fome de-

ftore.

notably provide, that you fhall

let

Obfcene

To

[from broad.}

BRO'ADNESS.

nity.

ther weapons, victuals, nor aid

} I will open the
old armouries, I will broach
my ftore, and bring
forth my (lores.
Kntlles.

4.

adv.
broad manner.

'.

HakruiiH.

a flick.

To

2.

my

Six huntfmen with a fhout precede his chair;

He grins, and looks bnad nonfenfe with a ftare.

fb:rietim*j broached a great number of them upon

bis pike, as one would carry little birds fpitted

upon

BRO'ADLY.

Dryden.

The

and

n.

v.

walks the fun, and kroadtnt by degrees,

Tbnr.fi.*,
Juft o'er the verge of day.

not af-

to conceal
All thought of this from others, himfelf bore
In broadhoufe, with the wooers, us before. Cbaptn.
It no longer feeks the ihelter of night and darknefs, but appears in thtbroadcft light. Decay of Phty.
If children wereleft alone in the dark, they would
be no more afraid than in broad funfhine.
Locke.

to a bafe office in his

a broach,

diftanct

open; not meltered

Clear;

grow broad. I know not whether

word occurs, but in the following

fording concealment.
In mean time he, with cunning

had
Bacons Henry VII.
Whofe oiTercd entrails fhall his crime reproach,
And drip their fatnefs from the hazle broad. Dryd.

kitchen

keep him

from falfehood, and

cunning, which has always abroad mixture of falfehood ; this is the fitted preparation of a child for
wifdom.
Locke.

The

Large.

To

bi:Kf, a fcorned little creature,

his fair hide his angry Ring did threaten.

*.

To BRO'ADEN.

fage.

Pope.

2.

leaves.

Narrow and broad-leaved Cyprus grafs.

Jreahuard an I r,JJils,

pull'd up, root and all.

Diyd.
So lofty was the pile, a Parthian bow,
With^ vigour drawn, mud fend the fhaft below,
The bottom was full twenty fathom broad. Dry den.
He launch'd the fiery bolt from pole to pole,
Bread burft. the lightnings, deep the thunders roll.

Apt-

n.f. [from brittle.]

[from IraaJ and

adj.

Having broad

leaf.]

did

To wall: with eyes bread open to your grave.

give it very differing tempers, as to

toughnefs.
BRIZE. n. /.
gadfly.

BROACH.
I. A fpit.

diftin-

Sbatcffeare.
The top may be jullly faid to grow broader, as
f
the bottom narrower.
ftrnpU.
Of all your knowledge this vain fruit you have,

GramiHc.

Through

Wide;

Are

fragility.
wit quick without brightncfs, ftarp without
irifr/i-.i.-.'t.
Ajcbam'i S'toolmafltr.
Artificers, in the tempering of ileel, by holding
it but a minute or two longer or lefler in the flame,

[briab, Saxon.]
extended in breadth,

adj.

guifhcd from length ; not narrow.

The weeds that his bnad fpreading leaves

at befr,

form of gravel.

BM'TTLENESS.

BROAD,

BROAD- LEAVED,

(heller

that break like glafs?

is brittli, it

B R O

R O

From

Forget her pray'rs, or

BROCA'DED.

l>rj.id

words, and *caufe he

fail'd

MacdufF

The

2.

Woven

Sbskefpeart.

as long. Equal upon the whole.

for levelling
thcmfelvcs : for it is

for advancing
whether they rife
to them.

.is

is

to

i'ay,

broad as long,

to others, or bring others

n. /.

gotten by promoting bar-

Yet

fure his henefty

,

ittcry,

Will ne'er be fmouth, nor hold their

BROAD-EYED,
ot

flitches.

z.

The
As

we
Swift.

hire given for any unlawful office.

for the

adj.

[from broad and

to

a:-

woo and win the heans uf

il'urci,

the

pi
B.:,-r,'.

The

broad-eft,! watchful day,

my

thoughts:
SJuii/ftati,

)*y

eje.]

furvey.

I would inro
thy bofom pyur
But, ah! 1 will nut.

politick
to he

interpreted
liy

Having a wide
d',-ipite

Gtj.
broke.'}

Got him fmal! gains, but

And filthy brtcagt, and unfc
And borro'vbafe,

kind of cloth.

fine

The gain
gains.

[from broad and

a wife tayior is not

pinching,
'urns at ev'ry fcarn in indi in :
elf<-, be fure, your broad-cloth breeches

In

i.

down

Thus,

Or

BRO'CAGE. n.f. [from

L 'EJirar.ge.

BROAD-CLOTH,
cloth.~\

that

.ire llill

in the manner of a brocide.

you the ricii breaded fuit unfold,
Where riling flow'rs grow itift' with froftcd gold.
ui

at the tyrant's feall, I hear,

lives in dif^race.

mobile

Popt,

[from brocade.}

Dreft in brocade.

His prefence

BROAD

adj.

1.

'Sbakefpeare.

mil's a mafqiic.ajc.

trade of dealing in old

3.
things
tnide of a broker.
Poor poet

z\-:, th.it

Whole works

would be thought out

the

ate e'en the frippery of wit,

fnm

B R O
Trm erteagi is become
As we,
4.

ir.

tranfaclion of bufinefs

S.JarJ.

other

for

So much

as the quantity

of mcney

is

IcfTened, fo

er, for his g -Js

f.-ir

hi.?

or labourer, for his hire

bnci-.ge.

SRO'CCOLI.n.f.

[Italian.]

'coftry

of"

BRO'KEN MEAT.

BROACH.

BROCK, n.f. [bpoc, Saxon.] A badger.

BRO'CKET. n.f. A red deer, two years old.

thought he

My

flept

clouted trcguti tirom off

nefs

Anfwer'd my
Sometimes

my

wiil detect

bnguc

mine.

1.

To

[broJir,?*.]
adorn with figures of needle-work.

both

n.f. [from, braider.]

Embroi-

cloth.

The golden broidery tender Milkah wove,

The breaft to Kenna facred, and to love,
L c rent and mangled.
Ticket/,
BROIL, n.f. [&reui/ler,FT.] A tumult ;
a quarrel.
:

Say to the king thy knowledge of the bnil,

As thuu didft leave it.

He has fent the fword

both of

civil Irsil:,

and

tfiikt.

U u le were their re-, els, and obfcenc their joys;

The brali of drunkards, and the luft of boys.
Grarj'ville.

To BROIL,

-v.

a.

[britlcr,

Fr.]

To

drefs

or cook by laying on the coals, or before the fire.

Some (trip the flcin, fome portion out the fpoil,
Some on the fire the reeking entrails bnti. Dryd.
To BROIL. v. n. To be in the heat.

Where have you

Among

th

crowd

Could not be wtdg'd

all

To

been

broiling f
th' abbey, where a finger

more.
Sbakefftart.
the planets and comets had
trilling in the fun, had the world lifted from

Long

bn

i'

ere

now

in

all

eternity.

BROKE,

Cbcyni.

[of uncertain etymolgy- Skinner feems inclined to derive

it from To break, becaufe broken men
<v. n.

turn faftors or brokers.

Cafaubon, from
Sbinner thinks, again, that it
<fia.-t\M.

may be contracted from procurer. Mr.

Lje more probably deduces it from
To tranfbriaccan, Sax. to be bi '/.]
ft bufinefs for
is

others, or by others.

ufed generally in reproach.

It

To

all
fit

my
them

And

train with

uj t the tciwier honour of a maid.

?11

intending
Hakrwill.

3.

pimp

To

prefent, and, with

Dryden*
2.

To

cover chickens under the wing.

Exalted hence, and drunk with fecrct joy,

Their young fucceflion all their cares employ

They

Swift.

Find out fome uncouth

.'

3.

'

The

BRO'KER ACE.

n.f. [from broker.]

pay or reward of a broker. See

And

his jealous wings,

bruiting daiknefs fpreads
Milter..
the night raven (ings.

To

remain long in anxiety, Of folicitous

thought.
Defraud their clients, and, to lucre fold,
on unprofitable gold.
J)rydcx.

Sit brooding

BRO-

Srwd o'er

called the bronchus.

Inflammation of the lungs may happen tither

in \hebrcncbial or pulmonary vefiels, and may foon
be communicated from one to the other, when the
inflammation affefts both the lobes,
jjrlutbnot.
[i3fo'yx&-

and

That operation which opens

mature any thing by

care.

Bac or.

To BK.OO&.

To

cheriflv by care.
Of crowds afraid, yet anxious when alone,
You'll fit and b^ sod your forrows on a throne.

Quincy.

1 adj. [|2fryx-.] Belonging

to the throat.
J

To

It was the opinion of I'iinus, ai if there were

ever amongft nation^ a brwding of a war, an^ th;it
there is no fure league but impuhlance to do hurt.

tumour of that part of the afpera aneria,

As rejoicing mifcrs
their precious ftores of fecrct gold.
Smith*

4.

CACE.
[f3fvyi>.o*v>>>i.]

cell,

Where

being ihallow, you (hall give me leave

play the broker in mine own behalf.
Sbakfff.

B RON c H O'TO M Y.n.f.

breed, they brooJ, infh-uct, and educr.te ;

provifion for the future Hate. Drydcit,

BRO'NCHIAL.
BRO'N CHICK.

firft

And make

goodly broker

BRO'NCHOCELE. n.f.

the

mighty wings outfpread,

on the vaft abyfs,

Dove-like fat'ft .''netting

And mad'ft it pregnant.
Milton.
Here nature ipreads her fruitful fweetnefs round,
Breathes on the air, and broods upon the ground.

for

Dare you prefume to haibour wanton lines i

To whifper and confpire againit my youth > Shot.
In chufmg for yourfelf, you fliew'd your judg-

ment

BROOD, -v. n. [bpaiban, Sax.]

To fit as on eggs to hatch them.

Waft

for

in old houfehold goods.

To

mow

th' imperious

1 hou from

a match-maker.

Sbak-fpeare*
all of one

full-fortun'd Ctefur, ever mall

broocb'd with me.

Be

To
1

to hi* vulgar talte.

One who deals

A painting

Dia.

Not

fine plantations wafte,

2.

painters.]

colour.

make out a little

ni. 'a.

Drjdtr.,

BROOD,
1.

n.f. [from the verb.]

Offspring ; progeny. It is now hardly

ufed of human beings, but in contempt.

The heavenly father taep his bn.'d

From foul infection of fo great a vice. Fairfax.
With terrours and with clamours compafsM

T//U.W.]

the wind-

round,

pipe by incifion, to prevent fuffbcation

in a quinfey.
$>uincy.

Of mine own brood,

The operation of bmncbamy is an incifion into

the afpera arteria, to make way for thfeiir into
the lungs, when refpiration is obftrudtcd by any

that on my bowch feed. Milt.

any other of that heavenly brfj'.i,
Let down in cloudy throne to do the world foinc
Miltat.
good.
/351um difcourfts of (torks, and thir affection

tumour comprcfling

toward their brood,

the larynx.

Sharp's Surgery

ftond

Sion

That

Or

whom

fword.
See BRAND.
n.f.
Foolim old man, laid then the pagan wroth,
That wecncft words or charms may force with-

BROND.

2.

Sfrnftr.

BRONTO'LOG y.

A diflerution

n.f. [@fc-rr> and foyia.]

upon thunder,

DiB.

fly.

Thing bred

fpeci-s generated.

Have you

ihalt thou fee, and then believe for troth,

can carve with thi: enchanted braid.

rhey inftiudl to

Broivnii Vulgar Errourt*

forgotten J.ybi.i's burning waircs.
barren rocks, parch'd earth, and hills of land,
tainted air, and all its broodi of poifon ? Addlf^

Its

He

dues, indeed,.
that can, in' fuch a fuit,

[With

To BROOCH. <y. a. [from the noun.}

adorn with jewels.

Which

Sbjkt'jptdre.

public war, amongft us.

one that does bufinefs

one that makes bargains

fides, to

Lay

additional orna-

ments wrought upon

2.

paultry gain. Temfle.

Some South-fea brnktr, from the city,
Will purchafe me, the more *s the pity j

Tkktll.

flower-work

Sbakfff care^
brooch, imleed,

Of the

Broken, who, having no flock of their own, fet

up and trade with that ot other men ; buying
here, and felling there, and "commonly abuting

ExsJui.
Infant Albion lay
In mantles broidtr'd o'er with gorgeous pride.

Without

[from, broken.]

faflor;
;

Prior.

Dutch.]

know him well; he is the

And gem of all the nation.

[from To broke.]

n.f.

[broke,

another.

robe, and a broidered coat, and a girdle.

dery

another

"Farqubar,

faBRO'lDER. v.a.

BRO'IDERY.

up the brokentearltd.

this kind, but brokenly and glancingly

chiefly a difcourfe of his own voyage.

BRO'KER.

n.f.

breeches, pearls, and owches-.

Sbakeffeare*
Richly iuitcd, but unfeafonaotc ; juft like tlie
breech and the toothpick, which we w?a. r, >t now,

Richard Hopkins hath done fomewhat of

Sir

an ornament of jewels.
;
Ay, marry, our chains and our jewels.

feries.

any regular

it is

cant word for a corrupt dialed, or

manner of pronunciation.

BRO'KEN LY.Ww.

fteps too loud.

Hi

to bind

with angrr and difdain,

gives thee joy and pain

little
i

BROOCH,
1. A jewel

you

Ifaiab.

and pat
feet, whofe rude-

Sbokeffxan.
given out, that we muft either
take thefe halfpence, or eat our brogue:.
Sivift.

2.

me

hath fcnt

Pop et

Vour

to attend

[from broken
adj.
heart.] Having the fpirits cruflied
grief or fear.

by
He

Henley

nt, a bnnxm a flower, a root,

ihrii, a butte'fly can dv 't.
p:

and

n.f. \_brog, Irifh.]

kind of ihoe.
I

BRO'KEN HEARTED,

BROGUE,

v EVV

How

of break.]

n.f. Fragments; meat

Relief, or ftatue, caft in brafs.

constantly in the kitchen, whqm you pay at ftnall

charges ; oniy with the broken meaty a few coals,
and aJl the cinders.
S<wift.

Bmillion, at one draught of his

againft David's tower in Jerufalem,

Camdcti.
:ree teetlefs b.

paJJT.

that has been cut.

Get three or four chairwomen

Pvfi.

;:g

1.

[particip.

Preferve men's wits from being broken with the

Hooker.
very bent of fo long attention.

cannot turn away.

See To

yVBsocHE.
Si.

by
z.

Afpeciesof BRO'KEN.

lo

ftanJs,
Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands*

Staktjftert.

tho' poor or out of pay,

But ancient iricnd;,

That touch my bell,

adj.

[iroxxe. Fr.J

Imbrown'd with native brc.mu,

Redeem from broking pawn the blermfh'd crown,

Wipe off the dull that hides our fceptre's gilt.

or merLocke.

tittle, I can piddle here

mutton round the year;

CjnD'nt with

particip.

Praflifed

tr.f.

Brafs.

i.

to drav.

brokers.

cabbage.

On

and inilruments

Baccn.

BRO'KINC.

muft. the (hare of -very one that has a right

s
money be the :els j whether he be lanchuld-

chant,

broke by lervants

them on.

men.
much

ccHiiy

B R

The g'ns of bargains are of a more doubtful

nature, when men ihould wiit upon others re-

fo bold a thief,

therobb'd, leave rage, and pity

The

R O

It;:

3.

A
J

hatch; the number hatched at once.

was wonderfully pleafed

woikinj;? of ijillilia in

ihsn

to fee the different

followed by a brood

of duck,;.

Sfrflator.

4.

Something

R O

From

forth 5 A
production.
Such things'bccomc the hatch and brood of time.

Something brought

4.

Tint

The

Something
I

's

in his foul,

his melancholy fits on btsid\

doubt the hatch and the difclofe

Will be fome danger.

BRO'ODY.

on the eggs ; inclined to fit.

The common hen, all the while flie is broody,

we

and lead; her chickens, and ufeja Yoke which

call

.;?; en

a Broomftick.
Full of

If land grow rnoiTy or Irotmji then break it up

Mortimer.

grateful altars I would rear

Bacon.

Southerns.
nurfe, after being fucked dry, eats brotb,
the infant will fuck the lireit, almoft unaltered.

If

Dtyite>:.

Springs makelitde rivulett; thofc united,

make

jlrbufbnot.

and thofe coming together, make ri vers,

;
which empty themfelves into the fea.
Locke-

traits

To BROOK,

it.

a.

1 n.f. \jbordel, Fr.] A

BRO'THEL.
BRO'TH EL HOUSE. | houfe of lewd enter[brmcan,Sax.]Tobear;
a
tainment

to endure ; to fupport.
Even they, which brook it word that men mould

Then

me to brcol this patiently.

ufe doth breed a habit in a man

learned

How

From

Your prudence

is

Vo BROOK, v.

The

n.

To

endure

Dryd.
to be con-

Sorrow

That

Out

Plangus was, by his chofen Tiridates, prer'ened

before him.
Kidney
n.f.

\ttcabunga, Lat.]

Tort of water fpeedwell, very

ditches.

BROOM, n.f. \&enifta;

A fmall tree.
1

common

mon

parent, it

2.

A befom
which

it is

3.

Not

Any
He

to

Arbutbntjt-

BKO'OMLAKD. n.f. {broom and

Land that bears broom.

B
1

s.ndftujf'.'}
is

bound;

the handle of a befom.

They fell on; I made gnod my place
I
they came to the l-rXKJ}.iffm& flic

alfo that is flothful in his

that

is

work,

a great waftcr.

at length

defied

'em

2.

for

any purpofe

a fraternity.
There w,is a

fraternity of men at arms, called

the brotherhood of St. George, ercc~lcd by parliament, confiding of thirteen Uie moft ji>
'

*)U.

Sta/ufffare.

worthy perfunj.

ftill

fo.

of any high place.

The earl, nothing difmayed, came forwards that

day unto a little village, called St <kc, and there
encamped that night, upon the bniu or hanging
of a hill.
Bacon.
On the brow of the hill, beyond that city, they
were fomewhat perplexed by efpying the French
emhafiad'-ir, with the king's coach, and others at.
fPctt<m.
tending him.
Them with fire, and hoftile arms,
Fearlefs aflault; an! to the brow of heav'n
Purfuing, drive them out from God and blifs.

BROW.
;

Tending
That bryiv

v. a. [from the noun.] To

to limit ; to be at the edge of.

my
this

D'ai-as.

flocks hard by,

bottom glade.

Tt BRO'WBEAT.

To

and Hern or

flate or quality of being a brother.

Tlii> deep Jifjrace ot braku
Touches me deeper than you can imagine. Siak.
Finds britbcr! tnd in thee no (harper four ? Shak.
So it bs a right to govern, whether you call it
fuprtme fatheihocx!, or fupreme brotberb^d. wilt
be all one, provided we know who has it.

men

The edge

4.

beat.]

The

of

Walltr.

is trotter

no meat while the world ftandeth,

aflbciation

alive they dreft.

grace,
grace muft look

Proverbs.

CvrintLiani.
make my brother to offend.
Brother is ufed, in theological language,
for man in general.
R O'T HERHOOD.
n.f. [from brother and

An

Yet

bound

blood with 'ne,

.'.

land]

Mor!ir:<r.

BRO'OMST AFF. n.f. [from broom

The ftaff to which" the broom

him

bwi

Jlf :.'/.

left I

4.

1 hue k:iiwn flp cured of the rot, when

they
have not been far gone with it, by being put into

breomlandt.

flicds his

fliady

general air of the countenance.

Then call them to our prefcnce, face to face,
And frowning brow to brow.
Sbakcfpcare*
Though all things foul would bear the irowi of

To
;

my brother.
SbakeJ'feare.
one refembling another in manner,

I will eat

moufe

hallow'd houfe ;
I am fent with hrocm before,
To fwccp the dull behind the door.
Sbal.
If they came into the bcil apartnent, to fet any
thing ui order, they were ftluted with a br,om.

united; aflbciate.
few, we band of brotifn

form, or profeffion.

from the matter of

fometinics made.
t'.iis

very eafy to form the ideas of

Shall be

fo called

Shall diituib

one comLocke.

For he to-day that

Drytten.
:

is

Any one clofely

We few, we happy

2.

Milton.
in reference to

br:tb(fl.

bjiom, Saxon.]

Ev'h humble broom and oGers have their ufe,

And (hade for flieep, and food for flocks, produce.

Sbatifp.

of thy loins.

Comparing two men,

A
in

fad, good brotbcri ;

fo royally in you appears,
will deeply put the faihion on.

Whilft kin their kin, brother the brother foils,

Like ehiigns all againft like enfigns bend. Daniel.
Thefe two are brtthrtn, Adam, and to come

He, in thefe wars, had flatly refufed his aid ;

becaufc he could not brwk that the worthy prince

"

of the fame father and mother.

Be

tent.

BRO'OKLIME.

One born

1.

not trufted as your guard.

Drjdm,

forehead.

The

Rogers.

BROTHER,

n.f. [bpoSen.brioBon.Sax ]
Plural, brothers, or brethren.

heavy upon every brew.

fleep fits

Whole
3.

Dryden.
and to the brt-

ibcl.

Lcclc.

n.f.

She could have run, and waJdled ab^ut ;

For even the day before me broke her brew. Shik,
So we fomr antique hero's ftrength
Learn by his launce's weight and length ;
As thi:ie vaft beams exprefs the bealt.

its

libertine retires to the ftews

of ir:ng.]

[bpopa, Saxon.]
arch of hair over the eye.
now the hour which all to rci! allow,

The

2.

Sbakeffcart,
courts of kings were held in high renown,
common brctbeU of the town I

old ruins
breibdhoujts rife,
Scenes of lewd loves and of polluted joys.

This fliadowy defirt, unfrequented woods,

I better inst than fiourifliing peopled towns. Shot.
Heav'n, the feat of blifs,
jBrwks not the work* uf violence and war. Milton.
can
Moft men
much rather break their being
reputed knaves, than for their honeftybe accounted fools.
South.
Reftraint thou wilt not break ; but think it hard,

'Tis

And

enter fuch a houfe of fale,

There virgins honourable vows rcceiv'd,'

But chaite as maids in monafrcrics liv'd. Dryden.

Sbakijf.
!

The

1.

Ere made the

thoufand more mifchances than this one

[participle paJi-^-e

flrpjer proofs.

Videlicet, a brothel.

Hooter.

Have

him

Shui

BROW.

Perchance
I faw

them of their duties, when they are told the

fame by a law, think very well and reafonably of

tell

'it.

bawdyhoufe.

Addijui.

The Turks forfook the walls, and cowld not

be brought again to the aflault.
Kndtti.
The inftances brought by our author arc but

Our

concord.

weep.

BROUGHT,

Inftead of light dcfcrts and lufcious froth,

author treats to-night with Spartan brotb.

And to Cepltifus' brook their way purfuc

The itrcam was troubled, but the ford they kn?w.

iJ

After the manner of

a brother; with kindnefs and affection.
1 fpeak but
but fliould 1 anabrotherly of him ;
tomize him to thee as he is, 1 mull blufn and.

Swift.

the one half every day.

!i.':

anothtr in brotherly piety a

BRO'THERLY. tuv.

BROTH, n.f.

[bpofS, Sax.]
Liquor in
which flefh is boiled.
You may make the broth for two days, and take

adj. [from brother.] Nafuch as becomes or befeems a

brother.
He was a pried, and looked for a prieft's re.
ward ; which was our hrxbcrly love, and the good
of our fouls and bodies.
Baur.
Though more our money than our caufe
Their brotherly afiiftancc draws.
Dcntjn.
They would not go before the laws, but follow
i
their
and
them; obeying
fuperiour;,

BROOM-

[from 6reom.]

eJj.

place.

itfelf, as doth an inland brook

Into the main of waters.
Stakeffetre.

tural

faid within

The youth with brccmy flumps began to trace

The kennel edge, where wheels had worn the

Empties

Oi mjny

BRO'THERLY.

broom-

as

gain.

{nines brightly as a king,

he by ; and then his ftate

Of giaffy turf; and pile up every (time

Of luitrc from the brock j in memory,
Of monument to ages.

Prhr,

broom.

A fubliiturc

Until a king

The fame

n.f.

STICK!

BROOMY.

n.f. [bjioc, or bj-.oca, Sax.]

running water, lefs than a river.

claft of men of the fame kind.

He was fometimcs fo engaged among the wh

that not above half the poet appeared ; at other

times, he became as confpicuous as any of the

beilriue,

l<:ve to ride.

When I beheld this, I fighed, ind

MAN is
my fel;", SvmLY MORTAL
''

Kay.

clocking.

BROOK,

3.

ftaff.

Sbakefftare.

fitting
fit;,

round the parlour

BRO'OMST i CK.

In aftateof

adj. [from trootl.]

the age

cliilJrcn tread this worldly flage,

Si' Roger pointed atfometliir.g behind the door,

which I founii to be an old brnixjiaff.
Sfefiattr.

O'er which

And

And

of covering the
eggs.

aft

R O

Bnxnf.offm poker they

Sbakejpcare.

5.

R O

i'

th' hilly crofts

Milton*

[from broiv and

deprefs with feverc brows,
-v. a.

lofty looks.

not for a magistrate to frown upon, and

browbeat, thofe who are hearty and exacl in their
miniftry ; and, with a grave nod, to call a rcfoivf'l zeal want of prudence.
South*
It

is

What man will voluntarily expofe himfclf to the

imperious brcwbtatingt ami (coins of great men ?
L' EJ}ra*ge.
Count Tariff endeavoured to Irnettat the plaintiff, while he was fpcuking ; but though he was
not fo impudent as the count, he was every whit
as fturJy.
AJdifon.
I will not be brctvbtaten by the
fuperc'lious looks
adverfaries.
A'tnii^.j ,j n j i

of

'

my

BRO'WBOUN D.aJj.

[from irttv and ^vono".]

Crowned ; having the head encircled as
with a diadem.

He

In that day's feats,

prov'd the beft man i' th' field ; and, for his

meed,

Was

brfui-1'o.ttnd

with the oaki

f!;:t,-fftare.

B R

[from brow and

Hanging the head.

BRO'WSICK.
Dejefted
But yet

May alter

adj.
;

Saxon.] The name

of a colour, compounded of black and
adj. [bpun,

any other colour.

Brmun, in high Dutch,
Netherlands, brujun

in

Waller.

They beat theirbreaftswith manyainir^n^blow,

Till they turn livid, and corrupt the fnow.

is

called

braun; in the

French, cokur brunr

Petcham.
Italian, bntno.
I like the new tire within excellently, if the hair
were a little brnur.tr.
Sbaktfpeare.

From whence high

Xlr,i'jn

untraveli'd heaths,
Withdefolation/Tctt'n, he wanders wafle. Tbanfan.

Long

[from brown and bill.']

The ancient weapon of the Englifli foot ;
why it is called brown, I have not'difcovered ; but we now fay brmun mujket
from it.
And brvwniills, levied in the city,
Made bills to pafs the grand committee. Hudibrai.

BRO'WNBILL.

BRO'WNISH.

n.f.

[from brown.] Some-

adj.

what brown.

A
is

brman\fb grey iron-done, lying in thin ftrata,

Wiodward.
p-ir, but runs freely.

BRO'WNN ESS.

This

Ithaca o'erlooks the floods,

with o'ercharging (hades and pendent

woods.
Pope.

[from

n.f.

brovjn."]

A brown

COMFREY.
BRUIT, n. f. [bruit,

direct our thoughts to

no

cer-

noife
was

common

And being down, is trod in the durt

Of cattle, ai.d hmufed, and forely hurt.
Thy palate then did deign
The roughed berry on the rudcft hedge
when fnow the

like the (lag,

Rumour;

report.
ran from one to the other, that the king

his friend.

much

Hjyward.

am

From

meant nothing

go

BRU'MAL.

adj.

did rufh.

Dry den.

o'er the billows flew the rnafly load,

near the (hip came thund'ring on the Hood,
It almoft
Fpebrujh'd the helm.

High

than to
3.

feared
1

away two of

have them,

'tis

all

befl

Ihccp

Treiiaux.

BRU'NT.
t.

ell

prefeiulyairo-ayfnB;>ctheUsves. L'EJIrange.
Could eat the lenay plantj and, by degrees,
in the fhrub;, and crop the budding tn -.
ri.ivjt

mouths
to

After the
brunt

BROWSE,

n.f. [from the verb.] Branches,

or fhrubs, fit for the food of goats, or

other animals.

rfu-y
the-

2.

The greedy lionefc the wolf purfucs,

The wolf the kid, thewanton kidtheiwrtr/f. Dryd.

On that cloud-piercing hill,

Pl'miimnvin, from afar, the traveller kens,
how
the goat.3 their fbrubby trc-wfe
Aftonim'il,
Gn.w pendent.
Philits,
a. [trifer, Fr.]

br-jnt

F.'i'.'iful

To

5.

common

him

place.

Blow

foldier

may

fly,

when

it is

the

that holds the ftandard to die upon

South.

flroke.
A wicked ambufh, wKich lay hiddrn long
In the clofe covert of her guileful eyen,
Thence breaking forth, did thick about me throng,
;

knight, from bruifc or wound,

Like featherbed betwixt a wall,

An

heavy brunt of cannon-ball.

BRUSH,
I.

To move
A thoufand
Over

n. f.

\brojje,

Hudibras.

Fr. from bnij'cus,

Lat.]
An inftrument to clean any thing, by
rubbing off the dirt or foil. It is generally made of briilles fet in wood.

Bently.

nights have bruJVd their

thefe eyes.

To BiiusH.
1.

To move

balmy

<u.

Dryden.
n.

with hafte

a ludicrous word,

applied to men.
Nor wept his fate, nor cad a pitying eye,
Nor took him down, but brujh'd regarulefs by.
Drjden,
The French had gather'd all their force,
And William met them in their way ;
Yet oft' they
both foot and horfe, Pr'ar,
2.

bnijh'd,

To

lightly.
fly over ;
Nor love is always of a vicious kind,
But oft to virtuous ;ifts inflames the mind,
to (kirn

Awakes the (leepy vigour of the foul,

And, brujhing o'er, atlds motion to the

BRU'SHER.

n. f.

[from brujh.}

pool.

He

Dryd,
that

ufes a bruih.
Sir

1 t'

The
And headloog

by all the rivers.

as the brufh.

it

wings

Miltar..

abide the brunt fo ftrong.

Sfenjer.
friendly rug preferv'd the ground,

or

to beat together
coarfely.
Fellows in arms, .ind my rr.ofl loving friends,
Biuii'd uiiderncaththeyokiof tyranny. SLal.'ff.

of

Toe, feeble

crulh

mangle with the heavy blow of fomthing not edged or pointed ; to erufr.
by any weight ; to beat into grofs pow-

rf battle.

minillers are to (land anj endure the

of waters, into which the

of all rivers muft empty themfelves, ought
fo fpacious a furface, that as much water
continually brujhed <>fi by the winds, and
by the fun, as, efides what falls again, i
receptacle

brought into

n.f. [brtinj}, Dutch.]

Shock ; violence.

!i

Arbutl-n-i.

be

exhaled

God, who caus'd a fountain, at thy pr.'y'r,

From the dry^round to fpring, thy thiiit t' alby

have

may

Erona chofe rathcf to bide the brunt of wnr,

than venture him.
Sidney.

Blackmcrc.
the defendants ot

like catt.e.

ir.

Milton,

Mlibn.

by the lea-fide,

ignorant of agriculture, and brmfing on

To carry away, by an aft like that of

brufhing ; to fweep.
*
The

n.f. \lrugnon, Fr.] A fort of

fruit between a
plum and a peach.

And from the boughs brujh oft" the evil dew,

And heal the harms of thwarting thunder blew.

BRU'NMON.

^iukefptert.
goat, hard prefled, took fanftuary in a vineas
he
th-ught the danger over, he
yard ; lo foon

The Greeks were

4.

Gibfon.

Your fair women therefore thought of this

falhion, to inl'ult the olives and the brunettes.

paint with a brufh.

have commiflioned me to paint your (hop,

have done my beft to brufa you up like your
neighbours.
Pope.
and

fignifying a

river or brook.

BRUNE'TT. n.f. [brunette, French.]

woman with a brown complexion.

pafture meets,

my

To

You

Brvtcn.

boupn, bpunna, bupna

Sfinfer's Fairy Quern.

with his rod ?
brujh'd thy eyelids

Has Somnus

Lat.] Belong-

ed, and forfake their nefls.

with quicknefs, as in brufh-

And

Raleigh.

\Jbrumalis,

ftrike

His fon Cupavo brujh'd the briny flood,

Upon his ftern a brawny centaur flood. Dryden,

About the brumal folftice, it hath been obfervcd, even unto a proverb, that the lea is c.ilm, and
the winds do ceale, till the young ones arc exclud-

Spaifir.

I.

lef

To

The wrathful bead about him turned light,

And him fo rudely paifing by, did brujh
With his long tail, that horfe and man to ground

the belt tcmper'd courage in his troops.

was bruittJ, that

Guiana.

To

ing.

in ufe.

tryiafing en ivy.

VOL.

z.

not

to

Hudibras,

[from the noun.]

fweep or rub with a brufli.
a.

Sbabtffeare.
It

to the pufh,
fuch a brujh.

If he be not in love with fome woman, there is

no believing old figns he brujbti his hat o' morning ; what (hould that bode ?
Shake/flare.

His death,
Being bruited once, took fire and heat away

To

i.

are all derived from the Saxon, bojin,

the particle en.

der

To BRUSH, v.

One that rej'/ices in the cosimon wreck,

As common bruit doth put it.
Sbakrfpeare.
To BRUIT, -v. a. [from the noun.] To
report ; to noife abroad ; to rumour.
Neither the verb nor the noun are now

baiks of trees thou brcufaijl.

Shattfftare,
feed : it is ufed with
BROWSE, -v. n.

To BRUISE,

Elfe, when we put it

They ha* not giv'n us

Sidney.

The

any where

call A/couring.
Let grow thy finews till their knots be ftrong,
And tempt not yet the krujfjti of the war. Stat.
It could not be pnflible, that, upon fo little a
brufh as Waller had fuflained, he could not be able,
to follow and diflurb the king.
Clarendon.

To BRUN.BRAN, BROWN, BOURN, BURN,

They have

we

Dryd.

(lain.

main

Norri:.

places.

BROWSE,

if

Fr.]

the fame

me

ment; which, by the Came metaphor,

ing to the winter.

v. a. [brouftr, Fr.]
eat branches, or fhrubs.

To

blood.

the pencils and

of the town againft
brujhes

With a fmall brujh you muft fmear the glu- well

M*xon,
upon the joint of each piece.
rude aflault ; a (hock; rough treat3.

Upon fome bruits he apprehended a fear, which

moved him to fend to Sir William Herbert to re-

They li\e retired, and then they doze away their

time in drowfinefs and brtnvnjludici ; or, if brifk
and active, they l,iy themfelves out wholly in

Yea,

A bruit

tain point.

rrulcir.g

all

with

which we

for the larger and ftronger

pencils ufed by painters.
Whence comes all this rage of wit? this arminj

z. It is ufed

Hudltrts.

Sidney.

BRO'WNSTUDY. n.f. [from brcnvn and

meditations
ftudy in
J}:<dy.~\ Gloomy

To

for brxije, and that for blood.

I fince have labour'd

fit

BRU'ISEWORT. n.f. An herb

of Mufidorus's face, and this colour of

mine.

n.f.

To bind the bruifci of a civil war,

And flop the illues. of their waiting

colour.
She would confcfs the contention in her own
mind, between that lovely, indeed moft lovely,
tr'.-air.neft

Dryd.

[from the verb.] A hurt

with fomething blunt and heavy.
One arm'd with metal, th' other with wood,

BRUISE,

in

B R

And fix far deeper in his head their flings,

Than temporal death (hall bruife the viclor's heel,
Or theirs whom he redeems.
Milton.
As in old chaos heav'n with earth confus'd,
And rlars with rocks together crjfh'd and bru'n'd.

Jtck.~\

a gracious influence from you

nature in our brirwfick crew.
Suckling.

BROWN,

R U

Henry Wotton ufed

like brujhen of

BR.U'SHWOOD.
I

know

were
Bacon.

to fay, that criticks

noblemen's cloaths.

and wood.
n.f. [from brujh

not whether

it

may

not be cor-

rupted frombrowfe iuood.~\ Rough, low,

clofe, fhrubby thickets ; fmall wood fit
for fire.
It

fmokes, and then with trembling breath (h

blows,
Till in a cheerful blaze the flames arofc.

Hh

Witfc

trufiwoto!, and with ch'pi, fte ftrengthens

To BRUTE, v.

To

thefe,

And

adds

the bnughs of rotten trees. DryJtn.

jt laft

BRU'SHY.

aJj. [from brujb.] Rough or

lhaggy, like a brulh.
1 fufpc&ej, that it might have proceeded from
fome fmall unheeded drop of blood, wiped eff by
the hrujby fubftance of the nerve, from the knife
wherewith it was cut.
Riyl.:

Tc BRU'STLE.
crackle

a fmall noife. Skinner.

French

\brutal,

adj.

That with

make

harn mad.

human

tagenis of

to the ftra-

reafon.

BRU'TALITY.
vagencfs

n. f.

Courage] in an

nun,

ill-bred

efcapes not the opinion, of bi

To BRU'TALIZE. w.

To grow

li.is

the

Locke.

Brutes, and biutijb men, are

able to bear pain than others.

brutal or favage.

3.

To make

a.

brutal

or favage.

BRU'TALLY. adv. [from

brutal.]

Chur-

; inhumanly ;
cruelly.
Mrs. Bull aimed a knife at John, though John
threw a bottle at hex head, very brutally indeed.
Arbuiina.

lifhly

BRUTE,

adj. [brutas, Latin.]

1. Senfelefs ; unoonfcious.
Nor yet are we fo low and bafe as their atheifm
would deprefi us ; not wilking ftatues of clay, not
the funs of brute earth, whofe final inheritance is
death and corruption.

irrational

make

brut; animals

URU'TISHLY.
manner of a
ally

common

in

with

tofubdue, and quell, through ail the enrth,

Bruit violence, and proud tyrannic pow'r. Rli!t.n.
4.

Rough

ferocious

BS.UTE,

irrational creature

a favage.
What may thii mean

reafon

brute,

BUB.

All hut the page prefcrib'd, this priient ftate

From

bruin what men, from

know
Or who could

men what

fuffrr being here

below

is

What

me.

as thy fight to

Pope.

and

his youth

and has

drilled

fifty.

him

jfiiJij.r.-

Arbutbr.ot.

n. f.

[from bubble.]

words can

fuffice

to expicfs,

cheat.
how infi-

nitely I efteem you, above all the greai ones in this

and
part of the world ; above all the j
to
bubblers !
,
'y
Pepc.

not true va-

BU'BBY.
Fob

\bryonia, Latin.]

if it be his fate to

folks

m:t

who have more wealth than

n. f.

wit,

Prior.

young

n. f.
fay

tl-.ey,

fello'.v,

therefore all tumours in that part are

Bubbles are in the form of a hemifphere; air

within, and a little /kin of water without and it
fcemeth fomcwhat ftrange, that the air fliould rife
fo fwiftly, while it is in the water, and when it
cometh to the top, mould be flayed by fo w;ah a
Baccn.
cover as that of the bubble is.
The colours of bubbles, with which children

BUBONOCE'LE.

n. /. [Lat. from SvSii,

the groin, and xfar,, a rupture.] A particular kind of rupture, when the inteftines break down into the g oin. Quincy.

When the intdtine, or omentui. , Mils through

the rings of the abdominal mui
groin,
it is called hernia ingviruiis, or if in;o the fcrotum,
fcrotal::

mly

tfnvton.

folidity

and

more

fpe-

is

The earl of Lincoln w-.s induced to pa-tkipate,

not lightly upon the ftrength of the proceedings
tltere, which was but a bubble, but upon letters
from the lady Margaret.

Then

jiur..

a foldir r,

Seeking the tulble reputation,

Even

in the car.non's

mouth.

fpirits

Pt.pt,

Fitting

ftill,

ajid ftill dcftroying.

fuppurated it after the manner of a bubo,

U'
it, and endeavoured deterlion.
,1

play, are various, and change their ficuation varioufly, without any refpeft to confine or (h

thing which wants

;
any thing that
cious than real.

brealt.
.1

called buboes.

Any

woman's

to fee a handfoine, briik, genteel,

fo much governed by
!.jitr.^ old
don't you go and fuck th^ t>i.<
ArbutkriW*

Dutch.]
A fmall bladder of water ; a film of
water filled with wind.

firmnefs

BU'BO. n.f. [Lat. from i9Ct, the groin.}

That part of the groin from the bending of tlie thigh to the fcrotum ; and

2.

woman j why

[bobbcl,

Wai, he fung, isioil and trouble,

Honour but an empty bubble,

him out cf

to five

BU'BBLER.

Aplant.
[a cant word.] Strong malt

n.f.

BU'BBLE.

Mthcn.

only place of rclt is upon the earth ; aquatick are

thofe, whofe conitant abode is upon the water.
Locke.
Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of late,

charming

Charles Mather could not bubble a young beau

[from brutijh.] Bru-

He loves cheap port, and double bub,

And fettles in ;he humdrum club.

fenfe cxprefs'iH

rr.f.

fo

better wich a toy.

favagenefs.

n. f.

Or
With

Language of man pro-

which have wing*, wherewith they can fuppcrt

ir
terrcfrrial are thof-, whofe

on

South.

liquor.

To

themiV'.vi:. in th-

Are half

To BU'BBLE. v. a. To cheat: a cant

word.
He tells me, with great paHion, that me has
bubbled

lour, but briaij'r"

An

thofc three prefent imrulfes, of fenfr, mctnory, and inltinct, moft, if not all, the fagacitk-s
Hale.
of brutes may be reduced.
Brutci may be confidered as either aerial, tcrrefthofe aerial
trial, aquatick, or amphibious. I call

In the

irration-

"

a^pear'd to mourn,
whifpering pines made vowi for thy return.

Drydn*
Not bubbling fountains to the
thirfty^wain,
Not fhow'rs to larks, or funfliinc to thTbee,

grofsly.

BRY'ONY.

nounc'd

By tongue of

And

a creature without

and human

brutij/k.]

favagely

All other courage, bellies that,

[from

run with a gentle noife.

For thee the but

am

tality

prov'd
Pope.

[from the adjedlive.]

n. /.

ad-i>.

To

Sbakefftart.

himfelf into fome ufe of him-

brute

SRU'TISHNESS.

1.

uncivilized.

The brute philofophcr, who ne'er has

The joy of loving, or of being lov'd.

2.

fon.

bea-fts.

Then

The fame fpring fufters at fome times a very

manifest remiffion of its heat ; at others, as manifeft an incrcafe of it; yea, f->m;tinie->
excefs, as to make it boil and bubble with e
heat.

libertine,

not fo diffident of myfelf, as brutijhly to

fubmit to any man's dictates.
K->"g Charles.
For a man to found a confident praftice upon a
difputable principle, is brutijhly to outrun his rea1

Holder.

Beliial

Drydrn.

rough ;

Ignorant ; untaught ; uncivilized.

They were not fo brutijh, that they could be
Hwker.
ignorant to call upon the name or God.

In the-promulgation of the Mofaick law, it' f

much as a brute beall touched the mountain, n
S*:ith.
was to be llruck through with a dart.
3.

ado he ftaggcrs to his table again,

felf, by
and there adb over the fame brutijh fcene. South.
4.

blood,

with wind,

commonly more
Grew.

itfelf.
br::tijh fiing

flept

to a bubbling fountain ftiir'd

rif: and fall.

Adder's fork, and blindworm's ding,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing
For a charm of pow'rful trouble,
Like a hellbroth boil and bubble.
SLal.-ffctre.
Still bubble on, and pour forth blood and rears.

much

Kititley.

ferine.
ufe of this artificial
way, of making divers motions to have fcvcral fignifkations, to call, waru, chide, cherifh, threaten.

Even

fcnfual as the

After he has

jfddifcn.

To BRU TALIZE. v.

Savage

As

warm

a crimfon river cf

Doth

carnal.

For thou thyfelf haft been a

being carried to ths Cafe of Good Hope,

he mixed, in a kind of tranfport, with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habit and
manners, and would never again return to his fo-

Upon

[from the noun.]

n.

bubbles.

rife in

Alas

Like

the qualities of a brute

ferocious.

Grofs

To

1.

Miltin.

\brutalifer, Fr.]

reign acquaintance.

fprout, I

Cc-ngrn-e.

Having
favage

cwn

To BU'BBLE'. v.

brutijh

and

air,

;.

then brutifeAf
bud, 1 am ripe

Orus, and their train,

With monftrous fhapcs and forceries abus'd
Fanatick Egypt, and her priefts, to feck
Their wand'ring gods difguis'd in
forms.
2.

my

Sir?

w^man am

Sa-

inhumanity.

here

I feel it

years, and,
certain knowledge, underftands no more nf
than
a
child
in
affairs,
fwaddling c!

to
his

a brute.

Oliris, Jlis,

DryJen.

\brutalite, Fr.]

churlifhnefs

man

To

[from brute.]

ISH. adj. [from brute.]

Beftial; reiembling a Dealt.

1.

L'EJliange.

Savage ; cruel ; inhuman.

The brutal bus'nefs of the war
Is managM by thy dreadful fervants care.

2.

thou fallacious

Ay

no oppofing brutal force

Ceafc, deareft mother, ceafe to chide

Spenfrr.

a.

t-.

Swift*

perfon cheated.

Gany 's a cheat, and I'm a bu

Yet why this great excefs of trouble ?
He has been my bubbli thefe twenty

dotard vile,

thy trutentft fhend'ft thy comely age.

To BRU'TIFY.

a falfe (how.

South.fea at bed a mighty bubble.

The

4.

Thou

cheat

Tin- n.uion then too late will find,

Directors promifes but v,

Knollcs.

3.

them

filled

SRU'TENESS.
f. [from brute.] Brutaa word not now ufed.
lity

That which belongs to a brute; that

which we have in common with brutes.
is

for iruit.]

ill

[written

This, once bruted through the army,

with ht-avincfs.

all

from

a.

report.

brute.']

There
2.

To

[bparthan, Sax.]

make

to

BRU'TAL.
1.

v.ti.

BUG

BUB

R U

B
With

thcic twj,

focaljeJ, are

chough ths

known by

BU'BUKLE. n.f. A
His face is
and flames of

a'l

fi:(t only is prothe na.'it jt'im

H harp.
red pimple.

bubukUi, andv.helks, and knrbs,

fire.

BUCANI'ERS.

//.

/ A

cant

word

for the

privateers, or pirates of

America.
BUCCELL A'TION.._A [buccella, a mouthIn fome chysnical authors,
ful, Lat.]
fignihes a dividing into large pieces.

Sbatefpeare.

BUCK.
i

The

rris

n.f. [baucbe, Germ. Aids, or

liquor in which clothe* arewafheJ.

BUG

BUG
Sue J

would

.'

could wa(h myfelf of the buct

z.

I warrant you, buck, and of the ieafon too it (hall

SLateJpeere.
appear.

clothes warned in the liquor.

The

2.

Or

not able to tiavel wi.h her furred pack,

late,

(he waflies bu;ts here at

home.

Sbakcfptan.

BUCK.

n.f. [b-wb, Welfh; lock, Dutch;

bone, Fr.] The male of the fallow deer 5
the male of rabbits, and other animals.

Buds,

To

To

4.

[from the noun.] To

does.
copulate as bucks and
The chief time of fetting traps, is in th?ir bucln.

n.f. The ba/ket in which

clothes are carried to the warn.
They conveyed me mto a buckbajkd ; rammed

Bu CKBASKET.

z.

in with foul (hirts, foul ilockingi, and greafy

me

naokin?.

plant

n.f. \bcjckjboenen t Dutch.]

by inrufion.

['url/e ti the

out
3.

of a well.
is this

golden crown

like a deep well,

butke's, filling one another;

ever dancing in the air,

That ow;i two

The
The

emptier
other down

and

ur.le.-n,

full

X/vii.

It the fca ever IU:

.pofttcd by the Tun,
or to be emptied with bucket ?
Bentliy.

The

2.

which water

in

veflels

is

carried,

a fire.
particularly to quench
Nowftreets grow ihrong'd, and, bufy.as by day,

Same
Some

And

run for burk:ti tj the hailow'd

cut the pipes, and fome the engines p'ay
fjme, more bold, mount ladders to tbe fire.
;

tingle

combat, thou

f/.

BU'CKLE.
I

Siuift.

[bwcd, Wel'ih, and the

Armorick ; bouclc, French.]

n.f.

fame in the
A link of metal, with a tongue or catch,

made

to fallen

per! for the old,

buckles of the pureft gold.

The chUm;. s
a lucile,

was

commonly

a fart

Forrr.'J

2.

v;ilt b-.i'.kL- f'.r iiis

.1

Shakef-pcarc.
tic.l
th

of (hort cloak

which

Arh-Jt

mcltcl d
widow's g iwn. Poj>
after,

of the hair crifped and curled,

bv being kept long in the fame (late.
The gteatelt beau was drefTed in n flaxen perithe wearer of it goe* in his own hsir at
wig

The

frate

home, and

his wig

lets

lie

in buckle for a

half

(elf

Eternal buttle takes in Parian (lone.

1.

whole

Spectator.

That live-long wig, which Gcrgon's

own,

To BU'CKLE.

mi^ht
Pope.

v. a.

To

fallen with a buckle.

Like fiphire, pearl, in rich embroidery,
Buckled below fair knighthood's bending kner.
Sk'i

France, whofe armour confcience buckled on,

Wh-rn/.'

.'it

'

ever.,

wlirn

bucklt

,:hicl r^i-c.

Wu:-n

ir
;

>wu in

it,

on

to the

my

ri'jld.

Sb.ik

Pbilipi
mifler's riding coat, wrnj

and bmkie them up

i.ot,

I part.

cloi'

tree.

Of
To

Surly

To

have paid, two rogues

in

two,

buckram

luits.

fur?,

And

n.f. \rbnmnus, Lat. fuppofed to be fo called from bucc, Sax

the belly.]
tree that bears a purging

I.

And

fagopyrum, Lat.]

Miller

plant.

Bucr/Licic.a<{). [^ot/oAi>ta, from

a cowherd.] Faltoral.

j3o

after.

Sbtikeffeare.

n.f.

avouch it. Sbokefpcarg*

whofe bofom, or budget^
were laid up, was com:

in the (locks

Robert Clifford,

in

JSaccr..

into England.

His budget with corruptions cramm'd,

The contributions of the damn'd.
Swift.
i. It is ufed for a ftore, or (lock.
It

in fine, that brought off the car,

the fox's whole budget of inventions failed
L" Ejirangi,

was nature,

when
him.

Germ

One

ludgcr die the other's Have,

doom him

moft of I'erkin's fecrets

be^-ry.

[bucbiveitz,

Did.

If tinkers may have leave to live,

And bear the Ibwlkin budget;
Then rny account 1 well may give,

n. f.

Milton.

dreffed (kin or fur of

\bogetu, French.]
bag, fuch as may be eafily carried.

BU'CKTHORN.

that lend their ears

n. /.

the-firft

BU'DGET.

Miller

plaat.

The

n. f.

the goJs

Sir

leaf.]

men

[from the verb.]

that moves or itirs from his place.

Xbakcfp,

n.f.

of

lambs.

garlick.

form of the

I'ooliOmefs

BU'CKRAMS. n.f. The fame with wild

BU'CKSHORN PLANTAIN,

ftiff

thofe budge doctors of the ftoick fur.

Let

am

[of uncertain etymology.]

formal.

adj.
;

BU'DOER.

ot th'-m

rafcals wotfe

BUDGE,

o,

fort o
n.f. [bougran, Fr.]
ftrong linen cloth, lliffened with gum,
ufed by taylors and Haymakers.

two

Temple.

To Mr;

[bouger, Fr.]

than they.
Sbakfffeare.
thought th' hadft fcorn'd to ludge
Hudibrai.
For fear.

the beech tree.

I hdv<- pv-'pt-cied

"j. n.

budge

S&aJtijf

KRAM.

much improved by

BUDGE,

tliorn.

malt

is

move

BU'CKLER-THORS. n.f. Chrill's

BU'CKMAST. n.f. The fruit or
E'/t

BUDGE,

From

Sh<ikeff>eare,

with a pedigree

apricocks, the largeft

budding upon a peach flock.

Ro-

that did ever fence the right,

faifliood

fweet,

Whither away, or where is thy abode ?

Sbukcfp.
To BUD. ij. a. To inoculate ; to graff by
inferting a bud into the rind of another

they called

thec, Kate ;
bucklfr thee agaiiid a million.

luckUr

budding horns on their fmooth foreheads rear'd.

Dryden's Siknus,

felt for

off the place j a low word.

All your prifoners are
In the lime grove, which weatherfends your cell,
They cannot budge till your rclcafe. Sbakefyeart.
The moufe ne'er (huna'd the cat, A they did

him th*,
Md'ij.
<v. a.
[from the noun.
to defend.
when

Dryden*
yokes on their own necks they

lab'ring
fear'd

be in the bloom, or growing.

Young budding virgin, fair and frefh and

Drfd-.n
as the

the (talk.

fruit, that

To

3.

fwett wench, they (hall not touc!

BU'CKWHEAT.

helmet,

'

And

aijcd father calt,

defending, as

pus, Lat. from the

[from the noun.]

fupport

tear,

Now

to the right (boulder.

c feal-rings;

To

Can Oxford,

With

To BU'CKLER.

I'll

one thing to another.

Tho'

to

my

did diet itor Fabius,

tackier of Rome.

left

.1

me.

My

Bentlcy.

was to be gathered from

fuch a connivic quickly budded out'.
Clarendon.
Heav'n gave hhrrall at once, then fnatch'd away,
Ere mortals all his beauties could furvey :
and withers in a day.
Juft like that flower that budi

Locke.

Through tro:>ps

ftill

gem from

rife as

There the

'.

while I forc'd my way

of foes, which did our paflagc rtay

mans

mhlc fubftance chang'd,

Were now but leathern buckitt nnj'd.
T'j

To

z.

buckled on the arm.

He to-ik my arms, and
buckler o'er

Prior.

forth as a rofe growing by the brooleof the

Eccl.

field.

tr, Fr.]

tram mine

[from the noun.]

n.

DryJat.

(halt buckle tuirb

falls

put forth young (hoots, or gems.

Bud

knave,
his fon, and cry,
like a bcail you lie

This medal compliment.', the emperor

(how,

To

i.

n.f. [b-vjccled, Welm ; bouIhield ; a defenfive weapon

bud that

wound

the leaf, and clofeth the orifice.

Sbjkejpeare.
Yet thou, they fay, for marriage dolt proi ide ;
Is tlrs an age to buckle wi b a briJe ?
Drydeit,

BU'CKLER.

to her garland join

To BUD. v.

attend.

to

thine propofed.

ighting,

The porringers, that in a row

Hung high, and maJe a glitt'ring

Sbahfpeert .

To buckle ivit'n. To engage with ; to

encounter ; to join in a dole fight, like
men locked or buckled together.
For

of water.

fpan

gem.

the tenJer buds, with a long hollow trunk, and depofit an egg in the hole, with a
(harp corroding liquor, that caufeth a fwelling-in

This is to be done in children, by trying them,

when th.-y are by lazinefs unbent, or by avocation
bent another way, and endeavouring to make them

Flyer.

BU'CKET.K./ \laqitti, French.]

1. The vefiel in which water is drawn
Now

a covetous old crafty

The bitter naufeous pljnts, as centaury, buckbane, gentian, of which tea may be made, orwir.es

meaner},

Infects

To buckle to. To apply to

See the a3i-je, zd fenfe.
At dead of night, (hall rail'c
Turn out, you rogue how
Go, buckle to the law.

a fort of trefoil.

do you

The

frrcngth!c-fs hinges, buckle

Now

Sbaliqprfn,

BU'CKBEAN.

Why

under lifc,
Impitient of his fi:, breaks like a (ire
Out of his keeper's arms.
Sbukffpearf.

Like

(hoot

firft

When

To BU'CKLE. 11. n. \buckcn, Germ.]

i. To bend ; to bow.
The wretch, whole fever-weaken'd joints,

Mtrtimer.

time.

\r,r

llyward.

man

brief the life of

The

Is turn'd to folly, blafting in the bud,

Lofing his verdure even in the prime. Sbakefpfarf.
you the rtow'rs for Chloe twine,

confine.

Runs hij erring pilgrimage

That the (botching of a
Buckles in his fum of age.

Slaktfoezn.

v.

in battle.

How

EC as thou was wont to be,

See as thou waft wont to Ice :
Dian's bud o'er Cupid's flower
Hath fuch force and bleffed power. Sbakefp.
"Writers 1'ay, as the moil forward bud
Is eaten by the canker ere it bl >w,
Even fo by love the young and tender wit

lord

guard were buckled with them in front,

[teutfn, Fr.]

/.

of a plant

Gray, captain of the men at arms,

was forbidden to charge, until the foot of the avant-

foBucK.

To join

Here is a bafket he may creep in here, anJ

throw foul linen upon him, as if it were goins; tu
hiding.

BUD.

prepare to do any thing the metaphor is taken from buckling on the armour.
The Saracen, this hearing, rofe amain,
And catching up in hafte hi three fquare Ihield,
And (hining helmet, foon him buckled to the field.

The

Peactar^

To BUCK. v. a. [from the noun.]

warn clothes.

To

\.

J to be trbp'r.g

the l:ke,
goats, and
or faliar.t, that is, going or leaping.
ar.- fai

BUFF.
i.

n.f. [from buffalo.]

of leather prepared from the
(kin of the buffalo ; ufed for waift belts,
pouches, and military accoutrements.

fort

Hh

ropy

BUG

A ropy chain of rheums, a !fage rough,

Defbrm'd, unfeatur'd, and a (kin of buff. Diycten.
2. The (kins of elks and oxen drefled in

The bold buff?, whene'er they tread the green,

Their motion mimicks, but with jcft obfcene.

A fiend, a fairy,

_A

pitilcfo

efcapes not the opinion, of brutal'ty 3 learning beccliies pedantry, and wit
Locke.
buffoorery.
,
jefts ; ridiculous pranks ; fcurrile

Stakefp,

To

ftrike

nilU-rs.

Ben

A kind of

[Ital.]

wild

Of buffaloes,

fait goats,

BU'FFET. n.f.
with the

BUG.

and hungry cows. Dryden.

fift ;

blow

fage, wings are erroneoufly afcribed to

[buffeto, Ital.]
a box on the ear.

tbefe repeated buffets, quits the gi

Dryden.

BUFFE'T,

n. f.

of cupboard

\lnffitte, Fr.]
or (et of (helves,

plate is fet out to (hew, in

entertainment.

The rich
And gaping

kind

where
a room of

[from the noan.] To

.ftrike with the hand ; to box ; to beat.
Why, woman, your hulband is in his old lunes
again ; he fo buffets himfelf on the forehead, crying,
Peer out, peer out that any madnefs, I ever yet

?"./ [It is derived by fome

Bye.
BU'GBEAR. J from big, by others from
bug, in Welih, has the fame meaning.]
frightful object ; a walking
fpedlre, imagined to be feen generally
now ufed for a falfe terrour to frighten
babes.
Each trembling leaf and whittling wind they

pug

hear,

As

rear,
ftrive their fearfulnefs'to feign.

Fairy ^ueet

The

Sir, fpare your threats j

bug which you would fright me with,

Haft not

man,

have

to-night ? would he not, naughty

a tughiar take him.
?
SiattJ'f.
horrour for uncouth monfters } but,

upon experience,

all

thele bug!

eafy to us.

The torrent roar'd, and we

With lufty finews ; throwing

ever, to be got out again.

did buffet it

Staleff.

Redeem'd her

with half the

life

To BU'FFET.
match.

<v.

If I might buffel for

a butcher.

BU'FFETER.

To

n.

my

lofs

with bujfals

To BU"FFLE.
puzzle

to

love, I could lay

on like

Shake/peart 's Henry

V.

A boxer;

-v.

n.

The fame

[from the noun.]

To

lofs.

tucula,

BUFFO'ON.
1.

ftupid

foolilh.

jefts

n.f. \buffon, French.]

and antick poftures

a jack-

pjdding.

No prince would thinkJiimfelf greatly honoured

to have his proclamation canv^ffed on a publick
of I ufftr.ru*
Watts.
ftage, and become the I'port
2.

A man that pra&ifas indecent raillery.

It is the nature

Ment

of

dj

11s

jDCTt.

to tbofc that will

a;;d

bcw

iuj/'mns,
it,

and

To

i .

to he infhvifli

built

up

in a couple

By
force

Bylt.

depend on

to

liuflt bracelets, necklace amber,

Pcrfum'd f.>r a lady's chamber.

a man's authority, we here underftand the

which his word hath for the adurance of ano-

Hioktr.
mind, that luildetb upon it.
build rather upon the a'bufing of others,
and putting tricks upon them, than upon foundnefs
Banti.
of their own proceedings.
Even thofe who had nut tatted of your favours,
of
on
the
fame
your beneficence,
yet built fo much

Some

bemoaned the

lofs

of their expectations.

Dryden.
This is certainly a much furtr way, than to build
on the interpretations of an author, who d.es not

how

confider

the ancients ufeJ to think.

.->

n.f.
[from build.] He that
builds ; an architect.
But fore-accounting oft makes builders mifs ;
They found, they felt, they had no Icafe of blifs.
i'

i.

D ER

Sidney.
they, which had feen the beauty of the
how
beheld
far it
built
by Solomon,
temple
excelled the fecond, which had not builders of like
abilities, the tears of their grieved eyes the prophets

When

firft

endeavoured, with comforts, to wipe aw.iy. Hcoker

Mark'dout forfuch an ufe, as if 'twere meant
T' invite the builder, and his choice prevent.

Denbam.

Her w'njs with lengthen'd honour let her fpread,

And, by her greatnefs, mew her builder's tame*
Prior,

'

l":s r."t

yjiir

an edifice.
Thy fumptuous

BU'GLE.

n. f.

plant.

BU'GLE.

n.

/ A

fort

Phillip s's

BU'GLOSS.

The

n. f.

[from

herb ox- tongue.

riles

World of Words.
tttfloffum,

Lat/

Prior.
on devotio:' ft inds.
the great variety of ancient coins w hi Ji
1 faw at Rome, 1 CMuid not but take particular
notice of I'uch as relate to any of the tui.'rfirgi or
bafis

ftatues that are

BUILT,
I .

As

the

is

ftill

Deep

And

extant.

[from build.]

n.f.

The form

the th-ufture.

l>ui!i,

fo different

il>

'f

is >;n

in their hulls our

through

^m

is

the fight

i.rij Jehjri'il

di

light,
the yielding p.anks u pafifage find.

Di
z.

Species of building.
There

of wild ox.

attire,

Among

filk hair,

Miller.

and thy wife's

by c-jmmon hands
high a, heuv'n,

buildings rais'd

Whofe

Sbakrff^are.

kugula, Lat.]

[from

buildings,

Have coft a mafs of publick treafury. Stukr/ftare,

View not this fpire by meaf'tire jiv'n

Their mnuac.iin

inky brows, your black

[from&uilJ.] Afabrick;

BUI'LDINC.W./

That fabrick

Your bugle eye-bails, nor your cheek .of cream,

That can cntame my fpirits to your wirlhip. Sbak.

Pope.

to reft on.

ther's

To

fhining bead of black

or

play the architect.

To

2.

will

of

n.

To build, to plant, whatever you intend,

To rear the o-lumn, or the arch to bend.

glafs.

A man whofe profeflion is to make (port,

by low

was

opinions alone.

To BUILD, v.

n. /.

Shalt.

Then took that (quire an horny bugle fmall,

Which oung adown "is lidc in twifted gold,
And tafl'cls g:iy.
l''a;<;

BU'FFI.EHEADED. adj. [from baffle and

a BU'GLE.
head.] A man with a large head, like
dull

c!virci es build.

any laboured form.

Choofethis face, chang'dby no deformities. D'r.r.e.

I wuuld endeavour to deftroy thofe curi ,u-, nut
groundlefs rtruttures, that men have bttil!

Lat. a heifer, Junius ; -from

the bonafus, Lye.]
hunting

have * rechcate winded in my forehead,

or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick. Skakeff,
He ga.e his Ivgle horn a blait,
That through the woodland ecno'd far and
TicMt.

name.

To raife any thing on a fupport

foundation.
Love built on beauty, foon as fceauty, dies

horn.

This was the u;ter ruin of that poor, angry,

wiio li-'s
buffing, well-meaning mortal, Piftorides,
of both parties. Swift.
equally under the contempt

buffalo

Pcfe.

n. /.
[from buggy.] The
of being infected with bugs.
BU'GGY. adj. [from bug.] Abounding
with bugs.
Sax
BU'GLE.
\ n. /. [from bujen,
BU'GLEHORN. 3 to bend, Skinner ; from

bugle,

a wild ox.

be at a

the world, no bugbear is fo great,

want of figure, and a (mall eftate.

raife in

ftate

play a boxing-

one that buffets.

BU'FFI.E. n. f. [beaffle, Fr.]

Locke.

To

BU'GGINESS.

of mine.
Otic ay

n.f. [from buffet.]

L'Eftrangt.

Such bugbear thoughts, once got into the tender

minds of children, fink deep, fo as not eafily, it

As

Inftantly 1 plung'd into the fea,

And buffeting the billows to her refcue,

grow familiar and

my

their gold in the field,

tell

and bawd.* do

When the hea.-drefs

Bu

flept

beheld, itemed but tamenefs.

Shakeffeare.
Our ears are cudgell'd ; not a word of his
But iufai better than a fift of France. Sbakeff.
it afide.

I feek.

let it fleep

We

ufurerj

that they

bug their hair on end does

ghaftly

make a

cones and fpircs, which rtood fo exc.-iiivcly high on

the fide of the head, that a woman, who was but a
pigmy without her head-drels, appeared like a Co.
lofTus up^n putting it on.
Sfeflator.

Poft.

a.

i/.

Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,

This painted child of dirt, which ftinks aid (tings.

Yet both do

buffet well-colou,tM ferpents grace,

Tritons fpew to wa(h your face. Pope.

To BU'FFET.

To

2.

it.

myfelf, and go to buffets, for

moving fuch a difh of lk:mmed milk with fo honourable an action.
Sbakefftare.
A rtan that fortune's buffets and rewards
Has ta'en with equal thanks.
Kbakijfeare,
Go, baffled coward, left 1 run upon thee,
And with one bufftt lay thy ftruflure low. Milton.
Round his hollow temples, and his cars,
His buckler beats ; th fun of Neptune, ftunn'd
(), i could divide

With

When

Dryden.

n. f.

to

not build an hoofc unto

iialt

And whores

3,

(linking infeft bred in old

In the following pafhoufehold fluff.

the unworthy browfe

CtrctiiJrt,

ox.

Become

Thou

L'EJJrange.

And while it lads, let buffoonery fucceed,

To make us laugh for never was more reed.

Jotif'n.

have

preter. I built, I

i>. a.

fabrick, or an edifice.

Dryden places the accent, improperly, on the firft fyllable.

Where pubiiclc ministers encourage buffoonery,
it is no wonder if buffoons fet
up for publick rni-

a (hock,

have buffd out the blooj

From aught but a block.

[! iliier,, Dutch.]
raife from the ground

To

mirth.

To

BU'FFALO.n.f.

n.f. [from buffoon.]

The practice or art of a buffoon.
Courage, in an ill-bred man, has the air, and

Low

in buff.

all

ft BUFF. v. a. [bufe, Fr.]

it is a word not in ufe.
There was

TJ

built.

Garth.

and rough,

wolf, nay worie, a fellow

fo BUILD.

BUFFO'ONERY.

and prepared after the fame manner

as that of the buffalo.
A military coat made of thick leather,
fo that a blow cannot eafily pierce it.

oil,

3.

miiping

is
.15

hardly any country, which has fj

Ireland; the reafon muft be, the

this built.
ciiy of timber proper for

BULB.

./.

[from bulbus, Lat.]

body, or root.
if

little
fc.ir-

Temfi'e,

Around

T.ikc up your early autumnal tulips, and tu/i'i,

will remove them.
Evdja't KtiUndar.

you

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If we confider the tult, or

B
of the eye, the

ball

a rupture in

it.

fize.
Whea:, or any other grain, cannot ferve in.
(lead of monejj, bccaufe o/ its bulkinefs, and
change of its quantity.
Lcctc.

Ray.

BUIB'ACEOUS.<I<#. [balkaceui , La.] The

lame with bulbous.
DuJ.
EUI/BOUS. a.ij. [from /.]
Containing
bulbs ; coniiiling of bulbs ;
having
round or roundiih knobs.
There

are of roots,

and hirfute roots.

ttlUus

And

in the bulb'.u

it,

BU'LKY.

the fap rjafteneth more to the air onct fun.

Set up your tiaps for vermin,

amor

again clofe to the (talk.

Foams

Rjy

en tie Crtat.

[ft

lulg'd at once, and in the deep was

loft.

n.f. [bulcke,

Dutch, the

breaft, or

erful, fierce, and violent.

Many buih have compaffed me
Milan haie befet me round.
3.

Batm

'

The

figure

Spaniards and Portuguefe have ftips

"

g.tiv

a
,

i>ize

iii:

peiiiapt it never
the laft period of lite.

comes to
A* ru:l n
i

T,hin

cannot enter into the min

n thcmtdies, and
by their ov,
-

they I.L.fift
natural tuK pafs into the
apprchsnfir-n
are taken in by their id
i

Siitt

The

grofs;

the

mai

the

majority;

mafs.

frm

the

ts./i

_""

Uurgc

in

tiou,

jtt

its

due power

of the debt muft be leflene<J

na
1

an augmenudve

Hc

'

I""
;
:

And

nitrous an.t
profound,
..itti?r all his
bulk,

end his being.

What am

1=

part of a fhip's cargo ; as,

to break bulk, is to
open the cargo.
BULK. n.f. [from bielcke, Dan. a
A part of a building jutting out. beam.]

md behind thisiWi.StraightwiU he come:

Wear thy good rapier barr, ami
it horr.e.
Sbfk.
put

* cc Prr c " r"'mg

found Jack with n-,ip,
;; hu t'.ok do-.vn l;i:
body, and laid it
<ulk, and brought
ut the
ti> the C'im-

..t"'' *.

pjnyK

BO

i.

HE AD.

n.f.

A
A

rope

t.utk,

partition rnadc acrofs

a fhip, with boards,

whereby one part
divided from another.
Harris

is

call a tull,

nfe

i-,

man. fell

be

gills,

its

fyllable, without

much

original fignification.

the wifcr for

.n the fifth

yejr of his
.he people W^LU

dogs.
knowing that Trajan
when he
I

ah

y
'

tu.l.

Add-l'n

want

their

porr.dge and

their

beef.}

fat lullr,.

JM.-BECGAP.. n.f. [Thi-, word probacame from the i/ifolence of tho/o who

bly

begged, or raifed money by the pope's

buH.J -Something terrible; fomething
to fright cluldj en with.
from the Vatican were
urned into
ridicule; and, as they were called tu!i
,
li.ey were uled as words of fcorn ai.d
c "n ''
'i-ninations

CLL-CALF. n.f. [from

Jylfr.
bull

and

calf.}

he-calf; ufed .'or a ftupid fellow:

a i.iia of
reproach.
L

which

are roundifli

fins

3.

in winter

wo

them than of

black water vermin.

little

Phillips' s

BULL-TROUT,

n.

f.

World of Words.
large kind of

in

t*S-trait, of

Northumberland, a trout

much

BULL-WEED,

called

greater length and bignefs

Walton.

The fame with

n.f.

iveed.

BuLL-i',ErF. n.f. [from lull and

Coa-fe beef; the flefh of bulls.

Sbati^cart.

The mam

5.

baiting

the

iui.i.-BAiTiNc;. n.f.
[from^7and^i/.]
fport of baiting bulls with

S-w.j't

fabrick.

near to his

two

than any in thefe fjuthern

parts.

fize

Main

4.

trout.

in

reference to

property, through the bulk ot

makes flow marches, and

fifli.

the

in

ccmp^ofition, generally notes the

of any thi-ig, as bull-bead,
bu.nijh, bull-trout ; ai.d is therefore onlv

'

M*.

ournature.

whai the Englifh

though

World of Words.

knap.

Pcft'lLrl-r,.

BULL,

of the people, are

pu'nt
d-,,

fins

'here is,

is

cxpieilion,

which they agreed with the received

in

Rome was

blunder; a contradiction.

I confrfs it

We

very points, in which thefe wife -me

dlfagr.;ed

ballot !.:'.

inflexible the court of

sltterbury.

J.

how

clared

infeft.

bull-head begins to
fpawn in Apiil
know no more what becomes of

ifter a frefh

the groves.

hath two

or crefted

point o; abules.

quantity.

called apoltoiicx by the cano-

Ajliffc.
"'
'. of ornament wore
by the
nobility, called iullte ; round, or of :lu
f a heart,
hung about "heir neck-, like dia-

till

thorny brake,.

under his belly, two on the

back, one below the vent, and the' fin of the tail
is round.
Nature hath painted the body of this
fi(h wit!)
whiti/h, blackiih, brownifli fpots.
Theyare
ufually full of fpawn ail the fummer, which
fwclls their vents in the form of
a dug.
The

gthened with a leaden leal, a.'id containthe decrees and commandments of

or
blftop of Rome.

was n -t

It

'

uFI**
2.

P/a/m.

crclles.
Thole built carr.e afterwards t
bung to tl;e dipbmas of the emperors anJ popes,
fror.i whence
thrj had the n.-.me of bulls.
Arbutb.

burden than for battle.

Ralci^
jn animal arrives at its full

World of Words.

The miller's thumb, or bull-bead, is a fifli

of no
plcafing mape; it has a head big and fl.it,
much greater than fuitable to its
body ; a mouth
very wide, and ufually gaping ; he is without
teeth,
but his lips are
very rough, much like a file
he

be

ot war, for

Though

mond

great Irjik; but fitter for the merchant

man

let;crs

Tncrc
young

ff'ar -.u'ub
Sf,

publilhed by the pope,

is

n.f. [from bull and bead'}

ftupid fellow; a blockhead.

The name of a

them

in

the popr-

hundred
of a moie nimble motion, and more ferviceable.

3.

letter

A tul!

An

Phillips' t

1.

ilrong bulls of

n.f.

2.

Ttmnfaa.

iig

thefe forces there were

prepared near one
fliips ; not fo great of hulk indeed, bu'

BULL-FLY. 1
BULL-BEE. J
BULL-HEAD,

of the twelve
figns of the zodiack.
Ac lalt from A:ics rolls tr e bounceoua
:un,
And the brigh' Bull receive: him.

4.

Agamft

May.

[ruiialla.]

Phillifs't-

enemy pow-

One

Magnitude of material fubftance; mafs.

I.

/,.'.', or calve, we
h.lj,
ends at trn years old.

Jn the
fcriptiiral fcnfe, an

2.

of a man.]

largeft part

Bacon.

to go to
Bfft age
_
Begins at four, and

Msxon's Mtcba'.ical
Extrdfts.
n.f. [g^ tu.ia, from /&?, an ox,

hunger.] An enormous appetite, attended with

fainting, and co!dnefs of the extremities.
Diti.

upon the forehead than

crifj

cows -

arc

n. f.

The blackbird whittles from the

The mellow lull-fact anfwcrs from

my

Sbai.fr*,,.

maie

Bu:li are

f.ipl-,,

BULK.

m.
fmall
bird, that has neither
fong nor whittle
of its own, yet is
very apt to learn, if
taught by the mouth.
.

to

gentlewoman, Sir, and a kinfworrnn of

mftar's
Even fuch kin as the parifli heif-rs
to the town tull.

Dutch.]
of black cattle
the male

The fide, or part of the F.i- of a wall, or

any
timbcr^that bulges from its bottom or foundation',
is faid te
batter, or hang over the foundation.

and

BULL-FINCH,

a cow.

out.

Bu LIMY.

fea

[tulle,

him Is that of a lult^

they are tame no longer than they are not

jfj

Arbutbmt.

BULL. n. f.
The male

Dndtn.

To jut

2.

All the harmlefs

part of

Drydcn.
engagements, which was to
bore and link the
enemy's (hips with the roftra,
gave iuttj and high (hips a great advantage.

To

Then

they

tries.

o'er the covers.

The manner of

the bull ; and this

fpecies is fo peculiar
to Britain, that
they are faid to degenerate when
are carried to other coun-

Dryatn.

bilrj, Sax. a bladder.}

take in water ; to founder.
Thrice round the (hi,- was
toft,

great fize

a formidable
page,
vengeance; and Orelrcs" bulky rage,
Unfatisfy'd with margins clofely writ,

f-

Sbalttfptare.

n.f. [from tull and Jog.]

dog of a particular form, remarkable
for his
He is ufed in baiting
courage.

Ciics

was originally
written bilge:
tilge was the lower part
of the (hip, where it fwdled out ; from
n.

<v.

roared, as ever J heard a bull-calf.

Huge Tclephus,

Falftaft',

BULL-DOG,

Latreus, the bulkie/t of the double race,

the fpoil'd arms of flain Halefus
grace.

Eac-.n.

efpcciailj

come

Of

bulk.'}

you carried your guts away as

_
nimbly, and roared for mercy, and ftill ran an*

Whom

your bulbous root..

Evelyn, Kai^dar.
Toeir leaves, after they are fwelled
out, like
a bulbous root, to make the
bottle, bend inward, or

To BULGE.

[from

adj.

And,

or ftatuje.

fibious roots,

rn-.ts,

I taite

bulky.} Great-

of fhture, or

nefs

U L

BU'LKINESS. n.f. [from

exteriour membrane, or coat

the.-eoi', is made thick,
tough, or ftreng, that it is a very hard matter to

make

U t

BULL-WORT,

or

[ammi, Lat.]

BISHOP'S-WEED. n.f.
plant.

BU'LLACE.

n. f.
wild four plum.
In Oftober, and the
beginning ot November,"
come fen-ices, medlars, tullacts
rofes cut or
;

removed,

to

come

late

holyoaks, and fuch like.

BU'LLET. n.f.

[faulet, Fr.] A round

of metal,
ufually (hot out of guns.
As

bali.

when

In

the dcvilifli iron

engine, wrought
d-epsft hell, and fr;.m'd by (Wics (kill,

With windy nitre ard

quick
fraught,
And ramm'd with bullet round, fulphur
ordain'd to kill.
_.
.-,.
Spenfcr.
Ter, their l?ader,
defperately fighting arncngft the foremoft of the janizaries, was at once
fliot with i\,i
bulltts, and flain.
Kmlles.
And as t l e built, fo diftVirnt i:; the
fight;
Their mounting /hot-is on our fails
defiga'd ;
Deep in their hulls oar
bullets fijht,
And through the yieHirg deadly
planks a
find.

pa/Tag*

BU'LMON.
in the

n.f. [b,llon, Fr.] Gold oHJlver

lump, unwrought, uncoined.

The balance of trade mult of

neccffity be returned in coin or Lullkn.
Bacon..
fecond multitude,

wond'rous art, found out the

mafl'y ore,
Severing each kind, and fcuram'd the tullan drofs.
ft tli

Milton.

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diver whofe workmanfiiip has rio t a.

thus foreign coin hath no value here
il.imp, and our coin is iuilhn in foreign'

Su/l'm

11

2.

And

lue.

for its

dominions.
it
is

(towage for immn(\.

'
pure builicr.
Maifoa.

Bui. LI'TION.W./. [frombullio, Lat

are, a? the h*tlit\'-.

tr^e precipitation to
torn, the ejaculation towards the t,p, the
lion in the miuft, and the like.

BU'LLOCK. ./ [from
\Vhy, that's fpoken

3.

Some making

B*.

>

or

lefs

come from

bull,

bull-r.f,!
it

T hib

court?]
fellow:

The

But profound thought will bring

that with bum on couch we
Becaufc cur reafon's foar'd

BUMBA'ILIFF.

for.

Mine h

ft or'

the garter!

What

one that
Sir

Go,
'

is

bard;

which

Yond

.it

fo true

wi'hil,
cannot flrep without a brawl.
liiiiy
DryJen.
ii.
r
.il.linj;
14, at the wvlr, a morct:
cbaratler than 3liu/.y in pvt:^: jt>.
As..
;

To

[from the noun.]

overbear with noife or menaces.
a.

Pientices, parilh ck'rks, and hectors

that is drunk, or tally d, pa\ s rhr treat.

Hi

7c BU'LLY. v.

To

a.

Kir.g .

be noify and quar-

n.f. [from lull and rujh.}

large rufh, fuch as grows in rivers, without knots ; though Dryden has given it
the epithet knotty ;
it, pro-

confounding
bably, with the reed.
To make fine cages for the nightingale,

ill

with bending

oficrs

next in order ftood,

within of reeds, a trembling wood. DryJen.

BULWARK.

\jbthutrckc,

only from

probably

its

Dutch ;
and

flrength

largeneis.]
I.

What

is

now

But him the

inado quic.ily to retrcar,

with finglc Iwurd in hand,
'twixt him and his lord did like a W.r.ir)

Encountering

And

called a bailion.

I'cjuive

fierce

ftand.

Sftr.Jer.

They

oft repair

Their earthcrn bulwarks

'gainft the

ocean flood.
'

x*x. 6.

wmt

ha.t

be grown hard, witli

or Imncbts, like hard builc
foft, to

many

rounj

little

of the fame kind grow-

ing together.
Vines, wit

lilk

the

n.f. [perhaps from bum, as being

prominent.] A fwelling ; a protube-

rance.
had upon

bitterly.

Not though

Hang

To

hrow

its

tvmp

as

big as a

a pciilma knock, and

young
cr'u-d

it

Sbattfy-cart.
his teeth are beaten out, his i-yes

by a firing, in burxpi his forehead tile. Dry,!.

BUMP.

<v.

a.

make a loud
BOMB.] It is

[from Itmlus, Lat.]

noice,

or

A number

3.

applied, I

[See
think, only to

Then to the wafer's brink ita laid her

And as a bittour butr>ps wjthin a reed,
thec alone,

bke,

till

lh<-

heal,

And on

AM

his

the h-i
'hine.

Drjd.

of things tied together.

arms a

iunil' of keys he bore.

Fairy <%iicen.
not what ye csll all; but if I
not with rif:y of them, I am a t:.
I

know

radlifh.

Sl'ztffptare.
!
h's double face

Ancient Janus, with

And bnmb
The mother's

of keys, the porter

tl.

iur.sb

.1

the place.

Dryd.

of keys, or any thing they

hurt thcmlcives with,

I'erves to divert little

Ltiitr.

thing bound into a knot

bunch of ribbon ; a tuft.

Any

4.

as,

rrelr,

tun<b of hairs difcover'd diverfly,

With fpjinkled pearl and gold full richly drefK
Sfcufcr.

To

[from the noun.) To

fwell out in a bunch; to grow out in

BUNCH,

rv.

n.

protuberances.
refcmblancc of a champignon b.-t'ore
opened, hutching out into a large inunJ kn ..b
i:w,/.
end.
at one
It has the

it is

l-ack.}

A'C K

n. adj.

from

Having bunches on

crookbacked.
The day iball come, that thou
To lu!p tlKccuife thii poU'nous

biiii;b

a;id

the back

(halt wifh for self,

bitnfblack'd toad.

Sbatiffcarc.

faiJ

BU'MPER.

lo.id

the

To B u N c H

bomb.

the bittern.

To

Shall.

better rule for the

children.

have receiv'd your le'tcr full if lovr,

AnJ, in our maiden council, rated tlum
Ai courtfliip, pleafant jdr, and couriefy,
As bambtij!, and as lining to the time.
Sbakefp.

I<

;:j

.i

fancies

F.ir th-e, hr.^'.

"
la

An

(luffing;

We

cockrel's ftont:

drawn from

ition

Gn:-'.

cotton;

knev.

hi-

d'Mribution of the lights and fhadows,

Stss-vcus,

ftuifed with
wadding.

duft'ring tuKctrt growing.

-,

Ti'.iin faid, th.it

or cotton of a tree.

filk

BUMP.

Drydtn.
crown'd;

which he

',

A duller

2.

n.f. [falfely written for bom-

1-inen

z.

of bulrujbis, was my wont.

Spen/cr.
my praifes arc but as a tulrujb caft upin a
ftrcam; they are born by the ftrcngth of the cur-

The edges were

The knotty bulnjb

ballj

liquor.

with much more probabickduces them all from bombycinui.}

i. A cloth made by fewing one ftuff upon
another ; patchwork.
Th; ui'uai buiKbiiJl of black bits fcwed into ermine, our Englifh women are made to think v "n

ballcsts

rent.-

carry their treasures upon the hur.:'.ts

ihill not profit thi-m.

i.

even and

bility,

A/1

a leathern pitcher.
bU.k doud, v'l.id hu c;e one looks

fin.-.

BU'LRUSH.

An

gun;

great

the

Danilh,

[iwicker,

Ijiiiab,

He

fein,

relfome.

And

fee.]

They will

for bom-

[wrong written

Cbrija,

of camels, to a people that

Shake/peart.

bombaji and bambujine being mentioned, with great probability, by Ju

nius, as coming from boom, a tree, and
baft

Mr.

To BU'LLY. v.

1.

corner

at the

tells.

crags of the mountains.]

A hard lump ; a knob.

SejMyftarc*

Tlie little man is a tally in hii nnru:'c,J)ut,

he grows cholerick,, I confine Kim trH his
over.

a bxmbailif.

who, aiming

BUNCH.

faTic

BU'.MI: AST.

when

is

him

he

ai!

a fimplc,

is

fi-llow,

wrath

for

blundering, and yet conceited

at defcription, and the ruftick
wonderful, gives an air of iair.fltir.ly romance to

n.

'

in arrefts.

Like d fjul bumkdrd, tLat would (hed his

'

i.

n.f.

"black jack

rock! Speak I'chohrly and wifely.

Sba
All on a fu.Wen the d inrs
and in
flewr-open,
comes a crew of roaring bulhcs, with their wenches,
their dogs, and trHr bottles.
L'EJ!rjnge.
i

employed

Andrew, fcout me

BU'MB'ARD.

adj. [from kumfk-n.} Haring the manners or appearance of a

clown ; clownifh.

BU'MPKINLY.
He

bailiff,

of the orchard, like

lays nr.

lie,

h:^'i.

bum baigradual corruption bcun, bun,

A bailiff of the meanelt kind;
liff.]

man

to:)

country bumpkin the fanu: liv'ry wears. DrjJ,

It was a favjur to admit them to breeding}
and ck.
they might be ignorant t*n:pkir.s
they jjlcafej.

the gout;

[This is a corruppronounced by

n.f.

of bound

tion

In his white cloak the magrftrAte appears

Sydcnham does not doubt,

learned

heavy tvrrpHtr, taugb*with daily c.i.e,

da..ce three it<-ps with a b;comii

The

his

Ard

bluftering, quarrelling

generally taken

it is

that had never heard of fuch

*/'!,

Can never

fit.

From dully (hops neg eclcd authors come,

DryJta.
Martyrs of pies, and rrlickj of the tun:.

not

thru has only the appearance of courage.

we

gently tais'd the knight,

lluA'&rai.
bum upright.

l"ai;i, l.e

And fa him on

probable.
the pope's letter, implying the infolence of thole who came
inverted with authority from the papal

A noify,

The buttocks

Dutch.]

a country lout.

before, blelicd herlclf at th: change of her

'<""'

.'.j

The .vlfcll aunt tfllinj, the faJdeft tale,

S mcti::,e for threefoot llool mirtakcth me,
Then (lip 1 from her bum, down topples flie. Sl*al.

probably

May

n.f. [boixmt,

the part on which

./. [Skinner derives

burly, as a corruption in the pro-

right

heavy ruilick
The poor burr.;
cond'

BUM.

Temple.
this word

which are

Skaktfptarc.

[from the noun.]

ftrcnyhen with bulwarks.

Lull.

appointed way, and runs with threat'ning

horns.
CnvLy.
Until the tranfportation of cattle into England
was prohibited, the quickeil trade of rcidy money
here was driven by the lale of young bull^ls.

which is very
from bulky, or

fortify ; to
or diftant coaft,
yet tv ttl-ifjii'ii town,
Prefcrves the beauteous youth from being (Vim.

Th'

tl

or peace with pillage

And

fcorns

nunciation

bofom
a.

-v.

To

c-

fbat
they fell tiulkckt.
S^rne drive the herds; here th: fici-e lullxi

from

a fhelter.

the wars their k\!varl,

To BU'I.WARK.

an honcii dro\

BU'LLY.

fecurity

fcren

before go;ed the gentle

bbery.

iul'r

A young

/*.'/.]

liicc

tl.e

certain

AU'jm.

The

act or ftate of
boiling.
There is to be obfrrved in thefe diffoKr
which will n 't ejfily incorporate, what the efjcfts

n. f. [This word is of unetymology ; Henjhav.- derives it

from fumkin, a kind of worthlefs gourd,
This feecw harfti yc \ve
or melon.
ufe the word callage-head in the lame
fenfe.
Bump is uted amongft us for a
knob, or lump: may not tumpkin be
much the fame with clotifate, Ir.ggerheaJ,
An awkward
block, and blockhead?}

BV'MTKIN.

fortification.

wtre dcT.iking.away needlefs ttthvarti, di*eu

"vard.
mrlifhed upon the fea coafts.
Our nival ftrength is a burn-ark to the n.itici..

Ltrlr.

in every veffel there

trealuie;, when the cargo

BUN

fe

[from buncl.>f.~\ The

or growing in
quality of being bunchy,
bunches.

BU'NCHINESS.
filled

cup
n.f. [from bump.}
the liquor i'welU over the brims.

n. f.

We hav

Within

ru^ivarks round us;

our wills <uc troops cnur'd to tail. Addfon.

All day in playing tw:] .is, anJ > u'jjht

Reels to the bawds.
Dryden 's Juvtnal.

Bu'wciiv.
ia

[from lunch.} Growing

having tufts.
He

adj.

bunches

To denominate them m<n K-r., they ir.uft hav

had forms fyflem of parts, compounded of folkl
and fluids, that executed, though but lui;gling/y

He

is more efpecially diftingui/lied t'rprn etrer

birds, by his bur.cby tail, and the ftiortoefs of hi:
;
'

BU'NDLE. n.f.

\.

[bynble, Sax, from bynb.]

things bound together.

number of

As

of pet'.'' ins

to the bundles

in parliament, they

were, for the moft part, petitions of private perfons.

/'.'.'

can you this hindi'e break;

bids the youngeft of the fix
up a well-bound heap of flicks.
Swift

Try,

Then
Take

2.

lads,

S,

rolled up.

any thing

roll;

carried a great bundle of Flanders

;.;

To BU'NDLE.

To

a [from the noun.]

.

a bundle

tie in

to tie together

with

up.

We

ought to put things together as well as ive

can, dcRrinf caufa; but, after all, feveral things
will not be bundled up together, under our term
and ways of fpeaking.
See how the double nation lies,
Like a rich coat with fkiits of frize

As

in

man,

if a

Should

making

lur.dle thifbes

flop

To

he fmJ

till

When men

They make

want

Drydtr..

Le::

..

my
To BU'NCLE.

opened, an

tc

Othrr

Do

Tobotch ; to manage
conduct awkwardly
with

i> . a.

to

and with forms, being

Sbaiejfearc.
mifchitf, th u^h they mean

They mikr lame

U we'll:
'::

>t

fir.ely

n.f. [rrom the verb.] A botch ;

awkwardnefs ; an inaccuracy ; a
clumfy performance.

BU'HGLE.
an

Errouri and bungln are eommitted,

matter is inapt or contumacious.

Ray

when

the

on tbe Creation.

BU'NGLER.
\.

n.f. [biunghr, Welfh; q. Ion

e. the lait or lovveft of tilt pro

Da-vies.]

clumfy performer

vjjrs, at tl.e firlt,

rude, that,

were

man

withoir
I

or a h

not what

f m .ike

burgler tlius,

who

fcarce the nail can hit,

make the pannei fjilit.

Witii driving wrong will

NGLy

Ciuoifily

On

learning's furface

we but

lie

BUOY.

To

2.

aif-v.

awkwardly.

from bungling. ]

Something grievous or we^u-ifome.

Couldft thou fupport
burden, heavier than the earth to bear ?
M'.ltm.
None of the things that are to learn, mould ever

That

mute

is

To

in both.]

afloat

keep

3.

To

n.

i>.

float

cifick lightnefs.
Ri:ing merit will iucy up

to rife

*.

5.

ToBu'RDEN.

[from buoyant.]

has denfity enough to

Dryden.

So

full

o/ buoyant

Infp're the courfe.

l"o

fpirit,

vivid nerves,

now no more
Tbomfun's Autumn.

BUR, BOUR, BOR, come from

the Sax.

bup, an inner chamber, or place of lhade

and retirement.
Gibfoit'i Camden.
n.f. \lnppa.: ta/irre, Ft. is down ;
the bur being filled with a foft tomtntum,
or down.]
rough, head of a plant,

SUR.

-v.

a.

[from the noun.]

To

to incumber.
Burden not thyfelf above thy power.

load

mean not

that other

men

be eafed, and you

Corintbitins, viii. 13,

burdened.

With meats and

The

hinder a floating body from finking.

I fwom with the tide, and the water under me
once

bob;

Ecclus. xiii. 2.

adj. [from kitcy.] Floating;

light j that which will not fink. Drjden
ufes the word, perhaps improperly, for
:

verfe repeated in a fong; the

The quantity that a (hip will carry, or

the capacity of a fhip : as, a
fhip of a
hundred tons burden.

BUO'YANT.

Si'jifti

obfolete.

At ev'ry clofe flic made,^h* attending throng

Reply'd, and bore the burden of the fong.
DryJcn's FallfS.

at lair.

All the winged tribes owe their flight and buoyDerbam's PbyJicQ-Tbtohgy.
ancy to i.t.

tli

now

hadft a wife once, callM Emilia,

bore thee at a burden two fair fons.
Sbaiffp.

The

by fpe-

quality of floating.

fomething

birth

the chorus.

Pope's F.JJay an Criticifm.

BUO'YANCY.

as

Locke,

Deaf, giddy, helplefs, left alone,

all my friends a burden
grown.

That

to

water which rifcs out of the abyfs, for the

fupply of fprings and rivers, would not have ftoppe
at tlie furface of the earth, but marched directly
up ir.to the atmofpiicre, wherever there was heat
enough in the air to continue its afcent, and busy
it
Wcrdwarcl's Natural liljtory.
up.

them, orimpofrd on them

Thou

nk

ufed to

u
4.

is

a burden to

To

epifcopacy, and launcl

prelbytery, in England ; which was lately buoyed
up in Scotland, by the like artifice of a covenant.
All art

made

be

a tafk.

and nod.
Pope's Dunciad.

The

Stukeff. Corklanu.

mew what

anchoring bark

[from the noun.

f. a.

their provender
and fore blows

of ufe in lading of (hips, and may help to>

burden, in the feveral kinds, they will
Bacon's Pby/iral Remains;

It is

Diminifti'd to her cock ; her cock a buoy,

Almoft too fmall for fight.
Sbakefp. King Lear.
Like buoys, that ncVer fink into the flood,

H'.s

';

tall

fomething to be carried.

for bearing burdens,

bear.

was buoyant.
<,t

Peathaw en Drjiving.
Hard feiturei every bungler can comrr.
iw true beauty (hews a mafler'i hand. Dryd.

of which

made.

and yond

fort

For finking under them.

\boite,

mice

like

load

Only

head what r

fa:n to write over the

knew

cow

were luch iu*?Urs, ind

wLen they drew

otherwifc the beholder

it.

bad workman

Shake/ft
fluff

*./.

Camels have

or boyt, Fr. boya, Span."

piece of cork or wood floating on the
water, tied to a weight at the bottom.
The fiHiermen, that walk upon t.ie L

To BUOY.

drawn, and hid,

But feams are roaifely bur.^Iij up, and fcen. Dryd.
\r.:'r'.'.i

feflion.

BUOY. n.f.

b:.

The

of prickles.

mule.]
1.

:lng femblances of piety.

y gicr,

n. f.

fifh full

of grape.
BU'RDEN.?/./. [byrrSen, Sax. and therefore properly written burthen.
It is
fuppofed to come from burdo, Lat. a

The

The

by treafons,

dim

p.itchei, colours,

Th':ir

took this lark for

n.f.

BU'RDELAIS.

King Charles.

devi's, that fuggeit

botch and bundle up

With

BU'RBOT.

To fwel

bear up.

BU'NTINC.

ground.
Dryden.

dry on- the ooze.

n.f. [emberizaalba]
bird.

tlie

fellow ftuck ~like a bur, that there was no

Arbulbnoi * Hijl. of Jobn Bull,
Diaking him off.

manner bef jie they come

fea'cd in a
bungling

clumfiiy
up.

BU'NTIKG.
name of a

and thorns difgrace

cant word for a woman

rags about the ftrect ; anc

1'ghr,

but Lu-

crown'd,

Now knotty burs

as, the fail bunts out.

Appear

BU'NGLE. v. n. [See BUNGLER.]

To perform clumfily.

Whither betake her

the chill dew, amongft rude burs and thifltes.
Mi/ion.
And where the vales with violets ouce were

From

bv way of contempt, for any low

vulgar woman.

filled,

ftoppirg a bur.

it

I will ihakc thce from me like a

ferpent. Skak,
Dependents and fuitors are always the burs, and
fometimes the briers, of favourites.
#-VV'*

ufed,

imagii.atinn trace the nobleit dufl

Why may not

left

[from the noun.]

11. n.

afterwards flopped up.

is

of Alexander,

forfaksn by the water, and

Ice

Or

'i i:e wear is a frith, reaching flopewife through

the ooze, from the land to low water mark, aiu
having in it a bunt, or cod, with an eye-hook
where the fifli entering, upon the coming back
with the ebb', are flopped from ifiu'mg out again,

fhip's colours are

hcL.^

loofe

from

V.

Lofing both beauty an.d utility. Sbaksff. Henry

Hang off, thou cat, thou bur ; vile thing,

creaiing cavity.

to clofe up.

BU'NGHOLE. n.f. [from bung and

The hole at which the barrel is

kind o

Gay's Paflwa/s
n. /. [corrupted, as Skinner thinks,
fwelling part; an iubeat.]

BUNT.

Swift.

To

"

BU'NTER. n.f.
who picks up

After three' nights are expired, the next mornP/hrtlmer

ing pull out the bur.g flick, or plug.

Span

\bur.ek,

Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thirties, keckfiep, Lurs,

Bcittlg

Thy for.gs are fweeter to mine ear,

Than to tbe thirity cattle rivers char,
Or winter porridge to the lab'ring yojth,
Or bunns and fugar to the damftl's

out

rofes.

the noun.]

n.f.

called a burdock, which flicks to the hair

or clothes.

fweet bread.

L-*ckc

Aftopplefor

n.f. \blng, Welfh.]

a barrel.

and which

BUNN.

p'jfies,

up with

BUNG.

To Bv fG.tr, a. [from

their. peculiar furcYions.

under

l.icf

her arm; but finding h.

kn, (he dropped the good man, and brought away the bundle,
<v.

BUR

BUR

BUN

'

drinks they had fuffic'd,

Milton*

Not burden d nature.

BU'KDENER. n.f.
loader

[from burden.}
an oppreflbr.

BU'RDENOUS.
i

adj. [from burden.]

oppreffive ; wearifome.
no jcft of that which hath fo earncftty

Grievous

Make
me through, nor let that be light
which to me is fu burdcnoas.
2. Ufelefs ; cumberfome.
To what c^:i 1 be ufciul, wherein ferve,
pierced

to thee.

Sidney,

But to fit Uk on the houftiold hearth,

A burfmui drone, to vifitants a gaze.

Millet Sampfon Agonijltt,

[from burden.]
Grievous ; troublefome to be born.
His leifure told him that his time was come,
And lack of load made his life burdenjw.e. Mlhtin,

JU'RDENSOME.

Could

My

life

but live

adj.

lill

burden/ant they p

would be immortal

as

my

.<,

love.

Drydtn' I Indian Zupcrour,

Afliftancej tlways attending u, upon the eafy

condition of our prayers, and by which the moft

and eafy. Rugtrt.

kurdcnfonr duty will become light

of

n. f.

A plant.

[fer/olata.]

n. f.

BURG.

n.f. See

Swift.

BURROW.

grofs of the borough is furveyed together

'in th; beginning of the county ; but there arc fome
other particular burgages thereof, mentioned under
the titles of particular men's pofleffions.

Hate's Origin of ftl,inkird,

n.f.

The

[from To bury.]
burying^ fepuitine

Nor would we

2.

It is a republic itfclf, under the protection of

the eight ancient cantons. There are in it an
hundred burgie'u, and about a thuufand fouls.

2.

type of

AJJifin t,n Italy.

a particular fort, probably

-.

vindicate the

ways of God

to

man. Tope.

n.f. \lourgeois, Fr.]

citizen ; a freeman of a city or cor-

porate town.
town corporate.
reprefentative of a

The whole
fnires,

Sbaktfptare.
d^ck'd in fand,
i

The
The

of the church

performed by the

pariih pricft, at the time of interment, if not prohibited unro pei-fons excommunicated, and laying
violent hands on themfclvcs, by a rubrick of the

burial fervice.

Jlyfrffe's

was difperfed by the knights of

and burgrffa of towns, through all the veins
cafe

Wotttn.

of the land.

BURGH,

corn.f. [See BURROW.]

porate town or burrow.
Many tjwns in Cornwal, when they were firft
Ibwed to fend burgcfl'es to the parliament, bore
another prop irticn to London thlan now; for fcvtia.
of thefe turgii fend two burgelFes, where as London itfelf fends bu-

Craunt.

n.f. [from burgb.~\ One who

has a right to certain privileges in this
Locke.
or that place.
It irks me, the poor dappled fools,

BU'RO HBR.

Being native inirglart of this dffart city,

Should in thdr own confines, with forlted heads,
Have their round haunches gor'd.
Sbjk-fyrare's

As you

l':lc it.

After the multitude of th-: common people was

difmiffed, and the chief of the burgben fent for,
the imperious letter was read before the better Curt

of citizens.

BU'ROHERSHIP. n.f. [from

The privilege of a burgher.

Knslles.

burgher.}

And

Altar of Syrian mode, wherein to burn

His odious offerings.
Miltsr..
That where ihe fed his amorous dcfires
With foft complaints, and felt his hotteft fires,
There other fiarncs might wafte his earthly part,
And burn his limbs wheic love had burn'd his
Drtdtn,
heart.

To wound

2.

Wit

n. f.

[French.]

To

3.

1.

BURLE'SQUE.

2.

or ideas

When

pafli-n

DrjJert.

to be kindled.

them

before them, and behind

the land

is

as

them

tiic

garden of Eden

a delblatc wilder-

Joel.
.

To

Sialufftari.

(hine

to fparkle.

Oh

prince

oh wherefore i^rn your

eyes

and

why
Is

3.

your fwcec temper turn'd to

To

When

Tranio,
If

Rwf.

than farther,
which they vaniihed.

burnt in dclirc to qucftion

made themlelvcs

they

f'ury

be inflamed with paflion or defire.

achieve

burn,

n: t this

air, into

pin?,

perifh,

young modeft

Tranio,
^irl

Sbakcfp.

Raleigh, mark their cv'ry gl'iry mix'd ;

Rae gh the fcour-n if Spain, whole breait with
'1 he
tage, the patriot, and the hero burn'tl.
I:>

4.

To

all

Tbmfe*.
:
uicJ

aft with deftruftive violence

of the paflions.

ridicule.

a raa:i la/s out

my

tears.

barge (he fat in, like a burailh'd throne,

urnt on the ua'Cr.
Skat.

AUifat.

Ludicrous language

The

haviour of Irus, and in other paflages, has been

oblerved to have lapfcd into the burlayue character, and to have de/nt'.-.l from tliat fcrious air,
efl'ential to the ma^ii licence of an epic poem.

BURLE'SO^UE. n.f.

burned with fire.

Exodus*
coward conference, ho\v doft thouafflidl me!
The light burns blue. Is it not dead midnight J
Cold fearful drops (land on my tiembiing rkih.

[corruptly written ior

of grape.
adj. [Fr. from burlare,

Jocular; tending to raife

laughter by unnatural or unfuitable language or images.
Homer, in his character of Vulcan and Thcrand Venus, in his befitcs, in his ftory of Mars

all

<v. n.
;

fort

Ital. tojelt.]

by

D.-a.

BURN.

To be on fire
A fire devoureth

The mount

To

n.f.

could hut weep, to vent

dry forrow burnt up

nefs.

upon copper, or
the corrodings of aquafortis, which engrave and

burdelais.'}

that
tliis

before them, and behind

like tiie graver's burini

BU'RLACE.

exert the qualities of heat, as

a flame bi>mclb

graving

do.

burn-

(tripe for irripe.

drying or fcorching.

To

indent the characters, that they can never be deGmtrnmtnt of the Tongue.
faced.
To BURL. v. a.
drefs cloth as fullers

or heat.

fire

for foot, burning for

Exc,dus, xxi. 25.

a graver.
is

becoming exceeding nard,

or hurt with

Hand for hand, foot

ivg, wound for wound,

IV;
Sbateff fare's Henry
tool

flefhy cxcrefcencc,

fuppofcd to demand extirpation, by burring away

the induration, or amputating.
Sharp's isurgrry.

is

darkuefs be the buriir ot the dead.

BU'RINE.

fire.

burnt Jciicho with fire.

fire turnetb the wood.

The

But

fpirit of the firft-born Cain

Rej^n in ail boibms, that, each heart being fet
On bloody c.iurfes, the rude fccne may end,

Let one

confume with

They

Parergon.

n.f. [from bury.} He that bu.

that performs the aft of inter-

Cupid.
11. a.
preterite

and participle
burned, or burnt, [bepnan, Saxon.]

To

church fervice for funerals.

office

little

a very

burly man, die

le/s trouble for her to bring
A.'d'&n*

being

would be

it

BURN.

ment.

BU'RCESS.
I

To

have great lakes, both fa'.t and frefli ; we

for hurials of fome natural bodies : for
we find a difference of things buried in earth,
Bacon.
and things buried in water.
3.

all

hufbanc!

thought

away

men.

burial of his

them

can,

Bui

Her

inter-

We

ufe

him who firft ufed it as, BU'RIER.

ries ; he
Laugh where we muft, be candid where we

called fo from

C-swly.
your Carthaginian ftate,
Let vanquiflied Hannibal without d >ors wait,
Too burly and too big to pafs my narrow gatf.

of placing any thing under

aft

if

Away with

earth or water.

n.f. [bourgeois'. Fr.]

citizen; a burgefs.

The

tumid.

thou turn thine edge, or cut not out

the burly boned clown in chines of boef, ere thou
fleep in thy (heath, I befetch Jove, that thou
may 'ft be turned into hobnails.
Skckrfprnre.
It was the orator's own burly way of nonienfe.

Your body 1 fought, and, had 1 found,

Defign'd for "burial in your native g'ound.
Drydcn's &neid.

his bead his glittering burganet,

by wonderous device,
he did fit.

bulky

I,

Dryden.
;

Vailing her high top lower than her libs,

To kifs her burial.
Sbakefp. Merchant cfVtmcc.

This day I'll wear aloft my burgon^t,

Xv'n to affright thce with the view thereof. Stak.
I was page to i footman, carrying after him his
HaknviH en Providence.
pike and burfamt.
1.

him

See my wealrhy Andrew

The which ?4s wrought

And curioufiy engraven,

Spenftr's Muivpotmos.

deign

fize

Sir

ment.

\bergamottc, Fr.]

PURGEO'IS.

of

n.f.

aft of

[Juntas has no etymology;

adj.

it to come from boorclownifh.] Great of llature ; great

like,

is a tower;
and, from that, a
defence or proteftion : fo C-iuenburb h
a woman ready to afliit ; Cutbbur, emi.'s CamJea.
nent for affilbnce.
Gttifi

1.

<j

Bulk;

Skinner imagines

I'ri^r.

BURH,

BU'RIAL.

lit

[from burly.}

n.f.

bl after.

BU'R^Y.

city.
They chufe their councils and bvrgiv.afert out
other governments of
o{,the burgcois, a* in the
Switzerland.
Mdtjm.

A fpecies of pear.
I
t. A kind of perfume.
BU'RGANET. 1 n.f. [from burginote, Fr.]
HU'RGONET. ) A kind of helmet.
Upon

Burglary
Drydtn's Sfanijh

ment of a

cities or burrows hold

tenements of the king,

for a certain yearly rent.

Cornell.

but a venial

BU'RCOM ASTER, n.f. [from burg and

in the governmaftcr.] One employed

The

SU'RGAMOT.

a peculiar

by
is

[from the adjec-

Brame'i Nats en

BU'RLINESS.

Cmaell.

fay you, father

fin among foldicrs.

whereby men of
or other lord,

houfe-robbing,

What

n.f. [from burg, or burrow.'}

tenure proper to cities and towns,

their lands or

committed

like offence,

a.

To

turn to ridicule.
tive.]
mid Homer apply the epithet divine to a
modern fwineherd ? if not, it is an evidence that
Eumeus was a man ot" confequencc ; othcrwifeHomcr would tarlejjiic his own poetry

name.

BU'RGAGE.

call

by day, they

ftandifh well japann'd, avlili

writing of good fenfe.

The

fome other felony.

pronounced as if it were fpelt burn.

For not the de(k with filver nails,
Nor bureau of expence,

To

To BURLE'SQJJE. v.

In the natural fignihcation, is nothing but the

our
robbing of a houfe ; but, >i it is a term of art,
common lawyers reftrain it to robbing a houfe by
or du
night, or breaking in with an intent to rob,

chert of
{bureau, Fr.]
It is
drawers with a writing- board.

Nor

burg, a houfe,

be born.

BUREAU',

noble his ("peculations

fpotl in the fun, however
may be, they are very ' ape to fall into turlcfjtie,
n on Anci
ncient Mutati.

BU'ROMAJTER. See BURGOMASTER.

BU'RCLAR. ./ One guilty of the crime

houlebreaking.
BU'RDENSOMBNESS. n. /. [from burdcn- BU'RGLARY.
n.f. [from
to
uneafmefs
heavinefs
fonu.} Weight
and larron, a thief.]

BU'RDOCK.

BUR

BUR

BUR

twclveon h on

the

Shall thy wrath turn like

fire f

Pj'a'.m;.

5.

To

BUR

BUR
5.

To

be

in a Hate

of deftroftive Commo-

I find it very difficult to know>

to refreih th' attendants to a grate,

Burr.1 claret

The nations bleed where'er her fteps (he turns,

The groan ftill deepens, and the combat burns.

BURR.

firft,

or Naples bifcuit, gave.

The

n. f.

Vehement

fting

him

his Cordelia.

BURN.

n.f. [from the verb.]

caufed by fire.

We fee

the phlegm of vitriol

is

3.

BU'RNER. n.f. [from

B'.yle.

perion

The

Lat.]

BU'RNING.

n. f. [from burn.}
(late of inflammation.

can

the red butter pear, from its

fmooth, delicious, andfoft pulp. Philips.
BU'RREL Fly. [from/witrreler, Fr. to exe-

feel

oxflf,

n.f. [horn burning and

glafs which collects the rays
glafs. ]
of the fun into a narrow compafs, and fo

where wheels are

catching of

like a burning-glcfs.

Sba/xffiare.

is of the nature of a
burmng-ghfs, which,
kept ftill in one place, nrcth j changed often, it
doth nothing.
Suckling.
O diadem, thou centre of ambition,

if

all its

I.

different lines are reconcil'd,

tbou wert die burning-glaft of glory

a.

\lurnir,

Make

The holes made in

z.

Sbtkcfffare.
a plate of them, and
it as they du
burnijb
Bac<*n.

The frame of lurmffd ftcrl, that call a

From fjr, and Itcm'd to thjw the frecziri,

glare

When

To grow

a.

it,

To BU'RROW.

they touid
throne,

Ire Juno

To

Lvrr.'fi'il,

[of uncertain ety-

To grow

mology.]
il

i/.

to fprcad out.

do, while batuin

or

fill'd

caufe of

bxrti'jbts

beLIy

(lie

may

on her hip9.

lace

tery, from
ly

whom

5.

to

the

by each prefbythey have a fmall year-

[boar/g, Fr. I>i4>fa,

Lat. a

or from birfa, Lat. the ex;

An exchange
change of Cartage.]
where merchants meet, and (hops arc
purfe

uimn

kept; fo called, becaufj the fipn of te

purle was anciently fet over fuch a place.
The exchange in the Strand was rermed
Britain's Burle by James I.
PLiljps.

BURST,

To

or

burjte/f.

To come

with violence.
Wei! didfl thou, Richard, to fupprefs thy vo'.ce
For haa the pafiions of thy heart bitrft out,
I fear we thould have feen dccypher'd there
More ranc'rous
Where is the

v, n.

burjt

have

[bujir"can, Saxon.]

Sbakeffcarc,
notable pafTige over the river Euout
thevallies
oF
the
mountain
by
phrates, bkrjl'uig
Antiuurus ; from whence the plains of Mefopotamia, then part of the Perfian kingdom, begin
fpite.

Kaulla*

open themielves.

to

Young

fpring protrudes the burjiing g.-ms.

Tbemfon*

6.

To begin an atSlion violently or fuddenly.

She

bu'j) into tears,

To BURST,

To

a.

<v.

and wrung her hands.

Arbutknot,

break fuddenly

to

make a quick and violent difruption.

My breaft I'll burjt with (training of my courage,'
And from my
But

ihouldcrs crack

will chaftife this

my

will

arms afunder,

high-minded ftrumpet.

He faften'd on my neck, aod

As if he would r^heav'n.
bieak his yoke from

oft"

Sbaktfpearc^
bellow'd our,
Shakcjfreare*

thy neck, and will

bonds.
Jer. xxx. 8.
turjl thy
Mofes faith alfo, the fountains of the great abyfs
bur/1 afunder, to make the deluge ; and what
this abyfs, and the burfting of it, if reftrninto
ed
JudcCa ? what appearance is there of this dif-

were

means

JStirnci'i Tljcwf.
ruption there ?
If the juices of an animal body were, fo as by
the mixture of the oppofites, to caufe an ebullition,
slrbuthnct.
they would burft the veilHs.

BURST,

ft./,

difruption

A fudden
[from the verb.]
a fudden and violent aclion,

of any kind.
Since I was man,
Such (neets of fire, fuch buifl of horrid thunder,
Such gioans of roaring wind and rain, I never
Reoicmber to have heard.
Skaktfpeare,
Down they came, and drew
The whole roof after them, with turjl of thunder,
the heads of

Imprifon'd

allowance for four years.

BURSH. n.f.

refolved villain,

bowels fuddenly burjl out ; the king

Yet ("peak's, and peradvcnture may recover. Sfak*
If the worlds
In worlds inclos'd fliould on his fenfes turjl,
He would abhorrent turn.
Tfamjov*

Upon

univerfities in Scotland

a glofs to the leaves of books : it is coma dog's tooth fet in a flick.

VOL.1.

Sbarf.

treafurer of a college.
2. Students fent as exhibitioners

Con^nvf.

applied

burrnv under-

The

I .

monly

.particip. paff. of L;tra :

to liquors, it means made hot.

Mortimer.

its

neath.

the

BU'RNISHER. n. f. [from burnifn.~\

1. The perfon that burnilhes or poliluos.
2. The tool with which bookbinders give

mice and

their corn, which, they

rats burntu'.ng in it; be-

BU'RSAR. n.f. \burfarhu, Lat.]

Dtydai.
it

[from the noun.] To

the ground ; to mine, as

Fcfti

fuddenly.

n.

failing into their ears.

Little finufes wou.d t'urm, and

young Jove was grown.

Mrs. Primley's great

holes in

fay, prevents

Dr-jihn.
(hoot, and fpread, and burrijh into iran.

before, but

<v.

conies or rabbits.
Some ftrew land among

glofly.

To BU'RNISH.

(hall fee his

they

ground by

in blood, they will uut of their burrtius, like

conies after rain, and revel all with him. Sbaicff.

brighter

I 've feen a fnake in human form,

All ftain'd with infamy and vice,
Leap from the dunghill in a trice,
and make a gaudy i;
Burrifh,
Uecome a gen'ral, peer, and beau.
Sivlfr.

conies.
cidl up again, and the

the

man

make
fo BU'RNISH.

Cotuell.
thou be proclaim'd

In ev'ry burrow, as we pafs along.

Sbakcfbcart.
PoiTeffion of land was the original right of election among the commons; and barrows were entitled to fit, as they were pofleC'cd of certain trafls.

iron.

(halt

Stakiffcart,

Whofc

Philips.

fortified.

King of England

To

Fr.]

to give a glofs to.

polifh
Miflike me not for my complexion,
The (hadow'd livery ot the burnijh'd fun,
To whom 1 am a neighbour, and near bred.

a river for

fifti.

were fenced or

heart were great,

wear or dam,
in

n.f.
[derived from the Saxon bujij, byrtjs, a
city, tower, or caflle. Gibfon's Gamden.}
A corporate town, that is not a city,
but fuch as fends burgefles to the parAll places that, in former
liament.
days, were called boroughs, were (uch as

Dryjcn.

To BU'RNISH. v.

laid

BU'RROW, BERG, BURG, BURGH,

me

Love

A fmall

BU'RROCK. n.f.

my

To come

4.

Harris.

increafes their force.

to fcorch

Diet.

Shot, [from bourreler, to exeand /hot. ] In gunnery, fmall bullets, nails, ftones, pieces of old iron,
&c. put into cafes, to be difcharged out
of the ordnance ; a fort of cafefhot.

appetite of her eye did feem

gadbee, or breeze.

if

cute,

South.

BU'RNING-GLASS.

infeft, called alfo

BU'RRBL

none of the

In liquid burnirgi, or on dry, to dwell,

Is all the fad variety of hell.
Drydtn.

Where

An

with plenty, and thy

new wine. Frvu* iii. 10.

new bottles.
Jcb.

break away
to fpring.
You liuijtt ah cruel from my arms,
And fwiftiy flioot along the Mall,
Or foftJy glide by the Canal.

called

Fire;

turning! of a fever.

The

To

BU'RREL. n.f. Afortofpear, otherwife

Sbakfffeare.

furely, of itfclf,

afunder.
fly
Vet am I thankful ;
'T would burf. at this*

in-

in, as vitriol, precipitate.

cute, to torture.]

The even mead, that erfl brought fweetiy forth

The freckled cowflip, burr.it, and green clover.

flame;
The mind

An

[With furgeons.]

ftrument or veflel ufed to keep corrod-

ing powders

that burns any thing.

BU'RNET. n.f. \_pimpinella,

name of a plant.

Pipe.

filled

To

Harris.

burn.}

BU'RRAS

hurt

a very effectual

againrt curns.

remedy

called alfo a bilge pump.

Harris.

Statiffeari.

had a glimpfe of him ; but he (hot by me

Like a young hound upon a burring Icent. Drytfen.
1

to fuffer a violent

Th' egg, that Coon

Bur/I'm* with kindly ruptuie, forth difclos'd
Millotl,
The callow young.

by the
2.

it ;

fly open

prefles (hall kurji out wiih

It is ready to burft like

fide of a fhip, into which a llaff fcven

or eight feet long is put, having a burr
or knob of wood at the end, which is
drawn up by a rope fattened to the mid-

dle of

So venomoufiy, that burning ihame detains him

From

King.

A pump

[In a (hip.]

or

difruption.
So (hall thy barns be

Ditt.

BURR Pump.

powerful.

Thefe things

As

To break,

lobe or lap of the ear.

Pcft.

6. It is ufed particularly of love.

She turns, Ihs raves, (he dies, 'tis true ;
But burr.s, and raves, and dies, for you. AJfifcn.
BU'RNING. adj. [from the participle.]

up

Who,

tion.

U R

R
J,

Milion.

all.

fires, in

the

clr>fe

dungeons pent,

and (truggle for a v<mt ;

and undermining all,
mighty burji whole mounuins

jar to get looic,

-tiji^ 'I e!r

Till with a

w.iy,

BURST.
BU'RSTKN.

7.

particip. adj.

[from

f.ill.

bitrft.}

Difeafed with a hernia, or

rapture.

BU'KSTEN KESS.

v.f.
ture, or hernia.

BU'RSTWORT.
hit-uinria,

n.f.

{from

An

Latin.]

ruptures.

BURT.

n.f.

flat

[from

burjl.]

turjl

and

herb good

rup-

ivort
ag.ii it
/>..'.

filhof the turbot kind.

burjl,
ll.f.

Ji

Stcrrd to iidicWe his whole life long,

f.id turtktn of fome merry fwg.

A: d the

BU'RTOK.

n.f. [In a

Afmall tackle

fliip.]

be (aliened any where at pleafure,

confilHng of two fingle pullies, for hoiilthings in or out.

fraall

Phillips,

BU'RY.

a./, [from bof^, Sax.]

a termination Hill
ling-place

the names of feveral places

Edmund's Bury

nuinbury, St.

dwel-

added

di>th

e.nry

hich he doth with very great cele-

Crno.

To BU'RY.

To

1.

i/.

inter

a.

[byrujean, Saxon.]
to put into a grave.
Wl.cn he

lies

To inter,

2.

with the

rites

and ceremonies

of fepulture.
Slave, thou haft fUin

me

Dia.
BU'SHINESS.B./. [hombujby.] The qua-

If ever tbou wilt thrive, bury my body. Staktff.

If you have kindnefs left, there fee me laid }
To bury decently the injur'd maid,
H'ller.
Is all the favo.v.

To

4.

city flat,

which

Thy name

lips

(he render'd life,

lo bary'd in her.

BU'RYING-PLACE.

n.f.

the fepuhurc of dead bodies.

a church-yard, and has
place was formerly
feveral marks in it of graves and burying-flaccs.

BUSH.

n.f. [bis, French.]

thick fhrub.

The

Mod

2.

Or

Mu(r

Oh!

An

iufinefs

that

's

the

affair.

thce

it

has the plural.

3.

The

Walk

the affair or

Shall weeds and pois'nous plants refufe to bear;

beauties.

bough of a

tree fixed

up

at

Drydia.

to Ihew that liquors are fold there.

If it be true that good wine needs no bufi, *tii
true that a good play needs no epilogue. Skaktjf

fa BUSH.

it. n.

tbjck.

[from the noun.]

TV

r."fe" I

ujhing

About her glow'd, half (looping

Each flower of tender ftalk.

A
Around

The

4.

Serious

engagement

in opposition to

trivial tranlaftions.
it his bujiiefs to
I never knew one, who made
that was not guilt)
lafti the faults of other writers,

To grow

Addij'm.
of greater hi mfelf.
He had bufmeji enough upon his hands, and was

round
to fupport

Prior.

only a poet by accident.

thc tufinefs and ftudj

of life, though the ailions chofcn be in themfclvei
criminal.
innocent, the cxccfs.will render them

Milttai

When

broke
guttling fountain
wid above, for ever green,

diverfion

is

made

form'J a (rudy fcene.

Roger i

Poft'i OJy/ey

B'J'SHEL. n.f.

the fenfes being to take

great tu/inrfi
notice of what hurts or advantages the body. Locke.

it,

iulbirtr alders

of

[boijfetut,

Lat.]

ft.bufillus, low

5.

Right of adYion.

What

tsijiiteji

has a tortaife

among

to her

Sfenfer.

Drydtt.

A kind

of high fhoe worn by the ancient aftors of tragedy, to raife their

itature.
Great Fletcher never treads in tujkir.s here,
No greater Junfon dares in focks appear. DryJfSt
In her belt li^ht the comic mufe appears,
When (he with borrow'd pride the bvjkin wears.
Smith,

Drefled

BU'SKINED.

adj. [from buftin.']

in buflcins.
Or what, though rare, of later age,
Mi/tcn.
Ennobled hih the bajkin'd ftage ?
Here, arm'd with (ilvcr bows, in early dawn,
Her bujkind virgins trac'd the dewy lawn. Pifi,

BU'SKY.

adj.

ihaded with

more properly by

[written

See BOSK Y.]

woods

Woody;

overgrown with

trees.

How

to peer
bloodily the fun begins

Above yon bujky hill.

Sbahffcare.
BUSS. n.f. [bus, the mouth, Irim; bouche,
I.

ktfs

a falute with the lips.

doft give me flattering ktfi;l,^By

conftant heart.
troth, I kifs thce with a
Sbiiteffearf,
Some fquire perhaps you take delight to rack,
vilits with a gun, prcfems with birds,

my

Thou

Who

Dryden.

The

a door,

Sidney.

mod

Each common biijb Dull Syrian

rofes wear.

the fairneft

in his country bujkin:.

the care.
object that engages

ground

flievv

Fr.]
Sbalefpcart

to

There is a kind of rufticiry in all thofe pompous

fomewhat of a holiday fhepherd (trotting
j

bufittijps,

fubjed of bufmefs

fome places open,

verfes

Dcnnc-

Be (low
needful counfel to our
Which crave the inftant uli-.

in

the (kin.

kn.

difeafe of love.

In this fenfe

happy buft, which I envy,

can be and ftill can (land fo nigh. Dorm,

Milton, bofty.

from hence remove

word

A piece of
Fr.]
worn by women to

Sometimes Diana he her t!ies to be,

But mifleth bow, and (hafts, and bujkim

importunately.

Your

fuch a care,

facred

or'

if too bufily

You are fo much the bufiaejs of our fouls, that

while you are in fight we can neither look nor
think on any elfc ; there are no eyes for other

The

2.

from bufy.}
of importance; with an air

ftill

itijiint

of affairs.
Employment; multiplicity

1.

Ej/'jis.
fire

rofes

labour,

[bufque,

or whalebone,

Bti'sKiN. n.f. [brofeken, Dutch.]

a fhoe which
i. A kind of half boot;
comes to the midleg.
The foot was drefled in a (hort pair of velvet

BU'SINESS. n.f. [fiombufy.]

2.

from thar (talks we tear,

When we would ftill prefer tlx-m r.aw,
Anil trcfli av on the bujh they grew.

air

my

Shake/part.

they will enquirt

Into a victory, which we difdain,
Then let them know, the Belgians did retire
Before the patron faint of injur'd Spain. Dryden

Vtrms.

As

'adj.

Curioufly

turn'd to feaft, (he turn'd to pray.

With

deftroy,

Of}' with that

That

of hurry.

that ftrange bujk, whofe facred

Religion did not confume, but infpire

Such piety, fo chafte ufe>of God's day,

refrefli

tupltfi

With an

1.

The poller, and exacler of fees, juftifics the rcfcn.blance of the courts of jufticc to the baft*,
rcunto while the Iheep flies for defence from
the weather, he is fure to lofe part of the fleece.

That what we

fweet thoughts do even

when I do it.

rufli,

kill,

ftrengthen their ftays.

unemployed.

To

one's Iufinefs.

BUSK. n.f.

z.

Dry
Atleifure;

adj. [frombufy.']

without bufmefs

Fairy Quieti.

Baicn'i

To Jo

9.

a bum.

like

BU'SILESS.

B u 's i L Y

Eft through the thick they heird one rudely

With noife whereof, he from his lofty (teed
Down fell to ground, and crept into a bajb t
To hide hii coward head from dying dread.

Her heart was

[from bujh.~\
of fmall branches, not high.

tier..

Sfcfiator.

full

The kids with pleafure browfe the bvjby plain

The (how'rs are grateful to the (welling grain.

Sbatijftan.

The

1.

tions of the world, a perpetual fprirg will not do

their lufinrfi ; they muft have longer days, a nearer
Btr.tlcy.
approach to the fun.

fteel

Full of bulhes.

3.

A place appoint-

e.d for

ftill

To thofe people that dwell under or near the

be molt pcftilent : a> for
equator, this fpring would
thofe countries that are nearer thc pules, in which
number are our own, and thc molt confiderab'e na-

Statues of this god, with a thick bujly beard,

are ftill ninny of them eitant in Rome. Add-on.

tc.uing groan did break

name of Antony ; it was divided

Between her heart and

adj.

Thick

2.

within another.
place one thing

The

and fuckGenerally the cutting away of bought

and body, doth make trees grow
the polling and cutting
high ; and, contrariwifc,
of the top, make them fpread and grow bujby.
Bacon.

jet diftinftly ranges,

tuiy
In heaps and piles of ruin.
Shalrfftare.
all,

A thicket

ers, at the root

conceal j to hide.
This is the way to make the

And

bujh.~\

The gentle (hepherd fat befide a fpring,

All in the fhadow of a tujby brier.
Sfenfer.

To

3.

[from

they might difcharge the

earth of woods, b.iars, kujbmcnn, aaid water!, to
make it more habitable and fertile.
Ruleigb.

JJt^on*

to be tranfafted.
They were far from the Zidonians, and had i:
'with any one.
JuJgn.
bufintji
8. Something required to be done.

Something

a clufter of bulhes.
Princes thought how

BU'SHY.
1. Thick

fome
fome

or ruin him.

ofibeing bufhy.
n.f.

is a perplexed bufmfi ;
excel in the one ability,

in the other.

7.

a tprt-vAtel. Irons within

Bit/heli of
the hole of the nave, to preferve it from
wearing, [from louche, Fr. a mouth.]

3.

BU'SHMENT.

aiong,

Fitnefs to govern,

men, fomc nations,

lity

After your way his talc pronounc'd, (hall bury

His realbns with his body.
Sbakeffeart.

of queftion ; foraepoint; a matter

or confidered.
thing to be examined

6.

large quantity.
finitely for
The worthies of antiquity bought therareft pictures with I'ujb.It of gold, without counting thc
Drydcn.
:ht or thc number of pieces.

fometimes

rity.

His reafons arf as two grains of heit hid in two

of ch ifl'j you (hall leek all day ere you find
lujlf/i
than ; and when you luje them, they are noc
Sbekcifeare.
worth the I'eaich.
2. It is ufed, in common language, inde-

to

written bery.
Phillips.
BU'RY. n.f. [corrupted from borough.']
Jt is his nature to dig bimlelf buna, a the

meafure containing eight gallons

ilrike.

as, Alder-

Ptft.

to

ing

BUS

BUS

BUS

clouds
thc^

i.

Pcft,
Then gives a fmacking
A boat for fifhing. [bu/e, German.]
If the king would enter towards building fuch a.
boats and baf-s, as each company could
koth
manage, it would be an encouragement

number of

of honour and advantage.

Temfle.

To Buss. v. a. [from the noun.]

to falute with the lips.

To

kifs

walls, that psrtly front your town,

towers, whofe wanton tops do liajs thec ouds,
Muft kifs their feet.
-ffari.
Go to them with this bonnet in thy hand,
in
fuch
for
the
bufmefs,
(tones;
Thy knec'bvjjivg
Action is eloquence.
Sbakeffeart.

Yonder

Yond

ffatue reprcn.f. [bujlo, ItaL]

fenting a man to his brealt.

BUST.

Agrippi,
5

The

fajthlefs

column, and the ::umbling

fame.

Be

n.

/. [bijlarde, Fr.]

His

wild

were phenicopters, peacocks, bufand ail thefe were dail)

facrifices

To BU'STLE.
i

Come,

my

horfe. Ska!

Henry Vane was

who had credit enough

bufy and tuJHing man,

do his bufinefs in

to

all

mult

a hurry

Going from houfe

to houfe, tatlers and

bufybothe canker and ruft of idlenefs, as idlenefs
the ruft of time.

is

Tayh

Bufybodies and intermeddlers arc a dangerous

fort of people to have to do withal.
L'E/lrangi.
She is well acquainted with all the favourite

Gran-villc.

tu-

fervants, bufyitdia, dependants, and poor relations,

all pcrfons of condition in the whole town.

a combuftion.
Wifdom's felf

of

Oft feek't to fwcet retired folitude :

She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings,

BUT.

That
Were

1.

in the various bufile

all too ruffled.

of refort

This
and that makes fuch anoife and

bujtlt

An

little

for opinions.

that

do&rine made a ftraige tuflle and difturbance in the world, which then fate warm and
Seutb.
tafy in a free enjoyment of their lufts.
If the count had given them a pot of ale after
it, all would have been well, without any of this
a. /.

[from

luftle.}

An

aclivc

Sax.

aJj. [byj-jian,
nounced as bijjy, or

It is

fword

3. Buftling

aclive

2.

Except that

Which

She

(hall

with the

it

His

Sbaicfpeare.

On

fm:'l

of love.

3.

Dovitt.

The coming fpring would firr? appear,

And all this place with rofes ftrow,

4.

would let them grow.

All written fmce that time, fecm
feet

WttUtr.

to have little
we arc g!a.l to know, or the
of
wherein
the
cor.'.roverfy
opinion",
bufy world
has been fo much employed.
Trmplc.
Religious motives and inftinGs are fo bu/y in
tkt heart nf every reafonable creature, ttut no

fnn

events

w.nild

hope

tj g',vern a
fociety,

without

gard to thofe principles.

3.

Troublefome

we now

Swift.

not been

it

write but that.

worn times, hath fomcthing

neverthelefs.

It

Sbakcffearc.

fomctimes only

kill

himfelf M-d.v

then

it

is

nojefli'y.
.

re-

jtiidjon.

there

mu ft
(hail

be another world, wherein this differbe

Wat I.

5.

;ncs ciiarging them again,

bufy witli the:n.

Kn-J!f'i llijloty of the lurk',.

To Bu'sv.
p'oy ;
bufy.

He

11. a.

to

[from the noun.]

engage

in great paflion

'ii.^3 in. d

;il

':

'

>

to

make

To emor

keep

while did dwell,

ryes her face to vie*,
litd. vvlut /he did tell.
all thi-,

'

Only

nothing more than.

confequence

Frofh that conftrain, the ground

feldom their ufurping power withdraw,
But raging floods purfue their hafty hand.
8. Otherwife than that.
It cannot be but nature hath fome direftor, cf
infinite power, to guide her in all her ways'. Honker,

Do

Who

But you mifufe

If iny offence be of fuch mort.il k':

;>aft, or prefent forr. ws,
I-,, me into Itii love
again ;
I

But

know fj,
Wh.it nymph
to

Will be

my

rnnft be

my

be. efit.

foe'cr his voice lit

Sitil'fojrc.

hi.

rival, tn.jugh (he h.ive but cars,

Ben Jmfon.

Nn, Aurcngzch", you merit

And I'm

too

/hall believe,

the reverence of your place

Not more than

9.

Sbtk,

even.

genius fo elevated and uncnnfined as Mr.

Cowley's, was tut neceffary to make Pindar ipeak

Diydcn.

Beroe but now I left ; whom, pin'd with pain,

age and anguilh from thefe rites detain. Dryet.
It is evident, in the inftance I
gave but now,
the confcioufnefs went along.
Locke.

10.

other means than.

By any
Out

of that will

caufc

thofe of Cyprus

(hall come into

true tafte again, but by tranfplanting of CafTio.

mutiny

whofe qualification

no

Sba/tijpeare.

If it were not for this; that; if

were not that. Obfo'ete.

11.

it

Believe me, I had rather have loft my purfe

Full of cruzades.
And, but my noble Moor
Is true of mind, and made of no fuch bafenefs

As

jealous creatures are,

it

were onough

put him to ill-thinking.

Stakeffcarf,
1 here do
give thce that with all my heart,
Which, but thou haft already, with all my heart

would keep from thee.

However

Skaktfpeart.

howbeit

a word of inde-

terminate connection.
do not doubt but I have been to blame;
end for which I came,
Unite your fubjefts firft, then let us go
And pour their common raj e upon the foe. Dry/I.
I

n,;M...

13. It

is

ufed after no doubt, no queflion,

fignifies the Came

and fuch words, and

with that.

It fometiraes is joined

all

my

but to give a part.

They made no account, tut'ti-at the navy mould

be abfolutely mafter of the leas.
Sana.
I r'j-.cied to
myfelf a kind of eafe in the changa
of the paroxyfjn ; never fufpccting but that the
humour would have wafted itfelf".
Drydin.
There is so qucftion lut the king of Spain will
.Ttft of the abules .

-/r.

This feerjie no proper fenfe ip

4. That.
this place.
It is not theicfure irnpoflible tut I
may .liter
the Complexion of iry play, to rclture myfelf intj
i::-s of
fair criticks.

my

Dr\-,lcn.

TiUe/Jin.

DrfJcn.

Otherwife than.

Obfolete.
I

To

ih.mld

fin

think bat nobly of

my grar .ijno'Hcr. Sl'akrfp.

6. A particle by which the
meaning of
the foregoing lentence is bounded or
retrained
Thus figh

7.

only.

A foimiJabio

heart,

Did but men conliJer the true notion of God,

he wualj nnpcar io be full of
goodacfs.

with

that.

5.
,

this

that.

the er.erm

Guardian.

without

Bitty to purfue the

Bramball
-'/'//
Oodwill one time nr another make a difference
between the good and the evil.
Hut there ii lirii
or no difference mode in th;
-.-fore

fjmetimcs valiantly receiving

fooner up, and thininp

the gate of

brightnefs, but he opened

But that;

The particle which introduces the minor

of a fyllogifm ; now.
If there be a liberty and
poffibility for a man

ence

chrirtians,

its

Paradife.

7.

1 2'.

not absolutely
,
neceflary that he (Ii.ill live till t<.-m irrow
there is fuch a liberty, therefore n'-> fuwh

or intenfive,

fke

all

'

moon was no

full

To

but infirmity,

he had himfelf
lands and waters meafur'd.

Yet;

to

vexatioufly importunate

wait) upon

had

fpeak, and any that (hail ftand

without (ha'l hear his voice plainly; but
yet made
extreme fharp and exile, like the vo;c^ of puppets:
and yet the articulate fjunds of the words will
not bt confounded.
Bacon.
Our wants ara many, and grievous to be barn,
bat quite of another kind.
Sivlft.

;'

thoufand dreamt, fantaftical and light,

With flutt'ring wings, do keep her ftill aw^ke.

jnore than

unlefs

enforces^/.
Then let him

If bujy

wifli'd ability,

The

Sbatifp.

Thus bfy povv'r is working Jay ji.J ni^ht

For when rhe outward fenfes reft do t^k^ T

Lyon

fciz'd

and

thing which (he v.-aking looks upon,

meddling monkey, or on bi-fy ape,

purfue

that: in this fenfe

See fenfe 1 1 .

meddling.

The net

in

objection but the

by our ignorance in fats and perfons.

pro-

luff,

many. Biccn.

one fo black, but

left

And
is

are a

printed, and we have no

obfcurity of leveral paflagcs,

bizzy.~\

earneftnefs.
My miftrefs fends you word that ihe
tannnt come.

we

fo prodigious: but

Your poem hath been

Employed with

1.

The

Sm':tb.

nun.

ftirring

BU'SY.

it is

conftantly avouched by

it is fo

Where has my

Speflator.

BU'STLER.

emiflion of immateriate virtues

doubtful to propound,
!

buflle.

Than.

6.

Kcr

Who can it be, ye gods but perjur'd Lycoa

Who can infpire fuch ftorms of rage, but Lycon

Glan-ville.

Such

dddifott.

Prepar'd I ftand :, he was bat born to try

lot of man, to (lifter and to die.
fate.

The

Englim.

SpcCi^tt

conjunB. [bute, butan, Saxon.]

Except.

Mi/ton.

the creature that pretends to knowledge,

is

n. /.

i'ut are

in (late,

the verb.]

Bv'sTte.n.f. [from

Dfcay of P iffy
mould be natural am

bujird about,

[from tufy and Lody.']

vain, meddling, fantaftical perfon.

poor abjefl worm,

That crawl'd a while upen a kujiling world,
And now am trampled to my duft again. Swtbtrnc.
!

it is

BU'SYBODY.

Ve fov'reign lords, who fit like gods

Awing the world, and bufiling to be great

ideas

Locke.
had in itfelf.
congenial ones, which
The learning and difputcs of the fcliools have
been much bufied about genus and fpecies. Lacks.
For the reft, it murt be owned, he docs not
bufy himfelf by entering deep into any party, but
rather fpends his time in ails of hofpitality. Sivife.

Cianr.dor.

places.

points which bufied the devotiort of th

ages, and the curiofity of the latter.

it

God take king Edward to his mercy,

And leave the world for me to buftit in. Sbahfp.
Sir

The mifchiefs or harms that come by play, inadvertency, or ignorance, are nit at all, oc'but
very gently, to be taken notice of.
Locke en Education*
If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry,
he will find but very few precepts in it, which he
may not meet with in Ariftotle.

foreign quarrels.

The

>t.

buftltciyarifon

bujt/t,

my

thus

The
firft

HaJtnciti.

[of uncertain etymoTo be bufy;

from^a^.]
logy; perhaps
to iiir ; to be aftive.
<v.

me

If we do lot put virtue and vice in equal c'rcnmftances, the advantages of eafe and fleafure
will be found to be on the fide of religion.
Tillrtf'.it.

friend's plea
to exprcfs tin

Shakrfpean:
While they were bujted to lay the foundations
their buildings were overthrown by an earthquake,
and many thoufands of the Jews were overwhelmed.
Raleigh

turkey.
tardi, turkeys, pheafantsj
offered.

took at

Carcw's Survey
thy courfe to bufy giddy minds

it

With

bufi.

Pope.

BU'STARD.

pleasure which

fure herein, idly

tafad

The

BUT

BUT

BUS
a
Agripps, or Caligula, is a common coin, but
and a Tiberius a rare coin,
\fety extraordinary buft j
but a common tuft.
Mdifm tin Italy.
(he found it vain to truft
Ambition figh'd

Ulylleb, thus his fnme extends jj

man, but to his friends.
Dry/at.

particle

be objected

of obje&ion yet it may

has fometimes jet with
;

it

it.

i*

But

BUT
yeli
I do not li ke tut yet

does allay
The good precedence ; fie upon but yet!
.1
But ytt is
jylour, to bring forth
S >me monftrous malefactor.
the heart then have been formed a;ui
constituted, before the blood was in being ? B:it
ft
here again, the fubftance of the heart itfell is
certainly made and nourished by the blood, whi.h
is c >nveyed to it by the coronary arteries. Bt'nt.'cy.

it

Bo' re HER Y. n.f. [from

Buffer; without
Ralh man, forbear

My joy

hud been 33

had not

fatal as

"Which

been.

this

in a

Dryden.

When

the fair boy receiv'd the gift of right,

tat fir mifchief.you had died forfpite. Dryd.

And,

BUT.

n.f. [tout, French.]

boundary.
if I aflc you what I mean by that word,

But,

mean

will anfwer, I

you
cannot

which

tcl)

if

you

The

vollies, and then

with ftvcral
on them with the but-tndi of

fell

Sivift.

Thy weapon wns a good one when I wielded it,

but the hut-end remains in my hands. Arbutbmt.
Some of the foldicrs accordingly pulhed them
forwards, with the but-tndi of their pikes, into my
reach.

import.

office of*

1.

One

that

The

How

to Cut

Like

a butcber

may

i .

for life

In his mouth to wear his knife.

2.

One

that

is

To BU'TCHKR. v.
kill

In

on conque-

part, are but the great

mankind.

butchers of

To

are beftowed

for the mjft

who,

rors,

Swift.

delighted with blood.

Honour and renown

BU'TCHERS

BROOM,

or

Mill:

Bv'-i

CHER LIN ESS.

n.f. [from butcherly.}

brutal, cruel, favage, butdierly

ner.

BU'TCHBRLY.
bloody
Tl<re

w mU

man

[from butcher.] Cruel ;

and clumfily barbarous.

adj.

grofsly

way which, brought into fch'-ols,

uke away this iuliieily fear in making ni
it

L-t.n.

What

Afcbitm
ftratagcm!,

Th.t deadly quairei

how

fell,

The very
3.

how

tu:.

daily doth beget

Sbulrff

he had drefled, and

be (hot

fee
is

me weapon'd

my

my journey's end.
The objeft of aim ; the thing
which any attack is direfted.
The

papifts were the

ail

i"it,

fea-mark of

Skaleff.

againii

molt common-place, am
the arrows were directed.

Clarendw
4.

A man

upon

whom

the

company

jefts.
played a fentcnce or two at
I thought very fmart, when my
gefled to him fuch a reply as got

on his
5.

6.

A
A

my
ill

all

butt,

whkl

genius fugthe laughter

fide.

Sfcfiator.

blow given by a horned animal.

flroke given in fencing.
If difputes arife

To BU'TTER.

the chalk on Robert's coat.

[from the noun.]

with butter.

a.

<v.

fmear, or

oil,

'Twas her brother, that, in pure kindnefs to his

horfe, buttired his hay.
Sbateffetre.
Words butter no uarfnipj.
L'Efraiige,

2.

To

increafe the (lakes every throw, or

every game : a cant term among

game-

fters.
It is a fine fimile in

one of Mr. Congreve's

prologues, which compares a writer to a buttering

gamelrer, that flakes all his winning upon one
cart ; fo that if he lofcs the laft throw, he is fure

undone.

jfddifcn*

BU'TTERBUMP.

n.f.

fowl

the

fame

with bittern.

BU'FTERBUR.

n.f. \petafites, Lat.1

plant ufed in medicine, and grows \vild
in great plenty by the fides of ditches.
Miller.

with which the

n. f.
fields

yellow flower,
abound in the

month of May.
Let weeds, inftead of butterflcw'rs, appear;
meads, inftead of dailies, hemlock bear. Gay.

And

BU'TTERFLV.

n.f.

[biirteppley, Saxon.]

beautiful infect, fo named becaufe it

firft
appears in the beginning of the
feafon for butter.
She turn'd into a winged L:tterjly,
In the wide air to make her wano'ring

flight.

Sfenfir.
Tc'l o!J tales, and laugh
At gilded buttcrfiis ; and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news.
Sbaktjfurt*
And fo befcl, that as he c.ift his eye

the coK\\>rts on a butttrjiy,

DrjJfn.

Th.r
Frier

n.f. [burr, Saxon.] A vefiel ;

a barrel containing one hundred anc
twenty-fix gallons of wine ; a butt contains one hundred and eight gallons ol
beer ; and from fifteen to twenty-two
hundred weight, is a butt of curranUc

BUTT.

To

Among

Among the champions for the prize;

To prove who gave the fairer l<utt,
John Ihcws

Ger.efs, xviii. 8.

Butter of antimony.
chymical preparation, made by uniting the acid fpirits
of fublimate corrofive with regulus of
antimony. It is a great cauftick. Harris.
3. Butter of tin, is made with tin and
fublimate corrofive.
This preparation
Harris.
continually emits fumes.

Eftfocns that dumfel, by her hea\*n]y might,

break their
I

before them.

fet

z.

to be

to

un&uous fubftance made by agitat-

BU'TTERFLOWER.

the bu't agciinft whoui

KNEEHOLLY.

n.f. [rufcHs, Lat.]

The roots are fomctimcs ufed in medicine, anc
the grtrn ihoots arc cut ,'nj bound into bundles,
and fold to the butchers, who ufc it as lc-f. rm to
tw:ep their bl >cks ; fronv whence it had the name

Sbakefpeare.

mark

Be not afraiJ though you do

Here is my journey's end, here

thus thy brother to be flaughter'd,

(hew'ft the r.iked pathway to thy life,

Teaching Hern murder how to butcb'.r thee. Shalt.

UncharitaUy with me hive you dealt,
And fliamcfully by you my hopes are butcler'd.
Sbakeffean.
The pi:f.-n :rn! the dajgcr are at hand to
lutcbcr a hero, when the poet wants brains to favc
DrvJcK.
him.

The

blind boy's butjhaft.

n.f. [tut, Fr.]

place on which the

directed.

[from the noun.]

fuft'ering

Thou

n.f. [from but and Jbaft.~\

at is placed.
He calls on Bacchus and propounds the prize ;
The groom his fellow groom at tuns defies,
And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes.
Dryden.
z. The point at which the endeavour is

murder.

to

iocttc.

a.

The

BUTT.

titty.

ing the cream of milk, till the oil feparates from the whey.
And he took irfwand milk, and the calf which

1.

arrow.

look

Sidney,

your throat, and fmile j

doom'd

[from butler.} The

Wottcn.

BU'TSHAFT.

An
fhephrrd and the lutcbtr both

n.f.
a butler.

n.f. \aboutement, Fr.] That

part of the arch which joins it to the
upright pier.
The fupporters or butmnts of the faid arch cannot fuffer fo mich violence, as in the precedent flat

flelh.

upon one Hieep with pleating conceits.

Hence he learnt the butcher's guile,

are cafual or uncertain,

the cuftoms, butlcregc, and
Eaccn.

porcure.

their

An

BU'TMENT.

Swift.
n. f. [bcaeher, Fr.]
kills animals to fell

the efchcats,

BU'TLERSHIP.

'

BUTCHER,

n. f.

the king's butler.

Thofe ordinary finances
as bi

R*3t'

Saxon

n.f. [butrerie,

rum, Lat.]
I

[from butler.~\ The

duty upon wines imported, claimed by

BU'TLERAGE.

fighting.

BU'TTER.

Sutlers forget to bring up their beer time enough.

Clarendon.

their mufquets.

brought up tame, and never faw that manner of

it reits.
referve of foot gilled their foot

and blood, and butclery delight ?

Drydcr.

ployed infurnifhing the table.

BUT- END.
which

a fon to foft remorfe incite,

n.f. [bouteiller, Fr. bottler, or

he
boliller, old Englim, from bottle ;
that is employed in the care of bottling
fervant in a family emliquors.]

Harris.

n.f. [from lut and *</.] The

blunt end of any thing ; the end upon

BU'TLER.

of wine, tut and boundary, the ram will but,

(hoot at but, the meaning of it will be as ready to
Holder.
you as any other word.
BUT. n.f. [In fen language.] The end

Unlefs, upon the green,

harmlefs Iambi are butting one the other.

fnow-white fteer, before thy altar led,

Suits with his threatening brows, and bellowing
ftands.
Dryden'i Mneid,
A ram will butt with his head though he !.e

place where animals are killed ;

where blood is fhed.
There is no place, this houfe is but a butchery ;
Abhor it, fear it, do not enter it.
Sbatejfeare.

of any plank which joins to another on

the outfide of a (hip, under water.

Two

The

>in it with the words

j
I'enfe, as, but I will not, a hut

but

in conftruftion and

this or that tiling,

3.

L'Ejirjtigc.

Whom gaols,

failort

SbakefpcArt.

-v. a.
[batten, Dutch.] To ftrike
with the head.
Come, leave your tears! a brief farewcl the be aft
With many beads butts me away.
Skakeffetrt,
Nor wars are fcen,

(laughter.
If thou delight to vie* thy hcinoD; deeds,
Behold this patron of thy butcheries. Sbaktfpearc.
The tutcttrj, and the breach of hofpitality, is
rcprefentcd in'this fable under the malk of friend-

Can he

bare,

ornament of lair,
fimplc knot was tied above.

native

which the

To BUTT.

tutcbtry,

Murder; cruelty;

fliip.

Waller,

my grief.

Her head was

Bar far her

2.

butt of fack,

upon a

heaved overboard.

has cut up half an hundred heroes, and quartered

five or fix miferablc lovers, in
every tragedy he
has written.
Paft.

but fir fonae unbelief,

butcler.]

trade of a butcher.
Yet this man, fo ignorant in modern

I efciped

The

1.

Mud

18.

BUT

BUT

Madam

But

;is

.1

to

be a powder upon the

an innumerable
company
feithers, not to he difcerncd

butterfly,

is

of extrrme fmall
without a tnicrofcope.

Gmo,
BU'TTEIHS. n.f. An inflrument of fteel
fct in a wooden handle, ufed in
paring
the foot, or cutting the hoof, of a hcrfe.
farrier's Diflionar}'.

BU'TTBR.

BUT

He gave his legs, arms, and bread, to his ordiH'otton.

nary fervant, to button and drel's him.
2.
fatten with buttons ; as, he buttons

BU'TTERMILK. n.f. [from butter and

The whey that is feparated from
milk.]
when butter

the cream

young man,

fallen

is

into

To

made.

piece
print.]
mark butter.

A
of

BU'TTONHOLE. n. f. [from button and

The loop in which the button of
bole.]
the clothes

n.f. [from batter and

of carved wood, ufed to

ter, left

on

it

me

into thefe perils.

BU'TTERWORT.

n.f.

plant

the

the appearance or qualities of butter.

Nothing more convertible into hot cholerick
humours than its buttery parts.
Harvey.

The

th.ick.med by cold, have a white

colour; and milk itfelf has its \\hitenels from the
cafeous fibres, and its buttery oil.
Fhyer.
beft,

oils,

BU'TTERY.

n.f. [from buttery or, according to Skinner, from banter, Fr. to

place or lay up.] The room where provifions are laid up.
Go, firrah, take them to tSc butttry,
And give them friendly welcome every one. Sbak.

My
My name ne'er enter'd in a buttery book. Bramftan.
BU'TTOCK. n.f. [fuppofed, by Skinner, to
come from aboutir, Fr. ; inferted by
Junius without etymology.] The rump ;

But we inhabit

Which

as

The

tail

torks.

of an ape.

BU'TTON.
l.

made

To

BU'XOM.

to the

Fiir frcm

its

humble bed

I rear'd this

fl

Tu BU'TTON.

v. a.

[from the noun.]

litttiis'J

up with

fteel.

make them more

Gay;

to make a noife like beesy

;
or wafps.
And all the chamber filled was with flies,
Which buzzed all about, and made fuch fount),
That they cncumber'd all men's ears. and eyes,
Like many fwarms of bees aflembled round. Sfrnf.
There be more wafps, that bvx-x about hi: noli-,
Will make this fling the fooner.
Siateffcare.
For ftill the flowers ready ftand,
One buzzes round about,

One lights, one taftcs, gets in, gets out. JSucHhg.What though no bees around your cradle flew,Nor on your
Yet have we

A fwarm
We

the Englift,

Iriih

;
.
;.

my

pow'rs,

fairly fpoke
a bclovc-1 prince, there doth appear

Among

To

3.

the buzzing multitude.

S^etrfpean,

found heavy and low.

Herewith
among them, as
buzzing
had been the ruftiing found of the fea afar oft".
noife

if it

Haywanl.

firft

jolly.
Jove dcfcends, and pours

amoroufly.

to prate to.

ji\ife a

Into his bux'.m bride his fruitful ihow'rs. Dryittn

She ('ign'd the titcs of Bacchus! cry'd aloud,
And to the buxom god the virgin vow'd. Drytic-..

tonly

By

Sfenfcr.

BU'XOMLY. adv. [from buxom.]

Swijt*
;

fuch confuiion in

is

As, after fome oration

fails,

S'urdy fwjins,
In clean array, for tuiijck dance prepuce,
Mixt with the /uvomdamfels hand in hand. PLi/ifs,

Wanton

golden dew;

oft difcover'd, in their (lead,

whifper

There

buxom

Milton.

To

2.

thinking

tractable and

beams.
Crajbjio.
Zephyr, with Aurora playing,
As he met her once a maying,
FiU : d her with thcc, a daughter fair,
So lux.m, blithe, and debonnair.
Milton.

3.

lips diftill'd their

of drones that buax'd about your head.Poft.

join, like flics and wafps, in buzzing about
wit.

all

lively; brifk.
I'm born
frefh child of the buxom morn,

Again a
Heir of the fun's

plant.

drefs ; to clothe.
(J,K whole hijJ hcait it

To hum

flies,

It

government.
He, with broad
Winnow'd the buxom air.
2.

[bixzen, Teut. to growl.

i>. n.

Junius. ]
1.

John

to his

k To

ft'ollO':.

BUZZ.

To

derived.]

Beyle.
iw'r,

The canker galls the infants of the fprirg,

.'d.
Too rft l>.:foie th -ir In-.
SMefp.
The
BU'T'JOJ:. n.f. [echinus marinus.~\
fea urchin, which Is a kind of crabfifh
that has prickles inftead of feet. Ainjhu.

When a piece of art is fet before us, let the firft

caution be, not to aflt who made it, left the fame
of the author do captivate the fancy of the ttytr.-

[bucj-um, Sax. from bu-

and fet\ip and countenance the

He that buys-;

a purchaser.

Floycr.

Obedient; obfequious.
He did tread down and difgrace

treat about a purchafe.

BUY'ER.H./. [from Tobuj.]

from which expreffion, not well underftood, its prefent meaning feems to be

thereby to

To

talk with
buy with you, fell with you,
Shake!f.
you, walk with you, and fo following.

to all his commands.

In an
old form of marriage, ufed before the
reformation, the bride promifed to be
obedient and buxom in bed and at board;

Suckled, and chccr'd with air, and fun, and ihow'r ;

n the piper rutT its leaves 1 fpread,
Bnght with the gilded button tipt its head. P'ife.

The bud of a

as

I will

man,
and buxom

Soft

3.

confcience

originally fignified
de Trcvifa, a clergytells his patrcn, that he is obedient

1.

ma/blc certain wires, and

adj.

or
things are power, rhetorick,
terrify, difl'uade, or buy off
South.

pitiful

ToEvf.<v.n.

adj. [butyrum, Lat. but-

jan, to bend.

body.

We failened

bird.

\lutyriim, Latin.] Having the properties of butter.

Its oily red part is from the
butyrous parts of
chyle.
Flyer.

for the bul-

The name of a

n.f.

BU'TY Rous.a^'.

b~

What

to fupport.

Sbakefpr

riches,when they would

[from the noun.]

the butyraceous parts.

ffeare.

Pray you, undo thi: button.

1 mention thofe ornaments, becaufc or tin- iimwant of ornaments, lun^n^ t
plicity of the lhapc,
loops, gold and fiher lace, they muft have been
than
ours.
Arbuttmt.
cheaper
2. Any knob or ball faflened to a fmaller

a.

of people.

To regulate
has particles annexed.
You, and all the kings of Chriftendom,
Are led fo grofsly by this meddling prieft,
Dreading the curie that money may buy out. Slakr

city here,

ter.] Having the qualities of butter.

Chyle has the fame principles as milk; a vifcidity from the cafeous parts, and an oilinefs from

obedient

fattened.

<v.

BUTYR A'CEOUS.

n.f. [botfwn, Welfti'; bouton,

is

3.

Ditl.

L' F.flrange' i Fables.

man

prop

BU'TWINK.

Fr.]
catch, or fmall ball, by which the
drefs of

frize,

have bought

all forts

Pent co linger
But with a grain a day, I would not buy
Their mercy at the price of one tair word. Sbebr
Pleafute with praife, and danger they would h>y f
And with a fee that would not only fly. Dcnb&m.
by money : in this fenfe it

a fupport.

To BU'TTRESS.

were not able to day themfelves, ihuuld

be holden up by others of more ftrength, r jing
behind them upon the bullocks of the horfe. Knc/les.
of a fox was never

Golden opinions from

concern us to examine the force of this

plea, which our adverfaries are ftill fetting up
againft us, as the ground pillar and buttreft of the
Soutb.
good old caufe of nonconformity.

bvUni:.
-

Such

prop

weak

a,
purchafe ; to acquire by paying
to obtain for money, or fome;

To procure fome advantage by fomething that deferves it, or at fome price.

z.

aboutir, Fr.]
to fupport an-

and props butfcarcely bear. DryJ.

buttrefles

have

miles of Geneva, that fo the filling of tbeiijnagazines irray not prejudice their market. AdJ'ifon.

It will

tail.

It is like a barber's chair, that fits all

day. Bram/lon,

Sbakefpi'arf.

All that need a cool and frelh temper, as cellars,

ffnttoa.
pantries, and butteries, to the north.
guts ne'er fufter'd from a college-cook,

the part near the

me ev'ry

Fruit trees, fet upon a wall againft the fun,

between elbows rr bitttrejjes of {tone, ripen more
Bacon.
than upon a plain wall.

2.

Having

adj. [from butter.]

oft I (hift

thing equivalent ; to procure by falc,.

not gift or theft.
They muft buy up no corn growing within twelve

Buttrcfs, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird

Hath made his pendant bed, and procreant cradle.

fame

withfanicte.

EU'TTERY.

how

No jutting

Sbakefpearc.
:

brag,

Tongue, I muft put you into a butterivoman's

mouth, and buy myfelf another of Bajazet's mute,
you prattle

caught.

other wall, and Handing out.

BU'TTERTOOTH. n.f. [from

The great broad foreteeth.
tottb.\
BI/TTER WOMAN, n.f. [from butter and
'woman.] A woman that fells butter.

To

price

(kill in buttonholes difplay,

my

I will

butter and

if

is

BUTTRESS. n.f. [from

a wall built
1. A prop

Locke.

the figure.

-v. a.
preter. I bought
bought, [bicjean, Sax.]

I.

Wan-

n.f. [from buxom.}

amoroufnefs.

To BUY.

take you a buttonhole lower.

Sbakeff.
I'll pirate the maids of honour, it" I can :
Without black velvet breeches, what is man ?

And

which were engraven figures

fizes, applied to the lump of but-

and

tonnefs

me

Let

lutrcrfriat, in

all forts

BUX'OMNESS.

his coat.

an ulcerous con-

fumption, devoted hi.^ <elf to buttermilk, by which

Ible diet he recovered.
Harvey.
The fcuny of mariners is cured by acids, as
and
alkaline
buttermilk
fruits, lemons, oranges,
;
Arluibnot.
fpirits hurt them.

BU'TTERPRINT.

BUZ

U X

To Buzz.

<v.

a.

To

whifper

to fpread

fecretly.
Where doth the world thruft forth a vanity,
is not Cfjickiy buxz'd into his ears ?
Hbnk.
I will buzz .ibroaH fuch prophecies,

That

That Edward (hill be fearful of

Did you nofhcar

his lift.

buzzing of
Bitwccn the king and Catherine?
r
They nvt'ic buxK and vvhilj r

Sbakejp.

a fcp;iration

$/ a'.lftare.
it

one to an-

other, and, tuitiy witlultawin;; fp in tlie prefence

of the .ajirftles, they then lilt iheir voices, and
B /: .
noife i: about the city.
.

Wan- Buzz.

n.f.

whifper

[from the verb.]

A hum

;.

a talk.

The

The

hive of a city or kingdom is in bcft condithere is lead n^iie or buxx in it. liaar.

when

tion

Where 1 fjund
tuxz of politicks.

ZARp.

Bu'/.
f

it.

room

the whole outward

f. \bufarJ, Fr.]

degenerate or mean fpecies of hawk.

More pity that the eagle (houKi be mawl'd,

While

We
2.

Siat.
noble buzzard ever pleas'd me bell ;
(mail renown, 'tis true : for, not to lye,
call him but a hawk by courtefy.
Vryden.

blockhead ; a dunce.
Thofe blind baxxjrds, who, in late years, of
wilful malicioufneU, would neither learn thcmnor could teach others, any thing at

Bu'zz ER.

n. f.

whifperer.
Her brother

[from ittxz.]

is in fecret

And wants not buxxcrs

With petulant fpeeches

The Moor

is

The young Emilia.

fecret

one time.
7. It notes the quantity had at
Bullion will fell by the ounce for fix (hillings and
five

of his lather's death.

Sbakcfftarc.
fometimes to be

Garth.

t. It notes the inftrument, and is commonly ufed after a verb neuter, where
tuitb would be put after an aftive ; as
-ivitb

a fword

flie

died

iy a fword.
arms when Heftor fell,
chofc ^neas, and he chofe as well.
Drydcn.

But by

He
.

Peiidcs'

It notes the caufe of any efteft.

I view,
by no prefumption led,
Your revels of the night.
Panel.
By w, the foul to daring action fteals,

By woe

in plaintlefs patience

notes the
4. It
is

it

excels.

Savage.

means by which any thing

performed, or obtained.

You

muft think,

if

we

give you any thing,

liopc to gain by you.

we

the world befides can give

it

any knowledge

of.

W; obtain the knowledge of a multitude of propofitions iy fenfation and reflection.

Watt ft Lcgick

mews the mnnnjr of an aclion.

have not patience ' (he confumes the time
In idle talk, and owns her falfc belief:
S^ize her ky force, and bear her hence unheard.
Tt
I

Drydcn.
had more weight with him, as by
pood luck nut abmc two of that venerable bodj
W( re fallen aficrp.
Add
Bj chance, within a neighbouring brook,
lie faw his branching horns, and alter'd look.

This

(>.

light

a fignification, noting the method in which any fucceflive action is

performed with regard to time or quanIt 4ias

tity.

The

you, is to re-examine the caufe,

and to try it even point by point, argument by arall the exaftnef*
Hooktr.
you can.
gument, with
We are not to ftay all together, but to c;ime by
b;ft for

him where he
threesr

He

Aands, by ones, by twos, and by

Sbakcj'ftare.

calleth

the name, as
h.e invered.

The

At, or

ir. ;

it

now

is

noting place
perhaps only ufed before the words fea,
or ivater, and land. This feems a remnant of a meaning now little known. By
once exprefled fituation ; as by ivefl,.
weftward.

We
battle

fee the great effects of battles by fea ; the

of Actium decided the empire of the world.

Bacon.

Arms, and the man, I (ing ; who, forc'd by fate,

Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan (hore ;
Long labours both by fea and land he bore. Dryd.
I would have fought by land, where I was
ftronger :
You hinder'd it : yet, when I fought at fea,

me righting.
Dryden.
By land, by water, they renew their charge. Pofe,
9. According to ; noting permiffion.
Forfook

lawful, both by the laws of nature and nations, and by the law divine, which Vs the perfecBacon'i Holy War.
tion of the other two.
It

10.

The panifhment

is

not to be meafured

defcription of the town, I imagine it

Ky your
to lie under

By what

Tome great enchantment.

have always heard and read,

tike
the ftrcngth of a nation
Sviift,
3. It notes the fum of the difference be-

tween two things compared.

Meantime (he
More young and

itands provided of a Laitj),

vigorous too by twenty fprings.

DryJat.

Her brother Rivers,

head at Pomfret. Rmct.
By giving the denomination to Icfs quantities of
filver by one twentieth, you take from them their
due.
id- if.

Ere

this, lies (horter ky the

14. It notes co-operation.

Bf her he had two children

at one birth.

Sbak.

15. For: noting continuance of time. This

fenfe is not now in ufe.
Ferdinand and liabeila recovered the kingdom
of Grenada from the Moors ; having been in pof.
feflton thereof tj the fpace of lev en hundred years.
16.

As foon

as

not later than

Bacm.
noting time.

of Conftintine which

this, the fons

By

Ambrite and Uther,

fled,

did rips years attain.

Fairy S^uaiu
Heftor, by the fifth hour of the fun,
Will with a trumpet, 'twixt our tents and Troy,
To-morrow morning call fome knight to arms.

He err'd not for, by this, the heav'nly

Down from a (ky of jafper lighted now
;

bands

In Paradife.
Milton.
Thcfe have their courfe to rmi/h round the earth
MiJtoit.
By morrow ev'ning.
The angelic guards afcendej, mute and fad
For man for of his itate by this they knew.
:

Afitrcit*

By

that time a fiege

am

days,

carried

is

on two or three

altogether loft and bewildered in

it.

jiddifctr.

By

this time, the very foundation

was removed.
Swift.

the beginning of the fourth eentury from

the building of Rome, the tribunes proceeded fo

By

far,

can-

ft/ft.
I

is

According to ; noting proof.

The prefent, or like, fyltcm of the world

the

t>j

greatnefs or fmallnefs of the matter, but ky the

opposition it carries, and (lands in, to that refpeft
l.ockt.
and fubmiflion that is due to the father.

js to

accuf: and fine the confuls.

17. Beiide

Swift.

noting paffage.

Smb.

j.

8.

Skakejpearc.

had it fuffic'd him to have known

Good by itfclf, and evil not at all.
Milan.
.
The heart knows that iy itfelf, which nothing
H.'.ppier

of as
feldom, and

at lead

jfrbvtbnct.
on!y by grains and fpoonfuls.
The North by myriads pours her mighty fons ;
Huns.
and
of
Great nurfeofGoths, of Alans,
Pofe.

Locke,
carefully ftudied by a grown man.
Death 's what the guilty fear, the pious crave,
Sought by the wretch, and vanquiih'd by the brave.

he killed her

Lickt.

pence undipped money.

What we take daily by pounds, is

much importance as what we take

Saxon.]

is

Dryden.

I'll gaze for ever on thy godlike father,

Tranfplanting one by one into my life
His bright perfections, till 1 dine like him. Jddif.
Ltcke,
Let the blows be by paufes laid on.

all.

come from Fiance,

of a language

Sfratt.

Drjden.
Thus year by year they pafs, and day by day,
chearful
Till once, 'twas on the morn of
May,

with child ty you, Launcebt.

The grammar

mag-

Explor'd her limb by limb, and fer'd to find

So rude a gripe had left a livid mark behind.

jlfcbam.

to infeft his car

[bi, bij,

prep,

KmMi.

nificent city.

It notes the agent.

I.

way,
pieces to carry it
not get fo great a fpoil.

fry

ft.eet by ftrcet, there will at laft be fifiiflied a

SLaleffesri.

BY.

fo

fliould

prudence would dircft me to take

them all out, and examine them one by one. Boyle
Others will foon take pattern and encouragement by your building ; and fo htife by houfe,

Cclve;,

enemy

Common

kites and tux.xanii prey at liberty.

The

Of

that the

in

Aiidijan.

of ordnance, inJ

B Y

them forth by one, and by one, hy

he pleafeth, though fcldom the order

not poflibly have been eternal, by the firft propofiand, without God, it could not naturally,
;
nor fortuitoufly, emerge out of chaos, by the thin!

tion

The

faculty, or defire,

.preceding proportion,
thefe.
1 1

After

beinj infinite, iy the

contain or receive both

may

Ci-f-rr.

according to

noting imita-

make

thofe that

fail

18. Bcfide

by

A. :

it.

near to; in prefence

The gofpel gives us fuch laws, as every man,

that underftands himfelf, would draft to live by.
ttfafm
In the divifions I have made, I have endea
vomed, the beft 1 could, to govern myl'elf by the
Lock*.
diverlity of matter.

This (hip, by good luck,

and lervej as a model

laft,

fell

info their hands at

to build others by

Ai butbtict.
12. From ; noting ground of judgment ;
or comparilbn.
Thus, by the mnfick, we may know,

When

Dry.ten

he

juftly f-en)!,

broad (boulders and gigantic 'L limbs. Dryd

's that iirangcr ?
By his warlike port,
His fierce demean .ur, and erected look,
He 's of no vulgar note.
Drydcn

By

his

Who

So thou may 'ft

fay, the king lies by a beggar,

beggar dwell near him ; or the chuich rf.indj
by thy tabour, i/ thy labour (land bj the i hurch.
if a

Sbi.kiipeare*

Here he comes himfelf ;

If he be worth any man's good voice,
That good man fit down Iy him.
Ben Jtnftui,

A fpacious

Were

pal's'd,

of various hue

plain,

whereon

by fomc were herds

Of cattle grazing.
Mlltcx.
Stay Iy me j tliou art refolute and faithful ;
I have employment worthy of thy arm.
Drytiai.
tents

19. Before bimj'elf, hcrfclf, or tljemfelves, it

notes the abience of all others.
Sitting i-i fome place, by timfrtf, let h'm t: a:iflate into Engiilh his former leil in.
slftbam.
Snl\
to atrault the breach, after he
.4 nulanclMv.
*eJ up
had, !
and u
nt.
Kr, l!,i s
ll-f. t,ftbr Turks.
I know not whether he will annex his difcourfc
:

'

to his appendix, or publish

it

by

i'f'if,

or at

all.

Unit.
He will imagine, that the king and his miniltcn
fat down and made them by
and then
ibtrajdvtt,
fent them to their allies to lign.
Swift.

Move

Jucige the event

By what has

noting

'

noble wits a hunting go

Through groves that on Parnallus grow.

By what he has done, before the wjr in whic!
he was engaged, we may cxpeQ what he will ii.
aft*r a peace.
The fan of Hercules

proximity of place.

tion or conformity.

Bc.Kn.

captains were obliged to break that piece

Bt-nt'.cy.

proportion.

beautiful places, Iranding along the fea

the town appear longer than it it to

Many
(horc,

pleas' d

to

keep

it till

their friends cuulii

comi.-,

DryJw-

Than

cat the fu'coteft Iy tlemfttatt at

home. Pcft.
ZQ. At

B
20. At hand.

He

kept then fume of the fpirit by him, to vecy/e.

rify what he believes.
The merchant is not forced to keep fo much
have
money by him, as in other places, where they
Lake.
not fuch a fupply.

the folemn form of fwearing.

His godhead I invoke, by him 1 Iwear. Drydcn.
22. It is ufed in forms of adjuring, or ob-

21. It

is

tefting.
avert by yon etherial light,
V/h'eh, O
Which I have loft for this eternal night;
!

if by dearer ties you may be won,

your dead fire, and by your living fon. Dryden.
Now by your joys on earth, your hopes in heav'n,
this good, this aged king
fpare this great,
Dryden.
O cruel youth
B) all the pain that wrings my tortur'd foul,
By all the dear tecuitful hopes you gave me,
at lead oace more delude my forrows.
ccafe
Smith.

Or,

By

23. It fignifies fpecification and particularity.

Upbraiding heav'n, from whence his lineage

came,

And

name.

cruel calls the gods, and cruel thee, by

Dryden.
24. By proxy of: noting fubftitution.
with
faid
to
feaft
were
The gods
Ethiopians ;
that is, they were prcfent with them ty their
Browne.
flames.

25. In the fame

They are a]fo ftriated, or furrowed, ty the
fides curioufly

length,

punched, or pricked. Crew.

BY. adv.
1

Near

at a fmall diftance.

And

In

it lies

And,

The
2. Befide

Bnon, with a

irregular, as a by-end ; or fomething

coHateral, as a by-concernment ; or priThis compofmon is
vate, as a by-law.

ufed at pleafure, and will be underflood

by the examples following.
coffee-houfe
BY-COFFEEHOUSE, n.f.

in an obfcure place.
flood
I afterwards entered a
by-cofeelouft, that
a narrow lane, where I met

at the
upper end of
with a nonjuror.

Sbakefpearc.

Sidney.

not be by the while

What will become

my

hereof, there

liege, farewel
's

none can

tel!.

That

wliile I fiug, if gentie

tunts

my lute,

youth be by,

and wjnds the

firings fo high.

Waller.

and witnefles were waiting by ;

Tliefe had been taught U) fwcar, and thofc to die.
mmon.
You have put a principle into him, wnich will
Pris'rters

influence his aciion*

BY AND

when you

are not Ly.

L-jcke.

In a (hort time.
He overtook Amphialus, who had
and
and
Lc*e,
by called him to fight
by

been (laid
with him.
Sidney.

The

noble knight alighted by and by

fteed, and bad the i.ii) -tay,
i

To

fee

wh:

ead of 6jht ihould him

befall that

Sfenjer.

la the temple, ty ar.d by, with us,

Thefe couplei

fhalletcrnjlly be knit. Sbateffeare.

how this fpring of Ir-ve refembieth
ttf. uncerta'
Apiilday;
Which rfw tlir
,uty or the fun,

And

by and by a cloud takes ali away.

Sbalef}.
a Ur.ublc man, by end by a l"ol, a^

Now

fently a

t'-

ject of regard.
In

thi, ir.ilance, there

An incidental

n.f.

purpofe.

To

copy out her

Or

find void places in the paper,

fteal in fomething to entrap her.

To

BY-END, n.f.

feal or

hand

upon the by,

fecret

advantage.
All peop e that worlhip for fear, profit, or fome
other by-end, fall within the intendment of this
fable.

L'EJlrangc.

BY-CONE,

adj. [a Scotch word.]

Tell him, you're fure

All in

Bohemia

's

well

i'aft.

this fatisfaftion

The by-gone day proclaim'd.

Skakefpeare,
As we have a conceit of motion coming, as well

Heaven knows, my fon,

by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways,

Sbak<1jje<ire*got this crown.

n. f. Private end or view.
It ma.y be that Tom?, upon by-effect:, find fonnewhat friendly ufage in ufancc, at Come of their"
Carfiv.
hands.
1

BY-RESPECT,

The

under the'
archbifhops and bifhops, next
have the government of the church : be not
you the mean to prefer any to thofc place?, for
any ty-rcjfefls, but only for their learning, gravity^
Bacon,
and worth.
Auguftus, who was not altogether fo good as h

kin,:,

was wife, had fome iy-refpelis

this law ; for to do any thing
not his

enacYmg of

in the

nothing, was

for

maxim.

BY-ROAD,

Dryden.

An

n.f.

obfcure unfrequented

path.
Through

(lipp'ry by-roads, dark and deep,

often climb, and oftrn creep.
Swift*

They

n.f.

private

room

withirt

another.
pr'ythee, do thou (land in

my

puny drawer

fome by-room, while

what end he gave

to

the fugar.

Sbakffpeare.

BY-SPEECH,

An

incidental or cafual fpeech, not directly relating to the

n.f.

point.
When they come to allege what word and what
law they meant, their common ordinary pr.ic~lice i

by -gene $ fo have we of time, which dependcth

Grew.
thereupon.

n.f.

looker on; one

unconcerned.
She broke her feathers, and, falling to the
ground, was taken up by the by-Jian.L-t s.

L'SfrOHtlr

The

by-Jfandfs a/kcd him,

his bread being we-ight ?

BY-STREET,

An

n.f.

why

obfcure

The broker here his fpacious

Upon his brow fit jcaloufies and
Bent on fome mortgage,

He

feeks by-ftreets, and

lie

ran away,.Locke.-

ftrect.

beaver wears^
cave*

to avoid reproach,
faves th' expenfive coach.-

as

BY-INTEREST,

n.f. Intereft diftinct from

Various factions and parties, all aiming at byinterejl, without any finccrc regard to the public
Jltterbury.

BY-LAW,

n.f.
are

By-laws

court-barons, by
thofe that

make

made

orders

common

in

court-Ieets,

or

good of
them, farther than the publick
affcnt, for the

law bin. Is.

Coweil.
There was alfo a law, to reflrain the ty law!
and ordinance* uf corporations.
Bacon.
'
In the beginning of this record is inferred the
Ijw or institution ; to which are added two bylaws,

comment upon

as a

the general law.

kr-w

I;R. n.f. Something incidental.

< ic
that, wht-n he wrote a letter, wnum

put that which was moi^

ru.*'-:ial

v-warr^r.

BY-NAME,

into the poft,

Bacon.

nick-name; name of

n.f.
repro,i(.n, or accidental appellation.
>O tol

'.%.,!

n.f. Private felf-intere(ledpur-

pofe.
ly-vinvs of his

own

(hall miflcad

him.
jittcrbury,

BY-WALK,

n.f.
private walk ; not the
road.
He moves afterwards in by-walks, or underplot , as divcrfions to the main defign, loft it
frould grow tedious ; though they are itill natu-

main

Dryden.
rally joined.
The chief avenue ought to be the moft ample
and noblcj but tlicre fiiould be by-walla, to rcure
into fomctimcs, for ealc and refreshment. Broome.

BY-WAY,

n. f.

private and obfcure'

way.

MJiJn.

BY-MAT

Gay.

BY-VIEW,
No

that of the publick.

,1

(hort

to be

and thereupon was by-named Court-hole,

and fhowcd lirii U.c uf';oi them Co theEnglifn.

Bann.

Camtlcn.

.crjuicc ihru.

By what

BY-STANDER.
Uudibras.

Private interelt

private or obfcurr

to quote by-fpeecbes, in fome hiitorieal narratibnor other, and to ule them as if they were written in
Hooker.
moft exact form of law.

underfill, d

artill

Cbeyne.

n. f.

path.

is,

on

if (he

fcr;pt, as if

Somen.f. [from the prepciKion.]

thing not the direct and immediate ob-

BY.

BY-PATH,

I queflion

good.

BY.

fewer for thefe three hundred years by-faft, than,

they had been fince we have had records.

evr

An appendage; BY-ROOM,

n.f.

And your three motives to the battle, with

I know not how much more, fhuuld be demanded ;
And all the other by -dependencies)
From chance to chance.
Sbakffpea

Sbatcfpeare.

There

defign, have under-

mifs the moufc-trap lines,

They'll ferve for other by-dejigns,

came lyt

Part: a term of the Scotchdialed.

Wars, peftilences, and difeafes, hive not been

BY-PAST. *<#.

another.

And

3. In prefence.
The fame words in my lady Philoclea's mouth,
As from one woman to another, fo as there was no
?r body
by, might have had a better grace.
I'll

main

An affair which

fomething accidentally depending

And make an

't

the

BY-DEPENDENCE,

Drjdfn.

was

n.f.
bufinefs.

plots, or by-ccncernments, or lei's confiderable perfons and intrigues, which are carried on with the
motion of the main plot.
Dry Jen,

paffing.

Who

not the main

Our plays, befides

is

defcrjr

galloping of horfe.

Add-on.

BY-CONCERNMENT,

I did hear

The

in competition, implies fomething out

of the direct way, and confequently

fome obfcurity, as a by-road; fomething

monftcrs of the deep.

;

by the by.

flieep in private,

BY-DESIGN,

the god of deep

ever and

Dryden.

BY,

B
make boM,

forced to

L'E/lrange,
Henca we may underftand, to add that upon
the by, that it is net neceflary.
Style
S>*, while my lovM revenge is full and high,
I'll
give you back your kingdom by the ty.

fnorting by,

We may

ws

Thefe,

direction with.

and the

B
This wolf

h--fi!,

Night (te'lths arc commonlydrivenin by-ways,,

and by blind fords, unufed of any but luch like.
Spenjer on Irtland.-

Other by-ways

Where

lie

himlelf betook,

never foot ot living wight

ci-i tiL-ad.

ypcnferr

thy bounteous Lord

Allows thcc choice nf paths ; take no by-ways,But giadly wcloirm- what he doth afford ;
Not grudging that thy luft hath bounds and

Wholly

abftain, or

ftays.

wed

lltrbirt..

fervent, or a favourite, if IK be in want, and

no

no

ether apparent caufe of edetm, It commonly

thought but a by-way to clofe corruption. Bacin.
This is wonderfully diverting to the understand Ing, thus to receive a precept, as it were, through
a hj-nay, and to apprehend an idea that draws a
whole train alter it.
Addifvn.

BV-WEST. n.f. Weftward;

the weft

to

BY-WORD.

/ A

Y Z

faying

a proverb.

See BIA.
./.
Every inordinate luft is a falfe tyaft upon me n'l
understandings, which naturally draws towards a

BY'AJI.

Henry be depos'd ; whole cowardice

Hath made us by-ioirdi to our enemies. Sbakrff.
liafhful

I knew a wife man, that had it for a

by--w:rfi,
when he faw man haften to a conclufion, Stay a
little, that we may make an end the fooner. Bacon,
We are become a by-viurd among the nations

thehm.
or

Tillnfan,

BEE, come immediately from the

Saxon by, bymj, ;. c. a dwelling,

BYE,

Gibfan.

fur our ridiculous feuds

of.

Whereupon grew

they dwelt by-weft the law, which

dwelt bryond the river of the Barrow.
that

Irilh,

It will be his lot

by-word, ufed by the

that

Davla

in Ireland,

and animosities. AddijGn.

often to look fingular, in

BY'ZANTINE.

and licentious times, and to become a ty:v:nl and a

reproach among the men of wit and

loofc

plcafure>

zantine

See BIZANTINB.

By-

the true orthography.

is

jitterbuiy.

C.

CAB
third letter of the alphabet,
one like k, as
;

in

has two founds

CThe
j

call, clock, craft, coal,

e, i,

n.f. [from cabal.] He that

engages with others in clofe defigns ; an

intriguer.
Factious and rich, bold at the council board ;
But, cautious in the field, he flumn'd the fword ;
A clofe caballer, and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.

A Hebrew meafure,
[sp]
containing about three pints Englifti,
or the eighteenth part of the ephah.
n. f.

a./, [catale, Fr.

tion.]

The

1.

%
fecret fcience of the

rtap,

DA'BALLINB.

tradi-

or horfe aloes.

Hebrew

rabclofe

cabal differs from a party, as

feia from many.
She often interpofcd her royal authority, to
break the cabals which were forming againft her
firft ministers.
Mdifoi.
3. Intrigue

fomething

lefs

than confpi-

racy.

When

eich, by curs'd cabals of women, drove

draw th* indulgent king to partial love. Dryd,
A'L. <v. n. \_cabaler,
form

To
To CAB

To

Fr.]

to intrigue; to unite
in fmall parties.
His m.nirnful friends, fumnvjn'd to tak: their
clofe intrigues;

throng'^ ab^ut his couch, and

What
1 ni'jft

The
colour

thofe caballing captains

pievent, by being

firft

in council

fit

may defign,
in action.
Dtyden.

We

CABALLI'STICAL.
CAB ALU'STICK.

7 adj.
J

[from cabal.}
Something that has

an occult meaning.
The letters are caballiftical,
them than
01 with*

it is

and carry more in

proper for the world to be accjuaj n t-

[cubits,

coaft. Colcivcrt.

So long in

2.

is

an excellent pectoral,

jirltutb. cnAl.tr..

To

form ahead;

as, the plants

To CA'BB AGB.
taylors.]

Your

To

<v.

n.

begin to cabbage.
a. [a cant word among

i>.

(leal in

cutting clothes.

taylor, inftead of llireads, cabbages

yards of cloth.

whole

the hour, if

fo happen.
Sbaktfpeart.
not expect the ufe of many cabins,
at
in
the
fca
fervice.
and fafety
once,
Raleigh.
The chelsboard, we fay, is in the fame place it
it
remain
in
the
fame
if
of
the
was,
cabin,
part
Ltcke.
though the (hip fails all the while.

n.f,

3.

marble bow'rs,
harbour of anguim,

Unto

very

common

iflands,
The leaves

4.

tent, or temporary habitation.

Some of green boughs their ilender cabins fr.im*',
Some lodged were Tortoia's firerts about. Fairfax,

To CA'BIN.

n.

To

[from the noun.]

live in a cabin.

IM mike you feed on berries and on roots,

And feed on curds and whey, and fuck t'le goat,
And cabin in a cave.
SiaJttfpart,
To CA'BIN. ti. a. To confine in a cabin.
Fleance is 'fcap'd j I had
broad and general as the

As

But now I'm

elfe

cabia'd, cribb'd, confin'd,

adj.
to a cabin.

CA'BINET.
.

clofe t

bound

in,

.'heart.

[from cabin.] Belonging

The nice morn, on the Indian

From her cabin d loophole peep.
I

been pencil,

c.ifing air;

faucy doubts and fear.

CA'BIN ED.

where it grbws to a prodigious height.

of this tree envelope eacli other, fo that thofe whi h
are inclofcd, being deprived of the air, are blanched; which is the part the inhabitants cut for plaits
for hats, and the young (hoots are
but
pickled
wlicnever this part is cut out, the trees arc dc-

times the gay

'

A fpecies ofpalm-

in the Caribbec

many

filly cabin, though weak,yet ftrongeragjinft

woes.
Sidney.
Neither mould that odious cuftom be allowed,
of flaying off the green furface of the ground, to
cover their cabins, or make up their ditches. Sivift.

To
is

cottage, or fmall houfe.

Come from

tree.
It

it

Men may

Art

CA'BBAGE TREE,

he held

fmall chamber in a iTiip.

Give thanks you have lived fo long, and make
yourfelf ready, in yojir cabin, for the mifchancc of

foliatcd wild

To CA'BBAGE.

fecret cabin there

Per-

Perennial Alpine cnlewcrr.

Miller.

An infefl.
n.f.
n.f. \cabane, Fr. cbabi,,, Welfh,

Her captive to his fenfual defire,

Till that with timely fruit her belly fwell'd,
And bore a boy unto a favage fire.
Spenfcr*

Fr. bra/ica,

Ml Her.
cabbage, &c.
Cole cabbage, and coleworts, are foft and demulcent, without any acidity; the jelly or juice of
red cabbage, baked in an oven, and mixed with

again from the old roots]

trees left remaining near

a cottage.]
A fmall room.

1.

voy cabbage. Brocc&li. The cauliflywer. The mufk

Branching tree cabbage, from the fcacabbage.

CA'BIN.

arc fucceeded by long taper pods, containing feveral round acrid feeds. The fpecies are,
cabbage. Sa-

CA'BALIST.

H. /.
[from cabal.] One
Ikilled in die traditions of the Hebrews.
Then J>ve thus fpake : with care and pain
form'd this name, renown'd in rhimc,
Not thine, immortal Ncufgermain
re time.
Co(t ftudiouj cabatijts
Swift.

n. f.

few

plantations.

plant.

leaves are large, flefny, and of a glaucous

the flowers confift of four leaves, which

honey,

leaves,

Are

Lat.]

rife

fo that there are very

CA'BBAGE-WORM.

tavern.
n.f. [French.]
Suppofe this fen-ant, pafling by fome cabaret
or tennis-court where his comrades were drinking
or playing, {hould (lay with them, and drink or
Bramball againft Hcbbes.
play away his money.

CA'BBAGE.

nor do they

ftroyed

CA'BARET.

body of men united in fome

defign.

adj. [caballinus, Lat.] Beas, caballine aloes,

;

longing to a horfe

bins.
2.

two caballiftick words,

pronouncing of which the whole fecret conftfted.
to repeat

CABA'LLER.

and y.

CABA'L.

taught him

SfeSatir.

companion,

cuneiform ; the other as s, as Cie/ar, ceffation, ciaJer. It founds like k before a,

o, u, or a confonant ; and like i before

CAB.

CAB

CAB
He

frccp,

Milton.

n.f. [cabinet, Fr.]

a fmall room.

At

At

both

comc^f the

kt

farther fide,

there be

delicate or rich cabinett, daintily paved, richh

with
glafs, and a rich

two

hanged, glazed
cryftaHine
cupola in the midft, and all ther elegancy that
Baco.
may be thought on.

z.

hut or fmall

i.oufe.

Hearken awhile

in thy green cabinet,

laurel fong of careful Colinet.
Sftrtfe

The

3.

private

room

in

CACHINNA'TION.

To
1.

of boxes or drawers for curiofia private box.

fet

ties

Who

fuch

fees a foul in

body

workman fliew'd his

With rings and hinges counterfeit,
To make it feem, in this difguife,
In vain the

n.f.

The

doctrine of Italy, and practice of France,

fomc kings times, hath introduced cabina-

felect

number of privy

counfellors

fuppofed to be particularly trulled.

A
A

2.

to

Gay

Swift.

CA'BINET-MAKER.
f.
[from cabinet
and make. ] One that makes fmall nice
it.

drawers or boxes.
The root of an old white
fine boxes

and combs

great ufe for the

Turnert and others.

CA'BLE.

The

thorn will

mike

very

fo that they would be of

cabinet -mak'.rs, as well as the

cabel,

Vet

fail >ri

lives

Sententious iliow'rs

Their cadence

CA'BURNS.

Small ropes ufed

n. f.

ftrklurc

The

in

CA'CAO.

See

CHOCOLATE NUT.

CACHE'CTICAL.

Ari-;>.!hnot

ficaJ.

<"$

.mil

Fhvcr.

CACHF/XY.
word
toms

n.f. [ra X f!*.]

general

to exprefs a great variety of

and

n.f. [x.x*futia,.]
found of words.
Thcie things fliill lie by, till you crae

them, and
caiopbtttiti of

To

alter rhimc!.,
all

To make

r.nefs of the fibres and an abule of

the non-naturals, and often from fevere
acute diftempers.
Arbuthnot un Dnr.

VOL.

I.

grammar,

bad

let

them

fall

rhetorical.

Crajktia.

flow of verfes, or periods.

words, the

verfifi cation,

meaning, and puu them together with no regard,

j.

Cadence

to carp

a. [cacutnige, Lar.]

Dii.
Lat.j Hav-

ing the appeal ance of a dead carcai's

having the qualities, of a dead taix'ala.

,:,

a:f f*ij.w;c/"twj, for Icar

whofe temper

of

arr,

Bretons yulgar Errcurs.

The

urine, long detained in the bladder,

'

well

asglal,, will .iriwrtrd, foetid, cadwrous, and alkaline. The cafc is the fame with the ftagnant waters

Arbutbnv

of hjdroj-.i

CA'DUIS.
for the

n.f.

[This word

variegated

landers.]

is

clothes,

Farrier'i Dill.

[cadexs,

CADE'T.
1.

2.

ti.

/.

un j4/imfnts.

ufed in Erie

of the High-

Lat.]
Fr.

[cadet,

Falling

pronounced

The younger brother.

The youngeft brother.
jofepli w.u the youngeft of the tweN, aflli
David the eleventh Ion, and the cadet of
jell-.

outward

t]

pollute',

adj.

down.

in vain do they fcruple to approach the dca'l,

vhoitvin^ly

an equal meafure or proportion which

all his motions, when he it

thoroughly managed.

(harp or pyramidal.
[caiie-vtr,

is

wl CA'DENT.

Sf.iJ;.
11.

Siviftt

In horfemanfhip.
a h >rfe obfcrves in

triultts,

kinds.

CACU'MIS ATE.

nutrition, and weakeni the vital

animal functions ; proceeding from

is

except to their cadence.

Jiarvcy.

CACO'PHOKV.

fymp-

moft commonly it denotes Inch a

diitemperature of the humours, as hindir;i

into an orgafmus.

,.">_),

CADA'VEOUS.^'.

Ar:.:r,

ne crude chyle fwlms in thr bio >d,

milk in the blood, of force perlbi:

'I

as

art

Milton.
Sea-faring men, o'erwatch'd.
He hath a confuted remembrance of words iincc
he left the univerfity ; he hath loll half their

on Ali;nei:ls.

a liijuor that attriburet the half of

of an acriits ill
qualities to the hops, confifting
monious fiery nature, fets the blood, upon the lealt

at

[from cachexy J\
CACHE'CTICIC. j Having an ill habit
of body ; flicking an ill habit.
Young and lu/riJ iji-yod, rather than vapid anJ
7

hath

and all the other

elegancies of found, as cadencti, and turns of words
upon the thought, perform exactly the fame office
both in dramaticic and cpick poetry.
Drydai.
The cadency of one line mull be a rule to that
of die net; as the found of the former mutt

ing Leer,

Dicl.

mips.

The

3.

in the clofe or cadence,

iliding,

ftate, to what the phyficians call by a

general name of a cacochymy. Spots, and
decolorations of the ftin, are figns of
iliik gently into that which follows,
DiyJKX,
weak fibres ; for the lateral veflels,
4. The tone or found.
which lie out of the road of circulation,
JH'illow rocks retain
The found of blufl'ring winds, which a.l night long
let grofs humours pafs, which could not,
Had rous'd the fen, now with hoarfe cadence lull
if the vtll'els had their due degree of

fv/allow'a in thc'flood,

qjr pilot Itill >

et'peare.
The length of the caUe is the life of the ihip in
all ex;re:ni'.ics ; ami thereafonis, bccjule it makes
fo many bending: and
at that length, is not able to ftretch it ;
thing breaks that is not itretched.
RaUigb.
The cablet crack ; the fjilors fearful cries
and
fable
involves
the
Ikies.
night
Afcend;
Dryd.

The

n.f. [x.^ox^'*-] A
depravation of the humours from a found

great rope of a (hip to which the

half our

Mihott.

fometimes the

agreement with the figure in rhetorick, which they

call
prater exfeffatuin; for there is a pleafure even
in being deceived.
Bacon*
There be words not made with lungs,

CACOCHY'MY.

Dutch.]

fan the earth, now wak d.

fall of the voice;

general modulation of the voice.

ffijetr.an.

particular cacocbymical
Fbycr on the Humours.

The

2.

venomous and malignant

/
r
j
n -\
n. Jf. [cadence,
Fr.JJ
L

Now

ancient writers diftinguiftied putrid feveis

by putrefaction of blood, choler, melancholy, and
phlegm; and this is to be explained by an effer-

vefcence happening in
blood.

cells

ftate of
Unking ; decline.
was the fun in weftern cadence low
From noon ; and gentle airs, due at their hours,

Fall

on C-.nfumftions
the tumours are apt

The

anchor is fattened.
What though the mad be nnw blown overboard,
The cable broke, the holding anchor lu:t,

And

Having

the

Harvey

We.ft

[from cacocby-

abfceffes.

Si-alcffearc,

from the narrow

Of clofc prefs'd hulks is freed, thou muft refrain

Thy thirlty foul let none perfuade to .broach
Thy thick, unwholefome, undigefted cades. Pbilifs,
CADE-WORM, n.f. The fame with caddis.

To

If the body be eacocbytnical,

rather of ftcaling a cade of her-

as thy liquor

CA'DENCE.?
,
>
^
CA DENCY. }

It will prove very advantageous, if only cacucbymck, to clarify his blood with a laxative.

to degenerate into very

Dryd.

eackli.]

*y-j

Or

Soon

fowl that cackles.

telltale ; a tatler.
1 adj.

To

[from the noun.]

a.

foftnefs.

barrel.
n.f. [cadus, Lat.]
John Cade, fo termed of our fuppofed

father..

humours corrupted.

Mortimer.

n.f. [call,

goofe

lamb, a lamb

as, a cade

rings.

bet'ore the ihining gate

her cackle fav'd the ilatc.

CACOCH Y'MICAL.
CACOCH Y'MICK.

the highefl to the lowelt it is univerfally

from the cabinet-council to the nurfery.

We

CA'CKLER. n.f, [from

.

To CADE. v.

CADE.

To

From
read

filver

delicate

bred at home.

Arbutbmt.

There flew, aud by

talk idly.
2.

Bacon*

cour.cil:.

2.

adj. [It is deduced, by Skinner ,

from cadelcr, Fr. an old word, which
fignifies to breed up tenderly.] Tame ;

he was

till

CA'CKLE. n.f. [from the verb.]

1. The voice of a goofe or fowl.
The

IVehm't Angler.

and luliy.

CADE.

a frilking and dancing

and laughed,
fell

about the room.

council held in a private manner,

with unufual privacy and confidence.
in

Nlc grinned, cackled,

like to kill himfelf, and

Shateffeare*

kind of worm or grub found in a

cafe of ftraw.
He loves the mayfly, which is bred of the codworm, or caddh ; and thefe make the trout bold

breed up in

laugh; to giggle.

of the rain-

inkles, caddifei, cambricks, lawns; why, he

them over as if they were gods and goddeffes.

foft

trembling widow, and her daughters twain,

with horrour heard
cackling cry
thofe diftradted damWs in the yard.
Dryden

To

Swift.

have lock'd my fccrets.

Dcnbam.
We cannot difcourfe of the fecret, but by defcribing our duty ; but fo much duty muft needs
open a cabinet of myfteries.
Taylor.
1.

Of

CA'BINET-COUN CIL.

2.

Dutch.]

The

3.

kind of tape or ribbon.

He hath ribbons of all the colours

digs

hen.

Benjfonftn

hith ever been the cabinet,

breaft

make

faid to

(hould fing by day,

flie

bow

And lave the ftatc, by cackling to the tories. Pofe

Sometimes it is ufed for the noife of "

2.

wit,

cabinet to vulgar eyes.

Thy
Where

This woeful

Any place in which things of value are

hidden.

5.

nightingale, if

Diff

CA'CKLE. v. n. [kaeckelcn,
To make a noife as a goofe.
The

fet,

love the treafure fat ti\z cabinet .

Might

[cacbinttatio

When every goofe is cackling, would be thought

No better a mufician than the wren Sbakcjpcare.
Or rob the Roman geefe of all their glories,

You

f,

CA'CKEREL. n. /. A fi(h,
thofe who eat it laxative.

which confutations

began !n the cabinet what you afterwards

Drtdtn.
practifed in the camp.

n.

A loud laughter.

Lat.]

are held.

4.

CAD

CAD

C A C

3.

Brcivifi Vulgar

Kn

voluntier in the army, who ferves in

expectation of a commiffion.

CA'DEW. n.f.

worm. See CAD-

llraw

DIS.

CA'DGER.

Dift.

[from cadgt, or cage, a

A hucklter ; one who bring';
punier.]
butter, eggs, and poultry, from il.-s.
country to market.
n. f.

CA'DL

C A
CA'Dl.

it.

f.

among

magillrate

CJ&C1AS.

n. f.

[Lat

knavt in Engliih, and fur In Latin

tlie

Turks, whofe office feems nearly

anfwer to that of a jullice of peace.
CADI'LLACK. n.f. A fort of pear.

and a fcoundrel are Cgnified by

the fame words in many languages.] A
mean villain ; a defpicable knave it
often implies a mixture of wickednefs
and mifery.

wind from

C&SU'RA.

Why

/ A

barrel,

containing four or
times keg.

or

wooden

And
1.

2.

3.

between.

recurs to our fancy, by remembering

a bead, bird, or nth, by the cagt,
;
or court-yard, or ciftern, wherein it was kept.
Watts on lie Mind,

few marriages ate happy, is,

becaule young ladies fpend their time in m.tk .:>:,
nets, not in making c'ages.
Siv^i.
2. A. place for wild beads, inclofed with
fo

To

in-

clofe in a cage.
He fwoln, and pamper'd with high fare,
Sits down, and fnorts, cag'd in his bcfket-chair.

The American name

n. /.

a.

to footh

Thought

he,

of

to

[cageoller, Fr.]

coax

a low word.

no mean part of

'tis

To

civil

Hudlhras.
Slate prudence, to cajole the devil.
The one affronts him, while the other cajtlu
and pitiei him.: takes up his quarrel, (hakes his

head at it, clafps his hand upon his breaft, -md

then prot-?fts and prctefts.
L'EJlrange,
My tongue that wanted to cajole
1 try'd, but not a word would troll.
Ryrr.tr

CAJO'LER.B./ [from cajole.] Aflatterer;

a wheedler.

CA JO'LERY.
CA'ISSON.
1

n.f. [cajolerie, Fr.] Flattery.

n.f. [French.]
bombs or powder, laid in

cheft of

the enemy's way, to be fired at theii

approach.
2.

wooden

cakes the clflucks in foul fluttifh hairs.

He rins'd the wound,

walh'd away the ftrings and clotted blood,
within.
That cak'rl
Addifon
hath n

cafe

in which the piers

ol

with fome implication of meannefs

3

Tree.

fi'jw-r confifting

of one

leaf, divided at

from whofe cup rifes

the flower ; which
thepointal, in the hinder part of
a
afterwards becomes
fleihy fruit, having an harJ

the br.n

intii

fvvcral parts;

height of twenty-five or
where they grow nathe negroes for cups,
turally. The (hells areufed by
as alfo for making inftruments of mufic, by making a hole in the ihell, and putting in fmall ftones,
Miller.
with which they make a lort of rattle.

They

rife

thirty feet in the

to the

Weft

Indies,

./. [a word derived, probal^ly by fome accident, from calamanftti, Lat. which, in the middle ages, fig-

CALAMA'NCO.

kind of woollen fluff.

nified a hat.]
He was of a bulk and ftature larger than ordito (hew a calanary, had a red coat, flung of ea
Taller.
manco waiftcoat.

CA'L A M N E

or Lapis Calaminaris. n. /.
kind of foflile bituminous earth, which,
l

being mixed with copper, changes

it

into brafs.

We

muft not omit thofe, which, though not of

much

inz. loadbeauty, yet ate of greater ufe,

calaftones, whetftones of all kinds, limcftoncs,
Lccke
inirtc, or itipit caltiniinaris.

fo

bridges are built within the water.

CAI'TIFP. n. f. [catti-vo, Ital. a flave
whence it came to fignify a bad man

Stak.

And

ihell.

To CAJO'LE. v.
flatter

This burning matter, as it funk very leifurely,

had time to cake together, and form the bottom,
which covers the mouth of that dreadful vault that
lies underneath it.
MJifon en Italy.
This is that very Mab,
That plats the m.ines of hoiles in the night,

It

a crocodile.

.To

CA'L AMINT. n.f.

name of a plant.

CALA'MITOUS.

\_calamintba, Lat.]

The

adj. [calamiI ofus, Lat.]

read in

Harvey

en

my

difcouife

Cenfumftau*

Strift neceflity

infupportable, be

all

M:lt;n.
chufe
To live the pooreft in my tribe, than richeft,
Milte*.
And be in that c^/atKttous prifon left.
In this fad and calamitous condition, deliv
from an oppreflbur would have even revived them.

Much

rather

(hall

Swift.

CALA'MITOUSNESS.
tous.]

Mifery

CALA'MITY.
1.

2.

n.f. [from calami-

diftrefs.

./

[calamitas, Lat.]

Misfortune; caufe of mifery

; diftrefs.
drought, and the fpindling of the corn, which with us is rare, but in hotter
countries common ; infomuch as the worJ calamity
was firft derived from calamus, when the corn could
not get out of the (talk.
Baton.

Another

of a

Drydtn.

<v. n.
[from the noun.]
harden, as dough in the oven.

CALABA'SH

Dir.r.t,

CAI'MAN.

fide

To CAKE.

And

palliladoes.
3.
prifon for petty malefactors.

[from the noun.]

groweth upon the

flood.

garment

a.

a cake that

Concreted matter ; coagulated matter.

Then when the fleecy ikies new cloath the wood,
And cakis of milling ice come rolling down the

Dryden.

<v.

is

may

Subdues me, and caltimitius conftrainf!

on my head both fin and punijhment.

Any thing of a form rather flat than

high ; by which it is fometimes diftitiguifhed from a loaf.
There

And parrots, imitating human tongue,

And ringing birds in filver cages hung;
And ev'ry fragrant flow'r, and od'rous green,

why

do you look

dead tree, that hath gotten no name, but it is large,

and of a cheftnut colour, and hard and pithy.
Bacon's Natural Hijlsry.

Waller.

reafon

you

Left

Iludibras.

difmal day was come ; the priefts prepare

Their leaven'd cakei, and fillets for my hair. Dryd.

his great adlions with their nursbers crown'd.

To CAGE.

kind of delicate bread.

You muft be feeing chriftenings

laft year,

of the plague.

Teutonick.]

The

A man

his (lory to himfelf.

n.f. \cuch,

My

Sbakejfeare.
a cage,

The

tell

for ale and catts here, you rude rafcals ? Sbakffp.

cake is dough, but I'll in among the reft,
Out of hope of all but my (hare of the feaft. Skat.

Though (laves, like birds that (ing not in

They loft their genius, and poetick rage
Homers again and Pindars may be found,

fiis

rivcil

CAKE.

Were forted well, withlumpsof amber laid

upon us the

However

veflel,

can pleafe a bird ? or whether a dog grow not fiercer with tying ?
Sidviy.
He taught me how to know a roan in love ; in
which cage of ru(hes, 1 am fure you are not a pri-

And

air

applied to

What/a/(o<eflclsthtairof this city wrought

of dread and deffair,

Dcvolv'd.

cag.-

foner.

QaJfty.

Full of mifery ; diftrefsful

external circumftances.

2.

As

birds are kept.

See whether a

May

Some-

five gallons.

a./, [cage, Fr. from ca-vca, Lat.]

inclofurc of twigs or wire, in which

An

in favour of the neceflitous and calair.r.

the ftate of fome, in this life, being fo extremely
wretched and deplorable, if compared with others*

made

fecm as (by, as grave, as juH7~as ablblute,

.
Angclo.
Sbatefpedrc.
The wretched caitiff, all a] ir.j,
As he believ'd, began to ino.m,

CAGE.
1

v.iflil

thou, dead dog, a longer day,

And dort not unto death thylelf prepare ? Spenfa:
'Tis not impoJiiblc
But one, the wicked'ft caitiff cm the ground,

CAC.

cjitiji'!

Unworthy of the common breathed

figure in poe[Lat.]
try, by which a fhort fyllable after a
complete foot is made long.
Perfian or
CA'FTAN. n.f. [Periick.]
Turkilh veft or garment.
it^f.

flave

Vile

CESARIAN.

See

prefied

the north.

Boreas and Ctfcia;, and Argcltcs loud,

And Thracias, rend the woods, and leas upturn.

C^SA'REAN.

Miferable; involved^in diftrefs ; opwith infelicity ;

unhappy
wretched applied to men.
God
a
This it gracious provifion
Almighty batk

1.

Homer.

the north-cart.

Now, from

fo

certainly does flavery deftroy virtue.

ti/aav TJJJ {(T?j a7roaiJlai ^ttAcity ii/xaj.

to

C A

C A L

ill

Mifery;
'I

accident

i;

diftrefs.

his infinite caltimity (hall caufe

To human
From

and hculhould peace confound.

life,

Miltcn.
adverfe (hores in fafcty let her hear

Foreign calamity, and diftam war;

Of which, greit heav'n, let her no portion bear.
Frier.

CA'LAMUS.

n. f.

[Lat.]

fort

of reed

or fweet-fcented wood, mentioned in

fcripture with the other ingredients, of
the facred perfumes. It is a knotty root,
reddifh without, and white within, which
puts forth long and narrow leaves, antt
brought from the Indies. The prophets
fpeak of it as a foreign commodity of
Thefe hveet reeds have
great value.
nofmeil when they are green, but when
Their form differs
they are dry only.
not from other reeds, and their fmell is
perceived upon entering the marfhes.
Calmet.
Take thou alfo unto thce principal fpices of pure
myrrh, of fweet cinnamon, and of Iweet calamus.
Exudui, xxx. 23.

CALA'SH.

./. \_cahcbe,

Fr.]

A fmall

car-

riage of pleafure.
Daniel, a fpri^htly fwain, that us'd to fljlh
vig'rous deeds, that drew his lord's caLijb.

The

King.

The

ancients ufed calajbes, the figures of feveril

of them being to be fecn on ancient monuments.
Thi-y are very fimplc, light, and drove by the traveller himfelf.

Arbutlnot on Coins.

CA'LCE ATED.

adj. \calceatus, Lat.]

fitted with (hoes.

CALCEDO'NIUS.

n.f. [Lat.]

Shod

A kind of

precious ftone.
Calcedc-nius is of the agate kind, and of a mifty
grey, clouded with blue, or with purple.
WCG:, :u.i:tl :n 1

To CA'I.CINATE.

See To

CALCINE.

In hardening, by baking without melting, -the

heat hath thefe degrees; fiilt. it i-i.iurateth, then
aud laJHy it doth cahmtti.
makclh
fragile,

-;'i

Natural

CALCI.NA'TIOK.

C A L
CALc

N A'T ION. n.f. [from calcine ; calSuch a management of

bodies by fire, as renders them reducible
I

cination, Fr.]

powder

of

fufion

wherefore

for

when

blended through

fufion is

longer

whole

its

Divers relidtnces of bodies are thrown away, as

foon as the diftillation or cahinatkn of the body
that yicideth them is ended.
Byle.
This may be effected, but not without a eakini-

tm,

or reducing

it

by art into a fubtle powder.

;/./ [from calcinate.]

veffel ufed in calcination.

To CALCI'NE. v.
j

a.

To

computer

Belonging

many minds
To CALCI'NE. v. n.
heat.
This chrydal

men we

as

find.

CA'LCULOSE.
CA'LCULOUS.

To become

is

CA'LCULATE.

from

v. a.

[calculer, Fr.

calculus, Lat. a little ftone or

bead,

ufed in operations of numbers.]

1.

To compute;
culates his

2.

To

to reckon

as,

he

cal-

Sbakffpcare' Henry VI.

i

Dryden's JEncid.
In the late eruptions, this
great hallow was liks
a vad caldrtn, filled wjth
glowing and melted matter, which, as it boiled over in any part, ran down
the fides of the mountain.
Addijon.

j.

To

adjuft

nf ditches

to project for

any certain

as
is,

reafonablerrfs of religion clearly appears,

tends fo directly to the happinefs of men, and
upon all accounts, calculated for our benefit.

it

2.

Lat.] That

CA'LEFY. v

To

<v. n.

To make

to

n.

com-

putation.

be heated.

To CA'LEFY.

Vulgar

o>.

a.

To make

n.f. \cahndarium, Lat.]

of the year, in which the

months, and ftated times, are marked,

as feftivals and
holidays.
What hath this day deferv'd ? what hath it done,

That

it

Among

in golden letter

mould be fet
the high tides, in the calendar ?

When

That

Some
That

Sbakeffcare's

We

Left

To

it

pollute the

month

King

J'jbn.

Dry den's

Tables,

Fr.
the

Int'j

Draytott's

thick,

NymttiJ.

plump, bulbous part of the

[kalf, Dutch.]
her legs I'd have love's

ifliies fall,

And all her calf into a gouty fmall.

Sur/tling.
The calf of that leg '! dered. Jfi/eman's Surgery,

CA'LIBER.

n.f. [calibre, Fr.] The bore;

the diameter of the barrel of a
gun ;
the diameter of a bullet.

CA'LICE. n.f.

[calix, Lat.]
cup; a
chalice.
There is a natural analogy between the ablution
of the body and the purification of the foul ; between eating the holy bread and drinking the facrtd cilice, and a participation of the body and
Taylor.

An

n. f. [from Calccut in
Indian fluff made of cotton

India.]
;

fome-

times llained with gay and beautiful colours.

/
I wear the hoop petticoat, and

when

the fined are in filks.

am

all

in calicoes,

Aildinn's SfifiaKr.

CA'LID.<M)'. [calulus, Lat.] Hot; burning ; fervent.

CALI'DITY. n.f. [from calid.~\ Heat.
way of heat ; for it will
with fire, it will colliquace in wa'.tr, or
warm oil ; nor doth it only fubmit into an actual
heat, but not endure the potential cal'dity of many
waters,
Brovn't Vulg. r Errtain..
Ice will diffolve in any

the verb.]
a prefs in which clothiers

their cloth.

The

a ftu-

folk perceive it thriveth not,

filly doating brainlefs c df,
underftands things by the half,

Says, that the fairy left the oaf,

AnJ took away the other.
if.

blood of Chrift.

CA'LENDER. -v. a. [calendrer,

Skinner.] To drefs doth; to lay

fmooth

a dolt

a child haps to be got,

after proves an ideot

When

CA'LICO.

compute from calendars differing from one

another; the compute of the one anticipating that
of the other.
Brmon.
Curs'd be the day when fird I did
appear j
Let it be blotted from the calendar,

hot prefs
or

hot.

CA'LENDAR.
regifter

By way of contempt and reproach, applied to a human being

pid wretch.

Cryftal will cahfy unto electricity ; that is, a

power to attract draws, or light bodies, and convert
the needle, freely placed. Brown's
Ernun.

3.

leg.

To

[caltfa, Lat.]

CALCUI.A'TION. n.f. [from calculate.]

nap of cloth fmooth.
i. A
praAice, or manner of reckoning the CA'LENDER. n. f. [from
art of numbering.
Cypher, that gte.it friend to caltnlatkn

calefacio,

docs their lawns, or cows the new-faU'n

calf.

to offer facrifices in his

temple. Calmer.
Turn to the Lord, and fay unto htm, Take away
all
iniquity, and receive us gracioufly: fo will we
render the calves of our lips.
Hofta, xiv. 2*

ing.
adj.
[from
which heats.

more by half

I love thee

Catvesof the lips, mentioned by Hofea,

fignify facrifices of praife and prayers,
which the captives of Babylon addrefled
to God, being no
longer in a condition

CALEFA'CTORY.

Gay.
2.

CALEFA'criVE.flrt). [from calefacio, Lat.]

That which makes any thing hot ; heat-

Ti/lotf.

To CA'LCULATE.

Than

aft

Beniley.

er.d.

Wtltmi.

i o N
./ [from cakfacio,L&t.]
of heating any
thing.
ftate of
being heated.

F A'C r

Dutch.]

of a cow.

colt hath about four

years of growth ; and
fawn, and fo the calf. 'Bacon's Nat. Hi/lory.
Acofta tells us of a fowl in Peru, called con'dorc,
which will kill and eat up a whole calf at a time.

CALECH^E. The fame with CALASH.

The
The

half,

The

from

[cbaulJrtn, Fr.

Swift.

[cealp,

fo the

CAL

The young

Ah, Blouzelind

n. f.

n.f. calve: in the plural,

Saxon
1.

Upon a mighty furnace, burning hot. Fairy Queen.

Some drip the (kin ; fome portion out the fpoil;
The limbs, yet trembling, in the catarent boil
Some on tlie fire the recking entrails broil.

Who

CALF.

ftone in

calidus, Lat.]
pot ; a boiler; a kettle.
In the midft of all
There placed was a caldron wide and tall,

Why a!) thefe fires, why all thefe gliding ghofts,

Why old men, fools, and children calculate,
Why all thofc things change from their ordinance
Sbakefftare.
wrre there then in the world, to obfcrve the
births of thofe fird men, and calculate their nati-

The

Dcr.ljm.

With eager hade he longs to rove

In that fantadic fcene, and thinks
It mud be fome enchanted grove ;
And in he leaps, and down he finks.

the bladder.

grow hot

expences.

compute the fituation of the planets at any certain time.

A cunning man did calculate my birth,
And told me, that by water I fhould die.

vities, at they fprawled out

n.f. [Latin.]

no cure,

So, by a cttfentttn mified,

rapture fees,
On the fmooth ocean's azure bed,
EnamelTd fields, and verdant trees :

have found, by opening the

kidneys of a calperfon, that the ftone is formed earlier than
l.ave fuggeded.
Starf.

CALCULUS,

>uincy.

for that lethargy was there

to be cad into a calenture.

The mariner with

1 .

a pellucid fiflile done, clear

at water, and without colour, enduring a red heat
without lofir.g its tranfparency, and, in a very ftrong
Newton's Opticts.
heat, calcining without fufion.

To

Brtmins Vulgir Errcyrs.

produced.

a calx by

But

ttomPtPica/Fen/i.
7 adj.
[from calculus, Lat.]

j
Stony; gritty.
The volatile fait of urine will coagulate fpirits
of wine ; and thus, perhaps, the (tones, or calcu*
Icfs concretions in the kidney or bladder, may be

it.

And

//.

A CA'LDRON.

Denbam.

felves into

adj. [from calculate,.]

to calculation.

[calculus, Lat.] Reckoning ; compute : obfolete.

The g-neral calcule, which was made in the hi
perambulation, exceeded eight millions.

burn up.
as

difleraper peculiar to failors in hot climates ; wherein they imagine the fea
to be green fields, and will throw thera-

a reckoner.

CA'LCULE.

Fiery difputes that union have calc'm'J,

Almoft

Hooker.

CA'LCULATORY.

To

2.

for fa. they

Brwn's Vulgar Errours.

a./, [from calculate.] A

CALCULA'TOR.

calx, Lat.J
burn in the fire to a calx, or friable
fubftance.
See CALCINATION.
The folids feem to be earth, bound together with
fome oil ; for if a bone be calcined, fo as the lead
force will crumble it, being immerfed in oil, it
will grow firm again.
Arbutbnot <,n Aliments.

the refult of arithmetical

CA'LENDRER. n.f. [from calender.] The

perfon who calenders.
CA'LENDS. a. f. [calenJie, Lat. It has
no Jingttlar.] The firll day of every
month among the Romans.
CA'LENTURE. n.f. [from caleo, Lat.] A

from

[calciner, Fr.

reckoning

Being different from calculations of the ancients,

their obl'ervitions confirm not ours.

Brnvris I'ulgar Errwrs.

CALCI'N ATOR.Y.

Holder on Time.

If then their catcmlatkn be true,

reckon.

fubftance,

firft

com-

calculation Into eafy

operation.

con-

caufed by the fire,

can no longer iubiift. From this union
arifes a third kind of body, which, being
very porous and brittle, is eafily reduced
to powder ; for, the fire having penetrated every where into the pores of the
body, the particles are both hindered
from mutual contact, and divided into
minute atoms.
>uincy.
that the fluidity,

2.

it is

tinued, not only the more fubtile particles of the body itfelf fly off, but the
of fire likewife insinuate themparticles
felves i;i fuch multitudes, and are fo

which changcth

rather,

putation.

called chymical pulveriza-'on. This is the next

that
degree of the power of fire beyond

to

C A L

C A L

diffj.vc

Kk

CA'LJF.

C A L
CA'LIP,
!./. [itafifa, Arab, in heir
CA'LIPH. J or fucedTor.] Atitleafiuintii
by the fucceflbfs of Mahomet among

who were

the Saracens,
foluie

power in

The

to bo dark.]

veiled with ab-

Tr.r

cjoudim

we

tiful writing.
This language

CA'LIPERS.

C A' L

vE R

Ob-

My

/.

CALLIPERS.
from

A hand-

caliber. ]

leaky.
Raltigb's EJJtys.
So here fome pick out bullets from the fide ;
Some drive old oakum through each feam and rift ;
Their left hand does the calking iron guide,

To

3.

rattling mallet

with the right they

n. f.

c alk.~\

[from

lift.

Dryd.

The work-

Da-

To name
And God

2.

fummon

to call

account for

called the

light day,

The

with local particles, as up, down,

To

8.

for a record

came not

appeal

upon

as yet

my

i.

i.

5.

in, oat,

fmy

call all

your fenfes to you

eer.
Why came not the

him

reputation, or bid farewel to your good

lit for

Sbakefpeare.
(lave

me when

back to

Sbakefpeare' King Lear.

Are you calFdfcrtb from out a world of men.
To flay the innocent ? Sbakefpeare's Richard III.
?

Lodronius, that famous captain, was called up,

and told by his fervants that the general was fled.
Knollet's liiflary.

Or cali
The ftory

*p him that left half told

of Cambufcan bold.

call in ftrangers.

fears

To
To

call out.

mon

to fight.

fwells

with angry pride,

on every fide.

See Dinnylius Homer's thought.,

And
1 1

call

To

new

beauties forth

r:

is

Milieu,

Drunkennefs c*Ils tff the watchmen from their

towers i and then evils proceed from a loolc heart,
and an untied tongue.
Taylor's Htfy Living.

work

And

13. To call for.

to claim.

Madam,

my

You

fee

Uow men of merit

arc fought after

of

all called in at

St. James's.

Addijcn'i Spectator.
called in at Morge, w'irc there is an arti-

We

ficial port.

To

call OH.

To

Italy.

folicit for

a favour, or

a debt.
1 would be
what ncci 1 be

en
Of.

me

loth to pay him before his day ;

fo forwmd with him, that calls not
Sbukfff, care's

To

To

Henry IV.

call on.
repeat folemnly.
Thrice call ufdn my nainu, thrice beat your
breaft,

And hail me thrice to everlafting reft.

Dryden.
The Athenians, whin they loit any men at lea,
went to the mores, and calling thrice an their
names, raifed a cenotaph, or empty monument,
to their memories.
"if an the
Odyffry.
5.

Sbahrfpejre.

ordered her to call at his houfc once a- week,

poffihle, 1 firft

hit majefty doth call fur you,

noble lord.
grace, and you,

Andyir your

a fhort vifit.

as

which (he did foi fome time after, when he heard

no more of her.
1'tmple.
That I might begin as near the fountain-head as

Pope.

to require

made

in.

yj.n Jtnj',0.

Ija'ub, xxxi. 1.

To demand

cat,

you go, call en my brother Quintus,

pray him, with the tribunes, to co.-ie to me.

He

3.

iniquity.

forgotten, and the expreffion

And,

To

that

'em

-v. n.

To make

2.

friends

them

challenge; to fum-

mortal combat they defy.

Drydat's Vergil.

barbarous, by

ftigmatize with fome opprobrious

Deafnefsunqualifiesmen for all company, except

whom I can call names, if they do not
;
Swift to Pope.
fpeak loud enough.
revoke ; to retracl.
12. To call back.
He alfo is wife, and will bring evil, and will
not call back his words ; but will arifc againit the
houfe of the evil doers ; and againit the help of

To

cuilom of denoting one's prefence at the

door by a call ; but it is now ufed with
great latitude. This fenfe is well enough
preferved by the particles on or at ; but

C<rtu!cy.

line.

or

flop without intention of flaying.

This meaning probably rofe from the

line,

from ev'ry

Sipf-f.
liii

To

1.

the crowd,
Sings with a note fo fhrillin;, fwcct, and lo'>d,
Nor paiifli clerk, who calls the pfalm fo clear. Gay.
excite ; to put in aftion ; to bring
10.

He

Deniam's

read aloud a

their foveveign's quarrel calls

foes to

To CALL.

proclaim ; to publilh.
Nor ballad-finger, pUc'd above

culls forth all hlis- fpots

To

call ever.

When

When

And

coufm WeJtmoreland.

And now muli

His

23.

To

now

follow no farther

fubjeSs loyalty,

18.

defigns with

9.

ta

mufler-roll.

to.

that lord perplexed their counfels and

inconvenient objections in luw, the
authority of the lord Manchester, who had trod the
fame pathf, was ftill calltd upon.
Clarendon.

is paft,

my

7.

foul, that, to

unto Corinth.
z Cor.

together

Sbakeffttre,

He

To

denomination.

Be not amazed

heat

Call in the powers, good

Paul, a fervant of Jefus ChrirV, called to be an

thegofpelof God. Rom. i. I.
invoke ; to appeal to.

To fummon

call in.

invite.

his

apoftle, feparatedunto

and the darkGtnejit,

To

6.

home,
all

In that day did the Lord God of hofts call to

weeping, and to mourning, and to baldnefs, and
to girding with fackcloth.
Ifaiab, xxii. 12.
6. In the theological fenfe, to infpire with
ardours of piety, or to fummon into the

God

refume any thing that

French government, than their practice of

their money, after they have lunk ic
very low, and then coining it anew, at a higher

Wat::.

I call

To

call in.

in other hands.

value.
1

To fummon by command.

fpare you, I

refume money at in-

calling in

Clarendon.

gained.

7.

To

in the
^

5.

.fgci'ifii.

call,

all.

If clipped money be called in all at once, and

flopped from pairing by weight, 1 fear it will flop
L'.cke.
trade.
Neither is any thing more ciucl and opprclTive

Skakifpeart.
that had

fent for the earl to return

called to

Sam} fa

here to

fin

every

call in.

To

is

into view.

or invite, to or from any

place, thing, or perfon. It is often ufed

tailed

Clai
mifcarriages.
Once a day, efpecially in the early years of life
and ftudy, fail yourfelv?s to an account, what new
ideas, what new proportion or truth, you have

To fummon,

defend

much

judicially.

where he uSould be

frr. an",

Horace defcribes an old ufurer, as fo charmed

with the pleafurcs of acountry life, that, in order to
make a purchase, he calLd in all his money ; but
what was the event of it ? why, in a very few days
afur, he put it out again.
Mdif.n's Sprflator.

court of parliament,

mayor

fcnt,

dcfi.-e,

tereil.

together.

being informed of

The king had

to denominate.

calltd night.

To

14.

To

nifii.]

he

to

we our high

To fummon

4.

term in painting,

ufed where the backfide is covered with

black lead, or red chalk, and the lines
traced through on a waxed plate, wall,
or other matter, by paffing lightly over
each ftroke of the defign with a point,
which leaves an impreffion of the colour
on the plate or wall.
Chambers.

nefs

eyes.

away

patted that night, fent to the lord

a common council immediately.

Ezet. xxvii. g.

v. a. \cedo, Lat. kalder,

call

mad

where only two were

alike,

church.

ancients of Gebal, and the wife men thereof, were in thee thy calkcri ; all the fliips of the
fea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy

convoke

Now

that (lops the leaks of a (hip.

thy merchandize.
CA'LKINC. a. f.

paffions call

The king

The

1.

iifttlor*

Braimi an I be OdyJJey.

n. f. [Latin.]
A cup : a word
ufed in botany ; as, the talix of a flower.
To CALK. i>. a. [from fa/aft, FT. hemp,
with which leaks are flopped ; or from
csele, Sax. the keel. Skinner.'] To flop
the leaks of a (hip.
There is a great errour committed in the manner of ea/king his majcfty's ftipsj which being
done with rotten oakum, is the caufe they are

CALL.

my

brings tears into

of phrenfy

Dryden'i Fakirs.

the thoughts, with inceflant importunity, toward the object that excited
them.
Watt*.

CA"LIX.

<To

.*

a fpirit

that his appetite ctiiifw,

or perhaps his constitution or fortune can bear.
Rogtrt.

by paintings,

forvows up afrelh

my

all

hafte/ir their deftrojer.

He commits

am

The

incapable of celigrafby.
Pridiaux.

is

call in

Was

./Efehylus has a tragedy intitled Pi'fit, in which

the /hide of Darius is caUid up.

Stakefpearfs Henry IV.

man

when the man

Milton's

A.idij'ifs Can.
called cff from public U'flcrtations, by a
dome^ic iffair of great imporiance.
Taticr.

a harquebufe ; an old mu&ct.

;
Come, manage me your caKver.

The

name

father's

[trosnca/iginout.']

gun

CA'LKER.

iriiHti

he

hurt their minds,

urg'd you on, with

Far mafter, or fcr

'

a.J. [xoAiyfa^ia.] Beau-

See

up their ideja into our

call

iiatue', or <fci'crii
\' v doft thou fall

obfcurity.

To

*kw

priva-

Darknefs

And

up the fpo'l;. jtJJif.

CaUufd'e dof,
By the plcafur-s cf the imagination or taniv,
fuch at i-i...- iniin \ifiMc objeAi,
I n.ean

inlread of caiigtticn, or dimnefs, we conclude a eeeity, or blindncfs.

Rrvwn.

CA'LIOR APHY.

Who

deep,

Skattlpcari,

Among them

anil p-ither

tior. j

CALI'CIKOUSNE&S. if.f.

tt

may

ctilid far.

is

employments our whole days divide

trie morning tine

fine

thr urxleftrver

(til fe

We

Inftead of a diminution, or impcrfciS vilion, in

the mole, we affirm an abolition, or tot4j

C.Ai.i'GiNOus.<7<#. \callginofus, Lat.]

fcnre ; dim ; full of darknefs.

memory, to

Call up the fun ; thole ertfled, to the ha!l

wa':t the patron, henr the
lawyers bawl. DryJ.
Then by cunfe:it abftain fiom furrhtr toil',

[from caligo, Lat.

Darknefs

ufe of her

to treat or.

flje is

Ut:ffa'i Rulii

Such

civil.

CAMCA'TION.

mikei

foul

mlrd what

both religious and

affairs

C A L

C A L

To

call upon.

To implore

Call upon me in the day of trouble

thee, aiul tiiou (halt glorify me.

to
;

pray
1

to.

will deliver

P/atm

i.

5.

CALL.

C A L

C A L
who

CALL.

n.f. [from the verb.]

vocal addrefs of fummons or invita-

1.

Give

Orpheus' .train,
loon fhould dance at'

tiles.

contentedly fjfftr themfelves to b: always at the

call, and to fund to the fentence, of a number of

fummons

to true re-

Cal/ifers

ligion.
Yet he

Whofe pride would

foar to heav'n

without

Kofccmn.C':.

Thofe who

empire by dark paths afpire,

what they moft defire.
Diyden,
St. Paul himfelf believed he did well, and that
he had a call to it, when he perfccuted the chriltians, whom he confidently thought in the wrong:
but yec it was he, and not they, who were milto

5.

Authority; command.
Sir

Oh,

wift he were within

my

call,

o;

Dnbam.

demand

a claim.

CA'LLOUS.
1

inftrument to call birds.

For thpfe birds or beads were made from fuch
pipes or calli, ai may exprefs the fcveral tones of

all.

the ferjeants feaft at

Ely place, there being nine ierjeants of that call.

*>"*?/

trull.

call'd

Sbakfyeart.

CA'LLINC.
1.

which

from the furvey of a pious

arifes

Surely, as

much

Hardnefs ;
The oftcner we

Smb.

trade.

And

We find ourfr Ive

s
obliged to go on in honed ir.our colliitgi.
Sagers.
1 cannot trrbear
warning you againft endeavouring at wit in your fermons; becaufe many of your
'
have made themfelves ridiculous by at-

dudry

No
2.

left

no

Sicift.
calling for this idle traic,

duty broke, no father diiobcy'd.

Proper Ration, or employment.

Tne Gauh found the Roman fenators
die

3.

it.

with honour

P:fe.
reailv to

in their ffltli^"!.

Ciafs of perfons

united

Swift.

by the fame

employment or

profeffion.
Imay be a caution to all Chridian c
and magifhaf:!, not to impofe celibacy on whole
t,Ui.gi, tud great m<ji;itudes of men or
1

finds her

I.

adj. [calme, Fr. kalm,

Pcpr.

The

perfon

adii.

of contsiiteJnels.

Walton.

[from calm.]
;

ferenely.

Without paffions quietly.

The nymph did like the fccne
;

appear,
Serenely pleafant, calmly fair;
Soft fell her words, as fleiv the air.
friar,

CA'LMNESS.

n.f. [from calm.~\

Tranquillity; ferenity ; not ftorminefs.
While the deep horrid roughnets of the wood

Strives with the gentle calmitefs of the flood.

Denkam,
2.

Mildnefs

freedom from
Sir, 'tis

paffion.

fit

You

Dutch.]

.1 w.'.", 'h_!
day, and through the troubling
Sweet breathing Zephyrus did Ibftly play

[from calm.]

n.f.

In nature, things move violently to their place,

and calmly in their plac'i ; fo virtue in ambition ii
Bacvi,.
vioUnt, in authority fettled and caltn.
His curled brows
Frown on the gentle ftream, which calmly flows.
Dcr.bam.

1.

not ftormy ; not tcmpeituous: applied to the elements.

Quiet; ferene

Attirbury,
will'd to (lay,

and hecatombs to pay,

calm Minerva's wrath.

Without ftorms, or violence

1.

CALM.

Decay of Piny.
which fecm fomewhat calmed,
laid afleep, and never more awak-

pallions, a procurer

<T<I//CTO

bones are united.

much

facred rites

CA'LMLY.

2.

tcuch the callsvi child her parent's fong.

fea, as

quiet.
Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a reft to his
mind, a cheercr of his fpirits, a divcrter of fadncfs, a, calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of

Mi/ton.

CA'LLUS. n.f. [Latin.]

An induration of the fibres.
2. The hard fubftance
by which broken
!

or thing which has the power of giving

difclos'd

pious care

young,

And

of the

paflions,

CA'LMER.

infants fjrc'd away. Drydcn.

in fmall flights they know to try their

How

in

tempting

Dryden.

Was beating widely on the wing for prey,

To her now filent airy does repair,

than a

ai Christianity is nobler

who with

pacify

He

Unfledged; naked; with-

as an eagle,

to appeafe.
the
Jcfus, whofe bare word checked

The
And

ufc the organs of touching, the

Burding with kindly rupture, forth

Their callmo young.

life ?

find bufy, in the beginning

may be entirely
ened.

Jnienfibility.
If they let go their hope of everlafting life with
willingncfs, and entertain final perdition with ex-

adj.

To

Thofe

wretch

n.f. [from cal/ous.]

induration of the fibres.

Then

to quiet.

exerts himfelf in filcncing the tempefts, and calmbreads.

ing the intcftine ftorms, within our

out feathers.

Vocation; profeflion ; trade.

If God has interwoven fuch a plcafure with our
ordinary catling, how much fupcriour mud that
be,

2.

is

C A'L LOW.

n.f. [from call.}

Hill

[from the noun.]

./Eneis, to calm the tcmpeft raifed by ./Bolus.

UEfrangt.

ultation, ought they not to be cdcemed deftitute

of common fenfe, and abandoned to a callmfntfi
and numbnefs of foul ?
BcttLy,

j
her whore a beggar, in his drink,
Could not have laid fuch terms upon hacal/it.

He

To

o>. a.

Neptune we

Cbeyne.

t.

Baccn.

LA LLET.

Seati.

more of thefc fcales are formed, and the (kin becomes the thicker, and fo a callmfntfi grows upon

DrjfcUn.

nomination.
Upon the fifteenth was held

To CALM.

is drench'd too
deep ;
dupid, and his heart afleep :
Fatt;n'd in vice, fo callous and fo grofs,
He fins, and fees not, fenfelefs of his lofs.

1.

follow'd, lov'd by moft, adrnir'd by

'

having the pores

callaui.

The

foul

applied to the paffions.

Great and drange calms ufually portend the moft

and therefore, finceyrcrwr and calms
;
do always follow one another, ceitainly, of the
it
is
much
more eligible to have the form
two,
fince a calm before
firft, and the calm afterwards
ijiorm is commonly a peace of a man', own making but a calm after zjicrm, a peace of God's.

CA'LLOUSNESS.

5.

grown

re-

violenty?flrmi

infenfible.
LIcentiouihefs has fo long patted for ftiarpncfs
of wit, and greatnefs of mind, that the conference
is

through the land his cure of fouls he

Still cheerful,

By many

quiet

Drydtn,

Hardened

His

ftretch'd,
like a primitive apoftle preach'd :
ever conftant to his cull;

And

pofe

Wifattan.

2.

Calling; vocation; employment.

Now

Pcfi.

are

In progrefs of time, the ulcers became fmuous

and calkut, with induration of the glands.

thofe creatures, which are reprefented.

Wilhixi'i Matbtmattcal Magick.

8.

much,

Z>irw.

we find,
itorm, and walks upon the wrhd.

Freedom from difturbance

2.

Ihut up.

Dependence
upon humanity,
and a greater incitement to tendernefs and pity,
than any other motive whatfoever. Mdifon'i Sfcfl.

An

freedom from vio-

alont in the Hill ra/m

He mounts the

1.

hardened

of the elements.

ul'ed

Every pilot
fteer the (hip in ta.'ms ; bathe performs
ikilful part, can manage it in ftorms.

Nor God

adj. [callus, Lat.}

Indurated

is a
perpetual call

7.

as he finds the fibres loofen too

too flaccid, and produce fungufes ; or as they harden, and pioduce callofttus ; in the firft cafe, wine
and fpiritusus liquors are ufeful, in the lad hurtful*
Arbutlnai en Diet.

Locke.

yours.

6.

tient,

ftillncfs

motion

It feemeth moft agreeable to reafoo th*t the

waters rather flood in a i:uiet-iafei, than tl*ut they
moved with any raging D: overbearing violence.

woands, or the edges of ulcers, grow fo,

they are faid to be callous.
$>uincy.
The furgeon ought to v.try the diet of his pa-

Still plead a call to

taken.

kind
n.f. \callofite, Fr.]
of fwelling without pain, like that of the
flcin by hard labour ; and therefore when

a call!

Pcfe.

/,

Jtatiilk.

when workmen

CALLO'SITV.

reftrain the liSci-ilrtaming tears.

n.

Serenity;
lent

The

fummons from heaven ; an impnlfe.

How judly then will impious mortals fall,

1.

them, they open the two points to their defcribed

width, and turn fo much ftuft" off the intended
place, till the two points of the callifert fit jud over
their work.
Mcxvti's Mechanical Exircifts.

time to himfelf bed known,

by fome wond'rous call,
them
back
bring
repentant and fincere. Milton.

May

Her eyes

CALM.

Can

at length,

me-

thods of perfualion.
Atttriury,
The queen her fpeech with ca'.m attention hf ar ,

ufe

R :-nemb'ring Abraham,
4.

wrought upon by calm evidence, and gentle

meafure the diftance of any round, cy-

lindrick, conical body; fo that

noways congruou', that Cod ihould-ht

men into truth, who were ma<l? to be

10.

i.

Com-

inclofed, or embraced.]
pafTes with bowed fhanks.

is

frightening

was ignorant of the calling of the GenHaknvill on Providence.

is clipped,

Hwjtfr'j Preface.

perfons.

zP,ter,

!.

unruffled': applied to the

and

n.f. [Of this word I know

not the etymology ; nor does any thing
more probable occur, than that, perhaps, the word is corrupted from clippers, inftruments with which any thing

Popt.

Divine vocation

calling

paffions.
It

make your

CA'LLIPERS.

2. Requifition authoritative and public.

It may be feared, whether our nobility would

mean

Undifturbed

2.

invitation or impulfe

diligence, to

all

St. Peter

rival

The wond'ring fon.it::

near the pow'rrul tall,
The movir
And headlong dreams hang lift'ning in their tail.

3.

election furc.

Milieu.

an.

fing,

llammwd.

Divine vocation

at call, juftice divine

not her lloweft pace for pray'n or crir-s.

But would you

of con-

gift

to the true religion.

But death comes not

Mends

have the

tinence*

4.

tion.

einflot be fuppofable to

C A

lo (nail the fea be calm untg

air

gentle Cpirit, that lightly did allay

did glider fair.

Hot Titan':, beams, which Uien

Sfcnfcr,

have drong party, or defend yourfelf

By caimnsfff or by abfencc : all 's in anger*
I beg the grace,
You would lay by thofc terrours of your face ;
Till calmncji to your eyes you firft reftore,
I am afraid, and I can be,; no more.
Diyrl'n*

CA'LMY. adj. [from

ful.
Not ufed.

c aim.]

Calm; peaceAnd

C A

C A

CAI.UMNIA'TION. n.f. [from talunniafe.] CA'M EL. n.f. [camelus, Lat.] An animal
That which we call calumniation, is a
very common in Arabia, Judea, and the
malicious and falfe reprefentation of an
One fort it
neighbouring countries.

And now they nigh approached to the fled,

Where as thofe mermaidcs dwelt it was a tkill
And cafay hay, on one fide Jheltered
With the broad lha low of an hoary hill. Fairy SJ.
:

[calomelas,

word.] 'Mercury fix

He repeated lenient f uigatives,
in three or four days.

A ctlor-fick
b'>iiy,

diam, from

CALO'TTE.

cap or
ornament

it

worn

an

as

n.f. [***-.]
church.

Greek

CA'LTROPS.

An

his declared foes and calumniators.

Virtue

Monks of the

n.f. [colrjueppe, Saxon.]

made with three fpikes,

fo that which way foever it falls to the

to
ground, one of them points upright,

A plant

grows among corn, and

for the fruit being
very troublefome

where

is

run into the

ftrong prickles,
This is certainly the
feet of the cattle.
plant mentioned in Virgil's Georgick,
Miller.
under the name of tribulus.

armed with

To CALVE.

<v, n. [from calf.]

bring a calf: fpoken of a cow.
When (he has calv'ii, then fct the dam afide,
And for the tender progeny provide.
Drydcn.
2. It is ufed metaphorically for any aft of
bringing forth ; and fometimes of men,
by way of reproach.

1.

To

would they were barbarians,

Though

in

Rome

litter'd

not

as they are,
Romans, as they

are not,
cal-vtA in the

Though
The graiTy

clodl

The tawny

lion,

His hinder

parts.

porch

now

pawing

CALVES-SNOUT,

calv'J;

now

half appcar'd

to get free

Mi/ten.

[antirrhinum.]

Snapdragon.

CALVl'LLE.

Stat.

o' th' capitol.

n. f.

[French.]

plant.

of

apple.

TiCALw'MNi ATE.<U..

To

accufe falfely

juft ground.
Beauty, wit, high birth,

[calumnior, Lat.]

to charge without

Drjden's Fatlis, Prrf.

thing may remain.
Do I calumniate f thou ungrateful Vanoc
!

Is it a calumny
Perfidious prince!
to Yver,
fay that Gwendolen, bctroth'd
by her father firft aflur'd to Valens ?

To

Wa

A.

CALU'MNIATE.
One

'

-v.

a.

To

Philips,

(lander.

trade or art, even thof- that (h >uld be the

it their bulinefs to difdain and

jnoft liberal,

mke

(alumniate another.

n.f. \_calumnia, Lat.] Slan;

groundlefs accufawith agninjl, or fometimes
falfe

tion

/,

before the perfon accufed.

Be truiu as chaitc as ice, as pure

Thou

Shot through his wuher'd heart,

charge

CAME'LOPARD.

not efcape calumny.

Shaktfftare.
hard calumny upon our foil or climate, to airum, that fo excellent a fruit will not
fliuit

It is

a very

grow here.

CALX.

Ttmflt.

n. f.

[Latin.] Any thing that is

rendered reducible to powder by burn-

ing.
Gold, that

is

more denfe than

lead,

refills

pe-

remptorily all the dividing power of fire ; and will

not be reduced into a calx, or lime, by fuch operation as reduces lead into it.
Dighy.

CA'LYCLE.

n.f. \calyculus, Lat.]

A fmall

bud of a plant.

Difi.

CAMA'JEU. n.f. [from camac buia which

name is given by the orientals to the
;

onyx, when, in preparing it, they find

another colour.]
1. A ftone with various figures and reprefentations of landfkips, formed by nature.
2.

[In painting.] A term ufed where there

is only one colour, and where the lights
and fliadows are of gold, wrought on a
golden or azure ground. This kind of
work is chiefly ufed to reprefent baflb

Chambers.

relievos.

CA'MBER. n. f. [See CAMBERING.]

term among workmen.

Camber, a piece of timber cut arching, fo as, a

weight confulcrablc being fct upon it, it may in
length of time be induced to a ftraight.
MvXbn'i Mechanical Excrcifa*

word mentioned by
n.f.
Skinner, as peculiar to (hipbuilders, who
fay that a plase is cambering, when they

Sfratt.

fleeves, and caps.

hath ribbons of all the colours of the raininkles, caddiicij omfofels, and lawns.

ruffles,

He
bow

women's

Sbii

Rebecca had, by thr ufe of a looking glafs, and

by the further ule of certain attire., m,idc of cjf:brick, un'm her head, attained to an evil art. Tatter.
Confed'rate in the cheat, they draw the throng,
AndcjmiriVi handkerchiefs reward the long. GV;.

CAME. The

preterite of fo come.
Till all the pack fame up, and cv'ry hound
Tore the fad huntfman, grov'ling on the ground.

MBfm.

bhft.

[from camelns and

Tre<voxx,

giarajfa.

CA'MELOT. 7
CA'MLET. f "'/
/

i.

A kind of fluff originally made by a

mixture of filk and camels hair ; it is
now made with wool and filk.
This habit was not of camels

(kin, nor any

hair, but rather 1'on
weave of camelot, grograin, or the like ; inafmu. 'i
as thefe fluffs are fuppofed to be made of the hair

coarfe texture of

its

of that animal.

Hair

Brtii'n'i

Vulgar Eriauri.

cloth.

Meantime

And

the pallor (hears their hoary beards,

eafes of their hair the loaden herds :

Their camckts warm

And

in tents the foldicr hold,

mariner from cold.

fticld the (hiv'ring

DlyJ,

CA'MERA OBSCURA.
tical

machine ufed

[Latin.]

in a

An

opdarkened cham-

ber, fo that the light coming only thro'

a double convex glafs, objefts expofcd
to daylight, and oppofite to the glafj,
are reprefented inverted upon any white

matter placed in the focus of the glafs.

Martin,

CA'MERADE.
ber, Lat.]

n.f. [from camera, a chamthat lodges in the fame

One

a bofom companion. 3y corufe comrade.

CamtrjJit with him, and confederates in li'.s

chamber
ruption

we now

mean arched, [from chambre, French.]

defign.
CA'M B KICK. n.f. [from Cambray, a city CA'MERATED.
Flanders where it was principally
made.] A kind of fine linen, ufed for

n.

tike fiery

pardus, Lat.] An Abyffinian animal,

taller than an elephant, but not fo thick.
He is fo named, becaufe he has a neck
and head like a camel ; he is fpotted
like a pard, but his fpots are white upon
a red ground.
The Italians call him

as fnow,

in
ilefert in fcrvice,

Love, friendihip, charity, are fubjcil all

To envious and calumniating time.
Staktffearc.
He mixes truth with t'al/ehood, and lias not forof
rule
the
calumniating ftrongly, that fomegotten

I'o

drinking, and keep water a long time in tndr

Calmct,
ftomach, for their refrcihmetit.
Patient of third and toil,
Son of the delart even the remel f.

calammtius art
truth, thus held their ears. M:ltir..

CA'MBERING.
fort

'

CA'LUMNY.

it

lity.

Camels have large fjliJ fecf, but not hard.

will continue ten or twelve days without eating or

not calvmnksii ftrokes.

Sbakefpearc.

der

Maijun.

With

Of counterfeited

wound

horfes feet.
The ground about was thick fown with fallrcfs,
which verymuch incomrrioiied the rtjoclcfs Moors.
Dr. AAdij-'Kt Account of Tangier*.
common in France, Spain, and
Z.

iticlf 'icapes

either for burdens, or men to ride

third kind is leaner, and of a

fmaller iize, called dromedaries, becaufe of their fwiftnefl

which are generally ufed for riding by men of qua-

CALU'MNIOUS.^'. [(com calumny.] Slanderous ; fallely reproachful.

inftrument

Italy,

fit

on.

L'Ejlretige.

as csbjtri in their fecret cells.

Madden on Bcultcr.

Temp'rate

ecclcfiaftical

I..-,

of. the
envy and hatred
mlt lay his ringer upun his
)i.-.i.J uut of t!iink-put.

the fame time that Virgil was celebrated by

Callus, we kr.oiv that Bavius and Mcevhn were

in France.

CAL&rERS.

At

or
[In architecture.] A round cavity
a
or cup,
in
of
form
cap
depreflure,
lathed and plaiftered, ufed to diminish
the rife or elevation of a chapel, cabinet,
Harris.
alcove, &c.

2.

mouth, and keep

n.f. [French.]
coif,

i A'TO R
/. [from calumniate. ]
forger of accufation; a flanderer.

of .p n

Grew.

contiins.

large,

He. that would live clear

Lat.]

quality of producing

within the
principle is either excited
or transferred to it, through any nicfome other. Silver will grow hotter

li.m the liquor

1.

heating.

K-ited

CA L u M N

with calomel, once

[ calorificus,

and lull of flefh, and fit to carry

burdens of a thoufand
pounds weight,
having one bunch upon its back. Another have two bunches upon their
backs, like a natural Saddle, and are

to an offcnfive

purpofe.

W.^man't Surgery.

CALORI'FICK. <i<ij.
That which has the
heat

enemy's words or aftions,

a chymical
times fublimed.

CA'LOMEL. n.f.

CAM

Arched

Sjm.r.

ady.

[cameratus,

Lat.]

roofed ilopcwile.

CAMERA'TION.

n.f. [camcratio, Lat.]

vaulting or arching.

CAMISA'DO. n.f.

[cami/a, a fhirt, Ital.

camijium, low Lat.] An attack made
by loldiers in the dark ; on which occafion they put their Ihirts outward, to

be feen by each other.

They had appointed the fame
darkncfs would have cncreafcd

tlic

night,

whofe
have

fear, to

given 2 cam:fattc upon the

CA'MISATED.

E:ig!i (h.
Hay-war J.
adj. [from camifa, a fhirt.]

L) relied with, the fhirt

outward.

CA'M LET.

C A
CA'MLET.

CAMELOT.

See

CA'MPHORATE.

He

had on him a gown with wide flsevej, of a

kind of water camlet, of an excellent azure colour.

n.f.

An

r.is.~\

Saxon; onofame with petty

[carr.moc,

herb

ue

whin, or reftharrcw.

CA'M'OMILE.

n.f. {ant be mis.'}

our. d

of

tile

MPION. n.f. [lychnis, Lat.] A plant.

CA'MUS. n.f. [probably from cami/a,Lat.]

ie ur.to this

Jay.

Brawn's l^lgar TLrr'.un.

n.f. [camp, Fr. camp, Sax. from
The order of tents,
campus, Lat.]
placed by armies when they keep the

to

We ufe the phiafe to fitch a

Q.
^AN". n.f. [canne, Sax.]
cup ; generally a cup made of metal, or fome other
matter than eanh.

C A M P <w. a.
To encamp;
.

1.

One

(amp

this bolt,

we would

all

for

'

O, there

He

TholV- grateful groves, that (hade the plain,

Where Tiber rolls majeiiic to the main,

And fattens, as he runs, the fair campaign. Garth.
2. The time for which any army
keeps the
field, without entering into quarters.
have liallencd his march, whicr
d luvo rr.iJe a fair conclufion, of the cam-

of one campaign.

Addifcn.

CAMPA'NIFORM.

adj. [ofcampana, a bell

zndforma, Lat.] A term ufed of flowers,
which are in the fhape of a bell. Harris
CAMPA'NULATE. adj. The fame with

campaniform.

from

CA'MPHIRE TREE.

the whiteft

but tht
;
blacker and more du-

people

of

Ion,; canals reply.

my

lowpft
the ofF-

Pope.

of water made by
the canals in Holland.

conduit or pafTage
through which any of the juices of the

[In anatomy.]

body

flow.

n.f.

kind of coal, dug

up in England.
jet.

vcn our canal-coal nearly equals the foreign

Woidioard.

CANALI'CULATED.

[from canaliaiChannelled ; made like a

latus, Lat.]

adj.

Die!.
pipe or gutter.
n.f. [from the Canary iflands.]
Wine brought from the Canaries, now

CANA'RIT.
i

'

called fack.

this tree

in

traft or courfe

art, as

3.

n.f. [carapbora,'L&t.'

gum

power

The

and

I will to

my

z.

An

him
old dance.

firft

witli

the

bills,

cancelling

my

Rnfctntmoti,

lords,

Southern

your debts.
adj.

[from can-

tail

beaft

of the caftor
is

almoft bald, though

is
;

n.f. [from cancel.~\ According to Bartolus, is an expunging

or wiping out of the contents of an initrument, by two lines drawn in the
manner of a crofs.
Aylijfe*

CA'NCER.
1.

2.

The

{cancer, Lat.]

n.f.

crabfifti.

fign

of the fummer

folftice.

When now no more th' alternate Twins are fir'd,

And Cancer reddens with the folar blaze,
Short
3.

the doubtful empire of the night. Ttotnfvn.

is

virulent fwelling, or fore, not to be

cured

Any

of thefe three

into a fchir-

may degenerate

rus, and that fchirrus into a cancer.

As when a canter on the body feeds,

fPifcman,

And gradual death from 17mb to limb proceeds;

So docs the chilnefs to each vital part
Spread by degrees, and creeps into the heart. AJdif,

To

TOCA'NCERATE.

-v.n. [fr&rn cancer.']

to become a cancer.
But ftriking his fift upon the point of a nail in
tb>: wall, his hand canrei-alcd, he fell into a fi-vcr,
and foon after died on't.
L'Kflrtnge.

grow cancerous

CANCERA'TION.

[from canceratc.]

n.f.

growing cancerous.

CA'NCEROUS.

adj.

[from cancer.] Having

the virulence and qualities of a cancer.

How they are to be tif-atcd when they are
ftrumous, fchirrous, or cancerous, you
their proper places.

may

fee in

Wiftman.

CA'NCEROUSNESS. n.f. [from cancerous.]

The (late of being cancerous.
CA'NCRINE. adj. [from cancer."] Having
the qualities of a crab.

CA'NDENT.
the

adj. \_candens,

higheft

degree

Lat.] Hot; in
next to

of heat,

fufion.

honed knight FaliUff, and drink

canary with him.

wine

avenging pow'rs obey,

too great to pay,

CANCELLA'TION.

n.f. [French.]
the dregs ; the lees

The walks

Any

are

oftener ufcd for the

it, it is

is

it, it

whom
my debt,

and cancellated, with

very hairy
fome refemblance to the fuak-s of fHhes.
Gr?wi
the

as, I

is

a French term
fcouring of the people
of reproach.
CANA'L. n.f. [canalis, Lat.]
1. A bafon of water in a
garden.

ifle

inhabi'ants prepare their

campbire, by making a
fi.nple d'Coclion <>f thr ro.,- ,mti wool f thi tree
cut into fmall pieces ; but this fort of
campbire is
in value, eighty or an hundred timei lefs
true Borr.ean can
Mtilon

may do

CA'NAL-COAL.

two forts of this tree ; one is 1 nativi

of Borneo, from which the heft camit taken, which is
fblri
fuppofed to be a n.itura
exfudation from the tree, produced in fuch pi ..c "
where the bark of the tree has Leen wounded o
cut.
The other fort is a native of Japan, which
Dr. Kempfer deicribes to be a kind of
bay, bearing black or purple berries, and from whence th-

It

permijflion

do

grudge

here forget

Crofsbarred ; marked with Hues

/.]
crolEng each other.

The

diltinguifhed from may, as

CANAILLE,

Mortimer

<

For

it.

I can

CA'NCELL ATEV. particip.

Dryden.

allowed me
but in poetry they are confounded.
4. Can is ufed of the perfon w ith the verb
afii-Tje, where may is ufed of the thing,
with the 'verb pajfi-ve ; as, I can do it,
it may or can be done.

\camfeflris, Lat.]

is

all

and cancelled for aye. Sptnfer,

all former
griefs,
repeal thee home again. Sbak,

in one,

then,

I pafs

power

2.

camptjlral, or wild beech,

rable.

There

It is

3.

day's labour doth at laft defray,

cares which cruel love collected

Thou,

can make me bled

(he only can :
Empire and wealth, and all (he brings befide,
An: b'.it the train .ind tr.upin^s of her lvf. Diyd.

Clarendon.

is

Cancel

can away with no company, whofe difcourfe

can do

ground,

.'-..

beech

Know

mood

lines.]

my

*11

Has fumm'd

can moft

It expreffes the
potential

z.

hills.

paign.

the wonder

's

It flie

la countries thinly inhabited, and efpecially in

vail campaniai, there are few cities, bel'ues what
v. -r!,
grow by the refidence o/

The mountain

And

Before the fad accounting day.

goes beyond whar. claret a'nd diffGlutencfs infpires.

Locke.

~)n.f. [campaigns, Fr. cam-

CAMPJN1A. j faaia, Ital.]

1. A large, open, level trail of

CAMPE'STRAL. aJj.
Growing in fields.

That long

Cancel

Bacon

Mecamas and Agrippa, who

With Caffar, are his foes.

mark with crofs

writing.
to obliterate in general.
;
welcome
Now
night, thou night fo long expected,

fup together.

from

[canceller, Fr.

a.

To crofs a
To efface

1.

2.

It

place there is licence to do good and evil,

whereof the latter is a curfe for, in evil, the beft
condition is not to will j the fecond, not to can.

Iliad tifing out

fome-

It is

v.

cancellis not are, to

In

cufed guilty j and, by offering him his gbve or

gantlet, to challenge him to this trial. Hakewlll.

of the

\konmn, Dutch.

CA'NCEL.

To

Drytlen.

ii. n.

Carew.

dhers other.

Sbakejpcare.

has no other terminations.]

To be able ; to have power.

For their trial by tamp-fgit, the accuter was,

with the peril of his owg body, to prove the ac-

An

unfu.'d ran.

times, though rarely, ufed alone ; but

is in conftant ule as an
expreffion of
the potential mood : as, I can do, thou

combat,

without

CAN.

To

To camp to pitch a camp to fix tents.

CAMP-FIGHT, n.f. An old word for

CAMPA'IGN.

.111

Cr^v.
clothing, mipping, meat, drink, and can.
His empty can, with ears half worn away,
Was hung on high, to boaft the triumph of the

i.

Sbn
2.

ss

canft do, I could do, thou coulJf/1 <k>.

[from the noun ]

to lodge in tents,

hoftile purpofes.
Had our great palace the capacity

To

it

many.
Of finging birds, they have linnets, goldfinches,
ruddocks, canary tirJs, blackbirds, thruihes, and

tree, the coco, iffordeth (tuff for houfing,

day.

c,m:p to camp, through the foul womb of

night,
The hum of either army ftilly founds.
Stakrj'f.
Next, to fccure our camp and naval pow'rs,
Raife an embattled wall with lofty tow'rs.
Pupt.

To

hate

camp,

,m

excellent finging
formerly bred in the Canaries,
and no where elfe ; but now bred in feveral parts of Europe, particularly Gerbird,

yclad, f >r heat of fcorching air,

All in filken camus, lilly white,
Purrled upon.with many a folJed plight, fairy

encamp.

F:

CANA'RY BIRD. An

tkin drefs mentioned by Spenfer.

And wis

CAMP.
field.

CANA'RY. <v, a. A cant word, which

feems to fignify to dance ; to frolick.

To

Mafter, will you win your love with a French

How mean'ft thou, brawling in French i
brawl ?
No, my compleat mailer ; but to jigg off a tune
at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet,
humour it with turning up your eyelids. Skakefp.

Boyle.

high-coloured liquor.

flower.

race of Barba:y Moors,

camptiora,

CAMO'VS.

adj. \_camns, Fr.] Flat; level;

It is only ufed of the nofe.
deprefled.

[from

adj.

Lat.] Impregnated with camphire.

By /halting the faline and campbsrate liquors
together, we eafily confounded them into one

Bacon.

CA'MMOCIC.

CAN

CAN

drink in pipe
rouke him djiice. Sbak.

think

I'll

1 lhall

If a wire be heated only at one end, according

end is cooled upward or downward, it rewe have declared
fpeflively acquires a verticity, aa

as that

Hrvwn*

in wires totally canJent,

CA'NDICANT.
.

CAN
BA'-CDICANT. adj.
cattdicnns, Lat.
[
Dift.
Growing white ; whitifh.
")

CA'NDID.

he box receives

'I

black

all

ftones

came candid

forth, the

hue of inno-

faults

fair

The

not delirous to find

open

Such

to ufe in the day, were nudricL.

adapted to meals, will indifferently

ferve for dinners or fuppers, only diftinguilhing

ingenuous.

import of the difcourfe will, for the mod

part, if time be no dcfigned fallacy, fufnciently
lead candid and intelligent readers into the true

as arc

between daylight and

The

2.

it.
Locke.
candid judge will read each piece of wit
With the fame fpirit that its author writ.
Pop t.

him

and candltKgbt.
Molincux

coals

t.

C A' N D L E M A s

n.f. [candidates, Lat.]

be furpriftd to fee fo

many

candidate!

could thus high thy

Art thou, fond youth, a

rafli

ambition

raife

candidate fir praife?

And now

Pope.

Sometimes of.
Thy firft-fruits

of poefy were giv'n

thyfelf a welcome inmate there,
While yet a young probationer,
And candidate of heav'n.
Dtyder..

The horfemen
With

CA'NDIDNESS.

n.f. [from candid."} Ingeopennefs of temper ; purity of

mind.

n.f.

[candela, Lat.]
or tallow, fur-

Which, while

it tailed,

gave king Henry

With

lijjiit.

Barn's Natural

for

rliforf.

CA'NDOUR.

Rjy.

He

thefe blefs'd candles of the nigl.t,

Had you been there, 1 think you would have begg'd

The ring of me, to give the worthy doftor. Sbak.
CA'NDLEBERRY TREE. See SWEETWILLOW ; of which it is a fpecies.
C A j: D L E H O'L D E R . n.f. [ from candle and
hold."}

that holds the candle.

that remotely aiiilts.
2.
tel wantons, light of heart,
Tickle the fenl'elefs rulhe-, with their heels ;
For I an; proverb'd with a grandfirc phrafe,

tie

a caniitfbc'Jcrj and look on.

C-V'::DLEHGHT.

n. /.

may grow on

lli

juld

as

ing,

have

lo

much

mixed with

all

dare, a

11.

made.

Ctwm'rcrs.

And the fwect liquor on the cane beftow,

^rom which prepar'd the lufcious lugars flow.
Slackmcre.

A lance

3.

a dart

made of cane

reed.
Food may be afforded

to bees,

by fmall canes or

troughs conveyed into their hives.

JAvtigttr'J Hufkandry,

CANE.

To

a,

a.

CANI'CULAR.

adj. \canicularis, Lat.] Beas, ci'.i:icular,

;

longing to the dog-ftar

or dog-days.
.

In t^gu.d to

dill

unto fomc the

unto (ircii as
unto them the
about the tn<pirk
s,

:!]

dog-:'

of

C"

th? luii

h feafon

is

unto them
F.rc-.cr.'s

in Jatoi times for

rt

CANM'XE.
i. Having

.'<

:'jr

oi a natural candour atid

[probably from can-

conferve

let

To

[from the noun.]

beat with a walking ItafF.
<v.

is

winter.

I'dgar

ff'.'f.'j.

word ufcd

whence

Judge-like thou fitt'lt, to praife or to arraign

The flying ikirmiih of the darted cam. Drydcn.

v,

the

the Spanim inego de cannas.

Abenamar, thy youth thefe (ports has known,
Of which thy age is now fpeftator grown

Lat.]
the properties of a dog.
n are made up of c.iniof
adj.

{car.imis,

ror-

nim.ils

with

firgar,

in

fuch

.1

:u that the fugar lies in fhkcf,

or breaks into fpangles.
ihyula the p<>m be flatur'd ?
'he candy' it tongue lick abfui-d
pomp,
the pregnant hinges of the'knec,

And crook
aiul

a'fn.~\

To

No,

in pieces cut a foot

below the top of the flower

open-

improvement of learnmight convey knowledge with a

To CA'NDY.
.'.'

Swcet-

n.f. \candor, Lat.]

gentle insinuation,

the pond's
Walnti,

them

and a half
and they are orditen naontlvs, at which time they are
narily ripe
found quite full of a white fucculent marrow,
whence is exprefl'ed the liquor of which fugw is
ufually plant

cut

manner

Shtikt:[ptarf

[from canM'e

fo grafs

of temper

fwectnefs,

i.

He
He

dry fix or twelve months, both

purity of mind
nefs; ingenuity; kindnefs.
nefs

2. Light, or luminary.

1.

want of water,

plant which yields the fugar.

This cane or reed grows plentifully both in the
Ejlt and Weft Indies.
Other reeds have their
Jk'in hard and dry, and their pulp void of juice j

4.

that grows in

bottom.

Take

By

lie

weed

to kill the water-weeds, as water-lint1 ;:, ccvdscks,

rcate, and bulrufhes ; and alfo, that as thefe die

We

a child, and fctting a candlt before him,

you (hall find his pupil to ccmtraO, very much, to
exclude the light, with the brightnefs whereof it
wnuld ntherwife be dazzled.

n.f,

rivers.
Let the pond

Sbakefpeare,
fee that wax camllis lafl longer than tallow
candla, becaufe wax is more firm and hard.

Sba'

cjw//m'0/?crj.

The

puts forth long green tufted leaves, from the middle of which arife the flower and the feed.
They

CA'N DOCK,

Harvty.

but the fkin of the fugar tcne'is foft.

It ul'ual'y
grows four or five feet high, and about hs!t" a:i
inch in diameter.
The ftcm or (lalk is divided
At the top it
by knots a foot and a half apart.

fpeadthrift.
Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortunes
drunk

made of wax

rounding a wick of flax or -cotton.

Here burns my candle out, ay, here it dies,

2.

CANDLEWA'STER. n.f. {from candle and

One that confames candles ; a
To
<iua/rV.]

[canna, Lat.]

If the poker be out of the way, or broken, itir

fire with your matter's cur.i.
Swift.

Addfyn.

/i<;r:ff.

n.f.

kind of ftrong reed, of which walking ftaffs are made ; a walking ftaff.

the

Gay.

Bacon.
who has converted the efiays
of quality into a kind of fringe for his

burn*

Miller.

home.

the help of oil, and wax, and <*ther candlethe riame may continue, and the wick not

By
ftufft

congealed.
Lion's foot, \catancmce, Lat.]

Sbakefptare.

candlifticks.

Drayton.

To grow

n.

Khali I topleafe another wine Iprur.g mind

Lofe all mine uwn ? God hath given me a mcafurc
Short of his cane and bna"y : muft I nad
pain in that wherein he rinds a pleafure ? Herbert*
The king thruft the captain from him with hit
cane; whereupon he took his leave, and went

CA'NDLESTUFF. n. f. [from candle and

fiff.~\ Any thing of which candles may
be made kitchen fluff; greafe tallow.

fo CA'N DIP Y. v. a. [c andifico, Lat.]

make white to whiten.
Ditl.
light

man

1.

South.

tentions.

CANE.

fticks did (land.

I know a friend,

of a

thofe frofts that winter brings,

plant.

Thefe countries were once chrlftian, and members of the church, aad where the golden candle-

It prefrntly fees the guilt of a finful aftion ;

and, on the other fide, obferves the candidncfs of a
nun's very principles, and the fmcerity of his in-

1.

CA'NDV

like fixed
candliftult,
and their poor
;

their heads.

when

To CA'NDY. v.

torch-ftaves in their hands

Lob down

Sbateffiare^

Which candy every green,

Renew us like the teeming fprinjs,
And we thus frefli arc ictn.

jades

DI DLY. adv. [from candid.~\ Fairly ;

without trick ; without malice ; inge-

We have often defircd they would deal candidly

with us ; for if the matter (tuck only there, we
would propofe that every man (hould (wear, that
he is member of the church of Ireland. Siuif:.

fit

toaft,

incrufl with congelations.

Sina-

dles.

CA'N

nuoufly.

bury'd by the yew-tree fide.

CA'NDLESTICK. n.f. [from candle and

The inftrument that holds canflick,]

To make

CA'NDLE.

lies

morning

cure thy o'er-night's furfeit

To

3.

winter, upon (liining of the fun upon Candlemas

Brciyn's Vulgar Errours.
day.
Come Caadhmas nine years ago (he died,

Add'jon.

2. It has generally far before the thing

fought.

To

or, as we term it, by every good liver, between Michaelmas and Candlemas.
Cartw's Survey cf Cornwall.
There is a general tradition in moft parts of Europe, rhat inferreth the coldnefs of the fucceeding

Jlnonymsui.

One would

nuity

Will the cold brook,

man,

candidates there (land for wit,

place at court is fcarce fo hard to get.

for glory.

3.

n.f.[ from candle and mafs. ]

Purification of the Bleffed

Virgin, which was formerly celebrated

with many lights in churches.
The harveft dinners are held by every wealthy

ment.
So many

What

Locke.

w-

form into congelations.

Car.aicd with ice, cawdle thy

The feaft of the

competitor ; one that folicits, or propofes himfelf for, fomething of advance-

to

fl

trailer.

To

2.

neceflary candles for ufe.

I (hall find

meaning of

CA'NDIDATE.

On

Swift.

camlleligi't.

fome other

mixture of amber.
Baccn.
candyd plantancs and the juicy pine,
and
fweet
dine.
choiccft melons
grapes they

ers, and
\^ ir'i

men's

to guide

Hacker.

Dryden.

2. Free from malice

may ferve

Before the day was done, her work (he fped,

And neve, went by candlelight to bed. Dryd. Fab.
The boding owl
Steals from her private c.fll by night,
And flies about the candlelight.
Swift.

but, pour'd from

cence.

which

fteps,

citrons, or fugar and violets, and

light of a candle.

In darknefs candlelight

thence,

The

The

1.

adj. [candidus, Lat.]

This fenfe is very rare.

White.

1.

CAN

CAN

Wlu-r: thritt may follow t'.nvning.

Suaitfye/trc.
They have in Turky ci)nt"oj9iofis like t.< iacrli-it
or
of
md
made
confetvcs,
iemuiis,
fugar and
lugnr

were taken, alw:,yi bufy and

every one that corner in their

..t

Atl.

Canine hunger, in medicine, is an appetite which cannot be fatisfied.

It
may occafion an ex >rbitant app.-.itc of ufual
things, whicl
till

is

tlwrvomif them up

called canine.

:n

like dfjE

tui.ii
;

^uantitie -:,
1

from whence

it

j4rhutbnst.

CA'NISTER

CA'NISTKR.

H. f.

Reftore to

[cant/lrum, Lat.]

fmall baflcet.
White lilies in full canijlm they

1.

With

all

bring,
the glories of the purple fpring- Drydtn.

A fmall

2.

which any thing, fuch

veflel in

as tea or coffee,

is

laid up.

CA'NKER.

It feems
n.f. ^cancer, Lat.
to have the fame meaning and original
with cancer, but to be accidentally writ-

chancre, Fr.

and cancer from

the Latin.

1.

worm that preys upon and deftroys

fruits.

That which

the locuft hath

hath the canker

left,

eaten.

J<xl, i. 4fay, as in the fweeteft bud

eating canker dwells ; fo eating love
Inhabits in the fineft wits of all.
Shal-ffeare.

The

An

and

fruits.
fly that preys upon
There be of files, caterpillars, canker

It is

All to your feveral

Watle
There

4.

(rates

my

with fpecd

rcfort

of

wild worthlefs rofe

To

put

The anthropophagi.
The captive cannibal,
Yet braves

An

5.

the

fliaft

Thou

eating or corroding humour.

Sbttlttffearc.

Corrofion ; virulence.
As with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind with cankers.

A difeafe

j.

the

renomous and malignant.

For

princes late difpleafure left in

decay by fome corroiive or defbuc-

Silvering wi'l fully and tanker more than gilding ; wiwcii, it it might be corrected with a little
rr.i

mire of goU,

\.

To

corrupt

VOL.

1.

will be profitable.

<v.
;

a.

to corrode.

[T ,tr to the thing defined.

calli-

2.

3.

4..

Bacor..

although

it

To

fiai'

-v.

a.

play the great guns

attack with great guns.

5.

admires the place and

by

I that 's a
place too mean
doctor, you (hall be a dean j

dozen ca/: .ns round your

you the tyrant o'er them

8.

Canons Regular.

(tall,
all.

Swift.

Such as are placed in

Aylijfe.

Canons Secular. Lay canons, who have

been, as a mark of honour, admitted into

jr.

air,

longs to be a canon there.

monafteries.
6.

to batter or

much

canon

No,

balls

[from cannon.]

is

acon,

Swift

And

be a cannon-Jh't.
Wifeman's Surgery.

CANNONA'DE.

To

denotes thofe books of Scripture,

dignitary in cathedral churches.

For deans and canons, or prebends, of cathedral
churches, they were of great ufe in the church j
they were to be of counfcl with the bilhop for his
revenue, and for his government, in caufes eccle-

And

through a room, it muft

(trikc fuccemvely the two fides of the room. Locke,

alfo

Two

a cannon-tul/et
pafs

or the

Aylife.

Wilim.

foot.]

or difputed bo-iks.
Thus we fay, that Gcncfu
part of the facred canai of the Scripture,

n.f. [from cannon,

The

&.'://ingJ1at.

Scripture

are received as infpired and canonical, ty

diftinguifti them from either profane, apocryphal,

br.ifs,

which are fhot from great guns.

He reckons thofe for wounds that arc made
Let

The books of Holy

Canon

and

Walls*

coun-

eccleflaflical

which

or price, of thefe gunpowder in.

lullrt,

made by

great rule.

extremely cxpenfive, as may beeafily

judged by the weight of their materials ; a whole
cannon weighing commonly eight thoufand
pounds;
a half cjr.mn, five thoul'and
a culvcrin, four
thoufand five hundred ; a dcmi-culverin, three

ball,

laws

cils.

is

be in iron or

The

Canon law is that law, V;hich is made and ordained in a general council, or provincial fynod,
of the church.
Ayliffe.
Thefe were looked on as lapfed perfons, and
feverities
of
were
them
great
penance
prefcribed
by
the canons of Ancyra.

cannons overcharg'd with double cracks,

bullets,

they are rules and cancm of tlut

written in dl men's hearts; the

is,
is

Religious canons, civil laws, are cruel ;

be ?
Stakeffeare,
Canons in logick are fuch as thefe: every part
of a divifion, lingly taken, mult contain lefs than
the whole ; and a definition muft bi peculiar and

five ounces.

tive principle.

90 CA'NKER.

from

So they redoubled ftrokcs upon the foe. Shekcfp.

He had left all the canrin he had taken and
now he fent all his great cannon to a garrif.m.

1
CANNON-BALL.
CANNON-BULLET.
^
CANNON-SHOT.
}

"

for ever, no lefs than now, flood bound

them, whether the apoftle had mentioned them, or no.
Hwker.
His books are aimed the very canon 'to judge
both doctrine and difcipline by.
Hooker,

that they decreafe in the bore from a

ball of forty-eight pounds to a ball of

it

truth

to obferve

Ha/hatidry.

thoufand ; which, whether

muft needs be very coflly.

on Coins*

[,,.]

n.f.
a law.

which
church had
1

Stjtffjp.

n.f. [corrupted
fee.]

gun larger than can be managed by

the hand.
They are of fo many fizes,

The making,

Arbwbnot

rule

The

A
A

ftruments,

clime, or to thy native (ky,

Oh friendlefs and forfaken virtue fly :
The Indian air is deadly to thee grown ;
Deceit and cantcr'a* malice ru'e thy throne.
Dryd.
Let envious jealoufy and canker'd fpite
Produce my actions to fevereft light,
And tax my cptn day or frcret night.
Prrcr.

n.f. [cannon, Fr. from canna,

Lat. a pipe, meaning a large tube.]
great gun for battery.

and fuborned wile. Fair) Queen.

To fome new

To

Clarendon.

the down-trod Mortimer

Then what mould war

CA'NNON.

As

twen-

boat made by tutting

trunk of a tree into a

n.f.

the
j
veflel.

timber.

fquare i* taken liy a pair of cannipfrs, or

rulers, clapped to the fide of a tree, mealuring
the diftance between them. Mortimer's

1.

CA'NON.

The

2.

tell

thoufand monoxyla, or canoes of one piece of

[from cannibal.] In

'

As high i' th' air as tn'rs unthankful king,

As this ingrate and canter'dtt'j'iingbroke. SbaHtff.
Or what the croft dire looking planet fmite,
Or hurtful worm with canter'd venom bite. Milt.

a.

which

word compounded of can

noting inability.
but believe many a child can

upm

manner of a cannibal.

whofe

cannonier,

ep.damage the forces of th

HajivarJ.

the Rhone, ufed in aflifting the tranfportation of Hannibal's army.

Raleigh*
In a war againft Semiramis, they had four

(halt

ad<v.

much

Others made rafts.of wood ; others devifed the

boat of one tree, called the cant/a, which the Gauls,
'

architect of canker'd guile,

falfed letters,

I will lift

hollow

two

Difl.

was a moft excellent

did

car.nct

CA^O'A.
CANOE',

Sbakfefeari.
oppreft with chains,

his foes, reviles, provokes, difdains

CA'NNIPERS.

That cunning

d->

earth.

long before he has any idea of infinity at all.

Locke*

ty,

Before Corioli, he fcotcht him and notcht him

like a carbonado.
Had he been cannibaliy given,
he might have broiled and citen him too.

Sbakeffeare.

in trees.

7s CA'NKER. -v.
[from the noun.]
i. To
grow corrupt implying fomething

Whom

(kill

not eat human flefh ; would not thefe

ctnmialt have edeemed it more difficult than all
the reft ?

of a

not glad, that fuch a fore of time

Should feck a pUifter by a contemn'd revolt,
And heal th' inveterate canker of one wound

6.

who

fpent at Uft, and fpeechlefs, as he lies,

fiery glances mocks their ra^e, and di?s.
Granville.
If an eleventh commandment had been given,

Peacbam.

By making many.

third

With

the

am

car>nita!s,

And

Pope.

down Richard, that fweet lovely rofe,

them, this cankir, Boliagbrolce.

a cherry with the leaf,

a fingle or canker rofe.

than

Or" nature fierce, untameable, and proud,

He bids defiance to the gaping crowd ;

pers

Draw

Bentley.

plant this

fteeple,

Shot.

and he that hath moll ftrengch

;
and fwiftnefs, doth eat and devour all his f.-llows.
Davits 6n Ireland.
It was my hint to fpeak,
Of the cannitjls that each other eat ;

dogrofe.

And

littft better

The

[from cannon.]

n.f.

Sbakefpcare.

good

is loft,

rj&tirii'r.

upon

Give me the cups j

And let the kettle t> the trumpets fpeak,
The trumpets to the cannonier without,
The cannons to the heav'ns, the heav'ns to

CA'NNIBALLY.

fire

engineer that manages the cannon.

hunt on- another

Atttrkury,
cou^t ;

allows,
ply the early feaft, and late caroufe.

kind

name

Bacon.

They were

diet, and

what your land

in wild riot

thy

baregnawn and

ilain.

Gallon's Angler.

longer live the cankers of

treafon's tooth

themfelves eat no man's rlefh of

thofe that die of themfelves, but of fuch as are

of time, breeds a publick poverty.

Bacon.
Sacrilege may prove an eating canker, and a confuming moth, in the eilate that we leave them.

No

CANNONI'ER.

king.
CA'NNABINE, adj. [can>iatinus, Lat.]
Di3. CA'NNOT.
Hempen.
and not :
CA'NKIBAL. n.f. An anthropophagite;

in procefs

which,

To

v. a.

with cannon.

particip. adj.

Knnw,

By

thing that corrupts or confumes.

the canker and ruin of many men's ellates,

Any

3.

himfelf better in a
gained with honour and

will enjoy

[from canker
Bitten with an envenomed

bit.]

the cnfuirtg day.

tooth.

Otway.

flies.

man

A'NKERBIT.

huffing, (hining, flatt'ring, cringing coward,

canter worm of peace, was rais'd above him.

bear

honeft

all

Taller.

CANNONA'DE.

To.

moderate fortune, that is

reputation, than in an overgrown eftate, that is
cankered with the acquilltions of rapine and exaclion.
jfddifon.

2.

liertcrt.

Yet writers

his due in tithe and tin.-

Both armies cannonaded

a man-eater.
The cjr.xibj's

And loathful idlenefs he doth deteft,

The canter worm of every gentle bn
worm

God

A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole eftate.

1. To infeft
to pollute.

ten with a k, when it denotes bad qualities in a left degree ; or canker might

come from

CAN

CAN

A N

,C

fome chapters.

chirurgeons.] An inflrument
ufed in fewing up wounds.
DiSt.
large fort of printing letter, probably fo called from being firft ufed in
printing a book of canons ; or perhaps

[Among

from

from hs

fize,

BIT.

That

n. /.

n.f. [caaofeum, low Lat.]

covering of itate over a throne or bed
covering fpread over the head.

part of the bit

And
The

n.f.

[fansrtij/a,

There

are, in popilh countries,

fecular taiunujjii, living after the example
lar

of fecu

eutj. [canonicui,
to the canon.

According

To CA'NOPY.

low Lut.]

Regular;

ftated; fixed

To

n.f. [probably from cantus, Lat.

implying the odd tone of voice ufed by
vagrants ; but imagined by fome to be
corrupted from quaint.]
A corrupt dialefl ufed by beggars and

I.

York

anciently had a metropolitan jurifdiflion

the bifnops of Scotland, from whom they
had their confeciation, and to whom they fwore
tencnical obedience.
Aylifc.

over

vagabonds.

all

CANO'NICALLY.

particular form of fpeaking, peculiar

to fome certain clafs or body of men.

z.

adv.

[from canonical.]
Jn a manner agreeable to the canon.
It is a known Itory of the friar, who, on a

write not always in the proper terms of navigation, land fervice, or in the cant of any profeflion.

then very
fading day, bid his capon be caTp, and
G rnmenl of the Tor.gue.
cancnkally eat it.

If we would trace out the original of that flagrant and avowed impiety, which has prevailed

Drydtn.

us for fome years, we mould find, that it

owes its rife to that cant and hypocrify, which
had taken pofleffion of the people's minds in the
times of the great rebellion.
AJdifcn's Freeholder,
Aftrologers, with an old paltry cant, and a few
for planets, to amufe the vulgar, have
pot-hooks

CANO'NICALNESS.

among

n.f. [from canonical.']

quality of being canonical.
man
CA'NONIST. n, f. [from canon.]
verfed in the ecclefiaftical laws ; a pro-

Th

of the canon law.

feflbr

Fiflicr,

John

bifliop

of Rochefter,

when

too long been fuffered to abufe the world.

the

fake his poor

thinking of the fif;
teenth canon of the Nicene council, and that of the
canimfi, Matr'monium inter efifccfum &?
CamJrn's ReaMiKi.
&c.
tfft ccr.traEium,
Or w!v-le ftiange crimes no cancnift can u.vl
Inwha; commandment's Urge contents they dwell.
little

old wife

CANONIZA'TION. n. f. [from
The aft of declaring any man

Mdifon's Sfrflator.
whining pretenfion to goodnels, in
formal and affefted terms.

Of promifcprodig.il, while pow'r you

And preaching in the iUf-dcr.yirg cant.

is

Barbarous jargon.
The affectation of fome

To CA'NONIZE.

-v.

a.

[from canon,

to

Auftion.
Numbers of thefc
are now offering to
:ch were

faint.

To

The

king, def:rotis to bring into the houfe of

L.mcaf\?r celcftia! honour, became fuiter to pope
Julius,

eancKUe king Henry VI. for a

faint.

Bank.

By

thofe

all Jhall

approve
hymns
Venue.
hath the chief care
a
who
have
too,
They
pope
of religion, and of canonizing whom he thinks fit,
and thence have the honuurof faint;. ttilUnfflea.

Us

canonix'dfor love.

CA'NONRY.
CA'NONSHIP.

1
J

//.

[from canon]

An

ecclefiaftical benefice in

fome cathedral or collegiate church,

which has a pitbend, or a ftated allowance out of the revenues of fuch church.

commonly annexed to
CA'NOPIED. adj. [from

AyliJ'e.

canopy.]

with a canopy.
1 fat me d wn to watch upon

Covered

flaunting honeyfutklc.

<v.

vif

the moft

A gentlewoman was feized with an inflammation and tumour in the great car.skui, or angle
of her eye.

fong

n.f.

ture.
This right of eftate, in fome nations, is yet
more fignificantly expreiTcd by Mofcs in his canticles,

in theperfon of

God

to the

Jews.
Uia-ir.'s

UcJf Wjr.

Pieces of wood
f.
into the front or other fides of

CANTI'LIVERS.
framed
an houfe, to

n.

moulding and
Moxon's tfcch. Excrc:;es.

fuftain the

it.

CA'NTION. n.f. \_cantio, Lat.] Song;

N 't now in ufe.
verfes.
In

the

eighth

fame pcrfon was

the

eclogue

brought in finding a cuntKn

01

Xpfr.f,

CA'NTLE.

A huge

Gh.

\hant, Dutch, a corner ;

Fr. a piece.]
piece with
/.

Skinner.
this river

i>\v

cuts

ting.

Kdl.

me from

comer,

me

crankling in,
my land

the beft of all

half-moon, a monftrouj cantle out.

To CA'NTLE.

-v. a.

[from the noun.]

IV.

To

cut in pieces.
tenants, or their defendants,
fell their Icafes by ant, even

For four times talking, if one piece thou take,

be cantlcd, and the jialge go fnk.

That muft

for lives.
.

Gl.

enquiry.

aflcfled garb of fpeech, or tai.i' ng

language rather, if I may fo call it, which they
have of lute taken up, is the fignJ diitincliun anj
:

note of that, which, in that their

c.ill the
godly farty. SanJcrjln.
fubtiie ferpents of the law

chir.iflciifl.ical

they

Did firft my mind from true obedience draw

While I did limits to the king prefcribe,
:

took for oracles thatr,i/.

Dryutn' i Juvenal.

CA'NTLET.

'

n.f. [from camlc.]

a fragment.
Nor ihield nor armour can

Huge cant/en
And no tlcl.

Apiece;

their force opn^f.-

of his buckler ftrew the ground,

r'd arms is found.
Dryd.

C.-1'NTO. n.f. [Ital.] A book, or fedion,

of a poem.
Why, what would you do ?
Make a willow c.-.bbiu at your gate,
And call upon my foul within the houfe;
Write

cantu of contemned love.

loyal

Skakrfftart't

CA'NTON.
1.

Twelfth tiigkf.

n.f.

fmall parcel or divifion of land.

that

little car.tor. of land, called the

Engcontaining four fmall /hires, did maintain
a bordering war with the Irifli, and retain the form
of English government.
Davits.

Only

li/h p.iic,

-m-.-.r..

'

H~i;mar,.

[from canto, Lat.] A

ufed general!;/ for a fong in fcrip-

CA'NTICLE.

Sbateffeart't Hn:r\<
iu-i/>.

V:ifkiH'd in fchemcs by planets t"

Like (anting rafcais, how the w.-.rs will go.
iii'.:

A'-.-

The corner
[Latin.]
of the eye. The internal is called the
greater, the external the leflbr cantbus.
n.f.

That uncouth

new language,

Bacon's

abfterlivc.

CA'NTHUS.

And
is

meras by rules of ait, or drcls up ignorance in

words of Uilk or fjund, wliich in iy flop up the

And
a ban!:,

Vfilhtjy canofy'd, and interwove

With

corners.

To
[from the noun.]
talk in the jargon of particular profcliions ; or in any kind of formal, affefted language ; or with a peculiar and
ftudied tone of voice.
Mtn c,:ui about matfria and for ma ; hunt chiCANT.

'<ufy,

it.

c,intbtr'u!ei, are bred nf .1 worm, or

but peculiar to certain fiuit trees; a>
are the fig-tree, the pine-tree, and the wild brier ;
all which bear fw.-et fruit, and fruit that hath a
for the fig
kind of fccret biting or iharpnefs
hath a milk in it that is f-.veet and corrofne ;
the pirc apple hath a kernel tliat is Srcnj and
flic!,

efcbantiilon ,

late authors, to intro-

duce and multiply t'atit words,

corruption in any language.

or rule for obfervput into the canon,

ing fefllvals.] To declare any man a

to

want,

Spanifh

caterpillar,

Drydcn's Aurcngxekt.

a taint.

very (officious, that the intertfts cf

cular families, or churches, have too great n fway
in cantniauiticns.
Atltiijon.
It

few general

canonize.]

of an

n.f. [Latin.]
ufed to raife bliilers.

eaves over

Swift's Pndiffionsftr the Tear 1701.

rules, with a certain cant of words,
.'.etiir.es fet up an illiterate heavy writer for
a moft judicious and formidable critick.

king would have tranilatcd him from that poor

he would not forbiflioprick, he refufed, faying,

it.

Canterbury on eafy ambling horfes.

The

can"py the place.

CANT.

to

relating

hand

flies,

Brown's Vulgar Erroars.

took-their patrcrn for their f<?jfir<3/ hours. 'Tayhr.

without obeying

gallop
ambling
fhip.] The
horfe, commonly called a canter ; faid
to be derived from the monks riding
to

Mufiadj. [caiiorus, Lat.]

cal ; tuneful.
Birds that are moft caeorma, and whofe notes we
moft commend, are of little throats, and fliort.

term of

talk for-

CANTHA'RIDES.

CA'NOROUS.

by ecclefufdcal

ecckliaiUcal

To

[from the noun. ]

birch, the -myrtle, and the bay,

Like friends did all embrace ;
And their Urge branches did difplay

Seven times in a day do I praife thee, faid David

from this definite number fame ages oi the church

4. Spiritual ;
the church.

a.

The

Raitii.e.

fcriptures.

<v.

ma llyof religion,

CANTERBURY BELLS. SepCKi- FLOWER.

CANTERBURY GALLOP. [Inhorfeman-

cover with a canopy.

2. Conitituting the canon.

Public leading; tmre are of borks and writKo
ings, not canmical, whereby the church doth
the doctrine of
preach, or openly make known,
linker,
virtuous conversion.
No fuch book was found ^mongft thofe eaiumcal

fpiC-id the

fong.

canto, Lat.]

who

reproach for hypocrites,

Fairy $urcn.
night her fpangled cancpy,
And fummon'd every reftlefs eye to Deep* lairftix.
Nor will the raging fever's fire abate
With golden cancfics, and beds of ftate. Drycttn.

canons.

CANO'NICAL.

CANTA'TJON. n.f. [from

The aft of finging.
CA'KTER. n. f. [from cant.]

is there brough t unto a paled green,

placed under a (lately canofy,
warlike feats of both thofe knights to fee.

Now

low Lat.]
women ih

n.f. [Ital.]

She

let into the horie'a mouth.

goodly pcrfon, and could manage fair
11,3 ftubbo.-n (teed with caion bit,
under him did trample as the a'r.
Spenjcr.

Who
CA'NON ESS.

A CANTATA.

CA'NOPY.

and therefore properly

written cannon.

CA'NON

CAN

CAN

CAN

2.

fmall

community, or

The fame

is

clan.

the cafe of rovers by

had

fuch,

fome car.toxs in Arabia, ;md fome petty

to ftraits and way.
kings of the mountains adjacent
Baccn's tidy Wan

t'other, and concluded, that the

to drink their way to it.

as yet, are

To CA'NTON. v.

[from the noun.]

a.

CA'NVASS.

To

ty
:le

king of Spain, reckoning it an irto have his territories cant:>s;d out into
by other princes, during his own life, and

without his coiihnt, rather chole to bequeath the

monarchy entire to a younger fon of France.

and

all

the

a.

amongft a very few

in

Mind.

To

manner cantwixd
number, of wham fome had
a

n..'^.

The fame

in

For

an hundred ii^ England.

2.

Confiding of canes.
But

Of

little

n. f.

There

/.

Germ,

cappe,

Welfh

[cap,

cappe,

Fr.

cappa, Ital.

Span, kappr, Dan. and Dutch;

caput, a head, Latin.]
The garment that covers the head.
Here

Thou

haft ferv'd

me

with much faith.

for feveral
2.

And

bn

Where'er thy navy fprcads her canvafs wings,

Homage to thee, and peace to all, flic brings.
Waller.

With fuch kind

3.

4.

paflion haftcs the prince to

fight,

And

Him
Now

it

fignifics

5.

[Skinner derives it
from caiinalajf:r, Fr. to beat hemp ;
which being a very laborious employment, it is ufed to fignify, to fearch di-

To

firt;

6.

examine, [from canvafs,

l.ave

made

reverence made by uncovering the

head.
They more and lefs came in with cap and knee,
Met him in borough citie., villages.

on

alt

IV.
mor-

Ilrnry

Would make them

4.

it

L'EJlrange.

veflel

made

Cap of a

7.

great gun.

i.

To

5.

To

hands and

Sufceptible.
loul,

Confcinu

piece of lead

immortal fobflance, to remain

of joy, and

Qualified for

2.

all

3.

To

debate ; to di'cnft.
The curs d fcovered a raw

of a river, and

come

at

it

Ui.1

their

hide in the bottom

tads together how to

the; tanvajfiiltif matter one;

way and

There

an- capable

7.

i'f.

8.

D^rhum.

make

to
-

to

without legal impedi-

any thing from

f).

name
name

oppolition or em .laalternately in conteft.

in,

iioy

thee capable.

It has the particle

Hr.v rafnk !c ' f

'.Ice

Tilhlfox.

Qualified for

T'o

deprive of the cap.

that believes the goodnefs of

Of my

To cap iierfes. To naire alternately

verfes beginning with a particular k-tter

man

nu

is

Loyal and natural

..'

'

tion

Prior.

God, but muft be. inclined f> think, that he hath

made fome things for as long a duration as the/

[from the noun.]

another, as b >y fnm-tirnes ufc to ra/)one another,

the fim' h fhaight felony.
Upenfer on Ire/am!.

poflible (Mi^erce.

of pain.

pediment.

Hollow.

The

This

camajjed the matter with

ctipnhle

without any natural im-

ment.
a.

T':C bones text tVe j.iint are

capfcd with a
fni> :ii ..'::,1 .'nius fubrtance,
both to
fcivi;.,;

^.

Sbakcjpiari'i Hamlet.

capable.

Intellectually capacious ; able to receive.

I am much bound to God, that he hath endue cl
you with one cap-jilt of the bed instructions.

The

cover on the top.

ftr"ngth

>

ft.ines",

Z>(jiy.

tion.

To CAP.I>.

pale he glares}
to

like a cap.

Cap of maintenance. One of the regalia

carried before the king at the corona-

It

cnreful fearch

Look you, how

His form and caufe conjoint, preaching

prime.

a (training cloth.]
I

laid over the touch-hole, to

preferve the

v. a.

to

Sjtcn,
you heir any perfon give his judgment,
confider with yourfclf whether he be a c,:j. iiic
Walls.
judge.
3. Intelligent ; able to underfland.

6.

ligently into.]
1.

alive.

Sbakefptare'* Tirnan.

any par-

When

not ferve a diver above a quarter of an bour.

To CA'NVASS.

Shake fpare't Henry VI.

topmoft ; the highelt.

Thou art the cap of all the fools

to

fay, that the more cafMi, or the better

defcrver, hath fuch right to govern, as he may
compulforily bring under the lefs worthy, is idij.

his cap coequal with the crown.

The

Endued with powers equal

To

It is obferved, that a barrel or

cap, whofe cavity will contain eight cubical feet of air, will

Th'-re be that can pack car^s, and yet cannot

pby well : fo then are fome that are g^od in can-

and factions, that are otherwif' weak men.

Bacon.

2.

ticular thing.

Should the want of a cap or a cringe fo

difcompofe him, as we find afterwards

fieve.]

vajjii

make

'd

tally
did.

to the dec! five aft oi

voting, [from canvafs, as

Autumn.

enfign of the cardinalate.

Henry the Fifth did fometimes prophefy,
If once he came to be a cardinal,

S bake/pan' s

Thou, Kneiler, long with noble pride,

them previoufly

Sbakcfpeare*

adj. [capable, Fr.]

Sufficient to contain; fufh'ciently 'capacious.
When we confider fo much of that fpace, as ia

equal to, or capable to receive a body of any aJTi^ncj

dimenfions.
LHltt.

fpreads his flying canvafs to the found ;

whom no danger, were he there, could fright,
abfent, every little noife can wound.

The forerrioft if thy art, haft vied

With nature in a generous ftrifc,
And ro'..cVd the canvafi into life.
2. The aft of fifting voices, or trying

1.

Swift.

Tbomfin

The

He

Sperifr,
cant'afs caftles up they quickly rear,
Id a C'ty in an hour's fpace.
Fairfax

To
Sbak.

after-dinner nap.

after, gave us not

capability and godlike rcafon
ruft in us unus'd.

CA'PABLE.

cap, the whip, the mafculine attire,

For which they roughen to the fenfe.
1

Their

Looking before and

Firft, lolling floth in woollen cap,

Taking her

Ca-

capable.}

pacity; the quality of being capable.

Sure he that made us wii'n fuch large diicouife,
That

Sbakffpeart't Taming the Stmu.

I have ever held
my cap off to thy fortune.
difli.

The

ufes, as fails, painting cloths, tents.

The matter commanded forthwith to fet on all
the cemfofi they could, and fly homeward. Sidney.
And eke the pens, that did his pinions bind,
Were like main yards with flying canvaft lin'di

CAPABI'LITY.H./. [from

the cap your worfhip did befpeak.

this was moulded on a porringer,

velvet

[fanevas, Fr. cannabis,

kind cf linen cloth woven

Having, for trial lake, filtered it through ctippaper, there remained in the filtre a powder. B'yic.

is

Why,

So called from being formed

paper.
into a kind of cap to hold commodities.

capa,

itfelf in itfelf for a

CAP-PAPER.

czppe, Sax.

'

woodloufe,
houfe,
ball, without head, w'thout tail,
Inclos'd cap a pe in a llrong coat of mail. Swift.
fort of coarfe brownim

Pcacbom.

xoitfts,

two contending knights he fent

a pu, with rev'rencc low they bent.

for the

fong.

CAP.

cantre, in

That folds up
As reund as a

[canzonttta, Ital.]

head

all

Arm'd cap

on the barren plains

Vecchi was moft pleafing of all others, for his

conceit and variety, as well his madrigals as can-

Lat. hemp.]
1.

lights

and wind, their cany waggons light.

fails

CA'NZONET.

Davies en Ireland.

way

at

Sericana, where Chinefes drive,

With

refervinj on!y the city of Dublin, and the car.trcdi

neit adjoining, with the maritime towns.

fi.f.

in his

-/;//>.

1 [cap a ffi, Fr.] From

J to foot ; all over.

figure like your father,

points exactly, czp a pc,
Appears before them, and,' with folemn marcri,
Goes flow and ftately by them. Sbakcfp. Hamlet*

Arm'd

cane.~\

Full of canes.

Wales

the Britim language, fignifieth an hunCoiaell.

dred.
The king regranrs to him Sil that province,

CA'NVASS.

[from

adj.

1.

Wr

ters.

CAP a pe.
CAP a pie.

Parergon.

jfyltjfe's

Hvwcl.
as

regal

C'A'NTRED.

can be thus kept up. there being little need of a ,y

other faculty but memory, to be able t> cap e- ts.
Gci'cintncnt oftbel^ngiu-.
There is an author of ours, whom i would drnrc
him to read, before he ventures at capping cl:a ac-

like one with a lanthorn feeking a

Bacon.

CA'NV.

ten perDavits en Ireland.

was ia

to try

folicit;

This crimcof canvajjing, or folicitinp, for church

preferment, is, by the canon law, called fimony.

parcel out into fmall divisions.

Thus was ail Ireland ccirtonixtJ among
:}

Where Hendetfon, and th' other malTes,

Were fent to cap tex.s, and put nfes. Hslilra.
Sure it is a pitiful pretence to ingenuity fat

was

IMiftcn.

[from canton.]

fons of the Englilh nation.

it,

L'Ejlrange.

man.

darknef*.

reft is in

U'jtis on tie

To CA'NTONIZE. v.

me was

faid,

They cantin out to themlclves a little province

in the intellectual world, where they fancy the
light ihincs,

to get

Elizabeth being to refolve.upon an officer, and

being, by fome that canvajjed for others, put in
fome doubt of that perfon Hie meant to advance,

It would certainly be for the good of mankind,

to have all the mighty empires and monarchies
of the workl cantomdo\a. into petty ftates and prinities.
dcMi/on on It.ity.
late

To

n.

-J.

way

votes previoufly to the decifive aft.

divide into little parts.

Families fliall ij.it all fubjection to him, and
cantcn his empire into lefs governments for thcmLscke.
felves.

The

CAP

CAP

CAN

cicatrice,

land,
I'll

wnrk the means

Sbaktjpc arc's K,r.gLcar.

of before a noun.,

fur inj'-r'.i

I.

,v

l!Kj\T,

Dryd. Pirg .
fenfe is not now in ufe.
!

but up >n a rufli,

and capable imprelTure,
'iecps. Sbak. As

foiilike it.

ess. n.f. [from capable.'] The

ible ; knowquality or ftaie ot being

CA'I-ADLE,\

op

ledge

uni'erltanding
1

power of mind.

CAPA'CIOUS.

CAP
CAPA'CIOUS.
Wide

1.

large

Bafes, and tinfcl trappings, gorgcout knights,

adj. [cafax, Lat.]

able to hold much.
;

Beneath
I

fee

th' mccfTant
weeping of thafe drains
the rocky fiphons ftrctch'd immcnfe,

The mighty referroirs

Or

(tiff

compacted

At jouft and tournament.

Some wore a breaftplate, and

a light

Their horfes cloath'd with rich

caparifon.

Watts.

The power of

known and denominate

concave meafure, of

capacity, ferves to meafure the capackufaeft of any

other veflel. In like manner to a given weight the

weight of ail other bodies

found out.

To CAPA'CITATE. v.

To make

capable

tion

By

n.f.

Nothing

[from capacity.}
to enable ; to qua-

Beyond

The
He

Tatiir.

fets

my fignal

fleeves

mangoes,

;
fpace.
There remained,

cylinder, ftore of

The

No

of the exhaufted
rooms, or fpaces, empty or

air.

i:v;lc.

force or

power of the mind.

intellectual creature

is

able,

by capacity, to
capacity and

do that which nature doth without

knowledge.
In fpiritual natures,

fo

much

Hooker.
as there is of de-

Are, fo much there is alfo oi capacity to receive. I

do not lay, there is always a capacity to receive t'i:
very thing they defire, for that may be impoflible.
South.
An heroic poem requires the accompliihnientof

n.f.

a.

To

Sbakcfpearc'i Henry

(kip for

Hisnimbie hand's

infti

a member

South.
thoughts as a friend, and not at
of parliament ; they are the fame in both

etfaeitia.

Swift.

You

Thr

i!cfire

my

CAPA'RISON.

n.f. [caparazon, a great

cloke, Span.]
horfe-cloth, or a fort
of cover for a horfc, which is fpread over
his furniture.
Farrier's Dif).
Tilting furniture, emblazonM mields,

Jmpieffei quaint, cepfrifens, and

(iced:,,

3.

dance.

family tript

Edmund,

it

he
4.

\\.

maJcthem

infipid Muff to thee,

f
toft'd upon th

and

CA'PIAS.n.f. [Lat.]

fing

foes, aliens, and,

The other is

judgment,

5.

And
6.

;i.

Ctnuell.

Chief; metropolitan.
This had been
Perhaps thy capital feat, from whence had fpread
All generations; and had hiiher come,
From all the ends of th' earth, to celebrate
reverence thee, their great progenitor.

ParaJ
fuch as are
written at the beginnings or heads of
books.
to letters

Applied

Our molt

Dryden's Juv.
writ of two forts:

a writ of execution

without repentance, children of

endlefi pcro
They do, in thcmfclves, tend to confirm the
truth of a capital article in religion.
A'.:crbury,

nor

before judgment, called capias ad

rcfpcndtndum, in an aftion perfonal, if
the Ihcriff, upon the firft writ of diftrefs,
return that he has no effefts in his jurifafter

out of that infinite number, reckon but

art' moft
capital, and commonly occurlife and conditions of private men.

Spetifiron Irclar.J.
to fwcrve in the leaft points, is errour; fo
the rtf^/M/enemies thereof God hateth, as his deadly

large

confidcrable actions are always pre-

fent, like capital letters to

an aged and dim eye.

Taylor** Holy Lii'lng*

One

diclion.

will,

As

ftill

Bjccn.

rent both in the

dancer:
n.f. [from caper.']
in contempt.
The tumbler's gambolc fome delight afford ;
No Irfs tl'C nimble caperer on the cord:
in a (hip,

Swift.

affefts life.

Chief; principal.
I

dance,
capering monfieur from active France. Reive.

thcfe are

That which

thr.ufand;.

let

Coop'd

thee

In capital caufes, wherein but one man's life is

in queftion, the evidence ought to be clear; inuch
more in a judgment upon a war, which is capital to

Crajbatu.
about, and capered like haila marble floor.

CA'PERER.

I arreft

c.ijita!

3.

fome that

dance fpoken in contempt.

The ftage would need no force, nor fong,

But

life.

Sbaktjpeare' i K:n* Lear.

capital treafnn.
Several cafes deferve greater puniihment than
are
that
crimes
among us.
many

AriutLr.oi'sJokn Bull.

To
Nor

Relating

adj. [capitals, Lat.]

to the head.

On

Sbalefptare'l Ttmpt/t.
net then t.iughteach Aring

cap'rivg cherrfulnef::, and

ufed.

Needs mud the ferpent now his capital \x\i\fc

Par adift L ft.
Expect with mort.il pain.
2. Criminal in the higheft degree, fo as to

merriment.
Our mafter

Caf'rirtg to eye her.

Not

humour

the

Brown's Vulgar Errors,

touch

Miller.

Hones bounding from

in this capacity, they m'ght repair what, as colonels and captains, they hud ruined and defaced.

Humours.

is

CA'PITAL.

[capparis, Lat.]

for eating.

Drjiiens 'Juvenal, Detluatun.

the

n.f. [from capillus, Lat.]

a hair ; a fmall ramifica-

contained in fmaller veins,

or obfcurer capillations, but in a veficle.

1.

To CA'PER.. <u. n. [from the noun.]

I. To dance frolickfomely.
The truth is, I am only old in j udgment and
that will caper with me for a thoufand mark',
him lend me the money, and have at him.

condition ; character.
5. State ;
miraculous revolution, reducing many from
the head of a triumphant rebellion to their old
condition of mafans, Imiths, and carpenters; that,

Nor

fruit

of a genera'.

A
*

and capers. Floyer on

To their own

ability.
Since the world's wid= frame does not include
caule with fuch capacities endued,
Some other caufc o'er nature muft preude. Blaclm

acid

CAPER BUSH.

fome extraordinary un lertaking which requires

the duty of a foluier, and thr capacity and prudence

Power

An

veflel like

tion of veffels.

of the flowers, before they are open, are pickled

4.

is flefliy, and
(haped like * pear. This
plant g ows in the South of France, in Spain, and
in Italy, upon old walls and buildings; and the buds

in the
capacity

little

olives,

CAPILLA'TION.

is

invent new fauces and pickles, which refemble the animal ferment in tafte and virtue, as

Room

The

a (kip.

We

CAPER BUSH.

of the body : fmall

of the arteries.

the fmalleft lymphatick veffels are an hundred times

fmaller than the fmalleft capillary artery.
Arbulbnut on Aliments.

Bacon.

caper, Latin, a goat.]

n.f. [capparis, Lat.]

See

veffels

fine black cloth,

allowed to cut a caper,

on the ftrait rope, at lead an inch higher than any
other lord in the whole empire.
Cul. Trail.
Sivift's

pickle.

Applied to

as the ramifications

',

CA'PER.

ftreams enlarg'd, enlarge the channel's fpace.

Davits.
Space, considered in length, breadth, and thickLake.
nefs, I think, may be called capacity.

2.

Quifiey.

and cape.

Ftimnap, the treafurer,

Sbaktffearf t Twelfth Nigbt.

For they that mo/1 and greateft things embrace,
their
mind's capacity,
Enlarge thereby

and only grow upon walls and (tony places.

Brown's Vulgar Errcurs.

Ten capillary arteries in fome parts of the bouy,

as in the brain, are not equal to one hair; and

that are true lovers, run into ftrange

capers
but as all is mortal in nature, fo is all nature in
love mortal in folly.
As
Sbaiffpeart's
you like it.

together.

As

hyflbp is not the lead of vegetables, nor obferved to grow upon walla ; but rather,
fome kind of capillaries, which arc very fmall plants,

Artulbntt.

We,

Notwithstanding thy capacity

Receiveth as the fea, nought enters there,
Of what validity and pitch foe'er,
But falls into abatement and low price.

devoid of

to depart. Paradife Loft.

was cloaihed in a robe of

S^incy.

Our common

flood.

neck-piece of a cloke.

with wide

Shake/fieri.

3.

their leaves.
at fea

wrought

cape.

z.

any thing.

2.

a high

it is

CAPA'CITY. n.f. [capaciti, Fr.]

CA'PER. n.f. [from
1. The
A leap; a jump;
power of holding or containing
Had our palace the capacity
To camp this hofl, we would all fup

are fuch as have

Capillary or capi/facecus plants,

no main ftalk or Mem, but grow to the ground, as

hairs on the head ; and which bear tncir feeds in
little tufts or protuberances on the backlide of

it.

The Romans made war upon the Tarentines,

and obliged them by treaty not to fail beyond the

ferve thofe errours.

for the converfation of the rich and great.

Refembling hairs; fmall; minute: applied to plants.

Stakefpeare't Othello.
parting fun,
the earth's green
cape and verdant ifles,

Hcfpcrean

lapacitated to cb-

Dryden.
Thefe fort of men were fycophants only, and
were endued with arts of life, to capacitate them

like

[caff, Fr.]

at all

>uincy.
hair,

capillus,

Lat.]
1.

The

a.

we may be

At you

Headland ; promontory.
What from the cape can you difcern

lify.
this inftruction

Sbaktfpcare'i

CAPE.

be reduced and Co
Holder en Time.

may

[from

ae/j.

gold.

Don't you think, though I am capcirifoned like

man, I have a doublet and hofe in my difpofi-

CA'PILLARY.

Dryden.
in a ludicrous fenfe.

To drefs pompoufly:

n.f. [from capacious.']

holding or receiving ;

largenefs.

are called capillaments.

With golden trapping , glorious to behold,

And champ betwixt their teeth the foaming
z.

with ca-

n. f.
[capillamtntum,
Lat.] Thofe fmall threads or hairs which
grow up in the middle of a Bower, and
adorned with little herbs at the top,

drefs in caparifons.
Til--' ftccds
caparijand with purple (land,

;
equal to much knowledge,
or great deiign.
There are fame perfons of a good genius, and
a capacious mind, who write and (peak very ob-

The fame

CAPI'LLAMENT.

[from the noun.]

a.

11.

To

I .

2. Extenfive

fcurely.

juppon

adj.

pillary.

Dryden's Fat/ei.

fo CAPA'RISON.

Tbcmfon't Autumn,

CAPILLA'CEOUS.

ParadifeLoft.

of harden'd chalk

clay, capacious found.

CAPA'CIOUSJIESS.

CAP

CAP

The
j.

is

firft

chapurs or

The principal or origiCapital Jlack.

nal flock of a trader or company.

CA'PITAL.
I.

l-tt.-rs, without
Gniu's Czftxchgia Sacra,

written in capital

verfes.

n.f. [from the adjedlive.]

The upper

pafeoi'a pillar.

You

CAP

CAP
You fee the volute of the lonick, the foliage of
the Corinthian, and the uovali of the Dorick, mixed without any regularity on the fame capita!.
Addifin <m Italy.

The chief city of a nation or kingdom.

CA'PITALLY. adv. [from capital.] In a
2.

capital manner.

CAPiTA'riON.a./. [from

caput, the head.

Lat.] Numeration by heads.

He fuffered for not performing the command-

ment of God concerning capitation

that,

when

the

mould
Brmva.

head they
peopie were numbered, for every

God

pay unto

a (hekel.

CA'PITE.

n.f. [from caput, capltis, Lat.]

tenure which holHeth immei'uHyor th-j king,

as of his crown, be

and not

as

therefore

by knight's !d\ice

it

of any h:>"our,

c^ft

or

-r

focage,

manour: and

called a tenure, that hold-

it is otherv.-ile

the crown

cth merely of the king ; becaufe, as

in grofs, as the common
corporation ana feigniory
the
lawyers term it, fo the king that pofTeiTeth
cr '.in is, in account of law, perpetually king, and
Ctruifll.
never in his minority, nor ever dieth.
is

CAPI'TULAR.

n.f. [fromcapitulum, Lat.

an ecclefiaflical chapter.]
A body of llatutes, divided into chap-

1.

That

this

continued to the time of

practice

Charlemain, appears by a conftitution in his capitular.

Tajhr.

A member of

a_chapter.

Canonifts do agree, that the chapter makes decrees and ftatutes, which (hall bind the chapter itfelf, and all its members or capitulars.
Aylijfc's Parergtn.

CAPI'TULATE.

To

v.

n.

[from capitu-

lum, Lat.]

To

1.

draw up any thing

in heads or ar-

ticles.

Percy, Northumberland,
The archbirtiop of York, Douglas, and Mortimer,
Sbak. Henry IV.
-:t!aie againir. us, and are up.

To

2.

yield, or furrender up, on certain

ftipulations.
The king took

for a

it

great indignity, that

thieves IhouiJ offer to capitulate with

mies.
1

frill

noon

him as eneHaywarJ.

purfued, and about two o'clock

(he

thought

to capitulate.

fit

this after-

SpcFlatsr.

CAPITULA'TION.
Stipulation
It

was not

n.f. [from capitulate.]

terras ; conditions.

complete conqueft, but rather a de-

upon terms and capitulations, agreed between

the conquerour and the conquered; wherein, ufually,
dition

the yielding party fecured to themfelvei their law

and religion.

tl.ilc.

CAPI'VI TREE, n.f,

[ccpaita, Lat.]

This tree grows near a village called Ayapel, in

the province of Ant'ochi, in theSpanifh Weft Indiet, about ten days journey from Carthagcna.
,:m do not yield any of the balfam;
thofe that do, are diftinguilhed by a ridge which
There trees are wounded
-.long tht'.r trunks.
in their centre, and they apply veffcls to the wound,

One of

the balfam.

ed p-

will yielH five or fix gallons of balfam.

1'e

CAPO'CH.
ly

what

a.

"j.

know

word means

this

ftrip off the

thcfe treei

Miller.

not diftinfl-

perhaps, to

hood.

a
fnapt the canons with

CVpotf.

/.

why

[capo, Lat.]

not.

Hudibras.

caftrated

cock.
In good roaft beef

my landlord

flicks his knife

y wife.

CJPONNIE'RE.
fortification.]

Caft Pafl.
term in
[Fr.
covered lodgment, of

a. f.

about four or five feet broad, encomtwo

pafled with a little parapet of about
feet high, fcrving to^pport planks la-

CA'PSTAN. n.f.

[corruptly called cap-

Jlern ; calejlan, Fr.]

cylinder, with
levers, to wind up any great weight,
particularly to raife the anchors.

Harris.

CAPO'T.

The weighing

[French.] Is when one party

the tricks of cards at the game

n.f.

of anchors by the capjian

new.

wins all
of picquet.

As feamen

alfo

is

Raleigh's E/eys.

No more

behold thee turn

my

watch's key,

at a cajjlan anchors weigh.

Swift.

To CAPO'T. 'v. a. [from the noun.] When CA'PSULAR. 1

adj. [capfula, Lat.] Holone party has won all the tricks of cards
low like a chert.
CA'PSULARY.J
at picquet, he is faid to have capotied
It afcendeth not directly unto the throat, but afhis antagonift.

CAPO'UCH.

n.f.

[cafuce, Fr.]

[from cap.]

hood.

CA'PPER.
makes or

f.

fells

monk's
Dii.
One who

cending firft into a capfulary reception of the breaitbone, it afcendeth again into the neck.
Brown's Vulgar Erroart,

CA'PSULATE.
CA'PSULATED.

caps.

CAPRE'OLATE.

Harris*

prnlate plants.

[caprice, Fr. capri-

whim

It is a

tilage,

windings,
nature,

capricbias of diftrefTed
a clofe and well-managed

and unexpected

when purfued by

Glamiille's Scepfis,
experiment.
Preface.
We are not to be guided in the fenfeof that book,
either by the mifreports of feme ancients, or the
of one or two neoterics.
Grtiu.
eapricbios
Heav'n's great view is one, and that the whole j
That counterworks each folly and caprice,
That difappoints th' effect of ev'ry vice.
Pope.
If there be a fingle fpot more barren, or more

from the church, there the rector or vicar

may be obliged, by the caprice or pique of the
diftant

biihop, to build.

Swift.

;
being one of thofe who, by
tenure in capite, were obliged to bring
foldiers to the war.
chief commander.

1.

Diftnay'd not this

Our

Whimfical

Fr.
adj.
[capricieux,
fanciful ; humourfome.

wholly upon fancy.

Nalhan

A man

3.

conftancy, or

ill

CA'PRICORN.

defign.

n.f. \caprittrmn, \j3\.]

;

war

as,

Marlborough

captain.

The commander of a company

in a re-

tains

had need look to

The grim
Cries out,

it.
Sbakefpeare's Henry
captain, in a furly tone,

Pack up, ye

rafcals,

and be gone

IV.

Dryden.

The

chief commander of a (hip.

The Rhodian captain, relying on his knowledge,

5.

and the lightnefs of his vefl'cl, paflVd, in open day,

jirbutbr.ot en Coins.
through all the guards.
6. It was anciently written capitain.

And evermore their cruel

Sought with his rafcal routs

capitain
enclofe

t'

them round.
Fairy Sjaien.

j.

Captain General. The general or comin chief of an army.

mander
8.

Captain Lieutenant. The commanding

of the colonel's troop or compa-

officer

One

ny, in every regiment.

as youngeft captain.

He commands

CA'PTAINRY.

n.f. [from captain.'] The

power over a certain diftrid ; the chief-

Let the longeft night in Capricorn be of fifteen

hours, the day confequently rr.uft be of nine.
Notes tv Creeth's Manilius,

Caprioles are

makes

tainfhip.

There (hould be no rewards taken for captainriis

of counties, no (hires of bifhopricks for nominating of bifhops.
Spenfcr.

[French. Inhorfemanleaps,

fuch as a

one and the fame place,

without advancing forwards, and in fuch
a manner, that when he is in the air, and
height of his leap, he yerks or ftrikes
out with his hinder legs, even and near.
A cafriole is the moft difficult of all the
horfe

jftremiab.

(killed in

captain ! thefe villains will make the name of

captain as odious as the word occupy j therefore cap-

the winter

folrtice.

Ihip.]

Nutnbin.

giment.

Swift.

of the figns of the zodiack

be captain of Judah.

was a great
4.

mour, whimficalnefs.

(hall

He fent unto him a captain of fifty.

Kings.
The captain of the guard gave him victuals.

CAPRI'CIOVSNEIS../. [from capricious.]

The quality of being led by caprice, hufubject ought to fuppofe that there are reafons, although he be not pprifedof them ; otherwife, he muft tax his prince of capricioufnefi, in-

Macbeth and Banquo? Sbak. Math.

number or body of

chief of any

men.

CAPRI'CIOUSLY. adv. [from capricious.]

in a manner depending
Whimfically

captaint,

The

2.

Bcntlty.

CAPRI' cious.

Dirbam.

n.f. [capitain, Fr. in Latin

capitaneus

Their pafTions move in lower fpheres,

Where'er caprice or folly ftccrs.
Swift.
All the various machines and utenfils would now
and then play odd pranks and taprica, quite contrary to their proper ftructures, and defign of the
artificers.

capfulated,
as the flcull doth

which includes the heart

CA'PTAIN.

Freak; ianfudden change of humour.

plcafant fpectacle to behold the fhifts,

doled, or in a box.

the brain.

CAPRrCHIO.}n.f.
rc,Span.]
cy

1 adj. [capfula,
Lat.] In-

Seeds, fuch as are corrupted and dale, will fwim ;

and this agreeth unto the feeds of plants locked up
and capfulated in their hulks. Brown's
Valg. Er.
The heart lies immured, or
in a car-

adj. [from capreolus,

tendril of a vine, Lat.]
Such plants as turn, wind, and creep along the
ground, by means of their tendrils, as gourds, melons, and cucumbers, are termed, in botany, tv-

CAPRIO'LE.n.f.

Capub'd your rabins of the fynod,

And

fifteen or

CAPRI'CF..

ters.

2.

twenty foldiers, and is

ufually placed at the extremity of the
counterfcarp, having little embrafures
made in them, through which they fire.
tains

a balotaJe, in that he does not yerk out

in a balotade.
Farrier's Difl.

This lodgment con-

den with earth.

C A P

in

high manage, or raifcd airs. It is different from the eroupaeie in this, that the
horfe does not fhow his fhoes ; and from

CA'PTAINSHIP. n.f. [from captain.]

1. The condition or port of a chief commander.
Therefore fo pleafe thee to return with us,
of our Athens, thine and ours, to take

And
The
2.

captain/tip.

The
The

Sbakefptare's Ti/uon.

rank, quality, or poft of a captain.

lieutenant of the colonel's

company might

well pretend to the next vacant

in the
cafta'mjbip

fame regiment,

Wotton,

3-

The

The

3.

chicftainmip of a clan, or govern-

ment of a

certain diflrift.

To diminilh the Irilh lords, he did aboli/h their

pretended and ui'urpe eaptainjkips. Davits on Irtl.

My

am

content

my

any of thofe

'ut

which K>m? men ufe

Ii'-art

Ihould

disiTes, or

in their fpeechcs.

K.

Charles,

Fr. captiofus,
adj. [captieux,

And

2.

Litkc.

n. /.

Inclination to find fault

objec>

a fault oppofire to civility

And

t.

i.

This is the
Who, like a good and hardy

it

'Galnft

my

Theie

The

to bring into bon-

z.

And fcnt our fons

He deferves to

and hnlbands captivate.

Shut.
content to
have the rational fovereignty of his foul, and the
King Charles,
liberty of his will, fo captivated".
They ftand firm, keep out the enemy, truth,
be

(lave,

that

is

that would captivate or difturb them.

lence

enters the hft, and fo captivates him

with her appearance, that he gives himfelf up to

sUdiftn, Guardian.

To

enflave

with

lets

years

them

dwell

then brings them

unto

The

Mitron.
will

there

is

way of

and

Lat.]

One

taken in war

a prifoner to an

enemy.

You have the captives,

Who were the oppofires of this day's ftrife. Shall.
This is no other than that forced rcfpect a
to his conqueror, a (lave to his lord.
eaptive pays
Rogers.

Thy

eapl'evts

efr>m (hame

I enl. re

the penal claim.

is

ufed with

to

before the captor.

If thnu lay Antony lives, 'tis well,

or not (eptirve
friends with

CsO,

Or

Tlie

al or

The

praftice of taking any thing.

great fagacity, and many artifices, ui

in the inveliigation and capture of th-i:

him.

Sbat
i

hood.] Covered over as with a hood.

They are differently cucullatcJ and coeyes are

and,

more prominent.

in the cicad:', the

n. f.
A female garment,
confiiling of a cloak and hooJ, made in
imitation of the drefs of capuclnn monks ;

whence

its

name

is

in the

to have relation

CAR.

derived.

names of
to the

:e

r.ver, the gi
afloat ten m'-lc 1

The

like

.jrjik lay,

WtUcr.
n.J. [caracole, Fr. from caSpan, a fnail.] An oblique tread,
traced out in temi-rounds, changing

CA'RACOLE.
.

from one hand

ferving

places, feem

Britifh caer, a

Saxon

karrc,

carrus, Latin.]

Dutch;

to another,
t*

,.c

rivic

without ob-

ground.

Wh

thry

fomettmel

charge :n batr'e,

i:;

put them in doubt win-:

about to charge them in the front or in ti.f ilank.
Fanicr'i DiH.
i

To CA'RACOLE. f.

To move
CA'RAT.

n.

[from the noun.]

in caracoies.
7

CA'RACT.}*/
i. A weight of four

grains, with which

diamonds are weighed.

z.

manner of

expreffi.ig the finenefs

of

gold.

mafic, being an ounce Troy,

is

divided
J

carafl into

t,)

liy

finri'A-i

the lincftof gold be put

inn
each

this wci^lit is dilrinof their gold ; for if

two

cjrafii 01

both rnakinj:, whcacold, bat an ounce, t.rtw.-ntyfour caraffi, tlien t;ii^ &o\<l is faid to be u

two carafls

Thou

Gilijon's Canuien.

n.f. [car, Welfh

cparc,

large

which

Union's Vulgar Err.

CAPUCHI'N.

city.
to

In

Athfifan.

that takes a prifoner, or a prize.

[capture, Fr. capiura,

CAR, CHAR.,

fofi's Ody/ey.

2. It

foot.
,

n.f. [from capio, to take, Lat.]

upon the head and back

Ft

on

t!

Lat.]
.

[from carabine.]

CA'RACK. n.f. [caraca, Spanifli.]

the lame wiih
mip of burden
which are now called gattt'.ns.

br.

CA'PTURE. n.f.
i

n.f.

of light horfe carrying longer carabines than the rclt, and ufed icmctimcs

fort

Hooker,

it.

ftrong, the brave, the virtuous,

birds,

CARABINI'BR.

be more celebrated

Sin!: in the foft

captivity together.

He

arm,

fire

fervitude.

apoftle tells us,

CA'PTOR.

[carabine,
fmall fort of

CAPTIVA'TION. a./, [from captivate.]

Dvb*w.
prey.
The at of taking one captive.
z. The
thing taken ; a prize.
.CA'PTIVE. n. / [caftif, Fr. captivus, CAPU'CHED. adj. [from capuce, Fr. a
1

Drydta.
Fr. ]

fhorter than a fufil, and carrying a ball

of twenty-four in the pound, hung by
the light horfe at a belt over the left
moulder.
It is a kind of medium between the pillo! and the mufket, having
its barrel two foot and a half
long.

every thought into captivity to the obed:

Chrift.
Decaf of Phty.
When love 'r. well tim'd, 'tis not a fault to lovej

to.

They lay a trap for themfelves, and captivate

their understandings to mirtakc, falfehood, and
Lscke,
errour.

Slavery

The

Locke.

to fubdue.

her.

Sbakefpeare,.

he

fpace of fcventy

liften

to overpower with excel-

Wifdom

Charles's wain, or Bear; a con-

CA': BiNi;.

fought

foldicr,

For m MI to bj tied, and led by authority, as it

w,r with a kind of caftivity of judgment; and
though there be rcafon to the contrary, not to

Thou haft by tyranny thefc many years

W.ift^d oni country, (lain our citizens,

in raftii/iry

Skak.

day,

:ti!ay

DrjJea.
Sbak.

CA'RABINE.

icrjeant,

r<ff riviry.

Rememb'ring mercy.
Th- name of Ormind

ill

o:

Ev'ry i.xt anJ cv'ry wand'ring ftar,

nd the Northern Car.
Pleiads, HyaJs,

in his cajtivity, than in his greateft triumph?.

H'v bsfeeming is it in thy fe*

To triumph, like an Amazonian tnill,
Upon their woes whom fortune captivate;

burn the woriu

The

French;

[captiviti,

f.

Sbalrfp.

ftellation.

Prior.

all.

back;

take prifonr
1.
dage.

To charm

low Latin.]
Subjection by the fate of war; bondage ; fervitude to enemies.

captive, Lat.]

To

t.

fuidc

wirl

The

3.

capti<vitas,

Fr.

[cnptiver,

herfelf (he (lew.

him who captive

capti-vt

t:

the god : the nymph furpris'd,

miftrefs of herfelf, devis'd
flu the vagrant might enthral,

CAPTI'VITY.

'

To CA'PTIVATE.

th-.i .ifr'ne to

Hib

Still lay

Yet

;
Caftkufnefs is
often produces mi/becoming and provoking exLockf.
and can

prcfiions

'.

peeviflmefs.

ftately prcfencc
bt?und to a triumphant car.

In the :t.-!-j) Atlantick ftiemi.

M:he*.
See where l.c omcs, the d3.1in 5 of the v
'^ car! frier.
See millions ^ ;,;Jing roi.

horHle fword

.n to

revise:

:,::

[from

captious.']
inclination to

i.r

./

Spcnftr.

as cafticujly as

other.

And

fi'W,

:.'.'.',

Th-Ti

How
you can, in your
and apply diftindkms on the

(hall

attend,

'

Wilt

bring into

to

we

honourable victory

with

Drytir..

Of h if! -n a-'d pixtjune, their carcalTes

To rf'>gs and fowls a prey, or elfe captn/d, Miltcn.
What furtlier
r af danger can there be ?
Beauty, which- caj t'r.-u all things, fets me free.

fide,

We

and never

.-.dead,

v,-o)den coffin

:i

Arri

dreams the capi'ne fauk

Infidious ; enfnaring.
She taught him likewise how to avoid fundry
which were like to
raptkui and tempting queltions,
Baccn.
be alked of him.

CA'PTIOUSKESS.

3.

circling

Hut Wi,\i:
Rather than Hy,

3,.

ii:.'::

To take prifoner
firft.]
a condition of fervitude.

CA'PTIOUSLY. adv. [from captions.] In

a captious manner with an inclination

>

with

to cavils ; eager to object.

If he (hew 2 forwaidneft to be re atoning about
things, take care that nobody check this inclinatmn, or raiflead it by capriaii or fallacious ways or'
Loclit.
talking with him.

3'guing on one

Hem)
Upon

To CA'H rive. <v. a. [from the noun.] It

was ufed formerly with the accent on
the lad fylhble, but now it is on the

Given

to objeft.
Ufe your words

or ui unph.

the Stygian floods oppofe,

fe.

Lat.
1

fate forbids

fli'-ft-

poetical langaage, any vehicle of

dignity or fplendour ; a chariot of war,

In

t.

confinement, by whatever means.

But

ufually

our ihops, it
followed by a car loaded with Wuod'k
-

monry.

[capt:<uus, Lat.] Made

;
kept in bondage or

adj.

burden,

r.

prifoner in war

popular captations,

cial procefs.

CATTIOUS.

CA'PTIVE.

carriage of

fraall

drawn by one horfe or two.

h to
When a Udy C'

woman's heart

Grofsly grew captive to hjs honey words. Sbattfp.

be Jifcovered,

CA'PTION../ [from cnpio, Lat. to take.]

The acl of taking any pcrfon by a judi-

i.

ie

My

practice of catching favour or applaufe ; courtlhip ; flattery.

thf royal fcfntre fw.iy' J,

excellence.

The

who

m-ther,

Wai cajit'nie to the cruel viclor made.

Drjden.
3. One charmed or enlnared by beauty or

4. Skill in the military trade.

CAPTA'TION. n.
[from capto, Lat.]

CAR

CAR

CAP

Other,

fi

beft

e.

Coit.-r.

of gold, art worft of gold

lefs fine in carat, is

CARAVA'N.

n.f.

more

precious.

Sr>;f

[caravannt, Fr. from

troop or body of mer-

the Arabick.] A
chants or pilgrims, as they travel in
the Baft.

They

To blot the honour of the

And with foul cowardice his

fet forth

They

airy caravan, high over feas

Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing
Milton s Paradife L-.fi.
Eafing their flight.
Jokph, and the Biefled Virgin Mother,

With

moft holy San, the^ fought him in

the retinues of their kinged, and the cara-vm.: of

Deferted.
If a man

the Galilean pilgrims.

he

When

loit their

CARAVA'NSARY.

and

the Eaftern countries, are called

[cara-irela,

by the

name

Span.]

The feeds are ufed in mediMiller.

cine and confectionary.
C'ARBONA'DO.
[carbonnade, Fr.
Meat cut
from carlo, a coal, Lat.]
acrofs, to be broiled upon the coals.
If I come in his way willingly, let him make a
carbonado of me.
Sbakefpeare.
To CARBONA'DO. v. a. [from the noun.]
To cut or hack.

Drydfn.

CA'RBUNCLE.
a
1.

matter before he prays for a change.

The decayed
ruins

like a

lighted coal or candle.

carlur.cle entire, as big as

Were not fo rich a jewel.

thou

art,

2.

Red

Wi'divard.

cokur.

-red

fpots or pimples

breaking out upon

1.

u N c L E D aJj [ from carbuncle.]

Set with carbuncles.
.

An

armour

He

has

of gold

all

d- f;rv

it,

were

it

was

it

carliuncled

Spotted

CARCINO'M ATOUS.

games of chance

A vengeance on

Yet

with you at your (hop,

carcanet.
Staiijfean.
I have feen her befet and bedeckt ai! over with
emeralds and pearls, and a tanar.ft about her neck.
linger'd

making of her

"

CA'RCASS. n.f. [carquafie, Fr.]

i. A dead body of any animal.

Prvuidence.

cardinal is fo ftiled, bccaufe fciviceable to

the apoftoliclc Ice, as an axle or hinge on which
the whole government of the church turns ; or a

they have, from the pope's grant, the hinge anil

government of the Romiih church.
Sljlffi.

Vou
You

is tlie gale.

Pipe.

The

which wool is
or broken for fpinning.
<v. a.

[from the noun.]

Ed:c!c them, carding wool.

To CARD.
at cards

as.,

To game

2.

The

blue efriaiafiitnotr.

An ingenious cavalier, hearing

May's

to play

a carding wife.

[from card*xi&make.\

A maker of cards.
Am not I Chriltophero
cardmakcr?

*
Sly, by occupation

Sbakefpeare' s

Taming of

Shrnv.

the

CA'RDM ATCH../|

[from card and match.]

A match made by dipping pieces of card
in melted fulphur.
Take care, that thofe may not make the rriott
noife who have the lead to fell
which is very
;

obfervable in the venders of cardmatcbcs.

CA'RDUUS.
CARE. n. f.
1.

To

See

THISTLE.

[cape, Saxon.]

Solicitude; anxiety
mind ; concern.

perturbation of

Or, if I would take care, that c are (hould be

For wit that loorn'd the \vuild, andliv'd like mrr.
Dryair..

Nor

fullcn difcontent, nor anxious tare,

Ev'n though brought thither, could inhabit there.

Virgil.

much

that an old friend

L'SJlrange.

CA'RDM AKER. n.f.

Go, card and fpin,

thebufinefs of the war to men. Drydtn,
<u. n.

you, fardinal,

of his was advanced to a cardinalate, went to congratulate his eminence upon his new honour.

cf wood, thick fet with crooked wires.

The while their wives do fit

leave

I'll tell

MIHtr.

comb, or comminute wool with a piece

And

afiembly

or,

of a cardinal.

his card* and compafs firms his tye,

matters of his long experiment.
Sffnfcr.
The very points they blow ;
All the quarters that they know,

CARD.

fair

CA'RDINALATE. \n.f. [from cardinal.]

CA'RDINALSMIF. 1 The office and rank

or Hull.

inftrument with
combed, or comminuted,

To

hold a

churchman,

fhould judge

cardinal's flower.

the mariner's needle.

[kaarde, Dutch.]

are a

now unhappily.
Kbakejpeare.
CARDINAL'S FLOWER, n.f. [rapuntiian,
Lat.] A flower.
The fpecies are, i. Greater tampions, with a
crimforj fpiked flower, commonly called the fcarlet
I

your crafty xvither'd hide !

with a card of ten. Statijpeare,

Reafon the card, but patfion

3.

and are chofen

by the pope.

heat or exceflive cold.

ti.at I

Lat.]
figures, ufed in

I' th' Ihipman's card.

Slakefptare.
How abfoluts the knave is we mu!t fpcak by
the card, or equivocation will undo us.
Sbaluff.
On life's \afr ocean diverfely we fail,

adj. [from carbuncle.]

to a carbuncle ; red like a

chttrta,

Upon

The

ftitute the facred college,

Brown.

folftitial points*

nors of the Romifh church, by whom

the pope is elefted out of their own
number, which contains fix bifliops, fifty
priefts, and fourteen deacons, who con-

paper on which the winds are

marked under

CA RBUNCULA'TION.

fee the

The

2.

Sbatefpeare.

Harris.
CA'RCANET.
/. [carcan, Fr.] A chain
or collar of jewels.

e *r..,

have I'ac'd it
Soon as me fprcads her hand, th' aerial guard
Defccnd, and (it on each important card i
FirfiV Ariel perch'd upon a matadore*
Pcfe.

deformed with carbuncles,

n.f. [carbunculatio,
Lat.] The blafling of the young buds
of trees or plants, cither by excefftve

called a can-

adj. [from carcinotending to a cancer.

carbuncle.

To

CARD.
/. (carte, Fr.
1. A paper
painted with

CARBU'NCULAR.
Belonging

[from

^uincy.
cardinal!:, Lat. ]

His cardinal pcrfe&ion was induftry. Clart;:don.

CA'RDINAL. n.f. One of the chief gover-

Lat.]

crab.]
diforder
cer, very difficult to cure.
likewife in the horny coat of the eye, is
thus called.
>uincj.

a king's.

habua' car.

2.

n. f.

A particular ulcer,

the mats of the blood not being tainted.

Bciwn.
Red blifters riling on their paps appear,
And flaming carbuncles, and noifcmc fweit. Dryd.

both the

Dift.

CARCINO'MA.

It was a peftiknt fever, but there followed no

tariuncft, no purple or livid fpots, or the like,

I!

career,

Prifon fees.

the face or body.

C A' R

Principal

adj.
chief.

The diviuons of the year in frequent ufe with

aftronomcrs, according to the cardinal interfections
of the zodUck ; that is, the two equinocTials, and

A kind of bomb, ufually

ma.] Cancerous
a (lone of the ruby kind, of a rich

CA'RDINAL.

Hate's Origin of Mankind.

CA'RCELAGE. n.f. [from

na.-ne.
is

ter.

the remains.

having the qua-

the hoart, but more properly in the llomach, which

fometimes rifes all along from thence up to the
afophagus, occafioned by foine acrimonious mat-

[In gunnery.]
oblong, confifting of a fhell or cafe,
fometimes of iron with holes, more commonly of a coarfe ftrong Huff, pitched
over and girt with iron hoops, filled
with combuftibles, and thrown from a
Harris.
mortar.

5.

With bumilh'd neck of

Carburcle

of invigorating the fpirits.

n. f.
[from xajJia, the
heart, and a.hy', pain.]
The hejrt-burn a pain fuppofed to be felt in

L'Ejtrange.

rotten ctsrcafsofz boat, not rigg'd,

tackle, fail, nor maft.
ttattffare.

together

Sbakefpean.

Crefled aloft, and carbuncle his eyes,

verdant ^old.
I; is believed that a carbur.de does fhinc in the
dark like a burning coal , from whence it hath its

Cordial

lity

parts of any thing; the

What could be thought a fufEcient motive to

have had an eternal carcafs of an univerfe, wherein
the materials and portions of it were eternally laid

His head
|

CA'RDIALGY.

houfe.

SMufpurt.

jewel fhining in the dark,

heart.]

CA'RDI ACK.

Nor
'I he main
parts, naked, without completion or ornament ; as, the walls of a

carbonado

little coal.]

Sbakefy,

One that plays much at cards.

CARDI'ACAL. 7 adj. [xa^'ia, the
2.

fav'd their carcajfts !

Sbakefptare.
that finds himlelr in any diftrefs, either of
the
tarcafs or of fortune, (hould deliberate upon

[carbunculus, Lat.

n. /.

The clothiers all have put off

The fpiniters, carders, fullers, weavers.

Ke

4.

Chambers.

Eaft Indies.

To Ve

3.

me-

CA'RDER. n. f. [from c ard.]

1. One that cards wool.

their ho-

nours

I'll fo

vifits his fick friend in hope of legacy,

a vulture, and only waits for the carte/*.

is

./. [Latin.]

dicinal feed, of the aromatic kind, contained in pods, and brought from the

colnihire.

Dnr.v, you rogue, or

Your (hanks.

lAiit-.n.

Body in a ludicrous fenfe.

To-day how many would have given

2.

j light, round, o!d-faihioned

a fquare poop, formerly ufed
fhip, with
in Spain and Portugal.
CA'RAWAY. n.f. [carum, Lat.] A plant;
fometimes found wild in rich moift paftures, efpecially in Holland and Lin-

th' infanguin'd field,

in Perfia,

Pope's Letters.

CA'RAVEL.
CA'RVEL.

and arms,

The

of ctrevmyima,
SfeSiatcr.
The fpacious manfion, like a Turkifli caravantiie vagabond with only bare lodgentertains
Jjrv,
ing.

carcajjks

1'syUr.
fcaly nations of the fea profound,
Like (hipwreck'd carcajjes, are driven aground.

n.f. [from caravan.]

houfe built in the Eaftern countries for
the reception of travellers.
The inns which receive the caravans

C4RDAMO'MUM.

dead,

carcajs (lame,
Whofe living hands immortaliz'd his name. Spinf.
Where cattle pa.lurM'late, now fcatter'd lies,

Their

had

CAR

CAR

CAR

Drydtn.
can of fulfilling
Wake') Preparation for Death.
often in the phrafe, tt-hw.

Raife in your foul the grejteft

die divine will.

2.

Caution
a care,

CAR

CAR
Well, fwtet Jack, have a ctnof thyfelf. Shak.
The foolilh virgins had taken no care for a
further fupply, after the oij, which was at firft put
into their lamps, was fpcnt, as the wife had done.

'

Tillotfon.

Begone

tht pried expefts you at the altar.

But, tyrant, have a care

3.

come not

thither.

A. Pbilift.
in order to

charge ; heed
proteftion and preservation.
If we believe that there is a God, that takes
care of us, and we be careful to pleafe him, this

Regard

cannot but be

mighty comfort to us.

calk, flop op leaks, refit, or trim the

Chambers.
other fide.
To CARE'EN. <v. n. To be in the ftate of

more

or

the phrafe,

It

2.

Not content

rein can hold licentious wickednefs,

the hill he holds his fierce <-..

Height of fpeed

3.

It

To
To

objeft of care, of caution, or of

blows!

The

Who

'

To CARE.

<u.

n.

promifed

fair,

met

fortune.

Knights in knightly deeds fhonld perfcvere,

And ftill continue what at rirft they were ;
Continue and proceed in honour's fjir career* D,yd.

To CARE'ER.

Of beryl,
in

As

agony.

1.

2.

caring

obferve the wind,

by a compliment
who, I am fure, would
at the expence of an-

to the works of an author,

not care for being praiftd
other's reputation.
'

care to part.

To
to

fexes did

There was an ape that had twins.; (he doated

upon one of them, and did not much care for
otfrer.

rich,

few care

defne

it.

Broken with care and

To

fr

it ;

care

and

From
1.

carina, Lat.

guage.]

To

full

his grace,

father, unnaturally cart/eft cf his

or gives him to another man.

Cheerful; undifturbed.
Thus wildly careUji, innocently

2.

Cheerful he play'd.
In my cheerful imrn of

me

that rais'd

that contented hap

;
;

Raj.
expofed to
full

of

foli-

ad-v.

to this cartful height,

which

enjoy'd.

Sbak,

[from careful.]

In a manner that mews care.

liuvy, how carefully does it look! how meagre

Heedfully

watchfully; vigilantly; at-

You come moll carefully upon your hour. Sbak.

By conlidering him io tvr</W/y as I did before
my attempt, I have made fomc faint refcmblance

folicitude.

of him.

Drj/Jai,

All of them, therefore, ftudioufly cheri/hed th<

memory of their honourable extraction, anJ canfully prefcrvcd the evidences of

Providently.
4. Cautioufly.
3.

ab'iut her

her

ab;:it

it.

Attertury

cliii"

gay,

Pcpe.
life,

When
And

nurs'd by carelrft folitude 1 liv'd,

fung of nature with unceanng joy,

Pieas'd have

wanJer'd through your rough doTi".mj~.>i.

3.

Unheeded; thoughtlefs; unconfidered.

The freedom of
as other, people,

tentively.

craze. ]

term in the fea lanlay a veflel on one fide, to

good advantage of

withe/".

of anxiety

and ill-complexioiicd
2.

where

Thefe both put off, a poor petitioner,

carecraySd mother of a many children.
Sbokefp.
CARE'EN. <v. a. [cariaer, FT. from

ti'lfr-

By fceming cold, or carelA r/his wili,

A woman, the more curious (he is
face, is commonly the more carelcji

faying as

m.my

without being

things

carcltfs

fo Covertly

remarked

upon.

concerns us to be cartful o/~our converfations.

By him

Temple.

C//RECRAZED.fl#. [from

Watchful; cautious:

citude.

L'Eftrcnge.

Where few are

many are fo, many

nothing hut thcmfelves

Be*

CA'REFULLY.

doat on her that cares not/or jour love.

;
;

carelefi.
Nor lolc the

of concern.

full

very

piteous maiden, careful^ comfortlefs,

thrilling ihricks and ihricking

troubles

Sbakefpeare.

4. Subject to perturbations

to have regard

with/ir.

lofe

Milton.

Provident; diligent: with of or/or.

It

Addifon.

be affefted with

You

foiicitous

feeling no folicitude

negligent ; inattentive ;
regardlefs ; thoughtlefs ; ne;

unheeding; unthinking; unmindful with ofot about.

Knowing th.it if the worft bcfal them, th<-

gleftful

Drjdtn.
3.

Great maftere in painting never care for drawing

people in the falhion.
Xpeflator.

j.

between.

Adtthn.

Having been now acquainted, the two

nr

heedlefs

adj. [from care and/////.]

//WA r.

fea explore.
are introduced

unconcerned

Behold, thou haft been cartful for us with all

i Kings.
this care; what is to be done lor thee?
To cure thrir mad ambition, they were fent
To rule a diflant province, each abne:
What could a careful father more have done ?

be inclined ; to be difpofed with

for before nouns, or to before verbs.
Or the new
The remarks

fires

adj. [from care.~\

Having no care

Run-

Martha, thou art cartful, and troubled about

Luke, x. 41.
many things.
Welcome, thou pleafing (lumber;
Awhile embrace me in thy leaden arms,
And charm my careful thoughts. Dcnbam'sSopby.

to

cries.

Germans, both in language and manners,

from the Hungarians, fo were they always
and therefore much carta
a> variance with them

Not

Anxious;
The

the

To

CA'RELESS.

Does throw out

differed

g..

and careering

CA'REFUL.

Sidney.

not, though they were by him fubdued.

Knd/es's Hijlcry of lie Turks.
Well, on my terms thou wilt not be my heir;
If thou car'/l little, lefs Hull be. my care. t)ryd,r..

[from the noun.]

them plainly lee it. SLak.Cer.!*rv<..

in the other extreme, only doth

Taylor's Rult tf Rvim>

ignorance or cartufiteji of the fervancs cao
hardly leave the mafter difappointed.
'Temple.
I who at fome times
at others fpare,
fjjend,
Divided between canlefnefs and care.
Psfc.

ning with fwift motion.

With eyes, the wheels

[from the noun.]

i/.

The

Sbakrffeare.

family has rofc up, and

and yet at length a crofs event has
and ftopt him in the career of his
Scmii.

carcie/t.]

It makes us to walk warily, and tread fure, fur

fear of our enemies; and that is better than to
be nattered into pride and carelefntfs.

heir of a bkfted

certainly

She tared riot what pain Ihe put her body to,
fmce the better part, her mind, was laid under fo

much

humour?

The

to bear,

To be anxious or foiicitous; to be
concern about any thing.

1.

his

ffjlter.

[from

/.

Call a rough ttrelefntfi g"od faihion ;

Whofc cloak his Ipurs tear, or whom he fpits on,.
He cares not.
Doxnt.

Shall quips and fcntences, and thefe paper bulof the brain, awe a man from the career of

wily fox,

lately filch'd the turkey's callow care.

Gay's 'Trivia.

None taught thr. trees a nobler race

Or more improv'd thr vegetable cart.

Who,

the roe; now to hit rapid fpeed

give the rein, and, in the full career,
draw the certain fword, or fend the pointed
Prior.
fpcar.

lets

thou do when riot is thy caref Stak

Flulh'd were his cheeks, and glowing were his
eyes:
Is (he thy caref is flie thy caref he cries. DryJ.
Your fafety, more than mine, was then my ctre :
rudder loft,
\.-\t, of the guide bereft, th
Ytur fliip mould run againft the rocky coal.
Dryden.

What wilt

n.

carelefnefi, lets

dure.

thy riots,

to fee

he has in their difpofi.ion, and, out of Sis p.obie

Wilkinti Matltemct'h-al Maglck.

to curb the turning (teed,

them now

Courfe of ation; uninterrupted proce-

4.

love.

For Coriohnui neither to care whcrher they

love or hate him, manifefts the true knowledge

Mocking

lake care to flatter ourfclves with imaginary

fcenes and profpedts of future happinefs. Atterbuiy.

O my poor kingdom, fick with civil

When that my care could not withhold

Indians, that they are

running in his full career, to

PracYife

without care

Heedlefnefs ; inattention ; negligence

abfence of care ; manner void of c-re.

fwift motion.

Neg-

carcltfs.]
;

others write as careltjly as he.

CA'RELESNESS.

able, when a horfe is

ftand upright on his back.

my

The

That

related of certain

is

inattentively

heedlefly.
There he him found all cartlrjly difplay'J,
In fecret fliadow from the funny ray,
fairy S*u.

Sbake/feart.

We

5.

ligently
'

When down

in fuch a time,
if propitious fortune took a care
tide of joys to their full height
fwell

To

CA'RELESLY. adv. [from

;

courfe; a race.

What

You come

As

run

themfelvci too far out of breath,

to go back again the .fame carter.
Sidney.

take care.

to

n.f. [from careful.'] Vigilance,; heedfulnefs ; caution.

The death of Selymus was, with all carefulconcealed by Fr
nrfi,
Km/la's Htft'.ry tf the Turki.

They had run

ufe

commonly

is

is

the length of a courfe.

It is

lefs

CA'REFULNESS.

careening.

CARE'ER. n.f. [carriere, Fr.j

1. The ground on which a race

Tilh'fo*.

a loofe and vague word, implying

4.
attention or inclination, in any degree

CAR

4.

Pofe.

Unmoved by

unconcerned

at.

CurJejs tf thunder from the clouds that break,

My only omens from your loox

To CARE'SS. i/. a. [cartj/c>
cams, Lat.]

To

endear

treat with kindnefs.

If J can frail, and pleai'e, and
\v;;h t!n

from

Fr.

to fondle

c.ir.fi

to

my mind
or vir-

ion.;,

tuous practices, let greatnels and malice vex and

Ssurl.
abridge me, if they can.

CARE'SS. n.f. [from the verb.] An aft

of endearment ; an cxpreffion of tcndernefs.
He,

(he

knew, would intermix

and folve high difpute

ful digrelTions,

With

conjugal carcffn.

There are fome men wh f-cm t;i have biut.il

minds wrapt up in human fliaprs; the
arc etude and import
careffcs
L'Eflrarg,.
After his fucccflbur had pubiickly ow icd himi

Ali'.p

Roman

rejfei

to the

caihjlick, he began with his

church par

firll

r.

CAR

CAR
CARET,

want[caret, Lat. there is

note which (hews where fomething interlined fliould be read.
n. f.

Cd'RGJSON.

n. j.

If the ftrong cane fupport thy walking

hand,

[cargafen, Spanifh.]

ufed.
a
cergafm of

Chairmen no longer

is

body

E'en fturdy carmen

ill

humours.

And

(hall the wall

command;

thy nod obey,

make thee way.

(hall

[(barge, Fr.] The lading

the merchandife or wares

n. f.

of a Ship ;
contained and conveyed in a fhip.

In the hurry of the fl>4".vreck, Simonides was

the only man that appeared unconcerned, notwithftar.ding that his whole fortune was at ftake in the

G.iy'j Trivia.

CA'RMRLITE.
fort

whofc

(hip,

was no

targe,

Greet.

Lat.]

CARIES,
which

Will damp

n.

ten nefs.
This is too

CA'RNAGE.

Rot-

carious.,]

[from

f.

all

car'mfty

adj. [carlo/us, Lat.] Rotten.

dilcovered the blood to arife by a caricus tooth.

CARK.

Wif*r.:ar.

n.

anxiety

This word

nefs.

2.

i:

now

Heaps of
The

He down

did

lay
H heavy head, devoid of careful
cart.
Sfcnfcr.
To CARK. <v. n. [ceapcan, Saxon.] To

be careful
ous.

It is

to

be felicitous

now very

little

ufed,

in an ill fenfe.
find what a
blefling is chanced
from fuch muddy abundance of
carting

and

<io

ftatts wh'.ch

ftill

my

out our

i.

n. f.

[ceopl, Saxon.]
rude, rough, brutal

A mean,

We

now

The
Would

:nklywn
The
2.

editor

juJjc

was a covetous

G,:j's faftarals.
carle,

and would ha.,

irh of the
higheft price.

kind of hemp.
The limble to fpin and

CA'RLIXB THISTLE,

Hentlcy.

[carlina,

Lat./

Miller

CA'RMNOS.

n.f.

[In a fli-p.]

Timbers
from one beam

lying fore and aft, alo;ig

to another ; on thefe the
ledges reft, on
which the p'anxs of the deck are made

VOL.

fubmit our un-

Ci'ar/ts.

in

Preys on the

iffue

CARNA'I.ITY.
1.

Flefhly

luft

libidinous.

fry

Harris.

Sntb.

He did m,t inlHiuic this

way of worftip, but
becaufe of the
carnality of their hearts, and the
pronenefs of that people t" idolatry.
9
.

not

[from earn, carnit, Lat.l

The firft or outward part is a thick and carmns

covering, like that of a walnut ; the fccond, a dry

and floiculous coat,

commonly called njace.
SfffmTt Vulgar Errci"
The mufcle whereby he is enabled
to dr.iw
himfelf together, the academifts defcribe to be a
dirtiniS tarncus
jnufclc, extended to the ear.

',.

CA ROB,
A

Ray on the Creation,

Bread, [foliqua,

lice very

common

in Spain,

and

in

fome

parts

where it produces a great

of long,
quantity
Rat, brown, coloured pods, which are thick, m,..;.,
and of a fwcctiih tafte. Thefe
pods are eaten by
Italy,

the poorer inhabitants.

CARO'CHE.

Miller.

[from caroffi, Fr.] A

coach ; a
It is
carriage of pleafure.
ufed in the
comedy of Albumaxar, but

now

it is

CA'ROL.

Ac-

j
fpiritually.
Wi.etc they found mi n in dirt,
attire, furniture
of houfe, or any other
v.ay oblcrvcM of eivility

or St. John's

Lat.]

Orollnefs of mind.

[from carnal.}

Wijcmav,

adj.

FJefliy.

[from carnal.}
compliance with carnal

flefh

ref.Jved.

CA RNOUS.

This carnal tur

of his mother's
body. S'-aleJf.
n.

ad-v.

Flemy

method, and by this courfeof diet, with

By
fudorificks, the ulcers arc healed, and that carna.

Mi/ton.

t****?*)
2.

cording to the

n.f. \carnojite, Fr.]

this

de/ires.

CA'RVALLY.

Z>0y '/ PL-y.

[from carnis and
that of which fleili

Man is by his frame, as well as hi appetite,

carirvorw! animal.
Jrkutbmt t,n Aliments,

CARNO'SITY.

/.

aJj.

Kay

lecherous

are

excrefcence.

If godly,
why do they wallow and Deep in all
the carnalititi of ihe
world, under pretence of cluif-

the carl for her fceH.

plant.

to

perceives plainly, that his appetite to fpirithings abates, in proportion as his fenfual
appetite is indulged and encouraged ; and that
carnal d-.-fircs kill not
only the defire, but even the
power, of taiting purer (Mights.
Attrrbury.

Luftful

fanguify, I carrify.
Hate's Origin of Mankind.

In birds there is no marrication or comminution

of the meat in the mouth
but in fueh as are
;
not carnivorous, it is
immediately (wallowed into
the crop or craw.
on the Creation.

tual

'..

yore.] Flefh-eating
is the
proper food.

Pope.

Afi'toi.

this riddle
right,

thee for a cunning mi

hear, I digeft,

CARNI'VOROUS.

Fr. caraalis,

the beads

Sptrtfer.
r.n.l

1 fee, I

live.

He

ad

Anlwer, thiu cark,

command

fill'd,

Piety.

carle beheld,
faw hi? gueft
late depart, for ali his fubtilc
fleighr.

to turn nutri-

yea. ii but one mad carnival, and

voluptuous not fo much upon delire or
appetite, as by way of exploit and bravery.

ufc churl.

The
n.f. [car>iaval,f\.}
feailheld in the popifh countries before
Lent ; a time of luxury.

man.

flefh,

I think, I deliberate, I
parin inferiour faculties, I walk,

pofe, I

we

cant! pleasure for which caufe,

no mate SOT thee was found.
Milta,
A glr.rious apparition hid not doi:'
And carnal fear, that day dimm'd Adam's
eye.

j.

CARLE,

[carnal,

adj.

Flefhly ; not fpiritual.

Thou^oll jultly require us

Among

uorld ?
L'Fjrrangt.
can fupcrfcJe our own
carkir,gi and
vances for ouifehec, but the a(]urani.e that

Decay if

breed

[from cam, earnis t

CA'RNIVAL.

draw

His ample maw with human

carnage
milky deluge next the giant fwiil'd.

Not fuch

lives

ii'.

'"' us -

From that pretence

Spiritual laws by tanal fow't (hall force
On every confcience.

life,

carting fir the

R ay ,
n.

The whole

a fcent

ATm
to
agi

be adherent.

What can be vainer, than to lavifli

the feth of rrifht, and to lie

in

'

derrtandings to thine, and deny our funui/reaf'on,

in order to
thy facred myftcries and commands.

al-

Flemy.

into flefh.
At the fame time

low Lat.]
1.

ways
I

anj. [corneas, Lat.]

To

Lat.]

maflacre.

prey innumerable' and rafte

favour of death from all things there that

CA'RNAL.

be anxi

to

thefe ftones,

carndwn ; in
Wiidtuard.

in

is,

ment

Milton.

And

Sidney.

lome of

called the female

papillz.

Of carnage,

obfolete.

Klaius taking for his younglings cark,

Le't greedy eycj to them
might challenge lay,
with
ofcer did their (houlders mark.
Bufy

is

To CA'RNIPY.

flefh.

Such

[ceapc, Saxon.] Care;

foHcitude ; concern ; hccdful-

/.

lull

In a calf, the umbilical vedels terminate in

certain bodies, divided into a multitude of carnnut

brought the king's forces upon them rather

as to
carnage than to fight, infomuch as, without
any great lofs or danger to themfelves, the greateft
part of the fcditious were (lain.
Haj-ward.

Wifcnut't Surgery.

CA'RIOUS.

it

CA'RNEOUS.

Chamber!.
n.f. [carnage, Fr. from cam,
;

whofe infeft

or to the Elyfian (hades

He

and

vile,

others deeper, called the male.

f-;/>.

Slaughter; havock

when

paler,

paflion fympathetick.

n.f.

him

co'ojr: which

fU'fli

carnis, Lat.]
i.

general, taking in
ulcers of the h.mes.

is

bright red or crimfon

colour, bordering on purple, ufed by
It is the moft
painters in miniature.
valuable produft of the cochineal maffick, and of an excefGve price.

CARIO'SITY.

all

CA'RMINE.

Fiflulas of a longcontinuar.ee, are, for the moft

part, accompanied with ulccrations of t!ie gland,
and caries in the bone.
W";\\tr.ans Surgery.

wind

whofe

gay daughter of the fpring in duft

my foul, where no carnation lades. Pcfc*

CARNE'I-ION. n.f. A precious ftone.
1 he common carne.'hn 4 its name from its

Carminative and diuretick

[Latin.] That rottennefs

peculiar to a bone.
Quincy.

n.

is

punifli

Aliments.

c-n

this

Difmifs

promotes

MJifoa.
carica, a fig,
fwelling in the form of a fig.

A;id lo the wretch

Liid

Carminatives are fiich things as dilute and nlax

at the lame time, becaufe wind occafions a
fpafm,
or convu!A>n, in fome parts. Whatever

Arbutbna

Dic3.

n.f. [carnes, Lat.] The

name of the natural flelh colour, from
whence perhaps the flower is named ;
the name of a flower.

of pear.

infenfible pcrlpiration, is ccrnr.r.jn-st

j for
perfpirable matter retained in the body.

with car-

A CARNA'TION.

Fr.]

[fuppofed to be fo
having <uim carminis, the power
of a charm.]

world, thit carried the fortune and hopes of all

Burnet'i Tbrcry.
;ity.
Thls gentleman was then a young adventurer
in the republic of letters, and juft titled out for
the univerfity with a good
cargo of Latin and

CA'RICOUS Tumour, [from

[carmclite,

called, as

than a whole

lefs

n.f.

The fame

n.f.

nality.

CARMI'N ATivz.adj.

L'Eftrcnge.

large.

CA'RNALNESS.

rattling coaches rtop to

H^ivcl'l Letters.

CA'RCO.

decent order, fuch they

reproved, as being
Hotter.
carnally and earthly minded.
In the facrameat we do not receive Chrifl carnally, but we receive him ffirituallf j and that
of itfelf is a
conjugation of blefiings and fpiritual
graces.
Taylor's IFcrt'y Communicant.
a!id

cars.

Not

cargo.

My

man

ing.]

CAR

[from ear and man.} A

whofe employment it is to drive
n. f.

In,
i.

n.

/.

obfolete.

n.f. [caroJa, Ital. from chorea-

Lat.]
fong of joy and exultation.

And

let

For they

the Giaccs dance unto the

reft,

cm da

it beft

M la

The

The

whiles the martens do their can' fine,

which the woods fliall anfwcr, and their echo

To

r-i

Even

drinker

The

.^vr'i''* f.pifbalanrium.

Old Tcftamcnt, it you liften to DJyuu jhall hear as many hearfc-likc air.-

Nor
S

Btioit.

carols.

Oppas'd to her, on t'other

(Tde

from

all

They

gladly thither hafte ;

angels, hear his

A fong

3.

rjrj.' blefr.

Stakcfpeare.
and. by a choir
t-crtl

fure

[can/are, Ital.] To
to warble ; to firtg in joy and

n.

This your

Hark, how the cheerful birds do chant

cara! of love's praife.
This done, (he fung, ar.d

And

fo clear,

angels might rejoice to hear. Dryd.

H'jv'ring fwans, their throats releas'd
From native filence, cjril founds harmonious.

To

praife

For wa:it of courtly

to celebrate

CA'ROTID.

and

He

Tills

Milton.

which arife out of the afcending

trunk of the aorta, near where the fub-

HU

on the Creation.

CARO'UJAL.
/. [from carcuft. It feems
more properly pronounced with the accent upon the fecond fyllable ; but
A felliJJrvdt/i accents it on the firft.]

plenteous ftores

This game,
arovfab Afcanius taught,
And building Alba to the Latins brought. Drydcn.
-v.

[cvroufer, Fr.

n.

from gar aufz, all out, Germ.] To

drink; to quaff; to drink largely.
He calls for wine a health, quoth he, as if
betn aboard carnfng to ius mates
ftorm.
Stetefftare'
Learn with hmv little life may be prelerv'd,
i "''id myri ii t!'.ey nrad not to umujt. Rjlc-gb.
In
Alter

Iow

gancy of the
viller

hats

a;;d yi-./.ns tarcute,

fly off",

is

2.

the rich grape, whilft mufick

Oj

flowers,

and

tin,
;nify
the g.p.fJy

Any

drbiking match.

dry land

vered over with

;'.

is,

mod

he could not drink a full tanvft of Tick, bat tH

few hums aftrr.
ftalc was advertifed thereof within
Davit: en
.

ijt

we may
\c:

2.

cities

contrive this .ilt.'rnoon

u ooi 0)1^1'^' health.

chat,

ot green graft,

would, without

Vehicle

away

and
4.

roli'i

ir.'

Vienna, in
of tlut, the other
I'"

Yielded.

that in

which any thing

is

tt

all

horfe or carriage can tnke up and bt.i

die lopp'ings of * branchy treu at once ?

The frame upon which cannon

is

Watt.
car-

ried.

He commanded
upin

the great ordna-iee to kc laid

liniirid in
gipp.i;

carfi.:,'

un-

iheictj, ar.d
wieldy timber, with r:,
could not handfomely he remove to
Kmtttl't Hif-.rj cftl-tTurh.
I

table.
rapier,

:\

carried.

Carpet is ufed, proverbially, for a flats

of eafe and luxury ; as, a carpet knight,
a knight that has never known the field,
and has recommended himiclf only at

He is knight dulibed with unhackc-d

and on carpet (onfideratiun.

acquifition.

nl)!-\-d to befiege
I

Tntt,
3.

part, co-

4.

Conqueft
hope

of the winds, though ma-

it

Wh

for the

uiu.]iu! agitation

Bacon's A'jfnrj/j,
fc;ms fo fbangc to move this obclUk for f*
little fn.icc, wh.it m.iy we thick of the carriage of
it out of Egyp: ?
ft ..

much, while here \vt mirch

carpet of this pl.fm.

thing variegated.

baggage;

the carriage of founds farther or iefa

way,
do not confound the articulation.

If

;is

The whole

n.f. [cariage, Fr.

tt>

SiUiij,;;!

The carpet ground fliall be with leaves e'erfpread,

And boughs (hall weave a cov'rir.g t<<r VOIM h; .iu.
3.

Waftc in w.U riot what your land ai

There ply the early feaft, and late carmfe. Ptpe.
2.
hearty dofe of liquor.
He had fo man
!;inj over him, a*

Plrafe you,

):'.

and fmooth.

Upm

Dcniam.

The

Becov.

Ii

Svgtrj.

from carry.]
The aft of carrying, or tranfporting, or
bearing any thing.
terial

their ears.

C.VP.O'USE. n.f. [from the verb.]

1.

1.

laid,

level

fparkling tears

charms

Siaiej'p.

it.

ffijiauu't

Sbaktiptarit Henrf IV.

CA'RRIAGE.

n.f.

Ground variegated with

Q^incy.

wound.

ca-

and every thing in order ?

Againll the wall, in the middle of the half [ace,
a chair placed before him, with a table ai\

before

love hath tura'd almolr the wio:.:; fide ou;,

jreufii
Defdsmona ha.

Mutations pottle deep.

Our cheerful g'.

ri

The wrift, fo
[Latin.]
anatomifts, which is made up

v. f.

N.iy, you (hall fee mine orchard, where, in an

arbcur, we will eat a lail year's pippin of my own
grafting, with a difh of carraiojys, and fo forth;
come, coufin, filcnce, and then to bed.

[iarfet, Dutch.]
1.
covering of various colourr, fpreatl
upon floors or tables.
Be the jacki fair within, the Jills fair without,

Whom

To

cloth,

The CA'RRACK. See CARACK.

CA'KRAT. See CARAT.
introCA'RRAWAY. See CARAWAY.

Mt'Xon'i Mechanical Exereiftt.

laft.

n.f. [from To carp.]

a cenforious man.

CA'RPET.

firft

Tf C/.IIO'USB. f. a. Todrink uplaviflily.

New my fick fool, Rodcrigo,

to have

1 hnve not tlici weeds,

By putting on the cunning of a carper.

go round, and tlier. the iioufe,

Sn.li r^.
I'i. bride? came thick and thick.
T!:idLT the lhadow of friendly bought
They !i : ccmu/ia^, where their liquor grows. WjUer.

I!eI*hs

n.f. [from carpenter.]

Remains*

found one of the bones of the sarpus lying

loofe in the

carpir.iry before joinery,

CA'RPER.

H'i

(hips, attend.

b^caufe neceJfity
did doubclefi compel our forefathers to ufe the
conveniency of the firft, rather than the extrava-

thefe

of coarfe

ligament.

repair,

Dry Jen.

duced

A kind

of eight little bones, of different figures

and thicknefs, placed in two ranks, four
in each rank.
They are ftrongly tied
together by the ligaments which come
from the radius, and by the annulary

with fpeedy care,

do feafon'd timbers fend;

trade or art of a carpenter.

It had been more proper for me

n.f.

North of England.
Phillip,' i World of Words.

in the

named by

veflcls firft

CA'RPENTRY.

val.

CAROUSE,

made

CA'RPUS.

To

ifatti&cn

CA'RPMEAI<S.

performs larger

Thither the brawny carpenters

And, as the furgcxms of maim'd

[from carping.] Cap-

derive,

adverbs, carp'mgly, currently, actively, colnurably.

An

a builder of houfes
diflinguifhed from a

work performed with advifement good,

In burden'd

and fplenick arteries, are

rot only varioofly contorted, but ,V.fo here and
there dilated, to moderate the motion of the blood.
carotid, vertebral,

aJ<o.

cenforioufly.

out of the Latin at fecond hand by

the French, and make good Englim, as in thefe

WMm.

clavian arteries arife.

Raf

We

Godfrey
carpcnfcrz, and men of fkill
In all the camp, fent to aji aged wood.
Fairfax.
In building Hiero's great fliip, there were three
hundred carpenters employed for a year together.

arteries

The

CA'RPINOLY.

his

Two

Lat.]

Lay afide therefore a carping fpirit, and re.id

even an ad verfary with an honeft dengn to find out
his true meaning ; do not match at little lapfc;,
and appearances of miftake.
l!'.:r:s.

DryJen

and ftronger work.

in rultick lays.

[atrHtiJti,

atlj.

wood

cenforious.

No Carping critick interrupts his praife,

No rival drives but fov a fecond place. Granrillt*

tioufly

n.f. [cbarpentier, Fr.]

artificer in

partidp. adj. [from Ta carp.]

;

Herbert.

ftile.

is
fhips.
joiner, as the carpenter

in fong.
She with precious viol'd liquors heals,
For which the fiiepherds at their feftivals

Ctrd her goodnefs loud

Captious

all-licens'd fool

actions carp or catch.

When 1 fpokc,

my

CA'RPENTER.

Pr'nr.

a.

CA'RPINC.

My honeft homely words vtesefjrp'J and cenfur'd,

That men and

<v.

a:

Sptnjfr.

cardfd out

cenwith at

quarrel, breaking forth

In rank and not to be endured riots. Sbakypean.
No, not a tooth or nail to fcracch

their lays,

And

Does hourly carp and

feftivity.

To CA'ROL.

Tcrtullian even often, through difcoAtentneiltj

ccrpttb injurioufiy at them, as though they d'.d
it even when
they were free from fuch meaning.

carol they began that hour,

that a lirj was but a flower.

fing

[carpo, Lat.]
to cavil ; to find fault

flfj':l::t::l.

To

n.

before the thing or perfon cenfured.

lung. jWu'ton.

in general.

-v.

and carpeted under foot, without any degrees to

the ftate ; ha was fet upon a low throne, richly
adorned, and a rich cl.it'n of Aatc over his head,
of blue l.itcin embroider d.
J'acc-r..
The dry iand we find every where naturally
carpeted ovet with graft, and other agreeable whole
fomc plants.
Dei

n.f. [carpe, Fr.]

pond fifh.
mine Itored a pond of three or four

-J.

be on the carpet {fur It tapis, Fr.]

be the fubjeft of confideration ; an
affair in hand.
to

<v. a.
[from the noun.] To
fpread with carpets.
We found him in a fair chamber, richly hanged

friend of

CARP.

To

To

To CA'RPET.

and piety.

Halt 'i Origin if

Or

The

How
To CA'ROL.

dame,
L-r free

aero with carpi and tench.

Vryden.

fong of devotion,
No night is now with hymn

Of fquadron'd

conftraint

Jiaine, remorfc,

2.

5.

is

hold carc,vjer t and advent' ring

itc iii hif, Ikill,

earou/e,]

fear the l>\cr, nor refufe the flame

CARP.

by night, and tournaments by day.

balls

[from

a toper.

But conki'ius

advance

The'cuttiy fcaft, the coral, and the dance,

Minitrcls ar.d mufick, poetry and play,

And

CARO'USER, n.f.

In the

vid's harp,

CAR

CAR

CAR

5.

Behaviour
Before

Iiis

perfonal manners.

hi*
eyes he did call a mil!, by

CAR

CAR

infinuition, and by the

carriage of his youth, that
exprcfled a natural princely behaviour.

..

in

hough

Nor

my face

in

there

's

The

woman

falhion ot thofe about them.

Conduct
Vou may

Grow

nieaiures

hurt yourlell

iron;

tiic

ki.ij

nay,

;i

..'ntance,

Match

new g^vernour to have fo" much

,,-,, that there might be no

dilcredon in h

Not

crow

carries

Bacon's Natural

ror winds, when homeward

they retuin,

CA'RROTINESS.

will

CA'RROTY.

drive

goods for others.

CA'RROWS.
it

my
of

lois

<*oice to tranfcribc

1 he wads

are

crowded with

ncn manufactures.

3.

farrier,, laJen

with

g""'-

1 '-

fage.
is in the letter
found
not commiflion'd to
expound

'

It fpeak, irfelf.

DryAn ., Bf%>

name of

he

^
:

There

tame and wild paeons and of

tame
croppers, carrier,, runts. Wi/ra',
are

n.f. [changae, Fr.]

carcafs of
not

fomething

for food.

retired

Tha-.

goods

I; ing l,y the violet in the

fun,
as the carriui
docs, not as the flower. Sbakcfo.
I his foul deed fhatl fmcll
above the

Witt, cair'xn

men ^nar:i

To

2.

me why

men

weight oftarrim

.
;

fle/h,

than t.

rr

vint:

n herds to r .n

nX

Ti

h rfc

{M

down
an(i

a deer.

hc

* ring"?fpecies in couturier

'?S..

by frequcnlodge oieir loathlome carrion

on high,

'P'J

h, v

3.

fo, lm|

To
D

dry about

under ground.

who

Jet,

as

they are birds of jrey,

DryJett.
l uvc ever 3

'carrnn.

7..

Any Hem

fo

p.,

corrupted as not to be

fit

lor food.
'II

that pride that

makes thee

them about

,,,,;

in their poc

I_hav
in

U thy ttirrw

for

^ood meat.

carry
JluJitrai.

lirtcned
II-MII-

to

away one

fatten,

the morning with other

ail

a!

CUrcnd^,.

t-

who

iu-e

often

togethar,

jhall

carry

ftiive for

over the

it

,
Jn pleafures and
pains, the prrfent
cany it, and thofe at adiilancc have the

13

To bar
If a

faved

man
and

ta

Locke.

out; to face through: with

carriet
if

a-it

difari'van-

tage in the comparifon.

10.

reft.

Licke.

1 .

it

off,

there

is

much money

fc

he be detected, there will be

fome-

rave

wirh

.-.n

i.i

linglc

my urmod

L'J!,ange.
To continue external
appearance.
My niece already in the belief that he mad
is

vi. 5.-.

mre

y carry

's

it

thus for our

pleafure and his i-

Uuttfairt.

"'",',','

12.

io manage;

to tranfaft.

Thcfenateisgrnei-illy
of

commons; anj

y.-t

as

numerous

cani.i

privately, that they are feldom

1

,.,

3.

To behave

it,

as our

known.
Mtlifon

to

houfe

rol'olutwos f

condat

tin

Jtalj.

with the re-

ciprocal pronoun.

Ncglca not alfo the examples of thofe that have

carrud tbemfdvu ill in the fame
liacm.
He attcnJed the king into place. where
ha
Scotland,
with
much fmgular fwcctnefs and
carry Ivnjdf
..
t:mper.
ry

o take

eaficr refolvoJ.

fwcll,

veal

^
It

maftery, whofe wills

have about one.

"U-

carry

it.

arts,

tPfiajii , Surgery.
to have with one.
4.
;
If the ideas of
liberty and volition were carried
along with us in our misds a great part of the
difficulties that
perplex men's thoughts would be
I

and the like

Children,

.-...,

Henry VII.
to prevail.

is,

the numeroiifn-:fs of a train mufl

carry it,
virtue may go follow
Aiirata, and vice only will be
worth the courting.
!a* v iUe.

than the
of
f^cics
r

with,

that

lic

B,n

to

t.hefe,

entertained the houfe

Batei

bear

it

xlix. 18.

in beds th.-fe that

1''t t.lkc

with

away.

great ordnance are (hot off to'gcl

ther, the found will be carried, at the
kail, twenty
miles upon the land.

Temple

Stattjfeart't Othello.

thlUg pleafant in the frolick.

beg..n to,

Where many

rfh , ,f Venice
.re fecn in flock,
where a carrin lies,'

Sijt.

they promi fed them*

fclves that
they ftould eafily carry it; fo that
they

the Seres
returning, carried*/
" eiri
ni.jr.ey, as they liked bclr.
,-i

minifeftly through the air,

Three thoufandd.

it.

owe,

lips

it it

gain

By

ry,

vc

thick

Fr.]
A,e you all ref.-ilv'd to
give your voices >
But that 's no matter the
;
grea.er part carrict

away,

ffa/m

i,.,

To

9.

carried Stephen to his burial.

viii. 2.

Cxtar.

:<!;,

[,,

carry her thus

to

wtrc '"lck -

Sbatrffcjrc'i
1

a fortune does the

oppofed to
often with a

ilk

tranfport.

They

earth,

g f>r burial.

her beauty:

diftrelled, and ready for 'an aflault,

had been given, would have coft much
blood
but yet the town would have been carritj
111
eni JJacen-s

go-

,,r

(**.

carry her ; let her confent,

dirccl her now, 'tis heft to bear

The town was

which,

go and come, to fetch and carry. Prior.

They t xpofej their goods with the price marked, then retired j the merchants
came, left the
price which they would give up-m the

him.

o gam after refiftance.

The count woos your
daughter,
Lays down his wanton fi.-ge before
1

What

To

ey -ill eat the dead

,,{,, an d one another
after j mfomuch th-t the
very orcafies they
out
their grave,.
fcraped
gfajer en 1,-elaJ.
It is I,

againft

If he can

cany her away this evcnin- hy rhe

foldier.;.
Drydm'i Sfa^b Frijr.
As in a hive's viminrom
dome,
Ten thoufand bees enjoy their
home;
Each docs her ftudious aftion

proper

pofed,

Refolves to

a [^r.,,,., Fr frora fw ._
.

and coatiau.
commiffioncr of the
treafury, ftill op.
commonly carried away every thins

and

Asiwt'il

help of theft two

oon

Do

Red-

latter Mill
enjoyins his, place,

a joint

mean

.'Three,

confulfhips

[le porter,

devout

CA'RRIOX.
The

~\

The

Spoken

particle, llgnifying departure, as

9FWhen be dieth, he (hall
carry nothing

i.

[from carrot.]

a place
bring, or convey to a piace

remote.
tfiere are

carroty.

To convey/,-^

I.

fije,

but it is thought of everv one Corio;

<U rr>y h.
Sttktfpear,.
J lee no;
yet how any of rhrfc fir rea ons can I*
nrly woided ; and yet if any of them hblJ
good,
it
''enough to cany the caule.
gtmtdertg.

r/, Lat.J
;

a fpecies of
pigeons, fo
d from the reported
pradice of feme
nations, who fend them with letters tied
to their necks, which
they carry to the
place where they v.-ere bred, however

4.

[from

'_:

my

SlaUfarfi Ear Lean

ftand for

they fay

they play

AUAn.

haiN

ipthlng

much rru.ncy.
r. CA'RRY.

The welcome news

he earner

o.

adj.

r-,all 1

-H) W many

earrnei are a kind of

people that wander
and down t.
gentle rcn's houfes, livin
onh
po cai,is and die; who, thou;;!!
they havL jif'^
of their own, yt will
for

wwr,.

meffenger; one who carries a mef-

n.f.

hardly
earry out
h-ujband being ai.ve.

Her

L'f.flr tt gc

Fr. ,rW,,, Lat

,:n'.-aij;i-.ci\.
.,',
eih-ct, u^lds wtarrjinf- o; our

And

n.f. [an Irilh word.]

The

my origin

c.uca!;.

c occa fi on

advantages will be of

red hair, oa account of

its refemblance in colour to cnrrots.

carry

have rather made

thaii to venture the

.1

of hair.

nefs

The lojded carrier! from their

evening hive. Dryd.
2. One wnofe
profeffion or trade is to

all,

much

t |.

impr.ve them to words, in the

m
p011
?J o
7gam in competition.

.
VI.
.->
our dcjth-l ej vilk> tr.im one
at a rat: with that of a
carrku

flieepj v,= fmcll

Bacon
of
;
j
thoroughly by our too -much hiite.
Wi;

,
re

;,

lliflcrf.

it.

bfc

_,

m,

thnugh ga.Jen roots, yet they do well

Mortimer
His fpoufe orders the fuk to be
inimdiatelv
and
opened,
greedily pulls out if it half a dota
bunches ot carrels.
fr

diAingu,& between the motion of

the air, which is but a veticvlum eau
if , 3 earner
of the lounds, and the f mnds corny

li

u> the fiells for feed.

fomething.

irmft

they that carry

b-Jlmifs well

C.jr/-;;j,

n.f. [from To cany.]

One who

h-.ve en-, vr-.rVd

CA'RROT. n.f. [carote,

An efculent root.

:p

Back's Henry VII.

CA RRIER.
Vou

r.f

urity

to a

Ibme vain perfons, that whufoever

r "I0veth
"P on greer means, if
fo little hand in
it, they think it

''

Oft-times

is

iwrtl.

is

.,

tranfacline

.-.ner of
of the bu/inefs, was as
carriage
hjj bee*
:: ;,, n
1n {,;,_
.

1.

tii'etl.

there

T.v'n ot th

Ihe

any thing.

are

carcafles

match

to

Clitrer.dsn.

Management; manner of

7.

to

'

notice taken in the cicrcile uf hi;

religion.
, -

There

carcafles.

this car-

c'i.,<.

Sbakiffearit Henry IV.

effect

[from the fabftantive.l

;
feeding upon

atlj.

Relating

by-

J ihn Falrtad'to the Fleet;

compasy along with him.

they hive never

CA'RRION.

utt.-riy

carry Sir
his

all

To

6.

Jjvi.ca the

of reproach for a worthlefs

force.

convey by

Go,

Take

the

Lttltt.

To

Drjdir..

that foolii carr'w, Mrs.

Quickly
to hiin, and cxcufe his
throwing into the water ?

practices.

death,

we fend

Shall

ing, that which will n.oir influence their ;j r *''a<r>

will be the

6.

die'.

A name

3.

company they converfe with, and

my

Yet karce enough their

hunger to fu p,,iv,
for ten has made me carrion ere 1

Boon's Henry Vll.

no affected frown,

my carriage fcign'd nicenefs ihown,

keep my honour ftiil without a ftair..
Drydtx.
Let them have ever to learned lectures of
breed-

CAR

wolves will get a breakfaft

by

He carried Umfc/f to
infolently in the hqufe, and
ut of the
houfe, to all perfons, that he- became
" dl " us -

Lafk(n
attention for

ir,' without
being able to
fcntcnce out of "a
.

Chrendn.

4.

Sometimes with//;

high.

as, fhe

tames

it

15.

To bring

forward

advance in any

to

man

fa- ry a

it

however,

far conftancy will

better walking flowly

Th

natural way, without

pbin

ftiongly carried out to, anil hardly took

off from, the practice of vice.
South,
He that the world, or flcfh, or devil,. can cany

30.

ward from one

to have

to obtain.

In fome vegetablrs, we lee fomethir.g that carries

a kind of analogy to fenlc ; they contrail their
Ic.ives against the cold ; they open them to the favourable heat.
Hall's Origin cf Mankind.

18. To exhibit to (how; to difplay on the

outfide ; to fet to view.

The afpecl of every one

much fatlst'alion, that it

knows

To

To

jQJitijct:.
;

He
it,

contain

thought

it

carried fomething of

Walti

To CA'RRY.

argument

it car;

There

them

are

many

it

the divine ftamp.

exprefllons,

which

cam

r:

and

is

tale.]

Some

the \vh-lc
rock, to that you fee the Iky through it, notwiththe
rooms
lie
ft Hiding
vt-ry deep. st*dijn en Italy

//,

^5.

To

receive

/'

Origin of

Maitti-.J.

endure: not in ufe.

readinrli fo many odd (torje:., as
;

to

Soroe have in
t-.i a
there is nothing but they ca
tale,
to make others carry it with more p'eafure. Bacon.

26.

To

Carry cam*. mile, or wild thyme, or the green

QiawU:rry, upon flicks, as you do hops upon poles.
Eacoift Natural il'ijt&y.

To

fomc

See

CAR. [cpa*,

bear, as trees.

Set them a reafonabte depth, and they will carry

mere fiiwoK upun LUe iiern.
JiaiuCi A/*t. H,f.

flight

Tar.flc.

wheel-carriage, uled
luggage.

Drfrlcc.

for

commonly

while

fmall carriage with two wheels, ufed

by hiiibandmen ; diftinguilhed from a
ivaggcn, which has four wheels.
what weights are thcfe that load my heart

3.

'

am as dull as winter ftarved (hecp,

Tir'd as a jadr in overloadcn cart.
I

The

4.

vehicle in

Sidney.

which criminals

art-

fi;miv,

whufc good giKcwjs

to

open the

fcer.c,

Vow fitted
And often

the halter,

now

travers'd the .-art,

took leave, but was loth to

d.';

Prior.

To

CART.

-v.

a.

[from the noun.]

To ex-

pofe in a cart, by way of puniihtnent.

Dcmocritus ne'er laugh'd fo luud,
To Ice bawds carted through the crowd. IluJHrji,

No woman
SHe

led a better life

biie

was e'en hard-hearte';

chuckled when a bawa was caittJ;

to intrigue:

iuay.~\

a carriage

large,

it is

beft to

may
hare

[French.]

blank

a paper to be filled up with fuch

conditions as the perfon to whom it is
fent thinks proper.
CA'RTEL. n.f. [cartel, Fr. cartello, Ital.]
1
writing containing, for the moft parr,
ftipulations between enemies.

paper

As this difcord amoivT the fifterhood is likely to

engage them in a long and lingering war, it is the

2.

tha: there fhouid be a cartel fertic-J

Mdiftn's Freclaidtr,

Anciently any publick paper.

Tlu-y

flatly

difavouch

To yield him more obedience, or fupport

And as to perjur'd duke of Lancaster,
'1

heir carte! of defiance, they prefer.

Daniel's Ck'-,' Il'ir.

CA'RTER. n.f. [from cart.} The man

who drives a cart, or whofe trade it is
to drive a cart.
Let

me

be no afliftant for a (late.

a farm, and cartfri.

Divine gooJnefs n

But keep

The

Statijf. Hjir'ut.
<vided that,

rJing to the advice of Hcixulcj to Ou curttr,

put our own ihouidcrs totliework. L'E/lraxtt,
Carter and h;>ti confronted face to lace. Dryjtr,.
It is the uiujcnce of a cn:-tir to put bells upon
his horfes, to make tticm carry their burdens

ac

we

ch.vrfully.

CA'RTILAGE.

carried to execution.

The

CARTE BLANCHE.

cjiat,

to
Scyt.iians are rtelcribed by Herodotus

[from cart and

of them.
cart-icay along the middle
Mortimer** HujbanArym

more necefliry
among them.

convey by means of fomething

Supporting.

27.

forne pleafeman,

my friend, juft ready to depirt,

as packing all his goods in one poor can,
He ll:>pp'd a littit
DijJt^'i Juvenal.

to an incredible dii"r

Now

thing fucccflive in a train.

MancthK. that wrote of the Egyptians, hath
government

[from carry and

2.

uj,

/.

Triptolcmus, fo fung the Nine,

Stp-w'd plenty from Ins .en divine.

pufh on ideas, arguments, or any

their

talebearer.

ofmaves.

or continue any thing in a

certain direction.
Hi9 chimney is carried up through

IOTJJ.

n. f.

way through which

conveniently travel.
Where your woods are

his

feed upun the milk

lodge always in ctrts, and to

We

fee alfo manifeftly, that founds are earned

wind ! and therefore fmnds will be heard
further with the wind than againft the wind.
BucoJs Narui al HiJJcrv.

when

Sax.]
A carriage in general.

tion.

her feet,

faid to carry well,

carry-rale,

The

22. To convey or bear any thing united

or adhering, by communication of mo-

..'

n. /. [cart and rope.]

ftrong cord ufed to faften the load on
the carriage : proverbially any thick

carry,

uirfi
Told our intents before. Sbak. La ve'i Labour Loft.

1.

Locke.

is

laid to carry

rr

To

CART-ROPE.

is

CART.

fi.iite.

(licks to

it

to

Lccke.
my mind no clear ideas.
obvious portions of extend.in, that ateft
our f:-nfcs, carry -with them into the mind the idea

24.

Beyle,

Let Wood and his accomplices travel about a

country with cart-loach of their ware, and fee who
will take it.
Swift,
2.
quantity fufficient to load a cart.

on rotten ground, or on

CA'RRY-TALE.

'

to

To move

cart-load of carrots appeared of darker cowhen looked upon where the points were
obverted to the eye, than where the fides were fo.

CART-WAY,

arched, and he holds his head

but when his neck is ftiort, and
his head, he
ill-fhaped, and he lowers

neck

high

South.

The

^3.

Temfie.

To

by hunters

faid

is

A horfe

z.

a righteous

ted with

mo-

i>. n.

(he runs

froft,

and a fearching law, diforbidding fuch practices ; and they knew

rtcll)

that

hare

when

in

i.

To

There was

lead.]
thing piled on a cart.

all diffibetray our fuccours> viftorioufly through

Hair.nand,
culties.

on the Mir.d.

have annexed ; to have any Uiing

joined with the particle with.

21.

and

lour,

with

war.

on the

through.

SiJniy.

n.f, [from cart

A quantity of any

1 .

both

fupport; to keep
from failing, or being conquered.
That grace will carry m, if we do not wilfully

to comprife.

to pr;ive that doctrine.

To carry

jeils ever to thrive.

CART-LOAD,

to let
profecute; not

will not confent to furnifli us

ney fuffieicnt to carry

33.

Locke.

20.

way

vile horfe, fit only for the cart.

He came out with all his 'clowns, horfed upon
fuch tart jades, fo furniihed, I thought if that
were thrift, I wifhed none of my friends or fub-

was carried on
to it,

jteUifi*.

To

carry on.

ceafe.
Frjnce

his

to import.
19.
It catr'ui too great an
imputation of ignorance,
lightnrfc, or folly, for men to quit and renounce
their former tenets, prefently, upon the ofter of an
argument which they cannot immediately anfwer.

imply

Italy
oppofitions in his

[from c art and jade

n. f.

cord.

lot.

happy

To

in

fettlcmcnt

through all t'r.e

by fcj and land.

in the family carries fo

appears he

Sfratt.

lijitcncd.
./Kneas's

32.

KnM;,.

CART-JADE,

ftage to another.

Welled Saviour, carried en by his difciptes, and to

be completed by their fuccefTburs to the world's
end, all types that dai.iened this faith are en-

too far in punching others ; and therefore God

hath certainly appointed government to reftrain the
Lecke.
partiality and violence of men.

bear

cart.
It was determined, that thefe fick and woumkj
foldiers fhouid be carried upon the lan-htafes.

the administration of grace, begun by our

By

Mortimer*

n.f. [from cart and^ar/i.]

Acoarfe unwieldy horfe, fit only for the

To

cany

31.

for carriage.

ing.

promote

It furies on the fame defign that is promoted

it in
by authors of a graver turn, and only does
another mai-ner.
jfddif'jtt.
continue ; to put foron.
To

nway from the profcfiion of an obedience to Chriif,

no fon of tlie, faithful Abraham.
Hammond's Praflical Catcitifm.
Ill nature,
paflion, and revenge, will cany them

To

To

carry

To ufe carts

CART-HORSE,

forward.

is

17.

1'arr lived to

<v.n.

are not fo good for draught, where you

have occafion to carl much, but for winter plough,

Oxen

kill.

one hundred and fifty-three

if the
years of age, and might have gone further,
Temple,
chinge of air hacl not carried him iff.
to help
To
on.
;

To

Men arc

To

tarry of.

Old

urge ; to bear forward with fome

kind of external impulfe.

6.

Tt

29.

C A R T.

To

Afctam'i Sckodmajier.

grammar, can

tarry them to great elegancy and politencfs in their

Locke.
language.
There is no vice which mankind carries to futh
wild extremes, as that of avarice.
Swift.

young

popinjayi learn quickly to fpeak.

how

in a rugged way, than to break a leg and be a cripLocke.

ple.
^

thought the nation ne'er would rhrirf,

Prior,
Till all the whores were burnt alive.

And

To fetch and bring, as dogs.

Young whelps learn cafily to carry

28.

progrefs.
IM., nut to be imagine.!

CAR

CAR

CAR

n.f. [cartilage, Lat.]

than a
bone, but harder than a ligament. In it
are no cavities or cells for containing of
marrow ; nor is it covered over with any
membrane to make it fenfible, as the
The cartilages have a nabones are.
tural clafticity, by which, if they are
forced from their natural figure or fituatioti, they rc-tuni to it of themfelves, as

fmooth and

folid

foon as that force

bodyv

is

fofter

taken away. Qumcy.

Cuali,

CAR

CAS

Canals, by degrees, are abolished, and grow folid

feveral of them united grow a membrane; thefe

To

membranes
nd

further coufolidatcd

become

cartilages bones.

cartilages,

1 odj

CARTILA'CI.NOUS.

[from cartiConfuting

South.
How dares fmful dud and ames invade the prerogative of Providence, and carve out to himlelf
the feafons and iffues of life and death ?
South.

the cartilagyiems kind of fifties

afcend and defcend at plealure,
poife theml'clves,
anJ continue in what depth of water they lift, is as
artifice

yet unknown.
Ray
The larynx gives paflage to the breath, and,
as the breath paiTeth through the rimula, makes a
vibration of thofe cartilaginous bodies, which forms
that breath in:o a vocal found or voice.
Hcltler'i

CARTO'ON.

fome common and great

to carve to their wants,

6.

n.f. [cartone, Ital.]

paint-

2.

wood

cafe of

three inches thick at

the bottom, girt round with marlin, and
holding forty-eight mufket-balls, and fix
or eight iron balls of a pound
weight.
It is fired out of a hobit or fmall mortar,

2.

and

proper for defending a pafs.

Harris.
portable box for charges.

of.paper or parchwith gunpowder, uled for

the greater expedition in
charging guns
Our monaich ftands in perfon by,

ment

filled

His new-call cannons firmnefs

to explore

route, a

n.

way.]

f.

1.

Who fold
2.

[from cart and rut

track made by a cart

wheel.

Lat.]

n.f. [from cbarta, paper,

place where papers or records

are kept.

[from can
of carts..

n. f.

A maker

and

Atter local names, ihe mod names have been

derived from occupations or
profeHioni ; as, Taylor, Potter, Smith,
Caniurigtt. Camdcn's Remains.

To

CARVE,

v. a.
[ceojipan, Sax. tenen,

Dutch.]
I

3.

cut wood, or (tone, or other

matter,
into elegant forms.
Taking the very refufe, he hath carved it diligently when he had nothing dfc to do.
frjjM,, xin. , 3
really carved mount Atl-.m
ftafie of Alexander the
Great, anJ. had the
ry of the faa been obliterated by fome ac', who could afterward* have
proved it imJc, but that it might cafuaily have been
.

Hal Democrates

The

The

3.

caterpillars

artifts

for hire, or

body

but a cafe to this vehicle.

is

To cot meat at the table.

To make any thing by carving

2.
3.

ttftley.

or cut-

ting.
J"

f<

And
A-

ring idlcnefs, the nurfe of

<
aJpl in xercis'd his happy (kill
cur-u'd in
ivory fuch a maid Ib

natu.-e could not witli his art

W,re (he to work.

4.

To
O

fair,

a purpofe likewife to raife, in the

books, and to furniih it

choke collections from

compare,

engrave.

That every
Shall f

Run,
.

&.

,->-,

which

Thefeus could command,

for better fame
j

thy
run, Orlando,

n.f. [from cafe and knife.}

large kitchen knife.

ab

The

with a great cafi-hi'fi

king always
ftuck in his girdle, which the
lady fnatches from'
in the
ftrugglc, and fo defends herfclf.

CASE-SHOT,

n. f.

Mb,

every
the chiAc, the
unexpreOive fte.

Stak

yet to raifc,

charged with

CASE.

cafe

and,/^/*]

Clarendon.

cafe./bot.

n.f. '[cifus, Lat.]

Condition with regard to out.vard cir-

I.

cuinftances.
he, of fn great grace,.
think fuch glory to attain ?
Thrft tha. have it uttain'd were in like
tafc r
Qi; ith he, as wretched, and liv'd in like pain".

Unworthy wretch, quoth

How

dart-

Fairy Qgten.
royul thoughts, make the cafe
yours j
Be now a fathci>and
Khak. Hen. IV.
propofe a fon.
Some knew the face,
And all had heard the much lamented
cafe. Dryden.
Thefe were the circumftanccs under which the
Corinthians then were ; and the
argument which
the apoftle advances, is intended to reach their
particular ctfe.
Attcrturyr
My youth may be made, as it never fails in ex-

n.f. [fromcarve.] Sculpture;

grapes in clufters lurk

CARU'NCLE.

firgil.

n.f. [caruncttla, Lat.] A

fmall protuberance of flefh, either na-

morbid.

ecutions, a cafe of

companionPofe'i Preface to

z.

Caruncles arc a fort of loofe fltfli

arifing in the
urethra by the crofion made
itby virulent acid

ter -

CARTA TES.

tTifiman

[from Gary a, a city

CARYATIDES. \ taken by the Greeks,
who led away the women
captives ; and,
to perpetuate their
flavery, reprefented
n.f.

in

buildings as charged with burorder of columns or piJafters,

under the figures of women dreffed in

An

long robes, ferving to fupport entablatures.

Chambers.
n.f. [cafcade, Fr. ca-Jcata, Ital.

from fa/care, to

fall.]

cataract;

fall.

Rivers divcrt-d from

And bound

[from

Bullets inclofed in a cafe.

In each fevcn fmall brafs and leather
guns,

up the meat at the table.

lids are
ivy,

water-

uni-

with

own charge.

SMd'ijor on /rj/tt.

wrought

Beneath the carving of the curious work.

Dryden 's

USCA'DE.

parts, at his

fPttton,

laft like the ancients, than

carvings in wood like thofe in marble and

in this foreft
lowits,
f/j cverv v,i, eree.irve on
tree

all

CASE-KNIFE,

figures carved.
'1
hey can no more

dens.]

nobly defigned,
Adtlij'w on Italy.

Portion your

CA'RVJNG.

them

Rofaiind, thefe treet mall be

my books,
in their barks
my thought, IM character

And

ill,

is

building unfurnifhed.

.'

in cafes.
Ray in the Creation*

outer part of a houfe or building.

He had

Shakcfpeare's Richard II.

are not the carvers of our own fortunes

tural or

Dryden.
produced maggots, that im-

verfity, a fair cafe for

own

The

come in braving arms,

carver, and cut out his wav,
rind out right with
wrongs it mny not be.

We

Stalcfp. Anttmy and Cleofatrai

vifible that roil'd within,
the fijjurM hours are feen,

cafe of the holy houfe

and executed by great mafters.

that apportions or distributes at will.

his

The

2.

In this kind, to

To

Srcime OH the OdyJJey.

Juft then ClarifTa drew, with tempting grace,
two edg'd weapon from her mining
cafe.
Fafe.

Prior.

Drydcn.

He

fides

him

that cuts

excellent

To

lerv'd

matter painters and the carvers came.

Dryden.

He

Be

CA'RTWRICHT.

fpy

The carver, dancing round each dift,

furveys
With flying knife, and, as his art directs,
With proper geftores ev'ry fowl differs.

CA'RTULARY.

Other

carve.]

Meanwhile thy indignation

The

fculptor.
All arts and

my

mcJ lately made themfelves up

/ A fmall

The

Dryden.

CA'RTRUT.

a.

CA'RVER. n.f. [from

The ftrength of big-corn'd powder loves to

try,
And ball and cartrage forts for every bore.

fhip.
I gave them
order, if they found any Indians
there, to f:nd in the little fly-boat, or the camel,
into the river; for, with our
great mips, we durft
not approach the coafr.
Raleigh.

[cartouche, FT.]

Windjw.

miftrefs for the

ftrangers carv'J.

CA'RVEL.

cleave,

Pajlorah.

love to Ford's wife

Well then, things

handfomely were

My

jlddifcn.

As through a cryftal cafe

n.

make

Each thought was

cote,

entertainment in her; flic difcourfes, me carves,

me gives the leer of invitation.
Shakejf can't Merry ff^ives of

is

CA'RTRACE. In./,
CA'RTRIDOE. J cafe

do mean to

by feveral cafcades from one rock

the bottom of the
valley.

gabs

exercife the trade of a

fculptor.
perform at table the office of fupplying the company from the difhes.
1

a preci-

Heart, once be ftronger than thy continent,

Crack thy frail cafe.

To
To

Logick

<v.

down

n.f. [cai/e, Fr.abox.]

Something that covers or contains any
thing elfe ; a covering ; a box ; a

To CARVE.
1

ffatts's

1.

cut
to hew.
Or they will buy his flieep forth of the
Or they will carve the ihepherd's throat.

falls
till it

itfelf

flieath.

Locke.

Spends

n.f. [cartouche, Fr.]

1.

emboldens them

and

Teverone throws

CASE.

Brave Micbfth, with his bran>liihM

Heel,
_Like valour's minion, carved out his paflage. Stat.

js

CARTO'UCH.

To

diftrefs

river

another,

labourers' /bare, being feldom more than a

bare fubfiftence, never allows that
body of men
opportunity to ftruggle with the richer, unlefs when

ing or drawing upon large paper.

with a vulgar idea that t.'ie world beholds
It
the cartoon of Raphael, and every one feels hi
fiiare of pleafure and entertainment.

pice,

The

E\-jn:ns of Speech.

The

tood.

lage.]

of cartilages.
By what

Prnr.

He had been a keeper of his flocks both from

the violence of robbers and his own
foldiers, who
could tafily have carved themfelves their own

jlrbuthnot

CARTILAGI'NEOUS.

CAS
from Urge cafcadei in pleafmg tumult roll'd,
Or rofe through figur'd ftone, or breathing gol.l.

to apportion; to
pro-

diftribute;
5.
vide at will.

v*iil

tlieir

chain; of

native courfe,

artiiiciii force,

Us Wcrks.

State of things.

He

th/t if there can be found fuch. aiinia.i and man, as between manb:i(l, or bi-twocn foul and boJy, it invelleth a
faiih,

in.-quality

an

bftween

right of

government ; which fecmeth rather an

impomble cuft, than an untrue fintence.
Bacon.
Here was the cafe ; an army of
Englim, wallwl
and

tired

army of
and
I

with a long. winter's

a greater

<.a;i

but Le

engaged an
thcmldvcs, frcfli
Bacon.
wherever I am ; fo that
all a
to
me.
cafe

number

in vigour.

a fi.i-.c

taken or not taken,

'tis

fie^e,

tlian

LSEJirange,

They

are excellent in order to certain

ends;
to nfc them, a-, the
now

hath no need

he

Hands,
being provided for with the provifion of an angeh
Taj/or*s Holy Litrng.
Your parents did not produce you much into the
world, whereby you have fewer ill imprcflions ;. but
they failed, as

cafe

is

generally the cafe, in too

ne^lo&ins to cultivate your mind.

much

Stuift,

3-

the body
[Tnphvfick.] State of
of the difeafe.

3.

was well

It

for

we had

rather

5.

The

of

(late

cover as a cafe.
Then comes my fit again

for our

many

air.

Then

from the

infide.

they began to

cafe their

houfes with marjlrtutbnot.

To

4.

in their
cafes

the

ilrip off the

If be he not apt to beat over matters, and to call

another, let him
up one thing to prove ani il!uftra;c
dsf.-ft of 'he m.n.i
ftudy the lawyer> afss : fo every
B.it-iu': EJiys.
may hive a fpccial rcveipt.

cafe

make you fame fprt with

him.

4V

to take off

All's

jifj';-^i''i

In ludicrous language, condition with

in ta/i, is
regard to leannefs or fat.

i'. n.

tndi wfli.

To

the matter with him, and hying diltimfbons before

him.
L'Eflrarge.
<v. a. [from cafe and
To

CASEHA'RDEN.

to juftle a conftable.
I'ny have but | aticnce

harden.] To harden on the outfide.

The manner of ufelarttenirg is thus Take
caw horn or hoof, dry it ttturoughly in an even,

am

then beat

in little better cejt, I'll

in caff

SbaitJ/xare'i Ttmpcft.
till then, and when 1
tin ow inyielf in the vci ;

mouth of you.
Quoth R.iiph,

j.

to dry and harden.

up the coals to it,

prieft

to the fpleen.
perfeft (Vran^er

Sivift.

and upper

to his confiif, contrai^

there is a
dence, it mould prove in the iflue that
for ever. Tillotftm.
>d, the man is loft and undone

I.

8. Queltion relating to particular perfons

man moft

wife in his

own

Sidney.

'it

is

ancient fathers mould not

ftrange, that the
to this judge, in all cafes, it being fo Ihort

appeal
and expedite a way for the,ending of controverts.

of any fact or queftion.

9. Reprefentation
of nouns.
variation
The
10.
The feveral changes which the noun undergoes
in the Latin and Greek tongues, in the feveral
called cafes, and are defigned to exviews or relations under which
prefs the fevcral
with regard to one anothe mind confiders

numbers, are

ther;
purpofc

Put

it

into the lire, and

lump have juft a

Moxvn'i Mecban. Exircifes.

things
and the variation of the noun for this
Clark's Latin Gfjm.
is called declenfiim.

If it mould
[in cafo, Ital.]
that : a
happen ; upon the fuppofition
form of fpeech now little ufed.
For in cajt it be certain, kard it cannot be for
them to (hew u^ where we (hail fiivl it ; that we
roay fy thcfe were the orders of the apoftles.

11. In cafe,

CA'SEMENT.

n. f.

may you have a cajtment of the

then

And

a.e the Ciif-mcxti

And

have

fure retreat to his forces, in cafe they ilwuld

an ill day, or unlucky chance in thefrld.

Bacon's Henry Vll.

This would he the

jnin

felicity,

accomplirtvrieiit of their comeither by their evil deftiny

StftftrA

To

-v. a.

[from the noun.]

cover.
put in a cafe or
vr, .afe ye ; on wiih your vizours

Ceft

money of

the king's coming

down

there

's

SUtAitn't Henry IV.

The

cry went one; for thee,

And ftiU it might, and yet i- may again,
Jt" t'aoil'would'ft not entomb thyleli alive,

And

cafe

thy reputation in a tent.

Trains and CreJJiJa.
Slttilftfrt'i

Like a fall'n cedar, far dift'u^'d his train,

C*i'd in- green fcalcs, the crocotiiJc extends.
Tkanfon.

e'.ea,-

Soiub.

cheefe

adj. [cafeus, Lat.] Refembliug

cheefy.
from the eafaxi parts of the
Fly>r in :L< HUK.UI:.

CA'SERN. n. f. (caferae, Fr.] A little

room or lodgement erected between tin;
lied towns,
rampart and the houfes of lord
to (erve as apartments or lodgings for

the foldiers of the garrifon, with beds.

Harris.

and lutrm.]
n.f. [from cafe
grub that makes itfelf a cafe.

CA'SEWORM.

or (njeuitrnt,

we

to

[caj/'er,

be found in this

Fr. cajare,

hurt haft cnjlicr'd

C.illio.

Seconds in factions many times prove principals ;

but m.my times aifo they prove cyphers, and are
Satfmi
cajhiired.
If 1 had omitted what he fiid, his thoughts and
in my hands, he had no
words being thus
ca/bier'tt

us.
Drydtn.
longer been Lucr^t
They have already tejhia-til feveral of their followers as mutineers.
Addijun't Freeholder,
The ruling rogue, who dreads to be cajhier'd,
to
be
fear'd.
S-.c ft.
as
is
he
hated,
Contrives,
:

2.

Jt

feems,

the

in

following paffages,
to fignify the fame as to annul ; to vacate : winch is fufficiently agreeable to
the derivation.
If we (hiuld find a father corrupting his fon,
or a mother her daughter, we mult charge this
upun

a peculiar

if the

anomaly anJ bafcuefs of nature;

name of

nature

may

be allowed to that

to be utter sajtieriag of it, and deviaand a contradiction to, the common

which feems
tion

fmm,

principles

of humanity.

.ii/CTii-,

Sunk,

or at Icaft endeavour to invalidate,

and forbid us to hearken to

other arguments,
thofe proofs, as weak or f.illacious.

between the profpcA of a cajcmeni and a keyhole.

Its lib.ous parts are

the hill.

And thou by that fmall

all

the underftanding then, and the

reprcfentations
obfcurc difcoveries that it nmkea n.iw, as there is

chvle.

a.

To difcard ; to difmifs from a pod,

or a fociety, with reproach.
Dues 't not go well ? Cuifio hath beaten thee,

1.

Some

<>f

CA'SEOUS.

lollcs,

<y.

mob', he'll never mind ;

while the mule is kind. Fife.

or

Lat.J

fly

difference between the

it cafe,

or advice, they lulfercd not the occalion to be loft.

fo CASE.

much

Miller.
that has

Luke.

And knows no

great

Hvdibres.
a;

He

ctijhiert,

To CASHI'ER.

gently op'ning lid, the caf,t*ent,

is

that bea.i

it.

Flight of

Look'd out, but yet with fome aciaz^nrvnt.

There

tree

money

received

Dulles.

Htittr.

admit moit lyht.

They, waken'd with the noife, did

Fr.^ni inward room t'> window eye,

chamber window, where we phy, open, and the

moon may mine in at the cafimmt.
Dream.
Sbakffftart'i M'utfummer Nigl'f's
Hire in this world they do much knowledge reaJ,
wiiicli

l'?ft.

tup.]

Venetian, finding his fon's expenccs grow

his tjjlier to let him have no
very high, ordered
ire
than what be Ihould count when he

window opening upon hinges.

Why,

way.

If a (leward or cajhier be fuffeted to run on,

to a reckoning, fuch a fotiifli
lii
forbearance will teach him to ftufnV.

without bringing

mine. Harris.

[cnfamento, Ital.]

n. f.

n.f. [from cafb.~\

charge of the money..

vault or

to the

in his

CASHI'ER.

batteries.]

work, and air given

i:

nuts, not with (hells, but hulks.

kind of
[In fortification.]
arch of (lone-work, in that part of the
flan^ of a baftion next the curtin, (omewhat retired r drawn back towards the
of the baition, ferving as a bat-

capital
of the oppofite
tery to defend the face
Cbamb.
baition, aud the moat or ditch.
with its feveral fubterraz. The well,
neous branches, dug in the paflage of
the baftion, till the miner is heard at

that put

Arbuikn*.'.

CA'SHEWNUT.

Ital.

him

or privy,
Uifpenfator was propeiij ncaJb-Lccper,

the whole

till

pur.ilh'd

puric.

blow

n.f. [from cafaarmata,

made
cafamata, Span, a vault formerly
of the lower
to ieparate the
platforms

provifion for this eafe\

find each

And

put about the fame <iu.m-

CA'SEMATE.

out conor expectation, hath made no

trary to his belief

cafe.

blood-red heat.

Contingence ; pofiible event.

The atheift, in cafe things mould fall

or things.
Well co 1

powder

bent to unhoard the cajb

CA'SH-KEEPE R. n.J. [from cajl and

A man entrulted with the money.

fait to it, and mingle them together

tity of bay
with (Ule chambcrlyc, or clle wiiite wine vinegar.
Lay fome of this mixture upon loam, and cover
the loam
your iron all over with it ; then wrap
about all, and lay it upon the hearth of the forge

L'EJlraag..

was pretty well in aft,

And ihew'd fome humour in his face;
Look'd with an eat'y carclefs mien,

it to

in the

ParaJife I.
burgher.
end of all his cajk, he ha both kit
i
law and his daily bread now up>n tru!}.
Abiiitr.-.fs "Jots Bull.
He fent the thief, that dole the ca/b, away,

I ftould not, if I were

Hudibras.
In cafe lot acYmn, now be here.
For if the fire be faint, or out of tefr,
He wili be copy'd ir. his familh'd race. DryJ.

The

A thief,

Monty

money

Of fome ricn
He at an

the fox ere we

;<<// riu.'

to contrive
put cal.-s ;
ule.
a
ludicrous
of
tacts:
reprelenutions
They fell prefently to reafuoing and cJig upon

To CASE.

am

covering

flcin.

\Ve'il

lijly.otfctt.
i'hou ijeft, moft ignoriut mnnftcr,

properly ready money

cheit, or at hand.

cover on the outfide with materials

different

a clieft.]
n.f. \_cai/t, Fr.

CASH.

broad and gcn'ral at the ea/irg

To

3.

pleas.

6.

per-

and in feveral
nation, in feveral diftinft counties,
little broolu.
/''.;

Sbakt'fcart'i Maclei'u.

Bfttt-

considered

bc

tlfc

ble,

facts juridically

ai, the lawyer;, cited

bad

fect,

As

be a proper remedy in
Cltalyheatc wati-r Items to
drlitiLact ir. A/metis.
h> p )chi.ndriacal ejj'ti.

Hiilory of a difeafe.

To

2.

Mate

met with calms

nd contrary winds, than any lempefts

Cck were many, and in very ill caft.

4.

CAS

CAS

CAS

Locke.

n.f. [cafjue, Fr. caain, Lat.]

A barrel ; a wooden veflel to Hop
liquor or proviiions.

CASK.
1

up

The patient turning himfelf ab:d, it m.vJces a

like the rumbling of
fluctuating kind of noife,
water

ill

Jlarvy,

..!/

may change his wine,

And drink old fparkling Alban, or Setine,
Wh"fe ;hie, and whof. agr, with mould o'ergrown,
The good old cajfk fir ever keeps unknown. DryJ.
2. It has ccifk in a kind of plural fenfe, to
the commodity or provifion of
I'.Tluns to-morrow he

fignify
cafks.
Great inconveniences grow by the bad taji bf.
ill lealbned and conditioned, r.s
ing commonly fo
of the beer is ever loft and cad
that a
great part

away.

CASK.

n.f.

Ka/f^l:
[cafjue, Fr. caffli, Lat.]
helmet; armour for the

A
CASQJ/E. J
head a poetical word.
:

Let

Let thy Mows, doubly redoubled,

amazing thunder on the cafjvt
Of thy pernicious enemy.
Siakeffeart
theft

from ifar they fight;

Sling weighty ftones, when
Their cajaua ate cork, a covering thick and light.

Sbakrffeart.
what dft thou bear
ignorant poor man
Lock.'J up M ithin the cajitt of thy bread ?
What jewels and what riches haft thou there ?
What heav'nly treafure in fo weak a cheft ? Daviei.

CA'SSOCK. n.f. [cafaque, Fr.] A clofe

garment ; now geneially that which
clergymen wear under their gowns.
Half dare not (hake the fnow from

His fcanty

put in a
1

my letters,

cajlettd

my

CAST.

a.

-*>.

preter. cajl

[kafter,

paff. cajl.

word of multifarious and

To

1.

Stakefftare.

darts,

which envy cafletb

fafeiy

and

make

To

void

wounds of

thofe

go on

ways of aacient mifRaleigh.

till

evening.

This opinion fuperfedes and

Ray

CAS*A'TION.
making null or

a. f.

CA'SSAVI.

CA'SSADA.

eajjatet

the beft

[caffatio t Lat.]

Dia.

void.

n.f.

vated

in all

the

warm

parts

of America, where the root, after being

diverted of its milky juice, is ground to
flour, and then made into cakes of
bread.
Of this there are two forts.
The moft common has purpliih ftalks,
with the veins and leaves of a purplifa
colour ; but the ftalks of the other are
green, and the leaves of a lighter green.
The laftfort is not venomous, even when
t:,e roots are frefh and full of juice ;

which the negroes frequently dig up,

roaft, and eat, like potatoes, without
any

ill

Miller.

effects.

CA'SSAWARE.

See

CASSIOWARY.

CA'SSIA. n.f. A fweet fpice mentioned

by Mfijes, Ex. xxx. 24. as an ingredient
in the coinprfition of the holy oii, which
was to be made uie of in tlv; confecration of the lacrcd veflels of the taTbii aromatick ii"aid to be
btrnacle.
the bark of a tree very like cinnamon,

caji

To

4.

To

:!

.-s,

VJalm

;A. n.f.
It

loth

The name

from thec.

5.

To

Ckrcmic

hand

the

force by violence.
Cajl them into the Red Set.
them into another land.
Ciift

To

Nor

(hall

To

7.

tfift

F.xtJus.

Jefus had heard that John was

her fruit.

To

Malathy.

To

Government of the "Tongue.

He could not, in this forlorn c.tfe, have
ufe of the very laft plea of a
criminal ; nor fo
caji

mde

much as have

1 1.

To

Joihua

And
caff

lots for

them

in Shiloh.
Jojbua, xviii. 10.

throw, in wretfling.

think, being too fti'u-.g for him, though

legs fjinctime, yet 1 m.ide a (hi ft to
hi:n.
Sba1

he took

12.

tttj

lots.

To
His
His

my

fritn-is

wij

in the

way.
contend to emb.ihn

enemies, that they

u-.Jl

may

cafi

i: t

>

his b uly

To

No

cafhier.

You

are but

'"ntaincd
..iH part, in a

luii-

15.

TQ

in his

mood,

lludllra!:

puniftment
one

in policy thin in malice; even fo as

would beat his oft'cncelefs dog, to affright an
perious lion.

To

22.

im-

Sbatiffeare,

leave behind in a race.

In fhort, f
You caji our

yourjudgmcnts turn and win:),

mile behind. Drydcn.
(Tied ; to let fall ; to
23.
lay afidc T
to moult ; to change for new.
Our chari'it loft her '.hrels, their points our
fwit't

fteetrft wits u

To

The

bird of conqueft her chief feather caff.

Fairf.
plants l>'inc are gre?ii ail winter, others tuft

Of

Bacons Natural fiiSbry*

of the fkin i , by the ancients,

thrir leaves.

what ocean have you

pafs'd,

o:

clamaiy iju.k

now eafl

more

ftrums fuftain'd, and on what (hore bc-,i

To emit.
This r'urrrs off
and cufts a

of Fietj *

martial project to furprife,

To

zi.

co

tufting
pared t> the

c/wl,

h'i:

'jot

of

ery cajliaf

thr Iccundine

breaking of the frcundiiie, or

were to mjk.e

rh^htly-j [.>r t!i:>t

till Ikin a new bir

but

ll

a:id belidcs,

general cover, nni /hapej

MJ to the parts, but the (kin is iliaped ac.
creatures that ccjl tho
rording to rlie na.-ts.
ire thr fnake, the viper, tfic
grafshopper, the
is

TV

Stein*

14.

Demy

caji.

defeat.

Can ever be attempted twice;

Nor caft Jelign ferve afterwards,
As gamertcrs tear their lofing cards,

length of lands,

agreed, and in cffecT?

efcheatour.
Camdtn \ Remain:.

London

the cafe referred to any competent judge,

they would inevitably be

his

the dogs.

still,

What

the other, to caji our

Dryiif.
in a law fuit;

fpc.irs,

Ci"-*;;;i7fj.

Homer.
Fifes F.ffay
13. To drive by violence of weather.
Howbcit we muft be caji upon a certain tfl-ind.

What

overcome or defeat

[from cajier, French.]

The northern men were
all

this irrevocable fentence

part.

To

19.

/,

And

throw, as worthlefs or hateful.

care ale

Sctttl'*

Laid, mrrcy
cried, Mercy
There then we met j both tried, and bjth were

To

And

take up with the moft incompetent wit-

criminal.

throw as a net or fnare.

fpeak for your own profit, not that I may cajl

a fnare upon you.
i Ccr. vii.
35.
9.
drop ; to let fall.
Jet
down
the
boat
into
as
the
fea,
They
though
Ali t xxvii. 30.
they would have cr.fl anchor.

throw dice, or

cajl Into piifon.

But oh, that treacherous bveaft to whi'm weak

you
Did truft our counfels, and we both may rue,
Having his falfehood found too late, 'twas he
That made me caji you guilty, and you me. Dcnr.tr

20.

throw from a nigh place.

To

Hijtory.

atfttbnv,
thy rebuke both the chariot and horfe arc
a dead deep.
caji into
P/.'i.'m ixxvi. 6.
18.
condemn in a criminal trial.

10.

Natural

At

Dftitcnmay.

DrjJen.

of a tree.

Bac',n'i

put into or out of any certain

ftate, with the notion of deicent, or
depreffion : as, the king was toft from
his throne.

Bear him to the rock Tarpeian, and from thence

Into deftruclion c<jft him. Sbjkcfftejre's Ccriolanus.
8.

will

To

17.

Were
ynur vine

come

forth, and moles will

more, and rleas bite moie, again!! rain.

up

cajl

fhed.

ami

xlv. 8.

Lte.

as, to cnft feed.

by
the duft into the brook.
Caji
DiUttrvnomy.

6.

Kim/lei's Hiftcry.

Mttttbcui.

fcatter

I Klngt, xijc. 31.

Barbaroffa having caji up his trenches,

Earth-worms

throw, as from an engine.

Slings to faj} (tones.

Calmer.

All thy garments fmell of myrrh,

and

throw away, as

it

3.

At length

neiTes, nay, often fuborn our own iurrniles and

jealoulies, that we may be fure to caji the unhappy

I llrike.

Drycien

and grows in the Indies without being

cultivated.

mercy, or

up a mount of

(hall
a trench about tVe.
caji
Luke.
of Aflyria (hall not come into this
nor
(hoot
an
it
arrow
nor
come
before
city,
there,
with (hield, nor
a bank againft it.
caji

We

vii.

thy fword away,

ufelefs or noxious.
If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and

It is cuiti-

plant.

Cfft

my

yield diet to

To

2.

me-

on til Creatici.

Mace*

Fr. cajjare,
vacate; to invalidate } to

dium we have.

and caf darts

in his hoft,

from morning

Then

\_cajjir,

to nullify.

at novelty, than to

fieepily in the eafy

at the pcuple

And

is

throw with the hand.

They had compared

n.f. An aromatick vegetable, being a fpecies of galangal,

brought from the Eaft, a nervous and

low Lat.]

This

takings.

and

z>uin(y.

other-

indefinite ufe.

rather chute to endure the

caflt

Sfenfer's Fairy Queen.

The king

particip.

Danifh.]

CASSAMUVA'IR.

ftomachick limple.
7"o CA'SSATE. v. a.

Swift.

A common weed,

n.f.

(hooting in the earth,

clay.

Thine enemies

landed fifty-four
pieces of artillery for battery.

wife called jhepbtrd's pouch.

To

To

treafure,

given order for oar horfts.

him

neceflities.

CA'SSWEED.

caflcet.

have writ

falary compelled

by throwing up

AnJ

tttteffitrt
to run deep in

debt for a new gown and caffecky and now and then
forced him to write fome paper of wit or humour,
or preach a fermon for ten (hillings, to furply his

fure

Ic one dear tafltt, and fav'd only that.

Ottuay.
This cajket India's glowing gems unlocks,
And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. Pcf>t.

To

raife.

off theii

they (hake themfclves to pieces.

left

(ajj'ich,

eye hath found that fad lepulchral reck,

That wa the cajket of heav'n'j richeft ftore. Milt.

That had by chance pack'd up hi choiceft trea-

Content tticmfelves with that which was the

irremediable error of former time, or the neccfliry
of the prrfent hath
them.
Hacker,
cajl upon
1 6.
bi'ild
earth ; to

and

Locke.

park.

a. [from the noun.]

dam

I have a clear idea of the relation of

An empty ceftit, where the jewel, lifr,

By fome Jiian'd hand was robb'd and ta'en away.

To CA'SKET. v.

Miller.

chick, between the two cajfiaafriet in St. James's

jiJdifon.

n.f. [a diminutive of cai/e,

fmall
a cheft, Fr. caj/e, fafitte.]
box or cheft for jewels, or things of
value.
particular
They found him dead, and caft into the ftreets,

Mine

purgative.

flowers have five

in the Eaft Indies.

Dryden.

CA'SKET.

The

leaves, difpofed orbicularly.

does he load with darts

hand-,, and cru(h beneath a eajk
>

is

CA'SSIDON Y, or St'ukadore. n.f. [floichc.s,

Lat.] The name of a plant.
CA'SSIOWARY. n.f. A large bird of prey

Why

HI; tremHing
His wrinkkd brows

which

ftance,

Fall like

And

CAS

CAS

CAS

in the calcination
.

ncll.

or'

the flone,

//'

ft

:u'rh cv'ry

year
'

bring fudck-uly or unexpcikaly.

\
I

aJdcJ

tlic

hit,

The

CAS
The

lofty branthev iitd fupply'd

Kins prouiginus pride. Waller.

r.
ing harveft bends beneath his blaft,
the
foreft (hakes,
groves their honours caft.
.

The

Dryi'.en.
'

From hencr. my lord, and low, I thus conclude,

That though my homely anceftors were rude,
Mean a, I am, jet may I have the grace
To make y.m father of a generous race :
And noble then am I, when 1 begin,
Jn viitue cloth'd, to (aft the rags of fin. Drydtn.
The ladies have been in a kind of moulting
feafon, having call great quantities of ribbon and
camfcrick, and reduced the human fi^uie to the
beautiful globular form.
Addifon

To

24.

lay afide, as

to

fit

be ufed or worn

's no
pretenfion
of penfion. Drydcn.
He ha; ever been of opinion, that giving caf.
clothes to be w >rn by valets, has a very ill effedl
upon little minds. ^
Addfiti.

So may

write

caft poets

from

there

have abortions

Thy

ewes and thy /he-goats have not

zj.
fore the time.

to bring forth be-

As

Gcnejii.

to

to decide

preponderate
to give overweight.
;

Which being inclined, not conftrained, contain

within themfelves the caft'mg aft, and a power to
Brown's Vulgar Err.
command the conclulion.
How much inteielr. cafts the balance in cafes
South.
dubious.
Life and death are equal in themfelves,
That which could caft the balance, is thy falfliood.
Drydcn.
Not many years ago, it fo happened, that a
coblcr had the cafting vote for the life of a criminal, which he very g acioufly gave on the mereiful fide.
Addifin >n Italy.
Suppofe your eyes fent equal rays
of
ale;
Vpon two diftant pots
In this fad Itate, your doubtful choice
Would never have the cajling voice.
Prior.

To compute

to reckon

to calculate.

Hearts, tosgues, fgure, fcribes, bards, poets,

number, ho

caft, write, fing,

His love to Antony.

Here is now the fmith's note
plow-irons.

Let

be

it

caft

and paid.

Shakeffeare.

Lord,

He

Shakcfpeare.

I have lately been caft'mg in my thoughts the

feveral unhappinefles of lite, and comparing the
infelicities of old age to thofe of infancy

To contrive

to plan out.
S >urh is covered with
vines, and wriuld have been proper for an orangehoulc ; and hau, I doubt not, been ctijt for that
if this piece of gardening had been then
purpofe,

much vogue

To judge
judgment.

as

it is

to

now.

confider in order to

fix

the parts in a play.

>d

mankind

will

tie

me what thou feeit.

Addifo*.
found ; to form by running in a
mould.

When

any fuch carious work of

glance

eye or

filver is to

be

requires that the impreffi n of hairs, or

caft,
it i
very (lender lines, be taken off by the metal,
as

not enough that the filver be barely melted, but it

mud be kept a confidei able while in a ftrong fnfi ->n.

How

to build (hips,

and dreadful ordnance

caft,

Waller.

Inftrucft the artift.

The father's grief reftrain'd his art ;

He twice effay'd to caft his fon in gold,
Twice from

mould.

To

33.

Diydcn.

melt metal into figures.

Yon' crowd, he might reflect, yon joyful crowd

reftlcfs rage would pull my ftatue down,
Prior.
And caft the brafs anew to his renown.
This was but as a refiner's fire, to purge out the
drofs, and then caft the mafs again into a new
mould.
Harriet's Theory.
34. To model ; to form by rule.'
We may take a quarter of a mile for the com-

With

mon

meafure of the depth of the

were

fea, if it

caft

into a channel of an equal depth every where.

the Earth,
B vi act's Theory

of

Under

from mathemafome have been tempted to caft all

this influence, derived

tical ftudies,

their logical, their metaphyfical, and their theological and moral learning into this method.

Watts''s Lcgick.
.

a fplendour, fo divine a grace;

glorious Daphnis cafts on his illultrious race.

We

Drydtn.

may happen

to find a fairer light caft over

moment.

fentiments even in fome points of

WiKls en

the

Mind.

36. To yield, or give up, without rcferve

or condition.
The reaf.in of mankind cannot CuggejV any folid
ground of fatisfaclion, but in making God our
friend, and in carrying a conference fo clear, as
may encourage us, with confidence, to caft ourfclvcs
South.
upon him.

37.

will be

new

to direct

To

inflict.

The world is apt to caft great blame on thofe

who have an indiffercncy for opinions, cfpeciall; in
Locke.

rclini^n.

To

38. To caft afeJe.

difmifs as ufelefs or

inconvenient.

caft

ofile

fo foon.

applied to the

glofs,

.VkijiJ/i..-^-

Maicia,

fhipwreck.
Sir Francis Drake, and John Thomas, meeting
with a dorm, it thruft John Thomas upon thi
where he was

(aft

away,

Raleigh

Effays

His father Philip had, by like mifliao, been Ilk

to have been iafl away upon the coaft uf F.nglanj.
Knolles j Hiftiry of Ibe Turks

With

On

pity

movM

rucki of hope

for others

anil fears.

caft

O my

fitter

father will not cnft

S j needful

awy t
Sb.ik,

Ben

leniences in vain.

Our

Jorfitt.

there's hope,

ftill

a life

mot)

and to his country.

Add-on's Can.
ruin.
41. To caft away.
It is no impomble thing'for Hates,
by an ovcrfight in fome one aft or treaty between them and
to us all,

To

their potent oppofites, utterly to

caft
felves for ever.

away

em-

t'

Hooker.

To caft by. To reject or difmifs, with

neglecl or hate.
Old Capuler, and Montague,
Have made Verona's ancient citizens

42.

bcfeeming ornaments. Stskejf.

prcfuming themfelves to be the only
matters of right realun, caft by the votes and opinions of the reft of mankind, as not worthy of

When men,

away
Rofcoatner.

Locke.

reckoning.

To

43. To caft down.

the mind.

reject

to deprefs

We 're not the Brit,

with beft meaning, haveincurr'd theworft
For thee, opprcficd king, I am caft down ;
Myfelf could elfe outfrown falfe fortune's frown.

Who,

Sbaleffurf.

The

belt w.iy will be to let him fee you are mucij

and afflicted, for the ill opinion he encaft down,
tertains of you.
AddifoK,

To

44.

He
as

To

caft forth.
(hall

grow

as the

lily,

emit.
and

caft fart

his roots

Lebanon.

liefer.

To

45. Ta caft forth.

eject.
1
all the houfehold (luff.
caft forth
They cnft me firth into the fe,t.

To

46. To

difcard

Nitm'iab,

Jws.b.

to

;
caft off.
put away.
The prince willj-in the perfcflnefs of time,
his
followers.
Shakfjffirf.
Caft of
me not off in the time of old age. PJalms.
Caft

He

me on to mightieft deeds,
me iff, as never known.
cnft

led

But now hath

How

not

al'ers a

man

call

him

ftrangely

of inftruftion, to

ufe

father

this

caft

fee

may
of my

ferve

me

for

an

when

fatli:r,

Drydct:.

I long to clafp that haug'ity

bend her llubborn virtue to

And

Milton.

preferment

a:n great.

maid,

my

When I have gone thus far, I'd

To reject.
47. To caft off.

pafiion

her

raft

Addif.

off.

It is not to be imagined, that a whole fociety

of men ihould publickly and profellcdly difown
and caft vjf 3. rule, which they could not but be inwas a ia-.v.
Licit.
fallibly certain

To

difburden one's felf of.

To caft off.
All confpired in one to caft r>ff their fubjeoVion.
to the crown of England. Sfcifcr's Stutc of Irt'acil.
This maketh them, through an unwcariablc
dclire of receiving inftruflion, to caft 'jff the care
of thoi'e very affairs, which do molt concern their

48.

Hooka-, Prtface.

eftatc.

To

39. To caft aiuay..

caft,

Addifon
:

Raleigh's Ejjays.

France, haft thou ytt more blood to caft

>
Say, (hail the current of our right run on
He might be filenc, and DO; cajl ataay

To communicate by reflection or ema-

nation.
So bright

The

/>',

Sic c:nelcfs at a play.

40. To ra/? ooua)'. To lavifli ; to waite in

profufion ; to turn to no ufe.
They that want means to nourifli children, will
abftain from marriage ; or, which is all one, they
their bodies upon rich old women.
caft atuay

Caft by their grave

his hands he drepp'd the forming

iflands to the South,

there ranged in different Ra-

of fuperiority.

To

rock, and, placing me on

faid be, and

To

32.

Not

thee.

O>ji

tions,

to the

Caft thy eyes eaftward,

I.have bought

caft

To

Sbaktfp.

Golden opinions from all fort of people,

Which would be worn now in their newefr.

Shake/pea,
Peace, brother, be not over exquisite
ilhion
of
uncertain
evils.
Milt:n.
the f

fi\i

*i.

Tttnplf.

If thou couldft, doctor, caft

water of my land, find her dilcjfe,
purge it to a found and priiiine health,

would applaud

To
|O.

cloifter faci-\: the

29.

it,

bcft

Bacon's

The
And

me

then led

the top of

"

way to reprefent to life the manifold

ufe of friend (hip, is to caft and fee how many things
there are, which a man cannot do himfelt.

in as

DryJtit's Virgil.
Far eaftward cajl thine eye, from whence the (an,
And orient Iciencr, at a birth begun. Pope'i Dun.

before you

faid,

The

me

the fame fcriptures, and fee reafon to alter our

Let us make head.

28.

did alTay,

eyes upon

fetus tempcftuous grow,

cur hopes aiu.iy ;

caft

Whilft you, rcgardlefs of our woe,

(ingle out.

35

Sbatcffeare.
for (hoeing and

You caft th' event of war, my noble

And fumm'd th' account of chance,
The

And

Begin, aulpicious boy, to caft about

Thy infant eyes, and, with a fmile, thy mother

cannot

Think, (peak,

mind

he paft along,

How earneftly he caft his

their

caft

by overbalancing;

Zj.

his

Boyle.

young.

To make

But now our

wandering by the wiy,

His bafer brcaft.

Sfnfer.
Zclmancs's langui/hing countenance, with crolfed arms, and fumecimes c^ft up eyes, ihe thought
to have an excellent grace.
;u'my.

Icfs

To

26.

lofcl

One that to bounty never caft

Ne thought of heaven ever

tell

no longer.

To argue lofs of wit,

CAS

CAS

The

becaufc he

him

why any man is an atheift, is

wicked man
religion would curb

true rcafon
is

in his lulls

and therefore he

cafts

it

of, and

he can.

'til.
the (corn upon
Company, in any acYion, gives credit and countenance to the agent; and fo much as the fmner
of this, fo much he cafts off of ihame. South.

puts

it

all

gets

We

to

of

fee they never fail to exert

aft tiff

it.

the uppreHion,

t!

when they

emfelves, and

feel the

weight

Addifrv.

49- 7,

CAS
49. To

To

t*ft off.

CAS
So when a

leave behind.

So
Their emulation and

The

2.

Yet

L'Eftrangf.

To

To

caft out.

of doors.
Thy brat
'

to turn

Shrteff rare.

to fpeak

thou

caft

To

To compute

caft zip.

Some

writers, in caftlng

Plato compares

what caft we
to manage it

to calculate.
up the goods moft de;

have given them this rank, health;

firable in lire,

beauty, and riches.

Temple.
man who defigns to build, is very exact, a
he fuppofes, in cafling vf the coft beforehand ; but,
he is miitikcn iu his account.
generally (peaking,

lirigle

5.

mui!

caji

ip.
Statcfpcare.
did not caft
to prevent

fooliih eirour fitid

Thy

the poiion that infects tliy

Caft up

To

B.

Jortjon.

mind. Dryden.
to refign to.

To itjl upon.
;
If things were caft upon this jffuc, that God
mould never prevent fin till roan dcfervcd it, the

55.

baft

would

fin

and

refer to

fin for ever.

To

looking
into the experiments cf their fellows, and
cajt
of
draw
out
how
to
them
about
things of ufe and

There, hold in holy p.iHion

Forget thyfclf to marble, till,

practice for man's life and knowledge.

Bacon's

But

Which

New jiratamis.

cajlt to change his proper (hape

might work him danger or delay.

elfc

Milton.

As

with hot purfuit

Chas'd thro' a warren, cafl about

To

Uuditras,

among inanimate

bo-

dies, are mechanically produced according to the

determinate figures, textures, and motions of thofc
bodies, which are not cor.fcious of their own

how

my

To

they will offer to

thcmfelves.

caft,

at the

firfl

fufion into a maf>

t'hat is

To warp
Stuff

FoJJils.

to

grow out of form.

faid to caft or

warp, when, by it own

drought, or moifture of the air, r>r other accident,
it alters its flatnels and
ftraightnrfi.
is

M''Xtri'i Mtcbanical Exercifts.

4.

To

cajl about.

ibr meant.
Inanimate bodies
tin.-

To

contrive

are nnt confcious

to look

of their own

contrive and cafl about to

bring

operations,
fuch events to paf.

Rritly 't Sernum.

CAST, n f. [from the verb.]

The aft of cafting or throwing
i
VOL. I.
.

a throw.

it

good,
our dates

to you,

And

army

or that
1 1

way

>

Sbat.

Sfenfer on Ireland.

mould

yield

have expreifcd provocation, they had gone together by the ears like a pair of cafiancts.
Congrtvc'

CA'STAWAY.

the

Way

of the Wo?1d.

loft, or abandoned, by Proviany thing thrown away.

Neither given any leave to fearch in particular

are the heirs of the kingdom of God, wh

who

Hool*ir.

cafta-wtjs.

Left that by any means, when I have preached

to others, I myfelf mould be a cafla-way.
i Cor.

CA'STAWAY.
lefs

adj. [from the fubft.] Ufeof no value.

We only prize, pamper, and

Have of death
leifure, the

exalt this ravTaJ and

or only remember, at our
cajtaiuay

impiifoned immortal foul.

CA'STED. The

participle preterite of cajf,,

but improperly, and found perhaps only

in the following paflage.

When

the mind is tjuicken'd, out of doubt,

organs, tho' defunct and dead before,
Break up their drowfy grave, and newly move
With cafled (lough, and frem legerity. Shakefpcarc.

The

CA'STELLAIN. n.f. [cajlellano, Span.]

The captain, governor, or .cpnftable of
cattle.

n.f, [from cajlel. ] The

lord (hip belonging to a caftie ; the ex-

CA'STELLANY.

tentof its land and jurifdiftion.

CA'STELLATED.

[from

adj.

Phillips,

In-

caftle.~\

clofed within a building, as a fountain

Dtii.
or ciftern tafttllated.

CA'STER.

n.f.

thrower

[from To caft.~\
hethatcafts.
'

Drydtn.
Drydcn.
been an
this

way

a form.

have been an hcroick pcem,

but in another tafl and figure than any that ever
had been written before.
frlor,
12.
IhaJe ; or tendency to any colour.
flaky maf>, grey, with a cnfl of green, in
which the talky matter makes the ^r^ife.'r part of

s.

n.f. [from caft and <Jw<y.]

perion

dence

1.

South.

The whole would

A fmall

to

and fubmit

tight, like Hanniba), to lofc at faft.

Will you turn recreant at the laft
caf f
In the laft wa', has it not fometimes
even caft, whether the
mould march

or hard wood, which

dancers rattle in their hands.
If ther.e had been words enow between them,

a
\

With better grace an ancient chief may

The long contended honours of the fie.d,
Than venture all his fortune at a cafl,

.immediately malleable, and will not run thin, fo as

to caft and mould, un'els mixed with
poorer ore,
or cinden.
ll'c'-iiuard on

3.

come

\caftaneta, Sp.]

a race

of ivory,

ftiell

Venture from throwing dice ; chance

from the fall of dice.
When you have brought them to the very laft

my varying ccunfel ends. Pope.

admit of a form, by calling or melt-

ing.
It comes

CA'STANET. it./,

10.

Till one refolve

2.

Raleigh's Hiftory.

fet the exact wealth of all

All at one caft; t IV t fo rich a main
On the nice hazard if fome doubtful hour

to bring

Beniley.
friends,

throw of dice.
Were

To

ope-

rations, nor contrive and caft about

fuch events to pafi.
This way and that I caft to fave

The

9.

breed

dill,

He that fquints is faid popularly to have

a caft with his eye.

8.

fave his credit.

a ipecies.

let you fee, with one

caji of an eye, the fubftance of
above an hundred pages. Add'ij. on Aftnr.t Mcaah.

a fox,

All events called cafual,

16. [Co/la, Spanifh.]

liiftory.

With a fad leaden, downward caft,

Thou fix them on the earth as fad. Milttm.
They are the belt epitomes in the world, and

he

firft

fift.

aft of merlins there was bciides, which, flying o* a gallant height, would beat the birds that
role down unto tile buuSes, as falcons wUl do wild
fowl over a river.
Sidrtep,

tuch.

man (hall be fure to have a caft of their eye

to warn him, before they give him a
of their
cafl
nature to betray him.
Soutt,
If any man defires to look on this doctrine of
let
him
turn
the
firft
of
his
gravity,
eyes on
cffl
what we have faid of fire.
D'gby on tbc Sou/.

feek her out with labour aud long time.

Sfenfer.
have three that bend thenifelves,

flight;

Bacon's Natural

We

miffed from the

tafl

The court, not afking any pafs or leave. Sfatfer.

From that day forth, I cafl in careful mind,

Pope an Man T.
number of hawks .dif-

antiquity.

15.

of the eye afide; for pity is but grief in another's behalf; the caft of the eye is a gjfture of
averfion, or lothoefs, to behold the object of pity.

South.

J. Denbam^

game at tables ; theie

not in our power ; but
Norris.

This was a cafl of Wood's politicks ; for his information was wholly falfe and groundlefs. Swift.
7. Motion of the eye; direction of the eye.
Pity caufeth fometimes tears, and a flexion or

To CAST. v. a.
j. To contrive ; to turn the thoughts.
Then, clofely as he might, he cafl to leave

Sir

air; mien.

firfe metaphors, glittering

and fomething of a txal-eafl of verfe,
are properly the drefs, gems, or loofe ornaments,
of poetry.
Pope's Letters,
Neglect not the little figures and turns on the
words, nor fometimes the very cafl of the period ;
neither omit cvr confound any rites or cultoms of

their

ftrcke ; a
We have them

world.

Manner;

Prerty conceptions,

it

refolution

exprelfioris,

all with one voice for

giving him
a cafl of their court prophecy.
SoHtb.
Another cafl of their politicks, was that of endeavouring to impeach an innocent lady, for her
faithful and diligent fervicc of the queen.
Swift.

it

Of that in time Rome

Her errours up, this fortune

is

is.

The fpace through which any thing is

thrown.
And he was withdrawn from them about a
done';, caft, and kneeled down aud prayed.
Lute.

6.

and therefore

The
14.

ground over, and fow wheat

with a broad caft; fome only with a
and
fome
a double.
with
Mortimer.
cap,

or rye on

To vomit.

caft up.

have

Aliments,

of thought. Stat.
New names, new dreffings, and the modern caft,
Some fcenes, .fome perfons altcr'd, and outfac'd

to a

well, that

S"me harrow

Drjdtn.

Thou, bcaftly feeder, art fo full of him,

That thou provok'ft thyftlf to ca/l him up. Stak.
Their villainy goe agdinfi my weak ftonuch

(hall

life

cut

Is ficklied o'er with the

pale caft

Manner of throwing.

4.

54. To

foon allay. Dryd. firg.

cafl or thrown.

luft will

neceflTary.
oi'ttfnhtjh s j$nf*u}er to tivbfas.

lords and Ibvereigns of the world ?

Agair.ft the
Addifon.
5_j.

thefe dreadful deeds, this

deadly fray,

all

but, in this cafe, the- raft

fuch ungenerous terms

out

appearance.
The native hue of

of force applied, and fupj-ofmg all other things

which did concur to the production of that
caft,
to bi the- very fame they were, there is no doubt

mence.
doft

Arbutbnot
13. Exterior

In his own inftance of carting ambs-ace,

though
partake more of contingency than of freedom ;
fuppofing the pofitirre of the party's hand, who did
throw the dice; fuppofing the figure of the table,
and of the dice themleives ; fuppofing the meafure

with
;
cz. To caft tat. To
fome intimation of negligence or vehe-

Why

Waller.

it

it.

vent

cafls,

their paftime laits.

State of any thing

3.

out

like to itfelf, no
eaji out,

hath been

owning

father

rejeft

The qualities of blood in a healthy ftate are tit

be florid, the red part
congealing, and the ferum
ought to be without any greenim caft.

throw

thing thrown.

A caft of dreadful

To let go,
50. To cafl of. [a hunting term.]
or fet free : *s, to cafl a/the dogs'.
1

lufty (hepherds

bar by turns, and none the reft outgo

far, but that the reft are meafuring

and plucked him djwn.

in,

of

The

Icours crofs the fields, tofts rff thr

wood : but preffing through a
dogs, and gains a
thicket, the bulhes held him by the horns, till the

Away he

hounds came

fort

CAS

If with this throw the ftrongcft

/?o-vie,
further Hill, I bid the difcus fly.
Fofc.

Still,

2.

calculator

man

that calculates

fortunes.
Did any of t' em fet up for a cajltr of fortunate
>
figures, what might he not get by his predictions
j4ddtfon*

To CA'STIGATE..-*

To

chaftife

a. [cajtigo, Lat.]
to chaften j to con-eft ; to
.

punifh.
If thou did(t put this four cold habit on,
Siatfffeart.
thy pride, 'twere well.

To

cjf.lgatt

CASTICA'TION

CASTICA'TION.
Penance

i.

To

n.f. [from

CJSTO'KEUM.

[from cajlor. In
liquid matter included
pharmacy.]
in bags or purfes, near the anus of the
caftor, falfely taken for his tefticles.
Chamteri.

;ajl?galt.]

With

cafligaiKti, txi-rcifc

Punimment

1.

pv-.yer,

dtvoufe

Sbai.Jfm.'.

lASTRjAMETA'riON.

were accompanied with enc*ftigttk*l

cmii.igemcnts j whkh care was uken to keep me
frnni looking upon is mere compliments.
Boyle.

Emendation

3.

Th

camping.

remedy.

rcpreflive

ancients had

CA'STRATE.
To geld.
To take away

'o

thefe

conjectures tonch'ng
conflagrations, Co ns to fVjn-.r
an
into
hypothefis ."or the cjjii^jii;if of the

excefles of generation.

CA'STIGATORY.

.
.

[from

Bramkail

iTEHL.

againjl Hobbts.

cafling and
to be thrown into the water,

not placed and

left.

CA'SUAL.
t'lrgH.

1.

n.f. \_caftcllum, Lat.]

ftrong houie, fortified againft af-

The

caftlc

CASTLES

Projecls without reality.

Fr.]

fortune,

from
i

a. /. [I

Caftilc foap.~\
have a letter from

the World.

fuppofe corrupted

me

Furnifhed
a/ij. [from cajlle.~\
with callles.
The horfes neighing by the wind is b'own,
And caft'cd elephants o'erlook the town. Drydtn.
CA'STLEWARD. n.f. [from caftle and
<ward.~\
impoliti-)n laid upon fuch
fubjctls, as dwell within a certain

of

tlie

toward the maintenance of fuch

and ward the caftle.

CA'STLINC. n.f. [from

cajl.~\

dentally

God.

An

Go,

bid

Acci-

tafual.]

or fet pur-

without defign,

pofe.

Cawtll.

my woman

Hath

Sbtikifpcari,

Wool new

(horn, laid cafually ugon a veflel o:

verjuice, had drunk up the verjuice, though the
Saccn
v ifl! was without any flaw.

have acquainted my judge with one advantage, and which 1 nowr<i/tftf/^remember. Dryd

Ac-

n.f. [from cafual.]

Accident ; a thing happening by chance
not defign.
V'i:h mnrc patience men endure the InfTes tha

them by mere
which they fuftain by
befa'l

That Oflavius

n.f. [cnftor, Lat.]

beaver.
See BEAVER.

perfwn,

b-ing.

2.

who

than the

cafuafty,
injuftice.

(hit't

ilatn.i^-c

his

cam

to be took bv

yet

it

th

preferved

a total alteration o

lived to eftabiifh

government in the imperial city of the world. South

Chance that produces unnatural death
Builds in the weather on the outwar.l
Ev'n in the force and road of casualty. Stidct/petri
obferved in particular nations, th.it, withi
the fpace of two or thrre hundred yean, notwith
the number of men doubli
(landing all
It is

cafualtiu,

Theory
of wliich

Harriet's

We

find

one cafual'v

though thcie be

in

our

daily talk, there

Gravnft

CA'SUIST.

n.

f.

[from

What

me ?

[cafuifte,

bills,

is little

Bills

e,fec>.

of M?rtj!lt

Fr. from cafn

Lat.] One that lludies and

of conscience.

Pofr.

Re-

cafuijl.]

arguments they have to beguile poor, fim-

know

that

rafu-ftical,

is,

not j but furety

the principal, vital

part of their religion favours very

of

little

fettles cafe

fpiri-

Stall.

The

CA'SUISTRY.

n. f. [from cafuift.]
cafuill ; the doftrine

of a

fcience

in t'nefe ages.

of

cafuiffry

Pcpe'i Odyffty. fytts.

by her falfr guardians drawn,

Chicane in furs, and fjfuijliy in lawn.
Mojalitj

Pope's DurtciaJ.

CAT. n.f.

[katz, Teuton, chat, Fr.]

meflick animal that catches mice,

monly reckoned by

A do-

com-

naturalifts the loweJt

order of the leonine fpecies.

*Twas you incens'd the rabble

Cats, that can judge as fitly of his worth,

As I can of thofe myfterics, which heav'n

Will not have earth to know. Sbalrfp. dr'.elasar.

Thrice the brindcd cat hath mew'd.
Sbakeffeare's Mjtttlb.
A tat, as (he beholds the light, draws the ball
of her eye fmall and long, being covered overv:;h
a green (kin, and dilates it at pleafure.
Pincbiim on Draiuirg.

CAT.*./ A fort of (hip.

CAT in the pan. [imagined by

fome

to

be

rightly written Catipan, as coming from

An unknown correlpondent
Catipania.
imagines, very naturally, that it is cor-

rupted from Gate injhe pan,"]

There

is

cunning which we,

in

'

England,

call

the pan j which is, when

the turning of the cat
thit which a man fays to another, he lays it as if
ic

to

him*

Bacsn.

A whip with nine lathe.",

o' nine tails.

ufed for the punifhment of crimes.

You dread reformers of an imjvous age,

You awful cat o'
tails to the u\ige,
r.'ir.t

This once be

juft,

and in our caufe engage.

to
Pantrugb's Fjife Friend.

Praltfut

CATACHRES1S.
trope,

n. f.
[xaTa^e 1""*, arhctorick, the abufe of a
the words are too far wreft-

It is, in

when

ed from their native fignification ; or

when one word is abuiively put for another, for want of the proper word ; as,
a voice beautiful to the ear.

Rtilci^b's Ejjays

Ca;far (hould

that night that it happened

enemy, was a mere ca'fualty

Like hunted cajion confcious of their (tore,

Their waylaid wealth to Norway's coaft the

difagrce,

doubt, like you and

tulj.

ple, unftable fouls with,

bufe.]

CA'SUAITY.

CA'STOR.

Dry i.lcn
beaver
C.-IS 7 OR and POLLUX. [In meteoro
A fiery meteor, which appear
logy.]
foraetimes (licking to j p^rt of the (hip
in form of one, two, or even three o
four balls.
When one is feen alone
it is called Helena, which
portends th
fevered part of the ftorm to be yet be
hind ; two are denominated Co/far ant
Pollux, and fometurttf s Ty udarides, whic
portend a ceflatioa of the ftorm. Chamb

cafua'.']

cidentalnefs.

Camden

fur of a

CA'SUALNESS. n.f. [from

Gihfon's

(houl

when doftors

And founded cafuiftt

CASUI'STICAL.

CAT

mine arm.

left

SlJJij,*.

decide

(hall

another had faid

Search for a jewel, that too cafually

abor-

Brnon'i fu/gar Krrotin

made of the

as \v.:;Ji

are derived from

the Sax. cearten, a city, town, or caftle ; and that from the Latin cajirum
the Saxons chufmg to fix in fuch place:
of ftrength and figure, as the Roman
had before built or fortified.

fine hat

rarities

CA'SUALLY. aJv. [from

king's

CA'STOR, or CHESTER,

from chance

I call them cafual, in compliance

fual fuppltes.
with the common form.
Atterbury.

uSould rather rely upin the urine of a cajja refolution of crabs eyes, or a fellng's bl.idcicr,
cond dhtillation of urine, as Helmont hath com-

2.

Fr. from cafus,

arifing

expences of fome of them always exceed

their certain annual income ; but feldom their ca-

We

[caftiel,

Lat.] BeDitf.

The

tive.

1.

[cajlrenjti,

have been found out by

time
cafual emergency, and have been the works of
than
of
and chance, rather
philofophy. Clan-viHe.

compafs of any

caftle,

mended.

Who

cafes of confcience.
This concefllsn would not paf, for good

kind of hawk.

jet difpofed by the ordinance of

is

Moft of our

CajJl.'-foaf
'

CA'STLED.

An

adj.

The commiflioners entertained tliemfelves by

the fire-fide in general and co/uj/difcourfes.
Clarendon.

kind of (bap.

a foap -boiler, defiring

upon the prefent duties on

to write

Whether found where

Raleigh's Hi/lory of

CASTLE-SOAP,

n '

Raleigh' t Hiftvry
cafaal fire
Had wafted woods, on mountain, or in vale.
Miltcn.
Down to the veins of earth.

and in

air,

did not rife unto ten rhoufand pounds.

Da-uirs en Jrclnnd.
That which feemeth moft eafual and fubjefl to

of Macduff I will furprife.

Sbalcfr.
in tire air. [chateaux iPEfpagne,

Thcfe were but like caflles in tbt

men's fancies vainly imagined.

The

caj!rate.~\

depending upon chance ; not certain.

The revenue of Ireland, both certain and casual,

faults.

2.

rights of princes.

tuality.

Lat.] Accidental

CA'STLE.

[from

A STREL.
3
^ASTRE'NSI AN. adj.
longing to a camp.

Cijihg-rets did rivers bottoms fwecp.

Mey'i

n. f.

The largeft needle (hould be ufed, in taking up

the fpermatick vefi'ds in caftratka.
Sharp's Surg.

CA'ST ING-NET, n.f. [from

A net

the obfcene parts of a

ad of gelding.

either probatory, .afligatcn, or exemplary.

the practical,

CASTRA TION.

caftigati.}

Punitive, in order to amendment.

There were other ends of penalties infliclcd,

net.

of any cafuif, or learned divine, concerning the ftate of a man's foul, it not
Swtf-.
fufficient to giv: him confidence.
You can fcarcc fee a bench of porters wi
two or three cafuif.i in it, that will fettle you the

lating to cafes of confciencc ; contain,

ing the doftrine relating to cafes.

v. a. [cejlre, Lat.]

writing.

Il.ilf.

adj.

n.f. [from caftraart or practice of en-

The

metor, Lat.]

thcfe floods and

them

Thr judgment

correction.

heir

'I

n.f.

difcipline.

This hind of yours req

from liberty
farting and

A feijueitcr

CAT

CAS

CAS

Smitb'i Rkctcrick.

CATACH RE'STICAL.

adj. [from catachreContrary to proper ufe ; forced;

Jis.~\
far fetched.
A aumtbrtftictl anJ far derived fimilitude it
holds with

men,

that

is,

in a bifurcation.

Brown's Vulgar Errourr.

n. f.
\_xa.ta^-^ S>-."\ A
an inundation ; ufed generally
deluge
for the universal deluge.
The opinion that held thcfe rataclyfms and cm-

CA'TACLYSM.

pyrnfes univc-fal, was ftich as held that

t

world.

confummation

unto things

in

it

:his

put a
lower

H.iU's Origin if Mankind.

CA'TACOMBS. n.f. [from XO.TO,, and xo^&, a hollow or cavity.] Subterraneous

cavities for the burial

of the dead ; of
which

Of-heav'n

fct
open, on the earth (hal! p.cmr
Milton's Pcradife Loft.
Rain, day and night.
Torrents and loud impetuous cataracli,
Through roads abrupt, and rude unfafliion'd traces,
Run down the lofty mountain's channel'd (ides,

which there are a great number about

three miles from Rome, fuppofed to be
the caves and cells where the primitive
chriftians hid and affembled th^mfclves,
and where they ir'*:rred the martyrs,
which are accordingly vifited with de-

But, anciently, the word cata-

votion.

And

the fide of Naples are the catacombs, which

muft !.-..v; been full of ftrnch, if the dead bodies
that Uj in them were left torjt in ojien nitches.

adj.

[xarayua., a frac-

is fuddenly feized without fenfe or motion,

remains in the fame pofture in which the

CA'TALOCUE.

upon

Aibatbna.

tions.

An enu-

n.f. [xara?.oy&-.]

meration of particulars ; a
ter of things one by one.

prince of Monomopita, by whofe

fi :e were <een the glaring catamtuntain, and the
quill-darting parcupine.

Arlutkna and Pcfe's Mart.

CATA'RRHAL.
CATA'RRHOUS.

"*(/

7.

Thefe artificial methods of reafoning are nv>re

adapted to cstcb and entangle the mind, than to
inltruft and inform the undemanding.
Locke,

But

dramatic piece.
Pat
He comes
comedy.

That philofopher

On

catoftrnpbti are

fallen fuddenly upon ; to feize.

under tjie thick boughs ot a
great oak, and hii .head caugbt hold of the oak.

The mule weut

z Sam.

Decay of Piety ,
feize unexpectedly.
To catch fomcthing out of his mouth, that they
might accufe him.
Luke, jci. 54.
feize eagerly.
9.
They have caught up every thing greedily, with
that bufy curiofity, and itnl u-isf:irory inquifitivencfs, which Seneca calls the difeatc- c-f the Greeks.

Here was

fye.
I've perus'd her well;
are fo mingled,

Beauty and honour in her

That they have caugbt

10.

Wwdtvard's Natural

he baliita violently (hot great (tones and quarlfo the catatulti.

CamJtn's Rimjim.
ries, as

Of him,

To

if all

horr
fooner he, with

Milton's

Sflcfl f"r Jilt, (hall in

fhcitci'd

round

Paradife LoJI.

thrm of nun mid

beaft

ark be lodg'd,
but ail the cataratls
th<-

i.

rs, to

To Tufculum

catch the breeze

to receive

of breathing

or Algidd repair.

AJdfin

Make

air,

lictors

opportunities of fubvertsMdifen's State of the War,

tt.em catihat

all

fta'e.

To

CATCH.

1.

To

<v.

n.

be contagious

to -fpread infedlion,

or milchief.
'Tis time to give them phyfick, their

Are grown

f>

catfl'ing.

dife.ifes

Sbakifpeare't Henry Vlll,

oh, were favour Jo!

Sickiiffs
cjtcbi<:% j
Yo<,i<, wjiild I filter: fair IK-rmia,
is

Corfi :c.ing

en Italy.

to

ecitcb at

ing the

To ftop any thing flying

any thfng in the paflage.

Pofe,

To endeavour fuddenly

Ilk? (trumpets, and fcal-J ihimcrs

Ballad us qut of time. .SVui. Ant'-ny and dupalra,

\_hetfen,

lay hold on with the hand : intimating the fuddennefs of the action.
And when he arofc againrt me, 1 cjit^ht him
by his beard, and fmotc him, and (lew him.
I Sam. xvii.
;;.

at.

Saucy
Will

v. a. preter. I catcbed or

have catched or caught,

vi.

Venetian door.

to catch cold at a

To catch

lay hold on.

Pofe.

To

O.hi

Proud
ia.

catcall be the bribe

Dutch.]

Her itorei were opcn'd, and the firmament

OI lic)l ft'/uH f;i-<iit her cataraili of fire >
Iir.pendr.nt

padion

whofe chatt'ring Ihames the monkey

CATCH,
caught

You

What

tribe.

water from on high

a cafcade.

Blow, winds, nd crack yourchccks; rage, blow

(jiJnJcts and hurricanes, fpout
Till you have drench'd ojr fteeplcs.
Sbakcfpearc.

conceived

Sfeflator.

Three

'I

of
[v.ara^xjr,.]
; a Ihoot of water ;

young bdy,

difeafe, and it is caught

that yet are well.
Shakeff. Ifinter's Tail,
Thofe meafles,
we difdain'(hould tetter us, yet feek

could not do without catching cold, for want of

being accuftomcd to it.
Adfiifon*s Guardiaat
Or cali the winds tl r >' long arcades to roar,

plays.

at the theatre,

for a notorious rake that headed a

party of catcats.

n.f.

A fall

condemn

receive any contagion or difeafe.

fqueaking inllrument, ufed in the playhoufe to

fair,

(truggling in the fnarc,

Dry Jen.

lie

Sbuteffeare's H.nry VIII.

to feize the affections ; to

Which
The very way to catch them. Shakeff. Coriolanui,
In footh 1 know not why I am Jo "fad
It wearies me
you fay it wearies you ;
But how I caught it, found it, or came by if,
1 am to learn.
Sbaieffejre's Merchant of Petifre,
The fofteil of our Britifh ladies expofe their
necks and arms to the open air; which the men

Hiflory.

ca: atid call.

cannot name the

Of you

a conclufion, generally

[from

To
I

[catafu/ta, Lat.] An
engine ufed anciently to throw ilones.

CA'TARACT.

11.

n. f.

pleafe

But, caught myfelf,

Dennis.
;

To

the king,

charm.
For I am young, a novice in the trade,
The fool of love, unpraclis'd to perfu.iJe,
And want the foothing arts that catch the

mighty revolution, the moft horrible

and portentous cataftropkc that nature ever yet faiv

CA'TCAL.

To

To

an elegant and habitable earth quite (Mattered.

draws blood, no cataflafm fo rare,

Co lecled from all fimples that have virtue
Under the moon, can lave. Hbak-fpcare's Hamlet.
m cataflajmi difcuU, but Raiding hot may
drbuthntf tin Aliment;.
confirm the tumour.

n. J.

Sbakffftari.
declares for tragedies, whofe
relation to the prin-

19.

like Benhadad's embafljdors,

they,
catch hold of every amicable exprelfion ?

unhappy, with

event

xviii.

Would

unhappy.

n. f.
[xarawXao-^a.]
and moift application.
poultice ; a foft
1 bought jn unclton of a mountcuank,
So mortal, that but dip a knife in it,

CA'TAPULT.

A final

2.

it

To

jt

like the catajtrcfbe of ihe old

cipal charafters.

Ag',r.ijlts.

CA'TAPLASM.

ftopp'i for fear, thus violently driv'n

fparks (hould catch his axletreeof heav'n,

The

produces the conclufion or final event of a

!

Mitten's Sajfffc-tt

receive fuddenly.

The curling fmoke mounts heavy from the fires.

At length it cjt;hes fiamej *in4 in a blaze expires*

CATA'STROPHE. n. /.
1. The change, or revolution, which

Scr'shlerus.

each fide went armed guards,

Both horfe and foot; before him and behind,
and
Archers
(lingers, eatafbratJs and fpears.

To

6.

Old age attended with a glutinous, eold, catarrbous, leacophle^matick conflitation.

OH Diet.

n.f. \_cataphratla ,Xat.]

horfc-man in complete armour.

Aui

To enfnare ; to entangle in a fnare ; to

take or hold in a trap.
And they fent unt* him certain of the Pharifec*
"and of the HerodUiis, to catcb him in his words.
Mark, xii. 13.

8.

[from catarrh.]
Relating to a catarrh ;
proceeding from a catarrh.
The calarrbal fever requires evacuations. Flayer.

CA'TAPHRACT.

No

thofe glands, and occalions irritaThe caufes are whatfoever occa-

Ihepherd diverted hJmfclf with toffing up

and earthing them again.
Sfefi.itor*

5.

The Mack

Neither was the" body then fubjeft to die by

piecemeal, and languilh under coughs, catarrhs,
or confumptions.
South.

n.f. [from cat and

fierce animal, refembling

c.it.

//i/?>rv.

tleflua.]

fev'rous kinds,
ConvulfionJ, q>ilepfic9, fierce catarrhs. Parad.LuJl.

CATAMO'UNTAIN.
mountain.]

[xxra.^,

AH

Smth.

looked into the Virgil, which difputcs its antiquity

with that of the Vatican.
Addij'on.
The bright Taygete, and the fhining Bears,
Wi th all the failors catalogue of ftars. Addif. n't Ovid.

n.f.

too great a quantity of ferum ;

hinders the difcharge by
urine, and the pores of the fkin.

Make a catalogut of profperous (acrilegious perfons, and I believe they will be repeated fooner than
In the library of manufcript: b?bnging to St.
Laurence, of which there is a printed. catalogue, I

<ri;s,

whatfoever

In the catalogue ye go for men,

Showghes, water rugs, and demy wolves, are cleped
All by the name of dogs, bkakefpcare's Macbeth.

the alphabet.

cataraSs. Sacsn's Natural

any thing falling j to intercept

flop

failing.

fions

a regif-

lift j

aifo for

inienfible perfpiration, or cold, wherein

what mould pafs by the Ikin, oozes out

p.irient

him.

To

4.

defluxion of a fharp ferum from the

glands about the head and throat, generally occafioned by a diminution of

n.f. [xaTa>.v4"<-] Slighter

the apoplexy, or epilepfy.
fpecies of
There is a difeafe called a catalcffn, wherein the

4'rfeafc feiieth

giod

CATA'RRH.

CATALE'PSIS.

and

fei^e any thing by pnrfuit.

faw him run after a gilded butterfly, and,
when he caught it, he let it go again ; and after it
again ; and over and over he conies, and up again ;
and caught itagafn.
Shakfffnare"s Corhlantts

tides.

is

put on a catagmatick emplafter, and, by the

ufe of a laced glove, flattered th* pituitous fwelit.
ffifcrnan's Surgery.
ling, and ftrcnglhened
1

To
1

Sa'aJine hath a yellow milk, which hath likewife much acrimony ;-for it cleinfeth the eyes
it

That which has the quality of

confolidating the parts.

convey their foaming

[In medicine.] A fuftufion

of the eye, when little clouds, motes', and
flies feem to Soat about in the air; when
confirmed, the pupil of the eye is either wholly, or in part, covered, and
fhut up with 2 little thin ikin, fo that the
light has no admittance.
Quincy.

On

ture.]

to the vale

3.

CA'TARACT.

comb was only undentood of the tombs

Chambers.
of St. Peter and St. Paul.

CATAGMA'TICK.

CAT

CAT

CAT

nature,

it

it v.illi

mav

cpidcinitks.

.ill

<:rc 1 go. Sfal,

iu malignity ^ndr^,'

b; enumerati-d wlili

ttic

wo
tf*

n I

'i

CAT
The palace of Deiphobui afcendl
In Irnoaky flames, and catches on his friends. DryJ.
Does the

And

man

from

run

To

2.

fedition catch

among the ranks ?

lay hold foddenly

to

as,

With

Of debtor.

When

Dry den.

CATCH,
1

n.f. [from the verb.]

Seizure ; the aft of feizing any thing
that flies or hides.

Taught by his open eye,

eye, that ev'n did mark her trodden graft,
That flie would fain the catch of Strephon fly.

His

We'll

a great

An

3.

Socrates introduced a catacbetical method of arhe would a/k his adversary question upon
j
queftion, till he convinced him, out of his own

mouth, that his opinions were wrong.

Bacon*
of the wit upon a

fcrvations.

The motion
few inftances

is

bat a

catrtr

manner

et the

is

in the philofophy

Addifons Spcfljtor.

CATECHE'TICALLY.
tical.]

To
i.

Bacon.

received.

adl

by

Had

anthem

wife, give

Baccn.

5.

fong fung in fuccefiion, where one

from another.

eatcbes it

This is the tone of our catch, play'd by the picture of nobody.

Sbaitjpeart't Temfeft.
Far be from thence the glutton parafite,
Singing his drunken catches all thj night.

Dry den jun.

bowls were crown'd,
and
Catches were fung,
healths went round. Prior.

The meat was

The

6.

ferv'd, the

thing caught

profit

advantage.

have a great catch, if he knock out

your brains ; he were as good crack a fufty nut
with no kernel. Sbakefptars's Trutas and Crrjlda:

Hector

7.

(hall

fnatch

a (hort interval of action.

It has been writ

by catches, with

many

intervals.

Locke.

a flight contagion.
Weretainawrci of thofe pretty (lories, and our,

8.

taint

j-.rAen'jd imagination fmiles in the recollection.

ClanviUe's Scepjis.

Any

9.

thing that catches and holds, as a

hook.

thole three thoufand fouls been catccbifid by

cafuifts, we had fecn a wide difference.

CA'TCHER.
1.

He

n. f.

[from

often writ-

catch.']

to try by interrogatories.
then I fuck my teeth, and -tatecl'fi

in

whith any thing

is

caught.

CA'TCHFIY.
plant

Gniu's Mltftrum.
[from catch and Jly.']

n.f.
a fpecies of campion

which

My

of countries. Stakefp. King 'John.

piked
Thtre flies about a ftrange report,
Of foftie exprefs arriv'd at court ;

I'm ftopp'd by
And catechis d

the fools I meet,

all

in

v'ry (treet.

S-wifr.

CA'TECHISER. a. f. [from To caiec&i/e.]

One who catechifes.
CA'TECHISM. n. f. [from XB]*I;C>U.] A
form of inftrudVton by means of queftions
and anfwers, concerning religion.
Ways of teaching there have been fundry always
ufual in God's church

for the firft introduction

of youth to the knowledge of God, the Jews even

Hooker.
till this day have their catechifms.
He had no catechifm but the creation, needed
but the
book
and
read
no
no ftudy but reflexion,
South.
volume of the world.

CA'TECHIST.
charge

n.f. [xalixirw.]

Onewhofe

by queftions, or

to inftruft

is

to

CA'TCHPOLL.

n.f. [from catch and/*//.]

ferjeant ; a bumbaiiifF.
now it be ufed as a word of
Catchpoll, though

contempt, yet, in ancient times, it feems to have

been uiei without reproach, for fuch as we now
call ferjeants of the mace, or any other that ufes
to arreft

men upon any

caufe.

Ctrwtll.

Theycall all temporal buiincftcs undcrfherirTrtes,

as if they were but matters for undcriheriiis and

though many times thofe UTdfrJheritfhes do moic.good than their high fpeculation;.

catchpolls

ligion.

CATHCHTU'MEN. ./. [xol^a/xix-.] One

who is yet in the firft rudiments of chriftianity ; the loweft order of ChrilUans
in the primitive church.
The prayers of the church did not begin in St.
Auftin's time,

fee.

Jiacm's Effnys.

CbiU't Difcourfc of Trade.

the catcchutnc-ns were JifmiflcJ.

till

a rank

adj.

[from catecbu-

men.] Belonging to the catechumens.

Diel.

GATE CO'R
folute

c A L adj. [from category.] A\fto the

; pofitive ; equal
.

adequate
thing to be exprefled.
The king's commiffioners
;

dcftred to

know,

whether the parliament's commiflioners did believe,

that bifliops were unlawful? They could never
obtain a cattgorkiil

aiilv,

r.

ment.
The abfohite

infinituJe, in

Clarendon.

manner, quite

changes the nature of beings, and exalts them into

a different
category.

CATENA'RIAN.

Ctyne.

[from catena, Lat.]

chain ; refembling a

adj.

Relating to a
chain.

In geometry, the catenarian curve is formed by

a rone or chain hanging freely between two points

Herns.

of^ifpenfion.

The back is bent after the manner of the catenarian curve, by which it obtains that curvature
that is fafeft for the included marrow.
Chcyne's Phihfophicjl Principles.

CA'TENATE.
To

Lat.]

Link

v.

a.

[from catena,

chain.

CATENA'TION.

Die3.

n. /.

[from catena, Lat.]

regular connexion.

This

catenation, or conferving union, whenever

his pleafure (hall divide, let go, or fcparate, they
(hall fall from their exiftence. Brown's Vulg. Err.

vide food

n.

to

[from

buy

To

cates.]

pro-

in victuals.

He that doth the ravens feed,

the fparrow,
providently caters fir
'
comfort to my age.
Shake]f. Ai you

Yea
Be

CA'TER.

Tilt it.

[from the verb.] Provider;

collector of provisions, or victuals : mifr..f.

printed perhaps for caterer.

The

oyfters dredged in this Lyner,

comcr acceptance, where the taftc is

ftoniach, than thofe of the Tamar.

find a

wel-

cater for the

Carevj's Survey ofCemnotffi

CA'TER.

n. /.

[quatre, Fr.]
cards and dice.

The

four

of

n. f. A
corruption of
from the ridiculoufnefs of
calling coufin or relation to fo remote a

CA'TER-COUSIN.
quatrc-coujin,

degree.
His matter and he, faring your worfliip's reverence, are fcarce cater-conjins.
Shalteffeare's Merchant of Venice.
Poetry and rcafon, how come thcfe to be catercoujint

Rymer's Tragedies of the

lafl

Age.

n.f. [from cater.] One employed to feleil *ind buy in proviiions

for the family ; the providore or purveyor.

CA'TERER.

Let no fcent oftcnfive the chamber infeft j

Let fancy, not coft, prepare all our diihes j
Let the caterer mind the fade of each gueft,
And the cx>k in his drefling comply with their
wilhcs.

He made

Stilli

CATECHUME'NICAL.

[jcWJi^k.] A clafs ;
an order of ideas ; a predica-

C A'TEGORY. n. f.

To CA'TER.

man

foundation, which the catecbiji received from the

Hammond's fundamentals.
biihop.

Scallops will move fo llrongly, as oftentimes to

leap out of the catcher wherein they are caught.

Why

None of years and knowledge was admitted,

who had not been inftructed by the catecl iji in this

that catches.

That

queftion

Decay of Piety
to interrogate ; to exa-

queftion the uninftrucled concerning re-

fmall fwift-failing (hip

10.
ten ketch.

2.

To

mine

plainly.

dare afrirrn, and that categorically, :n all part:

is
great, and continues fo, that
trade mud be nationally profitable.

To

z.

exprefsly.

and

our modern

one over againfl another,

great piealure.

[X*T^'"-]

catabife the world for him J that is, make

queftions, and bid them anfwer. Shakefp. Otlclfa.

of taking quickly from another.

Several quires, pl.iced

and taking the voice by catches

a.

-v.

aflcing queftions,

1 will

Dryden.

The

inftruft

correcting the anfwers.

Fate of empires, and the fall of kings,

Should turn on Hying hours, and catch of moments.

4.

adv. [from cateche-

In the way of queftion and anl'wer.

CA'TECHISE.
'To

categori-

guing

in hafte.
All which notions are bat ignorant catches of a
few things, which are mod obvious to men's ob-

what eata you have,

ftomachs always ferve them well. Sbal.

adj. [from xarii^lu.]

Confiding of queftions and anfwers.

advantage taken; hold laid on, as

alfo

wherever trade

fee

(oldiers

CATECHB'TICAL.

it is

Direftly

Pofitively

SeeCATis.

no wonder, therefore, that they were

often engaged on one fubjeft.
Addifcn en Ancient Medals.
action

1.

2.

PHUfs.

of the page under the la'fl line, which is

repeated at the top of the next page.
GATE. n.f. Food ; fomething to be eaten.
This is fcarcely read in the fingular.

For

ii

cal.]

CA'TCHWORD.B.^ [from catch anAivartl.

With printers.] The word at the corner

Sidney.

Watch; the pofthre of feizing.

BJta of them lay upon the catch for

2.

which

fingle propofition,

be divided again into fimplc and complex.

CATECO'IICALLY. adv. [from

force incredible and magick charms

Erft have endued, il he his ample palm
Should haply on ill-fated (houlder lay

the hook

the yellow hair in flame mould fall,

(etching fire might burn the golden cawi.

may

man,

Addijon'i Cato.
:

Another monfter,
Sullen of ifpcct, by the vulgar call'd
the god]
catchpoll, whole polluted hands

catches.

The

CAT

CAT

Ben yoafcn's

theprecdy ravens

'I'.i-vcrn

Academy.

to be Elias's caterers,

and bring h:m food.

King Charles.
Seldom (hall one fee in cities or courts that
athletick vigour, which is feen in poor houfes,
where natuie is their cook, and neceflity their
Seutb.

cattrer.

CA'TERESS.
employed
Iinpoftor

woman
n.f. [from cater.]
to cater, or provide victuals.
do not charge innocent nature,

As if ihe would her children fhould be riotous

With her abundance die, good .-atercfs,
Means her piovi/ijj only to the good.
Miltai.
:

CA'TERPILLAR.

CAT
C A'TB R p

and Minjhtvj are inclined

charges by

cbatte pelufe, a weafel. It feems eafily de

ducible from cafes, food, and filler, FT.
to rob ; the animal that eats up the

of

of the earth.j
worm which, when

the. ftimulus is great, all the appendages of the bowels, and all the vilcera
in the abdomen, will be twiched ; by
which a great deal will be drained back
into the inteftines, and made a part of
what they difcharge.
Quincy,

fruits

I.

fuftained

it

by leaves and

is

gets wings,

fruits.

breedeth of dew and leaves ; f r

breed upan trees and
leaves of the trees or hedges
hedges, by which the
Bacon*
are confuroed.

Quickfilver precipitated either with gold, or

without addition, into a powder, is wont to be
ftrongly enough catbart'ual, though the chymilrs
have not proved, that either goK! or mercury hath

Aufter is drawn with a pot pouring forth water,

w'th which d.-icend gralsf.oppers, caterpillars, and

any

The
we fee

ealffil/ar

infinite caterpillars

Pcacham

creatures bred by moirture.

an

1.

To make

a noife

[from

as-

offenfive or odious noife.

any

What

a caterwauling do you keep here \ If

fteward Malvolio, and
lady has not called up her
bid him turn you out of doors, never truft rr.e.

my

Was
The

GATES,

catiriuaullng brethren

it

etymology
may be corrupted

generally employed
fignify nice and luxurious food.

CA'THEAD.

O wafteful

CATHE'DRAL.
1.

Ben Jonjon.

Alas, how fimple to thefe tales,

that crude apple that diverted Eve

is

as

it

Their palatable bane.

Ptilifs.

Arbutl.nl'..

CA'TFISH. n.f. The name of a fea-fifh

in the Weft Indies; fo called from its
round head and large glaring eyes, by
which they are difcovered in hollow
Phillips.

Small ropes in a
blocks from one

fhip, running
fide of the fiirouds to the other, near the
deck: they belong only to the main

fhrouds
and their ufe is to force the
fhrouds tight, for the eafe and fafety of
the marts, wlien the (hip rolls.
Harris.
;

CATH A'RTICAL.

<^.[Ka-5afTixo;.]

Purg-

CATHA'RTICK.

j ing medicines. The

vermicular or periltaltick motion of the;

guts continually helps on their contents,

from the pylorus to the rectum ; and
every irritation either quickens that motion in its natural order, or occafions

fome little inverfioos in it. In both,

what but flightly adheres to the coats
will be loofcned, and they will be more
agitated, and thus rendered more fluid.

By

this

only

it

is

manifeA, how a ca-

3.

olJ.

the following lines.

Here aged trees cathedral walks compofe,

And mount

the

hill in

There the green infants

CATHE'DRAL.

venerable rows j
in their b=ds are laid.
Pipe.

n.f.

The head

here

is

ers

fcr

CA'THERINE PEAR.
For. ftrcaks

See PEAR.

of red were mingled there,

Such as are on a Catteriat pear,

Ths: fide that's next the lun.

CA'THETER.

n.f. [xaStr^.]

S:::tting.

hollow

and fomewhat crooked inftrument,

to

thrult into the bladder, to

affiit in bringing away the urine, when the pafiage is

flopped by a (tone or gravel.

large clyfter, fudJcnly injeftfd, hath frequently forced the urine out of the bladder; but
if it fail, a catheter

muft help you.

liftman's Surgery.

[In a (hip.] Two little

holes aftern above the gun-room ports,
to bring in a cable or hawfer through

CA'THOLES.

n.f.

n.f. \kattckeni, Dutch. In boaflemblage of imperfect flow-

hanging from

trees, in

manner of a

[from cat and

adj.

like.]

Like

a cat.

A lionefs, with udders all drawn dry*

Lay couching head on ground, with cat/He watch.
Sbakcjftcart.

CA'TLING.
1 .

n.f.

difmembering knife ufed

by

fur-

Harris.

ge'ons.
2. It feems to

be ufed by Shakefpeare for

the materials of riddle firings.
What mufick there will be in him after H^c'lor
hns knocked out his brains, I know not.
But, 1
catgut

extraordinary as
Italy,

Ruy.

An

CA'T LIKE.

church of

thc^fathfdraf, which a mnn may view with piealurc, after he has feen St. Peter's. AJJifrn cti

An

laws.

[from catholick; xuniverfal medicine.

rope or cat's tail ; ferving as male bloffoms, or flowers of the trees, by which
Chamber}.
they are produced.

am

nothing in Leghorn

n.f.

ta.fj.ce.']

tany.]

a diocefe.
'1

catholic!:

againft all; but we find it particularly

applied by St. Paul to judging and defpifing our
Government of the tongue.
brethren.

to an epifcopal church.
His conftant and regular alfiiting at the cathedral fervice was never interrupted by the Iharpnels
ofwcathrr.
Lcctt.

low phrafe, antique ; venerable ;

This feems to be the meaning in

Scepjit-

ttclicon

Belonging

In

to give

Prefervation againft that fin, is the contemplation of the laft judgment. 'This is indeed a ca~

Parergon.

SbaktffterfiHatrjVl.
2.

With coftly tales (he flain'd her frugal boatj,

Then with ill-gutcn wealth ihe bought a lord.

*. f.
in little

So^ixoir

biihop at the head of

were one body politick.

ParadifeLsJt.
th' alluring odour drawn, in hafte
Fly to the dulcet cans, and crowding f.p

rocks.

according to fome

CATHO'LICON.

that wherein there are two

Ayliffe's.

'

Glawville

an account or
the formation of the univerfe, by mechanical hypothefes of matter, moved either uncertainly, or

Thofe fyrtems undertake

Methought I fat in feat of majefty,

In the cathedral church of Weftminfter.

to your nation.

CA'TKINS.

them, that do make

The y, by

CA'T HARP INGS.

Doubtlefs the fuccefs of thofe your great and caendeavours will promote the empire of man
over nature, and bring plentiful accefiion of glory

[from cathedra, Lad a

an epifcopal fee.]
containing the fee of a

cathedral church

catholick,

thclick

or more perfons, with a

Raleigh.

Was

Epifcopal

called

becaufe they are directed to all the faithful, and not to any particular church ;
and canonical, becaufe they contain excellent rules of faith and morality.
Calmit.

on Fofiils.

biihop.

never well content

With low priz'd fart ; hunger ambitious
Of cans by land and lea far fetcht and ftnt.
riot,

John, and that of

St. Peter, three of St.

St. Jude.
They are

adj.

chair of authority

catholick,

received by all the

4. Catholick or canonical epiftles, are feven

in number ; that of St. James, two of

them catfcaups.

[In a Qiip.]

not limited by time.

3. Catholick is often fet in oppofition to

heretick or feftary,.and to fchifmatick*

Sfefiiitor.

n.f.
piece of
timber with two mivers at one end, having a rope and a block, to which is faftened a great iron hook, to trice up the
anchor from the hawfe to the top of the
forecaftle.
Sea Die?.

creates

not the cates.

call

is

truths are faid to be

faithful.

purgative.

Woodward

The fair acceptance, Sir,

The cntet tainment perfect,

Cumberland, where they

Some

becaufe they are

nodules with leaves in them, called catheads,

to confill of a f>rt of iron ftone, nut unlike
that which is found in the rocks near "Whitehaven
in

adj. [catboliqHt, Fr. X aSoXix-, univerfal or general.]

The church of Jefus Chrift is called ca~
thilick, becaufe it extends throughout the

world, and
2.

The

delicate ; which is not likely, becaufe Junius obferves, that the Dutch
have kater in the fame fenfe with our
Viands ;
It has no Jingular.~\
tater.

dithof meat

1.

feem

from

CA'THOLICK.

n.f. [from catharPurging quality.

CA'T HE AD. n.f. A kind of foflil.

catbolick.]
to the catholick church.

Adherence

tiial.]

Httdi&ras.

[of uncertain

CATHO'LICISM. n.f. [from

CATHA'RTICALNESS.

no difpute between

n.f.

them

the catL-articks or purgatives of the fool.

Shakfff care's Twelfth flight.

Skinner imagines

t(J

is

Addifont

To make

food

any that

piercing caufticks ply their fpitei'ul pow'r,

Emeticks ranch, and kztncatbartkkt tcour. Garth.
Plato has called mathematical demonstrations

rutting

time.
2.

lets

The

cat,~\

cats in

much

Luftrations and catbar'.icks of the mind were

fought for, and all endeavour ufed to calm and regulate the fury of the palfions.
Dtcay of Piety.

Drawing.

Any thing voracious and ufelefs.

CA'TERPILL AR. n.f. [fcorpioidei, Lat.]
Miller.
The name of a plant.
-v. n.

felt,

Bcyle'i Scffticj/ Ckymift.

z.

To GATE RWA'UL.

to '.He capftan, when there is occafion to heave the (hipafkrn. Sea Difl.

tlanic haftens and increafes the difftool ; but where the force

./ [This word Sh'tmer

to derive from

AR.

i r t.

CAT

C A f

3.

fure,

none

fiiK-ws to

make

unlcfs

the fidler Apollo get his

catlings of.

Sbelitjf'iart.

The down

or mofs growing about walnut trees, lefemblihg die hair of a cat.

Harris.

CA'T MI NT.
name of a

n.f. \cataria, Lat.]

plant.

The

'Miller.

CATO'PTRIC AI,.

adj. [from catoptricks.]

Relating to catoptricks, or vifion by re-

flection.

A caloptricj! or dio'ptricHl heat is fuperiour to

any, vhnfjing the hardclt lubftancss.
Arbtilbnt en Air.
CATO'PTRICKS.

n.f. [xaTcnfl^t, a looking

which treats

glafs.] That part of opticks

of vifion by reflection.

n.f. [from cat and fife.] Th

fame with catcal ; an iuftrument that
makes a fcpcaking noife.

CA'TPIPE.

Same

'

jters can no more (ing In any chamown, than lorn* tierks can read in
ny book bt their own ; put tlirm out of tl-j-ir
toad one., and they are mac cj p:f a and dunces.

n.f. [tavalerie, Fr.] Hcrfe

bodies of men furnifhed with

CA'VALRV.

ber but their

CAT'S-EYE.

n.f.

flone.

of a glittering grey, interchanged

Ciit'i-tye is
with a rtraw colour.
Wodltvttrd
!

C*

J-'-S-FOOT.

or grsunJ-i-vv

aleha-if,

CAT'S HEAD.
ii

An herb;

./
n.

i'.

the fame with

which

',

CA'TSILVER.

Bacin's ilcrry Vfl.

Their cavalry, in the battle of blenheim, could
not fuftain tlu-'&cick. of tic Briflh hcife.
ble bands

they Were

given

[A word of very common

of doubtful or unknown ety-

make

by Skinner, Menage, and Spelman, from capitalia, qu<?

ad caput pertinent ; perfonal goods in
which fenfe chattels is yet ufed in our
It is derived

mology.

To
1.

Maade-'ville ufes catch for price."]

law.

And God made

kind, ami

-lie beaft

Skatrfpeare.
after his

kind, and every thing

that crccpeth upon the earth after his kind.
Gcr.Jn, i. 25.
2. It is ufed in reproach of human beings.
Brys and women a:c for the molt part cattle of

And

longs to date a cunqueft

from your day.

Drydin.
muft the heart of the old man rejoice,
vhen he faw fucli a numerous cti'alcadt of Sis own

How

ice, caudle

n.f. [cave, Fr. cavea, Lat.]

den ; a hole entering horizontally under the ground ; a habitacavern

fall

Sbakefp

Richard III.

fqnare and carve, and p >lifh their

They
ftonr and marble works, even in the very cave of
.

Wain.

the quarry.

Through this a cave was dug with vaft expence ;

The work it fecm'd of fomc fufpicious prince.
Drydcn.

2.

hollow; any hollow place. Not ufed.

hr object of light cloth Ilrike upon the pupil

of the eye direftly; whereas the cave of the car
doth hold off the found a little. Bacon's Nr. HiJ).
'1

ToCtcve.-v.n. [from the noun.]

To dwell

Such

[cavalier, Fr.]
1. A horfeman ; a knight.
2. A gay, fprightly military man.
For v.h.f 'u he, wlio\- ctiin n K it cmicVd

With one
Thclc

n.f.

The

VII T

appellation of the paity of king

of

this fort

euenot:, and Cavalier*.

CAVALI'EK.
1

2.

Gay

appellation
a reproach

were the Guclfs and Gfbclines,

adj.

Swift

[from the fubftantive/

3.

Dildainful

Where

To malk

Haughtily

aj-v.

'irrog.intly

From
They

Suckling

...-.

A hollow

wilt th m find a cavern dark enough

thy roonllrous vifagc ? Skal. Julias Cttf
'niters of the foaming deep,

the deep ooie and gelid cav.-rn rous'J,

flounce and tremble in unwield; j
.

>;.

77'0w/n

haughty.

CAVAI. I'KRLV.

place in the ground.

The people are naturally not valiant, and no'

much cavatitr. Now it is the nature of coward
where they can receive none.

to enter a

CA'VERN'.W./ [caverna, Lat.]

Generous

to hurt,

Mr. Rowc

Trumbull to Pcpe

fprightly ; warlike.
brave.
;

Sbaleffeare.

is

laureat; praydefirc

Hu

from

Cavalier.

dil'dainfully.

CA'VIRNED.
I.

An

and fpares the mouths of

are broken j for, by the
help ol it, they are accuftomed to obey the hand,
and to b:nd.the neck and (houlders, without hurting their mouths, or fpoiling their bais with the
fdi-J/in laves

iro:s

when they

Full of

adj.
cavern-i

Farrier' t Ditl.

bit.

cheft with holes in the top,

fifh alive in the water.

n.f.

keep

CAUGHT,
which

farticif. pa/,

World of Words.
[from To catch;

fee.]

CAVIA'RE. n.f.

[the etymology uncer-

come from garum, Lat.

or pickle, made of fifh faked.]

tain, unlefs

fauce,

it

eggs of a Iturgcon, being failed and

up into a mafs, were

fiift

fnm

brought

made

C<:n:Ua-

called cjv'ui'c.
tinople by the Italians, and

CAVI'ER.

n.f.

Gr :TJ*S Mufeeum.

corruption of caviare.

CATSUP.

To CA'VIL.

a.

11.

To

lari, Lat.]

Fr. cai-il-

[fai'ilier,

and frivo-

raile captious

lous objections.
I'll

give thrice fo

much

land

To

any well-deferving friend;

But, in the way of bargain, mark ye me,
I'll cavil on the ninth prrt of a hair.
Siatffreore'i Henry IV.
lord, you do not well, in obftinacy
cavil in thj courfe of this contrail.

My

To

Sbafyfeeie*! Hcr.ryVl.

He

cavils

firft

at the

effects of

we

an intimation given to fome ordinary

caveat
or cfcleliartical judyc by the a& of man, notifying
to him, that he ought to beware how he aits in
fuch or fuch an a/fair.
-dyl'fff
The chiefeft caveat in reformation mull be to
en Inland
Scots.
the
out
Sjcuccr
keep
I am in danger of commencing poet, pcrhap

Ch-irles the firft.

Each party grows proud of that

which their adverlariei jt nrlt intend as

as

are outlaws.

n.f. [caveat, Lat. let him lecaution.

tvare.] Intimation of

appearing hair, that will not lollow

and choice drawn ciivj/'urs to France

and fometimes of leather or wood ;

fomctimes flat, and fometimes hollow or
which is put upon the nofe of
twifted
a horfe, to forward the fuppling and
breaking of him.

iron,

poet's infifting fo

AchiUcs's ra^

much

:.

Pcpe's ffiU-s en ite ]lu:d.

CA'VEAT.

cull'd

SMtfte.<re'> /Av>ry

3.

Care here, haunt here,

?*!.

from c avei n. ] Full of

fPecdii'ir,?} !\\ni.ra! 11

rc-.i'h.

upon the

in a cave.

CAVALi'ER.

pride,

jrFSSON. *./. [Kr. In horfemanmip.]

A fort of nofeband, fometimes made of

See

did

Odjey.

No great damages are done by earthquakes, exwhich are mountaincept only in thofe countries
oui, and confaju;m!y (tony and cavernous under-

The

care's

adj.

Phillips* s

Sbak. TIKO.

mad with

No bandit fierce, no tyrant

No cavcrn'd hermit, :c!" lUt'-fa^fy'd.

to

thy morning toaft,

Before fun-rili ig, icll h's Ion George

Into the blind cave of eternal n ght.

Ska/tt'peart'i

to mix as caudle.
;
Will the cold brook,

caudle

wrathful fkies
Callow the very wand'rcr^ of the -dark,
And make them keep their caves. Slak. K. Lear.
Bid him bring his power

of the earth

As yeu like it.

CAVALCA'DE. n.f. [Fr. from ca--uallo, a
horfe, Ital.] A proceffion on horfeback.
Your cavalcade the fair Ipedlators view,
From their high ftandings, yet look up to you
From your brate train each fingh's out a ray,

Inhabiting a cavern.

To CAUF.

[from the noun.]

a.

The

cattle a.'cer their

this colour.

mix-

tion in the earth.

Beafts of pafture, not wild nor domeftick.

Make poor men's cattle break their necks.

<v.

cure thy o'crnight's forfeit

AVE.

Pye;
2.

young horfc

Candied with

of wine and other ingredients,

to women in childbed, and fick

To CA'UDLE.

n.f.

ufe, "but

Phillips.

[clmitdeau, Fr.]

Ye (hall have a hempen caudle then, and tlie

Shalt-Bean's Henry VI.
help of a hatchet.
He had good broths, caudle, and fuch like; and
I believe he did drink fnme uinc. Wifrmtni Surg.

kind of Indian pickle,

imitated by pickled mufhrooms.

CA'TTLE.

made.

n.f.

perfons.

Wtnh.
Phillips',' World of
And, for our home-bred Britiih cheer,
Botargo, catjup, and cavier.
Swift.

Phillips.

firft

CA'UDLE.
ture

a gufhing fountain broke,

rills,

caverns.

[from ca<vo, Lat. In

The hollowing or under-

n. f.

fort of light hats,

m.f.
fo called from a town in France where

n.f.

to dig into a hollow.

of the whole building.

the tail of a cat.

CA'TSUP.

[caw, Lat.]

CA'UDE-BECK.

CATS-TAIL,

In living

To CA'VERNOUS.

architecture.]
aldigging of the earth for cellarage ;
lowed to be the fixth part of the height

IPttdviiird MI Fojjils.

n.f.
1.
long round fubftance, that grows in
winter upon nut-trees, pines, &c.
*.
kind of reed which bears a fpike like

a.

<v.

War.

en ike

/l.lilijiri

hollow out

A kind of foffil.

n.f.

cimp.ilVd of plates that are generally

plain and parallel, and t':at are flexible and elalt.ck; and is of thr.e forts, the yellow or golden,
the white or filvcry, and the black.

delighted ; nor dilrrufr

whilft the wwrrVgr. und

iri'-io:,

of foot.

CAVA'ZION.

Cj.',"/-r;r is

flow'ry

(roiling furfacj;

Hur!l Istal, and involves the hopes of war

In fi:ry vOiitles.
Philip.
High at his head from out the caticrn'J roc):,

bandmen aiul plowmen be but as thi-ir trorkfcilks,

you may have a good cavalry, but never gi-

To CA'VATE.

Cat's-beaJ, by f me called the go-no-further,

2 \eiy large apple, and a good bearer.

The

If a A\\<- run moft to gentlemen, and the huf-

Embi'tied troop?, with flowing bar.nrrs, fifs

Through

troops ;
horfes for w;ir.

fee.

kind of apple.

C A V

C A

C A V

[from tavern.']
hollow; excavated.
;

To CA'VI

L. f. a.

To receive

or treat with

objections.

Thou
Then

didlt accept

them

g mil,
cm-il the conditions

wilt thou enjoy the

Paniii.

CA'VIL. n.f. [from the verb.]

frivolous objections.
Wifcr men confider how fubjcft the

Falie or
bert things

have been unto cavil, when wit>, pofidi'cj with difdain, have fet them up as thx-ir mark to fljoot at.
Heater.
Several divines, in order to anfwcr the cai'iU of
thofe advcrf-iries to truth and moiality, began to
find out farther explanations.
Kic'if:.

CAVILLA'TION. n.f. [from cavil.] The

difpofition to make captious objedUon
;

the practice of objecting.

I might add fo much- concerning the

large odds
between the cafe of the eldeft churches in regard
of heathens, and ours in rcfpcit of the church uf

Rome,

that

very

ca-viiliiiiai

itfelf

(hould

tiiikd.

CA'VILLF

K.

C A

n. f.
A
[ca<vi!!atar, Lat.]
fond of making objections ; an unfair adverfary ; a captious difputant.
The candour which Horace fliews, is that which

CA'VILLER.

diit'nguiihes acritick from 3 caviller; he dechies,

that he is not offended
little faults, which
may
'.

There

is, I

mifreprefcnt

room

grant,

my

A.Uij:n

(till

meaning.

wine or

ad"j.

[from

cavilling.']

in

adj.
full

argument;

Thofe perlbns
is

natural hollow,

In the military
fit to cover a

hollow

ing

rubbilh,

lips.

is

which

is

of

was unhappy,

As

[from cauk.]

adj.

white,

CAUL.
1. The
hair

n.f. [of uncertain etymology.]

net in \vhichwomen inclofe their
fpared tiiey to ftrip her

a;

they had defpoil'd her tire and caul,

(he was, their eyes
might her beh^id.

2.

Any kind of fmall

net.

An Indian mantle of fathers, and the feathers

wrought into a caul of packthread.
Crcio'i Mufitum.
the integument in
3. The omenturn ;
which the guts are inclofed.
The

caul

he kept his

The beaft th-y then d.vide, and disunite

The ribs and limbs, obfeivant of the rite

JRay.

lauts invulv'd with art,

Odyffcy.

tany

for fuch
plants as

have a true

ftalk,

which a great many have not.

CA'ULIFLOWEK. n. f. [from caulis, Lat.
the ftalk of a
plant.]

hgt.

fpcciej of cat-

author of any

Caife
to

2.

make

The

a fulftanc? exerting
one thing be.^in to be.

ii

reafon

its

poer

i:iti>

act,

!.ukc.

other fi^ht,

Sbthfrtfrt*

Sogrc.it, fi cnnft,int, and fo general a pi.

mult needs have not only a

a conftant, and a geneial

menfuratc

to

caufe,
^

fuch an eiieit.

j,,' t
'

Having no caufe
And

2.

Hcfy Lii-ing.

caufe.']

original in itfelf.
Almighty's leered throne,
make his caujclefs pow'r, the caufe of all
Blackmori* Creaticn.
things, known.

Reach

th'

or motive.

Wanting juft ground

Yet

my

truth yplight,
And love avow'd to other lady late,
Thar, to remove the fame, I have no might

To

change love

And me
Thus

is

canftlcft)

is

ed,
r1

reproach to warlike

Sfenjcr's Fairy <^i;ira.

and mine threats notwithwar butdeath;

is uneath.
Fairfax.
diOike, which othris hive conceivno lumcicnt reafon for us to forbear in any

hatred endlcfs

caujeltji

Ths
is

cauje/cjs

Hooker.

-<

yet who apprt-hrnd

caufe of caujt.ejs fear,
t'nat Iccming tjute take end,

As women
Some fiuKli'ii

Although

fl.akinjc

ALt

'

Kck
caufes

through di^ir

lirnbs they find. H'aUer.

Kkjayfeltft and un^rounJt-d,
ureami, and mcUiirholy fumes. Dtr.h.

my

CA'USLR.
;

fears

n. f.

[from caufe.}

by which an

the agent

He

that

eflccl is

produced.
Hi-

whole oration Moid upon a (nort naTntion,

cauftr of this raeMmoruh'ilis.

what was the

Sidney.

Is not the caufer of tliefc timclcls deaths

As bl inirrul as tlie ex:, uti^ni
''

Abiiii.fnce, the apoftlc

Sl.akffpeare.
dctertnines, is of no

other r.al value in iciig.on, than a. a

f tufff

of moral

niiniftrri.Tl

f(h'' t5.

R^geit.

?./

^A'USEY.

This
{(hauj/ee:, Fr.
CA'USEWAY. j w. id, by a falfe notion of
its
etymology, has been lately written

caufc-ii-ay.]

but alfo a great,

way

way comSnud.

Tw

every

*r.?y/tr'i

[from

adj.

knight.

motive to any thing.

The reft (hall hear d,me

As caufe will be obey'd.

for he that docs ic

;
a defpifer of the law, and undervalues

authority.

effeft.

dependeth; neither have they otlieiwHe fpoktn

of that cauft, than a. an agent, which,
knowing
what and why it worketh, obferveth, in
working,
a moft exact order or law.
llo-Atr.
J.'utterflies, and ether flies, revive ealily when
they fccm dead, being brought to the fun or fire;
tiie
fgiift whereof is the diftufion of the vit..l fpirit,
and the dilating of it by a little heat.
Hacon's Natural 7///?5i).

belly

CAULi'FEROu-s.fl^. [from caulis, a (talk,

and fero, to bear, Lat.] A term in bo-

ati

n.f. [caufa, Lat.]

1. That which
produces or effedts any
thing ; the efficient.
The wife and learned, amongft thn very heathens thtmf-'lves, have all acknowledged fome firft
caufe, whereupon originally the being of all things

On thcfc, iu double
The clio'ice.l mod-

caufer

CAUSE,

for the

fo liable to fuffer coH, that

conitantlv covered with wool.

its

without reafon

is

CA'USELESS.
1.

Bntun's Vulgar Emmr;.

ail

caufdejly,

Breton's Vulgar Errcurs.

areopagV of hell, to work them from it.

Bremen's Vulgar Errours.

warming the lower b^lly,

like an apron or
Hence a
piec- ,,f woollen cloth.
certain g'adiato.ir, whofe caul Galen cut
c,ut, was
fervx-s

adv.
[from caufelej}.]
Without caufe ; without reafon.
Human la.vs are not to be broken with fcandal,

nor at

Lat.]

fo fwifr as

CA'USEL ESLY.

wl

Demonftratively underftanding the fimplicity of

perfection, and the invifible condition of the firft
caufator, it was out of the power of earth, or the

Spcnfcr.
rin^lefs of her hair is crown'd,
in a/golden caul the curls arc bound.

Drydm'i jEneiJ.

Drydcn's Fables.
not to aR'eCl the
fenfes diOir.ftly, and fo ctufi not
any train of kleas
in the mind, ar^ not perceived to move.
Locke.

Things that move

Accord-

caufal. ]

CA'USATIVE. adj. [a term in grammar.]

That expreffes a caufe or reafon.
CAUSA'TOR. n.f. [from caufo, low Lat.]

Her head with

And

necedary in fuch a chain of caufes to afcend

and terminate in fome firft, which ihould be
the original of motion, and the caufe of ail other
South.
things ; but itfelf be caufcd by none.
She weeping afk'd, in thefe her blooming years,
What unforefeen misfortune caufd her care,
To loath hgr life, and languim in defpair I

delude us in the conceits of ftars and meteors, befides their allowable

actions, aftribing effcfls thereunto of indejendent

whn

Then
Such

the hinder part of a woman's

cap.
naked all ;

Ne

heart inclin'd,

It is

Thus doth he fometimes

caufaticn.

my

to

low Lat.]

CAUSA'TION. n.f. [from caufo, low

The aft or power of caufing.

FoJJtls.

and thee,

cauje,

and by a penfuc infpe<5Vion advifed, but hath found

by an irrefiftible necefTuy^one eveilatiing being, all
for ever
cwfing, and all. for ever fuitaining.

the quality of

ing to the order or feries of caufes.

Thus may it be more caufuliy made our,

opaque, cauky fpar, {hot or pointed.

W oodivard on

Ere to thy

Or lo*e.topaity had feduc'd my mind.

Tickelt.
To CA'-USE. v. a. [from the noun.] To
effeft a#an agent; to produce.
Never was man whufe apprehenlions are {bber,

Glan-jille's Scfpj:;.

Hippocrates affirmeth.

ground or principle of

aftion or oppofition.

he created

CA'USALLY. adv. [from

party

^~

Ralarb.

Brmuifi Vulgar Eir.urs,

By an unadvifrd tranfiliency from the cft'cci to
the remoteft caufe, we obfervc not the connection,
through the intcrpofal of more immediate ranfa-

Bcntltj.

coarfe talky fpar.

4. Side

all,

litiel.

Woodward.

CA'UKV.

it

deep,

Sbakfffcare.
caujcs between your brethren, and juHge
righteoufly between every man and his brother,
and the ftranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy.

evil counfel.

[caufalitas,

caufe

eaiife

Hear the

exiftenccj.

j4>:jrbnsf on Diet.

would foon be fwallowed up by the

cavity
fca, and the deprefled parts of .the earth.

That

fubjeft of litigation.
O madnefs of difcouffe,
fets up with and a^ainft
thyfelf !
;

Bil'old authority.

all things, fo is he
beyond and in
in his very cffence, as
being the foul of
their caujalitiei, and the eflTential caufe of their

them

to sF.r.e':d.

If the tfrmofphcrc wss reduced into water,

would not make an orb above thijty-two feet

he followed

ty,

Rfr.vtt

caufing.

An

n.f.

ttettfi

CAUSA'LITV. n.f.
The agency of a

Spiff.
inftrumont with a firuil caviiy, like a fmal!
fpoon, dipt in oil, may fetch out the ftone.

CAUK.

concatenation.

had ordain'd you friends.

wifli fate

Reafon of debate

3.

train's Logifk,

Materials packed together with wonderful art in

the fevers! cavitiei of the fkull.
Addtkri i

of the

cauj'al

Glanville's Scepjis Scientifica

perifli-ng kind.

llryttm'i Dedication

whkh

by the poftures

Holder's E/emetat if Spacb.

nothing to be left void in a firm buildeven the cavitia ought not to be rilled with

There

Will often

Caufal propofitions are, where two proportion!

are joined by
caufal particles j as, homes were not
built, that they might be deftroyed ; Rehoboam

hollow place.
The vo-.vels are made by a free pafl'age of breath,
vocalized through the cavity of the mouth; the
of the throat, tongue, and

to caufes

method of

faid cavity being differently

ihaped

low Lat.] Relatimplying or containing

adj. \_caufa1is,

Every motion owing a dependence on prerequired motors, we Can have no true knowledge or
any, except we would diltinftly -pry into the whole

body of troops, and confequently faciDici.

approach to a place.
CA'VITV. n.f. [cavitas, Latin.] Hollow;

Dydat.

caufes.

litate their

nefs

adj.

: then allc'd the

cuvfiy
crowding people draws.

f f '.'ring ftood

to the itream the

Even he,
Lamenting that there had been cai-ftof enm

Bremen's Vulgar Erroun.

ing

Dil.

victuals.

CA'USAL.

A\Rfft.

[French.

.'/

Which

naturally caufabl: in anotlier.

is

by whofc fraud and iniquity

dcftroyed.

C^yiN.
art.]

and un-

are faid tq be cavillons

faithful advocates,

juftice

[from cavil.] Unfair

of objections.

caufe

tineas

to fel

[from cattfo, low Lat.]

That which may be caufed, or effefted
by a caufe.
That may be miracuioufly effected in one, which

to bis Sertr<cn<.

In a cavilling manner.

CA'VILLOUS.

a vidualling-houfe

keep

CA'USABLE.

Attcrbury's Preface

CA'VILLINGLY.

To

Guardian.

to fee you landed here,

enough of triumph fcr a year. Dryetttt.

royal Sir!

Thus,

Was

To CAULK.
See To CALK.
To CA'UPO.VATE. v. n. [caufono, Lat."

left for a caviller to

C A

Towards the end nf the month, earth up your

winder plants and fallad herbs; and plant forth
your caul'.jltrwcrs and cabbage, which were fown ir
Auguft.
Evdyns Kalcr.dar

man

be imputed to inadvertency.

C A

raifed

way

Shuppirn

{lie

l vit

and paved ; a
of the ground.

raifed

above the

reft

came

forth wcltwai-d by the

i Cir. xx'
16.

The

CAW

C A U
The

other

way

Sun went

defign of the cautery i to prewnt th: rfin.il

but the operators confefs, that, in
;
perfons caulerimJ, the tears trickle down ever

Millm.
raujnvty to hrU-gite.
But tht bruad cmfnuay will ^'rcft your way,
And you may rejcli the town bj noon of day.
Drjtitn.

Whofe caufiitiay parts the vale with (hady rows ;

Whofe feats the weary traveller rcpofe.
Pope
CA'USTICAL. 7 adj. [xat/rixo;.] Epithets

from clofing
after.

n.f. [**'*,, ure.]

Cauliry is either actual or potential; the firft is
burning by a hot iron, and the latter with caultic!;
medicines. The actual cautery is generally ufcd
to flcp mortification, by burning the dead parts to

CA'USTICK. 5 of medicaments which

deftroy the texture of the part to which
they are Applied, and eil it away, or
burn it into an efchar, which they do
by extre'me rninutenefs, afperity, and
quantity of motion, that, like thofe of
deftroy the texture of the foand change what they are applied

fire itfelf,

the quick; or to flop the eflulion of blood, by

fearing up the vcffels.
Qurncy.
In heat of fight it will be neccfTaryto have your
actual cautery always ready ; for that will fecure
the bleeding arteries in a moment. fPifetran's Surg.

Prudence,

1.

fight

provident care

as

i'.Vro-.

Cedar, upon this new acquefr, gave him

part of Baccharia for cautkn for his dilburleir.crrs.

'

ticlei.

HMK/.

The

parliament woald yet give his majefty Aifwar Jliould be profecuted.

ficient caution that the

p.ir-

Cltucndcn.

Arlittbntt.

CA'USTICK.

A burning

ti.f.

He that objefls any crime, ought to give caution,

by the roeans of fureties, that lie will perfcvere in
the prolecution of fuch crimes. Ayliffti Partrgon.

application.

was a tendernefs to mankind, that introduced

corroiives and caujiicks, which are indeed but artiJf

ficial fires.

Trmfli.
The piercing caujli<kip\y their fpiteful puw'r,
Ere.Micks ranch, and keen catharticks fcour.

In defpite of all the rules and c^atkns of government, the moft dangerous and mortal of vices will

come

.CA'UTEL.
fcruple

n.f. [caut(ta,L&i.] Caution;

a word difufed.

off.

L*EJlrange.

4. Provflionary precept.
Attention to the forementioned fymptoms afway of
Arlutbnot.
prevention,

fords the bed camions and rules of diet, by

Perhaps he laves you now;

dothbefmirch

And now no foil of cautel

The virtue of his will.

Stakeffeare.

fo CA'UTION. <v. a. [from the noun.]

CA'UTEI.OUS. adj. [cauteJeux, Fr.]
To warn ; to give notice of a danger.
,i. Cautious; wary; provident. Notinufe.
How {hall our thought avoid the various fnare?
Palkdio doth wifh, like a caulthut artifan, that
the inward walls mightbcar fomc good (hare in the
burden.
ffottoii.

A.

Wily; cunning

treacherous.

Of

themfelves, for the moil part, they are fo

and wily headed, efpecially being men of
fo fmall experience and practice in law matters,
that you would wonder whence they borrow fuch
teutelous

fubtilties

and

Sfcnjir on Inland.

fly Ihil'ti.

Vour

fan
Will or exceed the

With

CA'UTELPUSLY.
1.

Cunningly;

or be caught
and practice.
Sbakcfpcare.

common,

cautflaut baits

adv. [from cautelous.]

flily

and certain to deftioy

You cautioned me againlt their charms,
Bat never gave me equal arms.

yuo frius.

yet they will fct back all things in Jlatu

Bacon'* War iv'itb Spain.

2. Cautioufly

Jews, not refilved of the fciatica fide of

Jacobf do cauttltujly, in their diet, abftain'from
Srtnvn,

N. n.f. [from cauterize.]

aft of
burning flclh with hot irons,

or caultic medicaments.

to give us for fccuring trade

~e

Wiftman.

CA'UTERIZE.

-v.a. [cauttrjf(r,Fr.~\

To

burn with the cautery.

For each true word

Be

a bli.ter, and each falfe

fatitcrixhif to the root o* th' tongue,

Confuming.it wiih fpeaking.j'

Sbjkrfpt
fucli a corrolive and cautir;i.ing quality j for there is not one
cher of the inlctla, but is brad of a d-..llcr mutter.

No

m.irvcl

though cantharides have

'I

Natural

IIiJ!,'-y.

adj.

watchful.
him ;

cautious of

S-w\ft.

[from

cautus,

Lat.]

adv. [from

In

cautious.'}

Drydcn.

CA'UTIOUSNESS. n.f. [from

.Watchfulnefs

cautious.^

vigilance ; circurofpecprovident care ; prudence with

;

approve their generous conftancy and cauticu/ncfs.

King CbarUs.
ihould always aft with jreat caulhvjaefs and
circumfpcdlion, in points where it is not jmpolfihle
could not but

We

that

fo

we may

CAW.
To cry

<v.

be deceived.

n.

A.id,

[taken from the found.]

as the rook, taven, or crow.

Rufl'et-pated choughs, many in fort,

Riling and caiving at the gun's report.

out of the land.

Dtutc:

removed, the faculties and opefrom

be at an end.
But now the wonder teafts,

She kept them only, Tit) rus,

To

4.

Origin if Mankind.

f.ncc I fee

for thce.

Dryitcn.

reft.

The

rninifters of Cbrift

hart atjtd from their

labours*

To

Spratt.

AsE

To

a.

t>.

put an end to.

Importune him

for

put a ftop to

monies

to

t: not ctas'i

diniJ.

\Vitii flight

Statejfeen.

You may

fuoner, by imagination, quicken or

fl'.clc a motion, than raife or cw/rit; as itiseaiicr
to make a dog go flower, than to make Him ftand

Barn's Natural

ftill.

Hiftcry.

Aliuon.

Cuff then this impious ra b e.

But he, her fears to m
Sent do\vn the meeV-cyed peace.

Milton,

The difcord is complete, nor can (hey eeaft

The dire debate, nor yet command the peace. DryJ.

CEASE,

n.f. [from the verb.] Extinction;

failure : perhaps for deccafe.

The ctafe of majetty

not alone, but, like a gulph, withdraws
What's near it with it.
Sbaltifpeare.
adj. [from cea/e.] Inceffant
perpetual; continual; without paufe
without ftop ; without end.

CE'ASELESS.

On

walk of aged eims,

fo

vcr)-

guilflcis

which

;
;

blooi muft quench the ctafciiji fire,

tears were bootlels Ipent.

my cndlcls

All thefe with

Both day and

cttfiltfs praifs

his

works bchcxd,
Milton.

night.

Like an oak
ftands fecure, though all the winds employ
roar ; ard only (hcds its leaves,
ccaftltfs
maft, which the revulving fpring reitores.

Or

Pkilift.

CE'CITV.

Stakeff.
high, that the

n.f. [c<ecitas, Lat.]

Blindnefs

privation of fight.
are not blind, nor yet diftinflly fee; there
them no etcity, yet more than a cecuticncy ;
have
fight enough todifcernthc light, though
they
not perhaps to diftinguifh objects or colours.
Brdivrii Vulgar Errovrs.

They

in

CECU'TIENCY.

n.f. [ffcutio, Lat.]

There

is

in tlieni

eutiticncy.

CE'DAR.

,n.f.

Ten-

cloudinefs of fight.
no cecity, yet more than a
Bm;<n'i Vulgar Erronrs.

dency to blindnefs

[ceJrus, Lat.]

tree.

evergreen; the leaves are much narrower

than thofe of the pine tr << and many of thorn produced out of one tubercle, refcmbling a painter's
It is

male flowers, or katkins, produced

from the fiuiton the fan

pencil ; it hath
at remote alliances

The

refpedl to danger.
I

to pafs awfty.

To

is

for

Their oaths and vows are cautuujly believ'd

For few there are but have been once decciv'd.

ctajr

Their

an attentive, wary manner ; warily.

They know how fickle common lovers arc

tion

never

That

Stoifr.

CA'UTIOUSLY.

require, alter cautcrixation, no fuch bandage, as that thereby you need to fear interception
fpiiits.

foul being

(hall

Fairfax.

he it fnmetimes an inconftant lover, bccaufe he hath a great advantage.

They

of the

The

Swift.

The gage and hoftage of your keeping it* Soutbcrne.

Is there no fecurity for the iiland of Brita'^ '
Has the enemy no cautionary txwiis and fea-poi ts

Be

man

rations of life, fenfe, and intelleflion, ciaft

that mile; corferia, and are no longer in it.

My

Priir.

[from caution.] Given

as a pledge, or in fecurity.
I am made the cautionary pledge,

warily.

The

both.

to hurt,

CA'UTIONARY. adj.

Wary

All prctorian courts, if any of the parties be laid

ajleep, under pretence of a retirement, and the
ether party doth coutelvujly get the ftart and ad-

The

Not CA'UTIOUS.

treacheroufly.

in ufe.

vantage

Or \vifd m to our tautiond foul declare

The iiffrent fhapes thou plcafeft to employ,

When bent

extind

to be

poor

fpare

DryJtr.

Di

Warnijig.

5.

fail

The

Provition or fecurity againft.

3.

Garth.

To

3.

The

propofcd eradicating by efcaroticks, and began

.with a saufl'ick (tone.
ffifeman's Surgery.
Air too hot, cold, and moift, abounding per.

brother's be your moft peculiar care.

M>

warinefsagainft

Such conditions, and caaticri of the condition,

might allure with as much ailurancc as worldly

Spring.

with from before a noun.

Thrives of all, who ctefefrem combat,

defift

lit:!:' i
;

matters bear.

1tmfm"i

[ee/er, Fr. ce/o, Lat.J

leave off; to ftop ; to give over ; to

To

1.

2. Security for.

^^pSiyiny-

aitnngcnt, and coagulating

And ceafrlefs cawTo CEASE, -v.n.

[caution, Fr. cautio, Lat.]

as it refpefts danger; fore-

evil.

Ii extirpation be fare, the befflHy will be

by
Mi-#jV<f/ medicines, or efiar-'ticks.
ffijiman's Surg.

caujiick,

The r -jk, who high amid the boughs,

In early fpring, hi: airy city builds.

CA'UTION.*./

to into a

lubllance like burnt flefti ;

which, in a little time, with detergent
drefiing, falls quite off, andiAaves a
vacuity in the part.

Starp'i Surgtry.

CA'UTERY.

haps with

rooks and crows upon the topi fcem to be

in another region.

The

down,

The

lids,

C E D

fecJs are

and turhinited.

produced in large cones, fiju:im

The extenlion of ibc brandies

!.

is

very regular in ctdar trees; the ends of the Ihoovs

declining, and thereby (hewing their upper furface,

which

is

conftantly cloathed with g/cen leaves,

fft

to appear at a dilta-.ce lilce a green

carpet, and, in waving about, make an agreeable
prufpefl. It is furpriling that this Iree has not bfen

regularly, as

more cultivated in England for it would be a great

ornament to barren bleak mountains, ev-'n in Scot;

land, where few other trees wouid grow; it being a

native of Mount Libinus, 'where the fnow continues

C E L
mod part of the year. M*undrel, in his
Travels, fays, he meafured one of the largeft cedars
en Mount Libanus, and found it to be twelve yards
fix inches in circumference, and found. At about
five or fix yards from the ground, it was divided
into five limbs, ech of which wa equal to a great
The wooa .f this famous tree is accounted
tree.
proof againft the putrefaction of animal bodies.
The faw-duft is thought to be one of the fecrcts
ufed by the mountebanks, who pretend to have

linues

the embalming royftery. This wood is alfo faid

to yield an oil, which is famous for preserving
books and writings ; and the wood is thought by
Bacon to continue above a thoufand years found.
Miller.

muft

my body to

the rarth :
yields the cedar to the axe's edge,

yield

Thus
Whofe armsgve

No

more (hall be added in this pit ce, his medeferving a particular cehbrathn , than that
his learning, piety, and virtue, have b-ee'i attained

mory

by few.

Sbahtfpcare.

Of

adj. \cedrinvs, Lat.]

belonging to the cedar tree.

To CEIL. v.

or

To overlay,

a. [c*lo, Lat.]

or cover, the inner roof of a building.

And

ccikd, with fir-tree,

which he over-laid with fine gold.
1 Ctr. *'::!.;.
How will he, from his houfe ceiled with cedar,
be content with his Saviour's lot, not to have
where to lay his head ?
Decay of Piety.

the greater houfe he

CE'ILINQ.

The

n.f. [from <'/.]

roof.
Varnith makes

not only

ceilfaft

fljine,

CELE'BRIOUS. adj.
mous ; renowned

n. f.

it is alfo

nefs

to

to

to

Addi :tn.
I

would have him read over the MMraAtt* works

which have ftood the left of fo many

f antiquity,

diftercnt ages.

To

2.

Mdifcn.

diftiaguifti

by folemn

rites

toper-

form lolcmnly.
He flew all them

'

is celebrt'.cd.

To mention in a fet or folemn manner,

whether of joy or forrow.
This piufeofpo'.v'r

j.

'tis

ct/cirjtci

Irtland'shour to

your

n.f.

fife return.

[fmsa'cele&rate.]
lolcnin remem;

brance.

He

laboured ro drive fcrrow from

her, and to
haften the ctlitrjtkr. of t!.fir p-.irri
igc.

He

What

arc

SiJniy.

(hall

cnncejl

it,

come to note;
:ime wr will our fdel ration
keep,
:

vi

i:ir.z ir (iuil

"ih.

During the cttttiration of

af.eua t*tneiliy 10 what
T.

CELL.
1.

n.f. [cella, Lat.]

A fmall cavity or hollow place.

The brain contains ten thoufaud /.'j ;

In each fome adine fancy dwells.
Prisr.
How bees tor ever, though a monarch reign,
Their fep'rate cells and properties maintain. Pope.

The

cave or

little

habitation of a reli-

gious pcrfon.
Befidcs,. (he did intend confeflion

and

At

Patrick's

Then

ev'n; and there die was not.

cell this

fpecies

did religion in a lazy

cell,

In empty, airy contemplations dwell.

nam'd

On
3.

this holy
ii Julie
by the preft.

Jv/;/-.

my

4.

Any

fmall place of refidence

Mine

Of

eyes he clos'd, but open left the cell

Milton's Par. LoJ}.
fancy, my internal fight.
For ever in this humble cell
Let thee and I, together dwell.
Prit;;

In cottages and lowly

cellt

True

piety negleftcd dwells ;

Till call'd to heav'n, its native feat,

Where
5.

man

the good

Lat.]
the iuperiour

both

relating to

CE'LLAR.

lodged
animals and plants.

to

that

harmony

f,id

ftores

If this fellow had lived in the time of Cato,

he would, for his punifhment, have been confined
to the bottom of a cellar during his life,

Peacbam

CB'LLARAGE.

note

go

meditating
to.

Come

Abaleffeare,

his bloomy face

iweet, with gddllkc grace.

Pcfe.

An
n.f. [from the adj.]
inhabitant of heaven.
Thus affable and mild the prince precedes,
An.l to the dome th' unknown
celcflial leads. Popt,

CEI. t'sTi A LY. aJ-v.

[from cehftial.] In
a heavenly manner.

<v.a.

[from celrjlis, Lat.]

To give fbtnething of heavenly nature
to any thing.
Not ufed.

Ihould ath'rm, that ail thing! were in all

thing!, that heaicn were but uaith U.rciirified,

on, you hear this fellow in the cellarage.

good afcent makes a houfe wholefome, anJ

Mortimer's {fvflandry.

n.f. \cellarius, Lat.] The

butler in a religious houfe.
Difl.

CE'LLARIST.

CE'LLULAR.

adj. [cellula, Lat.] Confifting of little cells or cavities.

The urine, inlinuating i'felf nruonjft the neigh-

bouring mu(cles, and cellular membranes, dcAroyStarp'l Surgry.

i.

We

Drawing.

gives opportunity for cellarage.

CELE'STIAL.

IKY.

on

[from cellar.] The

part of the building which makes the
n.f.

cellars.
fit

Telcmichus,

K'ST

place

and liquors

are repofitcd.

Canft thuu pretend defire, whom .tea! infl.im'd

;md a pow'r ct/,;,W nam'd ?
Drydtn.

i.

\cdla, Lat.]

under ground, where

To w jrihip,

cilijiial

Stmcrv.

aloi.o is great.

Little bags or bladders, where fluids,

or matter of different forts, are
;

common

Heavenly, with refped to excellence.

Glowing

a cot-

tage.

of far/ley;

[celejlii,

knell, wh'ilft 1

that c-LJiial

Denbam.

A fmall and clofe apartment in a prifon.

3.

S>uinty.
adj.

PUy
I

Sin-

life.

The males obligs themfelves. to ceKlati, and,

then multiplication is hindered.
Gratn:.

2.

regions.
1 here ftay, until the twelve ctleflial figns
Have brought about their annual reckoning. Shak.
Tlie ancients commonly applied ccLJiial
defcriptions of other climes to their own.
Bniuri i fufgjr Errours,
i.
Heavenly ; relating to the blcffed ftate.

Jo Cr

t>ia/>rf/>rare.
facr.imcn:, y u

VOL.

Heavenly;

mourn;
DryJtn.

Solemn performance

While you

n. f.
fee.

CELE'STIAL.

accn.

CELEBRA'TION.

gle

Arbutbnttt en Aliments.

divint fervice, intu a large room, where the feaft

While England

j$:tcrbur,.

it

CE'LERY.

I.

the de\outeft

n.f. '[carlibatut, Lat.]

'

that were gone to ccltbrate the

fabbath.
2 Meccalsa.
On thefealt-day, thr father Cometh forth, af.er

3.

CE'LIBATE.

thus plead, a
for, perceiving at

even without encreafing its celerity, heats, becaufe

a denfcr body is hotter than a rarer.

which

iu.

ftrit.eitcEfidfjbi

moved.
Digby.
Whatever encreafeth the denfity of the blood,

make famous.

fongs of Sion were pfalms and pieces of

adored or ctkbrjtcd the Supreme Bring.
poetry, th

and

Thus, with imagin'd wing;, our fwiftfcene flies,

In motion with no le/s celerity
Than that of thought.
Sbaifjpcare,
Three things concur to make a prrcuffion great ;
the bigncfs, the denfity, and the
celerity of the body

togivepraiie

The

more than they could have done

acon.

Drydtn.

a. \ctlebro,
Lat.]

-v.

commend

children, they have, without queiVion, adorned the

God, and benefited man, muc.'i

golpel, glorified

who

celerity

[chcliJoneum, Lat.]

SfeffaKr.

By teaching them how to carry themlclves in

their relations of hullunJs and wives, parent; and

Swift-

Mori.

Topraife;

fore twenty.

Ihould be evil, they are prefently, in

one and the feif-fame breath, refolved, that what
beginning foever it had, there is no poffibility it
fliould be good.
Hooker.
His former cuftom and practice was ever full of
forwat Jnefi and
to make head againft them.

\calatura, Lat.] The

art of engraving, or
cutting in figures.

1.

velocity.
very well fee in them,

fear left

n.f.

To CK'LEBRATE.

n.f. \_ctleritas, Lat.]

fpeed

wonderful celerity of difcourfe :

the firft but only fome caufe of fufpicion,

(wallows ufe celandine, the linneteuphragia.

CE'LATURE.

n.f.
fpecies of parfley
called turnep rooted celery.

CELE'RITY.

plant.

The

CELE'RIACK.

the thtcken'd Iky

Like a dark ceiling flood ; down ruih'd the rain
Milton's Paradije Loji.
Impetuous.
So when the fun by day, or moon by night,
Strike on the poliih'd brafs their trembling light,
The glitt'ring fpecies here and there diide,

Bacon,

can attribute their numbers to nothing but:

thtir frequent marriages; for they look on celibacy
M an accurfed ftate, and generally are married beI

[from ftkbrtMtt.]

&i ficence.

[from citlebi* Lat.]

unmarried ftate.
/.

life

Single

Grnv.

adit,

The manner of her receiving, and the celebrity

of the marriage, were performed with great rnag-

And now

CK'LANDINE.

Fa-

[cehber, Lat.]
;

and fplendid tranfaftion.

lick

butlaft.

to the ceiling flanS the glaring day.

j4rbutJ/nct on sfl'untntl.

CE'LIBACY.

In a famous manner.

Bacon.

And

be thought fom.etimes
of letters, by the tile-

CELE'BRIOUS NESS. n.f. [from eele6riotis.~\

Renown ; fame.
CELE'BRITY. n.f. [celebritai, Lat.] Pub-

We

cad their dubious beams from fide to (lit

Now on the walls, now on the pavement play,

adj. [xettia, the belly.] Relating to the low*r belly.

The blood moving flowly through the celiack
and mefentciick arteries, produces complaints.

rioted. Not in ufe.

The Jews, Jerufalem, and the Temple, having
been always fo celebrious ; yet when, after their
captivities,. they wete defpoiled of their glory, even
then the AHyrians, Greeks, and Romans, honoured with facrifices the Moft High God, whom

inner

And

may

to have ufed a lefs number

trathn of thofe who have added to their alphabet.
Holder's Elantnls ofSferfb.

Whofe

CE'DRINE.

ancients

CELE'BRIOUSLY.

top branch overpeer'd Jove's Spreading tree,

kept low ihrubs from winter's powerful wind.

Brecon's Vulgar Errcurs.

CE'LTACK.

darexdov.

Some of the

MT

and earth but hearen cthfifed, or that each parf

above had influence upon its affinity below.

Praife; renown; memorial.

2.

that nation worlhipped.

fheiter to the princely eagle;

the rampant lion flept ;

Under whole {hade

And

C E

C E L

ed four.

CE'LSITUDE.

n.f. {cf'fitndo,

Lat.] Height.

D,a.

CE'MENT.
i.

The
made

n.f. [ceexuntum, Lat.]

matter Tiuh which two bodies aie
to cohere, as mortar or
glue.

C E N
*r,

fi

Your temples burned in their

auchifcs confined into an augre's bora.

and your

the

.S'j*gp.

railed a

v
There is a nmtut compounded of Hour,
of e^a, and ftones powdered, that becomcth hard
Baetr.
a-, marble.
acruftof umait
.i rr.as fee divers pebbfes, and
-ne between them, aj hud as the pebbles

thrmfelves.
founiiti'inwas

TV

male of rough

/>

C E

^htnian, when they loft any men

empty monum- n:.
f/ctt i

CENSE

the

t,n

OJyfy.

^v e fee what

of treafure have flowed into

rtiX'Js

that

the ccnft, or ratet

railed fmce ten times, yea

.'.

.ire

wa,

CENSE.

>

T. a. \tncenfer, fr.} Topercontracted from ia-

fume with odours

a-u'.

Bond of union

The S.ilii Ung, and cerfe his altars

With S^ban Imoke, [heir heads with

in friendmip.

L-t not the peace of virtue, which is fee

,xt us as the cement of our love,
'i'.. keep it builded, be the ram tJ batter.
\Vhatrtrrri}ioiild unite' heaven and

?
light and darknefs
Look over the whole crration,andyou ftall fee,
that the band or cnr.trt, that holds together all the

parts of [his great and glorious fabrick,

is

gratitude.

May

we yet not know. Sbakefp.

petty difference,
Liquid bodies have nothing to cemau them ; they

areaU'loofc and incoherent, and in a perpetual

Rax : even an heap of land, or (ice powdery will
no hollownefs within them, though they be
Baratt's Ttecry if the Earib.
ubltances.
with white lead taunts his wiu^j ;

Fuming from

pan

was

Like to a

;.

CB'NSOR.

;:it, and the parts of it

a (harp inftrument, they will, if
inclefe contaO for frme tirr.e, reurite by in-ofculation, and CIIMK! like one branch of a tree

n.f. [from cement.}

fon or thing that unites in fociety.

G^d

pcr-

man for a fojutble creawith languagr, which- waa to

be the great inftrument and temctsttr of fociety.
having defignco

him

tuie, furni.li^d

Arate, an

n.f. [cenfor, Lat.]

One who

2.

is

given to cenfure and ex

Ill-natur'd ctnfort of the" prefent age,

of the part. Rcfe^mrrcr

And fond of all the follies

The moft levere anjtr

cannot but be pleafed

with the prodigality of his wit, though, at the
ba,ve wilhcd, that the maftrr

fame time, he could

of

it

had been

a better

manager.

Drydi;

CEMENTA'TION. n.f. [from cement.} The >CENSO'RIAN.M)'. [from cenftr.'}

to the cenfor.
ad of cementing, or uniting with cement.
F.TERY. n.f. [xo>p.i>!i?gi.] A place
\\hcre the dead are repofited.
The fouls of the dead appear frequently in ce'rt, -iiKt

hover about

me

places where- their

bodies are buried, as ftill hankering about their

old brutal plcalures, and dcnring again toenterthc

MJiftm.

bad).

CtN

and Civ, denote Icinsfclk

: fo
Cimtifh
help to his kindred ; Cinchelm, a
'protector of his kinsfolk; Cinburg, the
* defence of his kindred
Cir.ric, power;
ful in kindred.
Git/on.

is

"

adj.

[from

cena,

to

a aaai.ry

garment

them.

CEMOBI'TICAL.
Living

in

and the fame was practiced by

Bniani Vutg^r Errtun,

adj.

[xoi>&<

and ^i-.J

community.

They have multitude of religious orders, black

and giey, cvemitical and ctr.-i i:\.al, and nuns.
StilKufJltet.

CE'KOTAPH. n f. [t'- and rap.]

monument for one buried clfewhere.
A

dtai

rfeplor' J

:he (lory was unknown,

hil mctamorphos'd fon ;

his name nnd title kept,

Heitor round the tomb with all his brother:
wept.
DrjJm's fabla.

cen',i.ipl

And

thy prefence make my travels light

potent Venus (hill ejult my name
let

3..

the

reproach.

dogmatical
1

a
fpirit inclines

Sometimes on.
He treated ail his

3.
a

upon

to be cenfi
an :bt

all

was

rigaioufly and unuer

his brethren 01 the

CENSO'RIOUSLY. adv. [from

villain.
renfurt of this hellifli

Sbilt.

fentence.

He

We

To

mult not

that

ftint

neceflary actions, in the fear

cope malicious cafartrs.

A ftatefman, who

is

poiTefT

Sbak, Utnry VIII.

of real merit, IhouEd

look upon his political cnfuren with the fame

hiscritick .
negleft that a good writer regards
Aadij'm,

CENT.

a hundred.]
n.f. [centum, Lat.
as, five per cent, that is, five

hundred;

CE'M-AUR.
,

n.f.

[centaurus, Lat.]

to be compoetical being, fuppofed

pounded of a man and a horfe.
Down from the waift they are caitaun, though

women all above.

The idea of a cataur
it
.

Sba'i

has no more falicliood in

name .-.
archer in the zodiack.

thin the

The
To

The chearlefs empire of the Iky

Capricorn the Cintaur archer v iclJi.
grealtr and

CK'NTAURY,
um.~\

Two

left,

gown.
Svift

ftttfiriftu.

In a fevere reflefting manner.

CENSO'RIOUS NESS. n.f. [from ceo/err us.
Difpofition to reproach ; tidbit of re
preaching.
Sjurnefs of difpofition, and rudenefs. of beha
viour, ffK/crb:.'f*ffs and rtni.ier int-:rprctation o
s, all crofs and diftartct'ul humours, render th
converfaiion of men grievous and uacjfv to on

eke.

7ler.fi,*,

[centauri-

plants.

Add

And

pour.Jed galls, and rofes dry,

with Cecropian ihyins fti ong Rented ttmavry.

Dry den.

Mind

inferiours of the clergy witl

.0 (anctificu
pride

fally cinfcricut

man

Watts

r'nus c/ his neighbours.

you go

you, lord govcrnour,

condemn by a judicial

I'o

Priet
umours at" (erfirious tame.
Sometimes it his of before theobje&o

fup,

Lat.] Relating to fupper.

Thr Romans v.jlhcd, were anointed, and wore

full

Do not too many believe no religion to be pure

but what is intemperalely rigid ? no zeal to be lyi
ritual, but what iscfr/crijKj, or vindicative? Sfrjit
Above

will

E'N SURER,, n.f. [from cenfure.']

blames ; he that reproaches.

inveftives.

Ana

filler,

in the hundred.

the

adj. [from cenfor.}

Addicted to cenfure ; Tevere ;

my

this weighty bufmefs ?

caifura in
Skahff.-art,

The like cerjiiringi and deff ifings have embittered the fpirits, and whetted both the<ongues and
another. Sandcrfin*
pens qf learned men one againft

CENSO'RIOUS.
i .

Fife*

opinion.

Relating

chancery had the pretorian power for

equity, fo the (tarclumber had the ccnforian power
Bacon
for offences under the degree of capital.

CE'NATORY.

As

As

day*

praile.

To CE'N SURE. v. a. [cenfurer, Fr.]

To blame ; to brand publickly.

Our

probation.

my

A fpiritual punifhment inflirfled by feme

2.

had the power

expeft

ecclefiailical judge.
Ayl'iffe's Parergon,
Upon the unfucccfsfulnefs of milder m
ufe
that
meats,
flronger phy/kjc, the ttrixres of
Hamm'.xd*
the church.

and

of correcting manners.

Sbjrp'i Surgery.

CEME'NTER.

To

Skaktffeare.

[cinfo, Lat.]

An officer of Rome, who

are divided by

ingrafted on another.

flifl),

*./. [eeirfura, Latin.]

anJ you,

jiivc).>'jr

Remains the

burned

affefl'ment.
God intended this cettfon only for the blefled
Virgin and h:r fon, that Chrift might be born
where helhould.
JofefbHall.

To

to cohere.

n.f.

[from cenfurato be cen-

/.

fitnefs

Judicial ientence.

a barber's (hop.
ctnftr in

CE'NSION.

Two brighteft, brittleft, earthly things,

Swift.
A^a.ly': rice, and china ware.
<v. n.
come into conTo
junction

.rn,

To
.

ia

lor Ju!f the greatest of theft

'feme m'

hid the mount. Mi!t.

in which any thing

si A B L E s ESS.
Blameablenefs

Judgment;

Drawing.

'

fcnt us to repair

CEME'NT.

ctnjcrs,

i;

Enough

To

flu ft,

lead

golden

fire-pan.
Here ihip, and nip, and cut, and

White

an

Blame; reprimand; reproach.

like a

money,

Ptjibam

2.

2.

Of incenfe clouds,

The

;.

fires.

Antoninus gave Piety, in his

lady with a itxfer before an altar.

up

in the ten(trjh-f of
Breton' iVal^ar ErrtMrt,

?E'N:>UR ABLE.<#. [from (cnfurc.~\ Worthy of cenfure ; blarneable ; culpable.

e mind the
.all mil'ake may
lading memory of having been taunted tor

[enceafoir, Fr.]
veflel in which incenfe is

fear of as

tnaent their ditifions, and hind

Rome

fured.

burned.

Soutk.

But how the

bright with flaming

CE'NSER. n.f.
1. The pan or

fa CEME'NT. o. a. [from the noun.] To

unite by means of fomethinginterpofed.

wai brought to

It
Cl.ii

JE'NSURE.

On

And

tira

bora.

CE'N

re

Grineus was near, and c\f. a fmiou

the CJe alur, tais'J witli lacrcd linoke,

Sbtl.

earth,
Gtamiillt.

./ [from eenfor.]
of a cenfor.
in which the office of cenfor

office

thirty ctifiraktc.

cettfe.

z.

told.

firm cement; -upon this

\\ a mod
rics
luther layer, confuting

The
The

n .f. \ccnfm, Lat.] Poblickrate.

Eu/npc by

ftone.joinai

B'NSORSHIP.

at fca,

ttxvtafb, ot

F.

CE'NTENARY. n.f. [fentcimrius,

The number of a hundred.

Lat.]

In every ccntcr.iiry of yeais from the creation,

fmall abatement fljould have been made.

Hakmili en

CENTE'SIMAL.

n. f.

Prrviilcr.cr.

\_cenlejimus,

Lat.]

the next itep of progreffion

after decimal in the arithmetic!?, of frac-

Hundredth

tions.

The negleft of few ctnttfimah in the fide of

the cube, would bring it to an equality with the
Arbutkntt en Colnt.
cube of a foot.

CENTIFO'LIOUS. adj. [from centum and

an hundred leaves.
folium, Lat.] Having
CE'NTIFEDB.

C E N

C E R

._s. n.f. [from centum and

pis.
poifonous infeft in the Weil Indies

called

commonly

&*

n.f.
CE-NTp.
tion formed
is

ent o,

Lat.]

quilted, as

p-.ts, fuch as fchoiars call a re,/,.

PnrV
centre

compofi-

The

Who

or cavity in
r
parts of it; fo large as to
give reception
,
to that
mighty mafs of water.

then,

nC

k" m

en!

that

which

is

foot he
leattrtJ, and the other tnrn'J

'

Thy joyj are ^rf -j,

me a oneHe may talc, a
rang- all the world
;

draw

wide

u, all that

a,r

" re

" nd

To

i.

reft

on;

on;

as bodies

be placed in the midft

As Gad in h;av'n
extends to

:i il

When

I.

aU thofe orbs.
be colkaed to a
3What hopes you had in point.
D.omede, lay down;
Our ha r e 5 muft
/
on ourfelves ali. Or
,4 n
he commM,
acknowledgment, of the body
r """ '" h
?
who
a
'
?P"" fi " re 'y
t.
1C aim af r h

To

It

common

was

CKerL.'^ ^^ "*
'

And on

.^

h3Ve
r d] M'*
Sav *T'
where his r (w *
Say
hjppinf U f 'v
& j*
f *
y5/y*
r A*n
t
IIKJ

Mb]

Having

"^

mine than

jrojii Cntfnjfi

the

S a ch

at

them
^religion.

Of bl/hops

2.

ful)llantia [

fleet

Formal; obfervant of old forms.

Oh monftrous, fuperftitious
Of refin'd manners, yet rY,mpuritan,
a/
nun,

Thatwhen

thou meet'ft one, with en

s uiring e ^
yea
Doft fearch and, like a
broker, prize
1 he filk and gold he w.
:

as

you

the

cr

num _

'"

f?"
Kh
Jove's

,'

may

did divide the

read,

'

pride, and a fet formal

face,

he du " '"Wtial

track,

embroider'd coat upon his back.

jS,,,

martyr.

Outward form;

1.

external

ritTf'pre-

fcnptive formality.

Ine

Ro-

only condition that could make it orudenr

for the
clergy to alter the
,,,;,,/, or
ferent part, would
.be a refoh.tion in the legflature to
prevent new feas.
tS>,,
y> .

2tf%g

v,ith

wood

leaves and weeds I

"is grave,
it fald a
ceMur
I

With du.mb
.:

\efret^'
2.

y of

can, twice o'er,

prav'rs,

I'll

u,'ep

nd

fi

:h .

S/

ae order for rues and

forms in the

KoiQuh church.

CEREMO'NIALNESS. n.f. [from

'

ceremo-

1 he
quality of being ceremonial ;
over^nuch ufe of
ceremony.
|CEREMo'Nious. adj. [from ceremiay.]
i.
Confining of outward rites.
;diT
dirfcrent
avonorr.y of religion, God was
nial.]

3.

5
in

nicety

deSUfcivili ^ int0ther

Chrift did take

away that external r*aM,/
woi/hip that was among the fews.
Stiltitif

n itia '" the R8m

of "en,
vhl'h r
c
which
figmfies a mip or yeff j f h
thofe that the Saxons
landed in.

U5

yj/'

"TRICK. ^.
rtrom^/r,.] Placed
the centre.

^^

n:.

Aotrh,

benefit.

attefted by the vif.bie cen

,n n o f
old pr,phec,es in the
p.rfon of Chriftf and by

mockeryiwilJ it be,
thebridegroom, when the pricfrattendf
fpeak the n TO ,:.W rites of
mi-riage [ Sba *.
We are to carry it from the h.ind
to the hearr
to improve a
,*,;/
into a

To want

fometimes ufed fiinply for a hun-

Rvmulu.5,

at the

*r,

Cy

/.tf/'f

medicine, art

I,'

al!

-'

fuch as aft-nuate

S^

tl,-

Full of
ceremony; awful.
O, the facri.'ice,

'2.

'"'

".7"J

It

'

j.

3.11(1

"'"'"' foleri"i

and unearthly

wvl'th- offering!
Attentive to outward

rites,

tive formalities.

You

quality acquired
,

V
-<i/7

or

iuppofed to

'

haw them
J : '^.'

rw>

To

K%^rf^feS

It is

dred.

I' ccn-rc,
yet

[from ceremony.]

What

thttrc.

JjUk
often ended in

bi/hop

2.

^
To

3.

,,,

adj.

:laung to ceremony, or outward rice

ritual.

loft cuturict

to repofe

ignorance,

canonized bones, hcarfe'd'in

earth,
burft their ceroxaittf
Stakerptare.

ney

they gain

fu"

-tAC aiJU CtQIO.

C ?t S (li P d in mel< ted'

wS| wkh
i
u J
? ?
which
dead
bodies were infolded when
they were embalmed.
Let me not burft in
but tell

"I

v
i_

Bacor.

and circumference of

i>.

brain a,,J

and

orer,

number of folds of linen, befmeafed

with
gams, in manner of cerecloth.

tis

ndv.ce, and cmn it in hi , own trraft

impuoent, regardful
whofe thoughts are *.W onthy own,
thyfdf alone!

7s CENTRE.

\_cen:nria, .Latin

and their c|]

d ft
the
entertainment, and to be on root

umc

tj,

'

ma

Lat.

[cfxiiir/o,

hundred: ufually
employed

Cify

'

>

a.

to fpeas, the fecoud

century.
ine nature of
eternity is fuch, that though
h
our joys, after, fome f ,,,l
ies or v ,i
u
rs>
^'
to have
grown older by having been
enjoy*Mb
nany ages, yet will they
re.Hj ,tl,| continui ne

AT,",.

point

k ' 2nd th
Ught'

Aown

j.

A..-.

i.

2. K^dthroughthevaftprofundityobftu.e.
To collect to a

By

m
billeted

on a

centre.

One

The

fix as

*v,

military officer among the Romans,' who

commanded an hundred men.
Have an army
ready, fay you _ A moft
one.

te r&und about
"huge
feh^T*fire andi r^u"
Ught.
Dyty
' M .*&!
*i CE NTRE. w a
[from the Q U

mm

W:j;ma.
Lat.] Part of

-v-

EREMO'NIAL.

fphere ot

"

'""

with a need!,, ~,
,,ni.it an inch

.1

_i

fmeared over with

glutinous matter, ufed to wounds and
bruiles.
The anc enc Egyptian mummies
were ft-ouded

Why

.'.'

./

Have

fo th,t the
f.urce, ferving for

o place on a
centre; to

tory.

Obferve degree,
priority, and place.
ame an im.ige of a round Sbakfaar,.
body'all of
Proceeding from it would diffufitflf

Mf everyway;

- - divide into
hundreds
Crr.-TUR, A
'TOR.*.y: [from century.] A
<e
given to hiftorians, who diltinguila times by centuries ; which is
gePe.-i;ly the method of ecclefialtical hif-

to pierce the ikin

cKi.aJ

,'

" P arallel to "'

equally diflant from

[from ceraj

In the head of
man, the bafc of
Wh le /!CU " J " f
a>

"'

all extremities.
The heav-ns themfeives, the
planets, and this
(atre,

or

co4u

[cerata

the brain.

"1^2

a common 'y b^'S

,
;

me.

oil,

r;-

'

hrdivti

CE'REBEL.

frequent forfeits pa

fold.

,.".".

..

You ought
On^

Lat.] To make
**t'
a handred foldfnd/^,
to
;
repeat a hundred

aJv. [from
central.] With

f th

Ck

box d^ch.rge their tea?

,,^/s

To CENTU'PLICATE.

fPntdtoarfs Natural Hiftery.

melancholy fprite,

regard to the centre.

1

thoughtlef. wit, ftall

gamft the

adj.

r^CERB.
To wax.

ten.

J
hundred

rrttra/eartft, his proper fcene,

Pofi K*fc of ,bc i,r*.

covered with wax.

SE'NTRY. J bee SENTINEL.

adj. [from centre.] Relating

to the centre;
containing the centre;
placed in the centre, or middle.
There K now, and was
a f ace

CEV"
NTRALLY.

CE'RATED.

'^"^ the P lan

f fCC>

body ;
revolving body.

refpecl of the

CE'NTRI-.

CENTRAL,

Dow

ofter fubSance,
makes a
tence (ofter than a
plafter.

^i*f*
P'AISk'SwS
of the
central
and

tat,

any man think the poem a cento, our poet

but have done the fame in
;.!!
jell which Boileau
did in earneft.
Alvenifmatt to Pofe's Dunciad.

linflcy

fome

to

d'vl '!?
in
five,
refp,ei3

Rw

Camaeas

Havin a
tendency
Vhaving
gravity.

In'^ir orb*'

revllve

It

Umbrie!, a
to the

were, out of mreds of d'vers

it

CE'.ATE. *./ [ emt Lac

.]
dicme made of wax,
which, with

forty

by joining fcraps from other

authors.
It

by the Englilh

C E R

Tr*y defcribt 4- an hyperbola,'

"
by
3 chamsine
g th
centnpeul into a.
r,
/ forc e .

are too lenfelcfs

obftinate,

'/>'wcWKs and traditional.

C\vil ;
according to the
A".

4-

Civility;

f>

.IT.;

Sbakcfa,,
or preicrip-

my

lord

Hhatefftart
ftric~t rules. f

ally refpeftful.
1

1,

LV

ugh

all

man
H-w bad

me fomc mile* in my way.

Sld*ej.

^E'RTAINLY. adv. [from

ceremoni-

In a ceremonious manner

ous.]

for-

Indubitably

refpeftfully.

niom.] Addiftednefs to ceremony

ufe of too much ceremony.

E'REMONY.
Outward

fame with

is

Sfaifer.

grown of

fuperftitious

may

altar, that Ihe

facred ceremtmies partake.

late,

from the main opinion he held once

lantafy, of dreams, and ceremaiei.

Difrobe the images,

Sbakeff.

them deck'd with

Sbalttff.

If you find

ceren-.tnj.

The

is ceremcit)
without it.

Exemption

SLakefftari.

Bacon.

4. Regularity

in truth

What

art thou, thou idle ceremony

of god art thow, that fufter'ft

?
more

coarfer place,

Drydoi't Fablts.

forgot.

The fame

which

n. f.
fee.

he

CE'RTAIN.
Sure;
undoubted

that

Refolved

2.

which cannot be quef

However

3.

Undoubting

Miltat't faradife Left

put pad doubt.

To mike her certain

;

have often wi(hcd that

knew

as certain a re-

medy for any other diftempcr.

t. Conftant ; never failing to be

fifcuJ.
;

not ca-

fual.

Virtue, that direfls our way>

certain dangers to uno-rtain praifc.

Through
6.

Regular; fettled;' ftated.

You Ihall gather a cmain rate.

Dryd.

as

good

Exodus.
?

'

protec-

that I behave myftif IbjitUiJ'm,

<v.

[certifier,

Fr.]

The

Englilh ambalTadours returned out of Flan-

from Maximilian, and ccr:';f;d the king that

Bacin.
he was not t hope for any aid from him.
This is defigned to certify thole things that are
llammor.d's Faidamconfirmed of God's favom.
ders

z.

The

aft

when they
Sfenfcri

of laying

rates.

[from ce/e, Fr.] It feems to have been

ufed by Shakefpeare for bounds or limits,
though it ftand for rate, reckoning.

3.

I pr'ythee, Tom, beat Cutts's fuddle, put a few

flocks in the point ; the poor jaJe is wrung in the

withers out of

Ta CESS.
to lay

is as

foldiers,

in garrifon.

lie

2.

give certain information of.

We

all cefs.

a.

<v.

Sbakefp. Htnry

[from the noun.]

IV.

To rate ;

charge on.

are to confider

how much bnd

there is in

Uifter, that, according to the quantity thereof,

we may cifs the fiid rent, and allowance ifluing
thereout.
Spenfer on Ireland.

To CESS. <v. n. To omit a legal duty.

CESSOR.
CESSA'TION. n. f. \cejfatit, Lat.]
I.

as, I

ctrtijb*y<tnftia

n. f.

[Latin.]

ilop ; a reft.
day was yearly obferved for a
and by reforting
cejpitkn from labour,

The

l.

of the chancery, to call up

the records of a caufe therein depending,
that juflice may be done ; upon com-

ifluing out

made by

CE'RTITUDE.
;

Vacation

3.

for 'twas

offence

With them,

to queftion certitudt

of

fenfe.

Diyden.

There can be no mojut and minus in the eertitude we Iwvc of thing', whether by nuthcraauck

of a parliament

End of

action

Natural

HJfc'-y-.

a kind of cejjaiion
Freeholder.
jldtttf'jn's
is

the ftate of ceafing to

The fcrum, which is mix;J with an alkali, being

prmred out to that which is mixed with un jcid,
\\ an eiTervt'fcence
at the trfjation of which,
;
the fait:, of which the acid was complied, will be

lity

dram'J

ffoedii'^jd't

riling

aft.

n.f. [certitude, Lat.] Cerinfallibi;

at fiift they

Dcnbem*

from politicks.

freedom from doubt

of proof.
They thought

by

church.

fufpenfiori.
There had been a mighty confufion of things,
an interruption and perturbation of the ordinary
courfe, and a f^r..n :inJ fufpenfion of the laws

The

bill,
party,
plaint
who fceks the faid writ, hath received

Co-well.

piety, without ceffa:i:n toft

theories, the practick part is loft.

of nature.

the

that

feftival,

to

True

By

faft.

writ

See

/"bcfore the thing told, after the

It has

tainty

Pope.
cerpr-parativO /or your fuppcr 0iew your

tain liouri.

To CE'RTIFY.

To

fometimes for victualling the

low Lat.

hard dealing in the faid court.

Who calls the council, Hates a certain d .y,

Who forms the phalanx, and who points the way
The

certificate*

CERTIORA'RI.

of the fad event.

which always produces the

ex-petted effea.

[certificat,

company.

perfon told

This form before Alcyone prcH-nf,

4. Unfailing

n.f.

be derived from/aijire to feize.j

A levy made upon the inhabitants of a
place, rated according to their property.
The like ceft is alfo charged upon the country

all

can bring

with ihee have fix'd my lot,

doom of death,

Certain to undergo like

Confort wilh thec.

1.

Sfenf.

L'EJIrvr.ge.

berly before

determined.

to

Sbakrffean.
Hadihras.

our authors are to blame.

tion.

tioned, or denied.
Thole thing! arc certain among men, which can
not be denied without obltinacy and folly. TMotfa
This tb mind is equally certain of, whethe
Lock
thefe ideas be more or lefs general.

i$uiticy.

to

honour of the dead,

Any teftimony.
A certificate of poverty

z.

adj.

is cutting a child out of

or alive, when it cannot

family fa called.

writing made in any court, to give

notice to another court of any thing
Cowcll,
done therein.

\certs, Lat.]
indubitable; unqueftionnble

1.

Certainly

certifies.]

i.

[from Ceefar.]

CESS, n f. [probably corrupted fromcea/ei

fee CENSE
though imagined by Juniut

thefe are people of the ifiand.

CERTIFICATE,

with cerate

which

ctrtes,

Certis,

are critical, a ecrcte of oil o

ferved
olive?, with white wax, ha:h hitherto
W:jnr,.:n
purpofe.

In thofe

Fr.]

an old word.
Knight, you've been too much

for to blot the

for,

Quincy.

adj.

\_certes,

And with foul cowardice his carcafe (hame,

Whofe living haods immortaliz'd his name.

Where pomp and cmiiaiuit enterM not,

Where grcatnefs was (hut out, and highnefs wel

CE'ROTE.

lead.

otherwife be delivered.
Which circumftance, it
is faid, firft gate the name of
Ceefar to the Roman

blame,

Thus
?

Sbakejfearc

in footh

Cents, Sir

Of

mortal grief, than do thy worshippers ?

Art thou aught elfe but place, degree, and form

fettled ftate.

CE'RTES. adv.

Outward forms of ftate.

kind

ill,

White

like.

CESA'REAN.

The Cefarcan feclion

womb, either dead

Than to be fure they do for ctrtfhitiei

Or are paft remedies, or timely knowing,
The remedy then born.
Skaktffeare.

The

preparation of lejd with vinegar, which is of

a white colour; whence many other things, refembling it in that particular, are by chymifts
called cerufe ; as the ctmje of antimony, and the

the

more

often hurts

[Latin.]

n.f. [ceritfla,La\..]

certain.]

himfrlf.

What

[from

n. f.

excrement of the ear.

CE'RUSE.

certainty.

of an event, or of a remedy.
That which is real and fixed.

at all, is to teach others

and fo diminish refpecl to

to ufe ceremcniei

not to ufe them again,

3.

CERU'MEN.
n.f.

Tbomfm't Summer.

adj. [from ceruleous.'] Having the power to produce a blue colour.

The feveral fpecies of rays, as the rubifick, ceruand others, are fcparated one from another.
lifick,

The

n.f. [from certain.]

Doubting things go

fauce to meat

Meeting were bare

Not

Lockt.

Ctrtjiny is the perception of the agreement or

Locke,
difagreement of our ideas.
from failure; as the certaiAtj
2.

Formi of civility.

i.

thee the faphire folid ether takes,

cerulean.

CERTJLI'FICK.

Exemption from doubt.

hue

It>

fail.

CE'RTAINNESS.

fky-coloarech

with now and then a light

touch of (ky colour, but nothing near fo high as
the ciru/ecvs tinflure of filver.
B.jltr

fimpk

known.

Without

external form in reli-

rite;

collection of

CE'RTAINTY.

He
Of

certain/I

2.

n.f. \cenmcnia, Lat.]

Bring her up to the high

Q^iite

It afforded a folution

cf Piety.
ideas raodefty
or frugality /bind for, in another's ufe, is not fo

the

gion.

The

7 adj. [caeruleut,Lil.] Blue j

Duty

What precise

Be-

[cervicalis, Lat.]

CERV'LEOUS.

legal means, cannot

let fo by an)' private at-

tempt.

Sbatrffeare.

n.f. [from ceremo-

Cojmtltfu Sacra,

CER U'LEAN.

with-

adj.

(ends forth
the cervical and axillary arteries; the reft, turning
down again, forms the delcending trunk.
Cbyne.

by thofe

much

be fecured, can be

any other vny of

longing to the neck.

The aorta, bending a little upwards,

From

Certainly he that,

us prepare
Ceremtnuujly let
welcome for the miftrefs of theboufe.

CSHEMO'NIOUSNESS.

i.

CE'RVICAL.

certain.]

without queflion

S
Grew

out doubt.

mally
Some

derr.T.ftrttion, or

as, a cer-

this.

foever thi fa /hi on may juftly be accounted, certiia of the fame countrymen do tan
Carew'i Surety.
far beyon3 it.
Some certain of your brethren tou'd, and ran
From noife of our own drums*
Sbak>ff>ejrt.
Let there be certain leather bags made of broil
tor
the
nutter
of
fliould
which,
them,
bigncrtes,
be traceable.
Wilkni.

Obfervnnt of the rules of civility.

Then let us take a ccrimir.icut leave,
And loving f.-uowel, of our fevt-ral friends. Sbakeff.
6. Civil and formal to a fault.
The old caitiff was grown fo cereir.oniian, as he

CEREMO'NIOOSLY. adv. [from

me

told

tain,

5.

would ueeds accompany

C E

In an indefinite fenfc, feme

a fet of ctremaiitiis phrafes, that run

ranks and degrees among them.
'
Gvarfie*.

They have
,

C E

E R

-C

4.

paufe of hoftility, without peace.

When

the tuccours of the poor proteilants in

Ireland were diverted, I was imreated to get them,
fome refpite, ty a crlTaum,
King Charles.

cssfsnr.

C
CESS A'PIT.

A
To warm

1.

n.f. [Latin.]

writ chat lies upon this general ground, that

the perfon, againft whom it is brought, hath, for
two years, omitted to perform fuch lervice, or pay
fuch rent, as he is obliged by his tenure ; and hath

fell

him

to

their garment.',
to rub and chafe him, till they brought
recover both breath, the fervant, and

warmth, the companion of

At

not, upon his land -r tenement, fufficient goods

or chattels to be diftrained.
CitstH.

To

living.

Sidney*

recovering heart, he does begin

rub her temples, and to chafe her /kin.
laft,

CESSIBI'LITY.

n. f.
[from cedo, cejjum,
quality of receding, or giv-

The

Latin.]

fcems

no

to lofe

CE'SSIBLE.
Eafy

force, but to

[from
give way.

to

adj.

ctdo, ceffum,

To

3.

New

grow

If the parts of the ft rue ken body be fo eafily

ajjihle, as without difficulty the ftroke can divide

them, then it enters into fuch a body, till it has

fpent its force.
Digiy on the Soul.

CH'SSION. n.f.
1

Fr.

\_cejjlon,

Whofe
Would

Sound

For

[fromcefficn.] As, a
cejponary bankrupt, ne who has delivered up all his effefts.
Martin.

CE'SSMENT. n.f. [from

ment or tax.
CE'SSOR. n.f. [from

cefs.~\

An

iclf

all

betwixt his

And
1.

To

afieff-

Lat.]

daughter.

Be

The

girdle of

Venus.
Venus, without any ornament but her own
beauties, not fo

much

as her

[from

adj.

Of the whale

Such

e'ete,

whales,

kind.

fifhe? as

eft cold r>f

FAUT.
Gamut

the fea- water.

A
I

A re, to
B mi
Cfaut,

Kay
all

accord,

plead Hortenfio's paflion,

Bianca, take him for thy lord,
that loves with all afiefti' n.
Siaktffeart.

CH has,

in words
purely Englifh, or fully
naturalized, the found of tjb ; a peculiar
pronunciation, which it i hard to defcribe in words. In fome words derived
from the French, it has the found of
Jb,
as chaife ; and, in fome derived from
the Greek, the found of k, as cbtltrick.

CHACE.

CH A D.

See CHASE.

n.f.

Of mind
11

Ti

a.-',

e -Is.

nih

of

fort

tlv re

CHAPE,

fifh.

are brit, fprat,

whiting.

:.>-, millet.

fume;

to rave;

GJTO' Surv. ofCcrmu.

v. a. [abau/cr,
Fr.J

To

buy.

2.

To

exchange.

Approaching nigh, he never ftaid to greet,

Ne chaffer words, proud courage to provoke.
Fairy Queen.

CHA'FFERER.
buyer

CHA'FFERN.

A*d

not Addifon himfelf was

fwear!

fafe.

The

troubled

with

Tyberri<i^

his

third

is,

buying and

is,

The murmuring

That on

th'

unnumbfr'd

idle pebbles chafei,

be heard fo high.

C.i'ini t

Sbakcff. A.m

n.f. [from the verb.] A heat ;

a fury ; a paffion ; a fume ; a
;
pett ; a fret ; a florin.
When Sir Thomas More was fpeaker of the
parliament, with his wifdom and eloquence he

a rage

of cardinal Wolfoy 's, that the

him to Whitehall.
Camdm's Remains,

cardinal, in a deft, fent for

At

this the

knight grew

high in chafe,

And liaring furioully on Ralph,

He trembled.

ckafftry ; that
Spenfer' s State of Ireland.

its

and

by fome much admired for

Phillips' s World of Wards.

is

fong.

The

cbtjjfiiicb,

fome

and other fmall birds, arc injuMoi-timtr's Hnflaniiry,

fruits.

CHA'F FLES3.

[from cba/.] Without

adj.

chaff.

The
to fan

all

love I bear

you thus

him,

but the gods

made yon

others, cbjflefs. Shatefyeart'iCymbcline.

CHA'FFWEED. n. f. [gnafhtlium, Eat.]

An herb, the fame witbtWwcw/; which
fee.

Lear.

CHAFE,

fo croffed a purpofe

merchandize and

felling.

n.f. [from chaff a.nd finch.]

bird fo called, becaufe it delights in

Unlike

furge,

Fr.

Dil.

CHA'F FINCH,

Made me
mores.

efcbauffer,

n.f. [from chaffer. ] Trafthe praftice of buying and felling.

The

Pepe.

[from

n.f.

CHA'FFERV.
fick

fret againft any thing.

Once upon a raw and gully day,

purchafer.

to heat.] Aveflel for heating water.

rious to

To

[from chafer.}'

n.f.

bargainer

ihafe,

2.

Swift.
aftive fenfe is

[Th

He cbaffer'd chairs in which churchmen were fet,

And breach of laws to privy farm did let. Spenfer.

Sbakefpeare.
did they fume, and {lamp, and roar, and

chafes,

a.

obfolete.]
1.

chafF,

who

on the Creatkn.

note in the fcale of mufick.

am, the ground of

to fret; to

Shakejfeare 's Julius Citfar.

have lungs or rcfpiration are not

without the wezzon, as whales and retacn.ui animals.
Brawn's Vulgar Ernurs.
He hath creatN variety of theft caactcus fillies,
which converfe chiefly in the northern feas, whcfe
whole body being encorhpafled round with a copious fat or blubber, it is enabled to abide the great-

Dryden.

n.

To CHA'FFER. v,

Sbaktjpeare.
and take no care
or
where
frets,
confpirers are.

ceftas.

Addifrn's Speffattr.

CETA'CEOUS.
Lat.]

own

expire,

lion mettled, proud,

How

the tenant cciTeth to do that which he

ought, or
is bound, to do
Cnuell.
by his land or tenement.

[Latin.]

names

Sfenjer't Huh. Tale.

He will not rejoice fo much at the abufe of Falas
he
will
at
the
ftaff,
dc&or's marrying my
chafe

the writ ceflavit brought

it faid the tenant
ceffeth,
to be understood is if it were laid,

n.f.

<v.

rage;

Who

CE'STUS.

his noftrils

to boil.
Therewith he 'gan full terribly to roar,
And cbaf'd at that indignity right fore.

may have,
him. Where it
is

his red eyeballs roll with living fire.

To CHAFE.

anil hath, or

fuch phrafe

y^bn Hayiuard.

rage, and the offence of his

Km/let 'j U-.Jlary if the Turks.

This cbafj the boar

In law, he th.it ceafeth or neglefteth fo long to

perform a duty belonging to him, as that by hit
cefs, or celling, he incurreth the danger of law,
againft

own

lefs.

that

foldieri.

Di8.

cejjo,

angry

he was inwardly chafed with the

heat cf youth and indignation, againft his own
people as well as the Rhodians, he moderated him-

2. Refignation ; the aft of

yielding up or
quitting to another.
parity in their council would make and fecure
the beft peace they can with France, by a cejjicn of

adj.

the neighbour air, that you

Arabick

Sir

Bacon's Natural Hijlcry.

CE'ssiONARr.

ctafd

furcly fwcar

fpices grew. Suckling.

to inflame paffion.
interceflion chafed him fo,
When (he for thy repeal was fuppliant,
That to clofe prifon he commanded her. Stakefp.
An offer of pardon more eta fed the rage of thole,
who were refolved to live or die together.

is

Flanders to that crown, in exchange for other provinces.

Temfie.

himfelf to Paul's, the publick fair,

chafer for preferments with his gild,
Where bidiopricks and finecures are fold.
Dryden** Fah'et*
The cbafer'mg with di(Tenters, and dodging
about this or t'other ceremony, is but like opening a few wickets, and leaving them a-jar. Swift.
In difputes with chairmen, when your malter
fends you to chafer with diem, take pity, and tell
your mailer that they will not take a farthing

did

Her

the aft of giving way.

not produced without lome refinance,
either in the air or the body percufled ; for if there
be a mere yielding, or cejfun, it produceth no found.

Retreat

haggle
Nor rode

to bargain.

To

To make

4.

Lat.]

ceffio,

more white than fnow

from heav'n, with violets mix'J,

fcent fo

Sfedator.

perfume.
fall'n

the corn, and

to buy.]

Lilies

Lat.]

among

CHA'FFER. *. n. [kaufen, Germ.

To treat about a bargain r to

To

heat by rage or hurry.

Have I not heard the fea, puff'd up with winds,
Rage like an angry boar chafed with iwe.it ? Stall.

work

a greater efreft.
D'tgby on the Soul,

grew

To

2.

ciffihility,

out the chaff from

lay it afidc by itfelf.

2. It is ufed for

Like pliant wax, when chafng hands reduce

The former mafs to form, and frame to ufe. fryd.

ing way, without refiftance.

If the lubject ftrucken be of a proportionate
it fcems to dull and deaden the ftroke ;
whereas, if the thing fttrcken be hard, the ftroke

it

him pick

any thing worthlefs.

fairy Queen.
Soft, and morefoft, at ev'ry touch

II

Plejfuit ,vith ir.ftuiiVton OiouM be join'd ;

So tike the com, Mid leave the cbaf \x\imA. Diyd.
He fet before him 'z fack of wheat, as it hast
been jurt threflied out of the Iheaf ; he then bid

with rubbing.
him upon fome of

laid

They
and

HudHras.

CHAFE-WAX,

n.f. An officer belonging

to the lord chancellor, who fits the wax
for the
Harris.
fealing of writs.

C H A' F F Y
full

adj. [from
of chaff; light.
.

L ike chaff

If the draws be light and

chaffy, and held at
a reafonable diftatice, they will nut ri(e unto the
r
middle.
Srvtyn't l itlpnr Fi'rours.

The mod

(light

and (taffy opinion,

remove from the picfent

tion.

CH A'FINCDISH.
A veflel
dijh.~\

if at a great
age, contracts a veneraGlanville.

n.f.
to

[from chafe and

make any thing hot

in ; a portable grate for coals.

M.<ke proof of the incorporation of filvcr and
tin in ecjual quantities, whether it will endure the
ordinary fire which belnngeth to cknjir.gdijkn, pofneu, and fuch other

CH A'PER. n.f. [ajrop, Sax. lever, Dut.]

An infeft a fort of yellow beetle.
CHACRI'N.
;

mour

CHAFF,

That angle

nefs.
Hc-ar

filu-r vellcls.

Jlaan'i Pbyfical Remains.

n.f. [chag rine, Fr.] Ill huvexation ; fretfulnefs ; peeviih-

CHA'FEF. r. n.f. A forge in an iron mill,

where the iron is wrought into complete
bars, and brought to perfection. Phillips.

n.f. [ap, Sax. kaf, Dutch.]

1. The hulks of corn that are
feparated
by threfhing and winnowing.
We Oiall he winnow'd with fo rough a wind,
That cv'n our corn (hall feem as lig'it as chaff,
And good from baJ find no partition. Sbak.il. IV.

chaff. ]

It

is

pronounced /<TTI?.

me, and touch Belinda with chagrin

aft gives half the world the

fplcen.

Pope.
I grieve with the old, for fo
many additional
tnconvcnicncics and chagrins, more than their
fmall remain of life fcemed defined to
undergo.
Pffe's Letters.

To CHAGRI'N. v.a. [<hagriner,

Fr.]

To

vex

H A

C
',

CHAIN n.f.
I. A feries of

[cbaint, Fr]
links fattened

to teaze

one within

CHA'INWORK.
Work
tuirk.]

Cinifii, xli. 42.

of links with which land

Or
Or
Or

lured.

inrini:e

ouickc ll flight of mind, reach

comprehend

4.

it ;

Lockf.

linked together, as of caufes

or thoughts ; a fucceffioa ; a lubordioa-

2.

feries

it

'

of mao'i choice toward good or

-re long.

evil.

.ftir

TV CHAIN.

<v.

fatten or

The

[from the noirh.'J

bind with a chain.

Stateffitrt'i Cay'iolauiis.
own galleys fur
Knaiiei,

j behind

the hoftile car,

The victor's paftimc, and thufport of war! Prler.
They, with joint force opprcflion chtinigg, fct
Imperial juftice at the helm.
I chair:'

3.

enflave

keep in

to

2.

Was

made
And which more

bleft

who

etair.'d kis

country,

Troy

fay,

Or he whofe

To

keep by a chain.
The admiral feeing the mouth of

chaired, and the

4.

To unite.
O Warwick,

And

in this

do bend

vow do

chain

full

my

knee with thine,

my

(out with thine.

Sbaktfptart.

which

us the other

is

double, fo that one rifes

Jt yields a great

Inftead ol the chaj

chaifc

noile.

Chambers.

not long fince the tanking of the

topJ.derful great cafe to great (hips, both
j' \n :m.i i.i harbour, hath been denied
j
togeii5
ctainfuntf, which takes up
much w.iter as tht ordinary did ; and we have
lately added tlte bciintt and the drabble.
I:

of government

perfon that

for a ckaijt

fiti in it.

Mcfijon.

n.f.

CH ALCO'GR APHY.
Engraving in

CHA'LDER.

CH A'LDRON.

n.f,

^ n.f.

Ralrigb's Effays.
'1

-vo

bullets

or

chain and jkot.]

half bullets, fattened

together l>y a chain, which, when tb/.y

f y open, cut away whatever it> before
itiem.
Li lea fv

When

2.

It is

, a buttock, the btawn

When

time did not think em-

n.f. [from chalk and fit.]

which chalk is dug. See

adj.

[from

chalk.~\

from

Rovic.

Impregnated with chalk.

Chalky water towards the top of earth

is too
Macau.

fretting.

CHA'LLENGE. v. a. [cbalenger, Fr.]

To call another to anfwer for an offence
by combat.

The prinrc of Wales flept forth before the king,

Anil, nephew, cballer.g'd you to Angle fight. iii>,
2.

To

call to a conteft.
Thus torm'd for freed, he

3.

leaves the Scythian

'

clallfnges the

wind,

arrow far behind.

Drjd.

.'llingt any man to make

ny pretence ,o
by right of fatherhood, cither intelligible or
Lockc*
pnflible.

To

accufe.
of them be fuch

A;.;IIV

as that they c.-.nnor

whea
tliat

in

tiiy fliore the temped beat us back,

upon the hatches in the dorm.
Sbakcfp.
That bellowing beats on Dover's chalky cliff.

a bowl.

.Ah the thumb, jt

the compafs here chalked

1 ftood

in

generally uled for a cup ufcd in

Confifting of chalk ; white with chalk,

As far as 1 could ken the chalky clirf's,

1.

And

your motion you are hot,

And, that he calls for drink, I'll have prepar'd him
A da.icc for the nonce.
SMtffcare.

with'

CHALK-CUTTER.

calix, Lat.]

A cup

pit

CHA'LKY.

Fr.

aeh of worfliip.
_

at Guildhallj London.
Tie chaldron
fhould weigh two thoufand pounds.

1.

Drtdrit.
falls

CHALK-PIT,

calice,

<

errours in a

n.f. [from chalk anJ

that digs chalk.
Shells, by die feamen called chalk ejgs, areniug
up commonly in the cbalt-f its, where ;bc cbalkcutttri drive 3. great trade with them.

A dry Englifh mea-

Chambers.

my

A man

cut.]

[^aXxcyjaipia.]

Sax.

at leaft have

Wxdivcrfs Natural V

2.

[calic,

might

CHALK-CUTTER,

>fure of coals, confilting of

To
thirty-fix bufhels heaprd
to
the
bufhel
fealed
up, according
kept

CHA'LICE. n.f.

out by nature, very punctually.

CHA'UDRON. j

HA'INSHOT. *./ [from

The time

[^aXxoy^aipS^,

brafs.

thefe helps

like d>-(j;n.

of xaXx-, brafs, and y^atpu, to write

or engrave.]
An engraver in brafs.

Swift.

he might have (aid th

is driven
by the

lot

CHALCO'GRAPHER.

falls.

quantity of water, works eafily, and is

eafily mended ; but takes up a great
deal of room, and makes a difagreeable

With

out a way for otners, to amend

a.f.[cba.r/e,'Fr.]
carriage of
pleafure drawn by one horfe.

CHA'INPUMP. n+ /. [from chain and

A pump ufcd in large Englilh
fumf.]
vrifels,

CHAISE.

M"i timer,
or trace out as with chalk.

To mark

creatures.

Thqfe

the haven

of ordnance, and
flrongly manned, durft not attempt to enter.
Knolles'i
the Turks*
Jliftsry of
caftles

is

Being not propt byanccftry, whofc grace

Chalks I'ucceflburs their way.
'txarr.
His own mind ctalktJ out to him the
jult proand
meafurcs
of
behaviour
to
his fellowportions

Pregnant with Greeks, impatient to be freed j

bully Greeks, who, as the moderns do,
Infuad of paying chairmen, run them through.

P vfe,

virtue figh'd to lofc a day ?

r.~-

'

One

head, or chairman's poie. Dryd.

chairmen bnie the wooden (teed,

with chalk.

ctalkej, if it is not well dv

will reccire but little benefit from a fecond

Pop.

A rafter breaks his

cilily

cta/k'ii bills

Land that

n.'f.

whofe trade it is to carry a chair.

One elbows him, one jultlesin the (hole;

it

Mvtiaur.

and Ihopboards in vart fwsrms,

and rufty arms. HuJitras,

ftalls

To manure

2.

In ai!c:nblies generally one perfon is chofen

chairman or moderator, to keep the i'cveral fpeakers
to the rules of order.
ffaits.

Thi

world, 'tis true,

for Cxfar, but for Titus too

The

haft in air,
fcorn two pages and a chair.

ar.d frort.

CHALK,

And

a fedan.

bsft for lands, bccaufe

is

with ruin

With new

[from chair and man. ]

prefident of an aflembly.
.

which

Drjdm.
v. a. [from the noun.l
t. To rub with chalk.
The beaftly rabble then came down
From all the garrets in the town,

To

Think what an equipage thou

flavery.

ador'd, the people cba'm'd.

Prior.

men

born by

Sba\tffpcare,

With cbjtt I firft defcribe a circle here,

Where thefe eti.creal fpirits muft appear.

Uryd.

A vehicle

And view with

C H A'I R M A N

Ttsmjls,

The monarch wjs

Statfjfcare.

honour'd gods

lies.

[ceak, cealcrran, Sax.

Wellh.]

di.;>,|ves

in fafety, and the chairs of iuftice

'Supply wi{h wormy men. Shakeffeart's driolaKus.

Her grace fat down to left awhile,
In a rich chair of ftate.
Sbatiffearfs Henry VII j.
The committee of the Commons appointed Mr.
Cle
Pym to take the ttair.
In this high temple, on a chair of ftate,
The feat of audience, old Latinus fate.
jJE*.

Eanb.

mariners he ttjintJ in his

Or march'd

3.

the

chalk,

The
Keep Rome

a.

fflavei.

To

here to claim

For cioirand dukedom, throne and kingdom, fay;

Either that's thine, or elfe thou wertnot his.

They repeal daily any wholcfome acteflablifhcd

a^ainft the rich, and provide more piercing (tatutes
daily to chain up and restrain the poor.

3..

England,

the chair empty ? Is the fword unfwav'd ?

Is the king dead ?
Sbakt>'ftare's Richard 111.
If thou be that princely eagle's bird,
Show thy dcfcent by gazing 'gainft the fun ;

As there is pleafure in th: t'ght eieercife of any

faculty, fo efpccially in rim or' right realbnin^ i
which it (till UK greatir, by howonuch the confofuences are more clear, and tht chains or' them

To

crown.-^

fo mi/lake the Chriftian religion, as to

is
only a chain of fan! decrees, to den

nil liberty

<i.

for

flowers that

n.f.

Chalk is a whitefoflile, ufually reckoned a

(tone,
but by fome ranked among the bulct.
It is ufed
in medicine at an ibforbenr, and is celebrated for
curing the heartburn.
Chambers.
He makcth all the Hones of the a'tar a.
ftones, that arc beaten in I'under.
Chalk is of two forts ; the lard, dry,
(Irong,
cbalk, which is bed for lime ; and a (oft, unftuous

Is

Thole

i'

calci,

magnify mankind,

of jufUce, or of authority.

feat

He makes

tion.
think

On cbalic'd

thy griev'd country's copper chains unbind.

but

Phoebus 'gins arife,

His (reeds to water at thefe Cprings,

If a chair be define! a feat for t fing!e perfon,

with a back belonging to it, then a ftool is n feat
for a (ingle perfon, withoutaback. Want's
Logici.

or, by thinking,

it.

laugh and

a flower,

to

the lark at hcav'n's gate

(ings,

And

CHALK,

chooi'e Cervantet' ferioua air,

(take in Rabelais' eafy chair,

Pcf f

at foon, with his chain, mca(pace, 33 t philofapher, by the

may

furveyor

fflre O'it

Hark, hark

feat.

pralle the court, or

plied by Sbakefptare
now oblblete.

n.f. [chair, Fr.]

moveable

Whether thou

mea-

is

mfjlia.

c E D . adj. [from calix, Lat. the

cup
of a flower.] Having a cell or cup : ap-

i Kings.

CHAIR,

conlliaint your fuff'tinj fex remains,

bound in forma], or in tea) chains.
Psf>e

A line

C H A'L

with open fpaces like

pillars.

Still in

Or

and

chain

t"

ctalicts.

Nets ot'chequerwoik, and wreaths ofctair.werk,

for the chapiters which were upon the top< of the

took off his ring, and put it upon

band, and put i gold chain about his neck.

bond ; a rasnede ; a fetter ; fomething'with which prifoners are bound.

3.

[froni

blematical figures unlawful ornsmtn

the links of a chain.

And Pharaoh

Z.

H A

of the thigh, nd the calf of the leg, sre toin off

by the cbe'mjba, and fplinters. W.'emansSurftry.

another.
J }fcph'

H A

vex to put out of temper

to make unealy.

they

lifels
\,

and fcatterlings,
ihcrifl'

be gotten,

inch facl.
?j. cfiftr

en Ireland.

H A

C
Were

WKom
4.

pe: fon of our Banqns prefent

rather challenge for unkindnefs.
St.

the grac'd

may

3.

fleel.]

Bah

1
of

hat imine o&er, whereby the pre-emtnenc

by the bed tilings wor

chieieft acceptation is

ance

Sbakefprare
thefe white flake

I.

Or

I will

me

zonry.

1.

I
Dii.

2.

never in
d

my

as

to

m.

An

Colter

f Frun<ijrjy.

exception taken either

made to
whole number

the array,
is

poll, ii

whan

To

it. n.

be wanton

To

the law allows without caufe alleged,

or farther examination ; as a prifoner at

CH A'MCERFELLOW.

^.

wrerlbr

No,

It is

whom

One

he

is

lodged

Farrier's Dift,

-HAME'LEON.
as

trees.

Si.;*.

A
"

n.f. [from chamber

that lies in the

fame

n.f. [from chamber. ~\

derable part of his function is at a coronation ; to him belongs the provifion

of every thing in the houfe of lords ;
he difpofes of the fword of ftate ; under

took the fummons, void of fear,

unconcernedly caft his eyes nrounH,
if to find and dare the griefly
challenger. DryJ.

are

gentleman ufher of rhe

yeomen ulher;, and door-

the

black rod,
To this office the duke of
keepers.
Ancailcr makes an hereditary claim.

One

Chambers,
.

Lord chamberlain of

the houfehold has

the orerfight of all officers belonging to

its feet,

Its tail

hfts

[*g<tyUHtottf.]
four feet, and on each foot

is long ; with this, as well

raftcns iticlf to the~branches of

tail
it

is flat,

its

back

its
is

nofe long, ending in an

(harp,

its

(kin plaiteil,

and jagged like a faw from the nsck to the lall

joint of the tail, and upon its head it has fomething like a comb; like a fift, it has no neck.
Some have alferted, that it lives only upon airj
but it has been oblerved to feed on flies, catched
with its tongue, which is about ten inches long,
and three thick ; made of white fle/h, round, but
flat at the end ; or hollow and open,
refembling
an elephant's trunk.
It alfo ihrinks, and grows
This
faid
to
animal
is
aflame
the colour
longer.
of thofe things to which it is applied; but our

modern

Lord great chamberlain of England is

the fixth officer of the crown ; a confi-

him

with

obtufe point

chamber.
[from chamber.]

n.f.

The chameleon
Its
three claws.

Spectator.

the general challergtr. Shak.

ii

fortune to have a ctamterfefhw, with

agree very welj in many fentiments.

CHA'M BERT, AIM.

to

that claims fuperiority.

Whofe worth
Stood challenger on mount of all the age,
For her poicttiont.
uhakcffeeri,

powder

r.'.y

Natural Hijioty.

ing of the uppe/ part of the hinder leg.

blood itambcrA in his bofrm.

and ftl/oiv.]
chamber.

have you challenged Charks the

;

the veins mo:e varied and cbamoak, whereof wainfcot is mnde.

Bacr.n's

V.

not thofe foft parts of converfation,

~kambirirs have.
SLaktfpeare.

And
As

bell

fair prir.cefs

Death was denounc'd

He

reftde as in the

The

fummons another

as

CH A'MBREL of a borfe. The joint or bend-

[from the noun.]

CoTjaell.

that defies or

Some have

Let us walk honiftly as in the day, not in rioting arid drunkennefs, not in chambering and wan"fs.
Rsmjrti.

CHA'MHERER. /
man of intrigue.

One

CHA'MBLET. v. a. [from cnmelot. See

CAMELOT.] To vary; to variegnte.

tUtfd\

to intrigue.

are excepted againft, as not indifferent:

challenge to the jurours is divided into
challenge principal, and challenge for
caufe : challenge principal is thit which

combat.
Young man,

Stvifr.

minp.

i.

arraigned upon felony, may

peremptorily challenge to the number of
twenty, one after another, of the jury
empannelled upon him, alleging no

2.

cavity where the

CHA'MBER.

the bar,

1.

The
in a

when fome one or more

Swift.

If thefe nurfa ever prefume to entertain the

girls with the common follies practifed by chambermaids among us, they are pubiickly whipped.

court of juftice.

To

as

You are mine enemy, I make my challenge,

You (hall not be my judge.
Sbakejpean.
C ii A'L L E K r, E R n. f. [from challenge. ]

chambermaids.

Camden's Remain.

7.

as,

will not hits,

'i

cbtmberi, arqucfaufe, mulket,

Tables.

and revenues;

Trudges to town, and firft turns chambermaid. Ptfe.

When he doubted whether a word were intelligible or no, he ufed to confult one of his iady'

Prkr

cavity or hollow.

lower part of a gun where the

is
lodged.
6. A fpecies of great gun.
Names given them, as cannons, demi-cannons,

challenge to or

caufe.

Men

charge

the

excepted againft,

partially empannelled

by the

is

Dry din's
rents

Ben Jctfor.
The cbgmbetmaid was named Cifs.
Some (oarfe country wrnch, almoft decay 'd,

The

5.

./Emilia's cbamkerlam.

rhe Imperial chamber this vulgar anfwer is

not admitted, viz. I do not believe it, as the matter
oiunded and alleged.
Ayhjffs Parergvv.
I

to the jurours, is either

array, or to the polls : chal-

lenge

firft

maid whofe bufmefs is to

maid.~\
drefs a lady, and wait in her chamber.

Petit has, from an examination of the figure o

the eye, argued againft the pofTibility of a film':
exhlcnce in the pofteriour chamber.
oi'j?/>,

4.

made

tlie

Any

ferv'd at

CHA'MBERLAINSHIP. n.f. [from chamberlain^ The office of a chamberlain.

CHA'MBERMAID. n.f. [from chamber and

retired room.
dark caves of death, and chambers of the
grave.

Slak.

due>

againft perfons or things ; perfons, as in

ailize to the jurours, or any one or more
of them, by the priibner at the bar.

made

Any
Tha

for his

countcnarit.

Challenge

z.

life

more modeftly.

demand of ibmcthing

[In law.]

Sbakeffeare

have marlt'J with blood thofe deep)

>>>earc.

chamberlain of the exchequer, of Chefter,

Chamber i.
of the city of London.

3.

yuunghngs cajk,
1*4 greedy eyes t j them might challenge lay,
oker
did
their
flv.uldcrs mark.
with
Bufy
Sidney.
There muft ^c nn challenge at firpe.iority, ordil3.

drum,

cbautbertu'iTt^

is

A receiver of

4.

warm

adeep, his two cbarr.leiiains

will with wine and waffel convince.
Staxiff.

He

chamber.
Shahffrare
natural cave in a rock may have fomethini
not much unlike to parlours or chambers. Bentlty

combat.

Taking

We

on

Ihirt

When Duncan

Of his own

n.f. [from the verb.]

to

beat the

I'll

cry, Sleep to death.

the bleak air, thy boilrerous

Will put thy

/.

chamber door

Pope.

ftage.

the care of the

Think'ft thou

That

two,

ti

now challenge you cf your promife, to

certain rules as to the principles of blaPeacbam tn Drawing.

fummons

it

When we

any one to the performance o

CHA'LLENOE.

at their

Till

conditions.
give

[chambre, Fr. camera

Lat. fiambr, Welfll.]
Ah apartment in a houle ; general!
ufed for thofe appropriated to lodging.
Bid them come forth, and hear me,
.

who has

fervant

chambers.

fofl'e,

call

3.

but, upon our. preparing to (ill up a

in order to attack them, they beat the tta
and fent us charte blanche.
^liuif-n

ir.a.tr,

Did c ha 1 nge pity of them.

SbakeJ'peaic
So whci. a t)t-T fucks the bullock's blood,
famifh'd Ii./.., \\r.i.; :$ from the wood,
Ruais loudly fierce, and challenges the food. Drya
Hart thou yet drawn o'er young Juba ?
That irill would recommend thee more to Caefar,

To

A patriot is a fool in every age,

Whom all lord chamberlains allow the

Arbutbr.at on Diet

CHA'MBER.

preferring you before her father;

".~s, that I may prof'efs

Due to the Moor, my lord.

Had you not been the.r father,

6.

folids,

Sbakcffear;.

the itaff of

chamberlain mignt be put into the hands of h'*

brother.
Clarendon.

fteel

n.f. [French.] The beat o

the drum which declares a furrender.
Several French battalions made a (hew of refill

better

Impregnated with iron or

CHAMA'DE.

Which of you, (hall we fay, doth lore us moft ?

That we our Inrgell bounty may extend
Where natc
And fo much duty as my rr.

cballtr.g:

Lat

adj. [from chalybs,

wat?;s.

Haker

thily challenged.

And

Humbly complaining to her deity,

Got my lord chamberlain hh liberty.
He was made lord Iteward, that

lowing fpices and wine, and the ufe of chalybea

claim as due.

T o you,
So I

rethe king's chambers, except the

cinft of the bedchamber.
Chambers.

by forr
Ucokc

trial,

having the qualities of fteel.

The diet ought to (Irengthen the

'

To

of

publick difputation.

are to be leturned', to fup^ly tht de!ec"rs or wai:

cf appearance of thole that are challenged oft",
.ult.

A claimant ; one that requires fome

thing as of right.

CH ALY'BE ATE.

H A

Ea.-neft challengers there are

[In law.] Toobjefl to the impanialit

of any one. [See the noun.]
Though only twc*e are fworn, yet twenty-fou

5.

H A

when

obfervers afTure us, that

its

natural colour,

and in the (hade, is a bluifh grey ;

though fome are yellow, and others green, but both
of a linaller kind. When it is expofcd to the fun,
the gre'y changes into a darker grey, inclining to a
dun colour ; and its parts, which have lealt of the
light upon them, are changed into fpot; of difThe grain of its (kin, when the
ferent colours.
light dolh not (hinc upon it, is like cloth mixed
with many colours. Sometimes, when it is handled, it fecins fpeckled with dark fpots, inclining
at reft

to green.
If it be put upon a black hat, it appears to be of a violet colour; and fometimes, if
it be wrapped
up in linen, it is white ; but it
changes colour only in fome parts of the body.
Caltntt.

chameleon

is

a creature about the bignefs of an

his head unproportionably big,

oniina.y lizard ;
and his eyes great; he moveth his head without
writhing of hii neck, which is inflexible, as a
hog Jolh j his back crooked, his fltin fpotted with
Uttl

H A

lefs eminent nt rer the ketty ; hit

and long; on each foot he hath five
lingers, three on the outlide, and two on the infide ; his tongue of u marvellous length in refpecl
of his body, and hollow at the end, which he wiii
launch out to prey upon flic: ; of colour green, ana
of adulky yellow, brighter and whiter towardi the
telly; yet fpjtted with blue, white, and red.
Jiactn'i Natural Hiflcry.
I ean add colours ev'n to the chameleon ;
(hares
with
Prrteus, for advantage. Skat,
Change
One part devours the other, and leaves not fo
jnuch as a mouthful of that popular air, which the

We

make

thee lady.

Skaktfpeare.
bordering princes have their territory

is

John Karris maintained a retreat without

difarray, by the fpace of fome miles, part of the
way ctamfaign, unto the city of Gaunt, with lei.-.
JSatin.
lofs of men than the enemy.
Sir

From

knnwn

his fide

have no colours of his own,

But borrows from his neighbour's hue,
His white or black, his green or blue.

channel

to

v.

a.

gutters

/ [from To chamfer.}
A fmall furrow or gutter

on a column.

CHA'MLET.
made

CAMELOT.]

Stuff

law.]

originally of camel's hair.

a cbamlct, draw five lines, waved over-

CH A'MOIS.*./!

fkin is

animal

made

CHAMPI'CNON.

into

An

[x/*ai^?Xor.]

odoriferous plant.
Cool

violets,

and orpine growing

armies, the matter {hould be tried by

Bacon.
duel between two champions.
For hot, cold, rnoift, and dry, four cbampiont

it grows; yet
youth, the more it is
waled, the fooner it wears.
Sbakeffeart.

CH AMP.
To

I.

v. a. [champayer, Fr.]
bite with a frequent action of the

teeth.
Coffee and opium are taken down, tobacco but
in I'rnoke, and betel is but
cbav.ptd in the mouth
v.'ith a little Jiim.
Bacon

The

fiend reply'd not, overcome with rage ;

But, like a proud (Iced rein'd, went haughty on,
Melon's farad je Loft
Ciampir.% his iron curb.

At

his

toharr o pipe happened to break in my mouth

and the pieces left fuch a delicious roughnefs on

my

tongue, that

champed up the remaining part

Spectator

ft

CHAMP,

v. a.

To perform

frequentl;

the acticn of biting.

Muttering and champing, as though h'u cud ha.
troubled him, he gave uccaliun to Mufidoris ti
come near him.
.V'..';;.,-

The} b";;an to repent of that they haji done, am

iicfuliy to champ upon the bit they had taken inti
their

mouths.

ll-yjt-r

His jaws did not anfA'rr equally to one r.i

but, by his frequent motion and damping
them, it was evident they were neither lux

will

fractured.

CHA'MPAICN.
flat

Their embryon atoms.

MUton'iParadife

O light

n.f. \campagne, Fr.]

open country.

we'll together, and the chance of goodneft

like our warranted quarrel
Shaktfpeare.
!

Misfortune

To

unlucky accident.
You were us'd

was the

fay extremity

That common

cbancei

conteft.

ftouter champion never handled fword. Stak.

;

anc

they applaud themfelves as zealous ctatnpiani for

truth, whei indeed they are contending for errour
Lccte.

3.

law, champion is taken no lefs

for him that trieth the combat in his own cafe,
th.m for him that fighteth in the cale of another.
Cnve/l.

To CHA'MPION. f.

a.

[from the noun/

challenge to the combat.

The feed of Banquo kings

Rather than

fo,

Arut il'iintpkn

come, Fate, into the

me

lilt,

to th' uttciatue.

could bear.

of any occurrence.
but chance may lead, where I may meet

A chance,

Some wand'ring fpitit of heav'n, by fountain fide,

Or in thick (hade retir'd. Milton' tParadiJtLoJi.
Then your ladyihip might have a chance tq
efcape this addrefs.

CHANCE,

composition.]

Now (hould

Swift.

feldom ufed but in

Happening by chance.
is

[It

adj.

they part, malicious tongues would

fay,
met like chance

companions on the way.

Drydcn.

1 would not take the gift,

from the hands of fortune,
Lay fof the next chanci comer.
Dryden.
v. n. [from the
To
like a toy dropt

Which,

CHANCE,

To

noun.]

to fall out ; to fortune.

Think what a chance thou cbancrft on
think j

Thou

but

haft thy miftrefs ftill.

Staltefpiare.
chance thou art not with the prince
thy

How

brother

That

4
Sbakefpcare.
us what hath ctanc'd to-day,
Carfar looks fo fad.

Ay, Cafca,

tell

He chanced upon

whom

he

Skabfpeart.

divers of the

Turks

victuallers,

eafily took.

Knolla't Hif.
of the Turkt.
I chofe the fafer fea, and cbanc'd to find
rivet's mouth impervious to the wind.

CH A'K c E F u L
zardous.

Foft'i Oayffty.
.

adj. [cbanct and/a//.]

Out of

Myfelf would

offer

you

CHANCE-MEDLEY,

Ha-

ufe.
t'

accompany
Sfmfcr.

n.f. [from chance

and

medley,,] In law.
The cafual daughter of a man, not altogether
without the fault of the (l.iyrr, when ignorance or
negligence is joined with the chance; as if a man
lop trees by an highway-fide, by which many
ufually travel, and caft dawn x bough, not giving
warning to take heed thereof, by \vh.ch bough oae
in this cafe he
palling by is (lain
offends, becaufc
he gave no warning, that the paity might have
taken bced to himfclf.
Ciwelt,
If fuch an one (hould hav: the ill hap, at any
:

CHANCE,

n.f. [chance, Fr.]

i. Fortune; the caufe of fortuitous events
As th' itnthought .incident U guilty
Of what we wildly do, Co we profcls
Ourfehes to he the fUves of cvjnct, and flies
Of every wind that blows.
Sbakcfptare
The only man, of all that chance could bring
To meet my arms, waj worth the conquering.
Dryden
Cl.'ttce is

fpirits,

In this advent'rous tkanctful jeopardy.

In law.
In our common

To

of

Sbakfjftan.

trier

common men

6. Poflibility

Lift.

of Trojans, and fupport of Troy,

Thy father's champitn, and thy country's joy
Dryde,
At length the adverfe admirals appear,
The two bold clutmfjons of each country's right.
Drydtn.
}iero ; a ftout warriour ; one bold in
z,

(land,

To

5.

Strive here for maft'ry, and to battle bring

This makes you incapable of conviftion

foaming gold.
Dryden
with
violent
action
of the
t.
devour,
teeth.

Now

happen;

fierce,

command

The fteedi caparifon'd with purple

And champ b'.-twixt their teeth the

Event; fuccefe; luck: applied to things.

They
in fingle

combat.
la many

.en the fader

Humours

4.

n.f. {champion, Fr. campio,

A man who undertakes a caufe

Dull poppy, and drink quick'ning fetuale. Sfenfer

For though the cbamimile, the more it is trodden

7"o

Wudiuard.

knob.

CHA'MPION.
low Lat.]

cheerful galingale,
Fre(h coftmary, and breathful cbamunHi,

PoiVet drink with cbamanilt flowers.

Flayer 6n the

[champignon, Fr.]

Secure for you, \umk\f cbautpi^nont eats. Drydcn,

It has the refemblance of a large champignon beit is
opened, branching out into a large round

ftill,

Embathed balm, and

Dryden.

fore

Deuteronomy.
a. f.

a. f.

kind of mufhroom.
He viler friendt with doubtful muduooms treats,

ibft leather, called among us Jhammy.

Thefe are the boalh which you fhall eat ; the
ex, the (beep, and wild ox, and the ctamoii

CHA'MPMILE.

in his

while depending, upon condition

to have part of the thing when it is reC/yiuell.
covered.

Drawing,

An

[chamois, Fr.]

of the goat kind, whofe

on

In

[chamfart, Fr.

n. f.

beheld has (truck

beauty

All nature is but art, unknown to thee ;

All chance direftion, which thoucanft not fee.
Pope.

Be

fuit,

thwarc, if your diapering confilt of a double line.

Peacbam

n.f. [from champerty.

A maintenance of any man

Siutk.

me dead i
Unknowingly (he ftrikes, and kills by chance;
and
death
is
in
her
in
Poifon
eyes,
cv'ry glance.
The

Cotuell.

To make
t

great truth ; as fignifying no more, than true

there are fome events befides the knowledge and

land in conteft, or part of the gains.

CH A'M PER. TV.

n.f, [See

To

Mihm.

Such as move fuits, or caufe

them to be moved, either by their own
or others procurement, and purfue, at
their proper cofts, to have part of the

fortui-

fay a thing is a chance or cafualty, at it relates to fecond caufes, is not profanenefs, but a

be-

left

cafual occurrence;

tous event.

In law.]

To

[thambrcr, Fr.]

make furrows or

and

Bacon's Effayt.

take their chance.

Accident;

3.

power of fecond agents.

CHA'MPERTORS.
Fritr.

upon a column.
.

Thefe things are commonly not obferved, but

left to

rivers flow'd,

Fair eframpaigx, with le& rivers interven'd.

CHA'MPER. \n.

C H A'M F R E T

two

th' other ftraight,

Btttley.

Fortune ; the aft of fortune ; what fortune may bring : applied to perfons.

k.

tween

To

To CHA'MFER.

proper

duce them.

will continually leek occafion to extend his limits

unto the further border thereof.
Raleigh.

Th' one winding,

which

as are
commonly attriexprefs, that fuch eftefts
buted to chance, were verily produced by their true
and
caufei, but without their defign to pro*

If two
meeting on an open champaign, the more mighty

ehameletns gafp after.

Decay ofP'my.
The thin ckun.Itai, fed with air, receives
The colour of the thing to which he cleaves
the chameleon,

i conception of our mlndi, and only t

compendious way of fpeaking, whereby we would

In itfelf ;

fair

till (lender

H A

In the tbufes of the cuftoms, mefetms, you have

cbamfjig* laid open to you, in which you
may at large iiietch out your difcourfe.
Spfnfer't State of Ireland.
Of all the'fc bounds,
With (hadowy forefti and with champaigns rich'd,

ffMc tumour,

As

H A

but a mere name, and really nothing

deJ witii a inurt laying, it

ought, in all r.-afon and conlcience, to be judged
but a chance -medley.
Soutb.

time, to ftrike a roan

CHA'NCFABLB.

adj.

[from chance.] Ac-

cidental.

The
coming

trial

thereof was cut off by the cbancealtt

thither of the king of Iberia.

Sidney.

CHA'NCEL.

HA

n.f. [from eaneelK, Lat.

with which the chancel was inclofed.] The eaftern part of the church,

which the

altar

is

placed.

Whether it be allowable or no, that the minifter

UcUir.
fhould fay fervite in the ckamcl.
The dared of this chuixh is vaulted with a
(ingle flone of four feet in thickntfs,
dred and fourteen in circumference.

and an hun-

Afffi*

tn

/-'.'/.

der

n.f. [cancellarius , Lat.

cbanccllier, Fr. from cancel/are, literal
<vclfcriptum lima per medium dufia dar/snare ; and feemeth of itfelf likewife to
be derived a cancellis, which fignify all
a lattice

xi-/x_?.iJe;,

that

is,

Quajitus regni

The Sunday after

CHA'NCERY.

the

I.]

firit,

adj. [from chttncre.] Having the qualities of a chancre ; ulcerous.

You may think I am too ftric~l in giving fo
many internals in the cure offo fmall an ulcer ai

HA'NCROUS.

Gn,

To

ftretch

your limbs

like i b.Mil yvu

Ij this an .icur

you'll ne'er be

CHANDELI'ER.

n.f. [chandelier, Fr.]

branch for candles.

was

artifan

The

cbar.ct'.lnr.

CHANCELLOR

inthe EccleJiajHcal Court

bilhop's lawyer ; a man trained up in
the civil and canon law, to direcl tin.

3.

CH ANCELLOR
nitary whofe

office it

is

to fuperintenc

CHANCELLOR,
officer

who

fits

in that court,

interval

and

them

hii office
..I.

during

life,

at

though he
One
Would

To

2.

Tii

Oxfon

but a:

Cam

are

foon change,

fo fecure.

change, as the moon

am

begin a

to

revolution.

moon} would he wiu!d

weary of this

Sbakffj.tare

Since

There

a cbfrtigt

is

faw you

upon you.

Shakzfpeare.

wond'rous changes of a fatal fcenc,

varying to the Uft
Diydcn.
Nothing can cure this part of ill-breejing, but
charge and variety of company, and that of p.-i Ions
abov e u i.
Lackl.
Emp'ic! by various turns ihall rife and f.-t ;
While thy abandoned tribes (hall only kn, w
d'-rY"ient mafter, and r.
Prior*
cbc>-ge of time.
Hear how Timothcus' vn- K us la> furp.ize,

Ihflulder Uorn,

Gay

And

and rife
While, at eac^ thsngr, th<- fjn of L-bj -n Jove
Now burns with glory, unj then mcits with love.

to

cambia
3.

move timorous, and

bid Jte.-rutc paflions

lei

fall

The time of the moon

Paft.

in

which

after the full.

.

4.

Novelty
mer.

a ftate different from the for-

the hearts
Of all his people (hall revolt fiom him,
And kifs the lips of unacquainted charge.

Peifons grown up in the belief of any religion

cannnt ckavvc t!i3t /",- another, without applyin

And

undcrftanding dul/ to confider and compat

South
The French and we rtill change j but here's th

both.

curfe,

we change for worfc.

be-

revolution.
Take fccdi nrroots, and fr;t fome of them immeitcly after the chcr.gi:, an-1 ocliers of the fame

kind immediately

Bacon's

th---ir

it

new monthly

quit any thing for the fake of an.

other
with//- before the thing taken
or received.

change fir better, and

of

Still

To

They

thing.

laft,

A fucceffion of one thing in the place

2.

di

new

now

CHANGE. ./. [from the verb.]

1. An alteration of the ftateof any

put one thing in the place of an-

t-jr

to

is

to fuffer altera-

may

cbtiige,

Farrier's Ditt

change band,

Julia, that his ctanging thought forgot,

oetter fit his chamber.
Sbakej'ftare,

gins a

ottcn

is

new monthly
I

his fortUiic

as,

tion,:

at the deaief

[c/.-anger, Fr.

fubtile.

z.

Chambers

Uni~jc<-fttt.

wlio

that cannot look inta his own'cflate,

need choMe well whom he empl-iyeth, anil cttilg

magiftrate,

He

treafurer, chancellor, and barons, ?.s th

of common law before the barons
only,

principal

CHANGE. <v. n.
To undergo change

T'o

n. f.

v. a.

Swift.
bcrfc, or to

turn or bear the horfe's head from one

hand to the other, from the left to the
the right to the left.
right,, or from
farrier's Difl,

drunken me, wouli

between the eyebrows, down

CHANGE,
To

i.

authority in managing the royal revenue, and in matters of firit fruits. Thi
court of equity is in the exchequc
tharnher, and ic held before the lor<

5.

To change a

Lat.]

in th

penal ftatutes, bonds and recognizance:

entered into by the king. He has grea

nf an

woith of goods.
7.

another.

good cheap

his nofe.

To

An

has power, wit!

others, to compound for forfeitures on

CHANCELLOR

difcount a larger piece of money

into feveral fmaller.
A (hopkeeper might be able to change a guinea,
or a moidore, when a cuftomer comes for a crown's

The
[old French.]
forepart of the he.id of a horfe, which
extends from under the ears, along the

He

Ctiiutll,

To

other.

cf tie Exchequer.

exchequer chamber.

lights as

CHJNFRIN.

the regular exercife of devotion.

4.

Sbatefpearf,

6.

them.

The (bsndltr'* baflcct, on his

With tallow fpoi; thy coat.

A dig-

of a Cathedral.

me

would ihe were in heaven, fo ihe conld

Intreat fame pow'r to change this cu:rhh few.

Europe.
Sbakcfpcarc
But whether black or lighter d\es arc w .,n,

brfhops in matters of judgment, relating

as well to criminal as to civil affairs in

Parerg on

fells

the difpofition or mind.

cht'ndlcrt in

Ajlijfe'i

who

An
[chandelier, Fr.]
it is to make candles

that thou hall

fai!t

have bought

the chut ch.

whofe trade

or a perfon

perfon of the ftr'nSeft juihce

ard beft' acouairitcd with the laws, as .wcil a
forms, of their government j fo that he was, in a
manner, cbancdtQr of Athens.
A'Ti-i/:

2.

n. f.

CHA'ND_LER.

lie

Dryden jun
Ar',;ViJcs

IV.fanan.

chief judge in caules of property ; for the cbanfelhr hath power to moderit: and temper die
written law, and fubjeftcth himf.'lf only to the law
CtrKcli.
of nature and confcience.

how

a chancre, or rather a cbanocui callus.

jyijdi.7n*

To mend

5.

Cw//.

n.f. [chancre, Fr.] An ulcer

ulually ariling from veneiv'.d maladie?.
It is portible he was not well cuted, and would
have relapied with a chancre.

blulli,

founds.

!-irJ!;:f

CHA'NCRE.

fignitied the regifters or

greatly advanced, and, not only in other

tii
kingdoms but in this, is given to him tha:

-t

Pai ergon.

me

n.f.

Aylifft's

is

out, you rogue

buckle to the law.

gone.

(halt not fee

Ec^ut.
low cftate.
For the elements were changed in themfelves by
a kind of harmony ; like as in a pfaltery notej
are always
change the name of the tune, and yet

party muft
be (ign'fi.'d in the court of chancery, by the biunder the lial epifcopal.
fliop's letters

&

Turn

is

Taylor's Rule of L'wir.g Hi'y.

other than it was.

make

Carr.den.

great foal.

actuaries in court; graf barm, (tit. yi.i carfiriberdh

But this
exc'ipiniiHl judicum a&tt d~nt operam*

r.Tne

Mr.re g.ive up his chat

to

Thou

ce of

off.

[from chancellor ; proThe

bably chancellery, then fhortened.]
court of equity and confcience, modethat
rating the rigour of other courts,
are tied to the letter of the law ; whereof the lord chancellor of England is the
chief judge, or the lord keeper of the

highefl judge of the law.

Carccli'tiriui, at

n.f.

The

alter

change my countenance for this arreft j

heart unfj-otted K not eafily daunted. Sbaksfp*
Whatsoever is brought upon thee, take cbearto a
fully, and be patient when thou art ebangfa

The contumacy and contempt of the

bifhop of Ely, chancellor to

The

lord

Madam, my

Primus jolliciti mente pitendus erit.

Hie eft, qui ngni leges cancellat imqttas,
Et mandata pii principii a-qua facit.
Verfes of Nigel tie Wetckrt to the

1.

the u.^cr.

..!

whom

Nor

unCaaml:rs.

of Er.gl.md, he came himleif to his wile's pew,

and ulcd the ufu.-.l words of his gentL'inan-uffier,

with

To

4.

chancellor.

tibi cancellarius Angli,

Richard

al

ft

t.'ie

CH A'NCELLORSHIP.

thing made of wood or iron bars, laid

croflways one over another, fo that a
man may fee through them in and out.
It may be thought thit judgment (eats
were comparted in with bars, to defend
the judges and other officers from the
prefs of the multitude, and yet not to
hinder any man's view.

upon thof; taoathou wou'dft not, f^r any incondition.

change thy fortune and

fecure thy content, look

tereft,

CnA*ICf.l.lOlt. of tkt Order cf the Garan

ter, and other military orders, is
officer who feals the ccmmiffions and
mandates of the chapter and affembly of
the knights, keeps the remitter of their
deliberations, i::d derive;-;, tneir afts

CHA'NCELLOR.

ene with

To
far.j,,

years.

lattices,

HA

eledled every three

may be

bridge he

CHA'NCEL.
in

H A

Statcff,

Our

fathers did, fjr change, to France repair

they, for cbangt, will try our Eng'.i/h air.

Dryetai.

An

alteration of the or5. [In ringing.]

der in which a fet of bells is feunded.
Four bell;, admit twenty-tour <cm:i*;s in
ringing,
and live bells one hundu: and tvnty.
i/im&r'j Element*
Eafy it mny be to contrive new p;U*ic-s, and
i

3.

To give and take reciprocally witl

the particle ivith before the perfon to
wfaom we give, and from whom we take

ring olher

6.

ct>

ing:i

ujmn the fame

bell;".

That which makes a variety

may be

that

jVorri:.

which

ufed for another of the fame kind.

P P

i v

.:

H A

I will now put forth a riddle unto

yon ; if you
can find it out, then 1 will give you thirty fhe.'t;,
and thirty change of garments.
Judges.
7. Small money, which may be given for

That gape and rub

Wood buyi up our old halfpence, and from

thence the prefent want of change arifes ; but fuppofing not one farthing of change in the nation,
five-and-twenty thoufand pounds would be fuflicient.

8.

for

Change

exchange

a place where

and

tranfaft

The bar, the bench, the change, the fchools and

pulpits, arc full of quacks, jugglers, and plagiaries.
_

C H A'N c E A n

L'Eflrange.

E . adj.

i,

[from change. ]

Subjedl to change ; fickle; inconftant.

A Ready mind will admit Heady methods and

1.

counfels

there

no meafure

is

changeable humour.

As I am

man,

of another

all

Subfcrib'd

Sfenftr's State ef Ireland.

Tyber's bank, and weep your tears,

Into the channel, till the lowr ft dream
Do kifs the moll exalted fhoresofall. Sbahffeare.
So th' injur'd lea, which from K.-r wonted courfe,

Drydcn.

gain fome acres, avarice did force;

If the new banks, neglected once, decay,
No longer will from her old channel day. Waller.
Had not the (aid drata been diflocated, fome of
them elevated, and others deprefled, there would
have been no cavity or channel to give reception to
the water or" the fea.
tPouhvara.
The tops if mountains and hills will be conti-

cnAKment;.

Having the quality of exhibiting different appearances.

Now

the taylor nuke thy doublet of changeable

for thy mind is a very opal. Sbektjftcn.
a. f. [from change-

CHA'NGEABLENESS.
\.

Inconrtancy

ficklenefs.

2.

Any

At

length he betrothed himfclf to one worthy

to be liked, if any worthiness might excufc fo

unworthy
There
than that

a cbangiabler.tfs.

juftly branded by

all

our neighbours.
Addifoifi Freeholder.

2. Sufceptibility

of change.

how

long th=y are to cbntinue in force, be no

where exprcfleJ, then have we no light to direft our
judgment concerning the changeablencjs or immutability of them, but confideting the nature and
Hxttr.
Duality of fuch laws.
If

And

CHA'NCEABLV. adv. [from

Nor

mutable

inconftant

Now

calls in princes,

CHA'NCELINC.
word

and now turns away.

itupid in their places.]

.
child left or taken in tie place of another.

And

her bife

elfin

breed there for thee

left

Such men do

fairies
cbangelyigs tvl\, fo chang'd by
theft.
Sfenfcr'i Fairy Scaurs.
She, as her attendant, hath

A lovely boy
Sh>- r.rv'r

An

z.

rlui'n

had

idiot

Cbjr.g;lings

fo

from

.in

Indian king

fweet a cbangcfing.

a fool
and

fools

Sbattffeare.

a natural.

3.

Locke.

One

apt to change

Of fickle
2

1.

To

ctaiigfii/.-fi

arid

a waverer
poor dik

To

2.

celebrate

The
in the

3.

To

it

point.

Now go with me, and with this holy man,

Into the chantry by ;
And, underneath that confecrated roof,
Plight me the full aflurance of your faith* Sbab

creation into

withnut us.
Pleas'd with

One

and invent

bling chaos
ftate,

To

[from chant.}

A finger;

curious chanters of the wood,

Jove's etherial lays,

The

ibaattr't foul

the terraqueous globe was in a cbaotick

and the earthy particles fubfideJ, then thofe

in

Derbam,

CHAP. v. a. [kappen, Dutch, to cut.

This word feems originally the fame
with chop; nor were they probably dif-

To break into

hiatus, or gapings.
It weakened more and more the arch of the
earth, drying it immoderately, and cc-affing it
Burnet,
unbalanc'd heat licentious reign,

in fv.ndry places.

N.ituic's lays.

Wctton,

Then would
Cratk

rcfiftlefs fire,

nod raptur'd fong

Refem-

confufed.

fomething
the fame original fenfe.]

birds refoundingloud. Milttn.

dame

adj. [from chaos.}

;

fit,

Pop*.

tinguiihed at firft, otherwife than by accident ; but they have now a meaning
different, though referable to

A pleafant grove,

forth

work, where nothing's jud or

feveral beds were, in all probability, repofited

Song;

a fongfter.

You

Ltcle.
a

glaring chaos and wild heap 'of wit.

CHAO'TICK.

That warblr

the parts are undiftin-

the earth.

n./. [from the verb.]

and ele-

guiihed.

chang'd to fnowy plumes his hoary hair,

wing'd his flight, to chant aloft in air. Dryd.

./.

clafles

DryJn,

Any thing where

3.

When

indruments of mufick. Amtt, vi. 7.

Heav'n heard his fong, and haftcn'd his relief;

CHA'NTER.

proper

brought church and ftatc to fuch a cbaas of confuK. Charles.

fions, as lome have done.
Their reafon deeps, but mimick fancy wakes,
Supplies her parts, and wild ideas takes
From words and things, ill fnrted and misjoin'd ;
The anarchy of thought, and fbaos of the mind.

make me-

to themfelves

CHANT,

its

Confufion ; irregular mixture.

Had I followed the worft, I could not have

2.

fervice.

viol,

x*--3

univerfe would have been a confufed

without bejuty or order.
Emlcy.

choc-!,

Bramball.

to

[chaos, Lat.

ments.
The wh ile

Suiter..

in the theatres, the (hephcrds

f.

of matter fuppofed to be in
confufion before it was divided by the

We

Fairy

lody with the voice.

They chant to the found of the

And
And

CHA'OS. a.
1. The mafs

birds of fundry kind

To iing in the cathedral

CHANT. <v. n. To fing

Miltcn.

n.f. [from

(hall have nothing but darkncfs and a cbaas

within, whatever order and light there be in things

by fong.

poets chant

to hear thy even-fong.

ctant."]
Chantry is a church or chapel endowed witli
lands, or other yearly revenue, for the maintsnance
of one or more prieirs, daily to fing mafs for tho
fouls of the donors, and fuch others as they ap-

Shakeffnarc.
perpetually channelrf^tton't Arcbi'.eRurc.

mountains.

woo

CHA'NTRY.

armed hoofs

chant fweet mufick.

wo-

Sweet bird, that (hunn'ft the noife of folly,

mufical, mod melancholy!
Thee, cbantrefs of the woods among,

[chanter, Fr.]

Wherein the chearful

Do

n.f. [from chant.~\

Mod

fing.

melody.

determined by wife confederations than a wife

Drydens Fatle:,

CHA'NTRESS.
man linger.

is

gown,

a.

<u.

With cbantof tuneful

Wildly we rom in difcontent about.

Dryden.
Wc>uld any one be a channeling, bccaufc he is

man

CHANT.

of heav'n, and thence (hut

out,

lefs

To

opinion, that the fairies fteal away children, and put others that are ugly and

kraife her fiowrcts with the

Torrents, and loud impetuous cataracts,

Roll down the lofty mountain's cbanne'.l'd fides,
And to the vale convey their foaming tides.
Rlackmorc.

Pofe.

f. [from change: the

from an odd fuperftitious

arifes

Within this homeftead liv'd without a peer,

For crowing loud, the noble chanticleer.

led, like a thick plaited

Unfound plots, and changeful orders, are daily

deviled for her good, yet never effectually profecuted.
Sfcnfer,
Britain, changeful as a child at play,

Drjeien'i Fei/cs.

Of hoftilc paces.
The body of this column

and full. ]

uncertain
fubjeft to variation ; fickle.
;

wore a channel where

fell.

or narrow fea, between two

as the Britiih Channel, between Britain and France ; St. George's
Channel, between Britain and Ireland.
4. A gutter or furrow of a pillar.
To CHA'NNEL. <v. a. [from the noun.]
To cut any thing in-channels.
No more (hall trenching war channel her fields,
countries

changeable."]

adj. [ from change

Full of change

they
ftrait

3.

Inconftantly.

CHA'NGEFUL.

defircs, the lover's hell,

fcalding tears, that

Sidney.

no temper of mind more unmanly

witli which we are too
cbangcahlcnifs,

it

the defcription of the fudden dir, and panic.il fear,

Cbannclecr the cock was carried away by
Came/en's Remains.
RevnarJ the fox.

when

cavity drawn longways.

Complaint and hot

hear

ftrainof ftruttin^tfci;Vfcr.
Sbateffcare.
Stay, the chearful chant. c >,r
Telli you that the time is neir. Btn Jcnfc*.
Thefe verfei were mentioned by ChiiKer, in

nually warned down by the rains, and the channels

of rivers abraded by the ftreams.
Bentley,

able.}

The

To

The fibrous or vafcular parts of vegetables feem

fcarce changeable in the alimentary dut.

taffeta

Hark, hark,

n. /.

to

drill,

In haftewas climb'ng up the caftern hill. Sfenfer.

an habit, and have their certain courfe, to change

the channel, and turn their dreams another way.

be changed.
jtrinithnot

And chfarful chanticleer, with his note

Had warned once, that Phcebus' fiery car

[from change.} One

that is employed in, changing or difcounting money ; money-changer.
CHA'NNEL n.f. [canal, Fr. canalii,
Lat.]
1. The hollow bed of
running waters.
It is not fo eafy, now that things are grown into

Draw them

his

crow.

gave the impreflion, plac'd it fafely,

changeling never known.
Sbaitfffeare.

The

are fa, even upon ridicu-

>

from the clearnefs and loudnefs of

in the place

it,

CHA'NCER.

and fome-

lous accidents.

2. Poffiblc to

P'jfe.

CHA'NTICLEER. n. f. [horn chanter and

flair, Fr.] The name given to the cock,

in ludicrous fpeech.
up in form or the other,

L'Ef range.
;

folded the writ

be taken of a

to

mud be changeable

times the graved of us

3.

Anything changed and put

Swift.

perfons meet to traffick

mercantile affairs.

Uftinft divine nor blame fevere hij choice,

Warbling the Grecian woes with harp and voice.

newi

the elbow at the

innovation.
Sbaljfrart.
Twas not long
Before from world to world they fwung ;
As they had turn'd from fide to fide,
And as they changelings li v'd, they died. Hud'ibra*.
If.

HA

Of hurly-burly

larger pieces.

HA

ti

dry

hill,

and cbff the

ruflet plain.

Blackmcrt*
infpire,

CHAT.

H A

C
CHAP.

/.

an aperture

[from the verb.] A cleft ;

an opening ; a gaping ; a
;

Whit moifture the heat of the fummer fucks

out of the earth, it is repaid in the rains of the
next winter ; and 'lat daft are made in it, are
Buna's Theory.
filled up again.

To

is

n.f. [This

n. /.

[cbappe, Fr.]

catch of any thing by which

in its place ; as the hook of a
fcabbard by which it flicks in the belt ;
the point by which a buckle is held to

The

1.

it

had the whole

and
theory of the war in the knot of his fcarf,
.the practice in the chape of his dagger. Sbalufpcarc.
brafs or filver tip or cafe, that
2.
Arengthens the end of the fcabbard of a
Phillips's

CHA'PEL.
A chapel

Now
With

in

Thofc that

Or

adj.

[from chape.] Wanting

An

nifty fword, with a broken h'lt, and

with two broken points.
Shakefpeare.

old

cbapclcfr,

CHAPE'LL ANY.

An

n.f.

[from chafe!.]
:

to

be

that

which

of

v/ll

ftate,

thi

ftate.

2.

chaplet

is alfo

paternofters and
different fort of chaplets

ufed by the

Mahometans.

[In architecture.]
carved into round

little

beads,

'.fain braver loofely hanging

cloven helm.

CH**PITEK.

n. f.

[chapiteau,

upper part or capital of a

He overlaid their chapitin 3:.

He

Dtytltn.

Fr.]

The

4.

or

after

the thin-j that you intend to buy. Stak.

have they fecn the maps, and bought 'em

Yet

too,

And

[capellanus, Latin.]
that performs divine fervice in a

;>cl, and attends the king, or other

pcrfon, fcr the inftruction of him and

hii family, to

read prayers, and preach.

Coivell.

Ben yonbn.
of certain rare manufcripts, exquifitcly written in Arabick ; thefe were
upon fale to the Jefuits at Antwerp, liquorifh ilafWottvn.
ttttn of fuch v
He dieted two, and carried them to Snmos, as

There was

a collection

ISEftrange.

Their chapmen they

are dens, the buyer

is

brtr:iy,

their prey.

and

takes

and

to

ISSftrayc.

it

borrowed, an aflbmbly of

is

abbot takes the advice and confent of his

he enters on any matters of import-

- Miiifon en

Italy.

The

place where delinquents receive difAylifix's Parer.

cipline and correction.
decretal epittle.
Aylijj'e's Parergon.
<j.
6. Chapter-houfe ; the place in which affemblies of the clergy are held.

Thiugii the canonical conftituVicn does

require

it

not where

ftricliy
in thtf cathedral, yec it matbe made, cither' in the choir or

made

to be

it

jlyl'ffe't

ehaptcr-hciife.

CHA'PTREL.
piter.} The
lafters,

Partrgan.

[probably from chacapitals of pillars, or pi-

n. f.

which fupport arches, commpnly

called imports.
break without the arch, fo
kcyfi'i,
you project over the jaums with the chap~

Let the

much

as

trels.

Moxan.
n.f. [of uncertain derivation.] A'
found only in Winander meerj in

CHAR.
fifh

Lancafiiire.

To

CHAR.

<u.

burn wood

a.
to a
in

Sniay wood,

[See CHARCOAL.]
black cinder.
charring,

parts

into

To

various

cracks.

CHAR.

n.f. [cynne, work, Sax. Lye. It

derived by Skinner, either from charge,
Fr. bufinefs ; or cape, Sax. care ; or

naften'd hare from greedy greyhound go,

And part all hope, his chaps to fruftrate fo. Sidney.

Open your mouth

you cannot

open your chaps a/ain.

tell

to fweep.] Work dons

a fingle job or tafk.
A meer woman, and commanded
By fuch poor pafiion, as the maid that milks,
keeren,

Dutch,

by

day

fjie

And

does the mcaneft chars.

Shakefpcare,
Shr, harvcft done, to char woik did afpue ;
and
were
her
Meat, drink,
twopence,
daily hire.

wiio's

Drydtn^

To CHAR. v. n. [from the noun.] To

work at others houies by the day, with-

chap.]
beaft of prey.
So on the downs we fee

it

fools

forward, mutatis mtsatOK^

fo

Dryd.

CHAPS, n.f. [from

i. The mouth of a

friend

and

is

understand 'em as moil chapmen do.

Their (hops

for it gives

ance.
if.

ters

couple of ftireach of them

[In horfemanmip.]
rup leathers, mounted
with a flirrup, and joining at top in a
fort of leather buckle, which is called
the head of the chaplet, by which they
arc fattened to the pummel of a faddle,

witl.

n.f.

olives.

the likelicft place for a chapman.

pillar.

Exodus.

^oJrf.

CHA'PIAIN.
I.

b)r

The

moulding
pearls,

chapter, before

number rehearfed of

3.

things

fijcflhe cbaftr.

whence

for the king.

Swift.
firing of beads ufed in the Romiih
church for keeping an account of the

all

the clergy of a cathedral or collegiate

Cowell.
church.

ave-marias.

does

makes honeft men and knaves,

Chapter, from capif-ilum, fignifieth, in

our common law, as in the canon law,

forehead (hade.

:.-.

The

3.

Dryden.

They made an humble

it

philofophers

to invade,
fair

the proverbial phrafe,

end of the chapter; throughout; to

Money
away,

us'ti

The winding ivy ctaftrt

And folded fern, that your

omif

CHA'PFAI.
adj. [from chap and fain.]
Having the mouth fhrunk.

From hence comes

to the

know,

Dil'pr.iife

thf- honourable habiliments, as robes

parliament robes, chaperons, and caps of
Camdcn.

divifion of r, book.
firft book we divide into three feftions ;
whereof the firft is thefe three chapters.
Burncfs Theory.
If thefe mighty men at chapter and verfe, can
produce then no fcripture to overthrow our church

the end.

CHAPERON,

garter in their habits.

Shakefpeare.

they have been adjufted to the

length and bearing of the rider.
Farrier's Difl.
CHA'PELRY. n.f. [from chapel.} The
on the peacock's head.
5. A tuft of feathers
jurifdiftion or bounds of a chapel.
CHA'PMAN. n.f. [ceapman, Saxon.] A
n.f. [French.] A kind of
cheapner ; one that offers as a purchafer.
hood or cap worn by the knights of the
Fair Diomede, you do as chapmen do,
docs not fahfift of itfelf, tut is built and fmmJcd
within fome other church, and is dependent ther"
on.
A,l\fft't farerran.

2.

their miftrcfs' fcorn did bear,

thofe that were

from capi-

Lat.]

ceremonies, I will undertake to produce fcripture,

South.
enough to warrant them.

n.f.

kindly.
Suckling.
All the quire was grac'd
Withckapltts green, upon their foreheads plac'd.

a chape.

Shakejpeare.
nightly in a charnel-houfe,
bones.
reeky (hanks and yellow chapltfs
Shakefptare.

DryJen's Fables.

n.f. [chapitre, Fr.

The

Whether th4y nobler chaphts wejr,

Sidxiy.

CH A'PEUESS.

1.

and knocked about the muzzard

Is, as in mockery, fet.

I ftrangely long to

"*

Will you difpitch. us here under this tree, or

fhall we go with you to your chapel f Sbakefpeare.
Where trarh erecleth her church, he helps eriour
Hmirl.
tartar up a chape! hard by.
AcM/Wwi!! I build with large endowment. Drjd.
free chapel is fuch as is founded by the king
of England.
Aylife s Parergcn.

ta/urn,

An

among

pel.

Without

Jonfori.

*
Cooling ointment made,
on their fun-burnt cheeks and their daft

(kins they laid.

Upon old Hyerns' chin, and icy crown,

od'rous chap/tt of fweet fummer's buds,

n.f. [capella, Lat.]

of two forts ; either adjoining to a
a parcel of the fame, which men of
or elfe feparate from the mother
;

Ben

chapt.

CHA'PTER.

[chapeltt, Fr.]
garland or wreath to be worn about
the head.

a joint} not horrid, rough, wrinkled, gaping, or

Which

[from

pajf.

chap. ]
Like a table upon which you may run your
without rubs, and your nail cannot find
^fingtfr

me

CHA'PLET.

thofe few trees, fo doled in

the tops together, as they might feem a little cha-

She went

cbaplsfs,

Shut

is

Cvwell.

with a fexton's fpade.

World of Words.

is.

) particip.

CHA'PPED.

Swift.

CHA'PI.ESS. adj. [from chap.]

any flefh about the mouth.

church, at
worth build
church, where the parifh is wide, and is commonly
called a chapel of e.'Te, becaufe it is built fur the
afe of one or more parirtiioners, that dwell too far
from the church, and is ferved by fome inferiour
curate, provided for at the charge of the rec~Hr, or
of fuch as. have benefit by it, as the compofition or
cuft.im

of fomeworth-

fail

a man.

CHAPT.

a title and p^-ecechaplain, fond of

CHA'PLAINSHIP. n.f. [from chaplain.]

1. The office or bufinefs of a chaplain.
2. The pofleffion or revenue of a chapel.

fword.

chief governour can never

drnce.

is

Parolles, that

that officiates in domeftick wor-

lefs illiterate

held

the back ftrap.

This is Monfieur

i.

Shakcfpeart.
thy prieftheod faves thy life.
Shake/peart.

fliip.

The

Froth fills his chaps, he fends a grunting feund,

iAnd part he churns, and part befoams the ground.
Dryden.
The nether cijp in the male (keleron is ha fan
inch broader than in ths female. Crew's Mufifxn;.

CHAPE,

One

2.

not often ufed, ex-

in t\iejtngular.~\
cept by anatomilb,
of a beaft's mouth.
upper or under part

Their whelps at home expeft the promis'd food,

long tb temper their dry chaps in blood. Dtjd.
It is ufed in contempt for the mouth of

And

la

Cbjp!*in, away

HA

Wifliing me to permit
Court, my chaplain, a choice hour,
hear from him a matter oi' fome moment.

John de

chink.

CHAP.

H A

C
'

your

Sbakeffeare.

out being a hired fervant.

CHA'R-WOMAN. n.f.
ivoman.] A woman
for

[from char

and

hired accidentally

odd works, or fingle days.

P *

Get

H A

thice or four ctar-vmn to attend you

mtly in the kitchen, whom you pay only
with the trckea meat, a few coals, and all the
cm ien.
Swift.
r

CHA'RACTER.

n.

[d>araae r.

Lit.

a reprefentation.

CHAR ACTZRI'STICK.

.
/.
conftitutes the character ;

In outward alib her refcmbling lets

Hit ima^e, who made both ; and lefs exprefling
The eh^rjSier of that dominion giv'n
O'er other creatures.
Paradife Lcfl.

2.

letter ufed in writing or printing.

But his neat cookery

cut o

:r

each

is

letter, to exprefs

The hand
I

my

und the

or

to the eye ; and that exthe natural alphabet formed

manner of

letter

Elements if Sfeect.

racter.

To

z.

An

account of any thing as good or bad.

Th

fubtcrraneous pjflagc is much mended,

Cncc Seneca gave fo bad a chjrafJer of it.
s

The
lities

To mark

3.

M<)ft

women

have no eharaelers at

all.

And mighty

To

It

Which

When

up

lofe

To

makes them

his angels

he charged with

Jcb.

folly.

challenge.

The pried (hall charge her by an oath. Nuir.l'ers.

Thou canft not, cardinal, devifc a uame
So

unworthy, and ridiculous,

to an anfwer as the pope.

flight,

To charge me
j.

To command

To what

And

tell

To

ftall enquire.
I

Dryd.v.

charge thce, (land,

thy name, and bufinefs in the land. DryJ.

fall

upon

to attack.

With

Irs prepared fwcrd he charges

unprovided body, lanc'd my arm.

My

Staltff,

to enjoin.
I may not fuffer you to vifit them ;
The king hath ftriftly charg'd the contrary. Shalt.
Why doft thou turn thy face ? I charge thce,
anfwer

10.

fome of

their bit-

Chamhi-rs.

tcrnefs.
2.

marks the peculiar pro-

Chords of beet, are plants of white

beet tranfplanted, producing great tops,
which, in the midir, have n large, white,
thick, downy, and cotton- like main
(hoot, which is the true chard. Mortimer.

home
Slakrfy.

The Grecians rally, and th;:r povv'rs unite ;

With fury charge us, and rer.cw the fl^ht. l)ryd,
1. To burden ; to load.
Here

's

of Arabia

nh

oh

the frtell of bLod Itill ; all the pcrfumei

Oh !
will not fweeten thi-r l.ttlc,h.ind.
The heart is
What a figh is there
!

Kh.iktjfi.aie.
forely charged.
V,
n often urg'd, unwilling to be pre it,
Inv'd
from your
Vourc:>ui>t,
retreat,

And fends to fenates, charg'tl with commr;

Which none more fhuns, aitd none can tetter

bear.

DrjJa,
Meat fwallowed down
r.efs,

for pieafure and greedionly charges the tlomach, or fumes into the

brain.

fault in the ordinary method of educ.uthe charging of children's memories with n.

precepts.
The brief with weighty crimes was charged,
1

To

CHARGE,

t'trgilt.

an rpick hero, hi; m.i;:fli'in'agquilitV of

k 'u
,r
co.iftanty, hii rai^nce, h; piety,

this

has with be-

of ;iny perfon or thing.

perties,
There arc feveral other! that I take to Invr
likcwife fjch, to which yet I hive not ven-

The

it

To

And
!.

Hudibras.

over but the top, in ftraw, during

autumn and winter

grow white, and

CH ARACTFRI'STICAL.

.ird en

all

the

To

lifts

n.f. [cbarJe, French.]

Chards of artichokes, are the leaves of
fair artichoke plants, tied and wrapped

taflc

accufe; to cenfure.
fo far from charging
Speaking thus to you, I am
you as guilty in this matter, that I can fincerely
exhortation wholly needlefs.
fay, I believe the
Wakes Prtparathn f-jr Death.
accufe : it has iviih before the crime.
'.

6.

roots, being coaled

footy chymifts (lop in holes,

out of wood they extraft coals.

impofe as a

The g^fpel cbargeth us tiutb piety towards God,

and juftice and charity to men, and temperance
and chaftity in reference to ourfelves.
Tilktfin.

Pcfe.

Afiltun.

To

n. /.

CHARD.

tured U) prefix that eitmStriJtKfi Jifiinclion.

character.']

impute to,
He was fo great

fore the thing impofed.

Is there who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls

With de'p'rale charcoal round his darken'J

of him that drinks,

vtfjge quite transforms
Ar:d the inglorious likenels of a beaft
Fixes inltead, unmoulJing reafon's mintaj",

character, or

[from

To

5.

longer than charcoal; and cbarinto great piece', hC.s

Bacon's Qat. Hijl.
longer than ordinary charcoal.
Love is a fire that burns and fparkles
In men as nat'rally us in charcoals,

nal of

The

That

which was really

vftn neceflity,
Wattt'i L'.gKk.

and chofen.

as coft or hazard.
an encouragcr of commerce,
that he charged himfelf with all the fea riik of fuch
velTels as earned corn to Rome in winter.
Arbutbnct en Cains.

ufed in preparing metals.

is

Seacoal

raSerize.']

4.

adj. [from c/.-.-iwhich conftitutes the

[imagined by Skinner
to be derived from char, bufinefs
but,
by Mr. Lye, from To chark, to burn.]
Coal made by burning wood under turf.

CHA'RCOAI..

Cbaraficr'd in the face.

Sbakefftare.

Fairies ufe flowers for their cbaraftery. Sbalef[>.

All my engagements 1 will conftrue to thcc,
Shjl
All the cbaraerery of my fad brows.

To CHA'RACTER. v. a. [from the noun.]

To infcribe ; to engrave. It feems to
have had the accent formerly on the
fecond fyllable.
Th-fc few precepts in thy memory

poif.

ftates cbaratlerlejs are grated

Impreflion; mark; diftindlion: accented

anciently on the fecond fyllable.

dttcrbvry

Theplcafing

We charge that

[from cbaraSer.]

dufty nothing.

CHA'S-ACTERY.

jnagiftrate confifts in

on Air.

Without a character.
When water-drops have worn the (tones of Troy,
And blind oblivion fwallow'd cities up,

Pope.

SI .ilelfeare.
thou iharatltr.
Shew me one fear ch.traeler'd on thy (kin Sbjk.
O Knfalind thefe trees mail be my books,
And in their barks my thoughts I'll ri.

dcfired

with a particular ftamp or

CH A'RACTERLESS. adj.

maintaining the dignity of his cbaralier by fuitable

acY'ons.

and threlher's toil, and the bailer's fweat, is to

be counted into the bread we eat ; the plough, mill,
oven, or any other utenlils, muft all be charged in
Loctc.
the account of labour.
Pcrvcrfe mankind whofe wills, created free,
Ckj rge all their woes on abfolute decree ;
All to the dooming gods their guilt tranflate,
And follies are mifcall'd the crimes of fate. Peft-

er's

if Mar.tittd.

j4rl'iirhrio!

Adventitious qualities imprefled by a

pod or office.
The chief honour of the

Origin

it.

are faces not only individual, but genand national ; European, Afiatick, Chinefe, African, and Grecian faces are charaflirmed.

them', like the fun in the Copernican lyftcra, enDrydcn.

compafleJ with the lefs noble planets.

8.

and growing up with

the crime
thy pen, but charge
On native fioth, and negligence of time. Dry-Jen.
It is cafy to account for the difficulties he charget
Locti.
en the peripatctick doftrine.
It is not barely the ploughman's pains ; the reap-

tilitious

a perfonage.

Perfonal qualities ; particular conftitution of the mind.

Nothing fo true as what you once let fall,

it,

No more accufe

token.
There

In

j.

born with

Half's

perfon with his aflcmblage of qua-

a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the

to the view of
piece muft be advanced foremoft
the reader or fpeftator ; he muft outftine the reft
of all the characters; he muft appear the prince of

engrave, or imprint.

foul,

jUd'-Jon en Italy.

6.

with the index or exponent.

it. a. [from cha-

fure

impute with on before the perfon,

to whom any thing is imputed.

3.

Logarithm.

fimcwhat

's

To

Pope.

of a

with on before

a mighty fum of murder,

Of innocent and kindred blood (truck oft:
difcount for thefe,
prayers and penance (hall
And beg of Heav'n to charge Ac bill me. Dryd.

liil.cs

They may be called anticipations, prenotions,

or fentiments charcflcrixcd and engraven in the

5.

which diftinj

My father';, mother's, brother's death I pardon

the

without long
publickly to tbjra&crix* any perfon,
Swift.
experience.

Shattffeare.

Hnmer has excelled ill tie heroick poets that

ever wrore, in the multitude and variety of his
his
every god that is admitted into
fuitpoem, arts a part which would have been
ablc to no other deity.
Mlifcn.

is

To give a character or an account of

the perfonal qualities of any man.
It is Come commendation that we have avoided

I.

at the cafement of
the churjfler to be your

A rcprcfcntaticn of any man as to his

perfonal qualities.
Each dr. w fair ftjrtftm, yet none
Of thefe they feign'd excels their own. Dcnbam.

it

CH A'RACTERIZE.

writing.

brother's.

4.

The fame
To

thrown in

You know

clofcr,

CH ARACTERI'STICK

impute as a debt

the debtor.

My

it

Ht,/</ir'i

To

exerts ilfelf in Jfymer, in a

fuperiour to that of any poet

Shakeffeare.

done.
i.

others.
Thisvaft invention

great and peculiar cbaraHerifick

him from all others.

rojti in charafleri.

purpofe

aftly proportioned
in the mouth.

3.

What

That

manner

Stakcfpeare.
perfpku:>us, even as fubftance
Skateff.
groflhci's little charafitrs fum up.
It were much to b
wiflied, that there were
for
charaflcr
one
fort
of
the
world
but
throughout

The
Whofe

That which

cbargeet Jofcph

Gtnefa.
them, and he ferved them.
J me -with, that I l^e
you huve c targe

vi'vb

that which
from
dilUnguifhes any thing or perfon

He

of

being
quality
charaStriftical.'}
a chapeculiar to a character; marking
racter.

a (lamp

Arnarlu

1.

tain

'

The

with before tho

purpofe : it .has
thing cntrufted.
And the captain cf the guard

whatever cfurafierificil virtue his pott g\*; him,

/''
lail'ei our admiration.
CHARACTERI'STIC ALNESS. a. /. [from

X ( aTr f .]

H A

II

i.?rr,
i.

To

[charger, Fr. eariItal. from carrus, Lat.]

entruft ; to comraiffion for a cer-J.

a.

On

which the pleader much calarg'd,

12.

To

HA

'C

To cover with fomething

12.

adventitious,

To

fix, as foi

He

Obfolete.

Sght.

rode up and down, gallantly mounted, and

tkarged and difcharged his lance.

9.

of ibc 'Turks.

Knolles's Hi/rory

To load a gun with powder and bullets.

To CHARGE, m. n. To make an onfet.

exhortation of a judge to a jury,

or bilhop to his clergy.
The biihop has recommended this author in

10.

Granvilie.

H.'c'.n\ Advice tc r'iHicrs.

Witnefs this army of fuch mafs and cbjrgr,
Led by a delicate and tender prince. Siaktjfcare.
He liv'tl as k ngi retire, though more at large,
From publickbufin?l's, yet of equal charge. Dryd.

Hukcr.
Paul givcth cbjrgt

to fay, fuch knowledge as men by natural reafon attain unto. Hanker.

One of the Turks laiU down letters upon a (lone,
;

that

th.it

flight.

Honourable

requites

brave charges
dilcipline,

13.

If large polTdTions, pompous tides, honourable

charges, and profitable commifiions, could have
made this proud man happy, there would have
been nothing wanting,
firlt

the matter ef thy herds to fin

to his
charge, a loyal (wain

It had
anciently fometimes over before
the thing committed to truft.

4.

15.

or truft.
Haft thou eaten of the tree,
fPlercofl gave thee charge thou fliould'ft not eat

>

6.

We

Bering yur
i.jfe

'I

charge

officers, curfing yourfelves.

very

men

piih times.

9.

ti.e

Swift.

The

perfon or thing cntrufted to the

care or management of another.
Why haft them, jaun, broke the bounds prefcrib'd

T<j

Of

thy tranfgrcflions, and difturb'd the charge

others >
Milton's Ptradiji
Ltfi.
fjid, but, fcarfvl of her ft.iy,

More haJ he

The

ftarry guardian drove his charge

away

ih pafture.

Our

Dryrltn.

guardian angel faw them where they late

'/f our
fliimb'ring king;

Hi- fijh'd,

abandoning his charge

to fate.

Drjdcn.

's

the note

your chain w-.-ifhs to '.hu utrr.oft carat,

finencfs of the gold, the chargeful t'afhion.
Sbaiefpiart'*

CHA'RGER.

n.f. [horn charge.]

All the tributes land and fca affords,

Hcap'd in great chargers, load ourlumptuous boards.

Denbatn.

This golden charger, {hatch" d from burning Troy,

Anchifesdid in lacrifice employ. Drydiv's JF.nciJ.
Ev'n Lamb himfelf, at the rnoft foiemn teilr,

Might have fomeriargtrj not exailly drcfs'd.

Nor dare tiiey clofe their eyes,

With

Their trying blo.->d compels

Their dry furr'd tongues.

CH A'RI LY.

ad-v.

What

CHA'R

'

p.iper

do you take up

CHA'RIOT.

of powder and ball put

2.

that which is born upon the cobe a coat divided only by partition.

[from charge. ]

car in which

men

of arms were an-

He

fkims the liquid plains.

and with loulenM fins
Majeftick voves aiong.
Dry'iLu's rfZn.-iii.

High on

his chariot,
i

lighter kind of coach, with only front

feats.
<v. a. [from the noun.] To
convey in a chariot. This we'd is rarely

To CHA'RIOT.
ufcd.

;
coftly.
Divers bulwarks were demolifhed
upon the feacoafts, in peace thargeaile, and little ferviccable in
war.
Hartotrd.
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought,
but wrought with labour and travel night and day,
that we might not be
chargeable to any of you.
2 Ttcffalotiians.
There was another accident of the fame
on the Sicilian fiiii', much more plcafjnt, but lefs
Wcttxi.
thiirg.-al.'c; for h coft nothing but wlr.
Confidering the cbaigcaiie methndi of their edui

far....!

Welih,

known

the Britons
cbarriot, Fr. carretta,
is

A wheel carriage of pleafure, or ftate

a vehicle for men rather than wares.
Thy grand captain Antony

An

Expenfive

acd

(car-rhod,

/.

for it

ciently placed.

3.

liTu:,

'

Shall fct thee on triumphant chariots, and

Put garlands on thy head.
Sbak'/pearc*

Farrier's Difl.

is

n.

fought in fuch

Among

farriers.
Charge is a preparation, or a fort of ointment of
the confidence of a thick decoction, which is applied to the ihoulder-fpiaits, inflammations, and
fprains of hcrfes.
A charge is of a middle nature, between an ointment and a plainer, or between a plafter and a ca-

numerous

charily f .SI;-

fcrupuloulhefs.

Ital.]

cation, their

fo

wiliconfentto adlany villany againft Mm, that

may not fully the cJiarinefs of our honclty. Siakcjf.

Bacon.

adj.

Waiilv;

NESS. n.f. [fr6mct>ary.] Caution;

Hicety

Sbakeff eare.

thing can bear.

CHA'RCEABI. E.

Pli'if-.

\_lrom chary.]

nutmeg.

it

to irrigats

frugally.

Pcac/jam.

I.

a bulky charger near their lips,

which, in often interrupted fleep,

as a

charge

K.i".g.

Void of

upon enemies.

of great charge.

lour, except

large

dim.

wheeled car,

The

.Shakeff.

are continually reproaching

clergy, and laying to their charge the pride, the

ava:i:e, t.'ie luxury, the ignorance, and fupeirtitior

The

Sltakeffeare.

What any

Ex-

adj. \_cbargt and/W/.j

Not in ufe.

Here

to

19. Jn heraldry.

[from chargeable.]

How much

of valour.
Bacon's War ivith Spain.

taplafm.
to his

ad-v.

coftly.

of aqua-fortis two ounces, of quick-ftlver

two drachms, for that charge the aqua-fortis will
bear, the difTolution will not bear a flint as big

8.

imputation.

need not lay ntw matte,

penfive

load, or burthen.

17. The quantity

into a gun.

6. It has upon before the

perfon charged.
He loves God with all his heart, that ii, with
that degree of love, which is the highefl
point of
our duty, and of God's rbarge upon us.
Rule
T.iybr'i
of Living Ihly.

Accufation

much

fignal to fall

Take

Milton*

-.

ffehemiah.

has of before the fubjeft of command

The

as

and as

Their neighing courfers daring of the fpur,

Their armed ftavcs in charge, their beavers down.

gave my brother charge truir Jerufalem ; for

he was a faithful man, and feared Gnd above
5. It

CHA'RGEFUL

attack or combat.

many.

coft

at great coft.
He procured ic not with his money, but by his
wiflom ; nnt chc.rgeably bought by him, but liberally given by others by his means.
*v4ff&1B

Expenfively

are

found a charge, and begins like the clangour of a trumpet.

DryJen.
14. The pofture of a weapon fitted for the

and kind. Poft.

CH A'R-GEABLY.

i Maccabees.
no ways inferiour to
having lefs of fortune, more of

retreats

Our authar feems

L'Ejfrarrge.

Go

True

deters

not their

giving a charge upon their enemies, like

they flew eleven thoufand footmen, and fixteen hundred horfemen, and put all the others to

This one,

Of knowledge, planted by the tree of life. Milton.

3. Commifllon ; truft conferred ; office.

[from charge-

qoftlinefs.
;
me from fuch trials, is
their
but
unfatisfadtorichtii-geablenefs,
JS&y/r.
"''', though they Ihould fucceed.

That which mott

And

From

us no other fervice than to keep

this eafy charge; of all the tree*
In Paradife, that bear delicious fruit
So various, not to tafte that only tree

n.f.

lions,

leaders having
charge from you to ftand,
not go off until they hear you fpeak. Sbakeff.

He, who

Expence

able.^

12. Onfet.

they had
KnoUes.

they would be immoral.

Speftat'.r.

Alilijon an Italy.

The
Will

ufed

commonly

is

them was contained

faying, that in
in charge,

in later times,

is,

in the plural, charges.

A man ought warily co begin charges, which,
once begun, will continue.
Even's EJJltys.
Ne'er put yourfelf to charges, to complain
Of wrong which heretofore you did luftain. Dryd.
The lair, pope was at considerable charges to
make a little kind of harbour in this place.

Saul might even lawfully have offered to God

thofe referred (polls, had not the Lord, in that
particular cafe, given fpecial charge to the con-

to beware of philofophy

It

Stutb*

Cn A'RGEABLENESS.

duly paid out of the exchequer.

n.

fault or other chargeable uptn

worfe than indelicacy

Their cbarge\ns always born by tho queen, and

Precept; mandate; command.

trary.
It is not for nothing, that St.

Drjdtn,

Sperfer in IrcLind.

n.f. [from the verb.]

1. Care; cuftody ; truft to defend.
A hard divilkm, when the harmlefs (heep
Muft leave their lambs to hungry wolves in charge.

2.

charge to the clergy.

coil.
;

man, but fome

Subjeft to charge or accufation ; accufable : followed by 'with.

Your papers would be chargeable tultk fomethiug

3.

'

CHARGE,

Fairfax.
He enquired many thing?, as well concerning
the princes which had the charge of the city,
whether they were in hope to defend the fame.
Ktolles's Hiftory of the Turks.

bim.

Expence

Being long fince made weary with the huge

charge which you have l.iid upon us, and with the
itrong endurance of ib many complaints.

Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in

iron, and feems to defpife all ornament but intrinfick merit.

principal

next to a mlrcle, that no more of their ehil

dren mould want.
Atterbury.
z. Jmpu table, as a debt or crime: with on.
be
a
of
can
reakmabic
ground
Nothing
defpiiing
is

An

hi-,

14.

HA

care; that an habitual gracefulnefs and politenefs,

in all his carrier, may be fettled in his charge,
as much as may be, before he goes out of hi>
hands.
Lake.

It is pity the ob iilks in Rome had not been

tbarged with feveral parts of the Egyptian hiftories, inflead of hieroglyphicks.
Add-on en hal\.

13.

H A

This part mould be the governour's

income,

it

As

an?el

all in

flames afccndcd,

column

chari^tin^

His godlike piefcnce.

Afilc.ti't

in a fiery

Sampfcn

j4tronijtes

n.f. [from chariot.] He

It is ufed only
that drives the chariot.
in fpeaking of military chariots, and
tliofc in the ancient public games.

CHARIOTE'ER.

The

Of

his

the
gafpiuj; cluriotccr beneath
/
own car.

wheel
,i!rr.'i

TMis.

The

burning chariot, and the cl-ai.:i,^,

In blight EgbtCb and h.i H a:.': :;
:

j2.{J-J;n on Italy.

Show

H A

Show at the youthful bandfome elm

Firm in his feat, and running his career.

CHARIOT RACE.

Pr'mr.

CHA'RITABLE.<S^'.
1

chariti.]
Kind in

[cbaritatle, Fr. from

giving alms

alms to a poor man, ii tied to reltitution, if he hindered him by fraud or violence. Taylor's Holy Lrv.
Shortly thou wilt behold me poor, and kneeling
Rnae.
Before thy charitable door fot bread.
/hall

we

thenwifli, that

it

might be allowed

2.

charitable vanity (applies.

Kind

How
you that

charitable title

chiefly belong to
Of a politick
(aid to

king

mon

The

my

friends elfe

bilhop anfwcreJ,

By

1.

charity.]

to

charitably let the dull b: vain.

Wheedling

Founded

kindnefs ; love.
By thee,

2. Goodwill

erroucs,

mankind

CHA'RLOCK.

benevolence

n.f.

never knew a woman fo dote upon a man ;

Not I, I affurely 1 think you have charms.
fure thcc^ fetting the attraction of my good parts
a fide, I have no other cbarmt.
Sbul
There have been ufed, either barbarous
I

known.

and fuch

as

my own

of charity to

of no

they (hould niftuth the in

tion ; or words of fimilitiide, that may frcond and
feed th; imagination: and this was ever as well

charity has caufed

commit, that of others may more

eafily
/i v

ex.

fenfe, left

in heathen clarms, as in

'.".

charm of

limf

later

The

theological virtue of universal love.

final objeft whereof is
that incomprehcnfible beauty which (hineth in the
rountenancc ofChrift, the Son of the living Gr^.

Bacon}
Alcyorie he

Peace, peace, for fhamc, if not for charity.

Urge neither charity nor fhamc to me ;
'Uncharitably with me have you dealt. Shakffffarc.
Only add
Deeds to thy knowledge anfwerable; add fait;;,
Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add
By name come call'd charity, the foul
all the reft.
Millet.
Faith believes the revelations of God; h

Names

that can pleafe irrefiftibly.

Well founding vi-;ll-s are the charm we nle,
Hcroick thoughts and virtue to infufe. Rofccmmnn.

Nor

Will

The
And

and mercies.
'l.iyU:-,
But lading /A.ir.vy's more ample fway,
Nor bound by time, nor fubjeft to decay,
In happy triumph (hall for ever live.
Frier.
Clttritj, or a love of Gnd, which wr-rlts by a love
of our neighbour, is greater than faith or
hope.

Tu

have he-:
;!,!-. art.
liutwhjt avail her unexh.uili.d (lores,

Her blooming moun

t! Dido

to the

Trojant, fpoke like a

While

And

chriiti

m.

D'ydcn.

To
i.

iier vallies

tyranny ul'urps her h-ippy plains

CHARM, v. a.
To fottify with

reigns,
?

[from the noun.]

charms againft

evil.

tongue

Shaktjptare*
1'c

the pow'r that charms us fo,

Of true

virgin here diftreiTeJ.

CHA'RMER.
1. One that

n.f. [from charm.]

has the power of charm s-or

enchantments.
That handkcrcM.-f
Did in Egyptian t my mother give;
She was a charmer, and could almoft read
>

The

thoughts of people.

The p Hi:,
Was only
.'n

SkaSffftare*

u pretended,

-,

to obtain

But when the charm

'1

he

c barmer

is

ended,

difdain*

you

Dryden,

Word

of endearment among lovers.

A.'^.ui'KGi particip. adj. [from
charm.]

CH

Pleating in the. higheft degree.

For ever all goodncYs will be darning,
'

wickeJncfs

all

charming youth

So many graces iu

for ever

moft odious.

will be
!

Sprttt.

in the

fo grefrn

CH A'RMINGLY.

firil
op'ning page,
an age.
/};

ud<v. [from
charming.]
In fuch a manner as to
pleafe exceed-

ingly.
She

very cbanr.irtgly , and difcovered as

of leech as ever eye bciuid.
A'R MI
ets. n,f. [from cb:i>itniied

fine a fct

CH

NGN
The power of pleating.
CHA'RNEL. adj. [charnsl,
ing

flefh,

Fr.] Contain-

or carcaflcs.

Such are ihofe thick and gliomy

Oft found in
Ling'ring, jna littir^ by

CH A'RN EI.-HOUSE.

/ha.i!,\\'s

damp,

..hres

..

Milt.

Fr.

[c ;n>->:icr,

;;./.'

from euro, tamit, Latin.] The plucc

under churches \v)iere the bones of the
ili:;id

are repofited.

ckarncl-houjd and our graves muft fend

,ir, that we bury, back; our muniments

It

Th

SluK

be

'tes.

t!

When

they were in
d in order,

:\'ni, -u.d

my

Pcft.
Enchanted.
adj.
Arcadia was the charmed circle, where all his
(pints fur ever /hould be enchanted.
Sidney.
We implore thypnwerful hand,
To usdo the charmed band .

Waller.

her funny fhores,

With all the gifts that heaven and earth inrui-t,
The (miles of nature, and the charms of art,

Altcrbury.

clarity

ever hope the queen of love

Pr:>r.
thy fav'rite's tharms improve.
fam'd Apellcs when young Amnon brought
idol
of
his
darling
captive heart ;
the plc.is'd nymph with kind attention

to

CHA'RMED.

e'er

To

charity loves his cxc*

Liberality to the poor.

The heathen poet, in commending the

as a

Something of power to fubdue oppolition, and gain the affections ; fomething

2.

Of

his pray'rs,

charm againft the waves and \viu,1,

Moll in his mouth, and ever in his mind. Drydcn.
Ant;eus could, by magick charms,
Recover ftrcngth whene'er he fill.
Swift.

peels his promifcs

names amidft

Pope*

In thy foul, or in thy eye?

Waller,
accepting, by fubmi;ti:ig fway. Pofe.
Chloe thus the foul alarm'd,
Aw'd without feafc, and without beauty charm'J.

2.

philtres, or characters, imagined to have fome occult or unintelli-

grief can charm.

Charm by

\charme, Fr. carmen, La-

Words, or

fiercest,

Sha/uffcari*

fubdue the mind by pleafure.

Where

It is a

gible power.

Concerning c h Jrity, the

4..

n.f.

the

him groan

did hear

(truck.

Amoret! my love
Tell me where thy ftrecgth does

fpecies of Mithrklate muftard.

CHARM,

difpofition to

hope, are only thofe

To

where

CLatms this report out.

A weed growing among

the corn with a yellow flower.

1.

cufe.

3.

northern

conftellation, called the Bear.

There are (even ftars in Urfa minor, and in
Charlci' i-ita'm, or Plauftrum of Urfa major, feven.
Brown's Vulgar Errouri.

think well of others.

to

The

to

'Tis your graces

n.f. [froir^cbarlafan.]
deceit ; cheating with fair

CHARLBS'S-WA!N. n.f.

and pure,

in reafon, loyal, juft,

Relations dear, and all the charitin

Of father, fon, and brother, firft were

me

find death,

him where he

That from m\ muted coufcience

foldier,

tin.]

Tendernefs

My

cowardly

feel

Mufick

CH A'RL AT ANRY.

Lat.]
.

Nor

[from charlatan.]

ignorant.

and a cbarlatantcal doctor,

arc the principal fubjects of comedy.
Cciuley.

Pefc.

[cbaritt, Fr. tbaritas,

Could not

a mountebank; an empirick.

Quackilh

crofs

patiently, injuries charitably, atd the labour of religion comfortably.

Taylor.
'Ti bed fomctimes your ccnfure to reftrain,

fubdue by fdme fecret power

to overpower.
;
1, in mine own woe charm' J,

amaze

5.

words.

help the poor.

2. Benevolently ; without malignity.
Nothing will more enable us to bear our

a. /.

quack

CHARLATA'NIC M,.adj.

a charitable con-

Kindly; liberally; with inclination

And

To

4.

it

-CHA'RITY.

to a coal.

Hhakcfftfrt.

Upon my knees

Saitimb.mch'x'S, quackfalvers, and fh^rhrj

deceive them in lower degrees. JSfrort'n'i Pulg.
For charlatani can do no good,
Until thr\'re mounted in a crowd.
Hudibrat.

Sbakcfp. Tirrcn.

fermon that had no divinity, the

bi/hop Andrews, Call you this a fer-

m <y be a fermon.
CHA'RITABLY. aJ<v. [from
ftruction

have

Why

him

charm you by my once commended beauty,

By all your vows of love, and that great vow
Which did incorporate and make us one. S/ialtff.

./ [charlatan, Fr. ciarletano, Ital. from ciarlart, to chatter.]

from thoufands, did you not

heart?

my

To burn to a black
burned to make char-

b->rn.

CHA'RLATAN.

Pope.

benevolent.

had you been

3.

Crfiu'i C'Jnakgia Sacra.

in judging of others; difpofed to

tenderncfs

is

riomcs not out, chart]

it

v. a.

wood

woman

one of

To make powerful by charms.

To fummon by incantation.

2.

Excels either with an apoplexy knocks a man

on the head, or with a fever, like lire in a ftrongwater (hop, burns him down to the ground ; or, it

us to live over our lives again, 'in order to fill every

minute of them with charitable offices Atterbury,
Health to liimi'.-lf, and to his infants bread,
The lab'rer bears : what his hard heart denies,

His

To

coal.

that hinders a charitable perfon from giving

How

CHARK.
cinder, as

To

Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crefts

bear a chirmtj life, which mud no: ;

will look for

reprove
her flothfulnefs; but (lie did ill then to refufc her
a charity in her diftrefs.
L'EJlrange.
I never had the confidence to
beg a charity. DryJ.

poor.

He

privily relieve him; go you and maintain

talk with the duke, that my charity be not of him
perceived.
Sbakefpeart.
The ant did well to
the grafshopper for

liberal to the

poor.

him, and

fport anciently ufcd, where

chariots were driven for the prize, as
now horfes run.
There is a wonderful vigour and fpirit in the
defcriptian of the horfc and cbar'nt ract. AJdifon

H A

Alms; relief given to the

We mud incline to the king;

5.

n.f. [from chariot and

race,]

H A

fct

t)i

and a

b:av.k

by him.

CHART.
ation

or

failors.

f.

[charta, Lat.]

map
It is

by reprefenting only the

The
Guod

deline-

coafls.

C.ipe of

of coalh, for the ufe of

diftingtiilhed from a map,

Hi-/-, fja!j

II.

the

.1

,.!ir..;

aiironoiBtcal

H A

agronomical inftrumcnts, geographic*!

ef'trts,

and

Ariitkiut.

compaflej.

CHA'RTER.

[ckarta,. Latin.]
charter is a written evidence of things
done between IT. n and man. Charters
are divided into charter! of the king,
and charters of private perfons. Charters
of the king are thofe, whereby the king
it.

f.

&

1.

to any perfon or more,

paffeth any grant
as a charter of
or to any body politick
no
man
fhall be emthai
exemption,
pannelled on a jury ; charter of pardon,

is

other offence.
z.

z.

Whilft he was hafTning in the cbaje,

Concerning the

liberty,
Wiihal as large a charter as the wind,
I pleafe j for (o fools
blow on

To
And

whom

they that are moll galled with

They moft mud

My

Who

my

lau^'h.

have

(he coes praifc

CHARTER-PARTY,

grieves

n.f.

me.

The

tious

Over

adj.

Slakffp.

The ehant-Ji maiJ is prodigal enough,

If (he iinmi.'k her beauty to the moon.
1.

CHASE,
To hunt.

-v.

a.

Sbaltcfp.

2.

To purfue

as an

One
3.

To
He

of you

(hall <<!>/

drive away.
that ctaj'eth away

il

Prwcris.

eaufeth (lame.

4.
j.

To follow
To drive.

as a

Thu

chafed by their brother's rndlefs malice

prince to prince, and from place to place,
they, for their fafety, fled at laft tt the city of
Bifennis.
Km/let's Hiftry cf the Turks.

When

The

the fallowing

flying ftari,

and light

reflor'd the day.

Hunter

2.

to

Thou

Irad'ft

me

and to the hand of hcav'n

fubnvt,
chaft'ning.

Some

feel

M.lho*"i Paraalft Lojl.

the rod,

i'

th' chafer, a retire

To CHASTI'SE.
ciently

now on
1

An

enchafer.

To

Prior.

[caftigo, Lat. anon the firft fyllable,

-j. a.

acented

the laft.]
to correct
;

by punifhment

puni(h

to afflift for faults.

My breaft I'll burft with draining of my courage,
But 1 will chajlife this high-minded (trumpet.
Shakefpeart.
glad to fee the vanity or envy of the cantthus
difcovered
and
ing chymilti
chajlijtti,
Bnylt.
Seldom is the world affrighted or cbajtljtd with
figns or prodigies, earthquakes or inundations, famines or plagues.
Grew *
Sacra.

am

Cflfwologia

Like you, commiflion'd to cbajfife and blefs,

He muft avenge the world, and give it peace. Pricr.
2.

To

reduce to order, or obedience; to

to reftrain ; to awe.
;

reprefs

And

AU

anon

chaining hand.

RtVH.

That

driver.

Then began
flop

like us, the father's

Hie thee

[from chafe.]

puriuer

mor-

Chaflen thy fon while there is hope, and let not

Prcrvcrhs.
thy_foul I'paic for his crying.
I follow thee, fafe guide
the path

the whole bore

Streteh'd on the lawn, his fecond hope furvey,

the chafer, and at once the prey
Lo, Ruf'us, tugging at the deadly dart,
Bleeds in the foreft like a wounded hart !
F'Jie.

Drjd.

Sec 7'eE.NCHAJE.

n.f.
;

At once

morn had fhas'd away

correct; to punilh

tify.

From our loft purfuit (ne wills to hide

Her clofc decrees, and chajlen human pride.

rout, confufron thick.

Shahffeare.
So faft he flies, that his reviewing eye
Ha* loft the chafers, and his ear the cry. Denham.

Ron

keepers

and not endued with lo many

liberties ; and yet of a larger compafc* and (torcd
with greater divcrlity of game, than a park.

A
A

thing defirable.

chajic,

Titus.

To

Lat.]

foreft,

Dryden.

L aglet.

home.

However

Mean time the Belgians tack upon our rear,

And raking chafe-guns through our ftcrn they fend.

fon that

Watti'i

And own,

CHA'SER.
bil mother,

cha/le, others obfccne.

n.f. [iiitex, Lat.]

This tree will grow to be eight or ten fcet
high, and produce (pikes of flowers at the extreMiller.
mity of every ftrong (hoot in autumn.
To CHA'STEN. <v. a. \chaflier, Fr. cajligo,

Chambers.

Judgti.
a thoufand. Deut
crummy.

not

Prior.

words which lignify the fame principal

fjme are clean and decent, others unclean ;

ftored with fuch beaits as

is

CHASTE-TREE,

hunted.

The CHASE of a gun,

as,

pure; unmixed with barbarous

n.f. [from chafe and^zw.]

Guns in the forepart of the fliip, fired
upon thofe that are purfued.

Ai.i Abirnelech chafed him, and he fled before

kirn.

Lat.]
;

chafle, and Hebe fair.

refpecl to language,

'

True to the marriage bed.

Loc your children be difcreet,
at

CHASE-GUN,

enemy.

commerce of fexes

Free from obfcenity.

fomc

and ovcrfeers.
Cnvell.
He and his lady both are at the lodge,
Upon the north fide of this pieafant chafe. Slak.

Lamentations.

[chafte, Fr. caftus,

all

receptacle for deer and game, of a middle nature between a foreft. and a park j being commonly

8.

of

Among

or length of a piece, taken withinfide.

It (hall be as the chafed jot.

Jfaiah.
Mine enemies chafed me fore like a bird.

With

ideas,

[cha/er, Fr.]

Drydcn.

A fort

[French.]

n.f.

adj.

Pure from

corrupt

Prior.

and from a park, in that it

proper nature, cannot
is not inclofed, and hath not only a larger
compafs,
and more (lore j>f game, but likewife more keepers

;
frugal.
kindred he held a wary and cbary

felicity

phrafes.

4.

care, which bountifully was exprefled, when ocCarciu's Survey if Carnival!.

cafion fo required.

To

foe,

chafe differs from a toretl in thi;, becaufe it ma)

be in the hands of a fubjelt, which a foreft, in its

[from care.] Careful; cau-

Philips.

a vacuity.

Diana

SiJr.ey.

than a

no

chajle virgin.

3.

lefs

wary
his

1.

--n he fpeaks

air, a ch.'.rttr'd libertine, is Hill.

CHASTE,

are hunted.

Inadj. [from charter.}

vefted with privileges by charter ; privileged.

CHA'RY.

enemy, or of fomething

Gnir.tnlh.

CHA'RTER ED.

fee

grape.

]1ule

we

but makes
epochaa miftakes.

ckafrr.s, in

CHA'SSELJS.

them, and, having them in chafe, did fpeedy exeKndlc^s Hift'rj vf tht Turks.
cution.
They feek that joy, which ns'd to glow
Expanded on the hero's face,

Open ground

a gap;

profound.

Such, whofe fupine

Hold, Warwick feek thee out fome other chafe,

For I mylelf mud put this deer to death.
Shak.
Honour 's the njbleft chafe ; purfue that game,
Ar!& recompcnfe the lof of love with fame.
j.

unfilled

ages, loft in eafe,

action leave to bufy chronicles

No

retain,

riling.

[chartre partie,

jurifdiclicr..

train

She, feeing the towering of her purfued chafi,

circling about, riling fowith the lefs fenlc of

nature maritime, belong not to the admiral's

name

went

Charter-parties, or contracts, made even upon the

high (Va, touching things that are not in their

cwn

dill that fpotlefs

Drjetcn's Juvenal.

Shaktlf.

A place

In {lory

Purfuit of fomething as defirable.

Yet this mad chafe or fame, by few purfucJ,
Has drawn deitru&ion on the multitude.

paper relating to a contrail, of

which each party has a copy.
FT.]

of chafe, whereof the buck

fir It
year a fawn. Shall.

am, and of thy viigin

The game

that vjfible corporeal world,

ail

Hoirible cbajm
2.

2.

6.

Locke.
The water of this orb communicates with that
of the ocean, by means of certain hiatufes or
chafms palling betwixt it and the bottom of the
ocean.
W^oad'Vjard.
The ground adufl her riv'n mouth difparts,

called the

When the thick fqua-.lrons prefs'd the

And William led the glorious chafe.

mother,

cleft

Some lazy

folly,

In

and iuch as came daily in, we fet upon them, and

Bacon.
gave them chafe.
He (allied out upon them with certain troops of
horfetnen, with fuch violence, that he overthrew

Stake/pure.

me,

me

chaftns or gaps.

admiral, with fuch mips only as could ftiddenly be put in readinefs, made forth with them,

has a charter to extol her blood,

When

let

hearts

appropriation to

n.f.

breach unclofed;

an opening.

The

5.

mull have

maid

is

Purfuit of an
noxious.

4.

Suttb.

immunity; exemption.

he

firft,

feems,

Frequent the forcfls, thy chaite will obey,

And only make the beails of chafe my prey. Dryd.

over the creatures.

the

Oh

Drydtn
renewed this charter of man's fovereignty

3. Privilege;

Fitnefs to be hunted
chafe or fport.
is

Raleigh's //Jyr.
quarrel of interpretation,
Here was that; darter feal'd, wherein the crown
Ail marks cf arbitrary power lays down. Denbarr..
She {hakes the rubbiih from her mounting brow,
And feems to have renew'd her charter's dace,
Which heav'iyviil to the death of time allow.

God

1.

There is no chafe more pieafant, methinks,

than to drive a thought, by good conduct, from
one end of the world to another, and never to lofe
fight of it till it fall into eternity.
Burmfs Theory cf the Earth.

forgiven a felony, or
CaiviH.

rights.
It"
you deny it, let the danger light
Upon your charter, and your city's freedom* Shak.
is
It
not to be wondered, that the great charier
thereby God beftowcd the whole earth upon Adam,
And confirmed it unto the Tons of Noah, being as
brief in word as Iar*ge in effect, hath bred much

it

CHASM,

Of this fair couple, meets he on the way

The father of this feeming lady.
Skalitfpearc.

writing beftowing privileges or

Any

n.f. [from the verb.]

; as, the pleafures of the chafe.
Purfuit of any thing as game.

Hunting

i.

HA

CHASE,

whereby a man

H A

hither,

pour my fpirits in thine ear,

cheftife, with the valour of my tongue,
I

may

that impedes thee.

Know,

Shakiffeare.
Sir, that I

Will not wait pinion'd at your matter's court,

Nor once be cbajlls'd with the fober eye
Of dull Oftavia.
Sbakefpeari.

The gay focial

By decency

fcnfe

Ttomfon.

chajiis'd.

CHASTI'SEMENT. n.f.
Correftion

[chajlimcnt, Fr.]

puuifliment

commonly,
though

H A

though not aKvnys, ufed of domeftick or

parental punifhment.

my

ur

On

the fee

fair dars,

terms to give hi.n

ct^uji

He heM

clcj: jemtitt f Stattfff.

ot one, which moletted

aii:ig to

l<

ofthcttxU

Lofke.

He

rccc.vrs a fit of ficknrfs as the kind cbaflij'eanJ JU'cipline of Ins heavenly Father, to wean
his .'fKcVions from t!. world.
Battlry.

1.

a. /.

[cajliias,

The

diftritt

marr'i-d perlans

ui

ii

2.

Not

\vhete frozen cbaftity retires,

fisds an al ar for f'orbidJcn fires.

Fre^uom from

1.

3.

in language,

barbarifms.
Clf ASTi'stR.

b.id

;-.'xture

[from

perfon 'that challilei

corre&or.

incontinence
mination.
as virtuous to

I'.T.g

With
it

To

prate ; to talk idly ;

chatter.}
prattle ; to cackle ; to chatter ; to

the people in th^ir deads,

\ 'iic as a moartcr uf many he 's.
Spfnjfr.
Bccaufe that 1 familiarly fometimes
Do ul; yoil for my fool, and ctal with you,

[from

n.f.

'

Tht

my love.

Sbakefpeare.

Ihrphtrds on the lawn

M':lt?n.
rudick row.
With much good-will the motion was cmbrac'd,
To eeiit a while on their adventures pafs'd. Dryct.

7iCHAT.

el-jtting

f. a.

in a

To

talk of.

Not

in ufe,

unlefs ludicroufly.
All tongues Xpeak of him, and the bleared fights
:m. Vour pra;.ling nwfe
fpccVi.
tapturc lets her baby cry,

Arc

While

(he

CHAT.

tkan him.

n.f.

">/>..

[from the verb.] Idle talk

bait for the chub, or cba-

or indeed any great

tifli.

tattle.
flight or negligent
can prate
., th.it
At nmoly and unnecdl'arily
tKi, Gonzalo, I myleif vioM mske
Sbaktffeare.
chough of as drep cbi-.t.
The time between before the fire they fit,
And (horten'd the delay by plcafing ctat. Dn-tten.
The lead is good, far greater than ihe ti
of h'.i palate- with a glafs of wine, or the idle chat

prate

'

of

Leckt.
faaking club.
Snuff, or thr fan, fupplies each paufc of cbat,
a

finjirj.

_,

and

all tlut.

fcff.

Walton** Ar.ghr.

CHAUMOXTE'LLE.n.f. [French] A
of pear.

fort

To

CHAW.

<u.

a.

champ between

To

[kawin, Germ.]

the teeth; tomafticate

to chew.

oil,

in his

mouth, when

perfeclly undiir water, and at a Jillance froai

The man who

Mumbling

hi'.

Boyle.

taught but once to fee an

Might laugh

rij

<

rofs-grain'J

afs

tliiii!

dip,

eye. DryJen,

belong to us,

men, towards

\i

rend,

bury.

is an old word for

market; whence" bajtcheify, Cheapjitie.}
Market ; purchafe ; bargain : as, good
cheap, a ban marcbe, Fr.
The fame wine which we pay fo dear for

n.f. [chef ing

world was very good

gcxid

Sidney.

It is many a man's cafe to tire himfeif u it

with hunting after that abroad, which he carri
about him all the while, nad may have it
L' EJirangr.
cheap at home.
Some few infulting cowards, who love to vapour
good cheap, may trample on ti:ofe who g;vc lead
refiftance.

Decay of Piety.

TOCHE'APEN.

<u.

a.

[ceapan, Sax. to

buy.]
To attempt to purchafe

any thing

to afk the price

to

bid for

of any com-

Rich
none

The

(he fliall be, that 's certain ; wife, or I '11

Stat.
virtuous, or 1 '11 never cbeafea her.
full he cbeafcncii was a
Jupiter, which

come

w.iuld have

She

To

r/

flipt

at a very eafy rate. L'

Ef range.
fometimes to Mrs. Thody's,

ejfen tc.u

Prior.

rowds the daggled females fly,

Pretend to cbeaftn goods, kui nothing buy.
kieift*
2.
leflen value.
i

To

My
I find

hopes purfue a brighter diadem,

brighter than the Roman be ?
my pruffer'd love has cbeaf en^d me.

CHE'APLY. adv.

[from cbeap.}
at a low rate,

So

Blood, rapines, maffac.

nels

n.f.

At a

SbaLeff.

bought,
brought. D j./.
;.!y

reconipence your

L;hty

CHE'APNESS.

Diydrn*

fee

V bouglit.

great a day as
1

c t iury

[from

cL\\if.}

Low-

of price.

At.cicnt i>a;utes incite mcrchant-flrangers to

bring in commfdities j having fur end cbfaftiefs.

prickles uf unpal liable law.

difcrcdit

been Lli e
than

Drydtn.

n.f. [from the verb.] The chap ;

the upper or under
part of a bealt's

mouth.
will turn thcc

The

^r^-at

i.int

i,iry fbu-tv

CHAW.

hick, and put hooks into thy

cbtKct, and will bring thcc forth and all tVn r
ra>y.

himfeif

fitieotr.

engine.

till it

denuun, and every way

home

And

The

dill languid)

and contemptible^

CHEAP,

fmall price

returning, fiauglrt with foul di'fpight,

tkoviing vengeance all the way i
Sfenffr'i Fairy Queen.
They come to us, but us lia-c draws ;
He fwallows us, and never 'vwj ;
He is the tyrant p:Uc, ;ind v.c the fry.
Wiiit '-I Ii
t
,.r,J
any ufe of eta
I

that he

Co

Can any

fponges, dipt in
;

An

chatter.'}

filh.

faucinefi will jcft upon

Swift.

a prattler.

Thefe are a choice

uctider,

Ulr thing,

in

HMW,
fame

your fick

talcen, by profane

1.

CHA'TWOOD. n. J. Little flicks; fuel.

CHA'VENDER. n.f. [cbevtfne,r.} The
chub

prcfence brcn,

modity.

CHA'TTERER.

'1'\\Mcbattcn

much

too

are turned into terms of

idlencfs,
ufclef; trifles.

2. Idle
prate.

converfc at enfe.

is

now-a-days, in that

[from the verb.]

Noife like that of a pie or monkey.
The rnimick ape bc^an his chatter,

idle talker

my

<:-.

Prhr.

his life bcfpattcr..

that

May

n.f.

How cvfl'ton^ues

-,f

cbeaf.

Watrt's L'ffck.

CHA'TTER.

i-.iih

And you grow r/vd/. in

The titles of diitinclion, which

talk idly or carelefly.

Suft'rr no hour to pals away in a
bzy

1.

from

duffer.

Sf'C^

cbeaf.

To

3.

not

maket

rheaf in betnty,

is

.lh

toes into cold water,

corrcfponil'Jiit ti-eth \vill

ft

ij 1

He

a noife by collifion of the

Dip but your

fajueter, Fr. Siin-

;
perhaps from a<hat, purchafe or
cheapening, on account of the prate
naturally produced in a bargain ; or
only, as it is moft likeJy, contracted

Sat limply

HuJilirat.

furpris'd in dcidiy fright,

<bali'r'wg teeth, acid bridling hair upright.

Their

eafy to be had

So commen hackncy'd in the eyes of men,

So dale and fbfaf to vulgar company. SLtttkcfpeart.

Drydcn.

ner

Your

DryJcn.

cbajle.] Chafti-

[from

n.f.

fmall value

The g<yjncft, that

beauty brief in gi

cannot be extended from

legal tenant; 'tis a
to be forfeited in batrle.

an impertinent chattering, or

our de.-ni-gids began.

ff CHAT. v,n. [from

t.)

come,

were

tfattw.

r.iyal eyes.

Of

2.

teeth.
Stood Theodore

without conta-

purity.

Statefftarc.

leafe for lives to

imme-

will

rcfpeftcd.

my ttattds.

good?,

To make

Without

[cent,
in the channels ran,

Lb,:Jiilj

CHA'STNESS.
ty

mine own

fame thing

diately turn de.ir.

Your birds of knowledge, that in dulky' air

Cb,tn:r futurity.
Drydrn.

Sbakfffeare.
of joy afid love,

'lame in

And from

lie as to live ctaflely.

riri*

IVi

'.:

cbafte.}

not pafs here; no, though

flinuid

Make

cbaflife.}

2.

purely

The

a puniflier

CHA'STELY./M'I/. [from

You

is

a. /.

be had at a low rate; purchafed

for a few fellers, and the

\
Sidnty.
So doth the cuckow, when the mavis lin^i,
Begin his witlefs note apace to cbatttr.
Spenfn-.
There was a crow fat ctjiter'mg upon fluof a ftieep Well, firrah, lays the llieep, you durll
not have done this to a dog.
L'Kftraigt.

of any
kind; purity of language, oppofcd to

Freedom from

fcarce

bird.
Nightingales feldom fing, the pic dill clalterctb.

offer.c*--

Dutch,

Where there ..re a great many fellers to a few

buyeis,. there the thing. to be frld will be
On ihe nther fijr, ra;fc up a gieat many buyers

unharmonious

obfcenity.
''i^ii

Without

my

is

Sbithff'fttrft

kcopeit,

for a fmall price.

CHA'TTER. v. n. [caqueter, Fr.]

To make a noife as a pie, or other

To

God.

Love

ke mader of what

And
The

continence,

elude marriages are honour

ro

pleafifif

To

1.

Any

look not big, nor damp, nor -dare, nor

Honour's a

-,

[ceapan, Sax.

at/j.

fret;

She

Entrails.

to buy.]

Lat.j

widows

CHEAP,

ufed but in forms of law.

Nay

thereto a tyger's ciaivdrn,

For the ingredi-nt i of our cauldron.

DiyJttt.

I will

that of v'.rgins or

Fr.j

[tl-uuL-iiit,

under the dominion of a

cies.

can be bound by any folemn vow

is

w.

Add

CHA'TTEI.. n.f. [See CATTLE.]

moveable poffcffion a term now

cc a fpotlefi vii'gin's cbafi'ay f Sbakefpeffre.

abii either jbiincnce or continence :

cc

keys of trees arc called

as,

Here are about twenty towns and forts of great

importance, with their ctat;t'!tiniti and dependen-

Purity of the body.

Who

{hats

caflle.

CHA'.TITY.

The

n.f.

am cbati.
CHA'TELLANY. n. f.

God.

Rome, p
Rtleift'i EJayt.
IT iev::i year, uh.it can a child be guilty of,
but lying, or ill-natured tricks ? the repeated comumii'.n <it which (ball bring him tothccbajlifcment
ill

CHAT.

CHE

H A

which

is

diitouragement

themlVlvcs hiihc

th

all

plenty of

grown upon Ireland, has

t'.c

country has

chafe,

to other nat'ons to

.tnJ jncva'-led farther

which the ibcafittfi and

made them.
i'errj.te*

CHEAR. See CHEER.

To CE1EAT. v. a. [of
tion

uncertain deriva-

probably from acbetfr, Fr. to puralluding to the tricks uffd

Sec the noun.]

niakiajj bargains.

i.

in

To

CHE

CHE
1.

To

defraud ; to impofe upon ; to trick

It is ufed commonly of low cunning.
a dangerous commerce, where an honef
man is lure at firil of being cheated; and he reco
Ters not his lodes, bu' by learning to cheat others
It. is

Dryden

Ther

are people

who

find that the

to cheat the people, is

to infallible cures.

tual

way

mod

Some think

abbreviated from efcbtat, becaufe man]

fraudulent meafures being taken by thi
lords of manours in procuring efcheats
theat, the abridgment, was brought to

'

convey a bad meaning.]

1 . A fraud ; a trick ; an impofture.
The

1.

pretence of publick good

The mind,

If love check with bufmefs,

i .

Only

CHE'ATER.

may keep

n. /.

[from

I live.

The

be cheater to them both, and they (hall be

exchequers to me. [It is hgre for tjcbtatcr.]
1 will

Sbaiejpeare.

Difguifed chiOtfrs, prating mountebanks)

fuch like libertines of fin. Sbaktfptare.

no fwaggerer, hoftefs ; a tame cheater i'

Cheater, call you him ? I will bar no
honed man my houfe, nor no cheater. Sbakefpeare.
is

Rule of Living

3.

To

any

reprefs

farther.]
to curb.
with better judgment deck
;

!:

Referve thy

And

vice can bolt her

5.

fingie thread or hair, furely

check his appetite.

2.

To

reprove

had enough

Oh

Sbakefpeare.

That

it

ilrange

In falconry, when a hawk forfakes her

proper game to follow rooks-, pies, or
other birds that crofs her flight.
Ctamttri.
A ynung woTian is a hawk upon her wings j
if the be

handCome,

And

fhc

is

the

more

check.

fubjeft to

Suckling.

whirled from the

fift

whjr her eye dcfign'd,

with her ea^ernefs, the quarry mife'd,

flies at check, and clips it down the wind.

Straight

excellent.

Of Cynthia's fummer bower.

Many a youth and many a maid
Dancing

Sbakejp.

Drayfon.

in the cbecker'd (hade.

Jlfiltc.tr.

In the chefs-board, the ufe of each chefs-man i]

determined only within that chequered piece of

wood.

Loch.

In our prefent condition, which is a middle

our minds are, as it were, chequered with,
truth and falfehood.
Addifan.
The ocean intermixing with the land, fo ds to
checker it into earth and water.
Woodward's Natural Hiftory,
ftatc,

Here waiing groves a checker'd fcene

And

p.irt

difplay,

admit, and part exclude the day.

CHE'CKER.

1 n.f.
j

Pope.

Work varied al -

ternately as to

its

colours or materials.
Nets of checker-mark and wreaths of chain-work
chapiters which were upon thj top of the

ftatc,

perhaps revolt f
Dryden.

it

wealthy fpring yet never bore

That fweet nor dainty flower,
That damafk'd not the cbecker'd floor

Shakcfpeare.

and think

for the beauty thinks

The

C H E'C KER- WORK.

this life

do know, the

''con ftoops at

for the

pillars.

CHF/CKMATE. n. f. [echec et mat,

The movement on the chefs-board
,

kills the
oppofite

men,

or hinders

King,.

Fr.]
that

them

from moving.
Love they him call'd, that gave me the checkmate,
But better might they have bchotc him hate.

CHE'CKROLL.

Spenf.

[from check and roll.]

A roll or book, containing the names of
fuch as are attendants on, and in
pay to,
great perfonages, as their houfehold fervants.

n.f.

It is otherwife called the

chequer-

roll.

Co-zcv//.

Not daring

to extend- this law further than to

the king's fervants in checkro/1, left it mould have
been too harfli to the gentlemen of the
kingdom.

Bacon's Henry VJI.

to chide.

w'.th his eye

Skalu/fiert,

His fault is m'icri, and the good king

Will check him for it.
I.

When

to

VOL.

Staift.

To variegate or
Fr.]
the manner of a chefs-

As the fnake, roiled in the ftow'ry bank,

With mining checker'd (lough, doth fting a chiHj

conti-

a flight.

than attending for a check.

ibeck,

go out on

&cu[b.

brimful of tear),
Then cbeck'd and rated by Northumberland,
Did fpeak thele words, now pruv'd * i> r >p

Richard,

chefs,

tch.'cs,

Sbakrfpeare.

Atterbury
in the firf

government

[from

The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind,

And make a checker' d fhadow on the ground.

Tillotjcn

a fudden difguft ; fomething

th-.t flops the progrefs.
Say I ihould wed her, would not my wife fubjeils

and

argum

no tongue

by one

A reproof

Take

to check her pride. Milton.

H- wl.o fat at a table, richly and delicioufly
furnifhed, but with a fword hanging over his head

virtue has

curb

a.

Cbeck'ring the eaftern clouds with ftreaks of light.

reftraint.

A diflike

\.

Bacon.

when

is

in

<v.

board, with alternate colours, or with,

darker and brighter parts.
The grey-eyed morn fmiles on the frowning night,

Rogers
;

This bidnni ramnef;.

Sbakefpeare.
Fames may t<; fown and raifi-d, thiy may be
and laid
and
be
ttickid
fpread
multiple J, they may
dead.
I hate

diverfify,

However this may gall him with fome check,

Cannot with fafcty cad him.
Shakefpeare.

CHECK,

v. a. [from the French

from whence we ufe, at
;
that game, the term checkmate, when
we flop our adverfary from carrying on

1.

great ftruggle with paflions

Is nobler

H'jiy.

echecs, chefs

his play

which had been

tcreft.

All forts of injurious perfons, the facrilegiuus,

the detainers of tithes, cheaters of men's inheritances, falfe witnefles and accufcn.

To

To C H E'C K E R "\
To CHE'QJJER. J

Some free from rhyme or reafon, rule or check,

Break Prifcian's head, and Pegafus's neck. Pope.
While fuch men are in Jrult, who have no check
from within, nor any views but towards their in-

And many

'Taylor* t

Chambers.

fiidden re

Clarendon.

They fay this town is full of couzenage,

As nimble jugglers that deceive the eye ;

He

They who come to maintain their own breach

of faith, the check of their confciences much
brcaketh their fririt.
Hayivard.
The impetuofity of the new officer's natu/e
needed fome reftraint and check, for fome time,
to his immoderate pretences and appetite of power.

that

or guard his king.

of the CHECK, in the king's

houfehold, has the check and controulment of the yeomen of the guard, and
all the ufhers
belonging to the royal
family.
11. Clerk of the CHECK, in the
king's
navy at Plymouth, is alfo the name of
an officer inverted with like powers.

into the heart of one of our princes

it

put

Reftraint

nued

praclifes fraud.

faith..

rebuff

check.

2.

Dryder,

One

cheat.]

flop

to give a check to that facrilege

but too much winked at.

cueat, vaft Turns I give,

while

Repreffure

Cod

A term ufed in the game of chefs, when

one party obliges the other either to
move

It was this viceroy's zeal, which gave a remark

able check to the fiift progrefs of chriftianity.
Mdijon's freeholder

Dirtimulaticn can be no further ufeful than it is

toncealed ; for as much as no man will truft a
South,
knov/n cheat.

me

Drydt

Holder's Elements of Speech.

correfpondent cipher of a bank-

n.f. [from the verb.]

to give a check to this infolent impiety.

perfon guilty of fraud.

that you

upon me.

The

10. Clerk

conquerors in their firft years, muft have fome c

or arreft in their fortunes.
Bacon's Effays
God hath of late years manifefled himtelf in
a very dreadful manner, as if it were on purpof

letters

bill.

9.

We

Dryden.

Like that notorious

avoid his prefence

ftraint.
Rebellion in this land (hall Infe his (way,
Meeting the check of fuch another day. Shukeff
fee alfo, that kings tiiat have been fortune t

Vet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit :

Truft on, and think to-morrow will repay ;
To-morrow 's falfcr than the former day ;
Lyes worfe ; and while it fays we (hall be bleft
With fome new joy, cuts off what we pofi'eft.

troubleth men'

it

Bacon
I'll

Temfli

2.

it

with repreflion.

It checks too ftrong

CHECK,

ftop or interruption.

have the natural producVion by fevijas they are ufually called,

articulations of the breath or voice.

Shakcfptare

once jaded by an attempt above

fortunes.

To ftrike

The

at every feather

To

3.

Any

ral checks or
flops, or,

8.

at.

power, either is difabled for the future, or ell

any vigorous undertaking ever after. Leek,
2.
clafh ; to interfere.

Empirick politicians ufe deceit,

Hide what they give, and cure but by a dear.
Drydtn
I co.nfider life, 'tis all a cheat

with

flop

(beets cr

will ever pafs, though fo abufed by ill men, tha

I wonder the good do not grow afhamed to ufe it

When

make a

And, like the haggard, chtek

That comes before his eye.

a cheat tha

is

to

7.

n.

<v.

With what wing the ftanyel checks at it.

Shak
Hemuft obferve their m.icd on whom he jerb,
The quality of the perl'jns, and the time ;

fiUstfc*

n.f. [from the verb.

CHECK.
To flop

To

eftec

Cheated of feature by difl'embling nature,

Deform'd, un6ni(h'd.
Sbatrffea

CHEAT,

3
compare a bank note, or other bil
with the correfpondent paper.
4. To controul by a counter-reckoning.

always to preten

2, It has of before the thing taken awaj

by fraud.
I that am curtail'd of man's fair proportion,

CHE

To

his matter

The

perfon checking
Jlraint ; a flop.

He was

unhappily too
upon the lord Coventry.

bad

fatiricil

prieili.

poet

is

the caufe of re-

much

CHEEK.
The

ufed as a chid
Clarendon.

the deck of the laymen on

Diydtn't Failes, Preface.,

[ceac, Saxon.]
fide if the face below the
eye.
*./:

And now and then an ample tear trill'd down

Her delicate cheek.
Shakefprart,
Her beauty hangs upon the check of night,
Like a rich jewel

in

an

JEMof'f ear,

Q.q

Stakejpiarft
i:

CHE
1 (hall

To

furvey.and <pf

in thy,,i.vij,.inddarkncis in t!')<-ye.
Daughter of the rofe, whofe cbctks unite

The

thee alone be praifr,

Who liuv'n's

rtft to his
Angling was, after tedious ftudy,
mind, a cbctrer vf his (pints, adiverterof fadnei's,

The

a calmer of unquiet thoughts*

of the red and white;

<lif}'ring,tide

alternale beauty well difplay,

blufli of morning and the milky way.
DryJ.

Saffron

general name among tnechanicks for

almoft ah thofe pieces of their machines'
and instruments that are double, and perChapters.
fectly alike.

2.

CHE'EKBOSE.

n.f. [from cheik andoone.]

I cut the utmuur, and felt the (lug : it lay
ibccktoxt.
Wijtman.
partly under the os jjgale, or
CHE'EKTOOTH. . f. [from check and
tooth.] The hinder-tooth or tuflc.
He hath the cheekteeth of a great lion.

"CHEER,

n.

f.

\chere, Fr.

greateft reviver of die heart,

Joel-

Prime

Of all

Without dejeclion
Pluck up thy

in

To their known frations cheerfully they go.

when

South.
they fee where they go.
May the man,
That cheerfully recounts the female's praife,
Find equal love, and love's untainted fwects

Enjoy with honour.

Freedom from

1.

fpirit,

have. Shak-

Which publick death, rcceiv'd with fuch a cheer,

As not a figh, a look, a (hrink bewrays
The leaft felt touch of a deeenerous fear,
Cave life to envy, to his courage prai(e. Dariel.
and his words their drooping cheer
Enlighten'd, and their la;:gui(h'd hope reviv'd.

Tillafen.

with fighs, and yet do them with cheer fulnrfs. Sijn.

For fince mine eye your joyous

At

length appear
grifly brethren ftretch'd upon the bier :
Pale at the Hidden fight, (he chang'd her cheer.
Dryden.

Her

5. Perhaps temper of mind in general

for we read of heavy cheer.

1.

To

jicii.

the ebttrleu dawn of morning

Till the dews of night returning.

CHE'HRCY.

incite

To
But

Dry den

comfort

fled,

>

Failes.

I died, ere I could lend thee aid ;

cheer thy heart, and be thou not difmay'd.

Shakespeare.
Difpleas'd at what,' not fuflering, they had feen,
went
to
cheer
the
of
faction
the
They
green. Dryd.

3.

To

gladden.
Hark a glad voice
!

Prepare the

The

v.

jy

ficrc-i Cur.,

the lonely dcfcrt cbeer\

god, a god appears Pofe't M<jf.

above the n.iters rais'd,
,

At

My

v.

n.

To grow gay or gladforae.

of thee my gloomy foul cbdrs up ;

hopes revive, and glidnels dawns within me.
fight

A.

Pi-iiif,

CHE'ERER.W./ [fromTe^w.J Gladner;

giver of gaiety.

cheer.'}

cheerful.

rendering the.r habitations both more comfortable and more chwty in winter.
Ray en the Creation.

Not gloomy; not

CHE'ERLY.

ad-v.

dejected.

[from

Under heavy arms

cheer.] Cheerfully.

the youth of

Rome

These long laborious marches overcome

The prel's

which the curds are prefled*

in

The
Her

cleanly cheefefrefs (he could never turn,

aukward hit did ne'er employ the churn.

f*

CHE'ESEVAT.

n.f. [from cheefe and vat.]

cafe in which the curds are

The wooden

confined when they are prefled into

cheefe.
His fenfc occafions the carelefs ruftic to judge
the fun no bigger than a
Glarvi'.ic.
cbafpvat.

CHE'ESY.

adj. [from cheefe.] Having the

nature or form of cheefe.
Acids mixed with them prccipitete atophaccottt

chalky matter, but not a

In God's name, cbcerly on, courageous

To reap the harveft ot perpetual peace,
By this one bloody trial of (harp war.

fiieu'js,

CHE'ERX.

adj.

[from

fprightly ; having the

:
a ludicrous word.

cheer.]

power

to

Milieu.

Gay;
make

gay

us hie, and quaff a.

cheery bowl
Let cyder new walh lorrow from thy ibu .

Come,

let

./

(hell fim.

happeneth often, I confefs, that a lobftsr hath

the chely, or great claw, of one fide
longer than the
other.
Bnu-n.

^HE'MISTRY. See CHYMISTRY.

CHE'QUER. See CHECKER.
To

CHE'RISH.

a.

-v.

To

[cherir, Fr.]

and forward with encouragement, help, and protection ; to llielter ;

fupport

to nurfe up.

Whenever Buckingham doth turn

Up m
Doth

With

his hate

your grace, and not with duteous love

and your?, God puniih me
cbtrijfj you
hate in th.,fc where I cxpeft mofl love. Shalt.
I would 1 w^re
thy birJ.

I fliould kill

thee with too

I ;

much

ctcrijbing.

Shakejpiare*

What doth

fbir!/h weeds but gentle air ? Stjh-fp,

Magiftrates have always thought thsmfelvea
concerned to chtrijh religion, and t:> maintain in
the minds of men the belief of a God and another

But old god Saturn, which doth all devour,

Doth chcrijb her, and llill augments her

might.
D.:i<ics*

He

that knowingly commits an ill, has the

upbraidings of his own confcience ; thofe who uft by
errour, have

its

and encouragements to
Decay tff'uty.

d-cti/birtgs

CHE'RISHER. n.f. [from

An

cberijb.]

encourager ; a fupporter.
One of their greatcft praifes

it is to be the
and tbtrijhcn of a regular dc
a reverend wor/hip, a true and decent
piety. Sfralt.

CHE'RISHMENT.
couragement

now

J'ajlsr

CHEESE.

*./. [ca/eus, Lat. cyj-e, Saxon.]

kind of food made by preffing the

comfort.

curd of coagulated milk, and

Uifrering
the mate to dry.

It is

obiblete.
1 he one lives her

age's ornament,
rich h.mnty, a:id dear
cbtrijbm:>it,

Support* the praife of

CIIK'RRY.
Oh t-RR V-TREE.
'I!1 *'

En-

n.f. [from cbcrifo.]

fupport

noil''

''/-\r/ t -r'i

A!imentt.

The claw of

[chela, Lat.]

It

That with
;

Gay'i

jlriuthnvt

maintaii.-i-s

Skatrffeare.

Oft liftening how the hounds and iiorn

Cktcrly roufe the ilumb'ring morn.

falliance.

cb.'tjy

animate them.

Cbeerly their tedious travels undergo, Dryd. Virvil.

Thro* hcavc:i's eternal brazen portals blaz'd,

Ar.d wide o'er caith dirTus'd his tiering ray. Paft.

ft CHEER,

[from

fo

2.

to ccmfole.

Gay

adj.

Ben Jatfin.

trufting.

Sweet, fo w.u.id

Thc-y arc f<:Hil to mankind, in air'Tdin:: tl)cm

convenient iituations of houfcs and villages, refleflir.g the benign and cheriOring fun-beams, and

to e'ncourage ; to infpirit.
;
complained that he was betrayed ; yet, for
all that, was nothing difcouraged, but cheered up
the footmen.
Knot/a.

I.

By

CH E'ES E p R ESS. n.f. [from ebceft and//}.]

But

Dryden.

and

cbeefe

deals in cheefe.
owl of London,

From

He

He .hcer'd the dogs to follow her who

And vow'd revenje on her devoted head.

<^

Heav'n her cov'ring, earth her pillow,

Sad Amynta (igh'd alone,

1.

[from the noun.]

is turn'd to
cheerty night. Fairy
a bank) befide a willow,

On

of good cbetr, and they alfo

fight did mifs,

My cheerful day

all

[fromcr.j Without

gaiety, comfort, or gladnefs.

[from

/.

gives out he 's undone,

Being a cbetfitnmger,

CHE'LY.

alacrity.

Freedom from gloominefs.

I marvelled to fee hSr receive my commandments

2.

Milton.

<v. a.

he had funk. Knolles's Hi/lory of the Turks.

With what refolution and chcerfultieji, with what
courage and patience, did vaft numbers of all forts
of people, in the firft-ages of chriftianity, encounter
all the rage and malice of the world, and embrace
torments and death

H E'ER LESS. adj.

3o CHF. ER.

dejeftion

gallics

were they
took fome meat.

[from cbearful.]

Barbaroft'a, uling th s exceeding chttrfolr.cft and

forwardr.efs ot his foldicrs, weighed up the fourteen

Right faithful true he was in deed and word,

But of his cheer did feem too folemn fad
Nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad. Spcnfer.

Then

n. f.

true

That

have not that alacrity of

ended

Philips.

CHE'ERFULNESS.

jollity.

Nor cheer of mind, that 1 was wont to

4. Air of the countenance.

He

Dryd.

Doctrine is that which muft prepare men for difcipline ; and men never go on Ib cheerfully, as

Sbaltjfrare.

do not give the cheer ; the fcaft is fold

not often vouched, while 'tis making,
'Tis given with welcome.
Sbakejpeare.
I

fpirits,

look cheerfully upon me.

Sttikefpeart.

is

[from cheerful.}
with willingnefs ;

with gaiety.

You

Gaiety

King.

CHE'ESBMONCER.
>:] One who

J?r<nierbs.^

CHE'ERFULLY. adv.

Invitation to gaiety.

3.

Effeminate he fat, and quiet ;

P'i;r,
produce of a cbctfccaie diet.
\\ lure
many a man, at variance wi t> his wife,
With fotVning mead and cbeefecake ends the fti ife.

merry heart rrukcth a chetrful countenance;

but by forrow of the heart the fpirit is broken.

at a

mean, take them

Skekeffeare.

butler.

Having an appearance of gaiety.

2.

Ltcte.

That

Summer .

beft. Th'.mf.

cheerful birds of lundry kind

cha'uut fwtvt mufick to delight his mind.

Do

His wUl was never determined to any purfuit of

good flier, poijnant fauces, and delicious wines.
3..

and

The

good part;
Better cbeer you may have, but not with better
heart.

checrer, tight,

firft

feaft.
catcs be

material beings

HE'ERFUL. adj. [from cheer andfu//.]

full of mirth.
1. Gay ; full of life

entertainment;

Entertainment; provifions ferved

bolter,

.<

Temple.

fpirits.

thefe fenl'es.]

But though my

and (barer of the

my

th.m n;j wife w:..i

CHE'ESECA int. n.f. [from cheefe and cake. ]

A cake made of loft curds, lugar, and

coidial, the

fin. pie

cleeje,

heifclf.

Fairy Queen.

It feems to
cara, Sp. the countenance.
have, in Eogiilh, Jbme relation to both

Walton's jfngler.

the fa!tft and moll

is

Welfhman with my

the

tf n^\

rather truft a Fleming wirti

will

From whom our joy def.'Cnds,

Thou tkitrcr or our days.

Dcme.

Ueath

CHE

Tears

7 n.f. [cenfe, Fr.

j

cf'

,r,

;,/.,

Lat]

The

c;inm-)n rr 1 or garden
cherry, z. Large Spar.ifh cherry. 3. The red hr.arc
The
heart
white
;. 4.
thirry. 5. Tbcll-rd.
i.

Jag

CHE
6. The black heart ehry.
heart cherry.
The May cherry. 8. The black cherry, or maa.xhduke ciier-ry. 10. The yellow
iard.
9. The
The Flanders clufter cherry.
Span:/h cherry. II.
The large black
11. The carnation ch-rry.
13.
The :cd bird
15.
14. Thebird cherry.
cherry.
6. The 1-irgeit double floweror Cornilh cherry.
7.

flowered cherry.
ed cherry.
17. 'l he double
19. The wild
lS. The common wild cherry.
northern Englifh cherry, with Lite ripe fruit.
21. The
-o. The /hock or perfumed cherry.
leaws. And many other
cherrytree with ftriped
forts of cherries; as the amber cherry, lukeward,
which is
corane, Gafcoigne, and the morello,
for preferving.
chiefly planted
Tiiis fruit wis brought out of

MUltr.
of Europe.
alk but > pin, a nut, a cbirry (tone ; but
a chain. SLakefp.
fce, moie covetous, would have
I would hive drawn in a jacket of ItgntJuly
w, eating cb:rrin, with his face and bol'om

parts

Some

yefi'

Peacbam.

fun-burnt.

fpark of life, which, in its firii appearance, might be inclofed in the hollow of a cherry
Hale.
ftone.
lit'le

CHE'RRY.

Cberubick watch.

This

Hath
For

Shore's wife hatli a pietty foot,

cherry li;), a f ailing pleafing tongue.

See
).

from cherry and

girls

peninfula ; a traft of land almoft lurrounded by the fea, but joined to the conti

nent by a narrow neck or iilhmus.

CHERT, n.f. [from quartz, Germ.]
Ftinc

dules

when

flint.

molt commonly found in form of no

't:s f-mc;imcs found in thin ftratz
W'oidtuard
ca!!ed cltri.

i:

but

'tis

CHt'RUB.

[3-0 plur. 0'313

fometimes written

in

the plural,

It

Or

fhapes of men, eagles, oxen, lions, am

in a compoiition of all thefe figures pu
together. The hieroglyphical reprden
tations in the embroidery upon the cur

of the Tabernacle, were callei

by Mofes, ExoJ. xxvi. I. cherubim o
Calmet
cunning work.
K

chamber

CHESS,

gold cbmiiin:s

Upon

He
.vi, hors'd
the fi^htlefs couriers of the air,
blow the horrid deed in ev'ry eye,
tears (hall drown the wind.

Shateffc

'

Sii-i'l

That
Some

abftrufe

And

From

And

game,

in

which two

fets

thence to bufy Europeans lent,

by modern Lombards penfivc

chefs.

I feen a

L.HE SS-APPLE.

f.

of men

Denbam.
king on cbefi
(His rooks and knights withdrawn,
His queen and biih tps in dillrcls)
Shif'.ing abour, grow lefs and lefs,
With here and there a pawn.

So have

molt part, of this timber ; which is equal

in value to the belt oak, and, for many
purpofes, far exceeds it ; particularly for
making vefTels for liquors ; it having a
property, when once thoroughly feafonea, to maintain its bulk coultantly, and

nice and

ftyl'd

not fubjeft to fhrink or fwell, like

Miller.
other timber.
2. The fruit of the cheftnut tree.
A woman's tongue,
That gives not half fo great a blow to th* ear,
a
As will cbijinut in a farmer's fire. Shakc/pujv.
is

October has a baflcet or" fervices, medlars, an<J

and fruits that ripen at the latter time.

ckcjlfult,

Peacham
DryJtx.

fpecies of

Wild

3.

The name
His hair

An

UHE'SS-BOARD. n f. [from clefs

table on which
board.] The board or
game of chefs is played.

CHL'SS-MAN.

puppet

and man.]

n.f. [from chefs

the fame
cjrnp.iny of cbtfi-mcn ft.mding on
we left them,
fquares of the chefs-board where

we

fay they are

all

in the

movcJ.

fame place, or unLuke.

CHE'SS-PLAYBR. n.f.

[from

chefs

and

gamefter at chefs.
pl.yer.]
Thus, like a (kilful ftejs-p/jyer, he draws out
hia men, and makes his pawns of ufe to his
DryJen.
earth.
is
the
The tender cr.ffim and mellow earth
bed,
being mere mould, between the two extremes of
if
it be not loomy and
and
fand
cby
; efpecially
Bawn^s Natural Jlfiory.
binding.

greater perfons.

CHE'SSOM. n.f. Mellow

CHEST, n.f. [cyjrt, Sax. cijta, Lat.]

1. A box of wood, or other materials, in
which things are
He will feek there,

laid up.
on my word : neither prcfs,
but he hath an abftradt
cl'f/l, trunk, well, vault,
for the remembrance of fuch places. Sbakefpeare.
But more have bee:i by avarice oppreft,
And heaps of money crouded in the cbrjt. Drydin.
2.

3.

A CHEST of Drawers. A cafe with

moveable boxes or drawers.
The trunk of the body, or cavity from

the (houlders to the belly.

have round faces, or broad cbcfti, or
ihouUers, have feldom or never long necks.
Brtnvn.
He defcribes another by the largcncfs of his
a.

and breadch of his (houlders.

on the Iliad.
Pope's Notts

[from the noun.]

hoard.
repofite in a cheil ; to
a.

CHEST-FOUNDERING,
horfes.

It

n.f.

comes near

To

peripneumony, in a human body.

Farrier's Difficulty.

SbAifffterf*,

n. f.
n. /.

glo;Ty cbcftnut

brown.

fpecies of plum.

CHEVALI'ER.

[chevalier, Fr.]

A,

man.
expecl: my aid ;

a gallant ftrong

Rc.:owr.ed Talbot doth

I am lowted by a traitor villain,
cannot help the noble clievjlitr. Sbakcfpmrt.
finde Frife. n. /. [Er.

And
And

CHEVAUX

The

gular Cbe-val de Frife is feldom ufed ]

The Friefland horfe, which is a piece of
timber, larger or fmaller, and traverfed
with wooden fpikes, pointed with iron,
five or fix feet long ; ~ufed in defending
a pafTage, flopping a breach, or making
It
a retrenchment to Hop th.- cavalry.
is alfo called a turnpike, or tourniquet.

Chamber!.

CHE'VBN.
fifli,

n.f. [cbfvefne, Fr.]

n.f. ^cheiier:au, Fr.]
Obfolete.

kidleather.

river

the fame with chub.

CHE'VERIL.

Akid;.

is but a cbewril plove to a good wit !

quickly the wrong fide may be turned outward.
Sbakefpeare*.
Which g ; fts the capacity
Of your foft cbcvtril confciencc would receive,
If you might pleafe to ftrctch it.
Shakefptare,
O, here 's a wit of chcicril, that ftretcTies from
an inch narrow to an eil broid.
Sbakrfffare,

fentence

how

CHE'riS4NCE.

n. f.

[cbtvifance, Fr.]
v/ord now

Enterprife ; achievement.
not in ufe.

Fortune, the foe of famous ctrvifance,

Seldom, (aid Guyon, yields to virtue aid,.

CHE' fRON.

n.f.

[French.]

Spttifer,

One of

the

honourable ordinaries in heraldry. It

reprefents two rafters of a houfe, fet up
as they

difeafe in

to a pleurify, or

of a good colour.
your cbiftnttt was ever

is

CHE'RTOK.
knight

Drjv v^.

excellent colour:

the only colour.

for chefs.

en

of a brown colour.

Merab's long hair was

the

cards are dealt, and cbefs-boards brought,

frier.
cafe the paiu of coward thought.

To CHEST, v.
Prioi

and

And

To

cicjl,

adj. [from cherub.] Ange

lick ; relating to the cherubim. ..
Thy words
Attentive, f.nd with more delighted ear,
PJUQC initrlictor l.liave iicaiJ ; ilua whca
!

nuts included in each hulk or covering,

This tree was formerly in greater plenty, as may be proved by the old buildings in London, which were, for the

Spenfer.

are moved in oppofition to each other.

This game tire Pe.-lian magi did invent,
The force of Eaftern wifdom to exprefs ;

Staktffear

cherub finilhes what you begun,

to a miracle improves a tune.

CHERU'BICK.

To

birds

[ecbecs, Fr.]

at remote diftances from the fruit, on

the fame tree.
The outer coat of the
fruit is very rough, and has two or three.

perhaps

n. f.

Such

With

ftetted.

fmall vermin, that lies

n.f.
Skinner.
under Hones or tiles.

tains

o' th'

[from cheer

n.

Havh?

theft.]

See CASTOR.
CHE'STNUT.
\n.f.\chaflaigne,Vt.
CHE'STNUT-TREB. j cafianea, Lat.]
1. The tree hath katkins, which are placed

to thy fong their cheerful ckerupiig ;

hold their peace for flume of thy 1'iveet lays.

CHE'SLIP.

im

feveral defcriptions which the Scripturi

of chcnib.n, differ from on
gives us
another ; as they are dcfcribed in th

he rocf

[from

CHE'STER.

Frame

celeltial fpi
properly, cherubims.]
rit, which, in the hierarchy, is placci
All th
next ia order to the feraphim.

'1

<v

adj.

cheit; as, broad-cheited, narrow-chefted.

ft./.

cheer up, corrupted to cherup.]

chirp ; to ufe a cheerful voice.

Sl;ik,-(p<are

CHERSONE'SE. n.f. [ytpmw&m.]

kind of

Skakcfpeare.

CHE'STED.

Service.

CHE'RRYPIT. n.f. [from cherry and pit.]

A child's play, in which they throw
cherry Hones into a fmall hole.
What, man 'tis not for gravity to play at cberrypil.

deftrudtion than thy furord,

from

Stakefp

cheek] Having ruddy cheeks.

1 warrant them (bcrrjcbick'd country

whore of thine

her cberubln look.

CHE'RUP.

'o

LAUREL.

adj.

more

f-il

[chceropbjllum,'La.t.] An
Miller.
umbelliferous plant.

Refembiing a cherry in colour.

in her

all

CHE'R,VIL.

[from the fubltantive.]

adj.

Milton's Parad:fe Loft.

H E'R UB i N. adj. [from chtrub.] Angelical.

The
Pontus at the

time of the Mithridatic victory by Lucullus, in

the year of Rome 680 ; and was broughtinto Britain about izo years afterwards, which was Ann.
Dam. 55 ; and was foon after fpread through moft

C HE'

fongs by night from neighb'ring hills

Aerial mujick fend.
Mi/tan's Ptiradlft L<>/}.
And on the eaft fide of the garden place

ing

H E

To

ought to (land.

CHEW.

Harris.

[ceopyan, Sax. kauivtn*

Dutch. It is very frequently pronounced
chaiv, and perhaps properly.]
-v. tu.

i.

T*

CHI'
To grind with

1.

to marticate.
;
on diitcmpcr,
bow fhall we ftretch our

the teeth

CHICK.

the old plural of chick, though

as a fmguhr noun.]

eye,

When

capital

dimes,

gtfied,
efore us

cleui'd, fwallow'd,

and di-

Statrfftart

I'acinj through the fored,

the food of Tweet and bitier fancy. Skat.
pioul cheat, that never fuck'd the blood,

All

my

pretty onet

Defending gently, where the lowing herd

GrmiJ vcrd'rous paitura.
Ftilifi
By dewing, foiid aliment is divided into fmall

While it is a chick, and hath no fpurs, nor cannot hurt, nor hath feen die motion, yet he readily
Knit.
practil'eth it.

the flelh, of lambs.

The

Dry Jen' i

vales

human

body, there is no other inllrujr.cnt to perform this Action but tlie teeth.
By
of
the action
cktwing, tiie fpitlic and mucus arc
with
the
aliand
mixc>1
from
the
glands,
fquec4ed
ment ; which action, if it be Ions continued, will
turn the aliment into a fort of ciiyle.
parts

in a

To

meditate

or

j-iibu'.l'nM on

Aliments.

ruminate

in

Even

Was

fince (he

was

a fe'en-night old,

Nor

On rainy days alone I dine,

Up >n a click anu pint of wine
On rainy days i dine alone,
And pick my chicken to the bone.
word of tenderr.efs.

He

fierce

monk

does at his

trial ftaad,

ctfiut revenge, abjuring his offence

Guile in his tongue, and murder in his hand,

He

To

3.

My
This

without (Wallowing.

tafte

Heaven

As

2.

(tabs his judge, to prove his innocence. Prior.

in

's

my

mouth,
its name.

The bufinefs of
And he does ctuie

others to be read, but not cur'uufiy; a,.J fome

Baton.
few to be read wholly, with attention.

And

7"o

CHEW.

<v.

To champ

n.

upon;

Where

I will with patience hear, and find a time ;

Till then, my noble friend, citia upon this. Slut:.
Inculcate the doctrine of ilifobedience, anJ then

cbt-ib

upon

't.

I.' EJirange.

wil'Jom pad,
politicians chew on
blunder on in bufinefs to the lull.

Old

And

CHICA'NE.

n. f.

[chicane, Fr.

Pipe.

derived

by Menage from the Spaniih word

cbico,

little.]

The

1.

of protracting a conteft by

art

and artifice.
petty objection
law concerns not
the chicane of private cafes, but the affairs and
intercourfe of civilized nations, grounded upon the
Lock*.
principles of reafon.
His attornics have hardly one trick left j they
are at an end of all their chicane.

The

gent-ral part

of the

civil

To

This fenfe
2. Artifice in general.
in familiar language.
Unwilling then in arms to meet,
drove

And
5"e

to

lengthen

<?.:

is

<u.

n. f. [from chick and pta.~\

Miller.
kind of degenerate pea.
CHI'CKWEED. n.f. [from ttfctttti^vM*}
The name of a plant.

all

I.

When

To

is

CHICA'NERY.

arts

and

Had

to deflroy the greateft

only to preferve Inch as

part of thel'e reports ;

difcovered moil of the cLicaaery and
practice.

fut'.lity

Arlutknttt.

as pecs, though neither fo

AUUer.
tender nor well tailed.

loofc, as if

now

yon

1.

2.

To
Have

drive with reproof.

3.

chid

my

things.

to reproach

[from the adjeftivc.]

commander ; a leader of

a captain.

Is pain to them
Lefs pain, lefs to be fled ? or thou than they
Lcfs hardy to endure ? courageous cthf!
The firft in flight from pain. Milton's Par.

Lift*

After or before were never known

aseachan army feem'd alone. Dryd*
ctiefs;
wit 's a feather, and a cbitf a raj ;
An honed man 's the ooblcd work of God. Puff*
prudent cbiefnot always mud difplay
His pow'rs in equal ranks, and fair array ;
But with th' occafion and the place comply,

Such

2.

In

CHIEF,

in law.

to fly.

Pope*

In cafite, by
pcr-

fonal fervice.
Ail fums demindable, either for licence of

alie-

made of

lands holdcn in
chief, or for
the pardon of any fnch alienation already made
licence, have been Hayed in the way to the

nation to be

queen, and Clifford too,

the battle.
Skftt/ftort.

me from

To blame;

n. f.

military

cbitfejl

Clarendon*

Conceal his force, nay fcem fomctimes

Sviift.

Margaret

armies

ftern philofopher

(bid you.

her.

of the a/my.

CHIEF,

chidden Mercury from Jove. Stak.

Thofe, that do teach your babes',

juft

fametimes denied admiflion to the

officers

fly like

If any woman of better fafhion in the parilh

happened to be abfent from church, they were
fure of a vifit from him, to cbidt and to dine with

of the

CHICHES. n.f. See CHICKPEAS.

CHI'CHLIKC VETCH, n.f. \latbyrus,
Lat.] In Germany they are cultivated,
and eaten

You

of wrangle.

is

Samuel*

Scylla wept,
ctid her barking waves into attention. Milton.
Above the waves as Neptune fhew'd his face,
To cbidt the winds, and fave the Trojan race

n.f. [cbicanene, Fr.] So-

mean

phiftry
Hit anger caufed him
;

cbitftr

in the

He

And

the

comparative

befecch you, bend you to remain

cheer and comfort of our eye,
Our cKtf:f courtier, coulin, and our fon. Sta\,
Doeg an Edomite, the ckitfffi of the herdmen.

way to didinguifh the two mod

different things I know, a logical cbicaner from, a
Lake.
roan of reafon.
This

Locks.

We

Here

wrangler.

whifperrr

it.

Do it with gentle means, and cafy talks

He might hsve chid me fo for, in good faith,
I am a child to chiding.
Sbakeffcan.

petn.f. [cbicaneur, Fr.]

ty fophifter ; a trifling difputant ; a

9
a

Prmerbs*
that to

friends.

the
properly
never found.

you pcytire his blood inclin'd to mirth.

And

above the

Capital ; of the firft order ;

which ether parts are inferior, or fub-

profecuted

Si'akejfeare.

CHICA'NER.

apj-lied to perfons.
for faults, and do it reverently,

with a fuper4. It is ufed by fome writers

lative termination ; but, I think, im-

W~ijeman.

him

moft eminent
reipeft.

;
extraordinary.
Afroward man foweth ftrife, and

CHIDE.

v. a. preter. chid or chede,

part, chid or cb'diicn. [ciban, Sax.]
To reprove ; to check ; to correct with

pray.

ordinate.
I came to have a good general view of the
apoftle's main purpofe in writing the epiftlc, and
the cliff branches of his difcourfe wherein he

chick-weed,

milk.

To

Shake/peare*.

[chef, the head, Fr.]

feparateth cb'uf

3.

are of good ufe in

the hard fwellings of the bread, occafioned by

Green mint, or

chides, Sir, at any hand,

adj.

any

rebuker;

Pcfi.

Sfani/h Fryar.

HI'CKPEAS.

Sbakeffcari,

[from chide.]

Eminent

2.

Prior.

[chicancr, Fr.]
prolong a conteft by tricks.

agreed by bullies, tbickmbiarted,

firft, and then be parted.
to

Skatrlpearc,

Thefe were the chief of the officers that were

over Solomon's works.
i Kingi.
The hand of the princes and rulers hath been,
in
this
i"r.j.
trefpafs.
chief
Your country, cbitf in arms, abroad defend ;
At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend.

for tilting in the pit,

diftemper, fo called from its being of

no very great danger.
fmall
C H I'c K L i N G . n.f. [from click.}
chicken.

campaign,

rt.

reft in

CHI'CKENPOX. n.f. An exanthematous

Chide

up

fright the ladies

words

fave his forces by cl.'nan \

CHICA'NE.

only

'tis

fet

Prologue

Arbutbnc.fi Hi/lory of J-.kn Bull.

He

no chicken.
Siotft.
adj. [from chicken
heart. 1 Cowardly ; timorous ; fear-

Now we

n. f.

Principal

is

ful.

ruminate.

leave the multitude to

1.

CHI'CKENHEARTED.
and

offence,

tbiJers, Sir.

CHIEF,

Of

to

no

I love

Swift*

Sbakejfeare.

hints, that Stella

him

unfhaken yours.

(land

a reprover.
Nut her that

term for a young

Your

To make

CHI'DER.

Then, Chloe,

Stjkfffrare.
Some bojks are to be tailed, others to be lw.iland
oigedcd :
lowed, and fome few to be cbnued
that is, fome books arc to be read only in parts ;

the ftate does

with you.
a noife.

My

Ariel, cl-iik,

thy charge.

Stakeffture.

duty,
does a rock againfl the chiding flood,
ShmilJ the approach of this wild river break,

girl.
dill go on to prate
and
thirty-eight ;
thirty-fix
Purfue your trade of fcandal-picking,

3.

but cbtw

if I did

is

Next m -rn, betimes, the bride was mining :

The mother fcream'd, the father cbiJ,
Where can this idle wench be hid ?
Swift.
2. To quarrel with.

thoughts.
While the

my

As

Having the notion that one laid the egg out

of which the other WM hatched, I have a clear
Locke.
iuuj of the relation of dam and chick*

the

work

For, the

3.

humble

Dryder,*
thiughtlcfs fiafle;
was
the
joy
pad. Prior.
perfected,

the folly of

To CHIDE. <v. n.
1. To clamour ; to fcold.
What had he to do to tb'uit at me

they fay,

to her dying day ;

chick, nor ncn, wis known to difobey.

cha.le and

fountains, o'er the pebbles, cbid your Hay.

And

I tl-id

the leaves your long

delay,

ufed

taliUi,

Nor cbnu'd

2.

now

What, all my pretty ibicktm, and their dam,

At one fell fwoop
Sbakeffmrt.
For when the ihe.l is broke, out corner

uitf

ThU

Winds murmur'd through

^ieckeu,

The young of a bird, particularly of a

hen, or fmall bird.

I.
?

[acen, Sax.

j.

}n.Dutch. Chicken is, I believe,

If ii.ile I'juitt, proceeding

Sh>ll not be wink'd at,

CHI

II I

applied to

Bat'.n.

hanaprr.
\ (hall

in

be proud to hold

chief, as 1
flure.

do part of

my

my

dcpendince on you

fmall fortune in Wilt-

Dn/den.
3- I

C
3. IH Spevftr

like achievement

Where

be the noligjys that flie dight for thce

coloured ch'.plcts wrought with a chitf,
knottiih ruia-rings, ana gilt rofemary ?

The
Thr

The winged

fbiefii fo called of the

:

Trench word

chef,

3.

Sove-

<-/>f.]

Zeph) rus being in love with Chloris, and covetwife, gave her for a dowry the Mcfd'.m
!

CHI'EFLESJ.

adj. [from chief,,] Wanting

a head ; being without a leader.
And chiffjefs armies doz'd out the campaign,
And navk* j av n'd for orders on the main. Pope.
CH I'EFLY. adv. [from chief.} Principally ; eminently ; more than common.
Any man who will confider the nature of an
actions

epic
perfons they are cbiify

it

whom

who

and

of the diffenters

eftates

CHI'EFRIE.

[from chief. ] A fmall

the lord paramount.

n.f.

rent paid to

How is

Spenjer't Ireland.

Would

the referred rent at this day

fmall ckiefrie ?

be.

Cai'EFTAiN.

any

Swift.

n.f. [fioai chief, n.f.czp-

I.

leader

That
{Their

a commander.

forc'd their
chitftain, for his f.ifety's fake,

ctlrfta'm

O^to the

Humber named was

flream him to betake,

!._;!. ty
an end of battle and of life did make.

;i.

Wlwre he

Fairy Queen.

Z.

The head of a
It broke,

and

chieftains

clan.

and abfolutrly fubdued all the lords

uf the Irifhry.
Dav.tton Ireland.

CHIE'VA.VCE.

n.f. [probably from achcvance, Fr. purchafe.] T.raffick, in which

money is extorted ; as difcount.
cbfolete.

Now

good laws a^iinft nfury, the baflard

ufe of m^iney; and againfl unlawful ciiei.-ancr:
v.-ert

which

ar.d fxch.ingi-s,

C H I'L B
blain
his

i.

i.

a. /.

fo that

haflarJ ulur

H.icr.

chill, cold,

[from

funfit fecms

and

mitlakcn in

etymology, or has written

it

wrong

to ferve a purpofe.] Sores made

by froft.
I remembered the cure of cbi'Mlains wlien I
was a boy (which may be called the children's
gout), by burning

CHILD,

at the fire.

5.

n.f. in the plural

CHILD XLN.

for a youth ro turn a child again.

Dtnbam.
mould no more be k/ndcr to one child ilun

to another, than

than

we

arc tender

of one eye more

ftraagt.

The you" hd muft

not be ventured abroad at

eight or ten, for fear of what may happen to the
tender child ; though hr then runs ten times lefs
Locke.
rifque than at fixteen.
The Oroke of death is nothing children endure
it, nnd the g-catrft cowards li;id irnopain.
ft'akr.
2. One in the line of filiation,
oppofed to
:

children havt been

expofed,

or tiken

away young, and afterwaids have approached

their

Tertament, believers are commonly

of Ood.

Not in ufe.
girl child.
Mercy on 's a bearne, a very pretty beirne
!

A boy,
6.

or child, I

wonder

pveuu

to

prtfcacc, the paruits, though they

The ftate of children; or, the time ia

which we are children : it includes in-

1.

fancy, but

Now
With

The
trained

other.

be --with CHILD.
To be pregnant.
it muft Itand Itill, let wives with child
Pray that their burthen may not fall this d.iy,
Left that their hopes prodigioufly be croil.

Sbjl;.

bring children.
The fpr'ng, the fummer,
The ctilj'izg autu.nn, angry winter, change
Their wonted

[from child

thce
2.

the molt

One

Dryden.
hath the

Loves

Arbathnot en Diet.

forth.

and

filly

Paradifi Regainid.

on the wor!hip of images

Rofcmmtn*

A-tutbna'sHij}:>ryofJi:hn Suit.

[ftomchildijh.'] In 2
childifh trifling way ; like a child.
Together with his fame their infamy was
fpread, who had fo raflily and cbildijblj cjtctej
him.
Hcoter.
Some men are of excellent judgment in their

travailing in childbirth.

Hdy Living.

Siillhigjltttf

that hath newly learu'd to

fpeak and go

dnld'ifo plays.

CHI'LDISHT.V. adv.

Sidney
kernel void of any tafle, but not fo of virtue,

7y/tr's

childijb tiling in the world.

younger days might be worn out.

Pyroclcs, after her (t'Mirtb,

Carets Survey.
In the while fex of wrmcn, O'jd hath decreed
the flnrpeit pains of childbirth ; t
flicw, that
tii'j;e is no ftce
exempt from forrow.

Sfenfer.

fpoiled th; walls with child!/}) fentenccE, that confift often in a jingle of words.
Aildiftn en Italy.
By converfation th? cb'JJiJb humours of their

CHJ'LDBIRTH.

n.f.
[from child and
Travail ; labour ; the time of
tirth.^
bringing forth ; the aft of bringing

pu-

They have

Women

women

know.

fathers looked

ttoUlefbau:
flic

The

childbed pillows*
SprfJator.
in childhed are in the cafe of
perfons

efpecially for

trifling

Sidr.tj.

Serious to learn and

Pararliff Retained.

When I was yet a child, no ch'iU'ifi play

To me was pleafing all my mind vfas let

Bticon.

died.

Becoming only children

tention?.

when wafh'd from fpotof ckildktd fa\n.

The mother of

the qualities of a child; tri-

The lion's whelps (he faw how he did bear,

And lull in rugged arms withouten cbilctijh fear.

funerals of prince Arthur, and of

queen
who died in childbed in the Tower.

till

'

Drydiiu

child.']

Mufidorus being elder by three or four years,

away the occafion of cbi!di/h con-

Elizabeth,

wounded.

Having

[from

adj.

there was taken

or being in labour.

thefe, tho* poor, the pain of

early infancy began,

rofe as cbtidbwd ripenM into man.

erile.

CHI'LDBED. n.f. [from child and ted.}

The ftate of a woman bringing a child,

Vet

thin, copious,

Arbuthnat an Aliments,

fling > ignorant ; fimple.

Learning hath its infancy, when it is but beginning and almoft cbildijh : then its youth, when
it is luxuriant and juveniie.
Bacon's EJJays.

Addijen.

Pure, as

demand

properties of a child.

CH I'L DISH.
1.

Pains only in ctilttttatiiflltit foretold,

And, bringing forth, foon. iecnmpens\! wit!) joy,
Fruit of thy womb.
Mill.it's Paradife Lojl.
The timorous and irrefolute Sylvia has dem-jrred till (he is part cbiltttrarirf,

The

The
And

participial fubjlanti<ve.

To

between infancy and

Their love in

and tear,] The si of bear-

ing children.

life

puberty.

3.

Sbaktfptan.
At to eluding women, young vigorous people,
after irregularities of diet, in fuch it
begins with
Arbuiinti.
hjrmorrhngrs.

CHI'LDBFARINC.

The time of

2.

Infancy and childhtid

nourifhing aliment.

liveries.

eye

have with us in our cbildhtmd, the fame, in every

period of life, has the practice of all whom we regard as our fuperiours.
Rogers,

To

[from the noun.]

I ceas'd to

Thy infancy, thy cbi/db&xl,and thy youth. Milton.

The fame authority that the actions of a man

If

n.

fons of lords and gentlemen mould be

up in learning from their childhoods.

Seldom have

To

-v,

continued to puberty.

Sfenfer on Ireland.

rVfacdiilF, this noble pafiion,

Child of integrity, hath from my foul
Wip'd the black fcruples.

7.

is

haveftain'd the childhood of our joy

blood, remov'd but little from our own.
I

Sbakcffearet

Shake/flare.

thing the produft or effect of an-

Any

[fromcbild; cdbhab,

n.f.

Sax.]

the pir.

Where

ffifdom.

Let no one be actually married,

We

CHI'LDHOOD.

lemflc.

[cilb, Sax.]
1. An infant, or very
young perfon.
In age, to v. i:7i for youe!> is full as vain,

As

New

among the children of God,

the faints

are all the children a! GoA, by faith in Jefus

Chrift. Gal. iii. 26.
Calmct.

To CHILD,

tain.]

ominous to the filherman, as the beginning of a

voyage on the day when cbilderiKas day fell, dock
to the mariner.
C<ir:w.

Ye

give a competent maintenance unto the garrifons.

more than a

among

called children

flia'.l

to yield

he numbered

lot is

the

I?;

feaft

as

elect, thebleiled, arealfo called the ilildren

and his

be well able to live upon thofe lands,

her majefty reafon^b'e tbiefrie, and alfo

They

John.
Matrbetv.

of GoJ.

Swift.

chiefly lay.

father'd.

folemnized,

children of light, the children of darkneisj

follow light, who remain in darkiicij.

The

defcribes, and what

it informs, will find

work full of difficulty.

Drydin.
Thofe parrs of the Iclnjdom, where the number

it a

cliided as

of the Holy Innocents is

which weak and fuperftitious perfons think an unlucky day.
To talk of harej, or fuch uncouth things, proves

iCorinth.

The

poem, what

bow

He

which the

Or.eweak in knowledge.
Ijaiab.
Such as are young in grace.
Such as are humble and docile.

KaJ. Gh/.

r- s

How light and'-portable my pain feems now,

When that which makes me bend, makes the king

In the language of fcripture.

4.

flowers and green lurbs.

all

Furniflied

child.}

in,; l:er to

and fovcreignty of

with a

So unexhaufted her perfections were,

for more children me had more Co fpare.Z)ry^
He, in a fruitful wife's embraces old,
long increafc of children's children told. Addif.

[from

adj.
child.

Shakefftart.
The defendants of a man, how remote CHI'LDERMAS DAY.
hild and
[ from c
are
as
childcalled
children
the
foever,
mafs.] The day of the week, throughren of Edom, the children of Ifrael.
out the year, anfwering to the day on

th'-;

CHI'EFDOM. n.f. [from

Not in u!e.
reignty.

Vrytien.

CHI'LDED.

vengeance overtake fuch children.

Shakejfeart.

poTtiTes the upper

third part of the efcutcheon. Pcachnii on Drawing.
01-

He to his wife, before the time aflign'd

For childbirth came, thus bluntjy fpokehis mini.

That

4. In heraldry.

The

\ (lull fee
r

Spenfer.

the head

have not known them, have had a fecr5t jo)', or

other alteiation, thereupon.
Bacon's Nat. liiflary.

feems to (ignify fomewhat

a mark of diftinftion.
;

it

own

profeflions,

but

cbiljijhly

unlkilful in

thing bcfidea.

CHI'LDISHNESS.
i

Puerility

n.f.

[from

any
Hay-ward*

cbildijh.]

triflinguefs.

TlK

Thf actions of ctilJt/bnrft,

carriage, time and age will of itlelf be fore to re-

ind unfaOiionablc

form.

catholick religion.

n Italy.

jiudijan

2. Harmleffnefs.
Speak thou, boy

fcafon dues its poil'on bring ;

the winter, agues biaft the fpring.
Prier,
Now no more the drum
Provokes to arms ; or trumpet's clangor fhrili
Affrights the wires, or clilli the virgin's blood.

Rheums

adj. [from child.} Without

without offspring.
As thy fword hath made women ctiU/rfs, fo
(hill thy mother be cbildlcj'i among women.
;

Saanttl.

man

/hall

fee the nobleft

them

that have

If the patient furvives three days, the acutenefs

of the pain abates, and a cbillincfs or inhering
affefts Uie body.
Arbutbnt.

CHI'LLY.

figure of a thoufand fides.

In a man, who fpeaks of a fbi^aedron, or a
body of a thoufand (ides, the idea of the /ijiurc
may be very confufcd, though that of the number be very iliftincl.
Lade.

CHILIVA'CTIVE. adj. [from

which makes chile.
Whether

this be nut effected

c bile.

That

upon

chilifaflorp

Nor

'

deuce

trom any

3.

myctill veins freeze with defpair.

Dull; not warm

not forr.'ard

chill reception.

nefs

The

4.

n.f. [from thtadjjeclive.]

Chil-

ccrld.

very well knnw one to have a fort of (bill

bout his jr*cojdia and hud.
I

Dabam't Pb/Ji

Dtyden'i G
To ftrike a bell with a hammer.
CHIME'RA. a./. [Cbixi*ra, Lit.] A vain

and

wild faitry, as remote from reality

as the exiftence of the pcetical Chim^i.i,
a monfter feigned to have the head of a
lion, the belly

voices, or inilrua noife together.]

thighs with bells

do iVrike a tune,

of

Clm rjs all, anJ m-jre

No body joins trw

of

C H M E'R
ginary

in the plural, chimes.

have heaidtht ci.m.jat midnight. .^/

correfpondence of proportion or

conceptions of things are placed '" their

of Hinilitudc j as in feveral proanother: ii wlrch harmonious
ms, one
tp

cbimss, the voice

of reifan

is

often drowned.

To CHIME. <v. ft. [from the noun.]

i. Te iouad in harmony or

complex ideas of any

c A L.
adj. [from tbimera.} Imafanciful; wildly, vainly or fau-

offucha

cb'muri<til exiftence are pro-

CH M E'R ic ALLY.
i

Spitiatar.

adv.

[from chimeri-

Vainly; wildly; fantaftically.

n.f. \fromchimia, an old

cal.]

CHI'MINAGB.
law word

for a road.]

toll for

paflage

CowclL

foreft.

CHI'MNEY.
1.

n.f. [cbtmim-f, French.]

pafTage through which the fmoke
afcends from the fire in the houfe.

The

CiiiKa'us

The

with fcorn rejecting fmoke.

S-utfi.

above the roof of the

houfe, for conveyance of the fmoke.
The night has been unruly whesc we lay.
Our cLimnlti were blown down.
Sbakcifcart
turret raifed

3.

The

fire-place.

The eUfmy
Is fouth the
Chiifte

The
god,

ic

it

obtain.

chambers and the chimneypiece,

Dian bathing.
Siatcfpture.
fire which the. Chaldeans
v.-ormippd for a
crept into every man's cimr.c).

Low

The

Several degrees

of a piece,

per ac"lors in an epic poem.

?t!;!>.:r..

always ufed

We
The

that perfons

rung by ropes',
In this knfe
but (truck with hammer?.

is

taftically conceived ; fantaiUck.

Notwithitanding the (inenefs of this allegory
may atone for it in Come meafure, I cannot think

Miittni i Par. Lojl.

beils, not

of

has a mind to fill his

head with cblmtras, and his difcourfe with uninLt,ckt.
telligible words.

through a

Bin "Jonfcn,
make a clime.
The found
that made melodious ctime,

tail

atfurd, or lei's. Drjd. Fab.

voice or" i (heep with the

fliapr of a hoifc, to be the

real fubllances, unlefs he

ihall

fp'nery chitre.

of a goat, and .the

a dragon.

correfpondence of found.

The found

it is

f. a,

relation.

4. DepreiTcd ; dejefted ; difcouraged.

cold of temper.
5. Unaffeclionate ;

CHILL,

word

Love lirll invented verfe, nd furm'd the rhime,

The motion meafur'd, harm, niz'd the ct 'me. Dryd.
3.

rhim:.
Smitt;

or ftrike, or caufe to found

harmonically, or with juft confonancy.
With li:V d arms they order cv'ry
And (him; .'ii'-ir founding hammers in a row
With labour'J anvils AUnj

The end

many

fti.iggy

Higher than the

z.

In ihott, the force of dreams

Love virtue, (he a;one is froe ;

She can teach you how to ciimb

CH[LL.

CH ME

forc'd to ctinr,

ftreng'.h to rife, defcend to

To move,

i.

his dart,

original of this

Of inftrumcnts,
Was heard of harp and organ.

liquid reduction, or tenpower of natural heat.

Rnvi.
as, a

our

That, s we
In our dance

Srowu't Vulgar Emvrt.

My hcat and

found of

Hang

to cliTi/UaiKn, by the

adj. [cek.Sax.]
Cold; that which is cold to the touch.
And all my plants I lave from nightly ill,
Of noifomc winds, and blafting vapours cbilU Milt.
2. Cold ; having the fenfation of cold ;
{hivering with cold.

lifts aloft

The confonant or harmonick found

many correfpondent inftruments.

The

j.

[The

ments making

we

to proceed not

To

feizes ev'ry part,

Perhaps it is only softened

from cbirme, or churm, an old word for

all

jingle; to clatter.
But with the meaner tribe I'm

to church.

whofe rcjfonings, interpretation, xnd

have been uf'd t'j, will, of courfr,
cblme that way ; and make another, and

fed},

To

Dry den.

n.f.
doubtful.

the

Arfalbrufi Ihf. if John Bull.

to agree.

perhaps the genuine meaning of the author, fcera

haifh, itrange, and uncouth to me.
Ljtir.

Junius and Minjbeiv fupit corrupted from cimbal ; Sii/.-Kt;pofe

from gamine, or gamut ; Henjhaiu from
chiamare, to call, becaufe the chime calls

alfiim that iron is indigeftedin the

of tlieoftriche ; but we fufpedl ti.i

will

ftomach

chile.]

make

veins pour back the blood, and fortify the

CHIME,

Rrnon.

folve lapideous bodies.

CHILFFICA'TION. n.f. [from

aft of making c^iile.

cbilntfs

n.f. [time, Dutch.]

of a barrel or tub.

mendlf-

Coldnefs

heart.

adj. [fromr/Wt'.] That

h-as the quality of making chile.

fiiould rather rely

Pkinpi.
chill.]

CHIME,

CIIII.IFA'CTORY.

We

generous

The

by fomc way of

ftruum, or digeftive preparation drawn f.

cies Of individuals, whofe ftomachs peculiarly

fneat bedews

chilly

This while he thinks, he

corrolion, rather -than any proper di^ellion, cbili-

"which

Any

language,

If you come out of the fun fuddenly into a

(hade, there followcth a cbihefs or (hivering in all
the body.
Bacon.

is

fadive muution, oralimental convcihon.

Brwvn's V ulfrir Errours.

Somewhat

thudd'ring limbs.

CHI'LNESS. n.f. [from

want of warmth.

[from ^iXia.]

at,

z.

A
My

We

n.f.

chill.}

cold.

make cycles and periods of years, as decads,

centuries, chiliads, for the ufe of computation in
Haider.
hiftory.

CHILIA'EDRON.

[from

adj.

to fall in with.

Tofuitwith;

4.

fation of fhivering cold.

Sbatrffeare.

thoun.f. [from x' x '?-]

fand ; a collection or ium containing a
thoufand.

A fen-

terrr.s,

not only fat quietly and heard his father rail,

but oftc.i cbimtd in with the difcourfc.

And, wanting

Blackmirt.

Who

CHI'LIAD.

ed

5.

chilly.}

fon,

agree

He

on the ground,
Or foon decay, by fnows immod'rate chill' J,
By winds are Waited, or by lightning kiil'd.

like.}

cau owe no lefs than clildlike obedience to

her that hath more than motherly care.
farter.
1 thought the remnant of mine age
Should have been, chcriflf J by her cbildlitt duty.

To

3.

CHI'LLINESS. n.f. [from

hufb.m.i and

wire, and Inch

do belong one to ar
do
ctime
and, through cuftoin,
t and a::fwer
readily
one another, in people's mem
Lxke,

Rlgtrs.

Sprfrator.

[from child and

Becoming or befeeming a child.
adj.

deprefs

Toblaft with cold.

The fruits perilh

3.

ttrity.

CHI'I.DLIKE.

Fattier and

to dejeft ; to difcourage.
Every thought on God chilis the gaiety of his
bear.
fpirits, and awakens terrors which he cannot

no pof-

Baccifi Effajs.
CtHJteft thou art, cbildlrfs remain : fo death
Shall be deceiv'd his glut. MUtcn'tParadife Left.
She can give the reafon why one died ttiltfi,

cbili

/>, ;-,.

correfpond in relation or proportion.

other correlative

Pl-ilift.

To

z.

works and founda-

tiors have proceeded from cbildttfs men ; which

have fought to cxprefs the images of their minds,
where thofe of 'their bodies have failed: fo the

care of pofterity is moft in

To

2.

Each changing

CHI'LDLESS.

has not yet

Perhaps thy ttiUi/bittfs will move him more

Than can our rcalcns.
Sbakefftare.

children

the rough recital aptly clime,

Or bring the Cum of Gallia's lola to rltime,
'Tis mighty hard.

So fhrunk my finews, or fo cb.il d my veins,

But conlcious virtue in my brcaft remains. Dryden.
Heat burns his rife, froit .b...'s his fetting beam
And vex the world with oppofite extremes. Cracb.

and tU/JiJtttfi of the

fuperftitioji, credulity,

To make

cold.

Age

[from the adjective.}

a.

<v.

To make

a truer idea of

Nothing in the world could give

hf

To CHILL.

L'ct.-.

Roman

R^.'rirk's Hi/lay.
offices,

woith

which
ftirring

fome neighbours hardly

from their cbimrcy fidrs to

Swift on Sac.

Trft.

CHI'MNEY-CORNER. n.f. [from f!>imxy

undcornrr.] The fire-fide; the feat on
each end of the firegrate
in

proverbial language
place of idlers.

ufually noted
for being th&

Yd

C
Yet fome

He

Tel! (lories of you in their ctimny-centtr. Dtnham.

I'M N E Y p i E c E. n.f. [from chimney and

CH

The ornamental

CHINK.

piece of wood,-

One whofe

trade

it

to

is

chimnies of foot.

To look like her, are ebimntyfaiepers black;

And fincc her time are colliers counted bright.
Sbattefpearc.

Gay.
of Savoy,
ck'anrcyftufcper
the Portugal dufiman, put in their

Tom

and

Arbulhnvt.

claims.

ufed proverbially for one

and vile occupation.

It is

2.

mean

make
He
With

Golden

lads and girls, all mull,

)
fh'nauyj^oeefers, come t duft.

As

Pope!

CHI'NA.
wheie
celain

holes

But

.:!.

After fu^pcr, carry your pbte and

Popi.
cbir-a

gct'

to-

Grimalkin, to domeftick vermin fworn

everlalting foe, with watchful eye

Lies nightly brooding o'er a ctinty gap,

Protending her fell claws, to thoughtlcfs mice
Sure ruin.
Poems.

n.f. Cloth of cotton made

India, and printed with colours.

Let a charming cbinti, and BrufTeh lace,

cold limbs, and fliade my lifelefs face.

and Spain.

lluf}>.

[from China and

ruff.] A medicinal root, brought originally from China.
CHI'MCOUGH. n.f. [perhaps more properly kincoitgb, from kinckin, to pant,
Dut. and cough.] /f violent and convulfive
cough, to which children are fubjeft.
I h.ive oblrr-. ri

n.

:i

"::"e.r;i

Your
you

oprned

is

found.

blow upon his c h;ne, that

prcfenrs her with the tufky head,

And^,"u, with r:fui r;l>;iiHesrougl.iy frrciJ.

ere

in t/

iiii

CHINE,
cut into

10

his tbinei very

liberally
latir.

n-!^hbour.
v. a. [from the
noun.]

To

and hew the ftone.

Tt-'Otllf'-H.

the verb.]

fmall piece taken off by a cutting

instrument.
Cucumbers do extremely affcft moifture, and
over-drink themfelves, which chaff or chips for-

That

Bacon.
ct ;f

maJt iron fwim, not by

chiroftphijt,

events by infpe&ing the hand.

The middle fort, who have hot much

To chiromancer? cheaper art repair,

Who

natural power.

laylir.

to fpare,

clap the pretty palm, to mn'.-e the lines more

f.iir.
Dry Jen's ?f\ratn&l*

CHI'ROMANCY.

n.f. [%si{, the

hand, and

a prophet.] The art of foretelling the events of life, by infpeUng the

hand.
There is not much confiderable in that doctrine
ftavlie,

of chiromancy, that fpots

in the top

of the nails do

fignify tilings pail ; in the middle, things prefent;

and at the bottom, events to come.

Brown's yulgar Errourt.

CHIRP,

To

from

when they
She

v.

n.

a cheerful noife ; as birds,

call without finging.

ehiif-ing ran,

Till hard by

contracted

[perhaps

The Dutch have {ircken.]

cheer up.

To make

Calls

biddeth.

is

CHIRO'GRAPHY. n.f. [See CHIROGRAPHER.] The art of writing.

CHI'ROMANCER. n. f. [See CHIROMANCY.] One that foretels future

human figure.
Addijoni Spefletsr.
The critick ftrikcs cut all thac is not juft;
And 'tis cv'n fo the kutler chips his cruft.
King.

CHIRO-

ufed in the

is

Let the phyfiognomifts examine his'features; let

the cbirvgraftlfts behold his palm ; but, above all,
letusconfultfor the calculation of his nativity.

Cjn

to clip the' wood,

of Alienation,

See

:
the true word
or chiromancer.

His mangled Myrmidons,

Nofelefs, hanu'c!?, hackt and chift, come to him,
Crying on HccW.
Shaktfp. Tr'-iltis jr.d Crtjpda.
To return to our ftitur in the block of m.irblc,
we fee it fometimcs o:iiy begun to be chipped;
fometimes rough hewn, and juft (ketchcd into an

Induftry

I.

Kba:

amonjit
7'',

a.

CHIV. n.f. [from

it

i>.

To

Taught him

!!: had killed

and

Civiley.

Dryd.

piece of the back of an animal.

Cut out the bjily boned clov.n

and yet walked

cbiippir:ts.

iJuy.

He

the hand

f:tw

[probably corrupted from

cut into fmall pieces ; to
diminifh, by cutting away a little at a
time.
chop.]

[efJ.-ine, Fr. fcbieua, Ital.

Jpina, Lat. cun, Arm.]
1. The part of the back in which the
a

Sbakfjp.

in the names
of places, imply a market ; from the
Saxon cyppan, ceapan, to buy. Gibfon.

CHINE. *./

his body.

a giantefs,

when

CHIP, CHEAP, CHIPPING,

alt

ladyfhip is nearer heaven than

by the altitude of a cbioppine*

To CHIP.

Office

following pafiage, I think, improperly,

for one that tells fortunes by examining

n.f. [from chapin, Span.]

(hoe, formerly worn by ladies.

The woman was

cbinctiugb, complicated with an

r r,n /be 11:.

She drake him fuch

lall,

always in

f.

fpine or back bone

ph, r's, to be engrofled. Bacon's

CHIRO'GRAPHIST.
/
CRAPHER.] This word

Pept.

A high

Brian's Vulgar Errcurs*

the hand,
\_yii^,

n.f.

and y^atpa, to write.] He that excercifes

or profefles the art or bufinefc of writing.
Thus pafl'eth it from this office to the chirogra-

CHI'OPPINE.

originally from China.

I'r.riugal

in

Wrap my

pagated in

Chirngrical perfons do fuffer in the finger as well

;nd foroetimes firft of alt.

as in the reft,

Ptiiipi't

CHINTS.

Swift.

CHI'NA-ROOT.

ClaJJicks;

[from chira'gra,
Lat.] Having the gout in the hand }
fubjecl to the gout in the hand.
adj.

firbutkn^t unit Pops*

thou the cbinly hives with clay.

An

CHI'KA-ORANGE. *./ [from China and

orange.} The fweet orange
brought
-j-orarf^:- been proklertim-.r'i

plaifter

Drydcri'i Virgil.

''

clefts.

China, dimly transparent, partaking of

the qua'ities of earth and
glafs.
They
are made by mingling two kinds of
earth, of which one eafily vitrifies ; the

of
[from chink.]
opening into narrow
Full

adj.

gaping

Mortimer's Hajbandry,

CHIRA'GRICAL.

Swift.

CHI'NKY.

their land with the dippings of X

of foft ftone.

chippings and filings of thefe jewels, could

they be preferved, are of more value than the whale
Fehai en the
mafs of ordinary authors.

Arbutbnrt's Hijloiy cf Jcbn Bui/.

n.f. [from China, the country

is
ma'de.] China ware ; pora fpectes of veflels rap.de in

other refills a very ftrong heat : when

the vitrifiable earth is melted into
glafs,
they are completely burnt.
or fnull.pcx, above them all

and cblaki

A frag-

The

When not a guinea cbink'ii on Martin's boards,

And Atwili's feif was drain'd of all his hoards.

it
;

as bright,

clay,'fpar, and
//^ arhunrd.

chip*]

as well, as 'fquire South's.

Sbakefptare.

funk again,
And, finking on his bofom, knock'd his chir.,
Dryden.

They dung
fort

found by ilriking

Lord Strutt's money mines

The bridled lips before him.

He jais'd his h.mly head, which

To

<v. n.

among

CHI'PPING. n.f. [from To

ment cut off.

.P/.-.T.v,/.

each other.

But all the words I could get of her, was wi yinj,

her waifl, and thrufting out her cb'm.
SUny.
With his Amazonian chin he drove

file

CHINK.

To

lip.

2.

chinks his purfr, and takes his feat of Mate

ready quills the dedicators wait.

Staktfretrt.

[cmne, Sax. kina, Germ.]

The part of the face beneath the under
n. /.

ed, in an irregular maiiner,

of ftone.
chips

CHIRO'GRAPHER.

a found.

CHIN.

Drydeni Fablef,
fmall piece, however made.
The manganefe lies in the vein in lumps wreck-

2.

In vain (he fearch'd each cranny of the houfe,

chink impervious to a moufe.
Sivift.

of a

below J

laid

0{*'nj>5 and feicwood was the iecond row.

Each gaping

To CHINK. <v. a. [derived by Skinner

from the found.] To fhake fo as to

Theftraw was

Erc-vun's Vulgar F.rwur:.

Other inventions, falfe and abfurd, that are like
fo many cbiaks and holes to difcover the rottenr.efs
of the whole fabrick.
South.

The little ckirr.xeyhtittftr fkulks along,

And marks with foocy ilains the heedlefs throng.
Even lying Ned, the

[cman,

a wall.
Drf^r:.
Ska'p.i'jp. Midjt&imtr Nigbfs
Piagues alfo have been railed by anointing the
Haan's f\'at. Hi/},
(tints of doors, and the l|ke.
Though birds have nu epiglottis, yet. they fo
contract the clink of their larinx, as to prevent the
admiifton of wet or dry indigefted,

foul

clean,

dint the lonj r'lb'd

Dryden.
to gape, Sax.]

of

and /weeper.]
1.

*. /.

his line <id

fmall aperture longwife ; an opening or

gap between the parts of any thing.
Pyramus andThiibe did talk through the chink

[from chimney

n.f.

that In

Apennine.

piece. 1
or ftone, that is fet round the fire-place.
Polifii and brighten the marble hearths and
ciimnrtfiitx with a Ciuut dipt in gpeafe.
S"vlft.

CHI'MNEYSWEEPER.

men

old

he peeping flew away,

them both he and

(he did ftay.

Came he right now to fing a raven's note

And thinks he that the chirping of a wren

chafc away the fi-ft conceived found ?

Shtk,
chirping lark the welkin meen invokes.

No

The
all

careful

Gay's Pafteral:.
hen

her chirp'm* family around.

Ttomfm's Spridg,

To CHIRP, f. a. [This feems apparently

To make
corrupted from cheer /,]
cheerful.
Let no fober bijot here think it^i Jin
puih on the chirping and modw-it^&ottle.

To

folmfir.

Balaam now, he lives like othcr.folki ;

takes his chirping pint, he cracks h!s jokes.
fopi,

Sir

He

CHIRP.

K.f. [from the verb.]

of bkds or infe'ils.

The

voice

WMi

us whifper'd, flocks by u did bit

went the grafshoppcr under our u-ct.

Winds over

And

chirp

One

[from chirp.}

./.

that

chirps; one that is cheerful.

70 CHI R RE. <v. ti. [ceopian, Sax,] See
CHURME. To coo as a pigeon, 'junius.

word only ufed

cures

not

ailments,

but

medicines,

outward

by

Sfeffalor.

Dut.

[from fchyter lingh,

from kutliln, Germ. Skinner.

CHI'VALROUS.
lating

hood

to fmart, only
they are neverthelefs mortal, for his not feeing his need of a etirurSovtb's Sermons,
geon.

This

is

ufeful in

Relating to the manual part of healing.

3. Manual in general, confiding in operations of the hand.
This fenie, though
the firil according to etymology, is now

3.

n.f. [cifeau, Fr.

What

fine cbifel

Could ever yet cut breath ? Let no man mock me,

For I will kifs her.
Sbatefpeare.
There is fuch a feeming foftnefs in the limbs,
if
a
s
not cbifel had hewed them out of '(lone, but
a pencil had drawn and (troaked them in oil.

4.

fo CHI'SEL. v.
/.

5.

a.

[from the noun.]

To

grain.

[according to Dr. Hicket,

jitorymovs.

freckle,

fenfe

it is

[from the noun.] To

to fhoot at the end of the grain

have known barley

haJ been thrown forth.

CHI'TCHAT.

Ml

in feven hours after

it

Mortimer's Husbandry.

[corrupted by reduplication from chat.] Prattle i iue prate ;

And by

And

determination

me fuddenly to chufe,
The choice is made for I muft both refufe.
Sbaltffcarc.

a word not much ufed, but

poems or romances.
It is

[cive, Fr. Skinner,~\

threads or filaments rifing

flowers with feeds at the end.

in

!.'

Skinner.

Drj/Jc*.

Ci 'ice there is not, unlcfs the thing which we

take be fo in our power, that we might have reIf fire confume the liable, it choofeth
ful'ed it.
not fo to do, becaufe the nature thereof is fuch
Hoiker.
that it can do no other.
There's no liberty like the freedom of having it
at

my own

cbvice,

whether

I will live

to the world,

oijo myfelf.

L'Efiraxge.
To talk of compelling a man to be good, is a
contradiction; for where there is force, there can
be no {bout. When
^nodnels confifteth
in the elective aft of tile under'randing will.
Grfiu's CcjtKvlcjria Sacra*
-

"Whether he will remove his contemplation from

one idea to another, is many times in his choice.
Locke.
3.

Care in choofing;

curiofity

of dillinc-

tion.
write a collection of apophJulius Cstfjr did
is Ijft
for 1 imagine
:
it is
;
pity his book

thegms

CrmU.
ought properly to be written cbc-

of finall onion.
fpecies

elec-

Soft elocution doth thy Ityie renown,

Gentle or (harp, according to thy choice,
To laugh at follies, or to lalh at vice. Dryd. Pcrfui.
2. The power of choofing j election.

called frutagium.

The

choofing

atls.

is

[cboix, French.]

between different things propoied

move

mafculire ^r prolific feed contained in the

chives or apices of the iiamina. jR<y on tie

2.

Taller.

old preterite from cbidt.]

tion.
If" vou oblige

The

n.f.

en-

Laban.
Jacob was wroth, and ctoJe with

CHOICE, n. f.
of
j. The aft

his light

the chivalry of England

CHI'VES. n.f.
1.

It

ualsy.
in old

a.

CHODE. [the
See CHIDE.

or order of knights.

perfon, as well as of the king,

7.

is

company

day at the ctfealati-btffe.

wrongs.
SryJea.

That which may hold

fon as well as of the king.
only of the king, is properly called fergeantry ;
and is again divided into grand or petit, i. e. great
or (mall.
Ciivalry that may hold of a common

fcldora ufed.

To CHIT. v.
fprout
cant.

this

houfe where

Gtnejis*

The body

Ilafbatictry.

[from chick-peafe.] In

Pcfe.

n.f. [chocolate and

tertained with chocolate.

Ever fince that time, Lifander has been twice a

Chithe other, clownilh and mftick.

;
of fervice, whereby
valry, therefore, is a tenure
the tenant is bound to perform fome noble or miis of two furts ;
litary ofSte unto his lord : and
either regal, that is, fucli as may hold only of the
of
a common -peras
alfo
hold
king ; or fuch
may

of corn from the end of the

cant term with maltfters.

Mcnimer's

bouf.~\

Not now

exploit.

CHO'COLATE-HOUSE.

Sidney.

all

The liquor made by a folution of chocolate in hot water.

And

military

Barley, couched four days, will begin to (hew

the ibit or fprit at the root-end.

j.

an

cake or mafs, made by grinding

the kernel of the cacao nut with other
fubftances, to be diffolved in hot water.
The Spaniards were the firft woo brought tto*

In fumes of burning chocolate (hail glw,

tremble at the fca that froths below

Shakefp,

general fyftem of knighth

The

is certainly much the belt of thcfe

exotick liquors : its oil items to be both
^rhth. in Alar.*
rich, alimentary, and anodyne.

haft (lain

Europe for his chivalry,

adventure

tree

Cbocslate

fervice, fo they parcelled out their lands, fo received for rents and fervices, as they thought
good : and thofe fervices are by Littleton divided
into chivalry and focage. The one is martial and

will appear fuch chin in (lory,

all
politicks to jeft.

The moot

An

Span.]

[chocolate,

tlirce

Servitium militare, of the French ci&va/ier j a

There is no
tenure of land by knight's fervice.
land but is holden mediately or immediately of
fervice
or
other
and therethe crown, by fome
;
fore are ail our freeholds, that are to us and our
heirs, called feui'.a, fees, as proceeding from the
As the king gave to the
benefit of the king.
nobles large pofleffions for this or that rent and

Germ, child; perhaps from

'Twiil turn

3.

may

To do brave
6. In law.

2.

The

Did

Span.]
child; a baby.
Generally ufed of
young perfons in contempt.
Thefc

fomc

knight; as, va-

riet,

chico, little,
1.

for martial encouragement,

f.

cclate into ule in Europe, to promote the coo^fumption of their cacao-nuts, schiot, and other
drugs, which their Weft Indies furnift, and which
C! iimttri.
enter the compofition of chocolate.

a military dignity.

four doing afls more dangerous, though

lefs famous, becaufe they were but private cbi-val-

cut with a chifel.

n.

as

They

Wetttris Architecture.
Imperfeft fhapes : in marble fuch are feen,
When the rude cbifel does the man begin. Dryden,

hint!,

bore,

inftruments, and exercifing particular exWelkins.

pared away.

from

a horfe

And whatever elfe to chiva/ty belongs,

He would not ceafe till he rcveng'd their

pjrt doth refer to the

offci/um, Lat.]
inllrumcnt with which wood or ftone

CHIT.

Fr.'

Solemnly he fwore,
That, by the faith which knights to knighthood

periments.

An

chciial,

}.

Fairy

eheva/erie,

rt.

nut of the cacao tree.

Miller.

2.

in ufe.

The cbirurgictl or manual

is

fpeak it to my mame,
J have a truant been to chivalry,

fcarce found.

CHI'SEL.

flow*r of

2.

making

/.

Thou

outward ap-

to the chirurgtcal or physical virtues of wax,

reckoned a mean between hot and cold.
Mortimer.

[from chivalry,] Re-

The qualifications of a
lour, dexterity in arms.

2.

The

At

There be now,

plications to hurts.
it is

Childifh

chit,}

degrees and orders of chivalry ; which, neverthelefs,

are conferred promifcuoufly upon foldiers and no
foUiers.
Bacon's F-Jpiys.

CEON.

Knighthood

CHIRUR-

'CHIRU'RGICK. J
1
Having qualities

*.

[from ^Xwjfr-, green.]

hath a rofc flower, of a great number

of petals, from whofc empaleraent arifn the pointal,
being a tube cut Into many parts, which becomes
a fruit fliaped (bmewhat like a cucumber, ami
deeply furrowed, in which are contained fevcral
feeds, collected into an oblonj heap, and (lit down,
fomewhat like almonds. It is a native of America,
and is found in great plenty in feveral places between the tropicks, and grows wild. See Coco A.

knighthood, from

efteemed.

and making way to pull out the rotten bones.

Wifeman.
CHIRU'RCICAL. 1 adj. See

guts

The

tqius in Latin.]

in cbinirgery, in art in
SidneyNature could do nothing in her cafe without the
help of cbirurgery, in drying up the luxurious rleih,

much

The

The

1.

chivalry,

CHIVALRY.

(kill

Gynctia having,

thofe days

noble minds of yore allied were

In brave purfuit of chivalrous emprife.

calledyar^ry.

Minfherjj

And

loft his feeling,

CHIRU'RCERY. a. /. [from cbirurgeon.~\

The art of curing by external applications.

adj.

./.

CHO'COLATE.

man's wounds ceafe

to

H O

The green-ficknefs.
To CHOAK. See CHOKE.

or errant knightknightly ; warlike ; adventurous ;

word now out of ufe.
daring.

now generally pronounced, and by

many written, furgeon.
When

~\

Angular,

CHI.ORO'SIS.

baby.

It is

ktcaufe he has

fociety, v.-ho tall

CHI'TTERLINGS. n.f, without

internal

applications.

in ludi-

ourfelvcs the chitchat club.

the bowels.
Skinner,
CHIRU'RGEON. n. /. [xftyvp*-, rr m
CHI'TTV. adj. [from
One
and
the
hand,
work.]
X?>
t^ym,
like a
that

crous converfation.
I am a member of a female

Sfcflalir.

CHI'RPER.

idle talk.

f,

they were collected with judgment and choice,

BuctTfi slpcphtbtgtns,

4.

The thing chofen ; the thing taken, or

approved, in preference to others.
Your choice is not ib rich in birth as beauty ;
Tjiat you might well enjoy her.
(fitre.
Take to thee, from among the cherubim,

Thy date

of (laming

%varrio>>rs.

Milion's

Pararlifc

Now. Mar, (he laid, let fame exalt her

Noi ki thy concjudls only be her (ba.
5-

Lfl.

voic:

Pr., r

H O

C
5.

The

of any thing,

beft part

more properly
The

Thou

art a

re n\

misSty

fepulchres bury

tfcy

Th^ir

aead.

Did

braver
never float ur

and

She cannot

her perfect pow'r to fee,

Tho' mifts and clouds do choke her window-light.
Davits.
It fcemeth the fire is fo choked, as not to be

election.
.n.;

I'pirits

tiJe.

the whole fruit,

CHOICE,
Select

i.

Bacon's Natural

The

M; cl:ci .-> lirurs

Chary; frugal;

pf

To

jf.

'
;'

For

S-yiift.

fons.

He that is ctc'ite of his time, will alfo be

of his company, and choke of his actions.

Ttfy/or'j

CHO'ICELESS.

adj.

[from

CHO'ICEI. y.
i.

Curkmfly

With-

No

But

Collected

adii.
;

[from choice. ]
with exact choice.
A S.'.nd of men,

fboieety

choicely

1.

2.

Any

Walton's Jlngler,

n.f. [from choice.]

particular value.

Nice-

ty ;
Carry into the Ihade fuch auriculas, fcedlings,
or plants, as are for their, cboicenifs referved in
Evelyn's Kalendar.

CHOIR, n.f. [fhorus, Latin.]

1. An afiembly or band of
fi.igers.
They now afijft th
angels, who their fongi aJmitj.
2. The fingers in divine
worfnip.

Of

The

Waller.

The

part of the church where the chorifters or

fingers are placed.
lords

and

lit

To

a prepar'd place in the ctoir,

At

diltancc

dance,

is

block up a

planteth anger

troop'd

i:p

feed

it

I,

with

>f

--an

are

feveral engines.
I.

VOL.

Mdi'ln

<iHon.

CHO'OSER.

i happinefs
Tillotfon.

He

[from

has the power

cboofe.]
office of

or

that

choofing

elector.

Come all into

Come clofely in,

this nut,

quoth

be rul'd by

me

flie

Each one m:iy here a cbooftr be,

tor room you need not wreftle.
In

all

things to deal with other

misfit be

his

To

my own

Drayton.

men,

as if I

cboafir.

without

no great

Abounding

is

Prafiical Caticbifm,
not fufrkient to makr a good

more

particular contracti"n of

Wotton.

judgment.

CHOP.

-v.

a.

{happen,

confer,

To

cut with a quick blow.

What fli.ill we do, if we perceive

Lord Hafting^ will not yield to our complots ?

-Chop off his head, man.
Stale/flare.

fchol.ir,

Prior.

Within

thefe three days his head

is

to bf

{boft

S&ekffo

off.

adj. [cbolfricus, Latin.]

with choler.

Dut.

French.]
.

Sbakefpcart,
is

miftakc dcfirc for ctjicr.

CHO'LERICK.
lt,ily.

for ever, cannot cboofe but afpire after

to their duration.

This generality

fuc'u over-roafted flelh.

He, methinki,

at a continual
expencc to clra..
and keep them from
being tbnttd u-.

Dryden.
continue

(hall

commenfurate

Anger;

,.

They

a golden apple in her way j

her hafte, (he could not cboofe but (lay.

Sbaktfptare.

ta the king's
capacious court,
ttic

all

Thofe who areperfuaded that they

rage.
Hut him to cboltr ftraight he hath heen ufed
Ever to conquer, and to have his w nl

paffage.
Vihofc porticos were fisiVwith

Threw down
For

Hammond" i
ct/i'er,

Men

Knaves abroad,

better 'twere that b. th of us did faft,

Since, r>f ourlclves, ourfrives are cholericlc,

3.

the Deity fupporting

having by their own importunate fuit

Convinced or fupplied them, they cannot cbwfe
But they muft, blab.
Sbakejfcare.
When a favourite fliall be raifed upon the foundation of merit, then can lie not cboofe but profper.
Jinan,

IV'jtlon in Education.
n detect, if fucha feeding

Waller.

to

mult neceflarily be.

Who

which, by its fuper-abunfuppofed to produce irafcibi-

engenders

Th.m

to pre-

A term of theologians.

things, their utter annihilation could notcbot/i but

follow.
Hooker.

And

thunder'd, clouds of dun

elect for eternal happinefs

lity.
It

Scuth's Sermons.

Without the influence of

The humour

2.

Hbakefpeare.

To

n.f. [cholera, Lat. from x?*'i>.~\

bile.
Marcilius Ficimus increafes thefe proportions,
adding two more of pure cbo/cr.

Job.
freedom left as to
kind good; as alfo

to pick out of a number.

much lefs lhall I anfwer him, and cbmfe
words to reafon with him ?
Job.

fignifies

animal, and fo fubjcct unto difeafes from bilious

oufcs, fliould want a proper conveyance for c! tier.
R> 'Wn's Vulgar Errourj.

Staktfpeare.

-v. a.

Contending troops.
flop up ; to obflnict

low term.

The

ma

good.

much

it

my

To

C/ariffa,

is

fo

To CHOOSE. <v. n. To have the power of

choice between different things.
It is
generally joined with a negative, and

CHO'LER.
1.

ftill

deftinate to life.

n.f. [^'x-, bile."] Medicines which have the power of purging bile or choler.

2.

by which an-

ior going fo low as to talk of giving

There would be

</

4.

CHO'LAGOCUES.

the queen

fiom whence, pro?,hnfhei'.-, from 3n

bably, the Spanifh ahogar.']
To fuftbcate ; to kill by flopping the
paffage of refpiration.
But when to my good lorj I
prove untrue,
J'H

me

what

will has

How
out

n.f. [from cboke.~\

that chokes or fuffbcates another.
that puts another to filence.
thing that cannot be anfwe^red.

[aceocan. Sax. from

ceoca, the check or miuih. According to

1.

put to filence.

is

ourfclves

To felect

3.

One
2. One
3. Any
CHO'KE-WEED. n.f. \er-vangina.] A plant.
CHO'KY. adj. [from choke.'} That which
1

fti.

from

IIOKE.

The

CHO'KER.

choir,

all

The

among

has the power of fuftbcation.

the choiceft mufick of the kingdom,

f
Togeti'.er lung ie D,um.
Sbakejpcare.

3.

rough, harfh, unpalatable pear.

Pardon

Sbalcfpearc.

To

[from choke and/wr.]

afperfion or farcafm,

feve-

mould offer to choofe, and cbiofe the light

you mould refufe tb perform your father's
will, if you mould refufe t> accept him. Stakefp.
2.
take ; not to refufe.
Let us cboofe to us judgment ; let us know

to cboofe any act in its

to refufe any act in its kind evil.

n.f.

I diflike.

enable

Dryden's Pafl,

CHOKE-PEAR,

way of preference of

take by

caJket,

n.f. [from the verb.] The filamentous or capillary part of an artichoke.

cant word.

Sbak.

To

oats and darnel cbokt the riling corn.

cboke-pean.

good.

CHO'ICENESS.

With

thorns are they

CHOKE,

luably; excellently.
It is certain it is

among

chofen,

Fr. ceopan, Sax. kicfen,

If he

Sbaktjptare

fiuitful crop the fixkly fields return

other

from each county fomc.

fell

haw

-J. a. I chafe,

\_cboijlr,

ral things offered ; not to reject.

Did 1 choofe him out of all the tribes of Ifrael
to be my prieft ?
i Sum. ii. 28.
I may neither
cboofe whom I would, nor refufe

whom

which, when they have heard, go forth, and are

cb'.ked with cares, and riches, and pleafures of this
Luke.
life, and brine; no fruit to perfection.

do gioan withal.

overpower.
And that which

without right

Neither the weight of the matter of which the

ier is made, nor the round voluble form of
it, are any m;>re imputable to that dead
creature, than the firftmotiorf of it ; and, therefore,
it cannot be a fir ref:mblance to fliew the reconcile-iblencfs of fate with choice.
HamaKnd.

CHOOSE.
Germ.]

1.

with o.uh,

article

Tp

5.

Living.

,ly

choice.']

out the power of choofing

of choice ; not free.

cbcicc

To

for the gain propos'd

;
yet
the refpcct of likely peril fear'd.
Sbakcfp
freely of thy fin:

deny each

to

That

Raleigh's Hifiqry of the World.

ve-ntur'd

Cannof remove nor choke the ftrong conception

Ufed ofper-

in

CHO'LERICKNESS. a. /. [from cholerick.]

Anger irafcibility ; peevifhnefs.
or chafe,

Dryden.

we

of words or actions.,
cbolcr'nk hafte towards me .ibout

ofFenfive

There came

fupprefs.

And

feVen or eight knights.

Sidney,
Bncanus threateneth all that read him, ufing his
confident, or rather cbolerick, fpeech.

below, and bruuVd away by

love.

life are lift.

careful.

in allies lay,
for his foul to move,

fire,

Arbuibnvt.

Angry

Ilijiory

which cbok'd

A load too heavy

Was upward blown

of extraordinary value.

After having fet before the king the rbokcft of

wines and fruits, he told h'.m the bcft p^.rt of his
entertainment wjs to come.
Guardian.
Thus, in a fea of folly tofs'd,

Z.

ofperfons.

temper.v
3.

the

for elfe you will choke the fpreading of the fruit.

adj. [ckcijt, French.]

;

mould big enough to contain

when it is grown to the grcateft

irafcible

Angry;

Bull, in the main, was an lioneft, plain-doling

fellow, cbolenck, bold, and of a very unconftant

Bacon's Natural Hiftory,

ftonc.

You muft make

Sbakcfp.

To make CHOICE of. To choofe ; to

take from feveral things propofed.
ves mjkd cb'/icf,
Nor is led captive by the common vri'ce. Dtni-am.

lofe

remove the

able to

of dauntlefs

ctoi.-e

2.

fp;nt f-A-irnraers, that do cling together,

choke their art.
Sbakefpcare.

And

and
Of many provinces, from bound to bound. Milttm.
6. Several'things propofed at once, as ob-

jects of judgment

Tukcll.

hinder by obftmdtion or confine-

As two

of our

Gtnejii.
cbrict

ridarj, the flow'r

To

ment.

Hockrr.

>vingly alfoexprefy.
prince : in the cbc-ite

great poets being fo different in their

tempers, the one do/crick and fangulne, the other
phlegmatick and melancholick.
Dryden*

pray'rs and tears his deftin'dprogrefs flay

crowds of mourners choke their fov'reign's

way.
3.

H O

C
Our two

While

And

tiov.'cr

the
ni

that

the object of choice.

of ail things profitable in
Pfolms do both more briefly

and

cf"-:ce

other book',
contain, and

H O

And where the cleaver tboft

Thy breathing noltril hold.

th

..'/[.

heifer's I'poil,
1'r: via.

Gay's

z.

To

C
a.

To

devour eagerly : with up.

You are for making a hafty meal, and for
t"S "P Jfour entertainment like an hungry

if-

Drydcn.

mince

L'Ejirange.

To

4.

-Would own

the fair and ctsffiig child.

CHOPPING-BLOCK.

block.}

log of wood, on which any thing

laid to be cut in pieces.

The

fmoeth elms are good

Itraight

CHOPPING- KNIFE,

A knife

for axle-trees,

n.f.

we

wind

fay, the

chops about, that

[</ and knife."}

regions or countries ; laying

boundaries of countries.

with which cooks mince their

changes fuddenly.

If the body repercufling b near, and

yet not fi>
near as to m.ike a concurrent echo, it
etsffetb with
Bacon's Natural
yon upon the fudden.
Hijiory.

To

catch with the mouth.

Out of grcedinefs to get both, he

2.

fliadow, and

To

3.

chefs at the

V Kjlrangt.

lofes the fubftance.

light or

happen upon a thing fud-

with upon.
To CHOP. -v. a. [ceapan, Sax. koopen, Dut.
to buy.]
1. To purchafe,
generally by way of truck ;
to give one
thing for another.
The chopping of bargains, when a man
buys not
denly

to hold but to
and the buyer.

To

2.

under his girdle.

CHO'PPY.

fell

again, grindeth

upon the

You feem

rupted

So foon

He

HxJil-ni.

watry with the fiery rang'.!.

HuJitrrat,
go on cbopf'mg and ihang'mg our rV
as well as our hork-s.
L'Efirangt.
3.
bandy ; to altercate ; to return one

We

prating.

I.

n.f.

2.

X.

fmall piece of meat,

mutton.

commonly

3.

crack, or cleft.
Water will make wood

the 6lling of the

**'

tt-.f,

we fee
;
by laying them

to fwell

of bowls,

as

in

in

provifion ready drefled

I

map

loft

my

is fold.

place at the ckf-beufi, where every

mefc of broth, or
chop of

eats in publick a
m-at. in filence.

CHO'PIN.
I.

it

Lat.]

: when its
primitive figprelerved, the h is retain-

written cord
is

The

mov'd

(lops a;>.l chords, was f_rn ; hi; vohnt

l-iltinl tliro' all proportions, low and !n. h,

touch

[In geometry.] A right line, which

two ends of any arch of a cir-

joins the
cle.

SpeUattr

n.f. [French.]

French liquid meafure,

containing

nearly a pint of Winchefler.

To

<v. a. [from the

noun.]
furnifh wiih firings or chords ; to
ftring.
What pr.liion cannot mulick railc and quell ?
Jviba! ftruck the ihorded (hell,

ning brethren flood around.

CHORDE'E.

n. f.

Drydcn.

[from chorda, Lat.]

contraction of the fraenum.

CHO'RION../
outward
fcetus.

[^i- ?f r>, to contain.]

membrane

that

devo-

enwraps

who

perfons

are fuppofed to be.

For fupply,
chorus to this hirtory.

The

Sbalcfpeart*

pany join the

CHOSE,

finger.

[the preter tenfe, and fometimes

the participle paflive, from To

choofe.']
Our fovereign here above the ml might Hand,

And

here be chafe again to rule the land.

Diyden.

participle paflire from To,

choofe. ]
If king Lewis vouchfafe to furnifh us
or ci.Jtn Ibldicf s,

With fome tew bands

Fled and purfi.ed tranfverfe the rclbnant fugue.

Miltcn.

lift

The

CHO'SEN. [the

ftring of a mufical inftriiment.

Who

or'

fong between the afb of a tragedy,

4. Verfes of a fong in which the com3.

it

His

Drydrn.
el.

hymn

f) juft let every voice be

join'd,
the general clzrus of m.inkind

Admit me

fignifies a rope or ftring in general,

When

and unfpotted

full

ads.

Milton.

jimburfl.

/. [chorda,

fill

Milton.

Thfir

2.

more

creatures join together in a

hold what pafles in the acts of a

tragedy,
and fing their fentimsnts between the

/?.. To CHORD.

CHOP-HOUSE, n.f, [from chap and

A mean houfe of entertainment, houfe.}
where

2.

vi

ed.

all
perfons to be fnps,
can't regale themfelves with mutton ik-tn.

tragedy was a: (irft nothing but a

:
afterwards OIK actor was intro-

In praife

When

niiication

1.

did a

Latin.]
a concert.

&.

And

compofing a choir or

ftft

CHORD.

of

King's Cook.

to, or

AnJ.cicrfl/ fcraphs fung the fecon^day.

Old Crofs condemns

That

Never

adj. [from chorus, Lat.]

Singing in a choir.

is

Bacon.

human

.'

See CHI p.
piece chopped off.
compounded for fixteen hundred pounds; yet
would
have cut anothc,
Empf.n
king had nit died.

duced.

tunings intermixed -with

or unifon.
Cbcral fymphinies.

Sir William Capel

if the

Sbakefpcart.

thing in familiar
as of a river, of a ftnith's

All founds on fret by Itring or golden wire

Temper'd

[from the verb.]

rfcour of him,

The Grecian
clxras of fingers

concert.

L'EjIranre.

CHOP.

Belonging

You'll never leave off

ycur doffing of logick,
_
till
your ikin is turned over your eats for

CHO'RUS. n.f. [chorus,

1. A number of fingers

tion.

CHO'RAL.

word

for another.
Let not the counJl at the bar
clap with the
judge, nor wind himfelf into tiic rund.ir,; of thr
caufe anew, after the
hath
declared his
judge

ufed in contempt.

vice:

To

thing or

geography, and greater than topography.

The mouth of any

language

It is lefs in its object than

provinces.

ne'er (hook hands, nor bid farewel to him,

Till he unleam'd him from the nape to th' chops.

3.

Ths

ing particular regions, or laying down

the limits and boundaries of particular

a heart.

The mouth of a man,

CHORO'GRAPHY. n.f. [See CHOROC R APHCR.] The art or pradiice of describ-

CHAPS, which

cbsps begin to walk, yours rouft

he walking t^o, for company.
L'Ejiraitge.
2.

In a chorographical manaccording to the rule of chorograin a manner

dcicriptive of par-

ticular regions.

my

as

phy

under/land me,

probably from

The mouth of

1.

Bacon.

communities and fcnf-s,

To cbcf and change intelligences.
Affirm the Trigons
cbvpp'd and cha

ner

fee].

put one thing in the place of ano-

Sets up

to

.-

ro graphical.}

adj. [from chap.] Full of h()les,

By each at once her cbtffy finger laying

Upon her Ikinny lips.
Shilejfeare.
CHOPS, n. f. without a fingular. [cor-

the

cfti. WsrU.
adv. [from cho-

Ralcigb'i ll:Jl:ry

CHOROCR A'PHICALLY:

clefts, or cracks.

feller

ther.

terreftrial paradilc.

Sidney.

down

added a cberograpbical defcription of this

ha*

Here comes Dametas, with a fword by his fide,

foreft-bill on his neck, and a cboffing-kr.ift

yptr,,

CHOROCRA'PHICAL. adj. [See CHOROCRAPHER.] Defcriptive of particular

meat.

is,

[from

region, and ?{*?*>, to defcribe.] He that

describes particular regions or countries.

as

on tbt Creation,

Ray

CHORO'CRAPHER. n.f.

is

Mortimer's Hujbandry.

brardf, ctcfping-k/ac/i!.

Diyden.

mulical voices and accents of the

cb?i:jicr!.

Finttn.

and

n.f. [chc,p

airy clcrifcrs a numerous train

his progrefs.

The

Both Jack Freeman and Ned Wild

CHOP.

do any thing with a quick and unexpected motion, like that of a blow

Of

Attend

live.

break into chinks.

To

finger in a concert. This fenfe is, for

the moft part, confined to poetry.

And let the roaring organs loudly play

The pralfcs of the Lord in lively notes ;
The whiles, with hollow throats,
The cbirif.ers the joyous anthem fing.
Sf infer*
The new-born phcenix takes his way ;

Sax. ; by others to mean a child that

would bring money at a market. Perhaps a greedy, hungry child, likely to

I remexber the cow's

dugs, that her pretty
ebapi h-nds had milked.
Staktfftan.
To
<v. a.

1.

2.

Mortimer's Hujbandrj.
By dividing of them into chapters and verfes,
are
fo
they
chopped and minced, and ftand fo

n.f. [from chorus.]

finger in cathedrals, ufually a finger
of the lower order; a fmging boy.

In this fenfe,

An epithet
frequently applied to infants, by way
of ludicrous commendation
imagined
by Skinner to fignify Jujlj, from cap

to cut into fmall

pieces.
They break their bones, and chop them in pieces,
s for the pot.
Miceb.
Some granaries are made with clay, mixed with
hir, chapped ftraw, mulch, and fuch like.

common people take

the verfes
J,<xkt.
ufually for different aphorifiES.

H O

CHO'RISTER.
1.

of uncertain etymology.]

broken and divided, that the

for a quart of

CHO'PPINC. participial adj.

the opening of his mouth he

drops his
breakfuit, which the fox prefemly ckofped
uf.

To

A term ufed in Scotland

wine meafure.

2.
cl

Upon

3.

H O

The
the

undertake to land them on our coaft.

I'll

CHOUGH,

fi.il,

[ceo, Sax. cbsucas, Fr.]

bird which frequents the rocks
by the
fea fide, like a jackdaw, but
bigger.
Haunter.
a. /.

In birds, kites and keftrcls have a resemblance

with hawks, crows with ravens, daws and
chtugbs.
H.icir.'s

To
And

Kjttiral

Uijiiry,

crows the like impartial grace affords,

cbmgbs and daws, and fuch rcpublick birds.

CHOULE.

DryJcn.
n.f.

[commonly pronounced and

written yVzt'/.]

The

bill, and
ba3 or fache!.

of the

The

crop of a bird.

cboule or crop, adhering unto the lower fide

fo

descending by the throat, is a

Brncn's Vulgar Errourt,

Tt

H R

Tc CHOUSE, v. a. [The original of this

word is much doubted by Skinner, who
tries to

deduce

from the French

it

perhaps a fortuitous and cant word,

without etymology.]
To cheat; to trick ; to impofe upon.

is

Freedom and zeal have f&calVyou o'er and o'er j

Pray give us leave to bubble you once more. Dryd.
Frirn London they came, lilly people to cbiuj'e,
Their lands and their faces unknown.
Swift.
2. It has of before the thing taken
by fraud.
When yecfe and pullen are ffduc'd,

And

lows of fucking pigs are r&MftVi

CHRI'STIAU.

away

To

mam.
To CHO'WTER.

CHRI'STI ANISM.

God

doth will that couples, which are married,

both infidels, if either party be converted into chrijHooker.
this fhould not nuke reparation.
tijKity,

grumble or

to facred ceremonies.

One act, never to'bc repeated, is not the thing

that Chrift's eternal priefthood, denoted especially
by his unction orctrijm. refers to.

Mjn.

is

month

that dies within a

after

it

chriftened.

Graunr's Biih

I.

z.

-v. a.

t*f

to

number

tox.~\

pointal, which becomes a fruit, iliapcd like a bonnet, having -a fliell almort ^lobul.ir, which is divided into three cells, in rnch of which is con-

This is by many perfons

fuppolcd to be the plant from which our Saviour's
Miller.
crown of thorns was compofed.
rained a roundiiri feed.

CHRI'STEN DOM. n.f. [from Chrift and

The collective body of chriftiani- CHROMA'TICK.
data.]
1.

,,

Tl.:

none

.'.t.

Hi;

Slatefieare.

oiil

ebrijltmr.gt
.

Th--

LIIRI'bT:

A
^'

cr.iwr.ej

chronical dili.'m|.cr

'.y

-.he

tho

belt

and the

fjme

:\te

4*

of kn^rh

-j

i^

'

dripfir^,
tyin.'j.

ci'inicsl, and nf

agues,
'j'j.irtaiucure unto mo.

1-

fcur\y, win-rein

v,

,.n feafons.

F.rrwt.

lenciesisto divert
out of the p.ings uf a chn
:

in in
c:

when

lie is

CHRO'iNICLE.

profeflor of the religion

Dly

i:.

JJriyrvn't Vtilgar

Tfii

[ChriJIianus, Lat.]
of Chrift.

[f
L

ii?

the account of

hath been neglcftcd more than that of

Graunt.
being come, the houfc
jjtvutbwl tr.d I <pr.
,

like.
.iftjfts

Buitn.

,
J

the marriage j
long for rod-

l.crs.

bur!

CHO'NICAI..J
CHRONICK.
}

was with g'eat folrmnity

W.

was obferved, he never touclied his lyre in

fuch a truly cLrmaiiet and enhnnnonick
Arbuthtnt and l\ff.

firftinitiation into

chnftianity.

like an

Relating to a certain fpecies of ancient

mufick, now unknown.
It

[from the verb.]

The ceremony of the

Dryden.
1.

To record
This

n.f. [u'roniq-.e, Fr.

regifter or account

of time.

in chronicle, or hiftory.

to rehearfe,

Toregifter; to record.

2.

For now the Devil, that

Says that this deed

And

is

rr.after, for

your

he that

me

told

I did well,

chronicled in hell.'

is

Shaheff,

he matters you

yoked by a fool,
Meth'mks, fhould not be chrcnicled r>>r wife. Phut.
I (hall be thejeft of tie town ; nay, in two days
I

fo

is

expeft to be chronicled in ditty, and lung in woeCongrcve.

ful billad.

CHRO'NICLER.

n.f. [from chronicle.}

writer of chronicles ; a recorder of
events in order of time.
Here gathering cbrcnic/in, and by them ftand
Donne.
Giddy fantatHck poets of each land.
2. A hiftorian; one that keeps up the me-

1.

of things paft.
do herein reiy upon thefe bards, or

mory
J

niclers,

Irifli

chro-

Sfiinjcr.

Iriih chvnic/crs, called rimers.

Raleigh' i Hiflory cf the World.

CHRO'NOGRAM.

n.f. [p^ot-, time, and

yaiqx, to write.] An inicription including the date of any aftion.
Of this kind the following is an ex-

ample

Gloria laufque

Dto

feCLmVM in farcKla funto.

which includes not

ctronofranfiatical verfe,
only this year, 1660, but numerical lettrrs enough
to icach above athoufand years further, until the

Hmael

year 2867.

CH RONOGR AMM A'TICAL.

adj. -'[from
to a chrono-

Belonging
chronogram.]
gram. See the lad example.
,CH RONOGR A'MM AT IST. ./! [ftom-cbraA writer of chronograms.
nogrf?tn.~\
Then
praii'e a

ph

are foreign univerfities, where, as you

in England for bei:ig an excellent
an ordinary char.ic.tcr to

man

lofoiiher or poet, it is

Ac.n

be a great ebr^tKfratiMttttf,

CHRONO'LOOE R.

n.f.

Jwy', doclrinc.] He

[xg&O'i time, and

that ftudies or ex-

fcience of computing paft

plains the
time, or of ranging pnft events accord-

ing to their proper years.

themfchcs about moft
Clirwihgers differ among
Holder on Time.

grtit epnchas.

CHRONOLO'OICAL.

from chronoloRelating to the doftrine of time.

gy.']
"Th'ji much ijuihinj the chronological account
arlj

of Jomi; times am! thing? paft, without confining

rm klf lo the exacthefs of years.
ll.ih's Origin

from

of Mankind.

adv. [from cbroIn a chronological manner ;

to the laws or rules of chro-

CHRONOLO'GICALLY.

V, time.]
i.

[from the nouni]

a,

i>.

fliould rather be to thrcmcle

times than to fearch into reformation of abui'tt in
that realm.
Sfeitfcr.

Dn-ftt^s Dufrelniy.
2.

n is univerfally received over aii

Udder on Time.

CHRI'S TENING. n.f.

third part of painting,

called the chmxat'hk, or crlonr'ng.

is

lhf,ktr.

ftify.

colour.]

Rerating to colour.
1 am now come to the
which

[xupu,

adj.

are to produce for the Bdtifli chronicle.

CH RO'NICLE.

divided into feveral fcgments, rifcs the

is

chronicles.

To

denominate.

the regions of which the inhabitants

profe',3 the chriftian religion.
Wh
<'on?, the parts of cirijlerd >m

the year.

to a crofs.]
plant.
hath br.g iharp fpinei
the Hower his five
out of the flower-cup,
leaves', in form of a rofe
It

fuch evils js theft reign, chrijlm the thing

what you will, it can be no hct'.cr than a mock
millennium.
Burntt.

all

fome likenefs

which

faculties nor perfon, yet will be

This cuftnm was held by the druids and b.irds

of our ancient Britons, and of latter times by the

Ga^s 7rii.7.7.
CHRISTMAS-FLOWER, n.f. Hellebore.
CHRIST'S-THORN, n.f. [So called, as
Skinner fancies; becnuie the thorns have

Mortality.

am

which you

aJ-v.

one day makes them rich for

chronicle*

Sbakefpcorc's Antony and Cleopatra,

traduc'd by tongues, \vhich neither know

of my doing.
Shatffpearc,
up to hiftorians the generals ana heroes
which crowd their annals, together with thofc

it

[from ctrijimai
box in which little prefents

my

I give

Drydai.

chriftianixcd.

ctrmiclu,

return once more,

field I fliould

fword will earn

my

LDVL-

principles of Platonick philofophy, as

bear,

And

:re

ty

are collected at Chriilmas.

When time comes round, a ChriJImas-box they

baptize ; to initiate into chriltianity by water.

To name

now

and

[ch'irrrman, Sax.]

To

chriftian

[from chrifto convert to

CHRISTMAS-BOX, n.f.

birth.

called from the chrifom-cloth, a cloth

anointed with holy unguent, which the
children anciently wore till they were
the convulfions were but few, the
offbrijotu and infants was greater.

The

So

When

<v. a.

[from chrijiian.}
Like a chriflian as becomes one who
profefies the holy religion of Chrift.
CH RI'STMAS. n.f. [from Chnji andma/j.]
The day on which the nativity cf our
blefled Saviour is celebrated, by the
particular fervice of the church.

CHRISM.] Achild

[See

To CHRI'STEN.

To make

tian.~\

T:m/'j Praelic.il Catecbifm.

n.f.

My

Everyone, who lives in the habitual practice or

any voluntary fin, cuts himfelf off from chriflianity.

The

mutter like a froward child.

Phillips.
CHRISM, n.f [x?'&"* an ointment.]
Unguent, or unftion it is only applied

CHRI'SOM.

\_cbrijlianijmus,

The chriftian religion.

z. The nations profeffing chriftianity.
CHRISTIA'NITY. n.f. [ cbretiente, French.]
The religion of chriftians.

Hudiirai.

To

If from the

I.

To CHRISTIANIZE.

lean too confidently on

moft fabulous and forged.

are

I and-

n.f.

Sbakifftarc.

thofe Iriih

given

from the gentilitious

Lat.]

CHRI'STIANI.Y.
n.

n.f.

Spenfer en Ireland,

chriftianity.

trick or

<L>.

You
which

name, or furname.

fottifli
choufe,
a thief h.u robb'd his houfe,

Applies himfelf to cunning men.

z.

The name

yet of this

a chronicle of day by day,

a relation for a breakfaft.

*t's

A hiftory.

2.

Qbtlufaeart.

at the font, diftinft

Who, when

chrijiian interceilbrs.

CHRISTIAN-NAME,

is

not be made a fjft and dull-eyed fool,

the head, relent, and ligh, and yield

I'll

CHOUSF.

For

Not

To fluke

Hvdiliras.

;;./ [from the verb. This word

derived by Henjhaiu from kiaus, or
chiaus, a meflenger of the Turkifli court ;
who, fays he, is little better than a. fool.]
A bubble ; a tool ; a man fit to be
cheated.

No more

Profefling the religion

adj.

H R

of Chrift.

goffer,

to laugh at ; orjovcm-r, to wheedle ; and

from the Teutctick kafcn, to prattle. It

1.

HR

of events in order

neln^ical."]

according

nology

H U

C
nology

according to the exaft feries of

H U

C
Come,

thuck the infant under the chin, force

Ah, the boy takes after

fmile, and cry,

ther's relations.

time.

CHRONO'LOCIST. n.f. [See CHRONOLOCHUCK, n.f. [from the

OBR.] One that ftudies or explains 1. The voice of a hen.
time one that
events ac;
ranges paft
cording to the crdsr of time ; a chrono-

loger.
According to thefe ctrntiik'ijli, the prophecy of
the Rabin, that the world fliould Uft but iix thou-

He made

is

Brvun't I'ulgar Errws.

All that learned naifc and duft of the ctronibgijl
to
be
abided.
Locke an Education.
wholly

CHROMO'LOGY.

n.f. [x5'r*, time, and

Aoy-, dodtrine.] The fcience of com-

3.

paft,

and

refer-

and

An

What

pendu-

lum

fbraiim.eter, a bullet, at its firft d. (charge, flies

five hundred and ten yards in five half Icconds.

n.f. [from xvj<&, gold, becaufe of the golden colour in the nymterfh ufed by
phasoffome infefts.]
feme naturalills for aurelia, or the firil
apparent change of the maggot of any

old father

HI t

am

he

mud

chuckle you, and in^ai;

-An

cti-ai, which arc likesvife minced meat,

indead of butter and fat, it were good to moiilen
them partly with cream, or almond or i/iltachio
-'.- Natural
HiJIvy.

CHUFF,

[A word

of uncertain deperhaps corrupted from chub,

or derived from kwf, Wellh, a ftock.]
A coarfe, fat-headed, blunt clown.
Hang ye, gorbellicj knaves, are you undone?
n.f.

rivation

generous chuff than this in

would have hugged his bags to the laft.

The

CHUB.

green.

Skinner.]

The club

[from

/.

river

cop,

filh.

a great head,
The chevin.

prime from M'nimay to Caadlemas, but bed in winter. He is full of fmall bones
he eats waterilh ; not firm, but limp and taftelefs
neverthelefs he may be fo drefTed as to make him
ff'a.'ttn's ,
very good meat.
is

CHU'BBED.

adj.
like a chub.

CHUCK.

To

forrmd

[from

i>.

a.

chub.']

i(hnefs

1.

To

i>.

call as a

hen

calls her

Then crowing chrp'd

young.

chuck his wives together in the hall.

To

Dryd.Fal.

give a gentle blow under the chin,

fo as to make the mouth iirike
together.

adj. [from chuff.]

Clown-

Blunt

and cuftom of the

H :ltr.

CHURCHMAN,
1.

from natural

locicties in this

doth

Hooker.

adhering to one
particular opinion, or form of worfhip.
chriftians

n.f, [church and man. ]

ecclefiaftick ; a clergyman ; one

An

that minifters in facred things.

If any thing be
church arAl

~ die

ort'cr
,

or churcL

rely nnr oi,ly u|i:m yourfelf.

very didifjit work to .1".

Bac.cn*

duce a

cliurcli

in.

r-form and rehad been fo long

t->
:

lo ili fillet

of

././. [cipci,Sax. xv ? ,a^.]

colleftive body of chriftians, ufual-

The body of

he biftiop has the care of feeing that all chrifafter their deaths, be not denied

n.f. He that builds

or endows a church.
Whether emperors or biftnps in thofe days were
Nation of churches
cbur:l-f:tinJtrt, tl'
they thought not to be a work in itfclf citl

fur-

thick heavy piece

than a block.

n. f.

and holy n
2.

Burial accord-

n.f.

of the church.

or fuperftitious.

chaffy.

his wings, th'

appointed

rites

place.

L'Eflr.

that the pcrfon unto whom we aflbciate ourfelvcs in the one,

are mon, firr.ply confidercd as men ; but
they to
n we be joined in the other, are God, angels,
differ

fifted all

'

I'craps alleged.

burial, according to the ufa^c

table,

termed the catholick church.

The church, being a fupcrnatural forirh*,

call

To

tl.e

ly

a.

E.ccleliaili-

CHURCH-FOUNDER,

CHURCH.
The

n. f.

tians,

and more M
\i

When one is battered, they can quickly, of a

cbamf of wood, accommodate thcmfeives with another.
M'.xw.
1.

us.

Jpiritual jurifdiftion.
point of cburcb-euthcf'ily, } f.ave

ing to the

[A word probably

v.'.th

ufed in pubiic.c prayer.

CHURCH-BURIAL,
'I

iheir

wh'cii

n.f. [fromcbttffy.]
furlineis.

lefs

ii

power

In this
the litsle

n.f. Dehorn, Armorick, to live tochamber fellow: a term

gether.]
ufed in the univerfities.

wood,

w^r-*

lilce

:i-ttt!:re,

cal

fat.

CHUMP,

fucli

CHURCH-AUTHORITY,

CHUM.

in imitation

To CHUCK,

CHU'FFY.
ly;

and

Th-'fe

chuffj.] Surlily;

CHU'FFINESS.

Big-headed

of the found that it

expreffes ; or perhaps corrupted from
To make -a noife like a hen
thick.]
when fhe calls her chickens.

v.

what provillon it
Carew.

i n.
The habit in
f.
officiate at divine fervice.

'

ilomachfully.

ftorc

lefs

CHU'FFILV. adv. [from

in

would your

the parishioners of

which men

pare.

cini'wered
to.

ninth a topaz, the tenth a

ctrrfyrafus. Rev.
a.

cluffi, i

commemoratory

feaft,

CHURCH-ATTIRE,

If ftone, carbuncle moft, or cit

MUtja'i P^rpiliff Left.

fat

[from church and

n.f.

wake, or

among

''!.,

meat.
As lor

plc-ilcth ti.cni 10 beftov.'.

n.f, [probably from To dew.'}

old word, as it feems, for forced

No, ye

[j^.Jy-, gold, and

precious Hone of a

t:on

guts and

Siatejfcare.

of the dedication of the church.

For the church-ale, two young men of the par'.lS
are yearly chofm to be wardens, who make C'jllei.-

am

\vill

cocker ; to fondle.
Your ccnfefi'jr, that parcel of holy

fight

of childbirth.
alf.]

ll.t,k;r.

them

is

CHURCH-ALE,

and if there birds are within diftanee, here's

cbucklt'tm together.
Dryder,.

and perfect cbryfiUte,

I'd not have f .Id her for.
Statiffcare.
If metal, pare fccm gold, part filver clear:

praftnus, green.]
yellow colour, approaching

2.

my

chuckle thou'rt bcftow'd fo well.

CHU'ET

int'ue

CHRYSO'PRASUS.B./

To

to laugh convul-

DiyatiTt Sfznijb Friar.

Such another world,

Of one

<v. a.
[from chuck.}
as a hen.
not far from the women's apartment

garbage

CHRY'SOLITB.

tale (hall I to

make him

To

z.

fpecies of infedts.

.
Chambers.
n.f. [j^cr-, gold, and
Xi9-, a done.]
precious itone of a
dufky green, with a caft of yellow.

of John Bull.

Iliftery

n. [fcbaeckt>t,'Da\..]

no other

lignit'y

let

ufed frequently in conjunction,

with other words ; as ebarcb-aumber, the
mernEier of a church ; chi, r:b-pc-iver, fpiritual or ecclefiaftical authority.
Tn CHURCH, -v. a. [fro:n the noun.] To
perform with any one the office of returning thanks in the church after any
fignal deliverance, as from the danger
It

4.

To call
I

Derbam.

CHRY'SALIS.

Ih'ifflc-cap,

To CHU'CKLE.

trut
a

Drjdtn.

furc

made with

at iV

She to intrigues was e'en harJ-heartcd;

She cbu.klcd when a bawd was carted.
Prhr.

tion of time.
Accoidir.g to obfcrvation

[chuck andy'ar-

fively.

a poet is

n.f, [;gg> and fj.ir^>."\

instrument for the exaft menfura-

(hew : church doth

thing than the Lord's houfe.
Tho' you unty the winds, and
.A.;-.:ii(t the cturcbts.
furh'ciently

./".

sirititknu'i

all-fours.

'Twill

may

CHRONO'METER.

money

laugh vehemently

to tranfmit a true cbrcr.chgy to

Holder on 7 inc.
fucseeding ages.
Where 1 allude to the cuftoms pf the Greeks,

be juftined by the ftridleft cbrctninot obliged t the rules that

hgy ; thjugh
confine an hiuirian.
Priyr.

his

loft

To CHU'CKLE.I;.

them

I believe i

cburchei were confccratcd unto none but

the Lord only, the very general name chiefly doth

thing.]
play, at whioh the money falls
with a chuck into the hole beneath.

He

place which chriftians confecratc to

That

fudden fmall noife.

ring each event to the proper year.

And tile mcalure of the year not being fa perfectly known to the ancients, rendered it ery difficult for

Ajliffc'i Parergtn.

promifc, check?
Skali- ./.jr.-.

CHUCK-FARTHING.

puting and adjufting the periods of time;

as the revolution of the fun and moon ;

and of computing time

What

a religious aflembly, or th

the worfhip of God.

It comprehends the whole chunk, vir. the name
or body of the church, together with the chancel,
which is even included under the word cburcb.

word of endearment, corrupted from

chicken or chick.
Come, yourpromifc.

(and years, has been long difprovcJ.

The

3.

them.

call

Temple.

2.

Coiigrtvr.

when they

to chickens

ekurcb

is

fair building where they meet; and (on.

the fame word means a fynod of bilhop-,
n 1 in fome placet it is the pope and
preihyters ;
Watti'i 1
general council.

verb.]

the chuck lour or five times, that peo-

make

ple ule to

H U

C
The

Cla-

net in want, and poverty cf

Thefe marks of church ai

And living taught, and dying

left

behind.
'.'

Faklcs.

An adherent to the
CHURCH-WARDENS,
2.

church of England.
n.f.
[See WARDEN.] Officers yearly chofen, by the
confent of the minifter and pnrifhioners,
according to the cuftom of each place,
to look to the church, church-yard, and
fuch things as belong to both ; and to
obferve the behaviour of the parifhioners, for fuch faults as appertain to the
jurifdiction or cenfure of the ecclefiaftical

H U

They

graved

men

here in

inland.

in the parilh, be
appointed, as they be

CHU'RLISHLY.

almoft afraid to lland alone

place So f.icrej front fuch fops is'barr'd

Nor is Paul's church more

iafe

In the

cburlijhntfs
fufters in this world.

A
of

[ceojil, Sax. carl, in Ger''

n. f.

which he

faith

is

I.

afelfifh or

greedy

drink

and

all,

lea-.

RLISH. *,#. [from <vW.]

Rude; brutal; harm; auilere

mercilefa

unkind

'

four;

uncivil.

pearl, which fome cali tears,

father's
churlijh feet (he trnder'd.

her

ilwer was

churli/h

Selfim

enough Hc'ci
L'EjirMgr.
:

;.e.iOs

brtalt..

Waller.

.;

and

evil in his

doings.
I

Sanutl.

cburl'ifb thief
nind plac'd upon
Muily's beef.

unmanageable

harih

ATuiij-.

crofs-grained";

not yielding.

be emifii"i

hbody ot the
Bacon' t Nat.
The Cornifh wcr: became, like metal Hi/I.
Kl
quenched, cLa, -lift, and that would fooner
.

In the hundreds
hi '"
*T-

4. Vexatious;
tinr/i/fc

Bacon, Henry VII.

r,f

E<!>x they have a ve, t /jar

y
Mirtimtr-i HuficnJ.y.
.

obftmaive.

Will you a^ain unknit

knot of all'abhorred war

they f ,und they fliouid

endlcls war.
'

r.

a.tj.

Sialiff.

and longfome, aconfume themfclvcs in an

p
Battn,

blell.
Ptfs s E nay * Men.
ST R Y. n.f. [derived
by fome from
XB/*.-, juice, OF xuu , to jnelt ;
by others
from an oriental word, kema, black.
According to the fuppofed etymology, it is
irt

Sa>c.]

Phillips.

Humiurs.

The

white juice
by digeflion of
and afterwards chano^J

Cx:'>.^-.]

in the itomnc'h'

the aliment,
into bloed.

CIBA

cbylt

cannot

pifs

making

The
the

body.
Drinking oxce/Iiv-ly during the time of
ftops perforation.

facia, to

adj.

ArlwhM
[from

make, Lat.] Having

of making chyle.

Cn YLOPOE'TICK.

adj.

[^x-

in

the

in the Scotch dialed

not pronounced.

'ns.

**>
Ttif

CTCATR1X.
The

i.

il-ar

\"'Jrtmaining

{"Wrix,
after a

-"'"^"'"

m''',
A. mark; an

i,
1

but the

or fcallions, are a kind of

degenerate

Cl'CATRICE.

Latin.

wound

Strict, an em-

'

it.

imp.eflion

Vtfatefpeare Ids properly.'

L<MM but upt.n
niih,
.The f/racwc and
capable impn-ilUrc
fome
Thy palm
moments

fo

state/;,

ufed

by

,1

keeps.

CicAT RI 'sANT. ./

[from

St a

feare .

cicatncc'.]

application that induces a cicatrice

c AT R i' 5 , VE

An

adj. [from ^.7/r/V^. J Having the qualities proper to induce a ci-

cljli-

catrice.

and

power

and^-oi-'w.]

the power, or the office, of form-

ing chyle.

Riot-s.

Cihul^

I.

chains,

grafs.
on Aliments.

drtutbna

common

parts,

ArbMnct.
chyle.}
chyle in

in

cbymljiry t ft\\ ihort of vital force

or blood of

make miik

/ is

through the fmilleft

CHYLIPA'CTION. n.f. [from

ad or prpccfs of

bodies oontainco

CI'EOL. n.J. \_abouk,

Fr.] A fmall fort
of onion ufed in fallads. This
word is

Blaclmtrc.

Ihe
veflMs -

fenlible

adj. [Wariut, Lat. from

cifyv t food.]
Relating to food; ufeful
for food; edible.

z.

This powerful ferment,

mingling with the
The leven'ti muf; tu miiky
dy!t converts.

cnyirul! c.ui

-[from cbyle.] .Be.

confuting ot chyle.

17

itions

Qpct
,

drink not ripened by fermentation.

fUVT

wiureby

of being contained
therein, are
Ic.
changed by mcani of certain initrumcnts, and
prmapally nre, that their fevcral powers and wrtues are
thereby diitovcred, with a view to^hiio*y or medifine.
R x,-La-u e .

//-.

'

veffeis, or capable

nimbly;

I'iyir or

[See CHVMISTRY.]
of chymifliy ; a
philoibpher

fiarving chymljt, in his golden views

CH Y M

Wiu-n the li>irits of the

thyle l..ne half fermented the cbylactmt mats, it ha- the (tate of

Having
Crajkatv.

tMi

written withj; or
e.]

See To CHOOSE.

longing to chyle

faBan,

<rlijh

r3th clear aj the

day,
..(/#& rub fays nay.

The

ri:

SAbtncri

fire.

Supremely

the milk.

called alfo a fancricket.

tew dymi^.

A profeflor
by

CHU'RRWORM. n.f. [from cvrijian,

An infed that turns about

CHY'MIST. n.f

of imiginatio.

fiaying the coroing of butter after

obferving in that matetial a kind

feem to have refolved it into
an aft now
utterly loft, or perchance

t,H\ MIC ALLY. adv.

[from chjmical.] In
a chymical manner.

vcno.;.

foamy

try the force;.

kept up by

c/jurxing on,

cbyrxirg of milk brinjjeth furth

CHYLIPA'CTIVE.
?

nd'.e:- uft

but

To make butter by
agitating

formed

fuiicn

[Of things.] UnpHant;

ancients

t-,

afeart.

CHYLE.?/./

avaricious.

This

Tin

not

Uhe

ot metaliical
nature,

lie

CHYLA'CEOUS.

brute.

in

Jirtuttna tn.j

T^CHUSE.

'.ftart.

3.

fpolce

Dryden.

art exalts the min'ral

povv'rs,

Ai)d diaws the aromatick.fouk of flow'rs.

Pop*.
H Y'.M i c n. f.
Obfolete.
chymift.

[ke:-nen,

Sbakijfrare.

he interruption of their
churKJh drums
;
they are at hand

Cuts otf more circumftance

2.

ne'er

Bacon's Nun.ral
;

With cbymck

P,

drop

prett.

..
Relating to chymiftry.

Methinks already, from this

chymck flame,
i fee a
city of more precious mold,

&'v'i P.<f,rah.

tills

You may

at

veflel

Sbtl&eaii.

CHU

turtle.]

^The mtchanifm of nature, in conw

aliment, confilh in mixing with it anim.ii
and in the adioB of the folid
pa.ts, cburaiiii
2.

Dry den.

edicmes are ranged in

b,:xes, according
whether cbjixKel or Galenical

fends a grunting inupd,

his.chaps ;
part ha cbitrni, and part bcfoama tiic^n/Jr.d.

The

been his timclefs end

ii

tiiJ

'.

Sidney.

wretch.

l.

cepent, Sax.]

CBtiriTJ in his teeth the

man.

with waiting for this

cbytoick gold,
fools us
young, and beggars us when old.

tir'd

heir natures,

from kern,

The

Latin .]

.T.,

Dutch.]
To agitate or make any
thing by a violent motion.

And

counei'y rarely comes, but either for

I'm

Which

2.

Drydtn.

Amifer; a uiggard

man

Arbutbmli*

,-

<=i

Froth

,,

14.

a noife.

Like a fuil-acorn'd
boar, a

Stan of Irclund,

gain or falf.-hood,

cour-

L'Ejlrange.

h.f. [properly cbern,

Perchance he

churl,

the cbykut part of an

animal, already

is

CH Y M CAL 1
r
C H .Y MI c K | adJ- Vb'M'as,
i. Made
by chymiftry.

was conveyed

.TO.LHU*.?:. -v.a.

throw
A"'
charm doth owe. Sbahfytarf.
From this li;;ht caule th'infemal maid
praparoi
The country ck.Mt to mifchief, hate, anu'v

churl',

Confiflino-

-/

to the Tower, with the churmc

thoutand taints and reproaches.
Bacr,n.

fort,

rude, furly, ill-bred

xlii.

fame

partaking of chyle.

PrCDtired.

which the butter is, fay

long and violent agitation,
coagulated and feparatcd
from the ferous part of the milk.

Sf infer' t State of Inland.

which they call churls,

of the bafer

than

Ecclus.

_.

:r's

3.

man

as to cbirre is to coo as a

CHURN,

being reproved for his oath, anfwered confidently,

that his lord commanded hii.i.

adj. [from chyle.}

'

of fortune, a poor honeft

confufed found

He

work

Milk

organs^

Be extracted from the

may

Siibnthr.it.

CHVRME.
noife

than Paul'st-irtA-

or uft :iny hard labour,

the life of a peafant or churl.

2.

n.
[from ^;/;-///- ;
Saxon.] Brutality ; rag-

to fhe force of the c

hyhpu tick

chyle

of chyle;

n.f. [more properly chirm,

from the Saxon cypme, a clamour or

He

One

lels

ttcwtl.
'

Better is
of a
tlt'tiruffiftmjs
teous woman.

fliong, rulticks being always

obferved to be ftrong
bodied.]
Arullick; a countryman; a labourer.
to

According

more or

^
CHY'/LOUS.

Dutch

1.

i ,

gednefs of manner.

Sfa&ffptpre.
In churchyards where they bury much, the earth
a the cjrps in far ihorter time than
other earth will.
Bann,

man,

cbiirl>lh.~\n
*
f

brutally.

cyjilij-cnSj-j-e,

in the chunhyartl, yet I will adventure.-

CHURL.

C
ffroift
**

the oak, now regnant, the olive did

chxrl-Jf.ly
put over the fon for a icward of the fcrvice of his

CHURLISHNESS,

The ground

n.f.

adjoining to the church, in which the dead

are buried ; a cemetery.

No

ati<v.

CHURCHYARD,

Here

To

Feaft on the filver, and give us the firthinqs:

Gay.

am

rj

.Rudely

Sfcr.jer.

Our d&rcb-werjtfii

H Y

are a kind of
corporation, enabled by law to fue for anv
thing belonging to their church, or poor
of their parilh,
Coivt/I.
There fc uld likev 'e cLurch-vtiarJau, of the
tical court.

C.CATRIZA'T.ON. n.f. [from

dearie,.}
1
1 he ad ot
healing the wound.
.

vein burlted, or corroded

in the
lungs is
-ked U pon to be for the
,no,t part inc,,f;1 'bl
becaufeol the mot.on and
of
the iun
coughing
tcar.ng the gap wider, and
hindering the con.^ '

tinaoon and <VtHWtun of

the vela.

2.

The'

C
2.

The

over.

The

firft

ftage of healing, or the difcharge of

matter, is called digeftion : the fecond, or the filling up with flefh, incarnation; and the lait, or
(kjnning over, matrix, alien.
Sharp's Surrery.
To CI'CATRJZE. -v. a. [from
I.

cicatrix.]

To

chief keeper of plate, veftments',

and things of value, belonging to a
church ; a church-warden.
D!3.

CI'METER.

We

incarned, and in a
a I'mooth cicatrix.

CI'CELY.

few days cicatr'nud it

ffijlman on Tumours.

./ [mjrrbis.]

fort

Diureticks evacuate the file ferurn ; as all acid

diureticks, and the teftaceous and bitter cicbira<'-" P lanf sFlyer.

CICH'-PEASE. n.f. [cicer.] A plant.

To CI'CURATE. V. a. [dcuro,
Lat.] To
tame ; to reclaim from wildnefs ; to

make good

adt of

their detrruclive

ma-

n.f. [from cicurate.]

The

inclofure.
court and prifon being within the c'inSturt
of one wall.
Bacons H.-nry VII.

This holds not only in domeitick and manfuete

birds, for then it might fee the elieft of cicuiathn
or inltitution but in the wild.
Ray sn the Crcatkn.

[In architefture.] A ring or lift at the

top and bottom of the ftiaft of a column ;
feparating the (haft at one end from the

[cidre, Icr.JiJra, Itft.fetra,

bafe, at the other from the capital. It is

fuppofed to be in imitation of the girths

Lat. a-Htiga, .not?]

I . All kind of
ftrong liquors, except wine.
This fenfe is now wholly obfolete.
z. Liquor made of the juice of fruits

p relied.
'

3.

had

wholefome and good wine

alfo drinlc,

ol the grape, a kind of cider made of a fruit nf that

country ; a wonderful pleafing and rcfrefhing
d'ink.
Sana.

The

or

lumns.

from

n.f. [ceindre, Fr.

n.f.

cider.]

Philips.

the cUtrifli have taken care for the b;-,t

fruit, and ordered them after the belt manner they
could, yet hath their cider generally proved pale,
M*r<\m.r.
(harp, and il! tafted.

'

n.f.

[from

cider.]

A low word ufed for. the liquor made of the murk

orgrofs matter of apples, after the cider is piefled
out, and a convenient quantity of boiled water
Added to it ; the whole intufing for about furryeight hours.
Pbillifs's World of fiords.
Cidirtin is made for common drinking, ar.j
fupthe
of
fmall
beer.
Mjii;n::r.
plies
place

CIELINO.

CJERGE.

SeeCtiLi

n.f.
n. /.

[French.]

candle car-

CI'LIARY.

adj. [cilium, Lat.]

Belonging

to the eyelids.

The

Whofe

or rather tlic ligaments,

of the fclerotick tuniclet of
the eye, do ferve inlkaJ nf a mnfclr,
by the cjntiaaion, to alter the figure of tV.c eye.
J\.i\ n //_>( Creation.

CILI'CIOUS.

adj.

[from cilicium, hair

of hair.

Made

cloth, Lat.]
A garment of camec's hair, that
fome texture of that iuir ; a coarfc
or fatkcloth iul

is,

To

trade

is

turns the flume.

it

it

out

ns
_

JJrnvx't I'ulgar Errturs.

n.f. [cinque parts, Fr.]

that lie cowards France, and

been thought

our kings to be

fuch as ought moll

which

In

-.

ig-rnfl

rcfpeit, the places

where they
givernour or keeper, called by
iiM "r" th?
ciiKjuc pcrts ; and
ITS granted M them, .is
particular
their
warden
jurifdicticn ;
having the authority uf
an admii-ii among them, and fending out writ., in
name. The cinjue forts .ire Dover,
e a fpedal

Sic

f;.

[cinder

ii

's

much

nafty
the ciedl,

ruhM/h

CINERA'TION

d,

They,
Thccliith

Of

of Join Bull.

n.f. [from cineres, Lat!]

reduction of any thing by

aflies.
term of chy miftry .

fire

to

INERI'TIOUS. adj.
Having the form or

[cinericiuf,

oi

po

r T E n .ajj

I J.ivi

her

Staktffxart.
:ig five fpots.

'<.:''.

lireaft

mole, cinjuc fptttcJ, like the ciimfon drops

th'

bof

fprout

We

'.I'tfjn,

;iip.

C'I'OK. n.f.
1 .

are four b.irorts

jut farts.

-s

that bear

i.er,

On

A
I'

Lat.]

N K'R v L E N T.
adj. [from cineres, Lat. ]
Full of atbes.
Dia.

,-ir.

or/cioH, French.]
a (hoot from a
plant.

[Jioit,
;

have rcafnn to cool our raging motions, our

mbitted lulls
wheroof I take
;

ftate of ames.
nerves arifc from the glands of the cintr'.part of the brain, and are terminated in all
r the
Chi yne.
body.

the

w N QJJ

Gay.

The

.'

w'th, Rie, Hj|tin_,> Wincheifca, Rumney, and

Hithc; lame of which, ,1s the number exceeds
five, mult cither be added to the fiiit inlikution
gr-.p.t, or accounted as appendants
to fome of the rcih
Ci-welU

for

aflies

In the black form of c'mder-ivencb (he came,

When love, the hour, the place had baniiVd

Sba*

grave,

ClNt^UE-PORTS.

She had above five hundred fuits .-if line do

and yet went abroad like a cinder--wer,cb.

tkiii

It is

rive.

is a Scotch
meufure, and a cinque-pace. The fiift fiiit is
hot and hafty, like a Scotch jig, and full as fantalrical j the wedding,
mannerly and modcft, as a
meafurcfuil of ftate ,\;i,l gravitj ; and then comes
repentance, and, with his bad legs, falls into the
nr.que-face falter and falter, till he finks into his

and nvoman.] A woman whofe

] n.f.

rake in heaps of

'Ti; under fo
find

n.f. [French.]

games alone

Wooing, wedding, and repenting,

cinders.

To

diftilling

:i

fmoke

to

made by

is

jig, a

a cinder di

upon

CINDER-WENCH.
CINDER- WOMAN.

.i.iiti-i".

'

fiiislile.

tat

(linking

Water

but is often compounded with other words.

-FOlL. n.f. \cinquefeuille, Fr.J
A kind of five-leaved clover.
Ci N QJJ E-P A c E. n.f. [cinque pas, Fr.] A
kind of grave dance.
ufed in

this, that

The

made of

f .in.-icnt,
:>r

CINQUE,

hot coal that has ceafed to flame.

Il" from adown the
hcpcful chops

The

in the infij-j

'

<;//.-<.

z.

'

the bark, firft infufed in barley *uer,

in fpirit of wine or white wine. Cbamb.

c
fly.

Cbamb.

Dryder.'s Fatla.

CINNAMON

trailer,

ftl'tnr.

ciliary protefi's,

.L>1

Brc,<ivn.

drbutl<:<..;t's U;/t.rv

ried in proceffions.

was different from ours.

Let Araby extol her happy coaft
Her cinnamon and fweet amomum boaft.
cients

is in

So fnow on ./Etna does unmelted lie,

rolling flames and fcatter'd civden

maker

When

cifieres,

fmiths cinders, by fome adhefion of

iron, fometimes to be found a magnetical opera-

of cider.

CI'D E R K N.

an oil, which, as it coois and

hardens, becomes as firm and white as
tallow ; the fmell of which is
agreeable
in candles.
The cinnamon of the anyields

There

and triumph o'er the vine.

[from

Its leaves referable thofe of

the olive, both as to fubftance and colour.
The fruit refembles an acorn or
olive, and has neither the fmell nor tafte
of the bark. When boiled in water, it

Th.it wo.ild to Anders burn up

modefty,
Did but I ipeak thy deeds
Sbak-fpcare.

tion.

CI'DBRIST.

of Ceylon.

Lat.]
A mafs ignited and quenched, without
being reduced to afhes.
1 ihonld make
very forges of my cheeks,

univerfe Silurian cider born,

all taftes,

Chambers.

Cl'NDER.

juice of apples exprefled and ferThis is now the fenfe.

To the utmoft bounds of thii

Shall pleafe

anciently ufed to ftrengthen

ferrils

and preferve the primitive wood co-

mented.
Wide

of Antimony, is made of mercury, fulphur, and crude antimony.

CI'NN AMON. n.f. \_cinnamomum, Lat.] The
fragrant bark of a low tree in the ifland

The

3.

Faffils.

of mercury uniting with the par-

CINNABAR

Pope,

An

z.

particles

of lulphur, compofe ciaajiar. tfiiotui'iOpr.

ticles

Milton.
binds the facred cincture round his breaft.

He

nefs.

We

as in the following

Woodward's Met.

The

taming or redaiming-from wild-

Cl'DER.a./.

fcymiter

is

pardy of a fulphuiw-ochrcous matter.

Now happy he, whofe cloak and cinSure

Hold out this tempelt.
Sbakefptare.
Columbus found th American fo girt
With feather'd cinHure, naked clfe, and wild.

Brtnuns Vulgar Envjrs.

CICURA'TION.

a.\\&

By Msjfimitar,
That (lew the fophy and a Perfian prince,
That won three fields of fultan Solyman. Sbateff.
Our armours now may ruft, our idle fcyrr.iters
Hang by our fides for ornament, not ufe. Drydcn.
CI'NCTURE. n.f. [cinflura, Lat.]
I.
Something worn round the body.

Poifons may yet retain Come

portion of their
natures ; yet are fo refracted,
cirtiraitj, and fublignities.

called vermilion.
Cir.nabar is the ore out of which quickhh-er is
drawn, and conCOs partly of a mercurial, and

fort ol

examples.

make tame and traftable.

dued, as not to

Partuguefe Dictionary.]

mitar,

of herb.

CICHORA'CEOUS. adj. [from achorium,

Lat.] Having the qualities of fuccory.

tious cinnabar

fword ufed by the Turks, fhort, heavy,

and recurvated, or bent backward. This
word is fometimes erroneoufly fpelty?/'-

heal and induce the (kin over a fore.

n.f. [from cingulum, Lat.]

DiS.
girth for a horfe.
CI'NNABAR. n.f. [cinnalaris, Lat.] Cinnabar is native or factitious the fafti-

f. [cimitarra, Span, and

Portug. from chimettir, Turkilh. Blu-

teait's

CI'KCLE.

xn/x>.

The

with

CIMA'R. SeeSiMAR.
CIME'LIARCH. n. f. [from

apply fuch medicines to wounds,

or ulcers, as heal and {kin them over.

To

2.

of being healed, or Canned

ftate

you

call love, to be a feel or cian.

Shr.k.

Mtcly Caledonian oak, newly fettled in his

triumphant throne, begirt with cum of his own
royal (tern.

2.

The

ll-itjcl.

fhoot engrafted or inlerted on a

flock.

The

The

dan over-ruleth the ftock ; and the flock 's

tut pafiive, and giveth aliment, but no
motion, to
the '*f
Bate,,.

CI'PHER.

n. f.

An

5.

To

have a box where eunuchs

And, foremoft

low Lat. from an oriental

root.]
arithmetical character, by which
fome number is noted ; a figure.
2. An arithmetical mark, which,
(landing
for nothing itfelf, increafes the value of

An

I will call

the very cipher of a function,

whofe fine ftands in record,
And let go by the adlor.
Shakeft-tai-e.
If the people be fomewhat in the
election, you
nulls or
ciphers ui the

As,
fum;,

|>i

Baccn.

in golden
ciphers (bone.

Itamp the matter's cipher ready (rand. Tbtmfan.

character in general.

Raleigh's Hijicry of lit I!'

fecret or occult

the key to
c':pber

manner of writing, or

a* long liv'd as the

elements,
new-made i.lioms.
Dcnrte.

He was

ple.iied to command me to (lay at Lundon, to fend and receive all his letters ; and I was
furr.ifhcd with rains feveral
ciphers, in order to it.

-v. n.

To

[from the noun.]

pradliie arithmetic!*.
You have been bred to bufinefs j yau can
cipher
I wonder you never ufed your
pen and ink.

To

a.

<v.

write

To CI'RCJ NATE.

make

a circle

i>. a.

to

[circiaaiia,lMt.'\

it

than our ideas are wont to fucceed

one ano:n:r in our mind:, is not perceived to
move; but feems to be a perfcit intire circle of
thu mittcr, or colour, and not a part of ^circle in

More

3.

,
r
ci RCLE.

to

a tirclt

In

3.

The

A
~

Tbomfctt's Summer.
fpace included in a circular line.

round body
he that
r

Compafs

fittcth
,

an orb.
upon the

circli

of the earth

Skatcjfeare.

is

n.

Is a
longer
recover the

needful.

[from

Covuell.

the noun.]

circularly.

circuiting.

Philip,.

n.f. [from

One

circuit,']

jpL,,.

To

apprehend by what degrees they lean to

lungs in fliow, though not in deed,
repugnant
one to another,
requireth more fharpnefs of wit,
more intricate cirfaiti-itts of
difcouife, and depth
of judgment, than common
doth
f

I.

Round,

adj. [circular!;, Latin.]

like a circle; circumfcribcd

by

circle.

The frame

thereof feem'd partly

circular,

part trian; u'ar.

Anj
He firft inclos'd for lifts
The form was circular.

the

yield.

RCULAR.

fairy S^eea.
a level ground

Dry Jen's

Fables.

Nero's port, compofed of

huge moles running
round it in a kind as circular

round.

Ci'RCi,rT. //. / [from

A
circle.'}
an orb properly a little circle.
:

-v.

to

CIRCUI'TION.*./ [circtiitio, Lat.]

i. The aft of
going round any thing.
zCompafs; maze of argument.

ftilifi.

RCLED.a^'. [fromW^.] Having

Like your fellow circuiteer, the

fun, you travel
the round of the
earth, and behold all the iniquities under the h-avens.

Pcpe's Odyffcy.

form of a circle

of action. [In law.]

of proceeding

ability

the eirefitir years difclofc

day [/redettin'd to reward his woes.

by the

eyes,
thro* labyrinths of
ears, nor learn
or collections to difcem.
Donne..

that travels a circuit.

Pope.

rranght bowl
.-.!, ilft the hu.nble
cell
quavering laugh and rural jefts rtfounds.

Th* inconftant moon,

That monthly changes in her circled orb.

mclofure.

great m.i?icijn,
Obfcuted in the tirJt ui the ibicft.

Ci

of country vifited

deduction of reafon.

Long

Quick

w!-'jl

Now
The

went hut round

Davic,.

tract

CIRCUITE'ER.

circularly;

frill,

following circle, gathers round

clofe the face of things.

It is

4.

With

in former time?,

as the circuit of the

cynofura about

I'ininc with equinoctial

heat, uitlefs
cordial cup
perpetual motion keep,

begins.

The

The

drcl.s mcefTint;

circle

To
2.

a deeper

it

To move

f
The

To move
flccp

ots.

/.,

<v. n.

by which any

of the judges for hold-

thing fued for than

confine; to keep

that

le>

courfe

SMijpeare

end where

vifitations

To CI'RCUIT.

a confidence within thcrnfelves, aad

which, to enjoy a determinate figure, do not
the
require
flnp or hindrance of another body to limit and circle them in.

_The

CIRCUIT

thefe foad arms, thus

circling you, may
prove
heavy chains than thofe of hopslefs love.

To

one-and-twcnty
Stddtftm on Italy.

Nor hear
By circuit

in.

reckoned

Up into the watch tower get,

And fee all things defpoil'd of fallacies
Thou (halt not peep thro' lattices of

ungentle hands
thy

ornameatt,
lhadows kings have fought to

To CIRCLE

trical circle,

Then

ftern

fmallnefs, in refpeft of

Hwktr.
is

judges.
7.

the

together.
We term thole things dry which have

Locke.

I underfiand not here

perfect geomebjt an oibicular figure, whole
is equal to its breadth j and which, a
t.i
I";nfe, may
fe::n circular.
Nc-uncn'i Optichs.

are

Dunciad.

Unfeen, he glided thro' the joyous erow.l,

W: th d.uknef,tirr/f</ and an ambient cloud.

in lefs title

">'

o.

to furrouncl.

it

ring; a diadem
thing is incircled.

th =

Trevoux.

's

attribute*' unto

about the pale

German Empire. Such

While

CI'RCLE.

begun, having all its parts equidiftant

from a common centre.
Any thing that moves round about in a circle,

cir-lirg

in

An

n./. [circulus, Latin.]

line continued till it ends where

challenge him.

oiher funs.
Pcpi

plain,

Milton's Paradife
Left,

Space; extent; meafured by travelling

round.

ing aflifes.
The circuits,

Wh..ie

orbicular motion ; a turning round ; a

meafuring with the compafTes.
Bailey.

By

inclofe

circli

What

To

[cncino, Lat.]

5.
"

Htve InprTd and hew'd, and ri.ide

Or her tw branches, t!:ofc (-.v.'.-t

Bailey.

CIRCINA'TION-.^./

To

2.

compafs round, or

turn round.

i.

other planets

wide inclos'd.

circuit

Do calm

had frme days before

planted themfelves in
places convenient.
Bacon.
Another Cynthia her new
journey runs,

And

me up

And this fell tempeft /hall not ccafe to

rage,
Until the golden circuit on
my head
the fury of this mad-brain'd flaw.
Shalt.

Ligick.

They

led

miles in cinuit.

Flffcttr's Siticen
af Corinth.

of the

He

The lake of Bolfena

4.

Mind.

on the

fpace inclofed in a circle.

woody mountain, whofe high top was

He

indirect form of words.

You mult

circuital,

'"j*[f-

hill,

-ith

3.

when one of the

To CI'RCLE. v. a.
[from the noun.]
i. To move round
any thing.
The lords, that were appointed to circle

in occult

fermons, and penned notes: his

Greek cruradV.

fn.'<;'ie::tcJ

>

direct parallel

Paradife Lcjl.

aft of
moving round any thing.
There are four moons alfo
perpetually rolling
round the planet
Jupiter, and carried along with
him in his periodical circuit round the fun.

A
A

queftioned and oppofed,

by the conclufion.

right to be prefent at diets.

in number ten.

characters.

He

it

Warn

provinces and principalities as have a

Arhu:lr..!.

To "Ci'i-HER.

is

Has he given the lye

or oblique, or femicrrcle,

CIRCLES

10.

Dtnbam,

To CI'PHER.

circle

Or

writ, or

-j a circle, is

Circumlocution;
In

it.

This book,
In

Jfatts's

9.

r.'J.

'

Milton

[circuit, Fr.

n.f.

V;rg,

Th'

canopy

ihade.

The

The

2.

inconclufive form of
argument, in
which the foregoing proportion is
proved
by the following, and the following propofition inferred from the foregoing.

premiflcs in a fyllogifm
and we intend to
prove

In fuccecjing ti:r.es this wifdom began to be

written in ciphtn anj characters, and letters bearing the form of creatures.

5.

1.

That heavy bodies defcend by

gravity ; and
again, that gravity is a quality whereby an heavy
is
an
body defcends,
impertinent circle, and teacheth nothing.
Glan-uille's Stiffs.

Pipe.

Some mingling ftir the melted tar, and fome

Deep on the new-fliorn vagrant's heaving fide

he

Latin.]

An

8.

throne,

Ti

ending

CI'RCUIT.

begins, and

it

circling

Of night's extended

,:

intertexture of letters
engraved ufually on boxes or plate.
Troy fUm'd in burnilh'd gold ; and o'er the

4.

Any

as

furveys, and well might, where

flood

So high above the

Taller.

feries

round.

Round he

Ihc.e bs rVtiit trees in hot countries, which

ynung fruit, and young fruit
and rip; i'rjif, :ilmoft all the
year, fucceeding one
another ; hut this circle of
ripening cannot be but
in fuccuknt
and
hot
countries.
Ba^n.
plants,
Thus in a circle runs the pcafant's
pain,
And the year rolls within itfelf again.
Diyd.

in accounts,
ciphers and figures pafs for real
fo names paii fur things.
South.

ASMS AND THI MAN

cular

of beau-

perpetually repeated.

An

j.

circle

circle.

find the faults,

mike them

over

that are difpofed among the boxes.

AdJifon.
Ever lince that time, Lifander vifits in
every

Mine were

cannot

an aflembly.
to him the whole

ties

7.

or tranflation.

company

OJjJJ'.

l'lCi'iKO. participial *jj. [from To dr.

cle.] Having the form of a circle ; cir-

fing,

Pope's Horace.

6.

the other figures.

To

take repaft, tiii Hefperus

difplay'd
His golden c'u ctet in die \veHern ihade.
Pop e's

in the circle,
eye a kinj.

cifra,

1.

Then

afiembly furrounding the principal

perfon.

[cblfre, Fr. xifra, Ital

figure.

Adfif' n

Shah.
2.

circle

or.

Italy.

bucceflive in order ;
always returning.
From whence th' innumerable race of,
things

By

circular fuccrHivc order

fprings..

Rrfamm
3, Vulgii.

n.
;.

C
Vulgar

3.

11.

mean

adhered to hifiory,

::.:liir

haw

poet,

could the

and

clefcly

Romans

had Dido?

have

Dttnii.

Ending in itfelf: ufed of a paralogifm,

where the fecond propofition at once
proves the firft, and is proved by it.

4.

One

of Cartel's rirlr. principles of reafoning,

atte.- he h.id doubted of every thing, feems to be
too circular to fafcly build upon ; for he is for
proving the being of G.i.i I'n.iti the truth of our
ies, and the truth of our faculties from the
of a God.

..

Baker's R'Jlcfl. on Learning.

Ci RCVI. AR

5.

Letter.

letter directed

to leveral perfons, who have the fame

interell in iome common affair; as in

the convocation of aflemblies.

CIRCULAR

Such itraight lines

from the divisions made
in the arch of a circle ; as the lines of
fines, tangents, and fecaius, on the plain
fcale and feftor.

6.

Lines.

as are divided

CIB.CULAR

7.

Sailing, is that
the arch of a great circle.

on

CIRCULA'RITY.

[from

n.f.

performed

heavens have no diverfity or difference, but

a fimplicity of parts, and equirbrmity in p
continually fucceerfinj each other; fo th.>
what point foever we compute, the account will bj
1J> ;
common unto the whole circularity.

CI'RCUI.ARLY.

ad<v. [from circular.}'

Jn form of a circle.
The internal form of it confifts of fevcral re-

gions, involving one another like orbs about the

faitie centre ; or of the feveral elements cad c':i -iu-

With

2.

CIRCULATE, v. n. [from circuit.-;.]

To move in a circle to run round

1.

[from circulate.}
chymical vefiel, in which that
rites from the vefiel on the fire is collefted and cooled in another fixed upon
it, and falls down again.

U'RCULATORY.

CIRCULAR

Nature

is

face

like our blood "mutt circ:

concreteth or the

it

The
the

Frc-U'r:.

i',n:n^jmtift colJnefs towards the fidrs of

the fecond region, cooling and cnn-

cum and

of calumny are perpetually

number of curious ijivehtloiis, ili'ue
to
out from time
time, grow current anriig th

[from cirwalk round

n.

To

ainbulo, Lat.]

CIRCUMCI'SE.
To cut the

v. a.

[circiuuddo,

prepuce or forefkin
according to the law jiven to the Jews.
They canu
One is alarmed

ix.U

!u!u.

indurtry of the
in aiming to ftren^then their ro\red party by a
\ Epam.
reinforcement from the c\rcv*:>
at the

CIECUMCI'SION. n.f. [from circu:

The rite or aft of cutting off the

From

To

left a race

Gentiles, but by

a.

[drcttm.iuco,

to

nullify
and

7>'j

otvious, one would think, than th

unknown till the lad age
Surnet'i Tlx-.r
As murh bipod pufleth through the lungs a
the
bo
all
the
reft
of
ulaiicn
through
.

quicker, and heac greater, and their

Arbut
trtm<

2.

to

ircum-

n.f.

Partrgai:

[from drcum-

To

noun.]

Not

include in a circular fpace.

proper.

Not

the vigour of this great Iv.dy included

ii

or circumference by
difVufed at ind;ter:

only in

citation

may

fere, Lat.

to carry about.]
ufed in furveying, for

ment

angles, coufiiling of ,a

Chambers.

n.f. [drcumjlexus, Lat.]

An accent ufe<i to regulate the pronunciation of fyllables, including or
participating he acute and grave.

The

firLttnJiix

keeps the voice in a middle tune,

is
compounded of both

and therefore in the Latin

H-

the other.

!iRcu'iEt.uiKCE. n.f.
fiucnt.}

An

.:.fikn

inclofure of waters.

C1RCLTM FLUENT,

adj. [tircumfuem,
Lat.] Flowing round any thing.
rule the

may

hoiu

tlu-

circuixfcmct

tend

Dr\ja,

alone.

nimbly in the circumj.:

maics the whole

a circle o.

the world

talm,
M;:'

Lai:

in
-

LtJl.

-iucut' tides.

Pope's OJ;

CIRCUMFORA'NEOUS.

ajj.

[tircu.-..

neus, Latin.] Wandering from houfe to

:us fiddler, one
houfe : as, a ci
that plays at doors.

v. a. [drtum/u/Hs,
pour round ; to fpread" every

To

fee better,
,

it

be

hy bounds,
world!
This be thyjuft circumftrtnce,
bccaufe the hero i.s the centre of the main ac

civile,

rs

when

their eyes are againft the

t!;c:r hand before their

they put

inn, or candle,

perhaps any truth

The periphery ; the line including anc

furrounding any thing.

||

[drcumfluuj, Lat.]

He

lia, Latiii.]

iilc.

Environing with waters.

fun, or CAndU

CI RCU'MFERENCE. n.f. [drcumferen

him

Haphian race,
it waves embrace

duteous people, and ir.duftrious

Men

I'.

derived from any other truth.

i.

[from circum-

way.

-ires.

/IvUjfc'i

inflru-

measuring
brafs circle, an

I'RCUMFLEX.

Lat.]

circa...

dr cum -

An

index with lights, and a compafs, and

xuounted on a llaff, with a ball and

leading about.

lij

Vulgar Errcurs.

n.f, [from

XUMFU'SE.

be circuni

iant Oioulii

mult: be cited, ai a

furfaccj but

its

itfelf,

CIRCUMFERE'NTOR.

Nullification; cancellation.

which the fame order is a]

A
and things always rctur
obierved,
ways
10 the fame ilate.
feries in

His pond'rous ihield, !arje and round,

Behind him cad; the b;<
Miliir.
Hunt; on his {houldcrs like the moon.
To Ci RCU'MFERENCE. i>. a. [from the

d:tit.}

The

any thing circular

CIRCU MDU'CTION.

n.f. [from circulnse.~\

in a circle ; a courfe in wh*c

sircuhtkn of the blood,

An orb ; a circle
or orbicular.

IIRCU'MFLUOUS.^'.

CIRCUMDU'CT. T/.
Lat.] To contravene

the judge has pronounced and give.

2.

began.
What more

\.

fife's OJyfiy,

Acls of judicature may he cancel!

i
by the will and direction of t!

trailed.

it

The bubble, being looked on by the light of the

clouds reflected from it, feemed red at its apparent
If the clouds were viewed through
eme.
it, the colour at its circuvjtnKce would be blue.

behind

'd

the motion tends to the point from whic

Fables.

part of an orbicular body.

term of civil law.

CIRCULATE,

Motion

The external

foro-

mile around.

ble fcarce

to themfelves,

l.i'^c

v. a. To put about.
In the civil wars, the money fpent on both lide
no publick di
was circulated at home

rircitafcrasce a

.Whofe bounds the

They

kingdom.

Ci RCULA'TION.

\.

1.

To

v.

the lonl'enc of the parties litigant, before

a great

'in,

inclos'd for Uflf a level ground,

::rft

focket.

it.

about.

party, and circuUte througii the whole

[dream and
Surrounding ; encomadj.

CIRC UMA'MBU LATE.

'

the mints

Mito the fur;

v which con-

vefiel, like

denfing of

To

be difperfed.

As

paffing; incloiing.

L'Ejlra

To

it.

ambio, Latin.]

motion ; and the work o

without any intevval or r.

pofe.

2.

Letters.

CIRCUMA'MKIENT.

a perpetual

the univeife circulates

circulate.]

'IRCUM A'M BI iNCY. n.f, [from circumambient.} The aft of encompnfiing.

Our knowledge

[from

adj.

Circulatory Letters are the fame witli

fkin.

to return to the place whence it departec

in. a conftant courfe.
If OUT- lives motions theirs nwft imitate,

ci-

lirni'd.

men-

^I'RCULATORY. n.f.

a circular motion.

DryJin
Every body, moved tirculfrh about any centre
Accedes, or endeavours to recede, from th;it centre
ef its motion.
Ray.

So was his will

Pronounc'd among trjc gods, and by an oath,
Thar ihook teav'n's whulc ciriumfti cr.t c,

inltant, the r is in thefc

.:

fpace inclofed in a circle.

tioned.

Lat.]

Trade, which, like blood, fhould circularly flow,

Stopp'd in their channels, found its freedom loft.

fo

two fpeeches, that mutu

T'J

the apoftlc faith of the jews, that they

crucified the Lord of glory ; and when the Son of
mar, being on earth, amrmerh that the Sooof man
i'

The

The whole

When

Bvrmt.

about each other.

2.

Swiften Mulct* f.i!ita!ie.

reciprocal interchange of meaning.

th

The

larly

Ice rtcci\etii n

circular.]

circular form.

1.

fins of peace, thou haft brought up-n

ut tlv miMriri of war ; fo for the fins of war, thou
feel! tit to
deny us the bleiTing of peace, and to
K. Charla,
keep us in a circuit i'.n of mifencs.
;ulc of nature, permit!
God, by .'
this contuiiial circuiatMi cf human things.

circuroforaneous.

cir^umjir^iit appear

ception.

His army, circt;rt:fi^\i

Milton,
'L;.Earth, with her nether ocean cii-.-umfus'j,
.Their pleafant dwelling. hoiife.
M'tlttm,
v
od Cephifus had abus'd,

With

ail

his

winding waters

circuv.fui' d.

Jin'i

CIRCUMFU'SILE.

OviJ.

[drcum and/.
Lat.] That which may be poured or
ipread round any thing.
:

li!<

weakens the eye

is
enougii for the percuftfujed
Btifon's A'jfural i'.

iU\ine,

adj.

whofe

fitUful

The vifUm's hotn with

hands infold

clrcumfufilt gold.

Pope's Qiiyffry.
I R C U

C
C

i o N . n.
f. [from fireumfuft. ]
of fpreading round; the ftateoi
being poured round,

Rc

t'

The
To

F u's

CIRCUMROTA'TION.

aft

reto,

cated together.

CIRCUMGVRA'TION. n. f. [from circumThe aft of running round.

gyratt:]
The
.

tion

'To

hijj own axis in

twenty-five
being put into fcch a tircumgyCttyni.

liril

JUMJA'CENT.

-UMI'TIOK.
fircumitum,

n.

d.

Such

n.

thing

compafs of words

circuit or

phrafis.
Virgil, ftudying brevity, could bring thefe word;
into a narrow compafs, which a tranllator cannot

rcnJer wi:h

:-:r.s.

Dryden.

irmchprcfcrthe plain Biliingfgate wjy

name--, b^cauL- it would fa\c abundance

CIRCUMSCRIPTION,

The

2.

ufe

Swift.

of indireft expreflions.

"e people arc not to be dolt withal,

!-ut

by a

Ci RCUMMU'RED. adj. [ctrcum and mums,

Lat.] Walled round ; encompafied with
a wall.

Ci

RCUMN A'VIGABI.E. adj.

navifate.]
round.

[from circum-

That which may be

failed

being of Antipodes, the h. bitablenefs or

zone, anj thi: ieru;cring the whole terra-

queous gl"be c ircurr.navigablc.

Ray
v.

f 3 ClRCVItNA-ViO'ATB.

M the
a.

boundary

Ray on the Crmtkn.

contraction ;
;

cir-

The aft of failing round.

:)S concerning fix tircuvnwvigm
from the Hraits of Gibraltar to d.e R

cumnavigau.~\

Ci RC u UN

A'VI

Artmbrut

.jble.

GATOR,

round.
C i R c u M p L T c A'T i o N

One

n.f.

3.

that

Senfe outfide knows, the foul thro' all things fcts ;

flie doth the fubftance view.
Davies.

event: generally of a minute

or fubordinate kind.

4. Incident*

He

n. f.

Clartr.dcv*

The aft of enwrapping on every fide.

2. The (late of
being enwrapped.
CIRCUMPO'LAR. aaj. [from arcum and
North pole, whidi
and never kt in the

Stars near the

Northern latitudes, are faid

to

be

cir-

thing circularly.
Now i., your fcsfon for
bafketsofc

n. /.

aft of

[from clrcum
placing any

circumprft',--:,
,

,,-,

by

t'.ies

or

Kattnder.

CIRCUMRA'SION. n. f. [circnmrafio, LaThe aft of (having or paring

tin.]
round.

Vot.I.

fculptor had
queror's weeping for

his

in

new

Bafsn,
ught not to conclude, that if there be rational inhabitants in
any of the planets, they mult
therefore have human nature, or be involved in the
tir:umjl,tnca of our world.
Betitfy.
ti'\:nt:

We

Sbakcjprarc.

When men

are eal'y in their circumjl*>r..\s, they

naturally enemies to innovations.

The judicious doctor had been

very w.itv hrul anJ

keep himlcli rrom being impofcd

upon.

jtddifcn's Fretitltffr.

To CI'RCUMSTANCE.

a. [from the
noun.] To place in particular fituation,
or relation to the things.

Ily/i.

CIRCUMSPE'CTION.

n.f. [from drc'um-

Jpect.] Watchfulnefs on every fide ; caution ; general attention.

Ubfcrve the fudden growth of wickednefs, from
want of care and circumffcliioa in the fuft imprcf-

da{tadn.
So faying, his proud
Butwitii

(ly

fly

flow

t'rvr.i,".,

\t..adj.

\_cir cumfpi<:io,cir

attentively

way

ad'V .

[from

cir-

Cautioufly ; vigilauily ;
with watchiulnefs every

watchfully.

Surrounding
Its b':;iii

with ch cbixffefiivt eyes. Pope.

CIRCUMSPP'CTIVELY.
citmjpetti've.~\

CI'RCUMSTANT.

Miiton't I'aradtje LoJI.

(umjpttlum, Lat.] Looking round every

way ; attentive ; vigilant ; cautions.
No l'-fs alike the politick and wik,
All

To

<v.

worthiell things,

Viitnc, art, brauty, fortune, now 1 fee,

R ntncfi or ufe, not nature, value brings;
And fuch as they are cirfumjlaac'ii, they be. Doiitt*

ftep he fcorr.fjl tuin'd,

lircumfprllim.

RCU MSPE'CT

worlds, or the like cir-

Condition ; ftate of affairs.

It is frequently ufed with refpeft to wealth or
poverty ; as, good or ill circumftances.
None bu'. a virtuous man can hope well in at

J.

adj.
[circumfpiffus,
attentive to every

Men of their own nature circttmfptfl and How,

but at the timcdifcountenanced and uilcontent.

to

thoughts the Con-

tumjlanct in hiitory.
Addifon.
The poet has gathered thofe circumfiancts which
moft terrify the imagination, and which really
happen in the raging of a tcmpclr.
AJdf. Sftff.

Ci

cumpolar Jlan.

CIRCUMPOSI'TJON.
and pojiticn.] The

The

That look into me with confid'rate eyes

High reaching Buckingham grows circumjfcfi.

fail.-,

[ctrcumplico,

defended Carlifle with very remarkable cirof courage, induftry, and patience.

futnftanci't

Cautious ;
watchful on all fides.
None are for me,

clrcutnjl^fl,
.

thefe fuppofed crimes give me leave,

circumftance, but to acquit myfrlf. Sbaktfpcarc.

Accident ;
fomething adventitious,
which may be taken away without the
annihilation of the principal thing con-

are

Lat.]

it,

CIRCUMSFE'CT.
;

it

Senff, circuaflanfc;

<..-.

1.

move round

Stones regular, aredift'mguiflied by their external

:
fuch as is cirt dmjcriptive-, or depending
upon the whole llone, as in the ea^le-ftone, is proCrew.
perly called the figuie.

Lat.]
thing

make

lefs

Of

By

my unhoufed free condition

tircumjariftim and confine.
Sbaktfpeare.

into

adjunfts of a faft, which

criminal; .or make an accufation more or lefs probable.

forms

C.

The

Vfm/r<.';:: of time, place, and perfons.

South.

more or

would not

Put

\_circum

ami na^-igc, Lat.] To fail round.

CIRCUMN AVIC A'TION. n. f. [from

polar.']

2.

adj. [from circumfcribe.] Inclofing the iuperticies ; marking the form or limits on the outfide.

<:rid

Sea,

different

CIRCUMSCRI'PTIVE.

hath a garden cinuimiarij with bricks.

Afrit..!,

Bacon's Effays.
confeffing or concealing perlecuted truths,
vary and change their very nature, according to

fidered.

Limitation ;
confinement.

2.

traii:

He

n.f. [circumferiptio,

are ingenious in picking out cir*

do kindle their anger

Our

In the ttrcumfcnpthn of many leaves, flowers,

fruits, and feeds, nature ffcc"b a regular figure.

u,

much.

magnitude.

t. '-ff.

n.f. \fircumfiantiit,

cumftances of contempt, they

Determination of particular form or

1.

Wai-M.

arc nurfcd in fecurity.

When men

Latin.]

01

on the Creation.

[from circum-

Something appendant or relative to a

the fame to a moral aftion as acci-

faft

SsutL'crn.

peri-

n.f.

dent to a natural fubftance.

pany men's acls, are thofe which do circumjcri!>t

and limit them.
Stillingjlat.
Y<'U are abov:
The little forms which curatirftritt your fex.

Latin.]

Latin.]
1

Sbak'ffare.
He form'd the prw'r? of heav'n
h: plca^'J, and .'u-cxnjcrit'd their being

as

home

at

CI'RCUMSTANCE.

[circumlocutio,

f.

to confine.

The afticn great, )et circumfcrio 'd by time

The words not tnrc'd, but Hiding into rhime. Dryj.
The external circumftances which do accom-

en-

is

compaffed.

Ci RC U M LOCU'T ION.

Therefore mult his choice be circiimfcrib'd

that body

\circumligo,

The aft of binding round.

The bond with which any

z.

to limit

way

fpeft,] Caution; vigilance; watchfulnefs on every fide.

Travel forces circtimfpefinefs on thofe abroad, who

bounda-

Unto the voice and yielding of

Whereof he 's head.

Latin.]
1.

To bound;

Difi.
n. f.

Ray

CI'RCUMSPECTNESS.

Shakrfpcarf,

[from circumtc,
The aft of going

CIRC-JMLIGA'TION.

[circum and

With honour and with fortune is return'd ;

From whence he c ircumfcrii'cJ with his lwc;rd,
And brought to yoke the enemies of Rome.

f.

Lat.]

a.

The good Andronicus

Lat.] Lying round any thing

dering on every fide.

-v.

eirc:trn-

concurrent fuffragcs of a thoufar.d eyes, who never

fo carefully and circvmj'peftly.

ries.

[cirmmjaceni,
bor;

adj.

CIRCUMSCRI'BE.

adv. [from

watchfulnefs every

examined the thing

ftate

To

2.

With

cautioufly ; watchfully ; vigilantly.

Their authority weighs-more with me than the

circumgyration.
of being whirled round.

CI'RCUMSPECTLY.
fpeS.~\

fcrilo, Lat.]
inclofe in certain lines or

fun tun:s round

from his

[circum anc

aft

The

2.

an ibt Creation.

Ray

n. f.

of whirling round with a motion like that of a wheel ; circumvolu-

roll round.
All the giands of the body be congeries of variou
forts of vcifels curled,
ttrcumgyrattd^ and compli-

Lat.]

The

1.

CJRCU'MGYRATE. v. a [>,: and

gyrus, Lat.]

woild, and

it

Hy to
gives

adj. [circumftans, Lat.J

environing.

vjfit

the remoteft parts of the

to all cirtumjiant bodies.

motion

Digky

in the Scul.

2 R c u M s T A'N T i A L. adj. \circumftantialis,

low Lat.]
1

I.

Accidental

'I'lii:,

not effential.
fierce

abridgment

'> it in
lumflant'ial br-i;icht ,, which
Diftinclion would be rich in.
Stjty/fiare.
Th/j jurifdiftion in the eflentials of it, ii .is old
as chriftianity j anil thofe circtiflftjr.tia! addition's

S f

of

of feculir encouragement, chriftian

princes thought

t irtamv .tuten

Whowould not prefer a religion that differs from

our own in
thecircamflantuti, before one thatdiffei*
from it in the tllcnii als ?
.4dd':h*t frttb Uer.
2. Incidental

by chance

happening

If he

's but
angui/h, when 'tis fevcral,
occafion wak'd, and clrcutr.flatrial.
Der.nr.

3. Full of fmall events

particular

de-

tailed.
He had been provoked by men's tedious ami
tvtmfanai recitals of their affairs, or by their
multiplied queftions about his own. Prior's Drtic.

CIRCUMSTANTI A'LITY.

[from eircumflar.tial.] The appendage of circumftances

the ftate of any thing as modified by circumftances.
CJRCU.VIST A'NTI ALLY. ad-v. [from cirn.f.

According to circumftance

of Pofalariiy.

Whatever hath been thought on

That could be brought

Had circumvention.

To

tially ; accidentally.
Of the fancy and intellect, the

And

z.

in every circum-

Minutely; exaftly;
ftance or particular.
I.ucian

agrees with

cuKflanliaHy

Homer

in every po'nt

f'sr-

To CIRCUMST A'NTI ATE.

-v.

a.

To

to

place in particular circumftances ;

particular accidents or

inveil with
f the aft

were otherwife circumftarliatcd,

it

might
which now itwills freely. Bramta.'l.
2.
in
a
place
particular condition, as
with regard to power or wealth.
will that freely,

To
A

number infinitely fnpetiour, and the be:}

nmfint'ifitd imaginable, are for the fuciv

c'v-

CIRCUM VA'LL ATE.

To

<vallc,

Lat.]
trenches or fortifications.

CIRCUMVALLA'TION.

The
The

n.f. [from circuin-

The

art or aft of calling

tions round a place.

fortifica-

When the czar firil acquainted himfclf wit'

mathematical learning, he praftifed all the rules of
circunmalhrhn and contrava!l;ition at the fiege of a
town iii Livon i.
)fjm.

The

z.

fortification or trench

thrown up

round a place befieged.

This gave
f
tun?ujl!a:i .tts

n.f. [circus, Latin.] An open

CI'RO^UE. j fpace or area for fports, with
feats round for the fpeftators.
A plcafant valley, like one of thofe drctifcs,
whicKin great cities lomewhere doth give a plealant

Cl'RCUS. \

To

aft

CI'STED.

Inclofed in a

a te;
in medicinal
language for the coat or inclofure of a
tumour.

[circur/meclio

2.

To

upon

deceive
to delude.

-v.

to

a. [drcum-vemo,
cheat ; to impofe

f^lis

intohisown

View

the principles in their own authors, and

not in the citaiicnt of thofe who would confute

them.

Watts.

Enumeration; mention.

4.

Thefe cnutes
this ifland

produce

it

the

in any country.

1.

This power of citing, and dragging the defendant

com t, was taken away.
slyl:ji~c's P,

To

2.

enjoin

to call

thoritatively

upon another autodireft; to fummon.

fpeak to you, Sir Thurio ;

I need n t cite him to it.

For Valentine,
Tli.

South.

l.'.J

And what
3.

To

cites

experience

didatc

Should

man

Fall circiHK-urnted thus by fraud. AfHtoa'i Par.

Left.

Obltinately bent

To

die undaunted, and to circttmvtnt,

CIRCUMVENTION,

n.f.

DryJtn.

[from circum-

.,/.]

Fraud; impofture ; cheat; delufion.

The insqu.ility of the mntch bctwcm him and
tbc f*btkli

of.

us,

*julJ quickly appear by a

fatal

CI'STUS.

my

Statcffea't

[Lat.] The name of a

fame with rockrofe.

n. f.

The

plant.

lu(t.

CIT.

n. f. [contrafted frqm eitixrn.]

inhabitant of a city, in an ill fenie

low

pert
trader.

WThe

townfman

An
;

pragmatical

pafTigc of Plato, which I cite,! before, liacct:.

In buiifhincnt he wrote thofe vcrfcs, which I t ;V*

from

his U

i.

One who
One who

Drydat.
cite.]

cites into

quotes

1 mult delirc the

of his editions too.

citfr

a court.

a quoter.
henceforward to inform us

Antrkury.

CITE'SS. n. f. [from <//.] A city woman.

A word peculiar to Dryden.
Cits and c':!tff'n raifc a joyful drain
"H., a good omen t.) begin a r

CI'THERN.

n.f. \_citbara, L.itin.]

Dryjcn.

Akind

in ft rum cut.
Atwh.it time the heathen ha! pol'anqj it, cv:n
in that was it dedicated with fong) and cither
MJCI.
harps and cymbal].

of harp; a mufical

now

{how what different things

or ciowns arc lion* the courts of kings.

bring you

tilt

Prlir.

That

z.

your wives, your daughters,

Your matrons, and your maids, could not fill up
of

rlel.

Demonftrations in fcripturc may not otherwife

them out at' the 1'cripture.

receptacle or repofitory of water.

ci/itrn

be ilictteJ than by cuing

my voluptuoufnefs:

The

Statiff.

to reveal,

quote.

In

urs.

me

from what

is

Kndltts Hijiory of the Turks.

he refteth not to cir-

Biotvni Vulgar Er,

court.

into

CJ'TER. n.f. [from

firft dc.

ParerpDHi

held a late court, to which

She oft was citid by them, but appear' d not. Skat.
Forthwith the rifcrf dead,
Of all pad ages, to the general d.xim
Shall haften.
Miftait.

So half my Egypt were fubmerg'd, and ma.ic

for fcal'd makes.
cijlern
Sbdtejfeart.
But there 's no bottom, m.n

cunuint the Cons of the

He

his malice is vigilant,

'j

CITE. -a. a. [clto, Latin.]

To fummon to anfwcr in a

fearing to be betrayed or circumvaatd by his

cruel brother, flee! to Barlnrnffj.

As

fuc':<

C;;:fumfri<r'.

mud

refervoir ; an inclofed fountain.

Had no part as kindly rraid behind
In the wide cijlfrnt of the lakes confm'd,
Did not the fprings and rivers diench the land,
Our globe would grow a wilderncfs of land.

en

If a judge cite one to 2 place, to which he c.innot come with fafety, he may freely ippe ,],
though
an appeal be inhibited in the letters i

that

of

citati;it

J7i.-ro.-v

adj. [from To cite.] Having

power or form of citation.

wh

ciftcrr.,

confum~t:on endemic!: to

effect a

there remains a

CI'TATORY.

Any

At

vanced.

Blttlauri

3.

He,

1.

which
him.

ilint

a quota-

The letter-writer cannot read thpfe </><.", ;

without bluihing, after the charge lie hath ad-

f.

not the rain that waters th;

"I'ii

paffage or words quoted

tion.

or bag.

of carrying round.
of being carried round.

CIRCUMVENT,

cafe

[cijlerna, Latin.]
1.
receptacle of water for domefiick
ufes.

ftate

Lat.]

The

3.

To

CIST. n.f. [cijia, Latin.]

gument commonly ufed

but

n.f. [citatio, Latin.]

againft him. Aylijfi's Parer.

Quotation; the adduction of any paffage from another author; or of another

2.

Sidny.

1'cf,

n.

Sbakefyearf.

citation; call into a court.

calling a perfon before the judge,

for the fake of trying the caufe of aftion

CI'STBRN.

of himfelf,

The

1.

See the cirque falls

th' unpillar'd temple noJs ;
Streets pav'd with heroes, Tyber choak'd with gods.

Kw.-l

The
The

1.

Quotation; citation.

The one was about the cirjaeof Flora, the other

upon the Tarpeian mountain.
Sti/iingjldl.

Latin.]
2.

3.

C: TA'TION.

'

land.

n. f.

Summons;

Arbutbnot,

ci/f.]

cltat

bluming

2.

3.
thing rolled round another.
Confider the obliquity or clofenefs of thefe circumvdutKKs the nearer they are, the higher may
be the mftrument<
H^ilkir.s.

[from

chid his truant youth.

man's words.

other.

adj.

made

IJ-j

And

The

refpiie to finiih thofe ftupeadous cirand barricadoes, reared up by ita and

CIRCUMVE'CTION.

n. f. [from cite.]
Reproof; impeachment.

1.

round.

twilling of the guts is really either a circum

volution, or inlertion of one part of the gut within

cift,

Dryd-.n.

CI'TAL.

up

charge, the citadel, repair.

my

commenced

[circumvolu-

The

round with

Sidney.
to

1 'II

were unphilofophical.

it,

fpeclacle of running horfes.

<vallate.~\

I.

to put into a cir-

tus, Lat.]
aft of rolling round,
z.
ftate of being rolled
i.

v. a. [cireum-

inclofe

round

French.]

\citadelle,

beny.

Glanv'ille 's Scff

Hanover.

To

roll

CIRCUMVOLXJ'TIOK. n.f.

tile

adjunfts.
I

To

a. f.

a caitle, or place of arms, in

to the crown by utt'uft means, ai

unjuftly he kept it ; by force of ftran^cr foldiers in
nerts
ot tyranny and murderers nf lithe
,

[tiretmvt/Ho,

cular motion.
Could folid orb? be accommodated to phsencmena, yet to afcribe each fphere an intelligence to

cir-

[from

cumflaKce.~\

fortrefs

a city.
As he came

this bate the earth did'it firmly found,

mad'lt the deep to nrcionw/7 it round. W'Atcn.

Lat.]

CI'TADEL.

R'ime

CIRCUMVOLA'TION. n.f. [from circumvolo, Lat.] The aft of flying round.

To Ci RCUMVO'LVE. v. a. [eircum-volvo,

Brume.

a.

Ta.'/.r.

Barnard, thou art a eil, with all thy

ButBug and D 1, their honours, and fofoTth.jP^eb

cover round with a garment.

Who on

circumvolvc

power--, are only

GLirvi.'ir':

circurrflantially different.

To

madmen.

St.:
<v.

Stu Jy your race, or the foil of your family will

dwindle inU citi or fijuires, or run up into v

in this ftate,

to bodily aft, ere

CIRCUMVE'ST.
Lat.]

not eflen-

hifmguing

Prevention; pre-occupation. Thisfenfe

is now out of ufe.

2.

cu>n/lantial.]
I.

in the city, he muft avoid

in commerce.

is

circmveftKi

igiinft

cafual.
Virtue

By

there muft be a wi fdom from above

Srjtb.
wifdom.

to over-reach this hclliih

Seutt.

necefi'ary.

to

Job

/o*.

CI'TIZEN.

C
CI'TIZEN.

j.

[avis, Lat. citajen, Fr.]

city ; not a foreigner ;

n.f.

freeman of a

man of

trade

Brafil, Guinea. The perfume is formed like a kind

of greafe, in a bag under its tail, between the anus,
and pudendum.
It is gathered from tine to time,
and abounds in proportion as the animal is fed.

gentleman.

When

An

3.

he (peaks not like a

citixcn,

h-om noily R'-rr?

Fa:'

And

ne more

<

CI'TIZEN.

fec'jr.'

Dryden.

So

fick

But rot

Ib

fecrri

not, yet I am not well

n i wanton, as

arr,

is

[This

adj.

cit'tK-

By

urine of a thicker confidence, the falt-

nefs of [,'iicgm

CI'TRINE.

known.

is

Hytr

[from

./.

not permit their commonweal to be

governed by
Honker,
any orliei- laws than his own.
Part fuch as apj>crtt n
To dvi/jufticc} part, rei:g ous rites

or the th-m-.tirs.

citrinus,

Latin.]

and

found in

It ii ever

is

call

hath broad

It

The

[from

n.f.

ftift"

leaves,

The

re fe.

citrus,

the fun

Wi;h ('arm groves adorn

CITRON-WATER,

a diftant foil.

AJdif-.r..

n.f. Aquavit?--, diUilled

with the rind of citrons.

Like citm-waitn matrons cheeks inflame.
Pcpr.
C I'T R v L. n'.f. The fame with fumfio/i, fo

named from its yellow colour.

CI'TY. n.f. [die, French ; ciiiitas, Lat.]

large collection of houfes and inha-

Men
from

fc<

fafety

make

the tew

from number better united, and

tirit.uion<, the ufe

a match for the

many

whe
:

this

is

ihe

Tasfti.

hnk, means

the houfes inclofed

in a larger lenfe, itreacr.

[In the Knglifhlaw.] A town corporate,

that hath a bifhop and a cathedral church.
Cotvell.

inhabitant- of a certain
city, as
diltinguiihed from other fubjedts.
>.e

True, the

per.pli:

are the

ha\e done

member of a

He,

The

wives.

in

anarchy

Sbatrfftart.
citi-

Rcfembling the manners of the

Not

foreign

From

we can

city feart

rfgrec

of

upon the

it,

firlt

wild

riot

to let the

uut.

not without

natural

8.

He was dri/and
And

fall

Whererii/j/lj

Grave

tl.at

'Prior.

2.

morn appear.
Milan's Poem.
12. Relating to the ancient confular or
imperial government ; as, civil law.
N'i

wnm.iM hat

meat

coal

profefle^

man

it,

lut a

,':t'il

doctor.

that

the knowledge of the old

Ro-

law, and of general equity.

f. [

Br iten.

Not criminally.
'1'Lat accufru'ion, which is
publick, is either
commenced for the private fatLfaction of
the pirry injure.] ; or dir
criminally, that is, fir
forr.e pi.hlRk pinufunvnt.
Stylist.

civilly

Sbakcfp.

'One

n.f. [civilis, Lat.]

In a manner relating to
government,
or to the rights or character of a member of a community ; not
naturally.
Men th.it are civil lead their live., after one
common la ; for that a multitude mould, without harmony, concur in the doing of one
thing
(for this is ,-evil/y to live), or mould man:i;;c comlinker.
munity of life, it is not pofliblc.

1.

thj pile career,

zER

CI'VILI.Y. ad"j. [from civil.]

not gay or fhewy.

:i

gentle ton^iiV,

:uidji<>ft p.-;..

fober

from

'v i L

Pbilifs's

DryJtn't L>uf,,p^.
!.

tbnct.

from civilize.] He that

reclaims others from a wild and
i'avage
life ; he that teaches the rules and cuftomj of civility.
The civilixtn /the difturbers fay ;
The robbers, the corruptcrs of mankind
i

fong. Khaleff.
well-natuieJ, never refuting' t.>

thefe fayings

DryJ,n.

yc.'rr.

10.

irj a mermaid, on a
dolphin's back,
Uttering fuch dulcet and harmonious breath,
'i hat the rude fca
grew tivil at her

life.

takes place.
Leckt.
Ofiris, or Bacchus, is reported to have rt-vi/'zcj
the Indians, and reigned
amongft them fifty-two

9. Civilized ; not barbarous.

England was very rude- and barbarous ; for it is
but c-.cn the other
diy fince England grew civil.

Complaifant; civilized; gentle; well

bred; elegant of manners; not rude;
not brut.'.l ; not coarfe.

of

DenkaiK.

r/W/magiftrate's

authority is obftrufled by w;ir.

Not criminal ; as, this is a civil procefs,
not a criminal profecution.

civilities

a.

Amongft tbofe who are counted the civil'-? cd

part of mankind, this^osiuinal law of nature Itill

though

as, the

T.'.

We fend th>- graces and the mules forth

Tocivi/iz; and to inftruft the North.
Waller.
Mufafits firit, then Orpheus, civilize
and
the
their
deitic*.
-.\orld
Mankind,
give

Not military;

[from civil.] To reclaim from favagenefs and brutality; to

inftruft in the arts of regular life.

not natural, death.

7.

yield to others in our

Swift.

To CI'VILIZE.

as, a pcrfon banifhed or

is faid to fufter civil,

outlawed

civility,

at frrife,

by

Not

of

Soon taught the fweet

war God of his mercy defend us,

as that which is moft
dcfperate of all others.
Bacon to ViUicrs.
5. Not ecclefiaftical ; as, the ecclefiaftical
courts are controlled
the civil.
6.

South.

in point

praclice of politenefs.
Love taught him /name; and (hame, with love

intefline.

Rule of decency

3.

a (nil

CIVI'LIAN.

zens.
not a

rule or government.
For rudcft minds with
harmony wjre caught,
Arid civil life was by the mufcs
taught. Ry'scmmen.
4.

We,
own

Till civil fuiied

Seakr/feare.

accufe,
ci'y ports ty this hath entered.

Make

Not

3.

Thi:

city

Dcr.Lanfs Ptem.
complaifance; elegance of

command.
.ur

teach another.

Relating to the city.

tfc

aa a

11.

His cnfoicemciit of the

Z.

man

any

promife, unlefs it be unlawful or

impoffible; either out of your na.ural, or out of
civil
your
^aykr.

f'j::ie

That
CI'-IY. adj.
1.

Sfratt.

to

Break not y

ciiy.

Sbattffcart.
offence,
feerns difgracious in the titj't eye. SiaUfff.

do fufpeft

were fpread.

Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy diftrcfs ?

a rude defpifer of good manners,
That in civility thou feem'ft fo empty ? Sta/trff.
He, by his great civility. and aiTability, wrought
Clarcniim.
very much upon the people.
I fliould be
kept from a publication, cid not,
what yoar ciiility calls a rccjueft, your grcatnefi

Sftnftr on Irtlan,i.
Il'uHl.

civility

Orelfe

community.

bitants.

2.

Relating

piftil

May

1.

2.

Lat.]

fruit, ii in fo great clteem, that the fingle fruits are

fold at Florence for two (hillings each.
Miller.

and warlike a

behaviour.

very full

-.

Politenefs

2.

is

while nation.

thole of the laurel.

li!-.c

flowers confift of

many leaves, expanded like

becomes an oblong, thick, flefliy
of juice. Genoa is the great nurOne fort, with a pointed
fery for thefe tree.
*

Arts, learning, and

it

CITRON-TREE,

of

in all goodly convention, and afi the ftud'es of

knowledge and humanity.
Sftnfcr.
Divers great monarchies have rifcn from barbarifm to civifty, and fallen again to ruin.
Davit; on Ireland,
"W herefoe'er her conquering eagles fled,

Afiitnti'i
ParjJife Loji.
another unity, wh'ch '.vo^ld be
moft advantageous to our
,
country; and that
your endcavuur after a civil, a political union in the

very plentiful

Indies. Our jewellers have learned to

carat ; and cut ftones for rings out of it,
which are mirtaken for topazes.
///'// en
FcJ/tli.

Weft

in the

at firft as flout

ftate

people as ever the Irifh ; and yet avc now brought

unto that civility, that, no nation excelleth them

ficrifice.

But there

This ftone

five inches in length.

STC|/>.

Of

long and (lender

column, irregularly hcxangular, and terminated by
an hexangular pyramid. It is from out to four or
blemiflies.

unknown

ancient civilians, and writers

upon govern-

all

being civilized.
The EngUfli wrre

fpecies of cryrtal of an extremely pure, dear,

fine texture, generally free from flaws and

Viziers.

ti

a term of ^rt

CIVI'LITY. n.f. [from civil.]

1. Freedom from
barbarity; the

relating to the city or government.

God gave them hws of civil regimen, and would

Gr.it'.

citrine

is

n.f. [from civil.] A law,

of juftice, or judgment, which renders a criminal procefs civil ; which is
performed by turning an information
into an inquelt, or the
contrary. Harris.

Relating
not rnili"-

kingdom

aft

adj. {clvilit, Lat.]

Relating to the community; political;

1.

difcour.:.,

CIVIMSA'TION.

Cl'VIL.

mjjor, has its wings

and black, both in long ftreaks

papilio

cit'iiu

to

With equal ray* immortal Tully (hone:

Behind, Rome's genius waits with civkt crowns,
And the great rather of his Country cwas. Vctc-

Lemon

adj. [citrinus, Lat.]

coloured; of a dark yellow.

painted with
and

adj. [civicHS, Latin

to civil honours or
prailices

!frjre.

of that law, called nV/ViiWj, beis tjieir

guide, mould not be

ment.

tary.

to die ere fick.

butterfly,

A depending

is

CI'VICK.

CI'TRINE.
The

Ckvr

N'

to Silyl giv-:s.

ci'\~,':r,

only in Sbakeffeare.] Huving the qualities of a citizen ; as cowardice, meannefs.

To

TrtvQux.
of a bafer birth than tar; the very uncleanly flux of a cat.
Kkat.jf,\ir!.
S.;me uutie/aclions and excrements do yield excellent odours ; as civet and mute, and, as ("ime
Bacon's N.itural Hif.ary.
think, ambergrcafe.

him like a foldier.

#'
inhabitant ; a dweller in any place.

find

Baccn's jiJvice

civet, or civet cat, is a fittle animal not

unlike our cat.
It is a native of die Indies, Peru,

not a

profetTors

difcountenanced nor

The

Balcigk'i Hi/lay.

townfmau

You

The

caufe the civil law

civet-cat.

All inhabitants w":':iin thefe walls are net properly citixins, but only fuch as are called fieemen.

CI'VET. n.f. [civttte,Fr. zite/ta, Arabic,

fignifying femt. ] A perfume from the

not a flave.

2.

3.

Politely; complaifantly; gently

out rudenefi ; without brutality.
I

will

il-..i

,-iv:lfy

with

liis

poem,

with-,

nothing

ill is

tj be Ijiokc-n of Uie .lead.

Drjdcn'i Fref, to his Fab.
S i i
I would

C L A
would hive had Almeria anJ

c'n-iHj

as if it
',

was not proper

Ofmyn

Collier

fo.

who hath ahcady

way,

Bacon*t

New

At<$*t.i.

to its external form : often written Jixe.

If no motion can alter bodies, that is, reduce
them to fome other cixt or figure, then there is
none of itfelf to give them the cire and figure
which they hare.
Grnu's Ccfmologij.

Germ,

\klatcben,

make a noife.]
Any thing that makes

to rattle,

to
1.

with its everlafting clack

men's ears upon the rack.
Hud'ikrai.
Fancy flows in, and mufe flics high ;
He knows not when my clack will lie.
Pritr.
all

of a Mill. A bell that rings

when more corn is required to be put in.

CLACK

Tie

Says John,

And mark

juft at the

hjw

the Jack

hopper
ju.tly

will
it

ftand,

Buttrton .

To

let the

tongue run.

11. a. As to clack wool, is to

cut off the (heep's mark, which makes
it to weigh lefs, and fo yield the lefs
Ctnuell.
cuftom to the king.

CLAD. part. pret. [This participle, which

is now referred to clothe, feems
originally to have belonged to clodcn, or fome
fuch word, like kleeaen, Dutch.] Clothinverted

So

garbed.

with coftly changes clad,

a fpratt new ftomach brings.

oft in feafts

To crammed maws
He

Sidney.

hath dad himf:!f with a new garment.

i
Kipgs.

Beyond

The flow'ry

dale of Sibma,

dad with

vine.

Miltm.

Their prayers clad

With incenfe, where the golden alur fum'd

Milton.
Hy their great interceflbr.
But virtue too, as well as vice, is dad
and blood.
v//r.
her the weeping heav'ns become ferene ;
For her the ground liclact in cheerful green.
Dryd.
The courtiers were all moft magnificently clad.
In

flerti

To

Swift.

CLAIM,

To

demand of

-v.

To

a.

right

in the poiTeflion
of another, or at the leaft out of his own ; as claim
Cnvcll.
by charter, c.'aiir. by defcent.

4,

demand of any thing

that

is

to make
phrafes are commonly
claim, or to lay claim.
The king of Pruffia lats in his claim for Neuf-

The

j4iljil*n tn Italy.

If Cod, by pofitive grant, give dominion

man, primogeniture can lay no dam to it,

to any
unlefs

Cod

Loch.

ordained.

CLAI'MABLE. aJj. [from claim.]

which may be demanded as due.
CL A I'M A NT. ./ [from claim.'] He

[darner, French.]
to require authorita-

tively ; not to beg or accept as favour,

'
but to exact as due.
If only one man hath a divine right to obedience, no body can claim that obedience but he that
can (hew his right.
Locke.We muft know how the firft ruler, from whom
ny one claimi, came by his authority, before we
can know who has a right to fuccced him in it.

[probably corrupted

To

feet.

The kitchen malkin p:ns

lockram 'bout her reechy neck,
him.
Stakeffean.
Clamb'ring the walls to eye
When you hear the drum,
Clamber not you up to the cafements then. Slab.
The men there do, not without fome difficulty,
chmbir up the acclivities, dragging their kine with
them.
Kay.

Addons freeholder.
fome provinces, to
To CLAMM.
clean ; from clxmian, Saxon, to glue toTo clog with any glutinous
gether.]
a. [in

matter.
A fwarm of wafps got

into a honey-pot, and

there they cloyed and clammed themfelves till there
was no getting out again.
were ail daubed with lime, and the
The

Utjhtm.

fprigs

L'Eftrange.

CLA'MMINESS. ./. [from clammy.] Vifcofity ; vifcidity ; tenacity ; ropinefs.

the clamminrfs of the
greafy pipkin will fpoil

CLA'MMY.
glutinous

aaj.
;

Mema.
[from clamm.] Viicous ;

tenacious

adhefive

You,

May

Blanch your wife,

the claim that Arthur did.

in the right of la.iy

then

make

all

Sbakefftare.

Forfworn thyfelf The traitor's odious name

ic;urn, and then difpror; thy iiajm, Dryden.
!

fi.li

1.

Or

Pi-Hips.

it.

*l-*-j.n tn itety-

[clamor, Latin.]
exclamation j vocife-

Revoke thy doom,

whilft I can vent clamour

from

thee, thou do'll evil.

I'll tell

The

my
'

throat,

Sbeb&atrt.

giew then exorbitant

people

mc-urt for.juftice.

in their ela-

Kin? Cbarla.

The maid
weep the fury of

my

love decay'J

And weeping follow me, as thou do'ft now,

With idle clamours of a broken vow.
Priir.
2. It is ufed fometimes, but lefs
fitly, of
inanimate things.
Here the loud Arno's

That with

fubmiffive

boilt'rous clamours
ceafe,
glides in peace.

murmurs

JOCLA'MOUR. v. n.
1. To make outcries
;

ciferate

The

[from the noun.]

to exclaim ; to vo-

to roar in turbulence.

obfcurc bird clamnir'd the

live-long night.

Let them not come

nitious

manner

Sbakefpeare.

in multitudes, or in a tribufor that is to clamour

not to inform them.

counfels,
Bacon'i Effays.

In Shakefpeare'u feems to mean, active-

2.

ly, to ilop from noife.

Clamour your tongues, and not a word more.
Stekefpeare,

CLAMP,

n. f.

[clamp, French.]
piece of wood joined to another, as
an addition of ftrength.
2.
quantity of bricks.
To burn a damp of bricks of fixteen thoufand,

1.

they allow feven ton of coals.

Ma timer's Hufb.

To CLAMP, -v. a. [from the noun.]

When a piece of board is fitted with the grain to
the end of another piece of board crofs the
grain,
the mil board is clattf.fd. Thus the cud's of tables
are

prefeive them firnn warp*

Moxsn's Mechanical
Excrcifcs.
[probably of Scottilh origi-

commonly damped to

ing.

CLAN.

n. f.

klaan, in the Highlands, fienifhs

chiUren. ]
nal
,

-i

family

Of each

a race.
They around

the flag
his faction, in their fevcial
clans,

Swarm

populous, unnumber'd.
Miltcn,
Mil;. m was the poetical fon of Spenfer, and Mr.
Waller of Fairfax j for we have our lineal dcfcents

Joyful
all o'er-ftrown with tribes

There is an unftuous dammi vapour that arifes

from the ftum of grapes, when they lie mafhed together in the vat, which puts out a light when dip-

n. f.

noife

Outcry;

thou'lt fee

The clammy furface

Of greedy infeflb.

i'n-

ration.

ped into

pamphlet that will fettle the wavering,

and inflame ;he clarr,~nm.

CLA'MOUR.

ropy.

Bodies clammy and cleaving, have an appetite, at

once, to follow another body, and to hold to themSatan.
felves.
Neither the brain nor fpirits can conferve moti< n
the formrr is of fuch a clammy confidence,
it can no more retain it than a quagmire.

Aghaft he wak'd, and ftaiting from his bed,

Cold fweai, in clammy drops, hit limbs o'erfprejd.
Dryden,

I.

Fife.

their lives.

glue.

fi.'Us.

ftruit the ignorant,

They were forced to clamber over fo many

rocks, and to tread upon the brink of fo many
often in danger of
precipices, that they were very

birds clammed and taken.

the herds

In one more various animal combin'd,

And fram'd the clam'roui race of bufy human kind.

richeft

-v.

Sbakc/frare.

With the damcrcus report of war

Thus will I drown your exclamations. Slakcfytarc.
Then various elements ag.iinft thcc join'd,

Shall

<v.n.

from climb ; as climber, clamber.]

climb with difficulty, as with both hands

Poets have undoubted right to claim,

If not the grcateft, the moll tailing name. Cwgrevc.

[from the verb.]

demand of any thing, as due.

kifs'd her lips

a clawrcui l;n^ck, that at the parting

Sbaleffeare.

him.
thing, as unjultly withheld from
CLAIR-OBSCURE. n. /. See CLARE-

l-.^r.vilit't Sccpfis.

./.

loud.

At my birth
The gnats ran from the mountains, and
Were ftrangely dcrn'rom in the frighted

Locke.

CLAIM.

He

With fuch

CLAI'MER.
/ [from claim.] He that
makes a demand he that requires any

turbulent

fufficient

Stu'ifs,

that

as unjuilly detained

demands any thing,

by another.

Her

argument to fiy, that, in urging thefe ccre.Tionies, none are fo claxtoim:

i
phi,, and they whom papifts fuborn.
It is

That

and

noify

no

Dtff.

lit

adj. [from damcur.] Voci-

All the church echo'd.

In law.

OBSCURE.
To CLA'MBER.

To CLACK.

ed

3.

ferous

will found.

To CLACK. <v. n. [from the noun.]

1. To make a chinking noife.
2.

slil'U'knot

CLA'MOROUS.

Either there muft have b.-en but one fovereign

over them all, or elfe every father of a family haJ
been as good a prince, and haJ as jjood a cij'.m to
Lccte.
royalty, as thefe.

and im-

And

2.

Swiff.

of a gangrene and approaching death.

figns

>

Chatel, as he did for the "principality of Orange.

a lading

portunate noife: generally ufed in contempt for the tongue.

But frill his tongue ran on,
Set

him

title to any privilege or pofieflion in

the hands of another.

z.

[perhaps from incifa, Lat.

ftiaped or cut to a certain magnitude.]
The quantity of any thing, with regard

CLACK.

revived fever.il daimt upon

Prior.

n. f.

The continuance of the fever, clammy fweats,

at Ift a total ccffation of pain, art
palcnefs, and

Will he not, therefore, of the two evils ctiufe the

lead, by fubmitting to a mafter who hath nb immediate claim upoH him, rather than to another

were handf unc and cheerful, and

furnished civilly.

CIZE.

do

cf the Stage.

He thought them folks that loft their

And aflc'd them ch'il'y to ftay.
4. Without gay or gaudy colours.
The chambers

parted

for lovers to

C L A

C L

2.

and clans as well as other families.

Dryden.
body or fedl of perfons, in a fenfe of

contempt.
Partridge and the reft of his dan may hoot ms
I fail in
any fingle pa< ticular. Swift.

for a cheat, if

CLA'MCULAR.

CLA'NCULAR.

C L A

C L

adj. [clanculariut, Latin.]

Clandeftine ; fecret ; private

ed ; obfcure ; hidden.

the air her gl.jry fing?,

round him the pleas'd audience cfcf tK<i:

And

conceal-

C L A

Each poet of
wings.

In flow'ry wreathes the royal virgin dreft

His bending horns, and kindly daft his breaft.

Decay cf Piety.

Secret

hidden

private

an

in

ill

Tho' nitrous tempeib, and

dendejiiu; death,
Fill'd the deep caves and nuru'rous vaults beneath.

CLANDE'STINELV.

[from

iine.] Secretly; privately; in private;

in fecret.

There have been two printed papers

fpread about, whereof no man is able

int.}

n. f.

{clangor, Lat.]

fharp,

If a

With fuch a horrid dang

on mount Sinai nr, c',
While the red fire aad fmould'ring clouds out-

Milton.

and armies rufhing

to

ikic:

the war!

make

to

The

The

Libyans, clad in

fierce

Their myftic
arms ;

To

a.

i>.

CLA'NGOUR.

n.f. [clangor, Lat.]

fhrill found.'
to 3 difma!

Warwick, revenge my
With joy they view

And

hear the

t:

f:o.Ti far,

We

He was no
ftambling
thought was

So much
indeed from

n.f. [from clang.] Aloud, {hriU-,

fharp noife, made by tha collifion of
hard and fonoroni bodies.

CLAP.

To

<v. a.

To

ftrike

foas to

to

Men

their gates.
(hall
dap their

ing, dapping

"Jcb.
a citizen, in a cold mornhia fidet, and wJkin^ before his

'

fl^'p

Drydcn.
He crowing dapp'd his wing', th' appointed call
chuck his wivej tog:ther in the hall.

Uyden'i

Fallts.

his

whole

fpecies,

that his friends

horns and hounu.-,

bai.k her car }
i.-j^
will take our
remedy at law, and

To

't

If the patient hatii been

daft, it will be the more
cure him the fecund time, and worfe

difficult to
t'.'-

tl.ird.

Let

Wbo'd

men and manners

Wifcman.

ev'ry di(h adapt}

iorce his p <jper where his gucAs are
daft f

King.

'

Sta/i.

you go out, as

make

every thing
Si:-ift.

A fudden or unexpected al or motion.

monftrous tome, that the fouth-fea Ihould

pay half their debts at one dap.
Swift's Letters.
It is

An

explofion of thunder.
There (hall be horrible claps of thunder, ani

3.

fia/hes

of lightning, voices and earthquakes.

HakeTuill an PnviJtHfft

The dap

An

4.

is

part,

and now the

Ikies are clear.

Juv.

JJrjfdtti's

of applaufe.

aft

The

the midft of an innocent old

actors,
play, are often ftartled in the midft of unexpected
daps or hiffes.
Addtfon.
in

A fudden or unexpected misfortune.

Obfolete.
6. A venereal infeclion.
[from clapoir, Fr.]
Time, that at laft matures a clap to pox.
Pope.
The
nether part of
7. [With falconers.]
the beak of a hawk.
.

CLA'PPER. n.f. [from

1. One who
claps with

claf,]
his hands

an ap-

plauder.
2.

The tongue
He hath

of a bell.

as found as a bell, and his

tongue is the dapper; for what his heart thinks,
his tongue fpcaks.
Shakcffearc.
I f<w a
and
yo-in.; h.iy fill down the other

/he

much

a lu-att

day,

rcfernblcd an overturned bell without a

tlapptr.

3.

Mdlfon.

A p p E R of a Mill.
fhaking the hopper.
i.

They've always been

[See

a clap as

(hake the whole room, and

Dedication tn Dryden's
Spanijb Friar.

infeft with a venereal

poifon.

'tis ill
hap
'emdap.

n.f. [from the verb.]

loud noife made by fudden collifion.

To CLA'JM'KRCLAW.

To

we

together in ap-

rattle in it.

2.

Prior.

the noun.]

a fong.
roundly, without faying

Shake/pure.

to applaud.
;
have often heard the ftitioner
wifning for
^ands to take off his
melancholy bargain,
which c/jpped it; performance on the ftage.
.

dapt.

Dryden,
brilknefs up

>

Give the door fuch

will

dap an

Arhutlmfs Uijliry of y sin Bull.

celebrate or praife by
clapping the

clap into

ftrike the 'hands

fidiien,

him out of his place.

Have you never leen

fafhiofi.

Walton's Life of Buck.

from the reft of his countrymen, and

hands

ciie filers,

Shakefpfare.
hands at him, and lha

begging or in a drunken

action upon you for old dcbu.

together with a quick motion,

a noife by the collifion.
who, upon the

in a

We

make

Following
Clap!

Of

[clappan, Sax. klapptn,

enters;

Sbakefpeare.
fconcr entered into the
town, but a
hold
of his bridle, which he
daft

and

CLAP.

obferv'd a fitting hare,

Lift'ning, and fearful of the ftorm

W!th them he

were dead aflefp,

all
dapt under hatches.

not,

alacrity

All the beft men are ours ; for

If they hold, when theirladies bid

Have you

dank of
&e?tator.

Dutch.]
I.

Mind.

would have dapped him into

bedlam, and have
begg-d his eftate.
Sj'cftjtir.

CLANK,

the melodious

en tie

me

the doors around

plaufe.

them.

foldier

the cranes, and birds of long

necks, have any mufical, but harfn and djngou;
thrc.
Brctla.

To

3.

to

do any thing with a fudden

hafty
motion, or unexpectedly.
And, how we know

We do not obferve

They we

to mi/lead

To

a clang.

mar.

and galloped away

we

are hoarfe

he dapped fpurs
Add'fin.

Stak^rpeare.
the waving enfig-,
,.r
pierce the Iky.

[from clang.] Making

adj.

and

dome

Come,
Shall

Watt J
|.

Drjdln.

CLA'NCOUS.

vefll-l,

Locke.

Prior.

In death he cried,

Like

the

have cbferved a certain cheerfulnefs in as bad

a fyftem of features as ever was
dapped together,
which hath appeared lovely.
Addipn'i Speflattr.
Let all her ways be unconfin'd,
And dap your padlock on her mind. Pritr.
Socrates or Alexander
might have a fool's coat
daft upon them, and perhaps neither wifdom nor
would
fecure
them
from a fneer.
majefty

Aloud

the

all

on any thing.

their founding

Jnduftrious with the warlike din to quell

Thy inlant cries.

Ray

as abfurd as to
fay,

having no bias yet dapped on

they

ftrike together with

and dang'd

mouth of

SanJys,

i/. a.

To enter with

2.

By having their minds yet in their perfect freedom and indifferency, they purfue truth the better,

Curetes trod tnrr"j'ru^us

Jarice,

would be

the Hague.

Prior.

To CLANG.
a noife.

the

emperor for his admiraand the princo dapt

with a noife.
Every door flew op<:n
T' admit my entrance; and then dapt behind me,
To bar my going back.
Drjden.
A whirlwind rofe, that with a violent blalt
Shook

wounded

part. Dryd,
for the air, then

to the

To move nimbly

Taylor's Living Haly.

to his horfe at St.

James's,

diir.g f

fliields

1.

a'n, aid-

the fillies will contend to

get uppermoft in the
water.
the Creation.
It

beat.

Th"

dap your hand upon

lead

armour,
dance; and clanging fwords and

make

commended, we think him

we dap fin, or tolly, or in-

empty

a loud ihrill noife.

Have I not in a pitched battle heard

Loud 'larums, neighing deeds, and trumpets

To CLAP.

Taylor.

be highly

dttpp'd his hand upon the

If you leave fome
(pace

Of drums, o'ercame tbeir groans.

^l-:':^.
To CLANG. i>. n. [clause, Lat.] To clat;

Being prefented

Sbakifpwe,

like the fun,

He

Drydcn.

Guas, and trumpets dung, and folemn found

ter

Carew.
clap on

Maxim's Mechanical
Excrcips.
The man daft his fingers one day to his mouth,
ar.d blew
them.
upon
LlEfirar.ge.
His ffiield thrown fay, to mitigate the
fmurt,

and bare
and ores, and fca-mews dang.

German

carriers

down

may

Hornet's Vocal Fore/}.

imprifon with little

To

up.

in motion,

ble beauty, he was known,

him up as his iaveiglcr.

Razor-makers generally dap a fmjU bar of Venice fteel between two fmall bars of Flemifh ftecl.

ifland fait

clangs were heard in

fall

which are now

upon his fkirts.

formality or delay.

and

to wing,

fweet finging,

firmity into his account.

break.

What
Of arms

man

furficiently leflened, if

As

The haunt of feals

mouth, wing

fo, after a

Smooth temptations,

fhrill noife.

An

and

Sbakefp.

Skatifp.
be dapped up with that fuddennefs,

fall

CLAP

To

7.

en lay by her veil and robe; which perfecution,

like the northern wind, made her hold
faft, and
dap clofe about her.

Swift.

CLANG,

lakes.

This pink is one of Cupid's

more fails; purfue.

dandeJUi-fly
to trace the

original.

clap

leg to leg

clandef-

to

may

unexpectedly

or fudden.

mouth

complete fuddenly,,

precaution.
than we well could wa(h our hands,

that the forces,

Ae/Hifm.

They
ad*v.

A peace

Glad of a quarrel, ftraight I clap the door,

Sir, let me lee your works and you no more.
Pope,
2. To add one
thing to another, implying
the idea of
fomething halty, unexpected,

To

up.

much

No longer
To dap this royal bargain up of peace.
Was ever match daft up fo fuddenly ?

bryii.-n.

He

fenfe.

without

had juft time to get in ar,d

claf tt, the door,
to avoid the blow.
Locke en Educatkn.

Let us withdraw all fupplies from our kite, and

not by ;ny fscret rcfejved affection give them danai.'ar aids to maintain heir rebellion.

CLAP

To

6.

(foot).]

They

To
are

<v.

tongucbeat

A
a.
;

piece of

wood

[from claf
to fcold.

dapp.rjj-^ing une another,

I'll

and
look

<>"

Shakefpcart.

And

at dacrgers-draiving,

one another
dafftr.-lmi'ing.

llvdilrai.

CLA'RENCEUX, or CLA'RENCIEVX. n.f,

The fecond king at arms fo named
:

from the duchy

o&Cjarence.
CLARE-OBSCURE, n. f. [from darns,
bright, and obfcunis, Lnt.] Light and
fhadc in painting,

A*

T,

At
With

matters in thf elarc-tlfiuit

varioui light your eye alluie;
flaming yellow here they fpiead,

fe

How many

Your fight upon

the whole

of a clear pale red colour.

Red and white wine are in a

Prior.

fix'd.

is

To

Boy!?.

we

claret frnooth, red as the lips

pref

CLA'RICORD.

and

n.f. [from cirrus

The

ait of

ty

from

making any thing

clarify. ]

clear from

The apothecaries clarify their fyrups by whites

of eggs, beaten with the juices which they would
clarify \ which whites of eggs gather all the dregs
and groflcr parts of the juice to them; and after,
th fyrup being fet on the fire, the whites of eggs
Bac^n.
themfelves harden, and arc taken forth.

To brighten;
is

to illuminate.

The
then ductile and pliant
motions of right reafon
it met the dictates of
:

f'aiijted

undemanding half

The Chriftian religion

Cod has fanctiricd, to fet

\v

is

To

n.

-v.

clear

I'lFiys.

and

One

An

herb.
n.f. [her mini urn, Lat.]
Plants that have circled leaves do all abound will
weaked
of
The
kind
moilture.
cuiiing is roughrufs ; as in clary and burr.
Bacon's Natural tlijl
ii. n.

\kletfen,

4.

To make

by mutual

Of

.win-.,

we heard.

derived.

Chjick.

order or rank.

firft

this (tandard the value

Roman

of the

A'tutbmt

fubject.

en Coins.

n.f. [clafftetti, Lat.] An author of the firlt rank

uiuaily taken for
:

ancient authors.

Th-

clajjtckt

of an nge that heard of none.

Psfe.

CLA'S&IS. n.f. [Latin.] Order;

fort;

body.
He h.<sl

Ptft.

men,

declared his opinion of that

clafiu of
and did all he could to hinder their growth.

Milton's Par.
Loft
(toop'd below
The flying (pear, and ihun'd the promis'd blow;
Then creeping, claj'f'd the hero's knees, and pray'd

Dridcr.

Now, now

To

hcc/affi her to his panting

devours her with his eager eyes.

bM.-JI>;

Smith

inclofe.

'

[clatnunje, a rat-

Saxon.]

To make

a noife by.

knocking two

fb-

the fprightly
trumpet from afar
rous'd the neighing .teed s to fcour the
fields,
While the fierce riders dattcr'a on their fiiields.

Had

2.

To

DryJen.

utter n noife

ther.
Ail that n'
of weapons, and of

by being ftrnck toge,1

an unwonted clattering

men running

to

and

fro.

ATnc//'l Hiftvry.

Down

funk the monftcr-bulk, and

prefs'd the
ground ;
His arms and flattering fhield on the vaft
body
found.

Their

Boys, with women's voices,

S:rivf to fp-ak big, and
cla/f their femalejoints
In :ki>T u.iweildy arms ogaiaft thy crown.

n.

Nw

tc

tiaff thy knees.

i>.

norous bodies frequently together.

Bacon,

and

CLA'TTER.
tle,

1.

to

He

5.

To

To

I beg,

collifion

Dtnbam

it is

clajjict

FJt;r. en the

catch and hold by twining.

Now he
a noife

around,

ground. Aldif.
the genius of clafitk learning dwcl-

and from them

Of the

cow hide.

embrace.
Thou art a (lave, whom fortune's tender arm
With favour never chfft, but bred a dog. Shakefp
Thy fuppliant

Dut. to make

to ftrike one a^ainlt another.

Three times, as of tlic clafhing found

leth,

me

encompafs
on

to tread

chifcd.
with Wynkin at his fiJu;
in itrung

feem

With them

Itiil

wood, and one

fields

CLA'SSICK.

cljfp.

a noife.]
i.

in

flept,

ftill

in the fettling
weights and coins are deduced
of w!-.ich I have followed Mr. Grebes, who
may be juftly reckoned a c/aj/ical author on this

Occafion turneth the handle of the bottle firft

b2 received; and after the
bdly, which is hard

CLASH.

daughter,

The f!aff:ng ivy :. here to dirnb. Mtlton't Par. Loft.

3. To hold with the hands extended; to
inclole between the hands.

fplendour.

Britun's yiilvtir Errours.

TV

Poetick

And

C/arnJan.

light by abundant clarity invifible; an undirftanding which itfelf can only comprehend.
Sir Walter Raleigt.
Man was not only deceivable in his integrity
but the angcU of light in ail their clarity.

CLA'RY.

cL'-fp'd

To

2.

n.f. [clarte, French; claritas,

Latin.] Brightnefs

to literature.

There Catton

be uprcar'd
Milton's Paradift Lcfl.

Relating to antique authors; relating

1.

From

[from the noun.]

remain, in comparifon,

Letfullcr notes th' applauding woiKt amaze,

And the loud clarion labour in your praife.
PcJ>e,

CLA'RITY.

LA'SSICAL.

CLA'SSICK.

(hut with a
clafp.
Sermons :ire the kcyj or the kingdom of heaven,
or-ei: 'he
wh.ch being but read,
fcripturcs

clarions,

(tandard.

I confidered that, by the

and methodiclajjinr
zing fuch paflages, I might inftrudt the reader.
drbutbaot on Coin!,

2.

Skaktff.

<v. a.

To

1.

And all the way the joyous people (ings.

Sfetifcr.
Then (trait commands, that at the warlike foun.l

Of trumpets loud,

fair

and do
fweet

...

embrace, in contempt.

To CLASP.

Spaniih ; from
trumpet ; a winJ

And after to his palace he th.-m brings,

Wiih (hams, and trumpets, and with ctariiini

The mighty

Arttitbnot

Your

[clarin,

clnrus, loud, Lat.]

instrument of war.

different ranks.
kings,

Tranfported with no worfe nor better guard,

But with a knave of hire, a gondalier,
To the grnfs chffi of a lafcivious Moor.

marfhatlcth his thoughts more orderly, he fccth

how they look when they are turned into wor !s.

Bacon

An

2.

thoughts, his wits and under/landing d i clarify

and break up in the difcourfing with another; he

CLA'RIOK. n.f.

Pofc.

Attakury.

parchment cover.

mind fraught with many

his

To

range according to fome Hated method

of dittribution ; to range according to

The fcorpion's claws here grafp a wic!e extent,

And here the crab's in Icficr clafpt are bent.
He- took me afide,
opening the da if; of the

to

this herd of politicians,

any one fet
a very c jnfiderablc
of men.
clajt

Among

Mdifcn'l FrfttaUtr.

n.f. [chefpe, Dutch.]

A hook to hold any thing clofe; as a
book,, or garment.

1.

fet

make

flint's collifion, fprings.

CLASP,

his logs

up;

from

them.

grow

bright.
Whofoever hath

WatH en ttc M'.nit.

of beings or things ; a number
ranged in diftribution, under feme common denomination.

3.

Vtntam,

again, to clarify his reafon, and to rectify his will.

South.

To CLA'RIFY.

We

Whate'er of mongrel, no one daft admits

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. Puff.
To CLASS, v. a. [from the noun.]

In the very next line he reconciles the father,

vtwix'
and'fcripturc, and (hews there

the

man upm

Oppofition ; contradiction.
Then from the tlajha between popes and

of boys learning the fame

lefibn at the fchool.

Oiall be feized away from this lower
clefs
in the fcrnol of knowledge, and our converfation
(ball be with angels and illuminated fpirits.

Drydin.

D.-bate, like fparks

Ssutb,
the only means that

fallen

A number

2.

(latue
clajh'dhts arms,
foun j, and feeble cry,

He nobly feiz'd thce in the dire alarm

Of war and flauViter, and the clajb of arms.

rare.
to all

cl*fa';r,'
c

n.f. [from the verb.]

noify collifion of two bodies.
The cljfi of arms and vuice of men we hear.

2.

Drydtn.

claffa.

Thisfenfe

will w.i?

S-jrais has diftinguiflied the readers of poetry,

g to their capacity of judging, into three

To

CLASH,
1

m (talks.

n.f. [from dajjls, Latin.]

rank or order of perfons.

chance

'!' all-

tory-

a. [clarifiir, French.]
purify or clear any liquor; to fe-

infi.

The nodding
AnJ with a fuilen

parate from feculencies or impurities.

2.

Half lank, and half pronouno'd the word of vic-

To CLA'RIFY. v.

of plants are given only

weak and

^LASS.

<v. a.
ftrike one
thing againft another, fo as to produce a noife.

tendrels or clafferi

n.f. [fromr/a// and knife.']

knife which folds into the handle.

South.

To CLASH.

Liquors are, many of them, at the firft, thick

to know the
nd troubled ; as mufte, and w.ut
means of accelerating clarijicariva, we mud know
the caufes of clarification.
Bacon.

To

this

to other things for

fup-

LA'SPKNIFE.

The

impurities.

1.

what help

it, if they (hould

ten.

R.iy on tbi Creation*

L'Ejlrange.
abfurdity in this inltance is obvious; and
yet every time that cLJh'mg metaphors are put
together, this fault is committed.
Sf^

Chambers.

C A'T ION. n. /.

find

contradict ; to oppofe.
Wherever there are men, there will be
fome time or other; and a knock, or a

mufical inftrument in form of a fpinette, but

ancient. It has forty- nine or fifty keys, and

CLAR

The

to fuch fpeeies as have

To

fevcnty firings.

Bacon.

authority.

would

The

port.

who might

ctajh.

chor-

which they cling

oppofite power, or contrary

are rot convinced

to majiftracy,
to

da, Latin.]
more

ail with

cla/f.]

of creeping plants, by

drils or threads

Cbcyne.

Thofe that

In fparkling fancy, while we drain the bowl

CLA'SPER. n.f. [from

direfti.in.
Neither was there any queen-mother
clajh with his cjunfellors for

confounded

trice

into chret.

The

if

of

other bodies.

French wiue,

n.f. [dairct, Fr.]

might

elajb,

Jlentuy.
out their light,

candle-

may fend
:".n one another! which argues
he part, of light, and the
large
the inteifticc. between
particles of air and

off in blue, or charge in red ;

fiO:n thefe colours, oddly mix'd,

CLA'RET.

C L A

few tin: (hould

happen to

rebound after the colliuon.

Draw
Yet

C L

C L A

cLitt,i\ng

rcfound

arms with

tlic

fierce

Dtydcn,
fbocks

Helmct> and broken launces

fj

rcaj the f rounJ.

Grat.t i'lf.

3-

To

C L
3.

To

talk faft and

idly.
Here is a great deal of good matter
Loll for lack of telling

action fet

clatter

To

ftrike

make

fb as to

any thing

found and

CLA'USTRAL.

difpute,

or clamour

jar,

a lo\

Martin
is

CLA'TTER.

n.f. [from the verb.]

rattling noife made by the frequen

1.

and quick

collifion

of fonorous bodies

feeing

made

in their

It is ufed for

2.

this great clatter, or.e

Stems

of the greatefl note

bruited.

Ska

G row

Ben Janfon

Rourk's jolly boys

Ne'er dreamt of the matter,

And

mufical

ctatv'd like a parrot.

To

2.

CLA'VATED.
bed
fr ikes

.ly to have ben dav.-aej

of fome kind of echinus ovarius.

Wood-ward

ting;

To

CLA'UDICATE. v. n.
to limp.
tin.] To halt

CLAUDICA'TION. n.f. [from claudicar,

The aft or habit of halting.
Dicl.
CLAVE, [the preterite of cleave.] See
CLEAVE.
CLA'VELLATED. adj. [clavellatut, low
Latin.] Made with burnt tartar: a
Chamber,.

A'"

l_f;i

it

weight

though

not fo properly.

CLA'VICLE.

n. f.

See

CLOVER.

[fla-vicula, Lat.]

The

collar bone.

Some quadruped* can

their

A
-

mouths
girl

bring their fore feet unto

as moil that have
claviclei, er collar

was brought with

angry wheats down

her neck, towards the clavicle.

CLAUSE,

H^ifeman't Surgrrj.

n.f. [claufula, Latin.]

I.
fentence; a fmgle part of a difcourfe ; a fubdivifion of a
larger fentence ; fo much of a fentence at is to be
confirued together.

God may

flatterer

us

w.ii,

ihhjigi. no %.ual

2.

To

or away.

fcold

to

The

j-opc'i

I'j'ny Qtjectt,

3-

Free from moral impurity

nocent ; guildefs.

Pj'a/ms.

chafte

in-

Elegant; neat; not unwieldy; not en-

cumbered with any thing

uftlefs or dif-

proportioned.

L'EJirattgc.

The

[from elaiv and tack.]

fycophant ; a whecdler.

n.f.
;

ij'm'd to wafli themfelves

inceii'.mtly
for fuch intent,

lofe it.
.

clivn, in

timber and wood are in

fome more knotty.

Yet thy wailt

,-lai 'kjctti.

is

ftraight

fnrr.c

trees

more

BJCOH'S Natural Hi/I.

and dean

Jnuel.
Ai Cupid's fh.ift, or Hermes' rod.
H'alltr.
adj. [from C/OTV.] Furnilhed or 4. Not foul with
any loathfome difeafe ;
armed with claxvi.
not

CLA'WED.
Among
is

quadrupeds, of

Crew's

CLAY.
.

leprous.

the claiacd,

all

the ftrongeft.

tli--

li

.,

%,

mould

will

from

and,

when mixed, not

Dextrous; not bungling ; feat: as, a

a dean leap ; a clean boxer.
CLEAN, adv.
I. Quite;
perfectly; fully; completely.
This fenfe is now little ufed.
5.

ch.in trick

into a certain form.

Clays are earths firmly coherent, weighty and

compact, ftifT, rifeid, and ductile to a great degree,
moid ; fmooth to the touch, not
cafily breaking between the fingers, nor reaJily difitifible in

water

If the plague be fomcw'nat dark, and

fpread not
in the /kin, the prieft fliall
pronounce him clean.

Cefmtlogla '

n.f. [dui, Welih ;

Dutch.]
Unftuous and tenacious earth, fuch as

fubfiding
Hill on

tliofe before

refill.

Whofc

Deep Acheron,

Clean overblown.

troubled eddies, ihick with ooze and

clay,

Are whirl'd

aloft.

philtjfopher, prclfcd with the

flnpes an anfwcr clean contrary.

2.

WxxhvjrJcn
fan,

which foftens wax,

will

FoJJili.

harden

clay.

Watt:.
i

ttJi.ure

!<

the bell

fcarte.

way of improving

Mtrtima

ela\t,
i

where

lin(!^r.,t,.

Sbakcfftare.

Drydcn.

Expofe the clay to the rain, tn drain it from falts,

that the brick:
may be oiorc durable.

Th

Their actions have been clean contrary unto

mentioned.
Hoikcr.
Being featcd, and domeftick broils

reaJily

;t -

be gloniied by
obedience, and obeyed

by performance of

See

fenfe.

Mcrtimer'! Hujbandry.

They make clean the outfide of the cup and of

the platter, but within
they are full of extoition
and exccfs.
Mattbc-w.
He that hath clean hand and a pure heart. Pf.il.
Create in me a clean heart, O God

'

an obfolete

CJeymarl rel'embles clay, and is near a-kin to

b-it is more fat, and fometimes mixed with

And

merry, and data no

Slal

thank the place where you found

money ;
i'ortune is to be cim'td
tnvay for't,'if

you fliouW

:.

CLA'VER. n.f. [c!zpen pypr,

Sax.] This
is now
univerfally written clover,

eff,

Har-jcy en CanfuiHptiws.

Yet nothing cleaner were

But rather fouler.

partis

Ar'wbr.

Derham.
adj.

adj. [glan, Welfh ; clzne, Sax.]

1. Free from dirt or filth ; as, clean water.
Both his hands, moft filthy feculent,
Above the water were on high extent,

rail at.

-h claveUated alhes into

an exhaufted receiver,
through them.

humour.

CLAW

To

6.

Duff.

in his

Dil
La-

fcratch or tickle.
mull la.^h when. I am

fandy, fome a heavy or clayey

CLEAN,

off that

South.

To flatter
CLAWEACK.

Shut-

[claiutUe,

chymical term.

man

adj. [cltudem, Lat.]

inclofing; confining.

it;

To

4.

CLA'UDENT.

poll

They for their own opinions iland fad,

On!-/ to have them c/av'J and canvaft.
Iludilrai.

with knobs.

fet

adj.
[from clay.] Confifting
abounding with clay.

n.f. [clay and marl.]

whitim, fmooth, chalky clay.

tear or fcratch in
general.
mufr. dais ourfelves wi;h fhameful
heathen ftripes, by their
Hudibras.
example.

And

Swif:

Fc-Jils.

water, which the brewers covet.

Cut w.

Knob-

adj. [clavatut, Lat.]

pit

Small beer proves an umvholcfime drink ;

pcrs, by being brewed with a thick, muddilh, and

To

3.

Wcudiuard en

with lodgments.
Chambers.

crulk-ftones.
c.'av>

//'/.]

[from clay.] Partaking of

the nature of clay;
containing particles
of clay.

Sbakeffiare.

pull, as with the nails.

m afraid \e (hall not cafily

Swift

cljy-fit.

CLA'YMARL.

name.

clattir.

in a

in a lax o

CLA'YISH.

Gent.

tear with nails or claws.

Lo-,k, if the ivithei'J elder hath not his

T'll rous'd by the noife

The jumbling particles of matter

In chaos make not fuch n u'alttr.

^Some

To

!.

and

fc"

Hudibra;.

''

':.;,

handle the matter.

of clay

Sfcnftr.

'-;

to be fliort,
.

And

[clay

dug.

ofiers, to cover

CLA'YEY.

2. Sometimes a hand, in
contempt.
To CLAW. -v. a.
[clapan, Saxon.]

fufed noife.

By

with

foftens the harih

rigour of the laws,
Elunts their keen edge, and
grinds their harpy

anyitumultuous and con

is

CLAYES.H./. [c/aye, Fr. In fortification.]

Wattles made with flakes interwove

He

f.'ll.

n. f.

found

"I'v.-as

n.f. [clapan, Saxon.]

foot of a bead or bird, armed with
fharp nails ; or the pincers or holders of
a fhell-fim.
I faw her
range abroad to fetk her food,
T' embrue her teeth and claws with lukewarm

What's juftice to a man, or laws,

That never comes within their clatrt ?

kitchen, merely for the p] enure o

the clatu- the

them tumble, and hearing

wafh'd his clay-cold corfe with holy dropr,

faw him laid in hallow'd ground.
Reive.

where clay

fhut.
In fome rr.onafterics the
feverity of the daufure
hard to b
GcJJts.

blood.

years : then the ground

Alcrtimer's Husbandry.

fifty

adj. [clay and cold.] Lifecold as the unanimated earth.

CLAY-PIT,

n.f. [claufura, Lat.] Con-'

-the aft of
mutting ; the ilate

?
Dane.
[from the noun.] To
to manure with clay.

The

And

Jlylife.

CLAW,

clatter is a
clajb often repeated witi
great quicknefs, and feems to conve
the idea of a found fharper and fhrille
than rattle. [See the verb.]
1 have feen a
monkey overthrow all the diflic

and plates in

lefs

CLA'USURE.
finement
of being

our cLiy

much fway

CLAY-COLD,

Relating to a cloyfter, or religious houfe.

S-.c:f

a.

<v,

This manurisg lails

mufl be clayed again.

[from daujtrum, Lat.j

religious houfes.

thyfelf

To

adj.

fliould

fpirits fo

cover with clay

Claufiral priors are fuch as prefiJe over monaftenes, next to the abbot or chief governour in fuch

only with an oaken ftali' will meet thee,

raife fuch outcries on
thy clatttr'd iron,
That thou oft (halt wilh
at Gath.
Milt

word.

To CLAY.

Smb.

commi/ficn.

2.

Why
Over our

after his death,

th:y were fent both to
and Gentiles, we find not this
chafe in their

Jews

the

terreilrial

When,

And

When all the bees are gone to fettle,

You clatter ftiii your brazen kettie.

Hooker.

rattle.

[In'poetry.] Earth iu general

element.

2.

article, or particular ftipulation.

The claufe is untrue concerning the bifhop.

L E

of fcripture b in every fuch

before men's eyes to wa/raiit it.
Hooker,

Sfrnfr,

All thofc airy (peculations, which bettere j no

men's manners, were >,.ily a noife and
clattering o
words.
Decay of Piety
To CLA'TTER. <o. a.
1.

An

'2.

Now, fiker, I fee thou do'ft but

Herm may come of melling.

L A

c'aufc or fentence

Without mifcarriage
manner.

fame objection,

in a

t.
dexterous

Pope came off clan with Homer; bat they fay,

Broome wtnt before, and kindly f.vept the V.MV.
Study.

To

C L E
r C11AK

-v.

To

the

a.

[from
adjective.]
free from dirt or filth.
Thtir tribes adju!ied,f/fR'</ their vig'rous

And many a

wings,

circle,

many

To

\.

CtE'ANLiLy. adv. [from

Mark,
5.

To'fcour; to

purity

CLE'ANSER.

the quality

rniiUcl";

From whence

the tender /kin aflumes

fwcetnefs above all perfumes ;

n>m whence

Such

No
No

cleantirefs

Swift.

from head

to heel

humour's grofs, or frowzy fleams,

noifome whiffs, or fwcaty dreams.

Swift.

CLE'ANLV.
I

filth

pure in the perfon.

Next

2.

An

ant

all

feeds.

flie

MJlfm.

That which makes

2.

cleanlinefs.

In our fantaftick climes, the fair

With

the fmill remains of the corn on

cleanly

powder dry their

hair.

All

n.yal figns had ttolc away.

Sferjcr.
can fecurc ourfelves a retreat by fome r/ftjWy

evaiion.

neatly
If

do grow great,

clean.} fifegantly

without nailinefs.

I'll

2.

leave fack, and

freedom from

fine

clteamjt of bearing

it

5.

live

Purity

3.

from

free

is

never

[claenpan, Saxon.]
or dirt, by wafhing

md

To

purify from guilt.

The blucncfs of a wound cleanftib away

ev'l.

Pr-.vtrbi.

her od'rons tears can dttr.ft her crime,

plant alone deform! the happy c.ime. DrfJcn.

The
3.

To

all

free

from noxious humours by pur-

Rcmain'd

Canft thou not minifter to a mind

difcas'd,
with fome fwcct oblivious antidote,
Clranfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous ftuff
.

Which

Shut
weighs up .n the heart ?
, combined with its own fait and
fugar,
makes it faponaceous and c/eanjiag, by wliich quj-

10

E/ay

on Hsmtr.

debt.

man

with

double defign

own

with his

rcafonings.
'

17.

ly, articulately.

Through
8.

all

'

Hark the numbers

!

Now
And

to

8.

Apparent

almighty foe
our part lofs, and rout
empyrean. Milton s ParaJife Left.

to

th'

manifeft

not hid

dark.

cogitations, they arc

their fecret

them more long.

Burnet' :
9. Quick to understand ; prompt ; acute.
Mother of fcience, now 1 feel thy power
Within me clear, not only to difcern
to trace the ways
Things in th
the chains of

Of higlidl
10.

agents, dcem'd

Unfpotted

Duncan has been

that the

fo clear in

clearej)

who make them

honours
men's impoflibilities, have prcferv'd tl,
SbaMftjre.
Re.iicnt;mce fo altereth and chaa^eth a man
the
he
f
of
be
never
through
God,
mercy
that it ma.'icth him pure and clcfr,

Of

DiyeLn.

Sometimes with of.

The air is clearer o/"grofs and

CLEAR,
1.

Temple.

Diftingnifhing; juthis

intelligible

d.imp exhalation;.

is

fcarcely

ad-v.

Plainly; not obfcurely.

Nr.v

What
2.

oft

my

Clean ; quite ;
word.
He put his moi.'h

CLEAR.

H./,

To make

unjerlhnd

completely.
to iier ear,
ciejr oil'.

<u.

A
L'l

i-

term ufed by builders

;

low

and, under pre-

it

the infide of a houfe

from wall to wall.

To CLEAR.

clear I

(Uddieft thouglu, h.uc icurJi'J in

text of a whifpcr, bit

>

to correct their faults, as h'

in his own
writings.

ufed but in converfation.

irreproachable.
his great omce.

gods,

ft fm any

dicious

however wife.

guiltlefs

is fo fit

20. Ufed of perfons.

Hmkcr.

and manifeir.

,-lear

The pleafure of right reafoning is ftill the greater,

by how much the confluences arc more cic.ir, ami

Poft,

Sufar.na.

19.

all

clear

Free; guiltlefs: with from.

I am clear
fnm die blood of this woman.

is clear

hem'fpherc nf ea^th, in dcanft ken,

Stretch'd out to th' amflcft reach of profpecl lay.

Unto God, who undcrftandeth

and

ftenl upon the ear;

louder and yet louder rife,
fill with
fprcading-.founds the /k;es.

None

not

foft

Gently

Tcmf/f'.'

make a fyllogifm. Lecke.

evident; undeniable.

"'*

Canorous; founding diftinlly, plain-

I inuch
approved of my friend's infiiring upon
the qualificatians of a good afpet and a clta<

to our

Clear victory

Think

gation.

7. Indifputable

filth

Cltanft the pale corps with a religious h

From the polluting weed andcommon find.

Not

how

Mili-jt.

or rubbing.

2.

produced.
reafon exceeding clear

not

p fC
a.

Out of

iftare.

The

view.

To

1.

who know

Siatuy*

innocence.

To CLEANSE, v.

SUtliJen*

It requires care for a

to keep clear of da/hing

ferene.

is

.rning

was delightful.

The clcannefs and purity of one's mind

Letter proved, than in
difcovering its own
firft

for !;im.

L.'^ir

Finding oarfeives too now of fail, we put on a

compelled valour, and in the grapple I boardci
thern: on the inllant they got clear of our (hip.

;
pure; unmingled.
not obfcure ; not hard to
be underftood ; not ambiguous.
We pretend to give a clear account how thunder

Many men

only the clcarnefs of his fatirc, and

the clrarmrjs of exprc/Tnn.
Dryden's "Juvenal.

.Sii-:,"'.

or hin-

unobflr acted.

Pope's

Without mixture

filth.

He minded

let

clear ftage is left for

Jupiter to difplay his
omnipotence, and turn the fate of armies alone.

will

6. Perfpicuous

Eafy exaftnefs ; jullnefi; natural, unlaboured correftriefs.

He flic wed no Itrcngth in ihaking of his ftaff;
but the

vacant

without

And

nobleman Ihould. Shakejp. Hcr.iy IV.

CLE'ANNESS. n. /. [from ckaa.}

Neatnels

to

purchjfcs lam;

Unentangled ; at a fafe diftance from

any danger or enemy.

darken the earth in a clear day.

Amts.
the clear fun on his wide watery glafs
Gaz'd hot.
Mittens Paradijc I.-Jl.
I

cleanly, as a

1.

way

15.
1 6.

from clouds

who

i!-ar

is

agairfl Diffatr.

rigid interdiction, which rcfounds

dreadful in mine ear, though in

4. Free

Cei/ier

If he k: fo far beyond his health,

Methinks he (hould the fooner pay his debts,
Ar.d make a cltar way to the gods.
Stakejpeare.
poft-boy winding his horn at us, my companion gave hiiji two or tiree curies, and left the

my choice
incur ; but fjon his c/tar afpedt
Returned, and gracious purpofe thus renew' d.

IJMprmfy

CLE'ANLY. adv. [from

Unencumbered

drance

an-

fuccefs happens to fail,

Miltw.
his clearly play,

th'ife

We

14.

not clouded with care

if the

Sternly he pronounc'd

Yet
Not

clear*

ParaJije Loft.
tun about was every pillar there ;
mirrour
not
fo
clear,
fhonc
half
polifh'd
Drydfn's Faalts.

The

Perhaps human nature meets few more fweetly

reiiOung and cleanly joys, than thofe that derive
from fucceislV trials.
Glairville.

4. Nice ; addrcfsful ; artful.

Thtough his fine handling, and

Milan

me

without carrying out any thing f r -.

I often wifh'd tint I had char,
For life, fix hundred p mnjs a-ycar.

rilm rcmov'd,
premrs'd charcr fighr,

ger.

Prior.

Pure; innocent; immaculate.

3.

falfe fruit, that

Cheerful

ear,

tet

gives for it, is fo much every la: thing clear gain

to the nation ; for that money comes r

a very
cleanly infeft, and throws out

is

neft.

would

Free from deductions or encumbrances.

Hope,

Perfpicacious ; (harp.
Michael from Adam's eyes the

Which that
Had bred.

my

whifper'd in

if rightly
tipt,

gains as long as it lalts.

Whatever a fjrtigner,

Bright; tranfpicuous ; pellucid; tranfparent ; luminous ; without opacity or

cloudinefs ; not nebulous ; not opacous ;
not dark.

that (hall

or

profecution,

Gay.
13.

Dutch;

rtream is fo tranfparent, pure, and dear,

That, had the ftlf-enamour'd youth gaz'd here,
He but the bot:om, not his face, had feen. Der,b.

mountain 'fparagus be la'J,

Pull'd by feme plain but
cleanly country m.ii d.

of her
which

Five pounds,

ArbtatiKt.

Fr. klaer,

[flair,

The

aAj. [from clean.}

Free from dirtinefs ; careful to avoid

roi'^s,

adj.

diftrefs,

imputed guilt.
The cruel corp'ral

t\n

<"'<

CLEAR,
1.

(lains.

impofthume, honey, and

taken inwardly, i. a good

Free from

12.

clarus, Lat.]

a clean/inefs remains,

Incapable of outward

>;

even honey of

,;

Sittty.

on Italy.

n.f.

not preoccupied j im-

partial.
Leucippe, of whom one look, in a clear judgment, would have been more acceptable than ill
her kiodnefs fo prodigally bcflowed.
Sidrt'i.

tergent.
If

thought it either not to deferve, or

not to need, any exquifitc daciciuj, havi:
iv
adorning but cleanliaefi.

11. Unprepoflefled

44.

[clacnpepe, Sax.] That

which has the quality of evacuating any
foul humours, or digelling a fore ; a de-

contrary to negligence and naltineii.

The

i.

of

all ofFenfive
things.
1 his river the Jews proffered the pope to cttanje,
fo they might hj-.- what
found:
they

pi**"
;

rid

Addifa

fpeak nothing of the extent of this city,

the cltanlaejs of it ftreets, nor the beauties of its
I (hall

Neatnefs of drefs

the pricft, and offer for tityclean-

Jing thofc things which Mofes commanded.

In a

cleanly.}

Though the peripatetick philnf p'ny has be?n

moil eroinuit in its way, yet other fcctj have not
L-tkc.
been wholly tltar_ of it.
Sutefman, ycT friend to truth, in foul fmccre,
In aeYion faithful, and in honour cltar*
Pipe.

from L-profy.

free

Shew thyfclf to

Tbanfan,

cleanly manner.
CLE'ANI. INBSS.
H.f. [from cltanly.}
I. Freedom from dirt or filth.

C L E

often helps d^eitiun, and excitri ippetite

Arhsiibnct on JUafaui.

lity it

a fljort dfay,

Wheel'd round and round.

2.

L E

for

the (pace within

a [from the adie

bright, by removing opacous

bodies; to brighten.
Your

LE

C L E

Your eyes, that feem fa tlfft,

are but dim, (hall perfectly be then
Milton's Paradife Left.
and
clear'
d.
Open'd
Like Boreas in his race, 'when rufhing forth,

Yet

He

North.
fweeps the (kies, and clean the cloudy

D ryden.

favoury

Where

all is

difli,

plain,

To

To grow

i .

was willing to

lay alide a great

many

other fpecu-

Burners Theory.
When, in the knot of the play, no other way is
left for the difcovery, then let a god defcend,
and clear the bufinefs to the audience.
Dryjen.
By myftical terms, and ambiguous phrafes, he
darkens what he (hould clear up.
Boyle.
knotty points there aw,
Priir.
difcufs, but few can clear.

Many

Which

all

To purge from

the imputation of gailt

3.
to jellify ; to vindicate ; to defend
often with from before the thing.

To

3.

diftrefs, or entanglements.
that clears at once, will relapfe ; for, finding
himfelf out of (traits, he will revert to his cuftoms
but he that dearttk by degrees, induceth a habit of

Tor fending him no

CLE'ARER.
purifier

am

and

which

To

clear

your foul from

yu know to be difpleafing

to

all

clearly

with

To wear

are of your colour

a heart fo white :

Without entanglement or

4.

He

views

ftatue lies hid in a block of marble; and the

of the ftatuary only clan away the fuperfluous
natter, and removes the rubbiih.
Addfyni&pf.El.
Multitude; will furniih a double proportion towards the clearing of that expence.

from

free

7.

unto the king

noxious.

To

clear the palace

from the

faceted
The wetry living, and revenge the dead. Dryder.
It /hould br the fcill and art of the teacher to
clear their htads of all other thoughts, whilft they
are learning of any thing.
Luke in EJucatkn.
Augudus, to eftablifh the dominion of the fcas,
out
a
to
dear it of the pirates
rigged
powerful navy
foe,

of Malta.
7.
S.

To
To
He

as,

but two

y-ar, after having defray-.!

ing the

9.

To

aii

thoufand crowns a
the charges of work-

fait.

confer

Our common

prints

wnulj

clear

minch

up their underwitli virtue.

Mdijcni

Ta

Houfe,

is

a Jbip, at the Cuftom

to obtain the liberty of fail-

ing, or of felling a cargo, by fatisfying

the Cuflonw.

VOL.

I.

be concomitant to

We

cannot imagine, that, in breeding or begetting faith, his grace doth cleave to the one,
and forfake the other.
Hooker.

To

CLEAVE.

a.
preter. I clove, I
part. palT. cloven, or deft.
[cleopan, Sax. blovcx, Dutch.]
divide with violence ; to fplit ; to
forcibly into pieces.

clave,

finifter
i

deft

i>.

To

part

or

evafion

And

at their puffing cleave th* AfTyrian flood.

The

fountains of

2.

And,

lands and-poderlions.

fiefs,

clear than yourfelf, with the dear.

Jays a night of forrow upon inc.
Sidtty.

and perfpicuity.

Add'ifcns $p<-flatcr.

When
ufed

it,

plain dealing.

the c.i(c- required dUlrmuhtion, if they

the former opinion fpread abroad, of their

good faith

an.i

tlcantcfs

almoft invincible.

of dealing,

Diydttr.

fuch force heftrucjc, he

fell'd

him

hd

Buciuifff,

Wh.<re whole brigades one champion's ai'mio'er*

throw,
And chai't 'a giant at a random blow.
Titt.'.',

Not half

When

more

Sincerity; honefty

like a (hooting (tar,

wings difpjay'd,
he ekfr the night. Dryrt.

And cleft the circle of his golden crown. -Bryiioi.

Or had the fun
Elected to the en th a nearer feat,
His beams
the valky dry'J.
clfft the hill,

luftre.

3. Diftinftnefs ; perfpicuity.
If he chances to think right, he does not knowhow to convey his thoughts to anorhei with clcarntji
4.

to have br en
Theory ef the Earth*

down,

only caufc
and fplendour, but fweetnefs of favour.

J-'.c,

r,

did

are

Harriet's

blefled miniftcr his

Whom with

n.f. [from clear.]

it

open.

Rais'd on her dufky wings, (he cleaves the Uci^..

clearly relinquifli

Splendour

birrtt

The

Bacon's Natural Hi/hry.

Glafs in the furnace grows to a greater magnitude, and refines to a greater clearrujs, only as the
breath within is more powerful, and the heat more
intenfe.
Bucem.

Speflatar.

CLEAR

To
with.

Tranfparency
brightnefs.
It may be, percolation doth not
clearness

Add'sjn.

judgment or knowledge.

ftandlngs, and animate their

10.

to clear liquors.
hur.-lred-

all their

CLE'ARNESS.

gain without deduction.

clears

of the Turks.
to be united

Kialies's HIJtory

Davies on Ireland.

Arktttbna.

clarify

fliall

The

Ttllotfon.

Without deduction or coft.

Without refer ve ; without
without fubterfuge.
By a certain day they mould

offenfive or

any thing

without

yourfelve*.

6.

Addifcn'i Freeholder.

To

make honour for you.

Sbakcfpeare.
people would revolt, if they faw any of the
French nation to cleave unto.
It

in

6.

The apoftlesdid conform the Chriftians according to the pattern of the Jews, and made them
cleave the better.
Hacker.
.
The men of Judah clave unto their king. Saw.
If you (hall cleave to my confcnt, when 'tis,

Jcrf,,:.

honeftly.
When you arc examining thcfe matters, do not
take into confidcratiun any fenfual or worldly
intereit
bat del clearly and impartially with

Dry din.

by-ends;

unite aptly ; to fit.

honours come upon him,

To unite in concord and intereit; to

adhere.

3.

diftraftion of

that doth not divide, will never enter into

and he thatdivideth too much, will never
;
out of it clearly.
Bacon's EJlays.

Without

5.

Bacon's Natural Hijiory.

into hardaefs, and the

dud groweth

New

4.

bufinefs

come

the

Dryd*

To

2.

affairs.

A man

[cleo-

Clouds cleave faft together.

yd.
The thin chameleon, fed with air, receives
The colour of the thing to which he cletves.

iharper the vices in a fpcaker than the virtues.

barraflment.
digging in the ground did met with a
door, having a wall on each hand of it; from
which having cleared the earth, be forced open the
toot.
Wilk'ms.
Thi one mighty fum has clear'd the debt.

When

Hwler.

Ben

A little water clears us of this deed. Sbakefpeare.

5. To remove any encumbrance, or em-

Addifo*.

I clave*

pret.

jjTOier part flicks to that cleaving

Baccti's Natural
HiJItry.
in fmall quantity, clcavctk to^ny thing

Water,

acutely ; without
embarraflment or perplexity of mind.
There is almoft no man but fees clearller and

but I fliame

n.

Like our ftrange garments, cleive not to their

mould,
But with the aid of ufe.
Sbakefteart.

mined.

With difcernment

3.

-v.

that is folid.

Christianity firft clearly proved this noble and

important truth to the world*
Rogers.

or from.

of,

My hands

CLEAVE,

body.

Plainly; evidently; without obfcurity

or ambiguity.

2.

v. a. [from clear and

with flarch.

whereby the

etd-v.

Myfteries of grace and falvation, which were but

darkly djfclofed unto them, have unto us more

Wake's Preparation for Death.

cleanfe

wonderful clearer of the undcrftanddiflipatet every doubt and fcruple in an

fliffen

Sax. kleven, Dutch.]

To adhere ; to flick ; to hold to.
.
The clarifying of liquors by adhefion, is efFefted
when fome cleaving body is mixed with the liquors,

[from cltar.~\
Brightly; luminoufly.

1.

thofe

God.

as

her footrteps trcidj.

jran,

initant.

Dryden's Pallet.
partiality.
wouldft thou clear rebellion ?
dddijoa.

Before you pray,

his bands.

enlightener.

is

it

CLE'ARLY.

me frsm

How

4.

tng

came from Egypt.

I will appeal to the reader,

dear

fins,

Gold

John Hay-ward.

Dryden.
fure he will

clearfl'ar:b

To

Bacon's Ejjfys.

n.f. [from clear.] Brightener

He took his prefent lodging at the manfionhoufe of a taylor's widow, who wafhes, a*hd can

n. f. [from clear.] A cera (hip has been cleared at

the Cuftom Houfe.

clear herfelf,

aid, (he

mind

fenfe, her vaflal, in

To

tificate that

Somerfet was much cleared by the death of thofe

were executed, to make him appear faulty.

To

his

and fight.]

judicious.
reafon wifdom's judgment leads

Jiarcb.}

CLE'ARANCE.

To char the Deity from the imputation of

tyranny, injuftice, and diflimulation, which none
Jo throw upon God with more prefumption than
thofe who are the patrons of abfolute neceflity, is
both comely and chridian. Brawiballagainft Hobtes.

upon

[clear

difcerning

TOCLE'ARSTARCH.

frugality, and gaineth as well

upon his eltate.

adj.

Dtnham*

Direfl:o!:s to the

who

Sir

Gr&m.
Swift's
be difengaged from encumbrances,

laiinn?.

And

you are afraid there will be rain.

for

up the feveril parts of this theory,

clear

Perfpicuous
Clcarjigbted

Sbakcfpearit Macbeth.

I require a clearness.

CL EARSI'GHTED.

clears up.

Addijon.

ambiguity.

To

to recover tranfpa-

Take heart, nor of the laws of fate complain

Tho' now 'tis cloudy, 'twill char up again. Ncrris.
Advife him to i'ay till the weather clears up,

Dryd.

Freedom from imputation.

j.
;

Sometimes with up.

The mift, that hung -ibout my mind,

2.

from obfcurity, perplexity, or

free

n.

bright

rency.
So foul a flcy clean not without a dorm. Sbahff.

homely trest,
where all is neat,

Clear up the cloudy foreheads of the great.

2.

fo Ctfe'AR.'v.

made them
Ba&n.

2.

To

fu fwift tlic

And

every bead

rtiwrfb the

that

cleft into

To CLFAVE.
I.

trembling doves

on

the fierce eagle cleaves thr liquid Iky.

divide ; to part natural v.

partcth

two claws,

tiii

fly,

.;f,

hoof, anJ

Diwtmtiy.

i>. rr.

To

part afunder.
Wars 'twixt you twain, wou'd br
As if the world <hoc!d cleave, anj that Ihin men
Should folder up tH? rift.
S&altmtwc't Artony and Cltsftt'ret.
The grnd clfit al'unJcj- lhat was under them.
ff.vm.lrn.

lie

C L E
He
And

To

2.

moment

in a

Thret crabbed months had fowr'd thcmfc'res to

cut the rltjvlng fty,

vanift'd from her eye.

Ere

Poft'i

plane, but with Ionic

little

uncvetincfs.

AVwrcn'i Ofiitti.

CLE'AVFR.

n.f. [from chaw.]

butcher's inltrumeut to cut animals
I.
into joints.

You gentlemen
about me day and

pared of roaring bullies'

night, with huzza? and hunting
horns, and ringing the changes on butchers r/r.
keep

tlffe thjl'clf

CLE'RGY.'a.

nit

with, a glofly p^lit; fnWVancc,

Tho' arm'd with all thy f.'r*r.-<r', knives,

lluJ-.l< >>.
jjes made to hsw down liv;z. A weed. Improperly written CLIVE R.
CLEES. ./. The two parts of the foot of
brails which are (loven -footed.' Skntmr.
It is a country word, and
probably cor.

rupted from cla-ius,

Ci.tr. n.f. [from

key, Fr.] In
jnufick, a mark at the beginning of the
lines of a fong, which fhews the tone

Nor

the cleft wood.

never did on

cleft

Ulle

CLEFT,

1.

tlie

It feems to be in the

}'">

Es

The

made by

a crack

cafcacles

feem to break through the

tket.

A fcholar

^.

To CLE'FTCRAFT. i>. a. [cleft and graft.'

To engraft by cleaving the ftock of
and inferting a branch.
common- nut

A man

Mercy

My

may

confident with

w'tfdom.

2.

air

We'll fcour our fpots, and the dire thunder

CLE'MENT.
gentle

adj. {clement, Lat.]

merciful

panion ate.
You are more

Who of

their

Letting

them

kind

efefUHI than Tile

tender

fear.

M?ld";
;

com-

1 qudtion no
of Vjtcllius.
but an expert tUrk of a kitchen can do it.

fare for the fupper

broken debtors take a third,

on the abatement.

thrive again

Sbakrffturc.

tall.

j4r/>nl>!tlt

ObfoJetc.

The layman who

reads the rcfponfe

to the congregation in the church, to
direft the reft.

5.

CLE'-RKSHIP. n.f. [from

perplcx'd labyrinth

Dutch.]
a ball of

we backward

guide

iread.

a direction : becaufe men diby a clew of thread in a

labyrinth.
This alphabet muft be your own

clevi to

no way, no thought, no beam of light ?

No elew to guide me thro' this gloomy maze,
To clear my honour, yet prefcrvo my faith ? Smitt.
Is there

The reader knows not how to tranfport hii

thoughts over to the next particular, far want of
fome elns, or cunneding idea, to lay hold of.

C\,iwofthtfailffaflip, is the lower

corner of it, which reaches down to that
caring where the tackles and facets are
faflened.

clerk.]

Harris.

To CLEW. v. a. [from clew, a fea term.]

To clew the fails, is to raife them, in order to be furled ; which is done by a
rope faftened to the clew of a
the clew-garnet.

To

CLICK.
Fre*ch

<u.

n. [cliken,

Dutch

called
Harris.

fail,

cliyuettr,

or perhaps the diminutive of

a fharp, fmall, fuccefclack.] To make
;

five noife.
The folcmn death-watch f/w.tV, the hour (he
died

And

thrilling cricket} in the

CLI'CKER.

chimney

n.f. [from click.]

cried.

of a falefman, who (lands

1.

Scholarlhip.

for the fervant

The

at the door to invite cuftomers.

office of a clerk of any kind.

He fold the clerkjbip of his parifti, when it be
came vacant.
Swift's Mijcfllanles

hill

as,

To CLE'VER,

on the

ftde

of a rock o

Cleveland Clifton, Stanclijf.

',

adj.

[of no certain etyrno

Cjy,

low word

2.

to be fitnated

guide

Holder.

you.

now

CLEVK. 1 In compofition, at the begin

CLIF. i ning or end of the prope
CUVE.J name of a place, denotes i

men,

VI.ENCH. See CLINCH.

'Jc CLEP*. <v. a.
[clvpian, Sax.l

petty writer in publics offices; an

a juft view, how many may remark

a lord, his grandfirc was a clerk.
Craavllle
It may fcem difficult to make out the bills o

^Wdi/on,

Mildnsfs ; foftnefs.
Then in. the clemency of upward

Adty'.n

Take

remiffion of feverity ;
willing
tendernefs in punifhing.
;

is

friend

*s

Ikill

n.f. [clype, Sax. klou-wen,

Wattii Logicl.

officer of. various kinds.

Who

Smt.
[from clever.] Dexaccomplifhment.

n. f.

recl themfelves

3.

2.

a> a

Xi'jltiptare

4.

clcverlj, as the

Rifommm.
They fee fmall eltvts draw vafteft weights along,
Not in their bulk, but in their order, ftrong. Dryj.

gave his ring away

counfcllor, he let the thought drop.

as

Thread wound upon a bottom

The

South.

was in doubt whether he could not

exert the juflice upon fuch a vagrant ; but no
his
clerk with him, who is a neccrtary
having

n.f. [clemcnce, Fr. dementia

be called, fo far as

lord BafTanio

My

I have (tated the true notion of

clemency, mercy
companion, good-nature, humanity, or whatcve
it

men.

man's head

Eftfoons untwining his deceitful elite,

'gan to weave a web of wicked guile. Spenjer.
While, guided by fome clew ef heav'nly thread.

La-

Unto the judge ; ar.d then the boy, his clcrki

That took foine pains in writing, he bcgg'd mine

nefs to fpare

elCc

wifeft,

He

man of letters.

employed under another

llnltbrat.

thread.

writer.

Lat.]
I

aoy more than the

Mortimer

CI-E'MBNCY.

talk of book-learning what the)

; but, fnr his part, he never faw more unfellows
than great claki were.
fcAty
i'i/nfy,
The greateft clerks being not always the honcfteft

the

They might

Clefts

may be eltftgrefitj on

terity

CLEW.

would

3.

appear on the bought of the patterns, ant

are caulcd by a (harp and malignant humour,
which frets the fkin ; and it is accompanied with
Fjrrur'i Difl.
pain, and a noifomc flench.
His horl'e it is the hrr.ilds weft ;
Sen Junftn
|*o, 'ti a marc, and hadi a eltft.

oft"

CLE'VERNESS.

properly read

All pcrluns wereftiled clerks, that fervcd in the

church of Chrift, whether they were bilhops, priefts
or deacons.
Ayl'iffr

cleverly as th* ableft trap.

arm, and take

executioner.

a clerical man,

[clepic, Sax. cltritut,

n. f.

Dex-

[from clever.]

A rogue upon the highway may have as itrocg an

A clergyman.

I.

Wmdioard.

Filberts

Aa

tin.]

In farriery.

tree,

we may more

Unlefs

Addifan en /r..7y.
The reft of it, being more grofs and ponderous
dots not roove far j but lodges in the
clefit, cnggs
and fides of the rocks, near the bottoms or" them.

2.

Lat.] Relat-

the kcyt are lined, and in colleges

they ufe to line the table-men.
Baccn'i ffMurfl Hi/lcry.

(lifts

Roman

as,

ad-v.

teroufly ; fitly ; handfomely.1

Thefc wouU inveigle rats with th fcent,
And fometimes catch them with a fnap,

Skattfp.

clerical!

of

and cracks of rocks.

jiddifcn'i Guerjian.
The extremity of this cape has a long clfft in it,
into fhapeby Agrippa,
this the great port for the

^LE'VERLY.

apart for
not a laick

power of a rejfonaMc clerignor.mt roan comprehend

[clerical,

Jj.

Jtrtut!?*'*.

a low word, fcarcely ever uieJ

is

let

Swift.

CLERK,

feparation
a crevice.

any was.

but in burlefque or converfation ; and

applied to any thing a man likes, without a fettled meaning.

claricherti}.

which was enlarged and cut

who made

make the moft

to

ing to the clergy

a man in orders.

Drydcn

the

man

duty.

In

n.f. [from clta-ve.]

fpace

parts

dream.

Hw

Milton's, PtraJrfe Left.

Parnartus dream,

facrcd Heliconian

and man.]

[clergy
;

handfome.

him

called

This

fum

minilUation of holy things ;

I have
fped among die, elergjmta,
The fnms I have collected Cull expiefs.

Fat with incenfe ftrew'd

On

as
.

ever, at one time, the tlergy yet

Dit! to hii'prcdcceflbrs part withal.
Sb<iltf[.care.

CLE'RCYM AN. n. f.
man in holy orders

gudily-guts, and he called her

loufy Peg, though the girl was a tight clevtr wencrt

Than

Di-

part. faff, [from cleave.]

vided ; parted afunder.

She

7/uiir.

he convocation give a greater

'

but think 'twould found more

me, and to my heirs for ever.

Well-fhaped

3.

'i

proper; commodious.

fit;

Juft;
I can't

hold that God's tltrgy are a ftatc which

been, and will be as loflg as there is a church
upon rarth, noeffary, by the plain wo;d of God
himfelr a rUte whercunto the reft of GoJ's people
unit be lubjecl, as touching tilings that appertain

Chambers.

CLEFT,

2.

To

health.

mockery of the twa.

news.

Lat.

We

hall

Ccilful.

cleverer

-a* tlie

read Dyer's letter more for the ftile than the

The man has a sUver pen, it muft be owned,
slddifon' i Freeholder.

Sktkeffeirt.

[rltrge, Fr. citrus,

/.

CLE'RICAL.

to begin.

is

my

love.

of God.

clef,

or key in which the piece

It

xX^o;, Greek.] The body of men fet

apart by due ordination for the fervice

to their foal'

And

Dexterous

death,
could make thee open thy white hand,

And

fufFer divifion.

It ci'tavi:

C L

C LE.

CLI'CKET.

n.f. [from click.]

er of a door.

The knockSkinner,

CLI'ENT. n.f. [diem, Latin.]

i. One who applies to an advocate
coun.fel

for

and defence.

There is due from. th judfe ta the advocate

fome commendation, where caul'es arc wtll handled

for that upholds in the diii.t the reputation

Betc*> v r-'

logy.

cf his coanfcl,

C L

AdVocatel muft deal plainly with their clttnti,

ind tell the true (Ute of their cafe.
Tayhr's Rule of Living Holy.
fometimes ufed for a
be
3. It

may

Betwixt

c/itntt t

plentiful profecution

any great ulc in the northern

CL I'M ATE. 11. a. To inhabit. A word

only in Sbakeffeare.
The bleficd gods

Carnv's Survey of Cormoall.

Do

CLIEKTE'LE.

fcarcely ufed.
There 's Varus holdj gnni quarter! with him

And, under

the pretext of
Will be admitted.

clifuffff,

Btnjfmfcrt.

CU'ENTSHIP.

The

n.f. [from client.]

condition of a client.
and
tlie Romans alPatronage
client/tip among
ways defcended the plebeian houfes had recourfe

from

Tufr,
n.f. {contracted from climate, and
therefore properly
poetical.] Climate ;
region ; trail of earth.

with CLI-

He

ftand

name o'er

can fpread thy

Whatever r/iWthc

land and feas,

fun's bright circle

warms.
Milt'jn.

Theyapply the

celeftial defcrip'tion of other

unto their own.

dimes

Brmvn's 1'utgar Errours,

Of beauty

ring, her iliining progress view,

clime to clime the dazzling light

From

purfue.

We

do'ft

nothing,
moved nothing, thinkeft nothing ; but
I hear it, I fee it, and
perfectly under-

To

CLIME,

you

/till

Thou

Miller.

[from clamlir.']

effort ; to climb.
In fcaling the youngcft to
pluck off his becke,
Beware how ye climber for breaking your neck.

Shj'ktfte&rc,

fays to Catiline,

CL

mount with

Dryden.

GrWHJue*
(hall

meet

In happier dimes, and on a fafcr Ihore.

AJcRfin.
Health to vigorous bodies, or fruitful feafons in
temperate dimes, are common and familiar blef-

it.
.

fteep rock

Bacm's Nar.
Scverus came,

a high cfi^into the fea.

from the craggy

frm

clifs

of Tetrica.

Choice between one excellency and another is

difficult; and yet the conclufion, by a due climax,
if evermore the beft.
Dedication.
Dryd,

Dry Jen.

radiant

Still riling in a

Surprising

To

Richmond
climax,

not to be furpaft.
n.
pret. clomb

all, is

CLIMB,

till

v.

The name of a character in mufick.

CLEF.
CLIFT.B./. The famewith CLIFF. Kow

To

afcend np any place ; to mount

by
means of fome hold or footing. It implies labour and difficulty, and fucceflive

Properly

difufed.

CLIMA'CTER.

Lean fiminc,

[xX^axT^.] Acertain fpace of time, or

prog'reflion of
years, which is fuppofed to end in a
critical and dangerous time.
n.f.

When

the fury of

GLIMACTE'RICK.
CLIMACTE'RICAL.

\a<ij.
J

number of

ter.]

come to the top of th.:t lame hill ?

it now. Look, liow we labour.

fuppofed to

befal the body.

fun

And when

Certain obfcrvable years arc

fuppofed to be ittended with fome confiderable
change in the body ;
as the feventh
the
year j
twcnty-firft, made up of
three times feven ; the
forty-ninth, made up of
fcvcn times feven ; the
fix'ty- third, feeing nine
time-,
(even; and the eighty. firft, which is nine
times nine : which two Jart are called the

By

thcmfclvc!, do make up (ixty-three,

commonly
tftcemed the great tlunattirical of our lives.

Brewn't Vulgar Ermtirs.

Ta CLIMB,

arrived at your great

Is't not

Climbing

[*fa.]

A fpace upon the furface of the earth,

meafured from the
equator to the polar
circles ; in each of which
fpaces the
longed day is half an hour longer than
in that nearer to the
equator.

From

the

my

One

that

or thing
I

Nc

A nail
is

meaning, and doubled

likewife a clinch.
air, I

will
prove, withfearching after the nature

hope they
j

Pure

clinttcs the

Byte.
fuburbian mtifc affords,
harmlcfs war with words.

And Panton waging

Car?u>'s Survey.

That

2.

DrfJem,
a hundred clinches rtUkes.
I'aft.

part of the cable which

to the ring of the anchor.

L I'N c H E a . n. /. [ from clinch.

a holdfalt

is

fallened

A cramp ^

of iron bent down

a piece

to fallen planks.
The wimbles for the work Calypfo found ;
With thofe he pk-rc'd 'cm, and with clinrbtri
bound.
Puff.

CLING,

To

have

n.f. [from ilimh.]

dwn

caught ori the other fide,

a nail clinched
a word

out a clinch, luciferous

arms purfue

wait not at the lawyer's gates,

flwuldcr climteri
the flairs.

different

in f-afe, is
Such as they

to

mounts or fcales any place

a mounter ; a rifcr.

an

as, to clinch

n.f. [from tfie verb.]

ufed in a double
meaning

Here one poor word

Paths of renown, and climb afccnts of fame. Prkr.

Ktrlurn he mull and'pwifjctitcd fly ;
Climb the rtecp mountain, in the cavern lie. Prior.
i.

A word

taken in a

Sbakeffiare.

CH'MBER.

to fix

f nature's laws,

To

a.

f 1'ght.

afcend ; to mount.
break into my garden,
walls, in fpite of roe the uwner ?
-v.

enough

confirm

to find.

controulingcaufe

contempt

Thy

DryJtn.
My mother is fomrtliing hetter, though, at her
advanced age, every day i a cumofkrick*
Pitt.

n.f.

w.iters, in

To

and doubled,

Rcjcommcn.
and cloud the day.

Climb up, and gain th' aspiring mountain's

height

<lima?I(riftie, yet give no proof of the lead decay

of you excellent
judgment and <umprehenfi'>p.

CLl'MATE.

What

now

fold.

rebel Titan's facrilegious crime,

rTeaplng hills on hills, can thither climb.

Makes

nail in the other

pun ; an ambiguity ; a duplicity of

meaning, with an identity of expreffion.
How it obtains this meaning is difficult

high noon haft gain's), ad when thou

Milton ', Paradift

grand

lordlhip being

1.

c/imb'fl,

aloft,

S-wift.

bend the point of a

CLINCH,

Black vapours climb

feven acd mine, multiplied into

my

argument.

Lofl.

ricltl,

The numbers

4.

fall'rt.

No

To

Milton.
of this great world both eye and
foul,
Acknowledge him thy greater; found his praife
In thy eternal courfe, both when thou

Thou

Drybt.
contract or double the
fingers.

Their talleft trees are about feven feet

high, the
whereof I could but juft reach with
fill

a thief

Into the window climbs, or o'er the tiles,

So cltmb the firft grand thief into God's

Containinga

yet bear
rpear.

fide.

climb up

At

Ihields

tops'

Sbakeffatrc.

[from climac-

is

three attendants,

Jonathan climbed up upon bis hands and upon

his feet.
, Sam.

years, at the enr! of

which fome great change

my

Siakefftart.

You do

Elder times, fettling their conceits

upon climncfrom one another. Brwin't
Vulg. Err.

To

z.

quartcri'.; ftecl, and clinking fire.

(hall I

ters, differ

Your

Simois rowls the bodies and the

crwcted.

Yu tempt

he tumbled, like an aged tree,

High growing on the top of rocky clift.
Sfenfir.

Sax.

[clyni 5 a,,

Of heroes, whofe difmcmber'd hands

The dart aloft, and clinch the pointed

efforts.

Down

I.

or climbed;

v. a.

knock, Jiiniut; dingo, in Feftus, to encompafs, Min/beiv.]

To hold in the hand with the fingers
bent over it.

Grtm-.-ille.

part, dumb or climbed. It is pronounced

like clime, [chman, Sax. kliminen,
Dut.]

S.

certain

every age has grac'd,

the laft,

CLINCH,

To

Juv.

Some

Hi/I.

Wherever 'tis fo found fcattered upon the

ftores, there is it as constantly found lodged in the
Watd-jinrd.
ciifs thereabouts.

I.

the country people old man's beard.

I'M B E R. -v. a.

To

Have
Unto our climaturn and countrymen.
Stakefpean.
CLI'MAX. n.f. [x*; ua.] Gradation ; afcent : a figure in rhetorick, by which
the fentence rifes gradually ; as Cicero

n.f. [divus, Lat. clip, cliop, Sax.]

Mountaineers, that

And

feeds are gathered into a little It id,

ending
in a kind of rough plume ; whence it is called
by

the fates,
hcav'n and earth together demonfti ated

rock, according to
Skinner, broken and craggy, [rxpft.]
The Leuodians did ufe to precipitate a man

t.

air, wliilft

Such harbingers preceding

to the patrician line which had formerly protected

them.

from our

CLI'MATURE. h-. f. The fame

MATE. Not in ufe.

CLIFF,

infection
c/imatr here.
all

Purge

particular herb.

The

Sivift,

To

of actions.

n.f. \clientela, Lat.] The

condition or office of a client.
word

climates.

Mortimer.

The name of a

3.

happy climate are we thrown ?

Dryden.
of moving the pafiiont cannot be ot

talent

Stak,

A plant that creeps upon other fupports.

Ivy, briony, honey-fuckles, and other climbers,

On what new
This

young ambition's ladder,

the'f/mzifr upward turns his face.
Is

muft be dug up.

th'

CLI'EJTTED.

particip. adj. [from client.]

Supplied with clients.
This due occafion of difcouragcment, the worft
conditioned and leaft clicnted petivoguers do yet,
under the Aveet bait of revenge, convert to a more

Whereto
2.

extremes, two happier climates holt

temper that partakes of hot and cold. Dryd.

The

Bin Jinpri.

fearful to difturb you.

Lowlinefs

meafured by the increafe of a month.

In the common and popular fenfe, a region, or tradl of land, differing from
another by the temperature of the air.

2.

perhaps

do chink they are your friends and

C L

polar circles to the poles, climates are

dependant in a more general fenfe, as

it was ufed ar ing the Romans.

And

LI

1.

n.

pret.

/ c/uag

part. /

clung, [klynger, Danilh.J

To hang
(tick to

As two

-v.

upon by twining round;

to hold fail

Th:- broil long

ftood
doybrt'iil
tn.th.it du
.ig

tnrl;

,itt.

/pent fwimrr.cri

And choak

to

upon.

,v;.j(,' 'ptjrc.

[ hr

C L

C L O

The

fdntintl in hit neck was defcried by tne

ilrgifg of his h!r to the plaftcr. Wtjemiufi Sarg,
When they united and together clung

When

Tame radical fenfe, fince {hctrs cnt

by
inclofing and embracing-]
Your Accrs come

undiftinguiuVd in one heap they hung.

wirgs, that already

B'.tclmort.

Se in the circle next Eliza plac'd,

Two babes of iove clofe f/?npV.jf to her wiiit.
Take

clolcr ding,
your blue ribhun for a firing.

How

hhn

the routc/iifg to

To

Bin

ed

SiJccj.

(hall

jcnfin'i Catiline.

airy blifs

CUfp'd from the loTcly head where

adhefive.

CLI'NICAL.

7 "dj. [xxlm, to lie down.]

cK
j Thofe that keep their beds ;
thofe that are fick, pad hopes of reco-

CL I'N

very.

A clinical

upon a

difeafe,

le&ure

made by

is

a difcourfe

the bed of the

clinical convert, one that is

verted on his death-bed.
This

con-

word

occur* often in the works of Tajltr.

All

To CLINK,

<v. a.
[perhaps fofteued from
To
clank, or corrupted from click.]
ftrike fo as to make a fmall
(harp noife,

a long leafe for the clinking of

t;r.

Ye

CUNK.

a.

To utter

pew-

To

6.

Who

fever'd bar

Submiffive clink agamft your brazen portals. Prior.

A
I

fall

fo.

me

to contain.
dipt in with the fca,

adj.

[French.] Drefled

embroidery, in fpangles,

old

in

t-hy

loe.

An

herb.

More

arms.

n.f. [from clock and work.]

fprings, like
thofe of a. clock.
So

The
You
By

You may

Sbattfpeort.

Under

nation, that thou couldft remove

cl.fptth thee about.

fire

bear

Whj

1.

the reft

Addifon*

look like a puppet moved

by cltcHvork.

2.

A concealment
Mot
nef

i:

y.

garment
wrapt me round.
Pope't

ufing your liberty for a ftoak

To cover

Ody/y.

a cover.
of maliciouf-

Ptr,

To CLOAK, v.
i.

doak

a.

[from the npua.]

with a cloak.

jirkuttniil.

n.f. [club, Sax. a

little

hillock j

great clod, is not fo good as that which cafteth

up
a fmaller tltd,
act*.
I'll cut
up, as plowt
Do barren lands, and ftrike together flints
And clodi, th' ungrateful fenatc and th

it

people.

Drjdtn.

inftant in his

Prkrt
of

(hop, full

clocktucrk.

Dutch.]
A lump of earth or clay ; fuch a body
of earth as cleaves or hangs
together.
The earth that cafteth up from the
plough a

ld -

That

hundred movements maJc

klotte,

Ben Jcnfa.

Who

fmooths with harrows, or

with rakes,

as the

That drag the

find a

fine devices in his head

CLOD.

All arguments will be as little able to

prevail,
wind did with the traveller to
part with his
which
he
held
the
cloak,
fafter.
Locke.
only
Nimbly he rofe, and caft his
down

eut with (beers. [klipper, Danifli ;

, Dutch ;
apparently from the

and

You

a dike that is of
any length.
Skattfpcare.
Their dates were cloth of (ilver, mix'd with

Sbakifpeare.
The jadea
rragick melancholy night,
with their drov/fy, flow, and flagging wi.^s,
Clip dead men's graves.
Sbakrfpeare.
The male rertcth on the back of the female,
and embracing her with his legs about the
efiffinf

if unprejudic'd
you fcan
goings of this clockwork, man

But 'tis the ftomach's folid ftroke,

That tells this being what 's o'clock.
Within this hollow was Vulcan's

are covered.

Sbakcfpcarc.

of our ingenious clacknakcrs, and equation!

ufed by them.
Der'nam,

made and

Movements by weights or

properly

'CLOAK, n.f. [lach, Saxon.]

1. The outer
garment, with which

clip

Fnter the city ; clip your wives,,

your friends
Tell them your feats.

Diff.

and maker."}

CLO'CKWORK.

off.

An

[clock

written cleaver.

That Neptune't arms, who

eck and body.

Swift*

a fort of beetle.

artificer whofe profeffion is to make

clocks.
This inequality-has been diligently obferved
by

Tie p;m

It grows wild, the feeds flicking to the clothes of

fuch as pafs by them. It is fometimes ufed in
medicine.
Miller.

fword, and do conteft

Hotly and nobly with

were raviihed

filver chckt

CLO'CK MAKER, n.f.

Ljcte.

CLI'VER.

Sidney.

Here

my

An infeft ;

4.

MtUfan.
clip.']

Or

The clod of a flocking ; the flowers or

inverted work .about the ankle.

feveral

clipper.

itf

is

Kncllet.

His (locking! with

fiom:hircu

that de-

nails.

[chppan^ Sax.]
I. To embrace, by
throwing the arms
round; to hug ; to enfold in the arms.
He that before fliunn'd her, to Ihun fuch harms,

anvil of

3.

Beings purely material, without fenft or thought,

as the cfipphgi of our beards, and
parings of our

a.

cliff ing

Roman

cut or clipped

the French,
All cl'ufttant, all in gold, like heathen gods,
Shone down the English.
Sbakefpeare.

runs and takes her in hit

One

hour

About nine cf tie c'.xlt at night the king marchei

out of the North-port.
Clarendon.

been

CLI'PPING. n.f. [from

falfe glitter,

To-day

-v.

clip.']

What

eight-

by cutting.

no Englilh treafon to cat

French crowns, and ro-morrow the king
Himfelf will be a dipper.
Sbattrfjitare.
No coins pleafed <bm medallirts more than
thofe which hid pafled
through the hands of an

tinfel finery.

To CLIP.

n.f. [from

for

'

Statrfpeare.

clock,

ten o'clock, for the tenth hour.

What ii 't o'clock f
Upon the ftroke of four.
Sbakffp&rtt
Macicaus fet forward about ten o'clock in the

pupil

>v. n.

Drj/dai.
it

of the

it

Brown'i fafgar frronrj,

and watch'd the wafting light.

an nfual expreflion to
fay, What

2. It is

S-uiift.

to hold

picture of Jerome ufually defcribed at hit

with a clock hanging by.

is

I told the cloekt,

Staiefpeare.

It is

creeping clofe, behind the wicket's (fink,

Privily he peeped out thro' a chink.
Spenfer.

To

but

he living,

is

bafes coin

door.
Tho'

3.

calls

CLI'PPER.

of (words. Sbatijptart.

feems in Sfen/er to have fome unufual fenfe.

I believe the knocker of a

CLI-NQUJNT.

ftudy,

Dryjtn.

a. It

The

clip t,

phrafe in falconry.
Some falcon (loops at what her eye rfefign'd,
And with her eagernefs the quarry mifs'd,
Straight flies at check, and dip: it down the wind.

[from the verb.]

(harp fucceffive noife; a knocking.

Now

nor

n.f.

heard the dink and

The

much feeling upon the

the cutting of a nerve.
Entity's Sermons.

go with the rnode/t truth

reports

confine

Cur.

To

Underneath th' umbrella's oily (hed,

Safe thro' the wet on
clinking pattens tread.
Gay*i Trivia.
I.

feem longer without a dock or hour-glafs than

with it.
Bacon.

off".

a third in the fuburbs.

a fmall, fliarp,

Where

The

late it

Mrs. Mayorefs dipped the king's Engliflj.

'sUd'tf.
Even in London, they dip their words after one
manner about the court, another in the city, and

interrupted noife.

CLINK,

my

Nor more,

Stake/peart.

v.

The inltrument which, by a feries of

mechanical movements, tells the hour
by a ftroke upon a bell.
If a man be in ficknefs or
pa'm, the time will

1.

particularly ufed of thofe who diminifh coin, by paring the edges.

This defign of new coinage, isjuit of the nature
of clipping.
L, c fa
5. To curtail ; to cut fhort.

chethag) doubter, hat, hofe, all

to them.
Sbakefpeare,

CLOCK, n.f. [clocc, Welm, from cttcb,*

bell, Welm and Armorick; cloche, Fr.]

Ihould then have as

ttfft hair, as

my

('Tis in

That anfwer

It is

4.

We

dipping

patient.

Five years

Sometimes with

3.

thou converfe with that trunk of

(luffed doaklag of guts ?
Sbakejp.
1 have
already fit

doft

humours, that

grew.
Pope.
He fpent cvfry day ten hours dozing, eloping
papers, or darning his (lockings.
Swift.

[fromc/;f.] Apttoeling;

adj.

Why

(lion,

By this lock, this facred lock, I fwear,

Which never more flialTjoin its parted hair,

a. f.

are carried.

D,i:hjm.

Bentlcy.

Kpenftr,

[from cloak and tag. ]

portmanteau; a bag in which clothes

SuctRng.

If'

CLI'NGY.

crimes withal.

CLO'A K B A c

clip

thou fpeak'ft fa!fe,

I'rion the next tree iha!t thou
hing alive,
Till famine
ding thee.
Staktjfesrf i Mjcbtil.

hide ; to conceal.
Moft heavenly lir, in deed and viewr,
She by creation was, till (he did fall ;
Thenceforth (he fought for helps to "cloak he#

blame,

love's flame.

DryJoi'i Fatla.
If mankind had had wings, as
perhaps fome exatheifts
us
tliink
in that,
deficient
trivjg.int
may
all the world mud have confented to
them.

tree.]

To

j.

the bird's

tfip

Butlnveh.idcAy^Vhis wings, and cut him

Coufin'd within the purlieus of his court.

dry up ; to confume ; to walle ; to

pine away. [DeclunjenTjieop, a wither-

3.

too late to
flown away.

He eGpi hope'* wingf, whofe

Much higher than fruition is.

Swift.
as followers or friends.
Mo'l popular conful he is grown, methinks :

To adhere,

2.

is

Then let him, th^t my love

Or dip love's uings, or quench

Pope .

T!it they may the

C L O

The crumbling
2.

who pound*

clodi.

turf; the ground.

Byiantians boaft, that on the

cltJ,

Where once their fultan's horfe has trod,

Grows neither grafs, nor flirub, nor tree.
Swift.
3. Any thing concreted together in ;
duller.
Fifhcrmen who make holes in the ice to
dip up
with il*ir nets, light on fvyjUows
congealrd

fift

LO

In chJt of a flimy fubftance

home

and carrying them

warmth

to their ftoves, the

Carcvi.

lump, a mafs of metal.

One

Labouring, two maffv

Had

clods

Mi/to:

thing vile, bafe, and earthy

as

the body of man, compared to his foul.

And ye high heavens, the temple of the gods,

In which a thoufand torches, flaming bright,

Do

defired light.

How

the purer fpirit

is

Spenfer.

to burthen

of the

to embarrafs.

fymptom? of

Lift.
united to this clod, is a

dull, grofs, ftupid fellow; a dolt.

The vulgar a fcarce animated cl-J,
Ne'er pleas'd with aught above 'cm.
Dryjen.

To CLOG.

[from the noun.] To gather into concretions ; to coagulate

for this we fometimes ufe clot.
n.

To

of courtefy,

<v.

a.

To

[from the noun.]

2.

t.

adj.

Turning with fplendour of

The

need complain

caa.

CLO'ISTERAL.
tary

I 'm glad at foul I have no other child ;

For thy efcape would teach me tyranny,
To hang ckgi nn them.
Sbakefpeare
1 didbut prompt the age to quit their
clogs,

CLO'DPATED.
pid

By

dull

My clodpatcd legations

In the world, when they bred

Wearincl, of the

Arbutbnot.

They're our

n.f. [from clod and foil.]

thickfkull ; a dolt ; a blockhead.

This

being fo excellently ignorant, he

will find that it comes from a
clodpoll.
Skakefp.
<v,

a.

[It is

To

der motion

to impede,

may

3.

wood or

Let

thefe worldly

The

make them

im-

The

[from

rep,

liftlels

Dut.

Tillafon.

Saxon

n.f. [cla<,
;

claitftro,

clofl-cr,

leal,

or elfe

much

chiftre,

clau-

in vain.

N'.,i

in a fecret c/ci/irr

doth he keep

Thcfc virgin fpiriU M*lU the

nun

;:

religious retire-

(he will veiled

dcijlrefs

walk,
round
Sbakcfpearc**
'

to what end they clamb that tedious

height..

provinces.] To clofe or fhut with glutinous or vifcous matter.

Rear the hive enough to let them in, and cltsm.
np the

fkirts, all

To CLOSE. <u.
Dutch ; cits,
1.

To

hut the door. Rlonim.

a. [clofa, Armorick
Fr. claufus,

'
;

./

kluys>.

Lat.]

fhut; to lay together.

on me, call'd
Sleep inftantly
nature as in aid, and clos'd mine
eyes.
Milton's
Paradise Lof.
When the fad wife has clos'd her hu&and's eyes ;.
Lies the pale corps, not yet
dead
?
Prior.
entirely
I foon fliall vifit Heftor, and the fhades
Of my great anceftors. Cephifa, thau
Wilt lend a hand to clofe thy miftrefs' eyes.
Pbilips.
2.
conclude ; to end ; to finifh.
One frugal fupper did our ftudies
fell

By

To

with

my

chft.
defires that

earned

Dryden.
you will'

ferioully confider

your eftate.
Wake's Preparation for Death.
Edward and Henry, now the bojlt of fame j

And

virtuous Alfred, a

4.

name j

endur'd,

Clos'd their long gl iries

with

To

fjgh, to find

gratitude of bate

mankind.
foft'f Herate.

inclofe;. to confine

Acording to
Hath in him

facred

toils

life

Th' unwilling
3.

more

of generous

the gift
clos'd.

to repofite.
Every one
which bounteous nature
;

Skatcjpca*e,

To

join ; to unite fraftarei

lidate fiffares.

The
Witl*

'

cloijier.]

Spcnffr.

After a

Fr.

[from

To CLOOM. v.a. [corrupted from cleam,.

clsemian, Sax. which is ftill ufed in fomft-

fubti-

Welfh; claur-Germ, kloojler,

n.f.

who ha vowed

Like a

That which

Jirum, Latin.]
i.
religious retirement ; a monaftery
a nunnery.

reltrain,

and the other for thffmen. ffotton's Arcbiteil,

I clofe this

clog.]

Skakcfpearc's Afactett.

And water once a day her chamber

With eye-offending brine.
CLOKE. n. f. See CLOAK.
CLOMB. [pret. of fo dint.]'

Boyle's Hiftory of Firmnrfs.

2.
hinder; to obflrua.
The gutter'd rocks and congregated fand?,
Traitors esfteep'd to (log the guiltlefs keel. Stat.

cloggy.]

of being clogged.

CLO'ISTER.

Pope.

To

fhoe.

adj.

deed of dreadful note.

Built with periftyles .or piazzas.

The Greeks and Romans had commonly two
chijiered open courts, one ferving tot the women's

ment.

lized,

clog

Gums and pomatums (hail his flight

While ckgg'd he beats his filken vnings

wooden

and cloggy parts are retained

and otherwife altered.

the Soul.

grofs and foul,

Ere the bat hath flown

there fliall be done

a lady

has the power of clogging up.

By aJdiuments of fome fiich natutt, fomegrofler

wings of birds were clogg'd with ice and

fnow.
Dryden.
Flefhly luftt do dcbafe men's minds, and

their fpirits,
and nnattive.

kind of additional (hoe, worn by

women to keep them from wet.

CLO'GGY.

pediments, that here clog his foul's flight.

Digby on

flate

Sbakefptare.

marfVean himfelf from

Swift.

CLO'GCINESS. n.f. [from

iron.

If you find fo much blood in his liver as will

flag the foot of i flea, I'll eat the reft of the

anatomy.

own power

all

participial adj. [fromf/c;-

clcijitr'd -light,

fide,

Hooker.
be

pa(lions.

Soli-

cloijier. ]

inhabiting cloifters.

CLO'IS.TRESS.

man

Jn France the peafantry goes barefoot ; and the

middle fort, throughout all that kingdom, makes
ufe of wooden clogs.
Harvey on Consumptions,

hin-

to encumber with fhackles ;

by fattening to the neck or

leg a heavy piece of

not their owpj if a

things, the greateft clog and

Slavery is,
obftacle to fpeculation.
Swift.

4.

load with
fomething that

clogs,

of

dogi.]
J.

A
2.

an heavy cleg to the

is

the pope'i fupremacy, as a clog upon his

and

imagined by
;
by Cafaubon

Skinner to come from, log

derived from x^'i-, a
dog's collar, being thought to be firfl hung upon fierce

fiefli

up.

Tragedies..

religioufly reclufe.
ground many cloifteral men, of great

this

Solitary
His

A/k

Chain'd to a galley, yet the galley 's free. Don/ie.

Their prince made no othe.' Hep than rejecting

letter

To CLOG.

clofe

r's

ft"-}
1.

loofe,

will.

CLO'DPOLL.

rules of ancient liberty.

And quits his clog', but all in vain,

He ftil'S draws after him his chain.
Huditras.
2. An encumbrance ; a hindrance; an obitruclion ; an impediment.

S-.u-

fpoiled the greateft geniu

me a mechanick.

known

As a dog, committed
For fome offence, by chance breaks

A ftupid

adj. [from donate.]

doltifh ; thoughtlefs.

the

Milton't Paradif' Regained

Mortimer's Hufbandry.

fellow

n. f. [from the verb.]

load; a weight; any encumbrance
hung upon any animator thing to hinder motion.

[from

adj.

retired

CLO'ISTERBD.

Starp's Surgery.

flag.

cloiflir.'d

learning and devotion, prefer contemplation before

a &'n.
Walt: tfs Angler.

1.

his precious eye

n.f. [clod and pate.]

a dolt ; a thickfkull.

thj deformed are

if

Rym

be encumbered or impeded by fome

faw will begin to

meagre cloddy earth to glittering gold, Stak.

2. Full of clods unbroken.
Thefe lands they fyw always under furrow
about Michaelmas, and leave it as ckdJy as they

CLO'DPATE.

Bacon.

was of the king^s firft afts to cloiftir the queen

Sacen.
dowager in the nunnery of Bermondfey.
Nature affords plenty of beauties, tjiat no man

CLOC.

[from clod. ]
Confifting of earth or clods ; earthy
muddy ; miry ; mean ; grofs ; bafe.
The glorious fun,
.

To

extrinfick matter.
In wnrkin through the bone, the teeth of the

pelt

with clods.

C L o' D D Y

it fometimes with a broom, that the feeds

not together.
Evelyn.

us within thefe walls for three

cloijlcred

It

Upon

Move

religious houfe. Sbalefpearr.

in form

days.

to adhere.

fome

Chifler thee in

on the Creation.

In this fenfe,
perhaps, only corruptly ufed for clod or

clog

Milton.

clodded gore.

CLOD.

clot.

Let us go find the body, and from the flream,

With laverr pure, and cleanfin^ herbs, walh off

The

They have by commandment, though

9"o

<u. a.
[from the noun.]
up in a religious houfe ; to conto immure
to. fhut up from the

fhut

fine

n.

<v.

coalefce

a piazza.

world,

In the following pafiage it is improper, for its meaning always includes

Ray

to

cloiftcr,

periftyle

To

his death.

Clocks and jacks, though the fcrews and teeth

of the wheels and nuts be never fo fmooth, yet,
if they be not nilod, will hardly movp; though you
clog them with never fo much weight.

and retirednefs
perform tbofe acls of devotion ?

To CLO'ISTER.

hindrance.

intellects to untie.

Drytf,

could he have the leifure

Atterbury.

z.

Add'fin.

4.

Glan-viile.

To CLOD. v.

load

Drydfn,
All the commodities are cloggtdvthh impositions.

In moral reflections there muft be heat, as well

as dry reafon, to infpire this cold clod of clay which
we carry about with us.
Burnct's Theory.

6.

How

breath;

The rpirit of man,

Which God infpir'd, cannot together perilh
With Shis corporeal clod. Milton's Paradif?
knot too hard for our degraded

To

It came, but clogg'Jvtlth

burn, that to us, wretched earthly clods,

In dreadful darknefs lend

Some folitary drifter will 1 choofe.

And there with holy virgins live immurM.

Htlejtl

Since thou haft far to go, bear not along

The clogging burthen of a guilty foul,
Sbakefp.
You '11 rue the time
That clogs me with this anfwer.
Sbaieffeare.
They lanc'd a vein, and watch'd returning

of iron and braf

melted.

Any

5.

3.

at the forge

L O

His majefty's mips were over-peftcred and clcgged

with great ordnance, whereof there is fuperfluity.

them

reftoreth

to life and flight.

4.

L O

to conYo*

armourers accompli fliing the knights,

ttify

hnmrcs

c/s/ir^ rivets

p.

Ska

C L O

'

There being no winter yet to

thfe up and unite

pant, and rcftore die earth to iu former comBurnit.
racineft.

my

loon as

public rupture happen*,

The

All the tracer drawn there are immediately clofed

chough you wrote them with your tinker on
the furface of a rivtr.
'jtti <m ttc

And

tip, as

CLOSE.

To

MM.

*v. n.

coalefee

to join

own

its

parts to-

They, and

that appertained to tliem, went

and the earth d-.-feJ upon

all

aliie into the pitj

them.

tfutlert, xvi. 33.

In plants, you

ufen.

To

in ivith. j
;
to comply with ; to unite with.
Intirc cowjrdice makes thcc wrong this virtuous gentlewoman, to cb'e
tcitb us.
'
Skakcfpean" i
It

There

Shakffpearc'i Jvi'iui Cffar.

was ro fuch deleft in man's undcrftand-

He

And

Pride is
f'-fing witt

body, and

go the water,

to chfe

certainly

af.

the

as

would have been

cloj'rd

thair

all

m:b

the people,

ftrnnger party.

4.

To CLOSE

ivith.

5.

1.

the

The
which

2.

~.

Was

the following fenle

daze.

The
Kept
4.

doors of plank were

with a double key.

The

is

it

clofe,

no

man

her

all

bred great as Rome lierfelf,

titles
that could Hand

the

clije to

of true or

8.

in this

cltfe

Nor in the houfe, which chamber ambufhcs

Mi/ton,
Clrft-bandtd, durft attack me.

CLOSE-BODIED,
exaftly.
If any clergy
they

'

joined one

cltfe

Then

2.

Style,

the quality of fecrecy; trufty.

Conttant you are,
woman j and I'oi fccrefy,

Having

But yet a

No

lidy chfir.

fome chfe-feat room

in

it

it

crept along,

went, in filencc fed.

ch/t.]
inlet or cutlet.
Putting the mixture into a crucible

Without

Without

much

cty'.y luted,

Mtfk.

fpace

intervening

3.

Attentively.
It" we look more
ckfc'i, we rtiall find
Moft have the feeds of judgment in their mind.

Spaniard, riding on the bay, font fome clefelf

into the village, in the dark of lite night.
Cjrciv'i

Without deviation.
1

>pe

Sumy {.J Cornwall,

have tranflated deftly enough, and given

them the fame turn of vcrfc which they had

original.

antagonilh, than to gratify the curious, or benefit

13.

('..-.:.

Follow Fluellen chfclj at the heclt.

Sbakcfrcart,

fecret; not revealed.

nearly.

5.

me grace. Sfenfer.
that keep their bcft things
ckfe,
to vindicate their art, or
oppofe their

mankind.

Artutbnot

Shut clofe; without

adj.

CLO'SELY. adv. [from

token by

intent itlafl to (hew

do mure

his liberalities.

4. Secretly; flily.

Some fpaynft>,
will

of"

Ai;J, fmould'ring as

Chft obferve him for the fake of mockery. Cleft,

name of Jolting! lie you there.
Sbakefp,

Hidden;

body

appear in any chfe-ldied coar,

vent.

in the

12.

the

ftft,

Admitting fmalldi fence.

fit

be fufpcnded.

(lull

much

as, a clofe alley.

fliall

to

AyXft'i Pjrerfon,
adj. Covetous.
Galba was very chfc-batdtd : I have not read

to

clije about this taper here,

qucftion our neccflities.
Utakfffeare.

n. Undifcovered without any

which one may be found.

Stem.

Had n-t Achilles' felf ilnod up.

Chafmtn,
6. Paufe ; cciCition ; relL
The air, fuch pleafurc loth to Infr,
With thmif.md ecchocs ftill prolong? each heav'nly

Made

atij.

CLOSE-HANDED,

Short crooked fwords in

chfcr fight they wear.
Dryjcn.

Clafman.

with duft, but darting up, the third

thry hail made,

nearly

I*ctc.

we

fit

call in

Narrow

9.

cxouifite,

fi!!'.l
;

fage.

rind,

dire misfortune follows cfa)c behind.

Now
And

Krnt beforehand.

In clofe order;
adj.
thick ranged ; or fecretly
leagued, which
feems rather* the meaning in thii paf-

Approaching
1

as

time of (hutting up.

i.i*)c fure in

As,

CLOSE-BANDED,

another.

and

fometimes adverbially by itbut more frequently in compofuion.

felf,

Burnet's Ttetfy.

Some

pronounced

their

On

2. It is ufed

CLOSE-PENT,

falfe.

morn.

Behind her death

following pace for pace, not mounted yet
his purple horfe.
Mi/fat*"^

tell

the approach of

Clefe

Drydeti.

method of cenfuifng by the lump, and mutt bring

things

his flerp

tttft

an

vcrfion can reach

Where'er ray name

In the cluft of night,

Philomel begins her heav'nly lay.
DtyJta.
grapple in wreftling.
f.
The king went of purpofe into the North, laying an open fide unto Perkin to make him come
fo the cicfc, and fo to trip
up his heels, having

ZSjth

is

flojely,

He

ID.
;

I.

Plant the fpr'mg crocufes chft to a wall. Mortim.

Sbakifprare.

of (hutting

fame meanings
and is not always eafily
diflinguilhed from the adjective.
Nearly ; denfely ; fecretly.

We

Certain hedgers dividing a tbft, chanced upon a

Carno'i Survey if Cn aval!

The manner

itfelf"

Juv.

the original

It has the

ad-v.

with

up with Atlas, and furtain her name

Ben Jcnfin.
ftrong as he doth hcav'n
muft lay afide that lazy and fallacious

As

fmall field inclofed.

tree, which grows her* in my chjt,
That mine own ufe invites me to cut down,
fell it.

of

argu-

Dryrf.

not clear.

Wiltim.

Btcait.

is

the,

fide,

Applied to the weather, dark ; cloudy ;

CLOSE,

Claje

admirable effects of this di (filiation in dofc,

like the wombs and matrices of living

muft

9.

Diflurb'd not, waiting

thefe inftruitive leaves, in which confpire

and Dryden's native fire.
et-jji art,
ftps.

Equal to

is

Ihortly

without in-

Joined without any intervening diftance

or fpace, whether of time or place.

great chert.

J.

denfe

on either

prifoner.

clofe

Lickt.

have a

And

fame compafs.

in the

Read

A
I

folid

Frefnoy's

grapple with in

creatures.

Dry Jen.
without ventila-

chfe

Secluded from communication; as, a

8.

Concife ; brief; comprefled ;' without

exuberance or digreffion.
You lay your thoughts fo clofe together, that,

it

Swift.

To

Vifcous ; glutinous ; not volatile.

This oil, which nourifhes the lamp, is fuppofed
of fo clofe and tenacious a fubftancc, thaf it max

Where

[from the verb.]

thing Ihut ; without outlet.

Any

ftagnant

engaging in alarge difpute, where

; folitary.
kept himfclf clcfe becaufe of Saul. Ctrnicla.

He

were they {hfcr, they would be crowded, and even

a due connection would be wanting. Dryd.

with

now

am

Lt;t.;,

17. Retired

had taught to

guilt

flowly evaporate.

6.

wreftling.
n.f.

CLOSE,

whom

chft metal.

fixed

thoughts and

fecret

and compact. Burncft Tbtory.

clofe
golden globe being put into a prcfs, which
wis driven by the extreme force of fcrcws, the
'
water made itlcu1 way thro* the pores of that very

Attcrbury.

Thefe governors bent

applications to chft in

their eyes

Compact

be fet alide jafily after-

firit, /hall

wards.

breift.

home.

point

ments arc not like to reach

tPilk'mt.

witliout inlet

Full to the
I

about, to-

The

Nftctsn't Ofticil.

Such a proof
.

with the

That clofe ifpea of hi

mood of a much troubled

the habit of attention.

6.

uniform mafs,

it.

lets

clife

terftices or vacuities.
The inward fubltance of the earth

ioltf.<

-fcody.

be tied

Bacon's Natural Hiftory.

Colter if t'ritiuifrip.
This fpirit, poured upon iron, lets go the wuter ; the acid fpirit is more attracted by the fixed
'

fuppofe this bag

Confined

4.

;(' '.he evidence. Ssutt.

wiuMT,'",^
look the'timc v/lren Kichard was depos'J,

happy Harry cks'd, Dryd.

fo unfociable a vice, that there is no

fly.

15. Without wandering; without deviation ; .attentive.

I difcovered no way to keep our thought^
to
ctofi
their bufincfs, but, by
frequent attention, getting
1

If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows

and doors ; the one maketh the air cleff, and not
truli ; and the other maketh it
exceeding unequal.

it

high and taw

fliew the

Sbatejftjre,

box, a daft houfe.

tion.

belter, than to ehfe^

friendihip 7<-/<i thine enemies.

but that

\t\-fy

fall, (o as to

fear.

would become tae

Ja terms of

Frier.

Tfrom the verb.]

leave no part open

adj.

To 'fcape

IV.

JItitry

Romans

JTo

CLOSE

"To

Pcrfia, Greece, (he goes

in the rial',-.

Milnn.

private ; not to be feen through.

Nor eould his afts too clofe a vizard wear,

Temple.

come to an
agi cement with

miferiei and the balm.

Having no vent

2.

3.

To CLOSE with.

my

all

takes the

We

The jealoufy of fuch a defign in us would

induce France and Holland to flcfe ufar. fome
meafures between them to our difadvantage.
3.

cloudy
Does

wards the window.

agree upon; to

join in.

of

as, a ckfe

Katsn.

Te CLOSE

2.

,'1'ff

Shut

1.

try the force ot' imagination

the lighter motion*, 'as uj>ou their clo/ing and

vron

Having an appearance of concealment J

14.

conclusion or end.

CLOSE,

may

errniiig.

made, th' attending throng

the burden of the fong.
Drydta'i Ftbtet.

bor.'

Thro' Syria,

get her.

down

(he

et'.fe

ev'iy

C L O

Speedy death,

on Italy.

Adtlij

1.

im-

ehfcd up by moderation and good ornccs.

It.cJiately

it is

Replied, and

itt

As

C L

Stakr/fttre.

CLO'SENESS. n.f. [from

\

The

in the

Brjjen,
cloft.']

of being (hut ; or, the quaof admitting to be fhut without inftate

lity
let or outlet..
In drums, thc,ehfeatfi round about that prtferveth the found, rnaketh the noife come forth or"
the drum-hole more loud than if you ihould ftrike
upon the like ikin extended in the open air.
JU<r*'i Natural Hi/lay.

2,

Narrow-

C L O
2. Narrownefs
3.

C L

ftraitnefs.

The

3.

Want

of air, or ventilation.
I took my leare,
being half-flirted by the elifeof the room.
tieft
Swift.

C L O

parts inclofmg; inclafure.

1.

thou bloody prifon

guilty chfure of thy uaiU
Richard the Second here was hack'd to death.

How could

folidity.

particles, fo widely difperfed,

combine

CLOT.

thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated

the bettering of my mind. Sbck.

his confederates he

The white of an

was conftant and

jufl,
fuch his

bake the egg into

but not open. Such was his enquiry, and

clafencfi, as they ftood in the light towards him,
and he llood in the dark towards them.
Samoa's Henry VII.
journey of much adventure had been r.ot communicated with any of his majcfly's counfcllors,
being carried with great ehfenefs, liker a bufiotfs of
love than ftate.
rf'orfon.

We

nor the extreme caution or

Tiberius.

of gru-

Dutch.]

form

to

as with clothes.
I put on
righteoufnefs, and it clotted me.
%i.
Hall thou clothed his neck with
thunder ? 7oi.
I will alfo clahc =r
prietts with falvation. Pfaf.
- If rhmi bceft he but O
ho- fall'n hmv chang'd
;
;om him, who in the happy realms of light,
C:ith'dwith
did'ft

hang toge-

Huge unwieldy bones, lafting remains

J/that gigantick race; which, as he breaks
Thei7orrf glebe, the plowman
find*. Ptilit,,.

cbfinefi 01

Bacon's Ej/fy.

haply

2.

Ctlfcrof Fricmljh'ip.

7. Covetoufnefs

;
fly avarice.
Irui judged, that while he could
keep his poa
he
flioui
j not feel it : he
verty
fecret,

thought into an affectation of

this

vetoufnefs.

improved
and co-

doftnefi

Mdifn't

3.

in

CLO'SER.

n. f.

[from

a concluder.

clofe.}

niftier

peftle for his

the

van

led the

truncheon,

Jiotl.]

2.

Nor

3.

clofit

furniflies

The crowded

(helves

thy great

Doth
2.

fair

firft,

with

cltfct

To

up

<v.

4.

as in

an urn,

5.

The

While
6.

2.

clofed or fhut.

me

quite open,

cltfin whatever.

ftp*

Sviift.

taken

abfolutely,

Take up

thefe duttct here

quickly
to the laun.lrefs in Datchet-n,,:.id.

Sftifir,
carry them

SltH.'fffr,.

Strength grows moru from the warmth of excr.

tifcs than of c/aatli.

8.

Tiafh

The

covering of a bed.
Gazing on her midnight foes,
Shi turn'd each way her frighted held,
Then lunk it deep beneath the u'ottcs.
To CLOTHE. T. a. pret. I clothed, or
panicip,

fhtkecf-,

r c!tut.

thine with

Through

[from To

it,

Your

bread and

Drefs

clothe.}

my

j.

yielded fpright,

might take united flight.

elating, and every

depend upon

neceflaVrf

it.

S-wift.

levels the
nap.

My father is a poor man,

and by his occupation,

Hakcwiil <w PrwUcncc.

chttjheanr.

CLO'T POLL.

n.f. [from clot

And

pill

I.

Thick&ull
blockhead.
What fajs the fellow there?

calY

the

2.

Head,

in fcorn.

I have font Cloten's

chptjl down the ftream,
In emljafly to his mother.
Sttkefptare'i

CymMattf.

rCto'TTER/w. n. [thiiertn, Dutch. f

To concrete to coagulate to
;

gather*

into lumps.

SUdd /ing

He, dragg'd the

trembling fire,
and huly mire.
Drydtn't yEiic-iV^.

thro' rfcnV'4 blood

CLO'TTV.
The

clad;

maker.

CLOTHSHE'ARER. n. f. ffrom dotb and:

One who trims the cloth, and
fhear.}

[from </,/.] Full of. clods

of concretions.

aJj.

concreted
friir.

in heaven's
pure chrtiag dreft

clcarefi ikies

lire, entirely

commonly

In Claribellae', dates.

clofe.]

to

dab and bread,

flourifh, and the raven's fed. S^iarln.
for

Drefs; habit; garment;

veftments
including whatever
covering is worn on the body. In this
fcnfe always clot bet,
pronounced </'/.
Me with him brought Hryenc, rich arra\'d

aft of
/hutting up.
chink was carefully clofed

ij

Cloth,

veilure

admire your fending your Uft

without fcal, wafcrj ui any
I

lilies

my God

mean: a texture of wool.

n.f.
diftemper in the feet of
called alfo the/e<&r.
Dift.

That bywmch anything

And

raiment.

ne'er diftruft

n.f.

vefture; garments.
Thy bofom might receive

theft

7. In the plural.

S-wift.

up: upon which

any change.
Boylt't Spring of tke Air.

CLO'T KING.

Bcnjfafon.
;

Stat. Cymtefixe.

cloth.}

Harvard.

'

Drefs

eat.

[from

(hall only fpoil the clothier's

wool, and begi
gar the prefent fpinncis, at beft.
firaant's Bills
if Mortality.

texture put to a particular ufe.

ftood

man with rags.

wear clothes.

They

Drydtn.

Any

I'll

ttofurt there appeared not

up under his cloth of rtate, took

the fword from the
protector, and dubbed the Lor/
of London knight.
Sir Jckn
Mayor
Haytxard.
I'll make the
very green club to look blue. /

Htrbert.

CLO'SURE. n.f. [from

canvafs on which
pictures are de-

The king

a.

Itfelf.

p ,pe

To

i>. n.

Shakefpeare'i Henry VIIK

His commilTioners mould caufe clithirrt to
take
wool, paying only two parts of the
price.

original

privatery catechifed by his Majefty.

The

pafs

or greafy gbfs.

art

;'

(hall clothe a

The chtbiers all, not able to maintain

The many to them 'longing, have
put off
The fjiinfters, carders, fullers, weavers.

This idea, which we

may tall the ginidef/of
painting and of fculpture, defcends upon the marble and the dolt, anJ becomes the
of

where the principal gentlemen of the

kingdom were

1.

The

furnifh or provide with clothes.

Care no more to chthe and

Stake/p.

(Ufetug,

cattle

Navius, every error

eloth,

To

CLOTHIER.*./
ot doth. _

'

and 111
of (helk.

take into a clofet for a fecret interview.

About th!i time began the projeft of

CLOSH.

like

anfwcr you right painted

<7i,r4, from whence
you have ftudied your queitions.
Stokifpeare.
Who fears a fenti-nce, or an old man's
faw,
Shall by a painted chib be
kept in awe.

rarities

once fprtad,

lo

fub.-

Drydtns Dufnfa.

[from the noun.]

[hut up, or conceal, in a clofet.
The heat

To

covering,

piece of linen fpread upon a table.

let,

light.

To CLOTHE.

S -.dft.

DryJenifaklti.

To Cio SET.
1.

her chfit

ff.

for drefs or

lineated.

WMM.

was gine.

The

4.

Drayton.
Spaniards buy their linen chttt in that

The

mady realms of night,

cloib'd in bodies, breathe
your upper

Drowfinefs

of gold.

coftly clotk

he mufty wine, foul

of Minerva, where thofe

treafurea are to be found in all abundance.

He

thing woven

A private repository, of curiofujes and

valuable things.
He Ihould have made himfelf a key, wherewith

to open

or clothes.

ftance.

2.

Any

And his high helmet was a ilife,ftcaa

pan. Garth.
CLO'SET. n.f. [from
daft".}
1
A fmall room of privacy and retirement.
The taper burneth in your chftt.
He would make a ftep into hi's el-lit,Shaiifftare.
and after a
fcort prayer he

plural tbtbt

Miltm.

leave the

r
i.
Drydtn.
Let
both
ufe the cleared
language in which they
can c htbe their
Watts on the Mind.
thoughts.

grofs.

/.

kingdom.

CLO'SESTOOL. a. /. [clofe and

chamber implement.

fi

n.

whether of animal or
vegetable

greater ckfenifs and coherence with one another,

than thus to drive at a cafual
iffue, brought under
no forecaft or delign.
Siutt.

And,

Philips.

[claS, Saxon.]
1.

They

gore,

To become

cutihire

tranfcendentbrightncfs,

Myriads though bright

clotted.

CLOTH,

Spectator.

Connection ; dependance.
The aflions and proceedings of wife men run

8.

_To concrete ; to coagulate ; to gath'er

into concretions : as, clotted
milk, clotted
blood.
Here mangled limbs, here brains and
Lie

S-ufif't.

lo mveft,

3.

clots, or clods

i.mbroid.er'd purple chtbts the

golden beds.
Popt's Siatiui.

or from

frtibtlder.

rfillaam', S*rn,y.

[from the noun

n.

ther.

not againft the piercing judgment of

rife

ftopt with a clot

blood.

ktatteren,

To

was

itfelf

opening

To Ctor. v.
1.

began to poch.
Hacoti.

The
mous

jfluguftui,

,, r

egg, with fpirit of wine, doth

clots, as if it

Mdifm't

he Britons, in Cjcfar's
time, painted their boand clitbfj therajelves with the /kins
of beafts,

With fupenor boon may

your rich foil
Exuberant nature's betler
Ueffings pour
O'er every land, the naked nations
chite,
And be th' eihauft!efs
granary of a world. Tbomf.
2. J o adorn with drefs.
We chtbe and adorn our bodies: indeed, too
much time we beftow upon that. Our
fouls alfa
are to be cktbid with
holy habits, and adorned
W!tl, good works.
Crtaih.
Kay

clod,

grume.

6. Secrecy; privacy.

To

dies,

[probably, at firft, the fame

but now always applied to
different ufes ; or rather klotte, Dutch,
a mafs. ]
Concretion ; coagulation ;

To cloftnefs, and

his efcape into nak.-dnefs.

making

Sbatifp.

n.f.

with

retirement.

op-

portunity of

in ufe.

And make

Bacon's Natural
Hi/tsry.
;

Not

inhabitant of Nova Zrmbla

having lived in
Denmark, where he was chtbtd, took the firft

We'll hand in hand all

headlong call us down,
a mutual
chfureofam houfe.

into that clofnefi of

xture ?
Eentlty.
The hailc of the fpirlt to put forth and the claj'entfi of the bark, caufe prickles in boughs.

5. Reclufenefs; folitude

end.

garments to cover with

from cold and injuries.

An

Sbakifpcjre,

Conclufion

4.

invert with

drefs,

4. Compaftnefs

To

Within the

matter expeflorated

thick, dot-',

Where

j:

full

blui.-.-i

lat:4 ii

ftreaks.

is

throujh, you *,a ;

make

thin, and

Harvy

cb-t;, sr.d a

Bis

fcawr of
of

mixt

m Cotftimt

xa

||

>ain

w'.th.
i

Kn i,

i9iu

to brca!;

it.

[from doth.]

CLOUD*.

CLOUD,

n. /.

[The

derivation

is

rot

from claudo,
to fhut; Somner from clod; Cafaubon from
*X*i(, darknefs ; Stinner from kladde,
Dutch, a fpot.]
I. Th* dark colleilion of vapours in the

known. Min/hfw derives

it

CLO'UDILT. adv. [from

1. With clouds ; darkly.

plainly, by

As

a mift

is

Crew's Crfmotagia.
together, as in rain.
Clmds are the greatclr. and moft confiderablc of
all the meteors, as firnilhing water and plenty to
the earth. They confift of very fmall drops of
water, and are elevated a good'diltance above the
furface of the earth; for a cloud is nothing but a

mid
hut

flying high in the air, as a mill

a cloud here below.

it

The dawn
8.

Is overcaft,

the

An.! heavily in clouds brings on the day. Slddifon.

veins, marks, or ftains, in ftones

The

4.

ill

can

fpreads wide

more of

obje&ion comes to no more than this, that,

amangft a cloud of witnefles, there was one of no
Aitcrlury.
very good reputation.
Vo CLOUD, . a. [from the noun.]

When
How many
of fpace,

To

darken with clouds

clouds

2.

CLO'U DV.
1

of

fullen

and gloomy ap-

pearance.
Be notdimearten'd then, norc/outt thofc looks,
That wont to be more cheerful and ferenc. Milton.
What fullen fury clouds his fcwiful brow Pofe.
3. To obfcure ; to make lefs evident.
!

men would

not exhale vapours to clt,ud and

darken the cleared truths, no man could mifs his
way to heaven for want of light. Decay of fitly.
It'

4.

To
Made

hand'e finooth and plain,

CLOUD,

v.

To grow cloudy

n.

to

grow

CLO'UDBERH.Y.

n.f. [from cloud

ry ; ckamitmarus.] The
called alfo tnotierry.

and

name of

Dark

3.

Yea,

all

which

it

So

An

epithet of Jupiter, by whom

clouds were fuppofed to be collected.
to both kings, attended with a roar
eccho'd from th' affrighted fliore

Of cannons,

With loud refcmklance of his thunder, prove

Bacchus the feed of claudctrnfelling Jove. Waller.
Supplicating

Tij

look

Sftnjtr.

my

now

fon,

in the (hade

move

juft complaint to clemlci/npclling Jove.

Dryd,

CLO'VER-CRASS.

5.

bright, wanting

faw a cloudy diamond.

CLOVE, n.f. [the

Te CLEAVE.

Boyle.

quite

it

dm

his

1.

My

To

CLOVER, is to live luxuriclover being extremely delicious

and fattening to cattle.

2.

Clove

to

l>e

a frujt growing upon

2.

Some of

CLO'VERBD.

clove-trees.

Brown' t fulgJr Errours.

the parts into which garlick
when the outer (kin is torn
it

is

'Tis moital

I'm

is

a facrcd

fmelling like cloves.]

This genus may be divided
I.

The

clove-gillyflower,

An alit.
f. [In commerce.]
lowance of two pounds in every hundred
the fcale that
weight for the turn of
the commodity may held out weight
when

its

into three clafles

or carnation,

ftripcj

by

a.

Urge,

His garment nought but many ragged cliuti,

thorns together pinn'd, and pitched was.

A clout upon

t.

Anciently,

which archers {hot.

He drew a good bow

would have
4.

An

Sftnfer.

that head,

diadem flood.
Slakeffiare,
In pow'r of fpittle and a cltul,
Whene'er he plcafe, to blot it out.
Swift,
or coat.
patch: on a (hoc
the mark of white cloth at
late the

3.

The

going quite

retail.

With

poww. Tiffs Jura.

The carnation,
fwcet William.
pink.
3.
or clove-gillyflower, are diftinguiihrd into four
claflc:.
The 6rft, called flakes, having two cotheir

fold

CLOUT, n. / [clut, Saxon.]

I. A cloth for any mean ufe.

Where

[from

[cloujh, Saxon.] The

a clitt. In compofition,

CLOUCH.

derived from

n. /.

of a hill
a hilly place.

The

louri only, and

*.

cleft

an onion to devour;

CLOVE-GILLYFLOWER,

[from clover.] Covered

flocks thick-nibbling thro' the cltvtr'J vale.

dive, the preterite of cleave.]

Each clove of garlick

adj.

with clover.

the rudiment or beginning of

[In this fenfe

Og!t.

Ternate

fms

Well, Laureat, was the night in chver fpent

valuable fpice brought from

It is the fruit or
in the Eaft Indies.
feed of a very large tree.

live in

oufly

CLOUGH.

from the

their fare.

Dryjen.

tway.
Fairy 5>n.

n. /. [clou, Fr. a nail,

fimilitude of a clove to a nail.]

Nature mall provide

and fatt'ning clever for

Clover improves land, by the great quantity of

Mortimer's Hiijtaiidry.
cattle it maintains.
Blouzclinda is the blitheft lafs,
or
the
Than primrofe fweeter,
clever-graft. Gay,

creft in

plumed

graft

Ttnr.ft*.

fo fierce did play

th' other's helmet, which as Titan (hone,

That

properly

clover; claspep.Sax.J

Sbekefptarc

Green

See
preterite of cleave.]

Gyon's angry blaJ

On

[mor

fpecies of trefoil.
The even mead, that erft brought fweetly fortli
The freckled cowflip, burnct, and green clover.

of death,

luftre.

Fulmar Errturr*
banifh'd from us.

In. /.

Whofe bright outlining betms thy cloudy wrath

Hath in eternal daiknels folded up.
Sbakeffenrt.
with fpots or veins.
4. Marked

Not

is

CLO'VER.

ftorm-beaten heart likewife is cheer'd

when cloudy looks are-clear'd.

Witnefs

Brmvn'i

cloven-footed fiend

DryJtK,
Great variety of water-fowl, both whole ani
the waters. Rej
tti Ctut.
cloven-footed, frequent

not open, nor cheer-

not a

are the bifulcous or cloven-toofcd $ at ci

and beavers.

The

that fun-fliine,

off.

Sbaktff.

adj. [A wordformedin imitation of nip i\ny!(nri;, ill under-

Health

my

feparatcs,

itfelf,

inherits, <ha1l difToke.

CLOUDCOMPE'LLIKC.
flood.]

Gloomy of
With

Miller.

p.ilaces,

There
tnels

not intelligible.

Having

hoof.]

round hoof; bifulcous.

ful.

a plant,

The cloudccpt tower--, the g'.rgcous

The folemn temples, the great globe

[cloven and foot,

the foot divided into two parts

give

Exodus.

chap-fallen beaver, loofcly hanging by

dwcii helm, and arch of viftory.
Dry Jen.

CLO'VEN-FOOTED. \adj.
CLO'TEN-HOOFED. J or

If you content yourfelf frequently with words

ber-

'CLO'UDCAPT. adj. [from cloud and cap.]

Topped withclouds touching the clouds.

adj.

obfcure

is Aufidius, lift you what work he maket

Sbaktfpare.
your cloven army.
Now heap'd high
do
lie;.
Waller.
oaks
and
cloven
lofty pines

The

inftead of ideas, er with cloudy and confufed notions of things, how impenetrable will that darkWttti on the Mind.
nefs be !

Poft.

dark with clouds.

Tie

Cbeyne.

CLOVE,

of the ckudcd olive's cafy grain.

may

[from cloud.]
obfcured with
;
clouds; confifting of clouds.
As Mofes entered into the tabernacle, the closidy

2.

variegate with dark veins.

The

in a cloudlefs night

Covered with clouds

to cover with

to obfcure.

To make

naked eye

cleave.] See

There

fuch there muft be in the vaft extent

us fomc faint glimpfe.

adj.

little

Miller.

Among

This Partridge foon (hall view in cloudkfs Ikies,

next he looks through Galilaro's eyes. Pofi.

a multitude.

Style.

[from cloud.] Without

clouds ; clear ; unclouded ; bright ; luminous ; lightfome ; pure ; undarkened.

CLO'UDLESS.

the true fort.

CLO'VEN. part. fret, [from

To CLEAVE.

of brightnefs.

its cloudintfs.

fome having very

when compared with

fccmt,

faw a cloudy Hungarian diamond made clearer

by lying in a cold liquor; wherein, he affirmed,
that upon keeping it longer, the ftonc would lofc

as a crowd,

The

differ greatly in goodncfs

I fee

Any thing that

true clove-gillyflower hai been long in ufe for making a cordial fyrup. There are two or tftree ya.
rietiei commonly brought to the markets, which

full

pilhr defcended, and Hood at the door.

govern'd, in the clouds is loft. Waller.

the brave and young
Fall in the cloud of war, and fall unfung ? AMiftn.
rage,

How

n.f. [from eltteh.]

of being covered with clouds

ftate

Want

2.

or other bodies.
3. Any ftate of obfcurity or darknefs.
Th/ poets may of infpiration boalr,
Their

Cor-

Drydtn.

fuch a February face,

of froft, of ftorm, and cloudincfs,
Sbatfff.
The ntuation of this iiland expofes it to a conthe
renders
which
fummer
in the
tinual ctoudincfs,
air colder, and in the winter warm.
Harvty en Confumpthni.

Rojcommoi>.
low'rs,

fourth are called painted ladies i thefc have

their petals of a red or purple colour on the upunderneath. Of each of
per fide, and are white
The
thefe eludes there are numerous varieties.

You have

So

Loch.

morning

Th

darknefs.

nothing

Hnr vapours, turn'd to clouds, obfcure the Iky

Aad clouds, diffolv'd, the thirfty ground fuuply.

to write fo cloudily by

The

ib a vapour, and
therefore a wattry cloud, ii nothing elfe but .1 conwhich
l^erics of very fmall and concave globules,

broken, they defccnd in folid drops ; either fmall,

as in a m'tft ; er bigger, wlten many of them run

delivered

enwrapped

cloudily

CLO'CDINESS.

.therefore fccnd, to that height in which they are

f equal weight with the air, where they remain
fufpended, till, by fome motion in the air, being

The third are piquettet \

four different colours.
thefc flowers have always a white ground, and ars
or other colours.
fpotted with fcarlat, red, purple,

Sfenftr.

He wa commanded

Sbakiff.
a multitude of fma'.l but folid gli-

which thircforc defccnd

way of precepts, than

in allegories.

nutus

Now are the cloudy that lower'd upon our houfe,

In the deep bslom of the ocean buried.
RictarJ III.

through the Ieves. The fecond, e.alled buarj,"

have fiovvtri ftriped or variegated with three or

Ohfcurely ; not perlpicuoufly.

Some had rather have good difcipline

2.

air.

fcuV--..,

C L O

C L O

C L O

he (hot

he
;
Stak.

a fine /hoot

ftine,
clapt in the eltvt at twelve

iron plate to keep an axle-tree from

wearing.

C L O
To CLOUT,
I

To

patch

[from the noun.]

to mend
coarfely.

My

my

rteps too loud.

Treads on

To

i.

Sbakejfcare.

dull fwain

TI'-

daily with his dinted flioon.

it

thy the hungry edge of appetite

bare imagination of a feaft ?
She':
Cont;nu.;liy vary'ng the fame fenfe, ar.d takins

CLO'UTED.

meaning

participial adj.

coagulated

claitid

Congealed

corruptly ufed for

up togeAfcbam.

tion

from

Clumfy

as, a e louterly fellow.

The fingle wheel plough

awkward

following paffage, another fenfe: perhaps to ftrike

the beak
together.
His royal bird
Prunes the immortal
wing, and days his beak,

As when

3-_To

2.

CLUB.
i

and
dmnerj
r
. ,->

CLOWNISH.^',
Young

[from clown.}

hr

Silvia beats

cour from the

2.

and cries aloud

Coarie

But with

his

hano, their ten

Spenfer'i

3.

What

we

3.

Ciumfy
With

in this

Coarfely

rudely

I-

haS

" in " m

ax make
-re

legs very gracefully'

that delect, an j wipe

i-U-^V^cal
Ir.civility;

brutality.
---

C7"

f^l /^

OT. v

to
1.

j.

'

*.nt. istcf.

a . [tntkiuT. Fr. to nail

up

flop up.

to furfeit
*'

Vot"*!

to

to
fill

th fc fpee '' h

fill

beyond deto loathine

" had

matter, nearly equal in

2.

clufter

dub, and

this

they called f ,rcinz

not '''?"*

Py

'

L'EJrtnrt

An

alTembly of good fellows, meeting

under certain conditions.
What right has any man to meet in faftieus
vilify the

Th</ got

b'

impiicite gencutiun,
An d S eneral ti't of all thi- nation.
,

Hudiirai.

feCLVt.-v.n. [from
.

To

the noun.]
contribute to a common

m fettled
2.

To join

expence

proportions.
to

one

effeft

to contribute fe-

parare powers to one end.

Till grower
atoms, tumbling in the dream
Of fancy, madly met, and dulifd into a dream.

Dryden.
tvcry part of the body fecms to clut and contribut- to the feed
elfe
;
why mould parents, born
blind or deaf, form-times
generate children vyith the

lime imperftaioai

of

trees

its

dimenfiorw.

a tuft of trees or

anciently a plump.
numbfcull.

CLUMPS.

n.J.

Skinner.

CL,U'MSILY. adv.

[from clumfy.} Awkwardly ; without readineft ; without nimblenefs ; without

grace.
He walks very dumfily and
humour is clumfily and
inartificially
when articled.
Collier on Pride

lofty

^managed,

their

on tbi Creation.

[formed from lump.}

piece of wood, or other

ridiculoufly.
Ray on the Creation.

Skinner.}

Toiatiate; tofate;
fire

to divide.

keep them out.

Ray

CLUMP, n.f.
1. A
fhapelefs

i his

government? Dryd. Medal. DeJ.

J. Concurrence; contribution;
jointcharge.
He 's bound to vouch them for his
own,

ncf which the

2.

\SrOm cleopan,

tints to

^'< _

"w,5uj
:

of one of the fuits of cards.

duti. black
tyrant firll h.-r viftim died,
Spite of his haughty mien and barh'rous pride.

trade.

clo-iunijb.}

nefs.

The name

down

brutally.
Cio WNiSHNtss. n.f.
[from dnuni/b.}
1.
Rufticity; coarfenefs; unpoiifhed rude-

fJit'rfst

Sptnfe,-'; F^iry J^,.,

his helmet, a butcher fl,-w him

odd

[fr0m

aj-u.

brings them to a river,

hen ducks and calls to

ihrubs

drove his combreJ tlub to

quit

their hum >ur was

fuddling couple fold ale
to drink drunk,
upin their own liquor : they laid

look,
equipage,
IV clrutifb mimitk
traverf-; the itige.
Prior,

CLO'WNISHLY.

intended for of-

tions.

>

ungainly.

a grave

ftaff

fhot or dividend of a
reckoning,
paid by the company in juit propor-

Staieffeart
;

The

effay'd to (leal

dw/r.ifo fool out of your father's cour'

.-,.

4.

if

klupp'cl,

Skattfp. CorioJanus.
by a hen, if (he
in they gr>,
though the

Ducklings, though hatched

Pope
I

fain f-

Uncivil; ill-bred; ill-mannered."^'

I he

flick

rugged.

dwnjb

bnilhcf.

Dutch.]
A heavy

The

Dryden.

rough

Shakff.

with the ftruke nf a etui.

Howard
Arm'd with a knotty dub another came.
Dryd

z.

drwnijh neighbourhood.

r*

He

breait,

of

call chickens, as a hen.

She, poor hen, fond of no fecond brood,
Has duck'd thee to the wars.

Satiety;

cloy.}

[from cl-wffa, Welfh

Out of the earth.

As he pulled oft

Confifting of rulticks or clowns.

1.

n.f.

He
ill-

Canute.

l-

n.f. [from

fence.

tality.

had both

af.

To

Alas tncir love ma be called

y
appetite :
motion of the liver, but the
palate,
That fuffers furfeit,
and
revolt.
c/yment,
Skattfp.

Swift.

fool's conceit

which a club or company

in

ladies revived to
give the pictures
their deceafed hujband* to the dubrmm.

No

[from clown.} Illbreeding; churliihnefs ; rudenek; bru-

The

The

[dub and room.}

Thefe

'

nature,

n. f.

fembles.

repletion beyond appetite.

accent.

a.

room

up guns, by flriking a fpike

CLO'YMENT.

coarfe, ill-bred man.

In youth a
a dmun.
coxcomb, and in
Sfefl.
A country fquire, reprefentedage
with no other vice
but that of being a
down, and having the provin-

CLO'WNERY.

Add\fori\ Freeholder*

CLU'BROOM.

Dryden.

cial^

they find ail other means for enforcing tlie

abfurdity of their opinions to be ineffectual.

Sbakcffeare.

Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with tkylejt fauce his appetite.

Sidney.

a boift'rous, rude,
ungovern'd crew,
i;h furious hafte to the loud
fummens flew.

plcas'd.

clubluiu,

when

jfdaifori's Spectator.
That of
adj. [from cloy.}
which too much cannot be had that ToCLVcK.'v.a. [cloceian, Welfli ; clockat,
;
Armorick cloccan,Sax. klocken,
which cannot caufe
fatiety.
Dut.]

upon cart-

is

god

Derk<m.

and laiv.} Regula^

the law of arms.
[<///

CLO'YLESS.

churl.

*5
The rfoamj,

his

nail

.interinse.

by force ;
The enemies of our happy eftablifliment feem
have recourfe to the laudable method of

into the touch-hole.

import.]

Aruftick; a country fellow; a

He came with all his dnuns, horfed

n.f.

tion

n.f. [imagined by Skinner and

Junius to be contracted from colonus. It
ieems rather a Saxon word,
corrupted
from loian; hen, Dut.
word nearly of
the fame

1.

CLUBLA'W.

doy'd with cuftard ar.d with praife,

Is gather'd to the dull of
ancient days.
Pope.
2. It feems to have, in the

Mirtimcr's Hujbandry.

CLOWN,

Small duthcadcd

Settle,

Thought*

and head.}

[dub

adj.

a thick head.

Having

Rofcotr.tnor.

a very
ekuttrfy fort.

is

.'

eafe.

Intemperance in eating and drinking, inflead 01"

delighting and fatisfying nature, doth but load and

[probably by corrup-

louterly.}

(pints, how Oinuld they dub their

particular
information!, into a common idea

CLUBHEA'DED.

fkim the clouted cream,

And prefs from fpongy curds the
milky llream. Gay.
adj.

Cilller en

pleafe,

clotted.

Swift.

common

ts a

tmft

her well taujht mind does

(lore

Norpinch'd with want, nor clcy'J with wanton

I've feen her

CLO'UTERLY.

liitle

To pay

a.

11.

reckoning.

up what he had mare than enough inculcated behe fometirr.es

dys his readers inflcad of fatistying them.
Drydcn.

Whofe

Plums and directors, Shylcck and his

wife,
Will dub rheir tellers now to take
your life. Pott.
Fibres being
diftincl, and impregnated by dif-

fore,

ther.
fentences of one

To CLUB.

By

Milk fome unhappy ewe,

Whofe claiteJ leg her hurt doth mew.
Sfenfer.
3. To join awkwardly or coarfely toge-

clu!>,

that gentle viand,

fyllabub.
owl, the raven, and the bat,
Clubbed for a feather to his hat.

The

Who ca-i

Milton.

cover with a cloth.

Many

Let fugar, wine, and cream

together

To make

The very creed of Athanafius, and that Sidney.

facrcrl
hymn of glory, are reckoned as fuperflnitics, which,
we mull in
cafe
any
pare away, left we cloj God
with too much ftrvice.
Hooker.

thought he flepr, and'put

c hated
brogues from off my feet, whofe rudenef?

L U

he were very
impatient of long de-

rocles, though
liberations.

Anfwcr'd

C L

<o. a.

CLU'MSINESS.

n.f. [from clumfy.} Awkl

wardnefs ; ungainlinefs ; want of readinefs, nimblenefs, or
dexterity.

The

drudging part of life h chiefly owing t*

dumjinejs and ignorance, which either wants pr p?r
tools, or (kill to ufc them.
Cellitr on
ane .

CLU'MSY.
the other

a dj. [This word, omitted in

is

etymologifts,

rightly derived

by Bailey from lompfch, Dutch,

In

flupid.

Bngfifh, lump, clump, lumpijh, clump,

Awk.

ifo, clumplfily, clnmftly,

clumfy.}

ward

heavy

artlefs

unhandy

with-

out dexterity, readinefs, or

grace. It is
ufed either of
perfons, or aftions, or
things.

The

matter dudlile and

fequacious, apt to be

moulded into fuch

(hapes and machines, even by
dumfy fingers.
R
But thou in clumfy verfe,
unlick'd, unpointed,
Hall fliamefully defy'd.
Drydcn.
That dumfy outfide of a
porter,

How

could

it

CLUNG. The

thus conceal a courtier

preterite

Swift.

and participle of

cling.

CLUNG,

adj. [clunju, Sax.] Wafted with

ftjrunk up with cold,
;

leannefs

7o

To CLUNG, v. n. [chnjan, Sax.] To dry

as wood does, when it is laid up after
See To CLING.
it is cut.
'

CLUSTER.

[clypKp, Sax. Utjhr,

./.

Dutch.]
i

a number of things of the

;
fame kind growing or joined together.

A bunch

Grapes will continue freih and moid all winter,

if you hang them tlufltr by clufter in the roof of a
Bacon.
warm room.
A fwelling knot is rais'd ;

Whence,

And from

in (hort fpace, itfelf the clufter (hows,

earth's moifture, mixtwith fun-beams,

Dcr.bam.

grc.v/s.

The

of one liquor do varioufly

aft upon the tinging corpufcles of another, fo as to
make many of them affociate into a c/ujicr, whereby
coloured
two
liquors may compofe a
laiine corpufcles

transparent

Watte*.

one.

An
The

elm was near, to wht.fe embraces led,

culling vine her fwelling clufters fpread. Pope.

number of animals gathered toge-

z.

Hands,

cruelty.

noife

forth their populous youth about the hive

Milton's Paradije Lcji.

There with
a

3.

bees

clujttrs.

And

long

their clafping feet together clung,

from the

clvfter

laurel hung. Drydcn.

ufed in
collefted

body of people

We lov'd him

a clamour.

He faw what

over-grown pots, pans, and

The

but like beads,

coward nobles, gave way

Tim, why

Prithee,

all

mob, who were making

to

your clujltn,

the'mfelves

merry with

their betters.

Mdifor,.

y CLU'STER.
To grow in
bunches

[from the noun.]

bunches ; to gather into
to congregate.

n.

-u.

Forth f. .iirilh'd thick the

Great father Bacchus, to

cIuJtfrir.g\\Tie.

my

Milton.

fong repair;

care. Drydcn.
grapes are thy peculiar
from the foreft falls the ctujiir'd fnow,
of
Tbomfin's Winter.

cluflerir.g

gems.

Myriads

fo CLU'STER.

<v. a.

To colleft

any thing

CLUSTER GRAPE,
~

n.f. [from clufter

and

fmal! black grape is by fome called the

the forcurrant, or clufergraft ; which I reckon

The

warded of the black

CLU'STERY.

Mortimer's Hujbandry.

fort.

[from

adj.

To

COACE'RVATE.
To

Latin.]

CLUTCH,
To

v. a. [of uncertain etymo-

hold in the hand

to gripe

Is thi; a dagger I fee before

handle tow'rd

to

2.

us,

They,
heave and cad about

Come,

let

Sbattffeare.

they foot and clutch their prey,

Herbert.
never cool.

comprize ; to grafp.
may let the poles together

A man

3.

clutib the

Net

thit

at

faft.

An

v. a.

CIUTCH.

have the power to clutch my hand,

would falute my palm.

King John

[from the verb:]

grafp; fei/.ure.
gripe
Generally, in the plural, the paws, the

The

[co'acervo ,

caacervate.']

by

1.

Afting in concurrence.

2.

n.f.
;

talons.
It was the hard fortune of a cock
the tu.Ki.cs ui a cat.

needy poet flicks to

Thracius coadjutant, and the roar

fierce Euroclydon.

Of

OADJU'TOR.
i.

Sidney.

to fall int<

Lat.]
fellow-helper; anafllftant; an aflbciate ; one engaged in the afiiftance of

I ihould not fuccced in a projeft,

had no hint from

he meet?,

A
Whom

z.

n. f. [coach and tax.'} The

on which the driver of the coach

father

ufe of a hired coach.

exclaim as loud aj thofe that praife,
For fcraps and coach-hire, a young noble's plays.
expcnces in coach-hire

make no

DryJfJi
fmall ar
Spectator

[coach and
houfe in which the coach
from the weather.

COACH-HOTJSB. n.f.

The

Let

Mm

lie

boiife.'

is

kep

in the (table or the ccacb-teufe.

Swift

COACH-MAKER, n.f.
The artificer whofe
coaches.

have

Su-iff.

bifliop that is unprofitable to his

to be depofed and

no

diocefeought
him. Ayl.
con and ait-

coadjutor afligncd

n.f. [from
concurrent help
;
contribution of help ; co-operation.

Help

juvo, Lat.]
Cryft,\l is a

mineral body, in the difference of

made of" a lentous percolation of earth,

drawn from the moft pure and limpid juice thereof

ftones,

to the coldnefs ol the eaith lome concurrence

and cca.ljuvany, but not immediate determination
Sioton's Vu !%jr Errours.
and efficiency.

owing

You

My

Pallas, once VaneflVs tutor,

on for her ccadjutor.

fix'd

COADJU'VAMCY.

had two coachmen when one was

in the coachbox, if the coach fwung but the leall
to one fide, flie ufed to fliriek.
Arfrxtbnot's Hi/lay of John Bull.
COACH-HIRE, n. f. Money paid for the

Her

[In the canon law.] One who is impowered or appointed to perform the
duties of another.

COACH-BOX,
fits.

whereof

my

predeceflbrs the potts, or

their fcconds or coadjutors the criticks.
Drydrn,
the
friendly coadjutor flies. Garth's Diff.
Away
a
different
of
make,
gownman

Had
all

fl\'.':p;.

n.f. [from con undadjiitcr,

another.

To

Ceacb'd, carted, trod upon ; now loofe, now fad,

And carry 'd off in fome dog's tail at lad. fcfc,

n.f. [from con

Lat.] Helping; operating.

would you fix ?

Then give humility a coach and fix.
Pope.
week my ccjcb was within
Suppofe that lad
fmooth
even
in
a
of
an inch
way,
overturning
and drawn by very gentle horfes.
S^ftfr.

The

Stalfff,

and adjumentum, Lat.] Mutual afliftance. DiB.

OADJU'TANT. n.f. [from con and adjuto,

whom

[from the noun.]

Obfolete.

Imagination,
what's unreal thou coaflive art.

OADJU'MKNT.

better

a.

Scutb

adj.

gated unto themfelvcs any temporal or ctalt'mt

power.
Raleigh.

attended for her in a coach, to carry

-v.

im-

[from riw<2.]
Having the force of reftraining or imcompulfory ; reftriftive.
pelling
The Levitical priefts, in the old law, never arro-

is faid to

toaft,

defpotical.

With

her abroad to fee fome fports.

two did

thefe

force, either reftraining or

[^OA'CTIVE.

or ftate of being

have been invented. Minjhtia.~\

A carriage of pleafure, or ftate, diftinfeats
guifhcd from a chariot by having
fronting each other.

Not

It had the pafiions in perfect fubjeflion ; and

though its command over them was perfuafive
and political, yet it had the force of cwflion, and

[cache, Fr. kotczy, among

this vehicle

the Hungarians,

ceJ.'\

pelling.

heap up together.

[from

how

[from con and

to aft in concert.

n.
;

Com-

injeftion

tide.

his fair angels

Skakefpcare's

t.

in his head

one intellectual grafp

Collier o* Thought.
to double the hand, fo as

whole globe

Tocootraft;
to feize and hold

When

I.

till

To
and

me clutch

my

Like moles within

And,

COACH

I tell

pulfion

of the
equal fpreading
clofe coaccrvation of them.
tangible parts, and the
Bacon's Natural Hiflory,

feat

me,

hand

thee.

They

To

carry in a coach.

grafp.

The

the noun.]

Shall I not lye in publi/hing a truth ?

Sta/trff.
COA'CT ION. n. f. [coaftut, Lat.]

heaped, together.
The fixing of it is the

Growing To COACH,

clujler.]

in clufters.

1.

Swift.

promoted

Bafilius

into bodies.

To

COA'CT. <v.
To aft together
ufed.
But if

this clutter ?

If nature relieves by a diarrhcea, without finking

the drength of the patient, it is not to be dopt,
but
gently by emollient clyjiers. Arbutb.

Or

To

humourfomc, and makes great clutter,

Till he has windows on his bread and butter. King.

Why ever inthefe raging fits

To CLU'TTER. <v. n. [from
make a noife, or buftle.
CLY'STER. n.f. [;<*i>ri-]

to drive

heard thy anxious coachman lay,

It cod thec more in whips than hay. Pri-'.
She commanded her trembling coachman to drive
South.
her chariot near the body of her king.
I

Is very

Who did hoot him out o' th' city. Sbakijfeart. COACERVA'TION. n.f.
The aft of heaping,
My friend took his dation among a clujitr uf

For

L'EJk-avge.

fav'rite child, that julr begins to prattle,

nags, the leaned things alive,

Thy

So very hard thou lov'd

was with huge,

fpits.

The

man.~\

driver of a coach.

low word.

a clatter there

./ [coach and

COACH-MAN.

a hur-

an empty hszel-nut,

The collocation of the I'pirits in bodies, whether the fpirits be ccacer-vatc or diffufed.
Bacon's Natural Hijiory,

contempt.

And

n.f. [See
a buftle ; a bufy tumult

is

bought, and probably the aacb-makervt'iA confider

Swift,
you.

CLATTER.] A

CLU'TTER.
;

chariot

StilBfgjIea-

giant.

ry

Her

Made by the joyner Squirrel, or old Grub,

Timeout of mind the fairies coach- maters. Sl-at,
Take tare of your wheels
get a new d.t

into the anus.

As
In

of rapacity and

fcnfe

Your greedy flavYing to devour,

Iludibras.
Before 'twas in your clutches pow'r.
Set up the covenant on crutches,
'Gaind thofe who have us in their clutches, lludit.
I mud have great leifurc, and littli care of myof fuch a
fclf, if 1 ever more come near the clutches

ther.

Por

in

C O

C O

L U

[coach
trade

and maker.'
is

to

make

COADUNI'TION.
The
uniiio, Lat.]

/.
[from ccn, ad,
conjunftion of different fubftances into one mafs.
.

Bodies feem to have an intiinficlc principle off

or corruption from, the euJiiirltin of particles
endued with contrary qualities.
Hole's Origin rf Mant inJ.

To

COAGME'NT. v. a. [from ccn and

To congregate or heap
agmcn, Lat.]
I have
only found the partitogether.
ciple in ufe,
Had"

C O A

C O

Had the world been coagnnntfd from that fuppofed fortuitous jumble, this hypothtfis had ben

i
I

GLtn-u'ilh.

tolerable.

Co A c M E N T A'T ION.

[from coagmmt.]
Collection, or coacervation, into one
mafs ; union ; onjunclion.
The third part refls in trie well joining, cen.f.

That which

nr

[from

adj.

3.

coagulate.]

Stones that are rich in vitriol, being often

drenched with rain-water, the liqu or will then extrafl a fine and tranlVarect fublUnce, uagxlablc
in

vitriol.

affulion

<v. a.

cretions, or congelations.
Spirit of wine commixed with milk, a third
part fpiritof wine, and two parts milk, coagulatetb
little, but mingleth ; and the fpirit fwims not above.

COAGULA'TION.
I

Concretion

coagulating

AnJ

The body formed by

As

the fubftance of
coagulations

is not
merely
nothing diflblves them but what penetrates

faline,

and relaxes

at the

fame time.

COA'GULATIVE.

adj.
has the

That which
To

the coagulat'we power, we hare

"-imes in a minute arrefted the
fluidity of new

and turned it into a curdled fubftance,

:,
only
by dexteroufly mingling with it a few drops of good
oil of titriol.

COACULA'TOR.

n. f.

[from

That which

n. f.

Germ,

[col, Sax. kol,

hole,

The common

foifile

more

ealily than in any other dircflion ;

foft and friable, not
but
fufililc,

of aglofly
eafily

in-

Hammable, and
But

Af

leaving a large refiduum of alhes.

Hi/1 1 FoWi.
3gT, cnforc'd, falls by her o\vn corli-nt ;

ccals to ifhtSf

when thelpijU

:]..,

Dcatam.

and the mines.

t;!:,n.

coal.]

place

where coals are dug.

Two fine flalactita: wei

found hanging from a

black itune, at a defcrted vault in Benwell r3j/<-ry.

fTwheaH.

To
i.

When vapours arc railed, th^y hinder not the

tranfparency of the air, being divided into partstoofmalltocaufe any reflection in their fuperficies;
but when tii.jjr begin to cm/'fct, aaii tonftitute

a narrow

contract

man

to reflrain.
;
himfelf to the extremity of

power

coarlis

COARCTA'TION.
Confinement

1.

n.f. [from coarft.]

reftraint to a narrow

fpace.

The

greateft winds, if they

have no coarflatkn,

h >llow, give an interiour found. Bacon*

2. Contraction of any
fpace.
or blow nut

the artery never fo much, provided

do not meet, the vtifcl will continue
to beat, beUiw ur
beyond the coardatkn,
Ray.
Straiten

the fides of

3.

it

Reftraint of liberty.
Election

is

oppofed not only to enaction, but

allg to coarfiatim, or determination to one.

COARSE,
1.

adj.
refined ; not feparated
rities or bafer
parts.

Not

from impu-

I feel

Of what
2.

Not

mntal ye arc molded. Shakffpearc.

foft or fine : ufed of cloth, ofwhicli
coarfe

the threads are large.

3. Rude; uncivil; rough of manners.
4. Grofs ; not delicate.
'Tis not the ciarfcr tye of
binds their peace.

human

la-A*

That
5.

Inelegant

rude

Praife of Virgil

COALE'SCE. -v. n. [coalcfco, Latin.]

To unite in mafles by a fpontaneous
approximation to each other.

La-

an acl, he muft blame and impute it to himfelf,

that he has thus csarftai or llraitened himfelf fa

n.f. [coal and tveri.] A

a place where coals are found.

CO'ALERY. n.f. [from

a. [coarflo,

far.

COAL-WORK,

There is a vail treasure in the old Engli(h, from

whence authors may draw conrtant fupplies ; as our
officers make their fureft remits from the coal--w:rk s

Bnamr.

7 v.

COA'RCTATE. \ tin.]
To ftraiten to confine into

If a

See COAL.

Wood-ward.

COA'RCT.

To

Cul-flanc flames eafily, and burns freeiy; but

holds and endures the fire much longer than coal.

Cojlis black, fulphurous,

inflammatory matter,
dug out of the earth, fcrving for fe.vel, common
in
Europe, though the Engliilj coal is of mod

hue,

n.f. [coal

of cannel coal.

Boyle.

both profe and verie

confifts in the judicious

coaptftlon

finding the room in th form of a

trunk, and correlated therein, forced the irones of
the window, like pellets, clean through it. Bacon.

and ftone.]

which

compafs.
The wind

ipecies

l;af of the polypoJy kind, found in the (inkWwdivard.

ing of 3 coalpit.

coalery

-.r'es; hard,
lofiy, and light, apt to cleave
into thin flakes, and, when
kinuled, yields a continual blaze till it be burnt out.
Ctamhen.
Coals arc fulid,
dry, opakc, inflammable fubftanccs, found in large ih.-,-a, Ip.i.ii .,; horizontjlly

I.

great depth, for digging coals.

fewel.

One fpecies of pit-coal is called catinel,

repute.
or rande coal, which is found in the northern

[afellui nigcr.]

COAL-PIT, n.f. [from coal and //'/.] A

pit made in the earth, generally to a

Dut. kul, Danifli.]

i.

To
To

pit.
Springs injure land, that flow from coal-ir.ims.
Mortimer.

fort

lize,

and ranging of the words.

of beardlefs-gadus.
A
n.f. [coal and mine.]
mine in which coals are dug; a coal-

v.hich expel the mod fluid parts, as in the cafe of

incrafTating, or thickening ; and by thoft
which fuck up fomc of the fluid parts, as abforbents.
Arbut'l.r.,1.

COAL.

The fame method makes

beautiful,

Bn-wn.

COAL-STONE,

.-.-.

by

his boiling flew,

in pieces broke,

COAL-MINE,

coagulate.]

caufes coagulation.
Coagulates of the humours, are thofe things

f. [from con and aftt,

adjulhnent of parts to each

In a clock, the hand is moved

upon the dial,
the bell is ftruck, and the other acYions
belongingto the engine are
virtue of the
performed,

box to
n.f. [coal and box.']
carry coals to the fire.
Leare a pail of dirty water, a coal-bos, a bottle,
a broom, and fuch other unfightly things.
Swift.

Boyle.

ON.

The

fhape, bignefs, and coafieliea of the feveral parts.

COAL-BOX,

manifeft

Containing

other.

Coal-Hack his colour, but like let it fnonej

His k-gs and flowing tail were white alone.
Dryden.

concretion, or coagulation.

coal.]

Tine, or ancient hallow'd Dee. Milton.

coaly

Lat.]

of the colour of

tures.

Arbtitbnot.

[from coagulate.]
power of caufing

Or

ragged ribs of mountains molten new,

in coal-bla.k clouds and filthy fmoke.

COAL-FISH, n.f.

Bentlej.

[from

adj.

Co APT A'T

fuliginous cfflorcfccncies, and complexional tinc-

coagulation.

eternity.

coal.

Ethiopians and r.'groes become coal-black from

lated.
2.

all

CO'ALY.

Fairy Qiecn.

n.f. [from coagulate.]

congelation ; the aft of

the Hate of being
coagu-

fliould convene and unite into

great malies: without fuch a coalition the chaos muft have
reigned to

Enwrapc

the third part of the oil

i;n over into the receiver, did tliere
coagulate
into a whitifh body, almoft like butter.
Boyle.

dm

Doth belch nut flames, and rocks

Bacon.
olive, wl.K

About

in one

parts

'

ai/j.[caaia.aA black.] Black

highcft degree
a coal.
At burning JEtna, from

feparate

Glativil',:
guilhable varieties.
In the firft coal:;lon of a people, their
profpeft ia
not great
laws
for
their
they provide
prefent etigence.
Jfa.,
'Tis neceiTary that thcfe
fquandered atoms

and cumberfome ways.

Carew's Survey of Cornwall.

in the

union.

's s mafs of
heterogeneous confiftenand every part thereof a coalition of diftin-

cies,

To

Arbutbnot.

concretion

The world
Shc'ftfprare.

ray lord and

Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces, lalls

Bacon.
longer than ordinary charcoal.
z.
delineate with a coal.
Marvailing, he coaled out rhimes upon the wall,
near to the piclure.
Camdcn.

run into con-

coalefcing

conjunclion of
whole.

far, foul,

COAL-BLACK.

to join.

any thing inflamed or ignited.

You are no furer, no,

through fuch

coagulated by the runnet, is again diifulved and

rendered fluid by the gall in the duodenum.

To

Fire

together

COALI'TION. n.f. [from coalefco, coalitujn.

Latin.] Union in one mafs or body

the tinner's care and coft in buying the wood

for this fen-ice ; felling, fr-uning, and
piling it to
be burnt ; in fetching the fame, when it is coa/ed,

Bitumen is found in lumps, or coagulated rr.aflcs,

fome fprings.
V/Kdncerd' t Natural lli/tcry,
The milk in the :Bmach of calves, which is

<v. n.

aft of

be called alteratio

Add

Roafted in wrath and fire,

thus o'erfizcd with coagulate gore.-

To COA'GULATE.

may

Sttlrfp.
Vivification ever ccnfilteth in fpirits attenuate,
which the coU doth congeal and ecaguijtt.
Bacon's Niifurj! Ifift:ry.
in

was,

To COAL. -u. a. [from the noun.]

i
To burn wood to charcoal.

of fome other fubilance, to turn

milk.

And

it

To grow

2.

COALE'SCENCE.B./ [from coahfce] The

Stftsejpcarti
The rage of jealoufy then fir'd his foul,
And his face kindled like a burning toe.!. Drydcn.

[coagulo, Lat.]
force into concretions ; as, by the

To

again to that

globules, thofe globules become of a convenientfome colours.

Miutcn.

fize to reflect

me.

Buy.'r.

COA'GULATE.

To

Thjn is the coal of fire upon the ic*,

Or hailitones in the fun.
You ha\c blown this coal betwixt

capable of concretion.

is

C O A

meet with the fame mineral lodged in

ccals, that elfewherc \ve r< und in marie.
Woodward's Natural H'farf.
2. The cinder of fcorched wood ; charcoal.
Whatfoevcr doth 1'n alter a body, as it rcturneth
fhall

major ; as when chcefe is maJe ef curds, or coals

of wood, or bricks or' earth.
Bacon,

menting, and ctpnitvtatnn of \vorJs, v.hen it is

Ben Jonftn.
frmoth, gentle, and (\veet.

COA'GULABLE.

We

to copy, in

my

is

Tliotnfor..

unpoliflicd.

again;! myfelf, for

prefuming
ex-

coarje Englifli, his beautiful

preffions.

6.

Not

nicely expert
or education.
Praftical rules

may

unfinifhed

Drydcn.
art

by

beufcful tofuch as arc remote

from advice, and

are obliged

to coarje practitioners, which ttey

Arbulknot.
make ufe of.

u z

T.

Mean

Mean

7.

net nice

not elegant

contort, and a ccarje pertum

Difgrace the Delicacy of a feaft.
Ill

vile.

Rofcama^r.

We here
Otti'ay,

From this aarft mixture of terreltrial parts,

Dclirc and fear by turns poflefs their hearts. Vryd.

Without

1.

fineneis

COAT.

Brywn.

Rudely

The

bad too

be too

much honoured,

coarftly ufed.

infancy

Drydcn.

For

n.f. [from coar/e.]

Impurity; unrefined ftate.
;

know

the materials whereof the glafs is

is of the

then confidcr what the reafon.

Bacons

or dcdtnefs.
foarffjtffs
3.

Rougbnefs

j.

Groffnefs

Ejjays.

want of finenefs.
want of delicacy.

4. Roughnefs

5.

The

rudenefs of manners.
bafe wild olive he remains

And

Garth.

n.f. \cofte, Fr. ccjla, Latin.]

1. The edge or margin of the land next
It is not ufed for
the fea ; the more.

Any tegument,
The

Holland

coaft.

clear,

mies have marched

Sought not the garden, butretir'd unfcen. Dryden.

To COAST, -v. n. [from the noun.] To fail

by the coaft

to fail within fight

near

<v.

a.

To

fail

i/. a. To wheedle
humour. A low word.
The nurfe had changed her note

by

weatlowi,
o

i>.

cOfA-ficldl

which

lie

that

(he

's

l:..

coax !

wheedle

I'm abov

Think you

Of doing

COB.

t'

enjoy

CO'BIRONS. n. f. [coi and /ran.]

with a knob at the upper end.
The implements of the

as fpits,
ranges,

Sa*'i fbjfcal Rtma'na,

ctkinns, and pots.

COBI'SHOP.

kitchen

Irons

n.f.

\_cen

and^//#/.]

A coad-

jutant bilhop.
Valerius, advanced in years, and a Grecian by
nut qualified to prtuth in the Latin
tongue,
made ufe of Auftin as a cobijhtf, for the benefit of
the chuich of Hippo.
birth,

Jtylifft.

CO'BNUT. n. f. [cab and na/.] A boy's

game the conquering nut.
CO'BSWAN. n.f. [cob, head, and f<ii;a>!.]
The head or leading fwan.
;

was muz-

am

nut taken

With a co^fiUiin, or a high-mounting

As fooliih L'.\la and Eunipa were.
Ber.

Officer.

A whecd-

COB. n.f.

Phillip.

Jtnfin's Catilirt.

cot*

a fpider.
T'i- lucklcfs Clarion,

With

violent fwift flight, forth carried

Into the cu'fcd ccfat.!. .\mch his foe

Had framed
Is

called alfo/ea-fit.

bull,

CO'BWEB. n.f. [kofnueb, Dutch.]

The web or net of a fpider from
i

A word often

A fort of fea- fowl;

the great prerogative

by virtue of that race

Dryden's jfuvnal.

ufed in the compoiltion of low terms ;

corrupted from cop,
Sax. kopf, Germ, the head or top.

i.

ill,

As if what we efteem in cibblers bafe

Would the high family of Brutus grace.

a good dear,

Farqubar's Recruiting

mean

perfon.

it.

n.f. [from the verb.]

flatterer.

fay, a cobbler.

In a kind of proverbial fenfe, any

L'Eflrange.

CO'AXER.
ler

on the borders,

,'iJ.j.i: in

fays (he.

Ncjrchus, thetdmiral of Alexander, not knowing the compafs, was fain to roaft that fliorr.
SHTLUH' i Fvlgar Erreurt.
The greatcft entertiinment we found in ccajling
k> were the toj-ral prufpciis of woods, vineyards,

to flatter

would

Sbakejf tare's Jufius Ctrfar.

are

to

zling and coaxing the child

to fall

Truly, Sir, in refpeft of a fine workman, I ant

COAX.

Italy*

clumfy workman in general.

What trade are you?

but, as you

Fijjilt.

<v. a. [from the

To
noun.]
cover ; to invert ; to overfpread
as, to
coat a retort ; to coat a ceiling.

to.

uU

To COAT.

To

flioes.

years ago it happened that a cobbler

the calling vote for the life of a criminal.
Addijcn on

bad

VrjfJtn.

my veflel with a (ready hand,

along the (hore in fight of land.

Dryden's Vergil.
ancients cot/led only in their navigation,
jiikincm,: on Coins.
(eldum taking the open lea.

on

Sfaifer*

(leer

COAST.

Woodward

Cropp'd are the flower-de-luces in your arms;

Of England's coat one half is cut away.
Sbakefpearit Henry VI.
At each trumpet was a banner bound,
Which, waving in the wind, difplay'd at large
Their mailer's nor of arms and knightly charge.

The

is

Dttkam's PbyJico-'Thedogy.
a nodule, inverted with a eta!, called

of old

Not many

portrayed.

of land.
coaft

A mender

1.

2.

The herald of love's mighty king,

In whofe coat armour richly are difplay'd
All forts of (lowers the which on earth do fpring.

off.

out! *nd feeing that tic coaft vial cliarr

difmifled Mufidorus.
Sidney?
royal fpy, when now the coaft ivas clear,

But

defended with four ccats or ikins.

is

that

md

Tbomfin'i Sfriitg.

That on which the enfigns armorial

6.

[a proverbial exis over ; the ene-

Going
Zclmane

And

lie fine.

tunick, or covering.

rock-amber.

geuce, fo as to emerge by a contrary ficuation of

Newton's Of ticks.
the coaji.

c'ofe

eye

Amber

Some kind of virtue, lodged in fome fides of

the cryiHl, inclines and bends the rays towards the
ofunufualrefraftion ; othcrwifc the rays would
j/?,
rot be refracted towards that coajt rather than any
others toft, both at their incidence and at theiremcr-

The

his coat

DryJn,
the whole univerfe is mere
bungling and blundering, nothing drifted for any
purpote ordefign, but all ill-favourcdly cobbled
jumbled together.
Beatiy,
CO'BBLER. n. f. [from coiilt.']
Believe not

The optick nerves have their medullary parts

terminating in the brain, their teguments terminating in the coats of the eye.

Dryd.

fouth-eaft is found to be bettor for ripening

of trees than the fouth-weft; though the fuuthSacon.
wcrl be the hotteft coaft.

The danger

Rejeft the naufeous praifes of the times;

their ccbblid rhimes.

Piacbam.

The

is

make

Aj-ainft the winter's cold.

be taken by N?wtcn for

French ccjie. It was like-

L'F.Jtrange.

do or make any thing clumfily, or

Give thy bafe poets back

or (lain,

Mortimer's Hitjbandry.
You have given us milk
In lufcious ftrcams, and lent us your own coat

by Bacon.

The COAST

To

Sbakejpearc* s Coriolonvt.

when they could not live

have railed themfelves from ft/t-

underlayers,

unhandily.
;

thought not

it will

Sir,

as the

his oats, and

5.

z.

Why,

Staleffearc'i Jalitii Cfjar,

upon their trade,

iling to fluxing.

clad
beafts

waters.

fees in Englifh (hips the

preffion.]

the covering

fnake, with youthful coat repaid ;

much to clothe his enemies.
Miltsn.
Give your horfe fome powder of brimflone in

Or,
;

COAST,

5.

He

Their nakednefs with (kins of

Confider the penurioufriefs of the Hollanders,

the c&arfenefs of their food and raiment, and their
little indulgences of pleafure. s/Jdifcn on lit War.

wife fo ufed

hair or fur of a beaft

can mend you.

their c&bbltd (Hoes.

Many

ladies, to give themfclvcs airs.

of any animal.

Ejlrangr.

The ftirub the ccarfenefs of the clown retains.

Meannefs ; want of nicety.

He

among

Foreft.

Swift.

2. It feems to
fide, like the

not

And

their pray'rs,

minding

Sir, I

fit

Below

H^wcl'i focal
coaffiioulti be

ufed ge-

by th' fire, and prcfume to know

i' th
capitol ; making parties ftrung,
feeble fuch as (land not in their
liking

They'll

manders.
Mrn of his

'

lefs

If you be out,
ubtlt you.

the more

is

a. [Hotter, Danilh,]

any thing coarfely

What's done

4.

the banks of

with arms, he

but

nerally of (hoes.

office.

his intermeddling

To mend

excufeablc, becaufe many of his coat, in thole

times, are not only martial directors, but com-

Ar.ii

Friends (pardon dttceai^ntfi of the illuftration)

Ilic-uld be of tlie fame

as dogs in couples,

I.

habit or vefture, as demonftrative

of the

ours is a poor kind. From cthalt are produced the

three forts of arfenick, white, yellow, and red ; at
alfo zaft'ie and fmalt.
Hill o

To CO'BBLE. v.

The

3.

mojrd.

is a

Germany, Saxony, Bohemia, and England

Gentfis.

the habit of a boy in his

;
the lower part of a woman's

friend's yr.unger f>n, a child in coats, was

not eafily brought to his book.
Locke.

CO'ARSINESS.
Firtt

II

denfe, compart, and ponderous mineral, very bright and (riming, and much relimIt is found in
of
the antimonial ores.
bling fome
Cobalt

know now

Be

made

neralifts call zaffir.

colours they brought to their

many

drefi.

4. Inelegantly.

I.

of

Petticoat

2.

nor the

plcafed to accept the rudiments of Virgil's

poetry, ctarfrlj translated, but which jet retains
fome beauties of the author.
Drydcn.

coat

marcafite frequent in

Cot/tit is plentifully impregnated with arfcnick;

contains copper and fome filvcr. Being fubluncd,
the Mores are of a blue colour : thefe, German ini-

Samuci.

n. f.

Saxony.

n.f. [cotte, Fr. cotta, Italian.]

father, and faid, this have we found

whether it be thy fon's cent or no.

not civilly.

The good cannot

Drydtn.

ws

faied coarjily and poorly, according to the apparel

he wore.

CO'BALT.

too far;

but ttaftn, not difcov'rers are.

brafs.

Meanly

3.

In fome provinces, and probably in old

language, a fpider ; whence colnuat.

z.

He was armed with a coat of mail, and the

five thoufand (hclcels of
weight of the coat

coarfe.]

; not elegantly.
John came neither eating nor drinking, but

2.

that

The upper garment.

1.

without refinement.

He

ctaft.]

timoroufly near the ftore.

In our fmall IV iff we mull not launch

fails

ulelefs dunghill weed,

J'pot, to rot juft as it grows.

CO'ARSELY. adv. [from

CO'ASTER. n.f, [from

A atrjt and

Fit'd to one

COB

COB

C O A

for his final

fupper ready,

overthrow,

the houfc

and utiurlis fwrpt

trimmed,

Sfru.'hrs

Sbakt/ftitrt'i

Tjminf 'ftbt Sireto.

The

C O C
The fpider, in the hgufe of a burgher, fell prcfently to her network of drawing cob-webs up and
down.
:

when
With

fcull

That's empty when the moon is full. Hudibras.

Chronology at heft is but a cobweb law, ana he
broke through

Laws
flies,

it

with his weight.

are like aliufbi,

but

let

CO'COA. n.f. See CACAO.

COCCI'FEROUS. adj. [from
/fro, Lat.] All plants or
called that have berries.

Co'c H i N E

AL

K. f.

An

Sir

My
But

CO'CHLEARY. adj. [from cochlea, Lat. a

Screwform ; in the form of a
fcrew.]
fcrew.
That at St. Dennis, near Paris, hath wreathy

adj. [from cochlea, Lat.]

a fcrewed or turbinated form.

Two pieces of (tone, ftruck forth of the cavity of

the umbilici of flielis, of the fame fort with the
foregoing : they are of a cocbleated figure.

The

A cockboat

or none.

True

fpurs

hens,

make

liberty,

and that

's

a caufe of quarrel*
careful hen

The
Calls

all

The male of any

2.

12.

Drjd.

3.

14.

cataracts and hurricanoes,

fyout

needle of a balance.

Triumphant; ex-

am

a frilker, all

men on me

look

ihould I do but let cock on the

hoof f

'.

To COCK.

To

i.

guefts

Sbakefpearc.

-v.

a.

fet erefl

[from the noun.]

to hold bolt
upright as

a cock holds his head.

retlr'd

me

mine eyes

fo often

Our

action,

cry,

vow, methinks, he 's pretty company.

Drydcii.
Every one tacks and ftruts upon it, and pretends
to overlook us.
Addijbx's Guardian*
z. To train or ufe fighting cocks.
Ben

COCK,

in

compofhion,

jfonfcti.

fmall or

fignifies

little.

COCKA'DE.

n. f.
[from cock.]
in the hat.

worn

ribband

n. f.
[from cock, and
areeri, Sax. a ferpent.]
ferpent fuppofed to rife from a cock's egg.
will
kill
one
another
They
by the look, like

Sbakeffeare.

This was the end of this little cockatrice of a

king, that was able to dcttroy thole that did not
efpy

him

This
but,

Bacor.t

fir ft.

In the

cockatrice is fooneft cruiriej

it'it

grows,

it

fliell ;

turns to a ferpent and a dragon.

Taylor,

My wife! 'tis flic, the very cockatri:e Congreve.

CO'CKBOAT. n. /. [cock and boat.] A
!

fmall boat belonging to a Ihip.

That invincible armada, which having not

fired

a cottage of ours at land, nor taken a cockboat of

ours at lea, wandered through the wildernefs of the

northern feas.
Bacon*
Did they think it lefs dimonour to God to be
like a brute, or a
plant, or a cockboat, than to be

man

like a

Stillingjiecr.

CO'CKBROTH.

Broth made by boil-

n. f.

Diet upon fpoon-meats ; as veal or cockbrotht

prepared with French barley. Harvey on Con/amp.
n. f. \_cock and

COCKCRO'WING.
The time at which

o-ow.J
crow ; the

cocks

z.

his chin

and cock'd his hat.

An alert young fellow cockcH his hat upon

of his
3.

4.

who

when the mafter of

the houfc

To CO'CKER.

To

cade

<v. a.
[eojueliner, French.]
to fondle ; to indulge.

Moll children's conftitutfcus are fpoiled by cockerand tcudernefs.

Locke on Education.
*

ing

He

that will give his fon fugar plums to make

him learn, does but authorize his love of pleafure r
and cocker up that propenfity which ht ought to

fubdue.

Locke on' Education,

and an heirefs,
Drcfs'd like any Lady May'refs,
Cockered by the fervants round,
Was too good to touch the ground*
Co'c K E R. n. f. [from cock.~\ One
a fondling

CO'CKEREL.

n. f.

[from

cock.]

Swiff.
fol-

who

Sivift.

young

Prior.
a friend

Which of them firft begins to crow ?

The old cock
The cockerel.
Sbakfffcart,
What wilt thvju be, young cockerel) when thy
?

fpurs

Are grown

to

marpnefs

Drydcn,

CO'CKRT. n. f. [of uncertain derivation,]

A feal belonging to the king's cuflomhoufc
:

entered.

To mould the form

To fix the cock of

not

at even, or at midnight, or at the cockMark*

cro-wing, or in the morning.
;

cock.

To fet up the hat with an air of petulance and pertnefs.

Dick, who thus long had pamve fat,
Here ftrok'd

morning.
Ye know
cometh

lows the fport of cockfighting.

Lubberkin appears.

Dick would cock his nofc in fojrn,

But Tom was kind and loving.

at

Perhaps
like that of a cock

ftile fee

Gay's PaJ! orals.

flow.
Sbakfffean.
were gocd there were a little cock made in the
Bacon's Natural
ktlly of the upper glafs.
Hi/lcry.
Thus the firull jett, which hafty hands unlock,
SpirU in the gatd'ner's eyes who turns the cock.

notch of an arrow.
part of the lock of a gun that
itrikes with the flint,
[from caeca, Ital.
the notch of an arrow. Skinner.

Aififm.

Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears

O'er yonder

Jt

The
The

a foal (o nicely writ,

Bred

This is that mufcle which perforans the motion

mentioned by the Latin pcccs, when
they
talk of a man's
cocking his nofe, or playing the
rhinoceros.

Sbaktfpearc.

bray'd with minftrelfy,

to a waftrful
cock,

is

ing a cock.

a dial.

'

from the

gnomon of

For Hudibras, who thought h' had won

The field, as certain as a gun.
And having routed the whole troop,
With viftory was cock a boof.
Hudibras.

Hath b!-z'd wi h lights, and

5.
6.

ftyle or

You 'II make a mutiny among my

You will fet cock a hoof

had that form, 'whatever was the reafon.

When every room
fet

Addifin.

Camdcn's Remains.

have

[from the comb

hat.

Cock on the Hoop.

Now

fpout to let out water at will, by

the handle had
turning the flop
probably a cock on the top. Things that were
contrived to turn, feem anciently to have

And

The

What

Ttomfm's Sfring,
fmall birds.

The

Sir Fopling

The ladies would miftake him for a wit;

And when he fings, talks loud, ando>cis,wo'.ild

ulting.

Till you have drench'd our

fteeples, drown'd the

4.

rac.ij.

Chambers.

weathercock, that (hews the dirrftion qf the wind by

turning.
<*

and, if you find it dry,

Mjrtimer.

it,

cocks.

Arbutbnot and Pope.

You

and

a fmart rhetorician
turning his
hat in his hands, moulding it into feveral different

fcarlefs cock.

The

barges,

of the cock.]
You fee many

Calves and philofophers,

tygerj and ftatefmen,
c;:k fparrows and coquets, exac~r.lv refcmble one
ano'her in the formation of the pineal gland.

3.

up into

it

The form of a

11.

her chirping family around,

Fed and defended by the

then handie

To ftrut ; to hold up the head, and look

big, or menacing, or pert.

cockatrices.

all fized cocks,

game,

That never alk for what, or whom, they fight

But turn 'em out, and mew 'em but a foe,
Cry

a fmall boat.

A fmall heap of hay. [Properly cop.]

As fion as the dew is orr' the ground, fpread the
hay again, and turn it, that it may wither on the

little

Bacon's Natural
Hi/lory.
ctckt o' th'

Sbakfffeare.
;

10.

other fide

CO'CKATRICE.

on the caaft.
Cartw's Survey of Cornwall.
The filhermen, that walk upon the beach,
Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark,
Dimini Ih'd to her cock ; her cock, a buoy,
Almoft too fmall for fight.
Sbakifpearc.

gallantry, pride, and

combs and

fi~herboats hovering

courage.
Cocks have great

a note of the time in a

take a view of

They

an ftiffth.

n.f. [cocc, Saxon ; coq, French.]

male to the hen ; a domeftick fowl,
his

me

AJdifon.

dunce and a fool

was always the nek of the fchool.

Cockcrowing

9.

Paforatli

a.

1>.

left

were caroufing till the fecondcoc*. Sbakeff.

Hfe begins at curfew, and goes till the firft cock.

CO'CHLEATED.

remarkable for

fchoolmafter call'4

at cuffs 1

Sf infer

To COCK.

Cries out 'gainft cocking, fince he cannot bet.

the cock of the club fmce he

is

We

and cocbleary turnings abou: it, which

a^reeth with the description ef the unicorn's horn
in Lilian.
Brvwns Vulgar Errours.

1.

a governing

morning.

fpirci.

COCK.

extracted.

Wood-ward

behind

Siuifi.

Hill.

Of

us.

>uin<;y.

is

Andrew

Span, a

upon the cpuntia, and dried

beautiful red colour

a leader

raife hay in fmall heaps.

Sike mirth in May is meeteft for to make,
fhade, under the ccckrtl hay.

Or fummer

hafty rage he fnatch'd

conqueror

To

5.

prefent form.]

man.

3.

infect gathered

its

Crew.

7.

xoxxo;, and
trees are fo

[cocbittilla,

fo called

was, I think,

it

the cock a charger, which carries the powder from

the box to a funnel at the further end of the lock.

Dr\-t'en.

woodloufe.j
from which a

but

had not

bffore the lock another for the bullets

which may catch Imali

wafps and hornets break through.

Swift.

it

His gunftot, that in holfters watch'd ;

And bending cock, he levdl'd full
HuiUlrns.
Againft th' outfide of Talgol's fkull.
A feven-fliot gun carries powder and bullets for
feven charges and difcharges.
Under the breech
of the barrel is one box for the powder; a little

twift

As tough as learned Sorbonift

And weave fine cobwebs fit for

pecking

L'Eftrangt.
implying infi-

Any fnare, or trap

dioufnels and weaknefs.
For he a rope of fa
could

2*

c o c

C O C

Addifon's Sfrftjtin

of the hat.
a gun ready for a

difcharge.
Some of them holding up

likcwife a fcroll of parchment, fraled and delivered

by the officers of the cuiromhoufc to merchants,
as a warrant that their

merchandize

is

entered.

Cmttl.
their piftols, cocked,

near the door of thchoufc, which they kept open.

'l Didicatiwi, sEnsid.

The
hidei

greateft profit did arife by the cocket pi

lor wool and woolfells were ever of little

value in thit kingdom.

Da-vies,

CO'C K -

o c

n.f. [cock and

batik- or match of cocks.
In

the

1;

F.u- in fee

l.-t

th.: fe.ifons

up

i:

.':..

n.*

[cod and

adj.

igna-viim,

On

sr/i.]

'

on her throne the brain.

CO'CKLE.
/ [coquille,
I. A fmall teftaceous filh.
/;.

frkr

2.

&

nus

hominum

young

Obfolete.

cock.

1.

fegne ge-

qui, defidiz dediti, ventri

coquinx amatores erant,

when

ufaally about thirty in number. Hill's Mat.

Amid" thofe orchards o!' the fun,
Give me to drain the cocna's milky bowl,

them

CO'CKLE.

n. f. [coccel, Saxon; lolium,

xizania, Lat.] A weed that grows in
corn, the fame with cornrofe ; a fpecies
In (bottling them, we nourirti 'gainlt our fenate
cockle of rebellion, infolence, fedition.
Sbak,
Good feeJ degenerates, and oft obeys

and into

foil's difeafe,

E.

a.

t>.

The

contract into wrinkles,

a cockle.

of

Show'rs foon drench the cambist's coclled grain.

Gay.

CO'CKLED.

attj.
[from eockle.} Shelled;
or perhaps cochleate, turbinated.
L jve's fueling more .foft and lenfible
]:,

Than

are the tender horns

CO'CKLOFT.
room over

/.

of cackled

[cock and

Sba*.

fnails.

The

loft.]

the garret, in which

fowls

are fuppcfed to roolt ; unlefs it be rather

corrupted from ccploft, the cap or lop of
the houfe.
If the lowed floors already burn,
Csckhjti and garrets foon will take their turn.

My garrets,

or rather

my

very indifferently furniflicd

lumber

D'-yden's Juvenal.
cocklofts indeed, are

in.

many

among

am

afraid this great lubber the world will

provu a cvckr.tj.

CO'UKPIT.
I.

The

Kbakfff care's Twelfth Night.

n.f.

and

[cock

The vafty fii Id of Franco

And now have I gained

n. f.

L'Eftrange.

and match.]

[cock

Cockfight for a prize.

At the fame time that

the heads

of parties

prcfcrve towards one another an outward (hew of

good breeding, their

mingle at a mkr

Though

tools will

not fo

much

3;

Md'ijtn,

quail-fijjhting is

what

is

mod

take.)

notice of, they had doubtlcfs cockn-atcbes alfo.

CO'CK NEY.

jfrbutbxM and Pipe.

[A word of which

n. f.

original is
'French ufe

much

controverted.

the

The

an expreflion, pais de cotaignc, for a country of dainties :

Par.ii ejl pnur ua riche an pais de coBoileau.

caigne.

Of this

word

-they arc not able to fet-

tle the original.

It

from the lungs, and that is taken off by a

and refolution of the fcveriih matter, or terminates in fuppurationt or a gangrene.
toration

cofihrt

Arlutbmt

COD.

B.

May.

Sbaltefftarc.

They

the ccckfit of the weftern

n.f. [cock and comb.]

plant.

CO'CK'S-HEAD.

n.f.

To COD.

named

CODE.
I

of medlar.
MOltr.
CO'CKSURE. adv. [from cock and fure.]

We fteal,

[cojjj-paine, Sa.von.]
has the command of

Corruptly COXON.
CO'CK WE ED. n.f. [from cock and weed.}
The name of a plant, called alfo Ditthe cock-boat.

tander, or Pepferivort.

COCOA,
fore

A
The

Saxon poem

the

and

n.f. [cacaotal, Span,

more properly written

and there-

cacao.]

fpecies of palm-tree, cultivated in the Eaft

Weft Indies. The bark. of the nut is made

into cordage, and the (hell into drinking bowls.

kernel affords them a wholefome focJ, and

milk contained

in the Jhgll a coaling liquor.

[from

Gatherers of

cod.]

Ditf.
[codex, Latin.]

find in the

civil law.
Theodorun and Juftiman udi

Arbutbnct on Coins.
Indentures, cov'nants, articles they draw,
Large as the fields themfclves ; and larger far

Than

civil cedes

with

all

their glofl'es are.

Pc-ft's Sat.

CO'DICIL.

n. f.

[codicillus,

An

Lat.]

appendage to a wilL
The man fufpccls his
Was but to gain him to
coditil a larger

By

Shake/peart.

thought myfelf coclfurt of his horfe, which he

readily promifed me.
Ptpt's Letters.
]

in-

the interelt of trade very well provided for.

without fear or

as in a caftle, eecifure.

n.f.

A book.
A book of the

z.

word of contempt.

CO'CKSWAIN. n.f.
The officer who

n.f.

We

A fpecies

To

[from the noun.]

n.

peafe.

poultry go to roolt.

Confidently certain

Hujbandry

11.

All c'.ddcd grain being a deftroyer of weeds, an

improver of land, and a preparer of it for oth;r
Martimer.
crops.

alfo

Sorrey and himfelf,

pcafc lie in fmall heaps as they are

they find the ha.vm and c,d dry.
Mortimer's
.

clofe in a cod.

CO'PDERS.
plant,

CO'CKSHUT. n.f. [from cock and Jbut.]

The clofc of the evening, at which time

diffidence.

let
till

reaped,

Miller.

ginian hawthorn.

corn thou there may'ft fafely low,

in full codi laft
year rich peafe did grow.

Thy

many years.
Ywal FareJ}.
z. A place on the lower deck of a man of
war, where are fubdivifions for the purfer, the furgeon, and his mates. Harris.

CO'CK'S-COM

Where

l{;n>efi

tn Dictt

n.
[cobbe, Saxon.] Any cafe
or hufk in which feeds are lodged.

world, and academy of arms, for

appears, whatever
was it; firft ground, to be very ancient,
being mentioned inan old Normanno:

adj. [coelilis, Lat.] Made by

baking, as a brick.
CO'CTION. n.f. [co8io, Lat.] The aft
of boiling.
The d'l'eale is fometimes attended with expec-

pit.]

win;.

its frefliening

CO'CTILE.

area where cocks fight.

Can this coct'fit hold

Sictft .

the righting cocks.

draw

effeminate, ignorant, low, mean,

defpicable citizen.

Much about cockjbut time, from troop to troop

CO'CKMASTER. n.f. [cock and majlir.]
Went through tic army.
Sbattfpenrt.
One that breeds game cocks.
A cockmaftcr bought a partridge, and turned it CO'CKSPUR.. n.f. [cock and fpur.] Vir-

CO'CK MATCH,

to

palm

Any

fainfain.

but they are rooms to

the

MeJ.

Tksmfcn.

Wfiti.
2.

To

ccckle.]
like the ihell

play.

Dor/ft.
travelling int.i the country, is furcommon practices of rural affairs.

cockney t

prized at

Donnt.

cecklt ftrays.

[from

i'

Boaft 'twas his countryman that writ this

of poppy.

The

ttclr.ey did to the eels, when (he put

th' pjltj alive.
Sha'iK ipcarc't
King Lear.

For who is fuch a cockney in his heart,

Proud of the plenty of the fouthern part,
To fcorn that union, by which we may

Chambers.

To CO'CKI.

And from

So the

Windingoripiral

flairs.

Within the
fully ripe, of a purple colour.
this fruit are lodged the cocta nuts,

cavity of

tempt.

Sptnfer'i Pa/iorali

n. f.

r.". t :h,

long, refembling 9 cucumber, five, fix, or eight

inches in length, and three or four in thicknels ;

parabolice perftringens.]
native of London, by way of con-

bark

fix

rae cockaineee

or

little

CO'CKLE-STAIRS.

lay

and full of tubercles ; and its

or eight inches long, lulf as much in
The flower*
breadth, snd pointed at the ends.
are fucceeded by tiic fruit, which is large and obits

indulgebant, &
malevolentiffime invehitur ; monalteria
& monalticam vitam inde fcriptione ter-

They bearcn the cr.ig fo ft. ft anJ fo llatc,

As cackle on his dunghill crowing crank.

The

a dry kernel, filling up its whole

cavity,
dry, firm, and fattifh to the touch, of a
dulky colour, an agreeable fmell, r.d a plcalmt
and peculiar tartc. It was unknown to us till the
The tree is of the thickdifcovery of America.
nefs of a man's leg, and but a few feet in height ;
flcfliy,

dejtdiofam,
urbanai, ut-

olim iokaignes, quod nunc fcribitur

Et poeta hicnofter
cockneys, vocabaiu.
in monachos
monialcb, ut

a cwkle or a

is

cattto

and of

dfftdiofi.rr. t

nollri

French.]

walnut (hell.
Shalcfrejrf,
We may, I think, from the make of an oyrtcr,
or iccklf, reafona'uly conclude, th.it it has not fa
L^i
many, nor fa quick, fenfes as a man.
Thiee common cackle ihells, out of gravel pits
It

ignavam,

n4

or chocolate nut is a fruit of an oblong figure ; is competed of a thin but hard and
.,
coat or (kin, of a Tla"rk b'ackifh colour;

fegnem, fignificabant. Hinc

pote & rutlicis laboribus ad vjtam fcdentariam et defidiofam avocatos,
pagani

triumpliant ; exulting.
Alma, they itrenuoufty main
;

The

AdJijon

horfeback

leaves are ufed forthr.ching their houfcs,

are wrought into bafkets.

loud yhore cot

On which Dr. Hickts has this remark
Nunc coyuin, COJUI'K: : qua: olim apud
Gallos, otio, gulte, et ventri deditos,

of f mtball and cxtj::reafl'ume their national hatred to

c;<c'i o.h.-r.

CO'CK HORSE.

The

by weft Spayiig,

Is a

more hardy, and

'

At

COD

C O C

FIGHT,

<

v.

CODI'LLE.

terra

lady's crying
appoint her,
jointure.

n.f. [coJille, Fr. codillo,

at ombre, when the

Prhr,

Span.]
is

game

won.
She fees, and trembles at th' approaching
Juft in the jaws of ruin, and cidiile.
Fife's

To

ill

Rape of the Lock.

CO'DLE. -v. a. [coqui,

Skinner.} To parboil ; to

coliulo,

foften

Lat.

by the

heat of water.

CO'DLING.

n. f.
An
[from To cofile.]
apple generally codled, to be mixed
with milk.
In July come giillflowers of all varieties,
early

pears and plums in fruit, gennitings and codling!.

SJCCM'I Efiys.

Their

C O E

C O E
Their entertainment at the height,
IB cream and coding! rev'ling with delight.

1.

winter in a gravel walk, fouth of

He Jet it lie nil

entiling

Mtrtmo'i

hedge.

went
becomt

his lip in,

codling, ere it

Would

ftraight

COE'FFICACY.

efficacia,
[csn
of feveral things

an
acting together to produce

We cannot in general

effect.

infer the efficacy of thofe

in
ftars, or cajficay particular

medications.

r
Broiuni l ulgar Errours.

COEFFI'CIENCY.

[con

and

efficio,

Latin.] Cooperation; the itate of acting

end.
together to fome fingle
and carrying on of this work, by

The managing

the fpirits instrumental atffic'uncy, requires that

without diftincTion or d:flithey be kept together,
danville ! Sccpjis.
1

pation.

COEFFI'CIENT.

n. f.

and

[coa

That which has the authority of

2.

efficient,

unites its action with the

That which

action of another.

The

Of

re-

as well as jurtice.

It

bx, and

we

Locke*

another

adore the Father, as being alto-

The

2.

coefficient

of any generating term (in fluxi-

the quantity arifing by the divifion of that

Cbambtrt.
term, by the generated quantity.

Pqf/ton.

[xoiXla,

COE'MPTION.

flefh.

In a

any thing.
enrich.

refale,

COETE'RNITY.

adj.

Equal

Lat.]

or dignity with another.

Henry the fifth did fometimes prophIf once he came to b: a cardinal,

make

his cap coequal

\i\ti\

reftrain

to

Punimments

[cccrceo,

may

coerce

or execution of the fentence in eccleliaftical courts, h only by ecommuni,

the perfon contumacious.

Halt'i Ccmm;n Laiu.
/rrnment has coercien and animadvcrfi^n

COE'HCIVB.

upon

their d.ity

adj.

religion

cannot pretend

to be coeval ivitij

UjU.

Silence,

envMivitb

wert, ere nature

'Twas one

vrilt

eternity
firft

nothing

Bentlcy.

began
and

all,

to be
all

3.

Sometimes by

,1ept

fad in

to.

Although we had no monuments of religion an/ cienter than

idolatry, we have no rcafon to concludcthat idjlatrousreligionwasfoM/(;/(o mankind.
Male's
Origin of Mankind.
COE'VAL. *. f. [from the adjective.] A
contemporary ; but properly one not

is

without which coercive

toothlefs and
prec
;

^from

cotrceJ}

fame time of life.

As

it

were not enough to have outdone

coevals iu wit, you will excel

exiftence at the

with

Greiu's Cvf.

ccexijl.~\

fame time with

to.

the meafuring the duration of any thing

is not requifite that that
thing ihould
to the motion we mcalure
by, or any
other periodical revolution.
Lbck<~.

by time, it
be coexiftent
2.

Sometimes

ivitk.

This proves no antecedent neceflity, but coexljlint

with the aft.
Brambalt's Aitjioer to HMes.

Time

is

taken for fo much of duration as is

the motions of the great bodies of

-with

coex'iflent
tlie univerfe.

no parts are

Lockf.
is either future or
part, and
or
it.
taitb
contemporary
coixijtent

them

Benthy.

To COEXTE'ND.

<v.

a.

Latin.] To extend to
duration with another.
Every motion

is,

in

fjmc

and extendo,
the fame fpace or

[can

fort,

the body moved.

coextcnded with

GYt'i

COEXTE'NSION.

n. f. [from
caextend.'] The
of extending to the fame fpace
or duration with another.
Though it be a fpirir, I find it is no inconveni-

act or ftate

ence to have fome analogy, at

with my body.

le.ift

of coexten/ion,
Hale..

CO'FFEE.

n.f. [It is originally Arabick,

pronounced caheu by the Turks, and
cabitak by the Arabs.]
The tree is a

of Arabick jcflamir.j.
found to fuccecd js well in the Caribbee
ifl.mds as in its native place of grosvth
hut whe;
fpecies
it

is

ther the coffee produced in the Weft Indies will

prove as good ai that from Mocha in Arabia
Felix, time will difcover.

only living at the fame time, but of the

check.

government

follow-

by

force.

co.:n:'.n

all

age with another

hypothecs, are coeval vjltb the former.

To

Penal

power,

Prior.

Of the fame

Thou

n negleft

brook

revolutions of the moon, or the

diurnal of the earth upon its own axis,
the verv

The

COE'RCIBLE. adj. [from coerce. ]

That may be reftrained.
I
2. That ought to be retrained.
COE'RCION. n.f. [from coerce.']
The

young flock,

ed by tuith.

Hcrv VI.

Ptrfftn.

clear

tiic

Th^ monthly

Ayliffe's

rcftraint

and ncv.'-lhorn, froin

are manifold, that

they

this profligate fort.

z.

This
man.

Latin.]

keep in order by

Latin.]

[cotf'vus,

age.

and white, like

his teeth

Recent.

fy,

n.f. [from coejual.]

ftate of being equal.
-v. a.

Hammond's Fundamental:.

nate.

..7,

COEO^U A'LITY.
To COE'RCE.

his

and confubflantiality with the Father,

w'lfn he came down trom heaven, and was incar-

COE'VAL. adj.
I. Of the fame

[from

him.

Hooter.

[from coeternal.}
from eternity equal

ccetcrnity

the crv.vn.

Sbjktfptart's

ccetcrnally fcegotten

exiftence

Having

Even

[from coa and equalis,

being of the fame rank

Having

adj.

<uj\ti>

All that one point

with another eternal being.

The eternity of the Son's generation, and

Bacor.'i

COE'QJJAL.

[from coeternal.]
of equal eternity with an-

other.
Ariuj had dishonoured his
Son.

The

n.f. [totmftia, Lat.l

of buying up the whole quantity of

ftate

ad*v.

coexiftcnce

To

fuftains an-

Milton's Paradife Loft.

<j>uiny.

Monopolies and coemption of wares for

where they ate not re.trained, are great n.

He'll

alone.

and their

another

none can fubBerkley's Sermon.

COETE'RNALLY.

ment comes away little altered from

what it was when eaten, or changed like
corrupted (linking

1.

are coctiineous, becaufc

adj. [con and /eternm, Lat.]

Equally eternal with another.
Or of the eternal coeterr.al beam

the belly.]

or flux, that arifes from the

or putrefaction of food in the
infligeftion
itomach and bowels, whereby the ali-

ideas,

COETE'RNAL.

A diarrhoea,

aft

the

Lvcki.

More commonly followed by <with.

We can demonftrute the being of God's eternal

COEXISTENT,

Gov.

Through the body every member

to.

in the preceding lines has

lution.

is

COE'LIACK

eft'eils, coetanetus to

who

coexijiedivitb, has here coexijtence to.

The meafuring of any duration, by fonie motion, depends nor on the real coexiftmce of that
thing to that motion, or any other periods of revo-

Brown's Vulgar Ernurs.

Every fault hath penal

with

Lncks,

their fon cctta-

aft.

fluxions.
3. In
oni)

Adam, and Cain

old as

neous unto both.

Chamber s.

ofcxx.

idea of the

COEXI'STENCE. n.f. [from c oexlftJ}

1. Having exiftence at the fame time with

COET A'NEOUS. adj. [coa and tetas, Latin.]

Of the fame age with another with to.

fift

we have the

cocxifted.

n.f. [fromcoefinttal.]
Participation of the iame eflence.

all

that

fuflicier.t

Drydcr..

COESSENTIA'LITY.

and

is

length ot any regular periodical appearances, which

we can in our minds apply to duration, -with
which the motion or appearance never

gether of himfelf ; we glorify that confubftantial

Word, which is the Son ; we blefs and magnify
that mjjintial Spirit eternally proceeding from
Hooter.
both, which is the Holy Ghoft.

coexif.ing together.

Locke.

adj. [conzn&ej/cntia, Latin.] Participating of the fame eflence.

The Lord our God is but one God, in which in-

other

iia!SsOrig.ofMank.
no one has any clear idea, farther

fubftances

Followed by with.

2.

COESSE'NTI AL.

Eve was

three ftars that cocxiji in heavenly conftella-

than of certain fimple ideas

[In algebra.] Such numbers, or given

quantities, that are put before letters,
or unknown quantities, into which letters they are fuppofed to be multiplied,
and fo do make a rectangle or product
with the letters ; as, 4 a, b x, c xx ;
where 4 is the co-efficient of 43, b of

2.

[coa aniiexi/fo, Latin.]

fame time.

that themfelves

to feek

have coercive
been hardly conftrued.
Hooter, Preface.
The virtues of a general, or a king, are prudence, counfel, aclive fortitude, coercive power,
awful command, and the exercife of magnanimity,

divifible unity

11. n.

exift at the

tions, ai-eamufHitudeofftjrs.

might
power over the church, wouU have

Latin.]
1.

To

1.

training by punifhment.
For minilters

and

To COEXI'ST.

the power of laying

Swift.

golden pippin.

=.

n. f.

The power

Lat.]

Htijbar.ary.

C O F

reftraint.
All things, on the furface fpread, are bound
Blackmorc.
By their coercive vigour to the ground

King's Cookery.
a

That which has

all

your

in good-n;itnrc.

AlilLr.
denotes a diink prepared from the
familiar
in
berries, very
Europe for thcfe eighty
years, and among the Turks for one hundred and

COFFEE

Thevenot, the traveller, was the firft who

brought it into France; and a Greek fervant,
called Pafi;ua, brought into England
by Mr. Daniel
Edwards, a Turky merchant, in 1652, to make
his c'.ffee, firft fet up the profeffion of
correemanj
and introduced the dnnk among us.
C'uamlers.
"'hey have in Turky a drink called nffec, made
of a berry of the fame nam-, as' black as
foot, and
of a ftrong fcent, but not arcvmutical j which
they
beaten
into
in
wa
ta'ce,
cr, as hot as they
powJcr,
can drink it.
This drink comforteth the brain
an htart, and helpcth digeltion.
Bacon.
To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,
Or '/er cold ciffte trifle with the l| oon.
Pefe.
CO'FFEEHOUSK. n.f. [co^rand boufe.']
houfe of entertainment wliere coffee is
fifty.

COE'VOUS.

adj.

\ctetwtii,

Lat.]

One of

the fame age.

Then it fhodd not have Iwcn th; firit,
p'jfing fume othct thing at-jiui w it.

as fup-

fold,

COG

C O F
and tne guefls ire fupplied with

fold,

news-papers.
At ten, from

inclofe in a coffin.
Would'ft thou have laugh'd had

ccfecbaufe or play

do not cuicern themfelvcs

about, farther than perhaps as a fubjeS in a coffee-

Let
In prifon, and here be

Swift.

n.f. [(offfevnd
that keeps a coffee-houfe.
Confider your enemies the LaceJemonians

ever you hear that they

preferred a

coffuman

Where

did

Addifcn.

To flatter;

1.

loldicrs lor thefe Irilh

is left.

covering, and
with embrafures.
a.

1';.

",

ferves

*.

To

black

coffin

let

ble

bodies
ufed both

tie

cofen and cog.

call fpirit and foul.

Bentlty.
to thought and deep meditation.
The earl had the clofer and more rcferved countl'
tenance, being by nature more cogitative,

Given

COGNA'TION.
Kindred

Two vices I (hall mention, as being of near cognathnto ingratitude; pride, and hard -hearted nets,
or want of companion.
South.
Let the criticks tell me what ceitain fenfc they

could put upon either of thefe four words, by their

mere

fix

cogs

cogent.]

Force';

con-

principles of friencc, bc-

Sidney

convincing

Forci-

powerful

Such

ture.

two panics of your Ihameful heads.

pugnant

by grocers.
1

COGNISEF.'. n.f. [In law.] He to whom

a fine in lands or tenements is acknowCcivell.

ledged.

CO'GNISO\IR. n.f. [In law.] Is he that

pafleth or acknowledged a fine in lands
or tenements to another.

COGNl'TION.
Knowledge
what

I feel

Bentlty.

cogent. ~\ With
forcibly ; lo as to force

force

forbid us to hearken to thofe proofs, as

fallacious, which our own exiftrnce, and
the fenfible parts of the univcrfc, offer fo clearly

our thoughts.

cogently to

CO'GGER. n.f. [from To

;

Locke.

cog,]

flat-

a wheedler.

CO'GGLESTONE.
little

ftone

n.f. [cuogolo, Ital.]

a fmall pebble.
Skinner.

CO'CITABLE. adj. [from cogito, Latin.]

That which may be thought on ; whai
may be the fnbjeft of thought.
To

Coivell.

[cognitio, Latin.]

complete conviftion.

l.will not be mj'felf,

Of

am

nor have cognihtn

all

patience.

Shakej'feart'

Tnilus ana

Crcffitta.

fubjeftion j or in his prefence, as in his ccgnitisn ;

but in their very elfcncc, as ii) the foul of their

They
weak or
and

moft

to another, to evade, if poliiblz, this

coaviftion.

paper cafe, in form of a cone, ufed

4. In farriery.
Cor FIN of a bcrje, is the whole hoof of the foo
above the coronet, including the c'.jpn bone. The
bone is a fmall fpongy bone, inclofed in the
toffia
roidft of the ho if, and
^oflcffing the whole form
f the foat.
Ferriif'i Diff

induce'h us to afcribc efFefts unto caufes of

Brian's Vulgar Errturs.

cognation.

God, as he created ail things, fo is he beyond

and in them all
not only in power, as under his

cercnt proof of a Deity.

terer

Siakeffearc:

no

the cogent force cif nature.

Prior.
have contrived methods of deceit, one re-

is

refiftlefs

there be (truwn.

with each other. Want on the Mind.

participation of the fame na-

having the power to compel conviftion.

CO'GENTLY. adv. [from

flower fweet

Lc<t:c.

[cogens, Latin.]

adj.

cognation

Relation

2.

He

To

n.f. \cognatio, Latin.]

defcent from the fame origi-

nal.

Tujjer.

power of compelling

refilllefs

They
that carried

The (hip their coffin, and the fea th'-ir grave. Wall.
The joiner is fitting fcrews to yourrc^in. Sivift,
2. A mould of pafte for a pye.
Of the pafte a coffin will I rear,

will

of their clearnefs and cogency.

Sl-akeff cares Twelfth Nigf.t.

fate they have,

3.

And now

Mrs. Ford, I cannot cog ; I cannot prate, Mrs.

Ford
now mall 1 (in in my wifh.
Shakefpcarc's Merry Wives of Winafcr.
!OG. n.f. The tooth of a wheel, by which

CO'GENT.

One

And make

COG. v. n. To lye ; to wheedle.

Now frealcth he, now will he crave

Maxims and axioms,

CO'FFIN. *./. [//,, French.]

1. The box or cheft in which dead

2.

Dennis.

malrerpiecei.
'o

they proceed from fome cogitative fuhttance,

ter,

Stillingjieet.

cautc they arc felf-evident, have been fuppofed innate , although nobody ever mewed the foundation

Ctnucll.

Not

Fuftian tragedies, or infipid comedies, have, by

concerted applaufes, been togged upon the town for

ftrength
viftion.

houfehold, for their good demeanour in

himfelf to his fepulchre.

fleftion.
If thefe powers of cogitation and fenfatinn arc
neither inherent in matter, nor acquirable to mat-

which we

abufe his demonftration

outcry is,
by a falsification, by cogging in the word.
Ti/lotfoH, Preface.
I have
cogged in the word to ferve my turn.
that

mental

contemplation;

He feem'J, or fixtin cogitation deep. ATilt. Par. Lcjl.

DO'GITATIVE. adj. [from cogito, Latin.]
.
Having the power of thought and re-

obtrude by falfehood.

The

CO'CENCY. n.f. [from

next under the comptroller, that, in the

compting-houfe and elfewhere, hath a
fpecial overfight of other officers of the

ctjfin

Meditation;

3.

fpeculation.
On fome great charge cmploy'd

in a wheel.

the King's Houfehold. n.f.

his majefty's court,

he had been the

To

3.

upon another wheel.

To COG. if. a. [from the noun.]

A principal officer of

as if

fo as to

it afts

Treafure, as a war might draw forth, fo a peace

Bacon't Henry VII.
coffer up.

is

temperate, and his ctp'tjtKr.i vait and irregular,

began not to bro >k him well. Baton's Henry VII.

Corio/anus.

fucceeding might

are put into the ground. It

of wood and other matter.

Purpofe ; reflection previous to aftion.

The kin^, perceiviilg" that his delires were in-

2.

Swift.
gallants of Newgate, whofe fingers are nice
In diving in pockets, or cogging of dice.
Siuift.

Chambers.

their offices.

and vulition, and fencogitati:n,

fation, are neithet inherent in matter ai fuch, nor
acquirable to matter by any motion and modification
of it.
Bit.:

Ye

as a parapet

[from the noun.]

t'.

Thefc powers of

their loves,

For guineas in other men's breeches,

gamefters will palm and will cog.

in chclls.

CO'FFER ER of

wheedle; to footh by adu-

Dryden's Per. Satiret.

it

tc

becaufe they could never be brought to fignify U:eir thoughts by any artificial
Kay on the Crtatkr.
tation,

coquelintr,

Your

its

ni.

by Skinner from

mountebank

direft its fall

L'Efiriinge.

EJSUH'I Adi'ite

On my

cogttathr, or Af prchenfion of the perfonThis Defcartcs proves that brutes have no cogi-

of uncertain ori-

to falfify.
But then my ftudy was to cog the dice,
And dext'roufly to throw the lucky fice.

wars.

3-*[In architecture.] A fquare depreflure

in each interval between the modillions
of the Corinthian cornice, ufually filled
with fome enrichment.
Chambers.
A hollow lodgment
4. [In fortification.]
acrofi a dry moat, from fix to feven foot
deep, and from fixteen to eighteen*
broad ; the upper part being made of
pieces of timber, raifed two foot above
the level of the moat ; which little elevation has hurdles laden with eartii for

went

Donne.

I die.

Of all the trades in Rome.

Sbakeff.
To fecure it,
2. To COG a die.

without any burthen to

queen's coffen, for honour fake.

He

when

Cog their hearts from them, and come home belov'd

ff^re'i Rictan! II.

If you deftroy your governnur that is wealthy,
you mull chufc aj. other, vvlio will 611 his co/trs

2. Treafure.
He would difcharge

to

I'll

precious metal full as they could hold.

Fairy Qttttn.
The lining of his oofm fliall make coats

To CO'FFER.
treafure up

lie

latory fpeeches.

With

tije

French.]

n.f. [cope, Sa.xon.]

chelt generally for keeping money.
Two iron cofcrs hung on either fide,

out of what

d,

[A word

a.

-v.

ginal, derived

it.

deck our

COG.

To

CO'FFER.

To

nffin'd

Sbak. Cenolanus.

your fextons, ccffnmaten, and

Tatkr.

will be

plummcrs

to

f. [cojfte and/c/.] The

covered pot in which coffee is boiled.

1.

me

coffin

CO'FFINMAKER. n.f. [coffin and maker.]

man.] One
One whole trade is to make coffins.

CO'FFEEMAN.

AgefiUus

come

aft of thinking.

Having their eogitjticni d-,,-kcncd, and b;ing

ftnngers from tlie lite of God, from thegnorance
which is in them.
He
A picture puts me in mind of a friend the
intention of the mind, in feeing, is carr'ed to thr
which is no more than fimplc
object reprefented
l

That weep'ftto fee me triumph

It is a point they

CO'FFEEPOT.

Thought; the

1.

home,

Prior.

finilhcs the day.

Returning,

To

[from the noun.]

a.

<v.

COG

CO'GITATE.
think.

CociT A'TION.

v. n. [cogito, Lat.] To
Dili

n.f. [cogitatto, Latin.]

caufalitics.

.'*

I'ui-gar

Efixrt.

CO'CNITIVE. adj. [from cognitus, Latin.]

Having the power of knowing.
Unlefs the unurtd jnding employ and exercife its
power about thefe terms,

cognitive or apprchenfivc

there can be no actual apprchunljon of them.

South's Sermons.

CO'GNIZABLE. adj. [cogrioifable Fr.]

1. That falls under judicial notice.
,

2.

Liable

to

be tried, judged, or exa-

mined.
Some

are merely of eccleiUftical cognizance

others of a mixed nature, fuch as are cognizable

both in the ecclcfiafiical and fecular courts.
Ayliffes Parrrgon,

CO'GNIZANCE.

n.f. \connaifance, Fr.]

i. Judicial notice ; trial; judicial authoritv.

C O

C O

worth the while, however, to consider how

.t
may dilcountenance and prevent thofe evils
which the law can take no cognizance of.
L'EJir.
Happinefs or mifery, in converfe wuh others, depends upon things which human laws can take no
It

is

badge, by which any one

And at the king's going away the

We

earl's fervants

a finite diftance.

a feemly manner, in their

livery coats,
with cognizances, ranged on both fides, and maile
the king a bow.
Biut.ni Henry VII.
Thele were the proper cognizances and coat-arms
Of the tribes.
Brmn's Vulgar Errours
flood, in

COaNCTMINAL.
Having

Hung

{cognomen, Lat.]

adj.

thofe animals more refemble the creaon earth, than they on earth the conlrellations which pafs under animal names in heaven
;
nor the dog-fiih at fea much more make r,ut the
dog of the land, than his agnmmal or namefake
in the heavens.

Brtftai's

COGNOMKNA'TION.

Vulgar Errours.

[cognomen, La-

n.f.

2.

To

4-

To

name

dcferved the

of the fame

Grer.;

or

Dig.
Lat.] That

knowledge.
The dmc that

Matter

To dwell
The

of

n.

n.f. [from cohabit.'}

An

opprcfled

India:!-.

to be their

that hea-

Dicay

tj'

Pi, ij.

x.f. [from cebal-it.}

of inhabiting die fame
place with anoiher.

The

ftate

of living together

per fon s.
Wh.cli defect, though

as

married

could not evacuate a

;^e after cobjbitm'Kn, and actual confumma*as enough to make void a Co;
fieur

two

Bruman,

dieJ for

\r,\c ol

at her death, after

it

Bjcen'iHiniy VII.
hundred and two
his wife, who was
ninrtyat

It

adj. [cohartns, Latin.]

i.
Sticking together, fo as to refill feparation.
By coagulating and diluting, that
i:,

lawsol tijcire(:jtc.

COHE'IRESS. n.f. [from

I.

Connected

'i

coheir.}

united.
;
mind proceeds from the knowledge

it

flnrijs

poflellrd of already, to that -.vhich lies next,

is cuttrtnt to it, and {> on to what it
aims a:.

and

Suitable to fomething elfe

adapted.
Inftruft

Confident

..

to

coherer:

fce

made

regularly

^jtincy.

the pouring the liquordiftilled from

any thing back upon the remaining matter, and
it
Locke.
diftilling
again.
C'J>ibatit,n is

This

oil, dulcified

tized fpirit,

is

by

of ufe

not contradictory to

.'.'.

the digcftivc fa.

Crew's Mujtcum.

culty.

n.f. [cobors, Latin.]

troop of foldiers in the Roman ar-

1.

mies, containing about five hundred foot.

The Romans levied as many cohorts, companies,
and enfigns,
vinces.

from hence,

as

from any of

their pro-

CamJcn,

Abodyofwar-

[In poetical language.]

jiours.

Th' arch-angelic pow'r prepar'd

For fwift defont ; with him the cohort Bright
Of watchful cherubim.
Milton' t Paradifc
Lift.
1 Here Churchill, not fo
prompt
To vaunt as fight, his hardy cctorts join'd

With Eugene.

Pti/ifs's JS'cnie'm.

COHORTA'TION.

n.f.

[cohortatio, Latin.]

Encouragement by words

incitement.

Dia.

COIF.

n. f.

for cucufa,

[cocff'e,

French

from

cofea,

The head-drels
the ferjeant's cap.

low Lat.]
;

iujges of the four circuits in Walej, although they are not of the firft m^-iiitu.ie, nor
ne 'd be of the degree of the
cnif, yet an: they confiderable.
Bacon's AJvic? t-j I'Mcn

Ko

lefa a

man
Ix

than a brother of the ccif rv t j

hJ been a tv/elvcro!nth a' the
jAdd'fin, Sfitfaij,;

of l,"me-fpun
pinners edg'rt with

Good
F h

''

Temple.

adj.

CO'IFFURE.

itfelf.

with an aroma-

cotolat'i,n

to reftore

CO'HORT.

Co'i

my

inker, and a ftrict reafmicr, ii nut

at oacc
Ifatti'i
by s fct of rules.
Leg.'
tl,

l.'iftcaj
;

daughter,
Tint time and place, wiih this deceit fo lawful,
,M ly I'.HVtrjtcrerrr. Slat. /It!' swell that er.tli vc.

wo'-

upon the remaining matter,

again.

virtues.

his full, before

Lccle.
.

diflil it

a lady's cap

'f^ln'tlio/y Living.

has an equal fhare of an inheritance with other women.

VOL.

sllii::.

mud

Married perform, and vuJaws, and

virgins, are
trirs in the inherit
,,.
Jj ve

man who

making

their part) mr.rc or kfs coherent.

Arbutb. on
V.'h.TC all
full, or not ahcrent be;
And ail that rifc^'iil'c in Juc

caij col aiitjtun.

One of
[cobfres, Lat.]
feveral among whom an inheritance is
divided.
the.

Confillency in reafoning, or relating,

one part of the difcourfe does
not deftroy or contradict the reft.
C h-.rcr.cc of difcourlt-, and a direct tendency of

fifties.

COHF/IR. n.f.

To

a.

it.

n.f. [from cohobate.}

returning any diftilled liquor again up.
on what it was drawn from, or
upon
frefli
ingredients of the fame kind, to
have it the more impregnated with their

2.

on:

vx'r.ty j

the quality

the blood with the freih aliment. Arbutk.mAlinr,

The texture of a difcourie, by which

one part follows another regularly and

COHE'RENT.

'i'aiUr.

fermons and faith mould thc'ic b

which caufes have with

all the
parts of it to the argument in hand, are
moll eminently to be found in him.
Lake's Pr,facet/> St. Paul's E

COHABITA'TION.
1. The aft or ftate
2.

Hooker, Prefect.

naturally.

The

[from cohefae.}

COHOBA'TION.

no trouble to find each controverfy 's

Why between

4.

That has
and of

The juices of an animal body are, as itvere,

ctbi-bMed, being excreted, and admitted again inru

fo that
,,fl

vea where the Spaniards are

tilled liquor

and

ordinarily that cthircnce,

their ufual effects?

inhabitant of the lame place.

The

To COHI'BIT.

air

depend

3.

n.f.

quality of being cohefive

of refilling feparation.

either fluid or folid ; words that

ly
the middle degrees between extreme

"t.

To

COHABITANT.

> n.f. [cobeerentia,

Latin.]

cohere.}

to another,

refilling feparation.

COHE'SIVE NESS.

LacL.

It ihall be

weic

live together as hufband and wife.

He knew her not to be his own wife, and
yet
had a ddijjn to atntit with her as fuch.

COHE'SIVE. adj. [from

the power of
flicking

refting-place, and the coherence it hath with things,

either on which it dcpendith, or which
on

worded
the captivated
Ijy
rk, which foraged their cuuntry more than a con:
were
not
able
to cohabit with
quering army
they
that h .ly thing.
South.
3.

In their tender years, ideas that have no natural

come to be united in their heads. Locke.

Connexion; dependency; the relation

of parts ST things one to another.

;.

[cohatito, Latin.]
with another in the fame
place.

I'hiiiftines

Statfffeare.

dependence.

cahclion

fixednefs and coherency, and the moft

rapid inteftine motion.
Sentley.

and ctgrnfcit/e in things natural,

be applied to things artificial.
Halt's Origin
Jlfankint.

To COHA'BIT. v.

themfclvcs.

ters intc
ligible

may

fit

be a caufe of, the coherence of the particles of

objeil of

the redundance of nut-

Connection

ftate

comprehend
ii faid for

Blackmure.

be feparated by the fame force

by which
they might be /imply moved, or, being
only laid upon one another, might be
parted again.
g>uittcy.
The preffure of the air will not explain, nor can

n.f. [cognofco, Lat.]

the ftate or act of
knowing

CooNo'sciBLE. adj. [fogxD/ca,

may be known ; being the

What caufe of their cotton can you find?

What props fupport, what chains the fabrick bind ?

caufe foever it proceeds, fo that

they
refill divullion and
feparation ; nor can

COGNO'SCENCE.
;

to

particles

[cohitea, Lat]
of bodies in which their
reftrain ; to hinder.
Difl.
parts are joined together, from what To CO'HOBATE. -v. a. To
pour the dif-

Smcn.

Knowledge

heaped together touch in > few

muft be Separable by lefs force than
breaks a folid particle, whofe parts touch in all
the fpace between them, without
any pores or iriterftices to weaken their
Niti-ton'i
catrjkn.
Oft.
Solids and fluids differ in the degree of c
sts/an,
which, being increafcd, turns a fluid into a foliJ.
Arbuthwt err Al'mcntSt
z. The (late of union or
infeparability.

agree.

That

Alexander,
was geneuliffimo of

ccgr.cm'auttion,

Hard

points, and

3.

to be fitted to.
Had time cabtr'd with place, or place with wi/hfuit

COHE'RENCE.
COHE'RENCY

Greece.

i.

Pope's DunfHZtJ.

ing.

quality.

Pompey

buzzing bees about their duSky queen.

3.

i.

Afurname; the name of a family.

A name added from any accident

clofer, orb in orb conglob'd, are feen

The

be well connected ; to follow regularly in the order of difcourfe.

tin.]
1.

to

Not

To

Nor do

tur-.i

Cbeyne's Pbilofc,fbical Frineiftts.

a place; for all, their centre found,
the goddefi, and cuier'J around ;

None want

fame name.

the

IfoodiuarJ.
firmly together as one.
find that the force, whereby bodies cohere,
is
very much greater when they come to immediate contact, than when they are at ever fo final!

Co HE'S ION. n.f. [from eof>ere.}

The aft of flicking together.

pieces of marble, having their furface exactly plain, polite, and applied to each other in
fuch a manner as to intercept the air, do cohere

known.

is

flick

Two

South.
1 he moral crime 13 completed, there are
only
circumstances wanting to work it up for the
cognizance of the law.
Addijon.

C O

11. n. \cob<eree t Latin.

*
., C.A.
7..
.
together; to hold fall one to
as
thf?
fame mafs.
another,
parts of
,

To
.7,

i.

cognizance of.

2.

To COHE'RE.
-

drift were fi'en

C'llhi-rtine.

Sivif'r,

[from.w/. ] Wearing a
n.f.

[ccejf'ure,

coif.

Fr.J

Head,

f.^ion,

drefs.
I

am

rlcafi-J

and think
part uf

it

with lh

.-

'-for.-

(hews the go jd Knlc of

in

tin:

.b!c

the fcx.

,.

C'Oi

S.

C O
COICWB../ [An

C O

Irithtern^asitfeems/]

Fit* Til. .mas of Del'mond bigarj that extortion

of toigw and livery, and p-iy j that is, he and hi$

army cook hmfc meat and

at pleafurc.

COIGNE.

n.f.
corner.

1.

roan's meat, and

Daw::* on

CO'INACE.
1 .

money,
Jri\*tr<J.

ftonc

u' th' Capitol,

a.

i/.

rope, to wind

The

com pals

as,

gather

to coil a

in a ling.

it

lurking particles of

muft
bladder, and

To

Fr.]

[ctuillir,

into a narrow

printers.

air, fo

dir

was

The

New

fo firm, fo conftant, that this coil

liis

rcafon.
is.

This is the very ecinage of your brain ;

Thii bodilefs citation ecftacy
Is very ctmninj in.
Shattfffart'sHcrnLt.

COINCI'DE.

rope wound into a ring.

n. f. [coigns, French.]
A corner;
any thing Handing out angularly ; a
fquare brick cut diagonally : called often
quoin, or quint,

You
canmt

till

how

Vittt't LoTtck)

Payment of any kind.

2.,

The
is

lofs

To COIN.

to

flefti

and blood,

Hammond" t Fundamental:.

3. It is followed

The coincidence of the planes of this rotation

with one another, and with the plane of the ecliptick,

king.

Skakejpearc.

never put ij practice a thing fo ncccflary

i coini.l money is.
Peacbstv of dmiqMtiii.
Tenants cannot coin rent juft ar. quarter-day, but
Locke.
mult gather it by degrees.
be fure that this medal was really com
by an artificer, or is but a produdr. of 'the foil from
;e it w;:s

taken?

Wh.ch we

ChrilHanity teaches nothing

3.

To make

il

Never

coin a

firm:! lye on

to

tale,

footh hii

term

fome new pretence, he daily cuind,

litter, and delude tier mind.

is C'.itud

to

make

what

bvit

is

per-

[from con

Drydcn's Virgil
the conveyance
'

the.

a ftrainer.
a thick

Thro' which the

woven

ofier toljrjtr,
preifcd wines are Itrained clear.

My.

All the vifcera of the body are but as fo

many
to feparatc fcveral juices from the blood.
in
the
Creation.
Rty
The brains from nofe and mouth, and either car,

cdandin

COLA'TION.

as

n.f.

through a colander

Dryan.

[from

cola,

Lat.]

The

art of filtering or draining.

CO'LATURE. n.f. [from cola, Lat.]

1. The art of draining
filtration.
2. The matter drained.
CO'LBEKTINE. n,f. A kind of lace worn
;

by women.
Go, hang out an old frifoncer gorjet, with a
yard of yellow v tii
--.A' I
,T.iy of the World.
DifFrcncc ivf- between,
of
the
and
Cilbcrti/ic.
lace,
Mechlin,
i^uccn
.

Ycvr.g,

.anc

A.

fymptoms beto- CO'I.COTH

Col nthar

is

n.f.

A term -in

chymiftry.

the dry fubftance which remains alter

commonly the caput mortuum of

dltilh ion, but

vitriol.

^jm.-v.

Cc/cotbir, or vitriol burnt, thou,.h; unto a rcdnci,

fait, will iuakc good ink.

containing the fixed

a counterfeit.

,>fy

Take

ti

y father was I know not where

was H.irnpt: fume coiner with his tools

me

It is

n.f.

fieve either

parts

M.rie

to-

\colo, to ftrain, Lat.]

of hair, twigs, or metal,
through which a mixture to be feparated
is
poured, and which retains the thicker

CO'IKER. n.f. [from coin.]

A maker of money ; a minter ; a Ham1

come

quently ufed in drying malt.

Beatify

inMce, Latin.] Many

kening the fame caufe.

When

bodies

by

Ccj'moUgia.

Co LANDER,

Kuditras

to coin his fable.

Dry Jen

Some

equivalent:

the Athenians.

't,

To make the knight o'ercome the giant.

Ins kind, but

Grnv't

n.f. [ Perhaps from coquo, Skinner. ]

Fewel made by burning pit-coal under
earth, and quenching the cinders ; as
charcoal is made with wood. It is fre-

per of coin.

fenfe.

Thofe motives induced Virgil

Ofticti.

v>i:h that controverted paiTage in his difcourfe

lungs

or forge any thing, in an

Co K E

and well inclined maji. Scnti.

Thefe words of our apoitc are exactly {oincidir.t

their decny, againfl thofe meafles

difdain fcould tetter us.

made productive of

gether.
By Gilbertus this motion is termed coition, not
made by any faculty atrraclivc of one, but a fyndrome and concourfe of each. Brown's ^uig. Err.

ciples of a virtuous

til!

not

is

with a female.

The ad by which two

2.

fectly fuiublc to niul ic-ineidemtcitb the ruling prin-

COINDICA'TION. n.f.

Sbalttfpearc's Coridanus

coitic-n

Came ifTuing forth,

The curdled milk.

coincide.}

Concurrent; confident;
followed by ivith.

Scully.

or invent.

My
Coit words

[from

Neman's

Can we

To make

adj.

Thefe circles I viewed through a prifm and,

as I went from them, they cnme nearer and nearer
together, and at length became coincident.
z.

Latin.]

i cannot but admire that phtlof>phers Ihould

imagine frogs to f.*ll from the clouds, CL)nii
how openly they aft their nit'nx, produce fpawn,
R~i :u tic Creation.
tadpoles, and frogs.

vear near the truth.

Falling upon the fame point.

i.

They

^.

is

Cariiv'i Survey if Cornwall,

[coiiio,

Copulation; the aft of generation.

Cbej/ne's Pbilofoflical Principles.

a.

-a.

by

that will not drink

coijlri!,

iu:lb.

[from the noun.]

To mint or (lamp metals for money.
They cannot touch me for coining : I am the

i.

great

Sbakrffxaris Twelfth Nigkt.

like idle cxtrcifcs.

confiftency ; tendency of
to
the fame end ; occurmany things
rence of many things at the fame time.

The very concurrence and coincidence of fo many

evidences that contribute to the proof, carries a
Hale.
weight.

coward and

niece.

COI'TION. n.f.

COINCIDENT,

of prefent advantage

repaid in a nobler rein.

Bcntliy.

covyard ; a runaway:
a mean or dege-

ttftrcl,

n.f. {kite, a die, Dutch.] A thing

thrown at a certain mark. See Q_UOIT.
The time they wear out at coin, kavles, or the

upon the fame point.

Concurrence

z.

':,

my
Coir.

univerfal equilibrium, arifing from the coincidence of infinite centres, can never be naturally

acquired.

n.f.

corrupted from
nerate hawk.

An

Sbahffcarei Hinry VIII.

explication of coins, to which they are generally

very great Grangers.
A.ldijjn.
She now contracts her vaft defign,
And all her triumphs flirink into a coin.
Pope.

CO'ISTRIL.

coin.

the poets will fuctecd iu the

ra-

COINCIDENCE.
/. [ from coincide.}
i. The date of feveral bodies, or lines,

have made

holy hat be ftamp'd on the king's

dyne.

tiocination, often coincide with each other.

falling

dolt,

that beyond commiflion. Skat. Tii\ '/.

He

concur ; to be confident with.

The rules of right judgment, and of good

gave Damitas a good fum of gold in ready

wliich Mcnalcas had bequeathed.
Sidney.

Your

meet

To

2.

He
fiin,

to

earth ufelefj.

ctintus, a

fion.

To join

TliuU may'li cij'M with ibmething, and thou

And

[coincide, Latin.]

If the equator and ecliptick had ctincidid, it

would hme rendered the annuil revolution of the

COIN.

n.f. [by fome imagined to come

wedge, becaufe metal is
cut in wedges to be coined.]
I. Money ftamped with a legal impref-

n.

To fall upon the fame point

in the fame point.

Sbakefp. Tempefl.
'long o.you. Si-ak.

v.

of etymologies, it
Ctiid<n'i Repairs.

-v. n.
[cmjunge, Lat.]
with another in the fame office.

Ht

invention.

c:\ntr

Athcr.a.'u:,.

TeCojo'iN.

DryJca'i Juvenal, Dedication.

Forgery

5.

inventor.
Creek

Dionylius, a
commended by

to

COIN.

from

charges of coining money.

production ; invention.

^^A\ )1 as unneceflary reUnneceilary

;n,i_s
of words, runs in:o ariedation ; a fault to
be avoided on cither hand.

In that /leep of death, u hat dreams may come,

When we have fhufflcd off this mortal coil,
Mull give us paufe.
Stateffiare's Hamlet.

2.

An

vival

To

miftrets, all this coil

You,

3.

4.

hurry;

confuiion.
not infect

ftamped and legitimated

COIL. *./. [kolleren, Germ.]

1. Tumult; turmoil; buftle ;

Who

money

Moor was forced t leave off coining, by the

to re_y--.it crowds of people continually ottering
turn his csinjgf upon him.
Siuift.

expanding them-

fure oj the air, that at firit coiitd them, be re-admitted to do the fame thing again.
Boyle.

Would

Tliis is cnnccived to be a ccinage of fome Jews,

in dcrilion of Cluilliani, wliu firrt began that porBreu'r,.
trait.
.

nccelTarily plump out the fijes of .the

fo keep them turgid, until the pref-

felves,

A counterfeiter of the king's ftamp

a maker of bale money.

2.

metal.

yond' corner

SbaLJfart.

wooden wedge ufed by

To COIL.

Arbutbr..t.

Coin

2.

No jutting frieze,
Buttrice, nor reignt of vjntaj;.-, hut this bird
H.-;h made his pendant Wl.
^hakcjp.Maititi.
2.

n.f. [from ecix."]

art or practice of coining money.
The care of the eainagr was committed to tin- inferior mJgiftrjtes; and I don't find that th' y had
a publick trial, as we foUmnly pracbfe in this coun-

The

try.

[French.]

Sec you yond' can

COL

Sbakefpeare's Cymbdine,

to find defigns that never entered into

of the fculptor or the coiner.

thoughts

Br<ru.'n.

COLD. adj.
I.

[colb,

Saxon

kali,

German.]

Not hot; not warm; gelid; wanting

warmth being without heat.
;

'

rtate of rnanhoivl
ought to he
and their chief drink water cold, becaufe in
lUtc it has its owji natural fpirit.

TJic diet in the

There

arc only

two patents

advantageous to th;

,';./

referred to, both lef

t!.u tUii ot V.

foliJ

fuJi

jltitrlury

Ths

The
"Death, Vith

As with

his

aggregated

She made

foil

mace petnnck, cM, and

a trident, fmote.

dry,
Milton.

At

Some better Jnrond, ...me better warmth, to cherift

Our timbs benumb'd, ere this diurnal itar
Leave cdd the night, how we his gathered beams
Refined may with matter fere foment. Milton.
fenfe of cold.
3. Chill; (hivering; having

th-ir forces, the

ill'

Sbakefpcarc's }fc;:r\

cold qualities
4. Having
not acrid.

privation of heat

V.

tajn

Indifferent

frigid

wanting

paffion

There fprung up one kind of men, with whofe

zeal and forwardnefs tli-' reit bein^ compared, were
thought to be marvellous aid and dull.

he could not levy. Shaleff, Henry IV.

We ftiould not, when the blood was aid, ha\c
thieaten'-'d our prifoners with the fword.

What

ai

1.

2.

him

:i

';

6. Unr.fficting

unable to

move

the

But.j.V/.j faid,

Your

loofenel's;

in

net.

Form,
While

fibres ; whereby their capacities arc in

fo as to
places (Heightened, and fometimev
occafton cbftinate obftruflions : this is bcft re-

component

medied by brilk catharticks, joined with opiates

and emollient uiluters. There is alfo a fpecies of
this drftemper which is commonly called the (tone
&.', by confent of parts, from the irritation of
the (tone or gravel in tVc bladder or kidneys ; and
ia molt commonly to be trMted by nephritiekj

Swift.

tlie

watei

in that icy regian,

where

order, beauty, through

-fi

of

.!y

tiic univ_Tt-r

fi.-lt

p
:

.n
;

Jflr.f,n.

2.

Unconcern;

ei

of zeal

with them

frigidity of

negligence

temper

Int'jfl'nc (tone arid ulcer, folick

want

part,

:d

not heated by vitious appetite.

You

Convey your

And

ri,

My
Since

mafter'i fnit w.ll

b-r

refpee\) ^iy

10. Nothaliy;

Not

TifG fitrtlemtn

r>f

not violent.

affecting

Coynefs; want of kindnefs

the fccnt Wrongly.

l\rt*a.

Unhappy youth
Tcmpefts and dorms
Ix;t

ev'ry tenyuc

Abfolvc with

ring of metal put round .the neck.

That 's nothing, fays the dog, but the fretting
rriy

want of

my

cildncjs,

nay, fays the wolf, if there be a

than to fail
I kncny better thing

liberty.
n brace

i'Eflrangi.

and more of greyhounds

Wi'.h golden muzzles

will thy coldntfi rake

In his affliftcd bol-im

AnJ idhriof

'

various ccnfurs chufe,

or with fr/itc accufc. Prior.

cellar

in the caf",

how

its

fide touches the other.

Ti'unipti'.f,.'

A
of

paffion.

but ttid,

rr.
T

1 1.

3.

[collabcr, cc!laf/us t
fall together ; to clofe fo

Co LI. A'PSIOM. n./. [from collapfe.]

I. The aft of clofing or
collapfing.
z. The ftate of veflels clofed.
.CO'LLAR. n.f. [collare, Latin.]

Arbu'lnrt.'.

beft friends.

rt

not in thefc fo t jvou-Haiti's D

ought

/</, the time you rr.a; in iio-Jwink ;

yet feem
willing <lamts MOttgD.
bhaltfy. Mjcbtlb.

Not welcome ; not received with kindnefs or warmth of afFeclion.

is

dddijvn.
faculty of difcovering them.
It betrayed itfslf in a fort of indift'ercrce and
carcl-flhcfs in all her aftiom, and ctldnrfi to her,

.y

pleafures in a fpiu-k'Ui plenty,

We've
g.

from moderation,

ably conllrued.
admired padagcs in authors, he
It', upon reading
finds a coldxej'i and indifference in his th
to conclude, (that he himfdf wants the
he

'

rbrafmuch as nlatrfl,
hotlier prnfcciited :
in other contentions, may Le thought to

which,

Let his knights have nldtr lo^.ks

Among you.
SJ,akcJfttn-t'i King Ltar.
'mmifl)oncri 2' CVl rnorc refcrvcd, and
Clarind&n.
cddir towar ji ea h utlier.

one

pangs.

n.

and atrophy the liquids are exhauft&d, and the /id"'- or" the canals ccfttiffc j therefore the attrition is increafed, and confe<juently
tiic heat.
Arbutbnot en Dift,
I:: t

'

AJttyn lit Italy.

not afFeftionate ; not
7. Referred ; coy ;
cordial ; not friendly.

To

Latin.]
as that

difregard.

Civilians of religion are not or.ly the fartheft

taufe in religion all men prcfumc thcmfprc I,
iutereftad j but tl.cy arc alfo, fo: t1

i-ne.

grritly alFifted with t.je

Co'j. ICK. aJj, Affecting the bowels.

To COLLA'PSE. v.

l.bl- are plcafed at the

difguife ; but the jell
ton, when it comes on

is

/?.

2. Chafte

diurcticks, .:nd

carminative turpentine clyftors.

^'i'lij.
C'Ucks of infants proceed from acidity, and th-:
air in the aliment expanding itfelf, while the aliment ferments.
sli t>utt not*

drynefs,-rnoHrure, leUitfi heat reli(ti,

Ali that we have, and that we are, fubfiir. .

lenitives

which is
and wind, which

flatulent ro/jYA,

many

they were forced to winter.

Bvjk'i Ex/vrimcr.n.
Such was the difcord, which dJ firlt difperle

the psf-

2.

itir,

frl,!,

and generally with i

managed with

moderate openers.
3. An hyllerical colick, which
from diforders of the womb, and is communicated by corui-nt of parts to the bowels ; and it
to be treated with the ordinary hyltericks.
4.
nervous colick, which is from convullive I'pafmsani
contortions of the guts themfelves, from fome diforders of the fpirits, or .nervous fluid, in th^ir

negli-

fervant, Sir.

fummer

bell

is

aiiics

lord had lent

the cxc _!?;;

relate:,

irritating the bowels, fo as to

pain in the bowels from flatufes

diftend them into unequal and unnatural capacities j .and tlus is managed with carminatives and

~\

met with

and this

and emollients.

calif.
;;.
y.' [from
of heat ; power of caufing the
fenfation of cold.

th y

which proceeds from an abundance of

cccafiun continual gripes,

Want
He

in t!ie

FrcilMtr.

'.

But

CO'I.DXESS.

/rffcu(inefsdi)thaman mifpend
life in
In fc.ittering

i:

Client*, t,-nicrini;

my

f.

acrimony or choler

believe

fays, fay briefly, gentle lord

paufe for thee. Ibakffftari, King'Jobn.
Sv. it't feem'd to wonder .what he meant,

never ofter'd once to

drefs'd.

turnips hide their fwelltng heads below,

the doling nuworti upwards grow. Gay*

lious calitk,

ci-ldly

and then with hanJy care (he

culi'd,

[colicus, Latin.]
of the colon ; but loofely,
any disorder of the ftomach or bowels that is atbiThere arc four forts : i.
tended with pain.

indifFerently

d fpot) ;
(a fmall well-water'
of all their leaves; the belt

It ftriftly is a diforder

without warmth of temper or

Norwould
S

fions.

Wh.it a iejlof

[caplpynt, Sax.]

own ground

his

CO'LICK.

[from '/</.]

Without heat.
Without concern

We

sftleFartt.

'

Fib.

expreffion.
What England

And my a'.d heart is kindled at thy flame. Rnv:.

A man m.ilt be of a vrj aid r,r degerer.i'
whofe h;art

ad<v.

n. f.

DrydcK,

cough. Sbak. Henry IV-

get a fever by a cold.

gently

Nu drum or trumpet needs

T' infpire the coward, or to warm the cdd ;
His voice, his fole appearance, makes them bold.

per,

we

CO'LDLY.

a tdd and;uno>ncerncd

Dtydtn.
with thy fccred theme,

not good to fow wheat

or barley, and then

coltfecJ

And how

Let no ungentle cdd deftroy

All tafte we have of heavenly joy.
Rofcomir.cn.
Thofe rains, fo covering the earth, might proof it, by
videntially contribute to the difruption
which
(lopping all the pores and all evaporation,
would make the vapours within llruggle violently,

Sbalrjjpeart'i CymbetiHc.

haft touch'd tie

difeafe haft thou

A whorefon nld, Sir

a world in flames, and an hod of angels

in the clouds, one muft be much of a Jtoick to be

O, thou

She

the obftruc-

but

chil-

tion of perfpiration.

fee

fpi:ftator.
Burntt'l Prcfjcc to the Ti-::ry

caufed by cold

is ran!.', it is

Slie Itripp'd the {talks

feed.\

fpecies of cabbage.
The decothon of cdwrts is alfo commended to
WiUma* of an ErfppJ;*.
bathe them.
She took the cole-worts, which her hufoaud got

(he faw her lord prepar'd to part,

A difeafe

3.

general

Minimcr.

How

When

Sir, thefc ttld ways,

violently redrefs.
1'cem like prudent helps, are very poifonous.

The which

coldnefs

wheat.

Milt-vi.
;

land

CO'I.EWORT.

From

A deadly roA/ran (hiv'ring to her heart. Dryd.

Temp'ratcly proceed to what you would

To

Where

after a fallow;

all is

Cummer's heat.
fenfation of cold

The

Wmdfar Forjt.

[capl, Saxon.]
.

nefs.

jffckom.

SbakefpeareNew dated letters thefe,

Their cold intent^enour, and fubftance thus ;
Here doth he wifn his perfon, and hij power,

it

and, when

Solllitia!

2.

77 lir's
Preface.
Infinite mall be made colJ in religion, by your
ne^er
were
hurt
that
by reading books.
example,

That

the frigorifick power.

name for all forts of cabbage.

CO'LESEED.
/. [from cole and
Cabbage feed.

Scarce tolerable, and from the north to call

Decrepit winter, from the fouth to bring

wanting zeal; without concern; unaftive ; unconcerned ; wanting ardour.

Thus

Pcfe's

Had firft his precept fo to move, fo (hinc,

As might aflect the earth with cc/Jand heat

ftream her virgin ccldnefi keeps,

filver

COLE.

done, we cannot obin any great degree.

Bacsa't Nat. Ilijiay.
fun
The

mountains

Co d plants have a quicker perception of the heat

of the fun tl 20 the hot herbs ; as a cdd hand will
fooner find a iiulc warmth than an hot.
Bacon*! Natural Hift:rj,
5.

The

For ever murmurs, and for ever weeps.

nefs, in rcfpefl of the fire ; but for aid, we mull

or high
(lay till it comcth, or feek it in deep caves,

exemption from vehement

defire.

Fair lined flippers for the cold.

Sbatcjpcare.
Heat and cold are nature's tv/o hands, whereby
(he chiefly worketh : and heat we h*vc in teadi-

not volatile;

4. Chaftity
Sljteff.

man's nofe. Sbakcff. Winter's TaU.

n.f. [from the adjective.]
caufe of the fenfation of cold ; the

noble Engliih, that could entertain,

fml power of France

And let another half (land laughing by,
All out of wark, and c-.ld for aclion.
h

good

fault.

a dead

is

COLD.
The
1

It

cotdtjl

the fenfe ftrongly affefted.

Smell this bufinefs with a fenie as cold

As

Bids us feek

With

the hedge corner, in the

Not having

12.

Caufing fenfe of cold.

2.

COL

COL

COL

tin:

all

their

f-:nc their

mouths were bound,

ntck; furround.
Drydcn's Fat/cs.

z.

The

part of the harnefs that

about the horfe's neck,

x j

i*

fattened

Her

long fpinners leji,

Thty

The tracts oi tl.c fnulleit fpider's web,

The nllan oi the moonshine's watry beams.

To

3.

efcape

To

COLLAR.

the

get free

to dileutangle hiuifelt

engagement or
Vv hen, as the
ape

receives

difficulty.
him heatd fo

from any

much

A COLLAR
bound up

in

Co L L A R - a o N f
The clavicle

by the

collar

to take

To Co L L A R

it

other meat

to roll

COLLA'TE.

a.

<v.

To

well fiHatrJ.
c

They

Bacin'i f/atural

mid not tcttnjuldi

lltflary.

their judaifm,

and

To

books
thing be wanting.

-i.

3.

To

collate

be flow

to

ta.

To

He

ihruil cut the invader, snd collated Amfdorf

th: bensfice : Luther performed the conlccra-'

Atterburj.
If a patron (hall rejltft tn prefent unto a benee, voW above fix nwntht, the biftop may collate

fi.

COLLA'TBRAI,.

adj. [tun

latus,

In ki> brig!.! radnnce arid tilltteral

light
I be comforted, not iahis
fyhere.
Sbakeff.
Thus Javinr, frmn his radiant feat he role
Of ts'-fh rJiav.-M git ry.
MUtcn'i Paradift L<J>.

Running

$.

..:;!.
t

The
ivil

and ichtt itame of a perfon

dying inby right of devolution, according to the

law, given to fiich

M are allied

Not

direft

ar.d judge 'twixt

you and
by diiefl oi by u,;li:in! hand

Sometimes

Of preface

He

<v,

a.

Milton.

hath not

fail'd to pefter us

with melTage,

Sbakeffcarc 'i Uamltt.

i.

[collefla,

low Lat.]

comprehensive prayer, ufed at the

facrament ; any ftiort prayer.
1 hen

proper

let

your devotion be humbly to fay over

Taylor's Guide ta Drvation.

col/etli.

COLLECTA'NEOUS.

adj. [colletlaneus, LaGathered up together ; collefted ;

notes compiled from various books.

tin.]

COLLE'CTEDLV. adv.
Gathered

in

[from

one view

colltfitd.'}

at once.

The whole

mifes by juft confequence.

Whether thereby be meant Euphrates,

filleHiblt

COLLE'CT.

i>. a.

[>%,

To

not

An

No

aflemblage

the things
gathered.

perjur'd knight defires to quit thy arms,

Faireft cii!eHic.n of thy fex's charms.
Prior.
The gallery is hung with a colletliaa of

pictures'.

Adttijm.

The

aft of deducing

tiocination

confequences; ra-

This fenfe

is

If once we defccnd unto probable

cjH,aiont,
are then in the territory where free and

we

nowfcarce

diicourfe.

in ufe.

arbitrary

colUaum,

gather together; to bring into one

place.

is

from the following words.

Rri-wn, Vulgar Ernur,.

COLLE'CTION. n.f. [from collet}.]

1. The aft of gathering together.

3.
his advantage,

Lat.]

me

n. f.

fhort

[from the noun.]

Importing the furrender of thofe lands.

To

tongue
in height began, as no
delay
breaking through his zeal of right.

CO'LLECT.

2.

intend

unite with.
CMca%u(d with this dream of

not immediate.

They fhaU hear

It"

to

might be feen that

To
1

fome great caufe ad-

drcfs'd,
Stood in himfelf colIelicJ, while each
part,
Motion, each aft won audience, ere the

ccl/eagui

To COLLE'ACUE.

him

ex letert,
commonly llyled ccJlatirali, if there be no afccnaV.nts oi defcendants funriving at the time of liis

5.

Flouriih'd, fince mute, to

with juftice fending thee. Milton.

The regents, upon demife of the crown, would
keep the peace without colleagues.
Stvift.

Milt. Par. Left.

eftace

ieftatr, is,

it

E.ify

Mercy

In genealogy, thofe that Hand in

equal
relation to foroe common anceHor.

4.

vigilant and collected.

HayuerJ.
As when of old fome orator renown 'd
In Athens or free Rome, wRcre
eloquence

Difl.

n.f. [collega, Lat.] A|

An-|
partner in office or employment.
cieiitly accented on the laft fyilable.

image muldply'd
wh'uh requirei

wound,

they,

become more

To

Lat.]

CO'LLEAGUE.

.mperfeftion; and beget

<:,
unity defective,
Cdlatcral love and dearelt amity.

a. [ccllaudo,

join in praifmg.

his like, his

COLLE'CTIBLE. atij. [from alba ] That

which may be gathered from the
pre-

fentation.

parallel.

cclltficd

more amazement.

mandatory cannot interrupt an ordinary colmonth is expired from the day of pre-

To COLLA'UD. v.

on either fide.
3. DifFuicd
Rut man by number is to maiifelc

Sbakefpearti TmfeJI.
Affrighted much,
I did in time ctllicJ
myfelf, and thought
This was fo, and no flumber. Sbak. Wtnttr'tTtle.
Profperity unexpected often njaketh men carelefsand remifs; whereas
who receive a

AiAijcrt.

lator, till a

Mart

hlmfelf. To recover from

gain command over hi^
to aflemble his fentirnents.

prefents to an ecclefiaftical

letters.

Lat.]

very

to

Be

benefice.

and

is

Loci:.

evolution of ages from

everlafting to
everlafting is fo collctftdly and prefcntifickly reprelentcd to God.
M<jrtf

One who

2.

Side to fide.

i.

read the titl-s they give an editor or collator

manufcript, you would take him for the glory

cjnccivc,

To COL L c T

''

To
of
of

No

is

fctipts.

UOB.

Demy if Put),
conclude they can have no iota of infino idea of infi-

thoughts

In law.

COLL A TOR. n.f. [from cclla te.~\

1. One that
compares copies or nanu-

place in an ecclefiaftical

benefice.
>u

(be CrMtJvtt,

COULATI'TIOUS. aJj. [collatittus, Lat.]

Done by the contribution of many.
Dia.

Tayhr^i Communicant.

With

great the force of erroneous pfrfuafion ii,

iti!<3 from our Savi jur' prcmcnition to

furprife

to confer.
The figmjirauce of the facrament difpnfet the
fpirit ot th. uttiver to admit the grace of the fpilit of OoJ, there configned, exhibited, and collated.

4.

patron, or hath the'

drwell.
Bifliops ihould be placed by collation of the king
under his letters patent, without any precedent electiorj, or confirmation enfuing.
Hayward.
4.
repart ; a treat lefs than a feafi.

examine if no-

to gather

Fted.

you your Milton, which, upon collation,

and augmented in fcveral places.

prefentation of another who

patron's right for the time.

'

Collation is the beftswing of a benefice, by the

bi(hop that hath it in his own gift or patronage;,
and differs from inftitution in this, that inftitution
into a benefice is performed by the bilhop at the

fiobrace Chiiltianity, without conlidering, weighSooth,

ing, and ct-Ihting both religions.'

confequence

confequence,

foft.
3.

infer as a

nite fpace, bucaufe they can have

nite matter; which
I

I find to be revifcd

Knowledge will be ever a wandering and indigetled thing, if it be but a commixture of a few
notions that are at hand an J occur, and not excited
from a fuflicient number of inliances, and thofe

by

his difciples.

or one thing
of the lame knid, with another.

with another.

To

Th 7

fuyon

I return

compare one thing of the fame kind

obfervati<->n.
The revrent care 1 bear unto my lord,
Made roe cj/fe9-thefe dangers in the dulft.

Hiw

In the difquilkion of truth, a ready fancy is of

great ufe ; provided that (ollativn doth its office.
Crt^iii Cofmrfygia.

[cenfero, coUatum,

To gain

we may

Dryrirn.

fpirit.

numbers, into

from premifes.

Companion of one copy,

hard and clofe with a

it

4.

In collateral relation.

2.

Latin.]
I

WM.r.s.

the private

units, or

Lxkt.
3.

they are placed

vation.

lecf, or

up, and bind

'

ctl/cfl into one fum as great a number as he pleafes, this multitude, how r
ever, ieliciib not one jot Uic power of adding to it.

gift.
Neither are we to give thanks alone for thcfirft
ctllatkr. of thcfe benefits, but alfo for their
prefer-

ftring or collar.

To

when

1 .

by the

\<j

one fam.
Let a man

Atttrbuiy.
tillattral. ]

from

OOLLA'TION. n.f. [ce/fatia, Lat.]

The ad of conferring or beftowing

throat.

mli-

[from the noun.]

Oor labour and ind;

To draw many

2.

3.

Wijcttuint Surgery.

feize

it

affertingthe fcripture tobt the canon of our

1 hive created two enemies
the papiltj
more directly, bccaufe they have kept the fcripture
from 'us
and the fanattcks more ccltatrrijtty, becaufe they have aiTumed what amounta to
in-

n.f. [ from cellar and bone. ]

the bones on each fide of

a.

Indireftly.

fallibility in

-v.

adv.

faith,

riding behind the coach fvll down,

bruifed his face, and broke his right cellar- torn:

To CO'LLAR.

itfelf

By

the quantity

is

rally.

z.

p.ige

To

within

no nl/Jtcral Itrength from external

fhnrdin>te, but alfo

the neck.

i.

lies

T hcfe pullies may be multiplied according to

fan iry dittfrnt firuations, not only when they arc

to talk

ilone that enriches the rr'r.i,

memory

f ref'-rving -whtt

Skalt'jpfar?.

Side by fide.

t.

Hufbtrd', Tah.

efSratun,
one parcel.

T5i

our kingdom g've

kfl.

Co M, A'T E R A L L Y

to

Of labour, that did from his liking baulk,

He would hwcJJift tit cilUr handfomely.

will

dera'

Ta flip

5.

we

o: tnich'd,

in fatisfaftion.

All the force of thf motive

part of the drefs that furrounds the

neck.
4.

fini)

you

6. Concurrent.

tfjt.'fcrr.

The

COL

COL

C O L
Her wajfon fpok*! made of

humn

determinations, the territory where

take place.
Thou .(halt not peep thro' lattices of

Nor

laws

j/
eyes,

hear thro labyrinths of cars, nor learn

or nllfSiua to difcern.

By circuit

4-

cor,
A

4.

premifes

COL

a confertary deduced from

deduction ;
confequence.

corollary

COLIB GATARY.

believers ; a
thing in fuch hrr affirmed with
cumltances, were taken as
infinuating an op-

ifite denial

before that circumftmce be

This label
from fenfe and hardnefj, that 1 can
Make no colleflkn of it.
Stake/part's Cynldint.
When flie, from fundryar-s,
one ft.il! doth draw i
Oath ring, rrom divers
lights, one aft of war :
From many c.ifes like, one rule of law :
The.* fccr colltfikm, no; the fenfcs are.

He

adj. [colleclttiui, Lat.l

The

5.

kind

thf
2.

Employed

f be

COLLE'CIATE.

contrary
*

as a

company

COLLE'CTIVELY. adv. [from

In a general mafs

in a

an army.

body

collea><ve.]

evidence.

,,

The

Congregation/

2.

CO'LLET.

2.

gatherer ;
things together.

A compiler
'I

The
:r

brft Engliffi
hiftorian,

when

il

his flilc
as a

3.

erow

^^

Iffi'-e'rs

The commiffiens of the revenue

nd the cMilw, are
appointed

1.

;f.

tax-gatherer; a man 'employed in

levying duties or tributes.
A great part of this trrafure is now
embezzled.
by ">ll' a"'< *"<* oth"
are

difpofcTo'f
by the commif!
S-w\fi.

the
2.

A
I

'

A.

knew

nobleman

2.

a dealer in coals.
tim-

n a
f : ^t//Kr,andagreatUndman. Bacon.

that carries coals.

mip
CO'LLIERY.
3.

a great
grafier, a great

The
The

n.f. [from collier.']

place where coals are dug.
coal trade.

the bare

Lat.]

'tMomatm of

and earth
remaining in thealhes of aburnt

buch a temrjerament or
difpofitionof
the animal fluids as
proceeds rrom a lax
compages, and wherein they flow ofF

kind of univerfal diminution and

ot^the body.

Harvey

en

colljqva

Cwfumftioni.
co/Jiauate.!

ca/liouativc fever is futh as is attended

witb
a diarrhaa, or
fwcats, from too lax a contexture
'.thcfluids Sji-mcy.
t is a
confequent of a burning cM'^uatfic lever, whereby the humours,
fat, and flelh of the
body are melted.

/ \collijuefacio.
CoLLio^UEFA CTION.
Latin.] The aft of melting together;
.

reduction to one mafsby fluxion in the

fire.

After the incorporation of metals

by limple colliyaefatlkn, for the better difcovering of the nature
and confcnts and dinents of
morals, it would be
tried by
incorporating of their diiTolutions.

[fromW.]

digger of coals; one that works in

n. f.
[collijuario,

COLLI'O^UATIVE. adj. [from

Melting; diflblvent.

[Fr. from collum, Lat. the

coal-pits.
coal -merchant

and colliauatc in water

Brown', u !s ,,r Errourt,

fire,

oils.

The ad of melting.
Chh may be made by

Any

knock together.

.../

warm

tkn

ts ctllidid.

Co',.

tedious

of facls, and
perhaps, confuted to furni'h

materials for tome future

colliflm.

to

p,i

melt; to be

through the fecretory glands farter than

they ought.
Quincy

Scintillations are not the accenfion

of air upon
colhfion
but inflammable
effluencie, from the bo-

!*fclin!

antiquated, will be only confidered

term^ufed by turners.
COL LI DE. <v. a. Icollido Lat 1 Tn
ftrike
againft each other ; 'to beat, to

dam,

M mf

Bacon's Natural ffi/lcry.

2.

^-life's Parergon.

he

grandfather might be the firft nlUn-.r of

them into a body. Half, C'.mmcn L ttw
of E,:a nd
Volumes without the //,^r's own

To

From

is fet.
3-

one that
gathers fcattered
pieces into one book.
;

n.

them proceed rarefaction,

colliquat'ua, concoction, maturation, and mod effects of nature.

neck.]
Anciently fomething that went about
the neck ; fometimes the
neck.
That part of a
ring in which the ftone

Hiftcry.

Latin.]

he that collefts fcattered

LLicyjATE. v.

fait

an univerfity man.

./

/f

is

rCo

'.

Thefe are a kind of

empiricks in poetry, who
h>ve got a
receipt to pleafe; and no
ulltgut, like
nem, for purging the p.illions.
Kymer

1.

[colletfor,

of the kidneys

apt to fc affiau ate'd

through a great heat from within, and an ardent
an ,y C um
colliquariw fever.
,.

fuch as was 'built

from a cathedral

COLLE'CIATE. n. f. [from
college.]
member of a college; a man bred in
college

[coUiqueo, La; to turu from

fire.

fat

COLUQ^A'TION.

church, wherein a number of

prelbyters
fettled, and lived together in one

cM finely

Weed-ward's Natural

collegiate church was

at a convenient diftance

-v.a.

to diflblve

Ice will diflblve in

were

other part of the water was

condenfed" a t
.rface of the
earth, and fent forth

COLLE'CTOR. n.f.

2.

in fuch fort that no

part thereof (hall be
founo in us, yet diftribu
lively all great aftual offences, as they offer themfelves one
by one, both
*iy and ought to be by all means avoided. Stotir.
S.-igly and apart many of them are
fubjeft to
cption, yet ulUHMfy they make
mo
up a good
6
a)

ftanding fpringt and rivers.

The

or

certam of your pofitions are unto

the ftate
caUegiai focieties, whereen the two univerlities
rr i
COnfllt.
p f

collijaate.}

diflolved.

pofite

*flVy,

into

low La-

[from

adj.

CO'LLJQUATE.

from the

of

not fmgJy ; not numbered by individuals

; in
the aggregate ;
accumulatively ; taken
together ; Jn a ftate of combination or
union.
Although we cannot be free from all fin ccf;

ajj.[colles iatus,

Diet.
Lat.] Ti.e

The fire melted the ghfs, that made a

great
ftcw, after what was
allijuatal had been removed

Relat-

by a college.

Containing a college; inftituted after

the manner of a
college.
I wifli that
yourfelves did well confider how op.

1.

ctUeaivt noun'iTIi
cxprefles a multitude, though

fingular

college.']

[collineo,

of aiming.

tin.] To melt
folid to fluid.

tin.]

,,

[In grammar.]
word which

[from

poflefled

n.f. [from college.] An inhabitant of a

college ; a member of a
college.

;'

3.

Cotl'oiA*r.

deducing confluences'
argumentative.
left
Antiquity
many falfities controulablt not
but

adj.

ing to a college

mark aim.

diflblving.

To

COLLE'GIAL.

in

>nly by critical and culeS'^e

reafon,
obfervations.

prophetcfs dwelt in Jcrufalem in the

col'imo, Lat. ]

[from

at a

any thing
duced by
being melted.
CO'LLIQUANT. adj. [from colliquate.']
rhat which has the
power of melting or

college, in foreign univerfities, isf a

leilure read in
publick.

s-wift

compound and a /compound idea unites things

but a ttlUBni idea,
things of

Bacon.

(..

of aiming

Untun's Vulftr Ernun.

Eafily diflblved; liable to be melted.

The tender confidence renders it the more re/lijtiMe and confumptive. Harvey on
Confumptiors
COLLI'O^UAMENT. n.f. [from colliyuate.]
The fubftance to which
is re-

f the cardinals

houfe in which the

collegians re-

Huldah the

aft

CO'LLIO^UABLE.

ecllegc.

different

1 he

act

fide.

difference between a
is, that a

Drydtn.

apart for learning,

work.

day

conta:neth a huge multio^tr.

1 he three ,
forms of government differ
only bv
the civil adminiftration
being in the hands of one
or two, called
kings; in a fenate, called the nobles
r in the
cdltSiw
or reprefentative, who
people
may be called the commons.

mida

COLLIMA , T10N../
,*,

return'd with his

opinion!,

%,

Lat.]A

occalioncd by the
calli^tan of veffels.

rules.

pope, and carry him to Rome.

_-,.
Sbftejftan.
1 his order or
fociety is fometimcs called Solomon s houfe, and fometimes the ctllere of the
fix

it

n.f. [colligatio,

COLLINEA'TION.B./

would the
Vould chufc him

ofcabbao- e .

Th:fe the midwife contrive th into a

knot,
whence that
tortuofity or nodoiity in the navel

Gather'd from all the famous

coHcget
Almoftin Chriitendom.
St.itej'fiare't

adj. [from tcl/eS ; nlleBlf,

French.]
I. Gathered into one mafs
; aggregated
accumulative.

of a

is

A fpecies

binding together.

;/

common

or religion.

COLLE'CTIVH.

The

COLIIGA'TION.

[collegium, Latin ]
a number of
perfons

A fociety of men fet

2.

tfllcfiive,

n .f. [fo s
trafoxi from
cabbage, and flmuer pro-

pcrly caa/iflmuer.]

barbed {reeds
they rode in prcuJ array,
Thick as the
college of the bees in May.

C-athered up.

body

coirfmunity
living by fome

On

Davit,.

r
n. f.

1.

1; fo

COLL ECTI'T iocs.

cap!, Sax.

perfous.
Max-.bers.

CO'rTFrT?
v~u
i_,i-/iiijll.

accom-

pmhed.

Co LMFLOWER.

[from ten and

In the civil
]

f.

law, a perfon to whom is left a

legacy in
common with one or more other

'

11

n.

COL

Ugafum, a legacy, Latin

mould be a weak
cc&Sia,, if whereas we fay,
that when Chrirt had
overcome the ftarpnefs of
death, he then open, the
kingdom ol heaven to
It

Barn's Phfjical Remains.

COI.LI SION. n.f. [from

collijio, Latin.]
i. The ait of
ftriking two bodies together.
Or, by ccUifan of two bodies, grind
The air attrite to fire.
MUtcn', Paradifi Lo/f.
The flint and the Iteel you
may move apart as
long as you pleafe

fan of thenr
2.

The
clafli.

that

but

it

is

the hitting and

mud make them

///_

ftrike fire.

Bentley.

ftate

of being

ftrucfc

together; a

COL

COL

Then Icom

the clifhes between popes tni

kings,
Debate., I'ikefrurks from flint's ccH\Ji:r., frri-igs.

By the ignorance of the merchanti, or diinonefty

of w.-avcn, or the
collnJiM of both, the ware wa
bad, and the pr.ce exceilive.
Swift.

D.-r.bam.

The

fometimes borrowed fne fr.im the

; and, by the mutual
of well-meant zeal, fct cien orthodox

devil

altar to conl'ume the votaries

tcl!:ji,r.

Cini tians in

To

a flame.

COLLU'SIVE.

you

dctirc to fuycrinducc

any virtue upon a

take the creature in which that virtue is

molt eminent: of that neature take the pan
wherein that virtue is collocate.
Bacon.
i,

COLLOCA'TION. n.f.

The
The

1.

2.

aft of placing

[ccllicatio,

Latin.]

difpofition.

of being placed.

ftate

In the cc'lita'.Kn of the fpirits in bodies, the eclequal or unequal ; and the fpirits coaccr-

vate or diffufcd.

Conference

[collocutio,

To COLLO'CUE. f.

And,

upon

COLLrRIUM.n.f.

CO'LMAR.

Sweetbread and ulhfi w.re with Ikewers priv

About the fides.
Dryden't Fables.
A conk perhaps has mighty things
profefs'd ;
Then fent up but two di/hes nicely drcftj
What fignifies Scotch ccUofs to a feaft ?

lion

is

his death-bed

apon

that does not apply for a

of him.
collof

Mod dear'ft, my

Hunter's 'Tale.

it'.'.of. Sbatrjfc.'re':
art a cclkf or my rlefh,
for thy fake I ha\e ihed
many a tear.

Thou

And

COLL o'qjJ

A L adj.

[ from

common

ever relates to

VI.

colloquy.] What-

by

hw

truft,

2.

colly,

the word by which

they denote blaclc
'tidieard on Inffilt
grime of burnt coals, or wood.
Caltvu!

is

COLLU'CTANCY'. n.f.

A tendency to conteit

[cclluclor, Lat.j
oppofition of na-

ture-.

Contelr.

n. /.

ftruggle

\_culluaalio, Lilt.,

contrariety

oppofi-

fpite.
Ti.e tiicrmz, r.atural Uths, or hot
fprings, d
not ewe their heat to any ct-llufiaiion or effervef
cenccuf the minerals in them.

To

COLLU DE.

fPocdwaid't Natural
Hijlsry

[colluifo, Lat.] To
confpire in a fraud ; to aft in concert
to play into the hand of each other,
-v. a.

CcLLtj'aioN. n.f.
CU,ujii.n

ii,

in

[collu/io,

our

common

Latin.]
law,

deceirfu

agreement or compact between two or more, fo

the one part to bring an action
the other t<
againft

fome

to

evil pyrpofe

as to delr,'

athird of hi

Cfwcb

n. /.

Ital.

[from colonna,

2.

here the marble ftatucs breathe in rows.

range of

feries or

Any

For you

my

color.tiada

pillars.
extend their winqs. Psf;.

CO'LONY. n.f. [colonia, Latin.]"

1. A body of people drawn from the mother-country to

fome

inhabit

diilant

place.

and wideft of

greateft

To thefc new inhabitants and nlsa'us he gave the

fame law under which they were born and bred.

the in-

all

fide,

bottom of the ftomach to the fpleen in

the left lide, to which it is alfo knit
from thence it turns down to the left
kidney ; and thence pafling, in form of
an S, it terminates at the upper part of
the os facrum in the reftum.
Quiacy
Now,

guts, my colon wound.

Siu;ft
The contents of the colon are of a four, fetid,
acid fmell in rabbits.
Flyer t,n ti-c Humoun

CO'LONEL.

n.f. [of uncertain etymoSkinner imagines it originally colonialii, the leader of a colony. Minjln
deduces it from tolonna, a pillar: as,
logy.

plaufible.]

regiment

Each
The chief commander of a
;

exercitus columen.

field officer

rank, next to the general

of the highcft
officers.

The

2.

The
Is

country planted

which from

riling city,

It

is

Ircfar.d.

a plantation.
far

you

fee,

Carthage, and a Tyriao cclwy.

Dry Jen t Jlrgi/.

n.f. [from Colophon, a chy
came.] Rofin.

CO'LOPHONY.

whence it
Of Venetian

turpentine;, lliwiy evaporating

fil':h
jvirt, [ho icm.iining lubftance fuft'ercd to cool, would all'ord me a coherent
body, or a fine cthfihiny.
Sey/r.
Turpentines and oils leave a colcpbcny, upon a
fcjiaration of their thinner oil.

about a fourth or

t'lryrr en the

by yr.ur cruelty ha:d boiind,

my

patriit columen

i.n

ported to h.ive civilized the InJLin*, |>Untlng t;,.mrt, and building cities.
.iiiathn.: ;r.Car.t.

pafies

to the gall-bladder, which

tinges it yellow in that place : then it runs under the

1 (train

.r

Rooting out thcfe two rebellious fepts, he placed

En.;hfli fi.V'Ki-j in their rooms. Daviu an Irtlatd.
Oliris, or the Bacchus of the ancients, is, re-

under the concave fide of the liver, to

which it is fometimes tied, as likewife

is

which may be heie-

periftyle of a circular figure ; or a feries of columns difpofed in a circle, and

And

but Jhall ne-ver forbear to fuccour

COLLUCTA'TION.
tion

it, perhaps, only where the

continued without dependence

by the kidney on the fame

from

coal. ]

The

as that

infulated within fide.

Builder's Di3.
Here circling cclor.inia'et the ground inclofe,

about eight or nine hands

breadth long. It begins where the ilium
ends, in the cavity of the os ilium on
the right fide ; from thence
afceniling

fol/tjuirs,

[More properly

teftines,

difcourfing?,betwcenGid and'thyoivn lbul.T>/er.

n.f.

him.

heav'nly ovcr-power'd,
In that cclcllial cot'bjuy lublime,
As with an object that excels the fenfe,
Dazzled, and fpent, funk down. Mi/ton's Par.
LcJI
In retirement mak? frequent
or ASori

CO'LLOW.

is

of the habitable world, before thi? ; for fo

truly term it, if he (hall put to account

column.]

it

of grammar or conftruflion ; as, / lo

him, / defpife him : I hai/e long ceafed

converfation.

[colloquium, Latin.]
Conference ; converfation ; alternate
difcourfe ; talk.

My earthly,

fenfe

n. f.

CO'LLOQJJY.

is

{hould place

Sbatefpeare's Henry

relr

COLONNA'DE.

Its ufe is not

very exaftly
very neceflary, being
confounded by molt with the femicolon.
It was ufed, before punctuation was refined, to mark almoll any fenfe lefs than
a period.
To apply it properly, we
fixed; nor

L'Eftrangc.

3. In burlefque language, a child.

Come, Sir page,
Look on me with yourwelkin eye, fweet villain,

Sii'if:.

by the farther occupation and cslanixing of

thofe countries : and yet it cannot be affirmed, if
one lpe,ik ingenuoufiy, that it w;is the propagation
of the Chriftian faith that was the adamant of thic
difcovery, entry, and plantation j but gold and
filvcr, and temporal profit and glory ; fo that what
was firlt in God's providence, was b.tt fecond in
man's appetite and intintion. Bacon's H-!f ffar.
Druina hath advantage by acqueft of illands,
which (he cdor.r&elb and fortiiieth Jjily.
Howel's Vncal Fcreji.

fort

long buried in the earth. Hill on Fujfils.

n.f. [xoiXor, a member.]
A point [:] ufed to mark a panfe greater
than that of a comma, and lefs than that

of a period.

not an enem,

upon htm.

after,

CO'LON.
1.

tail

man may

pure native foffil ; but contains more

vegetable than mineral matter, and
owes its origin to the remains of wood

King's Cookery.

was coming

There was never an hand drawn, that did double

the

of pear.
CO'LOCN Earth, n.f. Is a deep brown,
very light baftard ochre, which is no

piece of any animal.

The

tc!J}jif>

To CO'LON i ZE. v. a. [from colony.} To

plant with inhabitants ; to fettle with
new planters ; to plant with colonies.

as well that that is,

The

colonel.]

office or charafter of colonel.

While he continued a fulaltrrn, h? complained
againlt the pride ol colonels tnwarJs thir officer,,
yet, in a few minutes after he hsd received his
commifTion for a regiment, hu confefleJ that teU-

[Latin.] Anointment

n.f. [Fr.]

from harmi.
A.';/; :ir.

for the eyes.

man hath pow'r to fay, behold,

of darkncfs do devour it up.
Stattff.

ere a

The jaws

protect

'O'LONELSHIP. n.f. [from

from coal and op, a rafher broiled

the' coals; a
carbonade.]
final! flice of meat.

2.

grime

Biief as the lightning in the ccltied nigf.t,

in a fpein, uniolds both heav'n and earth

Latin.]

[probably from collajucr, Latin.] To wheedle ; to flatter ;

to pleafe with kind words. A low word.
CO'LLOP. n. J'. [It is derived by Minjht

Guard them, and him within

coal.

That,

couverfation.

Wh!-

Suppofe thou faw her drefled in fome old hirattire, out of fafliion, coarfe raiment, befmcared with foot, rc/.'v, perfumed with opoponax.
Burton 6n Melancholy.
To COLLY, v. a.
with coal ; to

To

hath the government of

all his garrifon.

Sftnjtr in lit!ar.,i.
Captain or co'ojit!, or knight in atm,
chance on thefe defencelefs (ioors may feiz<-,
If uccd of honour did thee ever p!r.\t>-,

fute

fmut with

muft be the care of the c^e-

chiefeft help

at!, that

coal.

Bacon
.'/.

The

Fraudu-

Carrying on a Ira. id by fecret concert.

CO'LLY. n.f. [from coal.] The fmut of

l.cctti'.n is

COLLOCU'TION.

collude.]

generally founded with only two

diftinft fyllables, col'nel.

OLLu'sirELY. ad-v. [from colltifi've.] In

a. manner
fraudulently concerted.
OLLU'SORY. adj. [from collutia, Latin.]

It

[from

adj.

row

lently concerted.

Decitv cf Piety.

CO'LLOCATE. i<. a. [<//, Latin.]

To place to ftation.

COL

Hiimiurs.

CoLOcy;i NTEDA. n.f.

oXsL9i;.]

The

[coloynthis, Lat.
fruit of a
plant of the

fame name, brought from the

Levant,
about the bignefs of a
large orange, and
often called bitter npple. Both the fred
and pulp are intolerably bitter.
It is a
violent purgative, of conliderable ufe
in

medicine.

CO'LORATH.
loured

Chambers.
aJj.

dyed
fome colour.
;

Lat.J Comarked or iUined with

[coloratus,

Had

Had

the tunicles and

many

alsratf,

been

from

rays

humours of the eye been

vifible objects

would have

quantity
quantity of brafil.
ftate of being
2.

The

Amongft

curioGtiej

His body

And

In this corapolition of white, the feveral rays

do not fuffer ar.y change in their colorifck qualities
by acting upon one another ; but are only mixed,
a:id by a mixture of their colours produce white.
N^tvton's Opticks.

[colc/us, Latin.]
ftatue ot enormous mag-

mention the walls and palace of Babylon, the pyramids of Ejypt, or ctlcjje of Rhodes.

9. Colours

An

1.

Add-on.

The

<v.

a.

2.

there

to excufe

3.

We

plaufible.

the legiflature.

4.

To

a Jlrangcr

Sbaieffeare.

The

2.

fremneti, or appearance of blood

in the face.

My cheeks no longer did their colour baalt.

A

And

goods ,

3.

The

tint

and his

colour ficd.

the foreigner

fo that

duty, when he ought

of the painter.

When each bold figure juft begins to live,

The treac'h'rout colours the fair art betray,
Ar.d

the bright creation fades away.

ail

The reprefentation of any

4.

ficially

Pope.

Concealment; palliation;

5.

Swift.
excufe; fu-

per ficial cover.

It \>

no matter

cchur, and
rc^fonable.

my

Their

fin

it

my

do hilt

have

penfian fha'l f

tr,e

cm
r s

wars f >r

the

mnre

ILrrj IV.

admitted no colour or excufe.

King Charles.
6.

pretence ; falfe (hew.

cf commending him,
have acccli my own r.e
[.refer.
&iakfpsare.\
Merchant* came to Rhodes with a great rtiip

Appearance

I'jur

t.->

k(!c* with corn ; under the ctlnur of the fale wherewas ili/ue in the
of, they cotci all that
city.
arts.

fcolifh fellow.
a colt, indeed

t!iat 's

but fingle
pay double.

plaufible.

They have

now

It is

now

more

licentioufly than before.

To COLT.
What a

innovation.
I

f.icriliccd

Hooker.
ecclefiaftical

Br'f.nift

Specioufly

government and

Vulftr Errours.

[from

colourable.'}

plaufibly.

The

procels, howl" c>. er coliurntly awarded, h:rth

not hit the very mark whereat it was din
Bacon.
>

CO'LOU

hues.
col-tired arc coarfer

CO'LOURING.

The
n.f. [from colour.}
part of the painter's art that teaches to
lay on his colours with propriety and
beauty.
But as the flighted flcch, if juflly trac'd,
Is by ill
colouring but tlic more diC^rac'd
j

by

fulls

learning

it

good

fcufc JeUc'd.

me thus ?
Siakefpean's Henry IV.

ye, to colt

COLTS-TOOTH, n.f. [from colt and tooth.}

i. An impcrfeft or fupeefluous tooth in,
young
z.

horfes.

IbVe of youthful pleafure ; a

difpoiition to the practices of youth.

We

faid, lord

Your cotts-too:h is not

No, my lord ; nor

Sands

call yet ?^
/h.ill

net, while

flump.

have a

Shakcfpearc.

CO'LTER.

n.f. [cukop, Sax. culler, Lat.]

fharpiron of a plough that cuts the
ground perpendicularly to the (hare.
CO'LTISH. adj. [from colt.} Having the
tricks of a colt ; wanton.

The

CO'LUERJNE.
1.

!
aij.
\_colubrinui, Latin.-];

Relating to a Icrpent.

2. Cunning; crafty.
CO'LU M u R Y. a. f.
/>

juiced, and therefore

not fo weil and equally contoftcd.
Bacon's Natural Hiftory.

S'j

mean

D. participial
adj. [from cnlortr.]
Streaked ; diverfified with variety of

The

plague

Sfafe'i State of Ireland.

befool.

the embryos are included in a multifid

flowercup, which turns to downy feeds
fixed in a bed.
Miller.

revenues to their covetoufnefs and ambition, they

wnuld have found no colourable ncceffity of an

army.
King Charles.
We hope the mercy of God will confider us unto
fome mineration of our offences ; yet had not the
finccrily of our parent* fo cokurailc cxpcc"t;'t'rms.

To

a.

n.f. [tuffilago ; from celt

and foot.} It hath a radiated flower,
whofe diflc confiils of many florets, but
the crown compofed of many half florets-:

little ufed.

and rules already.

Sfenfer.
They were glad to lay hold on fo colourable a
matter, and to traduce him as an author of luipi-

Had

<v.

COLTS-FOOT,

a colourable pretence to with-

fland innovations, having accepted of other laws

To friflc^

to run at large without

rule ; to riot ; to frolick.
As foon as they were out of fight by th'emfefVes
they fliook off their bridles, and began to colt anew
to be licentious

R. <v. a. To blufh. A low word,

only ufcd in conversation.
CO'LOURABLE. adj. [from colour.} Spe-

cious

for hf doth nothing

Shakefp. Merchant of Vi\ce.

To COLT. V.H. [from the noun.]

pays

to

CO'I.OURABLY. adv.

only of this world, to put falfc

colours upon things, Co call good evil, and evil
good,
againft the conviction of their own conlciences.
ii

Ay,

To CO'LOU

thing fuper-

examined.

Their \vi(dom

Crystal's St'.nciu.

young

but talk of his horfe.

Phillips.

'.ous

Drydtn.

2.

when

is

freeman allows a foreigner to enter

goods at the Cuftom Houfe in his name ;

Dry,!.

fudden horror feit'd his giddy head,

his eirs trickled,

colt hath about four years of growth, and

fawn, and fo the calf. Bacon's Nat. Hiftory.
Like colts orunmanaged horfes, we ftart at dead
bones and lifelefs blocks.
Taylor's Holy Living.No fports, but v* hat belong to war, they know jTo break the rtubborn coir, to bend the bow.

compofed.

For though our eyes can nought but colours fee,

Vet colours give them not their pow'r of fight.
Davies.
The lights of coloun are more refrangible one
trun another in this order; red, orange, yelJow,
green, blue, indigo, deep violet. Newton's Otticki.

The

AdJ'jsm's Freeholder.

COLOUR

for the

fo the

told

To make

for the

female.

have fcarce heard of an infurre&ion that

was not coloured with grievances of the higheit
kind, or countenanced by one or more branches of

when we

or filiation of the particles of which furfaces are

Watts.
Her hair dull be of what colour it pleafe God.

young horfe ufed commonly

male offspring of a horfe, as foal

fort his

Dryden't Dedicat. &ne'ut.

[colt, Saxon.]

n.f.

to drefs in fpe-

him, that I would not favour or colour in

former folly.
Raleigh's Ejjays.
He colours the falfehood of ./Eneas by an cxprefs
command from Jupiter to forfake the queen.

It is a

different fenfations, excited in us by the refraclt J rays of light, reflected on our eyes in a different
manner, According to the different lize, or fnape,

is

To palliate
I

The appearance

vulgar idea of the colours of folid bodies,

perceive them to be a red, or blue, or
of the furface ; but a philofnphical
tinfture
green
idea, when we confider the various colours to be

COLT.

with fome hue, or dye.

Pellucid colourlefs giafs or water, by being beaten

into a powder or froth, do acquire A very intenfc
whitenefs.
Bentley.

rays, to

them

any

COLOSSE'AN.<^'. [coloffeu!,i,z.i.]
of a coloffus ; of the height and bignefs
of fuch a ftatue giantlike.

only

colnurs, according to their various thinnefs ; although, at a greater thicknefs, they appear very
and colourlc/!.
fftwtat'l Opticks.

Clear

cious colours, or fair appearances.

Inform

j.

when made very

fpeak properly, are not coloured :

nothing elfe than a certain power
and difpolition to ftir up a fenfation of this or that
colour.
Newton's Opticks.

with trophies crown'd,

run'ck characters were grav'd around. Pope.

n.f. [color, Latin.]

of bodies to the eye
hue ; dye.

Latin

[coloro,

not dillinguiihed by any

tranfparent.

Tranfparent fubitances, as glsfs, water, and air,

thin by being blown into bubbles,
or otherways ioimed into plates, exhibit various

II.

ufed fingularly by Addifon.

is

To mark
in

colflus rofe,

CO'LOUR.

hue

author compares a jagged coin to a tattered

To CO'LOUR.

Temple.

And

out colour

fo long.

colours.

to

There huge

he had fought

pets founding.

nitude.

Not

colours

along the river under their colours, with trumKnolhs.

a'l

dyes, tints, colours, or hues.

to that pleafant country's earth.

un o his captain Chrift,

And nut retire. Shakefp. Merry Wives of Wind/or.

The banks were filled with compapies, paffing

\coloriji:us, Latin.]
adj.
the power of producing

la.f.

lours to his

his pure foul

Statejfeare's
A^.iinft all checks, rebukes, and manners,
I miift advance the colours of
my love,

That which has

COLO'SSE.
COLO'SSUS.

of
it.

Rirbard

colorat'i-.r.,

though fomewhat better; for beauty in flowers is

Bacor'sNat. Hifl.
their preheminence.

COLOR I'FICK.

CO'LOURIST. n.f. [from colour.} A pain-ter who excels in giving the proper co-

__

molt part, cattle

Shaktjpcart's As you like

In the plural, a ftandard

Under whofe

place

characTer.

coloured.
(hall

are, for the

defigns.
an enfign of
Titian, Pau^Veronefe, Van Dyck, and the reft
war they fay the colours of the foot, and
of the good colourijis, have come neaieft to nature.
ftandard of the horfe.
CO'LOURLESS. adj. [from colour.} WithHe at Venice gave

Bacon.
I

;
fpecies
Boys and women

this colour.

8.

bodies have a more departable nature than

as is evident in cohiation ; for a fmali
of faffron will tinCt more than a great

others,

Knid

7.

Ray.

itopt.

COLOR A'TIOK. n.f. [colors, Latin.]

1. The art or pracV-e of colouring.
Some

COL

COL

COL

Pope.

[citlitmbarium, Lat.]

dovecot; a pigeon -houfe.

The cat th of columbaria, or d ivchoufes,

is

much

defircd in the artifice cf I'altpctre.

ftrtrtt'n's

tfylfdr F.i-fourt.

CO'LUMBINE.

n.f. [colamriina, Latin ] Aplant with leaves like the-meadow rue.

Miller.
Coturrblnet are of feveral forts and colours.

ffowcj;

(hew.

iji

the caJ oi

M^y, when few

Tluy

other flowers

T"

Co't UMBIKE. n.f. [columbinus , Lit.] A

kind of violet colour, or
changeable
D.cl.
dove colour.

CO'LUMN. n.f.
I. A round pillar.
Some

top or creft of a cock, fo called

peftinated indentures.
Cocks have great ccml-s and fpurs, hens little or

from

were brought from the ruins of

altars,
Apollo's temple at

LMos.

which the bees lodge

Perhaps from the fame
word which makes the termination of
towns, and fignifies hollow or Jeep.
cavities in

at

Employ'd

To
To

fphere, and likewife the Ipecifick gravity of its

are certainly known by many experiments.

ka?,

This in jffairs of ftatc,

home, abides within the gate,

fortify the cur.bi, to build the wall,

prop the ruins, kit the fabrick

fall.

The

long

file

or

as the

4.

ground will allow.

[With printers.] A column is half a

page, when divided into two equal parts
by a line palling through the middle,
from the top to the bottom ; and, by
are often

feveral

parallel lines, pages

divided into three or more columns.

COLU'MNAR.

COLUMN A'RIAN.
White cabimnar

a tf-

[from

Formed

in

columns.
on foffils.

:
one through the equinoctial
the
points, Aries and Libra; the other through

poles of the world

fbiftitial points, Cancer ar.d Capricorn.

They are
called the equinoctial and folftitial catures, and di-

The
vide the ecliptick into four equal parts.
points where they interfcct the ecliptick are called
Harris.
the cardinal points.
Thrice the equino&ial line
of
times
crofs'd
the
car
He circled ; four
night
Frrm pole to pole, traverfing each colstre. Milton.

[wpa.]

fition to fleep

To

csmb your noddle with a three-leggM

car.bing
like.

Bacor..

comb, or the

His

By the fame eomart,

carriage of the articles delign'd,
fell

to

CO'MATE.

Hamlet,

extended twenty long poles,

and brother? in

This wood

his head.

is

gick ; fleepy to a difeafe.

Our beft castor is from Ruflu
principal ufe wheieof,

is

i.

to hand.
Pardon me,

the great and

in hyfterical

and

titr.atojc

not ambat in

I will

By fair L'gea's golden corr.b,

Wherewith (he fits on diamond rocks,
!
!.

her fo't a.lur'ng locks.

mi-

'.

.if

tei-

-.

iri

it

in

Mittoi

fafhion of a cant

.'j-nber fixtcen,

were abou

ind the intervals of the

flexttn.
tectji about two laches wide.

an inth ard

.1

HT!'

-i

cantinatKn, have been and are for ever infeparable.

Hooker,
Refolution of compound bodies by fire, does not
fo much enrich mankind as it divides the bodies ;
as upon the fcore of its making new compounds

my

Fr.]
or hand

new ccmbiruiticns.
Boyle.
Ingratitude is always in combination with pride
and hard-heartednef;.
South.

by

fhirt.

as the acid

and

Copulation of ideas in the mind.

They never fuffer any ideas to be joined

4.

oppofition in

mid

Iky,

Milton

give them.

rally

manners

n.f. [from the verb.] Conteft ;

; Arife ; oppofition : gene-

between two, but fometimes

and monftrous men

it is

both of cruel monfters

which, by private fcmbjtt

full
all

they delivered the countries of.

Sidney
The noble combat that, 'twixt joy and furrow
She had one eye declines
was fought in Paulina
for the lul's of her hulband, another elevated th.r
the oracle was fulfilled.
Siakefpeare
The ccmbiit now by courage mud be tried. Drjd

iffc. amount to
1,391,724,288,
887,252,999,425,128,493,402,200.
Chambers.
To COMBINE, v.a. [combiner, Fr. binot

three,

jungere, Lat.]
To join together.

1.

Let us not then fulpcct our happy date,

As
2.

He

n. f, [cambattant, Fr.l
that fights with another ; duellill

Grew darker

at their

Who,

frown.

not fecure to

link in union.
God, the beft maker of

is

Fricndfhip

Millsn'i Par. L'Ji

or c-mbin d.
Milton's ParaJift Li/I.

To

mankind.

hell

fmgle combatant,
Pucl'd their armies rank'd in proud array,
Himfelf an army.
Miltcn'i jion'i

finj.li:

all marriages,
Combine your hearts in one, your realms in one.

CO'MBATANT.

antagonift in arms.
So frown'd the mighty combatant, that

the different
the number of

all

Thus

changes or combinations of the

twenty - four letters of the alphabet,
taken firit two by two, then three by

i.

poffible.

poflible

duel

ufed for battle.

Thofc regions were

is

founds, or the like, in

Dtcay of Pirty

battle

Locke,

ufed, in mathema5.
ticks, to denote the variation or alteration of any number of quantities, letters,

yields at laft, thus combated by pride,

ike fubrr.its to be the Roman's bride.

CO'MBAT.

COMBINATION

Love

And

in their

underttandings, in any other or ftronger C'jmbirjii

than what their own nature and correspondence

from afpect malign

planets rufliing

Of ficrccft

in Cornijb, fignifies a valley, and

the fame meaning anciently in the

the hair.

aft in oppofitidn,

Two

and COMP in the beof

feera to be derived
names,
ginning
from the Britifh kum, which fignifies a
low fituation.
Giifon't Camtien.

Slc-ki.-.g

This cunning cardinal

alkali combat.

in the end,

had
French tongue.
COMB. n. f. [camb, Saxon; kam, Dut.]
I. An inilrument to feparate and adjuii

for

or fovereigns.

Sbakeffeare.

To

t.

GreTil.

COMB,

n.f. [from ccmbine.]

fome certain purpofe ; aflbciA combination is of
atiori ;
league.
private perlons ; a confederacy, of ftates

Union

combatid the opinions in their true (ha pi'.

cafes.

COMB

1.

Gramtillf
;

by compact.

loft a

Sbakeff fare's Meafure fir Mcafure.

Mortimer's Hujbandry.

CO'MBAT. -v. n. [tombattre,

To fight generally in a duel,

To

Sbakejpeare's

COMATO'SE.

fettled

COMBIN A'TION.

of ule for the turner, engraver,

carver, and comb-maker.

<v. a.
Tooppofe ; to fight.
Their opprelibrs have changed the fcene, an<

As you like it.

adj. [from coma.] Lethar-

Shakeffeare.

Svaift.

Compa- To CO'MBAT.

eiile.

promifed

The articles o' th* ctmbinatitn drew,

As himfelf pleas'd.
Sb^cffearc's Ucrry VIII.
of
filaments
2. To lay any thing confi fling
2. It is now generally ufed in an ill fenfe ;
but was formerly indifferent.
fmooth, by drawing through narrow interftices ; as, to comb ivool.
They aim to fubdue all to their own will and
power, under the dilguifes of holy combinations.
-OMB-BRUSH. n.f. [comb and brujh.~\ A
King Cb.it L:.
brufh to clean combs.
of bodies, or qualities; com.
^OMB-MAKER. n. f. [comb and maker.] 3. Union
mixture ; conjunction.
One whofe trade is to make combs.
Thefe natures, from the moment of their firft

nion.

My comatii

nobler brother; with him the fir.ew

of her fortune, her marriage dowry : with both,
her comtinate hulband, this well-feeming Angel j.

from which were

wherewith the njan-

Should combat, and their jarring fphercs confmmd.

and mate.]

before the thing defended.

word of

She

a fort of engine,

fibateffeare'i Hamlet.

n./. [con

DryJin'i J.r,e\d.

There was

CO'MART.

And

trothed

She with ribbons tied

His tender neck, and umb'd his filken hide.

morbid difpo-

n.f. This word, which I have

only met with in one place, feems to
fignify treaty ; article ; from tea, and
mart, or market.

With for

Men become ccmbatantifar thof? opin or.s. Lvctc.

CO'MBER. n.f. [from comb.] He whofe
trade it is to difentangle wool, and lay
it fmooth for the fpinner.
O'MBINATE. adj. [from combine.] Be-

(tool.

Sbakefpcare.
Divers with us, that are grown grey, and yet
would appear young, find means to make their hair
i leaden
black, by
it, as they fay, with

a lethargy.

<v. a.
[from the noun.]
divide, and clean, and adjuft the
hair with a comb.
Her care (hall be

mountain combs

fpar out of a (tone- pit.

Woodward

n.f.

COMB.

To

column.]

COLU'RES. n.f. [coluri, Latin ; xetot{.]

Two great circles fuppofed to pafs through the

CO'MA.

'o

champion.

When any of thofe embataxti ftrips his tcrmi

of ambiguity, I (hall think him a champion f,>i
Locke.
know!rd c.
\.

Drydtn'l Virgil.

row of troops, or of baggage, of an army

in its march.
An army marches in one,
two, three, or more columns, according

z.

their honey.

vertically upon its bale.

The whole weight of any co/nKit of the atmo.

[In the military art.]

ftrive againft
unveiled the ni
you, as if they had beheld
Jhield of Ariofto; which dazzled the behoUcrs with
too much brightnefs.
Dryd(.n.

his comb, and coral red withal,

dents embattled like a caftle-wjll. Dryatn.

The

Peacbam.

Round broken columns clafping ivy twin'd. Vvft.

Z. Any body of certain dimensions prcfling

3.

DryJen.

Like defpairing combatants they

Bacan.

High was

and

ccltimni,

with his fword unfheath'd, on pain of life,

both combatants to ceafe their ftrife.

Commands

its

none.

With
Greek

He

The

2.

[columna, Latin.]

of the old

COM

COM

COM

3.

To

agree

the cement which really

con-.b\r,is

Government of the Tongue.

to accord ; to fettle by corn-

pad.

My heart's
As mine oa

dear love

is fet

hei?, fo hers

on his fair daughter;

on mine,

is fct

And

COM

COM
And
By

To

4.

what thoa mult

ctai'n'd, fav-e

11

join words or ideas together

unto the crown as having fenfe.

SMrffeare't Hcr.rj IV.
The colour of the king doth come and go,
and
his
confcience.
Between his purpofe

pofed to analyfe.

To COMBI'NE.

To

a.

each with other.

;
Ufed both of things and perfons.

1.

to unite

coalefce

Honour and

Sbakelpearc' Kingjabn.
The Chriftians having (lood almoft all the day in
order of battle, in the fight of the enemy, vainly
expecting when he ihould come forth to give them

iriends
policy, like unfever'd
:
grant that, and teb

battle, returned at night unto their camp.

Kxo'Jfs't Hifary of the Turks.

me
In peice what e2ch of them by

th* other lofes,

That

Sbatrfp.Ceriolantii.

2.

they ctmb'm' not there

'Tis true that fince the fenate's fuccour came,

They grow mo.e

To

unite in friendmip or deiign.

Cmtine together 'gjlnft the enemy
For thefe domeftick and particular broil*
Are not the queftion here.
Sbakeff. King Liar.

Ah

Co'MtLtss.aitj. [from comb.} Wanting a

comb

To move

3.

it

ynur

coxcomb?

crert a

cmilefs cock, fo Kate will be

COMBU'ST.

hen. Stak.

my

[from camburo, combuf-

adj.

tum, Lat.]

When a planet is not above eight degrees and a

balf diliJnt from the fun, either before or alter
it is faid

him,

The gjbping of

combujtum,

firi.

Brown's Yulgar Errcurs.

matter;

to the foul like fire to coa.iu/liiile

it affircibte.- before it deftroj s it.
i>

.1

till the fuel perifli,

nature form'd on things eamlvjt'Alt to prey.

Drydin.
n. f.

ffrom

comlixf-

Aptnefs to take fire.

n./. [French.]
Conflagration ; burning ; consumption

titU.']

COMBU'STION.
I.

by

fire.

he future cembujljon of the earth is to be ufher,ed in and accompanied w'uh violent impreflions
'1

upon nature.

Tumult

i.

4.

Burnst.

hurry

hubbub

buftle

5.

<

much more of pow'r,

army, numberle(s to raife
Dreadful ambi/flmt warring, and difturb,
igainft

not dcllroy, their happy native feat

comft moves

1i

and

COME.

at .The

in

Milt.
fo
>

place

An

To

flefh

am

to that

it

c,m. t

to

th

wiftcdthey had

once, they that h.id molt

it

h.i

To

>W todfo, withttdingi

Lack;,

change from one

Jiftance,

rii.it>-

was feen
.

r j.

6.

To

reported, that if you lay good ft-ore of kerof grapes about the root of a vine, it will
make the vine come earlier, and profper barter.
Bacon's Natural Hi/tory.
Then butter does refufe to cftne l
And love prove?, crofs and humourfome. Hudibrat,
In the coming or fprouting of malt, as it mud
not tome too little, fo it muft not come too much.
It

is

nels

'

M-- rtiinfr*
1 1

To become

prefent,

and no longer

future.
A time will come, when my maturer mufe
In Ca:iar's wars a noliler theme (hall chulc.

Dry den's
I

To become prefent,

z.

Virgil'.

and no longer ab-

fent.

That's

Not to have
Cow! all at

(e-n before

my

for nature

once, conl'oundirg

joy

now

my delight.

Drydtn's King Arthur*

the gods th; dome of Vulcan throng
and
cafac
Apollo emits,
along.
Neptune

Mean while

Pope's 0</r '7

Come then,

Thou
13.

m.irt :r

To

my

v.

my

friend,
genius, ccrr.t slon.;,
of the poet and the fong !
Pope.

happen

to fall out.

'Ike duk^ of Cornwall, and Regan his duchefs,

wili be hu'.c with him this ntijht.

How

To

14.

L-.-t

M.

15.

'.-.

femes thai

Shaktfpeere'i K:t>g l^-ar.

beial, as an event.

me

alone

th.it 1

may

tpcak, and

lut will.

let cirnf

rn

Jo/>, xiii, ij.

To follow as a confequence.
Thofc that arc kin to the king, never prick

finger but they fay, there is form- of tlic

How ernes that ' lays he, that
king'' blooJ I'pilt.
the anfwcr is, I
Cake upon him not to conceive
tlisir

im

king', poor coufin, S'r.

Htjktjfrjrc''

tii>:

16.

To

to

another

as the butter comes, when the

;
parts begin to feparate in the churn.

lome condition euhti

for better or worfe,
implying fome dewilh te.
gree of caluiUy
be brought

ftate into

defired

oppofed to go.
face

.a

wl.e-n they are at

aft or habit, or di;

(lighted.

10.

ni

pak

feme

arrive at

poiition.
They would quickly come to have a natural abhorrcnce for that which they found made them

L't

a diftant to a nearer

troubled blrmd thrn j.:h his

VOL.1.

To

9.

Kr.ultt.

Everv nc-A' fprurg p iHion ii a pnit of the action,

except V.-1- c.->nceive nothing action till th^
timr to b;.
DryJtn.
The fo-c* whereby bodie- cohere is very much
:-r when they
to ims,
'I, than

v.a. pret. came, particip. come.

;
kamen, Dut. kommtn,

to arrive

HIM

and traduced.
Bjcar..
Hi. f.'ldkri had Ikirmiflies with the Numidians,
th.it once the (kirmith was like to mit.e to d
jut!

Whrn

an inconceivable fury, and

wrh an exact rejtMfin'i Guardian.

fame time

derman.]
To remove from

advance from one ftage or condi-

battle.

[coman, Saxon
1.

do -well.
Slatr/feare'tKtng T:.-jr,
came the publican iurtincd, but by a (h'.rt:
and humble prayer ?
Duff a' s Rules for Dwfftnn.

fenfe

f ut fay, from whence this new c(nniiuft:in fpri ngs

Thf

exceeding weary.
? 1
had thought wearinefs
durft not have attacked one of fo high blooJ.
SbjktffMrt'i Uemy IV.
Though he would after have turned hh teeth
upon Spain, yet he wis taken order with before it
f.a *r.
came to tbat.
Seditious tumulte, and feditiou i.tiw ., .lifl'cr no
more but a* brother and fifter; if it
th it the b rlt actions of a (late are taken in a:i il!

Raleigh.

H -w

To

Is it

cmtajlitn, and confus'd events,

Vew-h/tch'd to th' woeful time. Sbakeff. Macb.
'1'hofe cruel wari between the heufes of York
and L ircaiVjr, brought all England into an horrible

tHKbvflion,

to iffue.
Behold, my fon, which came forth of my bowels,
feeketh my life.
i Sam. xvi. 1 1

proceed

Truft me,

Of dire

Thuugh

To

tion to another.

waftes may
enforce them, threugh very faintncf*, after the exHooker.
perience of" fo endieis mileiiei.
Prophefying) with accents terrible,

Army

IV.

(hall

hurly burly.
Mutual ct.mbi<Jiiem, bloodmeds, and

fiTr.'c'

came by

Burntfi Theory.
come near your Lnrdfhip, at
without
fome
favour.
any time,
receiving
Congreve.
None may come in view, but fuch as are pertinent.
Lode.
No perception of hodies, at a diftance, may be
accounted for by the motion of particles coming
from them, and (hiking on our organs.
Licit.
They take the colour of what is laid before
them, and as foon lofe and rcii t n it to the next
that happens to come in their way.
Locke.
God has made the intellectual world harmoniwithout
out and beautiful
us; but it will never
come into our heads all at once.
Lockt.

Decay if Piety.
remain ;
can decay,

Covi BU'STIBLENESS.

't

Sbakefftjre'i Hcr.ry

he returns from hunting,

How

It is impofliblc to

ftiil

Nor,

By

You

1 Ctronicles,
Knowledge it a thing of their own invention, or
which they corr.e to by fair reafoning.

flame out.
lomtujiihlc matter,
ihall

When

T will not fpeak with him ; fay I am rick,

if you come fl.:ck of former ferviccs,

fruits.

Swtb,

become.

So came I a widow ;
never (hall have length of life enough
rain upon remembrance with ir.ine eves.

To

hear

who was

Cataline.

And

'

are but ftrewed over with a little penitential allies ; and will, as loon at they meet with

flame

To

8.

As

They

The

Sbakcipeare* l Merchant ef Venice.

loon as the commandment came abroad, the
children of Ifrael biought in abundance the firft

Charcoals, made out of the wood of oxycedar,

are white, becaufe their vapours are rather fulphureous than of any other combujtibit fubftance.

Sin

any manner towards an-

hotfe

Ben Jonftns

bat.

upon.

comet. Stak. Macbeth.

SbattjptJre' t Macbeth.
Bid them cover the table, ferve in the meat, and
we will come in to dinner.

the quality of catching

fufceptible of

.fire ;

thumbs,

way

1 did

Harris.

adj. [ctuttiuro,

ii)

my

this

yet this menning is fometimes almoft

evanefceat and imperceptible.

to ke cumtitji, or in (omiujHeii.

COMBU'STIJSLE.
Lat.] Having

Does eat a

other ; implying the idea of being received by another, or of tending towards another. The word always refpefts the place to which the motion
tends, not that place which it leaves ;

or crefl.

Wliat,

the piicking of

By

to

He wonder'd how (he cams to know

What he had done, and meant to do. HuJibrM*
The teftimony of confidence, thus iorormed)
comes to be fo authentick, and 10 much to be relied

near; to advance towards.

Something wicked

Drydett't jdurcngzebc.

being cane

To attain any condition or character.

A ferpent, ere he comet to be a dragon,

7.

Rtnve's RcyalCwvert.

To draw

2.

Yr.u with your foes coiKbir.c,

feem your own dcllruc^ion to u

And

the eftate, keeps abufy family.

Locke.
You were told your mafter had gone to a tavern,
and come to lome mifchance.
Sivift.

there the mi/chief coma,

Job.

He

DryJen't Tyranaick Love.

bold.

This Chriftian woman

Bacon's Apopbibcgmi*
lofophers.
His Tons come to honour, and hcknoweth knot*

war, do grow together

I' th'

to Ariftippus, 'tis a flrange thing why

rather give to the poor than to phiU>foHe anfwered, becaufe they think thetnphers.
felves may fooner come to be poor than to be phi-

I fp .iks

op-

One faid
men fliould

Cjefar will come forth to-day. Sliat. Julius C*J.

Coming to look on yuu, thinking you dead,

ctmbir.e

Roma ar.d Juliet.

Shakeff.

marriage.

fe'oly

COM

HtnrylV.
ceafe very lately from fome aft or
or i'uffered any
to have juft

do^e

thing.
nth, :amrf:

joun

",

<

I Sitn.

*i.

17.

io.

r,

"

17.

COME

0"i>

about.

To come

to pafs

to

tl.cl'e

th'

human

whiih now appears

knows

foul,

\\vli

v.'y

Sbtkilfeare.
as a God to

COME

On

To change;

aliut.

round.
The wina came
for many days.

RvJ:',mr<r:>K.

Silken garments did notrf in till late, and the

ufe of them in men was often reftiained by law.
Arbutbvot on Coins.

come

to

and my urg'd reafons,

J^d w^n to the true fide.

better thoughts,
*re cewu al.it,

They

Bi.n

COME

19. To

To

again.

in.
be an ingredient;
27. To
to make part of a compofition.
A generous contempt of t'ut in which too many
rnfn place their happinefs, muft come in to heighten his chitifter.
Atterbfry.

COME

20. To

If anj

nun

and take up his

felf,

To

after.

wi.'i

croiV

i.\.

Neitlier fword

cnce

but

it

is

both.

Suckling.

Nothing makes

how
a

far

we may

woman more

That

Collier on

One who had in

And could not for

came infer fubfidies, whereof they funk

considerable fums.
Swift.

The

Shall be my precedent
ccme by Naples.

with

as

thou got'ft Milan,

Sbakcjfearis 'Tcmfrfl.
Are you not alhamed to in force a poor widow
to fo rough a courfe to ctme by her own ?
.

IV.
Sbakejpetre's Hinry
The ointment wherewith this is done is made
rf divers ingredients, whereof the ftrangeft and
hardeli to cunt by is the mofs of a dead man unP.accn's Natural
bu.'ied.
HiJIory.
And w-ith that wicked lye
letter they came by,

From

He

tells a fad ftory,

,

how

h;i:d it

the book of Trigant'uf.

for

him

agree to.
The fame

COME

Vi'hat, are

in.

To

33. To

you there

cms

in,

is

make men

ready
done for the publick
Sl'.'.crhury.

COME

near.

To
:

to re-

approach ;
a metaphor from

you cannot equal or come nrar in doing,

you would deftroy 01 ruin with evil fpeaking.
\fenfaft Uifctrverics.

The whole atchievcd with Inch admirable invention, that nothing ancient or modern feems to
c^irte near it.
Temple.

durengiubt.

To proceed, as a de34. To COME of.

fcendant from anceftors.
Of Priam's royal race my mother came.
Drydin's JEmid.

and give fome

Sbateffeare.

natural an infirmity, that it

us partial even to thole that come of us, as well as
Self-love

.<

Lxte.

ourlelves.

To

.4. To COME in.

comply ; to yield;
to hold out no longer.
If the arch-rebel Tyrone, ia the time of thtfe
me in and fubmit himfelf to
Ii
PI i.riit;-, would you not have him receiv-'l ?
i

[n.'tinJ.

is fo

To
from

35.
t
,

COME

L'EJIrange.
of.

To

proceed, as effedb

their caufes.
Will you ptcafe, Sir, be gone
this.
told you what w;uld come
of
;ej;c's

to get free.

Toefcape;

of.

knew

the foul enchanter, though dilguit'd j

Enter' d the very lime-twigs of his fpells,
Milti*.
And yet cam off.
How thou wilt here come t>ff, furmounts my
Milton.
reach.
I

If,

upon fuch a

he

eft,

is

and,
a miracle.
;

and

he can

full trial,

corns

Ssutb.

are in any Cgnal danger implore his

call their deliverance

if they

COME

To

38.

fair

then clear and innocent.

Thofc that

amttfaSt,

To

off.

end an

affair

to

take good or bad fortune.

Oh, bravely came we of,

When

with a volley of our needlefs fliot,

After fuch bloody toil, we bid good-night.
Sbakefpean't King J *
Ever fmce Spain and England have had any tiling
to debate one with the other, the Englifh, upon all
encounters, have come uff with honour and the
'

Bator..

better.

We muft

expeft fometi.Ties to ccme off by the

worft, before we obtain the filial conqueft. Calatxy.
He oft, in fuch attempts as thefc,

Came

ojf

HuJi&rjs.

with glory and fuccefs.

To

COME of from.

To

39.
forbear.

leave;

to

To come off from thefe grave difquifitions,

would clear the point by one inftance more.
Felton

COME

40. To

progrefs.
Things feem

To

on.

tie Cla/icks.

ois

advance

make

to

to come en apace to their former

Bacon.

ftate.

ftrength and victual

fufrkient for the obtaining of the victory, if they
would not protract the war until winter were come

There was

in the

camp both

Knotted Hiftory,
came in, the fouth with mighty roar
Difpers'd and dalh'd the reft upon the rocky more.
DtyJat.

M.

The

So

fea

travellers,

who

wafte the day,

at length the fctting fun,

mend their pace as night coma tn.

Noting

Granville.

COME

41. To

The

Rhymer,

To

and joined

advance to combat.

battle.

Knnlln's Hi/lory of the Turk:.

come on, and do the worlt you can;

not you, nor yet

COME

42. To

big

on.

the armies
great ordnance once difchargej,

c ame faft on,

I fear

Whom

to

COM E

37. To

They
of their virtues will

races.

Tlie fimple idea?, united in the fame fubjeft,

are
perfectly diltinct as thole \htliaae in by different fenfes.

To

femble in excellence

StittitigJIeet.

Dryden
enter.

where the lord Audley,

had before fccret intellithem'; and was by them, with

good.

your train tins unfccn judge will wait,

Examine now you capie by all your lUtc.

Ta

to

to Wells,

to come into every thing that

>.:I.HI: (

ii.

join with;

their leaders

COME

Dsnbam.
wis

whom

To

in to.

gence, came in to
great gladnefs and cries of joy, accepted as their
Bacon's Henry VII.
general.
into.
comply with ; to
32. To

our king's majclty.

COME

bring help.
They marched

longs for every thing that he can come ty.

iibakfffeare.

reft

31. To

Thought.

the rear excluded been,

a tafte o' th' fleih csate it,

Tale's Juvenal.
Licks the folid earth.

Hatjtcr.

cafe

Sbakilpiart.

To

infer.

Shape and beauty, worth and education, wit and

underftanding, gentle nature and agreeable humour, honour and virtue, were to tome in for their
(hare of fuch contracts.
Temple.
If thinking is efl'ential to matter, ftocks and
ftones will come in for their mare of privilege.

like a child,

Thy

COME

depart,

thorihes.

is

we

be early enough
to obtain
taken from hunting, where
the dogs that are flow get nothing.

To obtain ; to gain ;
22. To COME by.
to acquire. This feems an irregular and
improper ufe,,but has very powerful au-

I.ove

To

30.

Addifon.
efieemed by the

by.

be gained in abun-

Sweetheart, we (hall be rich ere

< ov.c thus
plentifully in.

and we always prize

oppolite fex than chaflity,
thofe moft who are harJeft to come at. AddiJ. Sfefi.

cum

To

in.

If fairings

dcferve praife.

Things moft needful to preferve this life, are

moft prompt and eafy for all living creatures to

COME

dance.

Suckling.

(hould confidcr

To

29.

Cats will eat and deftroy your marum, if they

can tome at it.
Evelyn's Kalendar.
In order to ccme at 3 true knowledge of ourfelves.,

we

into

to depart

Tlie figure of a bell paruketh of the pyramis,

but yet toning ^"and dilating more fuddenly.
Bacon's Halural Iliftory.

aid

thought all the fliips that came

than with you that, when you
;
have fo jyuch cmir.g ir., thi::k you have nothing.

. let him deny himand follow me.

Luke.

COME of. To deviate

36. To
from a rule or direction.

an

accrue from

iiirbour his

follow.

nor fcoprre caji coint at cmfciabove and beyond the veacb of

To

in.

;,

19.

Mtttbpw, xvi. 14.

21. To COME at. To reach ; to get \VK.Iin the reach of; to obtain ; to gain.

COMB

eftate, trade, or ctherwife, as gain .

1 had u^her be r,ia! with him that, when he

w.i-.cr

Judgts,

To

28.

return.

thereout; and when he had

drunk, his fpirit came again, and he revived.

There came

To

COME

at*ut, and fettled in the Weft

Bacin'i A'.w Atalaniis.

ally in children,

isofag?.

To COME i. To become modifh; to

be brought into ulc.
Then came rich deaths and graceful acVion in,
Then inlb uments were taught more moving notes.

Swift.

18. 7*e

in,

in'thc Strcights

26.

Swift.

mt,

efptt!-.
hleesugh canei tf fulneff ol"
which caulcth an extension of the
Mart*.
it much.
Th:s times of judging by the eye, without conL' Efras^e,
'fulling the rcalon.
My young mader, whatever crnnts on ~r, mull
have a wile Ijokcd ou: fur iiim by that time he

The

Drjia.

'
-.if, for above fixt;
have been rUccd in the hands of new men.

a port, or

was the Plymouth fquadron now ctme

lalt winter was al>

fre

Which

tint the period

Adaijon'i Sfi-flatcr.
c'.rr.fs about, that things

conclude, however it
rot as they fhould be.

At what time our fecond flert, which kept the

narrow leas, was cnr.t in and joined to our main

will etxc ab;ui in eternity, when the human foul

ituil be as peifecl as he himfelf now is.

V-

arrive

fleet.

ngs famt about.

i_h>;u'.>im,

To

in.

place of rendezvous.

'.

Tha:

COM i

TV

ay.

out ; to come into being. Probably

from the French <vtnir a bout,
let me fpeak to th' yet unknowing world,

fell

How

COM

COM

COM

on.

a better

To

man.

thrive;

Drydcn.

to

grow

to grow.
C'Me

on, poor babe ;

the kites and ravens
powerful fpirit inllrud
i
To be thy nurfes.
StalcfpcjrSi 11'intcr' Tale.
It fhould feem by the experiments, both of the
come
will
far
m:>It .ind of the rofes, that they
fader on in water than in earth ; for the nourimmcnt is eafier drawn out of water than out of

Some

R.iisn't

earth.

43. To
44. To

COME
COME

They are

over.

over.

Natural JlifarJ.

To repeat an
To revolt.

ait.

their friends to ccme

perpetually tcjzing
Mdifons Sfeflatar.
in changing his fide, not only makes

over to them.

man,

himfelf hated by thole he left, but is feldom hearhe coma ever to.
tily eftecmcd by thofe
AdJifa'i SpcflJtlr.

.'*

COME

45. To
wont

To

over.

alfo the

Perhaps

rife in diftillation.
that is

phlegmatick Hquor,

it,

Before his book came (.', I had undertaken the

aafwer of feveral others.
Stitfmglka.
I have been tedious; and, which is worfe, it
and
uncorrrcled.
firft
from
the
comet out
draught,

Dry den.

47. To COME out. To appear upon

to be difcorered.
indeed ccme cut at

It is

we

that

laft,

overtake.

When

evil

with

him,
it

but

it

It ferveth to difcover that

which

as to foretel that

waves

My

vtgfat.

fevc.ith ot
weight of the denarius, or the
cut fixty-two gr^i:-, a:rl
* Roman ounce,

fliall

which

Arbvtkmt.
give a vent

COME

48. To
to

To

out ivitb.

to let fly.

arcana muft
)!"e
great matters of chymical
provoked, before they will nyie out with them.

Taking

to.
a cuftom

moval

upon

farucily pretend to know

than your dividend comes to.

You

(late to

Daniel.

iMit.

COME

51. To

To

bimfelf.

Come,

fliall

To

to pafs.

be effected

The
it

C'.ir.e

COME.

Hooker.
purpofe therein are divers.
How ctmci it f9 pafs, that forne liquors cannot
which
are
cafily
pierce into or mo'Klenfome bodies,
pervious to other liquors ? Boyle's H'ft.efFirmncfi.

COME

To grow

up.

out of the

at

with us breedeth

fowing-time,

If wars

Good

i.

intentions are the feeds of good

man ought

fajnion

He

to

fow them, whether they

Temple.

up.

coma

COME
prepare;

will

To come

up

To amount

to.
a

f->r

not come up

fun-e.'Uer,
to

COME

to.

up

:h.

To

Natural

rife; to
will not

yet

Hiji'jty.

advance.

Iraft fatisfy

th-.-

come.

Candlemas, nine years ago (he died.

n. f.

M'.rtfaifr't

lymnae, which fime

make us, if
who rejoice
':u-..

have been of fuch

extraordinary price, that
thrr: it no ftufl' in our age ctmei
up a it.

Ml,
that i..mi.ot

c:tt<

it,

it.

itii an^ry at

'jn

all

[from

come,iy."\

player or aftor of comic parts.

player' in general ; a (lage-player ;
an aftrefs or adtor.
MeliiTarion, pretty honey-bee, when of a come-

writer of comedies.

Scnligf r willeth u: to ndmire Plautus as a comedian, but Teience as a pure and elegant fpeaker.

Peacb.im of Poetry.

n.f. [camera, Lat.] A dramatick reprefentation of the lighter

faults of mankind, with an intention to
make vice and folly ridiculous oppoled
:

to tragedy.

Your honour's
to

Sbakifp. Tjm:r.v if tit Strew/.

long, cx-tcl, and 1'jri'ju^ .comedy ;
In every fccne ibme mori! let it to ich,
it

C'.lm.

wor

-i>.

Swift.

by pardon,

make up the comelincfs.

He that is comely, when

Bacon.
and decrepit, furely
Souti.
was very beautiful when he was young.
Thou art a candy, young, and valiant knight.
old

Drydfn.

Ufed of things, decent

propriety.
Oil, what a world

Envenoms him
This

!s

this,

that bears

it.

according to

when what is comely

Sbak. As you Hie it,

a happier and more comely time,

thefe fellows ran about the (beets,

is

Crying confufion.

Sbaltejpetire'i

CO'MELY. adv.
Handfomely ;
To ride cor.tly,

can, at once bT.h pleafe and preach.

Coridfir.us.

the adjeftive. ]

[from

gracefully.

to play at all weapons, to dance

a courtly gentleman.
cmirly, be very neceffaryfur
'ffhaa's SchvlmaJIcr.

CO'ME R.

[from come.] One that comes.

Time is like a falhionable hoft,
./.

That flightly (hakes his parting gueft by th' hand

But with his arms outftretch'd, as he would fly,

move upwards ; but, if the fap puts up too

maki-th a (lender (talk, which will not fupport the weigte ; and therefore thefe are all fwifr.
Bacon.
and halty comen.
It is natural to be kind to the laft comer.
L'EJi.
Plants

fair, it

Now leave

thofe joys, unfuiting to thy age,

a freOl corner, and refign the llage.
Dtyeien.
The renowned champion of our lady of Lorctto,
and the miraculous :.ranll.ition of her cbapei j about

To

which he hath publirtied a defiance to the world,

and otierfc to prove it againit nT tin/m. Sti/iingjlett.
.Tht re it is not [tiangc, that the mind InouU
give itfelf up to the common opinion, or render irlelf to the firft comet:
Locke.

Houfe an j heart are open for a friend ; the paffagc is Paly, and not only admits, but evt;n iuvite>,
the *
South.

CO'MKT.

n.f. [cometa, Lat. ahairy ftar.]

A heavenly body in the planetary

region, appealing fuddenlv, anJ again disappearing ; and, during

f

.^LI

The

orbits

Ess

n. f.

from

Puff.

cornel). ]

Grace

iignifiesfomethmg
than benvty, lefs elegant
than^r.iir, and Icls light than pnt:-

beauty; dignity.
lefs

forcible

Acareic,,

_,

of their foci in the cent:^

and being very lonj; Hi:d cccentrkk,

arc ellipfes, having one

of the fun

they become invifibie when in that pan ruuil r<-.

mot; from th-.- fun. Ct-meti, popularly t.-.lkJ bl...-ing ft.irs, arc diilinguiihcd from other

long train
fun

>jr

tail

of light,

'

It

corr.rt*

ii

Co' M E L i N

Grafps in the comer : welcome ever fmiles,

And farewel goes out (ighing. Sbak. Trail. antiCreJf,
Yourfelf, renowned prince, then flood as fair,
As afiy atner I have look'd on yet,
fence.
For my affection.
Kbakcjf. Merchant

the time of iti appearance,

proper orbit like a pljuct.

players

puj a i/'afant cemaiy.

/\ni, if

laJir

ArbutLnv

Husbandry.

Wnke's Preparation f.r D^'.k.

'i-

Gay.

A fprout

Are come

Skakcfpeare't Winttr'i Tale.

.ere are, that

may
to the character of thole
" i,

all

near the quantity requifite.

ity

Can

to.

averting that

(hall

CO'MEDY.

up.

Wwtl'iuiini'i

56. To

into ufe; as,

adverbial word for <wbea

as, come Wednefday, when

dian (he became a wealthy man's wife, would be faluted Madam Pithil c , or Prudence. Camd. Remain*.

3.

a<5i

or

TaCoME

55. To

mow them down never fo fad,

be fuddenly fupplied, and c'jmt up
Bacott.

and every

cmr up
54.

mould

may

laugh he laughs no doubt ;

I dare laugh out.
Pope.

is,

n.f. [from the verb.]

COME'DIAN.

Saecrt.

yet they
again.

all I

of the come or fprout.

dearth, infumucii as the corn never cimelb

up.

of reconciliation, or

cant term.
That the malt is fumciently well dried, you may
know both by the tafte, and all'o by the falling off

Over-wet,

much

Jh all come

Wediiefday

ground.

delay.

it.

only difference

mo-

decent

is

Than when

COME. A kind of

to

It cimetb, we grant, many times tofaft, that the

works of men being the fame, their drifts and

be

our father drink wine.

G:n. xix. 32.

particle

incitement to

fall out.

53. To

make

Come, cine, at

into fweet ecftafy of joy, wherein I

leave him till he camel to bimfelf.
Templt.

COMB

us

COME.

recover his

falls

5*. To

let

of exhortation;

particle

quick; make no

fenfes.

He

COME.

He

to.

thy

cpeman, Sax. to pleafe.]

Graceful; decent; having dignity or
grandeur of mien or look. Comelinefs
leems to be that fpecies of beauty which,
in
If the principal part of beauty
tion, no marvel though perfoni in years feem many
times more amiable j for no youth can be ctane'y
but
and confidering the youth as 19

z.

to

Prior.

[from became; or from

adj.

excites refpeft rather than pleafure.

but-

us.

[participle of the verb.]

words were heard, and I am come

Thy

'

pays not this tax immediately, yet his purfe

will find it by a greater want of money than that

i.

it is pafling from its former

;
that which is defired ; it is ad-

vancing towards

COME,

The

to a greater diftance.

ter comes

Hito'ilrai.

Animals either feed upon vegetables immediatefame at laft, upon other

ly, or, which comet to the
animals which have fed upon
Wcadiaar-ft Natural Hijlory

to

Locke.

er

all

horferrun's coat (hall hide,

taper (hape, and cwpetutfi of fide.

Thy

on the Creation*

Ray

come, at the

turning, or arriving, or becoming nearwhen we fay be 'went from a place,

;
we conceive fimply departure, or re-

corn to be tranfported out of Sicily, that the

the price of
very cuftoms came to as much as both
the corn and the freight together.
Krullci'i Hi/lory cf tbs Turks.

There is great pulchriu.de and ameliftjl of pro.

portion in the leaves, flowers, and fruits of plants.

When we fay he
uniformly preferred.
came from a place, the idea is that of re-

Swift.

comet

fliall

Sc-uth.

well.

it

CO'MELY.

60. COME is a word of which the ufe is

various and extenfive, but the radical
bithertuard is
flgnincation of tendency

confent or yield.
49. To COME to. To
What is this, if my parfon will noc csxse ti f

More

take

Bacon's Natural Htjtcry.

In timts to come,
waiTi the walls of mighty Rome.

a leafc of lanJ for years

woman fo
commend

tiiem for cmaelincjs, nay and for youth too,

is to cctne.

rent of one hundred pounds.

Ky V.

To amount
50. To COME to.
The cmperour impofed fo great

Hardly, mal! you meet with man or

aged or ill-favoured, but, if you will

hid, as well

is

Hooker.

(killed

Sfenfer on JrclarJ.

alone,'

South.

59. To COME. In futurity; not prefent

to happen hereafter.

The

four fevenths.

comes

itfelf.

God hath not fuch perfection of

as when the dignity of th;

not of the goodly ornaments of

poetry, yet were fprinkled with fome pretty flowers,
which gave good grace and cc-mel'trw/i.

They

Sir

old age ccmes upon

bringing no other

of

ferviie

grace and cmelinefs,

place doth concur.

To

Englifii,
John Norris, were
charged by Parma, coming upcu them with feven
Sacon.
thoufand horfe.

are to look

faints as inferior deities.

on the

trial

up iviib.

commanded by

be made publick.

To

au..

The

invade ; to attack.
upon.
Three hundred horfe, and three thoufand foot

%''

COME

46. To

To

To

58.

may, at lead as
be produced by the operation of the

fire.

COME
T^COME

57.

to cone over in this analyfis,

to part of

COM

COM

COM

..

::

"ppolite tp
popnlru divifion of cc.'.v.
-'.Kv.1)-

trie

three kinJ-., ii \irdtd, tailed, 'and i.n'nu'

though the Jr. ili Hi rat). "r relates to the different
circtmlUncc; of the Ijnv i mil, thin t tii
,

nomtnof the

fcveiaj.

Tl

V-y

-.-..

'aft-

CUB, and mnves from it, the emit is

brardcd, faifjuti, brciufe the light
When the light iwwclU'aid of
in n ehes before it.
thr fun, the caiui is faiJ to be tailed, fcecaufe the
When the emit arid the fun are
train f>llows it.

wrd

cf

fold

to be

tlrf

To

r.

S'.me of the abbots

CO'MFOHT.
i

the fpirit which

fufpeft, adds Sir Ifaac, that
makes the fined, fubtileft, and bed part of our
life and
:r> and which is abfoluttly requifite for the
1

being of

all

things,

comes principally from the

Th

fame great author has computed that the

fun's heat, in the comet of 1680, was, to his heat

with us at Midfummer, as twenty-eight thoufand
to one ; and that the heat of the body of the conttt
was near two thoufand times as great a* that of

He alfo calculates, that a globe of

red-hot iron.
red-hot iron, of the dimensions of our earth, would
If then
fcarce be cool in fifty thoufand years.
the ccmet be fuppofed to cool a hundred times as
two
fince
its
heat
was
fall as red-hot iron, ytt,
thcufand times greater, fuppofing it of the bignefs
of th,- earth, it would not be cool in a million of
Trcvoax. Cbambtrt.
years.
And wherefore gaze this goodly company,
As if
?ome

his

fell

But mine

To

Stateff. Taming of tie Strew.

glances as the fatal light

My

Relat-

2.

and a comfortable provifion

encc.

peafe,

Hurlitrai.

fulnefs

To

The

Thou

fruit that does fo

fcarce can
cun-fi^ft

in

CO'MFITURE.
feQurf.']

[from
Sweetmeat.

From country
Or city's qurlque-chofes,

(omjit,

grafs to ccmf tares

My mind transport.
To CO'MFORT. v.

let

Cowley.

Donne.

tin. Saliiia ci.mfi.rtat nirvcs,

tired

view

"in

a father

mourns

tteftroy'd at once.

Mi/tat,

me.

i'.-i

n.

f.

frie, French.]

CO'M ic A L.
The

/>.

ri-

Lat.

\_confolida,

Miller.

plant.

adj. \_comicus, Latin.]

Raifmg mirth

1.

ftood'ft at lift,

when

unfociable cmfortltji deatiick lud notquite

Co' MI- KEY.

merry

diverting.

of our author is in
jthe familiar ftile and pleafing way of relating
nature.
of
that
cal adventure?
Dryden'i Fab. Prtf.
the
and
fo
comical
in
voice
geftarcs,
Something
that a man can hardly forbear being plcafed.
gre.ucft refemblancc

MdifiHt

Relating to comedy

2.

not tragical.
;
That all nvgiit appear

befitting

tit

Jta!y.

come-

dy

to be knit

up

ccxiat

in a

conclufion, the duke's daughter wjs afterwards

the lord Lifle.
Hayiuaril*.
joined in marriage to
They deny it to be ttagical, bccaufe its cataHrobeen
acaounted
is a wedding, which hath ever

phe

comical.

Cajft

Co'iniCAtTt-Y. adv. [from comical.}

1. In fuch a manner as raifes mirth.
2. In a manner befitting comedy.

CO'MICALNESS.

CO'MICK.

a./,

[from comical.]

1.

the

\comicus,

adj.

French.]
Relating to comedy

The

power of

Lat. comi<iuc,

not tragick.

never yet the tragick mufe elTay'd,

Deterr'd by thy inimitable maid ;
And when I venture at the comick ftile,
Thy fcornful lady feems to mock my toil.
1

fabjec~t ioves

an humble

verfc

Waller*
j

Thyeftes fcorns a low and ccmick ftile j

Yet comedy lometirnes may raife her voice.

Thy

tragick

mufe

gives

iir.iles,

thy

Roft\

eorr.sck flcep.

Dry den,

Raifmg mirth.

2.

Drydcns

Sweet the caning on

Of grateful evening

Fables, Dedication.

State of being

2.

mild.

Milton's Paradife Ltf,

come

arrival.

Mad.im, to withdraw
we lhall give you
Into your private chamber
The full c.iufe of our ccming. Sbakefp. Henry VIII.
Some people in America counted their years by
the coming of certain birds arnongft, them at their
certain fe.ifons, and leaving them at oth? rs. l.ttkc.

May

pleafe you, noble

*t

without defpair.

Hamr:.r.d.

fortunes ; one that ftrengthens and fupports the mind in mifery cr danger.
This very prayer of Clirift obtained angels to be
Hc'.ker.
fcnt him, as comforters in his agony.

not report

low La-

That

thon

fe'-t

or coa-

of court,

a. [comfarto,

hoir'.bie.

CO'MFORTER. n. f. [from comfort."]

COMING-IN. ./. Revenue; income.
\. One that adminifters confolation in miseleven widows
Here's a fmall trifle of wives

it,

./.

childrrri,

for their fubfift-

ance.

quickly wnfte,

much left t.iitc,

ftreets tn mnkc it laft.

fe

made

Upon view of the fincerity of that performance,

hope ccxifortalfj and cheerfully for God's perform-

preferve dry with fugar.

Men

South.

[from the noun.]

His

thy

cmfort/si's,

A ntriik

CO'M FOR T A B \.f.aci-j. [from comfortable.']

with cheerIn a comfortable manner

tiams in nafty crevices,

<v. a.

and

{cmfirilcj;,

Fairy i^.

dried.

Ta CO'M PIT.

Siilntj.

with wond'rou

Stately triumphs, mirthful ccmick ihnws,

Difpenfmg comfort ; having the power
Such as befit the pleafure. Siakeffeart's Henry VI.
of giving comfort.
He had no brother, whkh, though it be ccm- CO'M i N G. n. f. [from To come.]
to have, yet draweth the fub1. The aft of coming ; approach.
fcrtatlt for kings
'Bacon's Henry VII.
Where art thou, Adam wont with joy to meet
jeft? eyes afido.
were
favcd,
The lives of many miferable men
Afikcn's Parattife Left,
My coming, feen far off?

fweetmeat ; any kind of

with fugar, atid

And turns to com/its by his arts,

To make me reliih for dcffcrts.

ccnfortftft, receiving

a cave, y wrought

3.

dry
ccnft8.~]
fruit or root preferved

\'

On
Though

7.

Sbakejf care's King John.

He is much out of health.

Sbakejfearc's Titian.
Admitting comfort of condition.
What can promife him > comfortable appearance
before his dreadful judge

are formed by hafty pronunciation from

By feeding me on beans and

Mihcn.

lord leans wond'roufly to difcontcnt

His comfortable teraper has forfook him

Lat.
(bellaria arida,
It mould feem that both

till we end
and native home.

',

Refrafiions of light are in the planetary and coas on our globe. Cbiync'i PLii, Frits.
rr.ttary regions,

Dutch.

reft

herf
iii.

ufed of per-

Deep, dark, uncafy, doleful, ctmfurttift.

New-s fitting to the night ;

this life, fuftain'd

comforts,

Prior.

kenfit,

commodioufly

JW4.

the Paraclete.

quality of being comical

railing mirth.

fort ; cheerful: ofperfons. Not in ufe.

For my fake be comfortable hold death
while at the arm's end. Sbakejf. As you like it.

moot their arbitrary light,

march with lawlefs horrors bright.

n. /.

confolation or fupport

adj. [from comfort."]

Receiving comfort; fufceptible of com-

I.

Fierce meteors

CO'MFIT.

Where wj>

CO'MFORTABLE.

vulgar, a blazing-ftar, as a fky-rocket difcharged

by an hand that is almighty. Mclifons Guardian.

CO'METARY. \ adj- [from comet.]

COME'TICK. 3 ing to a comet.

1.

your age.
Sbakrffcare't Ricbjrd III.

In duft, our final

comets,

ccmets

pafs

thcc

by your fentence.

it

need not fear

By him with many

kemen

will

t'.r

fons as well as things.

Yet iJiall not my death bt

Black, fearful,

/hall b; a comfort to

We

who

c:r:j"tin

of the Third Perfon of the

title

over

in calamity.
I will keep her ign'rant of her good,
To make her heav'nly comforts of defpiir,
When it is lead cxpeiftcd. Sbak. M<a(. fur Meaf.
Your children were vexation to your youth,

Cra/haiv.
confidired a comet, Or, in the language of the

And

mind

k.

thing to allay misfortune

That which gives

3.

they faw fome wond'rous monument,

or unufual prodigy ?

Such

the

In ccmfirt of her mother's fears,

Ben jfonfon.
Has plac'd among her virgin train.
As they have no apprehenfion of thofe tlr.iitj.,
fo they need no comfort againft them.
Tilfatjon*

c'.v.ct,

Of flaring

ftrengthen

Confolation ; fupport under calamity

or danger.
Her foul heaven's queen, whofe name (he bears,

z.

co-

mas.

'

to

/. [from the verb.]

.
Support ; affiftance ; countenance.
Poynings made a wild chace upon the wild Irifli ;
where, in rcfpect of the mountains and faftnefles,
he did little good, which he would needs impute
unto the .-effort that the rebels ihould receive unBacon.
derhand from the e.srl nr" Kildare.
The king did allb appoint commiflioners for
as
were
of
of
all
fuch
the fir.ing
any value, and
had any hand or partaking in the aid or comfit of
Bacon.
Perkins, or the Corniftimen.

And

a continual fupply.

Jol>, x!ii.

fluids, and turn, by

pu: efaftion, into earth. Hence the quantity of
dry earth muft continually iocrcafr, and the moifturc of the globe decrcafe, and at laft be quite cva-

have not

evil that the Lord lu. biou.-.ht upon him.

ili:

all

if it

confole

Ki

Holy, Trinity

I'..

under the prefiiire of calamity.

They bemoaned him, and cm fined him,

may

getable increafe wholly from

poraKd,

To

2.

/iy'tfc's

;.',!

CO'M FORT LESS. aiij. f from tomfart. J

Wanting comfort being without any

ha.l

ing and alTifting the rebels.

laid wafte,

is

men

of

fpirits

The

*.

Bacon's Natural ffiflcry.

keen guilty of comfort-

fort.

of their own
down to the planets, and become intermingled with
For the confervation of the
their atmcfpheres.
abv. 3 or and moiflure of the
planets, comet' feem
fblucelv requifite ; from whofe condenfed vapours
and exhalations all that moifture which is fpent in
vegetations and putrefactions, and turned into dry
tarth, may be refupplied and recruited ; for all ve-

i!,

Light excclleth in confining the

profcagravity, be attracleJ

mins

by

to invigo-

light vari, J d ith die fame crtecl, with more noTills is the caufc why precious Hones comvolty.

to the fun; and this vapour is furniftied by the atThe vapours of conmt ben?re of the ccmcr.
>.

to enliven

The evidence of God's own teftimony, aided

unto the natural aflent of rerfbn, concerning thr
<ertainty of them, doth not a little comfort and confilm the fame.

t border of hair, hence called criniius.

According to Sir Ifaac Newton, the tail of
met is a very thin vapour, emitted by the head or
nucleus of the ccmrt, ignited by the neighbourhood

inf thus dilareJ, rarefied, and diffiifed,

ftrengthen

Kineveh

rate.

diametrically oppofite, the earth being between

them, t'neaainis hid behind the body of therorurt,
excepting a little that appears around it, in form of

coM

COM

COM

and nine maids

S<tt
<ttlSa/.]\

To

Sl-akefftare'i

Kicbard III.

are thy rents ? what

ceremony, (hew me but thy worth

What

is

thy

COMING,
I.

Fond

man.

Shakespeare.
are thy ccmings-in F

What

The

heav'n; have Mcft you with a goodly fon,

be a eomftrtir when he ii gone.

a fimple coming-in for one

is

loll,

adoration

Sbakrfp. Henry

[from fomt,]
ready to come.

V.

participial adj.

forward

Now

tm

Thofe two commanding powers of the

Jlowr will I be your Rofjlind in 4 more coiling

what you will, I will
ditpofition ; and, afk me

IOMMA'ND.

Stakeffcarc.
ftolapidary himfelf, with a coming
hive ma Jt
would
and
in
the
tnach,
co.
place,
the cock's choice.
L'Ef range.
That he had beenfo aflecVionate ahufband, was

That very

argument

ill

to the coming dowager.

civil life

Dryder..

On morning wings haw a&ive fpnngs the min d

How eafy every labour it purfues,
How comir.g to the poet cv'ry mufc P eft's Horace.

While

with

a:

my

yet

Future

to

Praik of

gre.it acli

Which may

Sbakcfpearc's

Wish lijhtning fill her

And make the clouJi feem all

come.
he (carters, as a feed

theiike in coming ages breed.

Rofcam.

He affumed

Lat. an affemadj. [comitia,

Relating to the
bly of the Romans.]
aflemblies of the people of Rome.

COMI'TIAL.

CO'MITY.
tefy

[cvmitai, Latin.]

Cour-

good-breeding.
n.f. [xpp<x.]

Ditf.

n.f.

civility

CO'MMA.
1. The point which
claufes,

notes the diftinction of

The

,.

-J/.

[commander, Fr.

a.

To

lative to they.
Look, this feather,
Obeying with my wind when I do blow,

The power

general
Love thee

Decay

The queen

-if

thy lord, command thee now

and fupercilious brow,

commands^ and we'll obey,

Excdus,

Whatever hypocrites

viii.

27

bids increafe

dertroyer, foe to

who

fifi/tcn

If the ftrong cane fupport thy walking hand,

(hail the wall command.

Gay't Trivia

that'll

Whofc

To

may be

to

have

fo

fubject a

feen or annoyed.

lide

commands a view of

the world.

5.

the" fincft

COMM A'NDMENT.

garden

preme authority;
power to govern.
;

to

To

have the

poffefs

'

St. Auftin believed that the martyrs, when the

made at their own fcpulchres,

commemoration* were

did join their prayers with the churches, in behalf

of thofe who there put up their fupplicatinns to God.

Commemoration was formerly made, with thankfgiving, in honour of good men departed this world.
Aytijfis

COMME'MOR ATIVE.
any thing.
The annual

fu

the chie

which

order

God given to Adam

cafy commandment by
to forbear to feeitht-reon, it pleated God to ma!v

By the

trial

of hi! obcdiez.cc. Raleigh's,

liiftery

of tbt

Wtrii

to preferve

memory of

Pafchal lamb was

Pafchal lamb. Atttrb.

offering of the

The original ufe of facrifice was coniaifmtrati-ve

of the original revelation; a fort of daily memorial
or record of what God declared, and manWieved.

To

COMMR'NCE.

1.

To

begin

-v . n.

[commencer, Fr.]

to take beginning.
given me

of fuccefs, '
Why hath it
Sr-ctkcfyrare.'s Macbctk .
Commencing in a truth ?
Man, confcious of his immortality, cannot be
without concern for lhat Irate that is to commence

precept.

Say, you chofe him more after our commandment

Than guided by your own affeftions.
SbaJiifpeare's Coridanui

Panrgon.

[from comnitmo-

adj.

cotr.mtmorati-ve of that 6rC.

fome

fpecial cummar.dmrr
Hooter
is exaftcd at their band;.

plainly require

Tending

rate.]

n.f. \_commandement

Mandate; command
for that

n.

a
is
daily offered in the church, is
that one facrifice offered on
daily commemoration of
the crofs.
Taylor.

French.]
I.

lead as a general.
Thofe he ccmmandt move only in command,
Nothing in love.
Shahfftart'i Macbeth
i>.

thing.
That which

Wifeman's Surgery

n.f. [from command.

body of the knights of Malta, be
longing to the fame nation.

They

To COMMA'ND.

Swift

Addijon't Guardian

To

n.f. [(-com commemoaft of public celebration;

folmnization of the memory of any

An

rate.]

Stillinpfect.

A paving beetle, or a very great wooden

nuance.

Af///c>

mightieft empire.

thi

to celebrate fo-

COMME'MORATION.

inftrumerit of furgery.
3.
The gloffocomium, commonly called the com
tnander, is of ufe in the moft ftrong tough bodies
and where the luxation hath been of long conti

fee the fight.

One

into the fcalcs as a counterpoife to

fell

Such is the divine mercy which we now commemorate } and, if we commemorate it, we fliall rejoite
Fidda.
in the Lord.

COMMA'NDERY.

to the Eaftcrn tower,

height ti.mmor.ds as fubji 6t all the vale,

Up

Sbaktff. Troilui and Crejjidt

H'u eye might there command wherever flood
City, of old or modern fame, the feat

Of

ar

aft

lemnly.

An

Chairmen no longer

overlook

COMME'MOR ATE. <v. a. [con and meTo preferve the memory

by fome publick

and land.

mallet, with an handle about three fooi

Maxen
long, to ufe in both hands.

bids abftain

God and man

brance.

To

Clarendon.

people.

2.

to all.

adj. [from commemoDeferving to be mentioned with

honour ; worthy to be kept in remeai-

Hay-ward.
commander

Their great ccmmandert, by credit in their

mies,

have in power.

To

as their

c<,mmander\>o<\\ of fea

\_commelina, Latin.]
Miller.

rate.]

Wflltr.

aufterely talk

and place, and innocence,

Defaming a impure what God declares
Pure, and umtr.andi to fome, leaves free

4.

foldier?.

heroick 'action of fome great' commander

enterprifed for the common good, and honour o
Chriftian
caufe.
the
Dryden

Of purity,

To

My

them,

n. f.

plant.

DOM ME'MOR ABLE.

Iv. 4.

The

We will facrifice to the Lord our God, as he (ha

But our

ftylej

Phelim O'Neil appeared

Supreme

compounds
Sbakefpeare

3.

army, and

Sir

wherefore you hav

tmmar.il us.

[from commafomething ia

f.
to

matter.

CO'MMELINE.

when commanders in war, fpake to

in chief.

thefe moil pois'nous

its

it,

Refemblance

terial.]

moro, Latin.]

Bacon's Apcpbtkegms.
Charles, Henry, and Francis of France, often
adventured rather as foldiers than as commanders.

Dryctin'i Ptrf. Sat. 5

My confcience bids me afk,

be preferred.

a chief.

IJ'aiab,

The Romans,
their

trary to prohibit.

Our maker

command.']
authority; a

the people.

Old Soitg
Over the hills, and far away.
1. To order ; to direct to be done : con

Commanded of me

a leader

body adjacent and ambient is not ammabut merely heterogeneal towards the body to
Bacai.

^OMM ATERI A'LITY.

We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee;

Sbak.
as our commander an^ our king.
1 have given him for a leader and commander to

Piety

who was

a harfli voice,
fervile duties.

terial,

of overlooking or furveying

DOMMA'NDER. n.f. [from

He that has the fupreme

iuchis thelightnels of you camnun men.

f

To

Bat

The flee py ftand,

overlooks the vale with wide command.
Dryden's JEncid.

Which

b^aks in birds are immaterial with teeth.

The

Dryden
(..

[from con and ma-

adj.

Confifting of the fame matter

with another thing.

teria.}

train
captain gives command, the joyful
Glide thro' the gloomy (hade, and leave the main.

yielding to another when it blows,

Comment td a.wjjs by thegreaterguft ;

With

Of all

therefore, princefs, queen

our forces, be thy word a law.
Fairfax-

COMM ATE'RI AL.

Tie

1.

Sbaktjftare'i Htnry VI
legions of angels to hi:

Be you commardrefi

The

Taybr

And

Should he,

mandate

the

any place.

cmmand

To prefcrlbe the order of doing in all things, ia

a peculiar prerogative, which wifdom hath, as queen
or fovereign ntanatjrtji, over all other virtuci.

for it.

give orders to; to

hold in fubjedlion or obedience : corre-

Chrift could
refcue.

may

often create, but can

Milton's Parad. Loft.

Sole daughter of his voice.
At there is no prohibition of it, fo no command

to

govern;

tables

amatnJtWs.

rity.

order given.
Of this tree we may not tafte nor touch ;
God fo commanded, and left that command

mando, Lat.]
I.

force

of commanding

act

uttered

exceeds the imperfect tone. It ijaterm

uiedonly in theorical mufick, to (hew the
exaft proportions bet ween concords. Har.

COMMA'ND.

te:i

COMMA'NDRE^%, x.f. [from commander.}

A woman vetted with fupreme autho-

defpotifm.

never cure, a;i avevfion ; and whatever any one is

as foon as
brought to by comrulfisn, he will leave
Lxtc on Education.
he can.

thus [,].
C'.mma; and points they let exacVy right. Fife.
Z. The ninth part of a tone, or the interval whereby a femitone or a perfect tone

To

upon the

,ic

to Mofes.
r.ie word. of. the

Hooter.

Command and

marked

over his readers.

Dryden,

Cogent authority

and order of corulrucYion, in the

ientence

Henry V.

awful hand,
at her antmand.
Waller.

an abfolute csmmanJ

And be wr

of

the precepts

by God

the decalogue given

Kxodus, xxxiv. a?.

command.

my

folJiers are in

By way of eminence,

covenant, and the

and of your peaple,

pity of your town

Take

Z.

fu-

in military
authority. It is uied
in
affairs, as magiftracy or government

preme

coaclivc power.

thought that all tilings had been fang- hefe t

And therefore put I on the countenance
if.
Of ftem commandment,
Skaktff. A^yra tof
I

[from the verb; ]

n.f.

Authority

South.

The right of commanding; power;

'--.*

no

foul, the

understanding and the will.

it,

grant

COM

COM

COM

after this

2.

enrnc-ft

life.

To take
If wit fo

Rogrrs.

new

character.

much trom

ign'ratuc

Ah! let not learning too

To COMME'NCE. -v.

make

up.c

u'>,
'

utr.ii

a.

Ptf'i.

To

a beginning of: as, io

begin: to

commence

a /ait.
Moil

COM
Molt ihallowly did you thefe arms nmntict,
fondly brought here, and foolilhiy lent hence.

Co M M E'N c E M E N T. K.f.
Beginning

COMME'KDABLV.

Sbctcffxart.

Natural

iiv jrti't

COMME'ND.

CO-MME'NDJM.

Aft:r Baibarofla-was arrived,

rrTccluai;) tile chici b-iiia had

the objects of knowlsdge, two cfpecialrotnmcrd themlVlves

our contemplation ; the

Among

knowledge of God, and the knowledge ofourfelves.

Hiilc'i Origin
cf Mankind,

man.

a principle 1 ctmn:c*d 10 no

it

Vain-glorj

Dftaj if Pitt}.

To

z.

thec

Ere 1 lot fall the windows of mine

drfend me
Sleeping and Making,

thit in commendam.

ftiil

To

3.

to

praife;

cwrmfm/myfpirit. Luke.

mention with approba-

That

all

What

our Iwains cvmm:i:J her

and wife

fa r,

Holy,

Silvia

is

is

;h

[frm

n.f.

my

gold are yours, provided

>

is

(he,

Skalrejpeari.
in this point of folly,
their youth they fcarce re-

Oid men do molt exceed

Bto^vns Fulgtlr

Errotlrs.

H.ftorians ttttmad Alexander for weeping

h; read the actions of Achilles.

when

Good-nature
a man.

is

Each
Something

to

^&nc:d, Dedication.

commend.

to

Pcfe.

To mention by way

4.

mory

to

of keeping in meto remembrance.

recommend

love.
Mrs. Page has her hearty commendations

too.

to

you

Ere
I

Entity.

With the capacity of meafuring, or being meafured by fome other

/urate.]

pray you

tell

me how my

good friend doth.

Merchant of Venice.
Sbtktjptare'i
To produce to favourable notice.
5.
The chorus was only to give the young ladies an
occafion of entertaining the French king with vocal mufick, and of c
wunending their own voices.
D')'tlen's Dufrcfim'.

6.

Tofend.
draw the chariot which Latinus fends,
the rich prefent to the
prince

Thel'e

And

,.

COMME'ND.

n.f. [from the verb.]

rrrtndation.
Tell her

Take

Not now

fend to her

fpecial caic

my

my

adj.

Ricbard\\.

[from commend.}

as a chair

Stakiff. Curl /.mat.

in the church, are

jijf.n'i dd-vice fc Villiers.

heroes, and moll worthy pcrfon, being

4urliciently cimiaiiuktle from true and umiuCitionable merit, have received adv.ir.cc mcnt from falfe-

Many

en's

Vulgar

Britannia is not drawn, like other countries, in

a loft peaceful polhrt:; but is adorned with cmMi'ms that mark out rhc military genius of her inhabitants.

This

is,
think, the only ci*mcr.dal-ir
quality that the oli poets have tourhcd upc
I

'n of our country.

&

defpife

add to a man's reputation, and

We

them.

COMMENSURA'TION.

is

Bacon's Effays.

beltow the Rourilh of-poctry on thofe

n.

f.

[from commend.]

portion between the body moved and the force, to

make it mn.'c v.cll.
Baton's Natural

Hi/icry.

All fitnefs lies in a particular

ctmmtnfaraticn, or
proportion, of one thing to another.
Kou:k.

To
1.

Praifer.

Such a concurrence of two extremes, by moft of

the fame ccmmenders and difprovcrs.
Walton.

fc

uous

cwmfn feisty

fi

Criticks having Heft taker, a likirgtoone of

the Grntile-SjUpon
Broion' s Vu Igar Err,

thefe poets, proceed to ccmmtnt en

him, and illufhim.

Drydtn's Jtvrnet, Dtd'xatiai.
Ti cy have contented tl,c;nfe!\csnnly to ccrxmcnt
tliofc texts, and make the beft
tifcti
copies they

tratc

CoMMENSORAB-i'LiTy.

n.f. [from comCapacity of being com-

pared with another, as to the mc-afure ;

or of being meafured by another. Thus
an inch and a yard arc commenfurable,
a yard containing a certain number of
inches ; the diameter and circumference
of a circle are incommenfur:tble, not
being reduccablc to any common meafure.

Proportion.

Someplace- ihe cflence thereof in the proportion

of parts, conceiving it to <.onfift in a conn
ot ihr wh<;le unto the
parts, and the

thofe originals.
'Lmiifc.
hate that any man Ihould be idle, while
I muft tianfiatc and ccmmint.

i. ni'i air.-i-

Indeed

Ptft.

2.

To make

remarks

themlc.'.

Jirwn.

make

-to

tions.
Enter his chamber, view his
And rcmmtnt then ufin ins fu.l

lifelefs

obfervaeorpfe,

i^r, ilt-.ith.

CO'MMF.NT.
I.

n.f, [from the verb.]

Annotation's on an uuthor ; notes; ex-

planation

pans bcUxcn

n.

-v.
[commentar, Lat.]
annotate; to write notes upon an
author ; to expound ; to explain with
upon before the thing explained.

Such arc thy crets, which my life makes good,

And iGmmtnts on thee for in ev'i-y thing
Thy words do find me out, and parallels bring,
And in another make me u.jdcrltun.l.
Hirbcrt.

>.v:th

CO'MMENT.

To

n.f. [from commenfaLat.] Fellowihip of table ; the cuftom of eating together.

They being enjoined and prohibited certain foods,

thereby to avoid cornmun.ty

fome

A body over great, or over fmall, will. not be

thrown fr far as a body of a middle lize; fo that,
it feemeth, there muft be a
tGtnmtnfvrathn or pro-

nm-

P.pe.

COMME'NDER.

n.f. [from comm.cn-

furate.~\ Proportion ; reduction of

things to fome common meafure.

mtfdatory conceits, which popularly fet forth the

eminncy of this creature. Brown's Vulgar Err.
If I can think that neither he nor you defpife me,
it is a greater honour to me,
"by far, than if all the
houl'c of lords writ commendatory vcrfcs upon me.

menfurable.~\

Order.and decent ten-monies

ot only comely, but i

hood.

much

lis,

Laudable; worthy of praife. Anciei.tly accented on the firft fyllable.

And power, unto Jtfelf mod mum- mlaile,
Hath not a tomb So evident,
T' cjttol wha: it hath done.

[from commend.']

adj.

Favourably reprefentative ; containing

thing.
We are conftrained to make the day ferve to
meafure the year as well as we can, though not
(aemafurattly to each year j but by collecting the
fraction of days in fcvcral years, till they amount
to an even day.
Holdtr or.

COMMENSA'LITY.

dc.i
s

COMME'ND ABLE.

Com-

in ufe.
kind c:mr

greeting be

'

Sbakcfjpcar^s HfrtryVl.

Itd.ith

cannot chufe

for ever,

you, Margaret,
No princely comniendaticns to my king
Such fommfndathns as become a maid,
virgin, and his fcrvant, fay to him.

like perpetual letters

cc-tnmrndatory, to have good
forms ; to attain them, it almoft fuflketh not to

ope hi> letter,

meafure.

COM M E ' N s u R A T E L Y WT. [ from commen-

Hark

praife.

Signior Anthonio

Commends him to YOU.

common

intelligence

its ultimate end,

without being carried on with any farther defirc.
Rigrn'i Sirmant,
Matter and gravity are always csmmcrfurete.

Sbaltefpcaic.

COMME'NDATORY.

cmomafgnai

nature, on which' it could fix as

the moft godlike crnmtndatian of

Drydcn't Juvenal, Dedication.

finding, i.kc a friend,

blame, and fomediing

and

artificial,

to

are perfuaded that they (hall contib-Jt afpire after a

happinefs cammaifurate to their duration.
Tillatfan.
to
the
Nothing camir.enfurati
deQres of human

nue

;
'Drydsr.'s /'rr. /'j

terms

Brown's Vulgar Errcun.

adj. [from the verb.]

Thofe who

air

Meflage of

4.

cf Mankind.

between them,
other than by the mediation of fjme organ cijuaUy
fctnmerfuratt to foul and body.
Government if the Tcngitc,
2. Equal; proportionable to each >other.
Is our knowledge
adequately ccmmcntitratt with
the nature of things ?
GtanviHii Sctffa.

Ground of praife-

3.

ctmmcndir.^ the days of

rnw'mbered, at leafl \vell undcrftood not.

Helov'dmy worthlefs rhymes; and, like a friend,

Would find out fomcthing to commtnd.
Ccwly..

Tiny permitted no

[con and
fome com-

to

not natural, but

Reducible to fome

1.

to fly in as in your breath, fo could not you find a

fitter fubjedl of commendation.
Sidney.

is

as the apteft

COMME'NSURATE.

cammenil.]

favourable repre-

!>

<v. a.

To reduce

the longitude of places.

Praife; declaration of efteem.

His fame would not get f fweet and noble an

2.

Who

Th.it divifion

by agreement,

have your ccmmendati'.n for my more free entertainment.

Sbakeff care's Cywbclint.
The choice of them ihould be by the c<nnn:endat'icn of the
Bacon.
great officers of^the kingdom.

tion.

menjura, Lat.]
mon meafure.

Clarendon.

Recommendation
fentation.
This jewel and

Sbattfftare's Richard III.

Father, into thy handb

One

COMME'NSURATE.

To

n.f. [from commenwho holds a living in com-

mendam.
COMMENDA'I'ION.

'Half's Origin

COMME'ND ATARY.
dam.~\

ob-

this

and a created underlUnding, yet there

congruity and connJturality.

ject

It had been once mentioned to him, that his

peace Hiould be made, U" he would rcfign his bimoprick, and deanry of Weftminfter ; for he had

1.

up with confidence.
X> vnr.trcr.d my watchful foul,

deliver

To

to the charge and care of fome fufricient clerk, to be fupplicd until it be conveniently
C&wfll.
provided of a pattor.

Knot/a': H.f^iy.

Solyman.

portion.
There is no cmmenfurahlenefs between

commended

it was known how

csmrtxj'J him to

and meiifome com-

as a yard and a foot are

;
meafured by an inch.
COMME'NSUR ABLE NESS. n,f. [from comnunfurablc.~\
Commenfurability ; pro-

is

which, being void,

to

mon meafure

{covmeniia, low Latin.]

Coi>:n:tr.dam is a benefice,

[con

adj.

Reducible

fura, Latin.]

holdeth a number, all

<mtn:endably labouring in their vocation.
Carnv's Survty cf Cirmcall.

[comment, Lat.]
j. To reprefent as worthy of notice, regard, or kindnefs ; to recommend.

1)

COM M E'N sun ABLE.

[from (tmmtndmanner worthy

a.

-v,

in a

of com mend ation

Of preachers the (hire

[from commtnce.~\

The waters were gathered together into or.eplace,

the third J.y from the ctir.mmccttnit of ther
I'o

adv.

Laudably

ath-.]

date.

COM

COM

'*

ail

.red

by his

cxpofuion

remarks.

*MC wnild A philol'Yiier, which

n:,ng the natutc ot thiug. u n
theii

COM

COM
their

South's Sermons.

'their refpcftive properties.

Common

All the volumes of philofophy,

With all their cmmcn't, never could invent
Prior.
So politick an inftruj.,<:nl.
exertions of the
Proper geftures, and vehement
what he utters.
voice, are a kind of coamcnt to

2.

sUdijon's Spfflattr.
St'!l,with itfelf compar'd, his text pe.ufe j
comment be the Mantuan mufe. Pope.
And let

To CO'M M

faults, is
iitice in the ordinary commerce
!

1.

Sbaitfpeari.

Upon

thy feature

for

my

Sbatcfpeares King John.

way of comment on

All that is behind will be by

Hammond's Fundamentals.

CO'MMENTARY./J./.

An

1.

espofition

manner!

Memoir

2.

man-

ner.
Vere, in a p-jvate commentary which he wrote
cf that fervice, teftifi-d tint ei^ht hundred were
Bacon.
fia'n.
n: of Czfjr's \v-':l, that
They fh:
reached eighteen miiss in le-i;-;h; as he his declared

in the

i:

bcok of his

li.ii

And
Thy

CO'M MIGRATE,

To

To remove

authors, as

furgive me.
Drydtn.
Some of the commentators tell us, that Marfya
was a lawyer who had loft his caufe.

no commentator

1.

that bitter fubftances engender choler, and burn the blood.

jfrbutbnot on Aliments.
No commentator can more flily pafs

and comminution,

The

Invented

Latin.]
nary.

eafy to
ancient and this
It

its

is

adj.
;

draw a parallelifm between that

modern nothing, and mako good

CO'MMERCE.

[ctmmercium, Latin.
It was anciently accented on the lalt

another;
trade

and, as

and ui.

it

were, commerce to be had between God

Hooker,
How could communities,

Degrees in fchools, and brotherhoods in

Peaceful commerce from dividablc fiiores,
But by degrees ftand in authcntick place

all

may

be fupp'y'd.

Drydcn.

Thefe people had not any ctmmerct with the

other known parts of the wo>U.
Ttllctfrn.

To

GraunCs Bills of Mortality.

I prevailed with myfelf to go and fee him,
partly
out of ctmmifcration, and partly out of curiolity.
Swift.

commingled,
finger,

CO'MMISSARY.

adj.

and

refill

grind

[con:,

Janus, low

made
;

occasionally for a cera delegate ; a deputy.

tual jurifdiftion (at leail fo far as his

commiffion permits) in places of the

fu-

diocefe fo far diltant from the chief city,

as the chancellor cannot tall the fubCoiuell.
of bifhops have authority only
in fome certain place of the dioccfc, and in fome
certSn Caufes of the jurifdicVion limited to them
jefts.

Brown.
v. a. [comminuo,La..
to pulverize ; to break

The

commij/ar'ics

by the bi/hop's commiffior,.

Parchment, (kins, and cloth drir.k in liquors,

though themfelvei be entire bodies, and not c:mmiRacrirfi Natural Hijlory.
nut-.it, as fand and a/hes.
.

n.f.

It is a title of ecclefiaftical juriidiftion,

appertaining to fuch* as exercifes fpiri-

2.

not any ordinary pertle.

COMMINU'TION. n.f.
The aft of grinding

officer

tain purpofe

[from comminute.]

reducible to powder

An

1.

into final! parts.

commifcrathn.
Spralt.
No where fewer beggars appear to charm up commijf'ratitn, yet no where is there greater charity.

CO'MMINUTE.
tin.]

Ipcare's Triolut andCreJJida.

Inftrufled {hips (hull fail to quick commerce,
which
remotcft
By
regions are ally'd ;
Which makes one city of the univcrfe,

gain, and

To

cities,

Where fome miy

pefiilation,

Milton's Paradife Loft,

expect effectual comthere are none from whom it may not deferve

may

Latin.]

Frangible

traffidc.

nnr difcou-

King Chariest

Commiseration.
From you their eftate

fceptible of pulverization.
'i he beft diamonds arc
(Mmiffj/iwr) and are fo
far from breaking hammers, that they fubinit unto

Places of publickrefort being thus provided, our

repair thither is efpecially for mutual conference,

rebels,

She ended weeping ; and her lovely plight

Immoveable, till peace, obtain'd from fault
Acknowledg'd and deplor'd, in Adam wrought

fort

COMMINU'IBLE.

carried

might neither encourage the

Diffolutions of gum tragacanth and oil of fweet

almonds do not commingle, the oil remaining on the
Sac e>'j Pbyjtcal Rcm.
top till they be ftined.

exchange of one thing for

interchange of anything;

Intercourfe

i.

rage the proteftttits.

another.

n.f.

fyllable.]

Bleft are thofe,

reftmblance to that eemmenthious inanity.

Ghnville'i Scrpjis.

TS.orr.co end
Juliet.
cunmijeration, and
on that bufincfs, that

Shakcfprare'i

God knows with how much

to

To found what rtcp (he pleafe. Sbaktff. Hamlet.

To COM M I'K c L E. v.n. To unite one with

do defy thy CBMMJI&rffiflV}

apprehend thee for a felon here.

felicitous caution,

comminution. ]

Whofe blood and judgment are fowell

That they are not a pipe for fortune's

imagi-

Live, and hereafter fay

mercy bade thee run away. t

threatening.
<v. a. [commtj'ceo, LaTo mix into one mafs ; to unite
tin.]
intimately ; to mix ; to blend.

\commentitiut,

fictitious

[ from

Hooter,

pity.

A madman's

Decay of Piety.

and

ration

of God's threatening! on

Denunciatory

Donne.

lenfe.

COMMBNTI'TIOUS.

Thefe poor fcduced creatures, whom I can neither fpeak nor think of but with much commijc-

To COMMI'NGLE.

Shly as any cummnttr goes by

Hard words or

n.f. \fromcotnmifi~
Pity ; compaifion ; tendernels ;
or concern for another's pains.

them not only by precept

but with difficulty and impombi-

COMMI'NATORY. aJj

Locke.

it.

rate.]

[ccmminatio.Lz-

fit

Dentam.

want, ccmmifemte.

endeavour to remove

Ifflory,

has thought

difeafe, or

COM MISER A'TION.

ftated days.

Pope.

[from comment.] One

that writes comments ; an explainer ;
an annotator.
n.f.

duke of Clarence.
Euan's Henry VII.

eldeft fon to the

We Ihould commiferate our mutual ignorance, and

to fence

recital

c'-nt-

weight

Of age,

[con and
in a body,

Natural

litits.

2.

Edward

COMMI'SERATE.

a denunciation of punifli-

from us ;

many

-v. a.
[con and
mifereor, Lat.]
pity ; to look on with
com.paffion ; to compaffionate.
Then we mult thole, who groan beneath the

And

threat;

feclude

us,

O'er a learn'd unintell:g.b!e place.

CO'MVIENTER.

n.f.

the guiltincfs of blood of

To

Milton.

inhabitants of tiut, and of our world,

memory of their commigrjtion hence.
s

it is

Bacon's F.jjiiyi.
miferable perfons.
This was the end of this noble and cotnmijerablt

tile

ment, or of vengeance.
Some parts of knowledge God

Addifan en Italy.
tells

dishonour,

tin.]

11

Galen's commentator

It is the finfulleft thing in the world to deftitute

once in forwardness : for, befides the

a plantation

removal of a large body of people

from one country to another.
Wvjdivard

pitiable; fuch as

mull excite fympathy or forrow.

loft all

[from commiferale.]

adj.

Worthy of companion;

COMMINA'TION.
my

COMMI'SER ABLE.

To

migro, Latin.]
or by content, from one country to another.
C o M M i c R A'T i o N n.f. [from commigrate. ]

Both

annotator.

Caufes or' fixation are the even fpreading of the

and tangible parts, the clofencls of the tangible parts, and the jejunenefs or extreme IC:M/.Tnuihn of fpiiitsj of which the two fir/ft may be
Jij.^r..
joined with a nature liqucriable.

traffick.

v. n.

Benilfy.

fp:rits

[from commerce.}

at'j.

Relating to commerce or

Csir.meni aria.

have made fuch expofitions of

Dairies.

wholly in us.

Attenuation.

2.

perfon,

looks commercing with the Ikies,

rape foal litting in thine e)es.

COMME'RCI AL.

^ddijon-on Italy.

J.

hold intercourfe with.

Come, but keep thy wonted flate,
With even Hep and ir.uli.ig guit,

COMMEI.-TA'TOR. n.f. [from comment.]

Expontor

Sir

To

2.

remarks.

King
narrative in familiar

[from the noun.]

v. n.

traffick.
Ezekiel in the defcription of Tyre, and of the
exceeding trade that it had with the Eaft, as the
only mart town, reciteth both the people with whom
they commerce, and alfo what commodities every

[comnuntarius, Lat.]

In rel Vio:i, fcripture is the beft rule; and the

church's univerfa! practice, the beft commentary.

Altlifcn.

E Rc E

To

book of annotations or

or

country yielded.
Raleigh.
When they might not converfeor commerce with
hut
into
civil
mould
men
whither
they fly
;
any
tiie woods and mountains, and there live in a wild

paflion made
rage was blind.

my

that part of the church of Engl.r.d's charity.

and occurrences

life.

In fjcli a time as this, it is not meet

Th'ut every nice offence iliould bear its comment.
Forgive the commir.t that

confifts

obfervation.

is

in overlooking of
to be exercifed only in doing ourl'elves

your

Remarks

2.

make

or familiar intercourfe.

Good-nature, which

M'

This fmiting of the fteel with the flint doth only

a comminution, and a very rapid whirling an-i
melting of fome particles ; but that idea of flame

In any country, that h=th comment with the reft

of the world, it is almolt impoflible now to be without the ufc of filter coin.
Lacks.

he could view elfenut in themand read fo.-ms without the cernnctit of

names:

felves,

Co

[from comminute.]
into fmall parts

pulverization.
The ja.w in men, and animals

furniflied with

grinders, hath an oblique or tranfverfe motioa, neccfliry for ctmtninvtitti at the mc4t- Rayon ibc Great.

3.

An

officer

Aytife.

who draws up

lifts

of the

numbers of an array, and re^ulntes the

procuration and conveyance of provi/ion
or ammunition.
But is it thus you Enjjlifh bards compofe ?
With Runick lays thus n- infipid profe ?
And when ynu fh:>uld your heroes clrcds rehearfe,
Give us a

ctmmiJJ'ary'i

Jiti

in

Pur,

CO'M MIS-

COM
As he vis

thus fen: by his father, fo alfn were

the apoitleiJnlc!nnly<-smm;//bir</byhim to preach
to the Gentile world, who, with indefatigable induftry and rcfolute fuft'erings, purfued the charge ;
and Cure this is competent evidence, that tl.
was of the moft weight) importance. Decay cf Piety .

n not grantable for life, fo accmm'JIarijbip

to bind the fucceeding bilhop,
though it (hould
be confirmed by the dean and chapter.

COMMISSION.

jtjliffei Partrfcti.
.

/ [eemmifio,

low La-

tin.]

The

1.

of entrufting any thing.

truJl; a warrant by which any

2.

aft

One

is the warrant, or letters

potent, that
exerciling jurifdi<3ion, cither ordinary or
Cnuill.
extraordinary, have for their power.
Omiflion to do what is neceflary,

cntanifion to a

whom

each

mny

membranes.

COMMTT.

I.

To

both a ftrange

office;

Sbaliefpeare.

To

put in any place to be kept fafe.

They who are defirous to commit to memory,
z Mac. ii. 25.
might haveafe.

z.

employment.

Jjacon's

ncccliity.

Is

By
At

War ivitb Spain.

Such ctimm'ijfi'in from above

have recciv'd, to anfwcr thy defire
Of" knowledge within bounds. Milteifs Part Loft.
At his command the ftorms invade j
The winds by his commijjion blow,
Tilt with a nod he bids them ceafe.
Drydtn.
He boie hU great c:i:n:ijhn in 'his look ;
But fweetly temper'd awe, and foften'd all he

camiiffi-.a

forbidJen,

A Dumber

6.

Rcgirs'.'

The;

ft.nte

perpetrate ; to do a fault
guilty of a crime.
ICecp thy word ju.lly

To
To

:.

The peace polluted

Hf rirtl cotimijf'im to
I"
';

'.

"

a.

from

ejixpowe r ; to appoint.
fend with mandate or

OMMI'SSIONATE.

Drylnfi JEtnd,
"v.

a.

'

Jiot

To.co;runiflion;
;.]
in ufe.

Clarendon.
creeping young fellow committed matrimony
a biilk

gamcfome

lafi.

For fon and father to take

Then
5.

To

l.inds

LSEftrangc.

'Tis policy
different fides

to

[from com

empower:

and tenements commit no treatun. Piyd.

for a conteil : a Lntin-

put together

ifm.

How

becomingly does Philopolis cxcrcife his

oflice, and teafonahly ccmmit the opponent with
the rcfpundcnt, like a long praftifed moderator.
6.

To place
gruity

Dh'int- Dial.

a ftate of hollilily or incona Latinifm.

in

Harry, whole tuneful and well me ifur'd fong

taught our English mufuk how t^ fpan
Woidi; with juft note and accent, not to lV:m
With Midas' ears, ^ttr.mitt'u.g ihoit and long.
Firft

Millet.

for his bare com-

occafion.

2.

An

Slt'ift-

order for fending to prifon.

COMMI'TTEB.

/. [from commit.^
the confidential or ordering
referred, either by fome court tj
belongs, or by confcnt of parties. As in

Thofe

to

whom

it

whom

of any matter

is

parliament, after a bill it read, it is either agreed

to and paflcd, ar not agreed to ; or neither of thefe,
but referred to the consideration of fome appointed
by the huufe to examine it farther, who thereupon
are called a committee,

CnoeH.

Manchcfter had orders to march thither, having

a lommitret of tha parliament with him, as there
was another committee of the Scottish parliament
always in that army ; there being
cmxittu of both kingdoms refiding

alfo

now

at London,
on the war.
Clarend n.
All corners were filled with covenanters, confufion, committee men, and foldters, terving each other
to their ends of revenge, or power, or profit; and
thefe committee men and foldiers were pofleft with

for the carryiag

ffalien,

this covenant.

COMMI'TTER.

n.f. [from commit.] Perpetrator; he that commits.

Such an one makes a man not only a partaker

of other men's fins, but a deliver of the whole guilt

to himfelf ; yet fo as to leave the commuter as full
of guilt as before.
Soutb.

CDMMI'TTIBLE.
ble

.to

adj. [from commit.] Liabe committed.

Bcfidcs the miftakes ctirmiltiHe in the folary

compute, the difference of chronology difturbs his

Jjrcit'n.
computes.

To

11. a [comni/cto,
Lat.]
to blend ; to mix ; to unite

with things in one mafs.

A dram of gold dilTblved in aqua regia, with a

dram of copper in acjua fortis commixed, gave a
Baccn.
great colour.
I have written againft the fpontaneous generation
of frogs in the clouds ; or, on the earth, out of
duft and rain water cmmixej. Ray cr. the Creation.
It is manifcit, by this experiment, that the capmixed impreflions of all the colours do ftir up and
beget a fenfation of white ; that is, that whitenrlj
is
compounded of all the colours. fSewtan'i
Oftifks.

COMMI'XION.
ture

etmm':t not

ot the Proteftants.

M- >e*s
authority.

be

nun's t'worn fpo'.;ie.

Siaktff. King Lear.
Letters out of Uifter gave him notice of the inhumane m.urd'ers ccmjnitttd there upon a multitude

csviKiiJJitn]

thus, a rhofcn b.ind

the Latijn land,

:b:i(Ty.

fwrar not

to

compound

the Tower, whe.icc he was within few

dav 3 enlarged.
Ctarerdcr.
I have been confidering, ever finee
my cattailmcnt, what it might be primer to deliver upon this

n.f. [from commix.'} Mixincorporation cf different ingre-

dients.

Were

.with

a number or

To COMMISSION, v.

Clarendon.

To

truft

joint officers ; as, the broad

put into commij/lon.
8. [In commerce.] The order by which a
taftor trades for another perfon.

Although
4.

B.-.i-t.

glad to

rnitnient to

mingle

like a bail'd and main-priz'd lover,

at large, 1 am bound over.
Hufilrus.

And,

Strmmi.

ft'll n<:as

fend to prifon

They were

To COMMI'X.

My

entrufted to

is

and not be bold

hole within the ground,

ro the trufty earth commit the found.

So, though my ankle (he has quitted,

heart cont'miies ftill committed ;

with

of that which

mufe controul'd

free,

their liberty.

or office.
7.

my

Born

Drydcn's Pcrfut.

of lomcthing which God hath

of fomething com-

of people joined in a

to imprifon.
3.
Here comes the nobleman that committed the
prince, for ftriking him about Bardolph.
IV.
St-attjprare'i Henry
They two were committed, at leaft reftraincd of

or the omiflion

manded.

awe

leaft I'll dig a

To

Every ccmmij/ion of fm introduces inro rhe foul

a certain degree of harjnel\.
Seutt'i S<rmms.
He ir-.dulgci hirr.felf in the habit of known tin,

whether

ferv'rle

And

fpoke.

Aft of committing a crime; perpetration. Sins of commiffion are

diitinguifhed
in theology from fins of om!J/ion.

5.

11. a. [committo, Latin.]

to give in truil ; to put

not for your health, thus to commit

weak condition to the raw, cold morning.

Your

ccrnmJJ/ion,

It is

and

intruft

on tbe Creation.

into the hands of another.

and a ftrange
obedience to ft.fMmi^5M, fo; men, in the midtl
of their own blood, and being fo furioufly arTailcd,
hands contrary to the laws of nature
It \\\i^ a

Ray

$0

horfe's virtues, having leapt over a

Add'tjvni Freeholder.
for his fon a gay
ccmmijjion buys,
drinks, whores, fights, and in a duel dies.

Charge; mandate;

4.

n.f. [commiJJ'uro, Latin.]

is joined

All thefe inducements cannot countervail the

inconvenience of disjointing the camnnffu^ei with fo
ftrokcs of the chifiel. Wottnns AtcbiteSurt.
This animal is covered with a .ft'rong flicll,
jointed like armour by four tranfvcrfe commifliins
in the middle of the body, connected by tough

mffi'.n by the
fix- bar gare.

Pcf*.

Joint ; a place where one part

to another.

hope of the eon-

into all
parts of his empire, for the raifing of a mighty
Kmllcs's
the "Turks.
army.
Hi/lory of
I was made a colonel;
though I gained mycom-

S-wifi.
a conful, this ccmm'tfiur.tr.

COMMI'SSURE.

comr.ifjit,*!

He

Hayvaard.

Pope*! Dunriad.

cor.fiituted.

Who

covenants were concluded.

That mines

*.

Sni;:iian, filled with the vain

of Pcrfia, gave out hi*

Sidney.

Like ire their merits, like rewards they flure

ijucit

have agreed .upon*

lities.

Stakeffeart' Hairy VIII.

He led our powers ;
"Bore the tammffion of my place and perfon j
The which immediacy may well ftand up,
And call itfclf your brother. Sbakeff. King Leaf.
He would have them fully acqjainted with the
mature and extent of their office, and fo he
joint
//;o
with inftruction
by one he conveys
Smth.
power, by the other knowledge.
3. A warrant by which a military officer is

or impeached.

with your

n.J. [from commit.]

to prifon ; imprifon-

Aft of fending
ment.

It did not appear by any new examinations or

commitment i, th.it any other perfon was difcovercj

Crtae'l.

which

of the treafury.
Clarendon.
Suppofe ilir.airyccmmiffioners to infpefl, throughout the kingdom, into thi conduct of men in office,
with refpetl to morals and religion, as well as abi-

lixth part ol hii fubftance, to be lc\K-d

Without delay.

warrant, to execute

1 he archbifliop was made one of the commifior.en

blank of danger.

Comei through etmmfflfti, which compel from

uu

Thefe ccmmiflivmrs came into England, with

Sbateffeare'i Troilus and Crejf.da.

The fubjefts grief

The

one who hath commifiion,

they ftood upon,

avticlc

cotamij/ivners

men

Seals a

c-:mmii]:.i.ir is

letters patents, or other lawful

any publick office.

truft

Cemm'^'ifn

mil

COMMITMENT.

COMMI'SSIONER. n.f. [fiom commi/itn .]

One included in a warrant of authority.

held, or authority exercifed.

is

COM

COM

CO'MMISSARISHIP. n. / [from commijThe office of a commiffary.

farv.

thy

That thou

And

cimm'ixioji

Gieek and Trojan,

could' ft fay, this

thisisTrojan.

hand

is

fo

Grecian

all,

Stakrjf. Tni/uiandCrfffida.

COM MI'XTION. n.f,

[from commix.] Mixincorporation ; union of varioos

fubftances in one mafs.
Some fpccies there bfof middle and partic'patture

ing natures, that is, of birds and bssfts, as batts,

and fome few others, To confirmed and let together, that we cannot define the beginning or end

of cither; thrte being a coinn ixricn of both in

the whale, rather than adaptation or crmcnt of the
unto the other.
Erctvn'i Vulgar rnurt.

COMMI'XTURE. n.f. [from commix.]

the (late of
I. The aft of mingling

be;
ing mingled; incorporation; union io
one mafs.

In the ccmmixt urt of any thing that is more oily

or Tweet, luch bodies are leaft apt to putrefy, the
air

working

liulc

upon them.
Jiti.tn'i

Natural Hifiry.
a. Ihe

COM
The

<,

They knew, that howfoever men may ftck tlioir

own CMVM^frVi yet, if this were done with injury
unto othero, it was not to be fuftered.
Hooker.
the bia(s of the world,
Cov.n.otlity ,
vorlJ, which of itfelf is poifed well,

mafs formed by mingling different

;
composition ; compound.

things

Fair ladies, rmt/k'd, are rofcs in the bud,

Or angels vcii'd in clouds ; are rofes blown,
Difoiaik'd, their darr -!k iV.tct cotr.mxt^rc (hewn,

lve and

My

And now

fcsr glcv.-'d

many

Statejfcare,
friends to thce ;

This fway of motion,

Makes it
From all

fail,

Sbtikcfpeare.

There

is fc

ircely any rifing

evil arts.

of sood and

After

but by a commixture

n.f.

The

[French.]

for any

woman

/Lhlijon*! freeholder.

Sht, like fome penfive flatelman, walks demure,

And fmiles, and hugs, to make 'Jeitruttum

Or unJer high amniodti, with louks erect,

COMMO'DIOUS.
Convenient;
any perlbn

1.

to

fit

3.

To
When

Riltigb's Hi/lory.
tht recefs, ccimnodiiut for furprize,
purple light lliall next fuftufe the Ikies,

With me
3..

Ufeful

fuited to wants or neceffities.

If they think

we ought

to prove the

ceremonies

amrnodirmi, thty do greatly deceive themfelves.

Hotttr.
Bacchus had found out the making of wine,

and many things

ell'e

To

Kategb;

Hiflory

of

By

captain
fhips

fbi/ifi.

dv.elt a

Belonging
Though life

To

M.ff.n's

Or

the fame

4.

He was

r:

ti:

cording to

Ron.

iacrcafe ac-

ctmntJiotfufl

of their

fitu

COMMO'DITV.
Intereft

Vo... I.

'ftmtilc.

profit.

common piaycr, Imt rnakt

//'.i/;;*.

Hi

Of
And
Such

To

6>;

Italy.

no rank; mean; without birth or

dcTcent.
Look, .1?

n.f. \cvmmaditas, Latin.]

advantage;

advifcd by a parliament rn,

jMJytK
5.

An

him

oft',

as

conimitti

much

its

lie

docs his garden

South*

adjective.]

am more

than

<

COMMON.

In
i

<rn.n' tall.

SL-iikJpcitris

FAju.dly to be participated

As you

litt it.

by a certain

number.
By making an explicite confent of every commoner jKveflary t'i any one%> appropriating to himftlf any part of what is given in nmmor, children or
fcivants could not cut the nicat.wh'ch their father

mailer had provided for them in comir.cn, without afligning to every one his peculiar part. Locke.
oi

2.

with

Equally

nately.
In a work of

another

this nature

it is

indifcrimi-

impoffible to avoid

puerilities; it iiavhig that itr common with dicVionan ., and h:.oks of antiquities. jirhutbnot on dint.

To CO'MMON. <v. n. [from the noun.] To

have a joint right with others in fome

common

ground.

COMMON LAW

contains thofe cuftoms and

ufages which have, by long prefcription, obtained in this nation the force

of laws.

It is

dilHnguifhed from the

which owes

its

authority to

of parliament.

COMMON

PLEAS. The king's court now

held in Weflminfter Hall, but
anciently
moveable.

Givin oblerves, that till

granted the magna chart a,
there were but two courts, the exchequer, and the king's bench, To called
becauie it followed the king ; but,
upon
the grant of th.it charter, the .court of"
common pleas was erefted, and fettled
at Weihninfter.
All civil caufes, both

Henry

real

III.

and peifonal, are, or were, formerly

in this court, according to the

laws of the realm; and Fortefcue
the only cgurt for real
reprelents it a
caules.
The chief judge is called the
lord chief jullice of the common
pleas,
and he is affifted by three or four aflbtried

blow

this feather

fnun

my

fate,

blows it to me a^-tln,
the tightneU of v.n c^c:tr^ men

as the air
it

his load, and turn

(hake his ears,

nfs, to

CO'MMON. adv. [from the

Commonly ordinarily.

a<fb

princes do advance

tmin ill parts of the towji^witfi

the currtiu and violence of an ordinary river.

as

Baton.

mdhaveni.

1.

nmod'vMJHffl ol

ttie

whom

need nu: jncnnon the old fwitnort

.*-

tumltanccs

tn Intwcourle wil
O*

man,

in reading all the

variarion.

fomc

for ufe or comci;i;

!:

as the

Publick; general; ferving the ufe of

flrjfl

Convenience; advantage.

place

we down

empty

ilatute law,

all.

Co-iMo'oiousNEs?. n.f. [from csmmoThe

fee the

commu-

;;;.</; w/ty for divers

Sou t is

the

revert lo the

,tt to fit,
HUT.;.
tlirtizwon things, of C'jurie and circumtKmce,
To the reports ot itmtntu: men commit. Dauitt.

end % tf^ik.*.
Galen, upon the coniidcration of the body, chalone
to
find
how
the
leift
fibre
lenges any
might be

tii&us.}

man

J)

Partittijt L'fl.

Suitably to a certain purpofe.

WifJ >m may have- framed one and

more cmmid'uvjly placed

poileflbr or owner.
arc to be found, we

a private

other

Locke.

fcarce.

him with

Vulgar ; mean ; not difUnguimed by

any excellence ; often feen ; eafy to be
had ; of little value ; not rare
not

pafs cunmd'mujly thii life, I'uftain'd

tiling to Icrvc

lui, bflidfa the

a particular right to leek reparation.

of

take

to the

need not fear

m wi^i many comtorti, till we end

In duft, our n 1: left and native home.
3.

and fo become again perfectly commog } nor

can any one ruve a pr.'*pcrt\ in tlu.mjut'ncrwife than
in other things ctmffKx hy JU'UIL-.
Loikf.

diftrefs.

We

of

of

Having no

3.

the adjeftive.]

n.f. [fro

graze in commons. Stakefpiarc's J'u.'ius Car/Jr.

not the fcparate property of a thing the great
c.iufe of its endearment? Docs any one refivct .1

n.f. [lommiinh, Latin.]

equally to more than one.
and fenfe be TOWW/M to man and

Where no kindred

Co-icltJ.

Without

2.

The

nity,

mouf.

as figniiy
paffion are called com-

Is

Ltd*.

who commands a iljuadrou

a temporary admiral.

poffctfions

good fuLll^ntial country

Such verbs

[probably corrupt-

/.

hath rccui\cJ Jama^t

right of puniflinicnt cw.rnw to

of an old hollow tre,

In a deep cave fcatcd covim J.s:ijly t
Hii ancient and hereditary K

There

He who

2.

wv

And

traffi:k of in,m-

brutes, and their operations in many thin^

it: oi j
nun, and not
ynt by this f-jrni
of a brute i >u. j liatii tin- fenfe or* a man, and not of
a brute.
Ilaif't Origin
Mankind.

Conveniently.
At the large loot

CO'MMON.

men,

hcrfclf

open ground equally ufed by many perThen

ed from the Spaniih c^HMMbHhr.]

OMMO'DIOUSLY. ad-v. [from commodious.]

i

CO'MMON.

Like

Slrkutbnot on Coins*

Maro'i mule,

dame who

both action and

mon ; as afperaor, 1 defpife, or am dejpiffd ; and alfo fuch nouns as are both
maiculine and feminine, as pare/is,

Tlirice facred muir, comrnoditut precepts gives,

Inftruflive to the fwaim

L'F.Jlrjngt.

[In grammar.]

COMMODO'RE.

Dryii. Ocd'i^ut.

of'

ypt-fttftv

8.

comrr.oJ'ttf

klmi, the principal ufe i-, that of Hiving the commutation of more bulky commoditits.

The

gods have done their part,

fending this cttittmodiotis plague.

money nor

common meafure.
Of money, in the commerce and

World.

ope-

Hipparchu? w.is going to mnrry a common woman, but confulted Philander upon the occatioi;.

fortunes arc ^t fen;

the

1.

was the word

common.

raid. .\ prefi/iu Turn.

Sbui. Mtrch. e/Vim'<v.
CdtKHioditigg arc ni'ivcables, valuable by money,

commotHeui for mankind.

the

women

ibr traf-

goods

mould be myf-

fons.

Nor have

Ptpc't Otiyfej.

repair.

7.

on //w/y.

({range that there

is it

I'roititute.
*Tis a rlrange tiling, the impudence of fomc

fick.

hindrance or uneaftnefs.

1'u.T.

is

tcries in divinity, as weil as in the

commoHtji
rations in nature.

particular advantage.

merchandife

AH my

Such a place cannot be copunojious to live in ; for

being fo near the moon, it had been too near the

like to enl'ue, they concluded.

Wjilei.

ufual ; ordinary.
an evil which 1 have icen common amonj

Neither

Shakfipfiiris K>ng Join.

dcbatement of the cr-mmoiiitiet or

Adetifor.

from

free

much

Wares

accommodate

proper

indift'ercncy,

ter.

adj.

fuitable
;

all

awty;

his iite nvuit

pay,

Opdam

Ecclcf. \\. :,
Papifts were the moft unman place, an
the butc againft whom all the arrows were directed.
Cl.'t .'.:! -.

There came into her head certain verfes, which,

me had had prelent commodity, me would have

if

ck'd. G!an<v.

'

Btrrfac*d devours, "To g*D

fure

There
men.

this ecmmadity,

>m

a lofs

The

adjoined as a retraction to the other.

Sidney.
She demanded leave, not to lofe this long foughtfor commodity of time, to cafe her heart.
Sidney
Travellers turn out of the highway, drawn cither
the
a
the
of
or
delicacy or
by
foot-path,
commodity
the fremnefs of the fields. Ben jonfon's Dij'covcriu
It had been difficult to make fuch a mole where
they had not fi natural a commodity as the earth of
Puzzuola, which immediately hardens in the wa-

head-

dil'aftecied to be in the fa-

tliat is

fr

or (weep but foxnuen fouls

Frequent

Hayivard.

drefs of women.
Let them reflect how they would lie aftec"lcd,
fiiouij they meet with a man on horfcback, in his
breeches and jack-boots, drelVed up in a coir.n;r*lc
and a nightrail.
Sfcfialor.
She has contrived to fliew her principles by the
fetting of her commode ; fo that it will be impomblc
ji.un.

For fuch

direction, purpofe, courfe, intent.

Convenience

2.

ff'olton.

tiijn a I'm..

COMMO'DE.

take head

diCcommoditi^

Bdcor..

All the circumlrances anJ refpecl of religion and

(hte intermixed together in their commixture, will
better become a royal hiftory, or a council-table,

They mif,
6.

Til! th)s advantage, this vile drawing biafs,

thy tough c-Kii.ixturct melt,

York.
Impairing Heary, ftrength'ning mifproud
I

COM

COM

^h.iLjftan'i Hairy VI.

Flying bullets now,
execute hi* ra^f, Appear to-:- ilowj

Itricl

ciates,

COM
from

created by letters pr.tcnt

elates,

CO'M MON ABLE. ditj. [from

is held in common.

good land might be gained from f

and from other i
.<., 1'.
th-re be care taken th.it the p ior Commoners
ii

ctmKoi.] \\ kit

CO'MMONACE.

[from (MOTM.] The

right of feeding on a common ; the
joint right of ufing any thing in com-

mon

Sivif:.

Co M

To

Bid him

duke

the

Shall govern England.

Skukefpesre.

There is in every (t.ite, as we know, two portions of fubjecls ; the nobles, and the cimmoralty,

The emmet joirteJ

Of CMIW.T.-

One of

low rank,

And who is blefs'd

that

is

arts

Pr'.ir,

He

common

life.

One who

4.

5.

lludent of the fecond rank at

university of

the

6.

common

gave

it

Advice

one that eats

Dryd

and

weal,

o:

an eftabliihed form of

civi

Sbattcff*

foundations bear up publick focieties

inclinr.tion,

whereby

K'tV/.

It

initrudion.

all

men

th

to

make

a corrrmsnioeal in Ire

land, without fettling of all the eftatcs and poflcl

fions throughout the kingdom.
Da-vies on Irelanc
continual parliament would but keep the.
m: :tcv/ in tune, by preferring laws in their vi

K\:.g Charles

There
ing

who

Otlelli

z.

The

is

no body in the corrmomvealtb of learn

does not profefs himfelf a lover of truth

Locke

publick

the genera!

body of

th

I.

r'.i|;i;il

Is in his brain

participaiion

among m^
.;uilt

tenla.e, thtie beii^ rwthing

people.

Tur.plt

n.f. [from common.]

mote

Irtijucut

t!,a.

heat

;.

and darts,

bites his lips,

Kbaktfftar/i Hcnrf VIII.

He could not debate any thing without fome COKthe argument was not of moment.
motion,

whn

Cljrcnjc*.

Diilurbance

reftleffhefs.

Sacrifices were offered

when an earthquake hapwa-

pened, that he would allay the commotions of the

ter, and put an end to the earthquake.

Waativjrd' s Natural
Hi/lory,

COMMO'TIONER. n.f. [from

One that caufes commotions

of the peace.

word

commotion.]
a dirturber
not in ufe.
;

The

people, m->re regarding commotioners than

commifiioneis, Hocked together, as clouds cluitcr
againfl a ftorm.

Hayward.

To COMMO'VE. v.
difturb

a.

[commo'veo, Latin.]
to agitate; to put into a

violent motion

to unfettle.

Not

ufed.

Cemmov'd around,

in leathering eddies
play.

To

CO'MMUNE.

Summer.

Tbomjc,ifi
i<.

n.

[communico,

La-

To

converfe ; to talk together;

to impart fentiments mutually.
tin.]

So long

Unto

;!i

Guyon with

the ground

ilie

cafi

her (cmm>
her modeft eye;

And ever and anon, with rely red,

The bafliful blood-her fnowy checks did
I will (MwurMwith you of fuch
That want no car

tilings

;'"

TJity would

fo.-be

to hi :n peaceably, that thsy

as friends.

dye.

Jlfcafvre.

refirt unmight rcwuiw together

,,!

IluysvtrJ,
comaUKc, how that day they b?(l may
Their jvMwing
Miltm'tPtraftuLfo
S as ranked under names, arc thofe that,
moft part, men re.iibn of within themfclvrs,
and al-.wjs tlwfc Vthkh they CGDfHHM about \^ith
:\

Such
So kind

obviate th

he

defire fociabl

Hooker

.'

was impoflible

gour.

-;ls.

natural conftitutiun.

CO'MMONNESS.

Perturbation ; diforder of mind

violence ; agitation.
Some ftrange comtr.ctisn

Straight the rands,

Sktktfptarfi
A great difcaic may,cl>an;e the frame of a bfjdy
it
lives
to
recover
(Irength, it
thnugh, if
its

confifts of battles, and a continual comthe Odyfley in patience and wifdom.

Brxme's Nolet on the

Odyjiy,

z.

To
;

the other an order agreed upon, touchin,

the manner of their union in living together th
latter is that which we call the law of a common

a ftrong and fwcatitig devil here,

;

minds an equal banquet want*

litej

's

polity

Two

part.
hand of yours requires
cafligatic/n, exrrcife devout;
For here

coarfc, were nothin]

The doctor now obeys the fummons,

Likes both his company and commons,
Sivift
M
WE' A L.
~{n.f. [from comma

one

o N . n.f. \commtmitlo, Latin.

Th?'

did their

adv. [horn common.] Fre

dually; ordinarily; for the

flood,

follow him.

The Iliad
motion

3.

painted himfelf of a dove colour, and took

with the pigeons.
L'Eftrang

MON
COMMONWE'ALTH.

CO'MMONLY.
qucntly

common.

all will

S&akejpeare'i Henry VI.

When ye (hall hear of wars and commotions^ be
not terrified.
Luke, xxi. 9.

VI

ivealtb.]

this ring,

warning

; diilurbance ; combuftion ; fe
publick diforder; infurreftkm.
By flrut'ry he hath won the common hearts ,
And, when he'll pleafe to make temmtan,
;

life.

parallel
yet, for all that,
to a wmtri'.ner o' th' camp.
i

Co

ai

C o M M o N I'T

eaten in

the

high rcfpecl, and rich validity,

Did lack
Ic

Tumult

*Tis to be fear'd they

fcant;

Nor

table.

prottitute.
Behold

Wnrfe
I

Oxford

it is

Their commons, though but

Much

where

Parcrgan,

n.f. [commotio, Latin.]

ground.

mien

I.

King Charles.
diet: fo called from col-

Mean while fhe quench'd her fury at the

And with a lenten fallad cool'd her blood

common

land might be gained from commonable

fo as there be care taken that the poor com
,
xacfrs have no injury.
Eixon'i Advice to

Ayliffe's

COMMO'TION.

Fab

his commons

Swift.

has a joint rightin

fare

commorant and redding in another mor.a-

is

flery.

dition

My good lord,

leges,

There is hardly a greater difference between two

things, than there is between a reprefenting comncr.fr in his publick calling, and the lame perfon
in

Food

that

In the houfe of canir.ons many gentlemen, uniatisticd of his guilt, durlt not condemn him.
j.

not great

adj. [commorans, LaRelident; dwelling; inhabiting.

The abbot may demand and recover his monk,

for mitigation of this bill

Urg'd by the coamoisf Doth his majesty
Incline to it, or no ?
Sbakefpeart' s Hairy

A member of the houfe of commons.

3.

Htli.
archbifh.ip, out of his dioccfe,

becomes fubjedt to the archbilhop of the province where he has

his abode and commorancy.
jty!ffi'i Parergon*

Drydtn

not noble.

Dwelling; habita-

rcudence.

tin.]

lower houfe of parliament, by which

the people are reprefented, and of which
the members are chofen by the people.

How now

abode

The very quality, carriage, and place of nmmtrance, of witnefles is plainly and evidently fet forth.

The

This cemnaaei has worth and parts,

arms, or lov'd for
His head aches for a coronet ;

tion

doors wide open, front the court.

of

Shakfyearc* s Corio/anus.
His great men durft not pay their court to him,
hud fatiated his thirfl of blood by the death
inic of hisloyal cvmmtmrs. dddijon't Trttboldi

Is pr.iis"d for

^O'MMOR ANCE. \n.f. [from commorant. J

CO'MMORANCY.

m;i

2.

in their ori-

though fometimes, by force

of order and difcipline, they have extended themfclvcs into mighty dominions.
Temple.

gods of greater nations dwell around,

And, on the right and left, the palace biund ;
where they can : the nobhr fort,
The

T!:c ccn:K3*crs,
(land, but they,
m their ancient malice, will forger.
I';-,

A man

CowuKmqrehbi were nothing more,

CO'MMORANT.

The
The

Doubt not
for whom we

2.

thofe

play,
reft before th' ignoble commons play. Dryd.

With winding

man

to fuch a Stygian praftice,

fleep
Againtl that c;mmwu.'caltb which they have found.
Cd?
Jon; :.

II.

n.f. [from common."]

common people;
of mean condition.

The gods w,;uld

An

Slakeffeare's Richard
and the commons?
pifs'd the nobles
Sbekcffejr:.
Thefe three to kings and chiefs their fcenes dif-

the fecret acknowledg-

the

Taller.

Hath h not

the commonalty, bearing record of the God

ods.
Hooktr.

which the fuprcmerepub-

Did he, or dn yet any of them, imagine

hateful common will perform for us ;

Except, like curs, to tear us all in pieces.

of mankind.

in

in the people; a

lic *.

The

^j'.V.'^j'l

ment of

1.

A government
power is lodged

Little office

acl

found

word dyadic.

in her popular tribes

will ufe

UO'MMONS. a. f.
The vulgar the lower people
who inherit no honours.

the c&mrncnaiy of England, to be iorcmofl in brave

CO'MMONER.

Feltoa.

n.f.

which things to
ranged under general heads.
I turned to
my cimiKanflace-ho'^k, and

Parjjift- L<ft.
All gentlemen are almolt obliged to it; and 1
know no reafon we fho;tld give that advantage to

myfelf top

book in
be remembered are

Bacon.

^ny dirlic'jltj- in collecting and

m the hirtoan univirl

his cafe under the

;

ginal, but free cities

rian?.

ftrive

coirtmofialrj

To- reduce to

-. a.

E.

COMMONPLA'CE-BOOK.

the love o' th'

The bulk

A'C

i.

>.

lower rank.

To gain

.;

n.f. [commuJiaute,lfT.'\
people; the people of the

The common

Mox

general IK

n.f,

with others.

ptr.

ot'n-it.

r'requent occurrence ; frequency.

Blot TUT t'.iai maxim, res nslur: diu m.th advr'i:n.ikei me not kn
ii thr au'.lu: i 'out iuit he muft be fome modern.

CO'MMON ALTY.

2.

to .icc-ife ll.jiro-.vn faults in

rfftfrs,

have no injury.

1.

men

/or

the king.

and

COM

COM

a father of the

a prince,

commirwab

Slul.

1J.

IV

T,!ii;- f'^p^ ire v.vll tutored

by you: you arc
g)0d member of the commonwealth.
Stakeffcart'i Ltvis Labour L'f

COMMU-

COM

C O

COMMUNICABI'LITY. n.f.
"municalh.] The quality of
'municable

[from cumbeing comcapability to be imparted.

CoMMi/NrCAELE.

[from

adj.

To have fomething in common with

another as, tbehoufa ccmmtmicate ; there
is a
palfage between them, common to
both, by which cither may be entered

2.

cc

from the other.

The whole body is

That which may become the common

of more than one with to.
pofleffion

can?h, which

Sirh eternal life is csmmum:abU untv all, it behoovcth that the word of God be fo likewifc.

Oulur.
recounted ; that

3. That which may be

of which another may (hare the knowledge with to.
Nor let thine own inventions hope
;

mediately or immediately,

The

COMMU'NICANT.

[from communia worfhipcate.] One who is prefent, as

per, at the celebration of the Lord's
Sapper ; one who participates of the
.

f.

and

C'.rrrKunicants

have ever ufed

it

ufe

it

tinker.
conftant frequenter of wormip, and a nevercwmurrirant.
Sermons.
monthly"
Atterbury*s

COMMUNICATE,

a.

-v.

4.

To
1

to

common;

benefits or

He

Let
eair

Norrh.

ing.

COMMU'NION.
i.

to

Clarendon

A-ord, timmtr.iW,ji, vi. 6.

r':,"':fty

frankly

!d

p.

not,

ir any degrct, c'-mt.ur*

ter, Uf'ne he hid take:

;
fellowlhip ; common pofparticipation of fomething in
;
interchange of transitions.

i'.-:>i'rtir.;

i.i.h

\\

tli

iftie

.*;:

profcfs

i.

.'j

their hearer-.

COM MO' M 1C ATE. ir. n.

To partake c/f t!ie blefled

H'tjtts.

Canfl

Of
facramcnt.

The fiinuii'.cCkt'iRjiKiMB.ni.iftutl every day.

rail'e

::

'

.1

i,mm.v/,;'

hc

with

God

di-gicc partakcts

is in

ule.

June

n.f. [from commuta-

of being capable of

[from

adj.

That may be exchanged

elfe

that

for

may be bought

committf. ]

fomething

oft,

or raa-

fomed.

COMMUTA'TION.

[from commute.]

n.f.

Changs; alteration.
An innocent nature could

1.

hate nothing thatwn

word, fu great ii the c^mmtttjf^n t
that the foul then hattd only that which now only

innocent
1

uci,

i.

in a

Sau'b'i Strmins.

t. fin.

Exchange; ths

acl

of giving one thing

S-.lltt't

Ac.
is

thy creature to whit height tiiou wilt

V/e maintain

cuckow

but, as the

i.ljirs

'

are rna^c in th;

commonnefs. Not in

for another.
The whole univeifc is fupported by giving and
returning, by com:uertc ana commutation.

i:

tnumai'.L

I. ''.eke.

things.

COMM U'TABLE.

Rjltifb.

9"0

all

.\

exchange.

others.
Ifraf.

thereof.

far from proving Adam fole proconfirmation of the original C-K-

is

is

COMMUTABI'LIT Y.
The quality
blc.~\

Tlw

made fome doubt

Heard, not regarded ; feen, but with fuch eyes,

As, fick and blunted uiih community,
Afford no extraordinary gaze.
Sfraktffeart.

2.

.-

are L'

He was

'urnilh

nd

it

Frequsnc}'

3.

are not, by
outielve; v:ith co

text

txun'uy of

'".t-iil-

We

itiiir.

'.icic

This
prietor

svv-iervants.

..

'

Brown's I'u'gJr Ernur*.

1:

and in regard whereoi

t'j

r.Jturc do'.h

ns.

to th.i

K' r "jonfan.
in the C'.mr.unity of
or mifapplicat'um of the aft of one unto

the other, hath

n.f. \_communio, Latin.]

Confidcr, finally, the angels, ai havinjj with us

th.lt

i'i

hi.

common

dained

ufes

pofleffion ; the ftate contrary

to property or appropriation.
Sit up and revel,
C ill all the great, the fair, and fpirited dames
me about thee; and begin a faihion

Intercourfe

to.

hi

-jni'.

Hi

and

not

jre

H'v<:*r.

knowledge.

not only, the molt communicative of all

beings, but he will atlo communicate himfelf in
fuch meafure as entirely to fatisfy ; otherwise
fome degrees of cimiKur.icatii-cr.tJi would be wantis

Common

name,

The quality of being communicative, ot bellowing or imparting

n.f. [from ccm-

Mdifon's f'rttbilitr.
not for hirnfelf alone, but hath a regard
his acTions to the great community. AtHrbury.
lives

'

for ; but they

that n:mmr:.-arn-e and

and Pefe.

all

for the prefervation of th; community.

Of irreiioni ami e:trmuxii\'.

The umlifuncVion of ni.tny

muiiicative.~\

feflion

much advn?urr, which,

has only

it

I'jilh

ii

z.

thank us

COMMUNICATIVENESS,

C/j

Now

He

[from commu-

^ic'ift

.'

both

mind

We

Chjric the Hardy would cimmuni:ate his fecrets

none ; and, leaft of all, thofc fccrets which
troubled hit.
Bacon.
He communicatid th k thoughts only vitl> the
}'ii
r, and the chancel-

4.

will

VKfrany.

not deligned for her own ufe, but for Sic

Aidifori's Guardian.
is imprelTed on our

It is

whole cmKur.ity.
The love of our country

E-vey"'i Kalindar.
have paid for our want of prudence, and
determine for the future to be lefs ccmminnativt.

was made.

'aer.

the laws that fecurc a civil community.

Snifr.

of benefits or know-

name of

deferve not the

noble profefiion.

the perfon to whom communication, either of benefit or knowledge,

men.
HammtJ't Fundamentals.
This parable m;iy be aptly enough expounded of

or multitude of

make advantages

impart knowledge.

cm*"-

and

mercenary gardeners

could commvrtiti:s,

CrtJjiJtl*
Sbakeifeare't'Troilul
in a fingle perfon only, but in a community

Not

not dole ; not felfilh.

V/e conceive them more than fome envious and

ledge

ha9 anciently the prepofiticn ivith

journey of
the fl.-ength of

liberal

StlUaifJket*

How

the elders of Ifrar!,

atfj.

Inclined to

nicate.]

that church.

Degrees in fclnx)ls, arid brotherhood in cities,

But by degree (land in authentick place ?.

David in times put

COMMU'KICATIVE.

before

mvmcn of

Co M M U'N T y n. f. \commumtas, Latin.]

i. The commonwealth ; the body politick.

with me.

learned diligently, and do communicate wifdr rr.

vii. 13.
iiy: I do not hide ler r<

It

3.

reveal

make a good man ; if it could, we mould

South.
have no bad ones.
Ingenuous men have lived and died in the con:-

the nsa-

to be
then do it. a Sartitt,', iii. 17.
f
he chief end of Uri^ung?, in
being to be underftooJ, words ferve, not ''>, thai
end, when any word does not excite in tin; lieaiei:.
the fame idea which it liands fur ia tl.c mind
of the fprakcr.
1
v\,

worfhip of any

Rare communion with a good church can never

Iltit\.

common

alone

now

in the

church.

'1

Dryden'l Falls.

z.

who have

all

nagemcnt of affairs.
Conference ; converfation.

king over you

my company,

con;niurhat-:i his praile

among

Abncrhad MMBntMtiMwidl

but peculiar benefits with choice.

Baton.
Where Gcd is worOiipped, there he tomumfatcs his bUffings and holy influences.
T^ykr's H'irttj ComuouKcant.
Which of the Grecian c'.lcfs contorts with thee ?
Itill

Union

'-

is

faying, ye fought for

all,

And

fea

ttjunka'wn neceiTary

benefits are to be comrr.unuatcd with

defires

telligence between fevcral pcrfons.

Secrets may be carried fo far, as to Hop the fom-

To

But Diomede

conveniently iituated tor

trade, by the (cma:u>:iiiiii.tt it his both with Afia
and Europe.
Slrtuttncr.
3. Interchange of knowledge ; good in-

c'.

Common

was engraven upon the t&mmrmiw cup.

Peacbam or. Drawing*
common or publick acl.
31
Men began publlckly to call on the name of the
Lord; that is, they ler\ed and praifcd God by
c:tr.n:unhn, and in pubiick manner.
Raleigh's llijliry if ite World.

Ad.fy'.n on

The Eux'mc

[ccmmanice,

impart to others what is in our

n power ; to give to others as par
takers ; to confer a joint pofleffion ; to
beftow.

r^.^'f

country at fo great a diftauce from the fca.

Latin.]
i.

,v...v:i

Clarmlor'*

4.

'

dence has formed between the rivers and lake* 01

:;

*To

Tert'jllian reporteth, that the pifture of Chrill

a way without interruption to another.

The map (hews the natural fcmmui<ic<i:KH provi-

ap

c.rrmuTilCiir.ts.

of learned knowledge.

rtfolved, that the ftanding of the

all churches ihoulJ be altered.

They

mutlvn table in

Common boundary or inlet ; paiiage or

means, by which from one place there is

z.

and we, by the

mew we

ferve completely for the reception

csm>:ur.lfj!'.:n

7/-/i/L-r"j

bleffed facrament.

form of the very utterance, do

[from commu-

/.

of imparting benefits or know-

aft

ledge.
Buth together

That which may be imparted.

The happy place

Rather inflames thy torment, reprcfenting
Loft biifs, to thce no more uratunu
Milan's PiiraJi/c Regained.

drbiitl-not en Altrttnts.

n.

nicate. ]
I.

3.

nothing but a fyirem of fuch

with one another,

icmr.in'nut''

all

COMMUNICATION,

Things not reveal'd, which th' invifjble king,

Only omnifcient, hath fuppref/d in
To none carmunicatli in earth or heav'n.
Af /;s;:'i Paradifc Loft.

The common or publick celebration o\

the Lord's Supper ; the participation o*
the blefied facrament.

'

cafe."]

j.

COM

of

t!

".

L-fl.

ii

Jiig f>

:ibloljtely
nr:ajij <

and

(J.c

i-.-.co^
t

SfrmiK!.

temper of mankind, it
(liat there be fume method

prefent
iry

that of

money.
Kay CM fit Creator.
the commerce and tradkk

v',"7'''.'..rii.'.i,

The ufe of money, in

of mankind, is that of laving the totr.tnut,
^Irlnrhr-t en C.r.
more bulky commodities.
2
'/, z
3. Ranfojti r

'

Ranfom ; the aft of exchanging a corporal for a pecuniary puoimmcnt.

To

4.

[from commute.]

Relative to exchange ; as, cc/nmutativt

tliat
honeity which is exercifec)
in trarHck, and which is contrary to
fraud in bargains.

COMMUTE.

1.

To

COMPA'CT.
Firm

1.

c'^nuir

thcf<

exchange

2.

for
fa

The

for whi>iing{ as if forwere a c'uwnl.uion UT t]i;-

<v.

n.

exemption.

men

to further

To

atone

dcfigned forjrneans

and

it,

it.

COMMU'TUAL.
Mutual

to

commute

./ -b'l

Hymen

for

Firmncfs

Thole atoms

Pipe's OJvffij.

[faaum, Latin.]" A
an agreement ; a
;
appointment between

an accord

mutual and fettled

two or more, to do or to forbear ibincIt had anciently the accent on
tiling.

the i^mpaii

is

all

To COMPA'CT.

of us

tum, Latin.]
To join together

firmnefs

unite clofely ; to confolidate.

inform her full of my particular fears

to

Clofely

StretchM and

By what

dilfolv'd into

unlinew'd length.

-t.

degrees thi: earth's compaficii fphcrc

V.ts harden'd, woods, and rocks, and towns,

bear.

to

Arbuti*. on Diet.

the precious ftonc,

Imparting radiant

lullrc like his

own.
BlackiKorc'i

To make

CrcaU

out of fomething.

If he, fonipafl of jars, grow mulical,

(li
irtly difcoid in the fpheres. Skat.

We (tall have
To league
3.

with.

Thou

Firmncfs

woman,

o.iths,

Thought icy would

Were tdlirounks?

fv.

,ir

i'"wr.

each particular

f.icl,

SbaUfp.Mtajurift,rMtaJurt.

n. f.

[ from compafi.]

dofenefs

The

beft

and

matter, cannot m.iki-

its \\.iy

in which any thing

together ; compagination.
good word, but not in ule.

thr

IU

Union;

1.

2.

is

call

how

your policy;

is 't lefs,

CO'MPAN.Y.

I'.tr.'.n.

n.f.

beft end>,
or worfc,

in peace
's Coriolaxus.

Fr

[compagnie,

and pn$,-is, one of the

fame town or con and panis, one that
eats of the fame mcfs.]
either from con

IVrfons aflembled together

1.

a body of

men..
i-.irry

all

Sir

John

Fulibfi'to the Fleet;

his a>x;f>any along with

him.

Xl'aktlpca;-is

Honeft company,

That

To

h.ive beheld

this

me

moll patient,

thank

give

ILnry IV.

yo;:

away m;

f'.vect,

and virtuous
.

fyftem of
2.

[cunpago, Latin.]

gallery

jundioa; connexion;

N A E L E N ESS. n.f. [from company,}

quality of being a good companion
word not now in ule.
fociablenefs.
;

of merry lijipliuty, his words

ol

Slaiuj.

aflcmbled for the entertainment of each other ; an afi'embly of

Perfons

pleature.
A criwd

is not
company ; and faces arc but a
of piclurcs, where there ib no Un-e.
BdfVl'l }'
.

3.

full

Sbakijptarc's

aflbciation.
Fellowship
If it be honour in your wars to fcem
The fame you are not, which, for your

Co,

broken ci>u:pagiai'ien of the magunder it. Br^ii.'n's Vulgar Enoitrs.

iiu^tfflfli/.'H./!.

[from compamanner.

Take

'.\

His eyes

wit, and fwaycd

Clarendon.

adv.

That it (hall hold a,mp<iKi',Kll.-ip

With honour .^ in v. ar

The

hearty

focial

train.

Company;

You

in tire or

fabritlc

good fellowfhip

All of lompankrrjmji.

its

contexture.
netic;'.!

Fit for

Alcibiades, and fomc twenty horfc,

^i{)'-

ftrufture;

Rt*Utgb.

[from compa-

adj.

COM

The organs in animal bodies arc only n regular

the llu'ni
cttKpaga of pipes and velfels, for

COM PA GIN A'TION.W./.

defamation, where J ^ann.>c

my

nionable.] In a companionable
p A'N lOfvSH IP. n.f. [fiomcamfanion.]

Neither unfcemly mort, nor yet exceeding long.

to

He had a more cafftmaaiU

more among the good fellows.

And over it a f.iir portcullis hong,

Which to the gate Jinctly did incline,
With comely comjafs, and ccmpMi-rt ftron?,

n.f. [Latin.]
parts united.

away,

manner

COMPA'GES.

agreeable.

Wo

FJ'U-J

mate

Sbaktfp. Hcr.ry IV.

boldncfs to .every petty companion to

rumours

nion.]

to wells.

joined

many

COMPA'N ton ABLE.

COM p A'CT u RE. n.f. [from compafl. ] Struc;

gives

fpread

Enwn.

tlurity.

lime mortar will not have attained

utmort c.npotiKtjt, till fnurfcore years afrer it has

been employed in building. This is one rcafon
why, in demolilhing ancient fabrics, it is caller to
bfeofc the ftone than the mortar.
B<yle.
The red, by re.)('on at
v/j of terrcftrial

term of contempt ; a fellow.

What ? you jio. r,
CQv:twi:hri

fcornynu, fcurvy

be prcfent.

denfity.

Irradiancy or fparkling, fnuid in mar.y gems,

not difcovcrable in this, tor it comcth (liort of

'

pernicious

Compel] with her that's gone, think'ft thou thj

with good com-

pafture.

COM p A'CT K ESS.

_/,

This dife.ifc is more dangerous, as the

more Itii6k and cOBpeStJt and conll-quently more
pe .pie arc jdtrance^t in age.

A familiar

COMPA'N ION ABLY.

denfely.

With neat joining

ture
:

And thereto add fuch rcafons of your own,

As may ccmpatl it more. Sbaltjfcare 's King Liar,
Nor are the nerves of his t'.mf'.iH.-it Itreiigth

2.

2.

mourn.

to

partner; an aflbciate.

It

C.ityni.

adv. [from campafl.]

whom

bafe, ral'cally, cheating, lack-linnen

which comfafleitnffi and

;
demonstration that nothing could be

their campaclnfji

\_compingOt.compac-

with

is

produced by them.

lirm and true in me.

<v*.a.

you mouldy rogue, away

are fuppofcd infrangible, extreme-

COMPA'CTLY.

is

Shattfparfi Sicbar,! 111.

In the beginnings of fpceeh there was an imfounded
p'icit compafi,
upon common confent, that
luch words, voice?, or gefhircs, ihould be figns
whereby they would cxprcfs their thoughts. South.

hardncl's

laft fyllable.

hope the king made peace with

3.

compared and hard

ly

doubts, with rising paffuns torn.

cimparMn near with

His puniihment, eternal milcrv;

Which would be all his folace and revenge,
Thee once to g.iin t'owpanisn of his woe. Wilton,

did our hands,

and wiU

at the table,

tpaphroditus, my brother and cmparkn in laPhil. ii. 25.

bour, anJ feilow foldier.
Bcrcav'd of happinefs, thou may 'ft partake

denfity.

fwc-et

Sticking or compafiednrfi, being natutal to denexcels of gravity in proportion

fity, requires fume
to the dcnlity, or fome other outw.ird violence,
break it.
Digty on Buhts.

fare's Il.tmht.
ccmmutnal zeal, we both had ltio\c
Tr Tic^s.of dear benevolence and love;
Brothers in peace, not rivaU in command.
n. /.

Feltsn.

iOmp,inion

Prior.

2.

CoMpA'cTEDNESS..yI [from compacted. ]

witli

contrail

With anxious

No

M'MoK.

aflame.

of our language.

CO'MPACT.

to

is a

Ecehis. vi. IO.

fire,

paft dijcawft.
Where a foreign tongue U elegant, cxpreflive,
clofe, and ivrnfiift, we mull ftudy the utmoll forct-

I'nite tauiKutnal'ui raoft facred bands.

Thrre,

wand'ring

friend

not continue in the day of thy jrHiclion.

SMffftart.

StnnGni.

[con and mutual.]

reciprocal. Uled only in poe

all

3. Joined; held together.

Jn one hand Pan has a pipe of fcven reeds, cimPtattam.
paB with wax together.
and well connected ; as, a com.f. Brief,

adj.

try.
L AT our hearts, and

Som;

liner, and the poet,

which the night

Csmptifl of unfluous vapour,
And the cold environs around condentes,

they look upon as a

in holincfi,

to Icrv*; inftcad of

^1

to bar-

planrls.

tin:

h.nitic,

of relaxation. It differs horn friend, z^

acquaintance from confidence.
How now, in> lord ? why do you keep alone ?
Of luit'ieil fancies your f&^tfMOJM make

Ofl'.ts.

confining.

Kindled through agitation

institutions which

f Aiirge

rile

L' FJirtitigf.

COMMU'TE.

a-;

/'.,.-

bearance of the one

And

ma rtVs

Compotcd

Are of imagination

or ranfom cue obligation

other.

the

AV'i'i

'

i'.>:

Some tmimart fworing

gain

o N n.f. \_compngnon, French. ]

with whom a man frequently converle, or with whom he (hares his hours

One

1.

Witiiout attraction, the dillVvcrcd parti

tile chaos could never convene into lu^h i_:-

by another.

To

of firm

Co M P A'N

1>.

i:ffaf}

pitfl
0'ir talks

Idves.
off,

denfe

not the denfity greater in free and open fpaccs,

voiii of air and other grofler bodies, than within
the porr> of watrr, ^lal
fr\!ial, j'-ms, and othct

unejfy and fruitlefs ones we impol--

To buy

dole

Is

[ccmmuta, Latin.]

plcafant and gainful nncs, \vinch Ood'atfigns,

2.

folid

intercourfe.
Towards his queen he wai nothing uxorious, but
and refpecYivr.
Bacon's Henry Vll.
comptiri.tl'L-

adj. \ctmpa3us, Latin.]

i>. a.

thing for ^notber.

will

fo ismpaflal, thateach thing

thin.^, and ;illo itlelt.

texture.

exchange ; to put one thing in the

place of another ; to give or receive one
This

adj. [from company.] Sohaving the qualities of a companion ; fociablc ; maintaining friendly

CO'M p A N I A B L E

world

fee the

pmerveth other

jujlict,

7a

to bring into a fyf-

cial

We

a<!j.

join together

tem.

The law of God had allowed an evalion, that

Brnun.
by wajr of fmixuiatiim or redemption.

COMMU'TATIVE.

COM

COM

C O

Perfons confidered as aiTcmbled for converfation ; or as capable of converfatioa

and mutual entertainment.
Munlicur Zulichem came to me amon^ the rrlr.
of the good companv of the town.
Temple.
Knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of
Irs, and converf.ition with the beft company
of both fexcs,

is

neceflary.

DryJen.
4-

The

COM
The

f.

COM

of a companion

ftate

accompanying

converfation

There could no form for fuch a royai -ife'bel

tOfftrittj imagined, !iks that of the forefai na-

the aft o
fellow
;

tinn -

SiJnf

COMPARATIVE. adj.

number of perfons united

fanici, with their particular

Rome

8.

firft

2.

in

liis

-is

C'.tr--a>iy

to
do

be companion

fon ; not pofitively.

T he good or evil, which

to.

defirc thee

DryJcr.

Admitted

Why

OioulJ he call her

Pupil Ejjay
whore ? Who

To

Sometimes

1.

in

to

kecpt

frequent

foldier that did

to

a.

other

is a go.id
.re, nr in

,..

Obfolcte.

[from fo compare.']
be compared ; of
equal reworthy to contend for preference.

petual

to

Ro"trs.

.11,

we Hull

rightly eltimate. what we

find it lies much in

call

good

ccmj..-

'its

can think itgricvo-:;,

who

apt to carry

is

have the difadvantag;'

3.

and thofc at a dirtancr

the e-mparifon.
Locke.

it,

in

comparative eftimate
men would live as religion

It

proportio.n.

rny.iias.,

lie

world

place, in

.ai.ic
1

One

tc.

c::n fcaixe

i: i:,.

Ti":-.

,'

.,

|j

ltn

tormrnr, an
of a malicious and rev;

ofwh-:

rli-.K

4.

miferably
n.faoi.cev.ai. A,'d:l. Remarks on
Italy.

it

fimile in

luftration

pain,

are

comparer! together,
as future.

en.

Jt

may be

i:r..

As

writing or fpeaking

an

il-

by fimilitudc.

fair an-:

'-.d

of land in h.uid CIK-

parijjv, luii been li>nj<thi:ig too laa

for any LJy.

a. id

too

good

Knr,!!c:'t It

adv. [ from 'comparable.

]
Jn a manner or degree
worthy to be
compared.

of being compared.

will

hacJu.
near our \icw arc ;(pt t
te thought
than
thoff r{ a largfr til.: that ar.greater
remote ; and fo it is with
pk-afutu and pain

comparaklt with any of the captains of

ge, an excel.
;, 3 anrfland.

COMPARABLY,

ftate

we

<>

A mm

AM:t<.,n'>, .V

It'

preieiit

He that hr.sgot the idi-is .if nunibers, and h.ith

taken the p.iins t'i
tvw, and thrr-:, to
fix, cannot chafe but know
they an- cqu V.
Thus much of the wrong judgment men make
of prcfent and future pleafurc and
win-

virtu. nr, fri.-nd.

>

The

2.

fpirit.

jjard ;
This prcfcn; world atTordeth not
any thing comrluties of religion. lloektr.
fjratltunt

There n nob!ef7ing of
joyment of a dilcrcct and

author faves me the <:;/...,,.: \.itu trat'.ir he

fays, that !ve rein h; is to imitate the
ck poet.
Dryd.n.
;

'

tumults,

-J'nilus ar.d
Crtfli.ij.

i>i-..t.-lp.
.

Our

elfc.

victory of overcoming t\
nmparci thefc with the reill.-fs

adj.

if cry '.f ike

life
lomp.oahlc to the

fimilics.

the pleal'urc

Spinftr't HutterJ's Tale.

tlr.-ir

I will hear Brutus

fpcalc
hcjr Calfius, and ,-;./. ,. their rcafuns.

No man

i.eed: muft learn to

laugh, tu lye,
face, to forge, to fcorT, to cr.mfary.

come,

when

Comes, comparing his parts with thnfc

man, reckons his claw among them, which
are much more like la ilc r,f a lion
fo eal'y it is
to drhe on the
1,
IC.T;/>J/;,M toj far to make it p
V yV/a'.f/.p/.

varll-

SL\:ktj:pcare.

For there thou

by Troilui

Natalis

me.ifuring themfeUcs l,y thcmk-ln', a;i

comparing themfelve* among thcm&lycs, ;.ic n
wifr 1 C'.r. !. 13.

Ccr. v.
9.

in love (hall, in the world to

ii

They

you not to company with fornicators.

Co MPARABLE.

'

Want

to eftimate the relative

goodnefs

fomcthing
I will

Miltan's Parudifc Loft,

glorious.

Simile; fimilitude; illuilratian by com-

of

[compare Latin".]
the meafure of an-

ihin^i have feen,

Co M p \ R so K n.f. [ccmfarciijon, French.]

1. The ad of
comparing.

had.

(hi:

rare-it,

poffibility

Full of protcfr, and oatli, and big

compare,

or badnefs, or other
qualities, of any one
thing, by obferving how it differs 'from

company thcfe thwe.

be a gay companion.

W orthy

ir.lv

the

Approve their truths

rhymes,

Tait/'lt,

TiCOMPA'RE. -v. a.
I. To make one
thing

am

To

he

f,j

the good qualities art more thari

aflbciate one's ielf with.

.;

To

how few, nfiparaively, are the

_But
of this wife applicatijn

2.

companion

fidcd lai!.

Sbtritfpcari'iCyn

To

its

i^_,

compa-

parifon.
True fwains

vegetables b-ing ttmftngttttj lighter th:m

the ordinary terrertrial matter of the
;-l
he, fuu .

Thus, through what patli luc'erof life we MVC,

Rage companui our hate, and griof our love. Prior.
To CO'M v A N v 11.11.
i.

in

better th.m nien cnnirn

The

fenfe.

ill

Molt
2.

her

be affuciated with.

to

whom

Man.

[from the noun.] To

attend; to be companion

-v.

to

The

tit

is

9"C(/MPAKY.
accompany

an

mingled

mm that

Sbakeffcarc'i Otbclh.

COMPANY.

To kap

houfes of entertainment.
1

evil

him company.

'

:'-y>

10.

to that equal
flcy,

Fairy

Oh, things without ct>mp.:r^ !

Suckling,
As their fmall galleys may not hold compare
With our tall fliips.
Wallfr.
Beyond compare the Son of God was fcen

is

cftcemcd good or evil

tiicly orfimply.
In this wurld, whatever is called
gooJ, is i m/,;rail-vtly with other things of its kind, or with the

compare.

comparifon
of entering into comparifon.
There

did fpare

(till

belly,
to

n.f. [from the vrb.]

of being compared ;

rative eftimate

removed, may be
amfarailvely, and not poli-

ctaipar.y,

faithful dog /hall kear

COMPA'RE.
1. The ftate

ilronger.

aJv. [from comparaIn a ftate of comparifon ; according to eftimate made by compari-

and go with me.

Ktattfp.
Thofe Indian wives are loving fools, and
niaj
t:>
do well
lap company with the Arrias and Portia's
of old Hume.

His

But, both from back and

fill his
bags, and riches

To

Sent/ct.

tive.]

Miiifon's Sfifiait,r.

in S-pcnfcr ufed after the

comparo, for to get , to procure ;
is

to obtain.

[In grammar.] The comparative degree exprefles more of any quantity in

one thing than in another ; as, the
right
the

To compare
Latin

COMPARATIVELY.

To tear me

Turk

COM
To'accompaCOMPANY.] ny to aflbci-

To tear
To keep
ate with

the

',f

almoll word for word.

4.

Bacon.

Having the power of comparing different things.

band it

wuJ eaprcled.
Kaolin's Hijlory
PA N Y. >

Mi/ton's Par. R,-g.

carv'd in ivory fueh a maid fo fair,
As nature could not <x>if!> his art compart. Dr-;ti t..
It he
cwnparu this tranflation ivhb the original,
he will rind that the three lirft ftanzai are rcndeiei
iv'xii greatelr.

He

its

is not known
by an eye or nofe; it confymmetry, and i; is the comparative fawhich
notes
it.
G/cnviHf's
culty
Sctpfii Sdittifca.

3.

pure as fmiw, being ccmpar'tl

liai ms.
Sbukcjp. MacUik.
To compare
.

comparative levity
would necelfar.ly afcend

it,

a?

confinelefs

Small things

Cymbtline.

fids in a

AriutLnot on Coins

fubdivifion of a regiment of foot ; fo

many as are under one captain.
Every captain bsonght with him thrice fo man'

.$/.;*.

Beauty

into com

privile

realm.

reireth the

to die fluid that incloles

to the top.

tion.
twrated the fcvc.-ai tradi'5 of

hi.-,

paratnie good.
This bubble, by reafon of

number of fome

This emperor feems to have been the

of

With my

Bacon.
tirpation of heretics.
The blorTom is a politive good ; although the
remove of it, to give place to the fruit, be a cim-

nerfhip.

particular rank o
profeffion, united by iome charter ; a
body corporate ; a fubordinaie corpora

The under hangman

Bactn's Slpcphtbcgm!.

two perfons or things are com-

Will fecm

comparative, that is, ferante*!

that it is either lawful or
binding ; yet whether
other things be not to be
preferred before the ex-

nmfamti of placets in the town together. Datnii

6. Perfons united in a joint trade or
part

cm

There

execution or performance of
any thing
a band.
Shakelpeare was an aclor, when there were feve

7.

notpofuivt-;

Thou wert dignified enmi.:!;,

to the point of
y, if 'tive.e made
Comparative for your virtue*, to be ftilcd
Ev'n

When

paredj to dilcover their relative proportion of any

quality, ivit& is ufed before
the thing ufed as a meafure.
Black Macbeth

not abfolute.

th

for

tro'ible it.

3.

[row/<?r.7/;V;w,Lat.]

EAimated bycomparifon

1.

Drfderfi Tabl
Ahdallah grew by degrees fo enamoured of he
c nvcrfation, that he did not think he livcJ whe
he was not in company with his beloved Bailbra.
Gvariilan
5.

Worth's A>MttS!ure.

n.f. [from compare.] In

logick, the two things compared to one
another.

plcafant to cnjny the corrpar.f of hi

that can fpeajc 1'ucii
ords, than by fuch'words t

be perfuaded to follow folitarinefs.

Nur v.-ii; I wretched thee
In death forfeke, but keep thee
ampavy.

fea, and oraand counfellnrs to the wine's ; for that the lea
would be calni and quiet, if the winds did not

COMPA'RATES.

more

'

Solon ttmpared the people unto ;he

tors

ihip.
It is

COM'

and

fo the abfent

onfidfrcd

obferved, that when the cojnparifon intends only (imilitude or illuftration by likenefs, we nfc to before the
thing brought for illuibration ; as, he
compared anger to a fire.

[Jn grammar.]

5.

The

formation of an advarious degrees of

fig-

jcrtive through its

nification ;
^,jir(,ng,ftronger,jlrongejl.

COMPA'RT. v

To

a.

[compnrlir, Fr.
hat.] 'J'o divide ;
to mark out a
general defign into its various parts and fubdivifions.

from

tlv:

m
w

con

ike

and

li.iile

ho;v wjvlc.

f>anir,r,

t'j

ihc

c.,ilin[;

and

comparting of

Wai*lfs

Ar\-!it.

Hurt.

COMPA'RTI-

COM
-

A'RTIMPXT.

Krench.]

COM

COM

n. f.

T. \

work rtgsrJ the writer's c

c<.rr.':ih more than they

cv'ry

9.

Since none can

divifion of a picture, or de-

intend.

The inftrument compofed of a needle

and card, whereby mariners fleer.
The breath pT religion lilli the fails profit
i

The

circumference is divided Into twelve cmeach containing a complete picture.

i

Pupt.

lot;, n.f.

The

[from compart.}

of comparting or dividing.

aft

come to the c'.tnpart'riin, by which the

authors of this art understand a graceful and ufeJul diftribut'on of the whole
groundplot, both for
I

will

The

parts

entertainment.

marked

Wittt.it.

out, or fepamted

[In law.] To take meafurcs preparatory to any thing ; as, / compafs the
eftath of the ting.
CO'MPASS. n.f. [from the verb.]
I. Circle ; round.
This day I breathed firlt ; time it come round
6.

My

n. f.
\_compartiment,
Divifion.; feparate part of a

.ilefign,
The fqnare will

make you

ready for

all

manner

bafcs, pedeftals, and buildir;s.

feacbcm

To COM'PASS.

on

Space

3.

Latin.]
to furround

To encircle ; to environ ;
;
to inclofe : it has foxnetimes around, or
about, added.
was with dread and

King

is

room

at

of time or

limits, either

c.g.f.aj:

fpace.

priz; which
oft- me.

way,

the hollow ground,

horrour campajjed around.

as their (hips was navigation then.

ufrful cmipefi or meridian known :

No

Coafting they kept the land within their ken,

north but when tficpotc-irar (hone.

And knew no

DIJ

With equal force the t'mpefl blows by turns

From ev'ry corner of the feaman's conpafi.
that

Kcave't Jane Short,

difcovered the ufe of the canfaft,

firft

did more for the fupply'mg and increafe of ufelul

commodities, than thole who built workh
<

be difpatchcd in

may

Locke.

In old language there was a phrafe,

to come in compafs, to be brought round.

10.

COMPASS-SAW, n.f.
The

fcmpafs-jaiv (hould not hive

!.u\.. have; but the
edge of

as other

made

fe.

caii!-

follow the broad edge.

broad, and the back

from
cnt.-r-

and

con

miferation
others

F:
jidJifin'i
hath been here done for

You have heard what

the poor by the five hofpirals and the w.ir
within the compafs of one year, and towards the
Alt.
end of a long, exjenfive war.

Now

all the
blefiings
father e.mpajs thee about ! Sbat.
Tempejl.
The lhady trees cover him with their fhadow
the willows of the brook
him
cbcut.
cmpafs

Of a glad

'

Enclofure; circumference.
And their mount

The

To
Thus

Dryden's Virgil.
approach yet nigher ;
wert thou
csn:fi:ffrdvihh circling fire. DryJ.
dare that death,

To walk

2.

will

round any thing.

Old Chorinrus f>r:/ah'd thrice the Crew,

Ar;H dipp'd an olive-branch in
holy dew,
Which thrice he
round.
Dryden's JEn.
fpjinkled
3.

To

beleaguer; to befiege

c^mpajjton of

me

my

in

grafp

mits.
Certain it is, that in two hundred years before
within irrpa's) no foch commiflion had
(I fpealc
been executed in either of thefe provinces.

arms

to inclofe in the

to

to

fcize.

To obtam

5.

to procure

to attain

Dtti'it'S

That which by wifdom he faw

that people, was by as
great

court to

ccir.pafs

Preface.

Through

The
S.

ClarcnHnn.

Rome

crc.iteth titular patriarchs

ndria; fo loth is thr

of any title tliat he

pope to lofe the
hath once ca*paj/ij.
BI,I
Invention is the firft part, r.nrl abfjlutely ncrfrtary to them both ; ye. i.o rule iverwas, or ever
can be given, ho
.
Drydrn'i Dufref.
The knowledge of what is good and what js
and
v.
what
:>'. to be
c\i),
cu^h:
done,
thing too large to b; c-jnpeJliJ, and too hard to
be maflered, without biaiiii and ftudy, parts ana
.

me

from

all tin.

lowed note

my

to

Sletfpearc":

i-:",

1.

to

it

ran,

drawn.
two

fo

To

pity

i>.

to compaffionate

D.r.ne.

He
In

'

To
think

fii
fit,

one fjot of thand extend the o

Sbakr'pcjre'f Tiiut daJrynictti.

Inclined

to

ftjte.

a.-)J

thejr.f.lv

a they

to

of others.
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not alfo render and ccmpjf/ianate,
Swtb's

To COMPA'SSIONATE. v.

To

noun.]

pity

Scrn;sj:s.

a.

[from the
to commiferate.

Experience layeth princes torn eiUtes before their

eyes, and wiliial perl'uadcs them to ccmpaffioxaH
..

Ct.mpajjicr.atts
is

my

C o M p A 's s

an.i

pains,

companion,

\'

ATE LT.

N-

pk'cs me
of love?
!

fanatc.] Mercifully

att-v.

[ from coixpaj-

tenderly.

The lines were alfigneJ to the rebuilding St.

Paul's, and thought therefore lo be the more fevercly impofed, and the lefs amp.'j]i<matc!y re.luced
C/areitJa.

n.f. [con znAfatcrni-

Latin.]
Gomprcd, or

ta.',

)iritu.i!

l'

cimpat-rniiy, by the canon law, i*

and a juror that was goflip to
;

affinity

Co M p A T

B i 'L

:u;'ifcrence at

uu

TY

./

from compatible. ]

power of co-exilHng
with fomsthing elfe
agreement with
any thing.
Confiftency

in i very

inclined

th.' parties nvjht, in former times, have

bein challenged as not indifferent by our law.
Daviei's State of lt\'arJ.

cither of

to l;avc u

[from compajfltn.]

adj.

companion

pity; merciful; tender; melting; foft;

eafily affefted with forrow by the mifery

tl

i-hout defcn:
a'l, is

commi-

COMPA SSIONATE.

l.'d
.'ibe

This univuile, and allcicatid

to

l-,ij

t'j

[from the noun.]

a.

ferate.
word fcarcely ufed.
heavens
can you hear a good man groan,
j.im >
And not relent, or n

In

infirr.

Mdijln't

To COMPA'SSION.

COMPATE'RMTY.

'

34,

into ridicule.

rind cxcuieH.

As ftirt'twin d'r.faflrs anTh) f.ul, he tixt foot, makes no (how

.Ton:
'ii, if th'oth

X.

movcJ

themfelves.

rmn.
rarely uied in the finguiar.]
[This
The inllrument with which circles are
If they be two, they arc

man U apt to b-:

thofe mi;fortu:lfi or

for

which another would turn

What

of the notes

bonds.

jood-natured

cunpajj.

harmony

>;/'.;/i

.ie

My brothers hold, and vengeance thefe exaft ;

This pleads canfajfinn, and repents the faft.
Diy den's lalLs.

armory,

full in
di.ip.ifon tl-ifmg

Stutb.

cotr.-

is

found

From harmony

llubberd'i Talc.
If

ing his dm.

The church of
cf Conlt.ir.:

en Ireland.

within

of the voice to exprefi ihe

hcaver.ly
univcrfa! frame began :

This

1 can check
my erring love, I will;
>
If not, to ciirfafs her I'll ufc my (kill.
How can you ho^c t, afifaft 'your dcfigns,
And not diflemblc thr- n ?
Dcnlam *
He had a mind to make himfclf matter of
Weymouth,
compafs it without engag-

man

From harmony, from

fuit not hard.

any

The power
You would
the top of my

His ma.ler being one of grca: regard,

1

keep

notes of mufick.

mptjeJ,

J! 'i:cr's

likelier to

before his eyes the

pafs, than the having conftantly
(late of his afiairs, in a regular tourle of account.

to be requifite for

wifdom

ib

Nothing

7.

have in the power.

DrjJen's Virgil.

departure from the right line ; an

indirect advance ; as, to fetch a compafs
round the cu:p.
6. Moderate fpace ; moderation ; due li-

a wi

Their angry hands

her birth,

a race Jcriv'd

5.

l.uki, xix. 43.

4.

from fuch

Which now on feven high hills triumphant reigns;

And in that ccmpafs all the world contains.

to block.
Thineenemies (hill cart a trench about thee, and
csmpjfs thcc round, and keep thee in on every fide.

To

Rome

Old

Jeb, xl. 22,

Obferve the crowds that compafs
him around.
"

French,

\_comt-tffion,

Hebron,

The

palace, ccnpafe hugr, ana n'^h

(rruclurf.
Miltw's Parttdije Regained.

f. t.

painful fympathy.

Ye had

Palatine,

Th* imperial

(hould be

patior,' Lat.] Pity ; comforrow for the

fufterings of

4.

teeth

it

round ; and therefore the edge muft be made

and the back thin, that the back may have
kerf to turn in.

COMPA'SSION. n.f.

its

fo thin, that it may

Its office is to cift a

Fjiry^aeei.
1 fee thee
compafs'd w'th thy kingdom's peers,
That /peak my Ji;utation in their minds.
Sbakrfpcare' s Macbeth.

>

Rude

He

No kls than the rtmpafs of twelve b

taken up in thefe. P ope'i E/ay an h
The Englilh are good confederates in an

That deep defcended through

And

Sbakcfp* "Julivi Cffar.

This author hath tried the foicc and

our language with much fucccfs.

Drawing,

<v.a. [compa/er, Fr. com-

A dark- fame

'

pajflare, Ital. pajjibus mf.'iri,

.

ccrnpaft.

end

Sbakeff.
out of the compafs of any man'.
.Soa.'/i'i
Strmjni.
man impofiible.
power,
How few there are may be juftly bewailed, the
of
them
extending but from tii_- time of
tompafs
Hippocrates to that of Marcus Antoninus. T, trp!:.
Animals in their generation are wif-T than the
fans of men ; but their wiflom is confined to a
few particulars, and lies in a very nuri-w compafs.

COMPA'RTMEVT.

its

theii

fteer

to thai

is

fPoitcns jfrcbiteflure.

of canpartKir.ti,

did begin, there (hall

That which

Their temples and amphitheatres needed no nm-

French.]

run

life is

Extent; reach; grafp.

O Juliet, I already know thy grief;
It (trains me part ihecmfafs of my wits.

2.

feparate part.

t lr:

ccmfafs
courfc.

And where

men

by which factious

the

the

COMPA-

COMPATIBLE,

Suitable to; lit for;

not incongruous to.

confiftent

with;

The

object of die v.'iii is fuch a good as

to an intelledtual nature.
fj:;!:*-

is

ccm-

H. ite's Origin cf Slat: tinJ.

2.

fuch qualities as
jy nature the moli c.-:rfj-':'i.'c ; valour with
:, mcekoefi with piety, and prudence with
dHfifnulation.
Brscme.

Co M P A'T IDLENESS,
Confiftency

ble."]

n. f.

[from compatiagreement with any

thing.

Co MP A'T ELY.
i

Fitly

COM

^/;.

countervails.

[from con

an'd patior,

Diil.

Latin.] Suftering together.

byjire,

which

is

COMPE'LLER.

nothing

n.

elfe but

TeKfle.

father.

[from compel'.] Hethat

f.

Bacon's fltmy VII.

Abridgment

[compendium, Latin.]
; epitome ; con-

traction ; breviate.
Fix in memory the difcourfes,

and

CO'MPETENCE.
CO'M P E T E N C Y

Watts' i Improvement cf the Mind.

Short

[compendiarius,
contracted ; fummary ;

adj.

1.

ing

On-

his compatriots.

all

Co MP E'ER.

n.f. [compar, Latin.] Etjual;

companion ; colleague ; aflbciate.

Something of fpccch

Bafe fervitude, and his dethron'd

compeers

Lam'd

furioufly.

Philip!.

To COMPE'ER.

<v.

be equal with ; to mate.

In his own grace he doth exalt
More tJian in your advancement.
In

my

By me

himfclf

King Lear.
;

conftrain

to neceffitate

to urge irre-

You

will

The

fpinners, carders, fulicri, ^CTJ..

6 cr >

cmptl me then

to read th' I

kbakt'/ficare'i 'Juii-.t^ Ctfftir.

lack of other means, in defp'rate manner

Daring th' event to the teeth, are all in uproar.

W..
and

f.iid,

fcrvants, together with

*x\'.\

not eat

,1

the lawltfs tyrant, who

their God, or meila-:

firft

To know
Muft be

To

to feize.

common and

Tim

Shortnefs; brevity; compreheufion in a narrow compafs.

dious.']

ture

C
god
f!.v;d,

/jrj/^n.

to raviih

is

un-

3.

/:.

To gather together,
pany.

to

Thelcny,
tl.e hc.it oi

and unite

VIII.

in a

com-

A Latimlm, <-/> -//!T<?r,y;T>

"

rics.

Nature
Th.-

lite

friar,

to thcfc, without profulion kind,

proper pow'r.s, alflgn'd

of courle,

j,

Co vt p E N s A

itucfs,
'

T oN
I

n.f.

'

.rn'd,

Att<:

Now
4.

To

field,

linonetroM

frier.

Recampencc

to overpov.

E'"

Reafonable

3.

A
the

/'

and

Bacor..

i.i-lj
ill

moderate.
fjrft

read,

//

clergy have g-iined fome infight into ,, .,

things, and a amfetent- knowledge of the

"!
.
JtUrhaft Stmmit.
Qualified ; fit: a competent judge, is one
who has a right of jurifdiftion in the
.

cafe.

Let us

confjdcr

how

competent we .ire frr the

Gwrrnment of the Tongue.
;. Confident with ; incident to.
'1
it is the
privilege of the li.liniti- Author of
firft

office.

kind.

who

comfclir.t to

m.U.c eontpinfalkn- of his

will bt p lid

competent number of thi old being

ihould fuccced.

The

'

from compenfale. ]
equivalent ;

liament.

ud

any purpofe without defeft

new

thereof force.

All

to

To draw men from great excefs, it is not

amifs,
though we ufe them unto fomewhat lefs than H
'"/*"'"
Baker.

nevrr flu-nbcts nor

ilcrps, but

any

finite being.

COMPETENTLY,
i.

adv. [from
Adequately; properly.
I

to

proportionate.

li

fomtt'iing

Hoynings, the better

greateft captain of the Englifli Brought rather a guard, than a

competent army, to recover Ire.
Dalies on Ireland.

amends.

Buti'/.
i

Dry den.
feize

Adapted

'

Hen'

adj. [competent, Latin.]

adequate

land -

4.

', and the dews thereof,

the Jny. Ba< ins Nat.
llift.
do not ccmpei:Jaie the mife-

fit;

The

the M'.*!.

for.

affair.

or fuperfluity.

adj.

make amends

pltafures of

led

2.

to evil.

It' there be
any power in imiginition, the diftance muft be competent, the medium not
adverfe,
and the body apt and proportionate. Bac. Nat.
Hi/I.

vail

allow you,

fuperftuity

Suitable;

1.

on that fub-

[from compenfale.']
That which may be recompcnfed.
To COMPE'NSATE. v. a. [compenfc, LaTo recompenfe to be equivatin.]
lent to; to counterbalance
to counter-

..f.tijati

which compel from

itife

of an

in a nar-

Wtit ton

life I will

Shakefpcare't Henry IV.

happincfs to be feated in the

CO'MPETENT.

trt-

Guv. of Tongue .

as,

Pope.

the near way.

COM PE'N SABLE,

iignification

which holds much

proper to read a larger regular

each

Wif

n.f. [Latin.] Abridgbreviate ; abbrevia;

com-

[In law.] The power or capacity of

a judge or court, for
taking cegnifanco

3.

After we are grown well acquainted with a ihort

fyftem or compendium of a friencc, which is written
in rl.e lainrlt and moft fimple manner, it is then

harfh.

Comes through
(ixrh

that

row room

.bjefts grief

The

fummary

to be
indulged to

The inviting ealincfs and comfendioufnefi of this

anertion, ihuuM dazzle the eyes. Bertley's Sermons.

ment

is

is fufii-

an ufeful, and fometimes

aneceiTary companion.
Swift.
Reafon's whole pleafure, all the joys of
fenfc,
Lie in three words, health, peace,. and
c<mpeten,:e.

(hort

n.f. [from compen-

j.-ct.

take by force or violence

from;

him.

XXVli. ZJ.

ti>

cornptird by fi^ns and judg^.

All thefe bleflings could bf

be happy.
Whole droves of minds a.e L,
C'mpeit dto drink the deep Lethean
2..

<

t:
.:',.

But

COMPE'.N DiousNr.ss.

f?*^-]

comes fooner by white hairs, but

Sbak. Mercb.
competency lives longer.
of Venice.
dii'creet learned
clergyman, with a competency
fit tor one of his education,
may be an entertaining,
"

ftate

COMPENDIUM,

And

refufed,

drawn into few and

no mean

It is

mean

Ber.tlcy.

to

iiftibly.

He

For competence of

adv. [from compenShortly ; in a (hort method ; fummarily ; in epitome.

By the apoftles we have the fubftance of Chrif-

Hooker.
or condition of matter, before the world
was a-making, iscoixpendicujlj/ exprelfcd by the word
chaos.

That lack of means enforce you not

dious.']

itmfmJiftijlj

fr

without exuberance,
"
equal to the neceffities of life,

is

COMPE'NDIOUSLY.

The

COMPE'L. -v. a. [comptllo, Latin.]

To force to fome aft to oblige

To

Such a fortune

articles.

inverted, he compeers the beft.

rr
t

chearfglnefs of fociety.
2.

faved, and circuition cut off.

They learned more ompentiloui and expeditious

tian belief

right,

SIfalufptart's

To

[from the noun.]

a.

ways, whereby they fliortencd their labour;, and

Wood-ward.
gained time.

harnefs'd, to his chariot yolt'd

n,f. [from com-

dilatorinefs.

civility, more to intimacies, and a competency

to thofe recreative dil'courfes which maintain the

Sefoftris,

That monarchs

Short ; iummary ; abridged ; comprehenfive ; holding much in a narrow

fpace ; direft ; near ; by which time is

*'

mon

not to adhere to any of the factions of the time,

in a neutrality indifferently and friendly entertain-

7
.

[.

a.

|
Such a quantity of any thing as
cient, without fuperfluity.

abridged.

COMPA'TRIOT. n.f. [fr6m ecu and f atria, COM p E N D o's T Y n.f. [from compendious.']
Diel.
Shortnefs
contracted brevity.
Dift.
Lat.] One of the fame country.
The governor knew he was fo circumfpcil as COMPE'NDIOUS.
adj. [from compendium..]

Delay;

perendinat!.~\

v.

delay.

Co MPER.ENUIN A'T ION.

abftracl

into brie! csmpiKih.

Lat. ]

To

perendino, Lat.]

fummary

COMPERE'NDINATE.

To

n. f.

to be-

counterbalance; to

It feemeth, the weight of the

quickfilver doth
not compenfe the weight of a ftone, more than th
of
the
fjrtjs.
Fann's Natural II;?-.! ;.
weight
aquaThe joys of the two marriages were ccmfcnjed
with the mournings and funerals of prince Arthur.

forces another.

CO'MPEND.

to

Latin.]

recompenfe.

is

ufe,

COM PE'NSE. i>. a. [compenjo,

To compenfate to countervail
equivalent to;

COMPENDIA'RIOUS.

fuitably.
P A'T i E N T .
adj.

the word

for all perfons, on all occathe fsrttpdlau&n of Father, which

our Saviour firft taught. Duppa's Rules of Dewtkn.
The peculiar comfe.'!jticn of the kings in France,
t:>

[from compatible.]

To

ccmpello,

of falutation.
The ftile bed fitted

fions,

adj. [from compenfate,~]

that which
;

That which compenfates

c cm* illi lie.

COMPELLA'TION. n. f. [from
Latin.] The ftyle of addrefs j

them

adv.

be forced.

may

is

Confident; agreeable.
Our poets have joined together

COMPENSATIVE,

[from compel.'] That

Perhaps it ftiould be

by an

adj. [corrupted,

compliance with pronunciation,

from coatpttible, from compete, Latin, to
fait, to agree. Comfetible is found in good
writers, and ou^at always to beufed.]
unfkilful

1.

COM

COM

COM

i.

think

it

comju-u.-tt.].

hath been compc:cnily piovc

Rcafonably

not
Lifte.

!.

Bentlry.

moderately j without' fuperfluity or want.

Sime places require m?n
cenrpclciitty end'>wr<l
;

ne think the aprxvnt'nc'ic t> bt

juiUce buund

to r.-lpcci m:!'..;.

duty nt
#'OT
,;

COMPE-

COMPETIBLE.
For

tin.

<taj.

w*

much

as

Hamm;

Thofe

not at

God

fo

Sir Intl hif>f

.

body
or matter, though of never fo pure a mixture.
ire proncriies

a.

''->

.is

eternal God, and h

only nmf.-til-It to the
munkabie to any created being. Sir Hfattb,iv H.tli.

is

Suitableness

kle.]

COMPETJrriON.

Of

flames of difcord anci inteftine wrs

of both houfes, would agaii

contpeit'MU

return.

with which one of Titian s could

Dryden's Dufrefny
Th _!'. what ptoduces any degree of pleafure b
de
in itfclt good, and what is apt to produce any
often we do not call i
grce of pain be evil, yet

portrait,

not come in

when

fo,

it

nmp

in competition : the degrees a!f

Licit
pain h.ive a preference.

comes

of pleafure and
'i mid
be afhamed to

rival

intVriours, an

diiho:iour our nature by fo degrading a compel;:

Roger.

Double claim claim of more than on

to one thing : anciently with to.

2.

Canpftitnn

tn

the

crown there

is

Jiacon

Now

with/ir.
The prize of beauty was difputed till you wer
fan but now all pretenders have withdrawn the
;

claims

there

is

no

competition

COWPE'TITOR.

n.f. [con

but for the fecon

COMPLA'CENCY.

Pleaiure

l.

From

"

by convening cannot thefe erect

it

Flock

to the rebels.

Co M p

Sbakefpearc" s Richard III

Complacency

Dwell ever on

.
i L A'T i o N .
[from comfilo, Lat.
collection from various authors.
An aflemblage ; a coacervation.

2.

is in it a fmall vein filled with fp;u

fince the time of the compi/,itkn of th
'
probably
W'-<iii;.ird on
,1, d
.

To
1.

2.

COMPl'LE. -v. a. [comfilo, Latin.

To draw up from various authors

colled into one body.

To. write; to compofe.
they comji/e the praifes of virtuou
snen and actions, and facires againll vice.
li,

p etry

n.f. [complainte, French.]

of pains or injuries;

Reprefentation
lamentation.
1

cannot find any caufe of complaint, that good

much been wanting unto us, aa we to

laws have fo

Hjoktr't lieu

them.

As

for

me,

is

my

to

complaint

Adam

man. Job,

xxi. 4.

faw

Already in part though hiu in gloomier! ihij-,

f vrrow abandon'd, but worft felt within,
And in a troubled fen of paiTxm tui
Thus to dilburthen fought with fad complaint. Mi't.

To

The

z.

fubjed of

caufe or

complaint

grief.

The poverty of the clergy in England hath been

the complaint of all who wilh well to the church.

of

and truth, and manly fwectnefs,

and fmooth his though:-..

his tongue,

Addijm,

With mean complacence ne'er betray your

Nor be fo civil as to prove unjull.

COMPLA'CENT. adj.
Civil

Te
i

affable

COMPLATN.

fort

trulf,

Pope.

[complacens, Lat.J
;

complailant.

i>. n.

{complahntn, Fr.]
To mention with forrow or refentment ;
With of before
to murmur; to lament.
the caufe of forrow: fometinies with on.

1.

I.

in the hcnc.
of his alpeer, t!ie complacency of his behaviour, and
the tone ol his voice.
SMdijon's I'rcebolder.

th

feems to fignify on!)

COMPLA'INT.

...n

3.

Swift.

malady

a difeafe.

One, in a complaint of his bowels, was let blood

till he had fearcc any left, and wa> perfectly cured.

His great humanity appeared

Sclvmcs, king of Algiers, was in arms againft

an opponent.
The Guildfords are in arms,
And every hour more ccinpetiiori

...

C/..ri-<:ihr-.

[from complain.]
a murmurer
a

Government cf the Tongue,

L'.j}.

foftnefs

eager

Defer,

1
Philips is a ftanplairtcr ; and on. tlu.
told lord Cartcrct, that complain, is never fuccerd at
.^f:/.'.
court, though railers do.

not fatisfied with their governmir,

and apprehenfive of his rudenefs and want of txmpljcer:.

f.

mod
-r't

the murrauiers and cotiJude obferves, tliat

arc the fame who fpeak f.veiling words.

St.

peace
thou,

Milton's Piirjdiji

complaifance

claimed.

Jom.
In Sl.'akefpeare
3.

()

tin.-

flaiiurs

jfddifon'i Speflatcr.

mankind under wrath

commences

lamenter.

and complacency, if they difcover

fole corrf-'laeer a'/

Civility

n.

One who complains

manners.
They were

Rogiri.

Kmili.fi i:

COM PI. A'INER.

gratification.

or

Iuit,

Congreve and this authpr are

of the difputc.

la-

[from complain,]

f.

naplair.ar.ts

low Latin.]

like in themfclves.

for

it.

urges a

a proiecution, againlt another.

[complactntia,

The caufe of pleafure joy.

O thou, in heav'n and earth the only

acknowledged toha\c

Mcchemete*, nnpitit-r of

One who

Difealcs extremely lelTen the complacence we have

in all tile ;; ;od things of this life.
Atterl. Sermons.
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man

had formerly of before the thing

his brother

COM PL A'IN ANT.

Siaift.

fatisfaftion

fatisf.i^tion

rare,

/".

Uryctai't

prone, nor in their ways complacence find.

none of the

is

To

the grievance inwardly complain,

But outwardly they needs mult temporize.
Dan. Civil War.

When

competitor.

2. It

to

They might

the fupremc faculties move regularly, the

inferior affections following, there arifes a fcrenity
South.
and M;rif>/iitct:.y upon the whole foul.

fuits with purpofc

Bacon.
the competitor.
Cicereius and Scipio were competitors, for the ofTaller.
fice of pnetor.
He who trufts in God has the advantage in prcfent
anJ, when we take futurity into the
is

M)
them

[from compile.]

trcafurer.

fall, to gratify

no

me

cf

cf Windfn.

Gaufridc, who coultiil fo well in thimc complai^,

dca;h of Richard, with an arrow (lain.

the aft of piling toge-

COM PL A'CENCE.

Found out

Shakfjpeare' s Titus Andnn'icus.

Oxford was h'gh

cannot brook comfstiturs in love.

account, Hands alone, and

W.va

The

n. f.

Some draw experiments into titles and tables;

we call nmfileri.
Jiacm's New Aiahint'n.
Some painful emptier, who will ftudy old language, may inform the world that Robert carl of

furious and impatient they be,

Some undertake

yrm'l! ccirplain

Merry

Sbakefp.

Pale death our valiant leader haih opprefs'd,

his lob whom buoilell ye cuefwr.,
lax.

thole

thing claimed.

to let

Come wieuk

out and preys uprn I

COMPI'I.ER. n.f. [from compile.] A colledor ; one who frames a compofition

from various authors.

with

felicity

ftalks

the ad of heaping up.

;
was encouraged to allay how I could build a
man ; for there is a moral as well as a natural or
artificial cmifi/ancnt, and of better materials.
ffoltm art EducatKtt.

u&paitw, La

that has a claim oppofite to an

other's ; a rival : with for before th

And

ufed.

One

How

a man
living min complain,
Lam. iii. 19.
fins?

To COMPJ.A'I N. i/. a. [This fenfe

and perhaps not very proper.]
ment ; to bewail.

ther

tin.]
1.

inform againft.
Now, mailer Shallow,

.;

Coacervaiion

D>.

place.

cauf.il

punilhment of his

the council

iikr,

none, nor ca

be.

3.

up

Not

to compofe.

COMPI'LFMENT.

of endeavouring to gain what

another endeavours to gain at the fame
time ; rivalry ; conteft.

Tht ancient

D^-ittit.

befbn the

To

3.

eminent rtrength,
lilty

The ad

upon the

fir the

rally cwf'-.fJi

[from con and

n.f.

Wheieforc doth
:

,L

unlandiih and mot

Slave to his pvi^e, and all his nerves being natu-

[from caeifui-

Latin.]

fetitio,
1.

To make

Lion

fitnefs.

iccu-

camp:

noun.

to comprise : not ufed.

After (i> long a race as I have run
Through fairy and, which thofc fix books cunfili,
Civi leave to refl me.

COMPE'TIBLESKSS.

contain

Gii
Jrte ante is fuch

Tl-.e duration of

To

of water

letimes with far

regard ho had for his (hielJ,

him formerly to cn:f>i/t a ditlrrtaiion concei

fnldir.

The

not canpet:bic with the grace of

to incline any man to do evil.

is

It

In

Suit-

phy has introduced compatible.]

confdtem with.
able to

Thus

he accounts which authors have left, tJify

land if the
at it was when
iole accounts we;c
fomfikd*

La[from compete,

wcrd a-corrupt orthogra-

this

COM

COM

O'M

Lord Hastings,

Humbly
Got my

to her deity,
lord chamberlain his liberty.

complaining

Shake fpcarc's Richard III.

I will fpeak in the anguifh of my I'piiit; 1 will
in the bittcrnefs of my foul.
Jti', "-. 1 1.
complain
Shall I, like tliec,
Friday night icmplcnr. f
For on that day was Cieur de Leon fi.im.
fabla.
Do not all men contpl.iin, even ihele as wcil as

others, 3/"the great ignor.im.r of mi'.'ikind ?

Burntl'i P:\J\i. t to 'ihetry of Eartt.

Remonstrance againft

-information a-

gainll.

Full of vexation, comr I .with complaint

Againft my child. Sbak. Midjum. Night' > Dream,
In evil Itrait this d.iy I (rand
r>ef.>rc

my judge,

cither to

undergo

or to accul'u
of my life 5
Whole failing, while her faith to me remains,
1 ihould conceal, and not cxpofe to blame
By my ccmpLint; but Uriel nccclfity

Mj ki

imi',

Subdues me, and calamitous conftraint.

Milton.
Aga'mlt the goddefs thcfc compir.nti he made.

COMPLAISA'NCE.
Civility

n.f. [contflnifatue, Fr.J

defire of pleafing ; ad of adu-

lation.

Her death

is

You mull

a!l,>

but in cmplatftea to her.

Drytien.
be induilriuus to difcover t!v:
opinion of ynur enemies ; for you m.iy be allured,
will
that they
give you no quarter, and ul!
::'i
thing to tmfteifanei.
Dufrejniy,

Fair

Of
In

Venus wept the

having

loft

her

fad difalter

f.iv'ritc U -

poor Cupid mourn'd

His grief reiiev'd his mother's pain.
foniplaijtinfe

Trier,

COMPLAI-

COM
CGMPLAISA'NT.

COM

Scarce to wile Peter

And

which we do to Cod ; and not an exerclfe to fpend

the time, when one doth wait for another
coming,
till
the aflembly of them that (hall afterwards

adj. [ccmplaiJJtni , Fr.]

Civil ; desirous to pleafe.

There are to whom my I'atirc fe:ms

too bold;

And

fomething faM of Chartres much- too rough.

of

Jant.]
Civilly
ceremoniously.

ad--v.

[from comflai-

with defire to pleafe

tsmpltiifar.rfy

helped to

Treated, carsfs'd, and

n.

hate j
take my leave.

Pep c.

make

be necrfTiiry to

Finimed

3.

ended

Tir'd

in the

iV-U of

7oCoMPLE'iE.

To

life,

perfeft

a.

pletement.
Our cuftom
our prayers

fulnefs

completion

com-

both to place

as a guide,

and

LO

jt in the t'ront

add

of

in the end

it

of*

fome principal limbs or parts, as a complement

which fully periefleth whatsoever may be defective
in the

reft.

Hunter.

as they feafted

They

For a full
For a

had their

of all their ill. Hubbmft Talc.

of thefe bLUings, they were
enjoyed by the protection of a king of the mod
harmlcfsdifpofition, the mull exemplary piety, the
(.'/.>,< mfot.
greateit fobriety, chaftity, and mercy.
The fcnlible natwc, in its cMplttKext and integhath
five
exterior
or
faculties.
rity,
powers
Male's Origin df Mankind.
2. Complete et ; complete provision j the

tajned in this work.

COMPLE'TEMENT.

His compliment of
3.

ftores,

and

total war.

care

Prior.

Adfckitious circumftances ;
app^ndages ; parts not neceffary, but ornamental

whence ceremony was

called comfit-

now

corrupted to cemfliment.
If- the cafe permitteth not
baptifm to have the
decent ccmfltmtntiof baptifm, better it were to enjoy the body without his furniture, than to wait for
ment,

till

this,

fire it,

the opportunity

be

f that, for

which we de-

loft.

fprung up, for complements, rites, andyceremonics of church .a&icmr,

are, in truth, for the grcateft part, fuch
filly
things, that very eafmefs doth make them hard to
of
in
ferious
manner.
be difputcd
Hwkir.
A doleful cafe dclitcs a doleful fong,
Without v:iln art orcuriou^ cowpltmt'rt:i. Spcttftr.
Garniih'd md deck'd in modcll etm^aftntf
Not working with the er, but with the eye. Sbat.

4.

5.

The

COM PL ME NT
f.

of a

it

which makes the

demigorge.

10,000,000.

COMPLE'T E.

Chambers.

adj. [completus, Latin.]

I. Perfeft; full; having no deficiencies.
With us the reading of fcriptnre is a part
church liturgy, a fcetial portion ul uic Iciiicc

VOL.

I.

Drjdcn't
n. f.

Shake/pure.
doth not beauty then refine the wit,
good complexion rectify the will ?
Djvics.
Nicenefs, though it renders them insignificant to
it
great purpofes, yet
p'olifhes their complexion, and
makes their fpirits item more vigorous.

Why

Collier en Pride.

If I write on a blacb man, I run over all trre

eminent perfons of that ctmplex'nr.
Addijons Spill.
3. The temperature of the body, according to the various proportions of the four

medical humours.
'Tis

the

The

JwtnaL
[from complete.]
of being com-

ftate

fubjeft.

all
tempers he could fcrvice draw ;
of each, with its allay, he knew j
And, as the confident of nature, fjw
How fh.- complexions did divide and brew. Drydfn,
The methods of providence, men of this f/;flexion muft be unfit for the contemplation of.

Bttrnet'j

all

in Chrift.

rafter to bear a malevolence to the bcft

CO'MPLEX.

Compoftte

not fimple

an

ill

men.

perament of the body.

Men and other animals receive

cha-

rures
flil)

Pijfc.

including

exprefs ccmflix^ fignific;itions, they took a

lib-rty to compound and piece together creatures of
allowable forms into mixtures incxiOcnt. Brawn.
Ideas made up "f (Hv: :\ fimple ones, I cull aim-

fit*; fuch as beauty, gratitude, a man,

verfej which, though complicated of various fnnplc ideas, or tim^lx idns made up of fimple ones,
Lickc.
yet are confiderfd each by itfclf 3.', one.
fcconi!ary elfentK:!

mode,

called

toward making up the eflence of

;">

a cunflfx being.

With

a property,

Jfciti.

fuel.

-irtj'd

Uliemc of thing!.

Is thi', cmf't.-

'1 /

CO'MPLEX.

n.f.

Complication

from the adjective.

it

parable of the wedding luppT comprehend,

the whole cimijl.x of ill the Meltings and pricxtiibite- Ly tite golp'-l.

^OMPLE'XEDNF.SS.
Complication

Soittb't Seiinvns.

[from complex.]
involution of many par.

f.

fi

and.deltcnj
fuliginous and de-

it

Bfaivn.
proceedi from early or IOT-

favour of God.

FiSiltL.

CoMI'Lr/XIONALLY. dd-ll. [frOlU CfWph'xion,] Ry complexion.

An Ina.an king lent unto Alexander a fair woman, iVd with p.>il"iu, eiilicr by conveilc 01 copuiatipn <"0^/eXfcnd//y to deltroy him.
H'^LH'S Vulgar Ft roun.

COMPLE'XLV. aJv. [from

complex.]

fn

complex manner ; not fimply.

COMI-LE'XNESS. n. f. [from complex.]
The ftate of being complex.
COM PI. E'XURE. n.f. [from complex.] The
involution or complication of one thing
a

with ethers.
]

collection.

TL;
in

different

pltxional prejudices, will not whjily ejttiud- ri'.ni

:,'

Sit'ift.

fOw/i/Mti'ena/efflorefoencie?,
lower as they partake of the

Ignorance, where

many
many par-

To

from

nigrating humours.

of

ticulars.

complexion honour's place.

[ccmflexui, Latin.]

latij.

COMPLB'XED.J
;

is

COMP'LE'XIONAL. adj. [from complexion ]

Depending on the complexion or tem-

South.

Utmoil height ; perfect ftate.

He makes it the utmoft nmflitkrt of

parts

Nor

fulfilled.

harminy and confcnt of

the divine predictions, receiving their compltlkn

Theory of the Ejrib.

Let melancholy rule fupreme,

Chnler prefide, or blood, or phlegm,
It makes no difference in the cafe,

COMPI-E'TIOH.
[from complete.}
I.
Accomplifhment ; aftef fulfilling ; ftate
full entire

are,

ihould war.

For from

Watts'iLtgat.

There was a

men

The worth

a. f.

of being

though different your complexion!

ill,

family of hcav'n for

Dryden's Fables.

plete.
I cannot allow their wifdom fiich a
nmf/itertrfs
and ineirabiiity as to exclude myl'elf. ff. Charles.
Thefe parts go to make up the conplettnfft of any

the interiour fide

Arithmetical COM PLE MET, T

7.
of a Logarithm, is what the logarithm wants of

ctmplfxiui foever.

Romans.

the

fl:y

SkaieJ'f tan's Ri;tarJ\l.

fee you in thofe papers, that
you Infe

Dtdicfltirm' ro

COMPLE'TENESS.
Perfection

judge by the ctfnpttz'ua of die

and inclination of the day.

ftate

What

origin, the antiquity, the growth, the change, and

fometimo'.

of the curtain, in forti-

fication, that part in

of

diftance

from the zenith.

ftar

6.

laftly

What remains of a
[In geometry.]
quadrant of a circle, or of ninety degrees, after any certain arch hath been
retrenched from it.
[In aftronomy.

[from completement, French.] The act of completing.

Allow me to give you, from the bcft authors, the

Banker.

Thefe, which have

Sla'ift.

n. /.

among

^litirk

And

every fingli fentence con-

the iimplttnr.tr.t of fatire

1;11

So much complexion ?
Hbakefpearf's tit my V.
He fo takes on yonder, fo rails againft all married mankind, fo curies ,all Eve's
daughters, of what

Blacktnorc.

ijtrflnner.t

The god of love himlclf inhabits there,

With all his rage, and dread, and grief, and

The

tomflete.]

Whatever perfon would afpire to be cmp.ettly

witty, fmart, humorous, and pofite, muft be able tu

cair.flar.tnt

quantity or number.

full

Men

art;.

tufe.

memory

com-

body.

perfectly.
Then tell us, how you can your bodies roll
TJiriMigb. fpace, of matter fo camfltttly full ?

his

The

2.

retain in

fill,

be

form of it.
Witts.
colour of the external parts of
any

to the tafte

[from

may

umplcxSin

long to the

Pr.vr.

retreat.

[from the noun.]

ad-ii.

the terms of proportions

yet whir.- .he compolition of ihe argument

is
fii'.n, fimpl'-, and regular, it i. p.o, ily called a
does net befimple lyjlogifir, lince the

Of luftfut appetence.
77..'<r.
To town he comes, nirpirtn th nation's hone,
And heads the bold train'd-bandi, and burns a pope.

Fully

is

Though

Wtltm.

COM PI. E'TEI.Y.

one thing

plex,

Sivift.

Bred only and ampltted

inclofure or involution of

in another.

etnrfleff,

hope

to finilh.
Mr. Sanderlbn was cvmpletfd mafter of

Dcrbcm.

Perfection

The

concluded.

<v.

tin.]
.

Leckc.

COMPI.E'XION. n.f. [cmflexia, Latin.]

cannot

wire c.r-f.U'e.

it

Thii courfe of vanity almolt

COMPLE'AT, See COMPLETE.

CO'MPLEMERT. n./. \camplemtntum, LaI

the ccmp/exerlncfs of thefe moral ideas,

another inconvenience, that the rniud
cannot eafily retain thole precife combinations*
thci-e follows

HI

any aifpoiition fhould appear toward fa good

a work, the afliitance of the legifiative
power would

f.

rrmfcles.

Fir.m

hci.-i

It

[fromcemplatDicl.
compliance.
To COMPLA'N ATE. 1-v. a. [from planus,
fo COMPLA'NE.
j Lat.] To level ; to
reduce to a flat and even furface.
The vertebrae of the neck and lack- bone are
made fliort and ctmpianaU'd, ana firmly braced with
faat.] Civility

the

is

having no degrees,
properly admit more and ma/}.

all 1

tir'd, I

COMPLAISA'NTNESS.

nature.

Hoottr.

him which

2. Complete,

In plenty itarving, tantaliz'd in ftate,

And

ticular parts in one integral ; contrariety to fimplicity ; compound ftate or

principality and power.

Co/oJ/iitns, ii. ic.
'i'h'-'n marvel not, thou er?at and
tcmyltie man,
T!u- nil tSs Greeks begin t-> wor/hip Ajax. SbjL

Fefr.

COMPL AISA'KTLY.

him be cootf/at.
ye are nmfJilt in

worfiiip

eno

-Mfjaifujt

COM

COMVLI'ANCE. n.f. [from comply.]

The aft of yielding to any defire
demand; accord; fubmiuion.
I .

am

I
ii.ii

tar

or

from excufmg that compliance, for plews not, to fait derUudion.

/nl'.-iii it

Ki[ Charles,
3

we

We

3.

Let the king meet ccttpRaiici in your looks,

Rvtve.
free and ready yielding to his wilhes.

r-

which the world foiicits our

which forfeit eternal expectations.

aftions to

tliante, are fins,

What

taiipliiintes

A difpofition

com-

Cia:

[from
Yielding; bending.
The cwpUjnt boughs
adj.

complaifant.

CO'MPLICATE.

.To

La-

v. a. \\amflife,

buppofe a hundred new employments were ercfte on purpofe to gratify taapluri, an infupportable
Swift.
difficulty would remain.

of war are cmparticular aftions

in
f Heart in fact, yet thej are feparate and ditVmct

CO'MPLIMENT. n.f. [compliment, Fr.]

An act or expreffion of civility, ufually

To

entangle one with another

to join

to involve mutually.

'

Though 'the

Bacon.

right.
in cafe our offence againft
to
flieatej with injury

God hr.th been commen, we ihould make ref-

ri,u

Tillafaf.

the difeafe is complicated with

one rnuft conlider that which is muft dan-

other u l-

When
eafes,

^4rl>uthnot OH Diet.

gerous*

There are a multitude of human actions, which

have fo many (implicated circumflauc. ,,
and fituations, with regard to time and plate, perfons and things, that it is impofliblc for any one
to pafs a- right judgment concerning them, without entering into mod of thefe circumftances.

Want.

TO

;.

unite

by involution of

another.
Commotion in

parts

may make them

the parts

them

3.

manner

after the

requifite to

make them

(tick.

form by
the union of feveral parts into one integral.
Dreadful was the din
Of hilling through the hall thick fwarmisg
With
monfters, head and tail.
!

now

complicated

M:'ii'jn's Pcrailifi Lojt.

the uniyrrfe, are complicated oi

various fimple ideas, or complex ideas niadc up of
Loch.
frmple ones.

man, an army,

CO'MPLICATE. ddj. [from the veib.]

Compounded of a multiplicity of parts.
What

c^uld

pleafure would

felicitite his fpirit, if

grafp all in a furvcy, as a painter r

he

a lemplicalt piece wrought by Titian or Raphael.

rt'jus on the

CO'MPLIC ATENESS.

The

cate.}

intricacy
There is
i,

fo

Itate

MirJ.

n. f.

[from compliof being complicated ;

great

much

feveral object is

/aricly

cf

intellig'.bles

in

the

objefled to our fenlVs, and every

full of fubdividcd nuiltiplicity and
half's Origin of Mankind.

tomfUcattndif

OM PLLCA'TION. n.f. [from complicate.]

i. The aft of involving one thing in an-

other.
j.

The

date of being involved one

in,

an-

other.
All our grievances are either of body or of mind,
L Fjlrangr.
both.

r In ;i/mpli.ati:m .'f

10.

mean

to

properly complement* fomething fugerfluous, or more than enough.

He obfcrved few complinunts in matter of arms,

but fuch as proud anger did indite to him. Sidney.
My iei'^ant, Sir? 'Twas never merry world
Since lowly feigning was call'd compliment :
Y' are fervant to the duke Orlino, youth. S&ak.
One whom the mulickof his own vain tongue
Duth

raviih, like enchanting

harmony

To COMPLC'RE. v.

plot

The

crifieed to a jeft.

Nor

To

my

A.Wj

ever by advifed purpofc meet

plot, contrive, or

compkt any

ill.

the Trojans.

Pope.

COMPLY'.

To

i>. n.

[Skinner derives

PJier

is

To

in ufe.]
yield to
to ; to accord with

ftill

be obfequious

It has

fuit with.

To

ufe

They
fliipping

ccits,

ceremo-

upon occafion

[from

Joyful

ourconliU.-tffa.

his wifli -.uitb his eltate comply

to livr, yet not afraid to die.

Prior,

The bignefiut the c cittpoifcnt parts of.natural

may be conjectured by their cul'.-uri.

bp^

AVwfww'j Opiich,

imply-

To

COMPO'RT.

-J.n. [comforter,

from

ptrto, Latin.]
followed by ivitb.

lpc,ik with l*aris from the prince

I will make a
ctvfplimcntal alfault upon

Some

Sbakefpcare' s Troilus and Crfffuij.

and fuch fruth.

intcrclr.

dies

to

for the

our

r.adj. [conponens , Lat,] That,

which conftitutcs a compound body.

ing compliments.

Oa

moil part, in terms of art and

erudition, retain their original poverty, and rather

grow rich and abundant in ccffHrnsntal phrjfcs,

itfclf to

COMPO'NEN

cot*pliment.~\

Expreffive of refpeft or civility

and bcnJ

He made

compli-

Pope.

adj.

truth of things will not comply with

Remember I am fhewho fav'd your life,

Vour loving, lawful, zn& complying wife. DryJett.

Bqk.

or body.

did fervilely comply laitb the people in worGod by fenlible images and reprefentutions.
Tillotjan.

The

Menclaus very handfomely, and

fays he wanted no accompliAlment eith-ir of min..i
I

to

ivith before as well

Waller.

ment with one another.

COMP L M E'N T AL.

to

The rifmg fun amp/its w:tt our weak fight.

Firft gilds the clouds, then thews his globe of light.

nious or adulatory language.

the interlocutors

perfons as things.

and (hun their friends.

Prhr.

n.

it

but probafrom the French ceaflairt

bly it comes from compiler, to bend to.

arts, for Jervile ends,

To CO'M p L M E N T v.

n.f. [from complot.~\

one joined in a plot.

now my filter,
Jocalla too, no longer
found complater in the horrid deed.
DryLn an.lLte'i Oedipus*

Is

[from the noun.]

or expreflions of re-

tiieir foes,

Tale.
'

life.

gave fo very great a thump at

my door, that I awaked, and heard myfelf cotapii1'at/tr,
mcnteJviith the ul'ual faiutation.

Languages,

have

is to

Sbakel'peart's Richardl!.
few lines after, we find tiiem ccmploiting together, and contriving a new fcene of milerics to

The watchman

their comji/it

confpirator

Rsgu-s.

Should compliment

Troilus

know

nal.

Glam'illc.

come

brother, like but well

Siakcfptarct Herri VI.

Monarchs mould their inward foul difguife,

DiUemble and command, be falfc and wile ;

my

To COMPLO'T. v. a. [from the noun.J

To form a plot ; to conipire ; to join
in any fecret defign, generally crimi-

<v, a.

plaufes*

make

life,

IL-I:

to praiie.
fpecl ; to flatter;
It was not to compliment a Ibciety, To much above
air of common apflattery, and the rejjardlefs

my

purpofe of the aafioi which

COMPLO'TTER.

Miltcn'i Paratiife Rfgaineii.

Virtue, R-ligion, heaven, and eternal happiuefs,
are not trifles to be given up in a compiiniai: , or la-

By ignominous

a conspiracy.

cannot,

Outlandilh rljttcrics?

footh with afts

To

COMPLO'T.

and hear
But
So many hollow comf>Hm<nti .md h/i

To

Lifirg.

Lat.]

together.
*. /. [Fr. from romplefum,
for complexum, low Latin. Menage. ]
confederacy in foine fecret crime ; a

that,
tedious wafte of time, to fit

To CO'MPLIMENT.

Tityl^r'! Il'Ij

a. [comploro,

make lamentation

of ctoftpRnetifs, whom right and wrong

chofe as umpiie of their meeting.
Shakefp.

What honour

rale.

were hut of a day's lite, it is well if

even fong, and then lays his cim^l'ine

he lalls till
an hour before the time.

man

Have

anthems fwccf,

nanfKn'i meet.

tht.it

HMtrtts

include fome hypocrify,

lefs than it declares : this

is

and

raallls,

man

Jf a

Slic cctKflinxats

perplexity.

and

[compline, Fr. comflfti,

eve, bendes their

Ac morn and
Their pen)

apply

Byte's Hiflcry cf Firmnefs.

complication ; to form by

To

underftood to

n.f.

num, low Lat.] The laft aft of worlhip

at night, by which the fervice of the day
is completed.

one in

thcmfelves one to another, or ctmplicatt and diipoie

.

CO'MPLINE.

VI.

COMP'LI'BR. n.f. [from comply.] A man

of aa eafy temper ; a man, of ready

compliment.]
a flatterer.

Shake/pure' t Betiry
done upon the offenders,
Ju.tice was afterwards
the principal being hanged and quartered in Smithfield ; and divers of his chief complices executed in

compliance.

tin.]
1

COMPLIME'NTER. rt.f. [from

One given :o compliments

and their cmpl'utt.

liajtaard.
he
prevailed with the king, that
mi^ht only turn his brother out of the garrifon,
a:'ter jufticewas done upon his complices. Clarendon.

Pen

Brume.

This fpccch has been condemned is r.varicious:

Euftathius judges it fpokcn artfully ajid cemplimenBroanc.
tally.

The marquis

comply.'}

Milieu's

Yielded them.

Civil

quell the rebels

intirely

vility.

divers parts of the realm.

COMPLIANT,

2.

an
n.f. [Fr. from complex,
low Lat.] One who is united
with others in an ill defign ; an aflban accomplice.
ciate ; a confederate
To arms, \iftorious noble father,
aflbciate,

To

plaifance.
He was a man of few words, and of great comh s opinion,
f nance; and ufually delivered that a*
which he forefaw would be grateful to the king.

1.

Watts' s Logick.

dazzled and bewildered.

is

COMPLIME'NTALLY. adv. [from compliIn the nature of a complimental.]

ment ; civilly ; with artful or falfe ci-

CO'MPLICE.

Rogcrt.
will remove dilTcnfion, while

to yield to others

Tne integral confiding of many things

involved, perplexed, and united.
By admitting a catfUcal'at of ideas, and takm;:
too many things at once into one quciiion, the II.MU
is

the liberty continues of profeilins what new opiSwift.

nions we pleafe ?

?.

Wiltini.

order.

Lw<

Tho

notions of aconfufcJ, knowledge are always

of perplexity and complic&ti'.ns, and fcldom in

full

with our defire, fet upon any

ceflary nrnpiianci
particular, and then appearing preferable, g"od.

This falsehood of Ulyfles

and officious.

The

from any neccfory detcrminatlo of

a ncany particular aflion, and from

are free

our Will to

COM

COM

COM

I
'

this

piety

*s

To

agree

French,
to fuit

not good there, fome vain difport

b that place may comport.

I'.Jc fin, it-it

Such docs not

,;m/-trt iciib the nature

Donne,
of time.

COM

COM
It is BOt every man's
far our prudence may warrant our charity
and how far our charity may compirt wirb our pru

talent to diftinguilh arigh

To calm

6.

how

dence.

which all his fears would be ccnipvfid. Clarendo,

You, that had taught them to fubdue their foes
Could erder teach, and their high fp'rits ct/mpo

L'EJIrangc

This

is

a Gallick

not

Drjde

He, having a

us.

will.

behave

to carry

with the reci-

COMPO'RT.
viour

n.

conduft

manner of acting

W^oitby Communicant.
well, and mark'd their rude comport
Ttiylcr's

know them

In times of temped they command alone,

And he but fits precarious on the throne.

[from comport.]

adj.

To

compofing

Calmly

a ftraight unalterable

rule.

a. [compofir, Fr.

cam

Sedatenefs

He

COMPO'SER.
1

An
be

all

pious

its

nxpefe. Dryd. JEn.

fupes

make up one

',

difpofe

2.

to put in the proper [late

any purpofe.
th-.ir

l.voro^,

their yen.

4.

To put together a

difcourfe or fentence

to

J |ji:n!ilt

God,

i.uh

as thofe

which

.t/x/yii/, ;vcre
tl.i;

g!'

'-,.

5.

To

the

not pofli-

nation, after the

mlni'd

'

:ill

their

nr,i::.

tual pofTcffi'ins.

a:fi;Je tlicir in

H'aus.

to

words

1 crave

my

Dry Jen's Albrin and Albamus, Prifact.

adj. \_compojitus, Latin.]

Addijvn.

jrnple.

OMPOSI'TION.
i.

The

act of

n. f.

[compojitio, Latin.]

forming an integral of va-

rious diflimilar parts.

We ha\e exact forms of foMpofitioHi whereby

.rate

we

Tluis

lick order.
Hams.
S me aic f opinion, that the
ctmf-vftt pillars of
this arch were in imitation of the pillars of.Solo-

but generally

Milton's Paradije L'.ft.

.led w.th ma'in i:'i-

mulkk

N<r

that adapts the

tun between men, judging

it

Tiovcful.

cwtpsfite order in architecture js the laft

of the liv- orders of columns j fo named, becaule
,.
its v
pul ol th'.f- of the other
tpit-1
orders ; and it is a.io called the Roman and Ita-

Adtyn.
by being pnrts of a whole.

conltitute

ta

in every excellent

COMPO'SITE.

ricks, did not only

,

ft''"

of forming them

csmpofcr.

Ilntrr.

The

utnjxij'crs

"^onfcn's Dlfccverici.

differences are fettled.

To take away alTfuch mutual grievances, injuries, and \\ron;;*, there was no way but only by
going upon cbnpvf.tkn and agreement amongft
And igain, all publick regiment, of
thcniU-lvcs.
what kind foevcr, feemeih evidently to have arifen
rrom deliberate advice, confutation, and cGrnp>j/i~

compofe.']

Addon's

The

A preacher, in the invention of matter^eleclion

of words, ctmpofit'iQn of gefturc, look, pronunciation, motion, ul'eth all thefc faculties at once.
Ben

Miltw:.
the thoughts of fuch authors h.ive nothing in

He

Adjuflment; regulation.

S.Compaft; agreement; terms on which

to
I'cnfr, whim:
comf'jjer has
ex|nclieii
I in'.eiucu to move the
pailion::, that lit Kerns to
have been the poet as well as the

well
c'.mp'jcd to obtain
v.hith tluy could not by
LLreudtr..

to write as an author.
Soil ot

[from compofcd.]

[from

The

Tbewh'/lc army formed

that by

Add'Jon's Guardian,

j.

convenient and beHtakcr.

are agreed;

umpifitton may be written

fealM between us. Sbak. Antony

And

and C'copaf,
Their courage droops, and, hapelefs now, they

For the truth of th< theory I am in no wife concerned, die iu>:fbffr of it mult lunk to that. Wiadvi.
For compolition, 1 prefer next Ludovico, a moll
Peactam on Mufuk.
judicious and fweet dmy/c/iv.

fphe-

Raj.
;

ciimpajltitin.

he that forms a tune.

roundnefs.

To
for

'.

ric.il

3.

tLt

Addijm*

When I read rules of criticifm, I enquire after

the works of the author, and by that means, difcover what he likes in a

a writer.
and

L'EJIrangc.
divine prayer has always been looked upon
fit to have
Cecded
from
the wifcft
cumpofitien
pn

That
as a

of humour, as well as

'jtr.

j
-li.tii

writers

name.

they at leall do n.) harm, and Ihew an

honeil indultry, and a good intention in the com-

proper form

and method.
Hu.v

Writers are divided conce.ning the authority of

the greater part of thofe conpojithns that pafs in his

them,

place any thing in

!'

Drjdtn's Dufrefny,

Written "work.

6.

of men.

A'ei

various figures in

will be the light feafon

able
It

higrK.ft degrees

ttions.

aft"

Watn.

The arrangement of

is meant the distribution and

orderly placing of
things, both in general and in particular.

matter.
'

To

n.

The difpofition in a picture is an afTembling of

many parts is allb called the ccmpujtnon, by which

tranquillity.
any purpolc, mull have

coapefcdncfs

author

Now

form a mafs b- joining different

Zeal ought to be cvnpofcd of the

of

cahnnefs

union

a pidture.

fedately.

n. f.

fimple naand afterwards view them in

compofoion with

other things.
5.

compofeti.]

fmartneii of parts.

things together.

2.

[from

that will think to

fixcdncls and

fono, Latin.]

To

ferioufly

COMPO'SEONESS.

Hal,.

By her ferious and devout ceirportmtnt on thcfe

folema occjlions, (lie gives an example that is very
often too much wanted.
A't<:ihn's Frtcbolder.

ad<u.

mafi was walking before the door very cwiOne crying, Here is the
fofcdly without a hat.
f.'llow that killed the duke;
every body a Iked,
which is he ? The man without the hit very comClarendonpojcdiy anfwercUj J am he.

comport.']

but the various compliments of the

creature, cither thwarting this rule, or holding
conformity to it, occafion feveral habitudes of this

1.

tures,

there in fnber trium^ti iate,

Compos'\i his pollure, and his look led ate.
Pope.

To COMl'O'SE. v.

compofe

Addifen on Italy

The Mantuan

Qu

Firity

of being compounded
combination.
;
Contemplate things firil in their own
itate

conjunction

(tick.

COMPO'SEDLY,

Good'y ccmftrtantc each to other bear,

And entertain themfdvcs with court'fiomeet.

rule or line

as,

The

4.

fofe.] Calm; ferious ; even; fedate.

In Spain there is fomething (till more leiious
and cumftj'ed in the manner of the inhabitants.

Behavionr; gefture of ceremony.

Behaviour ; practice.
The will of God is like

Jove mix'd up all, and his heft clay employ'd,

call'd the happy cctafojition Floyd.
Sivift,

Then

To form a tune from

[In inuiick.J
the different mufical notes.
COMPO'SED. participial adj. [from com-

comport.]

[from

not b

9. [With printers.]
arrange the letters ; to put the letters in order in the

and cautions of this art inti

fome comportablc method.
Wttan's Arcbitefliire.
COMPO'KTANCE. n. f. [from

n. f.

to

mafs formed by mingling different

in age, is an excellent
cmfo.
Varan's EJayi.
of
pillars
ilone, cafed over with a ccmpojititn
that looks the moll like marble of
any thing one
can imagine.
dddifm.

To

caft the rules

COMPO'RTMENT.

adjult

ought ever to precede the meNewton's Oft'icki.

Vaft

fettle itfelf to prayer.

to fettle

analyfis,

compofiticn.

faion for bufinefs.

difference.

Confident; not contradictory.

We

may

Temflt.

ingredients.
Heat and vivrcity,

10.

Dryden's Fables

COMPO'RT ABLE.

and

Duppa's Rules fcr Divv't^n

befeech thee to cmnpoje her thoughts, am
prcferve her reafon during her lioknei's.
S<zv:ft
8.

I Aall account concerning the rules and manners of deportment in the receiving, our comfar,
and converfation in and after it.

3.

We

an'C

looking.

thod of

as well as to

being thus difquieted,

able eafily to
cctnpofe

Beha-

f. [from the verb.]

mov
Woodward

of bringing fimple ideas into

complication oppokd \aanalyjis, cr the
i
feparation of complex notions.
The investigation of difficult things, by the
aft

method of

over the watei, hac

from disturbance.

it

The mind,

a!

compart yourfjlf
Ctngrrufs Way of tbt fPtrU.

it,

To

7.

freeing

procal pronoun.
At years of difcretion, and
this rantipole rate

command

Yet, to csmpofc this midnight nuife,

Prioi
freely fearch where'er you pleafe.
adjult the mind to any bufinefs, by

Go

Daniel

To

2.

full

power to fUll and compcfe

and dilhirb it.

The

Compcje thy mind;

frauds are here contriv'd, nor force defign'd.

Nor

adopted among
fignification,
The malecontented fort,
That never can the prcfent ftate ccmpwt,
But would as often change as they change

difeafe.

2.

Waller

Locke

be doing.

to quiet.
undertake the journey with him, o

He would

Children, in the things they do, if they cuKfcr

ii-'ab their age, fine .ittle dili'erence, k> they ma\

^COMPO'RT. <u. a.
to endure.
I. To bear

COM
In the time of the Yncas reign
f Peru, no
ccmf^Jsthn w.is allowed hy the laws to be ufed in
of
but
point
medicine,
only fimpies proper to each

For

cstttpf/fitiijn

The

i.

aft

with

t!i*

unconqucr'd

fifli.

of dilcharging a debt by pay-

ing part ; the Ann paid.

Confiitency; congruity.

0.

There

That

ij

no

in thcle

totHpofition

news,

gives thein credit

Indeed they are difpropoi tion'd, Shakrfp. OtiiUn.

1.

The

[In grammar.]

joining of two

wofa! together, or the prefixing a particle to another word, to

augment, dimi'iifh, or change its fignilication.
2. A certain method of denjonitratkm in
in.ulu'inalicks, which is the reverfe of
the analytical method, or of rcfolution.
It proceeds upon
principles in themfelves lelf-eudent
on definitions, poftuUtes, and axioms, and a previoully
demonltratcJ feries of propofukms, Itep
;

they

almoft aj they were mtiiral fnuplri.

Bacat i A'IIV At/amis.

by

(lfp, till it gives a clear knowledge

of the thing to DC demonstrated.
This

by

fynthetical method, and

is

In the ttmpefum of men,

as well as they; and it

iruin,

but your own, that

To whom

to

come,

have great variety of ccrrpefli and

for the making of the earth fruitful.
ilfo

Bf fan's
Water young

fhrubs,

planted

which you can hardly

tiailr,

Van
PC

fl-'titis's

amomum

guard

all

may

to right
fee,

who

and

COMPOTA'TION.

efpe-

bear fruit excellently.

COMPO'STURE.
Not

manure.

a:on'i

That
From

knew

and

it

feeds and breeds by

Natural Hftsry.

earth

's a thief,

ctimfffare

gen'ral excrements*

Milun's Paradije Loft.

an extremity : there

z.

the varieties ot

With

his ctaipofiire

'

The duke

compofe by being united.

Who'd be fo mock'd with glory, as

But

To

Uifcourfcs on

lath occafioni art

fcldom the

.i

JiCdm of

friendfliip

have his pomp, and

But only

Clecpatra,

framed difcourfe.

in

alt

to

For prcfent ufe or

cries,

my

profit, this is the rule

debts compcund

con-

of the two fimple bodies ; confider

again the dignity of the one above the ether in
ufe ; then fee if you can make a compound, thnt
will fave more in price than it will lole in dignity
Btccn't Phyfcal Remains.
of the ufe.
As man is a canfcaad and mixture of flefh as
Scutb's Sermons.

Love why do we one paffion

When

call,

compound of them all ;

hot and cold, where (harp and fweet,
their equipages meet ?
Stvift.
'tis a

Where
In

all

COMPO'UNDABLE.

adj.

[from compound.]

Capable of being compounded.

COMPO'UNDER. n.f. [from To compound.]
1.

One who

endeavours to bring parties

to terms of agreement.

Thofe
be

The
many in-

gredients.

well as fpirit.

part.
!

Harris.
n.f. [from the verb.]

fider the price

Timm

New

make

concurring together to

mafs formed by the union of

difcharge a debt by paying on!

Shall I, je jods

is

CO'MPOUND.

To

To

Pope.

or aggregated Flower, in
fuch as confifls of many little

ftate -crxfuj:,

If there be any difcord or fuits between any o

the family, they are ampoundtd and appeafed.
Atlant\
Bac^n't
.

Wain's Logick.

dandelion.

to iive

adjuft a difference by fome receffio

from the rigour of claims.
I would to God all flrifet were well Cfmpoursdtd

Bean*
more

or

up one whole one ; each of which has

its ftyle and ftamina, and adhering feed,
and are all contained within one and the
fame calyx luch are the fun-flower and

what

made up of two

epithets.

flowers,

Wtrid

painted, like his varnim'd friends

Sbatcfpairc's

it a fifth of filver
compound metal, as fit for

COMPOUND

botany,

To

Adjuftment.
God will rather look

Compofition

pcund
3.

and ctrnpoundtd name, and are called Fife-Tigris.

;.

not in ufe.

Compofed of two or
[In giammar.]
more words ; not fimple.
Thofe who arc his greater}, admirers, feem
plealed with them as beauties ; 1 fpeak of his com-

z.

the city of Apamia, there do they agree of a join

of Buckingh.im fprung, without anj

to the inward raptures of

the mind, than to the outward form and cmpt/urt
of the body.
Duff a.
.

Boyle's Sceptical Clymi/1.

ideas, being each but one finglc perception

from
[In grammar.] To form one word
two or more words.
Where it and Tigris embrace each other unde

4.

is

ancient electrum had in

Cw.p'iund fubftances are

fimpje 1'ublUnces.

cannot have a fingle image that did no

but we have thi pc-.ve
;
of altering and attfmfaig thofe images into a!
the varieties of picture.
jlddiftn's Speflator

help, by a k'n.l of congenial comfcfurt, to the

lik'nefi of our late forcreigu and matter. Wotlim.
.

The

to the gold, and maJe a

moft ufes as gold.

make decompounded

This

determine.

fimple.

We

6.

and

V.1

CO'M POUND, adj. [from the verb.]

i. Formed out of many ingredients; not

enter through the fight

cannot blcmilh.
cjteatt'i slntn.y

Htary

fljrs recant,

We

be cut

mingle in different pontions

combine.

muft be rare indeed,

;

(hall

To

3.

Whom tlicU things

it,

Raleigh's Hiflorj of the

Crafiaiv

temperament.

rny.il

We

are eafier got than the more complex ones ; am

therefore are not liable to the uncertainty whicl
Locke
attends thofe compounded ones.

the ftreets at noun, and (land the buft'et

fhvci that fmcll of fwcat; fjy this becomes

him

As

make

the

here deliver,
Subfcribed by the confuls and patricians,
Together with the feal o* th' fenate, what
have cGiptut:t'ed on. Sbakefpfare's CsrioFanut.

Exodus xxx.

The

the various parts.

Frame
To reel

all

I'vf/c.

To

(..

be difficult to evince, that nature does

bodies ; I mean, mingle
01
together fuch bodies as are already compounded
elementary, or rather of fimple ones.

Wwdwurd't Natural Hijlcr\.

the difpofuion of

like

ofl.

The form avifmgfrom

In tvmpofure of his fate,

ut manly grace.
Liv'd a fair but

nw

Vulgar Errours-

[compona, Latin.]

Whofoever compvundah any

arife, when, by inftitution and

a
tjreement, fuch cmfofttre of letters, fuch word,
is intended to Cgnify luch a certain thing.
Kaldtr on Elements of Speech.
From the various cnr.pejuns and combinations of

3.

know of tlice,

Paracelfus and his admirers luve amfcmjid

with the GaU-nifH, and brought a mixed ufe of
chymical medicines into the prefcnt practice.

mingle many ingredients together

one mafs.
To form by uniting various parts.

order.
Hence languages

all

to

H-.a'ilrai.
CtmfcunJ, and take the covenant.
But ufelefs all, when he defpairing found
Catullus then did with the winds coKp:,i.r.i!.

in

jttfC!vr&f<

thcfecorpufcles t gether, happen

the bodies farmed out of them.

come

Shaiij'feare"i

To

I.

are not like to be fo found, or

comprehensive of the nature of the duty, as toims

Arrangement; combination; mixture

oxen after

Survey of Ct.tr.vj aU.

king Harry,
If fir thy r.in'.-in thou wik
rmfauKd,
Before thj moll alVufcd ovuithrow ?
Mafic

It will

Siakeffearc'sl'imoK.

coififofurt.

to furnifii ten

here-

Philips

COMPO'UND. -a. a.

To

Their own forms

of publick

.'.id

for thirty pounds.

Once more

to

Brawn

not

(iol'n

COMPO'SURE. *./. [from con<r,fc.~\

1. The aft of composing or inditing.

a.

Coir.

Care*..'*

the front unfold,

feek

If thou wilt prolong

Dire canfctaticn, forthwith reafon quits
Her empire to confufion and mifrule,
And vain debates ; then twenty tongues at once
heard
Confpire in fenfelefs jargon ; nought is
But din and various clamour, and mad rant.

did

n.f. [from ic/nfojf.] Soil;

ufed.

The
'

for
it,

To come to terms, by granting fomething on each' fide.

Secrecy to words fpoke under the rofe, only

in tanfctanm, from the ancient cuftom in
of rofcs.
fympofiack meetings, to wear chaplets

To

into worfe earth, Or forbearing to

the earth, water-mint turnetb into fieldmint, ami the colewort into rape.
Bjcen's Natural Hijtery.
;

CCK's a fellow will help you to-morrow

pvucd with him by the year.
State/pure' s Mtafurefor Mcafare.

mean,

By removing

puuied up:>n

the virtues of this wife ;

the reft, with longer life. Drydeu,

halt'

all

bargain in'the lump,

Michaelmas

how we

tiu.fc/i

field

of agreement, by

ther.

In vain the nurfling grove

awhile, cbe.'iiVd with fofirr earth;
.en the alien iwj-rjt ticxhautt,
native poverty again prevails.
Pbirips.

A-, for earth, it emtfojietb itfelf

>:.

Here

n.f. [compotalio,

fair

garden that had a

To

Lat.]
the aft of drinking or tippling toge-

too often, and

Evelyn's Ktlcntlar.

refrefli

Tc COMPORT, i-. a. [from the noun.]

manure ; to enrich witrrfeil.

left

hate us,

and ctmp<fuTt.

ice

Ccmfsuruifcr

the faireft hopes of

feems yet to be room left for a cotnpofurc

after there may be only for pity.

Atlantis.

Liglk.

Kiny

Things wf re not brought

foils,

Drjdtn.

lu

and the mind en-

mOft perfect ecmfofurt.

its

Tint

;ui:es abundant dn;fo/t.

There, as h.^ C,.***MI ti_rrtrild, a caithe found,
TLac cju.ea tcu.f.fi loiih to dung the ground.

teem*

all filent,

an happy ismfojure.

And do not fpread the tomfc/l on the wcedt,

To make them ranker.
Skakefpetrt's Uatrlrt.

We

Pray but tor

the virgin majcfty of Eve,

of differences.
The treaty at Uxbridge gave

manure.
is

Mind.

tranquillity.

Agreement; compofition; fettlement

8.

CO'M POST. n.f. [Fr. nmpojttum, Lat.]

A mixture of various fubflances for enAvoid what

calmnefs

of nature are

paffions

joys

1'.

to terms

the firft demand.

abating fomething of
It has for before the thing accepted or
remitted.
They were, at hft, glad to cmfound for his bar*
Cltatxikn.
commiuncnt to the Tower.

not their reafon,

As one who loves, and fome unkindnefs meets,

With fweet auftcre comfcfure thus replied. Miltoi.
The calmeft and fereneft hours of life, when the

paper.

riching the ground

is

given to guide you.

is

ffatrs on the

7. Sedatenefs

the impreffion upon

COMPO'UND.

To come

rfttnliury.
remember you are a

man

Co*tpo'siTiVB.<3)'. [from rompo/e.] Compounded ; or, having the power of comDifl.

pounding.
COMPO'SITOR. n.f. [from ccmpefe.] He
that ranges and adjufts the types in
printing ; diflinguifhed from the prerT-

who makes

be read r
prnduftions of leifure, and fhould
Me allowances rht are made to hafty canpafurrt.

called the
ufed by Euclid in his Elements. Harris.

is

COM

COM

COM

foftners, fweetners, canpoundin, and exwho (hake theirhcadi fo ftrongly.

pedient-mongers,

Swift.
a.

COM
z.

CO

A niingler one who mixes bodies.

COMPREHE'ND. <u. a. {comfrtbendo,

Latin.]
1. To comprife
to imply.

to include

to contain

his age

any other commandment, it is briefly

compnbcrta'ej in this faying, namely, Thou (halt
loie thy neighbour as tlnfelf.
JJ^m. xiii. 9.
It would be ridiculous to grow old in the ftudy
of every neceiDry thing, in an art which compreteaJs fo

many

feve; al parts.

contain in. the mind ; to understand

to conceive.
Rome was not better by her Horace taught,
Than we are here D rsrr^n'iW his thought.

COMPREHE'NSIBLE.

adj. \cemprehtnjiblt,
Fr. compreheti/ltilii, Lat.]
1. Intelligible; attainable by the mind;

conceivable by the underftanding.

horizon fers the bouridi between the enlightened and dark parts of things, between what
by us.

.V

Iteads of

Baron.

it.

COMPREHE'NSIBLY.

ad-v.

[from comprehenjitle.] With great power of fignification or underftanding ;

lignificantly ;
with great extent of fenfe. Tillotfon
feems to have ufed comprehenfebly for
ctmpreiert/iveljf.

Th

im and righteoufnefs are comvery timprcbcrjihly , fo as to fijnify all

Til/afn.
religion *nd virtue.

monly

ufe

Co M p R E H E'N s ION

n.f. [comprcbeii/ic ,

La-

tin.]

The

or quality of comprifing or
containing ; inclufion.
In the Old TelUment there is a clofe ctmprtbtn/Kn of the New, in the New an open difcovery
of the Old.

1.

aft

Thecompnbinpcitoftn idea, regards all eiTential

modes and properties of it ; fo body, in i:s ccmprcr:,

takes in fulidit)

figjre, n

jnt

-.

m"bility.
Lcgiclt.

a.

Summary; epitome;
abftraft

com,'-i]dium

abridgment in which much

we would draw

is

a fliort

abdrad of human

happinefi, bring together all the various ingredients of it, and digeft them into one pret'cription,

we muft
rilm in

at laft fix

my

text,

on

this wife ami religious

all.

j.

aphi-

fum and canprcbmjion of

as the

Roger:.

capacity; ppwer of the

mind to admit and contain many ideas

Knowledge;

at once.

You give no proof of decay of your judgment,

and tomprcbenfan of all tilings, within the compafs
of an human underftanding.
Dryjtn.
4.

trope or figure, by
which the name of a whole is put for a
part, or that of a part for the whole, or
a definite number for an indefinite.

[In rhetorick.]

Harris

COMPREHENSIVE,

adj.

[from comprt-

hend.}
1.

Having

the power to

underfland

Hr muft

many

comprehend

or

things at once.

man

of a mod wonderful
tmpribinji-vi nature, becaufe he has taken into the
compafi of bis Canterbury Talcs the various man-

have been a

[from compnkrnfiue .~\ In a comprehensive manner

COMPREHENSIVENESS, n. f. [from comprebtnjive.] The quality of including
much in a few words or narrow compafs.
Compare

the

adv.

beauty and

legends on ancient coins. A.ii

To
I

cotr-prtbeitfivfrt^l
il.

We

Boyle's Spring of tie Air*

n. \_contprimere, Lat.j
it is
;
commonly taken, in
law, tor the deceitful printing of another's copy,
or book, to the prejudice of the rightful proprie-

To COMPRI'NT. <v.
To print together

of

Ptpe't Qdjffey.

by a genius,
the mufes.

prijjid

CO'MPRESS.

gir!c;'N-

delighted to aflbciate with

Pipe.

n.f. [from the verb.] Bolfters

by which furgeons fuit their

of linen,

bandages

who

for

it

up.

That

[from eomof being compreffible ; the quality of admitting to

be brought by force into a narrower
compafs ; as air may be comprefled,
but water can by no violence be reduced to lefs fpace than it naturally ocf.

I.

Ccmpromife is a mutual promife of two

or more parties at difference, to refer
the ending of their controverfies to the
arbitrement or equity of one or more
Ca-ivell.

compact or bargain, in which fome

conceffions are made on each fide.
not

not wafted

another.

I.

prejjil/le.]

[from co>::Capability of being preffed

.

f.

Dia.

clofe.

COMPP.E'SSION. n.f. \_comprejjio, Latin.]

The aft of bringing the parts of any
body more near to each other by violence
effort

the quality of admitting fuch an

may compel the body

offeree as

compreffed into a narrower fpace.

Whenever

a folid body is prefTed, there is an

tumult in the parts, fecking to deliver

inward
themfelves from the ccifipnjfan
caufe of all violent motion.

and

this

is

the

Bmoti.
The powder in (hot, being dilated into fuch a
name asendureth not cctripre/Jtsn, moveth in round,
the flame being in the nature of a liquid body,
Bacm.
fom-times recoiling.
Teart are the effcfts of the comprrjjian of the
of
the
moifture of the brain, upon dilautiun
fpiBaton's Natural Ilifary.
Merry Michael, the Corniih poet, piped this
upon his oaten pipe for merry England, but with

rits.

mocking

cmfrrijpon far

Norouniry.

Cart'.d.

Rtm.

he hath

Sbatrjprare': Richard II.

ESS.

for warr'd

But bafely yielded, upon comprontift,

Thit which his anceftors atchicv'd with blows.

To CO'MPROMISE. v.

COMPRE'SSIBLEN

it,

Capable of being forced into a narrower compafs ; yielding to VeTure, fo

as that one part is brought nearer to

Cbfynt'l Pbikfopbica! Principle.

La-

n.f. \_ccmpromij/um,

arbitrators.
z.

[from compre/s.]

.ir being fpiral particles, accounts for the

elafticity of air ; their being fpherical particle' ,
which gives free rafTage to any heterogeneous mutter, accounts for air's being ccmfriJTililt.

Lat.

tin.]

Wars have
adj.

\_comproTjo,

is

CO'MPROMISE.

cupies.

COMPRE'SSIBI.E.

f.

only efteemcd a legal teftimony, which

receives ctmprtbat'wn from the mouths of at lead
two witnertes.
Brctun*

ffifetnan.

COMPRESSI BI'LITV. n.
The quality
prejfible.~\

it.

Proof; atteftation.

Quincy.

I applied an intcrcfpicnt about the ankle and

upper part of the foot, and by comprtfi and bandage

drelTed

Rcjtonimcn.

COMPROB A'TION.

any particular part or pur-

pofe.

to include.
Neceflity of (hortnefs caufeth men to cut off
impertinent difcourfes, and to ccmfrife much matter in few words.
Hmkir.
Do they not, under doflrine, comprehend the
fame that we intend by matters of faith ? Do not
they, under difcipline, comprif? the regimen of the
church ?
Honker,
'Tis the polluted love that multiplies ;
But friendfhip does two fouls in ohe ccmfri/t.

young

Pbl'fys's World / Word,.

Co M P R I's E v. a. \comprendre, comfris,
French.] To contain; to comprehend

tor.

To

fqneeze together.
z. To embrace.
Her Neptune eyed, with bloom of beauty bleft,
And in his cave the yicUing nymph ccmprefl.
a

whether heat would, notwithftanding

tried

fo forcible a cowprtjjurc, dilate it,

on slncunt Medal?.

of lo

preffing

againft another.

COMPRE'SS. a/, a. \'campi-effiu, Lat.]

To force intt> a narrower compafs to

in the ifland

through trunpttrent fu

COMPRE'SSURE. n. f. [from
The aft or force of one body

'

comprifed.
If

Spratt'i Sermons.

tunity of charity.

There was

L.ft this pwrt of kn'iv.leJge (hou'.d feem to any

not <ompr<btnjib!c by axiom, we will fct do.

much

diffufive,

Lotlic.

Poffible to be cinn-rifed.

dies, as
may find a ready pafl'age
frances.

fo coKpnlenfivc, fo catholick 'a

the opporgrace
charity, that whatever time is
tunity of any other virtue, that time is the oppor-

Dr-r.-i.n.

it.

hypothecs,

is

COMPREHENSIVELY,

Ittalltr,

2.

So

'Tis unjuft, that they who have not the leaft notion of heroic writing, mould therefore condemn
the pleasure which others receive from it, becaulc
they cannot rimir.-t.uni

the quality of comprifing

extenfive.
;

Having

compendious

Dryden's Dafrtjncy.

To

Force, may doubclciS, by the fame

make gold and water, and all orhcr bomuch rarer as he pleafcs ; fo tha: lijihr

Cbtnprfjfion "by

Pope's Epi/ltss.

z.

that mall find out an hypoiihens, ty'-wHicf

may be fo rare, and yet not'be capable of

water

It there be

2.

He

limnours of the whole Englilh nation in

not a (ingle character lias cleaned liim.
Drjjai's TtiLlf!, Prrfacf.
His hand untrain'd, his uncorrupted heart,
His c imprebaif-vi: head ; all interefb weigh'd,
All Europe fav'd, yet Britain not Letray'd.
*n<!

tier*

fo

e cy

NT

To compound

a.

[from the noun.]

compact by

to adjult a

mutual conaeffions: as./^compromiftd

a middle rate.
In Shake/peart it means, unufually, to

the affair at
z.

accord

to agree.
;
Laban and lumfelf were ttmpremls'il,
That all the yearlings, which were (irtak'd anJ
Should

fall as

pied,

Jacob's hire.
Sbakefpearfs Merchant of Vtn:tt.

COM TROMISSO' RIAL.

adj.

from ccmpro-

Relating to a compromife.
COMPROVI'NCI AL. n.f. [from eon and
provincial.] Belonging to the fame promife.]

vince..

At the confec ration of an archbilhop, all his cnfnvincials ought to give their attendance.
Aylife'l Parcrgnn,

COMPT.w./ [comfte,

Fr. cemputui, Lat.]

Account; computation; reckoning.

Your
Have

fcrvants ever

themfdvcs, and what

theirs,

is

their, in

CMBftfj

To make
Still to

their audit at your highnefs' plcafure,

return your

To COMPT.

compute

COUNT,

own.

Sfak(fp. King Jiln*

a. [tempter, French.]
now ufc
to number.

<v.

We

which

To
Tt

fee.

CO'MPTIBLE.

COM

COM

CO'MPTIBLE.

Ac-

[from eompt.]
adj.
refponfible ; ready to give
account; fubjeft ; fubmiffive.
countable

Good

m?

fuftain

very cmplillt even to the lead

my

(corn

fuch right
fay that the better dcfcrver
to g.ivern, as he may
compulfurily bring under the

ways from the tiue and juft ccmputc and calling

that one year which perhip> might be another.
Brown's Vulgar Errourt*

force

lels

liniftcr ufage.

COMPTRO'LL.

<v.

a.

[This word

He errcth in this, to think that actions, proceeding from fear, are properly cimfalhry aftions ;
which, in truth, are not only voluntary, but free
actions j neither compelled, nor fo much as phyBramball againjl Hckies.
fically ncceflitated.
nJly it would be taken to comply with a panot
tent, although
compulftty.
Swift.

and fome of its derivatives are written

in the fame manner.] To controll ; to
to oppofe.

To many

camp/roll.]

Director ; fupervifor ; fuperior intendant ; govcrnour.

This night he makes a (upper, and a great one,

and ladies :
I was fpoke to, with Sir Henry Guildford,
This night to be ctmftnllert.
Sbak. Hairy VIII.

n. f.

Lat.] Having

adj. [from compulj'or,

the force of compelling;

The

2.

Shake

Compulsion is in an agent capable of volition,

the beginning or continuation of any aftion
Loeke.
contrary to the preference of his mind.

hung on our broken

the fierce foe

Hale on Clrnmsn Laiv,

COMPU'I.SIVE.

adj.

ccmpulfus, Latin.]
compel ; forcible.

2.

companion

He permitted them
put out both thine eyes, and fetter'd fend thee
Into the common prifon, there to grind
Among the flaves and all'cs, thy c<i>:raJts,

To

As good

fur nothing cll'e.

Milton's /SrmtSa.
footman, being newly married, defired his
comrade to tell him freely what the town faid of it.

The

Sivift.

CON.

Latin infeparable prepofition,

which, at the beginning of words, fignihes union or aflbciation
as concour/e,
:

a running together
together.

COMPUTA'TION. n.f. [from compute.]

calculation.
I. The aft of reckoning
;

pros and cons.

CON.

To

v.

[connan, Sax. to

a.

as, in Chaucer,
thinge ; that is,

To

mufc>, HobbinH,

Enough

to

me

,-cnr.c

to paint out

Having

Supreme of
Urg'd by

New

rivers

ctmtpiilfrjc

>

the

power

to

and deep,

the frightful brink,

clergy would
a more (hort and compulfive

ad-j.

method.

[from

Sivift.

com^u/Jt-vc.]

by violence.

rt/LsivENEss.
fi-v?.] '

Force

of

fifty

thrown into female

many

^iiUi

COMPU'TE.
To reckon to
;

additional

'.r.'s

fix

-v.a.

[compute, Latin.]
calculate ; to number ;

how much water would

in ufe, e?:cept in ludicrous

language.
have you not been acquainted
Pretty ar I. \ ITS
with goldfmiths wives, and cor.nd them' out of

n. f. [from
comfulcompulfion.
v. J-v. [from
comfulforj.]

under water.

Theory of tie li.in!-.

they
nirpnti by weeks, yet ilill thr
// AAr en lime.
yrnr \vas mcafured by mnnth^.
Alas
not dazzled with their noon-tide ray,
the morn and evening to the day j
Coirpt-te
Tin- whole ainotint of tU it ed TT<MI i'.ime,
A tjle that blends their glory with tin ir Ih.imc.
A\<\

P'.fe.

COMPU'TE.

n.f. [mmpulus, Lat.]

putation; calculaiion.

rings

Here arc your parts and I am

ctm them by to-morrow night.
;

Com-

>

Sbakefpcart,
tu intreat

Sbjlefpearc's Aii^juntmcr A'.'g/v'j

Our
be requilite to

S:trnet's

Where

ftudy ; to commit to memory ; to

in the mind.
It is a word now little
I

of this
Guardian.

compura:ier.s
:

lay the earth

as they rcach'd,

Ptitips.
b: gh,l to recover their dues

force

women

pafs for

Compute

terror cnili'd their veins.

COMPU'LSI VELY.

We

/kill

unrcft.

To

2.

to count.
raft

arms, fnon

The

by calcula-

tion.
years are
nature.

no

my

tptnu-r's Pjjl;.rah

Stalcfpeare's Ricl^j.-il III.

collected or fettled

kno.v.

Of

princely father
by juft amputation of the time,
that the iflue WJs not his.

The fum

know

Old icy men connen mochil

Old women have much

knowledge.]
1.

My

z.

come

[abbreviated from contra, againfl,

cant word for one who is on
Lat.]
the negative fide of a
queftion ; as, the

adj. [from compute.] Capable of being numbered or computed.

inftcad of twenty-four letters, there were

If,
twenty-four millions, as thofc twenty-four millions
are a finite number, fo would all combinations
thereof be finite, thuugh not cafily computable by
arithmctick.
HjL V Origin of Mankind.

to convene, to

CON.

COMPU'TABLE.

Then,
Found

Shtikcffearc's King Lear.

a partner in any labour

or danger.

[from compunction.]

neit quarry, or chalk-pit, will give abundant atteftution

thefc are fo obvious, that 1 need
not be tar to feck for a campurgatvr.
fPcsJiuarJ's Natural Hijlory.

[from ccmpulfer, Fr. To

The Danube,

(,

I abjure all roofs, and chufc

be a comrade with the wolf and owl.

paitly out of fear and lompiii*

By

Rather

To

The

dwells in the fame houfe or

chamber.

another.

rear,

compulfon and laborious flight

funk thus low
Milton's Pararlifc Left.
This faculty is free from campa/fan, ind fo fpontaneous, and free from determination by the particular objcd.
Halt.
Poffibly there were others who aflitted Harold,

by

adj.

n.f. [Latin.] One who

bears his teltimony to the credibility of

With what

We

contuberniofruiiur.]

One who

1 .

COMPUROA'TOR.

violence

when

When

n.f. [cameradt, Fr. from camera, a chamber

one that lodges in
the fame chamber,

Skaltfpcarf s Macbeth.

purpofc.

H^omn.

COMRADE,

Caufing remorfe.

fuftered.

is

fell

a ftrift ccm-

conceive -we have a year in three hundred

andfixty-fivedajscxaft: coirfutiflt tell us, that we
Er.ivn.
efcape fix hours.

[from compunc-

adj.

man, and

contrition.

treafurer*as a wife

We

COMPURG A'TION.

The

other.

Sbakefpeare* s Hamlet.

of being compelled

my

COMPU'NCTIVE.

fweet
Milton's Farad. LcJ).
Crnipul/icn thus tranfported
Such fwcct comf-ulfan doth in mufick lie,
To lull the daughters of necefiity.
Mtltvn.
ftate

repentance

n.f. \computiftc, Fr.] Calfeilled in the art of num-

ftijl.

tion.] Repentant; forrowful ; tender.

Stop up th' accefs and pafl'age to remorfe,
That no ccmputiflious vifitings of nature

Lat.]

n. f. [comput/ia, Latin.]
aft of compelling to fomething ;
force ; violence of the agent.
If rcafonswereas plenty as blackberries, I would
give no man a reafon on eanpttljlai.
Sbatefpearc's Henry IV.
Thoughts, whither have ye led me ? with that

The

Simulation

of being pricked by the con-

COMPU'NCTIOUS.

The

Z.

of pricking

one

bers or computation.

He acknowledged his difijyalty to the king,

with expreflions of great conpun&ion.
Clarendcn.

COMPULSION,
I.

flate

fcience

is

his father loft.

culator

Bro^vn's

no other,
But to recover from us by ftrong hand,
And terms compuffatory, thole foiefaid lands

So by

CO'MPUTIST.

.
f.
[ctmftergatio,
prailice of juftifying any
man's veracity by the teftimony of an-

coaftive.

Which

counts of thcfe days, are different.

Brown's lrulgar Errours.
I ha-ve known fome fuih ill
amp uteri, as to
imagine the many 'millions in ftocjcs fo much real
wealth.
Swift.

prick, Latin.]

This is that acid and piercing fpirir, which,

with fuch activity and civtpunfJicn, invadeth the
brains an
nd noftrils of thofe that receive it.

COMPU'LSATIVEI.Y. aJ<v. [from compulfatory.] With force ; by conftraint.

CoMPi/LSAtORY.

n.f. [from comp utt.~\ Reckoner ; accountant ; calculator.

The kalendars of thefe computer!, and the ac-

irritation.

[from comp-

ClariJ/a,

The power

The

troller.]
Superintendance.
llie gayle for ftannery-caufes is annexed to the
Carew's Survey of Cornwall.
comptrolUrjhip.

pungo, ptinflum,

find

COMPTRO'LLF.RSHIP.

COMPU'TER.

n.f. [componclion, Fr.

COMPACTION,
from
to

lords

cmrptrol/frs of vulgar opinions pretend tu

out fuch a firnilicude in fome kind of baboons.
Temple.
My fates permit me not from hence to fly ;
Nor he, the great cmsftntler of the Iky.
Diya'en's SEneid.

[compulfoire, Fr. ]
of neceffitating or

adj.

compelling.

'i

overrule

Bacon.

is i:ile.

worthy,

Having the power

itten by fome authors, who did not

attend to the etymology, for contrail ;

COMPTRO'LLER. n.f. [from

hth

COMPU'LSORY.

is

by violence.

To

am

Sbaktfpcare.

To

by

Though there were a fatality !n this yc.ir, yet

divers were out in their account,
aberring fevcril

beauties. Ice

CON

In a compulfory or forcible manner

you to

Dream*

undcrftanding cannot in this body arrive

the knowledge of God, and
things in-

c 'early to

as hy orderly
evening over the vifible ;tnd

vifible,
infer

)iir

OTalures.

Miltin.
written; and, having the other a!fo
n in the paper, (hew him
that, alter he fias
CfKi:cil the lint, and n-.nm-c it of him.
i

Shew

It

him

''T'J Effrrein
'fSbc.cb.
of wimh I'm
chiefly fond,
Are fuck as y HI h.ne whilom
Prior.
All this while J"lin hmi c.r.r.:d over fuch j caof
hard
talogue
wurds, as were enough to conjure
.

The books

up the devil.

-jlrbnibr.ot.

3-

To

CON

3. 7*

thank.

to

To

thanks; an old expreflion for

It is thg fame with ff avoir

livers

To

hide

vulge

He

grc.

him no thanks

I con

for't, in the nature

To arch over
concave over.
Lat.]

[concamero,
to vault ; to lay

oft finds

inch and a half confifteth

of one c oncamerated bone, bended downwards, anJ
Grciv*: Mvfeitm.
toothed as the other.

know of conver/ingfal'ely
not by ccnctafing what we
fay or do, but by faying or doing nothing that dcP
ferves to be concealed.
There

CO.'.'CAMER A'TJOH.

with

Arch

all

is

but one way

men,

<To

CONCATENATE.

-y.

a.

CON c E'A L A B L E

2.

tena, Lat. a chain.] To link together;

to unite in a fucceffive order.

CONCATENATION.

nate.}

n. f.

of links

feries

[from concate; an uninter-

rupted (invariable fucceflion.

The fto!ck> affirmed a fatal, unchangeable

CON c E'A LED NESS.

con-

The

of caufes, reaching to the elicit acts of

Stuff .
will.

ftate

man's

CONCAVA'TION. n. f. [ from
The aft of making concave.

concave.

Hollow

1.

furface of an egglhell, the inner curve

of an arch : oppoied to convex.
Thefe great fragment; falling hnllow, inclofed
under their

cmavc

CONCEALMENT,
The

1.

not made n univerfal fhout,

trembled underneath his banks,
the replication of your found*

Have you
ThatTyber
he.ir

Made

in his concave (hores

COKCA'VENESS.

a. f.

[from

concave.

&ould

n. f.

Waun.

OfFen

hollow on both

ffucJ'a.:

Nut.

Hift.

To

is

its

mofs their

The
may be

hollow without angles.

fphere.
dolphin that carrieth Arion

is

ctncavcufly

fpine deprefTrd.

Brwvn'l i^uhar Errsun.

v. a.

[ctaftl'i,

Latin.]

athcifr, if

[concede, Latin.]
to grant ; to let

you concede

to

him

tha' foitunc

an-

CONCE'IT
cept us,
I.

CONCE'AL.

admit

agent, doth prcfume himfelf fafe and

invulnerable.
Bcr.tl.y.

Con-

CONCA'VOUSLY. adv. [from conca-vou].]

With hollownefs in fuch a manner as
difcovers the internal fur face of a hoMow
its

to

w. a.

Boyle.

former f late.
Nevitun.
nncavo-conitx pentanjul ir p'ate, part of a
that
dell
belongs to the entrochui.

Inverted, and hath

n.f. [concept,

French;

con-

Latin.]

Conception ; thought ; idea ; image in

the miod.
Here the very (hephcrds have their fancies Hftct]
to

-In

h'^h

2.

Sentiment, as diflinguifhed from imagery.

Some to conceit alone their works conSne,
And glitt'iing thoughts ftruck out at ev'ry line.

6.

Pvpt.

7.

cencti!!, as

the learned of other nations

are content both to kwrrow their name.,, and irnitati- their cunning.
Sidney.
Impoflible it was, that ever their will ihould>

change or incline to remit any part of their duty,.

without fome olijcdt havinj; force to avert thnr
tinker.
ccn(cit (not Gnu..

Fondnefs

favourable opinion
nionative pride.
;

opi-

Since by a little (ludying in learning, and great

of himfelr, he has loll his religion ; may he
find it again by harder ftudy, under humbler
conceit

truth.

8.

Brvwn.
tempt their reafons.
This mnil not be conceded without limitation.

procured another ctnravo-ccitvtx plate of glafs,

grour.d on both (ides to the fime fphere with the

\_concavus, Lat.]

Proverbs, xxvi.
approve the fair concrit

fail t'

conceit

him.

Sbakejfeare'i Henry IV
While he was on his way to the gibbet, a freak
took him in the head to go off with a conceit.

nefts.

pafs undifputed.

yield

own

his

to a few,

By expurgatory animadvcrfons we might ftr'kr

out gteat numbers of hidden qualities ; and, having
once a conceded lirt, we might with more fat- ty at-

adj.

and convex.]
convex the other.

adj.

not

in

a fool than of

acutenefs.
His wit is as thick as Tewklbury muftard
there is no more nccdt in him than is in a mallet.

cleft tree

kind concalmir.t
its infects, and

CONCEDE,

To

Concave or

[from concavt
Concave one way, and

CONCA'VOUS.

I (hall

de

Tt-.mfun.

fides.

CONCAVO-CONVEX,

fi

thi:,

Their food

ofy.

more hope of

is

Prior.

fertfev

The king hath of you. Sbakcffeare's Henry VIII.

of imagination j
5. PIcafant fancy ; gaiety

concealment

its

all

L'Eflrangt.

The

of that mould with greater exact thefe flints do the concavities of the /hell 1

wherein they were moulded.

The

privacy

rr^rjr-:.",'

CONCAVO-CONCAVE,

cave

h-ily name, as the moft efof a wicked defign, fuppnfes

mankind fatisficd that nothing but what is juft is
directed by the principles of it.
Rogers.

fectual

the imprefles of thefe (ne/1,

with that ex<;uifite niccneft, that no metal, when
melted and cafl in a mould, can ever poflibly reprethi:?

rob

Sbakcffeare's King f-nrr.

Opinion, in a neutral
Sctlt thou a man wife

th'

Glanville.

Th'' choice of

that cor.tain

They have taken

rfs

may

life itfelf

Mallranche has an odd conceit,

As ever enter'd Frenchman's pate.

yet this concealment

of being hid

11.

viij.

Strong conceit, like a new principle, carries

above common fenfc.
eafily with it, when yet

Addifcn's Fn ctcJii
Hiding-place; retreat; cover; melter.

3.

figures of white marble

not be culoured in their concavity too black.

fcnt 'he

i'

zealous for the good

of mankind, and as folicitous for the ccncejlmftit as
the performance of illustrious actions.

[from concave, ] Internal furface of a hollow fpherical or

X-.ches

Yields to the theft.

from the fear of man than of any

A perfon of great abilities

fpheroidical body.

(late

conceit

when

litefcence.

DieJ.

Hollownefs.

CONCA'VITY.

The

treafury of life,

There

Being above.
2.

knqw not how

The

conceal.']

told her love

worm

ff^ijcl&tn,

notion.

fecrecy.

fuch fcntiments

derives rather

Sbalt.JuliiisCitfar.

<

let ccnccjhr.cni, like a

Few own

For his verity in love, I do think him as con,rm-ca-cn nut.

eei'C as a covered goblet, r a
Sbukrfvtare'i jfi yit like it.

[from

n.f.

of hiding

be admired.

iball

Opinion, generally in a fenfe of contempt; fancy; imagination; fan taftical

Lode.

bud.
Feed on her danuik cheek.
Sbatcjf. Tiv. Night
He is a worthy gcnrleman,
Exceedingly well read, and profited
In ftrange concealments.
Sbakcfpcare* s Htnry IV,

But

Hollow.

To

aft

Sidney.

difccrned by every man's prefcnt conceit, without

fome deeper difcourfe and judgment.
Hooktr.
I ihall be found of a quick conceit in judgment,

and
3.

4.

She never

furface a great deal of air.

Bttm.l's Theory.

2.

They were to umicrg.! the penalty of forgery, and

the concealer of the ciime wai equally guilty.
Clarendon.

adj. [concavus, Latin.]

without angles; as, the inner

of appre-

readinefs

firlt kind of things appointed by laws humane, contained! whatfoever is good or evil, is
notwithstanding more fecrct than that it can be

that conceals any thing.

CONCA'VE.

of
and therefore it is proper to
Bacon's Natural Hifiory,

The

He

[from conceal.}

fpirit.

z. conceit

them.

Ditf.
n. f.

ridiculous,

Understanding

n. f.

obfcurity.

well,

good-morrow with fuch

CONCE'ALER.

him

cancel!, or other, likes

[from conceal.}
of being concealed ; privacy

,:iiin

fomc

How often, alas did her eyes fay unto me, that
and yet I, not looking for fuch a
they loved
matter, had not my conceit open to understand

Returning a lye unto his Maker, and prcfuming

to put off the fearcher of hearts, he denied the
omnilciency of God, whereunto there is Hothing
Brown's Vulgar Errours.
coriCeahble.

that he bids

henfion.

adj. [from conceal. ] Caconcealed

of
;
poffible to be
being
pable
kept fecret, or hid.

[from ca-

*s

fomewhat
man.

(rfamffir'i Sccpjts.

morn-

Sbakefpeare.

tfiat is,

There

When

In laughing there ever prccedeth

Etffcmf.

cealed.

this

ing:

Vlyfles himfclf adds, he was the moft eloquen

and the moft Clent of men : he knew that a word
fpoke never wrought fo much good as a word con-

Of the upper beak, an

ft.
f. [from concamtvault.
;
rate.]
What a romance it the ftory of thofe impoflible
ccr^mrjthni, and feigned rotations of folid orbs

keep

<v. a.

His grace looks cheerfully and fmooth

fecret ; not to di
not to deleft.
med'cine, who his grief imparts

to

to cover

But double griefs afflict concealing hearts. Fjiiy

Come. Catefby, thou art' (worn
As deeply to efi'ect what we intend,
As clolcly to ctnttal what we impart.
Stakefpffjre's Rhtardlll.

he de-

it.

CONCA'MERATE.

CON

CON

CON

CONCEIT

Out of
fond of.

No

taith.

Bcntley.

longer

Nof that I dare aflame to myfelf to have put

him oat of ccnceit -with it, by having convinced
him of the fantafticalnefs of it. Tillotfon, Preface.

What
this

hath chiefly put

moving manner,

is

me

out

of conceit

ivitb

the frequent difappoint-

mcnt.

Sivift.

To CONCE'IT. v.
conceive

to

a.

To

[from the noun.]

imagine

to

think

to-

believe.

OLC of two bad ways you muft conceit me,

Either a coward, or a flatterer. Sbak.Jul.Citfcr.
They looked, for great matters at their hands,
in a uuife which they conciitcdta be for the liberty
StKcn.
of the fubject.
HI: c'.ncilts himfelf to be ftruck at, when he is

much

not f>

The

as

thought of.

L'Ejirangc.

tfiereby

ftrong, by conceiting themfelves weak, are

rendered as unactive, and confequently as

ulclcl-

as if tlicy really \\ere fo.

Scutb's Scrmcru.

CoKCS.'tTKD.particifi. adj. [from conceit.]

i. Endowed with fancy.

He was of countenance amiable, of feature

and
comely, active of body) plcafantly conceited,
KnMi.
fliarp of Wit..
a. Ercud;,

.Vrond

2.

iM

To

1'titon on the Clajjicks.

me

If you think

too cmcciuJ,
Or to paffion quickly heated.
What you write of me, would make

what

nxreitul tiian

I fcribblr

Str'ft.

me more

Fancifully

I'ofe.

The

[from

Make

her for love

CONCE'ITEDNESS.
Pride

n.f.

[from

opinionativenefs

CONCE'IVER.

When men

heads will
:

of

1.

think none worthy efteem, but fuch

tcncdtcdiKj!

make them

adj. [from ctmctit,] Stuwithout thought ; dull of appre-

pid

henfion.
Think'ft thou

To

am

be fcduced by thy

fo (hallow, fo eonc:itlrfs,

flatter)-.

Two Gent. ofT'erona.

COKCE'IVABLE. adj. [from cenceiw.]
1. That may be imagined or thought.
Skakcj'f.

were pomble to contrive an

whereby any conceivable weight may be
fame
any concervatle power, with the
without other inftrument, the works
If

it

v.Mild be

too

much

moved by
quicknefs,
of nature

fubjccl to art.

That may be underftood

2.

invention,

ff'ilkitii.

or believed.

The

freezing of the words in the air, in the

is as conceivable as this ftrangc
Glamjilli'i -SVi^/Tj.
union.
It is not conceivable, that it mould be indeed

Northern climes,

that very perfon, whofe fliape and voice it alTumed.

Attcrbury's Sermons.
CONCE'IVABLENESS. n. f. [from conceiv-

ablt.]

The

conceivable.
quality of being
Dtti.

CONCE'IVABLY. adv. [from

conceivable.}

In a conceivable or intelligible manner.

7*0 CONCETVE. v. a.
[coucevoir, Fr.
concipere, Lat.]

To

1.

the

admit into the

womb

to -form in

womb.

1 was ftuj-en in iniquity, and in fin did my

mother conceive me.
Pjjlm Ii. 5.
2. To form in the mind ; to imagine.
Nebuchadnezzar hath conceived a purpufe aguinft

Jeremiah.

you.

This man conceived the duke's death ; but what

was the motive of that felonious conception, is in
Walton.

tin clouds..

To comprehend

3.

to undcrftand

as, he

conceives the whole jyftent.

This

Vould

kifs.'if itdurft fprak,

ftrcrch thy fruits up into the air :

nd fare thee well. Sbaktff. King Lear.

C.nciivi,

To think

4.

ll

you

be of opinion.
cuiiMar^ my gentlemen with
to

Sir

John,

will hardly conceive turn to have been bred in

y, u
the fame climate.
Swift.

To CONCE'IVE.
i

I'o think

-v. n.

have an idea of.

The griev'd commoM
lit it be nois'd,
nf me
to

:
Hardly conceive
through our inurcefiion,
Skak
Ani! pardon tme.
,

this

rcvokement

n. f. [coiicentus,

ceftacle,

Latin.]

It is to be considered, that whatfoever virtue is

numbers, for conducing to concur! of notes, is

Reafons borrowed from nature and the fchoolas fuifervient mediums, carry a mulick and
concert to that which God h.ith faid in his word.
Dr. Maine.

men,

'Tis in concent to his own principles, which

allow no merit, no intrinfick worth, to accompany
one ftate more than another.
jittcrhury.

v. a. [concentrer,
To
Fr. from con and centrum, Lat,]
drive into a narrow compafs ; to drive
towards the centre : contrary to expand

on Aliments.

/. [from conceninto a narrow fpace

trate.] Collection
round the centre ; compreffion into a

narrow compafs.
All circular bodies, that receive a concttitrati'.n
of the light, mud be fliadowcd in a circular manPc,icbam on Drawing.
ner.

To CONCE'NTRE. <v. n. [concentnr, Fr.

from ecu and centrum, Latin.] To tend
one common centre ; to have the
fame centre with fomething elfe.
The bricks having firft been formed in a cirto

cular mould, and then cut, before their burning,

into four quartets or more, the fid>s afterwards
and the points concentre fo exactly,
join fo dofcly,
Witton.
that the pillars appear one entire piece.

All thefe are like fo

veral objcfls, that
C9t:centre\T\

many

lints

fome way

drawn from fehim, and

relate to

c-.i^rf title

To CONCE'NTRE.
traft towards one centre.
The having a part lei's to animate,
<v.

a.

adj.

by us, becaufe apparent in his work*.

Halt l Origin of Mankind*

multiply thy forrow by tliy mr.tifin forrow thou (halt bring forth children.
iii. 16,
Gfitefis,

I will greatly

tun

Thy

forrow

1 will greatly

By

thy conceftnn
In forrow forth.

The

Joy had the like

Mtitaniia! ExircVet.

Miltm*t Paraitiji Lof.

canctptior.

in

our eyes,
:

Dryjin's Bvfrtfr.oy,

conception.

Notion

idea

image

in the

mind.

As conception! are the images or refemblauces of

things to the mind within itlelf, in the like manner
are worJs or names the marks, tokens, or rcfcmbUnces of thofe conceftions
whom we converfe with.

to the

minds of them
Soutb's Sermons*

Confult the acutcft poets and fpeakcrs, and they

will confefs that their quickeft, moft admired conwere fuch as darted into their minds, like
,

fudden flafhcs of lightning, they knew not how,

nor whence ; and not by any certain conference,
or dependence of one thought upon another, as it
South's Strj::<n>.
is in matters of ratiocination.
To have right ccnctftioas about them, we mud
to
inflexible
the
natures
bring our unJcrftandings
and unalterable relations of things, and not endeato
to
vour
any preconceived notions
bring things
Locke.
cf our own.

Sentiment! ; purpofe.
Thou but rcmcmber'rt me of my

ownconcefticn.
*avc pcrcch ed a moil faint neglect of late ; which
have rather blamed as my own jealous curiofity,

and purpofe of unkindneu.

Sbakifyi'arc'i AT;j Lear*
Pleafe your highncfs, note

as a very pretence

His dangerous

conception

Not friended by his

in this point

wiflj to

your high pcrfon,

His will is molt maligr.anr, and it f.retches
friends.
to
Btvond you
Shakrjp. lltr.ry VIII.
your

ancentricus ,

dclcribcs a circle ccncentrjck to the axis.

multiply
children thou ihait bring

And, at that intrant, like a babe fprung up. Stak.

Our own productions flatter us it ii impoflible
not to be fond of them at the moment of their

ban

It, .i* in water ftirr'd, more circles be

Pioduc'd by one, love fuch additions take ;
Thofc, like fo many fpheres, but one heav'n make ;
Donne.
For they arc all conccntrjck unto thce.
Any fubftancc, pitched fteddy upon two points,
as on an axis, and moving about on that axis, alfo

Hate of being conceived.

will ferve to

Lat.] Having one

Hijiory, Preface.

adj.

with pregnancy.

CONCE'NTRICAL,
CONCE'NTRICK.
common centre.

Todireft or con-

nnccntrc the fpirits, and make them more aftive in

the reft.
Decay of Pittj.
In thee concentring all their precious beams
Milton.
Of facred influence

contained

CONCE'PTION. n. f. [conceptit, Latin.]

The a<3 of conceiving, or growing quick
I

Half.

him.

kernel,

intelthereof, arc not only highly dcleSable to the

lecthe faculty, but are moll fuiublc and ealily

and reduced to its

Spirit of vinegar, concrnlratrJ
the ferum.
greateft ftrcngth, will coagulate

ArbuthnM

firft

[from eomipio, conceptum, Lat.] That may be conceived;

be underftood.
intelligible ; capable to
Sumc of his attributes, and the manifeltations

or Mate.

tt.

is

Woodward's Nattfal

CONCE'NTRATE.

CONCENTR A'TION.

tanctr.tf.ftl

by

is at this day refident, in that huge ecuwater enough to effect Cuch a delugr.

CONCE'PTIBLE.

Confiftency.

To

There

rather to be afcribed to the ante-number than to

Bacon.
the entire number.

2.

is

n.f.[conceptaculum t Lat.]

That in which any thing

a veflel.

alle-

common

concretion

its

One CONCE'PT ACLE.

harmony; concord

of

Arbut'cmt at Diet.
Circular revolutions in mxtittriLk orb> at>>ut the
fun, or other central body, couli in no wife be
attained without the power of the Divine arm.
Bcntley's Sermons.

Rome.

cmcttvcrs, yet

to great difJV0fsf:'j Oftickt.

The manner

unto fupcrttttious applications.

Erneni fuigar Ernurs.

Concert of voices
of found.
in

pretences, partiality anr

give the pre-eminence.
Collier on Pride.

CNCE'ITLESS.

fly

wit'cr

arifc

upon the furface of the water

>.

of an oniud about the

rings, like thole

to

h >m he beheld, poflcfs'u

v.

[from fencei've.~\

./.

made by

CONCE'NT.

conceited.'}

own

maid,

that underftands or apprehends.

Though hereof prudent fymboU and pious

himielf.
as claim under their

taiwy

womb

gories be

fondnefs

when they came

conceive

circles

Caitfi.

The beauteins

Donne.

fuel.

fit

pregnant.

mould

as me flcpt, her I'.uitful

Ctitciivirg
Swell' d with the founder of immortal

conceited.']

and be ai^gn'd
Conceitedly drefs her,
By you fit place for every flower and jewel

flocks

.1

waves excited thereby continue fome time to

in tlje place where the ftone fell int.
anJ arc propagated from thence into eonc

Want's Logict.

method.

drink.

whimfically.

Jf tin cryfrallinr humour had bee rtmnrtncat

to the fclerodes, the eye would not have admitted
* wh ilc hemifphere at one view. Say on the Crr.it.
Itonc be thrown into ftagna'.ing v:a;cr, the
It

me now
>t~God! or that falute,

To become

mvfeif.

Ever) man is bu':ldihg a feveral way, impotently

cmctfrM ofhli own model and his own materials.
Drydcn.
If we confiJer now vitions and coirupt the
Athenians were, how ccr.ctitcd of their own wit,
fcience, and politenefs.
Btntley.

COXCE'ITEDL*-. adv.

iv alls

orderly, or in a proper

the object of conceit.

With of before

at

-t>fcure writers,
ads are apt to run

nut of a prodigality of words, and a want of

i,

>Slri

In

Milt.
Hail, highly favour'd, among women bleil
Corrfkv of t'.unp cle;trly and dilVmctly in their
own nature;; cmctn'e of things completely in all
their parti ; eaieesve of things comprehenfivirl) in
all their piopon-cs and relations; ciitreivcot things
of things
ex'.enfi\ely in all their kinds; conceive

in

:"

forne empv,

feuk.

3.

fond of himfelf ; opinionafive;'

alfected ; fantailical.
There is another extreme

which

CON

CON

'CT

5.

Apprehenfion knowledge.
And as if bealh tunceiv'd what reafon were,
And that conception mould diftinctly (how
They mould the name of rcafonable bear
;

For, without rcafon, none coald realon

know.
Da-vies.

6.

Conceit; fentiment; pointed thought.

He is too flatulent fomctimes, and fomctimej
too dry ; many times unequal, and atmolt always
forced j and, bciiJcs, is full of ccncef lions, points ~

CON

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of epigram, and wltticifms ; all v.!iich are not

only below the dignity of heroick verfe, but contrary to its nature.
DryJetis "Jv.vcr.al, DC

which m'ight we!l defervt the animadverfion of our government.

Addlf. Freeholder.
A Heathen emperor faid, if the
gods were offended, it was their own concern, and
were

COKCE'PTIOUS. adj. \_conceptatn, Latin.]

Apt to conceive fruitful ; pregnant.

No

Sbckcj'ptare's Timon.

'Tis

[ctnceptum, Latin.]
Capable to conceive.
In hot climates, and where the uterine
parts ex-

CONCE'RN.
To

to.

Paffion

affeclion

for

what

fpeak of concerns him.

Sbakfffcare.
Gracious thing!
Thou haft reveal' d ; thofe chiefly which concern
Milton's Par. Lojl.
Juft Abraham, and his feed.
Tliis place concerns not at all the dominion of
one brother over the other.
Lech.

To

2.

affeft

nearly

to

with fome paflion

be of importance
I

The

caufe were

known

To

them

it

Sbakefteare.
Our wars with France have aflWied us in our
mod tender interefts, and concerned us more than
thofe with any other nation.
Ai'dfin en ike War.

much

It

concerns

them not

to futfer the

eftablifli his

king

pox

cerned for

Above

Concern

left

whitilh

on

dhun.

Byte

the reft two goddeffts

appear,
for each ; here
there.
Venus,

South'^ Serinor.i.

Whatever

paft

afti-ins it

appreciate to that prclent

no moKctxarveJ

felf

by eonfcioufnefs, it
had never

Lockt
out of the reach of
pro-'

<

e,

ink therr.felves
and no lunger concerned to

VOUr "

folicit his fa-

Rifrl

To

ilifturb ; to make
uncafy.
In one
crmprefling engine 1 fliut a fparrow
forcing any air in ; and in an hour the
f> pant, and be
churned, and in lefs
than an n< ur and a half to be fick.

mhMt

To concern
be bufy.

bimftlf.

CONCK'RK.
Bufinefs

man,

interme<',J!e

ought not

whkh

to

have concerned
belong to the proto

CX</'"'

./ [from
affair

fome one.

to

Doham

the verb ]
confidercd as relating

Y-I.'
,,;

manner ofr
rxpofing
and

tt^r,ofity

is

teftimony,

cncern-ng
concerning
'

The

I.

it.

n.
n.f.
f.

thing in which

am

free

Henceforth, nor too

.

T.,
This
mews how

To

much

.,

The

nnurrnnt

to the laft.

Denham.
up no moil ro m
.

,,

or compafs than
mjfelf, then, fo long as 1 know
where to breathe and to
exift, I know alfo where
to be happy.
o
He that is wife in the affairs and
concern
other men, but carelefs and
negligent of his own,
that man
may be faid to be bu/y, but he is no!
WIIP
,

fpiritual intererts, and the

great
a future
(>.ite, would doubtlcfs

of

<'

which extend only to the

,"rc*'n>
life, are fmall, comp m:
with thofe that have influence upon our cvei
cor.ctr,:ments.
lading
Watts on the Mind.
,
.
Delation ; influence.

I'

mDenbam.

the private e
,r n , < !
facr.fic.ng the fecret: or the d-! to
of the living, i, one of
thole tjcen-

lefs

Hi-,

Ot

ill

and imports
and honour.
Dtnham's Sophy.
peace with mi- would prove

than the king's

jufily fe.irs n
concernment to his

life

haughty

love.

DrjJtn's Indian Emfenr.

Hale'i

Common

Law of England.

the thing yielded.

my

King Cartel

a lover

becomes

fatisfied

comthen expeS to

by fmall

content with fmall concef.

Swlft.

CONCESSIONARY,

adj.

[from

eonctffim.
Given by indulgence or allowance.
COMCE'SSIVELY. ajv [fr0m
cancej tH ^
By way of conceflion ; as, yielding ;

not

cotitrovc-rting
have written

by aflumption.

rhetorically and concc/ncly ;

but .I/Turning the
which, taken as granted,
advantaged the illation.
Srmon's Vulgar Errour,.
n.f. [concha, Latin.]
fhell ; a
fea-(hell.

not

yk&.

controverting,

CONCH,
H"

her clofet firft, nnd rlih

crowded fliclves with rarities of
mcl!s

The

Sr-, 'tis oi n,-ar eoncerr.mtr.t,

grant

liances, without further

purfuits,
find popular allcrnblics

Propofirirms

No

[ imttfftt Latin.]'
of granting or
yielding.

cancejpon of thefe charters was-in a parlia-

F*rl
Whcrr

tf

recur often.

[ concert ativxs,

adj.

I dill counted
myfelf undiminilhcd by my large*
.1
by them I might gain the love of

JTof

*7'j//

performers play.

eonceffimt,
c-

ufeful

concernment takes

2.

you have been,

bring the king's cmernn:enti in.
Huditrai
're fick, the defter 's
fetcht in

When my

aft

mentary way.

Yet when we

Leaving our great

The

1.

difapprove my own.
Milton's Aronifles.

hufte,

many

CONCE'SSION. ,./

fc

or interefted;
affair; bufinefs; intereft.
To mix with thy concernments I dcfift

Latin.] Contentious; quarrelfome ; recriminating.

j);a

Vllotfn, Preface.
Tiltotfon,
Pref

from concern.-}
concern. J1
[
[from
we are concerned

(ymphony

CONCE'RTATIVE.

to

l'i;niines

5
Whid fr
And all1.^"
the f"'!
fparklmg (tones
'

i'

Let early care

thy main concern: fccure,
Things of lefs moment may
delays endure.

fittiliei,

there

aU dc
doubt
ibt

iI all

a./, [concertatio, Lat.1

Strife; contention.

,>. this

artrwn.
fuch an

in the fame affair.

All thofe
difcontents, how ruinous foever, have
ifcn from the want of a due
communication and
concert.
o -/
,
owi/r.
A r

CONCERTA'TION.

Our

with peculations

i.

To

K
None
can demonftrate
lemonftrate that
* J*" '" i y, upon

cannot reconcile, or

in than if
they

by a difcourfc

place/.

no higher rccourfe than

[from the verb.]

Communication of defigns ; eftablimment of meafures
among thofe who are
./.

ing to the fame tune.

Baem

ancients had

"

Drjden'i JKnci.i.
^vidence, where it loves a nation, corcerm
and alTert the intereft of
religion, by
Waiting the fpoilers of IcBgioui perfonsand

5-

The

Co N c:E'RNMENT.
E'R N M E N T

Juno

z.

is

lature, as may appear

point in Strabo.

found by
enquiry, at a perfon's con-

him, dial the4ittle tumours

this

not any thing more

fubjecl to errour
han the true
judgment ctacermng the power and
forces of an eftate.

intereft; to engage by intereft.

a young ncgroe who was fick of
the

fpecks behind them.

4.

There

to adjuft.

engaged

^iarendan.

word, originally a participle, has before

a noun the force of a
prepofition.] Relating to ; with relation to.

to

knew

finall

/v

Raw:,

CONCERT.
i.

[from concern:

to contrive

.-,

mu-

already, in his working brain,

forms the vn\\-concertcd fcheme of
;nifchir.f.

Sivi'i

/,-</.

fettle

Mark how,
:

centra.]

To

themfelves.]
any thing in private by

fettle

communication.

To

2.

is n:.w
irunaged whc.e
work, one family c:m do the

done.

CON-CE RNINC.

To

tual

morepifitively and concernedly wedded

caufe, than they were before underftooJ to have

/-*

authority on this fide. Mdifaitn

The more the authority of any ftation in Italy.
^
fociety
is extended, the more it
concerns
publickhappinefs
that it be committed to men
God.
fearing
Robert's Sermon.

3.

mong
1.

They had
KM

anctrns,

country

v. a [concern, French"
prepare them -

concert are, Latin, to

for fome
publick exhibition, or
performance, by private encsunters ,a-

mcft concern.

CONCE'RT.
from

concern for the

poor ?' \Y

the ploug,! has no

fculmefs of rifty.

Ujyemt.

Addihn'i Cat).

Wliy all this

them not, as the

it
carry with it the notion of
fomething exraordmary, if apprehenfion and concernment accompany it, the idea is likely to fink the deeper.

to battle.

COKCE'RNE.)LY. adv. [from

With affedhon with intcreit.

to.

would not
to

me

gentle wiftes, follow

,,..

to touch

hope thy

And

are fo eager to
deftroy the fame of
ambition is manifeft in their concern-

merit.

Ah, what concerns did both your louls divide

_
Your honour gave us what
your love denied. Dry d.
J Marcia, let me
kind

would

icrs, their

Count Clautto may hear;

into hij

r
Clarendon.

emotion of mind.

While they

Mdifixs Senior.
regard.

come

to

n6r> won

ExpUin'd_by unarretted eloquence.

Rcj\oKmsn.
I he n.ind is fturmed
and dazzled amidit that
variety of objefts : (he cannot apply hcrfclf to
hofe things which are of the utmoil
concern to

4.

without any

prcfence.

world)

moment.

h "'

,../,,

earl,

Myflerious fecrets of a high concern,

And weighty truths, folid
convincing fenfe,

mankind.

Other approbation of her

father, or concernment in
t, than
fuffeimg him and her

concern in the
queftion.

is

Imerpofuion ; regard ; meddling.

He married a daughter to the

Burtufs Theory eft be Earth.

Exclude the ufe of natural reafoning about the

fenfe of holy fciipture,
concerning tiic articles of
cur faith; and-then, that the
fcripture doth cm.
urn the articles of our faith, who can afiure us ?

no

Importance

cmcerr.o,
1.

all

When we fpeak of the conflagration of the

v. a. [conceraer, French;

low Latin.]
relate to ; to
belong

great concernment to

J.

alarm to his retirements

give ;
mankind's concern that he fliould'live.

thefe have

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

To

Swift.

plots th'

adj.

ceed in heat, by the coldncfs of this

fimple they
may be reduced into a ccKceptiv? conrtitution.

with men, one

Locke
4. Importance.; moment.
I look
upon experimental truths as matters of

engagement.

men

great .omernment of
amonglt another.

Sig.rt.

Intereft

bufmefs.

The

fteligion is no trifling concern, to be

'
performed
any cirelefi and fuperficial manner.

in

rntercourfe

3.

they

able to vindicate thcmfelves.

Common mother,
Enfeir thy fertile and
cKtefrkxs womb ;
Let it no more bring out to ingrateful man.

CONCE'PTIVE.

CON

tious practices,

,-,

,'-

thc """^ h <

of various hue.

Dryden's Fahles.

CONCHOID. ./ The name of a curve.

CONCI LiAR.a^. [concilium,
Latin.] Relating to a council.

Ifiving been frameo by

and ctnciKar

city, in free

bitious regards.

men of

primitive fimpli.
debates, without any amBaker', RtflelHont on
turning.

3B

To

'

CONCI'LIATE. v.
To gain to procure

chat God's love or hatred to any perfon, by any

a. [concilia, Lit.]
good will ; to re-

concile.
It was accounted

thing that befals .him.

To

4.
* philtre, or plants that cmei-

Browx's Vulgar Erriurs.

liate affection.

CONCILI A'TION. n.f. [ham conciliate.]

The aft of gaining or reconciling. Diet.
CONCILJ A'TOR.
f.
[from conciliate.]
One that makes peace between others.
CONCI'I.I ATOR y. adj. [from conciliate]

pleafant

CO'NCION A TORY.
concio,

Latin.]

which exi'reffeth not enough,

but leaves fomewhat to be understood.
Ben Jonjon's Difcoverics.

Where

the author is obfcure, enlighten

where he is too brief and concift, amplify a
and fet his notions in a fairer view.

Walts on
/.

Ihortly
ces.

[from

in few words

U!yf e; here fpeaks very

feem

tbe

To

little,

tion

CON CI'SE NESS

Mind.

and he may

n.f. [ccncij'um,
deftruftion.
;

ting off; excifion

CONCITA'TION.

n.f. [concitatio, Latin.]

aft of ftirring up, or putting in mo-

The
tion.

conceived by im-

The revelations of heaven are

mediate illumination of the foul ; whereas the deceiving fpirit, by concitation of humours, produces
Brown.

conceited phantafmes.

A'oNCLAMA'riON.w.y!

An

CP'NCLAVE. n.f.
i.

z.

The room

many

private apartment.
in

which the cardinals meet;

or, the aflembly of the cardinals.

I thuic the holy conclave for their loves ;
They've fciH me fuch a man 1 would have wim'd
for.

Sbiilefpeare.

It Was laid of a cardin.il, by reafnn of his api aifnt likelihood to Step into St. Peter's chair, that
in two conclaves he went in pope, and came out
Scutb's Strinv
again cardinal.

clofu allcmbly.
3.
Furthwith a conclave of the godhead meets,
Garib.
Where Juno in the (tuning fcnatc fits.

To
1.

CONCLU'DE. -v. a.

[conclude, Latin.]

Tolliut.

The

perfon of ChriSl, therefore, for ever

and the leU-Suix-, was only, touching bodily fubHooker,
llarce, cintlitdot within the grave.

2.

To

iiv

include

to comprehend.
;
hath concluded them all in unbelief, tha
he might have mercy upon all.
Rwjns, xi. 31

God

3.

To

colleft

by ratiocination.

providences of God are promifcuoufly adminiflcrcd in this world ; fa that no man can r./i

The

relations

3.

To

is ?

import no neceffity of

..

made my home.
The event of experiments

conclude

Bacon's

upon Luther's

The end

5.

Atterbury.

my

fue unto your excellence,

have a goodly peace concluded of
Between the realms of England and of France.

Sbakrfpeare.

ties

in lull, conclude in perjuries.

Drydcn's Fables.

Or

if

adj.

ending in

[from conclude] Deand undeniable

jull

confequences.
Though thefe kind of arguments may fecm
more obfcure,
them, they
to

my

a due consideration of

yet, upon
are highly confequ:ntial

purpofe.

CON CLU'DINGLY.

and

condui'.ent

Halt's Origin of Mankind.

adv. [from

conclude.

laft

determination

nor tonclujivf to the will,

always abfolute in itfelf,
antecedent nor external necefyet it produces no
BrambaWs Anjimr ti Hoiics.

King.

to be known, or
Judgment concerning things
the neglect and conclude/icy of them, ends in dcciHale.
fion.

[from conclude.]

The agreeing votes of both houfes were not by

any law or ttzfonfonilufvc to my judgment.
King Charles.
The laft dictate of the understanding is not

n.f, [from concludent.]

Confequence ; regular proof; logical
deduftion of reafon.

cifive

Sbak. Antony and Ctafatra.

adj.

Decifive ; giving the

to the opinion.

CONCLU'DENCY.

CONCLU'DENT.

feems to fignify filence

it

Dcmuring upon me.

CONCLU'SIVE.

end.

We'll tell when 'tis enough,

it wants the nice concluding bout.

HOIIKI.

conclufun.

confinement of the thoughts.

Your wife Oclavia, with her modeSt eyes
And ftill ccnc/ujhn, (hnll acquire no honour,

They humbly

That, made

New Atlantis.

the laft part.

In Shakej'peare

To

And all around wore nuptial bonds, the

Of love's aflurance, and a train of lyes,

experi-

I can fj-eak no longer; yet I will Strain myfelf

to breathe out this one invocation, which ihall be

that he had

1 queiHon not but your tranflation will do h>nour to our country ; for I conclude of it a'.m ly
from thofe performances.
Addij'on to Pofe.
to determine.
3. Finally

To

Sivift.
;

ment.

opinion.

way fundamental, an enemy writes

fomc doublings ?

4.

Freeholder,
conclujion. Addifon's

the lad refult "of argumen-

Her phyfician tells me,

She has purfued contlujiom infinite
Of eafy ways to die. Stak. Antony and Cleepatrj,
We praclife likewife all conclufions of grafting and
trees.
inoculating, as well of wild trees as fruit

instability as our
author has done, becaufe, in a Tingle notion no

Can we

clofe

Let us hear the ccnclujt'.n of the whole matter :

Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this
i
is the whole duty of man.
;
Ecclfj. xii.
1 have been reafoning, and in concluficn have
hath
thought it bed to return to what fortune

Arbuttmt's Hiftory of Job n Bull.

fettle

tative deduction.

fomething infamous in the very atI had a guilty con-

is

The

to

and judge by

as are lawful,

but denied him the

the world will conclude

fcience.

2.

together.

[conclave, Latin.]

man's

blind

There
tempt

[foiiclamatio, Lat.]

outcry or (hout cf

confequence

viV;.

Hudilras.
of aftrology.
It is of the nature of principles, to yield a etitclui-M different fnm themfelves.
Tiiktjai.
He granted him both the major and the minor ;

black was the roughest ot

concluding, that though
fmoochcll.
colours, therefore white (hould be the
Boyle on Colours.

OdyJJty.

Brevin.f. [from concife.]

Latin.] Cut-

to colleft the

The

Giving n'Orc fcope to Mezentius and Laufus,

that M'tfion, which has more of the majefty ot
DrjJen.
Virgil, has lefs of his concifcnejs.

CONCI'SION

Such

C:ncluJ!ons

aft of ratiocina-

the bufy foul believe,

When boldly (he conclude of that and this ;
When of herfelf me can no judgment give,
Nor how, nor whence, nor where, nor what (he

ftiortncfs.

Build fond conclujkns on thole idle grounds ;

Then doth it fly the good, and ill purfuc. Z>~
I only deal by rules of art,

determine.
For why (hould we

break abruptly into the fubjeft.

to

laft

perfeft,

War

ivitb Spj;n.
And marrying divers principles anJ grounds,
Out of their match a true conc!ufic,n brings. Divits.
Then doth the wit

Bacon's

Hales Origin of Mankind.

perform the

w.U not be IbunJ and

to the time prefcnt,

man.

never refufed to be concluded by the authofummoned.

Atterbury.
rity of one legally
To CONCLU'DE. v. n.
.

conclude.]

final decifion.

The collection from proportions premifed ; the coni'equence.

The ccnclufcn of experience, from the time paft

He

Uammnd.

by

2.

If therefore they will appeal to revelation for

muSt he concluded by it.
the'.r creation,

they

do this, as that

are but thefe

conclufi-n there
two certain ; the one a fcntence of judicial dcciwir'nn
fion, given by authority thereto appointed
ourKlves ; the otl.:-r, the like kind of fentencc given
Hcilir.
a more imivrrlal authority.

to finim.

concluded by the godlike

proof.
from God's pre-

[from

n.f.

Determination ;
Wjyi )t peaceable

The king would never endure that the bafe

multituie mould frultrate the authority of the
and confents were
parliament, wherein their votes
Bacon's Hcr.ry VII.
conclude*.

in Ihort fenten-

concijilyt

by regular

ccrtain'iy cmcluJibU

IONCLU'SION.

To oblige, as by the final determination.

concife.] Briefly;

BrKjr.e n: tbe

ty

him

Dryd.

Drydfn's j&ncid.

at preachings or

ctncife ftile,

end

as

certain

fciencc, that they will voluntarily

they will do it at all.

it

And how

publkk

The

'Tis

concluded he (hall be protector ?

It is determin'd, not concluded yet j
But fo it muft be, if the king mifcarry.
III.
Sbaktfyfare' s Ricbard
I will conclude this part with the fpcccS of a
Bacon.
counfcllor of State.
Thefe are my theme, and how the war bcg.iu,

concinnitas,

aflemijlies.
Their comclinefs unbcguilcd the vulgar of the
old opinion the loyalifts had formerly infufed into
Hc-wel.
them by their c:nckta!-iy inveftives.
CONCl'SE. adj. [concifus, cut, Latin.]
Brief; fhort ; broken into fhort periods.

to

is,

frail man, however great or high.

be concluded bleSl before he die. Add']. Ovid.

Is

[ concionatorius,

tufj.

that

it beSt.

concludes
age, returning thence,

To

agreeable.

Ufed

And

5.

[coacinnits, Latin.]
;

determine

to

But no

Becoming

(ludies reft;

Can

Ditt.

Relating to reconciliation.

CON-CI'NNITY. n.f. [from

fitnefs.
I,
at.] Decency

decide

[from conclude.] De-

^r.

terminable

Tillolfov.

Jbut or dofe the difpute.

Youth, eie it fees the world, here

CONC1'NNOUS.*#.

CON

CON

CON

fity.

They have

fecret rcal'ons for

what they fcem

to

be equally
do, which, whatever they arc, they mull
concl~S\-c for us as they were for them.
Rogers.

2.

Regularly confequential.
Thofe that are not men or art,
the true forms of fytlogifrn, cannot

they are
figure.

made

in

right and

not knowing

know whether

coTi.tuJi-ve

mode$

a:id

L^ckc*

CONCLU'SIVELY.
Deciiively

ttd-V .

with

final

[from

CMthtftftlt.]

determination.

This I (peak only to dcfire Eupolis nut to fpeak

the point of
peremptorily, wcccnciujivt'ly, touching
the
till
they have, hcara ine deduce
pofiibility,

With

uncoutrovertible evidence.
Examine whether the opinion you meet with

repugnant to what you were formerly cmbuei

with, be cc-HtlitJing/y djaignftrateJ or not

means

oi'

the execution.

Bacttr..

CONCI.U'SIVEN FSJ. n. f. [from concluPower of determining- the opifi-.-e.]

iiiou

regular confequence.

Con-

tat'on of bodies, and

Consideration of things to be known, o/ their

fcveral weights, cuichjiventfi, or evidence,
Halt's Origin of Mankind.

To CONCOA'CULATE.

ij.

[from con and

a.

To

curdle or congeal one

coagulate.}
thing with another.

The

faline parts of thofe, upon their folution

by the

may work upon

rain,

cugulatir.g

Style's Hi/fay of Firmnefs.

concoa-

n.f. [from

which

dif-

coagulation by
gflate.}
ferent bodies are joined in one mafs.

ft

CONCO'CT.

1.

To

digeft

<v. a.

[concoquo, Latin.]
the ftomach, fo as to turn

by

food to nutriment.

The working

of purging medicines cometh two

hours after the medicines taken ; for

or three

that the ftomach

maketh

firtt

a proof,

whether

it

them.
AfTured'.y he was a man of a

Baton.
feeble ftomach.
unable to concert any great fortune, prefj erous or

can

concoft

dverfe.

on Cvnjumptioni.
The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartednefs, or want of companion. Souib's Senti.

Harvey

Reproach

and invecTives were an

Cbeynfs

for tobacco, who could bear it ?

Prior.
Filthy concomitant of claret !
Where antecedents, concomitants and cnnfequents,
caufes and eltefts, ligns and things fignined, fub-

PbtJofafl'ical Princifles.

Watts on
2.

To

purify or fublime

the

by heat

Mind,

each other, we

tant.} In

The
Whofe

The

root

Ttmj'in'

differenced

Sutr-.cr.

oncofting, whereas leaves arc out

and perfcft in a month.
Bacon.

union

n.f.

is

rolling

fimple maturation.

The

between

What

concoflion

and

is,

One
With

part far purer th.m he

CONCO'LOUR.

came.

adj. [ccncolor,

Great things by fmall,

Latin.]

In

cor.ccl.jr

thereby

Soul of the world

animals, and fuch as are confined

col ur, we meafure not their

for if a crow or blackbird

we account

it

more

pretty.

COKCO'MITANCE.

not infallibly cjnciufnc.

Glen-viltc'i

Conjoined with; concurrent with ;

coming and going with, as collateral,
tin.]

Ihe

ffii.t

'..-i.i

confcquential.

lurthetctn :hecxtrninn or Uila-

fj

r jag.

3.

Harmony;
Is

is

fit

blifsful reign
;

made between Henry

Davits en Ireland.

Sbaktfp. Merck, of Venice.

4. Principal grammatical relation of one

word to another, diftinft from regimen.
Hive thofe who have writ about declcnfions,
Locke.
concords, and fyntajes, loft their labour f
n.f. [concordantia,'L&t.]

i.

Agreement.
z. A book which mews in how
many
of fcripture any word occurs,
you

take

it

concrtrptt-

intimate

Di3.
[concurfus, Latin.]

many

pcrfons

Do all the nightly guar-h,

watches, with the peopled fears,
*ec
concourfc of all good men, ftrike t
nothing

The coalition of the good frame of the uiiivcrfc

was not the product of chance, or fortuitous r;r.
a

concc-urfe

comes the

flood of

Mank.

ill.

Drjden'i Fables.

The

perfons aflembled.

The prince with wonder hears, from ev'ry

The noifc and bufy concourje of the mart.
3.

The

part,

Dryaen's Virgi!.

point of junction or interfeftion of

two bodies.
So foon

as the upper gtafb is laid upon the lower,

touch it at one end, and to touch the drtsp
other end, making with the lower glafs an
angle of about ten or fifteen minutes } the drop
will begin ta move towards the
cvicourfe of the
glaflcs, ami will continue to move with an accelerated motiun, till it arrives at that
cenccurft of the
fo as to

at the

Newttn.

glafTc^.

CONCREMA'TION.
Lat. to

ing

[from concremo,
burn together.] The aft of burn-

many

n.f.

things together.

CO'NCREMENT.
The
Latin.]

Qi8.

from concrtjco,
mafs formed by concren.

f.

a collection of matter growing to-

gether.
There

how

or

city's

tion
texts

for an opportunity to tell you,

are to rule the city out of a concordance.

1 (hall

in one mafs

S.itjlnfn.

Mtton.

hath not mufick in himfelf,

not mov'd with concord of fwect
founds,

CONCO'R DANCE,

Cleavs^ann,

n.f. [from

The confluence of
things to one pl.ice.
The
The

2.

confent of founds.

for treafons.

Union

"With fuch

The man who

Nor

feminine,
abate

fo conctrporate,

Milton.

Ticket.

by the concord
and Roderick the Irilh king.

is

CO'N COURSE, n.f.

vi, 15.

one furrounding chain

cor-

nymph

mixture.

compaft.

Scipfis.

CONCO'MITANT. adj. [;/w,Ltor

It appeaieth

Ihe (eccndary aClLn fubfiileth not alone, but

in ccntorr.itancy with the other
fo the noftrils are
;
fefiA for refpiration and fmclling, but the prinfmelling.
Brtitn.
To arc;ije from a ccncvtnitanry to a caufality,

iiifatiie

2.

beauty
gruw white,
Broiun.

n.f. [from concomiL'ONCO'MITANCY. j /r,Lat.] Subfiftence

together with mother thing.

is

vaft globe in

that

CONCORPORA'TION.

nature's ctncvrd broke,

!

Holds thh

and

To unite

courfe of particles of matter. Hale'sOr'.g. of

Vain is his force, and vainer is his ik;ll,

Kind concord, heavenly bjrn whofe

Of

one colour; without variety.

unto the fame

if,

the fign with the fign'.ficathe word with the fpirit.

His wrath, and

us, to fet forth

Am ing the conftellations war were

Donnt.

[fromc'/ and

a.

Unfafe within the wind

fuc'.i

fame
Dia.

unite in one mafs or fub-

Until the cooler

not content

his brethren, and quite difpoflefs

Concord and law of nature from the earth.

the

-v. n.
[can
into one body.
Thus we cKaftife the god of wine

fair equality, fraternal ftate,

Of fuch cnmmotion

we conjoin

fus.]

Over

procefs.

Baton's Natural
Hiflarf.
He, though he knew not which foul fpake,
Becaufe both meant, b-<th fpake the fame,
Might thence new c>.r.:-[t:.n take,

Of

Taylor's tfortLy Canmnnican'.

Will arrogate dominion undeferv'd

ceitccflicn,

concorporo,

To CONCO'RPOR ATE.

fhall rife

who

ambitious heart,

S-vjift*

from

When we concorforate
tion,

concord hath Chrift with Belial ?

Of proud

that'll

To

corpus. "\
ftance.

fhould

z Cur.

of alteration of one
body

into another, from crudity to ptrfedl

which is the ultimity of that ailion or

And

To CONCO'RPOR ATE. v.

rate.]

peace

body.

1.
I

Bacon's Natural
Hiftcry.

conftanteft notion of ctnccflioii

fliould fignify the degrees

mutual kindnefs.
Had I power,

adj.

to incorporate.]

Latin,

Pour the fweet milk of concord into hell,

Uproar the univerfal peace. Staktfpiarcs Macbeth.

wards purity and perfection.

Thij hard

CONCO'RPOR AL.

n.f. [concordia, Latin.]

fuitablenefs of one to another

[from concsfl.] Diftomach ; maturation by

the acceleration of any
thing to-

on Conjunction*.

to

convocations of the clergy in England

ail

With water

Agreement between perfons'or things

1.

comes he

to be ufelefs and dangerous

fpectation of the lungs, is

from that which ctncomitata a plcurify.

CO^NCORD.

geflion in the

heat

\concomltatus,

Mdrvcy

which continueth ever in the earth, is

and fruits and grains
;

CONCO'CTION.

reckons

lor.codcd by the eartb

are half a year in

ftill

a.

11.

compaft ; a convention.
number the want of fynods in
the Gallican church among the grievances of tlut
concordat*, and as a mark of their ilavery, fince lift

DiQ.

others.

rife

datum, Lat.]

othef .
This fimple bloody

fmall clofe-lurking minifter of fate,

high csncoRed venom through the veins

A rapid lightning darts.

3. To ripen.

up of themfelves.
Brcnvn's fulgar Errours.
Conco'RDATE.B.y^ [concordat , Fr. concur-

aJv. [from concomi-

company with

Lat.] To be collaterally connected with

any thing ; to come and go with an-

heighten to perfection.

wealths would

necefiarily connected with

infer.
Watts.

To CONCO'MITATE.

to

may

adj. [concordans, Latin.]

Agreeable ; agreeing ; correfpondent ;

harmonious.
Were every one employed in points cor.xrdant
to their natures, prot'ellions, and arts, common-

and adjuncts, are

CONCO'MITANTLY.

Schoolffijfttr.

Afcbam's

CONCO'RDANT.

Roman

Addijon.

And

jec~ts

perty : it does, as it were, concotl our intellectual

food, and turns it into a part of ourfelves.

of a

eflcntial part

triumph.

eonftant iws ;
the blood circulates, the lungs play.

The notions and fentiments of others judgment,

as well as of our own memory, makes our pro-

fad concomitant

Philips.
a concomitant to greatnefs, as fatires

is

in ufe in this fenfe.

After the three concordances learned, let the
mailer read unto him theephlles of Cicero.

How

around,

Defpiir, of abjeft look.

are performed by general and

the food is concoHcd, the heart beats,

and his

flaring,

ftalks

S'-zy;fr.

now

the

He made him the chief concomitant of his heir apparent and only A>n, in a journey of much adventure.
WolroH.
In confumptions, the preternatural concomitant!,
an univerfat heat of the body, a torminous diarrhoea,
and hot diftillaticns, have all a corrofive quality.

Horrour

concord in grammar

the

Bacon.

found.

old concordance b...und long fince.

one of the
three chief relations infpeech. It is not

Companion; per-

n.f.

fon or thing collaterally connected.

Thefe efredts are, from the local motion of
air, a concomitant of the found, and not from

Wild

An

J.

Locke.

to feveral degrees.

CONCO'MITANT.

Htyuijrd.

The vita! functions

Bann.

our wife Creator to annex to feveral objects, as alfo to feveral of our thoughts, a
cin;on\tant pieafure ; and that in feveral objects,

them.

Boyle 's Experiments.

Th--y do but cdagulatc themfelves, without conwith them any witer.

turn over a cottni dance, and there,

having the principal word, Introduce as much of
the verfe as will ferve your turn.
Swift.

Some of you

ever cenctnaltaitt with pera-

is

fity and drynefs.

It has pfeafed

thofe other fub-

ftances, formerly cencoagulatid with

COKCOAGULA'TION.

CON

CON

CON

is

the cohefion of the matter into a

more

loofe conliltency, like clay, and thereby it is

prepared to the ccacraaent of a pebble or flint.

SeulL'i Scrmtini, Dedication.

Hale' i Origin of

362

C'OKCRt

MM\

:-:j.

CON

CON
COMCRE'SCENCI'. n.f.

The

L:\t.]

[from

*crijcf,

aft or quality of growing

by

the union of feparatc particles.

Seeing it is neither a fubi'rance perfect, nor
inchoi'e, how any other fublrarcc fhould thence
take stncn-fcence, hath not been taught.
Raleigh' i Hiftory of the
Tt,

[coacrffco, Latin.]
to coalefce into one mafs ; to grow by
the union and cohefion of parts.

The mineral

or metallick matter, thus concreting

with the cr;flalline r is equallj ditfufed throughout

the body of

Weed-ward.

it.

When

any faline liquor is evaporated to a cuand let cool, the fait (excretes in regular
figures ; which argues that the particles of the fait,
ticle,

before they concreted, floated in the liquor at equal

Nnvion.
rank and file.
The blood of fome who died of the plague could
not be made to concrete, by reafon of the putrefac4iftance>, in

Arkutbnot.

tion begun.
.

fcattered particles.

an

there

in our inferiour world divers

bodies, that are concreted out of others,

all difputc: we fee it in the meteors.

HalS

is

beyond

Origin of Mankind.

CO'NCRETB.
1

adj. [from the verb.]

Formed by concretion formed by coalition of feparate particles into one mafs.
The firft concrete ftate, or confident furface, of
;

the chaos, muft be of tae fame figure as the laft

Burnit.
liquid ftsts.

2.

Not

[In logick.]

abftraft

'

room

fo that,

for truth of

fpeech, it
ikilleth not whether we fay that the fon of God
hath created the world, and the fon of man by hi;
death hath faved it ; or elfe that the fon of<lid create, and the Ion of God died to fave, the
j

mm

liockcr.

World.

Concrete terms, while they exprefs the quality,

do alfo either exprefs, or imply, or refer to fome

fubject to which it belongs ; as white, round,

long, broad, wife, mortal, living, dead : but theft
are not always noun adjectives in a grammatical
for a knave, a fool, a philufopher, and
other ccncretes, are fubftantives, as well as
knavery, folly, and philofophy, which are the ab-

lenfe

Co'NCRETiVE.a^'. [from

hering

to

n.f.

A mafs

or, union

formed by con-

of various parts ad-

Bentley'i Sermons.

greater.

CONCRE'TELY. adv.

[from

concrete.'}

In

a manner including the fubjefl with the

It is not evil
(* the heathens,
fimply to concur
either in opinion of action ; and that
conformity
with them it only then a difgrace, when wr fo low
them in that they do amifs, or generally in that
they do without reafon.
llcokcr.

4. It has to before the effect to which

contributes.
Their affections were known to concur If the
defperate counfels.

Extremes
Extremes in

To

5.

CO'NCUBINE.
woman

[concubina, Lat.]
kept in fornication ; a whore

granted it to her ; and faid, Such fuits were to be

Bacon.
granted to whores.
He caufed him to paint one of his concubines,
the
who
had
his
affeeCampafpe,
greateft fhare in
tion.

Dryden.

The

To

wife, though a bright goddefs, thus gives

place

mortal concubines of fre/h embrace.

CONCITLCATE.

To

To

tin.]

Coagulation

[from concrete.]
of fluids into a

n.f.

collection,

Dif.

{olid mal's.

CONCRE'TION. n.f. [from concrete.]

coalition,
1. 'the ak of concreting
a. The mafs formed by a coalition of fepa-

event

When outward

caufes concur, the idle are formed

differ en the Sflccn.
MCE. 1
, re
fr
"*""" J
t

feized by this infection.

CONCU'R RE

CONCURRENCY. {*'/
Union;

1.

affbciation ; conjunction.
We hive no other meafure but uur own ideas,
with the concurrence of other probable reafons, to
Lxkt.
pcrfuade us.
2. Agreement; aft of
joining in any defign, or meafures.
Their concurrence in perfuafion, about fome mrapoints belonging to the fame polity, is not

Cran-villi.

v. a. [conculco, La-

fttange.
Hooker, Preface.
The concurrence of the peers in that fury, can be
to
the
irreverence
the
imputed
judges were in.

tread, or trample, under foot.

Diff.

ClartMflcr.

n.f. \conculcatio, Lat.]

Difi.
Trampling with the feet.
Co N c u'p i s c E N c E . . /. [csacupifc/ntia,

Latin.]
Irregular deiire
wifh ; luft ; lechery.

libidinous

Tarquin the proud was expelled by an univerfal

concurrence of nobles and people.
en the
Difftnt. in Aliens

Swift

Struck with thefe great concurrences of things,

Crajhaiv.
views our behaviour in every concurrence of
and
fees
us
in
all
the
affairs,
engage
pofiibilitics of

He

action.

Latin.] Libidinous

Rogers*

5.

Joint right; equal claim.

A bifhop might have officers, if there was a concurrency of jurifdiction between him and the archdeacon,

[ concupifeeni,

[from concur..]
Afting in conjunction agreeing in the

1.

event

adj. [from concupi/cent.] Relating toconcupifcence. Di<3.

CONCU'R. "v. a. \concurro,

To meet in one point.

rcafon favour them, yet fenfc can hardly allow them ; and, to fatisfy, both thcfe muft
concur.

2.

To

agree

Temple.
;

to join in

one aftion, or opi-

nion.
Acts which

my
all

(hall be done by the greater

part of
executors, {hall be as valid and effectual as if
my executors had ceacurred in the fame.
i

i"j> mil.

fame

Davits on Ireland.

For, without the concurrent conlent of all thcfe

three parts of the legiflature, no fuch law is or can
be made.
Hale,
TbJs fole vital faculty is not fufficient to exterminate noxious humours to the periphery, up.lcfs
the animal faculty be concurrent with it, to fu]-p!y
the ribres with animal fpirits.
Harvy*
All combin'd

Latin.]

Though

contributing to the
concomitant in agency.
;

mation.

\_concupifcibilis,

The fchocls reduce all the paffions to thefe two

heads, the concufij\iblt and irafcible appetite.
SoutL's Sermcns.
1.

aft

I join with thcfe laws the pcrfonal

prefcncc of
the king's fon, as a concurrent caufc of this refor-

Lat.] Imprefling defire ; eager; defirous ; inclining to the purfuit or attainment of any thing.

To

adj.

fame

CONCUPISCE'NTIAL.

adj.

djl'ff',

CONCU'R RE NT.

lecherous.

He would not, but by gift of my chaile body

To his concufijcent intemperate luft,
Releafc my brother!
Sbaktjf. Mcafure for Meaf.

CONCUPI'SCIBLE.

help.

thefe fublime images we collect the

greatnefs of the work, and the necellity of the divine
concurrence to it.

Bcntlcy's Sermons.

adj.

From

they fay, that the difference of climate

one nation to concurrence and fenfu.ii

pleafures, another to blood-thirftincfs : it would

difcover great ignorance not to know, that a people has been overrun with recently invented vice.

Addifon's Sptfiator.

4. Affiftance

Nor can

CONCUPISCENT,

cir-

cumftances.

in a wandering cogitation.
Hooker.
In our faces the evident figns
foul
whence
evil
Of
ftore,
concit^ifcence ;
Ev'n (hame, the laft of evils. Milton t Par. Loft.
inclines

and Rome,

Combination of many agents or

3.

We know even fecret concuptfccnce to be fin ;

and are made fearful to offend, though it be but

rate particles.
Some plants, upon the tn^of the fca, are fupof fliinc from the
pofed to grow of fome concretion
waxr, whcit the fci jtimth little.
&acn'i Natural Jli/itry.

Tilictfon.

common

contribute to one

with joint power.

CONCULCA'TION.

Ntrris.

CONCRE'TENESS.

is

ferial

not abltraftly.

agent guilty.

have an orthodox belief, and a true profef.

bad life, ii only to deny

To

6.

Sbakefpeare's Hairy VI.

his great friend was fuitor to him to
pardon an offender, he denied him : afterwards,
when a concubine of his made the fame fuit, he

man

Stuth*
fo'emnltj.
the argument; and, if fair probabilities of reafon concur with
it, this argument hath
all the ftrength it can have.

know I am too mean to be your queen,

And yet too good to be your concubine.

When

in

Testimony

ftrumpet.

mod

Clarcr.dc*.

(ion, concurring with a

Chrift with a greater

n.f.

one

nature equal good produce,

t'.ncur to general ufe.
Pc-pe*
united with ; to be conjoined.

be

To

Adultery was punifhcd with death by the ancient

heathens : concubinage was permitted.
Bream;.

Sin, conlidercd not ab.lrarttJK forthe mere act

of oWiquity, bat r<ww/y, with fuch a fpecial
dependance of it upon the will as ferves to render
tlis

Err.

n.f. [from concrete,] A

mafs formed by coagulation.
CONCU'BINAGE. n.f. [concubinage, Fr.
coacubinatus, Lat.] The aft of living
with a woman not married.

each other.

If gold itfe'f be admitted, as it muft be, for a

porous concrete, the proportion of void to body, in
the texture of common air, will be fo much the

predicate

f^ulg.

whom

one agrees.

Hav-

CONCRE'TURE.

terms that belong to them, ffatts's Logick.

CO'KCRETK.
;

Brmvn's

or caicrtl'rvt juices.

cretion

concrete.'}

afcribe their induration to cold, but unto falinous

fpirit,

many
ftracl

It hai iwj.v before the

pcrfon with

ing the power to produce concretions ;

coagulative.
When wood and othrr bodies petrify, we do not

applied to a

fubjeft.
kind of mutual commutation there is, whereby thofe concrete names, God and man, when we
fpeak of Chrift, do take interchangeably one another's

produce

Arbutbna ofMmcai.

ctaiira'ans.

a. To form by conTo CONCRE'TE.

cretion ; to form by the coalition of

That

will

WorU.

CONCRE'TE. v. n.

CON

Heat, in general, doth not refolve nJ ittcnuite the juices of a human body ; for too great heat

Your

And
For

beauty, and

my

impotence of
blew my fire
one dclirc.

his concurrent flame, that

(till our kindred fouls had

i.

Dryden's Fables*

aflbciate ; concomitant.
no difference between the concurrent
echo and the iterant, but the ouicknefs or flowncfs
of the return.
Bactr.,

2.

Conjoined;
There

is

CONCU'RRENT.
which concur)

n.f. [from'toncur.] That

a contributory caufe.

CON
Tb

CON

of importance there are three >e.

ceflary concurr<i;ts, without which they can never
"be dilpatched j time,
induftry, and faculties.
affairs

til

CONDE'NSABLB.

Decaf of Piety.

CONCUSSION.

n.f. [coxcutfo, Lat.]

The

aft of
(hakuig; agitation; tremefaftion.

1.

!-

belie

:t

Th-j (rrong
cinttiff.in on the heaving t'de
Roll'd ba.k the v.lfel to the iiland's fide.

The

2.

of being fhaken.

ftate

Pife's Othffiy.

DE

'

KSATE

Made
to lefs

To

1.

rr.er.t

My

And
And

Latin.]
guilty; to doom to punilhcontrary to abftl-vt.

ater,

SL'akejftjris

Rklard

(ame
become water.

he

To

cenfure

minal
Iis

blame

to

by fubterrantous pami^es.

To

that

is

within

him

much more numeious

are

"

Moving

4.

Some

the

king of Egypt put Irm down at Jerufalem, and condemned the land in in hundred talents of filver.

(hew guilt by contraft.

The righteous that is dead (hail condemn

5.

godly which are Jiving.

CONDE'MN ABLE.

WJJtm,

adj.

Blameable ; culpable.
He commands to ccface the
in

amcs; which
< fuperftiti

print of a cauldron

:.

n.f. [condemnatio,

There

is

now no condtmnatkn

to

them.

ANBRff) viil.

,,
CONDE
MNATORY.

#. [horn condemn.]

Faffing a fentence of condemnation, or

of cenfure.
e th

"

the

i,

"

a(r
the firft
nmlimtatay fentence,
incendiary in , popu.ar tuim.it, who
cnargeabJe With all thofe difordcr. to which he

?,

gave olr.

COKDE MNER.
blamer

,.

Cwtrnmint of the- To,. ae

[from <Wm/,.]
a cenfurer ; a cenfor.

few are the

only refufers and undmner, of
'
this cathohik
praflice.
S',n,e

Boyle's Sctft.

when they begin

to

become

They

'

condaife bodies

of planets.
Bimly's Sermons.

[from condmje.l
ftrong metalline veffel, wherein to crowd
the air,
by means of a fyringe fartened
theret

o
CONDE x'
NSITY.

$3'*y-

denfenefs; denfity.
.

f. [conJuire, French.]
upon high places near the lea
coaft, at the time of herring
fifliing, to make (igns
) the fifhers
which way the (hole
which

may

as (land

palTeth,

better appear to fuch

condrfcenf,,,, in

his

all

fuitable to a
fuperiour nature.

behaviour, as are

AddUa

CONDESCE'NSIVE.

adj. [from codefcend.\

Courteous ;
willing to treat with info-lours on
equal terms
not haughty
6
:

'

not arrogant.

dj.

[condignus, Latin. ]
fui table ; deferv;
ed ; merited : it is
always ufed of fonw.
thing deferved by crimes.

Worthy of a perfon

Unlefs it were a
bloody murthcrer,
never gave them
condign punifliment.

,,
Sbakeff care's Henry VI.
f,
Confider who
your friend, he that would have
nought him to condign
puniftment, or he that
iias laved jjim*

A Co N D I'G N N E ss.
n.f.

./ [from eonJenf,.] The

of being condenfed ; condenfation
;

Such

Sltterbury* s Sermons.

Chym.

colour, (nape, and fi/e

CO'NDERS.

Tilhtfun

Raphael, amidft his tendernefs, (hews

fuchadic-

mty and

be

CON-DENSER.*./

ftate

and ambition, and vain

glory ;
humility, and modefty, and
J,!

to others.

'

ccmknf, and
of that

reflected, before
can conftituv other colours.
Wnvtar.'s Opiicl,

huge

commands

firft

Alilume, as likes them heft,

conjqf, or rare. Milt
They might be feparated without
confociating
isto the

the ftate of
being condemned.

therefore

(tones.

weighty.

La-

demning

little

NSE. off. [from the

verb.] Thick
denfe; condenfated ; clofe; many

tin.] The fentence by which any one is

doomed to punifliment the aft of con-

[from condefcend.]
; defcent from fu-

Courtcfy
condefcenfan is an happy quality,'
which never fails to make its
way intPthe gooj
opinion, and into the very heart
and allays the
envy which always attends a high ftation.

CONDE

Brvuin.

CONDEMNA'TION.

n.f.

;
voluntary fubmiffion to equawith inferiours.

Jaffa*

w ftand upon fome high

umpires

Anbury.

It forbids
pride,

mud

were condemn-

adv. [from conde.

penoruy
Jity

NSE. v.
To grow clofe and
weighty ; to withdraw its parts into a
narrow compafs.
The water tailing from the

t.K7

itriaiy to obferve,

"

CONDE

All vapours,

vla ,, acjltnaance>

voluntary humilia-

Voluntary humiliation

he Office of the
earth, and colleft and tmjafe it
arWilivard.
'

coalefce into fmall

parcels,
bignefs whereby azute

[from condemn,.]

and

cave, docs prefen'.ly there

eaiJenjc into

16.

rcfolution

controverfy.

CON D ESC E NsiON.

folid ftrata arrelt

there.
r*

the univ.

in cells
difpenfe.

upper parts of the

2 Chronicles.

To

my

nndefcead to parly

by way of kind conceffion.

the

Such denfe and

fine.

And

(hall

nor

itfelf.

We condtfcendingly made Luther's works

Kfc/Cw"

and fome

fubjeft.

fooliih hopes.

tion

youth abroad, while Tbrae cm.

liquii ftore,

to fub-

French.] Voluntary fubmiffion to a ftate

of
equality with inferiours.

many

lead their

to yield

CONDESCE'NDENCE. ./

anje

Their

lo

..,,

Nor

Btntla

in lo
high a fphere,

raife

to their pre!
v
TlltOt/GK.

ftoop ; to bend
mit ; to become

)ifarm

f^ya

cr

accommodate

he mud needs, as
envious exhalations
which
;
by a popular odium, were
capable to
cloud the
bnjhteft merit.

who condemn
Sftfanr.

To

he fun,

in this
particular,

as

CONDE'NSE. v a [,&/, LsJ nfj CONDESCENDINGLY,

To make any body more
Jcendttig.] By way of
thick,

than thofe

it,

To

With

vapours, and perhaps

ItfeU for being there ?

Shake/fean's Macbetl.
The poet, who flourilhed in the
fcenc, U coninr.red in the ruelle.
Drjdens JEnnd, Preface.
He who was fo unjuft as to do his brother an
injury, will fcarce be lo jurt as to cuidtma f.imfelf
for it.
^ ,

They who approve my condua

may

and weighty ; to drive or

parts of any body nearer to each
other;
to infpiflate
oppofed to rarefy.

does cendemi

n**/(mM to

they think me fo broken, fo

debas'd,
>ith
corporal fervitude, that
my mind ever
Will condtjcerd to fuch abfurd
commands? Milton.

clofe,
attratt the

Matt. xx. 18.

to declare cri-

Dryden't Indian Emperor.

primarily intend to appoint this way ;

Can

the

Brown's Fit/gar Errors.

is
by rains and fnow,

fupply of its moiflure

inddews and cndnf^nn of

all

thai

^kiglT, Bi/bJ.

The

contrary to approve.
Who then (hali blame
pefter'd fenfes to recoil and ft art,

When

earth, rarefied,

lent ftate.
rn
n

water-glades the account was not

regularior, from attenuation- and
cmdtnfaiau, the hours
were ihorter in hot weather than in told.

Jt has to before the

punimment.
The fon of man (hall be
betrayed unto the
fcribes, and the) (hall i-.r.demn him to death.

3.

ti.at

Xy

f;

2.

it
may be proved,
may become earth:

that inftrufls feems to be

the
traits.

did not

but

3.

III.

und guilty ?
Yes, truly, is he, and condemn d upjn 't.
Sbtkeifearei Henry VIII.
Confidered as a judge, it coidtam where it
ought
to sbfoh j, an
pronounces ablolution where iought to t-nJ^n.
FMa', Scr*;-.r:.
I-'

by csndcnjution,
realon teacheth,

when he

lo_confent to do more than mere iuftice

can require.

./ [from ccmjenfate.]

If by natural
argumer.rs

cor.fcientc hath a thoufand feveral

tongues,

air,

On

thickening any body, or

more grofs and weighty : op-

it

',

Latin.]

Spain's mighty monarch,

In gracious
clemency docs condejcend,
thefe conditions, to become
your friend.

yea, thickened or

pofite to rarefaction.

ev'ry tongue brings in a fev'ral tale,

cv'ry tale c.ndimiu me for a vi:

z.

Ptacbam.
tuem.

TION.

of

aft

making

find

white

is

enquirer.
,

molt, white, as i:
appeareth by th; hail

Have

Jctatmf

fpace.

ate,

ing the power or quality of making.

To CONDE'MN. v.a.
[condemn,

ehicker.

[ ct nJr t c '^r e

depart from the.prii-iicges of

fupenonty by a voluntary fubrniffion
to
;
link
to
willingly
equal terms with inferiors ; to footh
by
This method Carrie, familiarity.
aV-ry humble and cm d,.

Latin.]

To grow

E. <v.n.

cotiJefctntto,

To

thicker.

ael
J'

'

C0W/

CONDESCE'ND.
rr. from

I.

en the Sou/.

[ccn./fx/o,

make

to

Water by nature

an agitation of the whole

abyfs.

a.

<v.

*,

by likelihood of the French.

buyer, exdamarc, and balkers.
'

To

move-

{.""dttfatiu, Latin.]
thick; condenfed; compreffed in-

R /i

adj. [ccncitffits, Lat.]

Digby

To condenfe ;
TiCoNDE'NSA-i

There want not inftanccs of fuch an umverfal

ccr.cu/ion of the whole globe, as mult needs implv

CONCU'SSIVE.

l.kevvile culled

YO^CONDE NSATE.

H'ftiry.

rt'fiiUnce in the

J>y a kind of blue colour that the nr(fcaufctk

the water, than to thofe in the
Thcfe be
/hips.

cliftj

and no:
bchig in the utmoft extremity of
dwfiry, but<W .r>i/, yet further, every n-fiftance
works tomething
upon, the mover to condenfe it.
able

ringing of bcils, in po-

of the air.
nr.cvjj-'jn
Baccn's Ifaural

adj.

This agent meets with

naKo pcftilentair; which

liiay be from the

CON

[from ctnd^/ate.]
That which is capable of condeniatfon
;
that which can be drawn or
compreffed
into a narrower
compafs.

_A-ht

rl-

[from tondign.] SuTt;

agreeablenefs to deferts. DicJ
COND! ONLY. adv. [from
condign.] Defervedly ; according to merit.
DicJ.
Co NDIMENT.
n.f. [condlmentum, Latin 7
Seafonmg ; fauce j that which excites
the appetite
by a pungent tafte.
ablenefs

AS

for radifli

and the like,

they are for condi.

meats, and not for nouriflimcnt.

Many things are fwallowed

Hanoi's t\at. Hili

by animals rather for

cond,mcnt, guft, or
oicdicament, than
ttal

outrimerju

any fubltan

CON
CoNDisci'ptE.

been rarrly practifcJ

n.f. [ctnJifeipulus , Lat.]

pickle

v. a.

[condio, Lat.]

To

Stipulation

7.

to preferve by faks or aroma-

What

tovrliiiott

1' th'

part that

Much

after the fame manner as the fugardoth,

the (Wiring of pears, quinces, and the like.

Grnv's

may be harmlefs,

rected,

but can

r.cv.-r

I yield

Make our ttrdithn with yon

me but my folitary cell;

is

8.

and property of Divine

hidden and unfeen to

to be

Be nominated.

To make

will be able to conferve their properties

unchanged in parting through fcveral mediums}

They

which

mother, bcfides fpeech, manners, and inclinatior,

to the conditions of their mo-

which arc agreeable

L'EJIrangr,

CONDITIONAL,
1.

The belr and fiundert of his time hath been but

now muft we lnok, from his age, to recehc

rafiS

rot alone tlie imperfections of long engrafted con!, but the unruly
aywardncfs that infirm and
Sbt*
cholc'rick years bring with them.

Moral quality

4.

Hijiiry

Socrates efpoufed Xantippe only for her extreme

Swtb.
ill ccnttiti-.m, above all of that fex.

State; external circumftances.

c.

To
That

us

all,

And
To lay

an heavy and unequal hand

r
I
n our humour*.
Sbakeffeare's Henry IV.
It u-as not agreeable unto the cord'ahn of ParaBronx's I'u/f. Err.
d .fr, and ftate of innocence.
Eftimate the greatnefs of thi mercy by Sicn-

hU conditional promife ; fo that, without obedience to the one, there is of the other no

d\t;t,n

rinds the finner in,

it

when Ggd vouchfafes

Sci/tb's Strmim.
them.
Did we perfectly know the ftatc of our own ccnwe might
Hiiitjn, and wh.it was moft proper for us,
hive reafon to conclude our prayers not heard, if
Wake's Preparation.
not anfwcred.
Thii is a principle adapted to ever) paiiion and
faculty of our nature, to every ftate and condition
of ou* life.
Rogers.
it to

Hooker.

fcriptures, though as to their formal terms

they are abfolute, yet as to their Icnfc they are con-

Sovtb.

ditional.

This ftrict neceflity they fimple call ;

Another fort there is conJitKnal.
Dry den's
2.

CONDI'TION A L.
limitation.

n.f.

[from the adjeflive.]

word not now

Bacon

CONDITION A'LITY. n.f.

The quality of
tional.}
tional

as this clear
propofal
in rpiritour endeavours, fo is

erricacious to necefTitale

CONDI'TION ALLY.
With

tional.']

C?

Poft'i

6.

t'.jfjy

of the promifos

'i:y

in

t}, at the

errt^l:l:n t

Miianda.
Sbalefp. Ttmprfl
himfelf met with many entertain
of
charge
particular men, which had

prince,

The king

my

on

ilipulations.

here entail

to thine heirs for rver

Shakffpeare* s Henry VI.

falfe apprehenfion underftands that pofitivcly

war.

Temple.

who

mortals,

rendered incapable of p:ying

are

Addij***.

CON DO'LE.

To

To

v. a.

bewail with an-

other.

Why

Dry,icn.

CON DO'LE ME NT.

Gri.f; forrow

n. f.

[from
mourning.

To perfevcre
a courfe

In obftinate csnJolemrnt,

is

Of impious

unmanly

Itubbornel's,

condole,]

grief.

CONDO'LENCE.

Hamht.

n.f. \_condolance, Fr.] The

grief for the forrows of

cxpreflion of
another ; the civilities and meflages of
friends upon any lofs or misfortune.
reader will excufe this dijreflion, due by
to my worthy brethren. Arbuti.

way of condolence

CONDO'LER.

n. f.

[from

condole.]

One

that joins in lamentation for the misfortunes of another.

CONDON A'T ION.

A
To

pardoning

CONDUCE.

n. f. [condonatio, Lnt.]
a forgiving.
Di8.
<v. n.

[conduce, Lat.]

To

promote an end to contribute to ferve

to fome purpofe followed by to.
The boring of holes in that kind of wood, and
thrn laying it abroad, feemcth to cviJucc' to make
;

Bacm.

it ftiine.

The means and preparations that may conduce

unt' the entei'prizc.
Bjcen's T/./y JKir.
Every man does love or hate things, according
as he apprehends them to conduce to this end, or to
contradict

it.

They may

conduce

te

Tilktj^n.
farther difcoveries for com-

pleting the theory of light.

To CONDU'CE.

Air>.'i.

To

conditionally, upon
fcicncc (hall here, aceordiaj; to its office, intirp-f'

conduft ; to
accompany, in order to (hew the way.
In this fenfe I have only found it in the
following pafiage.
He was lent tc (induct hither t!ic princefs Hen-

and

rietta

whith was but

ccnditknjlly cxprelTed.

Brcivnt

am,

1
,

moll

ii

on certain

and

ma

that here thou take an oath

this civil

Rank.
i

to thee,

<jVr:c7W/()S

A
Mar.

Utnry VII

and engage them.

Decay of Piety.
adv. [from condi-

To ceafe

[from condibeing condi-

certain limitations

particular terms

of beggars.

en

you.

our refpects.

The

limitation by certain terms.

Anr)

The crown

SiviJ'r.

condole ivitb

I congratulate with the beads upon this honour

done to their king; and muft condole with us poor

in ufe.

he were fure that young man rt'c

king Edward's fon, he would never bear arms againtl
him. This cafe feems hard, bot|j in refpect of the
conditional, and in refprct of the other words.
faid, if

defponding people take the kingdom to be

in no ciiuti'.'w of encouraging fo numerous a breed
not the thing;
Condit'un, circumfrance,
Blifs is the fame in fubject as in king.

thin

oppofed to congratulate,
would have caufc : rejoice, rather

is

friends

Sbakeffeare' i

F.:t!.s

[In grammar and logick.] Expreffing

fome condition or fuppofition.

tie

is

Your

Many

It

grief.

mould our poet petition Ifis for her fate

>
delivery, and afterwards cond-.It her mifcarriage

He

the bruifes of the days before,

fufl'er the rwirf/.'ien of thefe times

The deareft friend to me, the tindelt man,

The beft conditknd.
Sbakefp. Mercb. cf fcnict.
To CONDO'LE. V. n. \condoteo, Lat.l
To lament with thofe that are in miffortune ; to exprefs concern for the miIt has taitb before the
feries of others.
psrfon for whofe misfortune we profefs

ticular terms.
For the ule we have his exprefs commandment,

feel

good or

for the effect

is hot and moift,

temperate, modefr,
Jupiter
honeft, adienturous, liberal, merciful, loving, and
faithful ; that is, giving thefe inclinations : and

therefore thofc ancient kings, beautified with thcfc

tondiiior.t, might be called thereafter Jupiter.
Ka/eigb'i
of the tfcrlj.

qualities or properties

Having

I come not, Sampfon, to conjs'e thy chance,

As thefe perhaps ; yet wifh it had not been,
Though tor no friendly intent. Milton s jlgmijles.

BiTurancc.

virtue or vice.

condition.}

adj. [from condition.}

By way of ftipulation ; not abfolute
made with limitations ; granted on par;

Sprnftr on Inland.

thers.

terms

conditioned

Raleigh's Hifliiy.

fSctvten's Opticks.

Natural quality of the mind ; temper ;

temperament ; complexion.
The child takcth mod of his nature of the

3.

was

Small towns, which ftand ftifftill great (hot

Enforce them, by war's law condition not. Donne.
*Tis one thing, I muft confcfs, to condition for a
good office, and another thing to do it gratis.

another condition of the rays of light.

ifc

Merchant of Venice.
[from the noun.]

Sbjkeffeare'i

to ftipulate.
;
between Saturn and Titan, that
Saturn ihould put to death all his male children.
It

Hammond.

[from

adj.

bad.

and in a merry fport,

not on fuch a day,

<u. n.

adj. [from the verb.]

Eflablilhed on certain terras or condi-

the cinditi-ji.

To CONDI'TION.

CONDI'TIONATE.

CONDI'TION ED.

If you repay me
In fuch a place, fuch fum or fums as are
ExprcfsM in the conJitUit, let the forfeit

Bacm.

others.

capti\e king.

the terms of agree-

bond

its eruption.
Brvtvr's Vulgar Errourt.

That which is miftaken to be particular and

abfolute, <iuly underftood, is general, but temlit::*j:r ; and belongs to none who fliall not perform

The writing in which

finglc

which fulpends and condithnata

tions.

Drjden'i Den Sthft:.:r.

all I

Your

a nnJii'aa

in,

ment are comprifed ; compacl ; bond.

Go with me to a notary, fcal me there

King John.

Attribute; accident; property.

The king is but a man: the violet finells, the
clement (hews, to him as to me all his fcnfes have
but human ceiuHthns.
Sbjkejfcire.
feemed to us

To qualify ; to regulate.
That ivy arifeth but where it may be fupported,
we cannot afcribe the fame unto any fcicncc there-

alk him.

'Tis

[from condi-

tion,]

Taylor.
pirates willingly receive
Waller.
we
to
fuch
as
are
CWiv'-Bi,
pleas'd
give.

rage, whofe heat hath this condition,

That nothing can allay, nothing but blood.

It

none

Thofc barb'rous

Lat.]

Powers and Beings,

We give

Wmcni.

upon

Norris,

CONDI'TION

To

Sl.iltff.Cer'iilanus.

C/i/fv ;-</'*.

2.

are apt to believe remifli.n of fins, but

of repentance.
they believe it without the c.ndition

n.f. {condition, Fr. tonJi-

Sbakiffrare's

mercy

Many

Quality ; that by which any thing

denominated good or bad.

1.

ii at

do good.

n.f. [from condite.}

compofition of conferves, powders, and
of an eleftuary. t>ifl.
fpiccs, in the form

tic,

a natural qualification for heaven.

ATE. -v. a.

can a treaty find

'

con-

Taylor'i Rate of Living tidy.

CONDI'TION.

[from

adj.

Would God in mercy difpcnfe with it as a cvtyet we cuuld not be happy without it, n

terms of compafl.

cor-

CO'NDITEMENT.

Stipulated.

Totraitors: ftrike him down. B. Jonjon's Cmi'lr.

He could not defend it above ten days, and muft
then fa'urait to the woift catjitkni th^ rcb.
like to grant to his pcrfon, and to his reliijion.

Mi'fffurfi.

The mod innoeent cf them are but like

rfiWor pickled mumroorns, which, carefully

then by the perfoni of the

till

NF

ditior.iry,

tirks.
ii:

C O
Clfrexdir

fchoolffllow.

CO'NDITE.

To

CON

We

fee

u!^.:r

large preferments tendered to

his doing

proteft.

wicked

F.rrfurt

him, but

nt ic

in..'/

Maria.

<v.

a.

fFottcn.

CON

CON
CONDD'CIBLE.

adj. [condudlili.', Latin.

hav
ing a tendency to promote or forward
with to.
To both, the med._m which is moft propitiou

Having the power of conducing

and

3.
4.

Our Saviour hath

Shame of change, and

Thequ.ility of contributing

tie.]

to an)

Di3

end.

CONDU'CIVE.

As

conduct'

[horn conduce.] Tha

which may contribute having the power
of forwarding or promoting: with/5.

An

action, however conducive to the good 01

pur country, will be reprefented as prejudicial to
It.
dddtfen'l Freeholder.

Thofe proportions of the good things of this life

which are moft confident with the intereits of the
foul, are allbmoft csr.duc'me 11 our prefect felicity.

_
CONDUCIVENESS.

Rogtrs.

The

4.

I.

dience in the brain.

Wife nature likcwif-*,

a general.
Conduct of armies

3.

Convoy;

ij t

efcorte

prince's art.

Wilier.

guard.

His majefty,
Tend'ring my perfon's fafety, hath appointed
This conduct to convey me to the Tower.
tialtfpeare'i Richard III.
1 was alhamed to afk the
king footmen and
horfemen, and ctndutf for fafeguard
our
againft

The

4.

'o-l.

XJ'NEY.
"

aft of

give

him

three or four of you,

courteous condufi to this pUt<.

ther

5.

Sbalefpeare.

warrant by which a
convoy

pointed, or fafety

Exaft behaviour

6.

is

is

life.

To
1.

all

you out the right

thy pow'r, p.i

C.ndufl my rteps ti, find the
In th'.s deep forcft!

a hill

fide,

where J

Belonging

:ONFARREA'TIOK.

cheerful and

engage to fupport each other ; union

engagement federal compaft.

n.

f.

[confarrec.tio,

ther.
by

tl c

ancient laws of

Romulus, the wife was

'

Wha:

cor>f,irrea:i;

j'.

ii.nl

ti.

tin:

tiulband.

en Education.
,

me,

CO'NFECT. v.
To make up into

'o

ferve with fugar. Jt feemi'ni/w

corrupted
i:ito

comfit.

o'r.rtci.

confederacy againft

mult endeavour to defend inn-,.

The triendlhips of the world are oft

[from the
I,

verb. J1

D-ydnt.

Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleafure. /liijl'.n.

avaricious man in office is in
confederacy
with the whole clan of his
or

An

depend-

diftricl,

ant; which,
and

in

modern tfrms of

French.]

art,

is called

let live.

CONFEDERATE,
To

Simft.
-v.

a.

[confedcrer,
join in a league ; to unite ;

to ally.
They were confederated with Charles's enemy.
KnolUs.

With thefe the Pjercie! them

confederate,
And as three heads conjoin in one intent. Daniei.

CONFEDE'RATE.

>v. n.

To

league

to

urine in a league.
By words men come to knsw one arothef's
minds ; by thSfe they covenant anJ
confederate.

Salt.
is

conftilrraiing with him to

whom

the fa-

crifice is oftVred.

ON KB DERATE,
United
fent

sltiertury.

[from the verb.}

adj.

in league.
havo cnnfultcd

th-'y

tl.cy arc

anfedaatt

trgethrr with one con-

ag;iin!l

Ffafm
In

I'.i'y,

Ixxxiii. c.

All the fvvords

and her confederate arms,
:

n.f.
r

Shakejf care's King Lear.

to Xome, to make a league of
and
with
them. I Mace. viii. 17.
amity
tcrftJcraty
Virgil has a whole
him, and

fiy '/

a. [confcttu,,
Latin.]
fweetmt-ati ; to pre-

confederacy ha-ve you with the traitors

Judas fmt them

i'.ir

MUf.n

'o

Lat. from/rtr,
corn.] The folemnization of
marriage by eating bread toge-

By

Drydin'i /Kitcid.
ulher, and to attend in civility.
Pray receive them nobly, and tondufl them
JLv* our pretence,
Sbjlrfatrt'i itinrj V11I.

To

[confalulatic,
;

adj. [from confabuto talk or

prattle.

O may

2.

late.]

will p ,int

n. f.

'ONFA'BULA'TORY.

CONDU CT. -v. a. [conduire, French.]

To lead; to direft to accompany, in
order to fhew the way.
1 foal! ftraitmy.7
you to

n.f. [confederation, Fr.

fcedus, Latin.]
league ; a contraft by
which feveral perfons or bodies of men

To

Lat.] Eafy conversation

aflured.

regular

Byle.

CONFE'DER ACY.

i: n. [confatulo,
talk ealily or
carelelsly togeto chat ; to
prattle.

^ONFABULA'TION.

ap-

regavd lor reputation is not quite

laid aCJe, it i> fj low, that
very few think virtue
and andufi of abfolute r.eccliity for
preferring it.
i

CONY.

carelefs talk.
;

Cleavcljvd.
Minting the garden into gold.
Ccnfiflutters make much ufe of whites of eggs.

To

Lat.]
^

Nature's eonftfiiontr, the bee,

Whole fuckers are moilt alchimy,

The itiil of his refining mold

to live

See

confefilanari ,

n.f. [from confection.]

whofe trade is to make confeftion*

One

CONFABULATE,

convoying or guarding.

Some

Go,

folid body, of which

a circle, and which ends

Anftotle.~\

the bale is
in a point.

my

or fweetmeats.

I charge and
command, that the conduit run
nothing but ciaret wine.
Xkakejfeare'i Henry VI.

Latin.]
doubling ; a duplicate.
!?ONE. n.f. [XM-. TS r.uia $MH<, xi'xA-

as

Stalieffearf.

Locke.

n. /.'
[conduplicatio,

haj the world

'ONFB'CTIONER.

they fuppofe,

Bacon's Nat. Hijl.

The mouths, the tongues, the eyes, the hearts of

men
At duty, more than I could frame employments.

Has diawn two conduits down our nofe.

Prior.
The pipe or cock at which water is

^ONDUPLICA'TION.

Sbakeffxart.

new c mfctTwn of mould, which

Myfelf,

Who

drawn.

the duty of

will be a

CONFE'CTIONARY. n.f. [from confettion.]

One whofe trade is to make fweetmeats.

hid

which he conveys it to the fons of

men,
are virtuous and generous
South.
practices.
Thefe organs are the nerves which are the conduits to convey them from without to their au-

'..

of leading troops

is

a mixture.

perhaps will alter the feed.

can rife no higher

from whence it tiilt doth

mine

slddifon.

things then, what world (hall yield can-

liken her

There

~A

duit, by

Dryden'i 'Juvenal.

aft

To

In fap confuming winter's drizzled

fnow,
And all the conduits of my blood froze up. Stat
God is the fountain of honour; and the con-

and manage of acYoung men,

tions, embrace more than they can hold, itir more
than they can quiet, and
fly to the. end without
eonfideration of the means.
Bacon.
How void of reafon are our hopes and feart!
What in the cindufl of our life appears

The

Of bed

diredlor.

face of

oft

and the Eaft certain con-

aflemblageof different ingredients;

King Lea

in conduit
pipes,

Th's

yea fo,

Cymbclite.

Sbakefpeare'

Turky

a compofition

A canal of pipes for the conveyance of

watexs ; an aqueduft.

and

in the conduit

2.

An

is

the well hjad

fweets and flavours.

2.

An inftrument to put up into the bladder, to direft the knife in

cutting for
the Hone.

Water,

Management; economy.

So well defign'd, fo luckily begun,

But when we have our wifli, we wilt undone

he

Than

to preferve

which they call fervets, which are like to

candied conlerves, and are made of
fugar and ie">'>r.s.
Bacon's Natural Hi/lory.
He faw him devour fifh and flcfh, fwaliow wines
and fpices,
confefliont and fruits of numberlefs

duBus, Lat.]
1.

They have in

{ondulhr of his ptople ?

the ballad fon of Glo'fter.
S
s

manager; a

me

Dryden

CONDU'CTRESS. n.f. [from condu8.~\

woman that direfts direftrefs.
CO'NDUIT. n.f. [conduit, French.]

quality of conducing.
mention fomc examples ofthe
cinducivenrfs ol
the fmallnefs of a
body's parts to ics fluidity. Style.
[conduit, Fr. con

ill

will.

did not intheiy project the union am

regency, none will deny him to have been the chic
c'.ni'.~ficr in both.
A.tdiien

n.f. [from conduci -ve. ]

n. f.

of the

btikejpeare'

It

CO'NDUCT.

3.

adj.

'tis faid,

Haft thou not learn'd

th

chief^ a general.

Who

Bentley

COKDU'CIBLENESS. n.f. [from

Jear of future

zeal, the blind ecr.duflor

2.

feflkrs,

And

n.f. [confcftio, Latin.]

preparation of fruit, or juice of fruit,
with fugar ; a Aveetmeat.

That our great king himfelf dotl-. woo me

For my coafefliau ?
s

n.f. [from conetutt.]

A leader one who fhews another

way by accompanying him.

on Confumptiom*

CONFE'CTION.

^/^

pleafure.

Mathematical Magl:k

the temporal intereft of them that obfervc them.

and orde

to lead

confefis.

Harvey

affair.
1.

CONOU'CTOR.

enjoined us a leafonable fer

laws are in themfelves cmduciklt t

all his

condudt an

adj. [conduttitius, La
tin.] Hired; employed for wages.
The perfons were neither titularies nor pe:-petu.
curates, but intirely cinducVitiw., and removable a

None of thefe magnetical experiments are fuffi

cient for a perpetual motion, though thofe kind o
qualities feem molt condu.ib!: unto it.

ice:

a pippin roaftcd, and fweetencd

Atfuppcreat

with fugar of rofes and carraway

Dryden'i &.....

troops.

is air.

f^ilkins'i

To manage as, to
To head an army

in.

CONDUCTI'TIOUS.

Bacon's Natural Hi/lory

Thofe motions of generations and corruptions
and of the conducibles thereunto, are wifely and ad
mirably ordered and contemporated by the refto
of all things.
Hale
ctnducible,

CON

Afcanius bids them be conduced

h.ivem:idc this peace.

Sirak.Corjolanus.

While the mind of nun lookcth

upon fecund
!.
altered, it m.iy fometimes reft in then,
and 50 no tartiisr; bat when it bcboldcth

chain of them eonfulerate and linked together, it

Ba<.or..
mult need fly to providence and deity.
Oh rate confed'rate into crimes, that prove
Triumphant o'er th' eluded rage 01

formal difcourie; oral

;
of any queftion.

jefts

CONFE'DERATE. a. f. [from the verb.]

One who engages to fupport another;
ally.

SirEdmond Courtney, and the haughty prelate,

With many more confederate*, are in arms.
recruits in (lore,

frefli

Diyder.'l

CONFEDERATION,
alliance.

3.

three princes enter into fome drift league

and confcdcratKn amonjjft themfelves.

Bacon

Henry VII.

CONFE'R-

y"e

King Charles.
Lat. con-

n.

difcourfe with ano'ther upon a Hated fubjeft ; to ventilate

difcuffion ; to conany queftion by oral
verfe folemnly ; to talk gravely toge-

ther

compare fentiments.

to

will hear us confer of this, and

cular aiTurance have your fatisfacVion.

You

by an auri-

Lear.
Sbxkeffearc't King
a
Reading makes a full man, conference ready
if
man, and writing an exact man; and therefore,
a man write little, he had need have a great me-

he confer little, he had need have a prehe had need have

i/ he read little,
he doth not.
cunning, to feem to know that

mory ;
.

lent wit

much

if

When
,

and,

to go
they had commanded them

afide out

cf the council, they conferred among themfelves.

He

The

lie

(he does perfuade,

her reafons made.
they are captives to
Dryden's Tyrannic Love.

CONFE'R.

I.

To compare;

Raleigh.

Boyle.
and comparing their
Pliny conferring his authors,
works together, found thofe that went before tranthofe that followed.
fcribed
ral opinion.

To

give

him who

The enfening

this

heaven

confcrrijt

the

7.

will

To

alfo

grant

to profefs

confefs

me

They

8.

To

to

him

box in which the confeflbr fits to

hear the declarations of his penitents.

feat or

i'

thr fruitful

n.

f.

[confejfionaire,
Theconfeffion-chairor feat, where

Fr.]
the prieft

fits

to hear confeffions.

a confeflbr.

it, is

The docVmc

in the thirty-nine articles is f,i orv.

thodoxly fettled, as cannot be questioned
danger to our religion, which hath been fcalcJ
'.he blcod ol" fo many martyrs anJ r'.af
Bacsn*! Ad-vice H. I '.V.Vc; 5.
Was not this an excellent conffor at Irait, it"
.

Stilli
not a martyr, in this c.iui'c ?
The patience am) fortitude of a martyr rr <:sealed in .he flnurilhing times of

Chriftiaoity.
It was the r-flurancc of a rtfurrraron th r.

and courage to
patience to the earf^Kr,

and unimportant

th>

tvr.

z.

He that

?'

hears confefllons, and prefcribes

and

of penitence.

inc:ifures

t'
:

Bring him his cf.n ft/Tor, let him be prepai'd

For that 's the utmo'.t of hi pilgrimage.

;
'

If you find any fn that lies heavy upon you,

difljurrhen ycmrfclf of it into the bofum of >":r

V,

mold;

Z>.>7.

CONFE'SSOR. n.f. \_confrffeur, French.]

i. One who makes profeffion of his faith
He who dies for
in the face of danger.
fuffers for
religion, is a martyr ; he who

who

It.mds between

One mu(t be truftcd

As paffin; prudent, and

God

and you'

to piay

lay lor.

for you.

red j'ninf apple ripens here to gol<l.

ufed in a loofe

In one of the churches 1 faw a pulpit and

inlaid with lapis-bzuli.
fe/ional, very finely
slddijln ok

rri"rr>iiig

Mil!,

view of yiod, great and

ft* J

this chr.'bnge.
If'eare.

delerts forgot,

y>oA, without hein c--ncerncd, it

up ihcir happinefs \\ithi'
(hew ; to prove ; to attcft.

is

formulary in which the articles of

faith are comprifed.
CONFE'SSIONAL. n. f. [French.] The

rules

I'ofc's Odyffey.

9. It

Preferationfcr Eiatk,

before Pontius Pilate, witnefled a good

Sec

Tall thriving trees corf

The

Wakii
avowal.

th.;'

want

if.

before men,

not to difpute.

cwftjjicd

opportunity to pradife fuch

In other arms than hers

not to

~'u^>!u
r.\

little

\1ini.\i. 13.
be one among.1 the faii'ft of Greece,
That loves his miftrefs more than in a
And dare avow her beauty ard her v

fliail

Have any way your good

V

To

it

deny me before men,

3eny before my Father which is in
Matt. x. 31, 33.
If

intimation in Itripturfc
uf on the Rom.in

benefits,

avow

but whofoever

in-

and he receive
them j the firft produces love, and the b
Arbuthr.l's Hi/lory of j
titude.
contribute ; to conduce : with to.
4.
The cl'.fcnefs and compaftnefs of the parts

Thou

heaven.

Irtft

There
of this privilege conferred

to

deny.
Whomever therefore (hall
him will I cor.fefs alfo br:

fttr him.
not the

yet to confefs

life.

hear the confeffion of a penitent, as

;

have

Italy.

beautiful votary took the opportunity of

To own

Clarendon
treafc the credit he had.
Coronation to a king, conferi no royal authontj
is

God,

be of good

Tv.plt.

hard ufage.

CONFE'SSIONARY.

a prieft.
6.

him
Waller.

slddifon's Sprf!a!or.

To

5.

with on before

honour ttfm him would

c'.n^

this celebrated father.

confejjing berfrlfto

receives the gift.

Reft to the limbs, and quiet

On troubled minds.

be

ufed with the reciprocal prcnoun.

is

Our

by

to beftow

it

of the confcience
in order to repentance and

may

will

Profeffion

Wake's Prefarathn for Death.

It

4.

The words in the eighth vcrfe, conferred with

the fame words in the twentieth, make it manifeft.

t..

fin

If our fin be only againft

to his niiniitcr

to

we confer thefc obfcrvations with others of the

nature, we may find caufc to (citify the gene-

If

it.

pardon.

v. a.

examine by comparifon
with other things of the fame kind.

You

difclofe the ftate

to the prieft,

is

of difburdening the confcience

2 confcff.en, and ihould therefore fupply the

of it by a due performance uf it to God.

Sbatfffeari s Olbellc.

To

aft

It there

For to deny each article with oath,

Cannot remove nor choke the ftrong conception.
3.

which

Who,

ufed reciprocally.

thec freely o/*thy

Conftfs

cmfeffanT

Human faults with human grief confefs ;

Prier.
'Tis thou art chang'd.
2. It has of before the thing confeffed,
it is

fi

The

3.

Sbakeffeare's Merry Wwtt if iPindjor.

when

undeniably.

a great pare of the cuife,

to a prieft.

v. a. [confe/er, Fr. confiteor, ccnfeffitm, Latin.]

To acknowledge a crime ; to own a
.

Whom with fuch eloquence

9*0

feJR

z.

jQfcbctm's Scboolmajlcr.

failure.
He doth in fome fort confejs
not redreffed.
fejjed, it is

[from ccnfe/td.]

Your engaging me fiift in this adventure of the

Mnxa, and defiring the ftory of it from me, is like
giving one the torture, and then a&ing his

He
He
To CONFE'SS.
1

2.

like

>

gent to

CONFE'SS ON. n.f. [from cunfejs.']

i. The acknowledgment of a ciime; the
difcovery of one's own guilt.

fo

n.f. [from confer.]

that convsrfes.
that beftows.

Clarendon.

The Chriftian princefs in her tent conferi

With fifty of your lenrn'd philofophcrs

If

of thcfe two places, containing

learning.

then conferred with no-

body.

That

Hooker.

CONFE'RRER.

j4is, iv. 1 5.
was thought to confer with the Lord Colethe fubjeQ ; but had fome particular

peper upon
thoughts, upon whtjh

conference

Is confijledly

is

and therefore no wonder if men fly from it. Stutb.

Great geniufcs, like great minifter;, though they
are confeffcJIy the firft in the commonwealth of letters, mult be envied and calumniated.
Pofe's EJTay or. llmer.

excellent a piece of learning as this, cxprefled by

fo worthy a wit as Tuliy's was, muft needs bring
on plsafuie to him that maketh true account of

[confers,

To

ferer, French.]

difcuffing

and
men's collections and

mutual

adv.

indifputably

I'.o'j.

confefficn

for

appointed meeting

conference of all
obfcrvations, may afford.
tlie

Labour

yet (he urg'd cixferir.ee.

therances, which fcripture?, councils, laws,

Nor can thofe confederations or defigns be durable,

when fubjetts make bankrupt of their allegiance.
-v.

fome point by perfonal debate.

Comparifon ; examination of different
things by comparifon of each with other.
Our diligence mud fearch out all helps and fur-

The

Avowedly

Sbakeffeare.

An

2.

[confederation,

League; compact of mutual

French.]
fupport

n.f.

tongue

I cannot fpeak to her

Mneid.

To make

CONFESSEDLY,

my

upon

n.

to reveal:, as, be
the prieft to confcfs.
to diiclofe

thefe weights

hang?

paflion

CONFE'SS. v.

(kilful in

grow

What

Addtfan an

difcuffion'

thereof, or interpreting.

III.
Sbahffeare's Richard

have

fenfe, by way of introduction, or as an

affirmative form of fpecch.
I mull
anfrfi I was mod pleafed with abeautifd
profpeil, that none of them have nx-otioned.

the ftrfngth

country matter?, if I have

often conference with y^ur !i
Sidney.
Sometime they deliver it, whom privately zeal
and piety moveth to be ir.ftruitois of others by
of them it is taught, whom
conference ; fometime
the church hath called to the public, either reading
I ihall

S-.vifr.

ftill

to

CO'NFERENCE. n.f. [conference, French.]

t. The act of converting on ferious fub-

Pofe'i Staliai.

We

coffer

of the union.

In a confederate war, it ought to be confidered

which party has the dtepelt fliaic in the quarrel.

If our confederate! can aflbrd us more.

much

together, doth

reft'tng

an

CON

CON

CON

he thought her fi:,

a parlous wit :
To this (.Radons tenfcffr he went,
Ami tol*hef .
Drydtnt Wjtff Bat*
5

ant)

3.

He

He who

3.

word

adj. [a poetical

Open

feffed.~\

not concealed

known

not difputed

But

evidently
concealment.

They

CONFI'CIEKT.

without doubt or

CO'NFIDENT.

is

If ever

conf.Jily

Decay afPuty.

it

\_confdent,

affairs

But

As

He

to put

n. {ccnfdQ, Latin.]
truit in.

alone won't betray, in

whom

none

We

lord,

is confum'd in
nnfjaici :
not go forth to day.
Hbakrfp. Jj/ixs Cffar.
His times being rather profperous than calm,
.bad rjifed his confidence by fuccefs. Sac. lien. VII.
He had an ami.itiori and vanity, and a cer.fdtr.tt
in himfelf, which fometimes intoxicated, and tranf-

Do

portcd, and expofed

him.

Vitious boldnefs
own excellencies

3.

;
:

Clarendon.

opinion of his
oppofed to madefy.
falfe

Thefe fervent reprehenders of things

2.

free

own

from

wits, for

which caufe they are feldom

Halter, DeJitaticn.

errors,

4. Confcioufneis of innocence; honed boldnefs ; firmnefs of

integrity.
Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have
we confdtncc towards God.
i
John, iii. ai.
Be merciful unto them which have not the ecn-

CO'NFIDENT.
1

adj.

Ben Jonfon.
It is ftrange how the ancients took up experiments upon credit, and yet did build great matters
the obfervation of fome of the befl
upon them
of them, delivered f^nfjcntly, is, that a veflel filled!

ccnfidt.]

A/Tured beyond doubt.

He

and confident of his particular election, as to refolve he can never fall.

I

it

fo furc

am

csnfidcnty

Hammord on Fundarntnfals,
that very much may be done

towards the improvement of philofophy.

2. Pofitive

Style

affirmative; dogmatical: as

confident talker.

3. Secure of fuccefs

without fear of mif-

carriage.
jth valiant, as

men

death ; both
overcome.
Sidney
and
the
Douglas
Hotfpur, both together,
Are cwfdtnt againft the world in arm:.
li

confident, as

unwonted

dcfpifing

to be

Sbakeffnarc'i Henry IV
ciKfdent in a plain way. Erf I. xxxii. zi.
People forget how little they know, when they

Be not

grow
4.

confident

Without
limits.

VOL.

upon any prefent

fafpicion

ftate

of thing-.
South

UulHng withou

moft

[cor;Jintr,$t. csnjinis,

Latin.]

To

1.

bound

to limit: as,

he confnts

2.

I'll

not over the threihold.

Sbakcfptaris Corkfanus.
I had been
broad and gen'ral as tl.e
cafing air
But now I'm cabbin'd, cribb'd, coafn'd, bound Jn.
Sbakfjfcart.

Co N F

c v R A'T

To

3.

n.

f.

Nor Jhall my future* ailions be

By my own prefent mind.

CoNFi'NELESS.a<r/. [fiomconfne.'] Boundlefs ; unlimited ;

unbounded ; without
end.

There is no plaftick virtue concerned ia fliaping

them, but the configurations of the particles whereo

The

of the horofcopc, according to

the afpecls of the planets towards each
face

other at any time.

To CONFI'GDRK. v. a.
tin.]

Eftcem him
V, ith

Wood-wird.

they confift.

To

prifonment

[homfgura, Laany form,

by

CO'NFINE.

It had
n.f. [cofnn, Lat.
formerly the accent on the lalt fyllable.'

The mind
itfelf

confine.

The

confines

you

Im-

reflraint

of

King I. car
Nijer, where the ne
Kaar.

Sljkrfpcare't

Addifon.

borderer
;

one that

confine.}

upon conone that inhabits the extreme

;

lives

parts of a country.
The fenatc hath Vuj'J up the

Shattipfare's RicfcrJltt
aie old:
ftands on the veiy verge

of the rivet

to

fines

border; edge.

well vvatejcJ,

confine.'}

Our hidden foes

their long
confinement rofc.
Dry Jen's firgif.

COKFI'NER. n.f. [from

corfixers.

Hhakfjfeai

Yuu

Ol hrr

[from

Ac numben who are under reftraint,

people do not fcem f j much furprifed at the confKtant of feme, as the liberty of otheri. AddifoH,

Here in thefr confines Ilily hnve I lurk'd,

watch the wainiiigef miBcenemie;.

in

Sbcfldfftfrft'Mectttb.

n.f.

hates reftraint, and is

apt to fancy
under confinement when the light is pent
up.

As

To

Niture

lamb, being compar'd

harmj.

incarceration

Now joyful from

at their full growth ; which

coming together, cemtnting, and fu configuring themfelvc'S into humar
lhape, made lufty men.
fentUy's Sermons

as a

confinelefs

liberty.

difpofe into

boundary

my

CONFINEMENT,

adaptation.
Mother earth brought forth legs, arms, am
other memterb of the body, fcattered and diftincl

Common

canfin'd

If the gout continue, I twifm myfelf

wholly to
the milk diet.
Temple.
He is to confine- himfclf to the cornpafs of numand
the
of
rhime.
bers,
flavery
Dryden.

and agitation of their particles.

cm

to.

Style.
or where confcienc* does not
bind,
No other tic fliall (hackle me ;
Slave to myfelf I vr!ll not be}

[configuration,

Glanville't Scep
be given of the different
other account
animal frcretions, than the different
configureition
and aftion of the fr>lid parts. Arluttna on Ailments

No

up

Where honour

The form of the various parts of any

thing, as they are adapted to each other.
The different eft'e&s of fire and water, which
we call heat and cold, refult from the fo differing
configuration

to tie

fucceeders.

French.]
1.

Children, permitted the freedom nf both hands,

oft times
confine unto the left, and are not without great difficulty retrained from it.
frown's fulgar Errturs.
Make one man's fancies, or fail ings,, confiiiig
laws to others, and convey them as fuch to- their

Dift.

ON

reftrain

do

n.f. [from confident.}

Favourable opinion of one's own powaffurance.

As

CO'NFIDENTNESS.
;

Fy, you confine yourl'elf rnoft unrealbnably

come, you muft go vifit the good lady.

with afnes will receive the like quantity of water as

it' it had bei-n
empty; this is utterly untrue. Bacon.
Every fool may believe, and pronounce confibut wife men will conclude firmly. South.
dently 5

ers

hi*

fubjed by a rigorous definition.

To (hut up ; to imprifon ; to immure
to reftrain within certain limits.

confidently boaft.

groc? arc, ar
I.

Dryden.
a.

2.

[from

To CONFI'NE. v.

(hall

felves

gives or caufes confidence,

boldncfs, or fecurity.

place
en all three.

Without appearance of doubt ; without

fufpefting any failure or deficiency ;
pofuively ; dogmatically.
Many men leaft of all know what they them-

Left.

5.

of mif-

firm truft.
The maid becomes a youth j no more delay
Your vows, but look, and tcr.fdcntly pay. Drydcr.

z Efl. viii. 36.

fdtnee of good work-!.
Juft confidence, and native rightcoufnefs,
And honour.
Mikan's Parad'ifc

That which

I feek

with heav'n.
AlL'tcn's
Paradije Lajt.
Full in the midft of this created
fpace,
Betwixt heav'n, earth, and ikies, there ftands a

With

mod

their

loft,

Corjtnt
,

Altcriury,

eftablilhed

ky publick authority, arc alwayi confident and

bold-fpirited men ; but their caifdetct, for the
part, rifeth from too much credit given to

Half

What readied path leads where your gloomy bound*

not be ever the lefs likely to meet

with 1'ucc.efs, if we do not expect it too confidently

z. Trull in his

Your witiom

Confining

3.

own abilities or fortun* ;

fecurity: oppofed to fjeftion or timidity.

Lickc.

confident. ~\

fear

of the world, where

adj. [ccnjinis, Latin.] Bordering upon ; beginning where the other

ends ; having one common boundary,
To CONFI'NE. t>. n. To border upon ; to
touch on different territories, or
regions it has .vitb or on.

light.

will ccti-

reliance.

my

keep no fecret from your

Without doubt; without

Society is built upon truft, and truft upon cor.fiSouth.

ience of one another's integrity.

Alas,

fuch,

confines

O'NFINE.

for no, other end,

and friend ;
corf.dent

carriage.

CO'NFIBENCE. ./. [nnfJentia, Latin.]

I. Firm belief of another's integrity or
;

South,

my

here,

beyond the
no bodies.

are

of

applicable to duration, where no motion

as the idea of a foot, taken from bodies
is

me

O'NFIDENTLY. adv. [from

1.

To,

Congni-f.

f(i^.

veracity

One

[from cenfJe.]

n.f.

love

become

to

of the IL.ht.

idea of duration, equal to a revolution

to diftances

Drydeni Attrengxtlc

of love.

Martin compofed his billet-doux, and intruded'

Arbutbr.ot and Pope.

truit in

VjTii

man can fay of

he would have deceived me, be has

You

French.]

to his conf.dar.t.

To CONFI'DE. v.

/v

come., to this, that a

it

his confident,
faid enough.

perfon trufted with private affairs,

commonly with

"-

was

trufted -with fecrets.

which

That
adj. \conjicitns, Lat.J
Diel.
effective.
;

n.f.

noon of night,

pair slit

corjincs

DrydcnsF,ilt,-,.

The
the fun,

Bold to a vice; elated- with falfe opinion of his owu excellencies ; impudent.

5.

PhoJphor on the

did truly find her, (Ukrs thil ring.

'

Un-

And

conflict:!,

atjkcffcari'i CjinttHne.

caufes or procures

CO'NFIDAKT.

honur

Rome, be as juft and gracious unto me,

As 1 am c'.xfdM and kind to thee.

apparent.

confeft.~\

addrefs to that principle

in our nature.

predominant

Than

v '.erefore ftould I leek,

CONFE'STLY. adv. [from

of her

lert'er

Since the perfidious author ftands cor.ftf ?

This villain has traduc'd me. Rene's Ry.i! C:tr.

difputably

No

for con-

acknowledged

'Twa* ebbing darknefs.

He, true knight,

confefles his- crimes.

CONFE'ST.

CON

CON

CON

H.ippy

Tkit
2.

conjincrs

fliift

jour

c'l

CymbcKnt.

you of other lands,

foil.

Darnel's Civil

War.

near neighbour.
Though gladnefs and

tur1 ,

ct

giief be oppofite in rjthey ate fuch neighbours ai;d cenfncn in

a,r.

touch of a pencil will tranflate a

face.
crying into a laughing

art, that the leaft

4.

touches upon two different

One whkh

3.

regions.

The participles or mfnen between plants and

fuch as have no local motion ;
living creatures are

Bum.

fuch as oyfters.

CONFI'KITY. n.f.
Nearnefc

[confxitas, Latin.]
; contiguity.
Ditl.

neighbourhood

CON

CON

CON
An

is

We contain a curfrure houf", where we make >M

fweetmeau, dry and moift, and divers pleafant

ecdefiaftical rite.

What

in catechifing,
prepared for

if,

in the

To CONFI'X.

Let

Or

Afuton.

fintt'd.

Whillt

And

And

that round her burn,

Giving additional teilimony

tidings as they roll,

t:.e

things.

1 fmfirm thee in the high priefthood, and ap' Mac. xi. 57.
point thee ruler.
Confnu the crown to me and to mine heirs.

Skalcff.Hen.Vl.
3.

fix

to radicate.

Fcrnelius never cured a

without it.
oafnaej pox

Deay

Next

To
1.

The
But

uv'd out till he was a man

*hich no fooner had his prowefs
.../

To

5.

man he

!ike a

One

cmfrmd,

Sb^tejftarii Mfctiath.

died.

new

ftrengthen by

folemnities or

That treaty, fo prejudicial, ought to have been

S-wift.
remitted rather than cotifrmcd.
_
fettle or ftrengthen in refolution, or
t.

To

purpofe, or opinion.

Cmfrmd then
(hall (hare with

Adam

They

u, iheir ftaie

I refolve,

me in blifs or woe. Miltm.

though firm, ftood more
Milton.

frm'd.
Believe and be ntifrnd.
admit to the full

tapfter

is

of a

fuppofed to be

fit

for admiffion to the facrament.

Hammond's Fundamentals.

CONFORMABLE. adj.
which
dence.
It may

[from confirm.] That

evicapable of inconteftible

is

alle oy a, a. y exar.iples.

Brs,ivn'>

is

Vulgar Emurs.

eftablifhment.

perfon ; fettlement ;
Emb.ace nd love this man.

And

let

hoU

this

imfrmatitn

HonourM

/WyVIII.

2. Evidence by which any thing

is

afcer-

lalfe report hath

vith-caifiraiaim your great judgment.

that they would perfea-captains anfwered,

his command ; and, in c;afnr.iii';t.!i thcii^f,
not to do
thing which befccmed not

The
form

promifed
jitiant

any

Kn'Meii llfcry.

men.

Proof; convincing teftimony.

Wanting frequent

in a matter fo
ccnfrntatia
carricth but How

eonfi.-mable, their affirmation

perfuafion.

Brcivn.

Tht arzomentf brought by

Chrift for the ten.

were
frmjiun of hi dedUUie,

in thcmfelvcs fuffi-

tienu

for

Smth.

ftrive

ftriiggle

engage

way

Whatever

dering of

verb.

SeemJ

anjifcate.]

to publick ule.
was in every man's eye, what great forfeitures and unjtjcat'unt he had at that prefcnt to help
Bana'i Henry Vll.
himfelf.

CO'NFITENT.

to contend

Lat.]

[conjligo,
;

to

fight

to

to encounter

to

by ftriking againft

fire

Tiihtjon
fierce csnJOfling brine

o'er a thoufand raging

waves to burn.

a comfit.

1: is certain, that there

cor.ji:urit *rrd fits

It is

lucklefe ccnjtif} with the giant (tout,

f life or death he flood in
caj tiv'd,

doubt.

Sf tr.jtr,
It is

Whom

my

in this ewf,.il

father's face,

unawares have

kill'd.

Hbaktjfeare.

it.

B'.jie.

a fight between two.

feldom ufed of a general battle.

combat

Wherein

conf. [French; from

feSura, Lat.] A fweetmeat a confec-

CO'NFITURE.

The

One

n.f.

n.f. [confliflus, Latin.]

violent collilton, or oppofition, of two
fubftances.
Pour dephlcgmed fpirit of vinegar upon fait of

bodies in nature.

2.

[confteas, Lat.]
faults.
COnfeffing ; one who confefTes his
A wide difference there is between a meer ccnDecoy of'Piety
ftia and a true penitent.

other!.

<o.n

tartar, and there will be l\ich a anJiiS or ebullition, as if there were fcarce two more contrary

of transferring the forfeited

It

Latin. J

CO'NFLICT.

CONFISCA'TJON. a./, [from

tion

\_cvnflexnra,

contclt

to

mighty reward.
LafiVd into foam, the

Transferred to the publick as forfeit.

The accent in Sbakejf eare is on the firft

ail

part or
but a cwjtatian of
Bacon.

Dr;a'cn'sjwtnal.

The

when every

itfelf,

and water nnjIiSmg together.

Bacin's Natural Hiftaiy,
man would be content to ftrive w'th himfelf,
and ceitjuB with great difficulties, in hopes of a

fifh die vulgar fry excel,

to Caefar, v.'herefoe'er they fwim,
thiir own worth onjtfcated to him.

Belong

'the

is,

Bare unhoufed trunks,

the cutfiS'ntf elements expos'd,
Anfwer meer nature.
Sb*kejfctire's Tarrefl*
You fliall hear under the earth a horrible tiiun-

To

from

n.J.

properly
one another.

was judged that he mould be banimed, and

his whole eftate ctiffcatai and feiied, and his
Jijtcn.
houfes pulled down.

harmony

not heard by

all.

It

adj.

which

bending or turning.

1o

an offence.

CONFISCATE,

is

CON'Ll'Cf.

To

transfer private pro-

or publick, by
perty to the prince

of penalty

goods of criminals

additional proof.

To

iweeteft

CONFLE'XURE.

a hamfjcus, which originally fignifieth

or freil ; but meper, pannier, baflcet,
tonymically the emperor's treafure, becaufe it was anciently kept in fuch hampers. Co-ivelL]

fire

A cafting or melting of metal.

2.

from

Thy lands and goods

Are, by the laws of Venice, covfj'cate
Unto the (late of Venice. Sbak. Mcrcb. ofVtmct.

Sbakeffcare's

tained

The

fyllable.

it.

hcav'n

Witntfs how dear

Bfnt

generally taken for tht

inftrument

v. a. [confifcare, con-

in publicum addicere

harvefts

ripeu'd

together.

them

ccnfrtn-

CONFIRMA'TION. n.f. [from confirm.]

1. The aft of eftabliihing any thing or

.With brother's love 1 do

i. e.

the plains, where

CONFLA'TION. n.f. \conflatum, Latin.]

1. The act of blowing many inltruments

ot" i.ufe

[fiomconjifcate.] Li-

CONFi'SC ATE.

Jlfjuer,

By
receive a fpurious inmate, as

able to forfeiture.

To

fpreading over a large

mall confume this world at the confuramation of tilings.

Sliahjfearc.

reckonings.

o'er

rupted.
2. It is

Sbakejf cares King John.

no ftronger than the word

they are both the confrmcrs

Milt-*.

To
privileges
Chiiftian, by impofi.tion of hands.
Thofe which are thus ctnfmud, are thereby

3.

of a

CoKFi'scABLE.a^'.

ties.

j.

thefe fad fighs confrmirt of thy words

Then fpeak again.

The oath of a lover

[corifagratia,

Addons Ovid.
MankiirU hath had a giaJujrincreafc, n
fianding what floods and cwftfgrJtiMUj f i the
religious proreilion of celibacy, may have inter-

that confirms ; one that produces evidence or ftrength ; an attefter ; an efta-

Be

complete ; to perfedl,

fire

n.f.

trow,
running cenfagrathn fpreads below.

The

blifher.

4.

raifu

The opinion deriveth the complexion frm the

deviation of the fun, and the conflagration of allBrvum'i Vulgar Err:--n.
things under Phaeton.

of Piety.

n f. [from confirm.]

CONFI'RMER.

the difficulty.

Sbek. Mtajureftr Mtafure,

fpace.

n.f. [from confirmed.]

radication.
If the difficulty arile from the cciifrxifdnefs of
habit, every reliltaHce weakens the habit, abates
ftate

the eanfagretit mafsj purg'd and refin'J,

Milts*' i fjniJifc Lijf,
heav'ns, new earth.

Latin.]
general

1.

CONFI'RMEDNBSS.
Confirmed

true,

adj. [coiiflagrans, Lat.]

together; involved in a gene-

CONFLAGRA'TION.

confirm.'}
eltabiifti-

is

Then

ing with new force.

Addijtmi Sfctla^r,
er
fettle; to eftablifli either perfons

To

[from

monument

mirb'.c

New

definitive coifrru2!sr,

adj.

this

La-

From

of tilings unteitain, the fcnfe of man.

Brtaun'i Vulgar Err sun.

CONFIRMATORY,

furead the truth from pole to pole.

To

2.

ftars

the planets in their turn,

all

Confirm

the

all

teft

At

in fa/ety raife me from my kneei

elfe for ever be ciifxtd here,

me

Burning

matter pail doubt.

There wants herein the

\ccnfgo, conjtxum,
fix down ; to faften.

ral fire.

i.

and

a.

<v.

CONFI. A'CRANT.

this

So was his will

Pronoanc'd among the gods, and by an oa'.h,
Which (hook heav'n's whole circumference, ccn-

To

tin.]

obligabut as a witnefs to tellify his entering

7 CONFI'RM. v. a. \conf.rmo, Latin.]
Hammvnd en FuiiJateirtiiiz.
tion.
j. To put paft doubt by new evidence.
CONFIRMA'TOR. n, /. [from ccnfrmo,
The teltimony of Chrift was acfrmtd in you.
An Uttfter; he that puts a
C.r.
6.
Latin.]
i

BJ

wines.

next place, performed by corfrmatun ; a moft profitable ufage of the church, tranfcribed from the
confifts in two parts :
practice of the apoftles, which
the child's undertaking, in his own name, every
firft approved
part of the baptifirul vow (having
hirafelf to underftand it) ; and to that pnrpofc,
that he may more folemnly enter this obligation,
now [as in
bringing forue godfather with him, not
for him,
baptifm) as his procurator to undertake

3.

ftrife ; contention.
;
There is a kind of merry war betwixt fignior
Benedick and her tln:y never meet but there 's a
Alas! he gets
ikirmilh of wit between them.

Contort

be foinc houfcs wherein

wiM ga^cr touuld more than

in

a:tn.

nothing by that.
five wits

In our

went tilting

laft conflfl,

i ii'.

four of his
i'i-jktffean.

4.

Struggle;

CON
4- Struggle;

CON

No afiuiance touching victories can mike

prefent rcir/fi9i fo fweet and
eafy, but nature will
fhrink I.-PTT then:.
//~cfer.
...

great charge,

b~-

'.e

accomplish

what

-ith
it

Th' unequal

coujtia thtn, as angels

faints.

JiiuKs or

of

flood

.::

5.

Bacea.

and by experience the trouble of all

men'* catfuoue, ana for all matters to
yourielf.
BJCGK
.':

will

draw

of people from

nrfucr.cc

parts of th

how

>''

icd

COTSTLUENT.
Running one
At

length, to

ay.

S-j

into another

tain
I

meeting.

ftill

I.

Knots, by the cerf.u* of meeting fap,

InfeS the found pine and dive.t his
grain.

Crowd

2.

He
ra

fe

multitude

T
1 n
he

gates caft

'

mnnd

adj.. \coiftrm-s, Latin.]

re co\F(TRvr
'KM.

the fpirlts to va-

*>< *>*"* up?.

,
^..

a. [f ff /irtt!i , Latin.

reduce to the like

appearance, ftape,
or manner, with
fomething eli'e : with

I to tic pattern

Demand
e

to yield

Amonj

with

To comply

with

^t
Hey

.e

kfare.

[from

fame form

ufing the fame

manners; agreeing either in exterior or
moral characters ; limilar;

that

corfe^.fo^

comphes wijh the worfliip of

church ol England ; not a
diilenter

4.

throw into confternation

the

; to
terrify ; to amaze ; to aftoniA ;
to ftupiry.
So fpakethe Son of God and
Satan flood
;
wuile as mute,
cM/^nJat what to fay.

Now w.rh

furie?

furrounded,

Defpairing, ccrfaxnilij,
trembles, IK glows,

He

Amidft Rhodope's fnows.

To

J.

deilroy

Paffs'St.
to overthrow.

loathfnme in

And ,n
Ihe

the tafte

The fwecteft honey

its own
delicioufnels,

r/^,

the ippetite.

cnfMnd thw

gods

^,f thou

Let tlwm be
cnfnndtd

or torn).

a |, their
iet their
ftrength be broken.

and

c
So
deep a.malice

Ike -reate.tr-:

odious

Qod.

ju-genat wnatis

pleafure,

'

Oinugh

n/l<

Daniel, xri.
the race

/./:;,

VOED. panicip.adj.
:

[from.

Hateful; deteltaWe; enormous;

a low cant word.

A mtceifra*rrt6m for

brutiffi

tion.

beft

meet

have heard another

ftary
1- was a
inr.rt
aK'lasJiJI-arj.;
And grew, or he fsmuch
txrren.'ij j u 'i iwfrwr he d:ej.
Sir,

concep-

'

"'^

Jj

,v

to nature fe-min,-

to

^Otmankmiinoner.^.

/wA]

B> the knowledge of truth, and enerofc

rnan, amongft the crearurej of thi.

ho
PL

tt ill

.Similitude; refemblance /the'Tate ol

having the Jornt character of manner-

By

to per-

plex

they./^

To

ro^gut,

indif-

both nonccnforr

at.n.r.sth to

Lxki.

by

am yet to think, that men find their

fimple
ijee;, though, mdifcourfe,
one
an ;ther w.th different names.

refembling

ftnp not ideas fram. the marks men

for them, but
cnfwd them with words, mu*

have endleii
dilpute.
3. To difturb the apprehenfion
tmft words or notions.

Is

[from

ffalur.

Dml-Ju-v
j

cmfc rm

Byk.

fao

CONFORM, ST. ./

arc ,

:},

,-

/0

tue,
;

to.

mankiwl-fo few

.CONFORMABLE.^.
\.
the
Having

of the

of t!*ia wherefore thev

a,fm* a..t
M.- tlie order of the church
?
//<,r

^ CONFO'RM.

ur.a.r.Unaing.

followed that nwft natural effefl

of tm .
it which Ike did
Bke. AWw-y
'd
the
C
C/-T

Kfiltm
Kfiltm.

perplex ; to compare or mentida

without due dillinftion.
fluid
body and a wetting liquor are wot,
hecaufe they
agree in many things, to be

''"

producing fuitablenefs',
conformity, to any thing : with to.
Virtue and vice, fin and
hulincfs, and the an
Jormairm of our hearts and lives to the duties o
true region and
mr-rality, are things of more
{aence t.'ian the I'aroifure of

wearing Uie

fe

Af.

T-L
2. The aci of

,//.

To

2.

there hipperu to be fuch a

ftrutW an
fujinfuinot tr. tarth, as that the fire may p,
f>
:
fpincle,,it thenreJ d:i>

,.., rhc.-n.

To

^^

malign,

fky

Wrjnfro.

<r,1 rm

Where

thine rye, ar

Then

'

riety of p.iUions

found in the differoir

natur
mouth, and feveral
6

rufliing from afpe

oppofition, in mid

Should combat,
aadtneirjarring fpheres

a,e

ftapej or the
tnc organs.

coTleifted."

fuming the fime form

fame form ;
J
re&mbling.

Varieties

Skai.

quick!; , by the general c-rf.j X Jn d con

of the whole
peopl-, Itn-ightened his quar

Wh
CONFORM,

%/

<7.xi. 7 .

4-

as

relating to each
the particular texture and confiftence of the
and their
parts of a

fo that their feveral

To planets

mingle things

)( ticrcslt

n.f. [French; coxfa'-

courfe.

To

fpe ch '

this deri-

body,
difpofition to make a whole
as,
di/crcnt colours i, rtfiiatd from bodiu, a
cording to tbtir dijfertnt conformation

n.f. [ctnfiuxio, Latin.]

union of feveral currents
; con

The

1.

Bitchfon

[^/Wr^Fr.

Let us go down, and there

cmfiurj their Ian,
Siage, taat they may not understand one another's

W//V'(r

The form of things,

other

forms or natures cannot be

dilcerned.

matio, Lat.]

river

melting and defending ted.

_ ,
Co HFLUX.

wfarmabh to

CONFOTJND. v

i.

have treated of the fex

jtlim.-r.ts.

confuado, Lat.]

th.e

COXSORMA'TION.

iiead,

By (tores

obferre

O1CIOIU

th:ir vsrio'j? currents one

congregated floods together run :

Thefe oafana ftreams make fome

great

tt.

man

jirluttrx on
.

For corroborWion and

axfcrutwi, take fuch
s as are of
iftringent quality, without mani'-'''
!
Ba cn ; Natural
Hljt^

r.

'

agreement of his own

imagination:;, and talk
amfanutly, it is all cerrv

[cenfluns, Latin"]

make

has

it

perpetuity of all true joys.

fuitably
J

the noooa; of
Hippocrates.

corroboration.

shkcJpitrtsHtHryVlll.

agreeably

Grjttnt.

initances prove the

anfirmttj of the efljv

TION.
/. [from ccaforto, a
low Latin
word.] Collation of llreneth -

CO.VFO
RMABLY.WT/.ffrora csnforKabh.}
With conformity ;

all

concentre into the

felicity
>-.aU be maje ut> of the c,m-

ft-:*-

The

to rate

'

fip!e

Jrt to nob,

'
'

-!.*. P^r.

/.

/?

'

-"'J ''"
1

"o v FO' i; x o

Hatefully
crous woxd.
;

'

^
LONFORTA

Temflc.
rd

vat

-'

c-.nf-.rmtklt.

4. Collection'; concurrence.

TJi,tfe

bu Wln S to oth civil

nations, hath
our old wooden dark honfes fall

,-,
/ .
Coofiflency.

Many

the kingdoms of the earth to

yield
themfclres willingly
rniil.'tj ; n w
<,i,f.
be required, it was their
jr .^ r
duty.
Such delufions are reformed
by a
;"
devouon, and the well-tempered zeal of toSe' true
ChriAun fp.nt.
&

all

ofpi!

let

to decay.
[.

to follow directions"'
fubmiifive; peaceable; obfequious.
I've been to you a true and
humble wife,
At all time to your will
all

Dcc

be otherwise
happy bat by our cm.

'"

Compliant; ready

For

.'

3. Aconcoarfe; a multitude crowded into

one place.

Th:s

made.

to.

j-tfT*"*
difpofed us to

.-

is

but to draw us to

is

religion

God.

God.

f'.r*, !},,

A"

.;,i

We cannot

writing.

vifi-

In lorae

3.

produflions of a great geni-as, with'mam

lapfes, are preferable to the works of an inferiou'r
author, fcrupuloully exaft, and
ccxfznraMe :o al'
the rules of correS

a!.

but

all

giv- us a tafle of her

pertecUy nnfcrmable
,ri that
Mdiji,-; SfeSj.-rr

"

Sbakcfixir,.
becaufe oft

make merry,

to

writing,

The

common

of crowding to a
place.

Some come

tviti, not improperly

uled with the verb.

of

end of

Agreeable ; fuitable
net "oppofite
conuilent.
Nature is vfry confonant and rt.6nr.rW, ,
her-

4.

aft

TEe

a H,
j,, m lt

The/ragmems of Sappho
way

jiJJ;r,.-.
fentitiva tafte..
n, <v.c,_.
eHr.
has in force authors tnitk
before the

It

model to which the

conformity

Jfrbulinct.

charaQcr we find of her.

i'.r.v. y.

The

2.

2.

the principles.

to is

watered Paradife.
Rjleigh's HiK.cftkeWirid.
ccnrjth the
OBpfcoKr of Tigris and
Euphrates.
Brtrnoxd fa Lacgafgt:.
In the veins bnmmerable little rivulets have
the great vein, the

that with

iometimes

3.

ufurped dominion over the reif,

? of all thole rivers

-.1:0

before

cerforaal!,

look

Bigiiet

to

commonly

which there is agreement.

He gives a reafon
to

who

metaphor would sot hare been fo general

pis
there not been a
urfv^, between the mental
tafte acd the

"mi'ig

It has

z.

l.i-

On dying
Ibimfun'i Summer.
CO'NFLCEVCE. n.f. [ccnfluo, Latin.]
1
The junction or union of feveral iireams.
.-od,

unto

'

of ClrTit'

Rigas.

He perceiv'd

CON

Centna were not mad*

emfermal'e
m
Wb Ch mtto<x3feK *

TTie

agony; pang.

Smfi.

A-. [from
fmm<f,J. ]
fhamefully a luw or hufir.

3C

And

L'Efiranft.
of
fpecuUtions bejin to fmell ctnfnndtdly

Thy

He

n.f. [(rcm. canfoiiH.l.]

or

terrifies,

perplexes,

deftroys.

[from con and

A
brotherhood ; a
Latin.]
fraternitas,
body of men united for fome religious
n.f.

purpofe.

of

it.

ION. n.f. [from

and/V;co,
The aft of rubbing againft any

c A'T

Lat.]
thing.

Tumultuoufly

CONFRO'NT.

1.

To

v. n. \cenfrmHr, Fr.]
iland agaifllt. another in full view ;

to face.
fuoke, and

To

buT

fwet'd blows,
eonStrength match'd with ftrejigth, and power
Slatefpeare's King Join.
fr-*r.tc<t power.
Bellona's bridegroom, laptin proof,
him with felf eomparifons,
Confronted

To

oppofe one
3.
pen court.

We

began to
himfelf

feei-ig

cmfnnnd by

him

To compare
When

many, went not

denial, but to juftjfy his criwl falfehood.

4.

to natural inability,

to

one thing with another.

Addijtn.

CONFRONT A'T ION.

aft

n.f.

t,n

[French.]

1.

a.

Tumult

2.

To

to difperfe irregularly.
roving on

mix, not feparate.

length an univeifal hubbub wild,

ftunning founds and voices all cmfas'd,
Borne through the hollow dark, aflaulu bis ear,
Milton

At

Of

To perplex,

3.

We may

not diftinguifli

have

a clear

Crying

icica

Shall

5.

The

one mingled with anothe

inner court with hoiror, noife, and lean

fill'd ; the women's liir;eiu and tries

Confiti'dy

aichcd vault! ic-echu.

Dtniaa

Mad.

mind;

of

diftraftion

ftate.

What more miraculous thing may be told,

Than ice, which is cor.gea?d with fcufclefs cold,
Should kindle fire by wonderful device ?
In whofe capacious womb
vapoury deluge lies, to fnow cimafJ*

adj.

[from
;

Poffi-

confute."]

poflible

to be

Ihewn

not prefent
accufations ; bot will oS'er unto his omnilcience a true
Brmvx
lift of our tranfgreilions.

At the bft day, that inquifitor

God a bundle of calumnies, or

(hall

confutable

CONFUTA'TION. n.f. [catfutatio, Latin.

The aft of confuting difproof.
A cvr.futatlen of atheifm from the frame of the
world.

CONFU'TE.
To convift of

a.

I/,

[confuto,

To

concrete; to

wrapt in linen, and it will

more, and endure the hammer.
filver

and run no
Bacon*

fix

When water congeals, the furface of tile ice is

fmooth and level, as the furface of the water was
Bartia's Tbesrybefore.

Co N c E'A L M E N T. n.f.

[from

congeal.'}

The

and Cleopatra.
Stakeff art's Oniony

to

cengealment

CONCE'LABLE.

Huditras

Swift
So courteous rcngi both did give and take,
right hands plighted, pledges of go.d-will.
Fairy Queen

[from
;

congeal.']

Suf-

capable of

lof-

of bodies arc very divers:

pncumatical, fixed, hard,
not lifoft, ccngeloblc, not cor.gcktle, liquefiable,
Bacon.
qnefiable'.
The chymifts define fait, from fome of its proto be a body fixable in the fire, and congelM'he

denfe,

n.f. [conge, French.]

farewel.

adj.

ceptible of congelation
ing its fluidity.
confiftencies

rare,

tangible,

perties,

ablt again by cold into brittle glebes or cryftals.

jirbutlr.u en ^BEmMi

With

a.

Bcntlty

Aft of reverence bow ; courtefy.

The captain falutes you with conge profound,
And your ladyfhip curt'fies halfway to the ground
;

gather into a mafs by cold.

In the midft of molten lead, when it beginneth
to congeal, make a little dent, into which put quick-

For a man to doubt whether there be any hell

and thereupon to live as if there were none, but
when he dies, to find himfelf confuted in the flames
Scuib
muft be the height of woe.

Leave

ccngeal'd

Latin/

errour or talfehood

could on either fide difpute ;

and ftill confute.
Confute, change hands,

z.

cold.

by

dead Henry's wound*

mouths, and bleed afreih.
SLakcfpfare^s Richard III*
Too much fadneft hath taigcaTd your blood.

He

I .

fix, as
gentlemen, fee fee

Oh,
Open theii

difprove.

CO'NGE.

bind or

clot formed by congelation; concretion.

Enter the city, clip your wives, your friends ;
Tell them your'feats, whilft they with joyful tears
from your wounds.
Wa(h the

To

I'bomfoni Waittr,

To

Sbafcejpcart,

falfe.
to

Spetfftr.

To CONCE'AL. v.

ev'ry heart,

ble to be difproved

Thef four n^i-ions are every where mixed in tl

Scriptures, bccaufe they dwelt cor.fvfed/y together
Raftieb't Hi/lory
z. Indiftinftly

SbaLtfp.

waves on waves, and gulphs in gulphs,

O'ercome the pilot's art.
Spectator,

replies.

In a mixed mafs; without feparation.

The

in to his confufian.

When

of th

[ from confufid. ]

2.

in ev'ry face,
Ccnfufan dwelt

Pope't Statins
ttd-v.

confufioa

And few in

CONGE'AL. v. a. [congclo, Latin.]

To turn, by froit, from a fluid to a folid

To

combination.

draw him

which joins the lhaft of the column to

Chambers.
the cinfture.

Sbakefpcarc's CorKlattut-

confujion.

Aftonifhment;
hurry of ideas.

Haiti's

CONFU'SEDLV.
I.

diforder.

Overthrow ; deftruftion.
The ftrcngth of their illufion,

4.

To

hurry the mind.

and ladly OK at length
Ctr./ut'd

Spcflator.

views, and their icafonings with falfe confequences

Loctt,

many thing', though our ideas o

their intimate etlences and caufes arc veiy confus'
and obfcure.

flie

mouldn.f. [In architecture.]

ing in form of a quarter round, or a
cavetto, which ferves to feparate two
members from one another : fuch is that

of two different ideas, which a

hath
cuftomary connexion of them in theit minds
made to them almoft one, fills their heads with falfe

The

toobfcure.

and diilinft

when

CO'NGE.

is

3. Indiilinft

exigence of

4.

not a God of fedition and csnfujion, but

of order and of peace.
Honker, Preface.
This is a happier and more comely time,
Than when thefe fellows.ran about the ftreets

God

to

In ccnfat'J march forlorn, th' adventurous bands

View'd firft their lamentable lot, and found
Milton
No reft.
2.

has made her own choice,

for form's fake, fends a cange' d'elire to her friend*.

hit,

[confufat, Lat.]

Thus

A woman,

tongues confufion was to ruin brought. Daviti.

CONFO'TABLE.
<v.

Coivcll.

election.

Kcrr'u.

01 attention.

wife, to punifli pride of wit,

men's wits hath this cnnfujion wrought ;
As the proud tow'r, whofe points the clouds did

The

of bringing two evidences face

CONFU'SE.
To diforder

want

God, only

Mcdcih.

face.

To

is

Among

Sidney.

confront

hands.

&

letters patent.

IONPU'SION. n. f. [from confufe.'}

Irregular mixture; tumnltuous medley.

he

a medal with a verfe, I only

(hrw you the fame defign executed by different
I

not deliberate-

they fliould, at every vacation, before

they chufe, demand of the king a conge
d'elire, that is, licence to proceed to

arm.
Sbalitjpearis Macbeth.
evidence to another in

fo"

king, as lovereign patron of all archbifhopricks, biftiopricks, and other ecclefialHcal benefices, had, in ancient times,

Hither jnto thefe titles of honour carry a kind of

and rather betokened a fucceifive office
than an eltabliihed dignity.
Carrx's Survey if Carman!!.
The caufe of the ctfuj(dr.cjt of our notions, next

'gainft

his unkindnefs unto

lay.

andfigni-

fion royal to a dean and chapter, in time

of vacation, to chufe a biihop. The

caifi.fi.ir.-ji,

Blood hath bought blood* and blowa have an

arm

In procefs of time he
the election over to others, under
certain forms and conditions ; as, that

the Jews,

rebellious,

French

law, the king's permif-

made

By

Eaft and Weft churches did both confront

Hooker,
and concur with them.

feint aga.nft point

common

ONl'u'sEDNESS. n.f. [from COnfuftd.}

Want of diftinftnefs ; want of clearnefs.

another.

The

in

the free appointment of all ecclefiaflical

bacu~
dignities ; inverting them firft/fr
lum
a/iuulum, and afterwards by hi*

face to face, in oppofuion to

ftarid

fies,

1.
;

cnfrfnti
forehead, ium'mg full,
defcended.
Drydw's r\rg\I.

And on his ample

The deadly {hokc
2.

the

thefl-

O'NGE D'ELlREu

propriety of thoughts and words,

ait the hidden beauties of 4 pisy, are but ctnfafidly
Drydtr..
judged in the vehemence of action.

horn

To

He

and done my adieu

I have
ctngted with the duke,
with his nearcft. j>>ei. All'* vitll that endi well,

not exaftly.

The

out
reported, that ivy hath grown
which they fupfofe did rather
;
come from a cmfricatstn of tht horn upon the ivy,
Bacon.
than from the horn itlclt.
(lag's

haftily

To

[from the noun.]

n.

which

ly

k hath be< n

of a

Ciaiendoa.
..

-v.

take leave.

Not clearly ; not plainly.

He cmfufrdly andobfcuieljr delivered hisopinion.

We find

days appointed to be kept, and a ctofrafor that purpole, with the laws
ttrnity cftabliflied

CO'NGE.

"o

hideous ruin
Addifos on Italy.
viewed through a prifni! and faw them moft
fo that 1 could not diftinguifh
tenfuftdty defined,
their fmaller parts from one another.
ffnaton'i Opticli.
Hercts and heroines ihouts csnfia'Jly rife,
And bale and treble voices ftrike the (kiss. Pope.

jf^fa'tSftBflfr-

CONFRATE'RNMTY.

Co N F R

Vefuvius next he fix J hit eyei,

law the fmoaking tops cenfui'dly rife j

woods and meadows.

CONFO'UNDER.
who diikrbs,

On mount

Uf and

to fquirting

Yeu.are anfumicdlj given

down, and tiattcrii ,;.

CON

CON

CON

CONCELA'TION.
i.

n.f. [from congeal.}

Aft of turning fluids to folids by cold.
The cjpillary tubes are obftrucled either by out-

word

coni:".cfiion or nn^claiion ot the fluid.

t

ai dnmentt,

There

CON
There

CON

are congelation! of tha redundant water,

precipitations, and

many

made

fo'id

Many waters and fpringl will never freeze; and

many parts in rivers and lakes, where there are
mineral eruptions, will

ftill

perfift

without

c^r.^e-

Brrwn's Vulgar Errourj.

n.f. [Latin.] Of the fame
kind or nature.
The cherry-tree has been often grafted on the
Miller.
laurel, to which it is a congener.

Of

adj. {congener,

CONGLA'CIATE.

Co N G L A C

original

belonging to the fame

The

adj. [eon

Co N c E N

A'L i T Y n /. [from congenial.

]
Participation of the fame genius ; cognation of mind, or nature.
Co N c E'N IALNESS. n.f. [ from congenial.
I

begotten together.

of any fuch

cor.gewte -pp.ehenfions ?
lan-viUe* t Stetf.:.

CO'NGER. n.f.

[congrus,

Walton's Anglir,

The air is noth-ng but a conrertes or heap of

fmall, and for the moft part of flexible, particles,
of feveral fizes, and of all kinds of
figures.

To

CONGE'ST. v. a.
To heap up;
Lat.]^

To CONCLO'BE. v.
round mafs.

tumours.
Conge/lion

Quiney.

is

then faij to be the caufe ut a tuit is

flow, anc without

mour, when the growth of

1

PJ

"-

CONGIARY.

ty.jman.

n.f. [congiarium, from eonfins, a mcafure of con, Latin.]

gift

To

I.

-v.

a.

ffattf's Lorick.

has fometimes the accufative cafe of

the caufe of joy, and to before the perfon.

z. It

An ecclefiaftical union within yourfeivcs, 1 airt

rather ready to congratulate to you. Sjratt's Serf?:.
The fubjects of England may congratulate 19
themfelves, that the nature of our government,
and the clemency of our king, fecure us.

CON G

R.

to

A'T u LATE. v. n.

Aurengzcbt.

To

rejoice
in participation.
I cannot but congratulate with my
country,
which hath outdone all Europe in advancing con-

[conglo-

feparate

convolution.

Grnu's Ccjmokgia.
CONGLOMERATE, adj. [from the verb.]
1. Gathered into a round ball, fo as that
the condiment
parts and fibres are diftinft.
Fluids are feparated in the
liver, and the other
conglobate and conglomerate glands.
Cbeyre's fbil'^iftical Prlnciflcs.

cti*g!mn:rote, generate heat.

CONCLOMER A'TION.

n.f.

Swift.

n.f. [from congra-

tulate. ]

one ^rt^canglmieratii gland, compofeJ of innumerable fmali glands, each of which

coafifleth of foft fibre:, in a dilrindr. or

The aft of profeffing joy for the happinefs or fuccefs of another.

The form

2.

nefs

which joy for the happi-

in

of another

is

profefled.

CONCRA'TULATORY.

adj. [from congraExpreffing joy for the good fortune of another.

tulate.]

To CONGRE'E.

To

agree

Not

*o. n.

[from gre, French. J

to accord

to join

to unite.

in ufe.
For government,

Put

into parts, doth keep in one concent,

Ctngreeing in a full and natural clofc.

Co N G

To

To

Sbakcffeare' s Henry
R.

E'E T.

-v. n.

from row and greet. J

falute reciprocally.
Not in ufe.
office hath fo far
prevaii'd,
face to face, and royal eye to
eye,
have congreeted.
Sbakeffenn's Henry V.
v. a. [congrego*

My
multiplied

Barn's Nat.

[from

Il-ft.

conglo-

merate.]
Colleftion of matter into a loofe ball.
2. Intertexture ; mixture.
t.

The

Diyder.'s Preface

To

liver is

Collected; twifted together.

The bn.ini9 of light, when they arc

I
congratulate Our Englilh tongue, that it hai
been enriched with words from all our neighbours.

Milan's. ParattifcLiJI.

CONGLOMERATE,

jn-l

a. [gratular,

compliment upon any happy event

good of another.

CONGRATULATION,

mafs.

2.

t,.

to exprefs joy for the

Pope's Duneiad.

mero, Lat.] To gather into a ball, like a

ball of thread ; to inweave into a round

The

CONGRATULATE,

verfation.

To

rufli'd in hafte the great confulting peers,

Latin.]

coalefce into a

Hailed with glad precipitance, up-roll'd

As drops on duft ccnglMng from the dry.

Latin.]

and

To

n.

Thither they

together.

colleftion of matter, as in abfccfles

clofer, orb in orb

anrhb'd, are feen

The buzzing bees about their dufky queen.

Bylc.
[cengcro, cong:Jium,
to gather

CONCE'STIBLE. artj. [from conge/!.] That

may be heaped up.
Difl.
CONGE'STIOM. n.f. \congeftio,
A

n.f. [from conglobate.]

colleftion into a round

Like things to like.

Milton's ParaJife
Left.
For all their centre found,
to
the
Hung
goddcfs, and coher'd around :

Many fifh, whofe (nape and nature are much

like the eel, frequent both the fea and frefh livers
;
as the mighty
longer, taken often in tl.e Severn.
n.f. [Lat.] Amafs of fmall
bodies heape<i up together.

To

in a ball.
Then he founded, then cingLb'd

fea-eel.

CONCE'RIES.

Forth

Rais'd from the dark divan, and with like joy

Milttn.
Csngratulant approach'd him.

To CONGLO'BE. <v. a. \conglolo, Lat.] To

gather into a round mafs ; to confolidate

Not

Frjjils.

adj. [from congratuRejoicing in participation; ex.

late.'}

Difl.

Brcnun.

The

Latin.]

as a congtutiriatir

Waad-Manl on

CONGRA'TULANT.

In this fpawn are difcerned many fpecks, or

little
cenglctetuns, which in time become black.

CONCE'NITE.<J<#. [coagenitus, Latin.] Of

the fame birth ; born with another ; con;

conglobate.']

CONGLOBA'TION.
round body
mafs.

power of

the

preffing participation of another's joy.

In a fperical form.

Many conclufrxis of moral and intellectual

truths feem, upon this account, to be ccnrenire with
us, connatural to ut, and engraven in the very
frame of the foul.
Male's Origin of Mankind.
Did we learn an alphabet in our
embryo-ftjte ?
And how comes it :o fa ',, that we are not aware

of broken bones.

Cbeyne'i Pbilofopbicttl Principles.

[from conglu-

uniting wounds.
The olteocolla is recommended

Fluids are feparated from the blood in the liver,

and the other congl.bate and conglomerate glands.

[from

n.f.

That which has

tinate.]

one large conglobated

fibres, all in one convolu-

ad-v.

power of uniting

wounds.

Grew.

CO'NCLOBATELY.

[from congln-

adj.

the

CONGLUTIN A'TOR.

ball.

adj. [from the verb.]

into a firm ball, of which the

Having

tinate.']

teiticle, as is laid, is

Moulded

Cognation.

nate

CONCLU'TINATIVE.

fibres are not diftinftly vifible.

Pope.

acquires a courage, and ftiffhefs of opinion,

not at alt congenial tuitb him.
Swift.

[conglobatus,

CO'NCLOUATE.

your own conceptions. Drydtn's Dedicat. ofjuv.

Smit with the love of filler arts we came,
And met congenial, miogling flame with flame.

He

a.

tion.

ncfi of our late fovereign and mafter.

Wolnn.
You look w'th pleafure on thofe things which
are fomc.vhu congenial, and of a remote kindred to

Bacon's Natural Hi/lory.

fubjecl very unfit

gather into a hard firm

gland, confuting of foft

and genus, Lat.]

Partaking of the fame genius ; kindred ;

cognate in Swift it is followed by 'with.
He fprung, without any help, by a kind of ccaf trial compofure, as we may term it, to the like-

To

-v.

wounded

To this elongation of the fibres is owing the

union or conglutination of parts feparated by A
wound.
Arbutbnot tin Aliments.

Brsivn.

CO'NGLOBATE.

Latin.]

Difl.

CONGE'NIAL.

concreted by a mineral
for, while it re-

lapidirical principles j
in a fluid body, it was a

for proper
eonglaeiaticn.

To

CONCH'NEROUSNESS. n.f. [from ctngeThe quality of being from the

xerout.]
clafs.

it is

and

The caufe is a temperate conglutination ; for

both bodies are clammy andvifcous, and do bridle
the deflux of humours to the hurts.

If cryftal be a Irone,
fpirit,

mained

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

lading colds proceeds a great
run of apoplexies, and other congenerous difeafes.
^rbulbnol on Air.

bodies

A'T ION. n. f. [ from conglaciftate of being changed, or aft

of changing, into ice.

retdily receive the impre/iions of their nature.

The aft of uniting

re-union ^ healing.

tinate.]

turn to ice.

The

ate.]

n. To coalefce;
to unite by the intervention of a callus.
CONCLUTIN A'TION. n.f. [from conglu-

other doth properly cyngfaciate but water ;

for the determination of quickjilver is properly
fixation, and that of milk coagulation.
Brvujri'j Vulgar Errcun.

Latin.]
from the

From extreme and

To

Latin.]

No

fame

fame

wounds.
To CONGLU'TJNATE. v.

Latin.]

fame kind ; arifing

original.
Thoie bodies, being of a crngeneraut nature, do
the

money.

We

CO'NGENER.

CONCE'NEROUS.

To

fee on them the emperor and general officers,

ftanding as they diftributcJ a cangiary to the folor
diers
people.
M.lifon.
To
-v. n.
[conglaciatus,

fathn.

CONGLUTINATE.t;.*. [cc*glutim ,
To cement to reunite to heal

Roman people or foldiery, originally in corn, afterwards in

di/hibuted to the

other operations.
A'butbltot on Air.

t. State of being congealed, or

by cold.

CON

multiplication and conglomeration of founds

dutii generate turclViUion of the air.

Satin' t Natural
Uifltr-j.

That

You
To CO'NGREGATE.
Lat.]

To

colleft together;, to allemble

to bring into

one place.

Anj* multitude of Cliriltian men. congregated,

be termed by the name of a church. I.
Thcl'e waters were ;tfrrr.v:irjs
-ml
cir.gt v,?/^/,

may

called

th*

fca.

Haliifk'i HiJIorj of the World.

ni bowling
fciS,
windi,
The gutter'd rocks and cmgregateJ fands,
As having fenfe of beauty, do omit
Othello.
T^heir mortal natures.
Sbtkeffeart'i

Thefe pbnei were fo feparated

Tempefts themfelves, high

The

1.
is

He

whole (entente
wanting one particle.

CO'NGREOATE.
.Collected

Where

to

adj.
is

the greater.

Drniam.

moft congregate, the cold is

Bacon's Natural hifti-ry

n.f. [from congregate.']

The

aft of collefting.
The means of reduction by

1.

the

fire, is

but by

Batm.
homogeneal parts.
collection ; a mafs of various parts

congregation of

2.

publick, and hear doftrine.

The words which the miniltcr firft pronounceth,

the wholeiOB|rfgf/wifliall repeat after him. Hooter.
The practice of thofe that prefer houfes before
churches, and a conventicle before the ccngregaSouth.

If thofe preachers, who abound in epiphonemas,

would look about them, they would find part of
their congregation out of countenance, and the other
all -er.

Swift.

congrega-

pertaining to a congregation or affembly. It is a word

ufed of fuch Chriftians as hold every
congregation to be a feparate and independent church.

tion.']

Publick

CO'NGRESS.

1.

meeting

n. f.

[congre/as, Latin.]
a confiift.
;

mock

Here Pal'as urges on, and Laufus there j

Their congreft in the ftVld great Jove withftands,
Both doora'd to fall, but fall by grca:.T hands.
Drjden'i JEnc'id.
From tliefe laws may be deduced the rules of
reflections
of
and
two
bodies.
the ang'tffes
Cbeyae'i Pbibfetticjl Princiflcs.

2.

An

appointed meeting for fcttlement

between different nations as,

the congrefs of Cambray.
CONGRE'SSIVE. adj. [ from congrcfs. ]
of

affairs

Meeting

encountering

it

Btn

coming toge-

jfonfon'l Difcc-verf

2.

Locke.

are female

and

generation, there

all

plants

of disjoined and cngrej/iiif

no male or female in them.
Brown's Vulgar Err&urs.

if
is

Ss-CONGRUTS. v.a.

[homeongruo, Lat.]
agree ; to be confident with ; to
Not in ufe.
fuit ; to be agreeable.
Our Sovereign procefs import* at full,

To

By Ittters cengruing to that eft'cft,

The prefent death" of Hamlet.
Sbakefp. Hanla.

CONCRU'ENCE.
Agreement
to another

n.f. [fongruentia, Latin.]

fuitablcnefs of one thing

confiftency.

Agreeing

adj.

[congrueni,

cocrefpoudent.

Latin.]

Bacor.
be in plenty or fcarcity.
The two lad words are not in Cj'lliiruchus, ant
confequently the

reft are

only ftnjtflural.

c.f. [from <oHjefuwhich depends upon guefs.

That

They have

not recurred unto chronology, or the

records of time, but taken themfelves unto probabilities, and the ctn^tSturafOy of philofophy.

Brown's Vulgar

CONJE'CTURALLY. adv.
ral.~\

By guefs

[from coujcftu-

by conjefture.

Whatfoevcr may be at any time, out of Scripand cwjcflurally furmifcd.

Hnktr,

tutv, but probably

Let

it

be probably, not cm:jc8urally, proved.

Cbeyne's Pinlojopbical Principles.

3. Rational

Motives
are fittelt

ONJE'CTURE.

th;it

cctigruous, that God mould be

always frightening men into an acknowledgment
of the truth.
Aitcrbury

tures

it is

no ways

CO'NGRUOUSLY.

ad-v.

[from congruous.]

Suitably; pertinently; confiftently.

This conjecture is to be regarded, bccaufe, KKgrucujly unto it, one having warmed the bladder,
found

then lighter than the oppofite weight.

Bylc's Sfring of tb? Air.

it

Latin.] HavJ
ing the form of a cone, or
round decreasing.

CO'N ic A L.
CO'NICK.

7 adj. [coaicus,

in comet forms arife,

Tow'ring
with a pointed fpear divide the fkies.
firs

And

brown

flint

of a

cor.ick

figure

the

Pri'r
brtjis

We.

oblong.

They

are con'ual vcffels, with their bales toward

;
and, as they pafs on, their diameter

the heart

grow

ftill

Arbuti'n

lefs.

CO'NICALLY.

aii-v.

[from

conical.]

watering pot, ft aped Connelly, or like a

fugar-loaf, filled with water, noliqu^r falls throug]
the holes at the bottom, whilft the gardener keep
his

thumb upon

the orifice

.it

the top.

Co']>7!CAi,KESS. n.f. [from conical.] Th

rtate or quality of being conical.
CONICK Stflion. n.f. A curve line arifmj
from the feftion of a cone by a plane.

CONICK

In.f. TUat part of geo

)
metry which confider
the cone, and the curves ariiing from it
Sections.

CO'NICKS.
feftions.

To

CONJE'CT. v. n. [conjetlum, Lat.

To guefs to conjecture. Not in ufe.
;

you then,

From one that but imperfectly conjefls,

Your wil'dom would not build youtfclf

1.

Jn the carting of lots, a man cannot, upon any

rcai'on, bring the event fo much as unSouth.
der conjecture.

ground of

2. Idea; notion;

trouble.

Sbakiffeart

Not now

conception.

in ufe.

Now entertain ccnjtffure of a time,

When creeping murmur, and the poring
Fills the

wide

vcflel

To

guefs

R E.

to

dark,

of the univerfe.
Stalteffeare's

To CONJE'CTU

v.

a.

Henry V.

[from the noun.]

judge by guefs

to enter-

tain an opinion upon bare probability.

When we look upon fuch things as equally may
or may not be, human reafon can then, at the bed,
but cinjtffure what will be.
South.

CONJE'CTURER.

guefler

n.f. [from conjefiure.]

one who forms opinion with-

out proof.
If

we Ihould

believe very grave cmjcflureri, car-

now were

nivorous animals

not

(hall leave conjeflurcrt

tion;.
I

CONIFEROUS,

flefli

devuurcrs

Brwn.

tii. "l.

to their

own imaginaAddtfar.,

adj. [co/ius and/ire, Lat.]

Such trees or herbs arc atufineti as bear a

fnuamufc fcaly fruit, of a woody lubitancc, and a
figure approaching to a cone, in which are many
fcedbj and when they are ripe, the feveral cells in
the cone open, and the feeds drop out.
Of this
kin.l are the tir, pine, and beech.
i^.. .>.-,>.

To CONJO'BBLE. -v. a. [from con, together, and jilli.-rnol, the head.] To concert ; to fettle ; to difcufs. A low cant
word.
What would a body think of a mmiftcr thit
Ihould cinitililc matters of (late with tumblers, an J
confer politicks with tinkers ?
L'EJirange.

To
.1

n.f. \conje3ura, Latin.]

Guefs; imperfect knowledge ; preponderation of opinion without proof.

Ii

form of a cone.
In

Aftfjrv.

fit.

addrcfs themfelves to our reafoh,

to be employed upon reafonablc crea-

Htootne.

CONJECTURA'LITY.

infinite, the object infinite, and

faculty
they infinitely congrticut to one another.

I intreat

CoNCRu'iNT.

Jt were a matter of great profit, favc th.it 1 jout.t

CooM
cvnjifiural to venture upon, if one
difccrn what con:, herbs, or fruit:, are likely to

is

Baylc's Spring t,f the Ait

be underftood of fcxes conjoined,

Statefpetn't

it is .too

portionate .or commenfurate.

The

anJ^

Coriolamis.

Thou fpeak'ft it falfcly, as I love mine honour,

And mak'ft CMJ<.Sarl tears to come into me.

mankind

know

declines, fide factions,

gjte out
Carjeflural rnrriags.

accommodated to; pro-

Suitable to;

who

fo congruous to

reafon, that the light of a great part of

give tertimony to the law of nature.

and prefume to

th' fire,

by

thrives and

ral.]

and the obedience we owe him

fit

They'll

Who

adj. [congruus, Latin.]

1. Agreeable to ; con fillent with.
The exiftence of God is fo many ways mani-

ther.
If

reaibn

S-ai'if-.

ONJE'CTURAI,. adj. [from conjtflure.]

Depending on conjefture ; faid or done
by guefs.

CO'NCRUOUS.

fcft,

This brave o'erhanging firmament appears no

other thing to me, than a foul and peltilent ci-r.Shakejptare.
gregation of vapours.
God in
3. An afiembly met to worlhip

CONGREGATIONAL.**^', [from

Sidney.

n.f. [fromcoegrue.] FitNot in uic.

nefs ; adaptation.
The coHgrumcnt and harmonious fitting of periods in a fenrence, hath almoft the faftening and
force of knitting and connexion.

brought together.

t'an.

cmgruity by

CO'NGRUMENT.

verb.]

CONGREGA'TIOTI.

its

/V<?. ]

{ from cenjeelurt. ]
of
the
; pofiiWc
object
conjecture
Being
to be gueffcd.

CONJE'CTURABLE. adj.

[In geometry.] Figures or lines which

exafuy correspond, when laid over one
another, are in cungruity.

4.

relate)

compac%

the matter

of

confiftency.
With what .cngruity doth the church of Rome
deny, that her enemies do at all appertain to the
church of Cii.iit?
Hooter.

rails,

[from the

f.iil

of argument

Confequence

3.

Ofticks.

may

from

a conjefturer.

gucfler
For io CGKJcflort would obtrude,
And from thy painted flt'm conclude.
;

pertinence.

Ev'n .there where merchants moft do cwgrcgjte,

On me, my bargains. Shaktff. Mtrcb. of I'cr.ice.
'T'u true (as the old proverb doth
Equals with equals often congregate.

CONJK'CTOR. n.f.

Ccngruity of opinini to our natural confHtution,

one great incentive to their reception. Glamj'illt.

Fitnefs

2.

Light, congregated by a burning glafs, acts moil

upon (ulphureous bodies, to turn them into firr.

CO'N OR EG ATE. v. n. To affemble;

meet ; to gather together.

mevt upon

n.f. [from congrut.~\

Suitablenefs ; agreeablenefs.

Nnvioit's Oft'nts.

Newton's

as to

of the fO*gr*e*t fquares, as an axis.

Ctiyni's FUhfafbica! Pr'mciflet.

fide

CONGRV'ITY.

races hetcrogcneal ones.

t>

common

and the great receptacle

Of ciirgrtgateJ waters, he call'd leas ;
And faw that it was good. Ifdnn'i Paradijt Lt-Ji.
Heat congregates homogeoeal bodies, and fepadry land, earth

CON

CON

CON

CONJO'JN.

11. a.

[conjeinJre, Fr. csr.-

jungo, Latin.]
i. To unite; to confolidate into one.

Tho

CON

CON
Thou

wrong'ft Pirithous, and not

But, while

two friends

I live,

h!m

conjoin'd

alone

The general and indefinite contemplations and

notions of the elements, and their conjugations,
are to be fet afide, being but notional, and illimited
and definite axioms are to be drawn out of meafureJ

in one.

Drydtn.

To

unite in marriage.
ow any inward impediment,
If either of you
Why you fliould not be tenjcia'tl, I charge
You on your fouls to utter it. Stak. Much Mo.
to conneft.
3. Toaflociate;

2.

and univerfal

fpirics

convey ihe action

of the remedy into the part, and conjoin the virtue

of bodies far disjoined. Br"wn's I'ulgar Errours,
Men of differing intererK can be recorciled h.
one communion ; at leaft, the defigns of all can
be conjoined in ligatures of the fame reverence, and
Taylor.
piety, and devotion.
Let that which he learns next be nearly ctnj'/ir;d
Locke.
with what he knows already.
To CONJO'IN. V.H. To league ; to unite.
This part "
Conjcira with my difeafe, and helps to end m.
Sbakefpcart'l Henry

CONJOI'NT.
connected

and

purpofe

things and duties,

Conjoined

adv. [from

union ; together
ly ; not apart.

conjoint.]

in affbciation

To

In

Brown's Vulgar Errovrs.

The parts of the body, fcparately, make known
the paffions of the foul, or elfc ctwjomtlj one with
the other.
Drjden.

and
to

belonging

marriage

2.

Tli.ir ccrjugal affection ftili is tied,

Hill the mournful race is multiplied.

And

Drydtn
I could

Fables.

cw.mcnding the young wowhen 1 f<;und that

the good man at home.
SptHatcr.

not forbear

for her conjugal affection,

fte had left

He mark'd

CO'NJUGATE.

To join

exhaufted.

to join in marriage ; to unite.

;
Thofe drawing as wcl, marriage as ward (nip,
gate him both power and occaCon to conjugate at

I.

pleafure the

To

2.

Norman and

the Saxon houfes.

Pompey and

3.

CO'KJUOATB.

it.

J. \conjugatus, Latin.]
derivation with another
Agreeing
word, and therefore generally refem-

in

we have

arc fometimes in

learned in logick, that conjugates

name only, and not in deed.

BramiiiH's Arjiuer

CONJUGATE
metry.]

1.

She

COVJUGA'TION.

couple

The

htjrt

a pair.

is fo

from affording nerves unto

rccciveth vry few itfclf from

far

Brown

The

ac>

together.

Vu'^jr Errours.

of uniting or
compiling things

In union

Thefe
that is,

Addifori's Cato.

2.

and foul,
in his fphere,

after him the third part of heav'n's fons,

Milton's Par. Loll.
Conjur'd againft the Higheft.

3.

The mood

ad<v,

not apart.

Of.

It

to be obferved, that when this

ufed for fummon or confpire, its

is

word

is

accent

is

on the

laft

fyllable, conjure

when for charm, on the

To CO'N JURE. -v. n. To
or enchantments

My

invocation

rniftj-efs's

Out

name

of

my

is

firft,

conjure.

praftife charms
to enchant.
hone(r and fair; and in Ifia

I conjure

only but to raife up him.

Shakfff tare's Romeo and Julia.

door, you witch
you hag,' yoa
!

Out, out,
baggage, you poulcat, you runaway
I'll
out
conjure you, I'll fortunetellyou
!

Jointly; together; not apart.

or caufes.

fiend,

again.
King Charles.
conjured up perfons thatexift no where
elfe but on old coins, and have made our paflions
and virtues vifibte.
Addtfon on Ancient Medals.

COKJU'KCTIVENESS. n.f. [from conjuncti-vt.'] The quality of joining or uniting.

CONJU'NCTLY. adv. [from conjunft.~\
Combination

by

You have

good mediums ccnjunclivfly taken,

not one without the uthei.

n.f. [conjuncture, Fr.]

of many circumftaiices,

afFeft

them down

to ccnjtire

of a verb,

[from conjunc-

To influence by magick ; to
enchantment ; to charm.
What black magician ccnjuris up this
To ftop devoted charitable deeds ?

Sbakefpeare's Richard III.

What is he, whofe griefs
Bear fuch an emphafis ? whofe phrafe of forrow
Conjures the wand'ring ft<irs, and-makes them fland
Like wonder-wounded hearers ? Shakfp. Hamlet.
I thought their own fears, whofe black arts firft
raifed up- thofe turbulent fpirits, would force them

IV.

oath to fome

Drew

life

Sbateffeare's Henry

many by an

bind

This fenfe is rare.

defign.
He, in proud rebellious arms,

Brown's Pulgar Errours.

I.

To

common

are

CON JU'NCTI/RE.

\conjunli--uus, Lat.]
fenfe not in ufe.

my

Dill.

CONJU'RE. -v.a. [conjuro, Latin.]

To fummon in a facred name to en-

Paul does the Philippians, when he conjures.

to unity.
Decay of Piety.
I conjure you
Let him know,
Whate'er was done againft him, Cato did it.

of to conneft the

moves not but

but by her.

[In grammar.]

lii'e.~\

lo ccnjtiriflii'e to

as the ftar

CONJU'NCTIVELY.

Chambers.
n.f. \conjugatio, Lat.]

's

*A

Shateffeatt'i Otbelh.

a confpiracy.

them

fhould bury

ufed fubfequently to a conjunction.

[In geobifeiUng the tranf-

other parts, that it

the fixth conjugation or pair of

2.

z.

adj.

Clofely united.

I could not

plot

charg'd withal,

St.

Clarke.

Diamtter, or Axis.

A right line

verfe diameter.
1.

to llobbes.

ufe

am

his daughter with

He concluded with fighs and tears to ccnjura

thcjn, that they would no more prefs him to confent to a thing fo contrary to his reafon. Clarendon.
The church may addrefs her fons in the form

Sivift.

word made

Sidney.

drugs, what charms,

and what mighty magicfc,

join with the higheft folemnity.

Rymcr'sTragatits of the laji Age.

Caelar were two itars of fuch a mag-

CONJUNCTIVE,
That

His grammatical argument, grounded upon the

derivation of fpontancous from (forte, weighs no-

To

claufes of a period together, and to fignify their relation to one another.

bling in fignification.

thing

won

3.

nitude, that their conjunflion was as fatal as their

decline verbs
verbs;
through their various terminations.

conjuration,

flood.

oppofition.

to

infleft

South.

oppositions and 'conjunctions, in their altitudes and

deprefinns ? He fliall fooner find ink than nature

connubially.
v. a. [conjugo, Latin.]

conjuration, fair knight, is too ftrong for

fpirit to difobey.

For fuch proceeding

Raleigh's Hiftory of the World.

Has not a poet more viitues and vices within his
circle .'Cannot he obferve their influences in their

Nell roar'd inceiTant, Dick far. mute.

Sivift.
ad<v. [from conjugal.]

poor

What

lord.

Shakefpearc's Henry

What

my

magical form of words; an incantation; an enchantment.

my

The

ftars,

this conjuration fpeak,

Your
IV.

congrefs of two planets in the fame

degree of the zodiack, where they are
fuppofed to have great power and influence.
God, neither by drawing waters from the deep,

fummoning another

name.

2.

hand from heaven mingles hearts

by ftrange, fecret, and unaccountable

f.iuls

Charles.

conjure.']

We charge you, in the name of God, take heed

Under

invilible

them under* lecond

CO'N JUG ALLY.

The form

dil'pos'd to us.

is

nor by any conjunction of the

the conjugal difpute;

Matrimonially

fortune

King

[from

n.f.
or aft of

in fome facred

King Lear.

conjunctions.

connubial.

man

Stakejfort's

to grant to
prclbytery what with
can pretend to, in a conjuncture '.vithepif-

it

copacy.

Latin.]

[cet-jugalis,

atij.

reafon

me,

Shukejpeare's Henry
will unite the white rofc and the red ;

An

See COGNJSOR.

Matrimonial

at

Smile, heaven, upon h:s ta>r conjunction,

That long hath frown'd upon rhcir enmity.
Sbakfycare's Richard III.
The treaty gave abroad a reputation of a Ariel
conjuKflion and amity between them.
Bacon's Henry VII.
Man can f fteft no great matter by his perfonal
flrcngth, but as he adis in fociety and conjunction
with others.
South.

grofs and frequent error, commonly committed in the ufc of doubtful remedies, conjointly with
thofe that arc of approved virtues.

CO'NJUGAL.

4. Confiftency.
I was willing

flutt'rng his difpleafurc,

Mgimlttni

how

fee

He

joint-

CO'MSOI,

king his mafter to ftrike

behind.

connexion.

is

Not CON JUR A'TION.

united.

n.f. [coajunffio, Lat.]

aflbciation ; league.
With ourfmall conjunction we Iliould on,

Dii.

CON jo'i NTLY.

he,

me

of union

quick to perceive the motions tif articulation, and conjunctures of let eis in words.

1.

Union

as ut

He

[conjuailus, Latin.]

adj.

concurrent

It pleas'd the

1.

Mode

3.

Taylor.

Two CON JU'NCTION.

re.

Such cenfures always attend fuch conjunctures,

and find fault for what is not done, as with that
which is done.
Clarendon.

in ufc.

When

critical time.

Holder's Elements cf
Speech.

fuppei of the Lord is the mod facred, myfterious, and ufeful conjugation of fecret and holy

CONJU'NCT.

Charles.

Addifon's Sfcffatcr.

Occafion

2.

affemblage.

The

Tript

Degrees. [In mufick.]

King

Every virtue requires time and place, a proper

object, and a fit cotijunSlure of circumlrances.

Locke.

Union

4.

afTo.:iate.

other in the order of the fcale

Bcntlcy's Sermons.

The form of infiefting verbs through

their feries of terminations.
Have thofe who have writ fo much about declenuons and conjugation*, about concords and
f
<yn axes, loft their labour, and been learned to no

IV.

which immediately follow each

notes

3.

United;

adj. [conjoint, Jr.]

;

CONJOINT

All the various mixtures

atoms do beget nothing.

never met with a more unhappy conjunUare of

than in the bulinefs of that earl.

affairs

Bacon.
and conjugations of

inftances.

.*

Common

CON

S hake/pom's Merry Wives of fPindfar.

CO'N;T?RER.
i

n.f. [from conjure.~\

one that ufes charms.

An enchanter i

Coed

CON
Good
KfUblifh

liini in

CON

CON

doctor Pinch, you are

his true fcnfc again

Cmtdy of Eitfus.
Figures in the book
fome dread ctnjurtr, that would enforce natuSbakffptjre't

Of

Par/en

To

Donne,

Thus has he done you

Whole huibjnds, fhould

1.

An

impoftor who pretends

a cunning man.
From the account the lofer brings,
The tofrtr knows who Itole the things. Prior.
3. By way of irony, a man of ftuewd conjecliue ; a man of fagacity.
Though ants are very knowing, i don't take
arts

them

powder.

The

and therefore they could not

;
had put fome corn in that room.
Mtiif.

CONJU'REMENT.

./. [from conjure.] Serious injunction; folemn demand.

1 ihould not be induced but
by your earned
bmetfUl and fcrious conjuremettts.
Milton en EJae.tticn.

CONNA'SCENCE.

n. f.

[con

and

jufl

time
2.

The

birth.

ac> of uniting or

growing together

CONNA'TR.

all

Their difpofmons

cmtuae notions in the fpe-

to be

them

in this. South.

fome

reflected,

mutable.

at a

Newton's Optich.

adj.

[con

United with the being

and natural.]
connected by

nature.
Firtt, in man's mind we find an appetite
learn and know the truth of
ev'ry thing;

To

Which

is

Thefe

do they.

L'Eftrange.

Participation of the fame nature.

Is there

Thefe painful

To death,

1.

Union

pafi'ages,

no way, befides

how we may come

and mix with our connatural duft

There muft be

CONNATURA'LITY.

it is

n. f.

natural infeparability.
There is a connaiurality and
congruity between
that knowledge and thole habits, and that future
eftate of the foul.
Hale.

CON NA'TU RALLY,

aj-v. [from connatuIn coexillence with nature; originally.

ral.}

S unc common notions feem

cmnaturally engraven in the foul,
antecedently to difculiivc ratiocination.^
CONN
A'TUR AI.NESS.

///,.

n. f.

[fr>w ceanaParticipation of the fajne nature ;

imply

a future flate,

Hammond.

That can
Their due

To

with thofe two

imply

the force of connexion

Lat.]

marriage

A winking.

Voluntary blindnefs
rance
It

than

pretended igno-

forbearance.

Difobedience, having gained one degree of liberty, will demand another : every vice interprets

nuptial

pertaining to

Should fccnnd lore a pleating flame infpire t

the chaftc queen connubial rites require.

CO'NOID. ./

Pope's OehfftJ.

figure partaking of a cone ; approaching to the

form of a cone.
The tympanum is not capable of tenfion as a
drum there remains another way, by drawing ic

[xoi'.J!t.]

to the centre into a conoid form.

Holder's Elements of

CONOI'DICAL.

Speed,

[from conoid.} Apa conick form, to the form

adj.

proaching to
of a round decreasing.
To CONQUA'SSATE. <o. a. [canqua/o,
Latin.]

To make

Agitation

To

to agitate.

Not

in

violently cenjuajfite the lung:.

.ff./ [{lOmconquaffatc.]
concuflion.
v. a. [conquerir, Fr. cea-

CO'NQUER.

quirere, Latin.]
i

To gain by conqueft ; to over-run ; to

win.
They had c onq uercd them and brought them under ;ribute.
i. Mac. viii. 2.
Welcome, great Stagirit?, and teach me now
All I was burn to know;
Thy fcholar's victories thou doft outdo ;
He conquer 'd th' earth, the whole world you. Ceviley.
'Twas

Saute.

fit,

Who coitjuer'd nature, mould prefldc o'er wit. Pope.

We cor.yusr'd France, but felt our captive's
charms

'

a ctnnivance, an
appi obution.

adj. [cotinubialis, Latin.]

b-tter

to mitigate ufury by declaration,

to Curler it to rage by connivance.
Bacon.
is

to include.

And

Having

CONNI'VANCE. n. f. [from connive.]

1. The at of
winking. Not in ufe.
2.

nota, Lat.]

conjugal.

Vomits do

[from

/.

and

ufe.

predicate and fubject arc joined in a form

of words by ctnnexive particles.
Watts'? Logiek.
i

betoken

to

Matrimonial

The

CON N CT A'TION.

fferrii,

a. [con.

<u.

Sautk.

Locke.

conjunctive.

of Mankind.

in the general notion of it, connotes alto

certain fuitablencfs of it to fome other thing.

Blackm. Creation.

adj. [from connex.]

title's Origin

Good,

deliberate, means elect, and find

connexion with the end defign'd.

CONNE'XIVE.

[from connotate.]

participate by created beings.

To CONKO'TE.

where the eternal

a vifible connexion

n. f.

between them.

CONNU'BIAL.

placed between.
confcious, wife, reflecting caufe,

nota,'

to infer.

or con-

neceflary tdiincxitin and chain of caufcs, carry us up

to the Ocity.
Hale.
Each intermediate idea muft be fuch as, in the

[from connatural.] Participation of the fame nature;

fubfequent ; confequence of argumentation ; coherence.

Contemplation of human nature doth, by a

Pow'rful at greatc.t diilancc to unite

With fecret amity.
Miltm's ParaJifcLoft.

natural union.

[from coanex

and

Plato by his ideas means only the divine effence

with this arniijtan, as it is vurioufly imitable or

and infeparable connexion between virtue and hap

pinefs lhall be manifefted.
Atstrbury.
2. Juft relation to fomething precedent or

Milt.

S-.eifi.

[con

defignate fomething befidc.i

uholc chain, hath

?

lion

Philifi.

Mi/ton.

Whatever draws me on,

Or fympathy, or fome connatural force,

t.irai

n. f.

to

a.

another, there arifcth a various relation or csnnaa-

fly,

junction ; the aft of fattening

together ; the ftate of being fattened
together.
My heart, which by a fecret harmony
Still moves with thine,
join'd in conncxkn fweet.

connatural, and born with it.

Davlcs,
affections are connatural to us, and as we

gr.iw up fo

2.

To

i>.

Implication of fomething' befides itfelf;

inference ; illation.
By reafonof the co-exiftencc of one thing with

and with deftrudtive fweep

nexio, Lat.]

greater, and others at a lefs thicknefs, of thin

plates or bubbles, are ccnnetc with the rays, and im-

CONNE'X ON.

birth.

CONNA'TURAL.

cr,r.ncx*J,

Behead whole troops at once.

adj.

Many, who deny

chains

name of connyj/cur.

CONNOT A'TION.

Swift.

They

By

critick.

tellect.

fentences, cannot conr.ex their words or fentences

in coherence with the matter which they fignify.

Wfiman.

of a

leflbn learnt, you'll be fecure

ge t the

It is often ufed

God's foreseeing doth not include oiccnnstale predetermining, any more than I decree with my in-

jointly;

it.

emnafeen<e, or growing to-

culativc intellect, do yet admit

To

critick.

Siu'f*.

[French.]

n. f.

CO'NNOTATE.

To

conneft.~\

Halt's Origin of Mankind.

a

Your

-v. a.
[connexion, Latin.] To
join or link together ; to fallen to each
other.
Thofe birds who are taught fome words or

[from con and natus, Latin.] Born with another: being of the

fame

[from
union;

conjunftly.

improperly.
Symphafis denotes
g'thr.

judge ; a
pretended

To CONNE'X.

Chriltians have baptized thefe geminous births

and double connafceneits, as containing in them a
dilrinction of Ibul.
Brown' i fulg ar Errours.

The

in

it

CONNOISSEUR,

itfelf

adv.

people's

tation, to exert

Being produced together with another

precedent and
feldom ufed but in

is

thinks

vices,

effects

at fuch tracts as reject all revelation.

have

to

power is great and indifputable,

whenever they can unite conneflively , or by depu-

birth; production at the fame

being.

3.

cohere

He

own

he will dcfire its proof other men's.

Rogers.
a fcandal to government to c-

from the

Latin.]

conjunction

nafcor,

conjointly

community of

This

CONNE'CTIVELY.
In

To

to things

relation

fubfequent.
converfation.

Latin.]

Common

n.

<v.

Spe3ator.

miflhefs of fuperiourt, the one violates, and the

Decay ef Pi, tj.
With whatever colours he perfuades authority
tection

To CONNE'CT.

nod judici-

pretend blindnefs or ignorance ; to

forbear ; to pafs uncenfured.
The liccntioulncfi of infcriours, and the re.

to tcntrve at his

in a jufl feries of thought, or

regular conllruftion of language : as, the
Author connects bis renfant well.

to

otljer cvnni-va.

natural order of the coimtlling ideas n;urt

fyllngifms ; and a man muft fce the

To join

them how

with either eye.

c'.nr.'rae

connection of each intfrmed'ute idea with thofe

that it conrnfis, before he can ufe it in a fyllogifm.
3.

Latin.]

[connived,

To

z.

by intervention, as a cement.

Locke.

teach

ar:iv> is to

direct the

be conjurtn

Thi,

#"_)/..

unite

gucl's that

1.

To

tj. n.

To wink.

oufly, to

corpufcles that coullitute the quickfilvr

will be fo ccnniflfd to one another, that, inlkad of
a fluid body, they will appear in the form of a red

2.

admit half, will produce ruin.

Svifl.

CONNTVE.

Tt

ti

The

night,

JU-fin,
to fecret

oa

CONNE'CT. <f. a. [conm/lt, Latin.]

To join; to link; to unite; to con-

join; to fallen together.

British conforts riglit,

they pry like mine to-

Would never find you in your conduct flipping,

Though they turn'd conjurers to take you tripping.
2.

A emrvjit:i Co

Such i) the CilnraliiiaJiiefi of eur corriJptioni,

except we looked for an account hereafter.

Their

art j vicloriov.3

triumph'd

'er

our arm?. Pofc.

2.

TO

2.

The

to fubdue ; to vanquiffi
;
Both tugging to be victors, bread to breaft ;
Yet neither conqueror nor conquired.
VI
Siakeffeare's Henry
The conquer' J alfo, and inflav'd by war,
loft, all

virtue lofe

And

Milton

Anna conquers but to favc,

Smith
And governs but to blefs.
to overcome: as, I
3. To furmount;
conquered bis reluflance.
To Co NqyiR. "J. i. To get the victory
to overcome.

Chrift has condescended to a cognation and con

South

CONSCIENCE,

few, he will find

it

n.f. [horn conquer.]

CO'NQJTEROR.

A man

that has obtained a victory

viftor.

Bound with triumphant garlands

And

will I

come,

lead thy daughter to a conqueror's bed.

Shakeffeare 's Richard III

The gain of civil wars will not allow
Bags for the conqueror'* crew.
Ciwley
critick that attacks authors in- reputation,
as the Have who called out to the conqueror, Re
member, Sir, that you are a man. Md'if. Guard

One

Z.

Than

2.

who

That

The

Now
He

by

victory

More

muft

And, by my

body to the earth,

my

fall,

the conjutji to

my

foe.

Stakeffeare's Henry
I'll

lead thy daughter to a conqueror's bed

To whom I will
And (he fliall be
Not

retail

VI.

to be

Doft thou in

[confanguiof the fame

That

Amlnotofhcrblood

5.

csnfanguir-.ty ,

and

CrcJ/iJ.t.

is

6.

the juft

ablenefs.

To

doft thou

lack,
think I fcall

weep

Can'ft thou the c onfcience

f.

[from con-

Equity; reafonableuefs. Difl.

ad-u.
[from confcii>n~
In a manner agreeable to con-

fcionable.]

able.]

fcience

; reafonably ; juftly.
prince muft be ufed confcionably as well as
common perfon.
Taylor's Holy Living.

CoNscious. adj. [confcius, Latin.]

1. Endowed with the
power of knowing
one's own thoughts and aftions.
Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not
of its own exiftence.
BentLy's Sermons.
Among fubftances, feme are thinking or confciaus beings, or have a power of thought.
confciout

Watts'* Logic*.

Knowing from memory

having the
knowledge of any thing without any

new

3.

information.

The

Who,

confcious

Admitted

damfel then to Tancred fent,

of th' occafion, fear'd th* event.

DrjJeih

to

the

with to.
thing
The reft ft.ioJ trembling,

knowledge of any

^Eneas only,

ftruck with

aw; divine

mufick, or gunpowder

to its

naihing or noife.
Bentlcy's

4.

StrmMt*

Bearing witnefs by the didlate of confcience to any thing.

The queen had been folicitous with the king on
his behalf, being confcious to herfclf that he had
been encouraged by her.
Clarendon.

oNsciot'SLY. ad-v. [from ccnfcious.

With knowledge of one's own aftions.

If thefe perceptions, with their confcioufncfs,

always rema'mrd in the mind, the fame thinking
thing would be always toitfcisujty prcfent.
Lockt,

CONSCIOUSNESS, n.f. [from cenfcious.]

i. The perception of what
pafles in a
man's own mind.
Locke.
If fpirit be without thinking, I have no idea of
left ; therefore confcitufncfs muft be iu
'effcntia! attribute.
Wettt's J

any thing

Uck

friends

Sbakeff. Timtn.

confcious to the lign,

Prcfag'd th' event.

Drydcn'i JEneid.
Kales or honey cannot be thought to fniell or
tafte their own fwectnef?, or an organ be
cmfawt

me, Emilia,

In ludicrous language, reafon; reafon-

Why

Sbakefpean.

debtors have unjcionable fatisfaction.

do abufc their hufbands

Scruple; principle of aftion.

We muft make a confcience in keeping

are all his generation.

Bann'i Holy War.

I.

tell

feeming.

my

CO'NSCIONABLY.

to its

confcience think,

women

Wat on.

private

?
L'Eflrt >nge.
Children are travellers newly arrived in a ftrangc
Country ; we Ihould therefore make confcience not
Locke.
to mifiead them.

the fupremc and indirtbluble

confanand focicty between men in general
of
guin'fty
j
which the heathen poet, whom the apoftle calls to

VOL.

a cruft

by marriage.
I've forgT
my father;

We

veracity

laws of fuperiouri.
Taylor's Hcly Living.
Why fliould not the one make as much cvnfiicnce
of betraying for gold, as the other of doing it for

nity, or relation

witncfi, faith,

Shakeffearc's Othello,
They did in their confciaites know, that he was
not able to fend them any part of it.
Clarendon.

n.f. [tonfanguinitas,
Lat.] Relation by blood ; relation by
defcent from one common progenitor ;
nearnefs of kin : diflinguifhed from affi-

Shakrjfeare's Troi'ui

there be

In fuch groft kind

CONSANCUI'NITY.

of

fentiment

[from confdence.]
according to con.-

adj.

juft

CO'NSCIONABLE NESS.

thoughts.
a,lj.

Shakeffeare.

There

Let

Pope.

Real

4.

neus, Latin.] Near of kin ;

blood ; related by birth ; not affined.

know no touch

humane

2.

receive at jaft,
Is corj.-ieme of our virtuous actions paft. Dcnham.
Hector was in an abfolute certainty of death, and
deprcflej with the confcience of being in an ill caufe.

thaa

own

we

them,

lets profit

knave, very voluble ; no farther confcionalU

than in putting on the meer form of civil and

obliged in confcience to endeavour

much as by her practice.

fweeteft cordial

with

fcience.

Hooker.

o'ercome, was to do more

Than all theccnquejli former kings did gain. Dryd.
In joys of corqufjl he rcfigns his breath,
And, fill'd with England's glory, fmilcs in death.

KnoHes.
confcience, be deMilton.

Confcioufnefs ; knowledge of our

thoughts or actions,

The

conqutji won,
fole viftrefs. Hhak. Richard III.

Am Inotcoafargu'meoui?

Reafonable

19.

had, againit right and confcience, by lhamct'u

intruded himfelf into another man's

is

confcicntioufnefs in

Locke.

CO'NSCIONABLE.

Cupid a child of

my

CONSANGUI'NEOUS.

ii.

wonderful

they can make.

Merit, and good works, is the end of man's

motion ; and confcience of the fame is the accomBacon.
plilhment of man's reft.
The reafon why the (impler fort are moved with
of
is the
their
own
authority,
corfcience
ignorance.

fuccefs in arms.

yield

It will be a

if they will content themielves

Swift
3.

old conquijt; than remember hell,

hated habitation. Milton's Paradife Regained.

Viftory

is

Her majefty

This our

Our

Peter,

[from cen; tender-

n. f.

Exaftnefs of juftice
nefs of confcience.

this by her authority, as

thing gained.

willingly I mention air,

corfcientioufly

fcientiotii.]

for confcience

man,

kingdom.
What you require cannot, in
ferred beyond this time.

perfect conqueft of a country reduces all the

people to the condition of fubjects.
Davies on Ireland

2. Acquifition

if a

it

treachery,

of conquering; fubjeftion.

aft

of confcience

man committed

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS,

confcience; he makes
reftitution. Shateffeare's Merry Ifhies
ofWmifor.

Milton's Paradife
Regained
tyrant god, that relllefs conqueror,

the eftimate

This is thank-worthy,
toward God, endure grief.

rove.

May quit his pleafure to artcrt his pow'r. Prior

CO'NO^UEST. n.f. [conjue/ie, French.]
1.

Juftice

cha-

SoLtb.

determination of confcience ; hoThis is fometimes a ferious, anc

nefty.
fometimes a ludicrous fenfe.

leave behind

Nothing but ruin wherefoe'er they

makes

the

that fubdues and ruins countries.

Deferving freedom more

thofe their conquerors,

be fin, becuufe a

fcorpions,

confcience

No

tlie

L'EJIrangf.

More ftrefs has been laid upon the ftriflnef? of

law, than confcientioujly did belong to it. L'EJtran.
There is the erroneous as well as the ii^iitiy
informed confcience ; and, if the confcience happens tn be deluded, (in does not therefore ceafe to

to 'fcape, tha

and thofe whips of fteel,

Creed' t Juvenal
courts created yet, nor caufe was heard j
But all was fafe, for confcience was their guard.
Dryden's Ovid
Confcience fignifies that knowledge which a mai
hath of his own thoughts and actions ; and be
caufe, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by
comparing them with the law of God, his mind wil
approve or condemn him, this knowledge or confcience may be both an accufer and a judge.
Swift

Which

South

good

confcience.

feel

eafy and conquerable.

make

adv. [from confciAccording to the direction of

eatious.]

Sfenfer
againft faith and confcience can be heard
?
Milton's Paradife Loft

Thofe rods of

fmall, and the particula

is

in fo corfcientious 3 probity, as in

life

CONSCIENTIOUSLY*

Infallible

overcome.

While the heap

Lead a

them.

But why muft thofe be thought

[from eoafciem-. ^
;
regulated by

adj.

exaftly juft

thought, word, and deed, to

racter of an honeft man.

o:

Confcience has not been wanting to itfelf in endea

vouring to get the cleareft information about the
will of God.
South

6'w

confcience.

a people have no touch of

confcience, ni
fenfe of their evil doings, it is bootlcfs to think t<

Who

all ctmfcief.ee, as m.ir.

you fhuuld require.

Scrupulous

When

reftrain

dozen fools are, in

CONSCIE'NTIOUS.

ourfelves.

from conjuer.

n.f. [confiientia, Lat.]

or faculty by which we

judge of the goodnefs or wickednefs

Decay of Piety

Poffible to be

i.

The knowledge

1.

Walk
And both refolv'd to conquer or to die.
The logick of a tor.cfuering fword has no pro
adj.

as

CONSARCINA'TION. n.f. [from confarcino, Latin, to piece.] The aft of patch

Did
ing together.

priety.

firfl

fanguinity with us.

Put him to choler ftraight he hath been uj'd

Ever to conquer and to have his word
Off contradiction.
Shakeffeare' s Corklanus
Equal fuccefs had fet thefe champions high,

CoNo^UERABf, E.

Half

would

original
fubfift, though he out
lived all terms of
a ftran
consanguinity, and became
unto
his
Brown's
ger
progeny.
fulgar Errcuri

To overcome

Shall, with their frec^jm

fear of God.

CON

CON

CON

z.

In-

From

fenfe of guilt, or innocence.

Hp

doubts of a Supreme Being, until,

from the eaiffitufrrfs of his provocations, it become his intcieft'tncre ihoul j be none.
Government <*f the Tongue.
Such ideas, no doubt, they would have Bad,
not
their
had
confchufneft to themfelve-', of their
ignorance of them, kept them from To idle an at-

neft

mind

honeft

break

to

its

or (Oitfcuafntfi,

CONSECU'TION.

not in the power of a difliopeace, there muit be fome guilt

Pofe.

fenators,

Patres

her

CONSE'CUTIVE.

uninterrupted

To

2.

fhail cinftcratc unto the Lord the days of

fcparacion, ar.d (hall bring a lamb of the firft
f.jr

year

To

3.

Numb.

trefpafs offering.

of a man,

vi. iz.

CO'NSECRATE.

from the verb.]

Confecrated; facred; devoted; devote;
adj.

lofophy,

Waller.

Shouldft thou but hear I were licentious

To

th.it

enter, confecrate to me ;
this haliow'd mold ?

any thing
Whether

is

Drayton's Cjnttia.

:.

devoted to facred purpofes.

be not againd the notion of a facrament, that the ccnfecraior alone fhould partake

CONSECRA'TION. n.f. [from

4.

rite or

At

the ercftion and anjfcratkn as well of the

tabernacle as of the temple, it pleated the Almight;

The

eaiftcrat'nn

God

is

upon his hca

We

vi.

Somb
of declaring one holy by ca
BOniution.
The calendar fwclls with new ceitfecreticm o
aft

11. !c.

faints.

CO'NSECTARY.

adj.
;

[from

4.

(onfetlarius,

flood, or

is

under ground,

part has of another, by

and nerves common to them

and thus the (tone in the bladder, by vcllicating the fibres there, will affrct and draw them
fo into fpafms, as to afleft the bowels in the fame
manner by itic. ict;rraci}Ution ct nervous
;

being very agreeable

Soy It.

Agreement

con-

confidence.

adj. [confenttens, Latin.]

not dif;

united in opinion
fering in fentiment.

Agreeing

The authority due to the confenlitnt judgment

and pracVicc of the univerfal church.
Oxfird Reafotis agair.f tie Covenant.

CO'NSEQUENCE.

n. f.

confejuentia,

Latin.]

That which

follows from

any caufe or

principle.

Event;

efFeft

of a caufe.
know

Spirits that

All mortal atfifuacm have pronounc'd it.

Sbaktjf care's Macbab.
Shun the bitter tirfequrnce ; for know,
The day thou eateft thereof, thou (halt die.
Millet.

Propofition collefted from the agreement of other previous propofitions ;

deduftion ; conclufion.

Jt is no good
thr.t reafon aims at
euifejmaict,
our being happy, therefore it foibids all voluntary

Decay of Pity.

fulFeiings.
.

The

laft

what

is

propofition of a fyllagifm : as,

commanded by our Saviour is our

prayer is commanded, conf. therefore

prayer is our duty,
Can fyllogifm lit things right ?
duty

the world's great harmony, that fprings

Pofe.
cinftui of things.

fibres

It

it.

CONSE'N-TIENT.

foo;i with minors

fight:
Or, both in friendly confort join'd,

No, majors

From union, order, full

In phyfkk.
5.
The perception one
means of fome

not c?n-

ad-j. [from
confenAgreeably; confidently; fait-

fentanecu;.]

tion.

Such

is

CONSENTA'NEOUSNESS. n.f. [from

Whofe power h,i<

Mi': n.
With planet, or with element.
Tendency to one point ; joint opera-

both

Confequential; folby coniequente.

Co'.-.fcquant

corre-

Demons fnund
fire, air,

which

fonfentancbus to every one's nature.

fcems to exprefs

Davitlt

fpondence.
In

c .nff^uenfiy faci-.l.

Paracelfus did not always write fo

anfcataneoajljf
to himfelf, that his opinions were
confidently to be
collected from every
place of his writings, where he

lyre.

C'jii'l.

3. Coherence with; relation to

7
mud know that confrcraikn makes not
place facred, but only folemnly declares i; fo : th
g ft of :he owner to God makes it God's, am

Lat]

Learning confuit and concord from his

Hooker

of h!s

Numt.

The

Concord ; agreement ; accord ; unity

of opinion.
The fighting winds would (top there and admire,

t.

devoting things or perfons to the fervice

of God, with an application of certain
proper folemnities.
dyly/e's Par.

9.

n.f. \canfenfus, Latin.]

aft of yielding or confenting.
I am far from excufing or denying that compliance ; for plenary ccnjcnt it was not. King Cbarlci*
When thou canft truly call thefe virtues thine,
Ee wife and free, by heav'n's ar.Jent and mine.
Dryiieri's Perf.

tonfecrate.']

boy

ably.

The

ceremony of dedicating and

to give a fign.

Latin.]

great

A'.tcrkury.

little

Brnva's Vulgar Einurs.

cod no pains to bring you to the know-

taneous.]

CONSE'NT.

it

it.

a.

number of fuch living and thinking

mutual conparticles could not poflibly, by their
taft, and prcffing and ftriking, compofe one greater
individual aiiim.il, with one mind and underftanding, and a vital ccnfcnjlsn of the whole body. Baitly.

CO'NSECRATOR. n.f. [from tonfecrate^\

One that performs the rites by which

of

confccu-

Diet.

cardinal,

touch

fow

confentaneus,

CONSENTA'NEOUSLY.

1,-i.l.c.

CONSE'NSION. n.f. [confenfo,

Agreement ; accord.

ftjnJing before the choir, lets

they were alfembled in that cmftfratt place to fing unto God. Bacon'* Henry VII.
Into thcfe fecret fhades, cried {he,
How dar'fl thon be fo bold

Or

To

tin.]

adj.

Hammond's Practical Ctteclifm.

[confemino, Ladifferent feeds together.

.

Errcurs.
Shakespeare's Cvmtdy of

The

and

oppofition to antecedently,
to effectively or caufally.
Diet.

Co N s E'M N A T E v

To

^nd that this body, cor.fecrttc to thee,

By ruffian lull fhould be contaminate.
them know

in

Waller.

d:fcribed a

is

It will

term ufed in the fchool phi-

ccr.ftcrate for facrifice

black.

a'l

to volition.

they wrote.

ing, nor to the praclice

and fometimes

water

Appears

conftcut'rve

tive.]

dedicated.

The

Jfaac

feeming to comprehend only the aftions

CONSE'CUTIVELY. adv. [from

canonize.

VI.
we be.

Lat.] Agreeable to ; confiftent with.

In the picture of Abraham fjcrificing his Ion,

obligation upon the lands did not

is

<

Gtnefis.

Confequential; regularly fucceeding.

This

>

fcntjneout unto the circumftance of the text.

He

his

all

into difufe but by fifty conjecutivc years

tion.
jQrbutbnot in Coiit.

dedicate inviolably to fome particuwith to.

lar purpofe, or perfon

tcmjent unto you, if ye will be as

CONSENTANEOUS,

adj. [confecutif, Fr.]

train

we

this

in deep thou didft abhor to dream,

Milton.
Waking thou never wilt confcnt to do.
Their num'rous thunder would awake
Dull earth, which doss with beav'n
confetti

come
of exemp-

That

To

2.

in

Following

ftars

What

fuccefiive.

the patron has built for filthy gain, and not for
true devotion.
Aylife.

Sbakrffetrt's Henry

Brinun'i Vulgar Errourt.

four quarterly feaibns within
HilJcr.
year, or month of conficutim.

little

comets, fcourge the bad revolting

cmfcnttd unit Henry's death.

In

The moon makes

abufc this ctnftcrtted gift

fticngth, again returning with my hair ? Milt.
which
bithop ought not to confecrate a church

Of

Ve

Halt.

or, as fome term it,

of progreflion, is the fpacc between one conjunction of the moon with the fun unto another.

Enter into the holieft by the blood of Jefus, by

a new and living way which he hath cctifccratcJ for
Htt. X. 20.
US.

Milts*.

To
To

That hive

Neutttn't Oflicks.

cred ufes.

ecnfent,

In aftronomy.
The month of ecifieulhn,

j.

thou

to hear, If

full relation.

co-operate to the fame end.

yield ; to give confent ; to allow
3.
with to.
to admit

2.

In a quick cmfenticn of the colours, the imremains in the fcnforium.

Shall

move,
But more defire

preflion of every colour

n.f. [confcriptio, Latin.]

To

SnccelTion.

2.

Did.
An enrolling or regiftering.
CO'NSECRATE. v. a. [confecro, Lat.]
To make facred to appropriate to fa-

chain of deduflions; concatenation of propofitions.

Some confccutans are fo intimately and evidently

<v. n.

[confentio, Latin.]
be of the fame mind ; to agree.
Though what thou tell'ft fomc doubt within me

The

ratioeinativc progrefi.

from their names being written

in the regifter of the fenate.

To

cohnexed to or found in the premifes, that the

conc'miion is attained, and without any thing of

coa-

Jcripti,

CONSCRI'PTION.

[confecutio, Latin.]

n.f.

Train of confequences

1.

adj. [from ctnfcril>o, Lat.]

ufed in fpeaking of the Roman

called

confequence

Qgatj.

fo COKSE'HT.

corollary.
Thefe propofitions are conftfJaria drawn from
WwdwiarA'i Natural Hiflcry.
the obfcrvations.

is

who were

Brown.
n.f. [from the adjeftive.]

Deduction from premifes

CO'NSCRIPT.

A term

arife.

may

CO'NSBCTARY.

Lfckt.

tcapr.

coliclc ; and extend their twlches fametimes to the ftomach, and occifion vomitings.

and caufe a

the inconfiftent and contrary determinaimp ieties and conclufions

tions thereof, tonfeffarj

No man

An

CON

CON

CON

5.

The (cnftjuttice limps falfe behind.

Concatenation of caufes and

Pr'ar,

effefts

confecution.
Sorrow being the natural and d'trciS oflFerof fin,
that which ttrtt brought fin into the \vorld, mud,
by ntcctliry tmjejxctit, bring in forrow too. Soutb.
1

t'clt

CON
I felt

Tht I
Such

mult

after thee,

with

Am

this t'ny

CO'NSKQJJENTI. Y- adv. [from

fatal tcnjcijiisitci unites us three.

f:bcn'i Paradifr

fluence

bly

Loj

Afierted without any colour of fcripture-prool

it is of very ill nxfeejtact to the fuperftructing o

good

Importance; moment.
The inftrumeat> of eirkncfi
Win us with honeil trifles, to letray

Following as the

effeft

of a caufe

wit

There

L.:i.'

perfectly perfonal.

in

qtient.~\

Digby

CONSE'RVABLE

which follows from

previous propofitions by rational deduc

Confequence

that

Dailies on

could fee

principles,

and

unborn.

A L . adj.

from

thei

Ssuit

confequent.

Produced

by the neceflary concatena

tion of effects to caufes.
We fometimes wrangle, when we fhould debate
A tcitfeqatnlia! ill which freedom draws ;
A bid effect, but from a noble caufe.
Prier
2. Having the
connectconfequences
juftiy

ed with the premifes

conclusive.
Th >u^h thcfc kind of arguments may fecm rb
fcure ; yet, upon a due confideration ..i
;

they are highly cenfequext'ial and concludcnt to

Mali's

purpofe.

my

Origin if Matii;J

CONSEQJJE'NTIALLY. adv. [from

confc-

quential.]

With

of confequences
with right connexion of ideas.
juil deduction

body writes a book without meaning fomehe may not have the faculty or

thing, though

2.

By

confeqtience
eventually.
This relation ij fo

andexprefling hi. meaning.

Addijsn's Whig Examiner.
;

noc

immediately;

neceffary, that God himfelf

cannot difchargc a rational creature from it ; although cmjr'juniiiollj indeed he may do fo, by the
annihilation of fuch creatures.
S?'*b.

3.

In a regular feries.
Were a man a king in his dreams, and
.

:,

continuance

protec-

Though

and dreamt

CftJitftiaiiiaJlf,

unbroken fchemes, would he b

or a beggar

CON-SEQJJE'NTIALNESS.

fome

there do indeed happen

of both.

n.f. [from coa/erve.]

layer up ; a repofiter ; one' that

preferves any thing from lofs or diminution.

alterations

He

the globe, yet they are fuch as tend rather to

the benefit and cenftrvatisn of the earth, and its
productions, than to the diforder and deftruction
in

and

hath been moil intiuflrkms both collector

of choice pieces in that kind.

coitfcrver

In the Ejftcrn regions there feems to have been

a general cuftom of the priefts having been the per-

ff^odtuarfTs Natural ti'ifary.

Prefervation from corruption.

petual confcr'vers of knowledge and (lory.

an enquiry of excellent ufe, to enquire of

the means of preventing or flaying of putrefaction ;
for therein confifltth the means of
ccnfcrvatkn of
It is

Temple.

preparer of conferves.
CONSE'SSION. n.f. [confeffio, Latin.]
2.

Bacan's Natural Hijlory.

bodies.

to all

fo it agreeth to light, as the

fervaii-ue of

all

moft perfect and

and in continued
in reality a king

Milihn.

n.f. [from ten-

fejueatiaJ.] Regular confccuiion of difcuurfe.

to

C-.K.

n.f. [Latin.] Preferver;

that has the care or office of keeping

Bacon's

Ni-*itj

Atlantis.
.

were likewife
made (wfcr-vatvrs of the peace of the two kingdom?, during the intervals of parliament. ClarauL
Such individuals as are the fingle cnfirvaters of
Hate's Origin

fpecies.

CONSB'RVA TORY.

'.f

Mankind.

4.

nary.

The

this bufinefs.

Sbaltefyeare's

take into the view

the examination.

Hamlet,

not to omit in

to refpeft

not to

Cot:fiJ?r t

hath yet been private, null part (pent

h'ime.
Mih'jn's Paradife Regained.
requite ; to reward one for his
life

To

trouble.

Tukc

llift .ry.

.iway with thee the very fervices t'lou haft

done, which

(Vt y;,ur

by the great abyfs, that fubterranejn lanftr-valcry,

ii
by tht mca'i* riftored back.
Natural liijltry.
-</'

to

fiuninoned.

Thy

fuch as they ufc

Evelyn's Kal&dar.
water Jifprnfcd to the earth and atmofpherc

'Teinplt.

have regard

In the imperative mood it is a kind of

a word whereby attention
;

At

fummer.
Natural

To

is

J.
fno'.v an*! ice,

tender trees and plants, with

moj
the windo.vs jnd doors of the greenhoul:
.ttdr'iti
open, for eight or ten days before
April.

to ftudy.
time wc'l'i read,

fift ;

interjeclion

n. f.

for delicacy to cool wine in

Y >u

Latin.]

ponder

defpife.
Let us antjijer one another to provoke unto love,
anil to good works.
Hebn-ivs, x. 24.

[from coffr-vo,
Lat.] A place where any thing is kept
in a manner proper to its pecnliar nature, as, fifh in a pond, corn in a graof

to

to

It

lords of the fccret council

corfir'vat'jri

fits

Ditl.

fecms necefT.iry, in the choice of perfons for

greater employments, to ccvjider their bodies as
well as their minds, and
ages and health as well as
their abilities.

you declare that you ruve many fick

amongft you, he was warned by. the cwfer-vator of
the city, that he fhould keep at adiftance.
F-.r that

examine

To

or extinction.

own

think upon with care

At our more confidcr'd

Anfwer, and think upon

Peacbam.

others.

any thing from detriment, diminution,

their

To

heavenly bodies,

CONSERVA'TOR.
one

that

\_confidero,
_

diminution or injury.
The fph-rical figure, as

Bacsit'i

a beggar

fitting together.

CONSE'R VATIVE. adj. [ from conferva, La- CONSE'SSOR. n.f. [Latin.] One
with others,
tin.
Having the power of oppofing To CONSl'DER.
J
a.

The

cartf!<juential!y,

therefore fet the pots into your c6*fet*ve, and

E-ve!yn's Kafeiidar,

keep them dry.

'

yet dormant in

csxft-yuents

effects, yet

Co N s E c^u E'N T

writing

Tuberofes will not endure the wet of this fesfon

from perilling

2.

hey were ill paid ; and they were ill governeJ

which is always a cmftjuaa of ill payment.
'1

confervatory or place in which any

thing is kept. This fenfe is unufual.

2.

CONSERV A'TION. n.f. [ct>n/er--vatio,l,a.t.^ CONSE'RVER.

The act of preferving care to keep 1 A

which follows an acting

that

caufe.

No

fweetsthey befloweJ upon them, the more their ccxDennis.

fifheryon the river Thames, axe called

Courts of Coiyervancy,
1

Spakeffeam.

fcrves ftunk.

[from confervans,

tion.

2. Effect

1.

n. f.

pleafe your honour, tafte of thefe con-

They have in Turky and the Eat certain confections, which they call ferrets, which are like to
candied confert/is, and are made of fugaf and lemons.
Bacon's Natural Hi/lory.
The more cod they were at, and rfie more

the Soul, Dedication.

Lat.] Courts held by the Lord Mayor

of London, for the prefervation of the

Doth it f-,Ihw that they, being not the peop!

of God, are in nothing to be tuliuweil ?
Thi
{onjcyuent were good, if only the cultom of th
people of God is to be obferved.

1.

!,

't

ferves f

adj.

CONSE'RVANCY.

tion.

He

Will

[from conferva, Lat.

to keep.] Capable of being kept, or
maintained.

South
1.

Nciutoti's Ofii.kt.

To

candy or pickle fruit.

CONSE'RVE. n. f. [from the verb.]
1. A fweatmeat made of the
infpiflated
juices of fruit, boiled with iugar till
they will harden and candy.

tions ; confecution of difcourfe.

Let them examine the tonfcjuintnefs of the whole
body of the doctrine I deliver.

This fatisfaction or diflatisfaSion, caijcqutn

upon a man's acting fuitably or unfuitably to con
-, h a prir.ciple not eafily Co be worn out.

CO'NSECJJJ INT. n.f.

n. f.
[from confeRegular connexion of propofi-

CO'NSEQJ/ENTNESS.

Sometimes with upon.

3.

conftquent/y, upon this diftinguifhing

an inward fatisfaction or difi'atisfaction
the heart of every man, after good or evil. Smth.
is

a preferDili.

Having

a. [confer, Latin.]
preferve without lois or detriment.
Nothing was loft out of thele (tores, fince the
art of
what others have gained in knoweai/trviiif
ledge is ea'y.
Turf k.
They will be able to ccnferve their properties
unchanged in pafiing through feveral mediums;
which is another condition of the rays of T'ght.

2.

purfuantly.

principle,

I: -.vas not a
power poflible to be inherited, be
caufe the right was ctafejttent la, and built on, a

aft

To

intermixtures \vith each other are

Tfasdiuard.

thtrir

In confequence

2.

CO'.NSEQ^UENT. adj. [confequenj, Latin.]

1. Following by rational deduction.
to.

CONSE'R VE. v.

1.

Drydtn.

uncertain,

In deepeft csrfffueme.
Sbakejpeare's Afatbrtl
The anger cf Achilles was of luch ccnftqvtncc
that it embroiled the kings of Greece.
AH'.fufi SpiBato
Their people are funk in poverty, ignorance, an
cowardice ; and of as I'.tri; c-.xf^umc as wnme
and children.
Swift

To

place of the fevenl forts of terrefrrial matter, fufl lined in the fluid, being contingent and
confcqucrtly fo.

us

effects to their

it.

aJj.

vative quality.

inevita-

The

7.

2.

by the connexion of

imitate

liannram

life.

necelfariJy

caufes.
In the mcfr perfect poem a perfect idea was required, and canfejuetitly all poets ought rather to

in

tendency.

By confequence;

1.

CONSERVATORY.

confcqttent .]

That which produces conferences

6.

CON

i:

hau

it

enough

nv>r:: tlianklul tu tlicc ilutl

bo

tu be

conjidercd,

my

ftudy.
Skjtejj'earc's Winter's Tajik

To CONSI/DER.
i.

To

<V.

II.

think maturely

or rafhly.
Non.
O

in

uor unilurd

not -to judge haftily

his heart,
iniliiig.

ncitlier

is

tl\cre

Jj'aiap, xliv. i.

2.

CON
3.
.

deliberate ; to work in the mind.

Widow, we will cttr.jultr of your fuit ;
And come fome ether time to know our mind.

CONSIDERATE,
i

dent

Sljkeff,ean'i Henry
might be coniultej by jurymen
be/ore they cinfider ot their verdict.
Swift
3. To doubt; to hefitate.
Many maz'd cQnjijtrings did throng,
And prefs'd in with this caution. Stat. H. VII!
'Twas grief no more, or grief and rage were on
Within her foul ; at lalt 'twas rage alone j

The

Dryjen'i
aifj.

Worthy of confideration
regard and attention.

1.

Eternity

infinitely the

is

mod

ft/i/titis.

above negleft

worthy

many ways of life.

fo cnjidrrab/e a

than forty (hilling;

lefs

Important

3.

profeflions,

emi-

man,
a year.

Mitj.

Freeholder.

to enter into the cloth.

make

can

who have

CONSI'DERATENESS.
The quality
derate.}
derate

has

It

little.

z.

thick.ni.-fs

fderable

breath no foonerleft his father's body,

that hi? wildnefs mortified in him;
Confederation, like an angel, came,

And
3.

ment

value

defert

confi-

dignity ; moa claim to notice.

and
4.

[from

would have been a

;.

coKfider-

1.

their

(till

With importance
I

delire

no

fort

you more

importantly.
of favour fo much, as

that of

confederacy than I have been

ferving
yet able to do.

Pope.

CONSI'DERANCE."
Consideration

[from

reflection

conJtJer.]

fober thought.

After this cold co*JUer*rice, fentence me j

as you are a king, fpeak in your rt.ite
luve done that mi/became my place.

Sbakejfiare'i Htnry

make

little

Motive of

action

of conduct.
The confederation,

influence

to

This

Pofe'tOdy/ey.
.

the

is

fame terms with an-

not

now

in ufe.

haft finilh'd joy and moan

All lovers young, all lovers muft

Confign to thee,

and come

to duft.

Shakeff. Cymt.
Obfolete.
fign ; to confent to.
maid yet rofed over with the virgin crimfon
ofmodefty: it were a hard condition for a maid

To
A

to conjign to.

Sbakefpearc.

CONSIGNA'TION.
.

The

aft of

n. /.

[from

conjtgn.]

coniigning ; the aft by

is delivered
up to an-

which any thing

other.

ground

As

the hope of falvation is a good

difpoHt'on
it, fo is defpair a certain
conflgnathn to

towards

regard whereof the law

forbiddeth thefe things, was not bccaufe thofe nations did ufc them.
Ih^ker.
He had been made general upon very partial,
and not enough deliberated, cinfedcral'uiu. Clarend.
in

was obliged, antecedent

an afylum.

to all other canfide-

Dryden.
world cannot pardon
your concealing it, on
the fame itr-fderatitn.
Dryden.

The

CON SI GN.
To fubmit to
Thou

account of our fouls.

on the Creation.

four evangelifts ctnfegned

other.

z.

Foreigners can never take our bills for payment, though they might pafs as valuable confideratr.ru among our own people.
Locke.

rati;n;, to fearch

IV.

We

He

And,

Addifcn'i Freeholder.

Ray

omfidcrcbly gains

good example and their pains.

Rofcommon.

10

upon the French form of

fatire

Equivalent; compenfation.
diratitn, but

In a degree deferving notice, though

And Europe

worthi-

Fablei, Dedication.

writing that
Addijo*.
Atrides, parting for the Trojan war,
th
Confegn'd
youthful confort to his care.

are provident enough not to part with

an)
thing fciviceable to our bodies under a good cenfi-

.not the lugheft.

Both by

to entruit.

hiftory.

Sidney.

claim to notice

government.

Mt.}
i.

Lucan is the only author of confutation among

the Latin poets, who was not explained for the
ufe of the dauphin; becaufe the whole Pharfalia

and trivial occurrences, by

being theirs, they think acquire a cunjiderablcncji,
and are forcibly irnpofed upon the company.
GcfcrBincit! of tbe
Tongue.

more worthy.

Importance

Dryden

To commit
The

you bear to Mopfa hath brought you

her virtues, and that conmay have made you the more virtuous,

fo the

pafs
this vital breath

To appropriate ; to quit for a certain

purpofe.
The French commander confined it to the ufc
for which it was intended by the donor.

3.

nefs of regard.

(light

adv.

Henry V.

love

fideration

Boyle.

CONSIDERABLY,

2.

meditation upon any

South.

Muft I
when

to nothing,

Ceafing, configni me e'er to reft and death ? Prior.

At the day of general account, good men are
then to be ccnjigntd wer ty another itate, a Irate of
evcrlafting love and charity.
Atierbury.

to the confederation of

not always meafure the

ccnfiderablencfs
of things by their moft obvious and immediate
ufefulnefs, but by their fitnefs to make or contribute to the difcovery of things highly ufeful.

vine worlhip.

out of him.

thing.

We mull

Thfir moft

Contemplation

The

./ [from

Importance

Adam

th' offending

whipt

Slakeffcarc'i

B/ackmore.

derable.~\

to it, in a formal manner ; to

give into other hands ; to transfer :
fometimes with /e,fometimes o-ver to.
Men, by free gift, conjign ever a place to the Di-

right

Sidney,

The

for.

CONSI'GN. v. a. [con/igno, Lat.]

To give to another any thing, with the

Again

But

folidity.
Suriift's Theory of the Earth.

CONSI'DERABLENESS.

1.

ferious

tion.

and

Every cough, though fevere, and of fome confdtrabli continuance, is not of a confumptive nature, norprcfagcs diflblution and the grave.

To

Let us think with confederation, and confider with

acknowledging, and acknowledge with admira-

Very probably a cmfnierable part of the earth is

Wilkini.
yet unknown.
Thofe earthy particles, when they came to be
would
conflitutc
a
collected,
body of a very con-

a kind of con-

is

It is not poflible to ail otherwife,

conjijcring
the weaknefs of our nature.
Stellator.

deliberation.

Clarendon.

Jiey.

prudence;

[This

ufed.]

made

ance be

Mature thought;

thinker.

notice.

cunfidu-.]

it had been more

junction
grammatically written ctn/idered ; i'5, French;
but confidering is always
If allow,

prefent happincfs and mifery, when that

alone comes in confederation, and the
conferences
are removed, a man never chufes amifs.
Locke

a middle

fignification between little and great.

Many brought in very conjiderable fums of mo-

CONSIDERING.

[from confeof being confi-

Did

[from

/.

for an impious jcft, or

of realon for a deep confd^rer.
Government of the Tongue

/.

man of reflection ; a
A vain applaufc of wit

confide

prudence.

regard
As to

AJd'ij.

than a

[from

CONSIDERA'TION. n. f. [from eonjider.]

The aft of confidering mental view ;

the greareft por-

ti.nsofland.

More

aci-v.

Drydrn"i Dufrtfr.oy.
themfelves mailers of as con-

JHcrtblc dlates as thofe

4.

not rigorous.
ufed in converfation.
;

Ccfwell.

CONSI'DERER.

Decay of Piety
This fenfe i

rate.}
Calmly; coolly; prudently.
Circumftances are of fuch force, as they fwaj
an ordinary judgment of a wife man, not fully am
considerately pondering the matter.
Bacon' i Colours tf GcoJ and Evil

valuable.

enough

nnjidirabte

Many

much

Sfratt'i Sermons.
tint I cannot have

Chrifl, inftead of applauding St. Peter's zeal,

upbraided his abfurdity, that could think his mean
aids cmfderab'n to him, who could command Ic
gions of angels to his reicue.
Decay of Piety
In painting, not every action, nor every perfon,
is

Moderate

Co N s I'D E RAT ELY.

conjtdcrable in all

am

3.

deferving

notice.

Men

Littl

regardful.

bargain to give twenty

or elfe implied, a*
;

when a man comes into, an inn, and

taking both meat and lodging for hirnfelf and his horfe, without
bargaining
with the hoft, if he difcharge not the
the
holt
houle,
may (lay his horfe.

ma

man

man

they

fomc urns have

on them, exporting that tlie lamps wei

Refpeftable

refpeft to

Having

if

(hillings for a horfe

Though they will do nothing for virtue, ye

may be piefumed more confederate of praife.

lillttjon
had in-

burning.

nent in

2.

any commandment, yet moved with

have been before fet down.

cer.pdiraticmi as

[In law.] Con/itleration is the material

caufe of a contract, without which no
contraft bindeth.
It is either
expreffed,
as

Tdbrfu
expediency, in the prefcnt junflurc,

appear to every conjtderalc

conJUercblr dura

It is corfiderable, that

2.

8.

man may prudently rely an

proceed upon, and hath no juft caufe to doubt of.
The

ground of concluding.

led by

Hooter.
Ufes, not thought upon before, be reafonable
caufcs of retaining that which other confederation
did
Hooker.
procure to be inftitutcd.

ufed.

tion.

fcriptions

fuch

I
grant it
fuch as a confederate

FMti

worthy o

pru

not negligent.

Drj/Jen't Fablei, Prrfac,

to be in many cafes certain, that it i

people.

tonfidcr.}
;

Not

with iron-witted fools,

unrefpcdlive boys : none are for me,
That iojk into me with confiJerate eyes.
Sbakeffeare't Richard III.
^Eneas is patient, eonJiJoate, and careful of hi

in fucceflion dries

[from

-not ralh

And

te.rs that itood

ctrJUering in her eye.;.

CONSIDERABLE,

adj. [e*/!i/tratui, Lat.

given to consideration

7. Reafon

I will converfe

treatife

Which, burning upwards,

Serious

VI

Such a

CON

CON

To

eternal ruin.
.

The

aft

Taylor.

of figning.

If we find that ve increafe in

duty, then we
look upon the tradition of the
holy facramental fymbols as a direct ccnjifrnation of pardon.
Taytor't tr'orlby Communicant,

may

CONSIGNMENT,
The

n. /.

[from

confign.]

aft of configning.

2.

The

The writing by which any

a.

Thefe are fundamental trutiis that lie tt the

bottom, the balis upon which many others reft,
and in which they have their nnjtftencia teeming
and rich in ftore, with which they furnifli the

con-

is

thing

figned.

CONSI'MILAR. adj. [from confimilit, Latin. 1 Having one common refemblance.

To CONSI'ST.

Agreement with

To

fubfilt

He

him

cor//.

all thing-,

diffipation.
Flame doth not mir.-^ with flame, as air doth
with air, or water with water, but only remaineth
c .ntiguous

as it

Cometh

is

To

be comprifed
not to

I pretend

J>>

HI:

With

ir.

hands of

free, are

5.

adj. \_conjljiens, Lat.]

;

terms not

not oppofed

corjljient

t'erve,

On

affected.

And

be compofed.
The land would conji/i of plains, and

AJiiif n en Italy.
own axis as the planets run,
at once thtir c'ic' : u:id the fun ;

one regards

t'

and one

itfelf,

.-

Hi; majelty would be willing to content to

thing that could ui'jijl with his confc'x-nce

any
and

Nothing but whit may t*R\f 4o*JiJl

viitb your

of you.
plenty, your profpcrity, is requeued
Spract's Sermons.

cannot cmjifl with the Divine Attributes, that

impious man's joys ihouid, upon thf whole,
exceed thofe of the upiight.
Jlttcrbiiry.
Htjlth cai/ijlt -wilt tcrr.-rince a!one.
Pope
Tie only way of fecuring the conttitution will
\K by leflening the power of domeftick advcrfaries,
as much as can confijt tvitb lenity.
Swift.

CONSISTENCY.

low

cvnfiflencics

Baccti't Natural Hiftory.

of bodies are very divers
der.fe,
:

was

at

or rarity.

Let the expreflcd juices be boiled into the conof a fyrup.

Arbutbnat on Aliments.

Jsjlence

Subftance

form

friendrtiip is

The

1.

South'"!

ctrffljlerfy.

4.

Durable or lading

Chrift himfeii',

deign to ftep

The

2.

'.hero a

down

that great conjijiory, (hall

South.
from his throne.
in

aflembly of cardinals.

How
Or how

Scrawl.

Hammond.

is

2.

whom

Union; intimacy; companioni"hip.

long and fo various conjo:iation with a

fo

prince, he had now gotten, as it were,

his own fortune and greatnefs.

adj. [from
which admits comfort.

To CO'NSOLATE.

To

comfort

a.

-v.

to

lives in

V/viton.

That

con/ale.]

\confolar,

confole

Not much

two

Latin.]

to footh in

ufed.
I will

rumour may

II.

VITI.

jitterbury.

Any

csnfolatf

be gone,

report

my

flight,

thine ear.

What may fomewhat

Brrwn's Vulgar

En curs*

CONSOLA'TION.

n.f. [ccnfolatio, Latin.]

Comfort ; alleviation of mifery ; fuch,
alleviation as is produced by partial re-

medies.

WL, that were in the jaws of death, were now

brought into a place where we found nothing but
Bacon,
With inward

And

Againft fuch cruelties,

cctifaltttiont recompens'd

oft fupported fo, as (hall

folemn afiembly.

that their labour ftnll

ported with this conj'dation,
not be in vain.
Rogers.

CONSOLA'TOR. n.f. [Lat.] A comforter.

CONSO'LATORY. n.f, [from confolate.~\ A

fpeech or writing containing topicks of

comfort.
ftudied

argument,

To

CONSO'LE.

-a.

a. [confolcr,

And empty

council fummons all his mighty peers

Within thick clouds, and dark, tenfold involved,
Miltotft Paradise Regained.
gloomy ctnfjlory.
At Jove's jll'ent, the deities around
In folemn Itate the ctm/ijlury crown'd.
Pope's Statins.

4. Place of refidcnce.
felt", my counfel's rnnffory,
as a child, will go by thy direction.

other

my

oracle,

Sbaktffearr'i Richard

CONSO'CIATE. n.f. [from

An accomplice

confocio,

a confederate

ner.

111.

Lat.]

a part-

perfuafion

Agirjjli

i.

confcjlate. ]

Lat.]

to free from

To
the

Others the fyren

fifters compafs round,

heads confih with empty found.

Pope's Dunclad,

CONSO'LE.
ture,

is

manner

n.f. [French.] In architeca part or member projecting in

of a bracket, or moulder-piece,

ferving to fupport a cornice, buft, vafe,

beam, and frequently ufed as keys of

Chambers.

arches.

CONSO'L ER. n.f. [from

trivei

much

CONSO'LATORV. adj. [from

Tending to give comfort.

To

air

and

fought,
Lenient of grief and anxious thought.
Milton

comfort ; to cheer
fenfe of mifery.

In mid

amaze

Their proudeft pfrfecytors. Mi/ton's Paradije Ixfl,

Let the iljjhuMus perfevere with patience, fup-

With

of remarkable zeal for the

late prelate,
church, were religions 60 be tried by lives, would
have lived down the pope and the whole ccrjijlory.

3.

To

pitiful

Conjolatories writ

warranted

By a cummiflion from the cotifijlcry,

Yea the whd; ^n/ifl'ry of Rome. Sbak.

I,

(late.

durable unfijitncc in the foul.

a confociation of offices between

his favour breeds, that they
may help to fuftain his power, as he their knowBen j?onf'jn's Dilcc'veries*
ledge.

the prince and

far I've proceeded,

far further iliall,

lading

Meditation will confirm ref'jlutionsof good, and

j'j-.e

Coi'.-ell.

An ofrerwas made, that, ff revery one miniftcr,

there fnuuld be two of the people to fit and give
vaice in the ccclefiaftical conjijltry.
Hooker, nf
Pius was then hearing of caules in cenjiftory.

My
a

n.f. [fromcon/bdate.]

Alliance.
There is fuch

confutations.

tian.

make.

of a noble make, and

1.

n.f. [co,:/:/hr;um,L?.t.]

place of juftice in the court Chrif-

it.

Degree of dcnfencfs

H'u

Ayliffi Panrgcn,

CO'NSISTORY.

Hi/lory,

continue always the fame, in the fame form, ftrucBurner.

ture, and ttmfiflency.

3.

oflitijl, or chancellor, has the fame cwfifloaudience with the biihop hiinfrlf that d.';.i:tei

him.

foft.

firft to give it, before it

Hale's Origin of Mankind.
I carried on my enquiries farther, to try whether
this rifing world, when formed and finilhed, wc.uld

it

Nat.H'ft.

An
rial

the fame necefliry for the Divine influence and regimen, to order and govern, conferve
and keep together, the univerfe in that confluence it

could receive

t^'iodi.e.ird'i

aJ-v.

adj. [from coxfijiory.']

Relating to the ecclefialiical court.

is

hath received, as

did.

CONSISTO'RIAL.

rare, tangible, pr.cumatical, volatile, fixed, deter-

Bali's Natural

it

with it: they arc

poet defcribes them cmfgiKtly
Biwae.
proud, idle, and effeminate.

canfijlincc.

minate, indeterminate, hard, and

CONSOCI A'TION.

lotrh
Sbakrff care's AiPt "well that ends
men that
conjolate aU
honour virtue, we do not difcover the latter fccne
of his mifery in authors of antiquity.

the natural

it reftore itfelf to

to

If they cohered, yet by the next conflict with

other atoms they mi^ht be fcparated again, without ever conjoiiathg intj the huge condenle bodies
of planets.
Reality's Sermons.

mifery.

Bacon.

Latin.]
State with rcfpeft to material exigence.
Water, beirg divided, maketh many circles, till

unite.

ex Confumptions.

[from conjiflent.']
Without contradiftion ; agreeably.
The Phoenicians are of this character, and the

[foiijf/lentia,

parts of the body.

coalefce

ftratum without

Dcdicati.

It

CONSI'STENCE. ~\n.f.

miafms infinuate into the humoral

CONSI'STENTLY.

not help beftowing more than is

a
or with
emfijHrg -wilt the forti.n': of private man,
tiie will of any but an Alexander.

th

To

That

could

Dryrtfn'i Fd;'A'(,

n.

CONSO'L ABLE.

not fluid.

nnfijlir,.'

Burnet,

To CONSO'CIATE. v.

Thefand, contained within the fi;il, b-:c'jniing

folid a'^d conjljient, at the fame tiuie that of the

Clanmt-.n.

honour.

2.

Harvry

not to oppofe ; not to conagree

tradict ; not to counteract: it has with
before the thing compared, or coexifteiit.

There

Pope.
Pofc.

and

The

ths* has it in his power

ail ctnjijicnt with himfolt an hour.
The fool corffcnt, and the falls fincere.
Peftilential

To

1.

Effays.

Firm

2.

being

You

Pipes

To

Neccflitv and ekclion cannot ccnffl tjBjether in

Bramtall agAji Iblitt.
the fame aft.

6.

ftipcrnatural

By
whole.

tiie

to hold together.
in a
philofophers always brought
the
principle to unite and Knfociate
;

parts of the chaos.

Shew me one

vallies, and
mountains, according as the pieces of this ruin
Burtiet,
were difpoied.
have
concurrently; to co-

exilt.

cement
The ancient

their

To

To

and to be

only, but equivalent.

South.

Vet make
So two cenJijJeat motions ad

ffaton on Education,

To

z.

A great part of their politicks others do not

think conjoint with honour to praiiife.

artilrs, vvhofe

only in a certain manner which they

Drydcn.
A great beauty of letters does often corfift in
little paflagcs of private converfation, and references to particular matters.
Waljli,

4.

reft, in

reference to fuch a lord, to

(kill cirjijfs

have

of

Not contradictory

I.

Brernaxd an Language*.
to be contained.

tie tl.c

ftate

CONSISTENT,

a flexible
againfl the nature of water, being
and
body, to confift and ftay itfelf,

and ponderous
not fall to the lower part*

3.

betwixt covfjiirf

Bacon's Natural Hificry.

bodies.
It

to pafs

6.

ties,

uniformity.

unite

to join.
th
Generally the heft outward fhapes are alfo
Kkeliert to be confiaated with good inward facul-

or with any

itfelf,

congruity

which things capable

of growth or decreafe continue for fome
-time at a Hand, without either; as the
and return. Cbamb.
growth, conjijhnce,

C'.(/:ar,s.

To continue fixed, without

z.

Th.it cinfiftcncy of behaviour, whereby he inwhich appear the

flexibly puifues thole meafures
moft juft and equitable.
Addifon't Freeholder.

not to perifh.

befoie aU things, and by

is

other thing

[ccrfjlo, Latin.]

\confoc

To

I.

Locke.

mind.
5.

v. n.

CON

CON

CON

comfort.

confole.]

One

that

CON
Pride once more appears upon the ftsgf , is the
great tnfolir of the mifcrie? of man.
Ccmmcxt. on Pcp**t EJ/ay en Af.i;r.

CONS O'LI D ANT.

That which

/$/;'<//<,]
adj. [from
has the quality of uniting

CONSOLIDATE,

v. a.

[confolider,

Fr. fokdus, Latin.]

I

To form

compact and

into a

folid

body

effeft of fpirits in (topping

and cnfiKdaiiKf the fibro,

To combine or
bills into

is

well

hemorrhage*,

known

To

n.

apt to consolidate. Baffin's Nat. Hijrory.

fandy, fparry, and flinty niatter was then

T his

and fufccptlblc of any form in thefe (helly

and it csnjotidatut and became hard after;
wards.
tftodtuorfi Nat. Hi/lory.
fofr,

The fenfvliJiithti of

the marble, and of the itone,

out at random, ft'ottfauara" s Nat. Hift.

The annexing

of one

bill in

CONSO'LIDATIVE. adj. [from confelidate.']

That which has the quality of healing
Dil.

wounds.
7
J

f-

Fr.

confonance,

confonans, Lat.]

Accord of found.
The two principal nafanaacei
the ear, are, by the content of

all

mod

ravifli

nature, the

1 bomjon's
congruence

Spring.

agreeable-

dccifions held con/onancy and congruity

with refolutions and decifions of former times.

Halt's

Laiu nf England.

friendfhip.

Lat.]

Agreeable ; according ; confident followed by either with or to.

Were it corrfirtant unti rcafon to divorce thefe two
leniences, the former of which doth (hew how the
latter is retrained.

is

is

Such

given there

iliall

WWwan/.

This

fymphony.

is

but, in con/art

and

it

with the

c.irries

reft,

an

different.

toge-

CONSPIRACY,

levity

quite-.

company

you do

to

He, with

cenferts

with thee

-v.

And

more

readers by the auBoyle on Col'.urs.

n.f. [coa/fii-afio, Latin.]

agreement among feveral

commit fome crime ; a plot;

When
Or
,

my

life.

fcaixc he

t:\clion

and

mix

to

confpirjcy

Sbatfffeare's Tempejf.

had efcap'd die blow

ct>tfjfAfacy t

ufed.

meet wi>h you upon the mart,

aftenvard csifiri you till bed time-. Siekrfj*.

an agreement of

DryJea.

men

to do

always taken in the evil

It is taken for a
part.
confederacy of
two, at the leaft, falfely to indict one,
or to procure one to be indicted, of fe-

marry.

LocheonEu.*

Not

In law,

any thing

hi.;

accompany.
I'll

celebrity.

atfradt

private

Aij-i'nlt

a.

thinks himfclf one.

To

their c',njp\-

cottjotud Fvc,
The Story heard attentive. Milton's Paraaife Left.
He begins to
himfeif with men, and

z.

is rcqiiifne to

Drydtn.

To join;

of being

Uc.ith did his promis'd hopes deftroy.

Let's not confort with them.

of the Grecian chiefs

To CONSO'RT.

ftate

Sham'ft thou to fliew thydang'nms brow by ni^hf,

hen evils arc molt free ? Skiteff. Julius Co-far.
1 had forgot that foul
nnjpiraey
Of the beaft Caliban, and his confed'rater,

with.

will

Which

perfons to
a concerted treafon.

[from the noun.] To

to unite with ; to kee
keep

fatjofi

the

i.

<v.n.

alfociate with

What

of

fame

Thrir writings
thor's estfpkurafi

Attirbury.

To CONSO'RT.

itfelf.

vowels the paflagr of the mouth is open

and free, without any apjiulie of an organ of fpecch
:
but in all conf;nants there is an appulfe
another
to

Eminence

2.

probably a

air

[from confpi-

Boyle's Proem. Fj/ay,

has a meaning

remarkably.

n. f.

cuoufncfs.

union.

l."a'ts'sLogiclt,

which

in that twilight,

cufirt of mufick in a banquet of wine, is a>

a fignet of carbuncle fet in gold. Ecclus. xxxii. 5.

Concurrence
Take it fingly,

of Horace.

vifible at a diftance.
Looked ou with fuch a weak light, they appear
well proportioned fabricks ; yet they appear Ib but

4.

intirely diftinft.

Expofure to the view

miftake for concert.

all

fometioics (if yuu abftuft

number of inftruments playing

ther

Ef.}Jt.

cuous. ]

Pofe.

In one confort there iat

Cruel revenge, and rancorous defpite,
Difloyal treafon, and heart-burning hate. Fairy

Co to.

ad-v.

Eminently; famoufly

Anafiembly; a divan; a confutation.

3.

Pipe's
.

CONSPI'CUOUSNESS.

Drydcn's Fables.

I.

cf the organs,

2.

thy confort came

Dentam.
only to thy bed, but to thy fame.
He fingle chofe to live, and fliunn'd to wed,
Well pleas'd to want a coxfort of his bed.

CO'NSON* A NT. n.f. [confonans, Latin.] A

letter which cannot be founded, or but
In

and

faid,

Thy Bellona, who

z.

fcene

[from canfpicttous.]
Obvioufly to the view.
Thefe methods may be preferved confpicticujly,

1.

Milton.

Milton' i Paradifi Liji.

Hooktr.
be much

Decay of Pic'ly.
Decay of Pitt}'.
He difcovcrs how ctafsnant the account which
Mcfei hath left of the primitive earth, is to this

imperfectly, by

C'.nfficutus

heufe of lords,

Co K s p I'c uous L Y

His warlike amazon her hoft invades,

Th' imperial confort ai the crown of fpades.

Dcd:.

Add:fin

The

Male he created thee, but thy corfort

Female for race then blcfs'd mankind, and
Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.

Or what change

Milton's faraiiift
Lsj}.

Dry Jen's Juvenal,

to participate

fit

conjfricuous

Thy father's merit points thee out ti>

And fc s thi'e in the faireft point of light,
To make thy virtues or thy faults Kr.fp\.-uvn.

to itfelf.

from nature.

as I feek,

lefs
?

Eminent ; famous ; diilinguifhed'.

He attributed to each of them trial-virtue which
he thought mod C6rtjfict(0ta in them.

2.

Pofe.

a wife or hulband.

All rational delight

wherein the brute
Cannot be human ccnfort.

a thing ccw/on.nr ivitb natural equity.

Religion looks cunfinant

to

Fellow/hip,

That where much

Abfents thec

Companion; partner; generally a part-

our fellow-

[confonans,

adj.

Obvious
Or come I

now on the former. Milton

ner of the bed

Siakefpcare's Hamlet.

CO'NSONANT.

adj. [cwfpicuus, Lat.]

to the fight ; leen at a diftance.

has ufed them both.]

not ufed.

Let mr conjure vou by the rights of

Ihip, by the Ct^ftUUtJ of our youth.

Glairville's Sciifls.

CONSPICUOUS,

that a total abftinence

Digby

have fet down this, to Ihcw the perfeft c<,nhof our py rfecuted church to the doftrinc of
fcriptu.c and ar.tiquity. Hammond in Fundamentals.
;

is,

no more philofophy, than

is

n.f. [from fonfficuoui.']

favourablenefs to the fight.

If this definition be clearer than the thing demiJnight may vie for ccn/'fuuiiy with noon.

It had
n.f. [confers, Latin.
anciently the accent on the latter fyll.i-

I.

fined,

CO'NSORT.

concord

Brightn.efs

total confutation of the fenfcs is rcpofe.

rJitcy

required,

of his maxims

it

Sbatefpcjre'i Ccriofaxus.

.'

CONSPICU'ITV.

Agree-

in ufe.

One

Did.

f.

n.f. \confperfio, Lat.]

Diei.
fprinkJing about.

fymphonious.
CONSOPI A'TION. n.f. [(romconfopio, Latin.] The aft of laying to fleep. Little

Such

out of this character

from intemperance

conffcftus,

[from eoufptSus,
Latin.] Sight; view; fenie of feeing.
This word is, I believe, peculiar to
Shakeffeare, and perhaps corrupt.
Whit harm can your bifl'on cieffdlttitics g'em

Not

waters rlow'd

In ccnfonance.

now

adj. [confenus, Lat.]

ing in found

n.

Did.

fociety.

CONSPE'RSION.

fil'th

Wittm.

And winds and

Agreement

CONSPECTU'ITY.

n.f. [from confonant.]

Di3.
conliftency.

Comfort to, Latin.]

adj. [from
to be ieen.

Latin.] Eafy

all.

If he will fpfak coitfinantly to hirnfelf, he mu.1

happened in the original conftitu'

Agreeablenefs

n. f.

frllowfiiip

CONSPE'CTABLE.

teacheth, and

that

and the oflave.

fcnTe

as c-i<fa:ant/y it preachcth,

ble, but has

[from ccnfcnant.}

fa) that

it is

Z. Confiftency
nefs.

Partnerfhip

natures.

parliament

ufcd for the combining and

uniting of two benefices in one. Coivell.

3.

!tf',rtehlt

Corso'RTiON.

OurffKs are formed according to th.r

which fjames things coi'fitianlly to their refprcVvc

to another.

I.

ufed.
to Charles Brandon, under
H^etten.
Hc::ry V11I. who was equal to him.

licw.u

Hwrcr.

CONSOLIDATION, n.f. [from confolidate."]

1. The aft of uniting into a folid mafs.

CO'NSONANCE.
CO'NSON ANC Y.

ad-v-

drlivcrcth, aj if but one tongue did fpeak f'r

moulds

In law,
3.

to be

Not

fuitable.

agreeably.

CO'NSONOUS.

them more

2.

/.'

[from
//.] To
ranked with ;

adj.

be compared with

left cl.

confiJ'.-red thefe ai

CO'NSON ANTLT.

firm,

grow

In hurts ar.d ulcers in the head, drynefs maketh

fall

COKSO'RT ABLE.

wrl

CO'NSON ANTNESS.

one.

hard, or folid.

did not

vov.vl<)

of il'cm, mire or

a!)

they ha.l a grcatc

ture of vowtis or foujonart;, and accordingly emthem a, the vtsrle requi:
"> Hor.tr.
I'-jt'i t'jlay

to chi-

unite two parliamentary

To CONSOLIDATE, v.

The

He

Burret's Tbicty.

waters.

2.

and, in
and ibetting it.

Co.ifiHeiuly

to harden ; to unite into a folid rnafs.

The word maybe rendered, cither he ftretchrd,
or he fixed and tonfoMated, the earth above the

The

fr>m the

nil
;

wounds.

To

CON

CON

Cornell.

lony.
.

concurrence

a general tendency of
many caufes to one event.
When the time new came that mifery was ripe
;

for him, there was a

ccnjpira.y in all heavenly and
earthly things, to frame lit occafiens to lead him

unto

it.

Sidnrj.

The

CON
Th*

!r

CON

appearing fo malicious In this morbific

ccmfpiracy, exafts a

CONSPI'RANT.

more

Henry VIII. when

particular regard.
Harvey on Conjumptions

Confpiring ; engag -g in a confpiracy

or plot ; plotting.

ftables of

of

Thou

arc a traitor,
this high illuftrious prince.

Caffpiranfg^iaA

laid afide, as

able

hundreds and franchifes

whom were

Edward

teenth of

in

ordained,

Shakefpeare

King Ltar.

two

the thir-

Of any conjtant man. Shakcfp. Merchant ofl'cr.ifc.

4. Free from change of affeftion.
Both loving one fair maid,
they yet remained

every hundred, for the confervation of

the peace, and view of armour. Thefe
are now called high
con/tables ; becaufe
continuance of time, and increafe both
of people and offences, have occafioned
others in every town of inferiour autho-

a./,

[confpiratio, Lat.]
agreement of many to one end.
One would wonder how, from fo differing pre-

An

mifes, they fhould infer the fame conclufion, v.-ere

not that the ccnfpiration of intereft were too potent for the diveriity of judgment. Decay
P\e'\.

it

df

CONSFI'R ATOR.

n.f.

from

confpiro,

Laone

A man engaged in a plot ;

has fecretly concerted with others
commiffion of a crime ; a plotter.
Achitophel is among the cmffiratvrt with Abtin.]

lord.

When

But let the bold ccnfpirji9r beware

For heav'n makes princes its peculiar
;

Diydtri'i Spanijh Friffr.

put into hi; hand a note of the whole confpiracy againil him, together with all the names of
the
South.
cmfpiratert.

To

>t.

concert a crime

to plot

me what

2.

they deferve,

That do conffire my death with devilifli plots

Of damned witchcraft.
Skaiy. Richard 111.

What

That mov'd

was

it

the world

is
;

in

man

that

a ratara! pofiibility to
is, to cot-.^irt tj know no

prefs, the pulpit, and the

Ccajfire to cenfure and expofe o-ir

2.

confpirator

Who

chafes,

Macbeth

b.?.

S.- .;.;.

ii

unvaried

ii.ac

fteadinefs

In a fmall

ill;,

In vaiii the:

4.

among
fummed up and

Cljn<vi//t'sSctpJ!s.

CV//jnty

[ccmnjlatuli, as it
j.

fuppofed.]

Lord high conjlaMe

an ancient officer
of the crown. Tue funftion of the tonJlatletf England confided in the care of
the common
peace of the land in deeds
of arms, and in maiters of war.
To
the court of the
conf.atlt and marfhal
is

The

ii

iu.h

lencies.

un-

Prior.

continuance of lovs,

The

condition is a cmfttilatkn or
conjuncture of
thofe gofpcl graces, Jaith,
i.op;-, charity, felfdenial, repentance, and the reft.
HmttKitd s Praflical
Catectiftn.

CONSTERNA'TJON.

flabiii

belonged the cognizance of contracls,

deeds of arms without the realm, and
combnts and blafonry of nrms within it.
vnftable of F.nglarvd

ed by the Conqueror, and the

till

was creat-

conthe thirttenth of
office

adj.

[/*,,

2.

fame holy ccnjlrrnathn upon thrmJacob did at Bethel, which he called the
of
heaven.
gate
Scutt.
1 he natives, dubious whom
They muft obey, in Corfu-nation wait
Till rigid conqueft will pronounce their

They

unchanged

IHJkry cf FirKxcfs.
;

immutable

durable.

The

world

find the

To

CO'NSTIPATE. v

To crowd

a fcene

a.

[from

conjj'^o,

to thicken

Of
t<" f It

of

together into a narrow

of change-;, and to be
ftyfart, in nature were inconftar.cy.
Uw/ry.

room

to condcnfc.

tiic

condenfe anJ confli,

Baa,n.
may, by arrufiing, cooling, and arftipjiing
cold,

wa'.ers, turn

whirlpool
the atom;

might
's

Latin.]

ci.nfant

Unvaried

alie-

furprize;

felvcs that

Latin.]

If y.)u take
highly reftirleJ fpirit of wine, and
i-.irit of
urine, and mix ihcrn, \ou
may turn tLcic two fiuid li..]u.)rs into a
i

wonder.

fixed; not fluid.

bm 'y-

con/lento,

liege.

BJI, however, ftrangeand admirable.

Sbattfprarc.

[from

amazement

furprize

y and

') of the night told over,

witnerTcth thin
f.mcy's images,
to
fomcthing of great cot.Jlany,

J-'nm

n.f.

Lat.] Aftonifhment;
nation of mind by a

And grows

CO'NSTANT.

Parat/ife Lrjl.

but one;
a train of ftars.

corTftcllatisn is

Thiugh 'tis
Dryticn.
An afiemblage of fpendours, or excel-

2.

Certainty; veracity; reality.

More

1.

ftars.

of heaven, and the rorJle.'Ltitvt

not give their light.
Jj'a'ut, xiii. 10.
The earth, the air, refounded ;
heav'ns and all the ccnjltl/aticns rung.
ftars

thereof, (hall

firmnefs of
friend/hip, as ovtrbjks a:id pafles by Idler failurcs ''
rcnins die fame
habitun! g >i,d-will to a friend.
South.

defile-

n.f. [from conftdlatt.]

clufterof fixed

For the

II

n.f.

1.

or friendship.

unite fe-

cnnjtellattd in ours.

CONSTELLA'TION.

arnidft the widsft feas,

Lafting afteftion

Boyk.

To

a.

all

conjhr.fy has fix'd her feat ;

the tcmpcfts bear.

Triumphant

[cenftellatut,

to fhine with

fcatte:ed perfecYions, which were divided

the feveral ranks of inferiour
natures, were

(liaken determination.

Mjck.

Brcwr?! Vulgar Errours.

Thefe

it.

Great conftitutions, and fuch as are

conf.elleied
into knowledge, do nothing till
they outdo all.

ftate.

do

veral fliining bodies in one

fplendour.

c'.r.fl^r.cf

firmnefs

never ap-

God.

To CONSTE'LLATE. v.

Ray-on the Crtafiin.

Rcfohtion

The fevcral things which engage our affcflions,

dn, in a tranfcendent manner, (hinc forth and conliellate in

will ever

in iuch a
variety, fuch
a
multiplicity, /hould be the refult of chance.

pollution.

tinued hereditary

man

himfelf no

certainly

cor.ftantly

Milton's

Confiftency
,

-are:

frett,

God

t,.

To join luftre
Latin.]
one general light.

Survey of C-.rr.ivall.

n.f. [conjlantia, Latin.]

Immutability ; perpetuity ; unalterable
of

fronv conftant. ]

nay, that they (hould not

CONSTE'LLATE.

To

2.

3.

I.

-'s

Tillctfu,.

deny
to be of a different conftitution from the
former,
in rcfpeft of the one's
and
the
mutabiccnjlancy,
lity of the o
Haokcr.

cars,

CONSPURCA'TION. n.f. [from c;

The act of defiling
Latin.]

CCXNSTABLE.

peal

continuance.

Htigb.

cox/fire.]

raecha.iicks.]
All fuch as aft in direction not 01
to one another.

th' i'tocks,

i'

adv.

perpetually

CO'KSTANCY.

CONSPI'RING Powers. [In

ment

me

eonjlablejhip

1.

never van^uifa'a

fet

flocks, for a witc'.i.

of the caltlc, and that

granted out in lease.

R.)<cm-non.

;g,-.

a plotter.
Take no

who

(hall

had

;
;

It is ftrange that the fathers Ihould

n.f. [from conjtabh.'}

The office of a conftable.
This kecper:hip is annexed to the

agree together : as, all things confpire to make him happy.

S > moid and dry, when Phabas ir.

CONSPI'KER. n.f. [from

eanjlablt

of fouls he

fteadily.

Shale-pare.

To over-run the CONSTABLE,

[perhaps
from canteftable, Fr. the fettled, firm,
arid Hated
To fpend more
account.]
than what a man knows himfelf to be
worth a low phrafe.

To

Cm/firing give the p!i

Unvariably

Edward

p->or

his care

follow'd, lov'd by molt, admir'd by all.

CONSTANTLY,

conjljble,

CO'NSTABLESHIP.

Browrft Vulgar Err^url.

The

common

now

land

Vrydtn.

pale Caflius to ronfpirtf

SbakijpeareiAi:t;ny and Cltopatra.

Thej' took great indignation, and nrjpircd ugainfl
the king.
^p^rypta.
Let the air be excluded ; for trut undermineth
the body, and eonfpinlb with the fpirit of the body
to difTolve it.
Bacm.

There

th'

was lord high

firmly

He (hewed his firm adherence to religion, as

modelled by our national conftitution j and wa
conftjnt to its offices in devotion, both in public!;,
and in his family.
AMJin't FrukoUtr.

Clarendon.

to hatch

By many

Wi-va of Winder.
Shjluffearfs Merry
The cwjtable being a fober man, and an
enemy
to fcdition, went to obfcrve what
they did.

[confpiro, Lat.]

fecret treafon.
Tell

i'

hither, I

of Buckingham

Bohun.
The knave

care.

One

To CONSPI'RE. v.

came

And duke

through the

ftretch'd,
And like a primitive apoftle preach'J
Still cheerful, ever caiftant to his call

Sbakefpearei Henry VI.

fteady

Belides

conftalle*.

Sidney.

Certain ; not various

adherent with to.

Now

we have ctnftabttt denominated

from particular places
as, con/table of
the Twer,
of Dover Co/lie, of the Caftle
of Carnarvon : but thefe are properly
cajtcllani, or governours of cafiles.
Ci'-Mill. Chambers.

z Samuii.

Stand back, thou manifeft ccnfpiratir ;

Thou tliat contriv'ft to murder our dread

petty

ccnjlant friends.

5.

thefe,

who

falom.

called

rity,

determined; immov-

contents
the colour from Bailanio's cheek :
Some dear friend dead ; elfe nothing in the world
Could turn fo much the conftitution

be chofen in

to

I.

refolute

unfhaken.
Some mrewd

Now (leal

CONSPIRA'TION.

Firm;

3.

fome to the king. From thefe mighty

magiftrates are derived the inferiour co/t-

[confpirans, Latin.]

adj.

was

it

powerful as to become trouble-

fo

being

CON

<p

y is to

them into
:ir'.fc

i;,

f.j:ne

rain.

Ray

in the Criat.

vertiginous motiojji o r
,,f t he chao:, ,\
,

niiijlit

be tluuft

and crowded

to the

CON
middle of thofe whirlpools, and there corf if ale one
another into great folid globes.
Bentlty,

To

z>.

ftuff

up, or flop by

Thii

any aliment Ihould have

or fliutting up
conflipatinp

It is not probable that

quality of intirely

the capillaiy veffels.

To

3.

jfrburbnot

coftive.

to

fpirits,

It requiies either abfolute fulnefs

or' its

Stoppage ; obftruftion by plenitude.

The inactivity of the gall occafions a conftifalien
of the

ftate

CONSTITUENT,

adj.

\_conjlituem,

That which makes any thing what

Could turn

it

and

Body, foul, and reafon, are the three parts neDrydtni Dufrefnoy.
CclTarily conftituent of a man.
All animals derived all the cwiftituc.it matter of
their bodies, fucceflively, in

Wootfauard.
It is impoflible that the figures and fizes of its
Ihould be fo juftly adapted as
fciiftiluint particles,
to touch one another in every point.
Bcntley't Sermons.

CONSTITUENT,
Their

With

blifhment

Origin of Mankind.

The

fame

impediment
is

glands

to nutrition;

for the

is

a great

lymph

in thofc

a neceflary conjlitucnt of the aliment.

Arbutbnot on Aliments.

He

that deputes another; as, the re3.

prefentatives in parliament disregard
their coijlituenti,

CONSTITUTE.

<v.

a. [corfiituo,

La-

To

give formal exiftence ; to

any thing what it is ; to produce.

Bred

is

Decay of Piety.
ereft ; to eftablifli.
We muft obey laws appointed and cznflituttd by

To

lawful authority, not againft the law of God.

Taylor's Holy Living.
It will be neceflary to confider, how at firft thofc
fcveral churches were canftittittd, that we may underftand

how

in this one

church

they were

un-red.

3.

To

!'.-,:._

depute

to appoint another to
n. /.

He that conftitutes or
CONSTITUTION, n.f.

[from

The

parts

2.

natural qualities.

any

Whereas men before

eflential

By

conftraint

What

[from conftrain.~\
by compulsion.

had given them to think, to

in evil, that through a
froward and wanton define of innovation we did
which confcience was
constrainedly thofe things, for
occallon

it

their greater obduration

Hooker,

pretended.

CONSTRA'INER.

n. f.

productive.

did fuppofe

To

them weep.

To

To

The

JJfaint it pats

upon us

to art for

it.

no body,

think, accounts an abridgment of liberty.

Lsck?.

Outofufe.

Confinement.

2.

waxen weak and raw,

Thro' long imprifonment, and hard corjiraint.

fome aftion.

To

SbaJtcfenare' s Csriolanus.
I

CONSTRI'CT.

ftrifium, Lat.]
To bind ; to

To

coritraft

Such things

rage appcafc
the feas. Dry,!.
;

neceflitate.
your honour, therefore, he

pity as conjlrained blcm: flics,

Siakeff. Antuty and Cleopatra.

we're

Sfeit/er.

-v. a.

cramp

[enftringt, con-

to confine into a

narrow compafs.
2.

in caves conftrains the winds,

Nothing dcferv'd.

led by fjme,
but by my choice, I came.
C'jnflrair.t,
Dryden's Indian Emperc-ur,
conftant defire of h.ippinefs, and the con-

His limhs

hinder by force; to reftrain.

The fears upon

Sbakfjpcart's Kin

to enaft or eftabliln.
[coiiflraimire, Fr.

conftraint

hut voluntary.

ls

Like you, a man; and hither

Decay of Piety.

v. a.

on

fliould be

it

Not by

CONSTR ATN.

coiiftrain. ]

[contrainte, French.]
compelling force; violence ; aft of overruling the defire j
confinement.

Compulfion

Brawn's Vulgar Erroiirs.

The elements and remftilutive parts of a fchifmatick, being the ellccm of himfelf, and the con-

canjiringo, Latin.]
compel ; to force to

from

He that conftrains.
CONSTRAINT. n. /.

i:

power

bound in confcience

flood

as reafon teacheth,

CONSTR A'lNEDLV.fl^.

lUncfs will be

Sharp's Surgery.
civil conftitution ;

do

they are now, by virtue

of human \3Vf,conJirainab!c; and, if they outwardly
Hotter.
tranfgrefs, punimable.
to

radical.

conjtitutiinat

Can with a breath their clam'rous

They fear his whiftle, and forfake
3.

Raleigh.

But, heav'n be thankjhjt

My fire

appoints.

it.

adj. [from conftrain.}

Liable to conftraint ; obnoxious to com*

conjiitu-

Namur fuhdued, is England's palm alone;

The reft befieg'd, but we Lbnjlrain'd the town. Dry.

aft

elemental

Conjlra:t:s

an

[from conftltutt.]
of conftituting ; enafting ;
deputing ; eftabliihing ; producing.
2. State of being ; particular texture of
1.

[from

Thy fight, which (hould

Make our eyes flow with joy,

r.

foft

be placed among the non-raturals,

that is, fuch as, neither naturally conflitutive nor
merely destructive, do preferve or deftroy.

To

all

conjlitute.]

ftraln

I.

tempt of others.
2. Having the

office.

CO'NSTITUTBR.

in the conftitution

Although

make

reftrain

CONSTRAI'NABLE.

CONSTITJU'TIVE. adj. [from conftitute.']

1. That which conftitutes any thing what
;

To

to withhold.
;
weapons of paternal perfuafions, after
mankind began to forget the original giver of life,
became overweak to rcfift the firft inclination of
evil : or after, when it became habitual, to ccn-

Ayl'iffe.

legal.

others.

2.

adj.

Confident with the

it is

produce in oppofition to

to

piilfion.

communicated with the fmall-pox by inoculation.

2.

Dryden,

force

The

pofitive conJHtutitni

canon.

eccleliaftical

It is not probable

not only a moral but chriftian virtue, fuch as is neceflary to the etnftituting of all

Prudence

an

To

to.

tlon. ]

tin.]
1.

as

CONSTITUTIONAL,
1.

obltru&ion of the mefentcry

Drydah
Lmprifon.
Cunjtrain'd him in a bird, and made him fly
With party-colour'd plumes, a chattering pye.

efta-

Hooker.
ConJHtutlen, properly fpeaking in the fenfe of the
law
civil law, is that
which is made and ordained
by fome king or emperor ; yet the canonifts, by
vtord
the
adding
facred to it, make it to fignify the

neceffary to the fubfill-

ence of any thing.

to bind.

inftitution.

We lawfully may obferve the

n. f.

Hale
is

In this northern trait our hoarfer throats

Utter unripe and ill conjlrained notes.
Waller,

of our own churches.

higher and nobler

That which

Daniel.

tie

nature.

right,

eftablifhed ufage

the ftrajt ftays the flender wafte corfram.

To

9.

by might,

foreign covjlituriom he had brought.

law
j. Particular

compol'ure and origination requires a

than chance.
conjlituent

firft

all

Mixing our cuftoms, and the form of

The perfon or thing which conftitutes

or fettles any thing in its peculiar ftate.

To

Clarendon.

fervour of the feaft,

Scarce the weary god had clos'd his eyes,

rufhing on with Oiouts, he binds in chains
drowfy prophet, and his limbs conjtralns.

The

form of government ; fyftem

of laws and cuftoms.

The Norman conquering

ages, out of this

all

ctrjli-

to prefs.

When

Sbak. Merchant of Venice.

with undaunted courage,

than was expected from his

lefs pafiion

6. Eftablifhe'd

fun.'.

2.

the ccnjlitution

tvtiin.

fifts.

1.

much

Of any conftant man.

He defended himfelf

necefiary to exiftence ; elemental ;

eflential ; that of which any thing con-

is

fo

and forc'd.

conftringe.

To

mew

Lat.]

ccr.Jlrain'J

winter frofts cinJSra'm the field with cold,

fcanty root can take no fteady hold. Dryden,

The
7.

8.

than by fufpecting every thing in his way. Sidney.

Some dear friend dead ; elfe nothing in the world

fpotlefs chaftity,

you

When

Dametas, according to the eonjtitut'an of a dull

himfclf wife
head, thinks no better way to

Arbutbnct n'Alamtt.
of having the body bound.

belly.

The

5.

traitors

Gay,

To

their native conjlitutwns,

Temper of mind.

to ravim.

confine

How

cct'jiitutioR.

5.

The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her brcaft,

And with^fweet kiffcs in her arms conjlraias,
Thou may'ft infufe thy venom in her veins. DryJ.

Temfle.
Beauty is nothing elfe but a juft accord and
of
the
animated
a
healthful
members,
harmony
by

Bentley.

violate

When am'idft the

a dog.

Hiftorj.

of matter, or

particles.

To

5.

fall

all,

a pretty clofe conjiifation and mutual contact

men happen, by

rein,

Sbakcjpcire't Titus Andrm'uvs,

6.

into the gout, either they mind it not st

having no Icifure to be fick, or they ufe it like

/Egyfthus gave the

lull

th' adult'roui act ccnftraln

gfii Oayfey.

Inhuman

this oily ccr.Jiitu-

or difeafe.

Ms
we

Her

Ternpe^ of body, with refpeft to health

4.

to

fate or

To

4.

there is one advantage ; fuch who arrive to

age, are not fubject to ftriilure of fibres.
Arbutbnrt on Ailments.

If fuch

This worketh by the detention of the

ftnd conjugation of the tangible y.m
BJL-'I'S Natural

Did

titn,

room; condenfation.

2.

firft.

Corporeal frame.
Amongft many bad effects of

3.

Brcxun's Vulgar Errsurs.

CONSTIPA'TION. ./. [from cen/lifate.]

1. The aft of crowding any thing into lefs

When

eoxfl'itu-

became of the fame condition

Ke'Mtm'i Of ticks.

its priftine
cojtjjituticn,

Aliments.

Omitting honey, which is laxative, and the

powder of fomc loadftones in this, doth rather conf ifate and bind, than purge and Loofcn the belly.

any other

Siailry.

as at

make

bind the belly, or

beneficial than

This light being trajefted through the parallel

prifms, if it fuffered any change by the reflection
of one, it loft that impreflion by the contrary
refraction of the other ; and fo, being reftored tn

up the

filling

more

is

'

pafTages.
th.:

CON

CON

as

to caufe to (brink.
and ftrengthen

cvxjliifi the fibres,

the folid parts.

Arbuibr.ot on Dirt.

CONSTRUCTION,
Contraftion
traftion.

ward

n. f.

[from

compreffion

Compreffion

force, (oitjlritfien

canftriS, ]

forcible con-

from an outfrom fome qua-

is

lity

CON

CON
as the throat is compre/Ted by a
;
bandage, and conftringed by a cold.
The air, which chefe receive into the lungs, may

Jhy

equiponderant to the
Vater ; and the ctujtridim or dilatation of it, may
probably afiift them to afccnd or defcend in thr
water.
Kay en tbi Crcat'.cn.
ferve to render their b

CONSTRUCTOR,

6.

[a*pH8r,

CONSTRI'NGE. <o.
To comprefs
Lat.]

To

bind

The

Stalteffeart's Trailus

the quality of binding or

a.

form;

to

as,

he

CONSTRU'CTION. *./.
1. The aft of building,
regular method.
The form of building

Lat.]

or piling up in a

are put to confirm and

paraphrafc our

to free ourfelves rither

from the igno*

flrufture

con-

There's no art
Ihew the mind's canftrufikn in the face. Slat.
The way* were made of fevcral layers of flat
ftoncs and flint: the conftruflitn was a little various, according to the nature of the foil, or the
materials which they found.
Arbutlna.

To

[In grammar.] The putting of words,

duly chofen, together in fuch a manner
as is proper to convey a complete fenfe.
Clarke's Latin Grammar.

Violation

is

but one

Word, which

God

ii

cvflfuljtantial

(-1

to deliberate
;
has with before the per-

it

men

fat cojiilting

always for the people.

the

Son

we

human

nature of

Mac.

viii.

15.

ceive.

Clarcnfhr..

To CoNSu'tT.

To

1.

<v.

a,

afk advice of: as, be confultcd his

to confult an author.
;

friends

To

2.

regard

to aft with view or refpeft

to.

We

ChrH

arc, in the

of

fities

life,

firlr.
place, to cmfult the necefrather than rriattcrs of ornamc

d':ii^ht.'

The

to ours, but of another kir.d.

CONSUBSTANTI A'LITY.

which

Who

Bret

This label, whofe containing

from f'.-rfe in hardncfs, tti.
c :n
Malo- r.n r >!!eflian of it ; let him /hew
His (kill in the c'.rJlruflhn.

And

n.f. [from can-

f;nate owes

its

L'Ej?::
gratitude to Cato,

v,ith fo great a foul confuix its fefcty,

guards our lives, while he neglects

liis

own.

Shateif.

5.

in

DryJ.

Latin.]

[confultt,

work.
F,\im. xxjvij.
He fc*nt for his bifbm friends, iv:ib whnin he
moft confidently corfultect,' and ("hewed tlv
to them, the contents whereof he could not cnn-'

Hi-.icr.

nation.

The

had on earth.

In their conceits the

n.

Cof-yWf not tvitb the- Oothful for ai|y

continneth a body cojifubffantial with our bodies ; a body of the fame, both nature and meafure,

was not

and triumph grace.

aJj. [cctfubjlan-

It

it

ccvliJjf:ip

fudden breach on 't.

Kbakefp, ller.ry VIII.
fcnate-houfe, wherein three hundred and

twenty

Being of the fame kind or nature.

which

ill,

be fo defil'd.

take counfel together

conjlu-

blefs and magnify that co-ertential Spirit, eternally

proceeding from both, which is the Holy Ghoft.
Hooker.
.

do very

The

thing infpir'd ; and, not consulting, broke

Into a general prophecy, that this tcmpeft,
D^fhing the garment of this peace, abnded

indivinble unity, notwithstanding we adore the

Father, as being altogether of himfeif, we glorify
that iorfuiiftantial

manful. ]

Latin.]
Having the fame eflence cr fubfiftence.

The Lord our God

[from

tialis,
,

all

MJifm on lialy.

fon admitted to confultatioii.,

/
Every man,
After the hideous frorm that fctUow'o, wa*

defilement.

CONSUBSTA'NTIAL.

were effaced out of

Jonfon's Cat'!irte*\
lovely boy, with his anfpicious face,

common

The

frttte.]

The aft of arranging terms in the proper order, by disentangling tranfpofitions ; the aft of
interpreting ; explaI>

in

file.

Some

particles constantly, and others in certain

ftnjlrufliens t have the fenfe of a whole fentence
contained in them.
Lxkt.

To

Stillingfcrt.
idri, the

[from

confuljbip

Shall Poliio's

n. f.

n, f.

To CON'SU'LT. v.

CO'NSTUPRATE. -j. a. |>,///,/r<,,

To violate to debauch to de-

CONSTUPRA'TION.

Latin. J

[confulatus ,

esnjulatc

patricians /hould

let tiie

The

if?

f.

Ben

double meaning vaniflies. stjdif. enrfr.iinttMtJ.il:

To

men, and left their places,

down ? Benjonfon's Cati/inr.

of conful.

The

Dry den.

Lat.]

formation.

4.

corflraf

it.

CO'NSULSHIP.
To

been,

of conful.

office

His name and

be not fo nnderftond or r;r-

rance or malice of our adverfaries.

When the word is cunfirucl into

conjlntft-

[conftruflio ,

fat'ft

public regifters and iiifcriptioiu.

as if

Tims we
own words,

ed a new fyftem.

3.

muft crave that

One who had

fenfe; the

meaning;

tion.
In which fenfe although we"

futjtantiaL]
,

Cy

interpreta-

Coliier on the

Religion, in its rr.vn nature, produce

towards men, and puts the miideft c'.t,,

till

jsn every

accid-.nt tlut

Vm.I.

co-eternity and con fubfta Mia lily with the Father,

iron) heaven.

juc'ge the apoftlc':,

ve been uttered,
yet hereunto we do
not require them to yield, that think
any other
more
found.
Harder.
onJIruO'uii
He that would live at cafe, fliould always
put th'c
beft c<i>firu3ion on bufincfs and convtrft!i-,;i.

befj <hsi.

Stxllata:

Exigence of more than or.e, in the

fame fubftsnce.
The eternity of the Son'i generation, and his

3.

To

plan ; to contrive.
Thnn Lift nitfultfj (hame

Hammond on

Fundamentals.

Participation of the fame nature.

To CONSUBST A'NTI ATE. -v. a. [from cem
and fubftanita, Lat.] To unite in one
z.

common fubftance or nature.

CONSU BSTANTI A'TION. n. f. [from confitb/lantiatc. ] Ths union ox' ths body of

to thy lio'iT', ly
[la'k. ii. Jo.
rnlny j-copls.
things were there circuited for die f '..;,..,

.Ii'

ciit'.'iiR

Many

'ling

when he came down

''

confular

CO'NSUTATE.

office

Virgil is fo very figurative, 'that lie require* (I

ahnoft fay) a grammar apart to
him.

Boylii Vfcfulnifi tf Natural Pbilofopby.

:

conful.
Rofe not the
So foon as thou

The

(hew the

to

may

pleafed to conjlruf! this vaft fsbrick.

form by the mind

to explain

CONSULAR Man,

z.

any fuch rfiing,- by virtue thereof,

couU be done without the aid and aflift.ince or
God's moft blelled fpirit.

judge between

confular power
ornaments,
only
without the force, of the royal authority.
Sfcffato:-.

meaning.

conftitute.

2.

To interpret

2.

[cenjlruclus,

to compile

in foreign parts
the merchants of his

nation, and proteft their commerce.

not the king, that doth you irjurir:.

Sbahfptcrt'i Henry IV..

\flrut~l,

to

'

Dryden.

An officer commiffioned
to

bind,

the Gauls came, one fole dictator

1'way'd.

Bljckmorc.
CO'NSTRUE. <v. a. {cwfiruo, Latin.] CO'NSULAR. adj. [cofularis, Latin.}
to the conful.
To range words in their natural order i. Relating
The
had
the

And
And

fbomfit's Hunter.

CpNSTRU'CT.

To

t.

times to their neceflities,

Corfirv! the
you In.ill fay, indeed, it is the time,

well,

Let there be an admiration of thofe divine attributes and prerogatives, for whofe manifesting he

2.

conftru8.~\

Xftnftr.

Latin.]
1. To build;

was

[from

/.

Will foon conceive, anJ learn to confirm well.

culd

C^njlrlngent.

To

fabrick.

as a
Corfu!,
Shalt. Coriotar.us.

tribune.

of mod'rate power in calms were made

}

C<.nfu!s

fpcll,

com-

or * confcrvatory of fnow,
may be more ccaftringfnt.
Bacon's Natural Hif^ry.
Winter bind>
ftrengthcn'd bodies in a cold embrace

Try a dep

Our

edifice

Love-learned letters to her eyes to read \

her deep wit, that trua heart's thought: can

preffing.

where the

When

republic!?.

Which

CON ST R I'M GENT. aitj. \cnnftringen:, Lat. ]

Having

in order to a geometrical demontlration.

Roman

chief magiftrate in the

Or never be fo noble
Nor yoke with him for

to difentangle tranfpofition.
I'll teach mine eyes, with meek humility,

Arbutbnu.

gulate the fluids.

The

n.f. [conful, confulenJo, Latin.]

CrefliJa.

Strong liquors, efpccially inflammatory fpirits,

intoxicate, cmfirmgt, harden the fibre:, and coa-

jiltcrbury.

CO'NSUL.
I.

They fliall the earth *t cmjfrutture clofely

And to the centre keep the parts ct'nriif d.

To

and

geometry.

In the point of carfufiflantiathit, toward the latte/

end of his life, hs changed his mind,

of Ejaatiefu, in algebra, is the method of reducing a

known equation into lines and figures,

Pile

dreadful fpour,

Ctitftritg'd

defcribing a figure or

CONITRV'CTURE.

conjlringo,
to contrail ; to
[

fliipmen do the hurricano call,

in mafb by the almighty fun.

our blefled Saviour with the facramental

element, according to the Lutherans.

CONSTRUCTION

mult

Scrib.

to force to contract itfelf.

Which

a.

Mart.

in

problem
8.

be ftrengthened in the fuperciliuus.

rfrbuthnot ar.d Pope's

mental reprefentation.

The manner, of

7.

Latin.]

That which comprefTes or contrails.

He fuppofed the conjirifiort of the eye-lids

',

cannot, therefore, unto reafonable conjlruct!Gns feem ftrange, or favour of finguiarity, that we
have examined this point. Bryant's fu-'g. Erroun.
It

"ies

n.f.

Judgment

CON

was

pofi.ively rcl.lvri.

C;.

CO'NSI-I.T. n.f. [from tke verb.

var:o-ji1y accented.]
1. The aft of
confulting.

It i?

'

Vou-.-f-i

n pciftri hen.! oae chofen half,

And mi.ch t' opprel's the faction in confult

With d/mg D"rax.
DryJcn'sJJm Uttaflie::.
2. The effeft of
confulting ; determination.
3

He

Hr fM, ind

And

all

rofe the

firfl

the council hrolw

There

diflblv'd in fmoketheir grave

lonj'uln
Dryelen's Fablri.

A council ; a number of perfons afleinbled in deliberation.

Diver* meet.ngt and confulit of our whole num-

3.

Euc.n.

ber, to confider of the former labours.

of coquets below
him out a beau.

cor.fult

Was

call'd, to rig

Swift.

Complete

3.

to the

H^lfim-m

<>f

Mfitjfu.

the king's court,

if,

then, upon this confutation or deliberation, decree is to be returnee

Ctnvell
again.

laft

thereof,
can be, otherwife.

Death

3.

Nothing

fire

but

it

doth contract

To

Where two raging

They do tcnjiau the

Thou

flialt

(halt

fires

oil

gather but

little

A wafte of mufcular
phyfick.]
It is frequently attended with a
flefh.
heftick fever, and is divided by phyfi
cians into feveral kinds, according to
the variety of its caufes.

to, fets

a.

To

wafte

away

The

Thefe violent delights have violent ends,

And in their triumph die ; like fire and powder,

Which,

as they

mecu

that

fpends,

waftes,

confume.~\

On

or dcftroys

an

piay be confldered as in the hand* of th

wrr, 9r of ttie merchant who buys the com

Money
.

To

CONSUMMATE,

-v.

Loci,

a.

[confommtr

Fr. fonfummare, Lat.] To complete ; t

Ancientl
perfeft ; to finifh ; to end.
accented on the firll fyllable.
Your(rlf, myfelf, and other

To

adj. [from confume.~\

Deftruftive ; wafting ; exhaufting; having the quality of confuming.

A long (enfumftrve war is more likely to breal
thh grand alliance than difable France.
jiddifcn on ibe

thing.
modtty, when made to export.

Harvey
efTcntial

CONSU'MPTIVE.

corfumt. Skak. Rom. ami Ja

CONSU'MER. n.f. [from

into a confumption, dropfy, or othe:

and diftinguilhing character of a

confirmed conj'umpti'.n, is a wafting of the body by
reafon of an ulcerated (la'e of the lungs, attendee
with a cough, a difcharge of purulent matter, am
a hectick fever.
Blactmore

ti

them

difeafe.

Thuj in foft anguifli (he

/JM the day,
Nor quit her dei-p retirement. Thomftn's Spring

CONSU'ME. v.

lords, will pafs

<tnfum>r,ait tius bufinrfs happily.

inf Jib,

2.

emiflion

/. [contagh, Latin.]

from body to body by

diieafes are communicated.

It we two be one, and tbou play falfe,
do digeft the poifon of thy flelh,

Being (trumpeted by thy contagim.

',

Siaktjpeare'i Corned} of En-curt.

In infection and coittagisn from body to body, at
the plague and the like, the infection is received
many times by the body pafiive ; but yet is, by the
firength and good difpofition thereof, repulfed.

0Mk

2. Infeftion

War

propagation of mifchief, or

difeafe.

Nor will the goodnefs of intention excufe the

fcandal and contagion of example.
Kir.g Cliarln.
Down fell they,
And the dire hifs renew'd, and the dire form
Miltun'i Pjrud.fc L'Jl,

Catch'd by contagion,

3. Peftilence ; venomous emanations.

Will he (leal out of his wholeforoe bed,
To dare the vile contagkn of the night ?
Stukffptarc'i Juliat Cafar.

CONTA'GIOUS.
Infeftious

fonous

In hollow bones of man.

Sbakrfftare'i Timon
The floppagf of women's courlcs, if not looke<

Dent, xxviii

be exhaufled.

Locke.

^'fy

Skaktfpiarf
feed out into the field
in ; for the locults (ha

it.

The

Confumption fow

thing that feeds their fury.

Brown's Vulg^ir Errwn.

high improbability.

CONTA'GION.

Cyml'tlitie>

[In

3.

Latin.]
a joining one body

\conlacliu,
;

That deleterious it may be at fome diftanee, and

dcftructive without corporal ccnrjff^n, there is no

Stak.

diminution or confumption; but are, at this day,

the highed mountains in tbofe countries. K-'oaJw.

[confumt, Latin.;
to deftroy.
;
meet together,

much

carry

be thy grave

to another.

!'.

perifhing.
Etna and Vefuvius have fent forth flames for
this two or three thoufand years, yet the mountains themfelves have not furtered any confiderable

CONSU'ME. v. a.
To wafte to fpend
;

j4rt>u

The

Locki

commodities.

ccnfitmaite

To

come near thee

it

which
!

being preferred in its consumption.

ftate of wafting or
2.

oil

that in a very few days it did choak and extinguifl

the flame.
WMiai's Mathematical Mafic t
Our growing rich or poor depends only on, whicl
is greater or lefs, our
importation or exportation o

neither hath been, nor

Htokcr.

tion.
In commodities, the value rifts as its quantity
is lefs and vent greater; which
depends upon its

much

fuliginous matter from the earthy parts of the

though it was tried with fome of the pureft

conjvmtna-

in other places

reflected,

CONTA'CTION. n. /.
The aft of touching

end of life.
ill

juncture of one

the blond which flows along the air-bladders.

DONSU'MPTION. n.f. \ctnfumptio, Lat.]

1. The aft of confuming ; wafte; deftruc-

adj. [from confume.'] Sufdeftruftion ; poflible to be

Aibcftos does truly agree in this common quality

afcribed unto both, of being incombultiblc, and no

its

Quiet consummation have,

CONSU'M ABLE.

it

Gholt, unlaid, forbear thee

gence.

and

cM^imMrini

Umemoved

ceptible of
wafted, fpent, or deftroyed.

original to

Mdijm't SpcUator,
of the prefent fyftem of things ;
the end of the world.
From the firll beginning of the. world unto the

One
n.f. [from con/alt.]
that confuks, or afks couufel or intellinot be found among you a charmer
with familiar fpirits, or a wizard.
Dtut. xviii. 1 1

all

The end

was between them, as to be

fccmed in that place of contjcJ to
Nnuton's Opticks,
be wholly tranfmittcd.
The air, by its immediate cental}, may coagulate

which

ti r..

CO*SU'LTER.

(hall

its

union

clofe

of the prrfon loved, which

fpirits
caufeth the defire of return into the body; whereof c-ntail and conupon followcth that appetite
Bacon'i Natural Hrft<ry.
junction.
When the light fell fo obliquely on the air,

Mdifon'i Spt&ntir.

fuppofed to take from

[ ccntatulatit),

Platonifts hold, that the fpirit of the lover

The

[from confummate.~\

Completion; perfection; end.

That jufl and regular procefs, which it mud be

i.

n. f.

to another.

body

jfJJifon'i Freeholder.

n.f.

with boards.

doth pafs into the

tcrrour.

nnfumatk by

Touch

con/intonate greatnefs, advifes to perto fecure a good

CONSUMMA'TION.

proved, and therefore the caufe to be

wrongfully called from the court chril-

tonfulttr

verb.]
omnibus

If a man of perfect and confummatc virtue falls

into a misfortune, it raifes our pity, but not our

upon comparing the

libel with the fuggeftion of the party

they do find the fuggellion falfe, or not

tonjiime

mod

hiftorian.

r a

[tontobulo,

joining of boards together ;

a boarding a floor.
CO'NTACT. n. f. [ contaaus, Latin. ]

'

hibition from the ecclefiafticai court, or

court chriliiui), to the king's court, is
returned thither again for the judges of

There

finifhed

-v. a.

Latin.]

form extraordinary actions, and

[In law.] Confultatiois a writ, whereby

a caufe, being formerly removed by pro-

tian

Confummale, lovely fmil'd. Miltor'i Paradife Lvfl.

Gratian, among his maxims for raifing a man

wherein he advifed a

called,

the

[from

adj.

perfeft

To floor
Latin.]
Co N T A R u L A'T O N

Earth, in her rich attire

a council.
was

Dill,

fewed or Hitched together.

CONTA'BULATE.

'o

numei'ii abfolutus,
I do but (lay till your marriage be corhmmatc.

Mark, ti. i.
of peribns confulted together ;

confutation
falivatinn.

f#. [;nfutilij, Lst.]

with the

chief priefts held a eonfultation

ritet

is

TONSU'MMATE.

elders and Icribes.

A number

we cotifvmmtK our fpouM

perfon wns cunning enough to begin the

deceit in the weaker, and the weaker fumVient to
tcnfumrajti the fraud in the (Ironger.
Srrmn'i Vulgar Errtnin.
He h.id a mind to cmfummatc the happinefs of
the day.
Toiler,

tion.

2.

fliall

The

CONSULTA'TION. n.f. [from con/alt.]

1. The aft of confulting j fecret deliberaThe

CON

CON

CON

[from contagio, Lat.}

caught by approach ; poiadj.

pcllilcntial.

The
That drag

ides,

the tragick melancholy nighky

From

their mifty jaws

Breathe foul, contagious darknefs in the air.
Sbatefpare'i Henry VI.
We ficken foon from her contagkus care,
Grieve for her forrows, groan for her djipair.

P-'wr.

CONTA'GIOVSNESS.

[from cntagiof being contagious.

eus.~\ The quality
To CONTA'IN. v. a. [ccatinea, Latin.]
1. To hold as a veflel.
There are many other things which Jcfus did,
n.f.

the which if they (hould be written every one, I

fuppofc that even the world itfelf could not contain

Difeafed with a confumption.

Nothing taints found lungs fooner than infpirin,
the breath of confumftivc lungs.
Harvey
Coxfumpttom
The lean, cenfumptive wench, with coughs de

the books that fliould be written.

John, xxi. 15.

Gently inftructed I (hall hence depart,
Greatly in peace of thought, and have my fill

Of knowledge

what this veflel can contain. Milton.

thy (lores contain bring forth, and pour
Abundance.
Milton.

What

eay'd,
It call'd a
pretty, tight,

and (lender maid. DryJett

By an exact regimen a corjumptivc perfon ma

hold out for years.
Arbutbnot on Diet

CONSU'MPTIVENESS.

/. [from con
tendency to a confumption
.

2.

To

comprehend ;
What feem'd fair in

Mean,

to comprife.
all

the world, feem'd

now

or iu her funun'd up, in her cmtain'd.

Mitten.

Tb.

To

4.

and contemperate the

alfo it is contained in the fcripture.

Wherefore

reftrain

to withhold

to

Fet.

ii.

refrefli

Spenfer on Ireland.
king't perfon contains the unruly people
ifions.

CONTEMPERA'TION.
The

Sfenjer.

Shakejpeare.

v.

Tolivein continence.
my palTion increafe, till I

tt.

the ardour of

f:it

could no longer :
N T A'I N A B L E

Co

fible to

Proportionate mixture

2.

be contained.

The

air, C:,VM>.'/; within the cayity of the coliBoyle.

p'k, amounte.i to eleven grains.
v. a. [ctntamino,
To

To

To

Lat.]

defile

to pollute

ill

to corrupt

There

His faired daughter

Sbaktff.tare's

Du

it

Even in

Sbakefpeart't

Henry VI.

without csniamir.atinz its beams. Glanvilie'i jtfil.

He tliat lies witn another man's wife, propa-

him

Pollution

tiate.]

\'iolated

tin.]

polluted.

CONTE'MN.

LaDid.

[contemeratus,

a [contemno, Latin.]
defpife ; to fcorn ; to flight ; to difregard ; to negleft ; to defy.
Yet better thus and known to be contemned,
Than ftill ton/mixed and flattered. Kbalt. King Lear.
Eve, thy contempt of life and pleafure leems
To argue in thre f<-m<;thin^ more fublime
And excellent than what thy mind contemns. Milt.

To

To

that

He

the godi, but

(hip, not only as contemncrs or
ers of the ftate.

CONTE'MPER. <v

To

3.

warmth

Datum.

jlddifon's Preetolrier,

To CONTE'MPORISE. f.

Preface.

\_con

and

tern;

The indiffcrency of their exiftences, ctrttcmporifej

into our actions, admits a farther consideration.
Brown's Vulgar Errourt,

CONTE'MPT.
1 .

The
gard
It

aft

[ciKtemptut, Latin.]

n.f.

of defpifing others

flight re-

fcorn.

was neither in contempt nor pride that

I did-

things.

Drrthjm.
Even from their nearelt friends.
There is no action, in the behaviour of one man
towards another, of which human nature is more

live

The

here.

impatient than ofeontempf, it being an undervaluing

of a man, upon a belief of his utter ufelelTnefs and
inability, and a fpiteful endeavour to engage the
reft of the world in the fame (light eilcem of him.
South.
His friend fmil'd fcornful, and with proud con-

Merchant of Venice.
oppofed to the

faculty of ftudy
aftion.
There are two lunations, contemplation and practice, according to that general divifion of object ;
fome of which entertain our fpecylation, others
X'tb.
employ our actions.
:

adj.

Given

timpt
Rejects as idle what his fellow dreamt.
Dryden's Faifes,
Nothing, fays Longinus, can be great, the con-

[from contem-

to thought or ftudy

ftudious

2.

Denbam.

in ftudy ; dedicated to ftudy.

I am no courtier, nor vctfed in flate aftairs
my life hath rather been cintimp/at.ve than active.
Bacon.
without the pleafure of
Contemplative men may be
dSfcovering tlie fecrets of (late, and men of action
are commonly without the pleafure of tracing the

Having

the

is great.
tempt of which
ftate of being

The

The

Employed

Grno's

Cofmologta.

power of though* or medi-

Eflbir.

The fhame of being miferable,

Expofes men to fcorn and bafe contempt,

have breath'd a fecret vow

in prayer and
contemplation,

fecrets of divine art.

3.

a.

To make contemporary
pus, Latin.]
to place in the fame age.

Dot bow.

is

the aUDofphcre.

gain the greateft lhare in their applaufes.

place was like to

CONTE'MPTIBLE.
1.

daily

more

truly

deferving fcorn.

himfelf, but he growcth

in his

rnoft contemptible to
;

own eyes.
Taylor's Guide to Devotion.
no one vice exempt,

contemptible

Defpifed

[from contempt,,J

adj.

knows

From

And
2.

jiddijon*

defpifed ; vilenefs.
come unto contempt.
z Mai, iii. 18.

Worthy of contempt
No man

cjiulify

contemporaries griet'd. Dryden.

favourable to me, he will hear

detracting.
Dryden's Jim. Preface.
The active part of mankind, as they do mod
for the good of their contemporaries, very defervedljr

[from contem-

Fixt and untemphu'we their looks,

Still turning over nature's books.
2.

live*

of his kindnefs from our cmtemp orarits ; for we

are fallen into an age illiterate, cenforious, and

thoughtful.

Smth.

One who

All this in blooming youth you have achier'd

Nor are your foil'd

As he has been

to

plate.']

a.

nearly an equal antanperamrm

of our bodies to that of the hotteft par' or

f.

n.f.

fame time with another.

Holy meditation ; a holy exercife of the

foul, employed in attention to facred

CONTE'MPLATIVE.

CONTE'MPER A MENT. n.f. [from ctntemptn, Latin.] The degree of any quality.
There

Cnely.
Exifting at the fame point of time.

at the

power of

and tontemper the heat, and

hinder the evaporation of mi/idure.Aay on the Great.
lcavi-i

Sbtikcjpearc's

oppofite qualities.

The

mufe

grove born with himfelf he fees.

loves his old
contemporary trees.

CONTE'MPORARY.

Shake/plan.

ti'-ltuib-

[contempt, LaTo moderate ; to reduce to a

tin.]
lower degree by mixing fomething of
.

To

Only attended by NerifTa

contemns
counleis

n.

fame time.

at the

It is impolfible to make the ideas of yefterday,

to-day, and to-morrow, to be the fame j or bring
ages pad and future together, and make them
Locke*
contemporary.

Watts.

Meditation ; ftudious thought on any

fubjeft ; continued attention.
Huw now ? what ferious contemplation are you

To

fceptre fway'd,

n.f. [from contemn.'] One

a dtfpifcr ; a fcorner.
;
him to pericxute innovatorii of wor-

3.

One who c'jttttir.rt'd divine ?nd human laws ;

Then (Irife enfued.
Dryden's firgH'i jEiteid.

CONTE'MNER.

A
And

Locke.

2.

<u.

Pygmalion then the Tyrian

much

Contemplation is keeping the idea, which is brought

into the mind, for fome time actually in view.

n.f. [from (ontamidefilement.

CONTE'MEP. A rt v.aJj.

Dry dm' t Dufrefty,

Born

c.

plate.}
1

jtyllfts Parrrgon.

CONTAMIN A'TION.

a. [contemplor,

-v.

Dry Jen's Juvenal,

in

lies.

not

CONTEMPLA'TION.

for him to keep,

gates children in another's family
and fonumnatei the honour thereof as much as

in

Albert Durer was contemporary to Lucas.

Sapor had an heaven of glafs, which he trod upon,

on: inflating over the fame as if he had been Jupiter.
Pcacbcm.
How can I confider what belongs to mylelf,
when I have been Co long contemplating on you ?

I quickly Hied
of his baftani blood, and in difgrace
:
thus
him
contaminated, bafe,
Belpoke
And mifbegottcr. blood I fpill of thine.

Living in the fame age; coetaneous.

I.

think ftudioufly with long attention.

So many hours mud 1 talo: my reft ;
So many hours mull I cvntcnfuite. Skak. Henry VI.

Some

Though be neceffiUted, by its relation to flrfh,

to a terrcftrial convcrfe j yet 'tis, like the fun,

is

To CONTE'MPLATE.

not with poifon ; ftrangle her in her bed,

the bed fhe hath ccrtam-.nitcd. Shalt. Ottelh.

adj. [contempgrain,

French.]

proportion.

mind
know.

Henry V.

it

CONTE'MPORARY.

difficulty in confining the

to contemplate what we have a great defire to

contaminated.

is

Raleigh's Hift'jry^

Platonick contemplators reject both thefe

defcriptions, founded upon parts and colours.
Brown's fit/gar Errours.

is

CONTE'MPLATE.

we now

Contaminate our fingers with bafe bribes?

Stakffpeare's Julius Cttfar.
bafe pander holds the chamber-door,
Whilft by a Have, no gentler than a dog,

Latin. This feems to have been once

accented on the firft fyllable.] To confider with continued attention ; to ftudy ;
to meditate.

CONTA'MINATE.

by bafe mixture.

no conti-

not greater variety in men's faces, and

in the conttmperatKns of their natural humours,
than there is in their phanufies.
Halt's Origin of'Mankind.

There

Arkutbatf and Pope.

adj. [from contain. ] Pof-

is

nuation in life, is not nutrition, but the contanperaBrown's ^flg. Err.

tion of fervour in the heart*

One

The

aft

moderating or tempering.
The ufe of air, without which there

you, firs,
If you uSculd fmile, he grows impatient
Fear not, my lord, we can contain ourfelves.
tf

fcience.

of diminilhing any quality by

admixture of the contrary ; the aft of

I tell

n.
J. [Latin.]
in ftudy ; an enquirer after
a ftudent.
;
In the Perfian tongue the word magai imports
as much as a ontemplator of divine and heavenly-

perate.]
1.

[from conattentively

employed
knowledge

[from contcm-

n.f.

CONTEMPLA'TOR.

it

fPifeman't Surgery,
after,

on tie Creation.

ad<u.

templative.] Thoughtfully
with deep attention.

out, regulating the patient's diet, and conumperattng the humours.

keep with-

All mcft (hould be contained in duty ever

without the terrour of warlike forces.

T(>CONTA'I

Ray

CONTE'MPLATIVELY.

and humectate

Bntvn.

tbe earth.
If blood abound, let

6.

but

air,

in bounds.

Thfir
from evil oce

[from cm-

fomething contrary ; to moderate ; to

temper.
The mighty Nile and Niger do not only moiften

comprife, as a writing.

many kinds of creatures might be to extrcife

the contemplative faculty of man.
flo

quality by

temper.^

Milton.

To

CONTE'MPER ATE. <v. a.

To diminifh any

To

The earth,
Though in comparison of heav'n fo fmatl,
Nor glifVring, may of foliii good contain
More plenty than th fun, that barren fhir.rs.
3.

CON

CON

CON

ihun contempt. Pope's Ep.

fcorned

neglected.

^1'hcre is not fo contemptible a plant or animal, that

does not confound the moil enlarged understanding.

Lab.

tation.

3.

Scorn-

ScnrnAil

3.

apt to defpife

no proper

b is

it

of her lovr,

-r

for the

In ambitious ftrcngth I di 1
C'.nlrrd agaii-fl thy vilour.
bijtilp.

contemptuous.

uic.
:

icorn

man

hath

'tis

very

To COKTB'ND. v.

E'MPTIBL'ENESS.
f. [from rc*'Ihe lute of being contemp]
tible ; die llate of being dcfpifcd ; mean-

net;.

Trn-ir:my limb! in fporfs they nterclfe,

on the gie^n c.r.:.r,ti the witftler'j prize.

Dctiy if

CONTE'MPTIBLY.
Meanly

ble.]

And rcjfon

Piety.

tagonilt

Afiltcn's

alfo

know,

Par. Left.

ctner than a rebellious preemption,

:uout laughing to fcorn and deriding of
Gflt, tis laws, ind pr.-ccprs.
the World.
Rjlugb'i Hij}c>j
Some much avetfe 1 found, and wond'rous harih,
fet

on revenge and

ufed ccntemftvwjly. Taylor's Btly Living.

poor, and
If he governs tyrannically in youth, he will be
treated contemftu'.ujly in age ; and the bafcr his

One

Content thyfelf with

To

ftrive

[contendo, Latin.]
to ftruggle in oppofition.

futed idea;,

To

fcr

will

not give thee of their

D.ut. ii. 9

to ad> in emulation.
3:,d ':t vain men beiow
/or what ; i >r.!y can bellow.

vie

You

fit

above,

has

for

To

plcafe

Dryden.

before the ground or caufe of

Where

which our author would content

not forge: it, is, what peribcs have a

One

Lockt.

will find

tli.it

del'ire is

little

many

thiigs he fiercely con-

abwt were trivial.

Decay tf Piety
Jt has luith before the opponent.
5.
This battle fares like to the morning's war,
Wi.cn dying clouds contend tailb growing light.
Tf \vr confidcr

him

at our

Henry VI.

Maker, we

annu
1iV.fl'..

Sometimes

againft.

LoJI,

By

And

Dtr.tam,
Verturanus ncyer roves,
Like you anttnted with his native groves.
Pope,

To diftant lands

CoNTE'NTEDNESs.n./

Dryden

wife content his even foul fecur'd ;

want not ihaken, nor by wealth ailur'd.

Acquiefcence

fatisfaftion in a

thing

Others

for language all their care exprefs,

value books, as women men, for drefs :

Their

The

praifc is

fcnfc they

till!

the

ftile is

excellent

humbly take upon

content.

Pofe>

wa,

canttnted.]

alter tedious

rtudy, a calmer of
unquiet thoughts, a moderator of palfions, a procurer of csntcntedneft.
Walton* i Angler.

Angling

CONTE'NTION.
i

Strife

n.f. [tcntcntio, Latin.]

; conteft ; quarrel ; mu-

debate

Safely,

Avoid

EfiJIIcs-

diffe-

?
I

think; 'twas a cotitntkn in publiclc.

fooli/h

Sbakcfpearc.
qucftions and genealogies, and

tontentum aud drivings.

Tit. jii. cj.
Can they keep themfelves in a perpetual cor.ttntian with their eafc, their reai'on, and their
God,
and not rndure a (hort combat with a finful cuf-

tom

unexamined.
And

[from

State of fatisfaclion in any lot.

rence

Smith on Philipx.
z.

If he can defcry
nobler foe approach, to him he
calls,
begs his fate, and then cemented falls.

Some

got without content.

tindtd

Sbakefftarc't

Kdlc,'i

tual oppoiition.
Can we with manners alk what was the

fpent,

accident deftroyed.

eafy, tho*

Hi/ley.
Dream not of other worlds,
Contented that thus far has been reveal'd,
Not of earth only, but of higheft heav'n.
Miltsn'i Ptradifi

Sbakffpcare's Macbetb.
thought content the good to be enjoy'd ;

This every

4. boiiietimes attut.

Hr

our

Baco*.
with a

Barbarofla, in hope by fufTerance to obtain another kingdom, feemed contented with the anfwer.

this

*. / [from the verb.]

Moderate happinefs ; fuch fatisfalion
as, though it does not fill up deiire, ap-

ijjeiVion
1

ing ; not demanding more

not plenarily happy.

content themfelves to

all 's

after incrufted

participial adj. [from conSatisfied; at quiet; not repin-

ttitt.'}

are to be attained.

peafes complaint.
Nought 's had,

was not long

CONTE'WTED.

to gratify.

fliield

ruft, and is the fame, a cut of which hath

been engraved and exhibited, to the great contentation of the learned.
Arbutbna and Pcft.

CONTE NT.
i.

be che;cd.

let

Is the adder better than the eel,

Becaufe his painted (kin conttnti the eye ? Sbakefp.
It doth much context me,
To hear him fo inclin'd.
Sbakefpeare's Hamlet.
If a man fo temper his actions, as in fome one
of them he doth content every faction, the mufick
of praife will be fuller.
Bacon.
Wheat is contented with a meaner earth, and
i
iVitable gain. Caretu's Cornwall.
eontcntir.g with

contention.

The

Watts iLogick.
2.

./

where clearer

Sidney.

a pedant.

Sidney.

Great minds do fometimes

[from content,]

Fourteen years fpace, during the

minority of
Gordianus, the government was with great applaufe and cairtniaiwn in the hands of Mifitheus,

threaten, when they could deltroy.

Tillotjc*.
Do not content yourfelves with obfcure and con-

Vv'.trhfr thi-ylit" nr die.

Hbaktfpcare'i Macbeth.
Diftrefs not the Moabitcs, neither contend with
;

much, and

fatisfy thee, that I love thee.

Hector's foreheal fpit forth blood

At Grecian fworth tWtpnRttf. Sbakefp. Ctrfalanui.
His worJtn and his pniies do contend
Which fnnuld be thine or his. Sbakefp. Macbeth.
Death and nature di contend about them,

in battle

Sbakefpeare's Corhfanus.

this

a. /.

new

v. a. [from the adjeftive.]

To fatisfy, fo as to ftop complaint ; not
to offend ; to appeafe, without plenary
happinefs or complete gratification.

(hall

tintatim.
in,

TiCoNTE'NT.

contempt;

i>. a.

is

perfectly without anyuneafinefs. Lickt.

to loud praile, and friend to learned cafe,

Pope'i Eftflla.

Dift.

CONTE'ND.

Locke.

he

from her,
wonder at.

Satisfaction ; content.
Out of ufe.
I feek no better warrant than
my own confcience, nor no greater pleafure than my own cs,n-

mighty government. Drydr*.

fuffer lawful cenfure.

will

Addijon's Spectator.

Satisfied, fo as not to oppofe.

Submit you to the people's voices,
Allow their officers, and be content

To

letter

you

CONTENTA'TION.

empire of the Nine,

would have thought fiic fliould have been cental

Content with fcience in the vale of peace.

n.f. [from conto

Mind-

when he is

2.

contents as

Sbakifp,
prove thefe writings not counterfeits,
but authentick ; and the content* true, and
worthy
of a divine original.
Grevi't
CcCmologia.
The corttntt of both books come before thole of
the firft book, in the thread of the ftory.
1

to the fpacious

ftatr

of Mortality*

is

have a

which they fupport.

well that

Bills

comprifed in a writing.
fenfe the plural only is in ufe.

this

Of fuch

difputes often arife in good earned , where

contender! i'< really believe the different

Who is content, is happy.

A man is perfectly ccvttnt with the

L'EJiran^t.
not fpeak conteiaptuoufy or a
Tillmfon.
prince, though out of his dominions.

Difpolition

In

undeniable.

though not highly pleafed.

man would

temptuous.]
infolence.

it as

fftttt on tbf

Born

That which

5.

look upon

ca-

hundred ilrong

fifteen

GraunCi

Com-

champion.

Bacon.
were good to know -the geometrical content t
figure, and tituation of all the lands of a kingdom,
according to natural bounds.

fijiriinffz.

n.f. [from contend.}

extent

It

adj. [contentus, Latin.]

Satisfied, fo as not to repine; eafy,

tucmies, the more intolerable the affront.

CONTE'MPTUOUSNESS.

containing

pacity.
This ,'fland had then
fliips of great content.

ufed.

ctaitendiri /or it

Foe

fcorhfully ; defpitefully.
I throw my name againft the bruiting (lone,
Trampling fonttntptunijly on thy diadem. Sbakefp.
The apoftles and molt eminent Chrillians were

Ancom-

CONTENT,

Atterbury

wife

propofitions

1.

The power of

4.

notable changes and revolutions, the conLteti Ail! made a prey to the third

To manage

champion

Arbutbnst.

other commit.

Thofe
the two

fpite.

C'ONTE'MPTTJOUSLY. adv. [fromeontrmpWith fcorn ; with defpite

tnsus.]

Experiments are made on the blood of *i<

animals : in a wcilc habit ferum might jfTord

have

The

Milton** Agtnifles.
P.ome, the proudeft part of the heathen wjrlo,
rr.tcrtained the moft unlcmftuctu opinion of the

Jens.

all

batant

Cinttmftuan, proud,

Not

fpeclion.

Rome.

lie,

party.

'

6.

come,

the world with

T. n.f. [from contend.]

CONTE'NDER.

contempt.'}

nd even a

Sbttkefpeare,

and that contended f&y. Dryden.

opponent

batant.
In

not contemfi.bij,

this day

CONTE'NDEI>

ter.denlt

ai;j. [from
Scor.lul; apt to dtffpife ; afing words
or actions of contempt ; infolent.
To neglect God ail our lives, and know that
we n^lrfl him; to oftcnd God voluntarily,
ITT-.W tli.it we (ft'end liirn, earring our hopes on
the peace which we trull tu make at parting, is no

z.

at length will

flill contend

from mine eyes appear.

ticular (^n/ir.'j of any nn^lc inab ol ore by

Diydtn.

manner deferring

CONTE'MPTUOUS.

war

Thus low we

adv. [from contempti-

in a

Know'ft thou not

Their lanfuage, and their ways ? They

Hi"

Carthage

Shut from

contempt.

To

time

When

fliall

Scarcely any thing can be determined of the parmere in-

''

A
'

bafenefs ; ct^tapnels.
;
comes to
by a ftcddy pradlice of virtur,
ot baits wherewith he
r/r/t/trf^'i

allures us.

Nothing of tnat

vilenels

V lu,

'

any

diipute

And

To

a.

From (dr.tettut, contained.] That which

isconuined, or included, in any thing.
r.t firm 1m e dothbcar,
I'll
m^h n>

3. f

thing; to conteft.

Via

Co\

CON

CON

CON

The

ancients

made

Dtcay of Piety.
ccntnu'wn the principle that

reigned in the chaos at

one to exprefs the dhi

union of
bond,

all parties

firft,

in the

and then love; the

;rte

middle

.>r\l

Burnit's Ttcc>}' cf

other the

common

:.bc

Earth.

a. Emulation

C O
2.

'.

vehemence

Eagernefs ; zeal; ardour;

or" endeavour.
Your own carneitne'fs and tcntrnticn

This is an end, wfcich at ruff v:ew appears

obtain.
Rcgers.
worthy our utmo:!

CON TE,'sTtQV&*adj<\frotncettttnJ.] Quarrellbme; given to debate; perveife;

not peaceable.
Thou thinkeft much that this anttnttous ftoira
Invades us to the (kin.

There

Sba^j'fearc'i Kir.gLca'r.
are certain coitlttttljui humours that are

rever tn be pleal'eJ.
Reft made them idle, id'.enel's
ous, and curiofitycott^fi-n;.

curi-

Decay ofPitty.

Jurifditlian. [In law.]

has a power to judge and

court which
determine differences between contend-

The

ing parties.

chief juftices,
contentious jurifdic-

lord

tion ; but the lords of the treafury, and

the commiffioners of the cuftoms, have
none, being merely judges of accounts

Chambers.

a.nd tranfaftions.

CONTE'NTIOUSLY. adv. [from

Perverfely

tious.]

We (hall not cantciUKUJly rejoin, or only

our own, but

conten-

and confirm

to applaud

lojuftify

his

maturer

Brown.

affertions.

CONTE'NTIOUSNESS. n.f. [from

tious.]

nefs

conten-

Pronenefs to conteil; perverfeturbulence

quarrellbmenefs.

not cmttni-.'.ujntfi, and cruelty, and ftudy of

?
revenge, feldom fail of retaliation
Benf'fy's Sertnoni.

contented

adj. [from content.] Dif-

diflatisfied

Beft ftates,

uneafy.

nmi'

Have a diftracled and moft wretched being,

Worfe than the woril, content. Sbak'fftare'i Timnt.

CONTE'NTMENT.
1.

verb.]
Acquiefcence,

n.f. [from content^ the

without

fatif-

plenary

Ihoktr.

Submiflion is the only reafoning between a

nd its Maker, and cstitmir.crt in his will
the beft remedy we can apply to misfortunes.

creature

Tanfli.
Ciatentmtnt, without external honour, is humithe pleafure of" eating, temperance.
Tity ; without

Some
Thole

Grrw's Ctfmcltgia.
aflion, fomc in eafe ;

place the blifs in

cull it piealure,

and ar.tsntmnl thefe.

f,pci E/aj.

But now no
'Tis

all

face divini cinrintixeiit

blank fadnefs, or continual

Paris the prince fpent on whole day, to give

h'u mind fomt ctnttntmtnt in viewing of a famous

Wctton.

city.

CONTE'RMINOUS.

[conierminus,

adj.

Bordering upon

touching

La-

at the

This conformed fo many of them,

as wi*re ccn-

CONTE'ST.

knawn, without

bodies

CONTE'STABLE.
That may be

ali

He defined magnatkal attraction to'be a natural

imitation and diipofition conforming unto ccr.ti-

ble.]

Poffibility

real ("pace.

1.

CONTEST A'TION. n.f.

The aft of contef^ing
Doors

fliut,

vifits

Bacon i Natural Hijitry.

The loud milrule
chaos far runov'd ; lelr. rierce extremes,
the whole frame. Milt*
C:i:!:gnais, misfit Jiftemper

DiB.
from cente/f. ]
debate; Ihife.

The
Only

And

Nature may cental a plant, though that be n permixt concrete, without having all the cl(menta n.cviuully prefenced to licr to compound it

fettly

Biytc.
The fluid body of quickfilver is ccntixcd with
the falts i: carries
.'{.
up in fublimation.

-v.

adj.

[ conterranius ,

country.

a.

probably from contra

7

Ditl.

[nntefler, French,
tfftari,

Latin.]

To

ftill

csntigmus.

Durham's Sophy*

Latin.] l he
general feries of a difcourfe; the par(s
of the difcourfe that precede and follow
the fentence quoted.
That chapter is really a rcpn-fentation of. ont,
which hath only the knowledge, not prailice v of

Ofticks..

from the

Water,

fttntfumrnto/i.

Knit to-

[from contex.]

adj.

firm.
;
Hjliow and thin,

t'jitb.
-with air, cooleth it
%
Bacon'i Natural Hiftory.

bsinjj 'cortiguous

but moiftc'neth

it

not.

CONTIGUOUSLY.

ad<v.

[from contiguous.]

Without any intervening fpaces.

Thus difembroil'd, they take their proper place,
The next of kin csnugucujly erobi.icf,
And foes are iunder'd by a larger fpace.
DryJett's OiiiJi,

CONTI'GUOVSNESS.
ous.']

context.

fometimes

It lias

2.

[eoiittxtus,

Hammond in

them by

Whin 1 viewed it too near, the two halrV or"

the p^per did not appear fully divided from one
another, but fecmed conligiiois at one 'of their
Ncivtcn'i
angle-.

Clofe connexion

CO'NTI NENCE.

-)

[from contigu-

f.

Did.
...*]

coherence.

Co-NT.NEN-cy.r-> I"""*""'".
1. Reflraint
command of one's felf.
;

gether

for lightnefs

but withal

Ha knew what

.'

ntf,

anu firm, for ftrength.

to lay;

a cwiiiHHce

v rueri.
t

Pb\fKfTbstil^y\.

CONTE'XTURE.

The

n.f. [from rtuttx.]

difpofition of parts or.e amoiigll others

was not' of anyde'.icatc ctntexture

rsthfr (turdy than ilainty.

knew

he

which

is

Content without lawful venery, is

without unlawful, criaftity.
Crtw'i
Chaftity in general.

Where

was pro*
JJvf><j-i<y.

Th'

To

lani:g of the Sl'rtu.

jaftke,

contirltti

;,

nn.l nciliU'uy.
.

relax

Thcground-'s cmieMurt; hence Tartarian dregs,

Suii

J''

i5

(pum-:, enkirjdling fivrce,

Bclluw'd witliiu tiieir daikl<3uic L,V,CS.
fb'n'iji.
:

.,

Suftur not diinonour to approach

imperial feat; to virtue crmfecratc,

'

Hence *.m

he?

is

t*I\jt'i:Jl'fase's

W*ttt.n.

expreffcd,

canlineriei ;

In her chamber, making * fcrmon of ceat:ntncy to her, and rails, and fwcars -i:-.ii rates.

his limbs

due d ittan that >^H|f^MAuVtJMt. f v

texture of created b
UryJcti'i

to

by few

DryJetSs Fahui, .fYr/iiv.

3.

when

alio

praftil'-.i

Forbearance of lawful pleafuic.

2.

the compofitiou of any thing outoPfeparate parts ; the fyltem ; the coiiliitution ; the manner in which any thing is
woven or formed.

:'erv,rtrds

Hale.

extremes, arc

all

the diminution of the lights

and fhadows, joining the eontigtiaai objefts by the
pai dcipation ofthrir colours. Dryden't Dvfrcfiioy.

v. *. \tntnu, Lat.J To
weave together ; to unite by interperW
tion of parts. This word is not in ulc.

text

the globe, a mathematick point

divides: thus ha^pinefs and mifcry,

Diltingnifh

TVCONTE'X.

CONTF.'XT.

Eift and Weft,

'

Upon

forbidden, and, wiiith was

even with the queen hcr-

as is manifelt

doth

Of

tantcjlerictot

n.f.

as air

or water with water, but only remaineth

as it cometh to pal's betwixt confiding
;

bodies.

After years fpent in dorneftick, unfociabk caliteflatitmt, flic found means to withdraw. CLir<-ndcy.

air,

ctiiitigmaii

Wotta.

his duty

bordering upon

not feparate.

Flame doth not mingle with flame

with

[cmtigvvs, Latin.J

touch

fo as to

each other

contejla-

felf.

CO'NTEXT.

Meeting

'Watty.

n.f. [from
of conteft.

BfCiun.

of that Convex were a

Hale''.! Ortgir: tf Minklnd.

evxtigui/y

CONTIGUOUS, adj.

cla'rnoure,

adj.
[from cotttejl.
contefted ; difputable

CONTE'STABLENESS.

Upon dhch

touch

countries

or

other.

The immediate

leaving roojn

immodefr

[from contiguous. ]
fituation in which two

gutfy.

LOCK.

Lea\e all noify ccnrrjls,

and brawling language.

a. f.

conta ft

Der.haip.
av whqreby.the meat-

definition is the orily

framing oJ joining a fabrick,

TY.

con/tftl
bieft ?

for Hobitr's birih ICT'B cities (trove,

ing of words can be

Ijr C'jntcjl about it.

aft of

of wood.

r:'-'iix;t:.

difference ; debate.
This ofold.no lei's cor.tijh did move,

Than when

Wulton.

The

CO'NTEST. n.f. [from the verb. It Is

now accented oil the firft fyllable.] Dilpute

ArtVticBure.
he let

u;.c ihalt

other.

^.

more of the orders than

pomp with Javt

in

iloricii bui;ii;i.

ffctH/r.'f

z.

.Unchang'i, immortal, ana iupremeiy

the colonio. anil garrifjns, to

laws.

CONTKRRA'NEOUS.
Lat.] Of the fame
To

Contend aga'
Ui m.n, who darrs

a porch, or cloifter, or the like, of one

and not in

in teveral ftones or (OitttgriatuiHSf there muft be an

exquilite cate to place tile columns one over an-

ceineft

hotly and as nobly tcitk thy love,

ever in ambitious ftrergth'l did

He

boundaries.

man

do

mean

Where

Burnet.

to emulate.

As
As

Durham
1' ;c.

At

tamar.i'ut to

vie

wean,

tears.

2. Gratification.

tin.]

We

ccr,r;gi:ati';n }

Of.

faction.
Such men's imttn'.mint muft be wrought by ftratagem : the ufual method of fare is not for them.

ii

To

worfe, divers

Do

CONTE'N TLESS.

2.

n.f. [coafigaaiM,

Aory.

mb

victory.

Lat.]
frame of beams joined together ; a

controvertible.

.quarrelfomely.

L'Eftravge.

made them

CONTENTIOUS

and judges, have a

n.
:

>

fea,

Btackmm.

CONTIGNA'TION.

/.'.

To ftrive ; to contend followed by

with.
The difficulty of an argument adds to the plefure of contcJKr.g
it, when there are hopes of

you
Udder.

of the

by the winds, obey;

from fliore to ihore.

fail

thcfe ancient

or"

Dryd^ns
1.

feve.Ji artifices.

the proportion

cwtcft

To CONTE'ST. v.

are about, will cjnciiually.tu^geft to

yon

tu

apt, this -wiTe nvtixrurt

Makes it the ihip*, dfiv'n

Whence hardy mcrchantb

fumed

rTeR

to

This

difptite ; to controvert ; to litigate ; to

call in quellion.
'Tia L-vi' -;nc upon what account none have pre-

; endeavour to excel.
ions and brother at a llr.'e
What is your qjirrd ' h jw began it firll ?
T
> o quarrel, but - f-.vee:
cart's Henry VI.
;ff

Emulation

^.

c O"N

4.

Itus

Andrtmiut.

Moderation in lawful pleafures.

Chaftity.
ftinenci:

is

is

either

atliin^iicc or cnitir.cnce

that of virgins or

widows;

ab-

uatinint

of married perfons.
5.

Continuity

Continuity

5.

uninterrupted courfc.
made before the fame

Anfwerk ought to be

whom the- depofitions were produced,

the continence of the courfe mould be divided ;
dillontior, in other terms, left there mould be a
nuance of the caufe.
Aynfffi Parrrgat.

judge, before
left

CONTINENT,
Chafte

I.

adj.

Latin.]

[cotitiittns.

abttemious in lawful pleafure.

It is digged out of the etrth ctn\ngcn;lj,

Wadwrft Hm*r*l Ui/l'.ry.

CONTI'KGENTNESS. n.f. [from continCONTI'NUAL.
Inccifant

1.

ruption

fpeed of his rage goes flower.

3. Continuous

He
feaft.

King Lear.

Sbjllfff.

May

connected.

2.

Latin.]

from

thus created, it was fure defign'd

Waller.
be the facred refuge of mankind.
The declivity of rivers will be fo much the lefs,
ind therefore the continents will be the lefs drained,
Bentlry'i Sermons.

fenfe is

This

thing.

perhaps only in Sbakefpeare.

my

cleave,

fides

CONTI'NGE. v.n. [eontiago,

To touch to reach to happen.
;

CONTI'NGENCB.

1 n.f.

CONTINGENCY,

[from

It is

3.

fometimes ufed

CONTI'NUALLY.
Without paufe
The drawing of
room, where
tried

n.f. [from continuate]

Protraction, or fucceffion uninterrupted.
muft
needs be the works of ProThefe things

vidence, for the continuation of the fpccies, and

R<y.
upholding the world.
The Roman poem is but the fecond part of the
Ilias

to

a continuation of the

fire

He

upon

CONTI'NCENT.

Why

is

infide

do not

all animals continually increafe in

during the whole fpace of their lives ?

To

To

remain in the fame ftate, or place.

The multitude continue with me now three days,

1.

n.f. [from continue.]

Matthew, xv. 3:.

popular vote
Inclines here to continue, and build up here
Milton*
growing empire.
Happy, but for fo happy ill fecur'd,
and have nothing to cat.

The

brute immediately regards his own prefervition, or the continuance of his Ipccies.

The

sJJdifon'i Sfefiator.

Permanence

in

one

ftate.

He

Hazard naturally implies

in

it,

fii it,

fomething

fcicnces of
fliall

contingent

1.

n.f.
thing in the hands

By

cmtii:gtntt

which come

we

to pafs without any

human

His underAinding could almort

forecad.

Perfeverance.
To them who, by

5.

my

negligence,

c:n!inujncc of

!)!,

6.

proportion that falls to any perfon

upon a divifion thus, in time of war,
:

Twelfth K:ght.

}'>

Co N T I'K c B N T L Y.
;

aiJ-v.

[from contingent]
without any fettled rule.

cijjles

14.

Progreflion of time.
In thy book all my mrmbers were
which in tmtinaance were fafliioned.

ii.

Refiftance to feparation of parts

word, then are ye

'J'i":>

ru/h'd the
till-

To

con-

dif-

31.

r.tin

the eaith

Miltin,

protraft, or hold without interrup-

continue thy loving kindnefs

to

only continuing fuch a

accultomed to
6.

my
viii.

tion.

You know how

Ernurs.

To COKTI'NUE. v. a.

written!,

my

z.

unto them.

make

Pj.i!n xxxvi. to.

yOurfel: hjppy, by

as

you have been long

7.

cotton, and raw filk, have, befides

the dcfirc of continuance in regard of the tenuity
of their tkrcad, a grecdiaefc of moifture.
Bacon.

Wool, tow,

yc continue in
indeed.

Impetuous, and continued

No more was fccn.

i.

Romant,

I'ulgiir

perlevere.

Down

pat'f nt icxtintijncc in well-

Pfj/tx, cxxxix.

7.

To
It'

ffrare't

tinuity.

nition.

3.

doing, ferk for glory, and honour, and immorta.

lity, eternal life.

f.rirael, xiii.

Brnun't
or

MJiJon't

pierce into fu-

each prince of Germany is to furnifh

his contingent of men, money, and mu-

the

aiifes

Cojmofogia,

ture contingents, his conjectures improving even to

Soutb'i Srrtntrti.
prophecy.

Accidentally

Sltali,

are to underfiami thofc things

Gffw^t

2.

quertion

T!iat plralnro is not of grra:er continuance, which

tium the prejudice or malice of its hearers.

of chance.

not continue.
I

Th':ir duty depending upon fear, the one was nl

no greater .-cniimunct than the other.
Harvard.

CONTI'NC.ENT.

lhall

They imagine that an animal of the longert duration Ihou'd live in a continued motion, without
that ri;il whereby all others cent-nut.

love.

thofe circumftances.

AJi't:i

durable.

South.

that you call in

in any one of

Th) kingdom

in a place.

Duration ; laftingnefs.
You either fear his humour,

4.

To

For here luve we no continuing city, but we

feck one to come,
Ilitr.'.i;i, xiii. 14.

fatisfy
tentir.uunce in fins.

Abode

3.

2.

men, by fuggcfting fomething which

their mind', notwithstanding j known,

avowed

might be nothing cafual or

fire

days and nights

fix

Continued making.
laft ; to be

chamber where

a great fire it kept, though

be at one ftay, yet with the contimifntt
.W>. _r
continually hath its heat incrcafed.
Thcfc Romifh cafuifts fpcak peace to the con-

not

South.
fecondly, fomething contingent.
I firft informed myfelf in all material circumftances of it, in more places thn one, that there
future

adj. \contingtns, Latin.]

;

Sidney.

Af.V-r.

to continue.

Long

Continuance of evil doth in itfclf increafe evil.

the

v. n. [continuer, Fr. rwr.

tinuo, Latin.]

Succefiion uninterrupted.

z.

CONTTNUE.

CONTI'NUANCE.
i.

n.f. [from continuate.]

that continues or keeps up the feries

It fcems injurious to Providence to ordain away

of production which Ihould deftroy the producer,
or contrive the continuation of the fpecies by the
dellrudion of the continuator. Bnian'i f^u/g. Err,

Bcntley'i Sermons.

South.

Falling out by chance ; accidental

determinable by any certain rule.

n,

or fucceffion.

of a
continually kept, hath been
Bjcon.

boughs into the

actions.

Diyd,

CONTINUA'TOR.

(or perpetual.

book;

human

(lory.

To thefe may be added continuat'niet i as, Rome

remains to this day) which includes at lead two
propofitions, vix. Rome was, and Rome is.
Watts' i Ligiik.

[from continual.]
without interruption.

with grapes.

bijjncfi,

If not thy firm, immutable decree,

At leaft the fecond page of great contingency,
Such as conliih with wills originally free. Dry Jen.
Ariftotle fays, we are not to build certain rule*

the contingency of

fame

duration.

ad-ii.

Difl.

fortuitous ; accidental poffibility.

Their credulities alTent unto any prognofticks,
which, confidering the contingency in events, ;ir
Err.
only in the prefcience of God. Bromn's Vulg.
unfold thy adamantine
For once, O heav'n

ic falls

CONTINU A'TION.

Without ceafing.

2.

Lat.]

contingent.']

water afcends gently, and by intormiffions ;

and with force.
tfilkins,
continuatcly ,

'1 lie

but

>

\.

The quality of being

me

inter-

ruption.

attain with

behooveth

it

cor.t:n:t-

With continuity; without

ate.]

approaching as near it as I can, once

every year as long as I live ; and fo I
fave the right of entry to mv heir.

Heart, once be ftronger than thy continent ;

Crack thy frail cafe. Shalt. Antony and Cleopatra.
Clofc pent-up guilts
Rieyour contending continents. Sbak. King Lear.

To

we cannot

r.

clear

CONTI'NU ATEI.Y. adv. [from

made

is

Were,

Tim

body broken to fmall pieces produce- ii

white j and bccometh moll black while it h nr,tinuate and undivided, is we fee in deep w.iteu ,i'id
thick glafles.
Peac'aifm.

humidity.

That which contains any

z.

continual claim

Sbattff

it

care's

hold on my right of entry to the beft CONTI'NU ATIVE. n.f. [from continuate.]
An exprefiion noting permanence or
opportunity of me and mine heir, by

To

will gradually increafe in

fear of beating

portion of the world were rent

the rude ocean from the contintnt t

and

Prwtrbt, xv.
Other care perhaps
have diverted from continual witch

qnbroken.

molt incomparable man, breath'd, at

n untirable and antiruate goodnefs.

For example, if I be difout danger.

feifed of land, into which, though I
have right into it, I dare not enter for

other lands.
Whether this

By
Or

To

of a merry hcirt, nath a mntinuai

in fonie refpeft,

All c'.n'imnt impediments would o'erbear,

That did oppofe my will.
Stateffeare.

fea

is

is

any fpace of
u/edof time,

from time to time, within every year

and day, to land or other thing, which,

defire

CO'NTINENT. n.f. [continenj,

I. Land not disjoined by the

that

[In law.]

retraining.

My

fucceflive without

Uninterrupted

Jlfiltoti.
great foibidder.
"Ti all blank fadncfi, or continual tears. Pope.

Brerewovd on Langujfes,

Oppoiing

tf

[ccntiauui, Latin.]
proceeding without inter-

2.

Our

The

north-eaft part of Afia, if not continent

with the weft fide of America, yet certainly is the
Itaft disjoined by fea of all thatcoaftof Afia.

We

ate of him and in him, even as though

our very fk(h and bones fliould be made ctntnuaH
Hooker.
with is.

adj.

adj. \continuatm, Latin.]

Immediately united.

1.

time between. Continual

and continuous of place.

the

till

CONTI'KUATE.

Accidentalnefi.

gent.]

Life

you, hive i continent forbearance,

anJ IB-

and agaKi.

difrtrcntly, as the pyrirar

Hath been as continent, as chafte, is true,

As I im now unhappy.
Sbjkiff. H^aitcr'i tale.
Z. Reftrained ; moderate ; temperate.
I pray

CON

CON

CON

life

Icari.

Pofe.

To

unite without a chafm, or intervening fubftance.

The life of the navel is to continue the infant

unto the mother, and by the veileis thereof to
convey

its

aiimcuts

loil fuftenance.

rtv/n'i

fairer Errourt,

CON
The

Tamely endur'd

From

Of

whofc

daife abyfs,

CON

boilin j

gulph

a bridge of WDnd'roas length,

ig the utmoft orb

hell continued, reac.v

this frail world.

Miltcn's Paradiji Left.

Here Piiam's fan, Deiphobus, he

f'jund,

iVhofe face and limbs were one continued wound

TXihoneft, with lopp'd arms, the- youth appears,
Spoil'd of his nofe, and ihorten'd of his cars.

or fuccefiion is fo flow, as
that it keeps not pace with the ideas in our minds,
there the feries of a c mdant amtinutJ fucccflion is
lott

of

and we perceive

it

Without interruption

is

not interrupted with the

nf

Icart aft

Hav-

ing the power of perfeverance.

1 would my horie iiaJ the
fjeed of your

tongue,

and

[from

CoNTiNu'lTY.
Connexion

1.

Mueb

ads about

To

n.f. [(cntinuitas, Lawn!]

cohefion ;
;

texture or cohefion, of' the

i;s

unti-

tin

Itaff.

parts

of an

As

in the natural b{jdy a wound or. fojution of

antitaiiy it worie tlun a jotrept hu4uf, fo in the

The

be contra&ed by
fojiAparts may
their ccmliiuity ; for a fibre, cut
through, cor.tradts
.'.

'tfelf.

JrUiimt.
adj.

[contlnuta, Latin.]

joined together without the intervention

of any fpace.
As the breadth of every ring is thus augmented,
the dark interval! muft be diminished, u
neighbouring rings become (tntimtts,

Wended.

N.w.n's

To

betroth

CONTO'RT. -v.a.
To twiil to writhe.

To bargain

together

2.

The
is

outline;
defined

or terminated.
A Latin prepofition, ufed in

CO'NTRA.

compofuion, which

{cohtrabando, Ital.

contrary to proclamation.] Prohibited

illegal ; unlawful.

rife

ni

all

civil

,-

contrails

with

the degrees of each colour,

not equals.

To
I

L'EJlrange.

CONTRADl'CT.

It

not lawful to

is

which

is

known

point of hiftory
the world, as to make

Hannibal and Scipio contemporaries with Alexander.

Dryden.
z. To be contrary to ; to repugn ; to op-

govtrn-

poie.

No
If

you

truth can contradiB any truth.

I cmtradiil your banes
will

marry,

make your

A writing in which the terms of a bargain are included.

CONTR A'CTEDNESS. n.f. [from contraHThe flate of being contracted ;
ed."\

CONTRADI'CTER. n.f.
One that contradifts ;
If no
fur-.'ly

kept in a
Arbutbntt.

King Lear*

[from ccntrcidiQ,]
one that oppofes ;

cotttraiiifler

be good.

appears herein, the fuit will

Ayhffe'i Parergon.
a little fincere in his reprefen-

If a gentleman is
he is lute to have a dozen contrajiffers.

Sivifi't y'mii of Inland.

CONTRADICTION,
1

Verbal oppofition

n.f.
;

[from contradii.~\

controversial afler-

tion.

That tongue,

con-

air is

me.

tatiorii,,

f.
[from
Poflibility of being contraft-

by different degrees of heat, the

conda.it motion,

Hooktr,
:

an oppofe r.

Dift.

cd ; quality of fuffering contraction.

By this continual cintrtiflibUity and dilatability

loves to

Siakcf[>carc*l

3.

a.

[contralto,

cor.tradifl a

to all

contraction.

a.

-u.

Latin.]
To oppofe verbally ; to aflert the contrary to what has been aflerted.

>

CONTRACTIBI'LITY.

Rule of Living Holy*

is a thief.
Tailor's
All matches, friendfliips, and focieties, are dangerous and inconvenient, where the contraflori are

ftatefman'i

An

Newton's Opticks.

Japhet pocket, like his grace, a will ?

Pupe
aft whereby a man and woman are

traliible.']

fignifies againji.

CO'NTRABAND.a^.

the

all

greateft in the red,

other,

.Touch'd you the baltardy of Edward's children ?

I ji !, wirh bib cont'vfi with
lady Lucy,
...3 uy deputy in France.
Shfirifyearfi Richard III.

nn tktCieat'un.

Stoift

[French.]

a compact.

betrothed to one another.

n.f. [from contort.] Twill;

flexure.
Difruption they wjuld be in danger of, upon a
great and fuddtn fttetch or ctntcrtnn.

can (he
acquire thofe hundred graces nnd
motions, and airs, the cintort'unt of
every mufcular

Ward draw
/kill

Or

by which any figure

make

they

it

Ttmflc.

CONTO'RTION.

CONTVUR. n .f.

he agreement upon oicrr^, by mutual contrefi,

wilh tKe ccnfciit to execute them by common

Shall

Cbryne.

."JiV^rVlII.

'1

Jtay.
Air fe^ms to confift of fpires contorted into fmall
the
interftices of which the parSpheres, through

in the face

a bargain

made by

found

Let the meafure of your affirmation or denial

be the, understanding of your contractor ; for he
that deceives the buyer or the feller by fpeaking
what is true, in a fenfe not underftood by the

Oftjc.Hi.

tation

n.f. [from contract.] One

of the parties to a contract or bargain.

n.f. [from the verb. Anciently accented on the laft.]

An aft whereby two parties are brought

drawn

contractions.

gives room to the

.slrlutbnet on AHmintt,

wis he ctntratJ to lady l.ocy |

Yopr mothei fives a witnefs to that vow.

fhrivelling.

CONTRACTOR,

fliort.

Firtt

mrinking or

[In grammar.] The reduction of two

vowels or fyllables to one.
Any thing in its ftate of abbreviation
or contraction : &$, the writing is full of

\e(Tels',

as, fo contrail for a quanof pro'vijtans

CO'NTRA'CT. furt.aJj. [from the verb.]
Affianced ; contracted.
tity

!i,

Kay

the

aft of

Bacon.
great cavife of appetite.
Comparing the quantity of contraction and dila-

grow

fihres to c^ntttft;

2.

'

How

to

n.f. \contra3lo, Lat.]

of contracting or ftiortening.

Some things induce a contraction in the nerves,

placed in the mouth of the ftomach, which is a

abridge.
"

-v.
;

itevei emi'ties

[fontortus, Latin.]

freely pafs.

to

aft

The ftate of being contrafted, or

into a narrow compafs.

3.

5.

ftill

Oil of vitriol will throw the ftomach into invojtrbutbnot on Aliments.

luntary contraflions.

much

conWrTtii with perfons of high ftations.

Swift,
fKorten : as, life was txntrafled.

Wood

The

2.

Pope.

To
8. To
epitomiie
fo CONTA'CT.
To fhrink up
j.

endued with a
which they fquceze and drive
forward.
A'butbimton Alimenti,

The main parts of the poem, fuch as the fable

and fentiments, no translator can prejudice but by
omiflions or contractions.
Pope's EJfty on Homer,

4.

ky having

itfelf.

arteries are elaftick tubes,

The

1.

Like friendly colours, found them both unite,

at;h from each contrail new ftrength and light.
ttntHif?

CONTR A'CTION.

to,

Drydtn's jffrenal.

vertebral arteries are

varioufly contorted.'

the line

the

Tatler.

motion

adj.

nxirafiile force, by

CO'NTRACT.

whofe dread rxpanfe,

CitttiMttwi depth, and wond'roas
length of cnurfe,
Our floods are rills.
Thomsons Summer.

wry motion

The

And

$ac:n's Efiys.

fpiritual.

may

fhortening

brow. Milton.

a bargain.

Sucn behaviour v

animal body< upon the deftru&ion of which there

is faid to be a fr,lutiqn of
aaiimiiy,
S^yiacf.

of light

cc-titreflfd

air Or nitre fron

1. In phyfick.

ticles

ample.

while moving in fo high a fnhere.

King Ctar/ti.
He that but conceives z crime in thought,
C'jntrvRi th* danger of an actual fault.

Arld-.y.n

The

from contra ff. ]

or of
the
of
contraction,
Having
power

i>rj^,n.

about the flame, and by

CONTINUOUS,

CONTRA'CTILE.

the parts of any thing together.

the an.;-! with

Di&.

traftion.

Dcrtne.

-To procure ; to bring

to incur ; to
draw ; to get.
Of enemies he could not 'but contract good ftore,

of union, and eviration of folution of ctuiB icons Natural Hijiory.

After the great lighjs tjiere mo.4 be grc
dows, which we cail rrpofes ; becaufe in irpiitv
the fight would be tired, if if were *t traced
by a
tcnt'muit) of glittering obi ,3 .

lefs

known

lity.

6.

tite

That

make

to

not

in one.

Sbakfffearc.
She was a lady of the higheiT condition in tlut
country, and ctntralieil\o a man of merit and qoti-

nuity.

wrapt

lefTen

is

all

affiance.
The truth is, /he and J, long lince cantralfed,
Are now fo lure that nothing can diffulve us.

5.

It is certain, that in all bodies there is an

appe-

mriy hinders any

them

thy grace did liWrty beftow j

Bui firft trtrfru^/t;/, th:tt, if svcr found,
His head (hould pay the forfeit.
Drydin's Fables.

."

uninterrupted

itfclf

A-butbnot on jiliaunts.

clofe union.

It

To

On him

lo g.-.od a atiirtuer.

Stake/peart' s

the virtues

among

To make

4.

fin.

<onti>tue.]

n.f.

love

To him

Norrit.

CONTI'NUER.

import goods prohibited.

.

To draw

3.

mail) uniform, equal courie of obedience, and

fuch as

Small air bladders, dilatable and imtrtffiUe, are

capable to be inflated by the admiffion of air, and
to fubfide at the
expullion of it.

In all things dcluetude docs conrrafi and narrow

our faculties.
Government of the Tongue.

without ccaiing.

do not underftand a anti-

perfeverance,

[from ccntinutd.]

[from <tatra&.]

CONTRA'CT.i>. [antra8*s,LM.] CONTR A'CTIBLENESS. n. f. [from conTo draw together into lei's compafs.
traaible.} The quality of fuftering conWhy

2.

adj.

Capable of contraction.

<ii.

It ii, that love t^rrrafri

Lake.

CONTI'NUEDLY. adv.
By

1.

not but with certain gaps

between.

reft

To

jective.]

To

COKTRA'CTIBLE.

Dryden's FabltSi Preface.

a. [from the ad-

To CO'N TRAD AND.

Drydtn's &neid.

Where any motion

CON

I/ther happen to be found an irreverent expref-'

fion, or a thought too wanton, in the cargo, let
them be ftaved or forfeited, like contraband goods.

Infpir'd with ccHtradifiien, durlt oppofe

third part of the gods.
Milan's ParadifcLoJ}.

A
2.

Oppofition.
Cnnfidi'r him

that cndureth fuch contradittion

of finners againft himfclf, left ye be wearied.

Hebrews,
3.

xii. 3.

Jncon-

CON

CON
infidency with itfelfj

>

in cmtra

TI-.

God

S-

Thjt'theni 'sre fuch

irftioned.

'

tttara&tmi in

.is

ipollic's advice, to

be angry and

iin

Saulb't

CONTRADISTFNGUISH.

To

t,

[from centra and

their philofn;

Strum.

If truth be once perceivc8, we do thereby alfc

whuUbcvcr M talk in f.nraJifi'Hr.

iic

I'o

obtains
o

altered
Cttfar.

given to cavil.
inconfuknt with.
*t.H u-ira-mly, Mid the expectation

W here *he

to

;>

imnvnal, or,
eui hopes -wSougkt never to -j^tH

C^N^RAEfi'c riousNEsi.

of

(h>! 1'cull,

do ufually

prod'.u-c

tfct

mn'of

either in

age ar.i fci

[from can

He

2. Difpoii'uon to 'cavil

An

entfconMXc glw the hvift: Ii mp to idj* of tlic,

op-

the

./. [frerm cr,xin the higheft

Oppofition

1>M.

'

decree.

CONTRADJ'QTORY.

in different directions.
luppmefs, yet their wilh

ll

..'.';!:

.;.

A'RI'.\SS.

n. f,
.jffrom

contrary.^

DiS.
Contrariety ; oppofiticn.
CON T R A'R icu s a.-ij. [from caitrary.~} tJp-i
pofite ; repugnant the otre to the othr.

adj. \contraJiiQtVius,

That

fh'.i.

-jn>

.-.',

:M

muin wali of a

Co N T R A N I'T

..-

MJI'CTO-R+F.S?-..

Lntin.]

Different ways

-,-,w;</"-, i-'rc-'iidi.]

manner contra r

of trrm confpire to one and the fimr

action, and aii this coHtrarily to- thd laws of 1'pecifick gravity, ib whatever polhir? the boiiy be:
formed.
Ray on ibe Cufiti'j*.

Si

'

ui.'cvi, I.T.t.

F.

n
oat-\val,',t 'i!t

ab'oiu

G%

city.

"TktjjpBf'ft

improvidence tiiroogh

^OKTRA'.Rrot'si.Y.

K CY. 7;./.{fWu fc/.'/wand

Kctction ;, a. reuftecy/a,

a.fo.

Oppofitely

ritus.}

and

r. f.

[from

placing over

ioiitra

his fliort c

things, having r'ull rcrcu-ncc

confenr, may work r-V/vv

Many

To one

if Ljetff ;j'?'<

^ONTRA'RIWISE.

adv.

two

I.

genOw

furd, and nairjJiflery to

common

Converfely.

fenfe

and in
or at
jTlaptnefs teoppofv, '.he greatefl
and beft-of erul* ; fo th.it it b not fc properly a:irregularity as

.1

AV'

c^airarcgularity.

CONTRA'K

(:.

urine

move

urine, and in

opfofition,
ol'.tion

ibin thefullefl

where both the terms of one

are oppofite to thofe of an-

other.

{?OST*AD-I'CTORY.

n./.

which oppofes another in

contrariety

belog

\ccntf nriani , fron-

ent.

Bacon't ffeturjl IIj\

Atbvtbnti

propofition

terms

inconfiftency.

To
.

ci>:i'mon wit!princritowilli-oi!frfli/i. /w.

tin

f.ime thing to be determined tooriu, and to be

one, which arc ^eniraJifloritt.
determined

oo

to

.iitreri-ntly,

is

to

BratKl'dft

Antw

"

t-j

11. it'll

[from rsQOKTRADISTI'KCTION.
Diftinclibn by oppofite
traiiftinguifl}.]
n. f.

qualities.
We muft trace the foul jn the ways of infcl
Ic&ual adiuat, whereby w way come to the dif

KS.

It ;*.!

;j

-ith

jmttcr of faith is conftant; the matter,

of actions daily change.ihle.
/.
'i I. is
rcqu!t '.is never before made by any other
lords j but, ntttrerttitft, they were humble fuitnrs
the Unetit aud protection ct" the tr.gliih
fun

may

frt

and

ril'c

fu Irtl&jd*

But

of the other.

'Mm

never b
be both
in

COSTR ARI'ETT.

a tree
Both true W t ether, but fh^
Walls' i Lcgkk

n.f. [from

is

covtrarietas

1.

adj. [contrarius, Latin.j

.Oppofite,; contradictpry ; not fimply

diftoreiu, or not alike, but repugnant, fo
that on dellroys or obftrudts the other.
Perhaps fonic thing, repugnant

thing may, i
contrary rrl'pi-cls, have contrary inclinations, an
thatyrithov
the pbce of my tnemn-v
.!:'_>
faiintfs,
her fou'.m-fs 1 be',.
bjt thinking on i'iaicU
';-fj,
looking on

evcrlaflin^ night.

CO'NTRARY.

Rcp'Jgnnuce oppofition.
The vv.-ll jbi'ut one and the feme

in

;',

One

Latin.]
I.

D&uut

The
Sli-i

'

may

laws.

I,:;,:

n Alimaiti.

Oppofitely.

The

.-_/.

<

t)'.

tintrjrhi-ife,

inconclud

sfyiijjisl'

does not

think u com.
..J yet not to endure the means.
Bacon
afcriti unco him a power of election, no
t>,

make

'z.

[from contrary.'} Ji
which deiUoy each
logfcfc, pfopofuions
other, but of which the fdfehooc" of one

v.irious, ccKftori*!?,- lingk-,

CO'NTR ARI

all its

#cr

t'alVe,

lii

F.vrry thing that afts upon the fluids, mult, at

the fame time, acl uppn the falids, and csttrarraiijt.

contrar'ier,

which
[Inlogick.] That

(loo!,

and-f), contraniv'fi, fome

flool.

:.

French.] Inco'nfident ; cuntradiftory ; a tetm of law.

nf vvitnefles thfmfelves
The vcrv

friialler

iu greater quantity

'

move

JJivtrj medicines in greater quantity

fTiould

{.,[

and

tvije. ]

trd

r.'.fibies

ontradirt one another, they were yet

a to believe the evttrai!iflcry aflertions of both.
Somi's ^ermoni.
nf thofe
c-moft ab.Thr' fch-j|

is

Hiriyfy.

[coatraty

a";iinrt.

in cafc
J.-wi hn'.d, rhat

It

<

[frorft

contrarily.

gainft prelTure.

CoNTRArosi r TTOw.

QpoDfiteto; intonfiftent with.

2.

IV..

[from rtwfrarj.J

>t~ouf fitti"

thccompli-:
to the fecoi,

CoK-i
In

ci

;:

eir/-v.

polite!;/ to others
Siiche- Juno difcw
eontriV ly,
thit EO ilfif;i\iuve Jrom Uicncc
doducrd.

'

jndicatirrh orfyrr'tJtcrr^,

firft.
I

f;

not here

is

'

Mjny

'..

diftempcr,

i.

In

nattrt be-obfci-.

whicHYorbids tliat to Be done whWflft

at
ijjain. fcopc of a difeafe points o>Jt

'difputatious tejn'-

oppofite.
be here, and yet he

can tilde ttntrant:..:

Th

vV///r.7 -.-.]

quality or pofuicn de-

its

'rearc'i llcn'\

7\,;/;i.

will

of

)OKfR A'II. Y.

omUdy ; but the

or other urgent or toni-

ti-.: t j'.;_-i:t.

tit'

r;-ii;r4jt.-a.'^ff'f}"ifiptomi,

to hfelf.
icdniiltency ; conwark-ty
This opinion WM, ftrfas abr\itit jartd .tmr,irli/of Hiato,
(htftifi, \HMWithy.nfifaist6uci fpirit

ifa.'ti'&rjj

How

in this

:<>.]

it

ftruftive

If.

ccrtrrfjl'iire.

Vr.m'r.s N

Inconfiftency

;.

i'afc it

tenour of the malady requires.

ral

/I

rr.itk

great,

CONTRAIINDlCATi'. ^, a. [cou<ra
and indue, Lat.J To point out fomt;

GoJ,

-it

when

or mepeculiar or incidental fyniptom

thodaf ur, contrary to jvhasthe geae-

z. Inclined to contradift;

Oppofce

[from ctntra and

the ll..w vv.n inflicted, and th'

fiiiure; or in the

arc in anot

3.

A u:t.
There u nothing more common thin tvarariay
of opinions ; nothing more obvious than that orp
man wholly diloelieves what another only
of, and a third ftedfailly believes and nrmly ad.
Lake,
hcres to.
:i

jjoverrlment, ot
ditiercnt in one placa fr

be feared, cannot

(aitirarirlj.

it.

~\

-.

of"

vc.-rdlps to elicir climatti.

./.

it is to

be divided ; but they will :\lfo prove oppolitc, and,

i
not rcftiria in a b-irc duerlity, quickly rile i

/.

fi/Tur-

inconfiftcnt.

that one would think the /pcoes of men

.1

fiffu'<:,,r

Tire ruI-5 of decency,

,

CONTRAFI'SSURE.

[from coiara;

'and

ur tornplcx ideas of ftul an* bo4y,

as

Shlntj.

Filled with contradictions

Smth.

fenfes.

*}.}
.

confciencc inclines to, and thofe that entertain^ the

'

LjwshuTnm muft be mada without nnir

Hocktr.
unto any pof.tive law in fcriprurc.

to bring it to a rtate

Thefe two intm-ft",

adj.

diftinguijb ,~\

not

//';
fome contrariety of we:ither at fea.
Their religion had more than negative cttrar\y
to virf-ie.
Decay tf Piny.
Theje ii a emrariay between thofe things thjt

a.

To

The

Crew'i C:
4. Contrarit-tii', in thought or effecY.
All ccnrraii:f?i;*t grow in thofe mino;, whfeh
r
abfolutsly climb the rock of virtue, -nor
fea of vanity.
freely fink into the

v.

mud

body unto health,

of (imp!' nmraas of fi: proportion in ctmrariny

rirty,
l!-'irr.
evil which are to be cuicd.
Jt principally failed by Ute fetting out, and ly

guifh not fimply by differential but by

oppofite qualities.

ptivoive

CONTRADICTIOUS,

of prefumytioni

tod rf

will perfectly recover a fick,

much

"f infirmity,

t!

to thole

which

lii'eafed,

other, powers.
'

himfflf

He

meant by 'nus'nitlrm,

ii
.e

In,

The

what

..tinl kr>

incongruity

in word-, or thoughts.

C.O

By

hor kind,

ti

ftrong antipaihy_thc foul msy kill

But v.'h.it .vi b rcr.'r.rry to ihe

.-

Wliich holdj aiiiuntraries

ia

cooo'dd

fti-l

Davla.

ili

2.

Inconfiflent

difagreeing.

He

He

If Chr'rftianity did not lend its name

the gap, and to employ or divert thcfe humours,
in contravention! to
they muft of neceffuy be fpent

to it,
it, and yet lives contrary
he hith no reafon for what he doei.

Tilkljan.

the laws of the land.

various and contrary choices that men make

in the world, Jo not argue that they do not all
the fame thing is not 'good
purfue good ; but that
Locke.
to every man alike.

The

'

Adverfe ; in an oppofite direction.

The (hip was in the midft of the lea, tofled

3.

with

Than

and fuch a knave.

Sbak:ff.

He

Why

King Lear.

fung
'ff[*i

Davuteis.

2.

is

often

On

3.

y.

CONTRARY.

the

In oppofition

to

t'-.e

To

not guilty;

ftill

onti fii*>n^,

Sbat.

VIII.

the fmgle pcrfun,

i.
it ought to
pieafure to fee that right
(hould t.tk^ place ; bur when, on the contrary, the
common*-? il of a whole nation is overborn by
If jurtice .load

what giod man but muft lament

CONTRIBUTE.

To

To

CONTRARY.

the

purpofe

/ did
contrary.

2.

Parents owe

i>. a.

[contrarier, Fr.]
oppofe ; to thwart ; to contradift.
When I came to court, I was advifcd not to con-

To

Finding

it,

.ne ir.

3.

Sidney.

GO'NTRAST.

n.f. [contrajle, Fr.] Oppofition and diflimilitude of figures, by

which one contributes to the visibility or

>y

CONTRAVALL.\'Tio?4.
-vallo,

Lat.]

The fortification thrown

up by the beficgers, round a

hinder the

When

failles

city,

to

of the garrifon.

Mufcm

the late czar of

,-cal

from

Julius C<ffar.
contribute. ]

to the

cotitributi'vi

Decay

/'/', :y

n.f. [from contribute.]

part in fome common

one that help'; forward, or exerts his endeavours to Ionic end, in conjunftion with others.

One

that bears a

defign

I pro,nis'd

leai;ni:ig, ne pi
in.l fontri:

proper inMv.t'vs to virtue,

poling we Jha 1 find alfo highly
fame end.

And

fi:

adj.

renders them moft

fo the manner of pr -

we would

be contnl;

'

r
,

bear his charge of wooing, whati'H:'ei.

^rand

c.r.lrii'titjr 10

our

To

CON

Livjni

1'RAVF/NE.

n, Lat.J

To

l'f\-a

o/

[contra and
toob.lrucl ; to

\VE'NF.R. n.f. [from contravene.]

A'ho oppofes another.

AVE'N-I ION. n.f. [French.]

potition.

VOL.

f.

Mihm.
The

reftored to pardon, and,

through faith in Chnrt, our repentance is entitled
to falvation.
Rogcrj.
contrite finner is

CONTRI'TENESS.
Contrition

it.

f.

[from

contrite."]

Difl.

repentance.

CONTRI'TION.
1. The aft of

[from conlritc.~\
grinding, or rubbing
n.f.

to

powder.
Some of thofe coloured powders, which painter*
ufc, may have their colours a little changed, by
where

changs,
2.

bcfides the breaking

contrition.

Penitence; forrow for

Art thou a true lover of thy countiy ?

for its .religious and ci\il libertic- ? and
to all thnl'e public expenccs whith

!mc

been thought nccellarv to It-cure tln:m

Anerbury.
The whole people were witneiies to the building
all
cuittritutort
were
of tiie ark and tabernacle ; they
Ftirbit.

to it.

adj.

rontril/ute

[from
;
bringing

Promoting the fame end

of their parts into

Ntivtons Optickt.
fin

in the ftrift

attrition, or

imperfeft repentance piO-

duced by dread of hell.

\V!iat is f-jrrow and cmtrititn for fin ?

being
grieved with th,e confcience of fin, not only that
but
alfo
fuch
incurred
we have theieby
danger,
that we have lu unkindly grieved and piovokcd fo
Il.iir.tmnfs PrafJica! Catectijyn.
good a Got!.
F> uits of more pleafing favour, from thy feed

Sown with tintritien in his heart, than thofe

Which, his own hand manuring, all the trees

Of

Milt. Par. Lift,

and mortification, when
the church and ftatc appoints, and that especially
in times of greater riot and luxury.

Paradife could have pioduc'd.

Your fading,

contrition,

Strn:or.l.

future days (hall be one whole miirttian

chapel. will I build with large endowment,

My

every day an hundred atjed men

Shall all hold up their withcr'd hands to heav'n.

Where

.1

Op- CONTR I'BUTORY.

fenfe, the forrow which arifes from the

defire to pleafe God ; dillinguifhed from

LityJeis*

'.

b.iffie.

He
CONI

forrow unfeign'd, and humiliation meek.

Of

a.

-v.

oppofe

\.

forced drops of blood.

Sp rail's

Demy

'

in

it ifl'ued

J-i,

v:i

ettrite is forrowful

kfs parts by that

CONTRTBUTOR.

n.f. [from contra

and

Skakefpeare's Htnry V.
tears
Wat'ring thf-ground, and with our fighs the air
in fign
Frequenting, fent from hearts cnjr'at,

contribution.

with other motives.

As th? value of '.he primifes

Drydin.

him

For they have grudg'd us

the power or quality of

promoting any purpofe in concurrence

harafled with the

being very elaboiately and finely ground ;

fee not what can be juftly pretended for thole

That which has

but muit coat rofi eac ':

federal nolitioni.

and

on

all

with forrow

That which is paid for the fupport of

an army lying in a country.
The petipl? 'twixt Philippi and this ground
Do ftanJ but in a furc'd afl'eclion

CONTRI'BUTIVE.

groups muft not b?

Dipby.
by voluntary cmirriCraunt's Bills of Mortality.

now maintained

Sbattej'peare's

of another.
To Co NT n A'ST v. a. [from the noun.]
1. To
place in opposition-, fo that one
figure ihews another to advantage.
2. To (hew another figure to advantage by
its colour or iituation.
figures of the

much m5re fpiritual

Worn

[toKtritus, Latin.]

aJj.

With

effeft

The

fubfiftence for their body, but

contributions for their mind.
butiost.

force of it, he would no

but employ all his fervicc to

him the

in

further contrary

not only material

Beggars are

Latimcr.

trary the lung,

their children

ufed,

much worn.

Than from

fome common purpole.

hath plealVd them of Macedonia to make a

certain contribution for the poor faints. Rom. xv. 26.

r
fct '
-sfi

To CO'NTRARY.

bear a part;

It

tbe

Not

melancholy.

for fin, from the fear of punifhment.

I Richard's h:dy have interred now;
And on it have bellowed more contrite tears,

conjunction with other pcrfons.

That which is given by feveral hands
for

to

Bruiwd

pleating

contrary

not for want of inftruclion

it,

money

yet quite

Pvpe'i EJftj on H~.mcr.

an oppofite intent.

to

To

n.

difcontent

In the books
fenfe of guilt ; penitent.
of divines, contrite is forrowful for fin,
from the love of God and defire of

CONTRIBU'TIOK. n.f. [from contribute. ]

The aft of promoting fome defign in
1

Swift.

4.

2.

siSJifon on Italy.

r
private in ereft,

1.

to have a (hare in any aft or eft'eft.

Whatever praifcs may be given to works of
judgment, there is n it even a fingle be.iuty in them
to which the invention mull not ccrtribute.

?uon

UrgM on exam'm
Of uiverfe wimefl'cs.

of

not

is

ble

CONTRITE.

Add'if-i tn :be H^cr.

which

church,

Jcl'uits

aft

and nidorcus fmclls, firch as were of

the brain,
facrifice's, were thought to intoxicate
and to difpofe men to devotion ; which they may
do by a kind of fadnefs and contiijlation of the
alfo by heating and exalting
Tpiriti, and partly
Bacon's Natural Uft'irj.
them .

than any other

a great 1'um

finifhed.

pleaded
'&

much more

The

Incer.l'e

England
Of the allies.
His mafter contributed

on

a. [contnluo,

<v .

to

contributes

the other fide.

II

Lafome common Aock to

tin.]
advance towards fome commpn defign.

To give

&4fX*.

ir

Glarvillc's S;,fJ:s.

fublidy.

CONTRIBUTE.

To

to fome other;
propofition contrary
a faft contrary to the allegation.
inllanccs brought by our author are but
: to civil
iknder pro
power and dominion in the fink-born, and do rather Oisw the
,

La-

arc engaged in the objects of geometry

and arithme:ick ; >ea, the whole mathematicks
nature pays
.muft be ccn:rilu':ry, and to them all

drawn

Southerns Ore .n-!

n.f. \_contretlatio,

vereign.
Thus we

Honour ihould be concern'd in honour's cauk ;

That is not to be cur'd by contraries,

As bodies an-, whole health

From ranked poifons.

[from coatriftate.]
of making fad ; the ftate of
being made fad ; iorrow ; heavinefs of
heart ; fadnefs ; forrowfulnefs ; gloominefs ; grief; moan ; mournfulnefs ; trou-

Difl.
touching or handling.
CONTRI'BUTARY.C^'. [from ccn and trito the fame fobutary.] Paying tribute

thunder in the cloud.

contraries feed

CONTR IST A'TIO'N. n.f.

tin.]

[contrijto,

Miller.

CONTRKCTA'TION.

thing of oppofite qualities.

No contraries hold more antipathy,

/-

forrowf'ul;
Not ufed.
to make melancholy.
Biackncis and darkncls an; but privatives, and
therefore have little or no activity fomewhat they
do ccntrifate, hut very little. Sacon'i Nat. Hiflcrj.

yer-va,

mick.

[from the adjeftive.]

n.f.

flock.

a.
CONTRI'STATE.
Latin.] To fadden to make
;

n.f. {contra, againir.,

a name by which the Spaniards call black hellebore ; and, perin general.] A
haps, fometimes poifon
in Jamaica,
fpeciesof birthwort growing
where it is much ufed as an alexiphar-

and

Ai.'ttb. xiv. 24.

Swift.

fome joint defign, or increafe

common

to forae

To

CONTRAYE'RVA.

the waves; for the wind was contrary.

CO'NTRARY.

fiftance to

to (land in

that believei

kn.OA'5 that

CON

CON

CON

af-

CONTR

I'VABI.E. adj. [from contrive.] Poffible to be planned by the mind ; poffible to be invented and adjulled.
It will hence appear how a perpetual motion
Wdkint's Dffdalus.
may lainc.ihh contil-vabh.
3

1-

Con-

CON
CONTRI'VAKCE. n.f. [from antrivt.}
The aft of contriving ; excogitation
1
.

Speak, what Phabus

common good, and (peak without

Wilkins'i Mftbimatical

Magic.

InftruAed, you'll explore

Pr.'.ne ctUirvfiKt, and a Gad adore.
Biacknarc's Creftkn.

2.

difpofition of parts or

Scheme; plan;
taufes.

Our

made according

bodies arc

to the

mod

cu-

rious artifice, and orderly contrivance.

A conceit

3.

Haie

Glarrvillt'i Scefjis.

a plot

an

Drfden'i

The

beads, the

to reflrain ; to fubjeft.
;
as
Authority to convent, to control*, to punifh,
far as with excommunication, whomfoever they
llak-.r.
think worthy.
Give me a ftaff of honour for mine age ;

feint, a

fome

into

Who (hall

But

CONTRI'VE. -J.a. [controtever,

To plan out to excogitate.

1.

to do

What more

liame of the univcrle than iunaitc wifdom

poet hat

always

vhich he firft
means which will naturally conduct him

to his end.

Dry den.

To

2.

TMafon.
fome beautiful defign,
rilablilhet, and then contrives the

Our

Out of

wear away.

Fairy Queen.
Pleafe ye, we may contr'r.'t this afternoon,
caroufes
to
our
miltrcfV health*
Sbtik.
quaff

to plan

To

tt.

fcheme

To

3.

CONTRI'VEMENT.

form or defign;

n. f.

Pallion

inventer ;
fchemer.

[from contrive.,]
one that plans a defign

The clofe amtr'rvtr of all harms,

Was never call'd to bear my part.

None loves his king and country better.

Yet none was ever lefs their debtor.

Swift.
Scenes of blood and dcfolation, I had paintec
as the common effects of thofe deftrucVive machines; whereof, he faid, fome evil genius, enemy
to mankind, muft have been the firft contriver.
Swift's Gulli-ver's Travels*

CONTRO'L.
rclc,
1.

n.f. [controli, that is, centre

French.]

regifter or account

officer, that

each

Check

kept by another

(citrcl,

(hall feel a force

his confcience, that all thjfr cooliderations fhall be

able to flrike no tcrrour into his mind, lay no reftraint upon his luf^f, no rarfrO/upon his appetites
ii

certainly sou

iuong

for the

be not an erratum.

<verfe, if it

Perfuafion ought to be fully fettled in men'i

hearts, that, in litigations and cin'.rrvtrjcd cauks
of fuch quality, the will of God is to have them to
do whatfocver the (entente of judicial and final dccifion (hall determine.

Hy.kcr.

CONTROVE'RTIBLE.

adj.
Difputable; that

[from contnmay be the

vert.]
caufe of controverfy.
Difcourfing on matters dubious, and many rwt-

truths, we cannot without arrogancy

intreat a credulity, or implore
any farther aflent
than the probability of our reafons and verity i.f

trmcrtihlt

our experiments.

Brown's Vulgar Error:.

[from contrc-

CONTROVE'RTIST.

n. f.

man

Difputant; a

<vert.]

verfed or en

in literary wars or difputations.

Who can think himlelf (> conliderahle a., not
to dread this mighty man of demonftration, tins
prince of caltnvertijli, this great lord and potletlbr
of firft principles ?
Ti/ktfiit,

gaged

who, on

The

ftate of being reftrained ; reflraint.

They made war and peace with one another,
Vavia on IrJar.d
without c'.ntrolment.
3. Oppofuion; confutation.
Were it reafon that we (liould fufrer the fame
to pafs without nntrslmtnt, in that current mean-

2.

ing, whereby every whure

it

prevailcth.

fy.~\

Relating to difputes

means of grace..
Sfutt's Strains

bringing

CONTROVERSY,
I.

n.f. [contro'verjia, Lat."

bly

much

we

men

flexibility

h.id

(I

inflexi-

From

n./.

[from conta-

perverfenefs
ftubbornnefs.

the dcftriptinn

in-

have given of it, a judgdifficulty and rontuma-

ment may be given of the

fi

of cure.

H^ifiman.

CO'NTUMACY.
1.

n.f. [from comumctcia,

Latin.]
Obftinacy; perverfenefs; ftubbornnefs;
inHexibility.

Such

acts

Of ci-nttmafy will provoke the highefr

To make death in us livi MiMa'i ParaJ'ife Left.
2.

is

hern willing to learn

all thefc
cvntnvtrfiei might have died the very
llo'.itr
they wc.-e firfl brought forth.
Without cvr.trn/irfy great is th: mydery of god
i Timity
Hud's.

troubled? If

perverfcly.

ma^ous.} Obltinacy

arc Co rent will

and that the church

adv. [from contuma-

CONTU M A'CIOUSNESS.

pals that

into the obedience of the faith of

Ujrimsnti's Fundamental:.

Obftinately; ftubbornly

cious.]

Difpute; debate; agitation of contrary

a diffttte is commonly oral
opinions
and a controverfy in writing.

How cometh it to
mutual contentions,

him

CONTUMA'CIOUSLY.

It

is no farther enquiry whom it belongs t.i.

affords but a fie rile for the prefent purpol'c. Lucte

appearance afterwards, departs

Chrift.

difputatious.

h.ipprns in ctntrovtijial difcourfer as it doc

in the allaulting of towns, where, if the groum
be.but firm whereon the batteries are erected, there

perfon,
tho

his

court without leave.

slj'.iffis Pjrcrgon.
There is another very efficacious metl)od for fubthe
moft
obflinate
ccniumacinas (inner, and
duing

Hooker.

4. Refiftance ; hoftility.
Here have we war for war, and blood for blood
Cwtn/matt for antrolmint.
Siijteff. King "John
CONTROVE'RSI AL. adj. [from controver-

reftraint.

Waller
upon iheir fellows prey.
upon himfclf from within,
an I from the control of his own principles, to engage
him to do worthily.
South
If the finncr (h III win fo complete a victory ovci

be

a. [contravene,

If any perfon (hall think fit to etntrovert them,

he may do it very lately for me.
Cbyne's Ptihfoflical Principle!,
Hooter feems to ufe the word contra -

Dryii.

Letparriri fpirits (till aloud complain,

themlclves injur'd that they cannot reign
y, but where they may,

He

eftate.

<v.

Lat.] To debate ; to ventilate in oppofite books ; to

difpute any thing in writ-

reftraining.

may be examined by

Think

Without

low

it

Shake/pearl's Julius Cefar.

CO'NTROVERT.

To

great cintnlltr ot our fate

liv'd in

did buffet

Co N T R"O'L LERSHIP.._/^[ from controller. ] CONTUMA'CIOUS.

adj. [contumax, Latin.]
The office of a controller.
Obftinate
perverfe ; ftubborn inflexiCONTRO'LMENT. n.f. [from control.}
ble.
1
The power or aft of fuperintending or
He is in law faid to be a contumacious

the other.
a,.

South.

The

it

we

throwing it afide,
with hearts of c onir&verfy.
;

Stak, Macbeth.
Epeus, who the fraud's contriver was. Dtnbam.
Plain loyalty, not built on hope,

I leave to your contriver, Pope

its

Deign'd to be man, and

torrent roar'd, and

an un-

is

of your charms,

1, the miftrcfs

control.}

n.f. [from control.} One

that has the power of governing or reitrairiing ; a fuperintendent.
He does not calm his contumelious fpirit,
Nor ceafe to be an arrogant controller.
Stake/pom's Henry VI.

An

This

enmity.

lufty linews

And itemming

command;

CONTRO'LLER.

[from contrive.]

n.f.

[from

the drunkenncfs of the mind, and

prcfcnt workings, not controllable

is

therefore, in
by reafon.

Dift.

CON TR I'VE R.

adj.

Subjeft to control ; iubjeft to

fubjeft to be over-ruled.

Invention.

The
With

CONTRO'LLABLE.

to complot.
Is it enough
That nufking habits, and a borrow'd name,
Prior.
Contrive to hide my plenitude of fbame ?
to

Andrew, lays the humbU droll,

may I obey, and thou control. Prior.
overpower ; to confute as, he con-

deareft

trolled all the evidence of bis ad<verfary,

As for the time while he was in the Tower,
and the manner of his brother's death, and his own
efcapc, (he knew thy were tilings that a very few
Bacons Henry VII.
could control.

contrive.

And

To CONTRI'VE. v.

Jer. xxv. 31.

4. Oppofition
ufual fenfe.

ing.

Henceforth

ufe.

men

Tlirte agis, fuch as mortal

O,

waked

'Sbaktjfcart't King Lear.

likely to unirivc this admirable

it.

my

Clad like a country fwain he pip'd and fung,

And playing drove his jolly troop along. Drydin.

Fr.]

that flept in the antri-ving luff, and

Sbalejpiarc's Titus jtndrtnicus.

me for my works ? Eccl. v. 3.

With this he did a herd of goats cmtrol,

Which by the way he met, and (lily dole ;

One

Dtutermtay,
quarrel.
Lord
The
hath a csntnvtrfy with the nations.

DryJin's Aurengxelc.

ambulh.
At'.trlxrj.

To

centre!

\irtue Uruggling in my foul ;

Wronger paifion docs its pow'r control*

I feel

cctitrivanct in the

fccret

a fccptre to entry! the world.

in law.

If there be a eeotrtvtrjy between men, and they

come unto judgment, that the judges may judge
them, then they (hall juftiry the righteous and condemn the wicked.
xxv. I.
3.

reckoning.
2. To govern

But not

A fuit

2.

their controls.

Shaktjprarc.

Dry (/iff.
a

To CONTRO'L. i. a. [from the noun.]

1. To keep under check by a counter

There might be
matter, to draw him

llcr.tr.

and the winged fowls,

fifties,

their males' fubjefts, and

Are

artifice.

not manag'd my cor.trivar.ci well,

try your luve, and make you doubt of mine

To

which long hid flept,

ttntrvt'trfy then,
Into the prcfs from min'd cloifters leapt. Dttib
Thi left no room for cc-ntrevfrjy about the titli*,
nor for encroachment on the right of others. Lt,ikt,

control.

Power; authority; fuperintendence.

3.

'.

be fancied by imagination.

Wild

has infpirM thy foul

For

the thing contrived.

There i> no work impoflible to thefe cmtri-..-'.Ks, but liMre maj be at much ailed by this art

n cu

CON

CON
-

[In law.]

wilful

contempt and

dif-

obedience to any lawful fummons or judicial order.

AyliJf'Cs Ptirergon.

Theft- certificates

mention the party's

do

oi.ly,

contuitiaclei

i;i

and

the generality,
di
's

Parerptr..

CON TIT-

ON

C
COKTUMB'LIOUS.

Reproachful; rude; farcaftick ;

temptuous.
With feoffs and (corns, and ctntumifoui

con-

CoN\'ALE'3CENCE.
newal of health

OK

it is

it is

(harneful

ig.

in the higheft
degree injurious

ctmtuinclhui to

t
them,
Decay of Piety.
contu[from

him.

CONTUME'LIOUSLY. adv.
melious.}

ly

2.

That may be convened.

To

CONVE'NE. <v. n.
To come together

1 .

jus

perfbns

C o,:tur

trodden upon.

y/

r>

Fie, lords! that you, being

fupreme magiltrates,
caatame/KuJIj ihould break the peace.

Thus

Rudunefs

melious.]

reproach.

CO'NTUMELY.
-

helm of
of a few of the
It the

ch'u-f government be in the

was undervalued and

dcpreHed
and contumely.

Why
rufi-liei

Tilbtfin.

tuftmuff attend that guilty

rhims exemption from

thought, and

CONTU'SE.
To beat together

T.
I

title,

To bruife the
the continuity.

2.

flefti

2.
_

it

l.

Fitnefs

foft'i Statius.

2.

slyliffc.

2.

To

wh. n
thing or aftion if fo fitted
.md tht circumliances to
it,
becomes a tiling convenient.
..

is,

Commodioufnefs

eafe

man muft want fonTnhing

his KtV, for

hoilf

acquiring by comufion
from a

furfaccs,

white body.
A L
!
bruile
3.

.=

ao

yw
,

'ii

it.

to

who
all

in ranc-

bruife

f..rg3

r,f ti

m.

here

greater.

js

Dirc&hKi

t} ttc

If it

li.iv.-

A m

and

in .lira-,

will

hi:

hive this

mind

as the

r^tmM.

Tncrs

wu

hi-

La-

AnalTembly; a meeting.

Who,

worfhip.

ill

Generally

fenfe, including herefy or.

far

from

Hm k,f.

and their facrcd I'nuii'!,

found.
A fort of men, who are content to be Drydt,-.
ftilcd of
the church of England, who
perhaps attend it
fefv'ice in the
morning, and go with their wiv's

work proceeds,

In

h-^an.

Drydrr.'s FMci, Preface.

a j-air of
fp'rfUdw, a picket yet.

n.f. \_con--jenticulum,

cus practices.

Jlf.ifir'-.

or that convenience more, of

which he had not thought when

Henry VII.

It behovcth, that the

place where God (hall be
fcrvcd by the wh!c. church be a
publick place, for
the aviiding of
privy aaventiflts, which, covered
with pretence of religion,
may ferv? uuto danirur-

not luch a convenience,

voyages muft br

WMinft Matttm.

private

Bacon's

An

Caufeofeafe; accommodation.
very uncomfortable.

with his oath

ufed in an
fchifm.

to

C./.,,,r/,iY, ,.,,,.
anotner C'.-.^KUKU in this
method,

Stvift'i

3.

'

a compreffion of the fibres

diftinguiflied from a wound.
;

cwtujimi, and

\_cnu--vcnio,

They are commanded, to abllain from all cnwnticla of rflen whatfoevrr;

even, out of the
church, to have nothing u do with publick bufinc(i Staff's Parergn.
2.
affembiy for

during your waiting.

powder
m.-ltitud- of minute

diaphanous, degenerates

inter lir.n,

a.

tin.]

for the convi-

which he mull be oblired

ti.

CONVK'NTJCLE.
1.

wnLncf

rucney of

not covered with.

Latin.]
call before a
judge or judicature.

He

freedom from

can

aft

is

By all probation will make up full clear,

Whenever he 's ctatvaind, Sbak.
Mcaj'. fa- Mcaf.
They fent forth their precepts to attach men,
and convent them before thcmfclves at

putting all his plraCum into one, ij like

a travellers
putting all],;- joeds into one
jewel
the value is the fame, and the

Every

rehgidus houfe j an abbey ; a monallery ; a nunnery.

One feldom finds in Italy a fpot of ground more

To CONVE'RT.

A man

W&nan.

Sh&tefpcartt

tin.]

where the reverend

abbot,
honourably receiv'd him.

difficulties.

them,

in the abbey,
his convent,

all

agreeable than Ordinary, that

La-

propriety.

it

a*

Lodg'd

judicially.

1 n. f. [convenientia,

W"ilk\m.

n.f. [conventus, Latin.]

An aflembly of religious perfons ;
body of monks or nuns.
He came to Leiccftcr

With

In -things not commanded of

God, yet li
becaufe permitted, the
qaellion is, what light (hall
fhew us the
which
one
hath above anconvtxicai-y
other ?

without a breach of

tiicj

to the
circumftances,

to bruife.

Aged

valent to thofe in a wind-mill*

CO'NVENT.

almighty father of the gods

Well abodes.

CON'VE'NIENCY.

SION, . / [from
contujio.]
of beating or
bruifing.
ftate of
being beaten or bruifi-d.
Take a piece of glafs and reduce it t .,

To fummon

that thereby

""'"'

The
The

tl*

(.'.wrm,r.cy

ligature unfjfct the. lips in cutting

lo that
they require to be dig.lto<j t,.-l,,.c

1.

It would be worth the

experiment to enquire,
whether nr no a failing chariot
might be more
conveniently framed with moveable fails, whofe
force may be
imprefled from their motion, equi-

a ceuncil in the

CONVENIENCE.

The

CONTU

propofed.

to con-

ecclefiallical judge.

to aflemble

Fitly; with proper adaptation of part

or of the whole to the effsck

to part,

a.

-v.

together

which

Of their roots, birk., ..nd k-eds, conufcd

together, and mingled with other earth, and well
vte.'.ith warm
water, thers came forth herb'
much like the other.
jj lfirl

NE.

THhtfmr.

Shakefpearfs Ham/ft.

2.

By the papal canon law, clerks, in criminal and

civil caulcs, cannot be cimitnid before
any but an

arrogates to

wearers the prerogative of brutes.

its

CONVE
To call

And now

(.'-hrcr.da.

any man be troubled at the tmof thofe, whofc

judgment defervcs not to

vai " ed ?
r
Eternal

1)e

N.itihns Oft-fit.

afiemble for any publick

purpofe.

Comma

with f,mc

fome particular nations.

[from convenient.]
1.
Commodioufly ; without difficulty.
I this
morning know
Where we fliall fi a d him moft
conveniently.

was better ple^fed with thr

ean-cmr.g of
Kirg CharUs.
All the factious and fthifmatiral
people would
frequently, as well in the night as the Jay, cinvnc
themll-lves by the found of a bell.
Cbrcttdw.

2.

flimild

nier.t to

CON VE'NIENTLY.W-I;.

this parliament than

mjfc-lf.

Staltfjfear/i Hamlet.

tjrternefi

Give me neither
poverty nor riches, feed
with- food convenient
Pnv. xxx. 8.
for me.
There
are fome arts that are
_
peculiarly nni't-

me

wrong, the proud man's con-

of defpis'd love, the law's

delay.

things.

to

No man

hands

tumely,

The pang

voke.

contumely and wrong, offered unto any of

the common fort,
(harp and grievous, that fo tiie
evil may be prevented.
Hooter.
oppreffor's

aflbciate

are fettled periods of their

convening, or a
liberty left to the prince for coavoking the legiflature.

puniih-

mcnt of

to

There

wealthieft, then laws, providing

for continuance thereof, mulr. make the

Th'

To

7o

n.f. [</ Ww.Lat.]

Rudenefs ; contemptuoulnefs ; bitternefs
of language ; reproach.

bottom.

H<nry VI.
n.f. [from contu-

Dryain's Dedication to the JKncid.

but akind of
temper, gotten and

has either to or
for before the following noun perhaps it ought generally
to have
for before perfons, and to before

SfaiJ'er's Pajkrals.

[ctnvemo, Latin.]

2.

Sbatefj-utre'i

CONTUME'LIOUSNF.SS.

it'ilf is

preleryed by a convenient mixture of contrarietirs.

ArbutLntit on j^liHiextSi

6re feparates tlie aqueou?

parti from Ule
other.-, wherewith they were blended in the concrete^ and brings them into the receiver, where
they c'.ni'ene into a liquor.
Boyle.
In (hort-fighted men, whofe
eyes are too plump,
the refraction being too
great, the rays converge
and ccni'Cttc in the
eyes, before they come at tin-

people arc not wont to take fo great offenqc, when they are exciudrd from honours and
their

Health

The

Reproachfully; contemptuouf-

when

imperfect; or fo convenient, that no others can be

in- whichthey

are -

accord-

moft

imagined more fuitible to the place

unite.

The

offices, as

a.

[convenable, Fr.]

*<ij.

trivia! epifodes, or under

aflions,. are either necefJary or
con-vsmer.t; either
fo
neceffary, that without them the poem muft be

[convalc/cens,

returning to

Fit; fuitable; proper; well adapted

commodious.
The leaft and

He is fo meek, wife, and merciablc,

And with his word his work is terminable,

rudely.

adj.

Confident widi ; agreeable to

ant to.
Not now in ufe.

I.

cfl'enh-

adj. {co,i<ve*ifn: , Lat.]

2. It

Tmcn.

nominious.
.As

madbrain'd war.
Skakefpcarc';

fo

CONVENIENT,

of health.

(Lite

COKVE'NABLE.

perfons,

Ufe no farther me.ins j

But, with all b.ief and plain
con-ucnienry,
Let me have judgment.
Mercb.

Claraidw.

Recovering

Tnrjt!:,

of time or place.

Slettfp.

Latin.]

indeed are not chargeable with that circumftance of ill employing their
wit; for they ufe
none of it.
Gowtrnmer,! of the
Tongue.
our
to
Giving
the ftain
holy virgins

3.

(crerni othi-r little caavenicnmt, fi'f

in honour to difcover.
ei-i:ft't Gulliver's

in a place out of the reach of

any alarm,
recovered her fpirits to a reafonable
'convaltf-

CONVALE'SCENT.

Swift.

reductive of reproach

*nd

4. Fitnefs

f.

""

Inclined to utter
reproach or praclile
intuits ; brutal ; rude.
There is yet another fort ofteaumelioit

it.

Being

ctKtumslkm

beaftly,

J)

not think royfelf bound

eafe.

language, yet no blood was ever drawn in any popular commotions, till the time of the Gracchi.

Of ctxlumtliovs,

..

to cure.

[from convaJ Irj'co, Latin.] Rerecovery from a dif7

CONVALE'SCENCY.

taunts,

In open
market-place prod,uc'd they me
be a publick fpeftacle.
Sbaicff,. Itfnry VI.
In all the quarrels and tumults at
Rome, though
the people frequently proceeded to rude

who

more hard

ant! all

Bacon.

To

2.

wax blink

ftiarri

colds,
CMtuJkits, in hard weather, are

tin.]
j.

Sonet, in

CON

C O
The

La-

adj. \ctntumditfus,

fteeples

fields thc'ir fullcn conventicles

ty a an-exi'idi in the afternoon.

S-r't'r

3/A

j.

fecret affcmbly

CONVE'RSABLINESS.

an affembly where

are formed.

confpiracies

of you have laid your heads together

(Myfelf had notice of your emvtnttclti)
AiiJ ill to make away my guiltlefs life.
VI.
Sbakifptcrft Henry
1. An aflembly, in contempt.
It he revoked this
too, 'twas becaufe he

plea
found the expected council was dwindling into a
Italian bifhops ;
tcmienticle, a packed aflTembJy of
not a free convention of fathers from all quarters.

companion

ftill

The

Let them

He

amonglt the moft g'-

particles

affembly

Utyit.

Having
ed

Publick ctm-fntioni are liable to all the infirmiof private men.

Swift.
for a time,
contraft ; an

fliip

agreement

Stipulated

adj.

[from

Nor

Ccnvtnticnal fervices referved by tenures upon

made ouc of the crown or knights fervice.
Hale*l Common Z.0ir.

by

ftipulations.
moft emventionjty
ordinary covenants of
tenants are, to pay due capon and due harycit

The

CONVE'NTUAL.
Thofe

are called conventual priors, that

have the

A
[from convent.}
that lives in a con-

have read

It

down, that

fermon of

Adam

mtvatufl, who

If any think education, becaufe it is ttvdrfmt

about children, to be but a private and domeltick
duty, he has been ignorantly bred bimfelf.
pfotron an Education.
Difcretion, confidcred ,both as an accomplifhmcnt and as a virtue, not only as converfan, alnut
worldly affairs, but as regarding our whole ex-

laid

could not laugh before the

jidttyan*s Sfeflatar.

fo CONVE'RGF,. v.

To

n.

[converge, Lat.]
point from different

one

tend to

iflcnce.

places.
the rays from

all

r-gt

make

a picture of the object

upon a white body.

Newton'i Ofticks.
fi

It

F-nfwr'pU'g
lower flues, they all at once ccnvirgi
of
heaven. Tiarfen's /lutumn
crown
the
High to

The

CONVE'RCENT.
CONVE'RGINC.

higheft imporcance

1.

7 ndf, [ from converge. ]

J
Tending to one point

CONVE'RSABLE.
is

properly

tfrfMc.}
fit

for

convtrjible,

but im-

company

for converfation

well adapted to the

reciprocal communication of thoughts

ftarce convtrfttlc,
a ga) uid a b l.

makes the ynung

when tempered by years, makes
'

Commerce;

intercourfe; familiarity.
The knowle Ige of men and maniv

*ivitb

Much
So well
4.

as

the

U-fs

as friend ivitb
friend,

Adam.

MthvK'i Paradije Left,

can bird "with bead, or fifh itiitt fowl,
Milton'* Paradiie Left.

ccrverfe.

To

difcourfe familiarly upon/

any fubjeft : with on before the thing.
We had cotrvirfed fo often en that fukicit, and
he had communicated h i thoughts of it fo
fully
to me, that I had not the lead remaining difli.
:

Drydtns Dufrcjriy.

culty.
5.

To

have commerce with a different

fex.

Being afkcd by fome of her fex, in how long a

time a woman might be allowed to pray to the
gods, after having ccni-crftd ivitb a man ? If it
were a hu(band, fays flie, the next day ; if a
fi
Guardian.
ranger, never.

CO'N VERSE.

n. f. [from the verb.

It is
fometimes accented on the firft fyllable,
fometimes on the laft.
Pope has ufed
both the firft is more analogical.]
Converfation ; manner of
:

1.

difcourfirg

in familiar

life.

His ctmiirje is a fyftem fie

Alone to ril! up all her wit.
Swift.
Gen'rous conierfe, a foul exempt from pride,
And love to praife with rofon on his lide.

Fife.

Form'd by

tiiy ccnverft happily to ftcer

grave to gay, from lively Co fevere.

From

Sii-ift.

communicative.
.-.hich

3.

from without, according

Go therefore half this day,

Sidney.

particular aft of difcourfing upon

any fubjeft ; as, inie had a long converfation on that queJUon.

ideas

convey the thoughts reciprocally in

Ccnvtrfe

I mentioned fome time ago in

cunvtijawas not a new thought, juft then ftartcd by

2.

with confiderate eyes.

talk.

to

accident or occalion.

converfant, converfation, conQiialified

To

3.

What
It

me

objects they anverfc wilt afford greater or lefs

Luke.
variety.

Pamela's chamber, meaning to joy

her thoughts with the fweet loirverfatien of her

t'un,

adj. [from converfe.

fometimes written

more fimple

and our country.

Mdifon'i freetalder.

fifler.

into

SkalefrearSs 'Rkbard III.

then come to be furniflied with fewer or

Men

to ourfelves

n.f. [converjatio, Lat.]

Familiar difcourfe; chat; eafy talk:
oppofed to a formal conference.
She went

See SERIES.

Series.

will convcrfe -wilt iron-witted fools,

unrefpective boys : none are for me,

That look

CONVERSA'TION.

from different parts.

CONYERCIMO

And

Addifan''* Sfeflatdr.

Indifference cannot but be criminal, when it is

ttmverfant about objects which are fo far from being of an indifferent natuic, that they are of the

the points of ny obafter they have been made to

ject meet t-gain,
by reflexion or refiaction, there they wil!

Where

To

2.

are the publick religious duties of the church.

Hotter.

vent.
I

For him who lonely loves

hills, and there ctnverfe
-;:'j Summer*
be acquainted with ; to be familiar

feek .the diftant

jt/nffl'l Parirgon.

To

With nature.

Milf.n's Par. Reg.

Relating to; having for its object;

concerning with about, formerly in.
The matters wherein chuixh polity is cowerfant ,

3.

chief ruling power over a monaflery.

CONVE'NTUAL. n. f.
monk a nun one

approving the fentiments of a perfbn tvlth

cowtrfcd, in fuch particulars as were jutt,
he won him over from thole points in which he
was miftaken.
MJi/afl Frtiboldtr,

whom he

monaftick.

cohabit with; to hold intercourfe

to be a companion to : followed
;

to action.

coffeenoufe gleaner
of the city is an arrant ftatefman, an as much
fuperhur too, as a man 'oniitrfant about Whitehall
and the court is to an ordinary fhopkeepcr. Locke.

adj. [convent uel, French.]

Belonging to a convent

and

[converfer, Fr.

By

idleness.

To verify that folemn mellage.

To fuch a one, an ordinary

l.'.:w'i Survey.

journeys.

Jtf, viii. 35.

with delight,

v. n.

'with.

by

with among or ivith.

eafe
cantierfatt ivitl

To

Hfier.

any; acquaint-

Gabriel, this day by proof thou (halt behold,

Thou, and all angels ecnvcrfant on earth
With man, or men's affairs, how I begin

fettled

contraft;

Afting upon

tion.]

[from conven-

adj.

CONVE'RSE.
converfor, Lat.]

1.

Sbakeffeare's King John.

Old men who have loved young company, and
been ccmierfant continually ivitb them, have been
Bonn.
of long life.

grants,

CONVE'NTIONART.

cohabiting

Waurn,

of youth.

To

by cohabitation or fellow-

nn'.-irfait anting them.

Never to be infected

convention.'}

agreed on by compaft.

adj. [from convcrfe.}

Relating to publick life, and commerce
with men ; not contemplative.
Finding him litrle Itudious and contemplative,
(he chofe to endue him with ccnvirfmtive qualities

All that Mofes commanded, Jofb.ua read before

all the congregation of Ifrael, with the women,
and the little ones, and the ftrangers that were

previous to a definitive treaty.

CONVENTIONAL,

Wtvd-ward.

the metallic ingredients of any mafs.

with

intercourfe with

familiar

much

CONVE'RSTSTIVE.

all.

Pope's EjS^y

2.

habits; knowledge by long

Bacon*
pertinent to this bufincfs.
By experience and converfation with thefe bodies,
a man may be ejubled to give a near conjecture at

moun-

who had

ufes the different dialects as one

been curva-fiiHt with them

ties, !'>ilies, a-:J vices

3.

fide,

Dryden'i Dufrefnoy.

certain denomination.

An

to the

2.

Acquaintance

cohabitation

Pefe.

familia-

rity.

Though
flrih,

it

be ncceflitated,

to a terrcftrial ctnvtrft

fun, without contaminating

by
jet

its

its
it

relation
is,

to

like the

beams.

dcm

of habitudes, and coKverjathn with the b.lt

company*
Dijdcn.
His appirent, open guiit ;
I mc^n his cinvcrf.it'mn with Shore's wife.
Sbatrffeari'l

Ridurd

1IJ.

'

Pet:r.

down, out of long experience in bufmefs

cwuerfatiwi in books, what J thought

I let

flecker.

make fome towns near

where they may dwell

com-

acquaintance.

which he had by being

together with
neighbours, and be ct,nver/ant in the view of the
State
world.
of Ireland.
Sfenjer's
Thofe who are ccnvcrfant in both the tongues,
I leave to make their own judgment of it.
ta'm'j

neral arfeftions of the ccnventicni, or affociations,

of matter into bodies of any
of fever.il

2.

(kill

conversant in their book).

aflemblies.
is

are to be reckoned

They

learning and

in

Praftical

5.

and

adj. \tonverfant, French.]

Acquainted with ; having a knowledge
of any thing acquired by familiarity and
habitude ; familiar : with in.

junftion.

converfable.}

CONVE'RSANT.
1.

manner of ailing

life.

Having your coxverfatun honed among the Gen-

companion.

CON'VE'NTION. n.f. [conventio, Latin.]

1. The aft of coming together; union;
coalition

mon
tiler.

converfable manner ; with the

qualities of a pleafing communicative

too like to follow ; nay, I fear,

be pe- mittod
unavoidable, if the coirventiclert
to fcatter.
Dryden.

is

Behaviour

4.

fluency of talk.

In

Atttrhury.

Another crop

n.f. [from ennvtrquality of being a pleafing

CONVE'RSABIY. aJv. [from

CONVE'NTICLER. n.f. [from conventicle.}

One that fupports or frequents private
and unlawful

The

fablt.}

all

Ay,

CON

CON

CON

By fuch a Tree nirverft with pcrfflns of different

we ftall find that there are perfons of good

fedts,

fenlc

and

virtue, pcrfons

of piety and worth.

If-'iUSt

en tie

Mind.

3-

l>

3.

[la geometry

from ccaver/us.]

is faid to be the converfe of

propofition
another, when, after drawing a conclu-

from fometKig firft

had been before
proceed to fuppofe what
concluded, and to draw from it what
had been fuppofed. Thus, if two fides
of a triangle be equal, the angles opfion

to thofe fides are alib equal : the

pofite
that if two
ccnvtrfe of the propofition is,
of a triangle be equal, the fides

angles

are alfo equal.

oppofite to thole angles

Chambtrs.

CONVE'RSELY. ad-v. [ from can--.

With change of order in a contrary
;

reciprocally.

CONVERSION,
1

n.f. [converfio, Latin.]

Change from one

another

into

ftate

Artificial cvrmcrjicn

of a few hours

is the work
be tried by a

of water intoice,
this of air

and

may

CO'NVERT. n.f. [from

The

interchange of terms in an argu-

The

4.

ment

as, no virtue is -vice

no -vice

is

Chamber i.

virtue.

CONVERSION

of Equations, in algebra,
ii the reducing of a fractional equation
into an integral one.

5.

Con-

CONVE'RSIVE.
verfable

adj. [from converft.}

fociable.

7e

CONVE'RT.

I.

To

v.a.

I convert/I,

'Latin.]
change into another fubftance ; to
was convened into wawould makr no more than eleven yards wa-

If the whale atmofphere

ter, it

Burr.et.

ter about the earth.

a.

To change from

one religion

to another.
AugulUne is convertedby Su Ambrofe's feririon,
when he came to it on no fuch dclien. Hammond.

To

turn from a bad to a good life.

He which ctn-vertetb the fmner from the errour

3.

cf

his

way,

thall iave a foul

from death, and ma!

James, v. 20.

hide a multKude of fins.

Then will I teach tranfgrefibrs thy ways, ant
finncrs fhall be converted

To

4.

Pja/m

li.

will Cdllify into electricity,

the needle freely placed.

To

and convert

Brown's ISul^ar Errour;

to appropriate.
;

any ule

to

apply
The abundance

of the P:i

converted untt

ilaii be

thec, the forces of the Gentiles mall come unto

thec.
1/ali.l', :c.
like an honefl man
He acquitted hinif-'f
c.

mt

fr

he converted the prizes to

hh own

6.

To

change one proportion into another

what was the lubjeft of the firf
beCbmes the predicate of the fecond.
The pa;.ifli cann /t abio.
l;tion on

fo that

verted

all fin

every tranfgrefiion of the law

thercf. e turns it for us : all

is

fin.

the iaw

bu

fin; bu' every tranfgrcflion of rl,.

unrijhteuufnefs, fays Audin, upon the place. Halt

he,

is

?o CONVE'RT.
change

11.

To

to be tranfmuted.

undergo

plain,

earth.

Almoft

The

not an alkali

gall is

but

it is

So much alike

as that

low on the infide correfponding to the

ufed

it

fpecifick effence, to

upon our worlhip to be idolatrous as well as that of

the Pjpifts ; and put prelacy and popery together,
terms cenvirtille.

Swift.

CONVE'RTIBLY. adv.

Let

CO'NVERTITE.

n.f. [converti, French.]

convert; one converted from another

Not

opinion.

My

King

To remove

Wma

Since there appears not to be any ideas in the

fenfes have conveyed any in, I
conceive that ideas in the underftanding are coeval

mind, before the

j

its

CO'NVEX.

convex body; a body

n.f.
fwelling externally into a circular form.
A comet draws a long extended blaze

From eaft to weft burns thro' th' ethereal

And halt heav'n's convex glitters with the

frame,
flame.

fecretly all

his lands to

Loch:

over his brethren.

To

6.

duft or fand you on it place,

drops of water > om its convex face ?
Blackmorc on the Creation.

of Defmond, before his breaking forth

Sfenfer.
could not
property or private dominion
or rule to his heir, who, not
comity any fovereignty
having a right to inherit all' his father's pofTeffions,
could not thereby come to have any fovereignty

Dry-den's Dufrffnoy.
axis whirl j

Whatever

earl

to deliver to another.

Adam's

own

a diftance hurl

transfer

The

duty of a painter, i-vun in this alfo, to

imitate the convex rnirrour, and to place nothing
which glares at the border of his piflure.

And

To

into rebellion, conveyed

feoffees in truft.

It is the

An orb or ball round

Will not the motion t"

Lech.

with frnfation.

Donne.

i;.

fecretly.

There was one conveyed out of my houfe yefterof Winder.

day in this baiket. Sbak. Merry
as an initrument
4. To bring any thing,
of tranfmiffion ; to tranfmit.

5.

adj. [convexus, Latin.] Rifing

in a circular form ; oppofite to concave.

divine natural right could not be ctmvryid

or divine rule
plain, natural,
Locke.
it.

concerning
3.

jfobri.

O'NVEX.

into Judea.

down, without any

Nor would
As not to rdl

Sbaicejpearc't
I be a convcttite fo cold,

me to the governours bemay conviy me over till

river, that thty

will convey

in ufe.

Since you are a gentle convertitf,

tongue IhaU huih again this ftorm of war.

Latin.]

one place

Kcb. ii. 7.them by fea, in floats, unto ths

1
me.
Kings, v. 9.
place thou (halt appoint
2. To hand from one to another.

come

Reciprocally

not alfo proud ; nor, convcrtiiily, any one proud,

who was not equally ungrateful, Youth's Sermons.

be given

letters

yond the

[frorn convertible.}

with interchange of terms.

;
There never was any perfon ungrateful, who was

impart, by means of fomething.

e another's heads with noile and

Mtn fill
founds, but convey not thereby their thoughts.
'

Ltth.
ufes to produce the idea, though
the ufuai >rgan, not being takrn
conveyed in by
Locke.
notice of, there follows j.o ienfation.

That which

Some finglc. imperceptible bodies muft come

from them to the eyes, and thereby convey to the
brain fomc motion which produces thofe Uleas.

Ticket.

Locke.

CONVE'XED. particip. adj. [from convex.}

Formed convex protuberant in a cir-

and convey
give energy to our cxpreffions,
our thought! in more ardent an! intenfe phrafes,

They

than anv

cular form.

UnVi:ns

are ftraight; nor have they their fpir

convexed, nr more corfid-rably embowed han either (harks, porpoiles, whales, or othei Lenc-ous
animals.
Brawn's JSu/gur Errours.

CONVE'XEDI.Y. adv. [from convexcd.} In

a convex form.

to another.

which our

name belongs, and is convertitk with it.

Locke.
Many, that call themfelves Proteflants, look

as

be not the real efTence of any fub-

ftance, it is the

CONVE'Y. i/. a. [con-vebo,

To carry to tranfport from

To
1

for the other.

Though

external protuberance.
Thcfe are the phenomena of thick convexoconcave plates of glafs which are everj where of
the fame thicknefs.
Newton.

alkalefcent,

may be

both blunt and (harp, zn'convtxly

all,

CONVEXO-CONCAVE.*^'.

a corrofive alkali.

one

a--

n.f. [from convex.] Spheroidical protuberance ; convexity.

Having the hoi--

Arbutbnot on Aliments.
.

In

not only per

they are all along convex,
aatituix, but between both ends. Crew's Mujamm.
conical

Harvey.

conceptible and convcrtiktt into

COHVIX.}

convex form.

Minerals are not convertible into another f^ecies,

though of the fame genus j nor reducible into another genus.

Bentlej.

CONVE'XLY. adv. [from

CONVE'XNESS.

ule.

Arbutbnot on Coins

bottom of the eye, if the glafs have

Newton's Ofticks.
due degree of convexity.
Jf the eye were fo piercing as to defcry even
it
opake and little objects a hundred leagues off,
would do us little fervice ; it would be terminated'
in the largeft
by neighbouring hills and woods, or,
and evened
by the very convexity of the
a

to
quality of being poffible

be converted.
L'ON VE'R-TIBLE. adj. [from convert.}
Sufceptible of change ; tranfmutable
capable of tranfmutation.

fupply the defect of plumpnefs*

gl:iiles

tinflly at the

n.f. [from convert.") One

that makes converts.
ON VERTIBI'LITY. n.f. [from conver-

13

turn towards any point.

Crylr.il

5.

unts thee.

Difcotirjc

CONVE'RTER.

tranfmute.

'

defend their reliChriftianity wete concerned to

Rogers.
gion.

They pzffid through Phenicc and Samaria, deAft! xv' 4.

claring the conversion of the Gentiles.

Convex

in the eye, and, by increafing the refraction, make

the rays converge fooncr, fo as to convene dif-

When Platonifm prevailed, the converts

Writ
Chriftianity of that fchool interpreted Holy
Locke.
according to that phiiol'/phy.
Let us not imagine that the firft converts only ot

is not
cmvtrfan of the aliment into tat,
Arbutbntt on Aliments.
properly nutrition.

3.

n.f. [from convex;} Protuberance in a circular form.

the verbi]

the converts to lay

Jefuits did not perfuade
StUlingjietCs Defence
on Rom. Idol.

The

fpine deprefled.

CONVE'XITY.

afide the ufe of images.

cf

its

Srnnn's Vulgar Errours.

Travels.

or
perfon converted from one opinion
one practice to another.

The

Change from reprobation to grace,

from a bad to a holy life.
Change from one religjcn to another.

inverted, and hath

with wine.

kill

Sandys's

tible.}

Bacon.
month's fpace.
There are no fuch natural gradations, and c:rinto
and
mineral
metal
another, in
vcrjiom of one
he earth, as many h.iv= fancied.
Woodward' l Natural Hi/lory.

2.

worms, which they

into

tranfmutation.

They be drawn comitxcdly crookjd in one piece Jthat cairieih Arion, is concavoufly
yet the dolphin,

The lovj of wicked friends converts to fearj

II.
That fear, to hate.
Stakcfpearis Richard
They rub out of it a red dud which csnvertftb

propofed, we

order

CON

CON

CON

7.

in

uur

own tongut.

slddijon's Spectator*

To

impart ; to introduce.
What obfcured light the U .v'na

did grant,

Did but convey unt" <>ur fearful mirda

A doubtful warrant or immediate death.
Errours.
Sbaktffeare's Comedy of
Others convey themfelves iato the mind by more
fenfcs than one.

f*

COX
To manige

|.

of

bui'uxfs as 1

mans,

find

fh.ill

hi..

line

The

1.

n. /.

from

Tell her, thou r.

Herurcie Rivers; ay,

.--.d

:'

'part.

tnct intj the countiies

viii.

by

r..inieJ in

;f tit World.

fj as to quit the coil

fomc
him.

thin^; is

We

Thefe

pipes,

and

Hbw

fuch

and

fnvyaiKiii

To
his

Writing by which property

<.

is

This b
Coventry,

-got a fuit in the

who found

Chancery before

the coni? -.-<, trues in

.Secret

The

2.
;

the

Can

ll\nry

Co

wrong and

right

tall in

Btcrtic-'ioii on
!'

-.vho ftand
:
..

hundred

Languages,

before earthly princes, in civ

who arc Uae dilpcnfcrs

jnoach,

law

the ju.i^!''

It

i/,.

is

his tvvj ciiarube..

.i.lccp,

an.i ualicl fo CVKV'.I.

tiie

warder of the

fume.

"

st.i-

n.f.

.kih.

r;om,r<utuirc(.1*

tlut be nat
the other alfo.

let

enough,

&<*)

him

-f Pii'/.

CONVI'KCIBI.E.
\.

2.

a,!j. [from cou-viuce.}

Capable of con vision.
Capable of being evidently difpro\ ed

or detected.
Upon what

uncertaint-'-s, ruid

alfo

<-.-.-.

they often ereiled fueh emblems,

deliveied.
fuliities,

we have
Knivr.

ati--j.
[from cin-viucc. ]
In fuch a manner as to leave no room

doi^bt or dilpute

This he did
tliat

fo as to

produce.

<>t

State of being convinced.

Their wifdom is only of this world, to put
falfe colours
upon thing*, ti call goad evil, .111.1
evil good,
againft the iszviaiin of their own con-

thufc of

particularly and csrtvincingfy,

parliament were in great coruu-

fo

iln;

fi-n.

c..:

The

rcfurreflion

is

io

c'.r.^'inc'mgly atti Itcd

by

fuch pencils, with fuch cirmmftances, tint they

who conlider and weigh the teltiinony, at wh.it

of his caivifl'nu was dclignc.l, nut

him, hut as a llandin^

fcicnces.

I.

blab.

with win.-

v.-eii,U

mir.icle, a lading argument for the can-..

others, f> the very end of the World.
jittcrbmy.

To

conviction.

as a peculiar privilege to

ing the power

Madalc.

tiia'j'prarc't

i*n*

for

Hwkci.

CONVI'CTIVE.

ofart.

Knaves be fuch abroad,

Conviaion.

real

j.

eli'ay

I'NCSMENT.

of convincing ; confutation ;
of forcing others, by argument,

The manner

(ray his

great

Shall be

obfolete.
are a crew of wretched fouls
cure; their nniidy convin;

That memory,

aft

nifl

now

\vii.-n Du:ica.-i

Will

n.f. [from convia,]

.ill

is

But they mu!t

principal inilrument of their ctnvliii-.n, the light

Hvdibras,

fix

thin;; unl.iwful, a:ul not rather needful,

n.f.

tnemfclves with one inch of

1.

I'.i

VJ

[from ccnveyance. ]
A lawyer who draws writings by which
^property is transferred.
CoNVt'vF.R. n.f. [from cna-vcy.'l One
who carries or tranfmits any tiling from
one place or perfon to another.
The c-irvycri of waters of thefe times content

1 1

furmount.

to

having, by their own importunate fuit,

Or voluntary dorage of fomc mi;C'.Tt--ir.. ,1 or
fnppleJ them, they carmor- chuf?

they not juggle, and with flight

Conveyance play with

v v E'Y A N c E R .

The

V.'hen therefore the apoftle

rcquircth liability
to convicl herctkks, can we. think he
judg. ih

this

SMtfftvfi

Thar

to allow a pofition.

it,

day conic to furvey the Tower;

Since Henry's iua;h, I fear, there is comxiance,

fit'ufy
jfjfli/i.

II..!.,!.

am

in order to

my

There

Mi/laa's Par.iJIfi L-Jl.

Clofe ccnveyanct, and each practice ill

Of cofmage and knave y.
Sfcnfcr's Hub. Talc.
I

,j

--yjli.

put

Cl'.ejnci'.

To overpower

at his .trial.

Convict by flight, and rebel to

:hn to tlu: ie, pent none b

fpcnt.

the hono;..

letter,, inftead of a tonftuodcn,

only urgetlv
to prove divers
paflagcs of
fermnn, whieu

fenfe

pears and confelles, or elfe is found

CWv/7.
guilty by the inqueit.
The third bell abfcntiscondemn'd,

lord

but only the help whiji, b\

lubiilc i-;ti<i<.-)ji:tf) they draw out of cafual events,
to day, till at length they be dean
ariling from day
to uphold

ground

4.

Detection of guilt, which is, in law,

either when a man is outlawed, or
ap-

I.

1.

private removal ; fecfet iublhtution ot

one thing for another.
It comcth herein to pals with men, unadvifcdly
fallen into error, as with them whofc (lite hath n<>

M.

CONVI'CTION.

lL::r.i.:.

artih'ce

management; juggling

Xot

Thit

cojil

own

ment.

daraldm.

the earl.

Shaicfpcarc's Cymliclirej

Who

the fcorc of humanity, the civil law allows

a certain fpace of time both to the cottv/f? and to

tranf-

the-

envincc

to prove ; to maniteli ;
in ufe.
YourltaK contains none lj accoinpUnVd a courJ

me

On

fo rirm, that in jultue he ji.uit decree the land to

S.

the civil law, a pcrfon com-iti, or

minal detected

The very can-vtyjnces of his lands will hardly

lie in tliis boit j and muft the inheritor himfe:f
I

To

can %e'cj repent, qor can y*m pardon.

tier, to aiK.-in.-c

n.f. [from the verb.]

perfon call at the b:ir ; one found
guilty ot
the crime charged, againil him ; a cri-

ferred.

have no more?

5.

p-rf.ns confellin;:,

in any lawful
tor ever thcregrant or conveyance, bind their heirs
r en Ircl&nd.

trutl:,

Which.

linker.

CO'NVICT.

grant.

to vindicate.

crime, cannot appeal.

Ayhfii
Convict a papift he, and I a poet.

Lzctc.

dominion, to pofterity.

p.<[>:riial

by proof or evidence.

Stakrfptarft Ricl.\a

Tranfmiffioa ;
another.
Our authui has provided for the defccnding and
down of Adam's monarchical power, or
fvnviytinct

6. AiS of transfer! ing property

Uoth not the aft of the parents,

War.

be cotivif} by courfc or" law,

threaten me with death, is mod unlawful.

By

one to

delivery from

,'y

falfe.

Conjecture.

G.'M. San. Dig.

5.

be

aJj. [rather the pnrtn ifh of

verb. ]
Convi&ed ; detected in

guilt.
Before

of blood,
fuppler fouls.

icaft

COKVI'CT.

mere impcilents and ma-

iuvc not the

>.-'j

aie

th;.t

ungodly among them,

"
"/We,
formerly ur.iii,
doth lather ciKvincemai of
ignorance, than nature
ofcrrour.
#
fcek not to cmmr.ce me of a
crime,

Sb'alefptare'l Corh/artm.
a variety of motions fiiould be reguin fuch a wildernefs of pillages

Jiffinet avcnuei, by

terial

to difcover to

-:'

by which any

,-a

we have

to prove guilty of.

'

lar!;

confute

the

li

feeding,

tQWVf

a great

it

hsve, with

The

conveyed.

With wine and

receive from

Toconvicl;
To nfvin.-c all

:.

9.

fuch 'tiling fpci-ifi J, I.e

'.here it muft
needs be, and bringcth arguments from the lj\
which always the tcfiator bore him; imagining
that thefe proofs will Hr.r'.:i a tcftamc'nt to have
that in it, which, other men can nowhere by rejj-

or inftrument

we

.ve

no :..ch tiling apparent upon record,

tlicy do as if one :Iiould demand a let .ley b\ virtue
of fomc written tell.imcnr, wherein there being no

po\\t upon the morning, are unapt

give or to f.ir^ive; but when we've llufTJ

To

and*

It'tlicic be

fit,''

The means

4.

ftn-i-eyaace

rfonnance of then

To lhew

3.

bethink you of
in the houfe you cannot hide
here at hand

we ha:

the light

'!

flicw fi-ema! pnflible,

Although not only the rcafon of any head, but

experience of every Kami, may v
it, yet
will itnotby di\.: bcrrjeftcJ.
Uniun'if^aff.Err,

The method of removing iccretly from

one place to another.
's

fiifi

/>'.-

t;i
lates where
timber ta plates of vent,
of (he carriage.
Ttmflc.

!'..-

rij;

To

2.

the text.
,

at the

tliat

Things,

hrr uncle Clarence,

her fake,

Iron works ougtit to bec'.i'lin.i

Y'-ur hulbjn'd

"-

ifijuyt

R<!

5.

he lefum'd hii

.;|t,

11. <?.

eoa-vtv ]

for carriage or tranfportation.

Follomiiig the river dov.:iv..ini, there is convy-

firm

cv'ry

[ccn-v-nco, Latin.]
I. 'I'o prove guilty ; to dctetl in
guilt.
Ana they wiiich heard it,
.-iky
their own uuilaena-, went cut one h\

Way

ti-.e.-c

CiiK.

fliifttd

Mad'il i^un.k arvytinct with her good aunt Ann.

Sbakypeare'i RiJ.\mt\\l.
2.

CONVl'CT.

To

of removing any thing.

aft

lut, having

'iiitb,

Co H v E' v A v c E

llitir

-..:

hlnlfclf as heir to th' .ady L.ngnre.

dtvy'J.

CON

N>

nd acquaint you withai. Sbfkuftaic's King Littr.

Hugh Capet aifi, wl.o ufurp'd the crown,

To

favours, and ctnvcytn of their will, fn

others, do, oil tli.it very account, cl.
ii Hi
thcmfclvcs.
stttcrbur\.

with privacy.

catvy the

I will

C'

dirtanee foever they are placed, cannot eijl

any more Jouh; of the reluricCtion tlun Ok: cr.u
fixion of

i-

A::.

Jcfus.

COXVI'KCINGNESS.
The power
ing.^

n.f.

[from convinc-

of

convincing.
\To CONVl'Vl-',. ir. n. [coni'i'-i'O,
Latin.]
To entertain ; to feaft. A word, I believe, not e'fewhtre ul'cd.
all you peers of Greece,
go to
in the lull cwvii'c you.

tint,

There

my

tent,

Swift.

[from coa-viff."]
convincing.

ailj.

of"

CONVl'NCE. 1-.
To force any one

a.

to

CON VI'VAL.
Hav-

\aiij.

CONVI'VIAL. j
i'eilal
nunt
;

[con-vinco, Lat,]

acknowledge a

contellcd pofition.
Tii.u w;i,di 1 have .ill this while been endeavouring to t'.r.i ;mY men <", and to perfiaJc them
to, is no other but whar CJod himiclf doth particularly recommend to us, as proper for
coalioeration.

[corivi'vialis,

to

Relating
;

Latin.]

an entcrtain-

foci.il.

was the firlt who let up feftivals;

Not with iiigh taltes our appetites did force,
But fiil'd witlk conversation and difcourfe;
Whii h feafts, cwv'wial meetings we dij nam<.
I

DC ni ,:r,.
Your
is

focial a:n! ci'.i

ahafpincfs to

Uvt-

'.-_

':.;;

fpirit is

fuch, that it

aud comcrle with you.

Dr.Tfavtm,

CONU'MDRVM.

CONU'NDRUM.
ble

n.f.

a mean conceit

CONVO'Y. v. a. [coHvtytr, Fr. from

To accompany
conviare, low Latin.]
by land or fea, for the fake of defence
as, he ivas convoyed by Jblps of ivar.

To

Alowjeft; aquiba cant word

:

Mean time he I'moaks, and laughs at merry talc,

Or pun ambiguous, o :or,undrum quaint* Philips;

CO'NVOCATE.

To

To

-v.

[,

a.

CONVOCA'TION. n.f. [coni'oeatic, Lntin.]

j. The aft of calling to an afiembly.
to

An

2.

Had

afTembly.

the eighth day ft all be an holy convocation

Lev. xxiii. 20.
unto you.

3.

Your

this; the one called the upper houfe,

where the archbiihops and bilhops fit
feverally by themfelves; the other the

Coiueil.

Cognizance
To

fembly.
mblies excrcifc their legiflature at the times
that tneir conilitution, or their
appoints, if there be no oilier
cprrvoke

Cuiv

the peerage.

it

The

ferial- originally

people being onl)

Warms

CONVO'LVE.
To roll together

To

It is

Swift.

v. a. [convolve, Lat.]
to roll one part upon
;

to and fro convolved.

wonderful

how

artif.ee

Afi//vn.
,

th-.

ituhh'.rn

and bind

leaf,

me

it

with the thread

it

from its body.

Dei Lam.
Us'd to milder (cents, the trn<''.
Bv thoufanda tumble from their honcy'd domes,
wca"vc-

part, [of the verb I have

Twilled; rolled

found no example.]
itfelf.

from Mufcovy-gUfs only

in

Latin'.]

[con--j:iljio,

an involuntary contraction of the fibres and mufcles, whereby

the body and limbs are preternaturally

H'codward r n

COSVOLU'TION. n.f. [con-volulio, Latin.]

The ait of rolling any thing upon itfelf;
I
.-'.

-jt\'.n

upon
the

or

itfelf.

iui't :i!:.ci

:f, fubtile

Trom which,

by

Wrafp'd with

hum

th'

invafions.

attending

,/:i

2.

The
OVr
The

th.-

AnJ
calm

1'eathcr'U

wiie rounl,
eonvjuti

tofs'd

f-', in

eddy

floats.

'Ihn-f

is the word, Sir; if you be ready fur

you arc wellaiir.
Sbatejftart f (ymptlint*

The

COO'KERY.

n.f. [from cooL]

drefling viftuals.

of

art

Some man's wit

Found th' art of C'jok'ry to delight his fenfe
More bodies are cnnfuin'd and kill'd with

tf.L-

Hj/e's O'npjr,

fjiirits.

the angu'uh of departing

all

r,f

P^i-ieS.

Th^ie

to

mketj

are the

are prepared

COOL.

life.

1.

DryJcn'i A->

Her colour chang'd, her

And

face was noi tht

hollow groa:u from her deep

bre.i.1.

D'-jJe,

thy

CONY.

cor.intlfi-je
.

/.'

In filence weep,
>n
,'cp.

if

Germ,

[k'aiiiri,

Pi'c

it

njt to be dclpaii

for laute
'd of,

for

fiffers

COM Y-BOROUGH.
_/T A
rabbits make th'eir holes ia

h.'.ros

and

M(.i-rir,:ar~i

endure

it,

[ioclcn,

renewing

Not zealous

it

ai it

grew

e<i.l.

Ten-pie.

where Lucia,

at

her wonted hour,

Amid

the cool of yon high marble-arch,

Enjoys the noon-day breeze.
Addifons C.ito

Philander was enjoying the coo/ of the morning

the dews that
on every thing about h'n,
lay
and that gave theair a frcfhnd's. MJijon un M,J.

among

To COOL. v.

Jorilcn's Ef>itrraff:s

by

im-y

/twurtbrtot on sL.

coot.ny.

refrefhing coldnef*.

an

.-legg'd hen,
to thefi a cony

ch eat the corn and trees.

.

C.V*ii v.

L, t-jie

our money.
tier.

The huibandman

adj.

ribbit

of plant,
ingredient's

not ardent
not angry ;
not fond ; without paflion
as, a ceil
friend ; a cool deceiver.
COOL. n. f. Freedom from heat ; foft and
2.

conn:! or con-

by

Kings

pretends.

Dutch.]
Somewhat cold; approaching to cold.
He fet his leg in H pail-full, as hot as he could

vYi'il

fpirit c.

Her hair Mood up; cow.-.

il'jf&'d
Her trembling limbs, and hcav'd her hb'ring

it,

with the fword, famine, or peltilencc.

Ev'ry one

:
rtyin.; fuui's cor,i'H Jwt ftrifc,

Lemons and wine

.

Thau

.;

Shew m-

wvjund,

Hate of rolling together in com-

pany.

prepare for any purpofe.

'

rtrugglingi of the

Lat.]
animal that burroughs in the ground.

r.er,

Hlackmvn

j/iijs.

Hanging

'/iw^.V.

nin, Fr. cuniiiiltts,

plpci bellow,

R.i.'cigt't

<v.

Decay of Piety.

on ; that which gives twitches or fpafms.

They ai-c irre^ulir and eetrvuljwt mo.i 5, n

And
in all

other g.unai, in the lame or fome other mann'-r.

Grrw'r. C'y

At'

in their

either of the crimes been cooltett to their pathey might have changed meli'es.

To

2.

All have been li.bjeil to lomc concufiiins, and

fall under the fame cor.i'uljions of Ifrate, b\

'

are built

which had been an-

Had
lates,

this,

that the plates of that are flat anJ plain, whereas

thcfe arc convoluted and inflected.

the ftate of being rolled

the

cook-room

to be fo great, as that in

a. [coqua, Latin.]
prepare viftuals for the table.

To

that,

tu-

new

this

ciently uled.

1 .

prepared
kitchen of ft

The

crew.

their (hips the ccot-rooms

contrary to that

To COOK.

Locke.

Any irregular and violent motion

mult ; commotion dilturbance.

And

differs

poujfm.
n.f.

is
'iil/ion

co/i--j

room.~\

piovifions are

The commodity of
merchants having found
all

and

[tcck

Autumn.

This

ihip.

for the flup's

of any body.

to the parts

CONVU'LSIVE. adj. [fonvuljif, French.]

That which produces involuntary moti-

C.irvdv d and agonizing in the dirt.

upon

f.

motion

ir

-.

CO'NVOLUTED.

Addij-.':,

n.

room in which

awjy.

r,

nc'.vly

land.

CONVU'LSE. v. a. [co^nlfus, Lat.]

To give an irregular and involuntary

dillortej.
Quincy.
If my hand be put into motion by a con-uu.Jion,
the inaiffcrciicy of that operative faculty is taken

maggots, not the parent animal, bccaufe (he emi:;

no web, nor hath any

friend \vas complaining to me, that his wife

oft' one of the bell cook-maids in Eng-

had turned

CooK-gooM.

ONVU'LSION.

Pofis Orfyjy.
confided all of nobles, the
n fucli occ.i'

another.

He writhed him

fore-caftles,

the purple call,

into their cognizance.

f. [cook and maid.~\

that dreffes provifions.

maid

Locke.

next the morning

j^rhiitbnot on Coins*

knowledge.

of ffindfor,

coots

COOK-MAID.

Follows the loofen'c , aggravated roar,

Enlarging, deepening, mingling peal on peal,
Crufh'd horrible, eonvuijir.g hea-.en and earth,

own adjournment,
way prcfciibcd to

them.

When

notice

Jfi-vcs

Merry

Drydcn*

French.]

[toriolffiHia,

his

could make artificial birds and

fifhes, in default of the real ones, and which exin
ceeded them
the cxquifuenefs of the talle.

Their

law term.

a. [cmtvoco, Latin.]
to fummon to an al-

n. f.

manner of

in the

is

Quickly

Siakefpcarc'i

in ufe.
winds give benefit,
And convoy is afliftant, do not fleep,
But let me hear from you.
SJrakfljvdrt.

O'NUSANCE.

millrefs

The new-born babe by nurlcs overlaid,

And thecooi caught within the raging fire he made.

fcr-

Sifter, as the

Did to his prcdeceHbrs part withal. Stak. H. IV.

This is the declaration of our church ah
made by thofe who met in convocation, StURngjlat.
call together

you by rote where

Not now

Conveyance.

As touching France, to give a greater fum

Then ever at one time the clergy yet

To

One

hurfc, or his dry-nurfe, or his cook, or his laundry,

his wa/her, and his wringer.

Mi/ton's Paradifc R,gt'.md.

have made an offer to his majefty,

Upon our fpiritual convocation,

-v.

One whofe
n.f. [cojuus, Latin.]
profeffion is to drefs and prepare victuals
for the table.

Drydtn's Prcf. Dufrefnoy,

as a defence.

will learn

cooes,

COOK.

of attending

aft

cry

Tbomjon's Sui'iner,

Mournfully hoarfe.

;;.<.

vices were done ; at fuch a breach, at (uch a convoy.

Shakeffcarc's Hinry V.
Swifr, as n fparklc of a glancing liar,
I (hoot from hcav'n to give him f,n'e ceni -\.

CONVO'KE.

n:

'

foul

Such felbws

clergy are reprefented by their deputies.

To

.Si

convoy

The

of the

the reft

To

as a

grows hard, and cannot death endure ;

makes the dangerous way fexurc.
Dryd.n's JKrcnpZebc.
Convoy fhips accompany their merchant;, till
they may prolecute the vnyage without danger.

My

aflembly of the clergy for confuhation upon matters ecclefiallical, in time

of parliament and, as the parliament
confiih of two dillinft houfes, fo does

all

n. [from the found.]

dove or pigeon.
Th: ilockdove only through the foreft

fet

An

lower houfe, where

God

not

On

To Coo. v.

peculiar value upon his temple, he would not have made himi'elf his people's
t > it.
C'.nvvj to fecure them in their pall'.ue

Sidney.

thief; a cheat ;
n.f.
a tricking fellow; a rafcal.
oblblete.

Now

by way of

defence.

con-vocation, I"pa1:e

catch a cony,

CO'N'YCATCHER.
a fliarper

the road

To

againil your caiycatcblng rafcah.

Sbatiff care's A ferry Wives of Windfor.

n.f. (from the verb. Anciently

the accent was on the laft fyllable ; it is

now on the firft.J

One attending on

-v, n.

in the old cant of thieves, to cheat ;

to bite ; to trick.
I have matter in my head againft you, and

is,

Co'rvOY.

ai-

fembly.

D'.aphantus, making a general

them in this manner.

CO'NYCATCH.

To

Lat.]

fumraon to an

to

call together;

COO

CON

CON

cany*
:

lluj

place where
the ground.

i.

a. [lioclen, Dutch.]
to allay heat.
;
they u!V in Naples inlK-ad of

To make
Snow
caul", as
foonci.

cool

;h-y fay,

it

iftti

ice,

hr-

or congeals any liquor

^iiid.f'n

t-n

July,
Jelly

coo
'!y.

of currents, or the jelly of iny

ripe fubacld
and very agreeable M the /Kiinath.

2.

fruit, tsrotii-ng,

Arlurtr.a en Diet.

To

2.

quiet paffion; to calm anger-, to

3.

lord

Northumberland

Shake/peril lh*ry IV.

He will keep his jealoufy to himfelf, and repine
in private, becaule he will be
apt to fear feme ill
tffecl it may produce in
culiitf your love to him.

COOP.
1

7'u
I

z.

COOL. V.H.
To grow lefs hot.
To grow lefs warm with regard

Ssvift.

to paf-

yel-

You
1

Sbakrfpcart.

never

while you

cool

'm impatient

till

it

.read

Honjcr. Drydcn.
I will not
.give

be done;

mould ml.
Ccpgnvt's Old Bfcbihr.

royfeif liberty to think, left

'Co'oLER. a.f. [from cool.]

.1. That which has the
power of cooling
the body.
of two forts ; firft, thnfe which produce in immediate J'enfe of .cold, which arc f'n.!i
as have their parts in lefs motion than thole i.f
the organs of feeling ; and
fecondly, fuch as, by
Fticular vifcidity, or groflhefs of parts, give a
r coTifiitence to the animal fluids than
they
had bcfoie, whereby they cannot move fo fart, anil
therefore will base lefs of that interline force on
which their heat depends. The former are fruits,
all acid liquors, and common
water; and the latter arc fuch as cucumbers, and all fubltances
producing vifcidity.
<%uincy.
In dogs or cats there appeared the feme necefifty
Csolcrt are

man.
Harvey
Acid things were ufed only as

for a ccj/er as in

en Consumptions.

day the chickens refufed

to eat out of the cxf ; and Claudius I'ulcher underwent the like fuccefs, when he contemned the

There were

a great

Brown.

many crammed capons

ther in a coop.

in

veflel

which any thing

made

is

cool.

LSE/lrargc.

[from the noun.] To fhut

up in a narrow compafs ; to confine to
when it is ufed abcage ; to imprifon

To Coop.

a.

-a.

folutely, it has often, perhaps always,

the intenf.ve particle up.

That pale, that white-fac'd Ihore,

Whofe foot fpurnsback the ocean's roaring

And

coifs

from other lands

;;

/./ rtlmci

COOLLY,

adv. [from

'*

Hujliandry.

cool.']

\ . Without heat, or Iharp cold.

She in the gelid caverns, woodbine wrought,

And

frcfhbcdew'd with ever-fyouting ftrcams,

Sits
coolly calm.
TL-Mjon's Summer.

2. Without paflion.
Motives that addrefs themfelves
fon, are

fi tteit

to be

coolly to

our re a-

tares

The Englishmen
flein, that

did

than the rich

is

cup up the

he iliried not

fh.vt fiege the town.

In the taking of a

is let

plundered and cooped up.

Gentle cold

cold.
This difference

foft

cool.}

or mild decree of

confifteth not in

the heat or

of fpiriti ; for cloves and other

fpices, njpnd petroleum, have exceeding hot
tha,
fpirits,
hotter a great deal than oil, wax, or tallow, but not
inflamed.
Bac-it's Natural
Hijlcry.
The toad lovcth fliaJe and c'.tt.-reji.
Baton's Natural
llijtuy.
Yonder the harveft ofc*:

-ttakcji

Gives

a frelh

coolncfi

to the royal

cup

There ice, like crvftal, firm a'i.

Tempers hot July wiih December's

The

1.

fliccp

W*at

troll.

Dry den' i

hofd to meet
Freedom from patfion.
Soot

Virgil.

of affection; difinclination.

'I'"'

CooM.

Wallr.

enjoy the cotlnef, of the (hade.

is if they fc*rcc

3.

Adoption

The

n.J.
tliat

[(

,'g.iin.

Trojans, cmf'il within their walls lo long,

their gates, and itTuc in a throng.

Drydin's JF.Ktd.
other knowledge, as if it
were nothing in comparifon of law or phyfick, ot
aftrology or chymirtry, coops the understanding up
within narrow b 'und<, and hinders it from looking ..broad into other provinces of the intellectual
Wv>rid.
Loikf.
They are ccofrd in clofe by the laws m
and
the
rtiiii
of
thoi,
countries,
guards
intereft it is to keep them ignorant.
Locke.
What tti-f whole armies in our walls again

without lubordination.

COO'R DIN ATEN

motion

One

that

(landing in the foaie relation to fomething higher ; collateralnefs.

In this high court of parliament there

The

[from cooper.]

price paid for cooper's work.

Ta COO'PERATE. v. n. [ton and opera,
Latin.]
I. To labour jointly with another to the
fame end: it has ly/'/A before the agent,
and to before the ei
.'.-thine

pi

perhaps MIDOM

conceits of
'''?

r::-'

man walk

many,

wito him,

alnvitt alone to his

own

a r.ire

Hcnvd's Prt-fmintitLtofParfcmcrJ.

When

thefe pretty intrigues of a play aie fo ill

ordered, that they have no coherence wi>h the
ether, 1 rr.urr. grant that Lyfidius hns reafon to tax
,

that

want of due connexion

play

is

as

for

ctxn!injt:on in a

dangerous and unnatural as in a irate.

Dry den on Dramatic Poejy.

COOT.

n. f.
[maer-koet, Dut. colie, Fr.]
fmall black xyater-fowl, fecn often in
fens and maifhes.

Of

coots,

iak

and of the filhtng

Diyden'i Fakli-s,

COP.

Dut.
The
cop, Sax.]
head ; the top of any thing ; any thing
rifmg to a head as, a cop, vulgarly cock,
of hay ; a cob-cajlle, proprriv ^.f-caftlc,
a fmail calUe or houfe on a hill ; a cob of
n.f.

[kif>,

cherry-ftones, for cop, a pile ofllonc? one

laid upon another ; a tuft on the head

of birds.

CO'PAL. n.f. The Mexican term for a

gum.
Co A'R c F N A R Y. n. f. [from coparcener.']
i

Joint fucceffion to aay inheritance.

endr.

-h.]

By

is

wholefome mixture betwixt

monarchy, optimacy, and deiiiocracj'.
coordination ut power, a

arc;.

Co'oi'ERACE.

and makes

[from coordi-

idefmcn, belonging
to fome towns corp^rarr, I'uch a 3 weavers I
pfrs, by virtue of their charters, pretend to piivilege and juiifdicVion.

It

gatners ovrr an .oven's mouth.

ESS. n. f.

The ftate of being coordinate.

COO'RDIN ATION. n.f. [from coordinate.]
The ftate of holding the fame rank ; uf
nate.]

CO'OPER. n. f. [from coop.]

makes coops or barrels.

that

u-l'

COO'R D i N A T E L Y aj-j. [from ciorJ/tiate. ]

In the fame rank ; in the Aline relation

all

in dancing.

.other,

fies the general and

parijnir mutual conand
drawn
ut
fubordinate,
nexions, both t^jrdirs'.t
into one or more tables.
Watts.

w.;.-j

Drydcrfs Juvenal.

Ctaicud-.n.

but coordi-

Coop'd up in a narrow ifle, obferving dreams

flattering wizard).
Dryden's Juvenal.

Societies of

Latin.]

and ordinatus,
aflj. [con
Holding the fame rank ; not

ticular head? of a

With

[coupe , French.]

[ccopto,

cies, fulsrdinate to the kind,

nate to each other.

is

Dry den's JEne'id.

One world fumVd not Alexanders mind ;
Cc-j-'\t bphc feem'd, in earth and feas connn'd.

COOPE'F. n.f.

/.

being iubordinate. Thus mell-fifh may

be divided into two coordinate kinds,
crultaceous and teftaceous ; each of
which is again divided into many fpe-

L'Ejirangt.
iharoe

//.

afiurr.ption.

COORDINATE,

Pope.
jittcrliuiy.

COOTTA'TION.

rides,

Who

of

[from cooperate.]
adj.
Promoting the fame end jointly.
COOPER A'TOR. n.f. [from cooperate.'] He
that, by joint endeavours, promotes the
fame end with others.

Haven

Coof'J tip a fccond time within your town

dare not ilTue forth in open field.

The contempt

COO'PER ATIVE.

gi, and the other

Twice conquered cowards, now your

mown,

Unbar

and this not holpen by the ctcferatan of

the unity and harfpi-itt, but only by
Baicn'i Natural Hifiirf.
mony of na;ure.
;

angels or

town the poor efcape better

for the onj

might work Iny cSect without and againfl

matter

and iikewife held in

Bacon.

tures.

CO'OLNESS. n.f. [from

1

We

aft

Latin.]

employed upon reafonable crea-

n. f. [from cooperate.]
of contributing or concurring to
the fame end.

The

King John.

lord

Ciyni's Pk\!t.jophical Principle!.

and imprertiu.'i> l.y which the

COOPERA'TION.

he, if.anders.
;

The

Your firft wort being thus boiled, lade off into

ne or more cwltrs, or cool-backs, in which leave
the fullage behind, and let it run off fine.

toge-

ab

Divine Spirit introduces this charge, aild how far

libe.ty
cfra.vj tuitb it, are fubje&s beyon4
our comprfhenii
Rogers.

(lain the

tripudiary augurations.

fpecial

human

or fheep.

Jlrtutbntf on Aliment:.

2.

!:o;io:i.

The

of liquids.
A cage; a pennfor animals, as poultry

2.

effeft.

BrcnvrCi fa/gar Emurt*

All thefecaufcsf)/'n'<jf/>^, muft, at lal>, weaken

[kuype, Dutch.]
a veflel for the prefervation

Gracchus was

fion or inclination.
My humour (hall not ceo!] I will incenfe Ford
to Jc.il with
poifon ; I will poffels him with
liwnefs.

n. /.

concur in producing the fame

uill l.Jt forgive offenders, or his benignity coy crate la their convcrfions.

barrel

To

His mercy

or COMB. n.f. [comble, Fr. cumeafure

mulus, Lat. a heap, Skinner.]
of corn containing four bulhels. Bailey.

Had

they thought they had been fighting only

other people's guarrels,
perhaps it might have cooled
their zeal.

z.

from large coals.

falls

COOMB,

foonbe cuttd.

will

That matter that works out of the

wheels of carriages.
aile\.
]t is ufed in Scotland for the ufelcls dull
which

moderate zeal.

My

COP

coo

man

giving

high'-:'

his owu-fcli .

a free will,
.

ty.

he allows man rhj;

,c of .'^ot-crj- ir.fr

,';.

B jlc.

In deiccji:

i-.pjic.nari,
-liottcd to the

for w.i.it o;
eldtll daii-iitcr.

Hale*i

HMo'ycfCcmmtn

l.avi*

COPA'R-.

c o p.
COPA'RCENER.
ticeps,
_

in

COP
and/-

*./ [from

To COPE. v. n.
I. To
contend;

Lat.]

C.;.,reereri are oth-rwife called

common law, arr luch as have parceners;

and,
equal portion in

inheritance

te

of" i..,-

anceftor.

Ccwi'.

Da-vie;

An

n.f.

parceners.

.COPA'RTNER.

r;:

equal fhare of coWorld of Words.

tnat has a fhare in fome

common
ftock or affair ; one
equally concerned ;
a fharer ; a partaker ; a
Milpartner.
ton has ufed it both with
in.

Our

Th

aflociates and

A thing,
flat

/our

This

And

lofs

The

him make known

inall I to

As

mtb

death itfdF, to
'fcape from

t+artf

nl

"">"

Sbalefftart' i

COPAYVA.
eapivi,

./.

jidJiftn's

pay-ua, cupayba.} A
from a tree in Brafil.

"si /

it

is

rr-

u fcd

make him tell the tale

anew;
Where, how how oft, how
long ago, and

of the urinary paffapes

COPE. n.f. [See
COP.]
1.
Any thing with which the head is co-

3.

facerdotal cloak, or veftment

tacred miniftration.

Any

worn

hath, ind

13

companion

in

[perhaps for cutfmat

drinking, or one tha

iwells under the fame

cope, for houfe.
;
friend.
An old word

which is fpread over the

head ; ns the concave of the
fides ; any
arciuyork over a door.

Companion

thing

Ne
1

ever flaid in
place, ne fpakc to wi^ht,
that the fox his
eofxjnftt he hjd found.

UMtrd's Tal

"

W thn V
,'
"

'

>t

are contained

/*. both moft

ar.<i

COPIER. n.f. [from

copy.}
One that copies a tranfcriber.
A coin is in n,> danger of
its chnrafler

Icaft,

'

Overhead

S>

having

fitti
;

2.

,h'd

of heaven,

To
A

and copta
ov?r he
'

id.

r
lo
contend with;

>

tn Italy.

tire of

to oppofe.
.

Yet

of wood,

''iviiii'.n

2.

ma de

:
'

3.

To

reward; to give

frar,'t

in return.

Lffd my

'.eunttthe
Jffc

n.f. [from cope.}

The upper
mafonry which covers the wall

jUdifc-n't Fruke/dcr.

CO-PIOUS,

friend

Have, by your w.fdam.bcc,

your

Kin
"*

that imitates; a
plagiary; an imi

All thefe were of

coftly ft ones , even fn-m the
foundat,on unto the e , ; a
,
f g.
Khgt, vii. g .
=
</'/, the modiliions, or dentils, make a
c ftcw
by their graceful projections.

loft,

mker-bh;

ai

Cart

Without

v.

n.
[from the noun.]
caver, aj with a cope.
very lr r hrld.

One

or.

invention a painter is but a c-.t-cr

and
a poet but a
plagiaryof others. Drydfn'iD,
"
Let the faint
copier, on old Tiber's ftore,
Nor mean the talk, each
breathing buft explore j
JUne ai
hoc with painful
paticncvffac.-,'
-iman grandeur, that Athenian
grace. Tictttl

.ndcr the

7t COPE. v.
1.

altered by
c:},ers !nd tranfcribers.
Aidifia

tator.

L ,a,

/'jrtJif,

aft

the difmal hi;s

UK J

Plentiful

'

adj.
;

[cop ia> Latin.]

abundant

exuberant

in

great quantities.

W,

wiruw fin, wtod.

I .

Sbal.

>fe,
:

the

hung with i^i,uii\<i\t.

M,i:,n.

it

tneneg.
r*

'

Co

j
IJrytUtt.

A copier

PI ST.
n.f. [from copy.}
tranfcriber ; an imitator.

CO

L ND n
f A P iece of ground in
'v t L
which
the land terminates witli an
acute
'

'

le -

S
r
Co PPED.

Dig.
adj.

[from

/.]

its bafis,

and rote
copped like a

Rifing to 3

top or head.
It

was broad in

fu

sfA

lo af-

*3W?&i*i.

efchmus being copped and fomewhat

galeated

C'

'

r^ PPEL.
Co
fpelt

r^L[This word

n.f.

is

'

as copel,
cupel, cuple,

Woodward.'
varioufl*

and

cupplt j

cannot find its

etymology.] An
inflrument ufed in
chymiftry, in the
form of a dim, made of
aflies, well
walhed, to cleanfe them from all their
fait ; or of bones
thoroughly calcined.
Its ufe is to
try and purify gold and filver, which is done by
mingling lead
with the metal, and
expofing it in the
coppel to a violent fire a
long while.
The impurities of the metal
will then'
be carried off in drofs, which is
I

called

the litharge of
gold and filver.

Th

refiners call the

coppel a teft.

CO-PPER.

Harris
[toper, Dutch; c upru m \

./
One of the

fix primitive metals.

the moll duftile and
malleable rhetaL
after gold and filvcr.
Of a mixture of -, an 8

.Latin.]
Cofptr

is

calammaris

lapis

copper and tin

braj

,,

melted

is

formed

makes

brafs

bell-metal

in

a
;

compofition of

and cipper and

equal quantities, produces what the

1'rcnch call broiiie, bled for
figures and flatues.
..

Chambers.
but lighter

is heavier than iron or

Coffer
than diver lead, and
gold.
I wo vellels of fine

tin

Hillm

M,.

copper, precious as gold.

o PPER. n.f.

Ezra,
veflel

viii.

27.

made of copper

commonly ufed for a boiler larger than

a moveable
pot.
They boiled it in a copper to the
then
.hey poured

in dance, the
(lately trees, and fnread

heir branches

'

bufmefs to reach the concifenefs of Demof.

but

Sbakefpearit Oticl

n.f.

Mdif<m.

n.f.

eamufnft of Homer, and the Latin poet made

s

when,

again to cope your wife.

in

in u

will

COPESMATE.

vered.

2.

Ham/

"
Stake/pierfi

Not

fo fasfo.v/7. d e -

frelh piece

who of force muft know

To embrace.

a.

-v.

have teen

travellers, and other wrivery difficulc to make any newdif-

is

[horn copious.]
Plenty; abundance; great quantity:
exuberance.
Diffufion ; exuberance of
The Roman orator <ndeavouredftyle.
to imitate

art e'en as

.-,

in diforders

2.

my

To COPE.

diitils

muc h

e er

Mind.

concife-

cover.es on Ib beaten a
fubjeft.

"t'ftmtb' Stak. Winter' tTah.

juiKi man,
convention cop'd -withal.

Thou

As

cu-

ctpayva,

gum which

Wb\? Examiner.

en tie

it

COPIOUSNESS,

an

f excellent
witchcraft,
1
001 thou

Taming of tie Strew.

copivi, cafay-ua,

feveral remains
d bv abundance of

ers, that

interchange kindnefs

Thou

_.,

fometimes written

is

[It

to

or ientiments.

Oh, fin. villain! a filkcn doublet, a velvet hole

a fcarlet cloke, and a
npattin hat.
,

Thcfe

itfclf firft to ealicr

luljecl',
near a-kin to what is

To encounter;

2.

At large; without
brevity or
nels; diifufcly.

have net been able to

cope ic-ie
which I have conducted.

Wans
raif

Plentifully; abundantly; in great quan-

2.

1.

mind apply

copious. 1

titles.

every plain,
caf'dfvitb hoM, dira was the din of wnr.

r.-'Jbip.

'

Mi'tiri.

Milton.

1.

and things
already known;
id tier, advance to
the more remote and knottv
parts of knowledge by How degrees, it will be
able,
i this
manner, to :,p e with great difficulties, and
prevail over them with
and
amazing
happy fuccefs.

left only
daughters, the daughequally fuccceded to their father as in

,-,

the

not

not concife.
;
G<"i> Saviour of men th
>' "'me

C-OPIOUSLV. adv. [from

it.

hey perfetlly understood both the h.ucs SM.

;il
y they were to c:fe withal.
VF.Jl,Mgc.

gcncr-ils

u"

iillf

Thorn/a,' t Strifr.

words or images

be the
copious matter of my fong
Henceforth, and never (hall my
harp thy praife
Forget, nor tram thy Father's
praife disjoin.

IV

troops of Athens,

,,

Jn cafe the father

Co AT A x.ajj.
[from/.] High
Cj
01!lted

W,

Hmy

mfimt

is peace,
treafures forth

not confined

men

Sbal:.

ne tender heart

its

in

Abounding
barren

But Eve was Eve;

over-match, who, felf-deceiv'd
ra(h, befoieliand had no better
vfeigh'd
flrengtl) he was to c^c with, 01 his own

Their
the

Hate of
bearing an equal part, or
poffefling an equal mare.
ters

perufe the

ii-':tbal.

In various converfe.

2.

It is likclv
tho/i wilt undertake
like death, to chide
away this mame,

types

Paradi,, L;ft.

[from copartner.}

n.f.

'

'*
.

lovkmdly pours

On

Regain'

H I p.

we may

have cop'd

'

have gain'd, and with them dwell

of the world.
Miltaft Paradife
d.

us, that

Alivimi.

acid^

far his

e, ;

oft

in thcfe
regions

TN

<-0,P A K

Milt n't

Rather by them

what

Lcfanxcr

my powV,

knowledge

copartner f

rejoicing in their joy.

Milttn.
Jhis aUcalme
acrimony indicates the cofiwi uie
of vinegar and
fruits.
Arbutbnx t

dignifies to interchang

,.

yet my change, and give him to

partake
Full happinefs with me? Or rather
not ;
But keep the odds of
in

Without

with

only bounds
all-bounteousking,who ftow'r'*

rjtfnrt the

With cofKu, hand,

-acp

y'and

faithful friends,

caparnert

E*ft,

It

Let our trains

March by

We mould

and parser.}

to ftrlve.

blow*, or any thing elfe, with another.

Phillips'}

One

ftruggle

import

that to cope

province.

to

has taitb before the

thing or peribn oppofed.
[In this fenfe it is a word of
doubtful
etymology. The conjecture of
Juntas derives it from koopen, to buy, or
ibme other word of the fame
fo
;

Thii great loi

-|i cn and
divided, and'
partition made between the five daughters in
every
of thefe porrions, the
ccfarccnn-s fcverally t xercifcd
the fame jurifdiflion
which
royal,
the'e.irl mar
flial and his fons had ufed in
the whole

_
COPA RCENY.

COP
Full meafare

it

into eartlun vcflels.

OPPER-NOSE.
red DOM.

n.f.

half)

Etc.

Nat

Hi/3

tetfffftadm&iJ

*A

COP

COP

The willows, and the hajel

now no more be feen

He

having colcur enough, and the other higher,

1
flaming a praife for a good complexion
had as lieve Helen's golden tongue had commended
TroilBlfor a toffcr-n:(e.
Sbttejfeare.
Gutta rnfacea arifeth in little hard tubercles, affecting the lace all over with great itching, which,
being fcratchcd, looks red, and rifes in great welks,
:

Is too

rendering the vifage

as

we

fiery

an4 mikes

ccpfer-r.J,

generally ejiprefs them.

:,

fFlftman.

n.f.
plate on which
for the neater impictures are engraven
a wooden
preflion, diftinguilhed from

COFFER-PLATE,

cut.

COPPER-WORK,

and wort.']
worked or ma-

place where copper is

nufactured.
Thi ii like thofc wrought at capftr-wsrh.

ctffci

I hiT9 not the vanity to think my espy equal tt

the original.
Denbari,
He ftept forth, not only the copy of God's hands,

frttn,

Shall

Fanning

their joyous leaves to their foft lays.

Co'p PLE-DUST.

[probably for

n.f.

c of pel,

n.f. [topperoefe, Dut. coupeFr. fuppofcd to be found in copper

A name given to three
mines only.J
forts of vitriol ; the green, the bluifti
rcuj't,

green, and the white, which are produced. in the mines of Germany, Hun-

It

be alfo tried by incorprating powder of

or cepplc-dvfl, by pouncing into the quick-

from
Theyabound with iron, and are expofed
to the weather in beds above ground,
and receive the rains and dews, which
in time breaks and diflblves the ftones
called gold ftones

lilvcr.

being

is

flatter

of

copje

Carcw's Survey of Cornwall.

woods.

the coffe be burn'd,

Confounded lie, to the farqeaihes turn'd. Waller.
But in what quarter of the coffe it lay,
His eye by certain level could furvey.
if

boilers, in

which

oft" is

is

firft

put old iron,

This facin boiling, diflblves.

titious copperas, in
refpe&s, agrees
which,

The
of very

many

with the native green

Chambers. Hill.
It may be ejueftioned, whether, in this operathe
tion, the iron or copfirai be rranfmuted, from
cognation of copperas with copper, and the iron

remaining

Brown.

after converfion.

neglect of copfng wood cut down, hath been

evil confcquence.
Swift's Aldrejs In Parliament.

n.f. [Latin.] The word which

unites the fubjedl and predicate of a propofition ; as, books are dear.
The ctfvla is the form of a propofition it reprefents the aft of the mind, affirming or denying.
;

Watts' s Legick.

CO'PPERSMITH. n.f. [copper a.nd fmitb.} To CO'PULATE. v. a.

One that manufaftures copper.
To unite to conjoin

[copula, Latin.]
to link together.
Jf the force of cuftom, fimple and feparate, be
and conjoined,
great, the force of cuftom copulate,
Bacon.
and collegiate, is far greater.
;

Salmoneus, as the Grecian tale

Was a mad cipperfmitb of Elis ;

Up

at his forge

by morning peep.

is,

Swift.

CO'PPERWORM. n.f. [teredo, Latin.]

1. A little worm in fhips.
2. A worm that fretteth garments.
in one's hand.
3. A worm breeding
Ainf'werth.

CO'P P E Y

[from copper.'] Containmade of copper.

adj.

ing copper ;
Some fprings of Hungary,

highly impregnated
with vitriolick falls, diflblve the body of iron put
in
lieu of the irony
into 'he fpring, and depofite,

with
particles carried off, coppery particles brought
the water out of the neighbouring copper-mines.

Woodward in

Ft,Jfli.

coun.f. [cottpeaux, Fr. from

It is often written
ptr, to cut or lop.
Low woods cut at ftated times

CO'PPICE.
c'.p;i-.]

for fuel

a place over-run with brufh-

To CO'PULATE. v.

To come

n.

together

as different fexes.

Not

only the peribns fo ccfulatiag are infected,

but aifo their children.
ffifoKan't Surgery.

n.f. [from cifu/ate.] The

congrefs or embrace of the two fexes.

COPULA'TION.

Sundry kinds, even of conjugal copulation, are

Hoker
prohibited as unhoneft.

CO'PULATIVE.

aJj.

[copulativus, Latin.]

term of grammar.

Copula'.kie proportions arethofe

which have more

predicates connected by affirmative ov

negative conjunctions : as, riches and honours are
temptations to pride; Caefar conquered the Cauls
fubj'jcts or

and the Britons

nor jewels will pur; neither gold

Wattfs Logick.
chafe immortality.

CO'PY;

n.f.

[cop'te,

Fr. copia, low Latin;

A land, each <ide whereof was bounded both

with high timber trees, and copfet of far more

quad cuipiam facia eft copia exfcribendi.

Juntas inclines, after his manner, to
derive it from xair-, labour ; becaufe,

tumble

fays he, to copy another's writing

wood.

j-rowth.

Upon

Sidney
the edge of yonder ccpl'tce,
the
faireft (hoot.
have
may

Hand, where you

Siat'ffeare.

In eopfitt woods, if you leave Saddles too thick,

clean
they run to bufhes and briars, and have liule
Saint
und'ciwood*

Let him

firft

i.

is
very
painful and laborious.]
A tranfcript from the archetype or ori-

ginal.
If virtue's felf were

From

yotir St'u

loft,

mind new

we might

enfiti

w^tc.

Sbakefpeare' t Comedy of Errotirt.

learn to write, after a copy, all the

letters in the vulgar alphabet.

The

firft

of them

Holder" i Element t ofSfeect.

have forgotten, and cannot

eafily retrieve, becaufe the copy is at the prefs.

Dry dee*

An

inftrument

by which any convey-

ance is made in law.

Thou know'ft that Banquo and
But

in

them

nature's copy

'

his Fleance lives;

not eternal.

Sbakefpeare^i Macbeth*

drawn from another pidture.

COPY-BOOK, n. f. [copy and took.] A
book in which copies are written for
5.

pifture

learners to imitate.

To COPY-HOLD,

CO'PULA.

vitriol.

It was the
npy of our conference;
In bed he flept not, for my urging it ;
At board he fed not, for my urging it.

Drydcn's Fahlei.

To COPSE. <v. a. [from the noun.]

pumped into
preferve underwoods.

copied.

ftme difference in this lhape, feme

on the top, others more coppled.

Oaks and brambles,

one of many books

The autograph ; the original ; the archetype ; that from which any thing ic

are
lumps and fragments
of ftone or marble, broke from the adjacent cliffs, rounded by being bowled
and tumbled to and again by the adion
Woodward.
of the water.
O'PPLED. adj. [from ro/.] Rifing in a
coruck form ; rifing to a point.

There

a good, or fair copy.

The very having of the books of Cod was a

matter of no fmall charge, as they could not be had
otherwife than in written cifici.
Hooter,

Bann.

the liquor that runs

as,

may

fteel,.

Woodward en Fcjfilt.
But what is
gary, and other countries.
from coppice.}
COPSE,
is an
here
for
fold
n.f.
[abbreviated
copperas,
commonly
Short wood cut at a certain growth for
artificial vitriol, made of a kind of
fuel ; a place overgrown with fhort wood.
Acmes found, on the fea-fhore in Eflex,
The eaft quarters of the (hire are not deftitute
and fo weftward,
ordinarily
their colour.

An individual book

2.

or cupel duft.] Powder ufed in purifying

metals, or the grofs parts feparated by
the cupel.

TOPPLE -STONES

CO'PPERAS.

Hamplhire,

but alfo the copy of his perfections, a kind of image

or reprefcntation of the Deity in fmall.
South' i Strrr.cits.
The Romans having fent to Athens, and the
Creek cities of Italy, for tofia of the heft laws,
chofe ten legiflators to put them into form. Swift.

Mlll-.r:.

Raifc trees in your feminarics and nurfrries, and

you may tr.infpl.int them forceffitt ground, walks,
Mortimer's Hujiardry.
or hedges.
The rate of (office landi will fall upon the
Locke.
difcovery of coal-mines.

[coffer

n.f.

COP

n.f.

tenure, for which

thing to

mew

made by

[copy and bold.']

the tenant hath no-

but the copy of the

rolls

the fteward of his lord's court

fteward, as he enrolls other

things done in the lord's court, fo he
regifters fuch tenants as are admitted in
the court, to any parcel of land or tenement belonging to the manor ; and the
tranfcript of this is called the court roll,
the copy of which the tenant takes from
for

the

him, and keeps as his only evidence.

This is called a bafe tenure, becaufe it
holds at the will of the lord ; yet not
fimply, but according to the cuftom of
the manor: fo that if a copy-holder break
not the cuftom of the manor, and thereforfeit his tenure, he cannot be turned
out at the lord's pleafure. Thefe cuftoms
of manors vary, in one point or other,
almoft in every manor. Some copy-holds
are finable, and fome certain : that
which is finable, the lord rates at what
fine or income he pleafes, when the

by

admitted into it ; that which

is a kind of inheritance, and
many places cuftomary ; becaufe the tenant dying, and the hold
being void, the next of blood paying the
cuftomary fine, as two millings for an
acre, or fo, cannot be denied his adSome copy-holders have, by
miffion.
cuftom, the wood growing upon their
own land, which by law they could not
have.
Some hold by the verge in ancient demefne ; and though they hold
by copy, yet are they, in account, a
kind of freeholder ; for, if fuch a one
commit felony, the king hath annum,
tenant

is

certain,
called in

is

COR
Hem, and vaftum,

COR

as in cafe

of freehold.

Some

others hold by common

tenure,
mere copy-hold; and, they committing felony their land efcheats to
the lord of the manor.

COTIAL.
i

called

water, as

if

1.

To

n.f. [from cofybold.] One

of land in
copyhold.

poffefled

To CO'PY.

<u. a.

has fomstimes

it

pleonafm.
He uao hurts

imitate

Kf'iJ):

to propofe to imitation
j
endeavour to referable.
He that borrows other men's
experience, with
this defign of
copying it ear, pollens himfelf of .me
of the greater! advantages.
Daay of Piety.
Set the examples, and their fouls inflame
;

To Co'py. v.
I.

To

coral

is a Submarine
plant ; ic hath no
brancheth only when it is under water.
of colour; but
being brought
into the air, it becometh hard and
(hining red, at

Swift.

n.

WC

Bacon's Natural
Hi/lory.
This gentleman, defirous to find the nature
of
coral, caufed a man to go down a hundred fathom
into the fea, with
exprefs orders to take notice
whether it were hard or foft in the
place where it

fail,

fometimes from before

the" thing

When

Mr. Dryden

writings,

V
,
To COC-UET.

Aden's
if.

a.

[from

to treat with

of amorous tendernefs.
You are coquetting a maid

To COQUE'T. <v.n.
ntice

Sptciater.

noun.]
and amo-

an appearance

of honour,
my lord
the gamefters
plav, and I

Sw ;fi.

To a& the

lover

to

by blandishments.
is,

who

but a

Was

month ago

married to the
Tunbridge beau,
I faw
t' other
night,
ctjuttting
In publick, with that odious
knighr.

COO^UE'TRV.

/.

[coqueterie,

was often

in

company with

Swift.

defire

a couple

of charming women, who had all the wit and

twauty one
could defue in female
companions, without a dalh
of njacrry, that from time to time
gave me a great
torments.
many agreeable
Md\[n? s SptRttir.

COQUETTE,

n.f.

[ttquan.Vr. from

cojufrt, a. prattler.]
gay, airy girl ;
a girl who endeavours to attract
notice.
he light
coquettes in fylphs aloft
And fport and flutter in the ficlJs ofrepair,
air.
'1

A cojueitt and a

Pope.

A'butbnot and Pope.

n.f. [civrivgle, Welfli, probably from cerium, leather, Lat.]

A
boat ufed in Wales
by fifhers, made by

drawing leather or oiled cloth

frame of wicker work.

The

upon a

COR BE.

adj. [coat-fa, French.] Crooked.

For fiker thy head very tottie is,
So thy corbe (boulder it leans amifs.
Sftnfcr's Paftoralt.

CO'RBEILS.

Her

The

Prior.

piece of coral which children have

their necks,
imagined to affift

in

breeding

It

CO'RBEL.

teeth.'

infant grandame's coral next it

grew
and the whiffle blew.
a

a.

CO'RBEL. 7
CO'RBIL. \
i.

with earth, and

"' >'

of timber flicking out

it fall

"'

dow

chorda, Latin

rope

by a cord through the win-

Jof.

fembling

may

indu-

under wat.rr, without

approachment of air, e
have experiment in
coralK,.e, with
cor.tlioiaal

many

Brnu ^

ftc

per.tadrous, columnar, coratloiJ bodies, that

are compofcd of
pLtci fct lengthways of the body,
andpaflmg trcrn the luiface to the axis of it.

Woodward

CORA'NT.W./

[courant, French.]

on

t'oj/tls.

A lofty

fprightly dance.
If is

harder to dance a corant well than a

jigg j
fo in
convetfation, even, cafy, and agreeable, more
than poinf. of wit.
ftmflc.

if.

5.

Blackmore.

2.

The

cords extended in
fetting up tents,

furnifti feveral

metaphors in fcripture.

e eyes (hall fee

Jerufalem a quiet habita-

1 tabernacle that (hall not be taken down

}
none of the flakes thereof (hall ever be
removed,
neither fcall any of the art's thereof be broken.
tion,

3.

Ifaiah, xxxiii. la.

quantity of wood for fuel, fuppofed

to be meafured with a cord
; a
pile-eight

feet long, four

high,

CORD- MAKER,
whofe trade

and four broad.

n.f. [cord and mate.] One

is

to

make

ropes

maker.
O/RALLOID.
ReCORD-WOOD,
Co RALLOIDAL. Jii&C*W|M0W.i
coral.
that plants and
ligneous bodies

a firing
compofed of feveral

Form'd of the fined complicated

thread,
Thefe nurn'rous cordi are thro' the
body fpread.

again,

greemih, fometimes yellowirti, often reddifh. and

frequently white.
j/;//
In Faimouth there is a fort of
fand, or rather
ttrtfRne, that lies under the owfe.
Ma-tun. Haft.

ftrands or twills.
She let them down

rr V'*ViVUrflf

n.f. [from the adjective.]

n.f. [cart, Welfli

corde, Fr.]

Pope.

Coralline is a fea
plant ufed in medicine; but
much inferior to the coral in
hardnefs, fometimes

Now

in

fhort piece

CORD.

n.f. [cora/J0c/endron,La.t.]

adj. [corallinusyLs.l.] Confifting of coral; approaching to coral.

At luch time as the fea is agitated, it takes
_
up
into itfelf terreftrial matter of all
kinds, and in

rate

fet

men

eight inches from a wall, fometimes placed for

ftrength under the femigirdersof a platform.
z.
niche or hollow left in walls for
figures or ftatues.
Chamber;.

Co RALLINE.

CO'RALLINE.

Little baflcets ufed in

The
[In architecture.}
reprefentation of a bafket, fometimes
placed on the heads of the caryatides.

native of America, and

produces very
beautiful fcarlet flowers
but never any feeds in
;
the
European gardens.
Miller.
is

upon the parapet, to Ihelter the

firing upon the befiegers.

bells (he
gingled,

CORAL-TREE,

*.

fortification, filled

about_

them

God.

Gofpel.
with thefe uncharitible and
irreligious vows.
By
this word fuch
were
likewife
perfons
meant, as devoted themfelves to the fervice of God and his
Corban fignifies alfo the
temple.
treafury of the
temple, where the offerings, which were made in
money, were depofited.
Calmet,

the fenfe, dircft or

moral,
teeth are
pearl, or lips are coral?

concretions.

tinder-box are fparkled.

CO'RACLE.

Z.

all

fix or

queen
night,
takes in Sylvan
fporti her chifte delight.

particular the ctrtlline matter,

letting
as it becomes calm.

French.]

Affectation of amorous advances

of attracting notice.
I

That

in

the

To entertain with compliments

looking on to fee how

railing at you both.

it

turret was inclos'd

wall, of alabafter white,
crimfon coral, for the
of

Or where *s

in

poems upon

lov

Who

after.

Several of our
countrymen, and

rous tattle

And

Dry

particular, fecm very often to have

copied after
their dramatick
and in their

Dryden'l Virgil.

Within the

a painter
cofies from the life, he ha: no
privilege to alter features and lineaments, under
pretence that his piaure willUok better.
Jen.

3.

of fubterranean floods.

imitated.

Sometimes

Bromn's t'utgar Errourt.

found of aral woods,

He hears the crackling

And fees the fecret fource

it.

their creditors,
by confecrating their debt to
Our Saviour reproaches the
Jews, in the

.'

groweth.

they cufy, to follow the bad as well as the

good things.
Drum's Duf,-,-i r v

If

that he was to give his

i-ife, or his father and mother, was declared
carban,
he was no longer permitted to allow them
neceffary
fubfiilence. Even debtors were
permitted to defraud

es

J,

that whatfoever
they find in the
pifturt of a mafter, who has acquired reputation ,
muft of necefiity be excellent ; and never

when

it

It is foft, and.
green

do any thing in imitation of feme-

It has

bidden to ufe

much

Sicily,

found, it

is

leaves

thing elfe.
Some imagine,

-*.

God,

grows

in height, and is vaIt is thickeft at the

feeds, it properly
belongs to the vege^
table
Hill', Mat. Med.
kingdom.
In the fea, upon the fouth-weft of

Dryden'i King Aftbar.

copy her few nymphs afpir'd,

virtues fewer fwains admir'd.

Her

cvbaa of religion.
King Charles.
Corbar, ftands for an
offering or gift made to God,
or his temple..
fometimes
fwore
Thejews
bycorbetr,
or the. gifts offered unto God. If a m.m made
all
his fortune carban, or devoted it to
he was for-

of plants, and to
produce flowers and
feeds, or at leaft a matter
analogous to

ccfy out their great ferefathers fame.

To

coral plant

iheir

grow gradually
It
grows to Hones, without a
or
root,
without any way
penetrating
them ; but as it is found to
grow, and
take in its
in
the manner
nourifhment,

to

To

more

Waljh.

[mp.] An alms-bafeet

n.f.

a receptacle of
charity; a gift; a^alm*.
They think to fatisfy all obligations to duty by

fmaller.

a harmlefs
neighbour's

toft's

To

CO'RBAN.

rioufly ramified.
fiem, and its branches

peace,
Who loves a lye, lame (lander helps about,
Who writes a libei, or who copies
out.

2.

The whole

to a foot or

a kind of

out,

about his coffin.

in the

growing

at foon believe a widow in

greit grief
huftand, becaufe I faw her dance a corant

for her

it

for ufe.

up

[from the noun.]

tranfcribe; to write after an ori-

ginal

wliile

would

great

has after long

expofure to
the air.
The vulgar opinion, that coral
is foft while in the
fea, proceeds from
a foft and thin coat, of a cruftaceous
matter, covering it while it is
growing,
and which is taken off before it is
packed

that

n.
f. [caraUliim, Latin.]
coral is a plant of as
hardnefs

Red

and ftony nature,

If a cuftcm.iry tenant
die, the widow (nail have
what the law calls her free bench in all
his cot,.

COPY-HOLDER,

G'O

a rope,

n.f. [card and wood.] Woo4

piled up for fuel, to be fold by the cord.
To CORD. <v. a. ['from the
noun.] To bind

with ropes to
by a bandage.
;

fallen with cords

CO'RDAGE.

toclofe

n.f, [from cord.']

quantity
the ropes of a
mip.
Our cordage from her (lore, and
cables, (houli
be made,

of cords
Of any

in that kind moft

fit

for marine trade.

Drayton.
_They faftened their (nips, and rid at anchor
with cables of iren chains,
canvas
neither
having
nor wdagt.

Raltigb.

COR
pain ftimiir.ed a fort of ruft called fpart^m,
for cifJafi and other pans ot /liipping.
drbutiriit on Coin.

CORDWA'INER.

fct'ul

CO'RBED.

[from

*dj.

rW.]

Made

CORE.

CORDELI'ER. ./ A Francifcan friar:

fo named from the cord which icrvcs him

'.MM

Latin.]

In

but a grave

artift

\.j

[from

the heart,

my

&kaiefpeare\

z.

The

inner part of any

Jn the art ot the

medicine that increafes the force of

furlong high.
Dig our cae ?#'?s

the heart, or quickens the circulation.

2. Any medicine that increafes Itrength.
nrjiai, properly fpcaking, is not alway
Increafeth the force of the heart ; for, by increifing that, the animal may be weakened, as in

inflammatory difeafes. Whatever increaleth the

animal Itrength, the force of moving
utuj and mutcles, Ua cordial: thc-lc arc fuch
fuhftaa ces as bring the ferum of the blood into the
prorcrcir, condition tr circulation and nutrition ;
as broths made of animal fubiiar.i.
anJ whatever is endued with a whok-f innArbutbnot on Afivunt\.
but net pungent taftc.
,

Any

3.

Through

tower of a
fqii.u
RaL-gb's llj/rc, f if tbt Wcr!d.
below the fu

They waftefu! eat,

buds and bark, into the blackenM

3.

The innenpart
It

is

(iiat

imported

warm

water, will

trees,

make

watered
a fruu

me

fweet ccrJL-Is pafs phyficians art.

Cordials of pity give me now,
For 1 too weak for purges grow.

And
The

cut the K~ad

ftcrec vice

is

for,

till

'

a thing I

fnm;times puigatives.

Knifeman's Surgery.

Sincere ; hearty ; proceeding from the

heart ; without hypocrify.
Doflrines are infufed among chriftians, wh'ch
ie apt to obftruft or intercept the cmd'u! fupcr-

lirufttng of Chriitun life of renovation, where the

foundation is duly laid.
Hammond.
He r with looks of c ord:a! love,
M:!::n.
Hong ver her enamour'd.

CORDI A'LITY.
1

n.f. [from cordial.]

Relation to the heart.

That the antients had any fuch refpe&s of coror reference unto the heart, will much be
dial'.ty,
doubted.
Brown.

freedom from hypocrify.

a. Sincerity;

CO'RDIALLY. adv. [from

cerely

heartily

cordial.]

Sin-

without hypocrify.

Wh;re a flrong inveterate love of fin has maiie

any do&rine or proposition wholly unsuitable to the
heart, no argument, or demonstration, no nor
miracle whatfoever, (hall be able to bring the heart
roniia/ly to clofe with, and receive it. South'! K;tm.

CO'RDINER.
ihoemaker.

n.f, [cordonnier, French.]

It is fo ufed in divers fla-

tutes.

CO'RDON.

n.f. [Fr.]

In fortification, a

row of (tones jutting out before

part and the

bafis

CO'RDWAIN.

the

ram-

of the parapet.
Chambers.
/.

[Cordovan leather,

from Gardenia in Spain.]

Spanifti lea-

ther.

H>r

ftraight legs moft bravely were embav'J

In gulden bulkins of coftiy cird.i'j'.n,
f.i:rj Queen,

10

,l:t

Hor.]

I"

New

nt

.t'<

Mm timer.

A piece of cork cut lor the ftopple of

a bottle or barrel.

3.

pr'ythcc take the c'jrk ou* of thy mout'

thy tidings.
Sbukfff. At you
\\: fi re, nay \viy luie, thy cork be good j

J3aa,,: 's

may drink

Tlicn future igcs

Henry VII.

That nymph

CORIA'CEOUS.

concretions.

CORKING-PIN,
When

CO'RKY.

plant.
are, i.

cork

Greater coriander, z. Smaller

The

tefticulated corian/ltr.

are ufed in

firtt.

is

the fecond

llracl called

the

name

\va", l.ke coriander feed,

CO'RINTH.

;;.

thereof manna
white.
Exodus,

sn.1

it

1.

xiii. 31.

corky arms.

nearly of the bignefs of a capon, with

a wry bill and broad feet, black on his
body, but greenifh about his wings. He

[from the city of that

is

eminently greedy and rapacious.

Let fame, that ail hunt after in their lives,

Live regirter'd upon our brazen tombs ;
When, fpite of cormorant devouring time,
Th' endeavour of this prefent breath may buy

Delicious draughts.
Phil'ifx*
The chief riches of Zant confift in corintbs.
which the inhabitants ha\c in great quantities.

That honour which

CORI'NTHIAN

Order, is generally reckoned the fourth, but by Tome the fifth,

of the five orders of architecture
and
is the molt noble, rich, and delicate of

the

branches encompafied
but arriving at the tile,
bent downwards under the corners of it,
forming a kind of volute. Hence Callimachus imitated the bafket by the vafe
;

of his capital, the pie in the abacus, and

fcythe's keen

Siatrffta'c.

Thofe called birds of prey, as the eagle, h:i k,

Feactam on Drawing.
putUjck, and cfrmorant.

Thence up he Ikw, and on

Sat like a cormorant.

them

all.
Vitruvius afcribes it to Callimachus, a Corinthian fculptor, who is
faid to have taken the hint
by pafling by
the tomb of a young lady, over which a
bafket with feme of her playthings had
been placed by her nude, and covered
with a tile ; the whole
having been
placed over a root of acanthus. As it

fliaU 'bate his

edge.

bafket

fail his

Conlilling of

Sbakefp. King Lear.

n.f. [cormorant, Fr. from
corpus marinus, Latin.]
A bird that preys upon fifh. It is

name in Greece.] Afmall fruit, commonly called currant.

N-w will the Corinth;, now the rafps fupply

fprung up,

adj. [from cork.~\

relembling cork.

CO'RMORANT.

fcldom found.

fort is

Bind

cultivated for

medicine

pin of the largeft

you put a clean pilbw-cafc on your lady's

pillow, be fare to taften it well with three ctrtir.gthat it may not fall oft" in the night.
I'ir.s,
to the O-*tiivbrmaid.
S-rfj/Vi DirffJions

coriaceous

[coriatidnun, "Latin.]

n.f.

/;^-.

I'of.e.

fize.

strbuthr.oi en Aliments,

CORIA'NDER. n.f.

which

tell,

and from thence perhaps fpiflhude and

Tnefpccies

of Pejgy

thut brew'd and bottled a!c fo well.

N"or flop, for one bad for*, hisbutler's pay.

ftronger projectile motion of the blood muft

occalion greater fecretions and lofs of liquid parts,

the feeds,

ihsll

like it.

AT.

adj. [coriaceus, Latin.]

Confifting of leather.
^. Of a fubltance
refembling leather.

the

iij::!nt.-r

The bark of the cork tree ufed for ItopIt is

ples, cr burnt into Spaiiiih black.
taken oft" without injury to the tree.

3.

ground.

is

fufpcfted.

biterc

Englatul.

invigorating ; reftorative.
make, which hath the km e
I do not know
Five times redfcm'd from death
What is more cordial.
Sbakffpearis Cytnicllne.
He only took cordial wntas, in which we infufcd

i.

i;,

the tire be found,

ted, and gathers

fevcral ru

i.

adj.

jumum

M,lUr.

Drydc*.

is

frjius

Tiie cwt tree grows near the p

in

He was more doubtful of. the railing of forces

to relift the rebels, than of the refinance itfelf ; for
th.'t lie was in a cere of
whofe
'
people

Cradiy.

Are the moft pleating objects 1 can find,

Charms to my fight, and cordials to my mind.

It

rfJeitr.te,

Conjule Tulld.

cor:. ]

warrior offspring that upheld the crown,

honour of your peaceful gown,

Reviving

anno

glandiferous tree, in all refpefts like

the ilex, excepting the bark, which, in
the ccrk tree, is thick, fponjy, .ind foft.

Bacon.

ufed by Bacon for a body or collegion. [from corps, French, pronounced

fcaiiet

Co'RDlAt.

dies,

I.

perp

4. Tks, matter contained in a boil

Launce the lore,

5. It

csrdiali feek for to appcafe,

Eut fuch

i.

ft.

Dryrlcn's Virgil.

n.f. [cortex, Lat. kartk, Dutch.

>

t.;ne.

The inward languor of my wounded heart,

And then my body (hall have (hortly eafej

Your

Hir

the kernels.
with

tl

Dryden.

CORK,

A/nfhara:

of a fruit which contains

exhilarates.

The

Tbvmjsn-

thing that comforts, gladdens, and

.v'.th

Corinttian crder, adorned with frjit and

t.

Corticerjfl ajtrillun.

'

the fixtecn volutes are formed, which

Harris.
fupport the abacus.
Heliind thcfe figures
re large columns of the

not portion's Have, and I will wear him

heart's tore; ay, in
heart of heart.

is

my

Pri.r.

cordelier.

cor,

n.f. \_caeur, French; (or, Latin.]

heart.
Give me that man

The
That

for a cindlure.

And

the leaves in the volute.

Villalpandu*
imagines the Corinthian capital to have
taken its original from an order in the
temple of Solomon, whofe leaves were
The capital is
thofe of the palm-tree.
adorned with two rows of leaves, between which little Italks arife, of which

[uncertain whether

n.f.

from Cords-van, Spanilh leather, or from

cord, of which (hoes were formerly made,
and are now uled in the Spaniih Well
Indies. 7rc.-vonx.~\ A ihoemaker.

of

ropes.
This night he meaneth, with a rrrdrrf ladder,
To climb celeftiahSilvia's chambcrwird m.

CfTRDlAL.

COR

COR

Not

far

Of coots,

from thence
'and

is

the tree of

life

A/j;V.Vj Pa>t:cti>c /. /?.

fcen a lake, the haunt

of the filhing cormorant. Vryd. Fat.

2. A glutton.
CORN. n.f. [cojin,

Sax. kern, Germ. It

found in all the Teutcnick dLllefts ;
as, in an old Runick rhyme,
is

Hagul
Hail
I

The
pods

is

er kaldaftur corra.
the coldeft grain.]

feeds which
;

fuch as are

grow
made

Except a corn of wheat

die,

it

The

When

abideth alone.

fail

in ears, not

in.

into bread.

into the ground and

Jd">

xii.

15.

mock'd them ; and, of Ia;c,

was given them gratis, you repin'J.

people cry you

cern

Skat
i.

Grain

COR

COR
Grain yet unreaped, {landing
upon its ftalk.

2.

3.

foft

Thou

CORN-MILL, n.f.

ear, yer. unthrefhed.

to thy grave in a full age,
cometh in his feafon.

An

from

and

[ctirn

it

Now
To rank

Ilirill

ilv.:

and

that

makes

rocket.]

his toe

he hit heart ihould mike,

Shall of n c^rrt cry woe,

And turn his fleep to wake.

St. King Lear.

men, aches and hurts and corns do cn-

"t

that ufeful fecret did explain,

pricking cwni forctoli the gath'ring rain.

1 .

To

fait

word

is

To

CORN-FIELD,
It

was

You

n.f.

where corn

The

is

[cornzndflag .] A planteleven fpecies of

this plant, fome with red flowers, and
fome with white.
n.f.

n.f.

floor

a ccrncutttr,

ix. i.

and

And
certain ccrn-JIc-wer:, which come felor never in other places, unlefs they be fet,

but only amongft corn ; as the blue-bottle, a kind

of yellow maiygold, wild poppy, and t\irr,i!tory.
Bacon s Natural H'iflary.
fome of them
Corn-fvtaers are of many f.-.rti
flower in June nd July, and others in Auguft.
The feeds ihould be (own in March : they require
a good foil.
Mortimer.
:

CORN-LAI-'D. n.f.

[corn

/
r
T
T
> n,/.\
cornus,Lzt. J
J

the

beareth

cornel-isee

meadows

are

commonly

it

fomcwhat

of fuch advantage

is

fruits

of

cut a

ad<v,

[corner

as trumpets, cornets,

A company
as

Seventy great horfes lay dead in the field, and

one ccrrft was taken.
Wayward.
They difrerned a body of five cornets of hcJrfe

I.

French.]
An angle;
walls

o/r

Welfh

Horny;
.

cornier,

lines,.-

inclofcd

which would

by two
inter/eft

{landing in very good order to receive

Clarendon.

The officer

that bears the ftandard of

CORNET

is the loweft part of

runs round the coffin,
and is diltinguilhed by the hair that
joins and covers the upper part of the
Farritr's Difl.
hoof.

ofaUorfe,

his pattern, that

6.
7.

a place

full,

trcop.

have ccrnecus or horny eyes, as lobfters,

and cruftaccous animals, are generally d'nr.fighted.

[cornel,

to

Bacon.

camped.

h ts

n.f.

perhaps

Thefe noblemen were appointed, with fome

of hrrfe and bands of foot, to put thembeyond the hill where the rebels were en-

flute.

-,

as

fi-lves

of a fubtence refembling horn.

CO'RNER.

cornets

See CARNEI.I A N.
A kind
n.f. [French.]

Trie various fubmaruie flirubs are of a corners

-ous conftitution, confiding chiefly of a
Wudii'.vd.
matter.

or troop of horfe

had a cornet belonging

This fenfe is now difufed.

many

them.

feaft.

adj. [c?rnetis,'Lzt.]

ivife..^

Dry Jen's Juvenal,

z.

:hrrn.

CO'RNEOUS.

and

with the corner in front.

and hunters horns.

Bacon's Natural Ilijrrry,
and
cannot
reach his ear ;
Ccrnttt
trumpets
Under an actor's nofe, he 's nev<r near.

very

of ruilick

ftiooi

n.f. [cornette, French.]

mufical inftrument blown with the
mouth : ufed anciently in war, probably
in the cavalry.
Ifrael played before the Lord on pfalteries, and
on timbrels, and on cornets.
2 6Vw. vi. c.
Other wind instruments require a forcible

breath

coenel, as

falling acorns furniih'u

which

four years and a half

Farrier's Did.

CO'RNEMUSE.

to

CORN-MASTER, n.f. [corn and mafter.}

One that cultivates corn for fale. Not

The wood

reprefents.

Drydcn" s Ovid.

and land.] Land

hulbandry, that m.iny prefer them to coir.-!andi.

in ufe.

fruit

i.

CORKE'LIAN STONE.

appropriated to the production of grain.

Failures and

fjorift.

CO'RNET.

There be

dnm

Diagonally

they fealt around.

Pope's OdyJJey.
On wildings and on fhawbcrries they led;
Cornels and bramble-bet ries gave the rell,

upon every corn-far.

[from corn

of the jaw,

the horfe

old.

where corn

Hof.

n. f.

fide

CO'RNETIWISE.

who, with a right

and fee whether the grapes or figs will not be

the (wetter.
Bacon's Natural Hijjoty.
huntrefs ifluing from the wood,
Reclining on her cornel i'pcar (he flood.
Drydcn.
Mean time the goddefs, in dildain, beftows
and
The maft and acorn, brutal food!
ftrows

The

CORN-FLOWER.

Shake/fears.

tree,

is florcd.

haft loved a reward

capitol, yond' corner-.

fitting a corner-Pant.

Wijeman.

known

elder-tree, which we know have fruits of harfli

and binding juice, and fet them near a vine or fig-

Pcfe.

The

when

very durable, and ufeful for wheel-work.

Mortimer.
Take a fervice-tree, or a cornelian-tree, or an

is

Miller enumerates

Thou

it.

colour whereof

encampment', and ftandards waving over your bro-

CORN-FLOOR,

nor did feem to prefs

for there had been a corncarter, who

Sfcftator.

y-u like it,

of armies,

ther's itrr.f.ilds.

o' th'

Hovicfs t'ocal

called the cornel or cornelian cherry, as well from

the name of the tree, as the cornelian ftone, the

Slakejf-ejrt's As
ituy foon enjoy th gallant fights

Dryden.

the principal flone.

A mafon was

education, would have been an excellent ph\fician.

and his

a lover

utmoft limit ::
the whole or every

n.f. [corner m&jtonc.]

unites the two walls at"

See you yond' coin

Jioae f

loofe,

CO'RNEL.
CORNE , LIAN-TREE.
field

the corner

on each

by

o'er the green c f.rn-fidd did paff.

CORN-FLAO.

flcfti

have-

was net

s\\\\

into the

growing.
That

he

'1

/-,

granulate.

is

The

the old Saxons.

2.

CORNER-STONE,
The ftone that

had cleared

as Skinner obfeives,

plant.

corns from the foot.

a.

fo ufed,

the

One that retails corn.

CORNER-TEETH cf a Horfe, are this fore
CO'RNCUTTER. n.f. [from corn andr/;/.]
teeth between the middling teeth and
A man whofe profeffion is to extirpate
the tuflies
two above and two below,

and gatherings of humours, growing perhaps in

fjme people as corns.
ArlaiiiKi.
Thus Lamb, renown'd for cutting corns,
An oiTer'd fee fiom BLaddifffcoraii
Swift,

[from the noun.]

to fprinkle with fait.

The extremities
thus every corner

ler.]

->'

Gay' I'.
looks as there were regular accumulations

'v.

of

jlddifrtt.

part.
Mi^-ht I but through my prifon, once a day,
Behold this maid, 'all corners clfe o' th' earth
Let liberty make ufe of.
Sbakeffeare 's Tevpcft.
I rurn'd, and tried each corner of
my bed,
To find if fleep were there'; but flccp was loft.

and

come, Fr. cornu,

tenure which obliges the
landholder to give notice of an invafion
by blowing a horn.
CO'RNCH ANDLER. n.f. [corn and chand-

firft

To CORN.

corn

is an herb, whufe top-leaves are a

Mortimer's Hufiandry,
of themfelves.

Latin.]

hardeft part of the corn is ufually in tiic

middle, thrufting itfeif in a nail \ whence it has
-itin appellation of clavii.
W-ifevtan.

Ir

[from

n.f.

CO'RNAGE. n.f. [from

The

That

3.

Corn-fa.'/ad

gricve either towards rain or towards froit.

Bacon's Na:ural Hij!v>-y.

He

Da<viet.

vice;, that lurk in the fecret earners

the foul.

CORN-ROSE, n.f. A fpecies of poppy.

CORN-SALLAD. n.f. [from corn an d/a/-

Sbakeffeare.

The man

in

Thofe

arms,
echoing
reduce the draggling fwarms.

CORN-ROCKET,

am

fubjecYion.

Ti.U.

Ladies, that have your feet

Unplagu'd with corn, we'll have a bout with you.

Even

torailc

loud ro

LQin-pifis,

file

VIII.

dwell in a earner of a houfe

top,
woman and in a wide houfe.

Prmnrlis, xxv. 24.

perfuaded that none of thefe things are
for
this
;
thing was not done In
a corner.
Alls, xxvi. 26.
All the inhabitants, in every earner of the
ifland,
have been abfolutely reduced under his immediateI

of corn.

ftalk

green

Stattfpiarc'i Henry

Con-

hidden from him

Morttmcr.

,.

fubftance.

Whit

mill.]

my

than with a brawling

CORN-PIPE, n. f. [from corn and pipe.]

A pipe made by flitting the joint of a

its

probably
i.irm, though by fome fuppoled to be
denominated from its corneous or horny
painful

hammer

large

excrefcence on the feet, hard and

fo called

It is better to

longer than ordinary, and placing pins in

Jot, v. 56.

nothing I have done yet, o'

's

fcience,
Dcferves a earner.

mill to grind corn into meal.

Save the more laborious work of beating of
hemp, by making the axle-tree of the corn-mil/!

like is a ihock of earn

4.

There

[from corn and

n.f.
flower.

marigold.]

murmur

come

ftialt

Bacon.

CORN-MARIGOLD,

ripe.

runs
inclining fields of am.
Thvmfcn's Autumn.

Grain in the

each other, if drawn beyond the

point
where they meet.
A fecret or remote place.

'

leadman.

Knollet'i H'jlcry of tit Turks.

Along the

England, that had the

in

my

Alt the idle weeds that grow

In our fuftaining corn,
Si^kflpeare^s King Lear.
Landing his men, he burnt the corn all there-

Still a

nobleman

time ; a great
greateft audits of any man in
grafier, a great iheep-mafter, a great timber-man,
a great collier, a great
a grcdt:
mra-u.ajitr, and

field

about^ which was now almoir

knew

in the

COR

A fcarf anciently worn by doctors.

A head drefs.
CORNET

of Paper,

is

Difl.
Ditl.

defcribed

Skinner to be a cap of paper,

retailers for fmall wares.

by
made by

CD'RNETTSR,

COR
it.

[from

f.

cornet.]

order.

bo great was

the rabble of trumpetters, cormltirs,

ihcr muficians, that even Claudius himfcit
H.ibcwill ta fnn>\<ttn;e.
nrght have heard them.

E.

ii-

highell projection of a wall or column.

The ctmiet of tle Pi. cz> Farr.efe, which
iv.

k:j fo beautiful

more

effect below,

its

CO'ROKAL.
crown

ji.il

Dryden's Dufrtftoy.
The walls were mafly brafs, the rornice high
Blue metals crown 'd, in colours of the Iky.
Ptpe'i Ody/ty.

The

Ring. [In gunnery.]

little

Ti

[from

n.f.

cortiu,

on either

A CO'RONARY.

produce

many

Productive of horns

Latin.]
horns.
CORN I'OF.ROUS.

Horned

\_corniger,

Latin.]

having horns.

Nature, in other corrrigercus animals, hath placed

the horns higher, and reclining ; as in bucks.

Brown's Pvlpar Errourt.

CORNUCO'PI^E.

n. f. [Lat.]

The horn

of plenty ; a horn topped with fruits

and ilowers in the hands of a goddefs.

To CBRNU'TE.

To

a.

<v.

beitow horns

applied in anatomy to arteries,

which are fancied to encompafs the heart
in the manner of a garland.

CORON A'TION.
The

1.

n.f. [from corona, Latin.]

folemnity of crewning a

To

the king's affairs

CORNU'TED.

adj. [cornutus, Lat.] Grafted

with horns ; horned ; cuckolded.

Now
Of Sh

Latin.]

upon

his annati^r.

Dry-din' t Marfl,.

peaking cornuto, her hufband, dwelling

continual larum of jealoufy.

in a

Merry tfivts of W/<.r.

CO'RNY. adj. [from cornu, horn, Latin. ]
1. Strong or hard like horn ; horny.
Shekeff

tare's

ftood the ccnty reed,

Em'b.utel'd in her field.
Mi/ton's Paradife Lc/l.

Up

2.

[from

corn.]

The pomp

2.

In peniive thought recal the fancied fcene,

See nnnjthns rile on ev'ry green.
Pcfe.

n.f. [from corona.'] An officer

whofe duty is to enquire, on the part of
the king, how any violent death was oc-

CO'RONER.

Producing grain or corn.

Tell me why the ant.

cafioned

Miuft fummer't plenty, thinks of winter a want j

conftai>t journeys careful to prepare
Her ftores. and bringing home therwny car. Pricr.

Containing corn.
They lodge in habitations not their own, *
By their high crops and cerny gizzards known.
Ltrydcn.

CO'ROLL ARY.

n.f. \corollarium, Lat. from

corolla ; finit coronal opus : corollair,
Fr.]
1. The conclufion : a corollary fcenis to
be a conclufion, whether following from
the premifes necefl'arily or not.
Now fmcc we have confidered the malignity of
this fin of detracVion,

it is hut a natural
tonllary,
that we enfoice our vigilance againlt it.

As
done

Government of the Tongue.

a ctrMary to this preface, in which 1 have

juftice to oilier.,

owe fomewhat

to myfclf.

DryJen't Ffblti, Preface.

2. Surplus.
Bring a nnl/ary,
Rather t'lan want.

CORQ'X.1.

member

n. f.

or affembly prefent at a co-

ronation.

for

which purpofc a jury

impannelled.

By
3.

<i.ty.

Sbfltjpfrt'i Htnry IV.

emprefs fame had publilh'd the renown
's coronation through the town.

The

o'

Go thou and feek the

my uncle for he "s
;

coroner,

in

and

CO'RONBT. n.f. [coronetta, Ital. the diminutive of corona, a crown.]

i.

inferour crown worn by the nobiThe coronet of a duke is adorned

lity.
with ftrawberry leaves ; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interpofed;
that of an earl raifes the pearls above
the leaves ; that of a vKcount is furrounded with only pearls ; that of a baron has only four pearls.

CO'RPORAL.

plate

I.

Of

Their

In his livery
realms and iflands

belonging to
age,

indigent faint fouls pall cc-rf^ra!

toil,

which permankind. A'tcrtury.

Material; not fpiritual. In the prefent
when body is ufed philofophi-

thofe anxious and tormenting thoughts,

petually haunt and difquiet
l.

language,

cally in oppofition to fpirit, the word

a corporeal being ;
corporeal is ufed, as,

but otherwife corporal.

Corporeal is,
having a body ; corporal, relating to
This diilinftion feems not
the body.
ancient.
>

arc they vaniflTd

and what feem'd carporet
Melted, as breath, into the wind.

Into

jlthither

tfflrair

Sbakefpeare't Ufaclfft*

And from thefe corporal nutriments, perhaps,

Your bodies may at hft turn all to fpirit.
Mi/Ion's Pa:adiff I.-1.

CORPOR A'LITY.

n.f. [from corpora/.]

quality of being embodied.

If this light be not fpiritual, yet it approachetK

neareft unto fpirituslity ; and if it have any corportliy, then, of
pure.

all

other, the moft fubti

Raleigh's Hijlory.

CO'RPORALLY.

ad-u.

[from corporal.] Bo-

dily.

The

fun \scerforally conjoined with bafilifcus.

CO'RPORATE.

adj. [from corpus, Lat.]

a body or community ; enabled to aft in leg.il proceffes as an in-

United

1.

in

dividual.
Breaking forth like a fuJden tcmpeft, he overrun all Munftcr and Connaught, defacing and
utterly fubverting all ctufaratc towns thai were pot
itrongly walled.
The nobles of

Sf.nfer en JrilanJ.

Athens being not

corf orate affembly, therefore the

commons was

Cleopatra.

Stakeff. HenryVlil.
Nor could our nobles hope their bold attempt,
ruin'd crowns, would coronttt exempt. Dry 4,

Who

clear.

Rjleigb.
Hearts enjoy greater fenfual pleafures, and feel
fewer nrforal pains ; and are utter ftranger? to all

ufually

perfons.

cnunteiTcs.

coronet! fay fo,

me

underftanuing.

ccroneis;

end

ear,

A hundred alms-houfes right well fupplicd.

Sbaktfpenrc' s Henry V.
Render to me fome corporal fign about her,
More evident than this. Shakefpeari's Cy,
That God hath been otherwife feen, with caithe fmall proportion of my
poral eyes, exceedeth

dropt from his pocket.

reft arc

fet

[eerptrel,Fr. corpus,

adj.

Latin.]
Relating to the body;
the body.
To relief of lazars and weak

were

As

my

would

arms neat and clean, and teaches

He has a mate
to ufe them.
under him.
Harris.

An

Walk'd crowns and

rightly tipt,

their

The
fit

Sbakej'feare.

Shakfff.tare't jintiny

Skakcfpcare'tTtinptJl.

him

is

the third degree of

drink; he's drowned.

All the

[Latin.]
large Hat
of the cornice, fo called becaufe

let

if

them how

Sidney.

Willingly I came to Denmark,

ihew my duty in your corcnation.
Sbekiff care's. Hatr.Iet.
cough, Sir, which I caught with ringing in

to cuckold.

cruel arf'ral whifper'd in

and relieving them ; who fees

that all the foldiers and failors keep

Fortune fmiling at her work therein, that a

fcaffold of execution fliould grow a fcart'old f eoroimtioti.

and re-

Gay.

king.

[cernutus, Latin.]

CORKU'TO. n.f. [from cornutus,

A man horned a cuckold.

aft or

to place

of a Ship. An officer that hath

the charge of fctting the watches and

It is

fubftance of the heart itfelf is moft certhe blood, which is

tainly made and nourished by
convened to it by the corcitdry arteries.
Bentky's Sermons.

Difl.
adj.

office is

the fentinels.

fentries,

The

making

I,- ft.

n.f. [corrupted from cafi.ru!,

The lowed officer of the in-

CORPORAL

adj. [coroitarius, Latin.]

dif-

2.

S:ti-

Five pounds,

of ferpent, not above three paims long, as feme

account; and differenced from other lerpenu by
advancing his head, and Ibme white marks, or
Brmvn.
crown.
coronary fpots, upon the

term in botany.

tinl and horned pods ; and arnica/ate flowers are

fuch hollow flowers as have on their upper part a
Cbambtrs.
kind of fpur, or little horn.
CORNI'FJCK. adj. [from ccrnu and facto,

The

of

Relating to a crown; feated on the top

of the head like a crown.
The bafiliflc of older times was proper kind

1.

[from cornu, Lat.]

CorrtKufate plants arc fuch

to the top

of nbout forty-five yejrs of age came to

me, with a round tubercle between the fag'utal and
ctrtnal future.
W'fmai:.

Brsivn's Vulgar Errours.

adj.

move

A man

membranous firings, which extend

long and ihortcr amide, upon protrufion.

CORNI'CULATE.

Belonging

of gold, richly

cwnet

French.]
fantry, whofe

crown with wreaths of vine.

adj.

CO'R PO R AL.

the head.

filaments, or

unto the

alfo

into a coronet

his flowing hair,

In curls, on cither cheek play'd, Milton's PJ<-.

ye god Bacchus with a toranel,

CO'RONAL.

two black

fide,

Under

Latin.]

[corona,

ornamental head-drefs, in poetical

with pearl.

fet

Sfcafer.

horn.

ere will be found,

And Hymen

next

Latin.]

An

language.
The rclt wa drawn

a garland.

Crown

ring from the muzzle backwards.

Chambers.

CO'RNICLE.

by workmen
Cbambtrs.
'

meaiures.

CORNICE

called

And

tht

In a cornice the gola or cymatium of the cimake

r'r.j, the coping, the rr.odillions or dentclli,
noble ihew by their graceful projections

when viewed

nearly, will be found not to have

It

drip.

The

[fcrnicbc, French.]

Peers and dukw, ind all their fwecpiag train,

Pcfi.
garters, ftart, and eoronas appear.

crowns the entablature and the whole-

it

blower of the cornet.

.Co'R N

COR

COR

2.

General

at this time a
refentment of the

turned againft particular

S-ui.fi.

united.

They anfwer
That now they

in a joint and corporate voice,

"Timnr..
are at fall.
Sbuktjfeare'i

CO'RPO-

CO'RPORATENESS.

The

(late

COR

G O

n.f. [from

cerptratt ."]

of a body corporate

comDi3.

munity.

CORPORA'TION.

corporation

is

He

n.f. [from corpus, Lat.]

3,

a body politick, authorized by

the king's charter to have a

common

leal,

officer or

fcorns his brittle

not

Greet

And

man may do by law all things, that by law

he is not forbidden ; and bindeth the fuccefibrs,
Cvwell.
as a fingle man binds his executor or heir.
Of angels we are not to confider only what they
are, and do, in regard of their own being ; but that
alfo which concerneth them, as they are linked
into a kind of corporation amongft themfelvet, and
Hotter.
of fociety with men.
Of this we find fome foot-fteps in our law,
Which doth her root from God and nature take ;
Ten thoufand men the doth together draw,
Davits.
And of them a 1 one corporation make.

of colour workcth not but by

of direct beams, or right lines, whejcof
is in the
object, and the vertical point
In the eye j fo as there is a corrtidiatior, and conof
beams.
Bacon's Natural Hijiwy,
junction
a cone

the bafts

all

my

poor
thrown.

where

corps,

bones

my

There was the murder'd

thing
as one

The impremon

with face erect,

arfs, and feems afiiam'd

fpirit.
Dryden's Don Schaftian.
carcafe ; a dead body ; a corfe.
Not a friend

's

one

more, and members,

able, by their
common confcnt, to grant -or receive, in law, any
within the compafs of their charter : even

heaJ

That

He

COR,

man was made,

looks as

{hall be

Siakefpeare.
in covert laid,

corf
violent death in thoul'and ihapes uii'play'd.
Drjin'i Fables.

See where the corps of thy dead

was

1.

foil

confidence of finning.
Tav/cr.
After he has once been cotretfed for a
lye, "you
muft be fure never after to pardon it in him.

laid

The

body, in oppofition to the foul.

Cold numbnefs ftreight bereaves
Her corps of fenfe, and th' air her foul receives.
Dcnbam.

5,

LofJte on Education*

Children being to be retrained

by the parents
only in vicious things, a look or nod only ou[;ht
to carnfl them when they do amilb.
Locke on Education,

body offerees.

.-,

Having a body

not immaterial

of

not

TI

And

imprinted upon the body, as muth as a fpirituai

fubitance could be pictured upon a ctrfcrtal.
Soutb's

being fuppofcd to be a pure

be the object of any corporeal fenfe.

The

And

courfc

is

thou from

Sermon.
cannot

fpirit,

Tillotj'.n.

which thy

fates decreed,
thy corporeal prifun freed.
rinifh'd

Failles.

Dryden's

Fix thy corporeal and internal eye

On the young gnat, or new engendered

2. It

is

Prior.

fly.

pora/.
1

am

not in a condition to

Dnwns
is

make

and

a true ftep

declare, that

worfc than a political one.

Swiff.

La-

CORPORE'ITY.

n.f. [from corforeus,

tin.] Materiality; the quality of being
embodied ; the ftate of having a body ;

bodilinefs.

attributed corporeity to

God, and the

other lhape and figure.

SriWngfleer.

CORPORIFICA'TION, n.f. [from corporiThe aft of giving body or palpafy.}

fa CORPO'RIFY.

To embody
A
it, is

-v.

a.

[from corpus, Lat.]

to infpiifate

miftaken for the

fpirit

uf the

worM

corfcrifed.

S-

t" rt"' Fr> <"/>'> Latin.]

in the

knows what

are the figures of the lit,le

And keep the inward foe in quiet.

Prisr.
In ca^es of acidity, water is the proper drink :
its quality of relaxing may be correfled
hy boiling
it with fjme animal fubllances ; as
ivory or hartlhorn.
jfrbutbnot or.Allmcnti,

To remark faults..
COR K E'CT. adj. [correus, Latin.]
or fiuifhed with

What verfe can do, he has

Which he prefumcs the moft

\ a <fy- [from corf u/-

culum, Lat.] Relating to bodies ; comprifing bodies.

It is the diftinguifhing epithet of that
philofophy, which attempts the rational
j

folution ot all phyfical appearances

the aftion of one body

by

upon another.

his filthy

A body,

any

Always

rlani talk, in

mod

the psriparcticks.

in

things,

modem

more

is

\.

Iheene,
Spenfer.

contempt.

Though plenteous, all too little feem's

To fluff this maw, this vaft uahide-bounrl c'.rf,i.
Ah. M.

point..

Punifhment

where the fenfe

Ftfton*.

Wilt thou, pupil like, .

thy corredkn mildly, Icifs the rod ?

An

than

Sbakefjtcare's
ofr.nlivc wife,

Rhb

him on to oft'ir (trokes,

ftriking, holds his infant up,
hangs rrfjlv'd ccrrcclrcn in the arm

Thr^t hath enrag'd

As

Bentley.

L.- is

And

peradventure the elded, as well as the belt in the

world, had lain dead for many ag-s in contempt

perform'd in this,
of his.

n,f. [from corrtl.~\

discipline ; chalUferrrent;

gytti

to execution.
Sbak. Hcn
are all but children here under the great
of
and
is
the family ;
he
nutter
pleafed, by hopes
and fears, by mercies and corrections, to inftruct us
W*tt:.
in virtue.
One fault was too great lenity to her fervants, to
whom me gave good counfel, but too gentle ror*

That was uprear'd

We

Bentley.

To

rub off; to wear away by frequent rubbing; to fcrape together.

CORRADI A'TION. n.f. [con and radius,
Latin.]
conjunction of rays in one

from,

Dryden's Atir. Prol.

the mo&^orrcft editions : various

corfufci.!a-

See CORRICLE.
R A've.-v.a. [con-aJo, Latin.]

Revifed

free

complete.

Take

intelligibly

penalty.

The mechanical or corpufcular philofophy, though

To COR

hands on virgin cleene,

ufe,

CORRE'CTION.

than the corpufcularian or mecL.i

that the

coirefl

readings will be only troublelome

to natural philofophy, I do not expect to fee

principle;
r:>poftd, more comprehcr.five .11, d

faid,

exaftnefs

faults.

ffatts's Logict.

CORPUSCUL A'RI AN.

4.

compolc and diftin^uilh different bo-

CORPU'SCULAR.

fear be
liotikcr* -

Who

mercy of God through Chrift Jefus,

able to tyrannize over us.

As, in habitual gout or fione,
The only thing that can be done,
Is to correcl your drink and diet,

n.f. [corpufculum, Lat.]

fmall body; a particle of matter ;
an atom ; a little fragment.

ctrpujclet that
dies ?

happy mixture! wherein things contrary do

and correct the one the danger of the

other's excefs, that neither boldnefs can make us

prefume, as long as we are kept under with the
fenfe of our own wretchcdnefs. j nor, while we truft

CCTRPUSCLE.

Optifks.

Pope's Preface.

To obviate the qualities of one ingredient by another, or by any method of.

preparation.
O

it

Newton's

me

fo qualify

having great bodily

CO'RRACLE.

ribiuld

To fpoil her dainty torfe, fo fair and

Of chaftity an.! honour virginal.
a.

3.

on ttc Creation.

add much to our fjtisfaction, if thofe

can be difcovcrcd with microfcopes.

to

grows fat and corpulent.

Ben Jonfont Difco^.'eries.
Excefs of nouriihment is hurtful j for itmajceth
the child corpulent, and growing in breadth rather
than in height.
Bacon.

It will

as pleafant

corrtHcd, beto correfl as to

I

cool, and be at leifure to attend

to its domertick concern
to confider what habit
wants to be torrefied, and what inclination to be
fubdued.
Rwcrt,

it is

more than enough,

was

amnfed me;

The mind may

a fle/hy (tile, when there is much

periphraiis, and circuit of words ; and when, with
fay

and oblivion.

body.
firft

it

it

write.

[corpulent us, Latin.]

adj.

bulky

This may be

That lewd
Laid

Flelhy
bulk.

body.'

ufsd.
certain fpiritaous fubflance, extracted cut of

CORPSE. \"

caufe

it.

Ray

CO'RPULENT.

intelligible

into

Boyie.

1.

Dry

becaufe

I writ,

As

bility.

Not

requiring a great force to divide

corpufc/ts

Since philofophy amrmeth, that we are middle

fubftances buween the foul and the body, they
muft admit of fome corporeity, which fuppofeth
Brnati.
weight or gravity.
It is the laying of divine Plato, that man is
nature's horizon, dividing betwixt the upper heraifphcre of immaterial intellects, and this lower
of corporeity.
Glanvillti Sccpfa.

The one

had grown*

Spiflitude ; groflhefs of matter.

The mulculou, fieih ferves for the vibration of
the tail ; the heavinefs and corpulency of the water

We

ufed by Swift inaccurately for cor-

even on Aimfbury
a cirfcrtal falfe ftep

2.

ia

Burnefs Tkeory, Preface,

It is but one fpecies of corpulency ; for there may

be bulk without fat, from the great quantity or
mufcular flefti, the cafe of rob u ft people.
Arbutbr.tt an Almmti.

Milt.n's Paradife Lift.

Having furveyed the image of God in tie foul,
we are not to omit thofc characters that God
fpirituai.

God

my love

faults

away

Cirrefiing Nature, from what actually ihe is in

individuals, to what (he ought to be, and what flic
was created.
(If a.

cumbcrfeme unwieldinefs,

burdcnous ccrfukncc,

to take

wards, either by learning or age.

Donne.

add

to ccrporeal fubrtances coula

bpred almolt

writings, life, or things.

This is a defect in the firrt make of fome men's
minds, which can fcarce evtr be corrcflcd after-

flelh.

To what

See CORPORAL.
The fwiftneis of thofe circles attribute,
Though numtcilcls, to hi. omnipotence,
fpiritaal.

That

To amend

2.

7
../
CO'RPORATURE. n.f. [from corf us, Lat.] CO'RPULENCE.
> a. J/-rL fortulentta,
/
Lat. J
DiS. Co RPULENCY. J
The ftate of being embodied.
1. Bulkinefs of body ; flelhinefs ; fulnefs
CORPO'REAL. adj. [cvrporeus, Latin.]
1.

Topunifh; tochaftife; to difcipline.

Sad accidents, and a Itateof amiftion^s a Ichool
of virtue; it corrcfh levity, and
interrupts the

4,

v. a. [cirrigo, corretlum,

Latin.]

approaches.
Addifon.
the
floor by the
out
upon
ccrpfe
he then bid every one light
emperor's command
his flambeau, and Hand about the dead body.
Addijw 's Guardian,

The

CORRE'CT.

To

sirlithnvt...

reflion.

^.

Alteration to a better ftate

taking away faults

Another

the acl

of

amendment.

port, in another age,

may

take the fitne.

libijrv.

.,

COR
with

liberty

my

writings

That which is fubftitutcj in the place

of any thing wrong.

3.

With

th. \ I've 1, ng
Diyjtn'i l-jt. Pnf.

if, at Icaft,

to deferve .-irnfUnn.

enough

of gricvinces.

cftabliihing their

aflertions

not only with great

unto the ccrBrciun.

of the prefs, that

committed

in print-

Intercourfe; reciprocal intelligence.

1 had dilcovi red thfe unlawful i
they had ul'ed, and engagements they had made

2.

to

embroil my kingdoms.
Ki"g Cbarla.
Sure the vllains hold a corrrfpcndcnce
With the enemy, and thus they would betray us.

Derbam.

In medicine.

To make

dram of country's dulnefs

fmous purges, by dividing their

matter.

by the

3.

Such an ingredient

ambitious, wholefome, do not take

do not -add
;
Cerrcflicri, but as chymiils purge the bad. Dinm.

rection

a jail-bird.

This feems

to

be

'

ing the power

bad

[from

Hav-

corre3.~\

to alter or

ftroying

To

obviate any

Mulberries are pectoral, comflive of bilious

CORRE'CTIVE. n.f.
1
That which has the power of
.

altering

tion to the body, that, with certain corrtfl'rvcs and

may give fome kind of explication or
Hale'i Origin if Mankind,
adumbration thereof.

[from correfl.]
without faults.

Giving

curately ; exaftly ;
There are ladie , without knowing what

Ac-

curacy ;
Too much

CORRE'CTOR.

He

that

Stvift.

n.f. [from correcJ."]

amends, or alters, by punilli-

to do juftice on
How many
than to forbear all fin!
lather to be corrtflirt than practif:rs of religion.

fome

fins,

.i:.'i

i-cntnui.

to be proportionate.; to be adequate to ; to be adapted to; to fit.

The

anfwer

days, if one be compared with another fucthroughout the year, are found not to be

equal, and will nat juftly corrcj^ni with any

ficial or mechanical equal mcal'ures of titic.

arti-

llddci on Time.

Words being but empty

any farther
they are figns of our ideas, we cannot but
aflent to them, as they corrtffanj to thai; ideas we
tacit,
have, but no farther than that.
2.

To

founds,

keep up commerce with

nother by

alternate letters.

CORRESPONDENCE.
CORRESPO'N DENC v.
i.

ment or animadverfion.
How many docs zc.ai u-..': ra'hei

To

cefiivcly

(hape, air, and pofture, and thcccrn-fiittfi of defign,

in this ftatuc, are inexpreliiblc.
AAdij'on on Italy.
Late, very late, corrtflnefs grew our care,
tir'd
nation
brcath'd
from
civil war.
When the

Scutb.

all

whom

to fend to

his letters

home

with

kept up by
him,
from and to

and abroad.

Priam's

fix

[from correfpond.]
adapted to any thing.

gates

icrrtfponjive

adj.

th' city, with n.affy

itaples,

i'

and

fulfilling bolts,

Sperre up the Ions of Troy.

Sbakiff cart's

CO'RRIDOR.
1.

n.f.

[In fortification.]

Trci.'ui ar.d CrrlTidt.

[French.]

The covert way

round the whole compafs of the

cations of a place.

lying

fortifi-

[In architecture.] A gallery or long iile

round about a building, leading to feveral chambers at a diftance from each

2.

other.
There

Hun-is.

fomething very noble in the amphitheatre, though the high wall and corridors that went
round it are almoft intircly ruirlcd. jtJtKjtn on
is

Italy.

Dijittn's DufrttinJ.
foftnefs of the fled), the delicacy of the

reflnifi.

Anlwerable
And

CORRESPO'ND.

J'fondco, Latin.]
fuit ; to
.

labour often takes away the fpirk

Pcft.
Thofe pieceshave never before been printed from
the true copies, or with any tolerable degree of nr-

is

Denbam't Dedication.

CORRESPO'NSIVE.

converting our detraction into admonition and fraGovernment if tbe Tcnguc.

ternal rcrrfpti.
To
<v. n.
[con and re-

by adding to the poliihing; fo that there remains

nothing bu: a dull nrnflnefs, a piece without any
coofidcrable faults, but with few beauties.

The

it

Latin.] Objurgation ; chiding ; reprehenfion ; reproof.

It" we mult bi
talking of other people's faults,
let it not be to defame, but to amend them, fay

have been bred up in the ordinary methods of

[from correct.] Acfreedom from faults.

and recede from him

aH his correfpondentt at

and fo requires a
giving, on one part, tranfthere be an accepting on

CORRE'L ATIVENESS. n.f. [from corrtlaThe ftate of being correlative.

ti<ve.]
CORRE'PTION. n.f. [corripi/s, correflum,

mod

Loike en Education.

anfwer

One

n.f.

commerce

mutual mefTages or letters.

He was pleafed to command me

South.

no property, unlel's
the other.

tcnfes

lays as neither ebb nor flow,

CorrtHly cold, and regularly low.
Pofe's Ej/tiy on Crit'.dfm.

intelligence or

a relative action,

fers

participles, adverbs and prepofitions are, fpeak

as properly and as corrcfily as
gentlemen win

Such

is

correlative to

and

anfwer-

as five

CORRESPONDENT,

and rdatlvut,

to another.

exceptions,

exaftnefs

vz

Father and fon, hufband and wife, and fuch

other correlative terms, fecm nearly to belong one

to be fuch an inrtance in the regithe human foul excrciicth in rela-<

cular flate depends upon the exillenco

of another.

feldom fails but an ill prinand nature makes good its

agreeable

zones th' etherial regions bind,

Five correfpcnieni are to earth aflign'd. DryJ. Ovid.

adj. [con
a reciprocal relation,
fo that the exiftence of one in a parti-

reftri&ion.

CORRECTNESS.

Hotlar.

And

Having

Latin.]

it

fchools.

adapted

law which himfelf hath eternally purpofed to keep.

South.

Co R R E'L A T

Soutb's Sermsni.

grammar

What good or evil is there under the fun, what

action corr -/pendent or repugnant unto the law
which God hath impofcd upon his creatures, but
in or upon it God doth work, according to the

fon.

one thing for a father to ceafe to be a father, by calling off his fon ; and another for him
to ceafc to be fo, by tin death of his fon : in this
the relation is at au end for want of a correlate.

fpeaking, and according t.i the method of the world, and the little cerrefJivcs fupplicd

ad<v.

Sirltable

able.

CO'RRELATE.

Humanly

CORRE'CTLY.

CORRESPONDENT, adj. [from correfpond.]

CO'RRELATE. <u. n. [from roa'and

To have a reciprocal
re/atus, Latin.]
and

or

Let fuch military pcrfons be aflured, and well

reputed of, rather than factious and popular ; holding alfo good correffondttice with the other great
men in the ftate.
Bacon.

It is

ncceffary cirreBive, to prevent their grccdinefs from

too fucculent a food.
filling tlicmfclves with
Ray on the Creaticn.

men which

of

One that ftands in

n.f.
the oppofite relation.

al-

The hair, wool, feathers, and kales, which al!

animals of prey do fwallow, are a feafonable and

blow.

capable

Aibutbmt\

or obviating
any thing amifs.

bv art and difcipline,

ciple has its courfe,

it

offices

civilities..

^uiucy.

relation, as father

ill.

and making

fluxility,

interchange of

Friendship;

3.

deftroys otdiminifhes a quality

mixture.

qualities.

2. Limitation
There feems

its

'

and pre-

that could not otherwise be difpcnfeJ with ; thus

turpentines are corrffrcrs of quickfilver, by de-

in Shakefpeare.
have you foundly fwingcd for this, you
blue-bottle rogue
you filthy famiihcd com f} inner !
SbakffptJre's Hern' IV.
I will

adj.

which

arrrflar,

the meaning

CORRE'CTIVE.

particles,

venting their adhefion to the intestinal membranes ;

and as fpices and carminative feeds aflill the operation of fome catharticks, by dillipating wind.
In making a medicine, fuch a thing is called a

CORRE'CTIONER. n.f. [from con c3ion.~\

One that has been in the houfe of cor-

I.

the errours

It happens very oddly, that the pope and I ihould

hive the fame thought much about the fame time :
my enemies will be apt to fay, that we hold a corand aft by concert in this
refpcndtncc together,

qualities,

addition of fomething contrary.

as the corrector

from

in a competition, as guards
againft or abates the force of another; as the lixivial falls prevent the grievous vellications of rc-

Abatement of noxious

faults';

amends

to free it

a pcrfon, who, by his flyle and

literature, fecms to hive been the ccrreBor of a
hedge prefs in Little Britain, proceeding gradually
to an author.
Siv'tft.

folidity, but fubmitting them alto

refliin of future difco\en.

any thing

(or tke

Whatever we fancy, things keep their courfc;

and their habitudes, corrtfonJencies, and relations
Locke,
keep the fame to one another.

Sivift.

that revifes

ing.
1 remember

Reprehenfion ; animadverfion.
They proceed with judgment and ingenuity,

5.

He

2.

in {acne fort the one,

ped'ent to know
other's more perfect direction.

his fault', he fet up to be an nnirerand nirtflsr at ab-Ic., and a remover

ff'attt.

places.

4.

all

irrncr

Curn-ffiMS or improvements ftiould be adjoined,

way of note or commentary, in their proper

b\

COR

COR

~tn-fJ

[from

corre-

Between the law of their heavenly, operation?,

and the actions of men in this our (Uu cf mort

there

is

as

nuketh

I .

He w.n
gible

3.

for

t.ikcn up very fhort, an3

adjudged cu-rlfuch prefumptuous language.
ll.iuils fatal
Fortft.

Correftive

;
having the power to corproper, nor ufed.
Our bodies arc our gardens, to the which our
wills are gardeners ; fo that, if we will either have
it ileril with idlencl's, or manured with
induftry,

reft.

Not

the power and corrigible authority of this

our

will.

lies in

SbtkefptarfiOtk

CORRI'V.M.. n.f. {con and

i\

<v<.7.]

Rival

competitor.

J'pond.]

Relation; reciprocal adaptation of one

thing to another.
uliiy, ij.L

CO'KRIGIBLE. adj. [from corrigo, Lat.]

That which may be altered or amended.
2. He who is a proper objeft of
punifliment ; puniihable.

it

ex-

They had govern. mrs commonly nut of the two

families of the Gcra'.dincs and Butlers, both advcrlarics and corrivats one agai:;i
:

Sptnfcr on Ire/and,

He, that Joth redeem her thence, might wear

Wituju; arrival ill her d.
H. IV.
'i:,-ff.

CoRRl'vALRy.

COR
Co R R j'v A

R Y.

i.

Competition

h. f.

COR
from cttrival.

Metals,' although ccrrojible by vmers, yet will

not furfcr a liquation from the
powerfulfeft heat
that element.
Breton's Vulgar Errcur s.

oppofition.

adj. [from corroborate.]

Having the pow^r to give ftrength.
There be divers forts of bracelets fit to comfort
the fpirits; and
they be of three intentions, refrigerant, cornkiaant, and aperient. Bacon's Nat. Hill.

v. a .

CORROBORATE,

CO'RRODY.

[con and

confirm ; to eftablifli.
Machuv.-l well noteth, though in an ill-favoured
:io
trusting to the force of nature,
nor to the bravery of words,
except it be corroborate
cullom.
-by
Bacon.

To

To

ftrengthen
fortify

to

flrong.
imagination there be three ways

whence the

authority

CORRO'SIBLE.<#. [from

is

derived,

quicken and ttrroharatt the

to repeat it and tefrefh it.
Bacon.
It was faid that the
prince himfelf had, by the
of
and
fight
obfcivation on the difforeign courts,
ferent natures of people, and rules of
government,
much excited and awaked his
and combo-

CORRO'SIBLENESS.
SufceptibiJity of

rated his judgment.

As any limb

Wan*.

thereby.

confirmation by fome
addition of
;

firming;

tional fecurity

COR RO'BORATIVE.
the

Having

Henry

adj.

[from corroborate.]

power of increafing

ftrength.
In the cure of an ulcer, with a moid intemperics, as the heart is weakened by too much humidity, you are to mix corroboratives of an aftringent faculty j and the uiccr alfo
to be
dri<:d

To

Woman's

CORRO'DE. v.
To eat away by

ftruum

a.

to prey upon
wear away gradually.
;

to

confume

Statefmeu ] urge vice with vice, and

corrode
The bad with bad, a fpider with a toad may
5
For
ill thr.ii:; not
them, but they tame ill,
And make her do much good againit her will.
Donne.
iir

That
molt

I"-,

know

it

an Colours.

ceflant and

incorroding invafions of fo long a time.

Ila.'c'i

And
And

Hannibal the Pyreneans

Origin tfM:.-,

nay
'

jealoufj

i-vr^vnr^iv:,_

Love

'

its

venom once

thought, and

CORRO'DKNT. a jj. [horn

corrode.]

z.

Jhc

I.

to deftroy
integrity

means,

as the
ferpent beguiled

That which has

the

or of giving
pain.

33.

corrupted, foul injuftice.

Stakcfycare

ft.iy, I

fmell a

With

trial fire

touch

If he

b.-

Cotlk/jnut.

man of middle earth}

mr his finger-end ;

cruft>-, the

flame will back defcend,

to no pain ; but if he
(tart,
of a ccrrupttrl heart.
Xkaktjftarei Merry fflvts rfftfmtfor.
Language bnng the conduit whereby men convey their knowledge, he that makes Mi ill ufe of
it, though he does not
corrupt the fountains of
turn

It is the

him

flefli

knowledge, which are in things, yet he

P'P CS -

flops the

L*-b,

Hear the black trumpet

thro' the work!

pro-

claim,

That not
3.

To

to be
corrupted

i",

the fliarae.

To fpoil ; to do mifchief.
Co RR I/FT. v. a. Tojbecome
to

grow rotten

to

putrefy

Pefr.

putrid ;
to lofe pu.

rity.

The aptnefs or propcnfion of air or w.it.-r tj

corrupt or putrefy, no doubt, ii to be (bund before
it
break forth into mnmfeft cflKls of
difiMier,
blafting, or the like.
Ban*.

ulcer.

fretting

x.

3.

Sbekefptarft Richard III.

have heard it faid, the fitted time to
coirupt
a man's wife, is when flic 's fallen out with
hrr
hu 'band s

quality of wafting

power of

xi.

the quality to fret or vex.

malady.
Fairy Qncen.

2.

Cirinthians,

All that have mifcarried

own form.

of an
any thing away,
He me nit liis currofruti to apply,
And withftricl diet tame his ftubborn

to

to bribe.

By underhand,

it

as the flefh

to a putrefcent

2 Corinthians,

c-erreMle.]
quality of being corrofible ; poffi-

VOL.

x found

Ttomfcn's Sprint

Having

Humours.

Evil communications
corrupt good manners.

And

CoRRO'jlVE.
f.
1. That which has the

CORRODTBJ'MTY.I,./: [fmm

bihty to be confurncd by a mcnftruum.

CORRO'DIBLE. adj. [from
corrode.] Poifible to be confuraed or corroded.

Having

the

[corrumfo, ctrrup,

Eve through his fubtilty, fo

your minds mould be
corrupted from the Simplicity that is in Chrift.

indiffer-

If the maintenance of ceremonies be a

corrofive
to fuch as
oppugn them, undoubtedly to fuch ;is
maintain them it can be no
(treat pleafure, when
they behold that which they reverence is oppugned.
Htektr.

Spring.

Hav-

deprave

fear lead by any

Kiflory.

even toe

Grfui'i
Cnj'mslcgia
fons of vengeance, on whole courfc
Corrofnic famine waits, and kills the year.

ing the power of corroding or wafting

any thing away.

Fhyer on

a,

to infeft.

vitiate

a facred

bl.irting all
1'borr.fon's

v.

turn from
;

To

2.

power of confuming or

cipitated, fo as to appear again in its

/"

^j,

has been divided

by formjive liquors into invilible parts, yet may prelently be
pre-

on tie Creation

turning acrimonious, corrodes the

ilm rt
'te difeafes of the

To

But

the

Gold, after

Dryden't Juvenal.

blood

now

fyllable,

corrugate.

Bonn's Natural
Hijloty,

humours.

CORRU'PT.

ftate

wearing away.

nich neither chew their

meat, nor grind
their ftomtdlt, do,
by a diflblvent liquor there
provided, ccrr'.de and reduce it into a
chylus.

el

firft

it

and

tus, Latin.]
1.

ently.]

it in

Vc

fated by fharp

To

vulgarly afcribej

cent on the

for cold

them contraa and

n.f. [from corrugate.}

Contraction into wrinkles.
The pj'in of the folid parts is the
corrugation or
violent agitation of fibres, when the
fpirits are irrU

CoRRo'siVE.d>'. [from corrodo, Latin. It

was anciently pronounced with the ac-

i.

itrepy Alps, the mounds that nature cart

w.th Hrrotlitg jukes, as he
went,
paiT.igc through the living rock he rent.

either by cold or
drynefs

CORRUGA'TJON.

Woodward.

'.

part,

cometh

drjnefs do both of

merely by the ailion of water

Co far from
injuring and
it environs, that it eontributes to their
and
fecurity
prefcrvation.

aqua-fortis corroding copper,

that gives the colour to
vcrdigreafe, is
it to a
green-blue folution.

Byle

CO'RRUGATE.

to tlie air, is caufed

jnt to reduce

_,

power of contracting into

v. a. [ten-age, Lat.]
wrinkle or purfe up, as the fkin is
drawn into wrinkles by cold, or
any
other caufe.
%uiny.
The cramp Cometh of con traftion of finevvs

upon them ; the air being

preying upon the bodies

that

T le nature of mankind, left to

itfclf, would
loon have fallen into
"
diflblution, without the

forrojicn and diflblution of bodies,

folid and durable, which ii

Boyle.

[from corrugate.]

adj.

To

; .

kind of poifon worketh either

by cmby afecrct malignity and enmity to nature.
Btton'i Natural

to

To

when the motion is in fuch a

ner increafed, it fljould drive the faits into
the
pores of the bodies, and open and lool'en their
cohefion, though ever fo firm.
v.

men-

ccrrifively.

Boyle on Saltpan.

Having the
wrinkles.

may
nun-

ealily conceive,

Surgery.

it

CO'RRUCANT.

folid bodies are

put into faline menltruums,
the attraction is
ftronger than in other folutions ;
and the motion, which is
always proportional to
the attraction, is more violent
(o that we

[corrodo, Latin.]

degrees, as a

Diet.

more

rcquireth

corrofive.
tafted fomewhat

corrofive.]

do infufe, to what he meant for

meat,
or heat.
Donne.
Saltpetre betrays upon the tongue no heat nor
at
mixt
all,
with
butcoldnefs,
a fomectmfivmtfi
relifti
retaining to bitternefs.
^wjiat languid

employed

lady herfelf procured a bull, for the better

cerntcration of the marriage.
Bacon't
VII.

ffanyVI,

Stabcfprart's

adv. [from

We

have a conliderable moment or force. Thefc liquors, whether acid or urinous, are nothing but
falts diflblved in a little
phlegm ; therefore thcfc
being folid, and'confcquently containing a eonfiderable
quantity of matter, do both attraft one
another more, and are alfo more attradled
by the
particles of the body to be difi'oivcd : fo when the

addi-

vE Lv

Corroji-vincfs, or intenl'e cold

mod

ftrength.

The

This

a particular
Corrofon
fpecies of diflolution of
bodies, either by an acid or a faline menfrruum.
It is almoft
wholly defigneJ for the refolution of
bodies
ftrongly compared, as bones and metals ;
to that the mcnitruums here

CORROEORA'TION. n. /. [from corroboThe aft of ftrengtheningor conrate.]

With the power of corrofion.

CORRO'SIVENESS. n.f. [from
forro/i-ve.]
The quality of
corroding or eating
;
away acrimony.

is

Watts.

nrrafive,
that are not to be remedied.

,-,.

2.

degrees.

and duly exercifed grows

ftronger, the Hcrves of the body are corraiciMid
well

At firft

CORRO'SION. n.f. [corroJo, Latin.] The

power of eating or wearing away by

fpjrits,

Like a

1.

n.f. [from corro/ible.]

corrofio'n
rather cor-

rcdibility.

Ro

con-ode.] Poflible

to be confumed
by a menftruum.
ought to be corrodiile.

the

means to
imagination, and means

belief

minds
Hcokfr.

For things

fome other than the original

purpofe.

Aylffe's Parcrg',n.

make

in him' that

virtuoufly difpofed

though parting be a fretful correfi-ve,

to a dcathful wound.
^ applied
Sbakefp. H. VI.
Care is no cure, but rather

Belides thefe floating

burgelfes of the ocean,
there are certain
flying citizens of the air, which
prefcribe for a corrdy therein.
Cartiu.
In thofc days even noble
perfons, and other
meaner men, ordered nrroJits and
to
their
penfioni
chaplains and lervants out of churches.

To

2.

Away

falary,

for

them ; and unto

they are grievous corrafivts.

n.f. [from corrode, Latin.]

defalcation from an allowance or

roboro, Latin.]
1.

Such fpeeches favour not of God

Icth

communicable unto

CSRRO'BORANT.

To

COR

CORRU'PT.
i.

adj. [from To corrupt.]

Spoiled; tainted; vitiated in its qua-

lities.

Coarfe hoary moulded bread the

upon the points of their fpears,

Unfound

pi'llil

;.t

Kni'.Li.

putrid.

As

lupcitluous flcdi did rot,

i.Imcnt itady ilill at hand did wa.r,

No
To

'i'o

pluck

ccunmunitttioo proceed out of

the ufe of
your mouth, but that which is good to
Efbf/iant, iv. 20.
;li!; ing.
and tainted in defite. Sbjkcfp.
C.'typt, arrupr,
Thcfe kind of knaves 1 know, which in this

no

icr

(.raft,

man

made ignoble and

He
n.f. [from corrupt.]
that taints or vitiates ; he that leflens
purity or integrity.

CORRU'PTER.

jidJifon.

be corrupted.
adj. [from corrupt,]

With corruption
vice

It

Were

Hcttcr.
of immortality.
i devouring corruption of the eflential mixof
an
ture, which, conlifting chiefly
oily moilture,
is

feveral parts

would long

2. Vitioufly

of which the world confifts

fince

have been

improperly

dill'olved

COR RU'PTNESS.

C&RSA1R.
one who

adv. [from corruptible.]

In fuch a manner as to be corrupted, or
vitiated.
life

Is touch" tl corruptibly.

of

all

Irs blood

Sbakefpeare's

King

t*ear.

CORRU'PTION. n.f. \corruptio, Latin.]

i. The principle by which bodies tend to
the feparation of their parts.
Wicked nefs; perverfion of principles
lofs

Putrcfcence.

Th: wife contriver, on his end intent,

Careful this fatal crrour to prevent,
And keep the waters frjm corruption free,
Mix'd them with f.ilt, and feafon'd all the fea.

The tendency

to a worje flate.

pirate

and

adj.

[eerymtut, Latin.]

Garnifhed with branches of berries.

2.

A dead body
word.

a carcafe

That from her body,

a poetical

of filthy fin,
He reft her hateful head, without remorfe ;
A ftream of coal-black blood forth gufhed from
her ccrfe.
Sfcnjer.
full

down the corfe; or, by faint Paul,

make a ccr/i of him that difobcys.
Sbjliffftarft Richard III.

What may

this

mean

again in complete ftcel

Rcvifit'ft thus the glimpfes of the moon,
Ilainkt.
Making night h'nicous?
SbaJttJptarft
Here lay him (Vnwn, my friends,
Full in my fight, that I mry view at Icifurc

The

bloody

CO'RSELET.
light

rcr/i,

ccrft,

and count thofc glorious wounds.

n. f.

armour

CORYMBI'FEROUS.

adj.

Dta.
[from corjmbu:

and fira, Lat.] Bearing fruit or berries

in bunches.
Cu-vmbifeicui plants are dlftir.guifnfd into fuch
have a radiate flower, as the fun-ft< wcr ; and
fuch as have a naked fiower, as the hemp-agrias

to which are added (hole

m'-ny, and rru:ewc.rt
a-kin hereunto, futh as fcairi^us, tc^&l, tlifttr,
:

and the

like.

i?K. n.-y.

CORT'MBUS.

n.f. [Latin.]

the ancient botahilrs, it w.u ufed to

exprefs the bunches or clufters of berries of ivy
amongft modern botanifts, it is ufed for a com-

Amongfk

[corfs, French.]
1.
body. Not in ufe.
For he was ftrong, and of fo mighty cafe,
As ever wielded fpear in warlike hand.
Spcnftr.

That thou, dead

CORSE, n.f.

they feldom get an opportunity for defcriptions and

rfddiftn an the Gcorgicks.
images.
Amidft csrruf.tkn, luxury, and rage,
Still leave fome ancient virtues to our age.
Pcfc.

in a fore.

vice.

Set

of integrity.

Matter or pus

The

putrelcence

profeiles to fcour the fea,

I'll

4.

[from corrupt.]

n.f. [French.]

Precepts of morality, befidcs the natural corour tempers, which makes us averfe to
ruption of
them, are fo abftradled from ideas of fenfe, that

3.

to

feize merchants.

CORRV'PTIBLY.

the

n.f.

quality'of corruptidn

bold tornados biufter in the /ky.

Garth's Dijpenfctcry,

CORY'MBI ATED.

We have corruptly contracted mod names, both

of men and places.
Camdeti'i Rtrrtdins.

of external depravation ;
to be tainted or vitiated.
poffibft
COR. KU'PTIBLENESS. n.f. [from corrupSufceptibility of corruption.
tible.]

It is too late;

belch in thunder, or in lightning blaze

nimble corufcatiors ftrikc the eye,

And

honour

contrary

abound

learn that fulphureous {teams

Why

purity.

Sufceptible

Or

>

leing in their nature rcrruptiblc, it is more than

in an infinite duration, this frame
pi "tv^le, that,
ul ;hings

may

bowc!s of the earth, and ferment with minerals, and fometimea take fire with a fuddcn C6Ncwtcn's Opticks,
rvfcarkn and explofion.
How heat and moiflure mingle in a rnafs,

We

en Conjumpticns.

which

Sjrcn's Natural
Hfijry.

We

purchas'd by the merit of the wearer. Stat.

have dealt very ccrruft/y againft thee, and
r
fberrijb t i. 7.
hax-e not kept the commandments.

through diffipation.

Harvey

The

n.f. [ccrufcatio, Latin.]

quick vibration of light.

in the

are crown'd.

in ours as a caufe

We

carruft.]
with taint ; with

Peacbam on Drawing.
[ccru/co, .Latin. ]
flames ; flafhing.
adj.

fee that lightnings and corujcatkns,

are near at hand, yield no found.

on the Creation.

that cltates, degrees, and offices,

Were not d.-riv'd frruptly! that clear

corruptible

Flafh

without integrity.

body

is

Glittering by

Drydati
1.

curvet.

the hoife in his career with

CORVSCA'TION.

CORRU'PTLV. adv. [from

bodies could never live the life

ctrruptible
that they are joined
they (hall live, were it not
which is incorruptible, and that his
with his

i.

myrrh

tree.

kind of lizard, a quadruped

that is, without wool, fur,
;
Brcitw.

The

n.f.

ing.

a fettled

borders with cerruftlefs

La-

tcrticatus,

manage, and turn, doing the corvette and leap-

CORU'SCANT.

fo fpeedy a dlllblution
ctirruftive quality, for

The

You muft draw

his

Ail around

by natural

is

and depilous

CORVE'TTO.

adj. [from corrupt.] Infufceptible of corruption ; undecaying.

Poflibility to

(all

vcffck.

adj. [from corticofus, Lat.]

Full of bark.
DiB.

CORRU'PTLESS.

[from corrupti-

[from

adj.

or hair.

Ctnvell.

Ray

gland

the cortical part

little

CO'RTICOSE.

of the meat and preparation of the chyle.

Our

\~

This animal
ttrtfatttd

habitude unto the ccrruftwi

Brctvu'i Vulgar Errcvrs.
It fnould be endued with an acid ferment, or

fome

little

Refembling the bark of a

tin.]

originals.

vaunt their antiquity, came the errour firft of all.

Raleigh's Hi/lory of tbt WaM.
Thofe great ccrrupters of Chriftianity, and in-

Sufceptible of deftruftion
decay, or without violence.

CO'RTICATED.

HavaJj. [from corrupt .]

ing the quality of tainting or vitiating.
Carrying

make

Cteyxe't PHlofopkical Printiplel,

and

CORRU'PTIVE.

CORRU'PTIBLE.

to a

refpeft

in,'

ungentle,

of the father.

Sbalefp.
Away, away, ccrrupters of my faith
From the vanity of the Greeks, the ccmiptas
of all truth, who without all ground of certainty

n.f.

growing

cannot be heir to him, or to any

other anceilor, cf whom they might have
claimed by him ; and if he were noble,
or a gentleman, he and his children are

Sbak'fpiare'tKing L.ar.
been corrupt in their morals,
have yet been infinitely fulicitous to have their
Smith's Srrm.-Bj.
children pioully brought up.

extremities form a

lait

of thetrain), terminating in two

iffue

Some, who have

i.

Their

Fr'ur.

bark, Lat.]
outer part ;
outward.

[cortex,
to the

thefe little glands together

prince,

twenty filky ducking obftrvants.

deed of natural religion, the Jefuits.

infeftion

adj.

Barky ; belonging
belonging to the rind

altered.

attainted of felony, ortreafon,

of which, in battle's heat,

ftp-ings

CO'RTICAL.

to his iflue ; for as he lofeth all to the

or other lord of the fee, fo hii

and mute arrufter ends,

CORRUPTIBILITY,

An

[In law.]

7.

pLtinr.cO

ble.]

become much

is

Dyden.

Againft their very corftlets beat.

:j:

Harbour mare

Than

The

language;

Greek tongue

cirjlrts,

But heroes, who o'ercomc or die,

Have their hearts hung extremely high

of

Tlut f.H-n in him w.it left no carruft jot. Sptnfer.

tainted with wkkedueis ;
Viticus ;
without integrity.
1-jt

TUeir

The region hath by cor.queft, and ccrruptkn

other languages, received new and differing names.
Raleigh's Hijl:ry.
Ail thofe four kinds of corruption are very comfor which reafons the
mon in their

out with p nui> fiery hot,

foin, theypafs, they drive to tore

and their thinneA paiu explore.

They Uft, they

keep mine honour from corruption,

But futh an huucft chronicler as Griffith,
Staiefpcare's HtaiyVlll.
6. Caufe, or means, of depravation.

it

my Jfath I wi/h no other herald,

other fpeaker of my living aftions,

After

foldieri thruft

railing again!)

Ki.dinond, who with fuch corrvft and

b:ead would feed them.
z.

COS

COR

COR

[eor/elet,

French.]

the forepart

for

of the

body.
Some (hirts of roailr, fomecoa^s of plate
Some d jii'J a culrjt- , jiuc a ccrjlet bright.

pounded difcous flower, whofe feeds aie not papin down ; fuch are th
pous, or do not fly away
flowers of daifies, and common marygold. Quincy,

COSCI'NOM ANCY.
fieve,

of

Fair/'.

/.

[from

xca-x'imt,

The

and

parre'ia, divination.]
divination by means of a fieve.

art

very ancient praftice, mentioned by

Theocritus, and Hill ufed in fome parts
of England, to find out perfons unChambers.
known.

COSE'CANT. n.f. [In geometry.]

fecant of an nrch, which

The

the complement of another to ninety degrees.

is

ffarrit.

CO'SHERINC.

n.f.

[Irifh.]
uvi.-. v.!it;.;ion> and
progrefTcs made
C.jbct ings
.inu hi. foHowera among his tenants ;
the
loid
by
wherein he did eat them (as the K&gliih proverb
Dj-vlit.
is) out of hou!c and home.

CO'SIER. n.f. [from

put on,

to lew.]
l)

yt.u

confer, old

make

an alchoufe of

French,

Hanmer.

botcher,

my

lady's houfe,

(hit

tkat ye fqueak out yoor c tjser catches, without any

mitigation or remorfc of voice ?
Statfff tare's Ttattftk Nigtt.

CO'SINE. n.f. [In geometry.] The right

fine of an arch, which is the comple-

ment of another

1.

2.
1

to ninety degrees.

Harris.

COSME'TICK.

the power of improving beauty

beau-

better cofmxicks than a fevere temperance

a gracious
parity, modefly and humility,
and calmnefs of fpirit ; no true beauty
en the Crraticn.

With

[Vf

adj.

he given us any

-.]

And

Relating to the world.

2. Riftng or fetting with the fun; not a1

Waller,

z Samuel, xix. 42.

gift ?

wilt thou,

cruel boail

To

afcenfion of a ftar we term that,

cufr'ical
when it arifeth together vith th; fun, or in the
fame degree of the ecliptick wherein the fun
Brnvn' t t'ufgar Errovrs.
abideth.

mouths

are open againft the church, but their

hands ihut towards it.
Scetb'i Seniors.
He whofe talc is bcft, and pleafes moft,
Should win his fupper at our common ecft.

CO'SMICALLY. adv. [from cojmical.~\

With the fun not acronycally.
;

From

the riling of this ftar, not ccfnically, that

is, with the fun, but heliacally, that is, its emerfion from the rayt of the fun, the ancients com-

puted their canicular di)

Dritkt'i Fallts.
Fourteen thoufand pounds are paid" by Wood for
what weie his other
the purchafe of his patent
It cfii, I know not; what his latent, is varioufiy conjectured.
Swift.
4. Lois ; fine ; detriment.

Brmun.

..

COSMO'COKY. n.f. [r.!>!Tft.<& and yoi).]

The rife or birth of the world ; the creation.

COSMO'GRAPHER.
One who
(fu.~\

n.f. [noa-fx- and yjawrites a defcription of

the world ; diftinft from geographer,

who defcribes the fituation of particular
countries.

What they had fondly wi/hed, proved afterwards to their a/?j over true.
Kr.Ms's irjliry rf the Turin.
To COST. v. n. pret. ccft ; particip. ccft.
[couffer, Fr.]

ancient cofa^ritptcrt do place the divifion

of the eaft and weiUrn hemifpherc, that is, the
firft term of bngitude, in the Canary or Fortunat;
Iflands, conceiving thcfe parts the extremcrr, haSrf.iyn's

COSMOCR A'PHICAL.

Vulgar

I'.n ,ii'<.

'him many

ing

lineal

deliver:

v. 7

the

world

-,

one

CO'SSP.T.

./

brought

tip

thou

MrSUbcv-i'ii

iVlll thre fivr

of thy

in

adj.

[conjlipatus,

the body

Lat. mn-

having the ex

When the

palTag- of the gall becomes obrtrucVd,

the body grows eo/iiiif t and the excrements of th<
Ermn
belly white.

Wh':le farter than his ccjlive brain indites,

Philo'j quick hand in flowing letters wrin:
;

His cafe appcrs to me like honcft Teague'i,

When he wa run away with by his li.j; . Prior.

o:

withoul

Clofe

impermeable.

Clay in dry leafnns is cofi'tve, hardening with ihc

j:i 1 wind, tin unl-jckcil
by induirry, fo as tadmit of the air and heavenly influences.
Mwtimcr'i llufbandry
fun

-?"T.,

H.n. Sftnjrr

Dutch. As this word ii

found in the remoteft Teutonick dialcfts
even in the Iflandiclc, it is not probably
derived to uj from the Latin coujta

COST.

belt

cretions obftrufted.

^>TB;.]
who is at home in every

A lamb

with the

apple round and bulky like the head.

Bound

n.f. \kojt,

n.f. [from cojtive \ The

of the body in which excretion is

CO'ST IVENESI.
flate

not with

Sump-

curious

it

Glartintle's Scefjist

L'o'sTLY. adj. [from ccj}.~\ Sumptuous

expenfive ; of a high price.
thy habit as thy pujfe can buy,
in fancy ; rich, not gaudy
oft proclaims the man.

C'fily

But nut expreft

For the apparel

SkakiJ'parf llamla.
Leave for a while thy
-feat ;
ccjily country
i

to be great indeed, target

The naufeous
The chapel
molt

a^tf/y

pleted.

He

pleasures of the

eat.
Drydtr.
of St. Laurence will be perhaps th;
piece of work on the earth, when com-

ddJijUl.
here fpcaking of Paradifc, which he re-

is

molt charming and delightful placf ;

abounding with things not only uleful and con
venient, but even the moft rare and valuable, the
moft coftly and definable.
IfuJwarfs Nat. Hijt.
prefents as a

'O'STMARY. n.f. [fo/lus, Lat.] An herb.

CO'STREL. n.f. [fuppofed to be derived
from

co/ter.'}

bottle.

Skinner.

COT. ~l At the end of the names of places.

COTE. > come generally from the Saxon
COAT. 3 cot, a cottnge.
Cilpn.

COT.

n.f.

fmall houfe
habitation.

[cot, Sax. cut, Welfli.]

a cottage ; a hut ; a mean
;

What

that ufage meant,

cot fhe daily pradtifed.

Fairy Qi.nn.
Betides, his cot, his flocks, and bounds of feed,

Are now on lale and at our ih^ep tot now,

By reafon of his abfence, there is nothing
That you will feed on. Xiakcjj'tjie'i As yi.it IHc
Hcztkiah made himfclf Halls for all manner
j

obftrudcd.
CffltlHruft 'lifpcrfcs maligft putrid fumes out o
the gut< and mclcntcry ii.to all parts of the body

ir.

uf

Cirvnichs, xxxii. 28.

flately temple ihooti within the flues ;
crotchets of their cst in columns rife

and

fs

for flocks.

i.

The
The pavement, polifli'd marble they behold ;
The gates with fculpture grac'd, the fpires and
\

tiles

Staleff/urt'i Richard 111.

CO'STIVE.

tso-

dam.
I:

and

A citizeu

ccfliirj

Errcun.

a head

country vicars are driven to ihilts ; and

our greedy patrons hold us to fuch condition-,,
they will make uj turn ccjlard monger*, grafiers,
or tell ale.
Burton on Mtlancbdy.

[*'<?*'&

over the

cofter,

em-

if

2.

place.

the

"/

An

their ribs

Many

Sttutb

Co'JMo'poi. ITB.

which hive

ZfrcTcw'j t'uigar

Take him

it

COSMOPO'LITA

ctftal,

fword.

of parti-

vraic.

many

A head.

1.

might fee the world without mvel ; it

Win; i IcfTer ichrme nf thi creation, nature contra^ird, a hltk itjm:pref'ry, or map of the uni
Here

and

ci>Jlly.~\

expenfivenefs.

with
coflUn-'fs, yet
entertained me.
Sn/.-.Yi
Nor have the frugaller Cons of fortune any rtiafon to objeft the cfjl.'ltiffs j fmce they frequently pay
dearer for Icfs advantageous pleafures.

bcafts,

are excluded all cetaceous and cartilagi;

many pccYmal, whofe ribs are itcVi-

bowed.

2.

from geography, which

the Atuation and boundaries

o^ilar countries.

Drydcn,

fiihes
;

tuoufnefs

to be

Lat. a rib.] Belong-

CO'STARD. *./ [from

COSMO'GRAPHY.
tinft

pang.

\cojia,
to the ribs.

Hereby
nous

Brvwrfl Vulgar Errourl.

n.f. [*^n&- and

f^u. ] The fcience of the general
fyftem or affeftious of the world : dif-

'o'sTLiNEss. n.f. [from

"Which in her

CoVr AL.<3(^.

phy.]
tion of the world.

tally fct

for

ccft

[from cofmograRelating to the general defcrip-

out with circles of the globe.

be bought

poifon are always in readinefsj

but to bring the aftion to extremity, and then recover j;l, will icquire the ait of
writer, and

adj.

COSMOCR A' i-HicALLY. adv. [from cofmographical.] In a manner relating to

the fcience by which the ftrudlure of the
world is difcovered and defcribed.
The tenella, or ffhcrical magnet, ctjm^raf

To

had at a price.
The dagger and

The

bitations wcftv:ard.

be at charge of fuch another.

Crajhaiu.
It is ftrange to fee any eccleiiaftical pile, not
ecclefiaftical
and
influence,
by
riling above
ft/I
ground ; efpccially in an age in which men's

The

And,

Put poor nature to fuch ccft ?

O 'twill undo our common mother,

cronycal.

Ccftivaief:

with by phjfick purging medicines rather incrcafLcckc en Education*

ing than removing the evil.

Though

expence.

occafioning head-aches, fevers, lofi of appetite, an.J

difturbance of conception.
Harwy.
has ill eft'eib, and is hard to be dcult

cleanly fufficiency,

Whofe tongue lhall alk me for one penny c<J},

To ranfom home revolted Mortimer. Stat.fi. IV.
Have we eaten at all of the king's ttftf or hath

white, the nymph intent adores,

head uncovered, the ccfineti;k pow'rs. Pcfe.

Firir, rob'd in

CO'SMICAL.

Shalt.

While he found his daughter maintained without his co/t, he wa content to be deaf to any noife
of infamy.
Sidney.
\ uall never hold that man my friend,

temper
without the fignaturcs of thefe graces in the very

Ray

Charge

3.

No

countenance.

Sumptuoufuefs ; luxury.
The city woman bears
The c r$ of princes on unworthy ihoulders.
Let foreign princes vainly boaft
The rude effects of pride and ccjl
Of vafter fabricks, to which they
Contribute nothing but the pay.

tifying.
and

though it is not unlikely that the French

caufter comes from the Latin.]
The price of any thing.

Having

[XC?(X)TIXC{.]

adj.

COT

COS

COS

Dryd. Baucis and fbi/cmor,.

of gold.

As Jove vouchfaf'd on Ida's top, 'tis faid,

At poor I'iuleimn's cot to take a bed.
Fentin,
COT. n.f. An abridgment of cotquean.
COTA'NGENT. n.f. [In geometry.] The
tangent of an arch which is the com-

plement of another to ninety degrees.

Harris.

To COTE. <v. a. This word, which 1 have

found only in Chapman, feems to lignify the lame as fa leave l:!:-nJ, T*
aiierfafs.

Words her worth had

Had more ground bc':n allow'd
f.ir

his Seeds.

prov'd with deed-,

the race,

and c:ci

Ctjfmfn't

COTE'MPOR AR Y.

adj.
at the

[ctn

end

fame lime
Latin.] Living
taneous ; contemporary.
What would not, tj a rational man,

l!ia,!i.

icrnptu,

coe-

cottmfS'

voucher, have appeared pid nbecame ieveial have

Lo;kr.
fincc, fioin him, faid it one after another.

rttry

with the

ble, is

now

firft

ufcd as certain,

CO'TL-AND. u. f. [cot and land.~\ Land

appendant to a cottage.
CO'TO^UEAN. n. f. [probably from cequin, French.] A man who bufies himfelf with women's affairs.
Look
Sp;i.c

to the bak'd meats, good Angelica

not for cuft.
1 II

G,

COT
Co, jo, you
Cct you to bed.

totjuejn, go

c o
off, in

Kcma

Shatej'f care's
is as njiiulouv a

ftitefwoman

at J Juliet.

cre*rure as a

ctttjuran: each of the fcxcs Ihould keep within its

bounds.

anoth

To

I.

If

have given us a lively picture of hulb.tnds

hen-pecked j but you have never touched upon one
of tlia quite different character, and who goes by
the name of totqutan.
Mdiftn.

Looks on both

the

To

4.

lives

rent,

on

The hufkandmen and plowmen be but as their

work-folks and labourers ; or elfe mere cottagers,
which aj-e but houfed beggars. Bacon's Henry\l\.
The yeomenry, or middle people, of a condition
between gentlemen and cottagers.
Bacon's Henry VII.
n.f.

[from

One who

cot.]

habits a cot.

CO'TTON.

To
j

tot ton,
.

to

3.

fpccics are, i.

Shrubby

cotton.

American eaten, with

Annual fhrubby cotton, of the

2.

The moft

excellent

a greeni/ri /eed.

3.

ifland of Provi-

dence.

The

4.

tree cotton.

The

yellow flower.

firft

5.
fort

Tree
is

cetton,

forts

.ire

annual

thefe are cultivated

Weft

Indies in great plenty. But ths fourth

and fifth forts grow in F..;ypt : thefe abide many

in the

years, and often arrive to be trees of great magnitude.

Sliilcr.

To CO'TTON.
t.
2.

4.

a knnp.
to unite with

a cant

v.ord.

iju.irrcl

10

will

cnj in one of you being turned

5.

include fecretly

to

hide: with

The foundation of all parables, is fome analogy

or limilitude between the topical or allufive part of
the parable, and the* thing couched under it, and
intended by it.
South.
is

all

this,

and more, that

at length ful'pended

a place of repofe.

Let not the royal bed of Denmark be

couch for luxury and damned inceft.
Sbakeffiarc's ffamftt.

Tended

the fick, buficft from coucb to coucb.

Milton

This gentle knight,

3.

ParaJift Loft.

infpir'd by jolly May",

Forfook his early couch

at

early d.r,. Dryd. Fables.

layer, or ftratum.
This heap is called by maltfters a coucb, or bed,
of raw malt.
Mortimer's Hujbandry.

CO'UCHANT.

adj.

Lying down

[coucbant,

French.]

iquatting.

if a lion were the coat of

Judah, yet were it not
probably a lion rampant, but rather coucbant or

dormant.

As

a tiger,

who

jBrown,
by chance hath fpy'd,

In fome purlieu, two gentle fawns at

play,
Sti .light couches dole j then rifing,
changes oft
His o uJjant watch.
Milton's Paradife

Left.

CO'UCUEE.

n. /.

[French.] Bedtime ;
the time of vifuing late at night.
None of her fyivan lubjecls maQc their court;

I.c\s- and i,u.b;:s pafs'J without

CO'UCHER.

n.f. [from

CO'UCHFELLOW.
Bedfellow

refort.

couch.']

DryJtt!.

He

that

and

Like plated co.it oY itcrl, ID ivacirrfacar,

That nought ni'^ht pierce.

miny of baboons.

CO'UCHGRASS.
The

Stakrffeare*

n.f.

coucbgrjjs, for the

A weed.
firlt.

year, infenfibly robs

to graze.

moft plants in fandy grounds aui

COVE.
1

Sfcnfcr.

n.f. [couc/j and_/W/Wv.J

companion.

my

h>(l.

fPadiaarf t Natural HiJIory.

6. To lay clofe to another.
And over all
h brazen fcales was arm'd,

1 have grated
upon
good friends for three reprieves for you, and your concbftl/nu, Nim ; op
clfc you Itad looked
through the grate like a ge-

lies

naturally
couched under this allegory,
L'EJlrangc.
The true notion of the inftitution being lort, the
tradition of the deluge, which was couched umier

was thereupon

his couch, and fofteu his repofe!

couches or depreffes cataradts.

under.

There

ftcJs,

beds.

Dire was the tofiing, deep the groans!

defpair

Drydcn'i Juvenil.

To

Tynan

dddfin's CiU,

That

great argument for a future ftate, which

St. Paul hath couched in the words I have read to
Anerburfs Sermons.
you.

lay their guilty limbs in

Abed;

2.

Bacon's Natural Hijloiy.

involve ; to include; to comprife.

But who will call thofe noble, who deface,
By meaner afts, the glories of their race ;
Whole only title to. their fathers' fame
Is coucb'd in the dead letters of their name ?

Milton's Paradife Rtga'in'd.

on couches rich with citron

loll

Watch round

a bed, or

to hide in another body.

day in ufe at Gaza, to couch [wt-

To

it,

<v. ti.

To rife with
To cement

common

Drydcn'i Virgil's Georgicks.

ye immortal pow'rs, that guard the juft,

or velfeli of c.irth, in their walls, to gather

the wind from the top, and to pafs it down in

with

or fced-velfel, growing upon this fhrub. It is from

this fort that the vaft quantities of catn are taken,
which furmfh our pans of the world. The fccond

And

at this

cultivated plen-

Malta, Sicily,
Jcrufalem and
Damascus, from whence the ctttcn is brought anThe
nually into thefe northern parts of Europe.
eottcn is the wool which inclofes or wraps up the
is
contained in a kind of brown hulk,
feeds, and

To

ftierds,

tifully in Candia, Lemno*, Cyprus,

and at Naples; as alfo between

and third

bed
is

fpouts into rooms.

A plant.

n.f.

To
It

Cloth made of cotton.

The

thing in

centre of this globe, in a fpherical convexity.

Burnct's Theory of the Earth.

French.]
of the cotton-tree.

The down

CO'TTOFT.

lay
ftratum.

down any

If the weather be warm, we immediately couch

malt about a foot thick ; but if a hotter feafon
require it, we fpread it on the floor much thinner.
Mortimer's Hvjbandry.
The fea and the land make one globe ; and the
waters couch themfelvcs, as clofe as may be, to the

Difl.

The pin ought to be as thick as a rowling-pin,

and covered with eaten, that its hardnefs may not
tc ofTcnfive.
ffifeman.
2.

To

n.f. [from the verb.]

feat of repofe, on which it u

to lie down drefled.

So Satan fell ; and itraight a fiery globe
Of angels on full fail of wing (lew nigh,
Who on their plumy vans rcceiv'd him foft
From his uncafy lt.nion, and upbore,
As on a floating couth, through the blithe air.

Shakiffcart.

z.

Skinner, from the down that adheres to

the mala cotonea, or quince, called by the
Italians cotog ni ; whence cottcne, Ital.
1

1.

COUCH, v, a.
To repofe to lay

on a place of repofe.
;
Where unbruis'd youth, with unftufr'd btam,
Doth couch his limbs, there golden fleepdoth reign.

in-

[named, according

n.f.

Stjrf.

Sbakcfpeare' s Julius Cjffar.

IfTachar is a ftrong afs couching down between
two burdens.
Gcncfn, xlix. 14.

and

improperly

COUCH,

To ftoop, or bend down; to lower in

fear, in pain, in refpeft.
Thefe coachings, and theie lowly curteiles,
Might ftir the blood of ordinary men.

5.

without any land of "his own.

CO'TTIER.

Hjjioird.

is

ambufh.

a bed, or ftratum.

lie in

the

overfpreads

This

Couches the cataracts, and clear; his light,

And all at once a flood of glorious light
Comes rulhing on his ,
Dennis,
Whether the cataract he wailed by being lepiratcd trorn it; veffeU, 1 have never known
poiitivcly, by difleftmg jue tliat had been CM

Blefled of the Lord be his laud, for the dew, and

for the deep that coucbeli beneath. DfJt. ixxiii. j 3.

or cottage.

common, without paying

in fecret, or in

that

film

fometimes fpeak of couching the patUvt.

Some artift, whofe nice hand

We

cottage.}

one that

is

down

'11 cotict i' th' caftle-ditch, till we fee the

light of our fairies. Siwk. Merry Wivti cf ff^iKtJfor.
The earl of Angus combed in a turrowr, and jvas
palled over for dead, until a horfe was far:/

Call forth our cottagers to arms.

ftj-^'.
The moft ignorant Inlh cottager will not fell hii
tow for a groat.
Swift's Addrcft to Parliament.

cottager, in law,

lie

condenfed cryftalline

the

deprefs

couch' J his fpear.

Drydin's jSneirf.

called couching the eye, for couching the

catoratf : with equal impropriety they

Drydtn.

To

/Eneas

pupil of the eye.

Comes like a ruming lion, caicb like fpaniels,

With lolling tongues, and tremble at the paw.
3.

f.vord

humour or

Trees bent their heads to hear him fing his

wrongs,
Fierce tygeis coucb'd around, and loll'd their
fawning tongues.
Drydcn'i Virgil.
Thefe, when death

his efcape.

Let us from our farms

To

the knees, as a beaJl

to reft.

here, uncnvied, rural dainties taltt.

CO'TTAGHR. n.f. [from

1. One who lives in a hut

2.

down on

lie

vifit

Pofe" i OJy/ey.

His flaming
8.

To

in the

reft,

Sfenjer.

full, as fortunate a bed,

ever Beatrice /hall coucb upon ? Sbalt'fftare.
When love's fair goddefs
CsariV with her hulband in liis golden bed.

2.

in the

Before each van

Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpcars,
'J'nl thickeft legions dole.
MUian'i Pjiadyt Lyi.
The former wav'd in air

Sttlcjfefre.

As

fities.

And

court

The knighc 'gan fairly ciack his fteady fpcar,

And fiercely ran it him with rigorous might.

[caucfjo-, French.]
a place of repofe.
more women, you '11 coucb with more

Dcferve as

poof cottages, and relieve their necefTaylor') Holy Living.

It is difficult for a peafant, bred up in the obfcurities of a
cottage, to fancy in his mind the
Scutb
fplendori of a court.
Beneath our humble ccttage let us hade,
houfe,

n.

o>.

down on

lie

Doth not the gentleman

Sbaktjpearis Winter's T<-'A

Let the women of noble birth and great fortune
curie their children, look to the affairs of the
alike.

To fir. the fpear

pollure of attack.

7.

Swift.

men.

CO'TTACE. n. f. [from <.] A hut; a

mean habitation ; a cot ; a little houfe.
The fca coaft (hall be dwellings and c-itagts foi
fhepherds, and folds for flocks.
7.ifb. ii. 6.
They were right glad to take fomc corner of a
and
there
to
God
fcrve
poor cottage,
upon their
knees.
H.'.kcr.
The felf-fame fun that {nines upon his court,
Hides not his vifage from our cottagr, but

M ftttm with

cafe it will not be cafy

-..

To COL'CH.

sMJif;r.

You

which

CO

2.

n.f.

A fmall creek or bay.

A Richer; a cover,
CO'VENANT.

C O V

C O V
CO'VENANT.

[convenant ,

n.f.

French

The

earth again by flood

Surp.ifs his

n"r

let

Some men

Pmfe Left.

Arraying,

Ye

what

fay

An

And

now
covenant is a mutual compact, as we
of
confider it, betwixt God and man ; confitting
man
; and
on God's part, made over to

rccrcies,

To CO'VENANT.

Thou

And

bargain

[from the noun.]

n.

<v.

6.

to iHpulate.

at his pleafure.

Spenfer't

To

It had been covenanted between him and the

them (hould treat
king of England that neither of
of peace or truce with the French king.
jrd .n EdiaardVl.
By words men come to know one another's
minds ; by theft they covenant and confederate.

To

VEfrange.

another on certain
agree with
terms: with for before either the price
or the thing purchafed.
They covenanted with him for
Pointing to

r rv'ry

But, ah!
Forgot to covenant for youth and prime.

COVENANTED,

[from
party to a covenant ; a
n.f.

Q-vid.

ji>eri.-int.]

ftipulator

bargainer.
Both of them were

adrcfpeclive rites of their

miffion into the feveral covenants, jnd the covenan'ees become thereby entitled to the refpecYive

no more
The (ovenan;,n
of inuttul amftancc each from other,

afttr

aJj.
collufive ;

[from

ce^in.~\

Fraudu-

trickif!,.

wilh fome means 'ievilcd

inordinate and covenm

ii.r

flic

i>

reftraint o
,

hoidei

in chief, for hundreds or thotfands of years.

Bacon:

To CO'VER. v.
I.

a.

OjftCi

of J.icnalir-H

French.]
thing with fome

[cotivrir,

To overfpread any
thing elfe.

loathed with flocks, the valley

alto are covered over with corn.
Pfalm Ixv. i 3
Sea covtr'd fea,

Thcpafturcs are

Mill

Sea without (ho re.

The
In D^than

flaming

r.v<.r'd

mount

with j

appear'd
tf fin.

cn^

Under

Mil!-**

2.

much

tin

in fitent walk, then laid

him down

the hofpilable covrrt nigh

thick interwoven.

Hfittat,

have a care your carnations catch not too

wet, therefore retire

them

to

f avert.

Evelyn's Kalcndar.

or hiding place.
Tow'rds him I made ; but he was 'ware

And

ftole into the invert

concealment

SMeJftart'i Romeo and Juliet.

your faithful guide,
Through this gloomy covert wide.
Thence -to the covert!, and thecenfciousgrovci,
The fcenes of his pad triumphs and his loves.

Mfa*

Deniam*

Deep

artifi-

and effectually infmuated, under the cover

citU-r of a real fat of of a fuppofed one. /. Eftr
As the fpli-cn has great inconvcniencies, fo th
br it is a hanJfume cover for imperfec

cially

army was under

forced to retire.

cover, they

is

lodg'd

I "ve

if Inntcncr.

track'd her to her co-

'

CO'VERT.

aJj.

Sheltered

it,

Cato*

[cowert, French.]
not open ; not expofect.

to plant 3
arc, of either h*tt th* green,
covert alley, upon carpenter's work, about twelve
foot in height, ty which you may go in (hade into

You

the

gar.!,

The

Bacon.

u.

fox

is

hulbandman,

bead

alfi very prejudicial to the

efpcci.illy

in

places

that are near

foreft-woods and coveri places. Mtrtfn, llu/liandrj.

this ample field,
T<)j!ctliet let us beat
Try what the opeu, what the c'.iiiri yield.

cold

COVER-SHAME, n.f. {cover and Jhame.]

Some appearance uled te conceal infamy.

ftars or fun.

lodge

might b.
Chrendtn

deer
vert

Collier an the Sflcin

defence from weather.

3. Shelter;
In the mean tinie, by u=in^ compelled to
in the lielJ, whJJi grew now to he very
his

woutJ I run,

Be fure ye mind the word and when I give

Ru(h in at once, and fd= upon your prey.

pretence
lions.

covert

Drydtn's Sta

The

be

fome thick

into

Impenetrable to the

which

mr,

I (hall be

Ray on the Creation.

a fcreen ; a veil ; a

appearance, under
fomething is hidden.
The truth and reafon of things may

ot"

of the wood.

Saraet'i 'Theory.

fuperficial

Education.

A thicket,

2.

by making

\vhilrt

Milton

wont.

Now

Drytkri'i Ju-vcnat.
With your hand, or any other cover, you Mop
the vcfiel fo as wholly to exclude the air.

tht

fudden alarm, or watch-word, to

was the hour of right, when thus the Son

Commun'd

Unfatisfied with margins clofelywrit,

r oams o'er the ctvtrt, and not finifh'd yet.

afTurance

^ bt-tore.
taking of the covenant, than they h
Oxford Reajons afrtiiir/7 ice Covtna;

CO'VEKOUS.

It

Oreftes' bulky rage,

[from cwtnant.'}
covenant.
A wore

lhall h..v=

Roman

laid over another.

them.

/.

are by

They

Of trees

is

xvi. 4.

be called out to their military motions, under Iky

or covert, according to the feafon, as was the

thing that

way

civil wars.

introduced in tb

Ifaiab,

The fecundine is but a general covir, not (hapod

according to the parts; the (kin is (haped according
Bacon.
to the parts.
The fountains could be ftrengthened no other
a ftrong cover or arch over
than

Jyliffe'l Perergo*.

privileges.

COVEKA'NTER. n.
One who takes a

lent

Any

r.

coui/ert,Ff.J

There JhaU be a tabernacle for a (hadow in the

and for a place of refuge,
day-time from the heat,
and for a covert from ftorm and rain. Jjaiab, iv. 6.

CO'VER. n.f. [from the verb.]

Car tb's

Let mine outcatts dwell with thee, Moab ; be

thou a avert to them from the face of the fpoiler,

to brood on.

had conferred the honour of grandee

or
upon him, which was of no other advantage
to him, than to be covered in the
fij,nification
Dryden.
prelence of that king.

heap of fand,

grain, to live a Viar demand j

unmindful of th' erfi-fl of time,

_'O'VERT. n.f. [from c over

A (belter ; a defence.

i .

To
To

pendent
The king

Matthew.

fj vcr .

Drydtn": Failles.

want of a houfe and bed, forced to lie

on the ground, wrapt up in my coverlet.
Swift.

copulate with a female.

wear the hat, or garment of the
9.
head, as a mark of fuperiority or inde-

thirty pieces of

violets,

filken curtains over her difplay,

I was, for

takes his ftand upon a neighbouring

that means
bcugh within her hearing, and by
amufes and diverts her with his fongs during the
whole time of her fitting.
Mdijons SfeSator.
3.

the reft are concealed.

and in

flicets, and arras. covrrlrts.

Sprn'tn
This done, the holt produc'd the genia! bed,
Which with no coftly coverlet they Iprrad.

Mil tea.

all

in lilies

Andodour'd

may'it repent,

generally

covenanted with him, that it

Jupiter
hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or windy, as the

To

And

Natural hiftorians obfervc, that only the male

birds have voices ; that their fongs begin a little
bffore breeding time, and end a little after; that,
whilft the hen is covering her eggs, the male

South.
fliould be

tenant Ihould direft.

Lay her

incubate

n. f.
[cou-vrelifl, French.]
outerinoft of the bedclothes ; that

under which

Petti, iv. 8.

Cu-wley.

j.

The

fins.

to protecl.
His calm and blamelefs life
Does with fubftantial Weflednefs abound,
And the foft wings of peace cover him round.

Stan tf Ireland.

fpread.

JO'VERLET.

one bid aft with many deeds well done

May'ft cover'.
fhelter

Cvuley,
royal bed,

DryJcn's Fables.
Sometimes Providence cafts things fo, that truth
and
when it is wrapc
fame
and intcreft lie the
way ;
follow
up in this covering, men can be content to
South.
j%

Watts.

Hi; lord uled commonly fo to covenant with him,

which if at any time the tenant difliked, he might

2.

my

fame folit.iry place,

from human race.

Sbakiffeare' s Cyir.Mine.

freely depart

caver

retreat

of
Charity flull crvir the multitude

but lend my.diamond till your return

J
let there be covenants drawn between u>

To

to

Sink. KingLtar.

The
Our eyes the fubtle covering pafs,
And Ice the lily through its glafs.
Then from trie floor he rais'd a
With cov' rings of Sidonian purple

To conceal from notice or punilhment.

;.

ftall

me

mere nonfenfe.

agreement.

lead

me.

intieat to lead

I'll

her flefh methinks is feen

brighter foul that dwells within j

m,

ferve only to over nonfenfe

Raillery and wit
with fliamc, when rcafon has firft proved it to be

terms of

the

containing

Whom

Through

.
r

by God.

writing

To hide by fuperficial appearances.

To overwhelm to bury.

\.

of conditions, on man's part, required

Harvnor.d's PraRital Catecbifm.

his father's light.. Milton.

Diydai's Virgd.

compact.

3.

from

Cmi!ey.

on certain terms

agreement

over the
fpread a covering
tSam. xvii. 19.
Bring feme covering for this naked foul,

Cevtr me, >e pines

cedars with innumerable boughs

Or

L'EJlm'ige.

2.

The women took and

that I may never fee them more. Milt.

In lire's cool vale let my low fcene be laid,
Cover me, gods, with Tempe's thitkeft fliade.

them.

ears againft
they will, they ftop their

cover'il

well's njau'.h.

a cn-crjnt
they have made

1st divines, fathers, friends,

^O'VERING. n.f. [from cover.'] Drefs

vefture ; any thing fpread over another.

hearts,

Hide

vit'i hell

Merchant of Venue,

Does he put on holy garments for a cavir-jkair.t

of lewdnefs ?
Drydcns Spanijh friar.

but inward nakednefs, much more

rake of rijhteoufnefs
Opprobrious, with his

Of

The Englilh make the ocean their abode,

Whofe readj- fails with cv'ry wind can fly,
And make a av'ntmt with th' inconftint iky.
live as if

Skakcj'fcjris

conceal under fomething laid over.

Nor he their ouward only with the (kins

To

2.

the fca

Milton's

bounds.

tlie table,
to dinner.

and we

ferve in the meat,

convention, Latin.]
contract ; a ftioulation.
He makes a c-rrtfrt never to dcftroy

I.

them cover
come in

will

Ot> to thy fellows, bid

Poke's EJfijs,

2.

Secret; hidden; private; infidious.

And

How
Ail

let us prel'ent'.y go fit in council,

twert mitten may be bert <hlclos'd,
i,<:u

pen:., fi.rcft anfwert-d.

C O U

C O V
Sy what
Whether of open
We now debate.

beft

Milton'; PftJife Lift.

CO'VETABLE.

fcma

CO'VET

wifhed for

covert.

fortified

COVBRT-WAV.

n. /.

maks

it

belicged pallifadc

cretly

clofely

An

crecy

'

be

it is

He

Vim

faw

varicioully

Hi/lorJ.

cfveriures.

flf.llia's

PartJiff Lcjl.

2.

beyond

due bounds.
Jf

am

the

mod

it

be a

fin to eavtl

offeading
I

Unknown

to

wnf.an

man

honour,
Siak. }{ta. V.

tlive,

Scarcely have civrltd what was mine own ;

At n-i time broke* my fairfa.
Sbak/fp. Afjil/ttb.
father ! tan it be, that jbul> f iblime
>
clime
our
tcrrellrimt
Return to viftt
A-id that tiie ;-cn'roiis mind, rclcu'd by death,
limbs aid mortal breith
Can fnat

ly

2.

To

at

much

to be

All thingi etvfiatg

may
which ennut
like onto CJ *. in being ever ; th
to cont.oue
doth
fcek
attain
hereunto
perfon:illy,
itfel/

another way, by oft>pring and propagation.

.

Bu:

King y^bn.

cna earneftly tht bcil gifts,

Cr.

<ii.

31.

For his

While

<ltir

lake

die.
I

rattling ccngt-t

in,;
li.s

COUGH.

11. n.

[kuchen.

have the lungs convulCtl

to

and

his

[culler,

u/rcr,

and his ax, and his mat-

to

whet

^'^tnuef, xiii. 2.0.

(lone to Iharpen the i:u:thcif natural faculties.

is

trie 'grind

for iVi.T ciays

in

chief prieils, and

all

the tounci!, fought fallc

/I^.i.'rrr;*', xxvi. 59.

Aft of pubiick deliberation.

The fccpter'd heralds call
council a\ the city gates : ac;on
Gri'y-ruMJril tr.trn and grate, with warriors
AHe nble , ,nd h.iran^ais art- heard.
Mutw*

mxM,

3.

An

aifemhly of divines

to deliberate

upon

religion.
Some borrow all (heir religion from the fathers

of the Cttriftian church, or (Voin their fynods or

vcflvls tore.

Dutch.]

n. f.

To

Smith.

To

xv. 38.

hifti>ri;s compofcd by politicians, they are

drawing up a perpetual fchemc of > aufes and
cvmr,, and preferving a comtant corrcfpondence
between the camp and the cmnc'J table.

jB-j.Wi Natural Hijiny.

relllefs nights you bore,

heaving

Mic.

he could f

ill

In

cog'.

In ft/iifu.nptiiii's of the lungs, when natuic canthr cm/h, nv.-n fill int) fluxi-s of the
not

and then they

the

for

2.

pronounced

the

flendexly

The Stygian atn.i/ thus diflblv'd j and forth

In orJi:r came the grand infornal peers.
M:!i.n,

convuln.f. [kuch, Dutch.}

fion of the lungs vellicatcd by fome
It is

all

if

confutation.

COUGH,

not

partridges
cevey
our infantry in difortlrr.
jfitdfin ! Frstr'ctrlcr.
There wvuld ke no walking in a ftady wood,
without fpringing a covey of toafts.

belly,

but

CO'UNCIL. n.f. [concilium, Latin.]

An aflembly of peribns met together

(harp fcrulity.

as is fitting

Hj~.m',nd on r*nda*tcntah.
is long and broad j an J
the c<*uit*.r long, and very little bending, with a
very large wing.
MultBCTp

went

of

i3

witm-la.

exptt

defire earneftly.

icj-i,

partridges
covey
flight of wafps
to a farmer, and begged a fup of him to oucncli
their thirft.
L'Kjirar.ge.
of
fpringing in our fr>nt, put

'

1 caalii attain unto.

by that t' afii:t hit rapines,

maintain his murder* ?

.Literature

together.

and

tock.

im yet
never was forfworrrj

defired

oblig'H.

to

The

he

The plough

[rouircz,

number of birds

if

his (hare,

ones.
2.

which

The
Latin.]
fharp iron of the plough, which cuts the
earth perpendicular to the fhare.
The I'.iaclitcs went down to iharpen every man

T;." -{'..

French.]
n.f.
hatch ; an old bird with her young

that

DiyJen's Spani/h Friar.

in a neutral fenfe.

1.

it is

CO'ULTER.

Eagerncfs ; defire
When workmen Itrivc to do better than well,
in ccvrtwftiefi.
They do confound their (kill

CO'VEY.

v. a. [convoiter, French.]
to defire

And

Taylr'i Holy Living.

man's fpirit, anJ finks it

Skakfff>tarc'i

vtrturt of queen Mary, did, in facl, difablc them

to accomplifti the conqueft of Ireland.
Davits en Ireland.

Am

it ?

get

that takes pains to ferve the ends of civcteufor minifters to another's lull, or keeps a (hop
of impurities or intemperance, is idle in the ivoifl

Cmtf'ufncfi debafcth
into the earth.

djne well, and

that which

is

What

nrfi,

Ccivell.
mation.
The infancy of king Edward VI. and the ro-

fliall 's

fcnfe.

if I ha\t-

it

and meanly,

if

He

The eftate and condition

[In law.]
of a married woman, who, by the laws
of our realm, is in fate/late iiiri, and
therefore difabled to contraft with any,
to the prejudice of herfelf or her hufband, without his allowance or confir-

To defire inordinately

And
ftory,

A-

n.f. [from i.-vetous.]

inordinate defire of money
cagernefs of gain.

Avarice

1.

Harris.

of can.
[the imperfeft preterite
See CAN.] Was able to; hid power to.

how

it,

Ccwell.

n.f.

plaftered.

Rule cf Living Holy.

he will fupply us eafily

't,

agreement
between two or more, to the

COULD,

Co'vETOuSNE6S.

To fierce, and fa fevcrc, ai

not
any thing to ririve beyond the height
f a (hrub, in triof* .iflands, unlets proteileJ bv
wills, or other like cirixrturt.

I.

fenfe.

[from covetous.]

deceitful

[from cove.] A term in

building, ufedof houfes that projeft over
the ground-plot, and the turned proje&ure arched with timber, lathed and

CO'VING.

Shaktffcarr.

fcejnj

fa CCfVET.

eagerly.

be cswtaully reierve

to fufTur

2.

adii.

he care not for

It'

their fliame, that fought

The winds

"Taylor's

polluted.

rather the ihade, or other eoverthan the virtue of

Sacvni Natural

CO'VINE.

hurt of another.

He that is envious or angry at a virtue that is

not his own, at the perfection or excellency of h:s
but of its
neighbour, is not ctmeloai of the virtue,
reward and reputation ; and then his intentions air

turt, that they take liking in,

the herb.

1 n. f.

More (M'ttws of wifdom and fair virtue,

Than this fair foul (hall te. Sbakeff. Hinry VIII.

Co'vETOust. Y.

D:i.

coughs.

CO'VIN.

Siieba was never

n.f. [from iwtrt.]

I. Shelter; defence; not expofure.

may

Defirous; eager: in a good

3.

DUl.

privacy.

ways

Sbattfpearc.

much

Zrftfc.

Se-

covert."]

fo

flnrt.

<v. a.
ejeft by a. cough ;
to expeftorate.
Is th: matter be to be difch.irged by expectoration, it muft firll pafs into the fubftance of the
lungs ; then into the afpera artcria, or weafand {
and from thence be caugbcd up, and fpit out by
the mouth.
Wi/emait'i Surgery.
CO'UGH:-R. n.f. [from cough.] One that

with cwctcui pracitaer,\\. 14.

muft

rcvetoui.

am

To

TaCovcK,

fide
probability hang_on one
of a cwetcui nun's realoning, and money on the
other, it is ealy to forefee which will outweigh.

CO'VERTURE.
It

ii

Let never

Vrydin.

[from

exercifed,

en tie Creation*

Horace, and tuo' lean,

Psfe'i Efiflle,.

avari-

What he carrot hely in his nature, you

not account a vice in him : you muft in no

ado aimir JJztbing.

Sbakefffjrt' ! Mxcb
Amongft the p ets, Perfius cn'crtly ftrikes at
Nero ; fome of whofe verfes he recites with fcorn

n.f.

haw

heart thry

tices.

fay he

and indignation.

Ray

cious.

How can'ft thou crofs this marriage ?

-Not honeitly, roy lord j but fo ccvti-tlj, that
no dillione.ly mall appear in me.

CO'VERTNEES.

money

nrft

I cairb like

Dryden'i JEndd.

Inordinately eager of

i.

Sewith pri-

vacy.
Yet rtill Argnol tCa his foe was hight)
Lay lurking, avcrt/j him to furpiife.
'

cruel nation, ccvrtmi ni prey,

Stsin'd witli my blood th' unholj-i.-ble coaft.

tsvert.]
;

(lore ;
greedy luft did lack in greateft
need had cd, but no end ctvilift. Fairy

wakened thy dog

and Juliet*
Sbakrjfeare'i Rome
problem en4uircth why a man doth
an ox or cow j whereas the contrary
caigb, but not
Brvur*.
is often oblerTcd.
If any humour be difcharged upon the lungs,
it up by
ctugting.
they have a faculty of Cafting

The

The

ufualljr the

it

in private

might

_
adj. [cormcittux, French.]
I. Inordinately defirous ; eager.
While cumbcr'dwith my dropping cloaths Hay,

along the middle, and under-

CO'VERTLY. adv. [from

toothing

CO'VETOUS.

On all fides. It is fomet'mies called tht corit

ridor, and fometimcs the counterfcarp, becaufe
Harr'u.
is on the edge of the fcarp.

mine

Not

fufficc,

Whofe
Whofc

It \:, in fortification, a frace of ground level

with the field, on the edge of the ditch, three or
roxir fathom broad, ranging quite round the half
moons, or other works toward the country. One
difficulties in t fifjp is to

in the ftrctt, bcc.iui'e he hath

that hath lain aficcp in the fun.

money.

whom

Sktktfftare' i jtmtony and Cleopatra.

haft quarreled with a man for ciugfrirg

Thou

French.]

[coavoiti/e,

covetoufnefs of

i.

be

Dicl.

be coveted.

a. f.

SE.
;

to

Ti.

To

[from mitt.}

in ufe.
Moft wretched wight,

Dryd. Sftmjbt riar.

[from covert and
!

lodgment on the tvutrt-iuay, bccjufe

Avarice

of the greittlt

adj.

from

rred

the faith.

Inltead of her being uncler cn-frt baron, to be

under covert feme myfclf! to have my body dif-

my head

hae

while fome cwtltd after, they

The
adj. [coitvert, French.]
flate of a woman meltered by marriage
under her huiband ; as cmert* baron,

CO'VERT.

abled, and

to evacuate the
peccant matter from the lungs.
Thou didft drink
The ftak of liorfes, nd the gilded pudJIe
Which beans would cavgb u.

noife in endeavouring

To CO'V*T. V.H. To have a ftrong defire.

The love of monty is the root of all evil, which

way,

war, or tn-ert gu'le,

o u

To

make

cctituih.

4.

H^jtti.

Perfons called together to be coniulted

on any occaiion, or to give advice.

They

a
being thus afTsmb'.cd, are more properly
king, the great caineil of the king-

They

my
(he

feemed to

majefty in

to advife his

thofe thing-

of

He

The body

of privy counfellors.

counfel and inftruG

To

Either of king or cwr.ci!, you made bold

To carry into Flanders the great fea!.

The

Htny VIII.
COUNCIL-BOARD, n. f. [council and
Council-table; table where
board.}
matters of ftate are deliberated.
He hath commanded,

A ihame to one
For wifdom

much

fo

n.f. [corfllum, Latin.]

direction.

Advice;

re is as

much

difference between the covnftl

cotinfcl

he could give him was,

hi; parliament.

to

Bereave

me

And

confefs, therefore, in the working of

caufe, that ccunfel is ufeJ, reafnn folHooker.
lowed, and a way obfei
;

thr wifdrrn of oid

men, and

Ece/us. xxv. 5.

There

no wifdom, nor underftanding, nor

Prcv. xxi. 30.
tttnUi agjinil the Lord.
the fecrets entrufted in con5. Secrecy ;
is

cjnnot keep

One

4.

that

jull prince

how

Not in ufe.
defign.
of the Lrr.l ilmdcld for ever, the

Scheme; purpofc;
The

counfil

thoughts of his heart

to all gener

Drytltn 's

Co'uNSELLORSHir.

all

n.

Of

good

ufual in corwerfation.

Vour hand, a covenant

we will have thefc
things fet down by lawful caunfel. Stak. Cymtcline.

To

tienre and gravity of learr.in.j is

ofjulticc; and an overtaking judge

my counfel lenrned

CO'UNSEL.

7i
I.

fays

<v.

a.

in the

law

and heav'nly thoughts

ftill

uaffl h'r.

There is d.-.n^rr ^f Ung unfaithfully

and more for tK<- -&od of them thar

him

\~,

Rian.

iiunjillid.

fortune nr;er cruftird that man I

i
fortune decc..-:u t. ,:
t.V.iclore have
Ill

was your mother

By my count,
much upon thefe

years.

Stak.

my

face.

n.f. [comte, Fr. comes, Latin.]

of foreign nobility, fuppofed
equivalent to an earl.

title

CO'UNTABLE. adj. [from

which may be numbered.

That

count."]

The
very

defire to be recounted arc

evils which
jou
many, and aim '!> uvr.'at^ with thjfc which

were hidden in the

of Vandora.

b..lki:t

to

PlNi/n,

COUNTENANCE,

n.

The form

of the face

the fyftern of the

features.

[comfter, Fr. cemfu-

Air

2.

ytan;

[ccntenance,

f.

French.]

look.

A made

ciuntenan.t about her

funpering and Jmiling

down, feemed

virtuous, their

Well, Suftbik, yet thou

mouth, between

her head, bowed fomewh.it

to languish with

Nor change my

over-much idlcneis.

fhalt not fee

me

countenance for this arreft

heart unfpotted

is

bluih,

not eafily daunted.

VI.
Kiakefpcan'! Henry
So fpakc our fire, and by his cfunt a.MiKtW?A
Mitten*
Entering on ftuJiou tSonght-, '.hitrufe.
To whom, with ^ounfnar.tc calm, and foulfcdatC)
Thus Turnus.
Dnctn^jKncid.
t

Souib.

Thebrs

rejoice, for

flaughtcr'd fons

uow

lies

low

fmilr, and think they

they can ciMt more

Theban

ghofts than

theirs.

DrycteK,

Calmnefs of look

3.

compofure of

face.

fcvere; nor with a troubled look,

Or (tumbling hand, the fun'ral crelc-nt took;
Ev'n kept her cour.l'r.anc,', wl.'n th: lid temov'd
il'd

Diklos'd the heart unfort

i:

To

prefcrve a reckoning.
Some pe.>j)le in .America counted

the e'>mi;>
...

a.

won,

2.

EI Itial.

number fummed.

faw you laft,

There is a change upon you.'
Well, I know not
What counts hard fortune cafts upon

in ficknefs ling'ting lie,

count the tedious houis by months and yea:s.

When

ctunfclkj,

emnfcl

that

-v.

vicious couxt their

Ar^os now

Thy

your palaces may mount,.

oince

..

her

Reckoning
I

When men

Sb~kt/fcan.

!': ffiill nurf"

to

faints for to increafe the count.

Sfenjir's

2.

of a privy coun-

infinity.

They

comfuiusi

Number.
Thar we up

Jitnfi-n.

toany perlbn.

But lay, Lin ftn, now we arc alone,

Would'il thou then counfet me to fall in. love

French

\compte,

n.'f.

Of bleffed

to tell.
Her thro' this grate I can count every one,
And view the Frencnmen. SMtffttrfl Henry VI.

up

ages.

L.i Lin.]
1.

For the preferments of the world, he that w.juld

reckon up all rhe accidents that they depend upnn,
m.w i. wcil undertake to count the lands, or t'> ium

Poft.

all

Swift*

COUNT,

counfel-

ails.

[cwftlior , Latin.]

To give advice or counfel

a great errour to count t'pcn the genius

it

COUNT,

Latin.}

To number
The

no wellBacon.

is

tuned cymbal.

What

think

Spenjtr's Irclard,

COUNT,

tare,
I.

that plead, paan eflentul ^art

counfel

[from

fevered from (he counjtllir/hip.

Bacon'i Adi^ue

atid

To COUKT. v. n. To found an account or

fcheme with upon.

the great offices and officers of the kingthe moft part are fuch as cannot well be

dom,

Cerrmcn Pm\-tr.

Thofe that plead a canfe

the counfellors. Thisieems only an abbreviature

For the advocates

office or poft

l^iiiiers.

yuvinjl t Dedication.

n. f.

to

fcllor.

Cod, from whom *II hcly delirer,

counfc/i, and all juft warks do f roceeJ.
7.

The

/or.]

!'.:

PJein. xxxiii.

tit

far his prerogative extends.

Sbaltefftan,

6.

to charge to.
impofiibilitics, which p&ets

impute

Sbakeffrare.

A ccunftllor bred up in the knowledge of the

municipal and ftatute laws, may honcftly inform a

aur.ftl; they'll tell all.

All th'
Count to extravagance of loofe dcfcription,
Shall fooner be.
Rmue's Ambitious Stcpmo'.ker.

and

confulrcd in a cafe of law

is

i.

{hall I count it

fiilifi'l Eriiorn

To

5.

a lawyer.

fulting.

The players

to deliberate

with him, in his ordinary government.

Bac(tniAAi'\cc

men of hon^i.'.

understanding and ccanjdm

is

Sam.

heinous to enjoy
The publick marks of honour and reward
Conferr'd upon me*
Milton's
You would not wifh to count this man a foe
In fricndlhip, and in hatred, obftinale.

machination.

Nor

but the ordinary fnrt of cafmftfhrJ are fuch as the

king, out of a due confideration of their worth
and abilities, and withal of their 'tideluy to hii
pcrtbn and to his crown, calleth to be Of council

firft

Prudence
art
O how com-:.y U

4.

province

quences.
They all

Count not .thine .handmaid for -a daughter of

of a nation, as a landing argument in

advife upon publick affairs.

-Vou are a tamjtlvart
And by that virtue no man dare accufe you.
Sbakfpcan'lUixrjVlU.
Of counftlli'i there are two ibrts the firlt,
con/Hiarii tali, as I may term them; fuch are the
prmce of Wales, and others of the king's fons

As you, or any Scot that lives.

Stak. Henry I V.
3. Deliberation; examination of confe-

that

One whofe

3.

':.)

comprehended any thing a'jove

of time, affirmations, nega-

it

Belial.

by frequenting facred groves grew wife.

Watttr.

not,

Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid,

in this uUJirmfl diftrefs.
1
Miltin.
ccttaft-l,
2. Confultaticn ; interchange of opinions.
1 hold as little counfet with weak fear

'

In fuch green palaces the firft kings reign'd,

Slept in their ihades, and angels entcrtain'd ;
With fuch old cwnfellort they did advife,

Clatt;..i.n,

once

comfort in cares.
WifJsm, viii. 9.
Death of thy fool Thofe linen checks of thine
Are euirfelhu to fcr.
Sbateffeare'i Macbeth.
z. Confidant ; boibm friend.

go to

certain

tions, and contradictions in fpecch, we then count it

to have fome ufe of natural rcafon.
IIook;r.

court/filer .]

His mother wa; his councilor to do wickedly.

X Chron. xxii. 3.
She would be a coanjellor of good things, and a

Bacon.

flatterer.

The bed

I.

-.LI

reckon

to

having a certain characwhether good or evil.

When

This

counfel.

to account

this, as the differences

that a friend gireth, and that a man giveth himfelf, as there is between the ceunfel of a friend ana

of a

[from

n.f.

(hould rather be written

One that gives advice.

Sit'ift.

CO'UNSEL.
-I.

ter,

fo that lie would feldom be in

frllaUt than he ;
danger of great errours, if he would communicate
Clarendon.
his own thoughts to difquifition.

CO'UNSELLOR.

efteem

to confider as

Drytien's Fables.

adj. [ from (OUU/tL ]

Willing to receive and follow the advice
or opinions of others.
Very few men of fo great parts were more coun-

ador'd

at Jove's council -boar A.

the

To

4.

Co'UNSELLABLE.

to the counnl-ioirii

looked upon it as a- work, of that power

Clarendon.
they were obliged to truft.
And Pallas, if ihe broke the laws,
Muft yield her foe the ftronger caufe ;

his coiinfrH'ct

count of labour.

had been our (hame,

crime which brands

Grecian name*

He be convened.
Sbatijpcart' i Hrnry VIII.
When (hip-money was trar.iafled at the couxcilbcar/i, they

barely the plowman's pains is to be ceurttfj

into the vbread we eat; the labour of thofe who
broke the oxen, muft all be charged on the ac-

Tayl'.r.

lefs

Stakeffcare't

to place to an account.

him
Not

jfaifsrr'i Difro-.'triti.

poverty with his wealth, and I

him with my learning and ex-

left

reckon

believed in the Lord, and he courted it to

tor righteoufnefs.
Cinc/ii, xv. 6.

advhe any thing.

The

To

3.

He

perience.
2.

Without the kncv.-ledge

To-morrow morning

my

fupports

though

peace with them.

Bin

weight and difficult- , which concern both the king

and people, thr.n a cuurt. Bacon's Adv* to fi/licrs.
5.

make

o u

friends never to trull to her fairer fide,

rcuncil to the

dom,

c o

C O

d. jf

ot dTt.iin birds
.

their years by
at their

amongit them

them

At others.

Lake.

The two great

court arc, always to kceji

maximi of any

to

gre.it

l>is cc-untcaar.ee,

neep his w^rd.

man

at

nd never
Kw-ft.

4.

ConfideiKe

C O

phrafes, in countenance,

and

To

3.

afl faitably to

'

night with her father.

We will not make your countenance to fall Sidney.
by the
anfwer ye fhall receive.
Bacem's Nnu Atlar.th.
Their beft friends were eat of countenance, becaufc
they found that the imputations, which their ene-

encourage ; to appear in defence.

At tho rirfl defcent on ih >re he \v i> n.jt immured
with a wooden vefle), but he did autUKJna the

laid

upon them, were

Yonr examples

meet

will

it

well grounded.

and
even in

i.

of countenance in every place ;

private corners it will foon lofe confidence.
Spratfs Sermons.
If the outward profefiion of religion and virtue

put

were once

Will you with tenter

The

money

Be

objection.,

appearance of favour

ap-

pearance on any fide ; fupport.

The church of Chrift, which held that profcflion
which had not the publick allowance and

my

1.

oun.]
fupport

To

[from

topatronife

caufc.

man

Oh,

it.

a fhow

contrarily to the right

.,.".

cheerfully on the

this is counter,

you

fal fe trail

falfe

they cry,

Daniih dogs

cannot deny,

may oblige me

perfuafions to anethcr, which,

at the

4.

5.

run

You
You

Spcnjcr.

give Sir Qiiintin, and the cuff

'fcapc o' th' fandbags ctuntcrbuff.

CO'UNTERCASTER.

ccu?:ttr.

counts
I,

"f

a reckoner.

whom

his tyes had feen the

proof
-., nnift be let and calm'd

Ar Rhodes, .it C mu
By debtor and creditor,
,

this

CO UN TER CHANGE.

coumrcafler.
Sbttelfeare's Othello.

That

defign

on

foot.

appointed to

let a countcr-

C!a cnd:n.
:

j.

[counter

&nd

reciprocation.

She, like harmlefs lightning, throws her

eye
him, her bn.theis, nu-, her ma!l<-r,

On

.v />j

'I.

..

hitting

The

objecJ with ajoy.

...

Co'uNTERCHANGE.
and

countcrctjnge
;,/;..

jr.

W. a.

>

CynMmc.

To give

receive.

cfjui-m.]

n.

f.

That by which

[counter and
a charm is

that which has the

;
power of
deftroying the eftefts of a charm.
diflblved

NowtouCD dbrrw^rnridmu

Locke.

was no fooncr known, but others

of an oppolite
part)
petition

11.

Exchange;

change.]

fame

This word is often found in compofition, and may be placed before either
nouns or verbs ufed in a fenfe of oppofi-

Btnjonfea.

n. /.
[from counter,
of money, and
cafter.]
A word of contempt for an arithmetician ; a book-keeper; a carter of ac-

for a falfe piece

to

face, in oppofition to the back.

Not in ufe.
They hit une another with darts, as the other do
with their hands, which they never throw counter,
but ;it the back of the
flyer.
Sandys' t J una!.

cmir.terb^ff,

SiJnn.

COUNTERCHA'RM.

The

fuch a

Go, captain Stub, lead on, and (how

What houfe you come of, by the blow

To

tion.

to thefc ladies love did

countenance,
to his miftrefc each himfclf ftrovc to advance.

him

a ftroku

the laddie,
f.om the horfe.

time 1 am fpcaking, I may wifli

may not prevail
on him
in this cafe, it is plain, the will and the

in his

,-/.,'<

the fecond gave

tuff.}

was not to be driven from

the (addle with broken
girths was driven

of.

at

Is ftV-

Contrary ways.
life

the

Each

And

He

Sbakeffeart's Hem'et,

Exodus.

hairs to countenance

and

that, bccaul'e Phalantus

Ech

A man, whom

looks natural and graceful in one that h

To make

The wrong way

2.

3.

This conceit, though countenanced by learned

men, is not made out cither by experience or reafon.
Bn-wn.
Thi national fault, of being fo very talkative,

2.

the

thinks it brave, at his firft fetting out, to

fignaliz.' himfclt in running counter to all the rules
of virtue.
Lode.

How

to vindicate.

Neither /halt thou countenance a

poor

make

He

defire
;

God's, and

n. /.
[counter

CtiU an Trade.

Sbakrfpcarc.

v. a.

wills in

courfe.

with Tranio,
countenance in the town.

To CO'UNTENANCE.

two

profit of the merchant, and the gain of the

kingdom, arc fo far from being always parallels,
that frequently they run aur,Ur one to the other.

Sbaltlfeare's Meajurefor Meafure.

Bianca's love

did bear

ereft

the winds and tides

in a circle rides,

blow in a contrary direction

that produces a recoil.

The

in patience, and with ripcn'd time

the evil, which is here
wrapt up

While he

we

[from counter

Stunn'd with the different

blows; then /looti
amain,
Till counttrhuff'J (he
and
(lops,
deeps again.

naments.

ftatc

back.
The giddy (hip, betwixt
ForcM back and forwards,

will ot his purpofe and intention run c.ur.itr to the

will of his approbation ?
.V:a;4.

Keep me

Made me exchange my

[ct>ntre,Fr. contra, Lat.]

in oppofition to: it is

ufed with the verb run, perhaps by a metaphor from the old tourShall

oti.ei things
were, in hc
Lccte.

it

a.

commonly

The

Unfold
In countenance.

od<v.

Contrary to;

1.

all

as

COUNTS RBU'FF. ni. a.

To impel in a
l>uf.]

COUNTERBUFF.

of a fforfe, is that part of a

horfe's fore-hand that lies between the
fhoulder and under the neck. Far. Difl.

(how; refem-

minifters above

hi

fometimcs measuring linen.

COUNTER

CO'UNTER.

the counterbalance to

direction oppofite to the former impulfe ; to ftiika

told, in a fhop.

gjudyminx,

V/hether thy ccunier (hine with fums untold,

thy wide-grafping hand grows black with
gold.
Swift.

if.

is

and

And

Attcrliury.

blefl'cd

To

Arbvtbnot.

blance.

Oh, you

Dry den's An. Mlral.

your thunder-bolts

him behind

equivalent

o'er martial
people fct,
counterbalance are.

purchafcable by it, and lying,

of pofite fcale of commerce.

eleflion being done, he made countenance of

great difcontcnt thereat.
Ajcbanit Scboolmafer.

But peaceful kings,

Each other's poife and

Money

Srfakejpeart's yul\uiC<gjar*

fee

[from the

power.

which goods are viewed,

felling broadcloth,

Now then we
His countenance for the battle
which being done,
Let her who would be rid of hirn devifc
His fpeedy taking off.
Stakffptarc's King Lear.
This is the magistrate's peculiar
province, to
countenance
to
and
give
virtue, nd to lebuke
piety
Superficial appearance;

Coin,

Gay 'i Trivia.

Dai-ics on Ireland.
'II ufe

7.

all

Sometimes you would

His majefty maintained an

army here, to give
ftrcngth and countenance to the civil magiftratc.

vice and profaneneis.

they are no

Wood's

n. f.

Oppofite weight;

verb.]

as

that robs our counter! every

and then goes out, and fpcnds it upon our
cuckold-makers.
Drydcn.
In half-whipt muflin needles ufelefs lie,
And (huctkcoclis acrofs the counter fly.

counte-

nance of authority, could not ufe the excrcilc of

the Chriftian religion but in private.
Hosier.

in tiaje

Stvifi'i Cxifid. an

pieces.

table on

fine

night

Sfenfcr.

6. Patronage

t.>

and money

all

low'd.

him

The

3.

their glory vain in

knightly view,
And that great princcfs too, exceeding proud,
That to ftrange knight no better countenance al-

Thought

Exchequer, yet

reajy, gods! with

D.iih

Kindnefs or ill-will, as it appears

upon
the face.
Vet the (lout fairy, 'mongft the middeft crowd,

5.

in the

[counter

that the remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder.
Boyfe.
Few of Adam's children are not born with fome
is
the liufinefs of education cither to
bias, which it
take oft', or counterbalance.
Lockt.

prare.

recehcd

a.

<v.

and balance.] To weigh againft ; to aft

againft with an oppofite weight.
There was fo much air drawn out of the veflil,

Money, in contempt.
When Maicus Brutus grows fo covetous,
To lock fuch rafcal csyfsrs from his friends,

z.

would look about, the) woulii

find one part of their congregation out
of count*nance, and the other alleep.
frivfi.
It is a kind of ill manners to orici
to
a fine woman, and a man would be cut
of countenance that mould gain the
fuperiority in fuch a
corned : a coquette logician may be rallied, bu x
not contrdied.
Addijint Fmbtlettr.
It puts the learned in countenance, and
gives
them a place among the falhionable part of mankind.
Freeholder.
A.idifcni

better than counters.

COUNTERBALANCE.

To

COUNTERBALANCE,

fum

vaii pro}*orlion or" his inn

Though thele ha'f-pcrice are to be

practice and countenance at court, a

good treatment of the clergy would be the ncccf-

Swift.

means

of reckoning.

in

fary confequence.
If thofc preachers

a./, [from (cunt.]

piece or" money ul<.ti as a

fa Me

effett

In this tale we can find no

principle within him

CSUntC-

[frOffl

CO'UNTER.

at even- turn,

it cut

/.

nance.] One that countenances or fupports another.

'

mies had

its

firong enough to countirafl that piinciple, and to

relieve him.
South.

Wilton.

landing in his long-boat.

Co'uNTENANCBR.

and

[counter

thing from

by contrary agency.

and walk like fprites,

Sbjlttjp, Ma^betb.

To

4.

me

a.

<v.

To hinder any

afl.~\

grave,- rife un,

h<;irour.

The

night beginning to pcrfuade fome retiring

place, the gentlewoman, even Hi! of countenance before flie began her fpcech, invited
to lod^ tint

any tiling; to

Malcolm! B-mqui!

of coun-

out

keep To COUNTERA'CT.

up any appearance.

tenance.

C O

c o

4. Confidence of mien ; afpeft of aflurance : it is commonly ufed in thefe

And

and

(land rrjjeftick,

they change again,

rccall'd to

men.

:y.
r
Lo u N T E R c H A R M <v. a. [from counter
and charm.] To deflroy the effect of an
,

-r
fo

enchantment.
Like a fpell it was to keep us invulm-^bJe, and
fo cwntircbarm all our crimes, that
they Ihould
only be aftive to plcufe, not hurt us.

To

COUNTERCHE CK.
To oppofe
check.]
;

it. a.

Decay of Picy.
[counter <ind

to flop with

fudden

oppofition.

COUNTER.

c o
COUNTERCHECK.

C O U

Stop; rebuke.

for

To COUNTER DRA'W. v. a. [from counter

and draw.] With painters, to
copy a
defign or painting by means of a fine

But

Some
.

and
Teflimony by which the de
pofition of fome former witnefs is opevidence.]

pofed.

We have

1.

To

copy with an intent to pafs the copy

for an original ; to
forge.
What art thou,
That c ovnterfetti the perfon of a king?
Sbakeffeare's Henry IV.
into this priefl's
fancy to caufe this lad
to counterfeit and pcrfonate the fecond fon of EJward IV. fuppofed to be murdered.
ft

Jt happens, that rot one fingle line or

thought
is contained in thi.,
impofture, although it appears
that they who count
me had heard of the

imitate

copy

j-

among

ETC

'

falie

To
To

hour thou diu'rt jjive ear

worm, of whomfoevi-r taught
evil

is

to

[counter

unnatural motions and

counurfcrmcnts
medley of intemperance produce in the

the

diflics.

table, I fancy
in ambufcadc

Mdsfon'i Speffatir.

Hutharfi Talc.
t the face of
falfehood, fuch the fight
foul DuefTa, when her borrow'd
light
Is laid
away, and ceunttrfcfjnci known.
Fairy ^.

CO'UKTERFORT.

n.f.

[from

counter

I.

'.

atij

Cba.r.Ler*.

COUNT ERG A'GE.

n.f. [from counter and

In carpentry, a method ufed to
gage.]
meafure the joints,
by transferring the
breadth of a mortife to the
place where
the tenon is to be, in order to make
them fit each other.
Chambers.

[from the verb.]

That which is made in imitation of

another, with intent to pafs for the original ; forged ; fictitious.
I learn

Now
HJW

COCNTERCUA'RD.

of my own experience, not by talk,

Milton.

General obfcrvations drawn from

particulars,
of knowledge,
comprehending great
ftore in a little room
but they are therefore to be
5
i i-V with the
greater care and caution, left, if we
take
counterfeit for true, our (hamc be the greater
when our ftock comes to a fcvere

COUNTERLI'CHT.
light.]

re the Jewell

any thing,

To

True
,

i.
;

friends

hypocritical.
appear Icfs mov'd than

counterfeit.

icimtnsn.

COUNTERFEIT,
One who
poftor.

VOL,

I,

n.f.

[from the Verb.]

perfonates another

an im-

[from

Chanter,.

annul, or repeal a
(rates

irrdiftiMe

jects, and I'aiitei their policies

a cutfc.

Sntbt

are

Thougt.

Change of meafures

2.

of

alteration

conduct.

They make him do and undo, go forward and

backwards by fuch countermarctes and
retiailiom,
we do not willingly impute to wifdom.

as

COUNTERMA'RK.
1

Burnei's Theory of the Eart!>.

n.f. [counter

fecond or third

of goods

2.

and mart.]

mark put on a

bale

belonging to feveral merchants, that it may not be opened but

in the prefence of them all.
The mark of the goldfmiths company,
to fhew the metal is ftandard, added to
that of the artificer.

An

3.

artificial

cavity

made

in the teeth

of horfes, that have

outgrown their natural mark, to
difguife their age.
4. A mark added to a medal a long time
after it is ftruck,
by which the curious
know the feveral changes in value which
it has
Chambers.
undergone.
To COUNTERMA'RK. <v. a.
[counter and
mark.]

horfe is faid to be eounttrmarktd, when h>4

corner teeth are
artificially made hollow, a falfe
mark being made in the hollow place, in imitation
ot the eye of a
bean, to conceal the horfe's age.

C o u N T E R M I'N E
i.

Farrier's Ditt.

n.f. [counter and mine. ]

well or hole funk into the
ground,
from which a
or branch runs out
.

gallery

under ground, to feek out the

enemy's
mine, and difappoint it. Military Dicl.
After this they mined the

w.i'.ls,

laid the

pow-

der, and rammed the mouths ; but the citireni

made a nuntnmne, and thereinto
they poured fuch

a plenty cf water, that the wet

powder couK:
bcfi cd '

;-at

'

Means of

z.

Uayvierd.

oppofition

means of coun-

teraftion.

He

thinking himfelf contemned, knowing no

nuct^rmine againft contempt but terror,
began to
nothing pafs, which might bear the colour of
a fault, without
(harp punifliment.
let

Sidi:.y.

3.

is

rtratagem by which any contrivance

defeated.

The

matter being brought to a

trial

of

(I:!!!,

the

countermine was only an act of

felf.prcferv.itmn.
.

To

command.
wilh fruilration and

fuch an infinite number of

things
placed with fuch order in the memory, notwithftanding the tumults, marches, and cottntermard-is
of the animal fpirfts ?
Co/liir on
r.

a. [contremantier,

notoriously irreligious, a fecrct and

p'i\vcr faunirrmarili their dccpcft pro-

n.f. [contremand, Fr.']

n.f. [from theverb.]

Retroceffion ; march backward
march
in a different direction from the former.

How

and

French.]
To order the contrary to what was
ordered or intended before ; to contradict,
In

prohibit.

counter

n.f. [from counter

-v.

up ourfetvej

COUNTERMA'RCH.

window or light oppofite to

whi
which
makes it appear to a

COUNTERMAND,

to lift

in indireft
ways.

Military

difadvantage.

fcrutiny.

2. Deceitful

n.f.

and guard.] A finall

rampart, with parapet and ditch, to cover fome part of
the body of the place.
Ditf.

a coin
they are, who friends
counterfeit
Bear in their fuperfcription; in
profpcrous days
but
in
advcrfe
withdraw their i.'ead.
Th-y fwarm,

is

weje, to countermand him.

Banker,

march.]

and

Counterforts, buttreflcs or fpun, are pillar- fining to fupport walls or terrifies fubjccl to bulge.

Co UNTERFEIT.

it

COUNT ERMA'RCH. 11. n. [counter and

To march backward to march

To

fort.]

77%'on.

as

Have you no countermand for Claudio

yet,
But muft he die to-morrow ? Stak.
Mctf.for Meat

and

Of

MHtm'tPartdiftlifi.
put on the l,k,-nrfs and ap-

pearance of fome real excellency

Briftol- (tones
would not pretend to be diamonds, if there
never
had been diamonds.

n.f.

any thing,

of

Repeal of a former order.

[from counter-

And his man Reynold, with fine

counterfcfance,
Support* his credit and his countenance.

.'sv'ice.
;c-jn:>-rf,it,

aJ-v.

alter

God, and,

COUNTERMA'ND.

[from counter-

n.f.

to contradift the orders

Avicen countermands letting blood in cholericlc

bodies, becaufe he efleems the blood a bridle of

of anothat which it

COUNTERFE'SANCE.W./. [ctntrcfaifancc,
The aft of counterfeiting;
French.]
Not in ufe.
forgery.

counierftir,

To

3.

in imitation

When

to refemble.

te-kfan'tOtM/f.

againlt

u>

inclin'd to fear

I behold a faihionahle
bodyj
fee innumerable
diftempers lurking

Fi "

To oppofe
another.
For us to

Jupiter. Addif.Ovid.

,1

Ar,H,oh, you mortal engines whofe rude throats

irr.miMiil J.jve'i dread clamours

TV

Sbakeffcare's Coriolanus.

What

mult

Swift.

to

much

ferment.] Ferment oppofed to ferment.

-'fined

To

Something made

COUNTERFE'RMENT.

true one.

2.

child, I 'm
in this your

/'"!>

in a fearful

'

Sbekefpeare-.

feit.] Falfely; fidlitioufly ; with forgery.

Since the wifdom of their choice is rather to
have my cap than my heart, I will
praftife the infinuating nod, and be off to them molt cour.ter-

came

manner. Bonn's Natural Hi/lory.

Say, lovely dream, wh-re couldft thou find
Shadows to count erfr'n that face >
Waller.

me,

CO'UNTERFEITLY.

Bacon', Htnry VII.

There have been fome that could
counterfeit the
diftance of voices, which is a
fecondary objeft of
hearing, in fuch fort, as, when they ftand fill by
you, you would think the fpeech came from afar
oft'

truft

cn-jr.tcrftit

{%#/,

numaftir
man, who hath

feit.]
forger ; one who contrives copies to pafs for originals.
Henry the Second altered the coin, wh:ch was
corrupted by tountirfiairs, to the great good of the
commonwealth.
Camden.

nor any witnefs, that appears againft it.

Burnefs Tiecry of tie Earth.

CO'UNTERFEIT. v

life

COUNTERFEITER,

counttr.tiidenct,

To

2.

Cymbtfme.
There would be no
counterfeits but for the fake
of fomething real ;
though pretenders feem to be
what they really are not,
yet they pretend to he
that
fomething
really is.
Ttllafm.

Senfe itfelf detects its more

palpable deceits by a
counter-evidence, and the more ordinary
impoftures
feldom outlive the experiments.

in this point, feeing it is backed

by others of good
credit ; and all becaufc there is no

to be a

ther, intended to pafs for

refcmbles ; a forgery.
My father was I know not where,
When I was ftampt. Some coiner, with his tools,
Made me a counterfeit; yet my mother fcem'd
The Dian of that time.
Shjkefp cart's

[counter

Glan-vilU's Scifjis.
little reafon to queftion his
teftimony

but the
auatirf.it
of a man.

is

is

poiT.ble

Chamber!.
n.f.

to die

him to inuTu<ft his phyer, either in

gelture or
falhions, or in fit anfwcis to que!r.ions, to come
near the refemblance.
Bacon.

linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other

tranfparent matter, whereon the ftrokes,
appearing through, are traced with a
pencil.

no tmtnirfeii ;

This prieft, being utterly

unacquainted with the
true perfon,
according to whofe pattern he fhould
his
couid
fliape
think it
for
counter/lit, yet

Stakeffearr.

COUNTERE'VIDENCE.

he

not the

If ?gain I faid his beard was not well

cut, he
would fay I lyes tUs is called the courtercheci.

quarrelfome.

am

n.f. [fromcheverb.il

c o

i.

COUNTER M I'N E.

a.

VEflrange.

the
noun.]
To delve a paflage into an enemy's
mine, by which the powder may evaporate without Eiifchief.
3

-v.

[from

2.

To

C O
To

2.

counterwork

to defeat

admitted to fay what he can for the fafeguard of his eftate, vhat which the de-

fecret

by

meafures.
Thus infallibly

it muft be, if God do not miraand do more for us than we

culoufl) cannterntiiu us,
can do againft ourfelves.
Dtcey of fifty-

mandant allegeth

againft
called a counterflea.

tliis

requeft is
Cmuell.

To COUNTERPLO'T.

<v. a.
[counter and
one
machination
by
plot.]
oppofe
Contrary motion ; oppofition of
tion.']
another ; to obviate art by art.
motion.
COUNTERPLO'T. n.f. [from the verb.]
That refiftance it a counttrmotien, or equivalent
An artifice oppofed to an artifice.
which
is
that
is
to one,
any body
plain by this,
The woif that had a plot upon the kid, was
on the body that
prefled muft needs prefs again

COUNTERMO'TION.

n.f.

[counter

To

If any of the returning ffirits mould happen to

fall foul upon others which are outward bound,
thcfe auntfrmotiiHU would ovetftt them, or occafion

a later

confounded by a counterplot of the kid's upon the

wolf ; and fuch a ctunttrpht as the wolt", with all
his fagacity, was not able to fmell out. L'EJIrjngt.

tb'Sout.

Ol1

-^'^y

it.

prelfes

and mo-

CO'UNTERPOINT.

Collier.

arrival.

its

fupply

The

To COUNTERPO'ISE. v.

place.

did
flving through the breach,
but tlie cwnttrir.ure, new built
a lower ground,
againft the breach, (landing upon
Kr.al'n.
it feld<im touched.

naif,.}

on

produce a contrary action by an

equal weight.
The hcavinels of bodies muft be ccuntcrpoifeJ by
plummet

faftened about the pulley to the axis.

fion

cbnfcieice.

Colamy's

3.

Scrrntr:!.

n.f. [counter and

aperture or vent on the

COUNTERO'PENINC.

An

opening.]

contrary fide.

up the

tent, plugging

orifice,

t" the fart difpofed to receive :t, am]

the place for a apr.ttmpir.iKg.
Sbarf 5 Surgery.

maik

COUNTERP A'CE.

beard and to nmttf/nj/itbe

CO'UNTERPOISE.

would make the

matter recur

and

n.f. [counter

When

the

ccun:erfaeti

olutions, it will then be time

mall-contents.

CO'UNTERPANE.

A coverlet
woven

n.f.

1.

pace.]

Iquares.

Fr.]
2.

written, according to etymology, counterpoint.

In ivory coffers

Jn

c>

arras

:y

hive

crowns

my

ft'jfTd

f E

RPA RT

fom

cwntu pane:.

/.

Normandy agreed
that they feem to
t
or
ttua:
rfai-:icine of another.
copies
Lni;!.iii

ii

wi:,

.i

fa

L.nu if K agian.I
young wench, may pafs
llaii'!

An

old fellow

with

L'Ejtrange.

Oh
M. fjft fcx

<

','',

I;.'

!,:'-.<,

'''

f
.

'

i!-iJv:'--

in.'.dr

.n.

ynu

our

forni'il,

imcn

Dryd.
He is to cnfider the thought of his author, and
his words, 'ir. to find out the counterpart to each
.

in another lunfuage.

D<-ydcn,

In thedifcovery, ti.e two different plots look like

and cooies of on; ancti
lounlerfartt
slWif.n's Sprfiator.

COUNTKRPI.E'A.

[from counter and

as, if a
pica.] In law, a replication
ftrangcr to the aftion begun dcfcc to be
n.f.

;f

3.

whereof each, 'unnir.g through the

hands, and refting in the power, of many feveral
perfons, is fufficient to argue ar.d convince all manner of tallehood.
B^crn.
ctur.tcrrdrKcr.ti,

CO'UNTBRSC ARP.

Harris,

To

of a fuperiour, in quality of fecretary,

to render

Thus

more authentick.

it

charters are figned by the king, and

cctinterfigned by a fecretary of ftate, or
lord chancellor.
Chambers.

COUNTE RTE'NOR.
and

tencr.~\

One

[from counter

n. f.

of the

mean

or middle

parts of mufick ; fo called, as

oppofite to the tenor.
\

am

deaf: this deafnefs unqualifies

were,
Harris.

it

me

O'71'j/f.

of poilbn are obviated.

muft be adapted to the caufej for

C(*unuif>ci!ciii
example, in poifon fiom fublimatc corrofnc, anj
arlcnkk.
jtrl-jibrM.

few friends with countertenor

COUNTERTI'DE.

n.f. [counter and lr</(.]

fluctuations of the water.

Swift.

Contrary tide
Such were our

n.f. [counter
pntfurt.] Oppofite force ; power afting
in contrary directions.
Docs it not all mechanick heads confoun.l,
That troops of atoms from a'l parts aiounJ,
Of equal number, and of equal force,
dm'ct their courfc;
Shou
i^rlc point
fo the court trprcjjurt ev'ry w.ij,

might their motions llay,

coil'e Uic whole in quirt by

and

cuanrcrritlet at land,

Prefaging of the fatal blow,

In your prodigious ebb and flow.

Co UNTERTI'ME.

n. f.

fo

DrvJ.-:.

[counter

and

time

contretemps, French.]
I. The defence or refiftance
that

intercepts

meafure of

Defence

z.

his

his

of a horfe,
cadence, and the

manage.

Farrier's Difl,

oppofition.
Let cheerfulnefs on happy fortune wait,

And

give not thus the counttrt'wit to tat.

Dryjtn's AurtngXibc.

and .COUNTERTU'RN. n.f.

called

COUNTERPRE'SSURE.

for all

company, except

Purati-.j't Left.

COUNTBRPO'ISON. n.f. [counter and foi/on.] Antidote ; medicine by which the

Of equal vigour,
Aud l> a rtcjdy

COUNTERSIGN. <v. a. [from counter

and Jign.] To fign an order or patent

voices.

fiaccn.
grow not too pjtent.
Their generals, by their credit in the army,
were, with the magiftratci and other civil omens,
a fort of auKterpiije to the power of the people.

and

nobility, that they

That

cotinttr

[from

parapet and glacis and fo it is to be

underftood when it is faid the enemy
lodged themfelves on the counter/carp.

Equipollence ; equivalence of power.

The lecor.d nobles arc * counterfrtife to >he higher

effects

n.f.

/carp.] That fide of the ditch which is

next the camp, or properly the talus that
fupports the earth of the covert-way ;
although by this term is often underftood the whole covert-way, with its

(hue of being pfeced in the opfcale of the balance.

polite
pendulous round caith, with balanc'd air

and

teftimonics, interchangeable warrants, and

many

The

Milton's

[counter

not in thy eftate,

replete.
Si'atejfcare's A'l's

-v. a.

now generally

is

n.f. [from countercounter account ; controlment.

ml.]
This manner of excrciling of this office, hath

more

In caunttrpcife.

Sbtikeffejre.

counter

trvngs the laws of

wit).

be, a)

balar.es

The

'

N'

ceuK'.tr-.ijt,

in

COUNTERRO'LMENT.

'A-hom I piomlfe

Th' Eternal hung forth his golden fcales,

Wherein ail things created firft he weigh'd,

and part.]
The correfpondent part ; the part which
anfwers to another, as the two papers
of a contract; the part which fits another, as the key of a cypher.

f>

her fte

[from counter

a.

off a defign

written as
it is
fpoken, control.] To preferve the
power of detecting frauds by another account.

n.f. [from counter and

well that ends well.

Fattening thit to our exact balance, we put a
metalline munttrfoife into the oppofite fcale.
Boyle's Spring of the Air.

for our

enough

any thing e!le

is
fometimes

It

A
A

tell

This

roll.

Spaifcr in Ireland.

;
equivalence of weight;
equal force in the oppofue fcale of the
balance.
Take her by the hand,

preliminary, was (truck

the Dutch.
Swift.

COUNTERRO'L.

To

Equiponderance

An<)

t;>

[contfcpoint,

for a bed, or

in

made

are

reft.

poife.]

Ccntraiy meafure ; attempts in oppofiion to any fcheme.

leait

To aft with equal power againft any

perfon or caufe.
So many freeholders of Englilh will be able to

<;

black lead, or red chalk, by pafliiig it

through the rolling-prefs with another
piece of paper, both being moiftened
Chambers.
with a fponge.

t'

To

as a

To COUNTERPRO'VE. <u.
and prove.] To take

and

be equi-ponde-

to

Digby
2.

found by which any other noife is

overpowered.
They endeavoured, either by a conftant fuccefof (eniua; delights to chirm and lull aflerp,
or tlfc by a
nnc;j'i of reveliir.^s and rict..u
exccflc. to drown, the fofter v.hifpers of t),ejr

narchy was yielded

out of the i:

to aft againlt with equal weight.

;
Our fpoils we have brought h
Do more than countirptij, a i'ull third pirt
The charges of the action. Stakefprare'sCmolartut.
The force and the dtftance of weights counterto be reciprocal.
fi'fr.g one another, ought

adj. [counter and

nature.
natural.'} Contrary to
A confumrti'n is a anntcrnaiural heftick extenuation of the body.
Harvey on Csnfumftuns.

and

[counter

and

[counter

Correfpondent part of a fcheme.

A clear reafon why they ne- cr fcnt any forces to
Spain, and why the obligation not to enter into a
tieitj of peace with France, until that entire moproject.]

rant to

COUNTERNA'TURAI.

a./, [couatcr

To counterbalance

1.

COURTERNO'ISE.

a.

COUNTERPRO'JECT. n.f.

counter-

pcife.]

fliot

great

down houfes

beat

A coverlet woven

in fquares, commonly fpokcn

fane. See COUNTERPANE.

COUNTE RMU'RE.

n.f. [centremur, Fr.]

wall built up behind another wall, to

n.f.

c o

c o

The

\coitnter

and tarn.]

by tile Romans flatus, the

height and full growth of the play, we may call
the
ccimtrturn, which dcitroy; that exproperly
pectation, embroils the action in new difficulties,
catalliiis,

and leaves you

it found you.

To

f;ir

JilUuC from that hope in which

Dryicn en Drjmntkk Pneff.

COUNTERVAIL.

*;.

a.

[contra

and

Latin.] To be equivalent to ; to
have equal force or value; to aft againft
-valco,

Bin***

with equal power,

In

c o
men

In fome

there

are able

as

ties

COUNTRY,

be found fuch qua!!

exception

may

countervail thofe

to

which might be taken

them, andfuch

againit

Hooker
authority is not likely to be ih-iken off.
A:iJ th^iewithal hi iiercdy at him fijw,

And

with important outrage him affaii'd ;

\Vho, foon prepar'd to field, his fword fort
drew,
And him with equal valour countervail' d.
Fairy >uceT
outward dreams, which defcend, mull b

The
fo much

of

w hereby

We

force as

to'

cc-untervji! all that

2.

weigh

And

Equal weight

fufficient

3.

any effect or objection.

That which has equal weight or value

with fomething
Su
-

a poiture in xvhich two

Oppofition
perlons front each other.
Mean while, ere thus was linn'd and judg'd on
In

5.

All ihe

diffi-

to

COUNTER
To
iucrk.~\
effect

counteract

and

to hinder

any

whole

great view

is

take

Is th

iV

it,

that carries up th- train,

.idy, the duchefs of Nor.

It is, arui

Pofe.

[fomitijja, Lat. comtrjfc,

lady of an earl or count.

n.f.

The

French.]

t..c rclt

:.li

are

2.

3.

to their books and accounts.

Men ir, tnde (rldom think of iayinsout
their profit

till

land,

it

ing

money
(..

and

,y ;

th.it,

mmtay-btyii, fi

them.

intcr-.'ft

oppofuc

n thy iip,
1

ciuntlifi

ciiutrryrnan

but )ct

fc:-.ow

Ice

If

'

cr

Now wholly
aidj:. lift,

Hnwt*Hoght,*pnsett$tj p.;latinc ofChciler,

K that earldom tu him and his hei.-s, to hold
;he lame ua libtrt

ad glad'iuiH

Jtcut rex t:r>d>a! f$n?~

urn.

Dwrict,

'OUPE'E. n.f. [French]

motion in
dancing, wh.-n one leg is a little bent
and lufp'-ndcd from the ground, and with
the other a motion is made forwards.
Chatnbiri,

rO'UPLF.. n.f.

him

1'li k?c:>

f.la-.lith.

lodge

my

Than when

in right,

I. ii
ill

Latt
;

der the conduct ot one

re-

[couple, Fr. copula, Lat.]

cliain or tie that holds

n^.r.

wilV

my

dogs together.

fhible-fhind

where

go in couples wit'

I'll

and

1 U-.-l

fee

no further

t,

nil h.-r.

whom

:hi-y

vigour un-

do nor L"

kadcf, but as their cmnrrytivn.

couf/fi

Two

A'/-. ^
'f'fa.-e.
with friends :i3 it is with dj^j
(hould
be
of
FJ-:
the
famarl
they

fome

in

r!

tiji: r

The Brunt

count; a lord.

fit!

rymcn

only a> their

1 lt ">

fo

I;

S,,atch'd

An.l

and worn;
Thu,, ihro' the round of aje, to childhood we

The gall.mt. young, and/ noble gentlemin,

The natty Paris.
Sbaifjvjr^'s Roma

'

And,

:lax'd

[CoKpte.]

''

jjdd'fin'i SfcfJatcrt

earldom.

obfoleie.

comes here?

ir..mr'r, great b.irj

D'jnn

An

mu>i.~\

My

multitudes

CoiuelL

Dilcharge your po*crs unto their feveral cairties,

will ours.
SteUcjfeert'i JiVrrylV.
He caught his d--.,th the laft county fefiiryis,
where he would go to fee juilicc done to a
poor'
Widow-woman, and her fatherlefs children.

One born in the fame country, or tra&

of ground.
Lscke.

fort

L'F.Jlnr.gt.
;

a brace.

Hi was

taken up by a ccapli of fhepberai, and

by tl.em brought to life
,y.
.1

'rsin

'

'i-i'd

beneath the

Fnft:

mvn.

rudick

parts.

one

tliat

inhabits the rural

As we

n.f. [from country and

,'

t,

for the county-court.

Drytlm's Dufrcffj.

'.'ha

p.iy
the':

power has, by a

the county of the town of

KingfloJi upon
Hull, the county of the town of Haverfordwelt, and the county of Litchfield.
County is, in another fignification, ufed

as, the country party.

Peculiar to a region or
people.
She laughing the cruel tyrant fi fcorn,
fpalce
in her country language.
2 Maccabees, vii. 2J,

Ct/UNTRVMAN.
.

kifs,

of courts

to that

this

York another, the city of Cheiler a

third, and Canterbury a fourth.
And
to thefe may be added
many more ; as

Loctc.

Lack*.

were the fum of thefe rhat 1 fhoul

infir.it;, yrt would I pay

having

Wi; m.ikc a
:.-:ry man dumb, whom we will
not allow to ip.i!t but by the rules of grammar.

fheii

TLESS. adj. [from count.']

Innumerable ; without number; not to be
med.

V.

Rude; ignorant; untaught.

-

i.

tr.ide cat

idle bags c.i

Of an

Drycten.

CO'UNTING-HOUSE. a. f. [count and

The room appropriated by traders
('.]

more than >(eT

villatick

wench know,

country

ller.rf

The low mechanielts of a ciuntry town do lomewhat outdo him.

Lxkc.
Come, we '1! e'tn to our country feat repair,
T. e native home of innocence and love.
Norris.

Htmy VIII

SbaitJ'frai

t s

Locke.

ftarti

was

fovereign.
ftatute in
Henry VJII. his time, been much aThere are likewife counties
bridgcd.
corporate, which are certain cities or ancient borough? upon which our
princes
have thought good to beftow extraordinary liberties. Of thefe London is one,

But

their pray'rs ai.d love

coutileflis.

the peculiar happinc(> of the

ot
counrifs
Abiogdon to ha.: b-en fo truly loved by you whiledie
.nd f) gratefully honoured after
It is

(he

things touching jultice as abfolutely

as the prince himfelf,
only acknowledge
ing him their fuperior and

never meant any other, than that Mr. Trot

Ihouldcon6ne hJmfell' tocsunn y da, ices. .V
He comes no nearer to 2 poiiLue, clear Men of"
pofitive infinite, than the country fellow had of the
water which was yet to pals the channel of the
riv:r wheie be flood.
l.octt.
Talk but with ctuntry people, or young people,
and you (hall find that the notions
they apply this
name to, are fo odd, that nobody can imagine
thuj
were taught bj a rational man.
Locke.
A cobntiy gentleman, learning Latin in the
univerfity, removes thtnce to his manfion-houfe.

one, and that the

That courtcrwerks each folly and caprice;

That difappoints th' rrt-dl r.f cv'ry vice.

Ruftick

adj,
rural

all

within fome

lieth

Every

all

CO'UNTESS.

fct

are equal

by contrary operations.

But heav'n's

1.1ft.

received a ihilling from one that owes her three,

and a (hilling alfo from another that owes her
three, the remaining debts in each of their hands

Swifr.

[counter

ftuh be your

in a general voice,

L-0n.'ry

upon him;
on Hereford.

Cannot

line: of Lingtr's character,

place it in cmniervitta or contrail

wi-h that of (he other company.

wo' UK. <v. a.
TO

'ttff.

Crieii hate

have drawn fume

on purpjfe

heav'n

inhabitants of any region.

Co'u NTRY.

Contralt ; a pofition in which two

milar things iiluftrate each other.
I

The
Wei e

Pen ad:

HH.'tjr.'s

.-

my ceuntiy,

fave

and

n.f. [counter

fe on foot a reformation in the orna

and advantages of our country.
i/Yd/.'

menu

earth,
Within the gates of hell fat (in and death,

2.

The king

fo.

Seutb'i

COUNTERVIE'W.

the native

adminiitration of
no part of the

is

judgments of the king's courts. Of thefe

counties four are termed
county-palatines, as that of Lancafter, Cheiler,
Durham, and Ely. A county-palatine
is a
jurikHflion of fo high a nature,
that the chief governors of thefe,
by
fpecial charter from the king, feut out
all vvrits in their own name, and did

foil.

where the action ends, and lalb

b.-gii.s

ever.

Stakcff. Macbeth

place of one's birth

is a

the

fo that there

county is governed by a
yearly officer, called a flieriff, who puts
in execution all the commands and

*/-_> chufe her feat. Coi

thofe that talk of fear.

for

divided,

kingdom but what

place which any man inhabits, o

in which he at
prefent refides.
Send out more horfes, fkirre the country round

The

4.

that

county.

The

Hang

elie.

nt pleafure of a finful aft

or the bilternefs of thf

is

Sffff

to obviate
2.

doubtlefA.-i the

La-

;
is, a circuit or portion
of the realm, into which the whole land

juftice

them hurry from country to town, and

from. the town back again into the
courAry.

[from the verb.]

power or value

L'EJlr,

[comte. Fr. ctmitatus,

n.f.

tin.]
fhire

houfe for happinefs creel,

I fee

1.

Sprat

a hufbandman.

countryman took a boar in his corn.

CO'UNTY.

parts of a region diftant from ci

ties or courts ; rural
parts.
i

farmer

which they won!

ot

Nature alone fhould be the architect ;

She 'd buiU it more convenient than great,

account, the profit at lair, will hardly c c-unterval! th

inconveniencics that go along with it.
'F.jlrangc

n.f.

cour.ttic's

The

Would

Wiik:ni't Dxdaiui
compute, that, upon balancing th

COUNTERVAIL,

All that have bufinefs to the court, and all

countrymen coming up to the city, leave their wives
in the country.
Craunt,

[centres, Fr. conirat.

n.f.

C O

i.ow Latin ; fuppofed to be contrafte

from conterrata.]
A tradl of land ; a region, as diitinguifh
ed from other regions.
They require to be examined concerning th

defcriptions of thofe
be informed.

the afcending fide does exceed the other.

arc to

G O

fchocilrnaftcr,
y ur, I will ():'. .:!

me

who
,

;.

ihall
,

a cmfle of hundred
pounds.
1

-.

teach

'.lon^h.

t!;

my

lo;>

tlirccd

o>:t

'

O U

A pif of criryfta\ Jnclofcd a eeufli of drops,

which looked like water when
they were (hakcn,
though perhaps they a,re nothing but' bubbles of air.

netdlofs Alexandrine ends the

like a wounded fnake,

That,

By

.( t

3.

aJding one

we have

to one,

Locke.

cotfle.

male and

So

his female.

the coufla three,

t.ue in
Sbak.
loving be.
fliall alt

MM/. Nhbft Dr.

Oh!
I loft a

couple, that 'twixt

Mi^ht thus have

2.

heaven and earth

wonder, as
You gracious couple do.
Sbakefp. Winter i Talc.
I have read of a
feigned commonwealth, where
the married
couple are permitted, before they contracl, to fee one another naked. Bac. Nnv .

He

faid

To CO'UPLE. v.
1

To

a.

rit

Now

[copula, Latin.]

one

And

wherefoe'er

like Juno's fwjns,

coupled and infeparable.
Sbakefpeare'sAsyou lite it.
Put the taches into the
loops, and couple the tent

made them brothers.

Scuti.
1 hat man makes a mean
figure in the eyes of
reafon, whn is meafuring fyihbles and
coupling
rhimei, when he Should be mending his own foul,
and fecuring his own
immortality.
Pcft.

To marry

3.

to

1 ihall
rejoice to fee
fit

away naked in that day.

Amos, ii. 16.
Let us imitate the
courageous example of St.
Paul, who chofe then to magnify his office when
(hall flee

ill

2.

which

1 (halt

To Co'u p

make one happy man.

Swift.

He

fall to

and many

tiwic

Mankind.

After (his alliance,

L(t tigers match with
hinds, and wolves with

E'er join d fuch numbers hand in hand.

n.f. [French.]
verfes ; a pair of rhimcs.

would they call

away their pipes, and
holding hand in hand, dance by the only
.':, which they would ufe in finding
fojv
', wl.creto the one
half begin.

.,en

1.

""'""
^.

&

See

Fr.]

the courfti

we have

devifed ftudding-fails,

and top-fails.

Raleigb'i EJtys.

procefs.

Wh-n

the ftate of the controverfy is

plainly
it
muft not be altered by another
of the difputation. fPetlt.

determined,

difputant in the courfe

Order of

8.

fucceffion

as, every

one

in

like

a.

my

maid

head

the

better, while I have a

is able to lead her a

why, he

Sbakefpearc.

Any

thing that fprcads quick, as a paper of news.

To COURB. i/. n.
bend ; to bow ;
Not in ufc.

[courier, French.] To
to (loop in
fupplication.

In the fatnefs of thefc

purfy times,
Virtue itfelf of vice muft
pardon beg,
Yea, curb and woo, for leave to do it good.
'iifare's

COURIER,

n.f.

[courier,

meflenger fent in haile

runner.
I met a

nurier, one

If any man fpeak in an unknown

tongue, let it
be by t\vo, or at the mod
by three, and that by
courff,

and

let

one interpret.

Cor. xiv. 17.

Stated and orderly method, or manner.

9.

And

If Ihe live long,

meet the old courfe of death,
will all turn monflero.
Shalt. King Lear.
duke cannot deny the courje of Uw.

in the end

Women
The

Sbakifpeere.

God, by

rule to any

mud

his revealed declaration, fir't gave

he, that will claim by that title,

mn,

have the fame-

pofitive grant of

God

'

for his

has not directed the coarfevf

its drfcrnt and
conveyance, no body can fucceed to
this title of the fir!r ruk'r.
Locke.
fucceffion

10.

Series

for, if it

of fucceffive and methodical

procedure.

The glands did refolve during her cturfe of

phyfick, and ih contir.eth very well to this day.
Wifemsn's Surgery.

The elements of an art exhibited and

explained, in a methodical feries. Hence

>

coiirfes of philofophy, anatomy, chyChambers.

miftry, and mathematicks.
12. Conduft; manner of

our

proceeding.

Grittus perceiving the danger he was in,

began
doubt with himfelf what
courfe were bed for
him to take.
Ki-.dlu.
finding nothing but a commifery, took the bcft carjt-ht poflibly could
to cihtblifh a "commonwealth in Ireland.

Dailies

m Ire/and,

He

placed commiflioners there, who governed

only in a courfc of difcretion, part martial, part
civil.
Davia on Ireland.
it

Give willingly what I can t.-kc by force;

And know, obedience is your fat'cfr courfe.
Drydfn't Aurengxtbct

A
;

and puniihnients.
"Tis time we fiiouU decree
Vfbzttjurfc to take.

The

fenate obfcrving

TuKin.

Lxkc.

Mdifui's Cats.

how,

they were forced to yield to

ple, thought it their wifeft

friend.

SM'ff can't

That worthy deputy

mon

Fiiit if a right
aurfe be talcc:i with children,
there will not be fo much need or' common rewards

Hamlet.

French.]
an expreli

mine ancient

his courfe.

to

nimble dance.

ning, the other half fliould anfwer.

Sidney.
Then .it the lad, an only
cnp'it fraught
Yi
foa
unracajiing thing they call a thought ;

cou-

2 Maccabees, x\\. iS.

COURA'NT. In. f. [couraute,

COURA'NTO. J CORANT.

Friar.

Swift.

CO'UPLET.

fpirit

durft not try the matter by the fworJ.

I'll

marry beggars to each other.

No couple-beggar in the land

boldnefs

[from coura-

is

11.

tooth in

Dryden's Spamjh

Two

att-v.

Nicannr hearing of the manlinefs and the cmirageoufnrfs that they had to fight for their country,

every creature couple with his foe.

COUPI.B-BECCAR. n.f. [couple and begfar.} One that makes it his bufmefs to

1.

Sbakefpeare.

rage.

fiicep,

And

Bravery

geous.}

males and females of feveral

fpecies.

tif

very courageous mad, about his throwing

water.

Henry

Milton's Paradife Retained.

That great variety of brutes Jn
Africa, is bv
reafon of the
meeting together of brutes of fcveral
at
fpecic!,
water, and the promifcuous couplings of

Halt't Origin

is

performed.

Progrefs from one gradation to another ;

7.

If

COURA'GEOUSNESS. n.f.

lufty crew,

Cafl wanton
eyes on the daughters of men,
And cmplid with them, and
begot a race.

by

the plain, the fields there being

open and champaign: the earl ctturegcoujly came down, and joined
batde with him.
Baccns
VI I.

wiili
.

Thou, with thy

To

Anerbury.
Sbak efpeare for

[from courageous.}
Bravely ; ftoutly ; boldly.
The king the next-day prefented him battle upon

To

couple,

it.

ludicroufly

Cou R A'G EOUSLY.

being refreshed,
Itvcralkindt.

conlpired to leflen

^into the^

<v.
join in embraces.
Waters in Africa being rare, divers forts of
beafts come from fcveral
and fo
parts to drink
i.

men

It is ufed

is

means by which the courfe

fprit-fails,

outrageous.

Sidney.

I am juft
going to aflift with the archbifhop, in
degrading a parfon who couples all our beggars, by

Brave ; daring ; bold ;

enterprizing
adventurous ; hardy ; flout.
And he that is couragtous among the mighty,

performed.

wed

; to join in wedlock.
you fo coupled, as may he
both for your honour and
your fatisfaction.
;

Sidney.

Sail

6.

fon.

he received of Phalan-

Ground on which a race is run.

Track or line in which a fhip fails, or

4.

any motion

Addifont Guardian.
Nothing but the want of common courage was
the caufe of their misfortunes.
Swift.
COURA'CEOUS. adj. [from courage. ~\

courfe,

tus-

and drive the foe.

it is only a kind of inltind in the

foul, it
breaks out on all occafinns, without judgment or
difcretion.
That courage which arifes from the
fenfe of our duty, and from the fear of
offending
Him that made us, afts always in an uniform
manner, and according to the dictates of right rea-

we went,

together that it may be one.

ExaJus, xxvi. u.
They behold your chaile convention coupled
WIt " 'r.
I p ftcr> iij. z .
Their concernments were fo
coupled, that it'
nature had not, yet their
religions would have

which, at the third

when

we went

may

Dexbam.
Tilt ; aft of running in the lifts.
But thu h.>t knight was cooled with a fall,,

3.

5.
force,

this

Coivliy

progress.
be referred, the courfe of a
;

And when we had finifhed our cwrfc from

Tyrr, we came to Ptolemais.
yft?j, xxi.
A light, by which the Argive fquadron fteers 7.
Their Slent ccurfc to Ilium's well known fhorc.

graces,

from their tow'rs

Hiftcry.

river.

Courage, that grows from conftitution, very often

forfakes a man when he has occafion for it ; and

to another.
What greater ills have the heavens in ftorc,
To cemplf coming harms with forrow
paft. Sidney.
St;il

To

DrjJt*.

Stakefpeare.

To join

courage

they throw
Their darts with double

Huntfman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds ;

Clowder with the deep-mooth'd Brach.

2.

their

forne with Jwjftnefs in the courfe.

Paffage from place to place

2.

Their difcipline
mingled with their courage. Sbnk. Cymtelinc.

Hope arms

And eaiflt
.

Sliakcjpearcs Har.kt.

of enterprize.
The king.b:coming

fpeed to repair
KnslJes's

n.f. [courfe.Fr.curfut, Latin.]

Race ; career.
And fome me arms with finewy force,

And
S-xift.

Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude,

I have no rclifli of them.
Sbakcjpeare's Macbeth.

chain together.

n.f. [courage, Fr. from cor,

Latin.] Bravery ; aftive fortitude ; fpi-

A:,d then invoke the

gods with pious prayers.
Drydea.
All fuccecding generations of men are the
proof
one
geny
primitive couple.
Sent/ey't Sermons.

all

COURSE,

as of doves.

CO'URAGE.

him with

with hi; army toTauris.

Anon, as patient as the female dove,

Ere that her golden
couplets are difclos'd,
His filence will fit drooping.

ftood, begetring

the careful
couple join their tears,

purpofe, refuelling

toft.

A pair,

'

alas!

flow length

its

In Pope I cannot read a line,

But with a figh 1 wifh it mine ;
When he can in one couplet fix
More fenfe than 1 can do in fix,
It gives me fuch a jealous fit,
1
cry, pox t.ikc him and his wit!

Addiion
Italy.
the complex idea

This thing the wary bafla well perceiving,

by
fpecdy courier! advertifed Solyman of the enemy's

kng,

drags

along.

COU

o u

in all contentions,

tribunes and peocourfe to give way alf.j

tl.e

to time.

Swift,

13.

Method

GO U

C O U

Method of life

my

looked

to, fets

if

them undoubtedly into

fome other dangerous

tion, dropfy, or

Sbakefpeart's Hamlet
blood, before cold and fettled, left the live
white and pale, which is the badge of
pufillanimit
and cowardice ; but trie fiierris warms it, and make
it
courfi from the inwards to the parts extreme.

Pri,

Harvey

confump

on

fire

ing, and not interrupted by any aperture.

Harris
l&. Series of confequences.
19. -Number of dilhes fet on at once upon

Of

By

'd

2.

Make
Than

fuccefs in

poets have fuch

Stvift

the
1

To woo
'.o

So cwrt

[from the noun.]

woman to marriage.

a.

it flies

you

will purfue :
a mittreff, (he defjiee

;.

fly it, it

you

Let her alone, flie will court you. Ben

Jor.f. Forcft,
Fir'd with her love, and with ambition led,
The neighb'ririg princes court her nuptial bed.

epicurifm and lud

it more like a tavern, or a

brothel,
a grac'd palate.
Sbtkejfterfl King Lear.

Drydeu't &ncij,

a court

Abs Sempronius, wouldd thou talk of love

To Marcia, whild her father's life '5 in danger?
!

Ifaiab, xx%i. 13.

Thoumight'll aswclUourr thepak'tremblingveiral,

While (he beholds the h&ly flame expiring.

juftice

Addifons Cah.

was adminiftered, would convince you he never

had lived out of one.
Prior's Dedication.

fuppliant to your royal court

hall or

chamber where

prrachcd concerning Jela', a'ul tiiv itfurrcdtion,

n fj imprint on thofe
ma^id.-atcs a
.

Attcrbury.

fpace before a houfc.

You mull havt, before you come
a
j

g.ceji cour!

j^]n.

wi^

To

to the front,
a ',s^Ii ^:. ^^1

filent (corn is

M they gain,

you, though they court-in vain.

Pep.

to feek.
and fatisfaction would quickly
teach children to court -commendation, and avoid
doing what they found condemned.
folicit

Their own

eafe

Loth on Education,
endeavour to pleafe.
ouRT-CHAtDTUN.B./; [court and chap-

To

flatter

to

One who attends

celebrate the holy offices.

lain.}

The

m.ii-ls

by a (amous

Open

till?; courts

Sbakejfcare.
St. Paul being brought unto the
bjghed. court in
Athens, to give an account of the doftrine he had

future

A troufand court

juftice is

adminiftered.
Are you acquainted with the difference
That holds this prcfent queftion iu theco.v/

Shakcffeare's Macbeth.

Ev'n now, when

come.
Pofc's OdyJ/ey.

The

G^

to folicit a

Follow a (hadow,

Seem

to

often ufed in composition in moil

It is

of its fervfes.
fo COURT. i>.

fquircs,

an habitation of dragons, and

why

making

wrltiYif.

9.

manners,

have been confidering

'

their court, fince

they are
allowed to be the greateft and bed of all flatterers .
the defect is-, that they flatter
in print or in
only
'
ill

His exaftnefs, that every man mould have hi.,

due, was fuch, that you would think he had never
fcen a
KI-.- :
the poJitenefs with which this

purfue with dogs that hunt in view.

hundred knights and

for owls.

We

Natural

like a riotous inn

It (hall be

'pcare's /Is yr.nlike it.

curt is,

in a crowd 'Would have their vices hid.

Dryden's jQurtng^tbf,
Some fort of people, placing a great part of
their happinefs in (rrong drink; are always forward
to make court to my young mader,
by offering that
which they love bed themfelves.
Lotke.

fo diforderly, fo dcbauch'd and

bold.
this our court, infected with their

That
Shews

be tried nUn in flying of hawks, or

a
'au^atrftng of
deer, or hart, with greyhounds.

low Latin.]
The place where the prince refides

Men

[from the nOun.]

to ptirfue.

Kings

vein,

Dut.

the prince with gentle court did boird.

Spcnfer*

Hanmer.
n.f. [cotir, Fr. koert,

Spectator.

the art of infinua-

Had thou-ieen never bafe ? Did love ne'er bend

Thy frailer virtue, to betray thy friend >
Flatter me, make thy court, and fay it did

king decreed

purfues the fport of courfmg

palace.
Here doyou keep

KtH'.n

One who

-OURT.

The big round tears

one another down his innocent nofe

To
U would

the

Theartof pleafing
Him

hunting the'deer; I am courfing

my'
'ftart'i Love's Labour Loft.
Where 'i tt.e thane of Cawilor ?
covrfii iiirn :t die heels, and had a
purpofe

1.

gaed

tion.

ccurfer ftrong,
limr^ of fhame anc

lca(h is a leathern thong,

by which a falconer holda his hawk, or a courfer leads his
grey-

Snuiftf

.lurvey-jr.

8.

Spenjet.

to his abfent

Sbakiffearis Henry VI.

archbirtiop

court baron, held in that behalf.

wore

a,

hares.

be fo far wanting to myfelf, as

all ufeful

'cous chafe.

hound.

pr"je<fiVjr..

plain ;
Hills, vales, and floods appear already croiVd,
ere
he
a
thoufand
And,
darts,
fteps are loft. F<. p c;.

not to dcfirc a patent, granted of courfun

hunt

fwift horfe

Dryden' s

To

Th* impatient courfer pants in every

And, pawing, feems to beat the didant

Of

a.

a war horfe

murjler

courfe.
By fettled rule.
2j.
Stnfe is ofccurje annex'd to wealth and power;
No n.
againd a golden mower. Garth.

11.

at the court of guard.

Of Canterbury, accompanied with other

Learned and reverend fathers -of his order,
Held a late court at Dunftable.
Stak. Henry VIII.
I have at lad met with the
proceedings of the

A pair of t^urjers, born of heav'nly breed

Who from their noftrils breath'd etherial fire,
Whom Circe ftoh from her celedial fire.

author, Icem harlh, (trained, and uncouth to me.

Locke.

courfe

wron^'.

ifeaby doctors and commentators of any Icct, whofe realbnings, interpre:i, and language, which J have been ufcd to,
f co-jrft make all chime that way ; and make
another, anj perhaps the genuine meaning of the

Nci'.hcr (hall

[from

f.

He proudly pricketh on his

And Atin ay him pricks with

confequence.
,

The

not ufed in prole.

and promifcs are no more than words of courfe.

L'EJlranp,
courfe.
Viithan.'.-

talk as if they believed in God, bat they

life as if they
thought there was none ; their vows

Let us have knowledge

French.]

I JM.

Men

Near

Tbomfon's Autumr.

Stuift's DireSf'rjns to the Cook.

20. Regularity ; fettled rule.

21. Empty form.

jurifdiftion, military, civil, or ec-.'

Any

If any noife or foldier you perceive

to the wall, by fome
apparent fign

Dryden

CO'URJER.

clefiaftical.

Relapfing quick, as quickly re-afcend

mix, and thwart, extinguiih, and renew,
All ether courf.ng in a maze of light.

Then

So quick retires each flying nurfe, you'd fwear

Sancho's dread doctor and his wand were there.

Perfons who are affembled for the adminiftration of juftice.

And

Worthy Sir, thou bleed'd:

Thy excrcifc hath been too violent
For a fecond courfe of fight.
Sbakeff. CorhfjKus.
Then with a fecond csitrfe the tables load,
And with full chargers offer to the god. Dryd. Mrt.
You are not to waih your hands till after you
have fent up your fecond courfe.

I.

7.

All, at once

the t;ible.

ToCovtiE.

Merry Wives of ffinJfor

chair.

tongue derileth the whole body, and fettetr

the courfe of nature.
Jatr.es, iii. 6

continued range
57. [In architecture.]
of ftones, level or of the fame height,
throughout the whole length of the build-

22.

6.

difeafe.

A fmall opening inclofed with houfes,

and paved with broad ftones, diftinguifhed from a ftreet.
Perfons who compofe the retinue of a

prince.
Their wifdom was fo highly cfteemed, thatfome of them were always employed to follow the
courts of their kings, to advife them.
Tctr.fle.

Sbakeff ear e's Henry IV

She did fo courfe o'er my exteriours, with fu.
a greedy intention, that the
appetite of her eye di
feem to fcorch me up like a burning glafi.

as Confumftions

16. Orderly ftrnftore.

The

Ten brace and more of greyhounds, fnowy fair

And tall as ftajjs, ran loufe, and cours'd around hi

not fuddenl'
a

4.

The

Sbakcffcare' s
courfes,

is fitter for him) for fear the

ftag: (h 'uld
be cleared, and the fcenes broken.
Drydea.

Swift as quicklilver it ccurfei th;o igii

nat'ral gates and alleys of the body.

Temple

(which

Virgi

Torun; toroveabout

<v. n.

The

will fay,

Catamenia.
The doppage of women's

or other embellishments, upon

and a third court, to fquare with the
front, not to be built but inclofed with a naked
wall.
Bacon.
Suppofe it were the king's bedchamber, yet the
meaneftmanin the tragedy muft come and difpatch
his bufinels, rather than in the
lobby or court yard
little turrets,

the wall

May's

That beauteous Emma vagrant catrfes took,

Prior
Her father's houfe and civil life forOok.
14. Natural bent; uncontrolled will.
It is bed to leave nature to her courfe, who is th

15.

put to fpeed

of the fame, but more garmihed*

i fecond eeurt

with

up.

To

To COURSE.

fovereign phyfician in mod difcafes.

So every fervant took his courfe,
And, bad at firft, they all grew worfe.

it

CongrOK's Old Bacielo

to force to run.
When they have an appetite
To venery, let them not drink nor eat,
And coarje them oft, and tire them in the heat.
it

3.

His companies unletter'd, rude, and (hallow;

His hours fili'd up wish riots, banque-s, fports.
V/ ahff tare's llenry V
A; the dropfy-man, the r ,.c he drinks, th
drier he is, and the more he ftill defiles to drink
eves fo a fmner, the more he fins, the-apter is h
to fin, and more defirous to keep ftill a nurfe
Perkins
wicked nefs.

Men

continually dartinghares for you to atirf,

certainly cut out for one another ; f
temper quits an amour juft whej-e thine tak

we were

woman

'

am

actions.
; train of
of fo working,a-mirrr>, and fo vehe
roent fpirits, as it v.-as ippy (lie took a good coarje
or otherwife it would have been terrible.
Sidney
His addiction was to caurfes vain ;

13.

C O

the

king

to

of honour have, been fully c'onvin''ej

it./,

on which ju$ce

is

[(curt

and

day,'}

Day

folm'y
The

So

and the next

J.-btbiut ana Pop*.

to del-V,-. itc,

took time

The judge

cvrt-Jaj he fpoke.

That

COURT-DRESSER, n.f. [court m&dre/er.}

of
One that drefles the court, or perions
rank

There

miny ways of

giving colours, appearances,

(hi

aun-irejer, fancy.

COURT-FAVOUR,

artsot

fallacy; fuch
and refcmblances, by

Repofe
Return, and furce their fcantcd

When

of both worlds for

part with the bleffings
and commiuions ; and at

We

rleafures, cturtfavoirs,

fold ourlclvcs to our

Uft, when we have
our
of
fick
bargain.
grow

COURT-HAND.
The hand

;;.

[court

Sound

And by

and ha

A fecond

in

and

n. /. [court

Sbahjfeare.
A.
lady.\

or employed in court.
lady converfant
intoleThe fame ftudy, long continued, is as

3.

in the fan
rable to them, as the appearing long
' '*
clothes or famion is to a aurt-IaJj-

CO'URTEOUS.#.

[court oil,

gant of manners

French.]
; well-bred

polite

time after, are lupercibut, within a froall

fierce, and exteptiaus.
lious, (harp, troublefomc,

Refpeftfully

He
TOO

civilly

[from
;

fatenure, not of right, but by the

as, to hold upon ccurtefy.
tenure by
COURTESY
England.

vour of others;

that

teth a child of her that

complaifantly.

gentlemen
thought them
he
than their habits bewrayed, yet

l(

them ceurmujLj

pafs.

was not only

Whilit Chrift was upon eartli, he
he did not only (tmrttnijj receive
eafy of accefs,
to him, but allo
all that addreffcd themfelves
and down the counnot difdainriimfelf to travel up
Calamy's Sertnotu.
tr
the glory of
Alcinous, being prevailed upon by
Brxmc.
his niw, entertained him cartcntfj.

CO'URTEOUSNESS.
Civility

n.f. [from

n. f.

a ftrumpet.
a courtezan

If

thing*.

is

column

lafcivi

in lo\c
Charlxu-^, the brother of Sappho,

Rhodopc thear/,

Shak.

whole
(pent his

\V

Co'u

it to

'

!:

my

(hould meet her in

of princes.
He hath bcea

If any

a ciariier,

he

n.f. [tiurtctjic,

I.

Elegance of manners

(turtier.

He who was compoundrd ol all

all kind ol
of affabilitv and tutrttfy row.,,d<
of nfgreit, and even
brou 8 ht hi'mfelf to a habit
of rudenefs towards the queen.
fonncr found in lowlv (hades
Cm-rt,fy is
tiplhy halls,
With f.ncky tat:ers, th.n
Srft wa
And courts ol princes, whence i:
t:.<

i.-i

ifl'i

ulilVi'riity,
j

Lat.]

Any one collaterally related more remo;e!y thnn a brother or fitter.

Muci

mt aufir. !

va'i

Tybalt, my
Unh'avjw li^lit

'"tcrr.

v.

''n

O my

brother's child"

li'd

dear kinfrruv..

And

am

the horned animal with cloven feet, kept

for her milk and calves.
We :"! Hut thr i'orns of oxen and cowi, for
then.'
bul.'s; which is

T'.H'

'"

dim

Dutch.]

v;:

affairs.

aw..:|

title

man,

no nurtu-r, nor

given by the king to a

to thole of tiie ioum:il.
particularly
CO\V. n. /. [in the p!ur.;l .iiuic-'uly kiiif,
or k tn, now commonly ceivs ; cu, Sr.x.
The female of the bull.;
kcc,
2.

.ke

fl.ittcri'

'

to (hangers.

,\iid

Stak'ffrc

You know

welcome to our houfi

you are very
than w
It muft appear in other wiys
Therefore J fcant thi:
-art's Mr/.
Sir,

cmrttb

ctar.t

uttere.i

one.
Y< u arc a

plaifancc.

Who

thrre.

correspondent's holiday fuit. jfJJifin'i Gatrd.

Of my

Scakrffn
his
h.vr feen his' ertatc, hi* boffitaHty,

y.v.i
'

in

com

b-.-c, >rr,r.

conveniently

pur;

Fr.

civility;

mar-

My m.xiiMty i,ive to foldiershtre

/Vrrr.
[unefter^ Iharv.
My
CO'USIN. n.f. [coiijtn, Fr. confanguincus,

f.

ala.i

Italian.]

Sv

to

Civility; elegance of manners.

CO'VRTESY.

my
3.

O:ic that frequents or attends the courts

i.

(hall

Tr'.ir.

each other.

In tedious nur'f
And ere we kinJncls find, finl meet difchin.
Drydcns InS'.an Erxpcnr.
and in the
Every man in the time of ccurtfiif,
firft entrance of marriage, puts on a behaviour like

way,

[from roar/.]

/.

woman

of a

folicitation

St..

1.

of ladies.

cwtoM.

As

manner

a reverence in the

To make

z.

of that kind ; n.iy they

jio muncfam, nor any thing
in Europe, which
wonder, with deteftation, at you
Baecn's A'fw Ailaftn
rermit fuch

Corinthian

pretty traffickers,
to them, do them reverence.
rcurr'/v

That

of the

"With them there are no ftcws, no diffolute noofes

like a

The

low La-

A woman

'Tis a brave night to conl

women.

k.w'd.

riage.
Be merry, and employ ypur chicfeft thoughts
To tiur-.jhip, and fucu fair oflentG i:f

is

there to me.
approaches, and court'fa

Toby

Drtmailck Poetry.

n.f. [from court.}

far as

The

2.

Sbakrfceore.

[cortifana,

tin.]

town; aproftitute;

The

ufed of

now only

complaifance.

CO'URTESAN. 7
CO'URTEZAN.J

As

i .

courteous. I

of a

aft of foliciting favour.

He paid hisr;.'./r//',y> with the crwd,

Co-well.

%v:if,

cmrtly

The

1.

comes alive into

To CO'URTESY. <v. n. [from the noun.]

To perform an aft of reverence it

fo

Drtaen

CO'URTSHIP.

by

legem Angli<c,
land.

gentleman, as Sir John Sin

world, though both the child and

were
his wife die forthwith, yet, if me
durin pofleflion, fhall he keep the land
and is called tenant per
ing his life,
the courttfy of Engor

e wortii

In the manner of courts

a4*v.

They can produce nothing

(i much the
eTprefit-s

the

much

or

to be

foft

which

an inheritance,
awomanfeifedof land, and get-

is,

elegant

Jcitfmt.

Relating or

court.}

elegantly.

man marry

if a

which,

eturttius.]

CO'URTLY.

of

5.

utterly

it froftily.

Ben

retaining to the court

-.,

4.

than prailc

my work,

her look forr.e'hing ChnfBachelor.

Congrevt's Old

make

tian-like.

Acour-

flattering.
In our oivn time (excufe fomecuirtly ftrain>1
N*
w'liter pae thin Addifjn'^ remain-.
Pafr.

godmother:

endeavoured to

in, is cmirtlir-fi.

n.f. [from court.]

Co'uRTLY.a<#. [from

Difpraife

haughty, proud, and wain,

She brought her father's triumphs in her tram.
Drydtn's Juvenal.
The poor creature was as full of cwrtcfrs as ir
1
the truth on 't
I had been her

COURTEOUSLY.

IV.

Some couivry girl, fcarcc to a murt'fy bred,

Would I mi;ch rather than Cornelia wed

They

atit>.

a eournfy.

mien

of

Sir Ktrtrtm Digky.

If

a retainer to a court.
C-,artl-ti^, I nth~r thou (hould'ft

ticr

If, fupercil'unis,

full of afts of refpeft.

and
He hath deferved worthily of his country j who
as thofe
his afcent is not by fuch eafy degrees,
the people.
have been fupplc and uurinvs to
Comlanus.
Sbake/f tares
and obligare one while cwrtcM, civil,
ing

CO'URTLING.

Ele-

COUftl)/.]

grace

L.rd Digly

The reverence made by women.

[from

./.

complaifance ; civiliu.
The Ilighteft part that you excel

let us all embrace ;

fome of us never (hall

time do fuch

as leirr.ed as the

gance of manner;

Sbakeff tare's Henry

Other ftates, .ifiuredly, cannot be juftly accufcd
for not acfor not ftaying for the 6rft blow ; or
that
to be the U
cepting Polyphcmus's cmirlef),
Bacon.
iriall be eaten up.

obligations,

COURT-LADY.

mufick

Ele-

not fay as facred

Creek, but as

I will

is,

Engiifli

Hebrew, or

Co'uRTLINESS.

Lear.

the lofty inttruments of war,

to eirth

For hcav'n

records and judicial proceedings.

and wiite nun-bind.
can make

He

all

that

polite.
tongue

fluent as the Latin, aj courteous as the Spanifli, 11

courllUe as the French, and as amorous as the
Cfnam'i Retrains.
Italian.

c:*r!cff.

Sbalejjitan'i King
laft at Exeter,

was

as the

in eourttjy (hew'd me the caftle.

s Richard III.
Sbaktfpeare'

The mayor

luft

manner of writing ufed

or

me

fpurn'd

beftowed by princes.

fits

gant
Our

of civility or refpeft.

futh a day ; another time

You call'd me dog ; and, for thefe cnirltfia,
I'll lend you thus much money.
Merchant cf Venice.
Sbakcffearc't
I to the hardhoufe
you there, while

Favours or bene-

n.f.

Dryden'i Fa

You

flatterer.

are

CO'URTIXB. See CURTAIN.

CO'URTLIKB. adj. [court and HL'.]

was he known.
geatle of condition
was blown
througli the court bis cturtejy

An aa

t.

cow

C O

C O

ll

'

..I-

One

tiiat

courts or folicits the favour ot

'

C.IUIPI

horns of thr bull

After the-

:ier.

milk may
'

be ncc.itavy

yd,

alone.
'I

-n, liv.ving in

the (

':<>,

'

:nlelf

vnas not

,- people thin Richard 111.;

of rear, but wifdom.

nf em's milk

a rlist

Wl^maftSlirftty.

There

Good Cretan

feme

cnte.-tain'd Ixis ^

'

*.*../.

tr> c

Ba^i.

i-

'

'

COW
To Cow.

[from coward, by contraction.]

deprefs with fear ; to opprefs
with habitual tim lity.

To

.Macduffwas from
Untimely

womb

his mother's

'

in the

from

You murt
te, in

houie your milch-cows, that you giv

coward

nvetti.]

-vj&tat. ]

n.f. [cow and

derivation.]
poltroon

to (loop
Let the

is fear.

told

me,

oh friends

b fometimes
an acijfdive.
Having more man
And rais'd the houfe

of

pufillanimity

Fear;
want

with foul cmuardice his carcafe

Whofe

living har.dj irn.-rioiuliz'd

Gallant and

fcarlcfs

courage

Hume,
hh name.

I'airy Qttelrt.
will turn into a

The

ing

But

al >n<: it

vent'i'.us kiiigiit
'tis the fault of

This

Inn

,,f

hate

Mtlt-^n en Education.

''

Ar.J tmitard'vc

is

fame

no.

flume,

from the faddle thrown,

fortune, not hi
ii

Drydtn's

Fiiblt'S.

great, thit holy

our affections; fees

every tr^
inclinaricn of our heart tT dtf-rt his Irr/ice
and
Ireafures up, gainft the
day of his wrath, the feet inuardici which deters us from
his
f'nt ro

draw

3.

fop

pretender

fuperficial

to

knowledge or accompliihments.
lent to her

fame coxcomb that we have i* th' wind,

Tokens and letters, which (he did refund. Sbtkeff.

this

By

above

1 fcorn,
(juoth (he, thou coxcomb filly,
Hudibras.
Quarter or council from a foe.
It is a vanity for every pretending coxcomb to
make hiinfclf one of the party itill with his

Hac^n.
fands,

betters.

L'Eflrange,

hey overflowed with frnart repartees, and were

only diitinguiihcd from the intended wits by being
called coxcombs, though they dcferved not fo fcandalous a name.
Drydin.
Some are bewilder'd in the maze of fchools,

fpake, each bird and beaft beheld,

fits

frcfli air,

And fome made

cnv'ring o'er a kitchen fire;

and nature's works admire.

meant but

coxcombs, nature

Dryd.

ufed in our poetry ; but there are no finer words

Greek language.
Bnoine.

in the

COWL.

fools.

Pcfe.

all

n. f.

[cujle,

Saxon

monk's hood.
You may imagine

that

fenfelel's cabal, they were at liberty to

receive the iroprefiions which things naturally made

coxcoir.ical,

on their minds.

COY.
1.

fcratch his elbow, when he had fweerly invented,

to fignify his name, faint Francis with his
friery
in a cornfield.

CjinJVn,

adj.

Dennis*

\coi,

French

from

quietus,

Latin.]

cucullut,

Fnncis Cornfield did

ufe.

Becaufe, as he was a very natural writer, and

they were without prejudice, without prcpoiTefiion,
without affectation, and without the influence of

Modeft

decent.

Jafon is as coy as is a maidej

locked piteeufly, but nought he

He
Referved

2.

not acceflible

faiJ.

Ciju.-tr.

not eaiily

condefcending to familiarity.
And vain delight (he faw he light did

pafs,

A foe of folly and inimadefl toy ;

What differ more you cry, than crown and cm*! ?
Siiil folm.n fiid, or (till difdamful coy.
Xpenfer.
I'll tell you, friend, a wife man and a fool.
Pofe.
Like Phoebus fung the no Icfs am'rous boy
2. [Perhaps from cool, cooler, a veflel in
and
as
fXj.'.'--'-Like Daphne (he,
lovely
coy.
which hot liquor is fet to cool.] A veflel
At this fcafon every Imile of the fun, like the
is as dear as it U uncommon.
f.-niie of a
in which water is carried on a pole becoy lady,
Pope.
tween two.
The Nile's ca\ fource.
Graixger*
COWL-STAFF, n.f. [ccivl and ftaff.} The To COY. 11. n.
the
adjeftive.]
[from
ftaff on which a veflel is
fupported be- j . To behave with referve ; to rejeft fatween two men.
:

&.-.

aflertjjig

of

Latin.]

cowl

m
.

There, take my coxcomb : why, this fellow has

two of his daughters, and did the third a
if thuu tullow him, thou
blefling againft his wijl
muft needs wear my coxcomb.
Sbakefyearc.
baniflied

n.f. [cow and keeper.'] One

whofe bufmeis is to keep cows.
The terms cwuk'.t-per and hogherd are not to be

Certes, Sir knight, ye beer, too much to blame,

for to blot the h.rn'n:r of the dead
;

Thus

And

refembling that of a cock,

fools wore formerly in

their caps.

Co'w KEEPER,
j

Prior.

n.f. [from coward.]

;

the cnuijh terrour of his fpirit,

That dares not undertake ; he'll not feel wrong,
Which tie him to an anfwer. SiaktJ'p. King Lear.

habitual timidity
of courage.

The comb

2.

It is

than wit about me, I d>ew

with loud, and co-war

my cc-ward joy,
forefecn the prefent blifi deftroy.

CO'WARDICE.

the cockney did to the eels when flie put

i' the
pafty alive ; (he rapt them o th' cox-

Pcfc.
ufed in the manner

Invading fears repel

ills

corrupted

CO'WISH. adj. [from To cc-iu, to awe.] 4. A kind of red flower.

Timorous ; fearful
mean ; pufillani- COXCO'MICAI,. adj. [from coxcomb,] Fopa low word, unworthy
mous ; cowardly. Not in ufe.
piih ; conceited

Sba

And

ctmJj,

Ily,

by the (tern Telcnuc

2. It

and

combs with a Itick, and cried, down, wantons,

dowii
Shaktfpcare's King Lear.

Approaching two and two; thefe cvw ring low

With blandishment, each bird lloop'd on his wing.

Our dame

and couurdi

As

n.f. [cock

'1

not,

fpecies of

comb.]
top of the head.

Th=
them

a;

fr

experience and obfervation.

'ftmfli.
co-ward docs not always efcape with
difgract,
but fometimeoal.
life.
Siu\1.

Tremble ye

by bending the knees

fhnnk.

fink

to

n. f.

cock's

To

As thus he

own

Doom'd

Welfh

The fplit'ing rocks ctnu'r'din the (inking

And would not dalh me with their r|

Bjcsti.
(ten

[ etvrrian,

down with him.

Czlar, knowing him to be but a cr.oerJ, told him,

You were heft take heed, next time you run away,
day, and cmoards

n.

pail be put over the man's hrad

water, theji he
wrrdown, and the fail be

Pyrocles did fuch wonders, beyond belief, as was

able to lead Mufidnrus to courage, though he had
been born a coward.
Sidney.
There was a loldier that vaunted, before
Julius
Caffar, of the hurts he had received in his face.

CM

<v.

gladly they

polies, faintly fweet. Philips.

which licenfed

courier, Fr. or perhaps borrowed from

the manner in which a cow finks on her

\couard, Fr. of uncertain

how you look back.

Some are brave one

from

To CO'WER.

a wretch whofe predomi-

nant paflion

as great

very

n.f. [from coward.] The

qualities of a coward ;

Sbakeff-fare's Tcmfcji.
Thy little fons

to range the paftures

mow the cow/,'//'

CO'XCOMB.

Knoiles.

or

white

Mullein.

1.

vilely.

bell I lie.

COWS-LUNGWORT,

knees.]

Permit

a:

Sidney.

the bee fucks, there fuck I

ci'wjlif't

Will

hare
his diflionefty appears in leaving his friend
here in neceflity, and
denying him ; and for his
cnaarjjhip, ilk Fabian.
Stxtefpeare.

plant.

CO'WARD. n.f.

In a

Miller.
is

Where

vile,

a word not now in ufe.

paltry boy, and more a coward than

meannefs

fpecies of chervil.

COW-WHEAT,

grows wild in the

alfo called pagil,

is

as a lily.

In the manner of a

afa.

meanly

character

MortilKtr's Hujtjltdry.

[cew and

Coii'Jlip

meadows, and is a fpecies of primrofe.

He might as well fay, that a cowjlif

proceeding

their enemies.

many

*. f.

cowardly and

it

CQ'WARDSHIP.

COW-WEED.

from growing much in pafture grounds,

and often meeting the cow's lip.]

He (harp ly reproved them aa men of no courage,

whu had mod cowjrjly turned their backs upon

pretenders to the art of

fairiering and ctia-leating, yet many of them are
very ignorant, efpecialiy in the country.
there are

For fear of what might fall, fo to prevent

The time of life.
Sbakclpeare's Julius Ctrfar.
Let all fuch as can enlarge their cunlcicnces like
Chrift's caufe
hell, and ftyle a iciaardly filence i
difcretion, know, that Chriil will one day fcorn
&t;itl'.
them.

COW-LEECH, n. f. [coiv and leech.] One

who profefles to cure diftempered co\v.
To COW-LEECH. <v. n. To profefs to cure
Though

coward

CO'WSLIP. n. f. [parahjis ; cufhppe, Sax.

as fome think, from their refemblance
of fcent to the breath of a cow ; perhaps

fear.

CO'WARDLY.

'

co-.u-ic\!e ail nighr.

yjur

befitting a

I do find

houfe in which kine are kept.

hay

n-wl-faf\s fafer : the ftafT muft

have a bunch in the middle, fomewhat wedge-like,
and 'covered with a (oft bolfter.
f^iftman.

p re fence of OAavius poor and coiuardly.

Bacons Natural Hiflvrj.

Mean

2.

The

and houf.]

[cetv

adj. [from
Fearful; timorous; pufillanimous
An Egyptian foothfayer made Antonius believe
that his genius, otherwife brave and confident, wa

1.

n.f. [coia, and hypb, Sax. a

keeper.] One whofe occupation is to
tend cows.
n. f.

cowardly, _

cowardice.

CO'WARD LY,

COW-HERD,

COW-HOUSE,

Rogers*! Sermons

laugh with the prophane.

CO'WARDLJNESS. n.f. [from

Timidity

ripp'd.

Accurfed be that tongue that tells me fo,

For
hath coiu'd my better part of man.
Shjkeffeare's Macbeth.
By reafon of their frequent revolts, they have
drawn upon themfeives the prelfures of war fa
oKen, that it icems to have fomcwliat cnurd their
Hnucl's Vocal Fore/!,
fpirits.
For when men by their wives are orct-V,
Their horns of courfe are understood.
Hudibras.
it

The way by

caufe, which prevails on us to compliment the

vices of the great, to appiaud the libertine, rmd

a.

<v.

COY

cow

Mounting him upqn a cnvl-flaff,

(tofTing him fomethicg hijh)

Which

He

apprehended

to be Pegjfus,

miliarity.

What, raying it again

make me haj-py to my guft,
without your ftrsgling. P yd, K- drtlar.
I

Nn more
That

'

but

Retire

CO
Retire

Thus to en it!
With one who knows you
a.

To make

difficulty

Strange cnSittfc

heir Cominius

Yet

If he cty'J
fpeak, I'M keep at

And from

the dreg
firft

home.

Rome.

Th'u

hand he

laid, his

coyly fnatch'd

forth Antinous' hand.

Indeed,

hides but to be found again.

n.f.

Odyff/y.

and th-

they might truft, their

wreak

cafe is

4.

to the

And

fallacy

trick

Peevifh

A man
Of

cheat

Ten
And

WilJom without

honefty

3.

main argument.

There's nj fuch thing

a< that

Bin Jwf.

we beauty

freih, as

day appears, and with the day the king,

early care had robb'd him of his reft
Far oft" the cracks of falling houfes ring,
And (hrieks of fubjc&s pierce his tender brcaft.

full

of melancholy d^d

Drydta.

fudden and quick found.

Any

4.

iiicw.

(he

h.irfli

and crabbed,
as

is

Difficult

is

Vulcan was employed

Change of

5.

And
Have

8.

IHilltn

9.
10.

Sourncfs of talk.

us, PalaJour,

manniih

though now our voices

crmk, fing him to th*
Sbakefpfare.

cannot

A whore,
A boaft.

in low language.

Spcnfcr*

"To

Prh>

ad<v. .[from crabltd.} Pee;

.jtJJifcit,

the voice in puberty.

ickbitings, and vain-glorious crj;h,

All thofe againit that fort did bend their batteries.

I.

with perplexity.

n.f. [from

let

got the

up from the

crabbed rogues that read Lucretius

CR A'BBEDNESS.

hammering out thun-

I have invented projects for railing rorllions,

without burthcning the fubjec! ; but cannot get
l:ilfii to me, who look
upon me
as a cract and a projector.
Md.j ;r.,

Apollo's lute,
of neftar'd fwect 1 ,

fcaft

morofely

Crazinefs of intellect.
A man crazed.

-.

doom

Believe this crack to he in my dread miftrefs,

So fovercignly Wing honourable. Sbak.Wint.Talt*

11.

vilhly

in

perplexing.

CRA'BBEDLY.

eye
out to th' crack of

ground.

cratbulijt author hath,

undcrftonj b' implicit fa th.
HuJibras.
Lucretius had cholirn a fubjril naturally crabbed,

Your

Breach of chaftity.

6.

as dull fools fuppofe,

Are againft gods, you kuow.

line ftretch

ftart

derbolts, that every now and then flew

anvil with dreadful tracts and flaihcs.

Sfenfer.

furfeit reigns.

fourth

Sbticfpeare.

He

It is mecr r
axunge all ;
For though fomc long ago
Lik'd certain colours mingled fo and fo,
Ti.it doth not tie me now from chufmg new.

'''i Strffn.

boaft

Whatc'cr the

call,

SuAling.

Sbateffeare's Macbtil,

Now

four.

BefiJe, he was a (hrcw^ phibf.iuhcr,

haJ read ev'ry text and glofs over

Difc.

Imaginary appearances offer themfelves to our

Impatient minJs, wh.ch entertain thefc counterfeit!, without the lea:t lulpkion of their cozenage.

muft report they were

overcharg'd with double tracts.

What will the

,-

fall-

I -fey (both, I

Whofe

more appear,

And

lite is a

of years, yet

And a perpetual
Where no crude

craft arid ccx-

found of any body burfting or

As cannons

times more gentle, than her father's crabbed',

he's compofed of harlhnd's.
Sbak.TemfeJl.

Nrrt

and therefore the reputation of honefty muft

bt gotten, which cannot be but by living'vvrll

a g'ioJ

It'

divides,

firli

But mufu'al

meer

The

3.

tides.

death,
could make thee open thy white h.-.m!,
And clepc thyfelf my love.
Shot. H'imcr'i Tale.
How charming is divine philof.iphy

Ere

Sbakiffeare.
is

ffijeauui.

ing.

Harfli ; unpleafing.
That was when
Three crabbed months had four'd themf

caxenage,
the eye,

Difguifcd cheaters.

[from crab.}
morofe ; cynical

the fkull, either in the fame part

inflicted, or in the contra: y

part.

adj.

O,

the prailice of cheating.

They fay this town is full of

As nimble jugglers that deceive

where the blow was

fwarth complexion, and of cral-btd hue,

That him

Fraud;
;

chink,

Dryden.

2.

n.f. [from cozen.}

[kraeck,

/.

fiiTure, or vacuity made by

a narrow breach.
Contufions, when great, do ufually produce a

for

the crab vintage of the neighb'ring coafl.

CRA'BBEO.

Children nvy
and be taught to read, without perceiving
be any thing but a fport. Locke on Ed,
artifice

difruption

in-

Phillips:

Argo's keel, that broke the frothy

Than

to

dock

crab cherry, a crab plumb.

Better Cleanings their worn foil can

Jetters,

deceit

The

z.

Creed*.

Drydcri'i Aurcnfixbc.
be ecxttitJ into a knowledge of tlic

CO'ZEN ACE.

art.

adj. It is ufed by way of contempt

for any four or degenerate fruit ; as, a

L'Pftrangc.

a pride to iczrn fate.

Bayl:.

Dutch.]
A fudden difruption, by which the
parts are feparated but a little way from
each other.

CRAB.

with cratt-iyis.

{lore themfelves

CRACK.

lnyhr.

parent.

5. The fign in the zodiack.

Then parts the Twins and dab, the Dog

are not obliged to a literal belief of what

the poet fays ; but you arc pleafed with the image,
without be:ng cozened by the fiftion.
Diyden.
What if 1 plcafe to lengthen out his date

it

Hill.
perfona had, in vain, endeavoured to

Several

At length it would crjct in many places ; and

thofe cracks, as they dilated, would appear of a
pretty good, but yet obfcure and dark, iky-colour.
Kenan? s Of tith.

arid

peevifh morofe perfon.

wooden engine with three claws
launching of ihips, or heaving them

and take

nurfc

d.iy,

thrm

and depreffed on the

hard, and

moderately

heavy,

without fmell.
They are not the eyes
of any creature, nor do they belong to
the crab, but are produced by the common crawfifh ; the flones are bred in
two feparate bags, one on each fide of
the ilomach.
They are alkaline, abforbent, and in fume degree diuretick.

of)'

fruit

Whitifh bodies, round-

fiflure or craclt or'

3.

Let the queen pay never fo fully, 1'tthc muftermafter view them never fo diligently, let the deputy or general look to them never fo exaftly, y?t
they can ccxea them all.
Sftnj:r.
Coring loved no man fo well but that he woulu
ctx.cn him, and expofe him to
rth for
publick
Ctarebdw.
having been cozened*
He th.it fuffcrs a government to be abufed by
ortrlejl'neis or neglcit, does the fame thing with
h'.in th.it
jlicioufly and corruptly fets himfelf to

n. f.

fide,

nightly fings the flaring owl.

Sla/trffeare.
Tell why a graft, taking nouriihmcnt from a
crab flock, (hall have a fruit more njble tlian its

in the old

becaufe in iuch traffick there is comfraud.] To cheat ; to trick ; to

defraud.

found

old (hells are never

they fcale

graft with crai-lKC flip,

A
A

monly

You

wary.

Then

it.

other,

Sbakejfeaif.

[To
Scotch dialeft, as Juntas obferves. to
chop or change whence cozen, to cheat ;

"'

and

abroad,

Fetch me a docen rrai-trce (laves, and Itrong

ones ; thefe are but (witches. Stak. Her.ry Vlll.
Wi>cn roaited crab: hifs in the bowl,

to

Stateffeare.

a.

ttzentrs

tr be

CRABS-EYES,
ed on one

Noble frock
whofe

Was

Be merry, ccx; fmce fudden forrow

Serves to lay thus, fame good thing comes to-v.

>re
.

wild aj'ple.

The mufquet and the co\ftrel were tpo weak,

Too fierce the falcon. Drjjtf'l Hind ami Panther.
Coz. n. /. A cant or familiar word, contrailed from coujin.
morrow.

A cheater

To CO'ZEN.

iliuf keepers.

and crumble away by

Barn's Natural liijtory .
degrees.
The fox catches rral rirh with his tail, which
Olaus Magnus faith he himfelf was an eye-witnefs
of.
Dtrbjm.
2.
wild apple ; the tree that bears a

Dryden.

common wrongs

The

tortijif".

fo as i: is like

hawk.
One

1'ia.ud

of degenerate

fpecies

poor filh have enemies enough, befide fuch

unnatural fiihcrmcn as otters, the cormorant, and
the cubrr, which Conic call the water-rat.
Walton* t Ar.gltr,

[cnabba, Sax. trafbe, Dut.

1.
cruftaceous fifti.
Thol: that cal their (hell are, the lobfter, the
crab, tin irawlitii, the hodmand ,d or doJman,

n.f. [from coy.] Referve j unwillingncfs to become familiar.

When the fun hath warmed the earth and water,
three or four male carps will follow a female ;
and (he putting on a feeming cynefs, they force her
Watts*.
through weeds and flags.
When the kind nymph would cynefs feign,

And

behoves

of

afperity

The

'tare's 'Winter's Tale.

CRAB.

CO'VNESS.

CO'YSTREL.

m;n and

there

Sir,

tlierefore it

away

Chapman's

we confidcr the

thefe are trifle;, if

all

Difficulty; perplexity.

3.

CRA'BER.

Swift.

Sbakelf. Cork/anus.

CO'YI.\. aJv. [from rev.] With referve

with difmcli nation to familiarity.
From

Sournefs of countenance
manners.

2.

to receive

n.f. [frnra ctztu."}

a defrauder.

mountebank their bves,

hearts from them, and come home be-

loved
the traies in

Of all

fprightly lunning could not give.

Drydcx'i dart-

CO'ZENER.

I'll

their

live paj> year^

yet remain

v.',-.t

and cozenage of trading

in ufe.
C'.y

the

But

To allure. Not

a. [for Jeccy.}

hope plcafure in

all

What

Sbakeff tort's Cormlanui.

To COY. v.

none

C R A

..uld

v.

again,

Rnue's J. Store,
not to condefcend

too

willingly.

To

R A

beg you, leave roe.

boafter.

This

is

only in low phrafc.

CRACK.

<v. a.
[kraecken, Dutch.]
break into chinks; to divide the
parts a little from each other.

To

Look

your pipes, and cover them with frefli

out of the (table, a good thickJUtrtlmer.
tbe froft track them*

to

and warm
ncfs,

left

litter

i.

To

CR
To

2.

break

C R A
Then

to fplit.

O, madam, my

heart

is

it's

crack'J,

furious he begins his march,

Drives rattling o'er a brazen arch,
With f<juibs and crackers arm'd, to throw
Among the trembling crowd below.

crack'J.

Sbakcj'pcare.

Thou wiltquarrel with a man for

cracking nu;s,
having no other reafon but becaufe thou haft hazei
eyes.

To CRA'CKLE.

Or as 3 lute, which in moid weather rings

Her knc;l alone, by
cracking of her firings. Dcnne.

I fear to
try

He

other folks

marrow performs

Ha,

will

CRA'CKNBL.

you not?

5.

To

craze

and the bond crackcd'tit'an

Pay

And

I.

2.

3.

E-L.cr.rice,

when

To

his pendant bed

and procreant

playthings of a

tjie

little

To

bond with of.

To look like her, are chimney-fwecpcrs black,
And fjncc her time are colliers counted
bright,
And

Ethiops tf their fweet complexion crack

Dark needs no

candles now, for dark

CRACK-BRAINED,
ed.]

We

Crazy

is

Prior.

and train-

adj. [crack

her

Pofe.

CRACK-HEMP,
:

worlhip, in

3.

hither, crack-btmp

hope

What, have you

CRACK-ROPE,

may

f,r^,t

me?

n.f. [crack
fellow that deferves

cf tli Sbretu.

and

rope.]

hanging.
CRA'CKER. n.f. [from crack.]

1.

noify boafting fellow.

What cracker is thi, fame that deaft our
his abundance of
fuperfluoui b

2.

ears

Glanville'i

The

VOL.

't

J.

with bonfires, and at home

jckers overcome.
Uxd'-lrai

tears ftea!

infant's fun'ral, from

Convey'd to earth, and cradled in a

He

flijll

we

and
,

a cndle.

it.

f.

Bcd-cloth

["

art in

is

ir,

n.f. [craft
his trade.

and mafler.]
it

pride:

Thofc who

man might

wi-te Hot

a"s foon
brought up to

feldom prove their

craftfmcjftr. CcUicr on Pride.

CRA'FTY.

[from craft.] Cunning;

of artifices ; fraudulent ;
fly.
Nay, you may think my love was crafty love,
And call it cunning.
s
artful

adj.

full

he
prelfcd,

King Ji'btt.

Sbalcfpeare'

This oppreffion

did,

of force nnd

ni-,-_,,,;y

Irifti a

and

'crafty people; for fu.i, as a're op!

live in
ut to thl ir
fiaveiy, a,. , V( .,
.

,,

flli

ts -

i
Before
he came

Dale's on l-,land.
;

fight, the crafty

His wings
difimfs'd, but

rct-et;

ftlll

retain'd hi

Dryden,
rody was ever fo cunning as to conceal their
being fo; and every body is fhy and diflruftful of
,

'>

wornji

tomb.

[>ry<len.

be cradled in my ancient fliirld, fo. fathe univeriitics. Arlulbr.v ^*JVvic.

clothes.]

as polifh'd
ivory,

Sbakefprart.

There

Itrcct

mous through

CRADLE-CLOTHES,

Job.

not his
craftfmajicr, he doth not do

is

learn a trade.

.'Ipcll -ni:. s.

from our *>cs, when in the

betrothed virgin's btrte

Or

Th,- bhddcr, at its

breaking, gave a gre.it report, almoft like a era
Boyle.
And wlu-n, f,-,r furious hafte tr>
run,
not (lay to fire a gun,

done

He
_

cafe for a broken

that hath

With fome

craft'mefs.

[craft

Decay of Piety,

CRA'FTSMASTER.
A man /killed in

Chi'

ov.-n

Prior.

Crn-

What a refemblance this advice carries "to the

oration of Demetrius to his tellow
craftjmen!

been craaliJ in m.ijeiry, will not

leave the throne to
play with li'

quantity of gunpowder confined fo as

to bur/I with
great noife.

HJU

of

n.f.

artificer ;
That her became,

which they had been educated -from

[With furgeons.]

He

bbakc'pcjre's King jfcbn.

it.

bone, to keep oft' preffure.

4. [With/hipwrights.] A frame of timber
raifed along the outfide of a
fhip by th-.bulge, ferving more fecurely and commodioufly to help to launch her. Harris.
To CRA'DLE. 11. a. [from the
fubftantive.]
To lay in a cradle ; to rock in a cradle.

chufc, Sir.
ue :

<'fpeare's Tanr':ng

Sba/tefpeare't jis ynu like

fcarcely depart from a form

their .radle.

fu;-cifer.
J

fliould

Which cunning craft/man & hand hath overlaid

With fair vermillion.
Stcufer.
What reverence he did throw away on flavcs,
Wooinj poor craft/men with the craft of fmiles.

duke's daughter, her

being ever, from their cradles, bred together.

They

n.f. [crack and hemp.]

wretch fated to the gallows ; a crack -

rope

JKnatics,

and man.] An
a manufacturer; a mechanick.

Spevfer's Ireland.
coufm, loves

The new

have lnt you an anfwer to the

ill-grounded
lophifms of th.'fe crack-trained fellows.
Aibutknot and

wretched to be juft

the wife in their

CRA'FTSMAN.

It is ufed for
'infancy, or the firft part

without right reafon.

ning ;
He taketh

let

to be inclined altogether to
war,
and therefore wholly trained them
up, even from
their cradles, in arms and
military exerciles.

Sbakffpeare.

n.f. [horn, crafty.]

flratagem.

of life.
He knew them

light.

impaired his credit,. v.-as

Which make him

Pope.

2.

mod

CRA'FTINESS.

lenient arts extend a mother's breath,

Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of death.

Now

report that he did, in all ih,res, faChrirtians ; and had, for tli

crfftity perfuaded Solyman to take iu

unfortunate Perfian war.
May he not craftily infer
The rules of friend/tip too fevere,
Which chain him to a hated truft

more advanced

the tender office long engage,

rock the credit of repofing age;

To

Hiiakefpeare.

To

[from the noun.]

to pradUfe artifice.

common

vour the

cradle.

With

4.

the

Locke.

Me

thunder, when the clouds in autumn crack.

t>.

honelty.
But that wh'ch

for her bed.

The cradl: and the tomb, alas, fo nigh

To live 13 fcarcediir'inguifli'J from to die.

uttrr a loud and fudden found.

biar.1 her,
though ihc chide as loud

craft,
or unduteous tide.
Steteffeare.

failing veflels.

play tricks
out of ufe.

vails.

by

degrees

Dryden.

is

Small

To CRAFT,

Spcnfer.

a S c-

I will

As

4.

Sbakefjeare.
birth, perhaps, fame paltry village hides,
fets his cradle out of fortune's
way. Diyden.
child knows his nurfe and his cradle, and

And

ruin.
not only of banks, but of
exchequers,
comes in, and much goes out.

artifice.
;
h"ly that (he hath committed
name of

cunning

;,

this deceit lufes the

This gives us a full view of wonderful ait and

craft in raifing fuch a ftrudlure of power and ini-

His

little

Arcb'itefiuic.

work of the poet; poefy is his

of making, the very fidlion itielf of
Ben Jtaj'sa.

Of difobedience,

hard

Wiltons

dexterity.

the

1 h' offence

And

.,'u

Fraud

3.

Sbatffp. Kir.g Lear.

jutting frieze^
nor coigae of vantage, but this bird

Hath made

Style.

cracks

Tells

,.

poem

is

fkill or
craft
the work.

No

burit ; to open in chinks.

By misfortune itcrarWin the cooling, whereby
we we.-e reduced to make ufe of one
part, which
Was ftraight ami intire.
fall to

ability

You Ve made fair hands,

You and your crafts! You've
crafted fair.
moveable bed, on which children or
Sbakejpcare's Coriolanus.
fick perfons are agitated with a fmooth
CRA'FTILY. ad<v. [from crafty.] Cunand equal motion, to make them
deep.
ningly ; artfully ; with more art than
She had indeed, Sir, a fon far her cradle, ere me

had a huibind

Xofcmnu*.

To

To

*v *-

applied in a land.

ill

Art

2.

n.f. [crtabd, Saxon.]

n.

a/,

ways

art; trade.

I hear an
objection, even from forr.e v.-ell-meaning men, that thefe delightful crafts may be divers

Dryden's Juvertl.

CRA'DLE.

of cracked brains, that wore their feather in their

heads.
Sana's thty War.
He thought none poets till their brains weie

"*'

which he

Lear.

weaken the

intellect.
I was ever of
opinion, that the philolbpher's
ftone, and an holy war, were but the rendezvous

To CRACK,

tributary cracknels,

Manual

1.

Dryden.

n.f. [from crack.]

n.f. [cpzpt, Sax. creft, in old

Welfli.]

natural function of moiftenjfriutbna en Aliments.

with our offerings help

Sbakcffi.:ri't Kintr

to

CRAFT,

ice

brittle cake.
Albee my love he feek with daily fute,
His cbwnilh gifts and curtefics I difdain,
His kids, his crackr.ils, and his early fruit.

Love cools, fiiendfnip falls off, brothers divide:

in cities,
mutinies; in countries, difcord ; in palaces, treafon
lather.

its

them.

mg

break or deftroy any

thing.

You'll crack a quart

together

To

Dryden s sEnc'u'..
Marrow h a fpeciSck in that fcurvy which occafions a
crackling of the bones ; in which cafe

takes his chirping pint, he cracks his

jokes.

To

4.

lives like

Swift.

Caught herdiihcvell'd hair and rich attire;

Her crown, and jewels crackled in th? fire.

trouble;

it be
prov'd
night-tripping fairy had eich.ir:gV,

That fomc

love,

As boys to venture on the unknown

That crackles underneath them.

bubble,

Whole ieaft part cract'd, the whole d:.

And wits are crack' J to find out why. Harliliras.
3. To do .any thing with quicknefs or
fm art lie Is.
Balaam now, he

new

could

In cradle-cloatbs, our children, where

they lay,
And call mine Percy, his Plantagcnet;
Then would I have his Harry, and he mine. Sbak.

flight cracks ; to make (mall and

frequent noifes ; to decrepitate.
All thefe motions, which we faw,
Are but as ice which crackles at a thaw.
Dcnne.

Dryd. Jtrv.

Sir

[from crack.]

make

Sbakfj'ftarc,

Should fome wild fig-tree take her

native"oent,
And. heave below the gaudy monument,
Would crari the marble titles, and difperfe
The characters of all the lying verfc.

Honour is like that glaffy

That fin-ls philofophers fuch

-a. n,

C R

from

cradle

belonging

to

crafty

men.

CRAG.
i.

Lof j

n.f.
is, in Briti/h,

a rough
fteep rock;
ufed in the fame fenfe in the
northern counties at this
Gil-/oa.
day.
3
2 . th

Crag

and

is

C R A

C R

And

With

as

protuberances of rocks.
mount Etna vomits fulphur out,

clil'ti

oi burning tragt, and

Who hth

fire

and

frnolc;.

difpos'd, but thou, the

lion fpied a goat

upon

"the crag

rock.

neck.
They looken

And

of a h'gh

4.

To

b'gge, as bulls that been bate,

bcaren the crag fo

The

ftiff

and

fo (rate.

[from crag.] Full of inequalities and prominences.

adj.

On

Craggcd and

huge

Crajfjatv.

Brcrnoivd.

[from
of being craggy.

ftate

CRA'GGY.

n.f.

[from

adj.

of prominences
or climb.

full

craggy."]

to

walk on,

Thai fame wicked wight

His dwelling has low in an hollow cave,
Far undrrneath a craggy clift ypight,

Drk,

tion

doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave. Sfenfer.

It was impjiliUe to pafs up the woody and

<rj Sy hilts, without the lofs of thefe commanders.

RaUigb's EJ/ays,
Mountaineers that from Severus came,
And fiom the craggy cliffs of Tetrica.
DryJen.
The town and republick of St. Marino (land;
On the top of a very high and craggy mountain.

Mdifas

To CRAM.-v.

Jfaiah.

2.

raifed.
In cafe the mould about it be fo ponderous a;
not to be removed by any ordinary force, you may
then raifeit with a crane*
Mortimer.
Then commerce brought into the publick walk
The bufy merchant, the big warehoufe built,
Rais'd the flrong crane.
Ttomfcn'i Au:umr>

retreat

confinement

pair of pincers terminating

point, ufed by furgeons.

2.

RA'NIUM.

obftruc-

ftiackle.

fiphon ; a crooked pipe for drawing

liquors out of a cafic.
CRANES-BILL.*./, [from crane and till. ]
An herb.
\.

Brs'wn's Vulgar Errcurs.

reftrifkion

narrow fottune is a cramf to a great mind,

and lays a man under incapacities of ferving his
friend.
/,'// \rrrv.
.
piece of iron bent at each end, by

whieh two bodies are held together.

To the uppermost of thefe there (hould be

In wounds

niam is a
crowd in
without

WitOm.

As much

love in

rhyme,

To

1.

As would

be cratKm'd up in a fhcia. of paper,

fides the leaf, margent and all. Sbak
thus
crammed in the buiket, a couple o
Being
Ford's knaves wore called. Sbak. M. ff. tfWind
Thou haft fpoke as if thy elded fon (hould be a

whof

Jove cram with brains.

Shake/peare's Twelfth Nigb
Cram not in people by fending too fad companj
after company ; but fo as the number may liv
well in the plantation, and not by furcharge be ii
fool,

(kull

Bac'.

penury.

2.

To

fiil

with food beyond

fatiety.
You'd mollify a judge, would cram 3 fquirc;
Or elfe fame fmiles from court you may deflre.

King

am

furt children would be freer from difeafes

were not crammed So much as they art b
fond mothers, and were kept wholly from (left th
I

if they
firft

three years.

As

man may

of digcftion,
i

Ltcki

is

be eating all day, and, for wan

never nouriflied ; fo thefe endlei

may cram

themfclves in vain with intel

kilual food.

Walts

in tbe

But Annius, crafty feer,

CVBC cranm'd with upon from where

Mind

watei-ifh

To

2.

1.

fwell'd,

to confine

to obltruft

It is impoflible to conceive the

conveniences that will cnfue, if

number of

in

bsrrowing

few but find that fome companies be.

numb and cr.tmp them, fo that in them they can
neither (peak nor do any thing that is handfnme.

To thruft
.

The

.im

ftirrmh

in

his fpirits,

and

ties

fenfe.

Fate has crtrr,m'd us all into on leafe,

that even now expiring.
Dryden's (,,
In another printed paper it is roundly exprefled

tlut he will

criijs

hi: brafc

down our

tfifoats.

Sv'\f

as

i.

alh

endeavours

Italy
for deprcfling th

To

Them/en's Sfring

CRA'MPIRON../
See CRAMP,

[from (ramp Andiron.

Miltcn.

tmkranck,

Dutch.

fprightly

fometimes

cor-

Not

in ufe.
as hulls that b?en
bate,
And bearen the crag fo (tiff and fo ftate
As cockl: on his dunghill crowing cranke. Sftnftr.
i.

bind with crampirons.

CRA'MPFISH. n.f. [from cram
The torpedo, which benumbs the hand
of thofe that touch it.

Healthy;

rupted to cranky.
They looken btgge,

Shift
cold,

[from

atlj.

Skinner. ~\

nobles, and railing the people, particularly ib

cramping the former in their power of judicature.

No more
Th' expanse atmofphere is cramf' d with
But full of life, and 'vivifying foul.

hang on Hebe's cheek,

love to live in dimple (leek.

maxims.
Mariui ufed

$.

And

Such

And

',

c-i:

Sbaliefpeare'sCorklar.ut.

conceit

Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles,

CRANK,

Addijtn

they live.

formed by twifting or
changing, in any manner, the form or
meaning of a word.

Any

antiquaries are for cramping their fubjecl

into as narrow a fpace as they can, and for reducin
the whole extent of a fcience into a few
grnera

Sbakrfptcrt'sT'tmpeft

Hurrcr, quoth HuJibra% this Tv^cd

Shall d'jwn thy falfe throat cram that \TCT<|.

flrongeft nerves, and fm.tll inferiour veins,

receive that natural competency,

Noils and becks, and wreathed

(miles,

Soutb's SrriKoni
activity.
loves to contrail and cramf th

Barret's

Halle thee, nymph, and

bring with thee
Jeft and youthful jollity,

reftraints

The

by

my

3.

up his

Hammond

through the rivers of your blood,

to the court, the heart, to th' feat o' th' brail
through the cranks and offices of man,

From me
Whereby

of dre:id upon
which, even in the midil of aflion
ftill

f:nfe of prophecies.

force.
thefe wordj into mine ears, againft
of'

And
The

Glanvi'le'i Sctpjii
ferves has

or winding paflage'.

1 fend it

are

He who

it

firft
turning down ; fo that
turning down a leather thong
to tread the treddle-wheel about.

flipt,

Even
:

TJatui

cramped,

Pollio dines

which

Moxon,

to hinder.

Dr.

perhaps a

to

laft

Any bending

and ooz'd again

Ftp:

3.

is

r
Dryden't f irg:i

erairfi

is

fquare to the

on the

2.

humour

reftrain

There

fPifemaa'i Surgery.

the <ontrated limbs were

cramp'd, cv'n

then

difficulty.

bear fome refemblance, and is

part
of the inltrument called a crane.]
A crank is the end of an iron axis
turned fquare down, and again turned

pain with cramps or twitches.

When

much

may

a.

Writ on both

naked, you ought not prefently to

for if that cantufed flefii be well
;
the bone will incarn with the wound
little

n.f. [This word

contraction of crane-neck,

CRAMP, adj. Difficult; knotty: a low

[cpamman, Saxon.]
To (luff; to fill with more than can
term.
To CRAMP. <v. a. [from the noun.]
conveniently be held.

1.

The fkull.
n.f. [Latin.]
made by contunon, when the crj-

CRANK,

faf-

in

dolfils

digefted,

tencd a (harp graple, or cramp of iron, which may

be apt to take hold of any place where it lights.

01 Italy.

chatter.

That fmall infantry warr'd on by cranes. A'

An inftrument made with ropes, pulljes,
and hooks, by which great weights are

Hares, faid to live on hemlxk, do not make

good the tradition ; and he that obferves what
vertigoes, tramfi, and convulfions follow thereon,
in thefe animals, will be of our belief.

Rugged;

crag.]

rough

The

Dutch; crampe,

Stakffptare's TcmpeJI.
he outruns any laojuey ; marry, in
he
has
the
on,
coming
cramp.
Sbalejpeare.
The cramf cometh of contraction of fiucws ;
which is manifeft, in that it cometh either by col J
or drynefs.
Bacon's Natural Hj/lcry.

In a

crjnc, or a (wallow, fo did

Swift.

For this, be fure, to-night thou (halt have frumps,

Side-ftitclies that (hall pen thy breath up.

[from tragged.] Fulnefs of crags or prominent rocks.

The craggedntfi or llecpnefs of that mountain,
maketh many parts of it in a manner inaccefTible.

n.f. [cpan, Sax. kraen, Dutch.J

bird with a long beak.

French.]
A fpafm or contraction of the limbs,
generally removed by warmth and rubbing.

C R A'C c E D N E ss. n.f.

CRA'CCINESS.

CRANF..
Like a

n.f. [kramfe,

of

the fea or wharf, unto the land, and to

make profit of it. It fignifies alfo the
money paid and taken for the fame.

trull,

ev'ry cramho he could pet.

RAMP.

hill,

(lacp, truth (lands.

feme fukurb

up

'.

fimilics in order let,

And

low word.

CRA'CGRD.

celebrate

His

Sfenftr.

fmall end of a neck of mutton

liberty to ufe a crane for drawing

wares from the veflels, at any creek

n.f. [a cant word, probably

without etymology.]
A play at which
one gives a word, to which another finds
a rhyme ; a rhyme.
So Mzvius, when he drain'd his (kuli

L'Ejlreitgi.

[cranagium, low Latin.]

n.f.

CRA'MBO.

The

3.

CR A'NACE.

eat beyond fariety.

v. a.
godly dame, who fleftily failings damns,
Scolds with her maid, or with her chaplain trams.

The

winding way,
Where fprings down from the fteepy cragt do heal.

C R

To

CRAM.

The rugged

1.

failors, a (hip is faid to be

when, by the form of its bottom,

Among
crank,

or by being loaded too

is

liable to

be ovcrfet.

much above,

it

[from kranck,

Dutch, fick.]
To CRA'NKLE.

<v.' n.
[from crank, as it
fomething bent.] To run in
and out i to run in flexures and wind-

fignifies

ings.
Set

R A

C
how

See

And

huge half moon,

<v.

To

a.

break into un-

Seeming to

equal furfaces ; to break into angles.

Old Vaga's ftream,
Forc'd by the fuddcn Ihock, her wsnted track
Forfook, and drew her humid train aflope,
Crankllng her banks.

CRA'NKLES.

lakes

In-

wall

conflitution

The
fified

Full of

That had in

A very

it

a cranr.led hole or

chink.

chink ;
The eye of

fubtle

Iron, in aquafortis, will

failure.

the understanding is like the eye of

the fcnfc j for as you may fee great object? thro'
fmall crannies or holes, fo you may fee great axioms
of nature through fmall and contempt'ble in-

Baccn'i Natural

il.mccs.

To

cratirtiei.

Dry

Burvtfi Theory
room to room, ran up flairs
from
the
kitchen
to the garrets,
Hairs,
and he peeped into every cramy.
Arbutbnvi'i John Bull.

CRAPE, n.f. [erffa, low Latin.] A thin

Auff, loofely woven, of which the drefi
of the clergy is fometimes made.
And proud Roxana, fir'd with jealous rage,
Sivift.

Againfl thatafl'affin in craft.

Swift
*Tis from high lite high characters are drawn ;
a
faint in craft is twice
faint in lawn.
Pope

adj.

T.

n.

loud

The

complicated

[a

To make

noife,

a:

to-morrow.]

i.

The

To

;ou be not of the houfe of Montague,

come and

Mr.

crajh

cup of .wine.

fruriurton has

it,

and

The

To
I.

pray you

fcourg'd,

No

were applied, one over another,

then we put her on a crav.it.

[qiapan, Saxon.]

earneflnefs

to

beg

coward

He

is

CRA'VEN.

for

my

nohlr-r

I'ri :.'>'!:,

<

rave their parJolr,

for the mutable rank-ft-rntcd

ns I

do not

many,

a recreant

/.'i .:-

a weak-hearted

keep his oath ?

a craven and a villain elfe. Stjk.

Cowardly;

adj.

Upon

his

':

H.V:

bafe.

coward breafl

bloody crofs, and on his craven creft

bunch of hairs difcolour'd divcrlly.

Whether

it

Sp:r,fer.

bs

fome craven fcnnle,

Of thinking too precifely on th' event
A thought which, quartcr'd, hath but one part
wifdom,
:

And

ever three parts coward. Sbake/peare'i Hamlet*

if the innocent fome
mercy find,

Yet

From

cowardice, not nith, did that proceed ;

His noble foes durft not his crat\~)i kind
Fofprr.iti: by fuch a bloody deed.
Fairfax.
11. a. [from the
noun.]
recreant or cowardly.

To

'Gairift felf-naugliter

TherB'

Th

is

a prohibition fo divine,

it

able aiker.

(' 'lofat

poor p*np!, not knowing where to hide

UieraMvcs from Uie fury of ihu'r enemies, nor of

It

CRAUNCH.

is

ufed in Clariffa.

\JlbrantJbt, Dutch ;
the vulgar fay more properly it
crufh in the mouth. The
fcraunch.~\

To

it.

a.

whence

To

word

CRAW.
firfl

flatter.

A'.Jv

my

Beftial oblivion, or

to afk with

Let them regard me

Sbakffptare.

A
A

difpirited.

coxcomb

cmvem my weak hand. Sbahff. Cymlel'ine,

CRA'VER. n.f. [from crave.] An infati-

lyifemiJn'l Surgery

a.

creft a

cock, fo Kate will be

hen.
cock of mine} you crow too like a craven*

make

llud'At

to entreat.
What one petition ii there found in the whole
Litany, win Mt 1*1 ih ill ever be able at any time
to fay, that
man living ncedcih the grace o;
benefit therein craved at Cod'-, hand', '
lluktr.

Th

your

reftriftives

CRAVE, v.
To afk with

But

is

To CKA'VEN.

their necki, and took a turn.

her throat

As

Hanmer, is to be merry
a cfajh being a word ftill ulcd in fome
counties for a merry bout.
It is
furely
bf.r to read crack. See CRACK.
crajh, fays

b'.'en

oj

wine.

To

n.f. [of uncertain etymology.]

;
any thing worn about the

fubmiflion

Shakrfftare

crufb a cup

thou wert held

And hemp on wooden anvils forg'd 5

Which others for crjvMt have worn

to

cock conquered and

A comblefs

z.

comes originally from

it

made by a conquered cock.

Is it fit this fold.er

Lefs delinquents have

10

perhaps

What,

Di'f.

neckcloth
neck.

About

break or bruife.

the great rich Capulrt

fin,

crajb.
tiaitb

I.

When,

of

the noife

fpiritlefs fellow.

put for cattle.

convulfioni cleave the lab'ring earth,

Befoic the difmal yawn appears, the ground

Trembles and heaves, the nodding houfes

life

WoodivarA.

n.f. [creche, Fr. crates, Lat.]

palifaded frame in which hay is

Suckling.

[derived by Skinner from

crave, as one that craves or begs his
n.f.

n.f. [from eras, Latin,

Delay.

CRATCH,

of many

Ztj,b.

When

a.

conftant agitation.

CRASTJNA'TION.

things falling or breaking at once.

There fliall be a great crafnr.g from the hills.

To CRASH, v.
My maSer is

terreftrial

CRAVA'T.

Difi

CRA'VEN.

have been born up, and not funk.

Bacon's Natural liiftory.
matter carried by riven into the

it,

fca, is fuftained tlicrein partly by the greater cmf

fitude and gravity of the fea-water, and partly by

word probably

formed from the thing.

Once one may crave for love,

But more would prove
This heart too little, that too great.

crajjituile,

foot, call into

lljkevjill on Providence.

;
intemperate
temperance.

CRASH.

Bacon.
they fpend not.
The Dead Sea, which vomiteth up bitumen, is
of that
as living bodies, bound hand and

fick with in-

ficknefs

fought.

thicknefs.

[crapulofui, Latin.]

Drunken
To

a furfeit,
by intemDi3.

coarfenefs

importunately.

Sometimes wither before the thing

Latin.]

being expelled out of Paradife by reafon

in the chains of d'oth
I
;
was inclofed in the virgin's womb, I was laid in
the cratcb, 1 was wrapped in fwathling-cloaths.

Lat.] Drunkenuefs
perance.

CRA'PULOUS.

[ci-afula,

\crafjitudo,

be but thin, as a leaf, or a

piece of
paper or parchment ; for, if they have a greater
will alter in their own
craffitude, they
body, though

often call'd in vain,

CR-H'PULENCE. n.f.

and

They mud

its

yards of crape (hall fweep the ftage.

thee

Grofl'nefs

n.f.

Swtb.

call for

fuch a conftitution, are acids, taken in too great

quantities ; four emulations, and a craving appetite, efpecially of terreftrial and abforbent fubftances.
Arbvtbnct on Alimenti.

ter-

Hijfory.

flopped from

To

or, if difcoverablc, fo difTufed

CR A'SSITUDE.

and down

fifty

induftry

To

Your needful counfel to our bufinefTes,

Which crave the imlant ufe. Sbakefp. King Liar.
The antecedent concomitants and eft'eits of

matter, fo as not to be difcovcrable by hu-

reftrial

den,

Within the fojking of water and fprings, with

dreams and currents in the veins and cranniei.

With

common

amongft the crjjer and more unprofitable

matter, that it would never be poflible to feparate
and extract it.
Wildcard' s Natural

In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be

with ruLbilh, but with brick or Mono, fitted

He

Metals are intermixed with the

Bellow

ebullition,

Brotun'i Vvlgfir Errourj,

aquafortis.

his (tore,

action.

fcittr reJ

lltijilrm,

filled

to the

into

fall

To long

with noife and emication ; as alfo a trjft and

fumid exhalation, caufed from the combat of the
fulphur of iron with the acid and nitrous fpirits of

man

l/iftsij.

And

therefore beat and laid about,

find a cranny to creep out.

all

to wi(h
unreafonably.
Levity puihes us on from one vain defire to another, in a regular viciflicude and fucceflion of
cravings and fatiety,
L'EJirange.
He is actually under the power of a temptation,
anil the fway of .-.n
impetuous luft j both hurrying
him to fatisfy the cravirgs of it by fome wicknl

Grofs ;
[era/us, Latin.]
not thin ; not comminuted ; not
not confiiting of fmall parts.

of

fuite

?.

man owns

adj.

coarfe

thou mean, who,

doft

ever craving, and will ftill be poor ?

Who cheats for halfpence, and who dofr's his coat
To fave a farthing in a ferry-boat Dryd. Pvfiu.,

Swib.

CRASS,

Brm'n'l Vulgar Errcurs.

[crtn, Fr. creua, Lat.]
;

Dtrtbam*

Him
1$

arc fo immediately diver-

fpirits.

Sbatfffeare.

Pope.

and not unlike a citron ; but

famewhat rougher chopt and trannitd, vulgarly
conceived the marks of Adam's teeth.

n.f.
a cleft

Prior.

Glanvllle.
fomething wherein none is like him.
man may be naturally inclined to pride, lurt,
and anger ; as thefe inclinations are founded in a
peculiar era/is and coullitutiun of the blood and

fair fruit,

CRA'NNY.

men

fancies of

Irfvt?.

infatiably.
fubjefls arm'd, the more their princes gave,
Th' advantage only took the more to .-rate.

Temperature ;
from the various

by the individual crjja, that every

d'f-

The

[v^Zo-ic.]

arifing

vom?n

To a&

properties of humours.

would have you think,

as I

it is,

n. f.

and

Esch ardent nymph the rifing current craves,

Each ihephcrd's pray'r retards the parting waves.

Skakcfp. Hanrfet.

as ever Plat.i did.

tempt

CRISIS,

chinks.

piifoncr l*vrvhu^' ear.

men

pror-oftd.

Moralizing fat I by the hazard-table: I looked

upon the uncertainty of riches, the decay of beauty, and the crajh of worlds, with as much con-

2. Difpofition to overfet.

adj. [from cranny.~\

to erave help, fled as

Kia/ta.
mayed.
1 would crave leave here, under the word
action,
to comprehend the forbearance too of
any action

Senfclefs Ilium,
blow, with flaming top
und, with a hideous crajh,

feel this

Stoops to hii bale

Phi/if s.

[from the verb.]

equalities ; angular prominences.
CRA'NKNESS. n.f. [from cratd.]
1. Health ; vigour.
n.f.

CRA'NNIED.

whom

CRASH, n.f. [from

Henry IV.

Sbakej'p fare's

To CRA'NKLE.

C R A

the verb.]
Aloud
fudden mixed found, as of many things
broken at the fame time.

comes me frjnMlttg in,

the beft of aN niy land
* monftrous cantic out.

this river

me from

cuts

R A

is

ufed by Sivift.

a./, \kroty Daniih.]

flomach of birds.

The

crop or

In birds there is no maitication or comminution

of_lhe meat in the mouth; but, in I'ucli as :i.c
rjot carnivorous, it is immediately fwallowed into
ihe crop or crg-Wi or at Icall infj a kind of amcttomach,
3 K 1

CUE

C R'A
ftomach, which

hare obfcrved in many, efpe-

cially pifcivorous birds.

CRA'WFISH. n.f.

Ray

en the Crealifn.

CRA'YON.

written

[fometimes

in French,
properly crt-vice ;
cruftaceous fifh found
icrrvijje.'] A fmall
in brooks ; the fmall lobfter of frefli
water.
craijijb,

Thofc that cad

[crayon, French.]
a roll of pafte to
pencil ;
draw lines with.
Let nr> d.iy p.ifs over you without drawing a

1.

their /hell are the lobfter, the

the hodmandod or dodman,

crab, the cravifjb,

Baun.
and the tortoife.
'
Let me to crack live crmufjb recommend. Pope.
The common craiafjb, and the large fea craiaboth produce the ftones called crabs eyes. Hill.

CRAWL.

<v . n.

To creep

to

Warm'd

The

who from mud began

my beams, and kindled into, man

eraivfiitg infefl,

by

ftreams, but juft contain'd

;
!

Drydcn.
within their

crmvh from one

feeling, ai it

To crawl
2.

Ctfneligia.

weakly and

'Tis our firft intent

and bufmefs uam our age,
While we unburthen'd craivl tow.'iJ
Stale f ran's f.' r.g Lear.
They like tall fellows crept out of the holes ;
and fecretly crawling up the battered walls cf the
KnUlcs.
fort, got into it.
For the fleets of Solomon and th- k
Egypt, it is very apparent they went with great
leifure, and crawled clufc by the fhorc-fide

To

A
Thy
-

Dryden's

He

crepitude

Man

worm by

jfu-vcrttit.

Vile reptile, weak and vain

v.liilc he crawls ur-m the earth,
fhrinks toearth a.
Ptfc.
It wiil be very ncceflary for the threadbare

3.

To

every chi!d

who can crawl,

advance flowly and

t->

And
4.

i?

We

flily.

will

the

condemned

a rcv'rend

fire,

whom

want of gra:e
or rudely

prt!

By

iiij

own

fi

him by

unblefs'd

Pcfe.

CRA'WI.ER.W./. [from cratvj.] Acrecper;

any thing that creeps.
CR A'YFJSH. n.f. [See CRAWFISH.] The
nefs

h- cure of the muriaticl: and armoniack falt;

iy

meats

jeil.es, <u.J crjjjijbtt,

as

fuails,

tortoifes,

t/cycr.

all

W;>

3.

Of

moid and craxy

at
fpi ing-tides,

Weak

2.

nity,

feeble

whether by

lord,

Where

n.f.

in

quinteflence
ufed fomewhere by

fo

amaze

adj. [cream andy^v.A]

coward-looking.

got'ft

fo

Siinner.]
thing.

Watte.

A mark made

To CRE'ASE.

-v.

a.

[from the noun.]

it, fo

To

as'to

leave the imprefiion.

It

To

CREATE,

Iriih to

i.

To

was made penal to the Englifh to permit the

crtagbt or graze upon their lands, or prcfent
them to ectkiUftkai benefices. Daviet en li.Urd.

by doubling any

mark any thing by doubling

Damn

v. n.

n.f. [from creta, Latin, cjialk.

Men of great parts are unfortunate in bufmcfs,

becaufe they go out or the common road: I once
dcfired lord Bolingbroke to obferve, that the clerks
ufed an ivory knife, with a blunt edge, to divide
paper, which cut it even, only requiring a ftrong
hand ; whereas a (harp penknife would go out of
the craje, and disfigure the paper.
Swift,

many,

[An Trim word.]

Th iu critm-fac'd lown,
thou that goofe-look ?
Sbakeffearfs Macbilk.

Full of
adj. [from cream. ]
having the nature of cream.
CRPANCE.
Is, in falf. [French.]
conry, a fine fmall line, fattened to a
hawk's lealh when fhe is tirft lured.

cream

mature age, a craxy conftitu.

CREASE,

brains,

In thel'e faft places, they kept their creaghts, or

herds of cattle, living by the milk of tl.
without hulbandry or tillage.
en IrcLinJ.

CREAGHT.

';c

CRE'AMY.

midnight reigns. Hudibras,

tion, or a violent (klcnefs, fhould

CREAGHT.

urdt

an opinion
wifdom, gravity, profound conceit.
Sbakeff care's Merchant if fen:; f.
v. a. [from the noun.]

Pale

had they truly confide

wilful ilirjhcls entertain,

of any thing

mattered.
Phyfick can but mend our craxy ftate,
Patch an old building, not a new create. Drydcn.
Were it poflible that the near approaches of eter;

of m?n, wiiofe vifages

and mantle like a landing pond

are a fort

CREAM,
To take off the cream.
To take the flower and

To

decrepit.

the fea and half the land,

over

In hijh

To

river LUi'.cr.
'1

There

Do cream
And do a

S<wift,

Come, my

And

finner then craiul

Has made the father of a namelefs race,

Crawl thriugh the ftreet, fhov'd on,

gather cream.

will beftow

Rules

is

as, the

CRFAM-FACED.

Broken-witted ; mattered in the intellect.

The queen of night, whofe large command

2.

forth, and appear in his filth, before that undefiied

Smb.
tribunal f
j

ufed for the beft part of any thing :

cream of a jrft.
7i CREA'W. <v. n. [from the noun.] To
It

2.

intellect.

Sbaktfpearc's Hfnry VI.

is
people are crayy-, and in diforder, it
L'E
naturil for them to groan.

Stakeffeare's Her.ry VIII.

fepira'.cs

an niiy liquor called cream; and a tliinr.er,

blue, and more ponderous liqu; r, c.uY.'J Ikimmed
milk.
ArbutlrA f.n Atmtvts.

any thing

When

about hated and defpifed.

Kng.

Milk, (landing fome time, naturally

you in fome better place,

Fitter for ficknefs and for craxy age.

R il cl u on that litter of abfurd opinions that

crawl about the world, to the difgrace of reafon.

How

imagine that

adj. [ecraxe, French.]

to

Swift.

into the favour of the king,

his oracle.

To move

to

fpeak now of t}c~crtxinrji of her title

llotud's fecal Fcrejl.
of them.

Broken;

1.

fr'.-

into

Hooker.

Weaknefs of

2.

to rife fpcedily, by
\vhich, as it fe-meth,

many

CRA'ZY.

Cranmer

Hath cravitd

De-

diminution of

help them.

nor will

fields at harvclt-tin-.c.

n.f. [from craxy."]

State of being crazy ; imbecility ;
weaknefs.
Touching other places, (he may be faid to
hold them as one mould do a wolf by the ears ;

birth,

Then

gownman, and

is

at things prefcnt,

hv;

watch the

brokennefs

The nature, as of men that have fick bodies, fo

likewlff of the people in the craaudrufi of their
minds, pofTefled with diflike and difcontentment

Arbalbnofs Jjln Bull.

a very

is

n.f. [from crazed.]

intellect.

was hardly able to crawl about the room,

far lefs to look a'tera troublefome

IV.

matured and made

earn his crcam-bw\ duly fct ;

in one night, ere glimpfe of morn,
His fliadowy flail hath threfh'd ihe corn. Miltcn.
Let your various creams incirled be
\Vith Iwcliing fruit, juft ravifh'd from the tree.

7V/V/MI.

does.

1.

is

When

CRA'ZINESS.

look fo pale no qtnrtane ever gave ;

dwindled legs fcem crawling to a grave.

as vigilant as a cat to (leal r

putting in cold water ;

Biicca';
getteth down the whey.
How the drudging goblin fwet,

to impair the in-

is

CRA'ZEDNESS.

'

am

Stakejfeare's Htr.ry

kind of voluntary frenzy, and

and every finner does wilder
;
and more extravagant things than any man can
do that is crazed and out of his wits j only with
thisYad difference, that he knows bdtter what he

ih-ike all cares

the flower of

To

Wickednefs

roufly.

fierce defirc.

not your inky brows, your black filk hair,

is

Cream

a chofen diffraction

flowly, or timo-

voice confpire,

with

Stakeffctirt.

I lov'd him, friend,

father his fon dearer, true, to tell thee,
That grief hath crax'd my wits. Skat. K. Lear.

that yefterday brgan

fell jw-creature, aHjcft man. Prior.

To move

It

No

worm,

vile

my

Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheek of cream,

That can entamc my fpirits to your worfhip.

telleft.

thing to another.

Grav'i

The

3.

of the chura into butter

milk.

between two grinding ftones, bruifeth it to a fine

Carew't Survey.
iand.
;

and

Dryden
n.f. [cremor, Latin.]
of
The uncluous or oily part
1.
milk,
which, when it is cold, floats on the
top, and is changed by the agitation

And fedentary numbnefs, craxe my limbs. Milton.

Then through the fiery pillar, and the cloud,
God looking forth, will trouble all his hoft,
Milan.
And craze their chariot wheels.
z. To powJer.
The tin ore pafleth to the crazing mill, which,
crack the brain

creating locufts with

fried wicli heat,

They

CREAM,

Relent, fwcet Hermia ; and, Lyfander, yield

(razed title to my certain right. Sbaltiffeare.

To

noife.

DryJir..

Thy

bound;,

By (low degree; into their channels crawl^

And earth i;icr*af;s as the waters fall.
Dryjen.
A worm finds what it fearchel after, only by

{corrupted from crack.,]

fometimes ufed of animals.

It is

2.

French, to

to weaken.

harm protra&ed

Let not the creating of fhoes, nt>r the ruftling

of filks, betray thy poor heart to women.
Lear,
Sbakeffsarc'i King
No door there was th' unguarJcd hnufe to keep,
On creating hinges turn'd, to break his fleep.

Till length of years,

Mi/ten.

That

[ecrafer,

doth feem craxed.

move with

to move
as a worm.
I faw them under a green mantling vine,
That eratv/1 along the fide of yon fmall hill.

v. a.

o>.

To make

1.

The

CRAZE.

In this confidcration, the anl'wer of Calvin unto

Parrel, concerning the children of popifh parents,

Dutch.]

[krieltn,

drawing or defign done with a pencil

break to pieces.]
i. To break ; to crtilh

a flow motion ;
without rifing from the ground,
;

To CREAK.

or crayon.

To

fjh,

To

n./.

kind of

line; that is. to fay, without working, without

or the fgiving fome ihokes of the pencil
DryJen's D:'frefmy.

2.

R E

:C

-v. a.

[<;,

form out of nothing

Latin.]
to caufe to
;

exift.

In

C R E
God

C R E

(rented the heaven and

In the beginning
the earth.
(Gene/is.
having but imperfeft ideas of the operations
of our minds, and much imperfefler yet of the
inio great difficulties about
operations of God, run
free created agents, which reafon cannot well exLocke.
tricate itfelf out of.

We

To

2.

produce

to caufe

the time of help

is

Would

create foldiers,

your eye in Scotland

make women

and

him with

knev.-, till guilt created fear,

darts or poifon'd arrows were.

new

bars to

Re/ufe myfelf what

perfons idolaters for the worlhip they

did not give to the creator, or for the worfhip they
did give to his creatures ?
Stillingjiect.

2.

To

mud

4.

Arife,

my

4.

o' th' battle

knights
our perfon, and will

dignities

becoming your

1 create
fit

A word of contempt

5.

The

home, you

I> this a holiday

He

Sbakeff cjre's Cymbtlir.t.

give any new qualities

thing in a new (late.

to put

"

any

exift-

The

z.

aft

3.

The
As

his

ii

:y

own wjrk

Cry,

did

as his creation blcfs'd.

7.

To

feeling

But come, ye generous minds,

my

or his for-

raif'c,

the qualities of a creature.

None can dcmondrate to me, that there is fuch

an ifland as Jamaica j yet, upon the
tedimony of
credible perfons, I

enquiry.

crcier,

quent, Latin.] Frequentnefs.

CRE'DENCE.

The

dencc,
i.

n.f. [from credo, Lat. ere-

Norman

Belief; credit.

from doubt.

ratives has been confirmed to

[from

Tillafon.

credible.]

me

by a praiiifer of

phyfick.

Boyle.

CRE'DIBLY. adv. [from credible.]

manner that claims belief.
Th;c, with the

In a

of fo few of the Englilh

being, as hath been rather
confidently than crtaibly reported, but of one man,
though not a few hurt*
as

Did.
Did.

quent.

free

Credibility; worthincfs of belief; juft

claim to belief.
The crediblenifs of a good part of thefe nar-

fre-

adj. [from crcier, Lat.] Fre-

am

CRE'DTBLENESS. n.f.

f hihfopbictl Principles.

CRE'BRITUDE. n.f. [from

CRE'BROUS.

of thofe Opinions I (hall fliew to be

and the latter to have all the
nd evidence of which a thin;; of that

by the manifeft likelihood of truth in themlelvcs.

Swift.
creature. ]

[from

feveral parts of relatives, or

creature/y infiniic^, may have finite proportions to one ar

Cbcyne'i

probability.

firft

adj. \cretlibilis, Lnt.] Worthy

of credit ; deferving of belief j
having
a juit claim to belief.
The ground- of credit Is the crc'jibility of things
Credited ; and things are made credible, either
by
th_- known condition aiU
ipality of the uttercr, or

The

ra.e the
outgoings of the ancient of days
in the firft inftince, and of his creative
power, is
a refearch no great for mortal
Smb.

being that bcftows exiftence.

rife

litile

man.
adj.

credible.]

of obtaining

CRE'DIBLE.

duke's creature he dcfircd to be cdeemed.

Having

in whofe wide

Latin.]

th.',.

by having them palled upon

CRE'ATURELY.

[from

poffibility

nature is capable.
Ti'iutfw.
Calculate the feveral degrees of
and
credibility
which
the one evidence furpalieth
conviction, by
the .other.
Attcrbury.

lit,
creatures have learnt tnr'.r leters and

A perfoa who owes his

tune to another.

great

hi?

[creator,

whom dod

mefl'age.
tie Cbrijiian Relipjoji.

v?r incredible,

credibility

hard.

Clarendon.

CREA'TOR. n.f.

The

n.f.

to credit

belief;

their grace, their rratfKrw

praife, Dryd.
The dcfign was discovered by a perfon whom
every body knows to be the creature of a certain

thought,
wirks, creative beauty burns
th warmelt beam.
Thomfin's Spring.
Exerting the aft of creation.

me

To juftify

CREA'TIVE. adj. [from create.]

1.
Having the power to create.

2.

Claim

Great princes thus, when favourites they

Siateffeare's Macbeth.

all

he giipe and wring

(in

Addifon

CREDIBILITY,

Clarendon*

n, (jnfiblc
Or art thou but

dagger of the rr.in j, a falfe (nation,

Proceeding from the hejt-opprefled brain

Of

rew perfons of an odious and dcfpifed country

could not have filled the world with believers, had
they not mown undoubted credentials from the Divine Pcrfjn who fent them on fuch a

fweei creature, and then kifs

me young

The

thing produced, or caufed.

claimed.

is

He fcnt to colonel Maflcy to fend him men,

which he, being a creature of Effix's, refufej.

Drydcn's Virgil.
In days nf yore, no matter where or
Before the low rrr-j.'.-.H fwarm'd with men. Parr.il.

Art thou

Sbakeffeare's Hamlet.
ill
nature,
creature.
Prior.

cruel creature,

fyllabiet

was exprefs'd,

Dryden's Fal/.s.
could the tender new creation bear
Tii' exceflive heats or culdnefi of the
year.

Any

warrant upon which belief or authority

it

to-night of thy

gods, to live in woods, h

authority bears a credent bulk,

particular fcandal once can touch,

confounds the breather. Sbak. Meaf. far M.

n.f. [from credens, Lat.]
That which gives a title to credit ; the

Ah,

The

name.

Nor

4.

But

word of pr:ty tendernefs.

Oh

not to be queftioned.

CREDE'NTIAL.

poet noi'o.nercormni.n'cites his works,

im.i;i:;cd he is a vain young cicsture,
to
the ambition of
up
Pcpe.

hand

Dfr.bam.
(hone with ev'ry grate,
iike, his mailer's face :
,

My

their m.'.'.ct'adtions.

chen, Sir, v.uuld

credit

Having
That no

is

And

ime,

Such was

And

Adam them

fuftain,

his longs.

Lefs proper.

the univerfe.

And from
Ren
God law

:i

6.

things created

it

lift'

Sbakejpearc' s Hamlet.

2.

A good
but

of inverting with new qualities

as, the creation of peers.

or character

being.
you home ;

[credens, Latin.]

adj.

If with too credent ear

you

human

Shake/flare's Julius Cttfar.

would into the dews,

But oft!]

Believing; eafy of belief.

Then weigh what lofs your honour may

1.

Rofcommon.

idle creatures, get

They have proclaim'd

ence.
;

for a

CRE'D&NT.

Have, by the very cunning of the fcene,

Been ftruck fo to the foul, that prefcutly

Nor think

Consider the immcnlity of the Divine Love,

all the emanations of his
providence
.:ion of us.
Taylor.

him.

.'

Dailies, on Ireland.

exprefied in

CymbiKm.

I've heanl that guilty creatures at a

play,

undertaker had but a proportion

of three thoufanii acres for hinifelf, with power
,~'e a manor, and hold a cour:-b2ron.

articles

Thefe were the great articles and credenda of

Chridianity, that fo much (fartled the world. South.

from the common creatures pluck a glove,

wtar it .is a favour..
Stakrfp. Richer J 111.

And

bell Britilh

CREA'TION. n.f. [from create.']

i. The aft of
creating or conferring

or pity

to

of faith diftinguifhed in theology from agenda, or prac-

know-

general term for man.

alliit

Things

[Latih.]

tical duties.

pretended fatisfaction of her

would

letters

Hay-aiard.

n.f.

be believed;

Tilletfon.

creature

Bacoa.

to credit or

niflied.

G&ED&ND4.

animal, not human.

Hence

you

eftares.

To

it,

relpecTti to be.

Sbakffptare's

No
5.

you

many

New At!

the creatures in

all

Mod curfed of all creasitrts under iky,

Lo, Tantalus, I here tormented lie.
(Sperfer.
Though he might burft his lungs to call for help,

Sbateffeare.
:

Bacon

light.

Yet crime in her could never creature find ;

But for his love, and for her own felf fake,
She wander'd had from one to other Ind. Spenfer.

charafter.

to

Companions

With

any new

was

be acknowledged in

An

much.

That which gives a claim

belief.
Alter they had delivered to the king their
of credence, they were led to a chamber

ledge only in kilting creatures vile, as cats and dogs.

And

inveft with

nVfl creature

The queen

beget.

To

declare as

2.

richly fur-

Imperfect the world, and

create,
forc'd from fate ?

the iflue there create

Ever ihall be fortunate.

thing created.

Any

God's

3.

Dryden's Aurengxcbc.
Long abftinencc is troublefume to acid conftitutions, by the uneafinefs h creates in the (lomach.
Arbutbnot.

[creatura, low Latin.]

n.f.

Were thefe

my own joy
had

you muft do when you are

Taylor's Guide to Devotion.

the fupreme power.

Kofconntan.

Muft

yourfelf, as

A being not felf-exiftent, but created by

None

What

clofe your eyes with a ftiort

yourfclf into the hands of your
and when you have done, truft

dying.

fight.

confidence of undertakings, and this was like

enough to betray him to great errours and mar/y
enemies.
King Cbarlts.
They eclipfe the cleared truths by difficulties of
their own creating, or no man could mifs i'U way
to heaven for want of light.
Decay of Piety.

Ne let him feem that credence this exceeds,

For he that made the fame was known right well
To have done much more admirable deeds ;
It Merlin was.
Sfenfer.
Love. and wifdom,
Approv'd fo to your majedy, may plead
For ample credence.
Sbakefptare.
They did not only underhand give out that this
was the true earl; but the friar, finding fome credence in the people, took boldnefs in the
pulpit to

down,

lie

faithful creator

Sbakcffcare.
abilities were prone to create in him great

His

you

commit

CRE'ATURE.

fion of.

Now

When
prayer,

be the occa-

to

C R E

Open, ye heavens, your living doors j let in

The great creator, from his work return'd
Magnificent ; his fix days work, a world. Milton.

ib

Infs

Icarcc credible;

CRE'DIT.
I.

n.f. {credit, French.]

Belief of; faith yielded to another.

Whrn

no

credit

Fr.]
I

may

the people heard thcfe word >.,

they gave
unto them, n<T received (hem.
i Mac. x.
46.

give credit to rcpoitsi.^././wj'j SfctLitar,

SotM

CRT,

C R E
Some

Tn

fecret truths,

from learned pride

Among

conceal'.!,

maids alone and children arc reveal'd :

no credit doubting wits may give,

all

and innocent

'flit lair

Honour

and

entangling than the creJitatlaiefi

publiihed, becaufe

<uch ai

was a

it

Erteem

3.

(hall

There

believe.

itili

!'[>;.

Cn I'D IT A BUY.

was

told I

might

Reputably
Many will

Pope.

good opinioa.

no decaying merchant, or inward beg-

is

gar, hath fo many tricks to uphold the credit of

their wealth, as thele empty perfons have to maintain the credit of their fufficiency.
Bacon.
His learning, though a poet faid it,

We
and

tcftimony

that

think

The

may

it

be.

which we

things

upon your

Not

believe
deceived.

Apt

copy of their fupplica-

tlon to the king, and defired him to ufe his credit

Clarendw.
that a treat)' might be entered inio.
Having credit enough with his mailer to provide,
intereli,

that of other

men.

IT.

To

1.

he troubled not himielf

<v.

for

And

partly credit

change my mind,
things that do prel'jge.

Stake/pare' Julius Ca-fjr.

To credit the unintelligibility both of this union
and motion, we need r.o more tlian to confider it.

To

2.

thing.

May here her monument ftand

To credit this rude agcj and ih \v

fj,

future times, that even we

Some patterns did of virtue fee.

4.

admit

to confide in.
as a debtor.

CRE'DITABUE.
1.

adj.

h.tVing prucuroii him by his interelr. OB? of

jfrtuibnu's 'Jtbn Bull,
places of the ouutry.

Honourable
The cont

tilings, 'tht

do not

to promote our happincfs, it but a more fpecious

fort uf i Menci^, a mo;c pardonable and creditable

kind of igf.

tlt.'l

TilMftn,
ss.

n.f,

[from

Reputation.; eJiimation.

By

eafily

my

CREEFC.
i

harm

5.

I'll

ci'iJita-

's

my

Lofe and neglect the

creeping hours of time. Sbak.

Of

this fort arc

they

captive

filly

Sbakefp.

which

darkncfs, and
all the beafts of the forctt do

Now

and then

keep his
6.

firtt

work

into lioufes,

creep

women.

Them makrft

i Timothy, iii. 6.
night, wherein

it is

creep

forth.

PJalrn civ. 20.

to
<r,/>/ in,

or two has

delign in countenance.

Altertury.

To move

timoroufly without foaring,

or venturing into
dangers.
l.nlt ib admirable
but am I therefore
;
maintain, that there arc no flats amongll
is evident he
creeps along

ParaJife

bound

to

his elevations, when it

fometimes for above an

hundred

lines together

DryJen.

We

here took a little boat, to

the
cr-ef along
fea-ihurc as far as Genoa.
on

Mdifen

7.

To come

unexpecled

unheard and unfeen.

By
nature
'''

nay he
It

Has

winding banks do

flics,

to Heal

and fortune

into the favour of

poor

filiy

Italy,

forward
l.e

crteft,

women.
Sidney,

fecms, the marrhge of his brother's wife

crept too near his confcience.
No, his confcience

Has

run

foftly

through the

Davis.

They on the bank of Jordan, by a creek,

Where winds with reeds and olicrs whifp'ring play,
lofs

their

Sbatefp. Merry Wives ofr^indfar.

V/hate'er you arc,

creed.

[qwcca. Sax. kreke, Dut.]

in a winding coart.

Their unexpected

fecretly and clandeftinely.

up into the chimney.

That in this defart inacce/Tiblei

Under the fliade of melancholy biughs,

\ddeft Sirmons.

A prominence or jut

plain.

creep

There they always ufcd to difcharge

birding-pieces
creep into the kiln-hole.

on Fundamentals.

CREAK.] To

their

Sbaitfp. Merchant of Peak*.

To move

Mlltw.

fair.

noile.

play,
Stopp'd by their cretki,

being pccvifh

He

in

[See To

Skattfpcari's Maclcib,
mould a man

Shall I ftay here,

(hoes on the plain mafonry

n.f.

Why

v.-akesj-and creep into the jaundice

who neefs after plain, dull, common fenfe,

isfafe fiom c.immitting
abfurdities, but can never
reach the excellence of wit.
Drydtn'i Tyrar.. Love,

Sbakffpfare.
a.

when he

anil load

As dreams, which with

eftimable.

CHE'I>ITABI.ENI

Crcckii;;

2.

unfufpefting

For me, my lords,

love him not, nor fear him ; there

make

[from credit.]

Reputable; above contempt.

He '.:.c.i him in a good creditable way of living,

(lowly and feebly.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, ^ind to-morrow,

Sleep

folemn profeffion of principles or

To CREEK, v.

bounds or

Creeps in this petty pace from day to djv,

To the lalt fj liable- of retarded ti:ne.

opinion.
1

forward without

To move

4.

A
which the articles
of faith are comprehended.
The larger and fuller view of this foundation
is fet down in the creeds of the church.

Any

D yJtr..

To move

3.

[creMus, Latin.]

adj,

form of words

2.

government, as you did the fchool formerly

South.
by your wit.

trteji'mg

leaps, as infefts.

yur

truft

always vacant, always amiable,

To
To

Eafmefs of belief

Will they, who decry cneds and creedmakers,

fay that one who writes a treatifc of morality ought
not to make in it any collection of moral jv

Waller.

It was not upon dcfign to credit thcfc papers,

nor to compliment a fociety fo much above flattery.
G!d
At prefcnt you crtJit the church as much by

3.

French;

[eredttlite,

r.d

To

with lhady poplars crown'd,

vines on arbours wi-av'd around.

Tli.- grutto: cocl,

Sha!:<-fpeare._

the apoftles creed.]

procure credit or honour to any

along the ground, or on other

fupports.

n.f. [from credulous.]

Aptnefs to believe ; credulity.
CREED, n.f. [from credo, the firfl word of

Glanville.

Dry,.

To grow
And

CRE'DULOUSNESS.

[c/iypan,

crej>t.

walk

that

Logic*.

pret.

.vcltics,

Hopes thee, of flattery gales

Unmindful, haplefe he,
T' whom thou untry'd feem'rr

n.

Ponto.

cndflovi father, and a brother noble,

Who

Cijrcndon.

a. \credo, Latin.]

1-.

Mi.'ttn.

believes.

Whofe nature is fo far from doing harm,

That he fufpefts none.
Shateffeare's King Lear.
Who now enjoys thee credulous all gold,

believe.

Now

to

CREEP.

If they cannot dirtinguim

creeping from
let them
lay down Virgil, and take up Ovid de

Sidney.
prejudice of cre.kJity may, in fome meafure, be cured, by learning to fer a high value on
truth.
H'atts's

CRE'DULOUS.

Ye

The

Sidney.

own

n.f.

or'

The card:, and Itarely tread, or lowly creep! Milt.

And every irupbg tiling that creefs the ground.

fuaded by him.

tcrelt.

for his

1.

Swift.

who

Full

creek.]

winding.

Sax. krepan, Germ.]

To move with the belly to the ground,
without legs, as a worm.

foul.

poor Plangus, being fubjccT: to that only

difadvanlage of honeft hearts, credulity, was per-

Mlifo*.
in;

my own

The

7. Influence; power not compulfive

The; fenthimlikewife

To

2.

credulitas, Latin.]
readinefs of credit.

afli^ned.

She employed his uttermoft credit to relieve us,

which was as great as beloved fon with a mother.

heaven and

ufcd.

CREOU'LITY.

never thought of violating the pubor of alienating the revenues to other

what they have been thus

to

the fame

[from

tdj.

unequal

as creditor and

my accounts after

Many fu'ight to feed

The eafy crti:i!"i <;f n
By voicing him alive.

They hive
credit.,

often ftatc

word, his promifc, or his oath.

z. One who credits, one

6. Promife given.

ufes than to

!'>:!! 'd

Addfai's Spefl.-itcr.
No man of honour, -as that word is ufually undid
his honour obliged
that
ever,
dcrltood,
pretend
him to be chatle or temperate, to pay his creditors,to be ufeful to his country, to do good to mankind,
to endeavour to be wife or learned, to regard his

lick

mvfelf

leaning on the belly of a orr,

irth a water, whole
outguihing flood
Run bathing -ill the cr-ety fliore a-flot,
Whereon the Trojan priace fpilt Tumus'

he chat

Sbaitjpcm e .

lo ufcd to confijer

manner, with regard

credit,

Truft repofed, with regard to property

correlative to debt.
Credit is nothing but the expectation of money,
-Locke,
within fome limited time.

am

debtor, that

Locke.

tion.

5.

Hooker.
properly believe, be onlythe credit of divine tclti-

fuch as are received upon

Hooker*
tnony.
The author would have done well to have left fo
great a paradox only to the credit of a fingle alTer-

creeks

Lstin.]

owed

is

but break.

which procures

are contented to take this

to

\_creililor,

a debt

lands.
^ro-.v

CRE'EKV.

n.f.

whom

to

a cove.

A baik-i'ntf J, a liioulder-clapper ; ore tint

eomma.-ids '.he paii'ages of alleys, creeii, and nar-

correlative to debtor.
gives credit
There came divers of Ant'inio" acilitvrs in my
company to Venice, that fwear he cannot chufc

Before a pl-y, would lofe no credit*

Swtift.
\ c' while I live, no rich or noble knave
Shall walk the world in credit to his grave.
Pope'i Horace.

4. Faith
belief.

He

I.

a bay

Atiy turn, or alley.

3.

chufc rather to iic^lecl

CRE'DITOR.

fmal! port

law was made here to flop their

'paflge in
every port and creek,
-JDavia on /

creiii-

[from

their duty
and creditably^ 'than to get a broken pate in
the church's fcrv ice, only to be rewarded v.
which will break their he.irt too.

plcaf;

credit to pleafe.

adi>.

f Pi?ry,

without difgrace.

a.

repute of

Decay

reputation.

none mort

is

\V'iat though

2.

R E

x:

there

tlicfe fnares,

and plaintsoutbreathM.
Milton.

Skat. H. VIII.
crept too near another hl-j.
Neceffity enforced them, afrer they grew full of
to
people,
fpread thcmfclves, and eraf outot Sh\nar, or Babylonia.
Raleigh's Hijl.ry.
None pretends to know from how remote corners
of thofe frnz'.-n mountains fame of thole fierce nations foil crept ouc.

lirt.f

It

CUE

C R E
not to be eipefled that every one- (Jiould
from being impofed on
of the
by the fophiftry which creeps into moft
L:.,w.
books of argument.
behave with fervility ; to fawn ; to
8.
go.ird his underftanding

To

bend.
They were

Came

Aftarte, queen

Says

fome ttronger body.

Plants that put forth their fap haftily, have

bodies not proportionable to their length ; therefore they are winders or cretfirs, as ivy, briony,

An

iron ufed to flide along the grate in

kitchens.
kind of patten or clog worn by wo-

men.
n.f. [creef and huh.'}
hole into which any animal

CREE'PHOLE.

Afubterfuge; an excufe.
[ from

CREE'PINGLV. adv.

may

was even fuch as, by each degree of Zelmane's words, crtefirgly entered into Philoclea's.
SiJuy.

rr.'::]^,

perfon
Sh-

As

n. f.

whom

to

[from

creep.}

lame

tins 'v.irld

She, (he is dead, (he 'a

thh,
Thou know'ft how lame a

mult

CREMA'TION.

creeple

this world

fof't

Notched
The

The front of heav'n was

Of burning creffeti.
From the
Pendent by

Of ftarry

[With

n. [crefita,

Latin/

To
CR

Hath taught

n.f. [crepufculum, Lat."

D,cl
adj. [crepufculum ,Lat.

clofe apprehenfion

ftate

The

Thy
4.

The beginning of philofophy were in a crefaf

tukus obfcurity, aod it 'u yet fcarce part the dawn

adj.

[from

growing

crefco,

fern tirri in Britain:

irij.int

creft

Any

Left,

he was then of

Sbaltelfrert'l Cjriln'.i.

he-

in

wore

it.

Pride ;
of mien.
t'^il

Sbak.Asyeu

like
;

ii

affign to ferpents.
crrjis

o'er his head, in

fpiric

tlieir cr'JIs,

a.

[from

the

noun.]

to flaw.

CREW.

n.f. [probably from qmb, Sax.]

of people affbciated for
any
purpofe : as gallant cre-iu, for troops.

A company

i.

There

Of lords

a noble

crew

and ladies ftood on every

fide,

their picfence fair the place

beautified.

It is

fi'ar,

dividc
ride.

triumph

fire

courage

fhip.
anchors dropp'd, hiso-cwthevcfiels moor.

now generally

fpar,

Drydcn's

Mn, iJ.

ufed in a bad fenfe.

One of the banifh'd emu,

hath vcntur'd from the deep, to rnifc

New troubles.

Milton's Earadifc Loft,

~He, with a c rnv, whom like .wflbition joins

With him, or under him ^'tyrannize,
uching from Eden tow'rds the weft, (hall find

'

Milton'i Piimdiji
Left,

plain.

The laft Was he, whofe thunder flew

The Titan race, a rebel crew,
jitldifin.
CREW, [the freterite of crow.]
The cock frcTt
J?/'i/c.
CRE'WF. L. n.f. \_klpw el, Dutch.] Yam
twifted, and wound on a knot or ball.
Take filk or crcnvel, gold or filvcr thread, andi
make

loftinef

Starc/f,:iir

rrmchy

Spersjer:

The company of a

2.

The

\VL:i horfes (nouW endars the bloody

Thty

crack

<v.

laic", they are more apt in f.vagging down to

pierce with their points, than in the j.icent pollurr,
and fo to crevice the wall.
Wotm*$ .Artb'ittfturt*

Remains

Drydcn'l Vir^l
5.

no breach of good-manners to peep

and look in at people fo well cm*

it

Their

And, tow'ring

two funs heads.

So

ornament on the head

Latin.

in a ftate of in

creafe.

ael,

the helmet

fome which the poets

Glan-villi-

Jncreafmg

To

The

father's father

his

Aditifm't Sprflat> r.

Milton' > ParaJift Left

horn
ere then waft born

tuft or

thought

Henry IV.

Cair.den'i

was a

hand he had

To CRE'VICE.

whence Miltot

The

It

for his

Sbakejpearf*
I

raldry.
Of what efteem crffls were, in the time of kin;,
Edward the Third's reign, may appear by his giv
ing JTI eaglr, which he himfelf had formerly born
for a cnft to William Montacute, earl of Salilbury

gbnc

Brvuii

of the oth-r.

CRE'SCENT.

When

ployed.

fed

Others on ground
the crtjicd cock, whofe clarion

n.f.

Which with

founds
filent hours.

between ligh

{ripufculous

of a cock

DicJ.

[from ercver, Fr. crcfare,

A crack ; a cleft ;
Latin, t& burft.]
a narrow opening.
I pried me through the crevice of a wa !,

ad'.erfaries.

The ornament of

3.

of the one, might perhap

glimmering light and

1

CRE'VICE.

Rub-

adj. [cretattu, Latin.]

bed with chalk.

trefted.

Walk'd firm

[from
men creft

Twilight.

him

calls

creep.}
in unaware?.
There are certain
Judt
?ir vir.e, but that her arms fjrround
Her married elm, hidtrefi along the gfund. Pcpe

afford a

CRETA'TED.

low

Sbttkefpcarc'l

The comb

2.

Grew*
chalk.

Nor from the fable ground expect fuccefs,

Nor from cretectous, ftubborn and jejune. Philips*

us h'>w to cheriih fuch high deeds,

Ev'n in the bofom of our

partLcip.

Glimmering; in a
and darkaefs.

crcflcrs,

chalky.

particle?.

at a crevit:c 9

n.f. [crijta, Latin.]

or feathers on the top of the
ancient helmet ; the helmet.
His valour, (hewn upon our crejls to-day,

fmall crackling noife.

CREPU'SCULOUS.

magick, many

lamps, and Kizing

it

Abounding with

z.

arched roof,

The plume

1 .

An

farriers.]

make a fmall crackling noife.

E p i T A'T i o K. n.f. [from crepitate.']

CREPU'SCULE.

thcr

fome igneous

IV.

.-'.effrtre'l lltiirj

the light, feerns hard to fay ; whe*

be the trctacasts fal:, the nitrous fait, or

of fiery fparks,

With naphtha and afphJtus, yielded light

Milton's Faradift
As from a Iky.

ulcer feated in the midft of the forepnr

Farrier's Difi
of the foot.

CRE'PT.

fubtle

full

the qualities of chalk

What gives

ftill r.iile armies in Scotland by

carrying about the fire-crofs.
At my nativity

WiedivatJ

depth*

To CRE'PITATE. v.

Having

CREST,

indented.

n.f.

CRETA'CEOUS. adj. [creta, chalk, Lat.]

They

cells are prettily crtnatcJ, or notched, quit

tJges ; but not rtraitcd down to an;

CRP/PANE.

[croijfilte,

Latin. ]

cretia,

becaule

Fr.

anciently on their
tops.]
great light fet upon a beacon,
Hanmer.
light-houfe, or watch-tower.

Ray.

[from

His grandfather was Lionel duke of Clarence,

Third Ion to the third Edward king of England,'
Sprung crc/l/rfs yeomen from fo deep a root. Shot,

beacons had croffes

milky fubliquor refembling cream

adj.

n. f.

and fall.}
cowed ;
;

[err/}

difpirited

RE'STLESS. adj. [from my?.] Not dig*

nified with coat-armour ; not of
any
eminent family.

Sbat. H. V.

in his faculty.

Its flower confiMs of four leaves, placed in form

of a crofs: the pointal arifes from the centre of
the flower-cup, and becomes a roundifli fmooth
with
fruit, divided into two cells, and furniflied
Miller.
feeds, generally fmooth.
His court, with nettles and v/ithtrejfes ftor'd,
his board.
With-foups unbought, and fallads, bleil

CKE'NATED.

lu-

Latin.]

crefco,

adj.

funk

heartlefs ; fpiritlefs.
1 warrant
you, they would whip me with their
fine wits, till I were as
as a dried pear.
crejt-fallen
Sjjdkefpeare's Merry Wives of Winder*
They prolate their words in a whining kind of
querulous tone, as if they were ftill complaining
and cnft-fallen.
Hi.-u.-cll.

CB.ESS. n.f. [perhaps from crefco, it being

a quick grower ; ttafttirtium, Lat.] An

lowed into the rlomach, where,

with diffolvent juices, it is reduced into a

ird

Dejeited

creafing ;
So the prince oblcur'd his contemplation
Under the veil of wildnclV, which no doubt
Grew, like the Cummer gcjis, falteft by night,

n.f. [Latin.]

CREST-FALLEN,

before their

Fife's Ody/ey.

[from
growing.

adj.

comb.

crefled bird (hall

by experience know,
Jove made not him his mafter-piece below. DryJ,

DryeScn.

CRE'ICIVE.

is.

n.f. [cremaiia, Latin.]

burning.

CRE'MOR.
a

fits

ves.

CRE'SSET.

itfelf refer

he did not ftay ;

and ftrode away. DrfJ.-

The

And two fair crefcfnts of tranflucent horn

The brows of all their young increafc adorn.

Donr.e.

the faint crefient (hoots by

creft.

bold Alcnlonites

this, for new replies

lac'd his ere/led helm,

Wearing

Milan.

in his retreat.

criftatus,

At
2.

beyond

;n (Sulky clouds involves the fkieb,

Jove

fm of her,
dead when thou know'ft

fuburbs or the microc

Jtance

leaves all wafte

a-tfcer.t,

grov'ling foil'd their crtjicd helmets in the

duft.
Miltan*

But

Pofe.

a cripple.

auguring hope

herb.
creeping. ]

Slowly ; after the manner of a reptile.

The joy, which wrought into Pygmalion's

CREE'PLE.

my

creft

Then

will

The-rcalm of Aladule,

And

fimi-

any

The

increaiing.

pow'r's a erefccnl, and

Unfcen, yetfrj^we

creep to efcape danger.

2.

moon

Bacon.

and woodbine.

1.

of increase

ftate

[from

adj.

Adorned with a plume or

The

Lat.]

[crefcens ,

/.

come to th' full. Slat. Ant. and Clnf.

Or Bacuian fophy, from the horns
it

Of Turkifh

3.

Latin.]

crcjunt

CRE'SCENT.
moon in her

My

To come as humbly as :hey us'd to creef

To holy altars. Sbakeffearc's Tnih.s ar.d Criffidi.
CRE'EPER. n.f. [from creep, ]
A plant that fupports itfelf by means of
1

2.

thcfe in troop
the Phoenicians call'd
horns. Mitt.
of heaven, with

whom

Aftoreth,

litude of the

us'd to bend,.
fend their fmilts before them to Achilles,

To

TRE'STED.

With

ft

C R

CRIB.
i.

thefc fail at the bent of the

hook.

WaHon't Angler.

n.f. [cjiybbs, Sax. crib, German.]

"The rack or manger of a (hble.
Let

C R
Let

beft be lord of

C R

and his

beafts,

ftind at the king's melli.

crib

Hamla.

Skaktfptari'i

The tleer and lion at one crib mall in

Ami harmlefs ferpentj lick the pilgrim's feet.
2. The ftall or cabin of an ox.

3.

fmall habitation

Why
Upon
Than

So

CRI'MINAL.
1

thou in liuoaky rri^i,

rather,
uncafy pallets ftretchiug thec,
in the pcrfum'd clumbers of the
great ?

a.

to cage.

Now I am cabbin'd,

rr.'AiV,

confin'd, bound

in

;
;

LUe

Dift.

CRIBRA'TION.
of

CRICK,
1.

2.

contrary to right
contrary to law.

i.

The

Was

[from

criyce,

CRI'CKET. n.f.

make
I.

An

a noife,

Saxon, a flake.]

ful (liiFneis in the

pain-

neck.

from kreken, to

[krekel,

cry.

Sbakcjpearc,

Far from all refort of mirth,

Save the criektt on the hearth.
Mi'lcn.
The folemn death-watch click'd the liour (be

And fluilling crickets in the chimney cried. G,iy.

I. [from criyce, Saxon, a ftick.] A fport,
at 'Which the contenders drive a ball
with ftickiin oppofition to each other.
.

The judge, to dance, his brother ferjeant

The fcnator at tricktt urge the ball.

3.

[from kriechen,
feat or ftool.

CR I'C-K &T

raignment

[from

whofe bufinefs
mation.

cry.]

to cry or

is

The
make

C R 'M

Dry den.

could never be convinced of

any fuch er'mihim, as willingly to expofe his li'itotkc
rtrokc of jullicj, and malice of his enemies.

King

fon.]

an

With

criir.i ilo

not

it

tatting.

As

in their crime.

l!:iy
;

CR-IMP.

in

Sfenfer.

'

crime,

'tis

no crime

to love.

Pate .

CRI'MEFUL. adj. [from crime and //.'/.]

Wicked; criminal; faulty in a high
;

contrary to duty

contrary to

virtue.

You

proceeded not again ft thcfc featj,

So crime/aland fo capital in nature. Sbak.

CRI'MELESS.
cent

adj.

[from

without crime.

criint.}

inno-

Till, like a boy,

Not

Spenfcr's Pcftcrah.

adj.

The

confi Trent;
is

And whine aloud for meicy. Shak. Ant.andCtcap.

To CRINGE, -v. n. [krucucn,

To bow

fawn

to

To

a.

German.]
pay court with bows to
;

to flatter.

Flatterers hive the flexor mufcles fo

ftrong, that
jtrbutbna.
they are always bowing and cringing.
The cringing knave, who feeks a place
Without fucctfs, thus tells his cafe.

CRINI'GEROUS.
;

Swift.

adj.

overgrown

[criniger,
with hair.

Latin.]
Diff.

CRl'NKLE.

To

v. n. [krintkeltit, Dutch.]
To go in and out ; to run in flexures :
diminutive of cr>
Unlcfsfomi: fwcetnefs at the bottom lie,
cares for all the
crinkling of the pie ?

Who

King's Cs:kcry.

CRI'NKLE.

i>.

To mould

a.

into in-

equalities.

n. f.

[from

the verb.]

a finuofity.
adj.

[from

crinii,

Latin.]

CRINO'SITY.

Di3,
./.

[from

crincfe.]

Hairi-

Di3.

Fiefs.

CRI'PPLE.

n. f.

cpypd,

'Sax. krefel,

[from rumple, crum-

.my limbs ; but what decays arc

mind, the reader inuft determine.
Dryd.
Among the ir:( there was a lame cripple from
his birth, whom Paul commanded to (land
on his feet.

crimp

-v.

fellows,
cringe his face,

fwsar

not

forcible:

a low

the

wjtnefTcs

backwards and forwards, and contradict

felvcs ; and his tenants ftick
by him.

To CRI'MPI. E.

him

Dutch.] A lame man ; one that has loft

or never enjoyed 'the ufe of his limbs.
Donne, with great appearance of propriety, writes it creeple, from creep.
j-:)or man, by your firft o.dcr died,
And that a winded Mercury did bear
Some tirdy.cripfle had the countermand,
That came too lag to foe him buried. Sbatefpenre.

word.
evidence

fee

you

Hairy.

the fowler, wjrn'd

theft j;nod omens, w>h fwift
early (reps,

c-irit

me

CRl'NOSE.

Treads c(Kc,in:p caith, raisin.;

throujjh-d.
2.

from

man.]

':

[from crumble, or crimkle.]

Friable; brittle; eafily crumbled ; eafily reduced to powder.

By

Mi/ton.

let far

Bow;

CRINGE, v. a. [from kriechen, GerTo draw together; to contract.

To

Irjves bttwern,

Now

punirtunent

tltfcrmt was thine, if

degree

1.

but

Hudibras*

cringe, andfalfe diflembling look's.

wrinkle

a cr'nncjin coronet,
rofes and daiTadilies fet,

primrofcs green,
Embclliih the -white viok-t.

M,lton.

Like

Be fawning

head

And

cover, but difclofe the fame.

Undergo with me or* gu i!t, one

Of

ad of wickedness.'

iiod. be witnefs that 1 guiklrfs im

But if yourfelf, Sir knight, ye guilty find,
Or Wrapped be in loves of former dame,

(ervile civility.
Let me be graieful

CRI'NKLE.

fpecies of red colour.

;'.

A cramp;

the verb.]

Cl-arles.

CRI'MOSIN. adj. [crimsfino, Italian; commonly written as it is pronounced, crim-

CRIME.
/ [rrimen, Lat. crime, Fr.]
Ah aft contrary to right an offence a
;

CRINGE, n.f. [from

Hairy

criminous. ]

aloud

ood -

word.]
whimfy.

For jcalouiy is but a kind

Of clap and trmcitm of thi mind.

fufpcnfe.
Brtmviod on Laxguaget.

''

n'ujn'Js in

Our'old nobility of Trojan Wood,

Who gape among the erowd for their precarious

great fault

a contraction

eriminuifj omitted before.

K o u s x E s s n. f. [from
Wickednefs ; guilt ; crime.

crlff calls

mod

which were

He opcneth his mouth like a trier. Ere!, xx.

5.
The cr'urt command filence, and the whole
The

Ha

Wi-. [from criminoiu.]

Enormoudy; very wickedly.
Some particular duties of piety and charity,

multitude prefent ftand in

Sbaiejfeari.

n.f. [a cant

Whip him,

by Chrift.

officer

procla-

ft

CRI'NCUM.

charge.

punifliment that belongs to that great And

criminals guilt, is the forfeiture of his
right nd
claim to all mercies, which are made over to him

A fmall fpecies

./.

Here waft thou bay'd,

thou

fall ; and here

thy hunters (land
Sign'd in thy fpoil, and crlmfcn'd in thy lethe.

Kcga-t.

The

of apple.

CRI'ERV

Here

did

cenforious,

Pift.

[from the noun.']

dye with crimfon.

brave hart

fubjefts, they

CRI'MI NOUS. adj. \_criminofus, Latin.]

Wicked; iniquitous; enormoufly guilty.

a.

-v.

Pardon me, Julius.

[from criminal.]
wickedly ; guiltily.

adj. [from crimina, LaRelating to accufation ; accufmg;

tin.]

Germ, tocreep.] Alow

N c Apple.

To

ud<v.

CRI'MIN ATORY.

died,

Pr'ar,

DiyJcn's Mncul.

v.'imnd.

n.f. [from criminal.]

Guiltinefs; want of innocence.
CRI M I N A'TION. n.f. [crimiaatio, Latin.]
The. aft of accufmg ; accufation ; ar;

blufhing poppy with a crimfoa hue

To CRI'MSOV.

CRI'MINALNESS.

Didft thou not hear a noife ?

heard the owl fcream, and the crk/tets

endue

Drydtn't Spanijh Fr.

guilty of a crime.

foil

Beauty's enlign yet

Is criir.fcn in thy lips, and in thy cheeks.
Sbakeff,
The crimfm (Ifcam dili.iin d his arms around,.
And the difd.iinlul foul came rufliing through, the

crime.]

As our thoughts extend to all

may be criminally employed on all.

chirps about

ovens and fireplaces.

I

A man

zeal.

does the

in general.
Can you blame her then, being a maid yet
rofed over with the virgin crimfon of modefty, if
flje
deny the appearance of a naked Hind boy, in
her naked feeing !-. i ?
Xhjkrfpcerc' i Henry V.

profecution

ever criminal forbid to plead

Why

Red

accufed.

CRI'MI NAI.LY.
Not innocently

Dutch.]

infect that
fqueaks or

The
2.

not in-

All three perfons th.<t had held chief place of

authority in their countries ; all three ruined, not
by war, 01 by any other Jil'afler, but by juftico and
fcnrenc.', a-, delinquents and criminals.

door.
2.

A man

on Odours,

Byle

clear fhe died

Curb your ill-manner'd

noife of a

n.f. [cnmcfino, Italian.]

Red, iomewhat darkened with blue.

As crirrfcn~{etms to be little elfe than a \erydeep
red, with an eye of blue j fo fome kinds of red
feem to be little elfe than heightened yellow.

contrary

nocent.

z.

n.f.

1.

Guilty; tainted with crime;

The

cricco, Italian.]

CRI'MS'ON.

Th;- negleft of any of the i-htive duties, renders us criminal in the fight o:
Rogers.
civil': as, a criminal
3.
;

n.f. [eribro, Latin.]

fifting, or feparating by afieve.

[from

any fcathe,
crimtlefi.

[from crime.]

adj.

To I'aucy doubts and fears.

Sbakcfyearc's Much.
Not
CRI'BBAGE. n.f. A game at cards.
the criminal law.
CRI'BBLE../. [cribrum, Latin.] Acorn- CRI'MINAL. n.f. [from
fieve.
aft

pafled the cautery through them, and accordingly frtmptfti them up.
WifdnarCi Surgery*

tinu, and to thy mother dead after},

from blemifh criminal. Spmfrr.
What we approve in our friend, we can hardly
be induced to think criminal in ourfflves. Rosin.

Thai

Sbakefpeare.

[from the noun.] To (hut

up in a narrow habitation ; to confine ;
<v.

Faulty
to duty

flecp, lieil

fa CRIB.

loyal,

He

Sbaktffrarc's HftirfVl
l'jj>f.

a cottage.

C R

foes could not procure me

long as I am
true, and

My

fln\\

ple, <,-.>.;//. ]
contract; to
to caufe to flirink or contrail.

corrugate;

'

lr

in ir.y

Sec the blind beggar dance, the

erlfple fmg,
The fot a hero, lunatkk a king.
Pvpr.

C R
To CRI'PPLE. <v.
lame to make

To

[from the noun.J

a.

larne

C R

to deprive ot the

And chalk

his g' -ty joints appear,

in his crtfflid fingers found.

is

CRI'SPY.

DryJ.

dancing-mafter, threw himfelt

from the rock, but was criffltd in the fall. Mdif.

CRI'PPLENESS.
Lamenefs
CRI'SIS.
1.

n.

[from

f.

n. /.

point of time at which

comes to the height.

him

bellion,

when

ment, in

w:is

it

his

.nb'Jte

in the very ^r\fn ol t!:c

duty

fuitabic

abiliti?s.

CRISP,

to

The
hai

crij'f

on the forehead than

Ethiopian black,

flit

c-'".v

BJC

n.

and

nofed,

criff.

Hate.

z. Indented

You nymphs,

call'd Naiads,

This

To CRISP, v.
I

To curl

a. \crifpo,

Latin.]
to contract into knots or curls

3.

4.

My

;'iief
crit-.ek

criticifm

'alienee arts o'er

But critick learning

CRI'TJCK.

CRI'SPINC-PIN. n.f. [from

crifi.]

fuits of
apparel, and the
and the wimples, and the
iriff'mg.f'

Voi,.

very

examination

re-

critical

Dryden

Addijon

acliitfis

my quill

to criticks

man

iii.

was confin'd

It is

eirs,

what

or

comment,

\*

ho can

Mm-

in;

own

colt, that I

trun

f)

;ritLiji

w.'i-it,

may

weakly, as to

im;*t;in:'

be convinced, at rb'iir

can write fevercly with more e ile

c.m gently.
Dry.!,!'.
KMOU well each ancient'? proper character ;
Without all this at once before your eye-.,
C.ivil you rnay, but never crir:
P.P- f
2.

adj.

an

critick.]

nicely judicious

1.

as faulty.
Nor \v.>Ljl<l 1 have his fVhcr look fo narrowly
as to take occalion -i\;n
int-i theft acc'iun's,
thence to criric.fi on his expcMices.
Lcatf.

CR I'TICISE. v a. [from critiek.] To

cenfure ; to pafs judgment upon.
Nor fhall I look upon it as any b.each of cha.

long as

keep

di

critic.

It

.'

.,'

-S 1 1

Yrfl p

dm

Addijtn.

critick.]

Criticifm, as it was firft inftituted by

Ariltotje, was meant a ftandard ofjudg.
ing well.
Drydin' I Innocence, Preface.

Remark

2.

animadverfion

critical

ob-

fervations.
There is nut

a Greek or Latin critick, who has

not /hewn, even in the ftile of his criticifms, that
he was a mafter of all the eloquence and delicacy of

his native tongue.

To
I

accurate

fubmitttd to the judgment of more

and determine what is jjra.
-.vi-t

animadvert upon

CRI'TICISM. n.f. [from

Tetnplf

[from

To

To

beci

critick,

upon them.

The)

To

u jirciS

rity, to criiidfe the authir, fo

f rrir.Vj/in thr ritri of religion, tha

he would nf\'r h.ue Lr, u,,ht in fuch praycis a
<Hc to thr Run
tllrtc, it' tli^v h 'A not brrrl ar:r
c u rt o

incidence

<v. n.

play the critick

Pope

-.-

22

of time.

[from critick,]
to judge; to write
remarks upon any performance of litcat nrt
to point out faults and beauties.

To

1.

play the critick ; to criticize.

They do but trace over the paths that have

nicety

of the pcrfon.

My vcrfe gave ampler leflbu; to mankind.

To CRI'TICK. i/. n. [from critick.]

I'.xaiS

accuracy

To CRI'TICISE.

Mcdah

c,n

If ideas and words were diftinflly weighed, am

duly confidered, they would afford us another fot
of logick and critick than what we have beer
hitherto acquainted with.
Lockt
What is every year of a wife man's life, but
cenfure and critique on the part ?
Pope

i.

H'Ml-Kurd.

learned ir.en.

at a particular point

in France. PJJ>C.

on any thing of mine.

that

many

At the exa& point of time.

CRI'T ic A LNESS. n.f. [from critical.] Ex-

Science of criticifm.

2.

to

it i.

2.

mould

Vii,-il

Ijaub,

pair.

ligent.

Bjctn

The change ible

Pope.

I nVuldbe glad if I could

perfuade him to continue his goid offices, and write fuch anothei

curling iron.
tie?,

mod

undcritand the purity of English,

and Critically to diCeem good writer-, fioin ''id,
and a proper ftile frim a corrupt one.
D'-ydeyt.
Thefe (hells which are digged up out of
e.irth,. fcveial hundieds of which I now kef p by
me, have been nice!) arid critically eximired by
Duficult

mow,

P^pc.

dif-

CRI'TICAL.
,

oully.

animadverfions.

change of the

as, a critical fweat.

the northern world advance

all

flourifli'd

^RI'TIC ALLY, adv. [from critical. ]

In a critical manner ; exactly ; curi-

n.f.

critical

flourish

the hair and feathers, both in

fmootb, like

ftveral

man

beaten by the ancients

the quantity, mjpafai, anj colours of them

he lions are hirfute, and have great ma
(he'i are

men's minds of

eafe

of literary performances.

Not

n f. [from
crifp.]
aft of curling.
(late of being curled.
differ in

judging of

Miltbn

To

Some

juncture, .vholl; laid afide.

Producing a crilis or

relating to the art of judging

nice.

;
apt to find fault.
defign, next to leeine, \ou, is to be a
on you .uiii v m: n/^hb ur.
Sivifr
Critical; relating to
adj.

CKI'TICK.

CRISPA'TION.
2.

llireze.

.]

what morals eriiUs ought to

but half a judge's talk to know.

fuppofed to be me.ifured by fevers,

is

S
Spratt't
people cannot but refent to fee their aycritira! *
of
rhe
in
of
fo
France,
prelienfions
power

as foon expecl to fee a critique on thi

poefy of a ring, as on the infcription of a medal.

crifptj made? and bow'rt

Revels the fprucc and jocund fpriag.
indent ; to run in and out.

The
The

{killed in the art of

fevere

From that faphinc fount the criff ed brooks,

Rolling on orient pearl and fands of gold,
Ran nectar, vifiting each plant.
Milttn
1.

[*.m

n.f.

cenfurer

cntick

twift.

'.rmor.i

with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critick.

exalt thcmlelves, and mower down
their illnature.
H'j

IV

Along the

*t

Shakefp. Otletto.

The

And fix their own with labour in their place. Pope.

Wheie an author has many beauties conllltem

Caft in thoufand fnarcs and rings,

To

think,

learn

'tis

marks

For love's fingers, and his rings. Bert Jtrifon

of wine is not only unfit for inflammaSpirit
tions in general, but alfo trifpt up the vefl'els o
the dura mater and brain, and fomctimes produce
a gangrene.
Skarp'i Surgcy

to

m-miciit, the exaft point, the critical minute, oil

which evejy good woik fo much depends.

South.

Young
Yet a man, with crifftdhw,

2.

d'-,e

a judge.
But you with pleafuie o-.vn yourerrouis
And make each day a cntick on the U:t.
fnarler ; a carper ; a caviller.
3.
Ciitic ti I faw , that others names deface,

Ran
Aad

Sbakrfpfd't's Henry
I'd have him too ;

heart.

An examiner;

1.

Severn, affrighted with their bloody

fearfully among the trembling reeds,
hid hi) criff' J head in the hollow bank.

own

priz'd for fwtctuefc, that for fiink

fettles truer ideas in

Now

friable.

In frolry weather, muficlc within doors iUundeth

better ; which may be by reafon, not of the difpoliri in of the air, but of the wood or ftring of the
inftrument, which is made more crifp, and fo more
Bacon't Natural H.JI^y
porous and hollow.

me

if not critical.

Opportunity is in refpeft to time, in fome fcnfe,v

as time is in refpedl to eternity :' it is the dnall

things, whereof we read the names in anuinr

authors, '.'ian all the large and -laborious argument;
ot frit:
Locke.

With your

Decifive

j.

a man able to diitinguifh

;
the faults and beauties of writing.

brooks,

3. Brittle

The moon

literature

of the winding

fcdg'd crowns, and ever harmlef; look',

Leave your crifft channels, and on this green land
Anfwer your Summons j Juno does command

doyou eu,

criterion

A man

1.

winding.

A mark

P:pci

2.

more

Bulls are

is

CRITICK.

For

Curled.

i.

nothing,

and the critical ot decretory days to be dependent

on that number.
Brown's 7'atgar Errfjt.rst

By what

jtJJi/aft Frtcb'Jdtr.

am

by

..

We

[criffu:, Latin.]

arfj.

For

praife me ? .
gentle lajy, do not put

which any thing is judged of, with regard to its goodnefs or badnefs.

n.f. [xpry..-*.]

or ungracious difpohtion of his

every Briton ti
to the governhis ftat'r.n anc

ot"

a'Jifrance

utm./ft

manner

ct.e,

[from crfo.] Comprifing the time at

which a great event is determined.

re-

Ij'.e

O.

fnaky locks, oft

of a fecond head.

be the dowry

If this

ill,

was entered upon

Curled.
known

criff.]

as, be 'wrote

critical ct/jffcrtalion on the laft play*

Captious j inclined to find fault.
What wouldit thou write of me, if thou Jhouldft

Mutual agreement and endearments was the

badge of primitive believers ; but we may be
known by the contrary criterion. Glanville's Scep/is.
have here a furc infallible criterion, by which
every man may difcover and mid out the gr u-iou

Diydcr.
any affair

the very

's

or

Relating to criticifm

J'crice.
itbakcfpeare's Mirdiar.t >/

of your fate j
crijis
jour infamy or fame,
Ar.d ail the coiour of your life, dq-eads
t now.
On d
Drytlt;i ^pjrjl: F'iar.
The ur.de.takiMj, which I am now laying do A nj

Your good

[from

adj.

are thofe crjpy

CRITE'RION.

fafc crifii authorize their (kill.

fomc

This

To

[x^io-is.]

The

^.

So

criffle.]

Diet.
privation of the limbs.

The point in which the difeafe kills,

or changes to the better ; the decifive
moment when fentence is paffed.
Wife leeches will not vain receipts obtrude ;
Deaf to complaints, t'.iey wait upon the ill,
Till

RISPISU'LCANT. adj. \_crifpifuhans, Latin.] Waved, or undulating, as light-

the

Tettyx,

C R O

Difl.
ning is reprefented.
Ri'srNESs./z.y; [fromcrijp.] Curlednefs.

of limbs.
Knots upon

^ife

CROAK,

-v.

Addifin*

n.

[cjiacezzan,

Saxon

crocare, Italian ; ciocilare, Latin.]

make a hoarfe low noife, like a frog.
.
T: c fubtlc fw illw tli'"; ibout the brook,
And querulous frogs in muddy pools do croak.

To

May's I'ir^il.
So when Jove's block defccnded from on high,
Loud thundei to it' bouom ihook the bog,
1

And

thehxi'ic nation croak'd.

Pope*
Klj.j'i, ftufT'J inikins, is Britim chriftians food j
AaJ France rob> marflies of the cranking brood.

tin

I.

Gy.
z.

To

2.

To

caw, or cry as a raven or crow.

The raven himlelf is hoarle,

*./

The
By

Addijcn.

may be

ufed in contempt fcr

difagreeable or offcnfive murmur.
Their underftandings arc but

whole time and pains is

the creaking of their own bellies.

when
(till

little

all their

any

Locke.

The

n.f. [from the verb.]

or voice of a frog or raven.

Drydtn.

Was

that a raven's croak, or my fon's voice i

matter which, I'll to the grave and hide me.

Lee.

fifting

adj.

of faffron

Con-

[crtctm, Latin.]
like faffron.

any

n.f. [kruick, Dutch.]

made of earth.

cup

veflel

CRO'CKERV.

Earthenware.

n.f.

CRO'CODILE.

Soldiers

CRONE, n.f.
Vcrftegan

An

1.

JiiAwr, fearing.]

where the

fkin

It has a

not

eafily turn itfelf.

It

long lived,
and is faid to grow continually.to its
Some are fifteen or eighteen
death.
Crocodiles lay their eggs,
cubits long.
refembling goofe eggs, fometimes amouming to fixty, near the water-fide,
covering them with the fand, that the
heat of the fun may hatch them. Calmet.
Beguiles him ; as the mournful crocodile
forrow fnarcs relenting paflengers.

VI.

CreaJilct were thought

Brown's Vulgar Errwri.
Kile.
Czfar will wesp, the crocodile will weep. Dryd.
tears are death ;
whole
Enticing encodiles,

with enchanting breath.

Sjicni, that murder
Grani'ille.
Crocodile

alfo a little animal, otherwife cabled

is

much

like the lizard, or fmall croccriile.

fiinx, very
It lives by land and water ; has four fhort fmall
a
(harp muzzle, and a fhort fmall tail.
legs,

It

is

very

enough

pretty

over with

little fcales

to look at, being covered ail

of the colour of filver, inter-

mix! with brown, and of a gold colour

back.

It

always remains

CRO'CODII.INE. adj.
Like a crocodile.

m
Trevoax.

little.

[crocodilinus ,

Lat.]

Did.

flower.
Fair-hani.'eJ Spring unbofoms every grace.
Throws out the fnow-drop and the crocus firft.

CRO'CUS. n.f.

CROFT.

*.

[cr>pt

Saxon.]

clofe joining to a houfe, that

is

Tending

my

That brow

(locks

tbi

little

ufed for

quaintance

l.ar J

by,

i'

a companion of long Hand-

ingSo when the Scots, your

To pay

the

Any

2.

their duty at his herfe

He

Swif:.

bent

To

Prior.

French.]
to turn into a hook.

jirbutbr.

reftitude
pervert from
from the original end.
Whatfoevcr

them

affairs pafs

But

be often ccccntrick to

.'

tnj):e:.

to

-v.

divert

be bent

to

nrfl

repletion

n.f. [crook and tack.]

term of reproach for a man that has

CRO'OKBACK.

gibbous (houlders.

bauchery.
where crcp-fick drunkards muft
Strange odds
engage
hungry foe, and arm'd with fober rage.
!

CROP. n.f. [cnoppa, Saxon.]

1. The higheft part or end of any
as the
2.

The

I (land to anfwer thee,

Hen.
the proudeft of thy fort.

SM.

adj.

VI.

harveft

the corn gathered off a

Having bent moul-

Sfenfir's Po/Jora!s,

Be

negroe for a fwan ;

call'd Eurupa.
Dryden'i Juvenal.
Thtre are millions of truths that a man is not,

or

may

not think hiaifelf? conwrncd to

know j

foil,

Corn, wine, and

for a giant pafs,

a eraoklreck'd lafs

at,

Lab'ring the

may

thing

head of a tree, the ear of corn.

the produft of the field.

And th'u of all my harveft hope 1 have,
Nought reaped but a weedy crof of care.
field

Aye, crookkack, here

as well

Milton.

Sick with
fick with excels and de-

Tale's Juvettat.

Their (hoes and pattens are fnouted and piked

more than a finger long, t rooking upwards. Camdcn.

ders.
A dwarf

Sa-

full.]

cock his matin rings.

adj. [crop a.n& fie k.~\

curvature.

Or any he

and

crcf-fiill,

Ere the

Ea ""'
have A

[crop

adj.

with a

full belly.
He, ftretch'd out all the chimney's length,
Balks at the fire his hairy ftrength ;
out of door he flings
And,

the ends of his niaftcr or

To

n.

By

CRO'PSICK.

ftate.

To CROOK,

fluttering there, they neftle near the throne,

lodge in habitations not their own,
their high crops and corny yixzards known. Dr.

And

fuch a man's hands, he

which niuft needs

own ends

to his

Wcrtby Communicant.

In birds there is no maftic.ition or comminution

of the meat in the mouth ; but, in fuch as are not
carnivorous, it is immediately fwallowed into the
craw.
crof or
Ray,

tiated

difeafs proceeds
highly probable, that this
will
acidity, becaufe vinegar

To

to their

falfe gods, they would make a fevere fearch to lee

if there were any crookcdetfi or fpot, any unclean-

CRO'PFULL.

a. [cracker,

<v.

Honker.

Deformity of a gibbous body.

When the heathens offered a facrifice

meat defcends.

a meander.

foften and crcok tender bones.

croaketb

He that knoweth what is ftraight, doth even

thereby difcern what is crooked; becaufe the abfence of ftraightnefs, in bodies capable thereof, is

fall

bend

It is

n.f. [from crooked.}

Deviation from ftraightnefs ; curvity ;
the ftate of being inflecled ; inflection.

Tdy/->r'j

from a redundant

4.

n.f. [criop, Saxon.] The craw of

a bird ; the firft ftomach into which its

thofe faphire-colour'd brooks,

Which, conduit-like, with curious crooks,
Sidney.
Sweet iflands make in that fweet land.

I.

CROO'KEDNESS.

CROP.

fceptre bore
held the crook before.

be left his flocks,

Andwand'ring through the lonely rocks,
He nourilh'd endlcfs woe.

There

we walk

nefs or deformity, in their facrifice.

left his crook,

Any thing

not compliantly.

perverfely with God, he will walk

towards us. Taylor's Rule of Living
croookedly
Holy.

If

craokednejs.

n.f. [croc, French.]

crooked or bent inftrument.

In that right hand which

Untowardly

2.

(tars

fheephook.
who Judah's
fing ths man

3.

2.

flcy

crooked.]

CROOK,
1

CROO'KEDLY. adv. [from

Not in a ftraight line.
1

conft ant croniei,

Without one wonder in

Not one of all his crony

th' billy crofts

Milton.

Sbakrfl>tr.re's Henry VI.

were not born crooked \ we learned thofe
the
and
of
Scutb,
turnings
windings
lerpent.

We

and monies. Hudikras.

efpoufers of your caufe
To oblige your crtny Switt,
Swift.
Bring our dame a new year's gift.
Strange, an aftrologer (hould die

Th'

As
I learn'd,

bottom glade.

The

/.

CKO'OKBACKED.

corn or pafture.
This have

To CROOK.

Sbakeffrcart's Henry
to be peculiar unto the

corrupted themlclves : they are a

Deut. xxxii. 5.
pcrverlc and crooked generation.
Hence, heap of wrath ; foul, indigefted lump
As crooked in thy ma'nncrs as thy (hape.
!

hair which grows

over the top of an horfe's hoof.
CRO'NY. n.f. [a cant word.] An old ac-

Glofter's (how

With

They have

Tu/cr.

by

wide

is

Th
The glow-worm lights his gem.
Perverfe ; untoward ; without rectitude
of mind
given to obliquity of conducl.

Wnttr*> Tale.

50

tender.

is

Michel brings,

Sbakeffiere's
crone being in bed with him on the wedding
his
and
avcrfion, endeavours to win
rinding
night,
reafon.
his affection
Dry den.

An

throat, with feveral rows of teeth, fharp

and feparated, which enter one another.
It runs with great fwiftnefs ; but does

3.

The

CRO'NET.

walk

is in the right
way, wherever he has the foorfteps of others tofolluw. Locke,
li
on
crooked
the
lanes,
every
Among

in, if he thinks that he

old ewe.

Fielb. herrings plenty

amphibious voracious animal, in fhape refembling a

lizard, and found in Egypt and the Indies. It is covered with very hard fcales,
which cannot, without great difficulty,
be pierced ; except under the belly,

and

to
[cnonc, Sax. according
kronie, Dutch, according to

With fatted crcmet, and fuch old things.

2. In contempt, an old woman.
Take up thebaftarj,
Take 't up, I fay ; give 't to thy crone.

'., faffron,

n.f. [from

adj.

Winding oblique ; anfraduous.

A man fliall never want crocked paihs to

2.

the banner of the crcfs.

Diff.

CROCITA'TION. n.f. [crocitatio, Latin.]

The croaking of frogs or ravens. Dift.

CROCK,

who carry a crofs.

who fight againft infidels under

Pilgrims

Skir.ncr.]

race.

CRO'CEOUS.

cry

The fwallow (kirns the river's watry face

The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious

No

CRO'ISES. n.f.

inftrufted,
laid out to

CROAK,

[crocher, French.]
ftraight ; curved.
A bell or a cannon may be hcaid beyond a hill
which intercepts the fight of the founding body j
and founds arc propagated as readily through cro'^Ld
ones.
A'".w/.
pipes, as through ftraight
Of ticks.
Mathematicians fay of a ftraight line, that it it
s of die obas well an index of in own rcftitudc
one. Wo'.dtvard'i Natural
Injuity of a crooked
Hifl,

S
that lie
rope of that name did firft inftitute the croijado ;
and, as with an holy trumpet, did ftir up the voyBaccn.
age for the Hoi) Land.

2.

or
Licke

Bent; not

1.

blow.
Dryden.
At the fame time the walk of elms, with the
and
looks
folemn
the
of
ravens,
exceeding
irc-akirg
venerable.

CROO'KED.

infidels

croft.
take the name of Urban, becaufe

boarfe raven, on the Hailed bough,

from the left, piefag'd the coming

cnMaeked

no.

under the banner of the

trcaking

3. It

whether our king Richard III. was

French, from
A holy

[croifade,

CROISA'DO.
croix, a crofs.]
l:}
f
war ; a war carried on againil

That croaks the fatal cnti-ance of Duncan

Under m> battlements.
Sbalcffeare.

R O

C R O

C R O

The

and reaping plenteous

oil.

fountain which

cf

Milton's Parad'ije Lojt.

from Helicon proceeds,

That facred ftrearn, fliould never water weeds,

Nor make the crof of thorns and thirties grow.
Ksjccmntctt.

Nothing

Nothing

is

of

it

mowing

Any

3.

more prejudicial to your crop tlun

Mortimer's Hujbtndry.
too foon.

thing

cut

off.

Guilclefs of fteel, aai from the razor free,

It falls a plenteous rropreferv'd for thec.

1.

[from the noun.]

ends of any thing; to

a.

To cut off the

mow to reap
;

Croff'd

coat, one ha'f

is

your arms

cut aw.iy.

v.-hofe iiJs

By holy

4.

The

fewcft rofes are .rct.f'J t'.o.Ti the tree,

Shall yield tie other in tn: rijht opinion.
Saakc&eart's Henry

Any

5.

misfortune

VL

pofition
tience.

All the budding honours on th

to make a garland for my head.
I'll
crop,
.

my

Then

fruit divine!

Mitton.

While

on

bofom drops

earth's

Drnbiim.

Death deflroys
parent's hopes, and cnfs the growing

The

n.

from

\croifcr, Fr. from croix,.&

palloral ftaff of a bifhop,
has a crofs upon it.

Thomas

Brcket, who, with their

mort try it with the king's fworJ.

crofters,

did al-

[crcij/eltt

that
lines

French.]

ill-

In.

linei, or

meet

in

2.

n.f.

One

athw.irt another.
This forc'd the ftubborn'ft,

in the

To

The

Was

mould,

Of quick
3.

croft

Adverie

We

"re

lightning

fruit, to

of the

oppofite

SLalteffrearc
:

often with

over another; the inftrument'by which

the Saviour of the world fufFered death.
They make a little crofs of a quill, longways ot
that part of the quill which hath the
pith, and
croftways gf that pitce of the quill without pith.
Sacin's Natural Hiftirj.

4.

3.

to

4.

Peiverfe

untraftable.

as if the crofting

for this fervicc.

To fign

with the

crois.

Rcfort to farmers rich, and blefs their halls,

And cxcrcife the beds, and crcfs the walls. Dryiai.

fate fo

One muft
f:

at their kernels

was deligncd

Friars

to.

be happy by the other's lofs.

Drydn.
our interests, curbing fcnfc. and fin ;
OpprelVd without, and undermin'd within,
It thrives through pain.
DryAtn.
It runs cnfs to the belief and apprehenlion of
the reft of mankind ; a difficulty which a moda4
and good man is Icarceable to encounter. Atlert.

laid at ritht angles

come

bill

crij/cs

2.

croft,

body

Huaiiiat.

whofe bill is thick and

one another, with great
croffing
-cones, apples, and other

Dcrbam's P hj/Jice-Thealegf.
moll carefully obferve, not to crtfs over
or deface the copy of your papers for the luturc,
and only to marie in the margin.
Pofe.
A hunted hare trends back her nuzes, and
Watts.
and coitounds her former track.

':

both love's captives; but with

g.iin'd,

I mall

this a face,

loxia, or crofs-bill,

ftrong, with the tips

nerds encounter, when they

towards one anntlicr in dirtct
the intcifi.-i.lion of crifs ones.

line,

for the caufe,

cr?/>-the cu'.'gels to the laws

Thin 'what by breaking them 't had

By their fupport might be maint.iin'd.

Nswton,

ftand againft the deep dread-bolted thunder,

In the mod terrible and nimble llrukc

[croix, Fr. trace, Ital. crux,

ftraight

To CROSS, v. a. [from the noun.]

1. To lay one body, or draw one

To

Latin.]
i.

lateral.

Oblique;

his back, as in

triumphant fcorn,
of the houfe was born.
pillar
Dryden'i Fatlts,
Over; from fide to fide.
fox was taking a walk one night cnfs a village.
L'EJtrange.

2.

Btntly.

paiTage, by miftake, for

CROSS,

Drydcti's Virgil,

mud

following

Diydcn's Aimid.

had, in the woods before them, cut

the ways, fo that their horfe
crofs
Kml/es.
that way.

great trees

Cioft

Holder en Time.

p.,

any thing ;

The hope and

advance

VH.

could not poffibly pafs

Betwixt the midft and thefe, the gods aflign'd
Two habitable feats of human kind ;
And ercfi their limits cut a Hoping way,
Which the twelve figns in beauteous order fway.

in tB

corfelet.
The crcjlet fome, and fome the cui(hes
With lilver plated, and with ductile

fo as to interfeft

The enemy

of time, by his annual

tr.:i
.i.tv.ard, will be advanced near
degree o! the ccliptick, crofs to the motion of

either

That

in his armour bare a

crojht red,
Spetifer.
Here an unfiniiVd diamond crojlei
To which fojt lo\ers adoration pay.
Cay's Fan.
2. It feems to be printed in the

Sidney.

prep.

Athwart

lun, in that fpacc

the equator.
if aught he knew,
her 'champion true,

of die fecoin

penumbra would be confpkuous

which touch thofe circles.

The

fmall crofs.

Then Una'gan to afk,

Or heard abroad, of that

in Ireland.

Whatfcever penumbra mould be made

n.f.

marriage alfo with Dowith child of the

crofs

(hortly left her

Bacon's Henry

CROSS,

circles by the cr ft le/'railion

was too bufy.

diflike

Clanvillf.

between the king's fon and the

archduke's daughter; and again, between the archduke's fon and the king's daughter.

elfc.

i's
Eng/*/icTt Tears.
front ercil with majefty (he bore,
crofer wielded, and the mitre wore.
Dryden.

CRO'SLET.

and

my

Crofs marriages,

down

adj. [from the fubflantive.]

Tranfveric ; falling athwart fomething

1.

by

famous Pyrocles.

Uujibras.

CROSS,

Her

The

for,

tranfverfely.

lame, which were called the crofs ; whcrrin the

king made a iheriff: fo in each of ihel'e counties
palatines there was one Iheriff of the liberty, and
another of the craft.
Sir 'Jf. Davits.

Bacon.
were, I muft confefs, and fome
in
civil
incongruities
my
government; wherein fome
fay the crofter, fome fay the diitarT,

ofmyaefign;

engaged in one.

Interchanged.
Evarchus made a
rilaus's filler,

ablblutc palatines made their own judges,

fo as the king's writ did not run in thofe co mt.Ci,
but only in the church lands lying within the

The

prelates are great, there is alfo danger

them ; as in the times of Anfelmus and

am

The

CRO'SIER. n.f.

When

ivTue

lie

his

Church lands

8.

ume

be tame and wild pigeons; and sf

there be :nffm, carriers, runts. Walton's jlngler.

which

foldiers

kind of

re

crofs.]

make

I
humbly conceive to be pcrfcit biys play
win, and pile, you lofe; or, what's yo ir o
cr^J's,
is mine, and what's mine is my own.
Swift.
'1

Sbak. Ant.&Clief.

n.f. [from fof.J

pigeon with a large crop.

to

Whacum had neither croft nor fife ;

His plunder was not worth the whiL*.

lay his fword to-l

CRO'PPER.

and unlucky
of difputes, I
8.

was

crojfeft

South.
cannot, without fome regret, behold the crcfs

the fide, which bears a crofs, mall

upward, or the other.

bys.

yield harveft.
Royal wench

.ligh'd her, an:! fht crijt.

any

paffages of Providence.

mean

unfortunate.

We

Dryden.

To

She made great Czfar

and

Difctni.

Crofs and Pile, a play with money ;

at which it is put to chance whether

7.

Creech.

To CROP. v.

crofj'a,

force our youth, like fruits, untimely cnf!.

but no

Contrary to wilh

learn the great reafonablenefs of not only

a contented, but alfo a thankful, acquiefcence in
and feverelt
condition, and under the

faid
fpring up out of
the very earth to follow him, though he had not a
11owet's Focal ortft.
crsfs to pay them (alary.
Whereas we cannot much lament our lofs,
Who neither carried back nor brought one infs.

it falls.

like ripe apples,

criff'a

Join's

Contrary; contradictory.
The mind brings all the ends

7.

Tayhr'i Rule, tf Living Ko'y.

fo called becaufe marked with

Money,
He

Sweet of thyfelf, but much more fweet thus cnpp'd.

Age,

Bit:

a crofs.

men with

goi'd

can happen to a good man.

A great eftatc hath great
fortune hath but fmall ones.

6.

and mifchances in

ihould love.

Sidney.
us teach our trial patience,
a cuftomayy crc/ji.
Shakcfpeare.

let

Heaven prepares

Dryden's Virgil.

gather before

cnffes

ill-humoured.

of a long and
various hypothefis together ; fees how one pare
cohere* with, and depends upon, another; and fci
clears off all the appearing contrarieties and contradictions, that feemed to lie crofs and uncouth,
Scutb*
and tj make the whole unintelligible.

of pa-

trial

fretful

Tilhtfan.

6.

or obftrufts ;
vexation ; op-

it is

their"

To

ill

cnf

2.

hindrance ;
;
mifadventure

whensoever

love,

Becaufe

Exetie/, xvii. 22.

tain.
There are fome tears ot'trees, which are combed
from the beards of goats ; for when the goats bite
and
them, especially in the mornings* the den-

and hangeth upon

being on, the tear comech forth,
Bacon's Natural 11 ifl^ry.
t
No more, my goats, (hall I behold you climb
The fteepy cliffs, or crof the flow'ry thyme

Wilhing unto me many

Sbffkcftearis Henry IV.

from the top of his young twigs a
one, and will plant it upon an high moun-

will cnf> off

-

drawn through another.

thing that thwarts

it.

quit

Did ever any man upon the rack afflict himfelf,

becaufs he had received a craft anfwer from his
miftrefs?
Taylor.
All cnfs and diftafteful humours, and whatever
of
men
render
the
converfation
elfe may
grievous
and uneafy to one another, mull be Ihunned.

upon it to
were anciently

crofs

where (he kneels and prays. Sbak.

crsflrs,

line

Peevifh

j.

excite devotion, fuch as

let in market-places.
She doth dray about

Sbatifftare't Henry VI.

He, upon

monument with a

him

South.

holy-faith and Chriftian cnfs oppos'd

Rmve.
Againft the Saxon gods.

3.

inconvenience, then religion bids

enfign of the Chriftian religion.

Her

to lop.

are the flower-de-luces in

Of England's

The

z.

When, through the 'crofs cir-i'itiftances of

man's temper or condition, the enjoyment of a
him to a greater
pleafurc would certainly expofe

You are firft to confider ferioufly the infinite

love of your Saviour, who offered himfelf for you
-as a fjcrifice upon the craft.
the Penitent.
Taylor's Guide to

Dryjen's Folks.

To CROP. V.

C R

C R

R O

To
To
He

cancel
as,
pals over.
:

to crofs

an

article.

tonquertd this, proud Turk as far

which he crcij/eti, and made a

lefponr,

the Helthe

vifit to

Greek, cnipertr at Conil.intinupk-.

Temfle.
Ah fi only fake
We- found
the bitter
.irjd
dark
the
ub.'u.-,,
crofs'it
fought
lake.
Dry<<t.
c

We

To

To move

5.

thwart

fame

or

That many knotty

a-

laterally, obliquely,
not in oppofition ; not in the

towards him

fall

Gentlemen

I croft

The

H^.cr.

officers, that lit crujftd ail they pr

Buried in private, and

Tile

fo fud.ienly

foe,

<

lind the gener^i^

Ubour was

whether dildurg.

to
,:

concur

to

.-.tune croft,
not loll.

To
rity

ijovcrnour

but upon the

eourl'e,

flopped and cnjjid,

from hence.
It

To

0.

In

leail

or

may make my

the fmalleft.

Perverfe

2.

courfcs appointed him

Sfaftr 0* Ireland.

woman,

us

.;,

is

Barn's Natural

1 .

Hijlory.

2.

2.

i.

atiions do not always crsfs with rcafon.

Sidney.

z.

iftions againfr. their words, thefc will foon confcl's

the invalidity of their folcmncft confeliions.
Decay of Piety.

judges

(hall, as

they think

fit,

int!

Sfc!!.:Hr.

n.f. [from crofs and fluff.}

inilrument commonly called the fore-

CRO'SS-STAFF.

An

take the meriIhrY, ufed by feamcn to

dian altitude of the fun or (lars. Harris.

CRO'SS-BITE. n.f.
deception

[crtfs

and

bite.}

a cheat.

t,om

filly

he had digged

for another.

Yrufci.

cul<v.

[from

HcmyVll.

and crab tree for cart and for

of the

foi a rtilc

ft

crctcli

and the bough.

fo as

into
fupport ; a piece of wood fitted
another to fupport a building, [from
crock, a fork.]
A (lately temple (hoots within the
The craJ.Ltt i/f th--ir cot in columns

Oppofitely

adverfely

in oppofition to.

CROUCH, v.
To (loop low

cr./i-i/Vii.T

<*'*

(hall come
Every one that is left in thine houfe,
and ii-5ci to him for a piece of filvcrand a motfcl
1 Sam. ii.
of bread.
36.

At

Drjdtn.

They

foe.

compote

our difappoint-ncnts alleep.

Entcrtaiimrrt of S'.-oks.

CRO'SSROW. n.f. [crofs and row.} Alphabet ; fo named becanfe a crofs is plac-

CROUP,
1.

2.

disinherited /hould be.

CRO'SSWIN v.n.f.

[crcfs

Sbat. Richard

III.

andiu/W.] Wind

blowing from the right or

The
unhappy perlons dc,
l.-.ift

left.

fo

tempeSuous a

more

lea

u this world,

in \> full- and

m~et w;t

n.f. [from croup.} Higher

thofe of corvets, that keep
leaps than
the fore and hind quarters of the horfe
in an
height, fo that he trufles his

or ftormy gufts
either cnjj'io'odt
*

CRO'SSWAY.

/. [crofi

and

.-.twy.J

equal

without yerking.
legs under his belly
Fn.-rifr's Dili.

CROW.
l

n.f. [qiape, Saxon; cor-vus, Lat.]

feeds upon the
large black bird that
carcafles of bealb.
The crtivs and choughs, that wing the n<

a r,

th..

pcrous galrs.

n.f. [croupe, French.]

The rump of a fowl.

The buttocks of a horfe.

CROUFA'OES.

ed at the beginning, to (hew that the

end of learning is piety.
He hearkens afu:r prophecies and dreams,
And from the iftfi v plucks the leiter G ;
And fays n wizard told him, that by G
irtu'e

DrjJt*.

Your (hamrful (lory /hall record of me,

The men all cruub'J, and left a woman free.

VEJIr.

the crofl'nffi of men and

help us to forget
cur cares and our paliions, and

well the vigour of that arm they kti

lick the dull, and cnucb beneath their fatal

Too

King Char/a.
wiuld have imagined that the lt:ti croffiiifi
had
the power
ever have
captive (hould
>

V.
Sbjleffeare't Htnry
employment.
and crouch to men of part-., whom

jv/n

when they arc prethey cannot ruin; quote thorn,

fent j an 1, when they ire ablent, fteal their jcfts.

humour.

Collier cfti-f

for
!

deny

fire,

Crwcb

turneth b-it to a
lighter fort of malignity
or aptnefs to oppofe ; but the deeper fort,
Bacon.
to envy, or mere mifchief.
out of cnffktjl
1
nothing, tic to be granted,

lay

his hcfl

Leafnt in like hounds, Ihouid famine, fword, and

The

L'EJIrarge.
n. [crocbu, crooked, Fr.]
to lie clofe to the ground :

To

croffnrfs

They

Hnoel.

meanly.

liilotjjn.

him

to twitch or

as, the lion crouches to his mailer.

fawn ; to bend fervilely ; to (loop
2.

crofs.}

feat fo ur.eal'y to

Dryd.

him out, and prefently a crotcbit

came in his head how he might countermine him.

Tranfverfenefs ; interfedion.
Perverfenefs ; peevifhnefb.

of a poor
to make Hainan's

either

enlarge the ivy.

The horfe fmelt

Who

rife.

which words

which crept into her, tended

Unfortunately.

or

Ikies,

[In printing.] Hooks in

are included [thus.]
an odd fancy.
4. A perverfe conceit ;
All the devices and crmbits of new inventions,
3.

To

to interfeft fomething

Davits.

Prior.

crofs.}

-.

VEftrer.rc.

7o Ciio'ss-BiTE. v. a. [from the noun.]

To contravene by deception.
No rh'r.orick muft bo. fpe'jt againil
:.
couatry evidence, and

Athwart

His

his addrrfs and mafox, tha: truflel to

fo much as dreaming o! a tnfl-iilt
nage, without
an animal, fell himielt iuti the pit
fo
t., it

2.

crofs-grained, termagant,

CRO'SSNESS. n.f. [from

round (hot,
or great bullet, with a bar of iron put
Harris.
through it.
To CROSS-EXAMINE, v. a. [crcfs andf.*viTo try the faith of evidence by
miiu.}
of the contrary party.
captious queflions
If we may but erofi-examiai and interrogate

The

of contradiction, in a cnjs-grainid
incurable.
L'Ejirangc.

fon of thing-., as can be imagined.

3.

athwart another thing.

or ctri's-txatKint the witnefles.

elmi', i!h,

All his old crotfbiti in his brain he bBut on his harp plays ill, or not at all.

11. n.

CROSS-BAR-SHOT, n.f.

dilemma that More-

Chambers,
and double a quaver.
As a good harper, ftricken far in years,
Into &h ifc cunning hands the gout d.^th fill,

thnt provide t .r this lite, but takes no care

for eternity, i? wife for a moment, but a fool for
and nc^ as untowardly and c/-/j/y to the reaever

be inconfiftent.

Men's

rind in fullcn writs,

He

Slatrjpeere.

lie

elfe.

To

To
To

is

CRO'SSLY.

Hook,,.

debar; to preclude.
From his loins no hopeful branch (hall fpring,
To croft me from the golden time I look for.

1.

1.

the

To CROSS,

a tradition of a

n.f. [crocket, French.]

notes or cha[In mufick.] One of the
raclers of time, equal to half a minim,

vexatious.

But wifdom, peevifh and crofl-fraill'J,

Muft be oppos'd, to be fullain'd.

not a fylbble which any ways

troublefome

She was none of your

It is certain, howfocver it croft the received opiwithout air.

nion, that founds icav be created

10.

AiV/.r.

hook or

CRO'TCHET.

as good be barged as
fcolding jades, that ono had
live in the houfe with.
Abulbrnfijtib* Bull.

cafe dangerous, to crtji this in

Sbjkcjpcarc'i Mcajurefir Mtefurt.

there

crofi-boiv.}

And
The
The fpirit

contradift.
all this

only

plough,

Save

J works of modern wits.

crofi grain'
lludiiras.
wonder of the ignorant.

go on with any one

information he is either

ot'.ier

We

by autho-

furi'ered to

is

ryiM;
.!

Muan.

their w'.hs ciafli with their underilandings,

Locke.
their duty.
croft

contravene;
to countermand.
;

d by a g'unt or a

If the fluff proves crofjgraincd in any part of

to plane
its length, then you mud turn your fluff
it the contrary way, fo far as it runs craffgrjiftd.

and their ajpetites

8.

l-.-iv,

lar.

be inconfiftent with.

to hinder

is

Bjcats'i

Sav?

CRO'SSGRAINED. adj. [crofs and grain.}

1. Having the fibres tranfverfe or irregu-

Jddifir.'t Cart.

Not

-.

French.]

a. e

t"n ufid to raifc the benevolence to higher rates;

and lame called it his fork, and fome hij <ntct.

Raldgb'tEffayi.

Dijon.

Hill h;

forcible

the

(hooter with a crofs-bow.

The French ariilled thcmfelves by land with
froUiwen of Genoa aguiiill the Eni;lilh.

.-riot tin re,

,.'h

gument

[crtc,

are

t'-iat

.-..irnbcr

fork.

Slaltjfxarr.
(hit of a long bow, which
the thooicr ; .1.-

like the ftn.t

crofs andot'or/.]
the ladies bcdftraw, from

[from
like-

the

T&r.

aid wai-.tcd p.Av'r to croft,

11
-

CROTCH.*./,

ot

"" the
H.

loid

b-ir'al,

of leaves
which in this
produced at every joint;
four, difpofed in term of a en.-,-.
i.

i-

CRO'SS-BOWER. n.f. [from

Drjd -r.

urge an

manner

n.f.

have

beds arc gone. Utalcfftttn,

wormy

leave*,

tV.ru- ot

is

We

fpirits all,

fiiiods

defi

Su-e]i

mafter of the fn/i iuv."

Teftimony is like the

owes its efficacy to the

C/..

my

run wild in their

arc hunted and

fuller their beaft; to

killed with i.y.-lsu.'S and i'Kxev, in the

ikcth in

The king no longer ccnild er.dure

Thuj to be cmft'd in what he did intend. Daniel.
He w.ii fo great an enemy to Uigby and C
.-'.-sot the war
vper, who

,Jet

CRO'SSWORT.

There
this wretch, whatfo he

hand.

Kith the

a Mock.
-i.

to counteract.
do

Prior.

CRO'SS-BOW. n.f. [ciiji and inu.}

millive weapon, formed by placing

croft.

thwart ; to interpofe obftrucYion

to embarrafs ; to obllruct ; to hinder
Still

Oily

bow athwart

To

6.

Already to their

had thought fit,

For I'omc hy-cnds, to {r-jt-tiit wit.

A>.

and

Tlia'
lie

line.

greedy they of news,

Damn'd

points theri-

But h: them fpying, 'garj to turn at

For fear, .is feem'd, or for 1"

More

C R O

C R O

C R O

/W
fmall

obfcure path interfering the chief road.

Sh-w

Sl'jk. King Lcjr.

fcarcc fo grofs as bettlcs.
he like impartial grace aliord;,

Tomiu<

And chcghs

and,

daws, and fuch rcpublick

hirrls.

2.

T,

C R O
2.

To pluck a

CROW,

be induftrious
or contentious about that which is of no
to

is

prefs clofe together.

The time miforder'd, doth in common fc.-ife
Ci-'-a.'d us and cru/h Uj to this monftious
form,
To hold our fail-ty up.
Shakefpearis Henry IV.
It fcems probable that the fea doth Hill
grow
narrower from-age to age, and finks more within
its channel and the bowers of the earth,
according
as it can make its way into all thole fubterraneous
cavities, and crvy>d the air out of them.

you dilputc, we uiuft even f luck a crow about

it.

L'EJlronge.
Refolve, before we go,
1 muft
pull a crsiv.

That you and

3.

Hudibras.

piece of iron, with a beak, ufed as a

lever to force open doors ; as the Latins
called a

hook

The emu

hying fjrne Hurt behind the cnie, they draw the

other end of the fhank backwards, and fo raile the
timber.
Mtxsn's Mechanical

This

Get me an iron
Unto my ceil.

lever to lift

makes

he

3.

in

n. /.

[from cronu and foot

cavalry.

Military

I cre-iu, or

Di<ff.

[cpapan, Saxon.]
the noife which a cock makes

2.

Within this homelrcad liv'd, without a peer

for crying load, the noble Chanticleer,

Coiu/iy's

CRO'WDBR.

CRO'WKEEPER.

To

CROWD,

to

vapour;

[qnriS,

to

And on

vulgar; the populace.

not with th; cniud to fee a

(hrine,
But fed as by the way with food divine.

[Fromrrw//,, Welfh.]

Dry dent

Efitt.

your proper rurchafe,

Won in the fervice of the churches ;
And by your doom mufl be jllo v'J
To be, i.r be no more, a ,-;;>,.'.
Hudilrat,

To CROWD.

To
A

fill

i>. a.
[from the noun.]
with confufed multitudes.

mind which
..h

--

it

is

ever trnod
ng

learni,

its

may cramp

memory with
the irmntion

noun.]
or regal or-

come upon your cue, my lord,

Halting had pronounc'd your part;

voice for
cr.ivning of the king.

Dry Jin.
cover, as with a crown.
Umbro, the priefts, the proud Marrabians led,

To

peaceful olives cmori'd his hoary head.

jf.r.;\.i.

Dryiiin's

that fe!dom kings enjoy.

Sbatefftarc' Henry VI.

Look down, you gods,

To dignify;

3.

to

adorn

to

make

illuftri-

ous.

Thou

this couple drop a blefled crate*.

haft

made him

angels, and haft crvwncd

lower than the

glory and ho-

Pfalm

She

An

little

him with

nour -

viii.

5.

(hall be, to the

happincfs of England,
;
many days lhall fee her,
yet no day without a deed to crnun it.

aged princefs

And

n.-)t

4.

To

reward

Urge your

to recompenfc.

fuccefs

dcfervc a lading

name;

She'll croian a gtateful and a conttant flame.

garland.

They

d.> it

to obtain a

corruptible cniun, but

we

an incorruptible.
i Cor. ix.
25.
Let merit crmtmi, and juftice laurels
give,
But let me happy by your
pity live.
Dryd. Ep-ji.

Regal power ; royalty.

The fucceflion of a crown in
places

5.

inife-

not

loid

mean your

And

3.

4.

[corona

Her who faireft d<ies appear,

Crcwnher queen of all the year.

2.

Receive a crown for thy well

ordering of the feaft.
Rulut.
Reward ; honorary diftinftion.

jar.

Sj.n:fer'i

is

fijj'.c i;

n. f.

plant.

Shakefpeare' s Richard III.

2.

the minftrels 'gin to fhrill aloud

Their merry mulick that refoundi from
far,
The fire, the labor, and the trembling cri-ud,
That wall agree withoutcn bicacli or

H.s

William

of the head which de-

hope

Hark how

Lat.]

nament.
Had you

for cicwnt, and

thrones, and fccptres, as it is to fit
down with him as his guefts ?
Kettlnue/l.

Fables.

fiddle.

crmvkeeprr,

Statefp tare's Henry VI.

as great a
prcfumption in u; to become
C.id's Ions; and to inherit
kingdoms, and to
Is it

tf

He went

n.f. [courcnne, Fr. kroone, Dut.

it is

accomplifhment.

CROWN. <v. a. [from the

To inveft with the crown

To

among

fy

Sbakcffeare' ! Tcmpeji.
I would the
college of the cardinals
Would chufe him pope, and carry him to Rome,
And fet the triple crviun upon his head.

promifcuous medley, without order

breaking

Sidney.

toge-

crmun

mvvn

the

is

Philip, iv. i.

Completion

rialis,

Shakefpeare.

The ornament

Heould then compare the confufion of a multitude to that tumult he ha] obl'.Tved in the Icarian fea, dating and
its crt'.vil of

i.

like a

experience

CROWN-IMPERIAL.

fiddler.

keep.']

My cnian is in my
My crvwn is call'd content;

or diftinftion.

4.

bow

and

DavMt.

ex-

dignity.

Lord '
10.

thy crnon ?
heart, not on my head

Saxon.]

multitude confufedly preffed

The

his

If thou be a
king, where

ther.

3.

crmidir.

Lacke.

decoration

of old men.
Ecctus. xxv. 6.
Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved, and
longed for, my joy and cravn, ftand fad in the

fin

notes imperial and

regal dignity.

Dryden's Fatla.
;

Much

filver.

ornament

cellence

corona, Lat.]

Selby is crowing, and, though always defeated

by his wife, ftill crnuing on.
Graadifon.
n. f.

ilat

a blind

n.f. [crow

fcarecrow.
That fellow handles

CROWN,

n./. [from crowd.}

Honour

9.

Shocking fquadror.s meet in mortal fight.

Drydai's Virgil.

thruft
among a multitude.
mighty man, had not forrvj cunning
Amidft fo many virtues cntvded in.

a cntvti.

ounce of

other ounce of

man

and owe no

Suckling,
filver, whether in pence, groats,
or crown-pieces, divers or
ducatoons, or in bullion,
is, and etern.illy will be, of
equal value to any

To

i.

fatisfy his appetite,

An

light,

The

OflumU.
So hight her cock.
2.
boa ft ; to bully
blufter ; to fwagger.

May

To

fails

men

ufe to rife.
Sacia.
That the lion trembles at the crowing of the
cock, king James, upon trial, found to be fabu-

[a fea phrafe.]
upon the yards.

money, anciently ttamped

five millings.
;
Truft not to your fervants, who
may mifinform
you, by which they may perhaps gain a few cr-mir.i.
Bacor.
But he that can eat beef, and feed on bread
which is fo brown,

toil,

follow their undaunted king ;

through their gates ; and, in the fields of

Crmad

piece of

with a crown

They

Diogenes called an ill

Why
faith he.
Diogenes anfweied, Becaufe when you

2.

Sail,

Chevy-chafe fung by

Sbakefptare'i Hamlet.
?
phyfician, cock.

8.

fufed.

cro-iv-

in gaiety or defiance.
But even then the morning cock crew loud.

irsnv,

once opened a remarkable athcroma : it was

about as big as the crnon of a man's
hat, and lay
underneath the pe&oral mufcle.
Sharp's Surgery.
I

n. f,

n. preterit.

Dryden's JEnad.

Part of the hat that covers the head.

j.

To CKOWD. <v. n.
1
To fwarm ; to be numerous and con

flower.

ed ; 1 have crciued.

CROWD

To

4.

moun-

cliff, what thing was that

Sbakefpcare's King Lear.
trunks
of trees, fell'd from the
Huge
fteepy crmux
Ot the bare mountains, roll with ruin down.

it.

incumber by multitudes.
How fhort is life Why will vain courtiers
And cmod a vainer monarch for a fmile ?

Pope.

top of any thing, as of a

tain.

Granv'iUc.

[from crow and foot.]

A caltrop, or piece of iron with four
points, two, three, or four inches long j
fo that, whatever way it falls, one
point
is
It is ufed in war for incomup.

1.

To

midrefs frowns,

in bufmefs, others (have their Cretans.

Upon the crnvn o' th'

Whi,:h parted from
you ?

fill

his

The

6.

Addifcn's Cato.

fpread wide the

in Latin, ranunculus."]

To make

us

crcic,

gaiety.

let

interval, this paufe of life,

all the virtues we can crnud into

little

With

Exercifes.

or the noife \vhich

moding the
To CROW. <v.

to require

if fortune or a

Some plunge

is

fcem

Then

4. [From To crmv.] The voice of a cock,

CRO'WFOOT.

itfelf

Behold

Locke.

Southern.

CRO'WFOOT.

mind

fpace, fo its actions

and bring it ftraight

Sbakefpeare' i Rcmai and Juliet.
the
Againft
gate employ your crnvs of iron.

the

many

Burners Theory.
thought to take up no
no time ; but
of them fcem to be cmadtd into an inftant.

As

cori-us.

ulei

up the ends
of great heavy timber, and then they thruft the
claws between the ground and the timber j and
is

C R O

To

2.

value.
If

C R

it

The

on different heads.

awake,

our (kins with pinchef,

Sbakefftaris Tcmpeft.
While his head wai working upon this thought,
the toy took him in the crtivn to fcn<! for the
fing'
fill

complete ; to perfect.
The lading and crt-u-nir.g privilege,

property, of friendlhip,

6.

To

terminate

All thcfe a

Which

in the

is

or rather

Sc*tb.

condancy.

to finilh.
milk-white honeycomb furroun

midd

CRO'WNOI, ASS.
Locke,

top of the head, in a contemptuous

If he

To

feveral countries

fenfe.

From toe to cryujn he'll

Make us ftrange fluff.

5.

f,

the country banquet crown'./.

//./

The

fined fortofwin-

dow-glafs.

CP.O'WNPOST. n.
fome buildings,

/.
port, which, ii
(lands upright in the

middle, between two principal

CRO'WNSCAB.

n.f.

rafters.

(linking filthy fc.ib,

that breeds round about the corners of

a horfe's hoof, and

painful fore.

is

a cancerous and
Farrier's

Dia.

CROWW-

CROWW-THISTLE.B./

CRUDE,

[corona imperlalis.]

Raw

flower.

upper whe
of a watch next the balance, which is

CRO'WKWHEEL.
driven by

The

Common
aqua

the following
end ;
fignify chief

proba-

us.

bly fromjinis coronal of

charm
Oh, this lalfe foul of Egypt this gay
Whofc eye beck'd forth my wars, and call'd them
home;
Whofe bofom was my criru.-r.ei, my chief end ;

HarQi

Unconcofted

4.

alter it,

n.f.

unfinilhed

Not brought to perfection;

immature.
In a moment up they turn'd
Wide the celeftial foil and faw beneath

In this the cryftals

Th'

Ftfils.

6.

TranfCRu'ciAL.<7/r>'. [crux, crucis, Lat.]

verfe ; interfering one another.
Whoever has fecn the practice of the crucial
falfe reafoning ufed
incifion, muft be fenfible of the
Sbarf.
in its favour.

llammwd.

fifers.

FIX. n.f. [crucifixus, Latin.]

or ftatuary of
reprefentation in picture
our Lord's paffion.
i

There

at the

ftands

crucifix, very

much

upp:r end

Th=

efteemed.

Saviour reprefentt him in his

laft

it a large
our
figure of

of

agonies

CRUCIFI'XION. n. f. [from
The punifhmcnt of
Latin.]
a crofs.

of

crucifxus,

tin.]

Having

put

enemr

s,

fm
againft thec, and the
all mankind, with him there crucify' J.

The

Of

to the ctofs he nails thy

law that

CRUCI'CEROUS.
Bearing

CRUD.

\cruciger,

adj.
the crofs.

n.f.

feem

All the lewd legions ef exploded

CRU'DELY.^.

full

[commonly
;

liquid into

coagulation.

Janfoti.

me.Mnay

faults.

CRU'ELTY.

true;

2. Unripenefs; want of maturity.

TV CRU'DLE. *.-.. [a word of uncertain

To

etymology.]

Conoeal with fear

coagulate; to congeal

my

my

crudltd blood

The Gelons ufe it, when,

They mix then cradled milk with

li

Drydcns Hrgi
adj.

Concreted

[from

crut/.]

2.

[from crude.]

Raw

chill.

Shcrris fack afcendt into the brain ; dties

whic
there all the fooliuS, dull, andfrai/y vapours
it.

CRU'EL.

adj.

[cruel,

affliction.

There were great changes

the world by the

in

revolutions of empire, the cruellies of conquering,

'i
and the calamities of enflaved nations.

CRU'BNTATE.

adj.

[cruentatus, Latin.]

Smeared with blood.

Atomical aporrheas piis from the crucrtatt
weapon to the wound. Glan<villc*s Scej>Jit.
vial for
RU'ET. n. f. [kruicke, Dut.]

cloth or

oil, with a Itopple.

Witnin thy reach I fct the vinegar;
And fill'd the cntt with the acid tide,

vinegar or

While pepper-water worms thy

CRU'ISE.

bait lupplied.

Swift*

fmall

n.f. [kruicke, Dutch.]

cup.
1

have not
and a

barrel,

The

a cake,

but an handful of me.i! in a

little oil in a

.-

train prepare a rruife of curious

of fragrance, form'd of bu: n.

Kings.

cruift

CRUISE,

n.f.

CRUISE.

Otiyfey.

Fr. from the origibore the crofs, and

[croife,

nal cruifers, who

plundered only infidels.]
fearch of plunder.
i>. n.

A voyage

[from the noun.]

in

To

rove over the fea in fearch of opportunities to plunder ; to wander on the fea
without anv certain courfe.

One that
n.f. [from cruifc.]
roves upon the lea in fearch of plunder.
that
Amongft the crv'ftn it was complained,

CRU'ISER.

Stake/pare
French; crudelis

Latin.]
Fleafed with hurting others; inhuman
hard-hearted ; void of pity ; wantin
unre
compaffion ; forage ; barbarous ;

knting.

n.f.

Ad of intentional

To

coagulated.

Hit cruel wounds, with Irmly blood congeal'd,

Sftiift
They bindcn u r fo w,l' ly :u they majf.i

Sfetjer,

::',

Dry den's JS,niU

i

in her cruelncft.

The cruelty and envy of the people,

Permitted by our daftard nobles,
Have fuffer'd me by the voice or flaves to be
:
:.. atns.
Si.''
Whoop'd out of Rome.

hair with horrour ftood.

for drink and

Inhu-

cruel.]

[cruauu, French.]
favagenefs ; barbarity;
delight in the pain or mifery of others.

2.

but fear haJ foz'd the

indigeftion.
CRU'DITY. n.f. [from crude.]
1. Indigeftion; inconcoction.
They arc very temperate, whereby they prevent
and conieqi-.ently putrcfindigeftion and crudities,
frotofc
cence of humours.
A diet of vifcid aliment creates flatulency ind
Artutbna.
crudities in the ftomach.

[from

Inhumanity;

1.

K:_:

Latin.]

written curd. See

to

She taketh glory

And all good counfel is on cowards loft

The c;ftion erujely put, to (hun delay,
Dryii.-a.
Twas carried by the major part to ftay.
CRU'DENESS. ./ [from crude.] Unnpe-

CRU'DY.

a. /.

cruelty.

(he more cruel, and more favage wild,

either lion or the lioncfs,
Shames not to be with guiltlefs blood defil'd

moft,

nefs

futh
Bacon.

Than

[from<-radf.] Unripely;

Th' advice was

i.

CURD.] A concretion of any

hardnefs or iUffnefs

Miitcn.

manity

make no

as gun-fo-wder.

CRU'ELNESS.

without due preparation.

environ

is

wind

Digly on tie Soul.

Abfurd cxpreflions, crude abortive thoughts,

To

But

and are hard to quench, yet

fiery

But

adj.

a. [crudfgo, Latin.]
death
to
by
nailing the hands
put
and feet to a crofs fet upright.
Son of God
They crucify to theinfelvcs the
him tj an open fliaroe. Hcb. vi. 6.
and

elly,

whom

1 felt

[crux and forma, Lathe form of a crofs.

Painfully; mifchievoufly.

not fully concocted in the

Ren

nailing to

Te CRLTCIFY. v.

afrclh,

peradventure may
to a ftranger,
appear very crude and maimed

Thi earthquake, according to the opinion f

many learned men, happeneJ at our Sav'u>ur' cruAdd-on on Italy.
cifxiai.

CRU'CIFORM.

notions.

What

Drawing.

cruVifible judgments were executed onChrift's

CR u'c

indigefted

him

The Scottilh arrows being (harp and (lender,

enter into a man or horie moll cruelly, notwithftanding they are fliot forth weakly.
Sferfer on Ireland.
Brimftone and wild-fire, though they burn c u-

mecr ambition fires, an

Of provinces abroad, which they have feign'd
To their crude hopes, and I as amply promis'd.
Others,

fire,

CRUCI'FEROUS. adj. [crux &ndfcro, LaDi3.

the crofs.
tin.] Bearing
R u'c F E R n.f. [ from crucify.} He that
inflifts the punimment of crucifixion.

2.

vers'd in books, and (hallow in himfelf,

7. Indigefted
intellect.

midl-le or melting crufe, and fet them on the

well covered round about with coals.

Having

South.
entrance, he demands
in bands.
cruelly you hold
Drydca's AurcngKckt*

whom

His wife,

not onljr

hand that

it.

upon

Since you deny

Crude, or intoxicate, collefling toys.

v. a. [crucio, Lat.] TJ
torture ; to torment ; to excruciate.
CRU'CIBLE. n.f. [cruciiitlum, low Latin.]
made of earth ;
chymift's melting pot,
fo called, becaufe they were formerly
marked with a crofs.
Tike a quantity of good filver, nd put it in a
en

refts

in their crude
originals of nature,
Milton' i Paradife L;jt.

Deep

ToCRu'ciATE.

Peactam

He relies upon a broken reed, that

the
alfo
cruelly pierces,
lately fails, but

Conception.

Woodward's

SiJny.
ad-v.

roufly.

cauk.

Cryftallized
are fmall.

1.

and altered

and the
and inconcoflon.
procefs iito be called crudity
Bat'.n's Natural H:Jhry.

5.

[from cruel ]
In a cruel manner ; inhumanly; barba-

crude and inconcoc~4;

is

mifchievous

tiai itory.

whereby

confiftence, it

that forftkcn dies,

Bring the rathe primrofe
The tufted crow-toe, and pale jelTaminr. Mihrm.

CRO'YLSTONE.

to be converted

Bloody

things.]

CRU'ELLY.

convert or
too ftrong for the efficient that (hould
or
it holdeth faft the firft form

a right gipfy hath, at faft and loofe,

me to the very heart of lofs.
cere's Amur) t*d Cltofatra.

A plant.

onAhm.

not well digefted in the

ftomach.
While the body

Eeiuil'd

Statiff

[Of

deftruftive ; caufing pain.

Confider mine enemies ; for they are many,
and they hate me with cruel hatred. Pfalm xxv. 19.
We beheld one of the crudleji fights between
two Itnights, that ever hath adorned the moil m ir-

unripe.

n.f. [crciu and toe.]

2.

as cannot be ripened to the dejuice fo crudi

Bacon's Natural Hijiiry.
gree of nourilhment.

CRO'WTOE.

common

power of working upon gold.

Byte.

the intoxicating quality of wine. Arbutknot

3.

If thou art that cruel god, wh k eyes

facrifice.
Delight in blood, and human
Dry/ten's Indian Emprnr.

or prepa-

Fermented
from the plant

feems to

it

paffage
laft purpofe

Thou

different qualities
liquors have quite
has
itfelf ; for no fruit, taken crude,

In

procefs

in
barely diffolvcd

fait,

n.f.

CRO'WNET. n.f. [from crtiv*.]

The fame with coronet.
i

Vike

crude

forth, will give it

If wolves had at thy gate howl'd that ftern t!mt,

(houldlt have (aid, Go, porter, turn the key j
All crucl\ eifc fubfcrib'd. Sbjkeffeare'sKing Liar.

fire.

ration.

[In fortification.]
Bulwarks advanced towards the field, to
or rifing ground. Harris.
gain fome hill

2.

Not changed by any

i.

it.

CRO'WNWORKS.

adj. [cruJuj, Latin.]

not fubducd by

C R

C R

R U

their furgeons were too active in amputating frac-

tured members.

/fj/pwn.

CRUM. In./, [cpurna, Saxon trujmc,

CRUMB. J Dutch krummel, German.]
;

i.

The

loft

part of bread

not the cruft.

Take

C,R

C R

Take of manchet

about three ounces, the numb

only thin cut; and let it be boiled in milk till it
grow to a pulp. _
Bacon.

A {mall particle

2,

^r

More

the crural mufcles, in lions and

tygers, are the
caufe of the
great and habitual immorality of
thofe animals.
Arbutbn,,,

To CRU'MBLE.

-v. a. [from crumb,

To
,]
break into fmall pieces ; to comminute.

And

crumble

all
Milan.
thy finews.
frequent parcelling and fubdividing of inhein
ritances,
procefs of time they became fo divided
and crumbled, that there were few
perfons of able
tlUtes.
Hale'iLaw of England.
At the fame time we were crumbled into various

Pot-

To
i .

to fqueeze

The

The bi!l leaves three hundred poundsAlterbury.

a year to
the mother chinch ; which
they can divide likewife, and crumble as low as their wiil and
pleafure
will difpofe of them.
Swift.
pieces.
There is

That

fo

fummer

hot a

my bowels

alt

To

n.

in

fall into

my

The

figh'd

faitblefs

brain,

is brittle,

it

it will

houfe,

when

its

inevitably tumble ?
the little land that

For

DM.

CRUMP,
Dutch

To

When

workmen took meafure of him

the

than the

To

Cnu MPLE. v

L'Efirange.
.

[from crumf

CRU'MPHNG.

n.f.

Aldif^.

fmall degenerate

apple.

9*

CHUNK.

Iv.

VcCKUNKLE.J
CRI/PPER.

n.

To

cry like a

crane.

j) ia

tlit

had

loft

., e

nd

fuch a b|
(]iit ho
tne rein, of his
horfe, with hi, head well
..
the
Of the horfe .
&

^touching

T7~?T
T<My
,1

rull

-.

|:

His utmu,

:P

cruder
'"fcft

the

W <^
v en

1.

force, and each forgot t,j ward

the faddle bent
ie other backward to
the
few.'

n.f. [crxjla, Latin.]

(hell, or external coat,

hid under a

An

cruft

Were

by which

an emperor quite
Medals.
Md;f

mm

colleaion of matter

body.

the river a confufion of never fo

ifferent bodies,

Vrydcn.

of droft.

incruftation
into a hard
if

they had been

hlved, they would at

leal!

all

ly

Lat.]
not
;

aftually dif-

have formed one con-

Peevifh-

CRU'STY-. adj. [from

cruft.
I
Covered with a cruft.
The e e-g itfelf! deferves our notice:
"\

within, and

Sturdy
crucke,
i

its

parts

morofe; fnappifh

a low word.
'croee, Fr.

n.f. [croena, Itali

German.]
afed by

A fupport

it3 r

crujly coat

without, are admirably

for the bufincfs of intubation.
Da ham's PhyJiro-Thalo^y.

CRUTCH,

cripples.

Ah, thus king Henry throws away his criitct,

Before his legs be firm to bear his
body.
Sbakefpeare's Henry VI.
Hence, therefore, thou nice crutch :
with joints of fteel,

fcaly gauntlet now,

Muft glove this hand.

On
TAe

StakrffejrSs Hci:ry IV.

crutcbet let the.-n learn to wall?.
Dry Jin's Gtorgicks*
fair dcfefl, this
helplefs aid call'd, wife,

tliefi

This

many

crufty.]

fnappiftly ; harlhly.
CRU'STINESS. n.f. [from
crujly.}
1. The
quality of a cruft.
2. Peevi(hnefs; morofenefs.
;

colli-

any body is enveloped.

I have known the
ftatue of
2.

Th<: heai)

(ruff,,

Any

CRU'STILV. adv. [from

well fitted

Addijon'i Cato.

CRUST,

'

the nvals
met, and neither far'd

to

Unhurt amidft the war of

elements,
The wreck of matter, and the
crujh of worlds.

money that iMveyo??

had a
fJ
'y
' '>,

.T r tm
(*UerTo
<,iaate

1'h.m (halt flourilh in

immortal youth.

[from croupe, Fr. thfc

horfe.] That part of the
horfernan's furniture that
reaches from
tail.

be condenfed

rufhing together.

buttocks of the

the laddie to the

To

come

in a clofe
body.
CRUSH, n.f. [from the
verb.]
fion ; the aft of

crttfta,

(hells.

Main's Guardian.

a.

[from

not teftaceous

Woodward's Natural Hiflory.

a<ft

pleali: a Being that is fo able to

crujh all his adverfjries? a Being that can divert
any misfortune
from befalling him, or turn
any fuch misfortune
to his
advantage ?

To CRUSH, v.

CRUSTA'CEOUSNESS. n.f. [from crujlaThe quality of having jointed

ceous.]

Shall bruife the head of

Satan, crujh his ftrength,
Defeating fin and death, his two main arms. Milt.
What can that man fear, who takes care th

diligently
'

wrinkle that could be made.

adj.

It is true that there are fome

/hells, fuch as
thofe of lobfters,
crabs, and others of crujlacecut
kinds, that are very rarely found at land.

Sbakefpeari i Ceriolanut.

This

ther in complications.
Sir Roger alighted from his
horfe, and expofing
his palm to two ,r three that
ftcod by
himfVy
trumfled it mto all fhant ., and
ever)-

to fword.

or

corrupted from rumple, rompelea ,

Dutch.]
To draw into wrinkles ; to crum
to K e-

givift.

with one continued

uninterrupted (hell.
Lobfler is cruftaceoits, oyfter teftaceous.

refift-

that honour in 't it had

for
j
thought to crujh him in an equal force,

True fword

Shelly, with joints

Mine emulation

right fide higher

you truck

To

n.

_""
CRUSTACEOUS.

Hath not

left.

<v.

or very foul

firft

contented myfelf with a

plalter upon the place
that was burnt, which
crujled and healed in very
da y s
;
Tempi'.

them

he

many mufty,

gatherer contract a
to gain a hard
covering.

to plague their enemies, or to

opprefs and crujh fome of their own too Itubborn
freeholders.
Sfenfcr en Ireland.

the back.
was cramp Mouldered, and the

cruft

Shakefp tare's Richard III.

ufe

foul with concretions.

To CRUST.

the force of man, and heav'n's as

vain,
crujb the pfllars which the pile fuftain.

They

To

and crufied bottles, let thofe be the

at the alehoufe.

fall,

conquer 'beyond

who have run up to men without eduobferve many great

qualities dark-

we may

If your mairer hath

ance.

adj.
[cnump, Saxon; l nm ,
krumm, German.] Crooked in

2.

is

to

VEfr.
]

ened and eclipfed; their minds are

cnifitd over,.
like diamonds in the rock.
FelKn.

hands thy bruifing irons of wrath,

Tofubdue;

4.

Soft.

do tricks, like
dogs, for crujts.
i. a. [from the noun

Addifin.

lome,

Dryden's Mneid.

Sfenftr's Pajt.

your turn is fped,

choak'd with every
crujt of bread.

over,
the iflands
enlarge thtmfelves, and the banks
upon them.
on
Italy.
And now their legs, and breafts, Mdlfn
and bodies flood

cation,

down.

to beat

J-i-v.-

envelop; to cover with a hard cafe.

Why gave you me a monarch's foul,
And
it with bafe
plebeian clay ?
cruftd
Dryder..
Nor is ir improbable but that, in
procefs or'
time, the whole furface of it
be
irufltd
may

Sebajtian

the toll,

[from crum.}

adj.

in their

Vam

purfe.

CRU'MMY.

Don

That they may crujh down, with a

heavy
Th' ufurping helmets of our adversaries

n.f. [from crumena, Latin.]

The fat ox, that woonnt ligye in

now faft flailed in her crumenal.

Is

overwhelm

Put

remains, provifion is
the late aift againft
popery, that it will
daily crumble away.
Swift.

Dryden's

prefs with violence.

To

3.

S-wift.

made by

CRU'MENAL.

foul out.

Dryd.

Cruficd with bark, and hard'ning into wood.

fpeak him far

him, Sir: within himfelf
him
rather
than unfold
Crujh
together,
HJS meafure fully.
Sbakefpeare's Cymieline.
"W hen loud winds from dirf'rent
quaiters rufh,
Vaft clouds encount'ring one
anotherrrK/Z>. Waller,

materials crumble,

Muft not

my

To

as

You

Pope.

Arbutbnol en

crujh

To

me

CRUST.

lies.

clofe in

1 don't extend

vain to truft
buft.

i.

Bacon.

\ fought and fell like

one, but death deceiv'd
wanted weight of feeble Moors
upon me,

To
2.

often crumble, and

form of gravel.

pafs in the

What

found

column.and the crumbling

If the ftone

cruficd

crujbed treafureoutof his fubjedb purfes, by

forfeitures upon penal laws.
Bacon.
Bacchus, that firft from out the purple grape
the
fweet
Cra/frd
poifon of mifufed wine. Milan.

DrjJtn'i Gargicis.

me

lo

me

wiih

'II

Men will

to force by
compreffion.
thruft herfelf unto the wall, and

He

crumble up to "dull.

rakes,
crumbling clods.

You

lent matter.

fmall

Who

Ambition

afs

defies,

Balaam's foot againft the wall. Numbers, xxii.

25.
Cold caufes rheums and defluxions from the
head, and fome aftringent plafters crujh out puru-

Shake]peare's Kmg
Nor is the profit frnall the peafant make,
fmooths with harrow, or who
pounds with

The

cruft thy

And, petrified with age, fecurcly

wafte piece of bread.
5.
Y* are liberal now; but when

Phillips.

CRUSH, -v. a. [ecra/er, French.]

To prefs between two oppofue bodies

AddifafsSprSktur.-

he outer hard
part of bread.
Th' impenetrable
teeth

4.

CRUSK. See CRUISE.

CRU'SET. n.f. A goldfmith's
melting-

faflions and parties, all

aiming at by-interefb,
Without any fincere regard for the
public good.

-v.

cruft.

Believe me, I had rather have loft

my purfe
Full of
crujadus.
Sbakefpcare'i CtbcUj.

By

To CRU'MBLE.

expedition againft the infidels.

coin ftamped with a crofs.

2.

made of meal, and

He was never Altered to

go abroad, for fear of
when he mould have been huntcatching cold
do\vn
a
ing
buck, he was by his mother's fide,
learning how to feafon it, or put it in

An

1.

cafe of a
pie,

baked.

That meafures all our time, which alfo dull

Be crumbled into duft.
Ecrlirt.
He with his bare wand can unthread
thy joints,

Mm*,,,.

on

The

3.

CRUSA'DE.

but the glafs which holds the dull

is

tlnucd crujt; as we fee the fcorium of

metals always gainers into a foli J piece.
Addijon on Italy.
Jhe vifcous
cruji flops the entry of the chyle
into the lacleals.
Arlutbnot

adj. [from crus, crurii, Lat.]

Belonging to the leg.
The Iharpnefs of the teeth, and the ftrength of

fragment of bread.

C R

CRU'RAL.

familiar grown, the table crums

Attra<ft his (lender feet.
Thorn/en's Hunter.

Fleih

new

bending crutch of a decrepit

Rhyme

is

a crutch that

lifts

life.

the

weak

Supports the feeble, but retards the ftron

Dry Jen,
along,
.

The dumb (hall fin", the lame his cratcl

And leap exulting like the bounding roe.

1.

is ufed for old age.

as
Beauty do;h varniih age,

2. It

And

a.

[from

Sbak.

To

crutch.'}

Two

fools that crutch their feeble fenfe

on

vcrfe.

Dry den

To CRY. V.

I'll

heard a voice cry,

Methought
Macbeth djtU murthcr

flecp

loudnefs.
Sleep no more

This Ipfwich

Sbaktjfeare,

dream fupplied,
falling tears the
mourning to his mother goddefs cried.
Dry din

To

2.

call

Yirgll.

importunately.

unto the
by reafon of mine affliction,
lie heard me.
Jinas, ii. *.
or inceffantly ; to retalk

To

,,<.

proclaim

Go

and

To

make

to

ears
cry in the

blame

to cenfure

with

Will

Had

1 cry out

the matter,
of the city
the noble fcnate > Sbak. Coriolanui.

cf wrong,

preffion.

Smnd:

but

am

You

;ty j,;ai:ift

Locke,

his ihipi
furprifed
built with more
ance, <r\td out, that they were
Arbutbnot on Coins.
than human art.

know'ft, the

7W/*

fquall,
Should fome

an infant.

as

For the rich fpangles that adorn the (ky. WMtr.

He ftrugglcs firft for bri'ath, and crs for aid ;
his mother's lap
hclplefs in

Fablrs.
Dryderi'i
that the worm-feed

The
fugar

child certainly knows,

it refufcs, is not the apple or
Locke.
it eriet for.

To weep

f).

to fhed tears.

animal.
his food, and to the
giveth to the bead
Pfalm cxlvii. 9.
young ravens which cry,
The beads of the fieU cry alfo unto thce.
Jott, \. 10.

He

To

a fceut.
yelp, as a hound on
He cri'tl upun it at the mctrcd lof- ;

Trull me,
7"o

CKY.

take

-v.

fomcthing

him

a.
loll

for the bctttr dog.

To

S!.r lec'k;, ihc lighs, but no

Is loil, ami thus ihe eritt

Lvc

where
lun.

What is (he cryir.g out f

and that her fufTrance
her woman

So

fa'id

Each pang

a death.

CRY up.
To applaud

To
.

-v.

VIII.
Sbaktffcare'i Her.ry

a.

to exalt ; to praile.
;
Indcad of crying uf all things which are OrougnJ
commofrom beyond lea, let ur, advance the native
Bacon to Vilhtrs.
dities of our own kingdom.

The
vanity,

himfclt
philofopher dcfervedly fufpefled
when cr'ted uf by the multitude.

Gamut

Km

its

JPj.'.'r*

There (hall be the noife of a cry from the fiihgJte,

and an howling from die fecond, and a great craihZefb. i. 10.
ing from the hills.

pack of dogs.

You common. ry

Ali.'un.
I

hate

very fwift.

ot

Sctfjt!-

of curs, whofe breath

As reek o' th' rotten fens whofe loves I prize

As the dead carcafes of unburied men,
That do corrupt my air.
Sbakcffeare'i Cv
CRY'AL. n. f. The heron, dinfivorth.
CRY'ER. See CRIER.
CRY'ER. n.f. A kind of hawk, called the
falcon gentle, an enemy to pigeons, and

CRY'PTICAL.
CRY'PTICK.

come to pafs,
adrologer, if his predictions
he pretends to
cried uf to the dars from whence

The

vate

Ainfivonk.

\aJj. [x e

Hidden;

lecret; occult;
not divulged.

unknown

tW]

pri-

can be
arguments that
weak ones
uf very

The ftudents of natuK, confcious of her more

tick ways of working, rcfolve
ftran^c
cry f
effects into the near erficiency of fee ind caufes.
Clar.villit

7Vto/cn.
He may, out of intercd, as well as conviction,
on
for (acred, which, if once trampled
cry uf that
nor Icand profaned, he himfelf cannot be fafe,

chief bufmefs is to amufe or

Speakers, whofe
confine tlicmlelves to any natural
delight, Jo not
order, but in a cryftical or hidden method adapt
J!'.ita.
every thing to their ends.

is

draw them.

They

flight the drongcft

for religion,

again, I

and

mmy

cry

/lf;l.

it.

Locke.

cure.

on an eadern throne,
Poets, like monarchs
Couhn'd by nothing but their will alone,
Here can cry uf, and there as boldly blame,
or fame. Waljb.
And, as they pleaic, give infamy
who are fond of continuing the war, cry

Shjtiff.

fpic".

Invades again his trembling car,

He ftrait rcfumes his wonted care.
11. Yell; inarticulate noife.

About her middle round,

Aery of hell-hounds never ceafmg baik'd.

up our conftant fucccfs at a

or found, in orvler to

Yelping of dogs.
He fcorns the dog, refolves to try
The combat next but if their try

10.

CRYPTICALLY,

2.

mod

written

1'pccics,

'T.mp/e.

from crjfHcaJ. ]

critically.

We take the word acid in a familiar fcnf",

without cryptically didinguiihing it from thofe
ate a-kin to it.
Btyie.
fapors that
and
n. f, [xpiflo

rate.

raife the price by proclamation.

All the effca that I conceive was made by crying
of eight, was to bring in much mure
uf the pieces
inllcad of others current here.
of that

prodigious
Swift.

To

adv.

perhaps, in the folOccultly ; fecretly

have
lowing example, the author might

Thole

proclaim publkkly

recovery or re dilution.

lift up
Fray not thou tor this people, neither
nor prayer for them.
Jer. vii. I j.

brought

Her who llill weeps with fpungy eyes,

And her who is dry cork, and never cr'ui. Dntne.
To utter an inarticulate voice, as an

10.

Locke.

declare loud.
be in labour.

is laid.

or muftard-fc-cd

8.

it is

call.

cry

12.

^ To
5. To

(hould be born,
that
g;>d tell me,
And cry again, his offer I (hould fcorn. Dcnbjm.
Thus, in a ftarry night, fond children cry

Then

as far as

gladly

fon.

firft

men.

To

it

'

We

7.

rcafon will help them,

and where it fails them,
matter of faith, and above rca-

every feft,

ufe of

they cry out,

hither

time that wefmell the air,

Lear.
wawle and cry.
Sbatfjfcare's King
heart ;
Behold, my fei vants (hall ling for joy of
howl
(hall
but ye (hall cry_ for forrow of heart, and
I/jiab, Ixv. 14.
fcr vexation of fpirit.
When any evil has been upon philofophcrs, they
as ytlier
eroan as pitifully, and try out as loud,

Thou

I find

make

utter lamentations.
crying

Importunate

Siillingjleet.

Tumult,

the favour of feeing

I.yfimachus having obtained
at the contrivd machines,

We came

Jiudibrai.

are things that

fcdition, and rebellion,
out aga'mjt.
the followers of that hypothefis ciy

AzJlnii

To

doing
wooing.

befidcs the didinft criet of bitds

complex

not heard,

out ufon it, as rank idolatry,

Epiphanius cries
it.
and dcdrucYive to their fouls who did

If drefiing, milrrcirmg, and compliment,

Take up thy day, the fun himfelf will cry
Herbert.
thec.

6.

to crofs their

alfo,

and beads, are modified by diverfity cf n.

different length, put together, which make that
L:idea called tune.

ftars for

the
Cry out ufon
111 offices,

&-**<jr.

Stak.

us,

9.

What's

The hawkers proclamation of wares to

be fold in the ftreet : as, the criei rf
London.
favour.
7. Acclamation ; popular
The try went once for th<v,
it
And dill it might, and yet may again. SMeff.
Voice ; utterance ; manner of vocal ex-

Sbak'ffeare.
T'.iat in the fcveral places

cnjptrics fome importer cries nix,

to confirm the deluded vul

Proclamation.

5.

then cry out of Marcius : oh, if he

Cor.ofarus.
borne the bufinefs.
Sbaktffeere'i

Behold,

pifh

and fo the cry goc*

;
without examining into the cheat.

Giddy ccnfurc

let

gar in their errours

of, againft,

thefe things then neccflitici

Are

Adi!'

6.

Then let us meet them like neceflities ;

And that fame word even now uics cut on

mud

Far

Ir.

arc ready to cry out 'if an unequal mamgeand to blame the Divine adm'miftration.

upon.

publick.

of Jerufaiem.
n- 1.
Jeremiah,

tlv;m !o..k thry gbry not in mifchief,

build their evils on the graves of great men,
them.
then mv guiltlefs blood
fry againd

Nor

To

fclfiih

of bank-dock.

rifing

miracic! a mir.iclc

complain loudly.

ment,

Let
cry, faying,
Exedui, V. 8.

exclaim.

Yet

to clamour.

jiltcrtury.
tl.ey

go.

To

5.

We

eagerly

peat continually.
They be idle; therefore
4.

mi

To

4.
;

to die.

Exclamation of triumph or wonder, or

any other paflion.

They make

1 cii-J,

I.iid,

upon the

the opprefied to cry ; they cry out

of the mighty.
jf'J>by realon of the arm
an
With that Sulanna cried willi a loud voiw,
Suj. xxiv.
the two elders cried out againd her.

While his

Thus

to the king,

fcream

the generl cry

Drydtf's Virgi'.
views have fo great an
influence in this cry, that there are feveral of my
fellow frccholdeiswho fancy the church in danger

n.

to

outcry.
ftiz:s all

Thefe narrow and

quite cry dvu>n

fellow's infolence. Sbakeff. H.VI1

CRY out. <v.

To exclaim

To

the innocent flecp.

Amazement

mouth of honour

mourning.

Proclaims Laocoon juftly doom'd

overbear.

And from

vehemence and

To fpeak with

To

?.

\crier, French.]

it.

*fc
_

Weeping
Clamour

3.

fli-ll

be a great cry throughout ail

tliere ihall

the land..

prohibit.
that unworthy courfc
By all means cry down
late times, that they (hould pay money.
r
Bacon tc l \llicri,

on crutches .as a cripple.

fupport
1 haden Og and Doeg to rehcarle,

and

die,

To

2.

./. [<>/, French.]

Lamentation ; (brick ; fcreara.

And all the rirft burn in the land of E^ypt

of dillblutc lives cry down religion, bccaule

not be under the rcftraints of it. Tilloij.

Men

cradle's infancy.
gives the crutch the

to depreciate ; to decry.
ot pluBavius cria Amur, an admirable trcatife
Wcuti.
there 's athofm in it.
and
fays
lofophy,

new born,

if

CUT.

CRY
To blame

To

forego,

Ptft'i Mejiab.

To CRUTCH, v.

CRY

CRY

CRY

CRYPTO'GRAPHY.
y^a<p'j:.\
i

2.

The ad of writing
Secret characters

fecret characters.

cyphers.

CRYPTO-

CRYPTO'LOGY.

n.f.

[xfMu and

which makes a fmall cavity in the

humour in which it lies. It is
covered with a fine coat, called aranea.
The parts of the eye are made convex, and
fide,

hly-."]

Enigmatical language.

CRY'STAL.

n.

fiKf&raJA+A

gular figures, compofed of fimple, not

filamentous plates, not flexile or elaftick, giving fire with fteel, not fermenting with acid menftrua, and calThere are many
cining in a ftrong fire.
various fpecies of it produced in different
Hill on FoJJils.
parts of the globe.

Ray

Such
blei the

fo th.it if

it

where the a vfu! hangs

divers caves,

If

in

/til.

Jiafon,

be a ftnne, it is not immediately concreted by the efficacy of cold, but rather by a micrjftal

Rnicn.

neral

2. Cryftal is alfo ufed for a factitious body

caft in the glafs-houfes, called alfo cry-

which

carried to a degree
ftal glafs,
of perfection beyond the common glafs;
though it comes far (hort of the whitenefs and vivacity of the natural iryjfal.

If
fliort

knowing the

To caufe

we

Rnuni

and

that

Confifting of

lie

on mofiy be

tain a goodly blue.

Beyle.

To CRY'STALLIZE.

<v.

n.

To

coagulate,
Congeal, concrete, or fhoot into cryftals.
Recent urine

will cryftallixc

\cryftallinut,

meads.

Latin.]

CUB. n.f. [of uncertain

1. The young of a bcaft

cn^ic to

my

palace crtftallinr.
'
I'm, ill

ing to the health

cuba of

CUBE

recci-

tli>-

2.

CiJy'sTALLiNE Humour,
humour of the eye, that

n.f.

The

ly next to
oppofite to the papilla, nearer to the fore
part than the back part of the

globe.

the leaftof the humours, but

much

than any of them. Its

figure,
which is convex on both fides, relembles two unequal fegments of fpheres,
of which the moft convex is on its backfolid

I.

The young

3.

more

F/cytr on (he Humours.

Having

J
the

[f
L

form or properties of a

cube.

clafe veflcl, containing ten cubical feet of air,

fuft'cr a >vax candle of an ounce to burn

will

not

in

above an hour before

it

it

be fuffocatcd.

Wi/kint't

Mulb. Map.

It is above a hundred to one, againft any particular rlisow, that you dn not caft any given
tjccs with four <.i^b:cal die? j becaufe there are fp

much

feas

had

vaft,

and with her

notelfethy craft

thine

own

dame.

IValhr.

lo

trip (hall

quickly grow,
be thine overthrow?
Skaltfpcare.

comical fight
a country fquirc, with
the equipage of a wife and two daughters, came
fuch two
to Mr. Snipwel's
/hop laft night ; but,
unlicked cult

It

fix faces

of four

is

applied to numbers.
(<r

(t)ua!e

tour, multiplied into itfclf, rronumber of fixtcen ; and that

by four, produccth the rui-irk

If we ihould luppofq a
muiiituJe all ur.il y i.-.fiuiu, the.e mult be infinite

multiplied

<( of fixry-fuur.

roots,

anU fquaic
the ro

ur.d

>c

is'

cj.'/'.'fjfc

numbers

yet,

of nc-

but ths fourth part of

the

fquarc, and the fjieteeutli part of the cuklclt numHalt's Or'.^in of Mankind.
ber.

nf ten hath been as h ghiy cxuleven, odd, long and plain, quaBrvwr?i Vulgar Err.
.md cub\cal numbers.

The number

came

thoudiU'emhling cub! what will thou be,

When time hath fow'd a grizzle on thy cafe ?

O mod

z.

cclfity,

inferior to his

combinations of the

Btatlej'i SIT/K;;;;.

duceth the

wilt",

of a whale, perhaps of any

mountain

not

fevcral

dice.

That

The

oily ipirits.

many

In reproach or
contempt, a young boy
or girl.

Or will

f.

H,ll.

The number

mighty whales, which fwelling

as a

A fut>

Root,

CU'B.CAL.
Cu-nicK.

toft,

One

fecond

immediatethe aqueous behind the uvea,

lies

(1,

viviparous fim.

In.

cjuch,
linn, and thr bc!!y-pirc!ied

Two

Grmv's Cofmcfcgia.

their diftances.

Aromaticlc.% as cuM\i, cinnamon^ and nutmegs,

arc ufualiy put into crude j>oor wines, to give them

fterneft eyes that look,

their fur dry.

Si-jh'ffearc'i Kin* Liar.
In the eagle's dcitroying one fox's cuh,
pnwcr execute) with opprefiion.
L'EJlrangt.

Kaiin'l Njtiirjl IHJlorj.

He on the win^s of cherub rode fublime
On the crvflalline ficy, in faphir throa'd
r and wide.
Mtltln.

the fun at
centre, ani

Java.

etymology.]
generally of a

Keep

)r,

It is ctt'cftcd

by cafting
in and placing pebbles at the head of the current,
th..' the water
(bain
them.
through
may

cnmmon

origin of *
cubick number; or a
number, by whofe multiplication into
itfelf, and again into the produft, any
given number is formed : thus two is
Chambers,
the cube-root of eight.
fmall dried fruit refemCU'BEB. n.f.
bling pepper, but fomewhat longer, of a
It
greyifh brown colour on the furface.
has an aromatick fmell, and is acrid to
Cubebs are brought from
the tafte.

sl.'irrtfrtj,

This night, wherein the ti-dra;vn bea: would

T!

move about

This common law being

velocities.

Root.

CU'BICK

Sla<

B&fle.

befides the p'rilurc nf

en

Pluck, the young fuckling cuts from the

'

diftanccs,

their

obferved in all of them, that the fquares of the

times of the revolutions are proportional to the

fox.

would outftare the

as

bear or

crjt'.al.

SeeCusicK Number.

[Inarithmetick.]

All the mafter pl-.nets

by infpilTation, and

Arbutbnit

Bright; clear; pellucid; tranfparem.

M .'larityir.g ;-t water is an experiment tend-

VOL.

<v. a.
[from ciyjtal.}
congeal or concrete in cryf-

murmur duough the

Wi- provided ourfi-Ives with Ibmc

ers, blown of cryflalTint glafs.

It is

to

If you diffolvc copper in tjuaforlis, or fpirit of

you may, by cryfalliziKg the I'olution, ob-

live,

regular folid body,

nitre,

CRY'STALLINE. adj.

more

2.

afford a fait neither acid nor alkaline.

In groves

2.

Qjtir.ty.

formed by congelation or

[In geometry.]

confifting of fix iquare and equal faces

or fides, and the angles all right, and
therefore equal.
Chanters.

tals.

pellucid.

mafs

To CRY'STALLIZE.

aJj.

Confifting of cryftal.
Then, Jupiter, th;-'a king of Cods,
Thy cryftal window ope, look out. Scaktjf. Cytab.
2. Bright ; clear ;
tranfparent ; lucid ;

I.

The

concretion.

menrtruum be overcharged, within a

time the rr,c.aiswill (hoot imo certain ciyjt.ik.

eryjla]

and, on the other hand, by

may be de-

All natural met.illick and mineral

c>-yj}iil!ixatkrts
were efrecled by the water, which firft'brought the
whereof
rach
out
from amongft
particles,
coniilts,
the matter of the ftrata.
K^nd-Kartfi Nai. }{iji.

1.

Bv

texture of the particles,

termined the figure of the cryftals.

the

CHY'STAL.

1.

into

Chambers.
chymiftry] exprefs falts or
other matters fliot or congealed in manner of cryftal.
Chambers.

n.f. [from cuie.] The finding exaftly the (olid content of any proHarris.
poled body.
CUI5E. n.f. [from xto ; , a die.]

with different

3. Cryftali [in

The

Latin.]

CU'B ATURE.

fsveral

2.

n. f. \culatio,

of lying down.
DiB.
CU'BATORY. adj. [from culo, Lat.j Recumbent.
Did?.

And this is peculiar to thofe,

much divided and reduced
minute particles, yet when they are formed

form tbofc cry Hals

is

CUBA'TION.

rup. into cryftals.

that, let them be ever fo

into cryftals, they each of them reailume their

proper fhapcs ; fa that one might as eaiily divert
them of their liltncfs, as of their figure. This
being an immutable and perpetual law, by knowing
the figure of the cryftjls, we may underftand what
the texture of the particles ought to be, which can

certainly known and diftinguifhevi b)

the degree cl it: diaphaneity and of its refraction,
as alfa of its hardnefs, which arc ever the fame.
is

Cryftjl

cryftals.

combination of fallne particles as refemform of a cryftal, varioufiy mod:fi:d, ac-

a blaclc'linc, drawn, on paper, two lines appear in

the place of one.
Hill.
V*'.\:::, i? it feems, turneth into criftal } a- ii
r.cidiii.

n.f. \fiomcryjtal-

cording to the nature and texture of the falts. The

method is by diiTolvir.g any fjlir,; briy 11. wnter,
and iilteiing it, to evaporate, till a film appear at
the top, and then let it lland to (hoot ; and this it
does by that attractive fo.cc which is in all bodies,
and particularly in fait, by rcafon of its folidity
w! c:cb\, when the menMruum or fluid, in which
fuch particle fi'nv, is fated enough or evaporated,
fo that the faline particles are within each other's
attractive powers, they draw one another more
than they ar; drawn by the fluid, then will they

be la:d over

a foul jack, or greafy maple cup.

aft

Congelation into

1.

From

en the Creation.

lize. ]

double refraction

is its

Cubl>'d\n a cabbin, on a mattrefs la'd,

a brown georgc with
loufy fwabbeis fed ;
thit Ainki of the Borrachi , fup

On

Dead wine,

Drydin*s Verfius.

CRYSTALLIZA'TION.

is

efpecially the cryfraHint humour, which is of a lenticular figure, convex on both fides.

genuine fpar, of an extremely

'.:r blepure, clear, arid nnc textim,
jniihcd witli flaws or fpots, or ftnined with any
o'her colour. A remarkable property of t!;.
which h.is much employed ilu v.-rlters on or-t.cks,
Ijland cryjlal

'v.
a.
[from the noar..] To
ufed of beafts, or of a
bring forth
woman in contempt.

fa CUB.

glaffy

Cryftals are hard, pellucid, and naturally colourlefs bodies, of regularly an-

1.

CUB

CUB

CRY

Cengrtiic.

leH,

CU'BIC ALN

ESS. n.f. [from cubical.]

Mate or quality of being cubical.

The

CUBI'CULARY.

ajj. \cubictiliim, Latin.]

Fitted for the poilureof lying down.

Cuftom, by degrees, changed

their tub\;\tl~iy

beds into difcubitoiy, and introduced .1 famion to

go from tht baths unto thefc. JSmi'K's Pulg. En.

adj. [from cult and /era.]

(hapeof a cube.

CU'BIFORM.

Of the

CUBIT.

CU'BIT.

[from culltus, Latin.]

/.

jneafure in

ufe

the

among

yoing or
let

ancients;

was originally the diftance from

the eibow, bending inwards, to the
extremity of the middle finger. This
mcai'ure is the fourth part of a wellSome fix
proportioned man's ftature.
the Hebrew cubit at twenty inches and
a half, Paris meafure ; and others at

\\hich.

'Time.

cubit,

nd

on the goddcfs

CTJ'BITAL.

fta*

n.f.

An

engine invent-

ed for the punifhment of fcolds and unwomen, which, in, ancient times,
Coiut!/.
was called tumbrel.
quiet

Thcfe mounted on a chair-curule,

Whkh moderns call a cucking-Jtwl,
h proudly to the river's fide.

CU'CKOLD.
One

that

Uutlilira:.

from coukoo.}
an adulterefs ;

n.f. [cocu, Fr.

is

married to

Finding Mopfa, like a cuckto by a nightingale,

alone with Pamela,

is falfe to his bed.

whole world ; why, who would
not make her hufband a cuckold, to make him a
?

would venture purgatory

for

't.

Sbakijfcare'i Otbcllo.

There hare been,

am much deceiv'd,
And many a man there
Or

cuckolds ere

Now

That

now

ev'n a: tUb prefent,

while I fpeak this, holds his wife by th' arm,
has
been
fluic'd in 's abfence.
little thinks flie
is,

For though the law makes

Sbakejfeare.
null th' adulterer's

deed

Of

lands to her, the ciuktldmty fucceed.

Drydcti'i Juver.al.
Ever fince the reign of king Charles II. the
alderman is made a cuckold, the deluded virgin is

debauched, and adultery and fornication are committed behind the fOencs.
Swift.
f'y Cu'cK.OLD.1/. a.
',
1 .

Take

by night,
heed eie i'ummer comes, or cuckoo birds af-

a hufband by tmchaftity.

But fuffer not thy wife abroad to roam,

Norftrut in ftreets with amizonun pace;
For that 's to cuckold thce before thy face.

[from

cuckald.}

Hav-

ing the qualities of a cuckold ; poor ;

mean ; cowardly j fneaking.
I'oor tU.kJdly knave, I know him not: yet I
wrong him to calf him poor ; they fay the jealous
knave

h-ith maflrs

of

n:

Sbakffftarei M:rry "W'rva cf Wjndfor.

H. /.
cuckold and

Ct/CKOi.r>.\i,\KER.
.]

One

that

makes a

praftice

of

tiTrupting wives.
1;

I'p.ii;

any

tliat

hat!

CUCURBITA'CEOUS. adj.
bita, Latin, a

deduce,

Cu'CKOO-BUD.
CU'CKOO-FLOWER.

"

\cardaminus,

f-

The name

Lat.]

of a flower.
When daizies pied, and vio'ets blue,
And cuckoo-bud!, of yellow hue,
Do paint the meadows much bcdight.

Cucurbitactoui plants are thof>: which rcfemblc

fuch as the pumpion and melon.
$

a gourd

Cbar

L'U'CURBITE.

all

n.f, [cuci;oo

n. f,

[cucurtita, Latin.]
commonly called a

veflel,

chymical

body, made of earth or glaf-, in the fhape

of a gourd, and therefore called cticurbite.

>ui>!t'y

Boyle on Colours,
yellow fulphur be put into a cucurbite glafs, upon which pour the ftrongcft
aqua
Mortimer.
fortis,

common

Let

CUD. n.f.

[cub, Saxon.] That food which

repofited in the firft ftomach in order

to rumination, or to be chewed again.

is

Many times, when my matter's cattle came

hither to chew their cud in this frefl) place, I might
fee the young bull teftify his love.
Sidney.
You range the pathlcfs wood,
While on

bank he chews the rud. Dryd.

1 n.f. [without
etymology.]
clown; a llupid ruftick ; a
J
low dolt a low bad word.
a flow'ry

CU'DDEN.
CU'DDY.

The

(layering cudden, propp'd

a bead to hit, either

his

ftaff",

without etymology.]

lieve,

To lie

clofe j

tofquat.
Have you mark'd a partridge quake,
Viewing the tov, 'ring falcon nigh ?
She cuddles low behind the brake ;

Nor would me

ftay,

nor dares

(he fly.

CUDGEL. / [kudfe, Dutch.]

1. A ftick to ftrike with, lighter

Frier*

than a

club, fhorter than a pole.

Vine twigs, while they are green,

are brittle;
yet
the wood, dried, is extreme tough ; and was ufcd
by the captains of armies, amongft the Romans, for

Bacon.

Do not provoke the rage of itoncs

And cudgels to thy hide and bones
:

Tremble and vani.-..

afs was quickly given

The

Hudibrat.
with 2

to underftand,

good cudgel, the difference betwixt the one playfellow and the other.

ffit-

L'EJIrjngc.

tie.]
is

that

His furly officer ne'er fail'd to crack

His knotty cudgel on his tougher back.

dew

fpumous
Cuckw-ffittle,mvioocl(t2re,
or exudation, or both, found upon plants, efpeof
about
the
lavcndar
and
joints
rofcmary ;
cially
obfcrvablc.

with us about the

latter

This,

end of May.

Brown's l ulgar Errcurs.

Dryden's Juvenal.
would maiec people

if well rcflc&ed on,

more wary

in the ufc of the rod and the

cudgel.

Locke.
wife Cornelius was convinced, that thcfe,
being polemical arts, could no more be learned
alone than fencing or fm/jc/-playirig.

CU'CULLATE. 1 adj. [cui.il/Iatiis, hooded,

CU'CULLATED. j
Latin.]
1. Hooded; covered as with a hood or

The

jti bull-not ar.d

Having

the refemblance or fhape of a

hood.

They

upon

Stood ready gaping with a grinning laugh. Dryden.

v. n. [a low word, I bei CU'DDLE.

their cudgels.

and

have, for curiofity's fak-*, diA'lled quickliKer

in a cucurbite, fitted with a cup-^-us glafs head.
1

Stairfpeare.
Nettles, cudut-fnoeH,
the idle weeds.
Stak. Kir.g Lear.

CU'CKOO-SPITTLE.

2.

[?remcu"ur-

gourd.]

cowl.

Drjilen's Juvenal.
a.lj.

Sbakrfpeart.

A-horfcback t ye cuckoo j
running
but a-foot, he will not budge a foot.
Sbaksffiarc" s Henry IV.

fo for

Darnel, and

M:".r.

cu.umbirt along the furfrce creep,

crooked b :.'dici ind witli bellies deep.

With

CO'CKOI.DLV.

plair,

To wrong

Sidrty.

From the firft note the hollow cuckoo fmgs,

The fymphony of fpring and touch a theme
Unknown to fame, the paflion of the grove.
*b onifvti.
2. It is a name of contempt.
Why, what a rafcal art thou, then, to ptaifc him

To corrupt 4 man's wife to bring upon

a man the reproach of having an adulto rob a man of his wife's
terous wife
fidelity.
if thou canft cuckold him, thou do'ft thyfelf a
a fport.
Stakefftare't Otbcllo.
plcafure, and me

2.

in.

fright.

for all the

monarch

came

cuckoo, mcflenger of fpring,

Ihrill hath thrice already founded.

i/ tufa:
long cuclne gray,
note full many a man doth mark,
And dares not anlv.vr, nay.
SLjkeffeare.
Take heed, have open eye j for thieves do foot

The
Whofc

one whofe wife

But

The merry
His trumpet

The common cu3. The long

i.

fpei ics arc,

How

faid to

which, by miftake, was in time

This bird is
applied to the hufbaud.
remarkable for the uniformity of his
note, from which his name in moft
tongues feems to have been formed.
tea

called

iVcw/j'j Vulgar Errours.

is

The

is.

cumber. 2. The white cucumber.

Turky cucumber.

r..

their place : from which practice, it was

ufual to alarm a hu/band, at the approach of an adulterer, by calling cue-

pygmies, the towers of that city being fo high,

that unto men below they appeared in a cubital

Cu'cKirfcsTOOL

is afterwards changed into a

(Liny fruit, frr
the moft part oblong and turbinated, which is
divided into three or tour cells, inclofiitg many ob-

fuck {he eggs of other

birds, and lay her own to be hatched in

and

Con-

adj. [cubitalis, Latin.]

wh'Ji

1.

my

taining only the length of a cubit.

The watchmen of Tyre ni ;lit well be

of a cuckold.

(late

/. '[futulia, Lat. ctvcciv,

Welfh ; cocu, French; (ckkock, Dutch.]
bird which appears in the fpring,

caft
light,
S-.-Mce frfm'd her ftsturc of a ctiti! height.
P'.pc.
fii.l I

'

is

CU'CKOO.

Arkuibmt en Meafures.

Whn

again.

'"-

a true fa\ing, that tlic laft man of the

pari/h that knows of his cuchldem, is himfelf.
Arluttn'.fi Jobn Bull.
It

the facred,

chiw

Cl 1
4> L*l K

is

The

z.

height-.

ufcd two forts of tvtitt

the profane or common one.

cuckold, or curkdiltrUkcr,

thinking on nothing but her colonel, ard

cor.fp'ning rtiriuVaraagninft me. Drjd. Sfani/bfr.

length, and bieadth, and

The lens

(ne,

to fee a

One Hcrnando, cuckoUmakcr of this city, conajy.

Dry den' t Span i/b Friar.
U'CKOLDOM. ./. [fnmcgtJttu.]
The aft of adultery.
She

From

the tip of the elbow to the end of the long

ftature ;
finger, is halt" a yard, an>i a quarter ot'the
and rr.ak.c:; v.iu^.it, the nnV. mriiurc we read of, the
and
mcafurtd
ark of Noah being framed
hy cabin.

he or

old,

me nocr hops

trived to flcal her

Calmet.

eighteen.

Heafur'd by

CUD

cue

cue

are differently cucullattd,

and capuchcd

upon the head and back. Broiun's I'ulgjr Errours.

CU'CUMBER. n.f. [cucumis, Latin.] The
name of a plant, and alfoof the fruit of
that plant.
It hath a flower confiding of one lingle leaf, bell
mapcd, and expanded toward the top, and cut into
m.uiy fcgments j of which fonie are male, or barren, having no embryo, but only a large Ityle in

the middle, charged with thefjriaa: others are

female, or fruitful, being fattened to an cmb.-yu,

2.

To

CUDGELS,

crofs the

pc.

forbear the
conteli, from the practice of cudgelplayers to lay one over the other.
It

is

much

better

to gi.\:

is to

wjy, than

would

it

firft, and then either to cro/s the

to be baffled in the conclulion.
cudgels, or
Efr.

be to contend at

To CU'DGEL. v. a. [from the noun.]

i. To beat with a ftick.

Mv

lord, he

foul-mouthed

(peaks moft vilely of you, like a

man

as

he

is

and

faid

he would

Sbaktff. Henry IV.

The afs courting his milter, jult as the fpaniel
had done, iuttcad of being ilrokcd and made much

cuJgelyau.

Of,

of,

only rated off and cudgelled for

is

all

While the

S-:xth.

he fought, thrice ventur'd his lite ;

Went home, and was cudgell'd again by his wire.
Swift.
beat in general.
2.
it
for
more
about
no
;
your
Cudgel thy brains
dull afs will not mend his pace with beating.
Hamlet.
Sbjtcffearis

To

A good woman happened to pal's by, as a c->mpany of young fellows were cuJg-.L'ir^ i wal:
and afked them what they did that fir. L'Eflran.
CUDGEL-PROOF, oiij. Able to refill a

To CUFF.
1.

Of

nobler heights, and make the grove harmonious.

Ortvoy.
The daftard crow, that to tlie wood made wing,
With her lou d kiws Iv-r craven kind does bring,

French.]
thing ; as, the

of a wig.
The lad word of a fpeech, which the
player, who is to anfwer, catches, and
long curl

2.

regards as indication to begin.

Pyramus, you begin: when you have fpyken
your fpeech, enter into that brake j and fo everyone according to h': r&f.
Shuts faarfs Midtvmnfr Night's Drtatn.
hint; an intimation; a fliort direc-

3.

tion.

What 's Hecuba

to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he fhould weep for her ? What v,.>uld he do,
he
the
motive
and
the fat for pajTion
Had
That I have ? He would drown the llage with tears.

Sbakffpfarf.

L*t him know how many fervants there arc, or'

both fexes, who cxptc"l vails ; and give them their
cue to attend in two lino, as lie leaves the houfe.

4.

The

part which any

man

is

Swift.
to play in

Hold your hands,

my inclining, and the reft :

cue to fight, I ihotild have known

Bath you of

my

it

Without

prompter.

Shakc/peare

Rymcr*i I'ragedict if tbe

Humour; temper of mind

it

loft

Age.

a low word.

To be in
[Spanifh.]
cuerpa, is to be without the upper coat
or cloke, fo as to difcover the true fhape
of the cuerpo or body.

CUE'RPO.

n. f.

Without

arms and equipage.

my

[zufa, a battle

/.'

The
An'-l a;

Th:.'.

box;

pricft let fall the

jirieft

a ftroke.

the poet and

and book, and book and

Sl-akcffurt.

~ioney bid for argument, unlcfs

A'cnt tu
in the fjucfpi-':)ci
r&jft

t!v.

He

gave hfr
with
prick him

mff on

h-:r

the ear, and Ihe woulJ

Kni 'ting- needle.

Atiml-r.ct': Jd'ti Bull.

r,vin f-'t 1

cujfi

:..-

which now

dormant, WoulJ
-h other about powrr
lie

fvfiff.

2. It

is

ufed of birdj that fight with their

Hov'ring about the coaft, they make their moan,

And ci.jf the clifi's with pinions not tht-ir own.
Dryden's sEncid.

CUFF.

He railed at fops ; and, inftead of the common

falhion, he wojii \ilit his mittrefi in a morning
beard.
g'lvtn, band, ihor; .ujf':, and a peaked
,'lrbuthn-A.

CUI'.N'AGE. n.f. The making up of twine

into fuch forms, as it is commonly framed into for carriage to other places.
Caivell.

CU'IRASS.
leather

[ctiraffe, Fr.

n.f.

from

cuir,

coraccio, Ital.]
breaftplate.
The lance purfusd the voice without delay,
And pierc'd his cuiraft, with fuch fury fcnr.
And lign'd his bofom with a purple dint. Drydtn.
;

CUIRA'SSIER. n.f. [from

A man

cuirafs.]

Cuirujfirs, all in fteel, for

Handing

to

n.

fight.

Milton

The

pidlurc of St. George, wherein he is defcribcd like 2

or horfeman completely
cuirjj/ier,

armed, is rather a lymbolical image than any proi'r. mn'i

per figure.
Vul^dr Ernars.

n.f. [cuffi, French.] The armour

that covers the thighs.
I faw young Harry, with his bearer nn,
His cu:ji.<ti "n his thighs, gallantly arm'J,
Rife from the ground like a fcatncr'd Mercury.
Sbakcff care's Hcr.ry IV.
The croflet fomc, and fome the cuijhes mould,

CUISH.

lilver plated,

at fo critical a

and with ductile gold.

Dry din's &fic\d.

wound jfineaswith
And how came the cuijbcs

our author to

time

[from the noun.]

armour

Brydtn,

CU'LDEES.

*.

\colidei,

Monks

Lat.]

in Scotland.

CU'LERACE. n.f. The fame plant with

ARSE-SMART.
Ainfwartb.
CU'L INARY. adj. [culifia, Latin.] Relating to the kitchen; relating
art of cookery.

Like the bee, culling from ev'ry flow'r,

thighs are packt with wax, our mourns with

honey.
Shattffcan.
do remember an apothecary
In tattcr'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,
Cull'fg of limplcs. Sbakefpeare's Romcs and 'Julxt*
I

Then in a moment fortune (hall evil forth,

Out of one fide, her happy minion. Sbak. K. Jotrt.
The choiceft.of the Eritifli, the Roman, Saxon,
and Norman laws, being culled, as it were, this

grand chaitcr was extracted.

Hotel's Parity of Bejfts.
When falfe flow'rs of rhetorick thou would'ft
mil.
Trufl nature, do not labour to be dull.

From

his herd he

Dry den*

i.v.'.'r,

from the fun, .:nJ nuke 'h.ai

int:> him, and by tha: .iclion in-

much

aft'-r

th

i:.,inni r

tl: ir,

in

!v,at at a cu.'inary

A'ituron.

thofe

who, by roafjn of th^ir ncnthern

expt/fiti^n, will be

Itill

DryiUns

Virgil.

"When the current pieces of the lame d;-:

nation are of different weights, then the
in money cull out the heavier, and melt them down
:

with

profit.

With humble

duty, and officious hafte,

the fartheft mead for thy repaft.

I'll cull

1'rhr.

The various off'rings of the world appear

From each ihe nicely cut's with curi^
And decks the godJefs with the glitt'rinjj .p

.-

CU'LLER.

n. f.

[from

i'.

One who

cull.~\

picks or choofes.

CU'LLION.

n.f. [fogliotte, a fool, Ital. or

perhaps from fcullion. It feems to iniport meannefs rather than folly.]

fcoundrel ; a mean wretch.
Such a one as leaves a gentleman,
And makes a god of fuch a evliicn.
SbakcJptarSi Taming of

Up

to the breach,

forced tu be at the cxpcncc

you dogs

the Sbritv.

avaunt, you

culltans*

CU'LLION LY.

Havadj. [from cuHion.]

ing the qualities of a cullion ; mean ;
bale.

make

I'll

whorefon,

a fop o' th'

moonihine of you

you

dra'.v.

barber-monger,

cnllhfi!y,

Sbakejpearc's King Lear.

CU'LLUMBINE. n.f. [more properly fpelt

COLUMBINE.] The flowers of this
plant are beautifully variegated with
blue, purple, red, and white.
M'ller,
Her goodly bofom, like a flr.iwbrrry h"d
Her neck, like to a bunch of culiutrMncs. Sfenfer.
;

CU'LLY. n.f. \_cogUcne, Ital. a fool.] A

man deceived 01 impoferi, upon. as by
;

(harpers, or a llrumpet.
\Vhy {hould you, whofc mother-wits
Arc furnilh'J with all perqui
:

B' nilow'd to put

Our

lie

tricks

upon

ri'

Iliidibras.

cully
;

t.ike.> it

iiim

all

>

Vet the

let

.ig^'n

cicafc hii heat;

']'>>

Our

an.l

ba>

bcft

Th.-y purchafe but

To

from others

of every thing they had being culled oi:t

for themfelves, if there were in their flocks anypoor difcafed thing not worth the kccpjng, iLey
thought it good enough for the altar of GoJ.
Hooker.
Our engines (hall be bent
Againft the brows of this refuting town :
Call for our chiefcit men of difciujine,
To f//the plots of beft advantage. Shak. AT. Jccn,

to the

.1:
weight may c jndenfe thofe vapouri
exhabtioni, as foon ai they (hall IL aay t :;

to afcrn

\.- r

To
French.]
to pick out of many.

[cueillir,

arms ; a foldier in armour.

The field, all iron, caft a gleaming brown,
Nor wanted clouds of foot, nor on each hum

fall

fl

Arbutl

For flaughter, four the faireft of his bulls.

fleeve.

With

the prkr

will reduce

it

v. a.

n.f. [coefe, French.] Tart of the

nth, the air increases the

To CUFF. f.
;

This feems

with the wings.

improper.

talons.

fight

ftrike

to be \vorfc tcmpeicd than the reil of his

book,

pncli.

be foon at

To

tut/are, to

he fiV/p'a again to take it up,

id-brain'c bridegroom took him fuch *cujft

Thcjr

the noble bird. Drydcn.

Drydcn.
3.

But what had

A blow with the fid;

The m

Hudibras.
;

Ital.]

fight,
1.

cucrpo to their rage,

in

Expos'd

CUFF.

ctijf

Otbelh,

Neither is Otto here a much moie taking gentleman ' nothing appears in his cue to move pity,
or any way make the audience of his party.
(;.

numbers,

at

his turn.

Were

(ate in

They with their quills did all the hurt they cou'd,
And cuff' d the tender chickens from their food.

Miller.

plant.

CUE. n.f. [queue, a tail,

1. The tail or end of any

thy

Sbaktffeare.
friend, abufcd. and

To
To

Who,

CULL.
The

Thofsliryowls, who, pcrch'd near fortune's top,

Sit only watchful with their heavy \un*>
would rife
itijfdown new-ficdg'd virtues, that

To

felecl

with the fift.

I'l! after him
again, and beat him.
Do, enf him foundly ; but :iever draw

To

cudlci, eels.

iueed.~\

'V. a.

ftrike

and
cuffed,
my
kicked ?
Cmgrc-ufi O'.d Bacbchr.
itrike with the talons.
2.

Cm'Tt'.

[from cud and

n.f.

To

fword.
Were not you,

CU'DWEED.

the rabble fport.

'

His doublet was of fturdy buff,

And though not fword, yet cudgel-pi itf. HxJilirJi.

fmall fea-fifh.
n.f.
round rifh there are britt, fpra>,

make

peers cuff to

VryJfx'i Ju-vtnal.

flick.

CU'DLE.

of culinary fires,
manutadlure.

Clapp'n^ farces afted by the court,

his Court-

ihip.
'1'hree duels

U L

C U L

C U F

thi ir

ipliitlic.it

in frrighty

make me over

-ii

iip--.:)-'

.1

duo

Prjt/ci.
uifc

by deed a

.-,

Si!

w m't

<:<//;'.

jlrl'Ulb'.'jt.

To CU'LLY.
befool

[from the noun-]

v. A.

to cheat

to trick

To

to deceive

to impofe upon,

CULMI'FEROVS.

mlj.

Latin.]
3

[citlmin

and fero,
C'i'mftrws

U L

CuMfereui plants ire fuch as hare i fmooth

at each
jointed dalle, and ufually hollow ; and
with finglc, narjoint the flallc is wrapped about
row, long, (harp [aimed Icavet, and their feeds are
contained in chatty hulks.
Suhcy.

There

of

are alfo feveral forts

as oats,
culir.ifenut plants ;
rice, rye, maizr, panic, millet.

foil is

To

2.

flower.
n.f.
Looking down the meadows I could

it,

good, and no loft nor care

we muft entertain hopes ol

improve

Were we

cropping

on Fojfils.

barley, wheat,

to difturb,

lefs

With wifdom, difcipline, and

Th' embelliihments of life.

jlrbuibrut.

Jlddifcn

And

Cau

commands

HarJIy his head the plunging pilot icars,

Clogg'd with his cloaths, and cumber'd with his

The

tranfit

>i.

2.

Improvement

f.

An

[from culpable.}

Criminal.

product,

All Inch ignorance

foralmuch

tulfatle ;
to have pievented

as

guilt.
CU'I.PABI. r. adv.

ably

it

CU'LTURE.

Tifcca only art holy,

underftanJing, that there

South.

[from culpable} Blame-

this word there

ufed
by the judge
great difpute.
at criminal trials, who, when the prifoner declares himfelf not guilty, and
puts himfelf upon his trial, anfwers,

Culprit, God fend thee a good deliverance.

It i? likely that it is a corruption of
Qu'il parcit, may it ft> appear ; the wifh

of the judge being that the prifoner

may be found innocent.] A man arI

they proclaim
'lamej

-w, vns laft requir'd

TonamctWFwglilltw minr.iolidefir'H. Drjd.

/n

An

>f

',

the
it
by allowing too much, and
conddecndiriguofa-, he may injure his own caufe ;
and, by ['idirg ar.d, ailerunj too boldly, he may
aut'u

-r

CU'LTER.

is

.t.

',

urt.

*./.

l'r'..r

[culler,

Pr face

Latin.]

to

Sckmcn.

The

iron

of the plough perpendicular to the (hare.

Jt

is

commonly wiiiten

coulnr.

iii fallow Ires

Tl.e darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory,

D vr,
That

vliile

l.

To

2.

Stattffeare', H,*ry
a. [cu/ti-vrr,

indaftrj

it

fruit

of

CU'MBER.

n.f. [komber, Dutch.] Vexaburdenfomenefs ; embarrailment ;

obftruftion ; hindrance ; dillurbance ;

it.

tion

viii. 6.

V.

not

By theoccafion thereof I was brought to as great

cumber and danger, as lightly any might el'cape.
S:Jr.,y.

Thus fade

To CU'LTURE.

[from

noun.]

Sfftjer.

Raleigh.

CU'MBERSOME.
1

Troublefome

day, to

The

founding culver ihoots.

fpecics

T<bmg/M'l Spring.

\cohu<vrine ,

of ordnance

French.]
a

originally

hawk.

A whole cannon requires, for every charge, forty

pounds of powder, and a bullet ->r" fixty - i ir
pounds ; a culverln, lixteen pounds of powder, and
a bullet of nineteen pounds ; a dcmi-culverin, nine
pounds of powder, and a bullet of twelve pounds.

As

fmoaJung

.S.Avy.

embarrafling.

Unwieldy; unmanageable.

3.

Very long tubes

managed.

are cuiKt'erJume, and fcnrce to be

A'r vrt*
t

readily

Oftich.

CU'MBERSOMELY.

adv. [from camterIn a troublefome manner; in a

fome.}
manner that produces hindrance and
vexation.
CU'MBERSOMEKESS. n.f. [from cuntirfame.] Encumbrance; hindrance; obftruftion.

CU'MBRANCE.
Burden

f.

hindrance

[from camber.}
impediment.
toil of fools,
if not Inarc ; more apt

Extol not riches then, the

Matt. Magic.

cttlvcria 'twere /hot.

I was drawn in to write the full part by accident, and to write tht fecond by fome dii'ec'ls in
the firft : thefe are the cumbc'j'oKc perquilites of
aut'.>
Ariiutbn.t ttn Alin'.ir.n.

The

a well polilh'd

lorn a

vexatious.

it

Burdenfome

>

mall gives us the joy

To fee our prince hit matchlefs force employ
No fooner has he touch'd the flying ball,
Buf 'tis already more than half the irall ;
And fuch a fury from his aim *t has got,

[from cumber.}

going to perform zcutnbfrf<me obedience.

2.

CU'LVERIN. n.f.

adj.

too early, as long as they had any

break off fo pleafing a company, with

Thinking

An old word.
pigeon.
Had he fo done, he hail him Inltch'J aw.iy,
More light than culver in ihc I'.iulcon's lift. Sj infer.
Whence, jorne on liquid wing,

grcatefl fliips are leaft fcrviccablc, go very

in water, are of marvellous charge and fearful

deep

To

to till. It is ufed
to manure
;
by Tbcmjon, but without authority.
Cu LVER. /:./. [cclumfju, Lat. cul}:)ie,Sax.]

cultivate

thy helps, and thus thy cumberi fpring.

The

If vain

culture,
g.mlcncrs blot a colour out of a
Tat/cr.
tulip that hurts its beauty.
<v. a.
the

diftrefs.

as ikilful

Wtlkins'i

Fr.]
fbrwaiJ or improve the product of

by manual

culture to our

may come

ferving. Luke.

be troublefome in any place.

Doth the bramble cumber a garden ? It makes

the better hedge; where, if it chances to \ rule
the owner, it will tear the thief. Graves Cjfmslogia,

the a6l of tilling

Art of improvement and melioratian.

One might wear any palTion out of a family by

Here

fhould deiacinate fuch favagery.

the earth,

to diflraft with multiplicity

Martha was cumbered about much

our toil,
ou^ht to blame the culture, not the foil.
Fix'd to no fpot is happi'ncfs fincetc.
Pope.
'they rofe as vigorous as the fun ;
Then to the culture of the willing glebe. Ttcm/jn.

that the cutter ruftt

Ta C-U'I.TIVATE. v.

bufy

To

We

It is

t!

Where grows .'Where grows

[About

raigned before his judge.

The kniglit arpejr'd, an lilcnce
Then firlr

fierce civil ftrife,

the parts of Italy.

all

of cares.

Thefe three laft were flower than the ordinary

wheat of ittelf, and this culture did rather retard
Bean.
than advance.
The plough was not invented till after the deIu c ; the earth requiring little or no care or culture, but yielding its increafe freely, and without
Wftdioara.
labour and to:!.

[from culpable.}

Tayl'.r.

n./.

^Liikcfptarc'i Julius Cttjjr.

To

Beyle.

i Ejdrai,

If we p:i form this duty pitifully and eulfably, it

Is not tobecxpefhd we Ihould communicate he lily.

is

Shall cumber

4.

[cuhura, Latin.]

the ground ; tillage.

Give us feed unto our heart, and

Htxier.

CU'LPRIT.

n.f.

The aft of cultivation

1.

criminally.

any vegetable
or any thing elfe capable of

of the feed not any grafs fprings up.

voluntary, and therefore

was in every man's power

n. f.

involve in difficulties and dangers

tb diftrefs.
Domeftick fury, and

Scripture

it.

CU'LPABLE NESS.
Blame

is

it

To

3.

It has been lately complained of, by fome cultivateri of clover grafs, that from a great quant ty

of them without fomewhat noted wherein they

were culfcilt ; to the end that to Him alone it

night always be acknowledged,

Tien inily art juji.

ol

improvement.

patterns of virtue, and no one

many admirable

fa

not cumber your better remembrance.

Sbakiffeare' > Timon,
The multiplying variety of arguments, efpecially
frivolous ones, is not only loft labour, but cumbert
Locke.
the memory to no purpol'e.

Let

South.

foundation of good fenfe, and a cultivation

crowd or load with fomething ufe-

lefs.

or endeavours to forward

this crirr.e, or
culpable of
Jrtl.
Spertfer's State of

Blameable ; blameworthy.
The wifdomof God fettcth before us in

To

2.

noiions

favourers of their friends.

3.

common

CULTIVA'TOR. n.f. [from cultivate.} One

who improves, promotes, or meliorates

Proceed no (bailer 'gainft our uncle Glo'fter,

true evidence of good efteem
Me be approv'd in practice culpable. Sbak. Hen. VI.

Than from

a. Guilty : with of.

Thefe bving p.-rhaps

learning, arc required to give a feafoning to retirement, and make us taftc the blefiing.
Dryden.

[culpabilis, Latin.]

adj.

innate light difcovers the

difcoveries.

Blameablenefs.

CU'LPABLE.

promotion

of good and evil, which, by cultivation and improvement, may be advanced to higher and brighte

ridian.
n. /.

in general

melioration.

[from culminate.}
of a planet through the me-

CULPABI'LITY.

The learning and maftery of a tongue, being

uneafy and unpleafant enough in itfelf, ihould not
be cumbered with any other difficulties, as is done
Lotkf,
in this way of proceeding.

bles.

Culminate from th' equator. Milton' i Paradift Left

CULMIN A'TION.

Dryd^r.,

years.

and forwarding or meliorating vegeta-

here, or (had-,
his beams at noon

haft.-.

Drydtn't Failtl.

hie eye

aflcs

In which his only excellence is plac'd ?

You give him death, that intercept his

CU'LMINATE. <v. n. [oilmen, Lat.] CULTIVATION, n.f. [from cultivate.}

To be vertical to be in the meridian. 1. The art or praftice of improving foils,
Far and wide

\tommeren, famleren,

Dutch.]

to entangle; to obflruft.
;
he what avails him not in fight,
would but cumber and retard his flight,

Why

liberal arts,
s

a.

<v.

fee a girl

make

to

garWaltcn's jfnglcr*

cow-flips,

To embarrafs

;.

To

For fight no obftjcle found

But all funlhir.e ; as when

CU'MBER.

To

to meliorate.

indulgent to our faults,

And patience had to cultivate our thoughts,
J^jHer,
Our mufe would flouriih.
To make man milJ and fociable to man,
To cultivate the wild licentious favage
but

and

culvirkeyi

lands.

Felton on the Clo/icki.

the richeft harveft.

The propereft food of the vegetable kingdom

taken from the farinaceouc rr mealy feeds of

fome

and, as the

wanting to improve

Come with

Wwdviard
ii

tion

CU'LYERKEY.

excellent feeds implanted in yonr birth,

be moft flourtfhing in produc-

ti cultivated,

will,

both of

grafTes,

the Cyprus and culm ferns kinds ;

broader, other* with narrower leaves.

Thofe

CUM

U L

To

wife

man's cuibrxce,

flacken virtue, and abate her edge,

Than prompt

her to do aught

CU'MBROUS.
l.

adj.

Troublefome

may

merit praife.
Milton,

[from niml

vexatious

t.~]

difturbing.

A cloud

A cloud of cumbrous gnats do him moleft,

All driving to infix their feeble /tings,
That from their noyance he no where can reft.
2. Oppreflive ; burdenfome.
Henceforth i fly not death, nor would prolong
Life much
Bent rather, how I may be quit,
Faire/r. and eafieft, of this cumbrcus charge. Milttn.
They rear'd him from the ground,
And from his cumbrous arms his limbs unbound ;
lanc'd a vein.

He

Her

medicinal

Once put out thy

Rank

Spinfer.

CU'MULATE. v.
To heap together.

To

a.

[cumulo, Latin.]

man that beholds the mighty flioals of /hells,

bedded and cumulated, heap upon heap amongft
earth, will fcarcely conceive which way thefe could
ever live.
Woodward.

CUMUIA'TION.

n.f.

The

aft of

Dili.

CUNCTA'TION.
Delay

n.f.

\cunRatio, Latin.]

procraftination

dilatorinefs.

mod

certain, that the Engli/h made not

their beft improvements of thcfe fortunate events ;
It is

and that efpecially by two miferable errour ,

larhn in profecuting, and hade in departure.

The

4.

cur,e-

Hay-ward.

animal, conjoined with a heavy

body, implies that common moral, ftjlinj tcntt;
and that celerity /hould always be
contempered
with c unf:.Bnitin.

CU'NNING.
1.

n.f. [cunnmje, Saxon.]

deceit ;
flinefs ;
Height

Others, be:n

unwi'ling to difcourage fuch cuncalways keep them up in good hope, that, if

they are not yet cal'ed, they nuy yet, with the
thief, be brought in at the lalt hour.

dom ; and

it,

2.

fully

Made

form of a wedge.
CUNEIFORM. aJj. [from cuntus a.nd/ori::;i, Lat.]
Having the form of a wedge.
n.f.

The

When

the rocks.

Irnaflen will

keep within

To
I will be very

kind

and

To mine own children,

in

my

cunning

falfely

Deceitfulnefs
houfe,

men

on hii lumber.

CUP.

n. /.

[from

Sbak-

flinefs.

[cup, Sax. kof, Dut. coupe,

French.]
p,

Hudibras.

cunning.

frnall veflel to

drink in.

can

is

Familiar companions.
the large veflel our of which,

and to which

You bca/ting tell us where you

And how his lord/hip was fo kind
Swear he's a moft facetious man;

it

is

din'd,
;

That you jnd he

You
And
6.

are cup

travel with a

and can

heavy load,

quite miftake preferment's roaj.

Swift.

A glafs
French, to fcarify.]
to draw the blood in fcarification.
\_couper,

Hippocrates tells you, that in applying of cups,

the fcarification ought to be made with crookej
initrumcnts.
jbbutbmt.

To CUP.
1.

To

-v.

a.

[from the noun.]

fupply with cups. This fenfe

is

ob-

folete.

Plumpy Bacchus, with pink cyne,

In thy vats our" cares be drown'd ;
With thy grapes our hairs be crown'd
Cup us, till the world go round.
2.

Sbakifpt-arc's dntcny and ChcpatrJ.

fix a glafs
[confer, to cut, Fr.j
bell or cucurbite upon the (kin, to draw
the blood in fcarification.
'i he clotted blood lies
heavy on his heart,
CoiTupts, and there remains in fpite of art :
Nor breathing veins nor capping will prevail ;
All outwjrd remedies and inward fail. Dn'd. Fab.
You have quartered all the foul language upon

To

Of beadle,

CU'N-.M NOKESS. n.f.

Fojjils.

and Can.

the cup is filled,

conftant aflbciate.

Sivifr.

him

CUP
The

Artby fraudulent

for a ftrong detachment

ccn/lable, and watchmen,
attack the cttnningman, for plunder
-t

ffoodward oa
5.

they come between,

is

as, the
thing hollow like a cup
hufk of" an acorn ; the bell of a flower.

Any
A

lib

good bringing

flock

in their flowing
cups freflily remember'd.

pyrites of the fame colour and fh-pe placed

in the cavity of another of an hemifpherick figure,
in much the fame manner as an acorn in its cup.

a bruit

T'
Committed
;

Popit OdyJ/iy.
Social entertainment ;

Drydrn's Perjjus.

4.

cunning."]

CU'N N i N c M A N n.f. [cunning and man.]

A man who pretends to tell fortunes,
or teach how to recover ftolen
goods.

learned.

fubtilely

born to die.

is the difeafe of
age ; but, amonglt
makes fully a wonder. Ben Jonjon's Dif^fj*
Thence from tups to civil broils!
ATrfton.
Amidrt his cap> with fainting fhiv'ring fciz'd,
His limbs disjointed, and all o'er difeas'd,
His Hand rcfufes to fuftaio the bowl.

right-hand

high,
by fecor.d hand their offers}
cunningly retire unfecn,
Wltli each a million in his coffers.

Aitfaortb.

adj. [from connan, Saxon

konnen, Dut. to know.']
I. Skilful ; knowing ;
well inftruded

(lily

adv. [from

is

fmce talking

Making
Then

fifth,

CU'NNiNG.

fourth,

and fi.xth bones of the foot ; thus

called from their wedga- like fhape, being large above and narrow below. Difl.
CU'NNEK. n.f. [/<//.] A kind of fifli
lefs than an cyiler, that fticks clofe to

knowledge

man

{vpf>

Luke.

/kill

for

Sbakefpeare's Henry V.
I were reafoning, as one
friend with another, by the firefide, or in our cups,
without care, without any great affe&ion to either
Knolles.
party.
It was near a miracle to fee an old man filent,

nature, there was

as had raifed and
and rumour, a little Before the
field fought, that the rebels had the day, and that
the king's army was overthrown, and the kir.i;
fled ; whcieby it was fuppofed, that
many fuccouis
were cunningly put otf and ke^t back.
Kjccns Henry VII.
I muft meet
my danger, and drftroy him fi <t
But cunningly and elofely.
Denbam's Stffby.

in

CUNEIFORM BONES,

..l;J

wedge.
Latin.]

fraudu-

con.rivance ; craftily.
Amonglt other crimes of this
diligent enquiry made of fuch

the nuftcr of each boat.

[cutteus,

Art

cup

Let us fuppofe that

great dilT'erence be-

is

taile that

[In the plural.]

Be

cunning.

\cunmt, Latin.] Relating to a weil>ge ; having the form of a

a-fj.

certainly there

CU'NNINGLY.

adj.

CU'NEATED.

apeofwifdom.

Carnv'j Survey of Cwr.tuall.

CU'NEAL.

diffimulation

tween a cunning man and a wil'e man, not only in

Ba.cn.
p ir.t of honefty, but in point of ability.
Difcourage cunning in a child ; cunning L the

tundetb, as they call

fubtilty

the grape's furprifing juice y

firft delicious
cup

Then /hall our names,

Familiar in their mouth as houfehold words,

We

tattri,

Dutch.] To give notice : a provincial

or obfolete word.
See Co;: D E n .
They are dircfted by a balker or hucr on the
cl ff, who,
difcerning t}ie*couifc of the pilchard,

that never had the ufe

merry bout.

father

What if I be not fo much the poet, as even that

miferable fubject of his
cunning, whereof you
(peak ?
Sidney.
take cunning for a finifter or crooked wif.

to delay ;
Not in ufe.
gard.

i>. n.

3.

llrata-

his

Sbakrfp. King Lear.

a cup of fack ?

your lordfhip, drink

All their reafon render up.

Waller,
beft, the deareft fav'rite of the fky

lent dexterity.

[Lat.] One given

a lingerer; an idler ; a
flug-

To CUND.

Artifice
craft

n.f.

7/jmmWt Fundamentals.
[from konnen, to know,

more

the

Spcnfer.
foes

all

The
Muft

thought he diflembled, accounting his integrity to

be but a cunning face of falfehood.
Sidney.

fw'ifteft

CUNCTJTOR.

Of

Ailed with fufatilty.

The more he protefted,

deceiv'J.

To- the

fubtle"; crafty ; fubdolous.

Thefe fmail wares and petty points of cunning
are infinite, and it were a good deed to make a
lift of them ; fur
nothing doth more hurt than
that turning men pafs for wife.
Bacon.
Men will leave truth and mifery to fuch as love
it ;
are
refolved
to
be
:
let
others run
they
cunning
the hazard of being fmcere.
South.

gems

heaping

together.

of fetches and

full

pleafc

me

friends /hall tafte

Shakcfpiars*

light,

That can thy light relumine. Shaktfptarc's Otbcflc.

3.
Artfully deceitful ; fly ; defigning ;
trickilh

~'t

They

Thou cunnir.g'fl pattern of excelling nature,

I know not where is that Promethean heat

fmelung rue, and cumin good for eyes.

Plilifs.

cup thus charm'd imparting

Will

which true Chriftians blood was often fpilt,

And holy martyrs often done to die.
Spenfer.

plant.

let civil broils

The wages of their virtue, and

The cups of their defervings.

cunn'.' g

UiUtr.

nor

focial capt.

AM

On

Cv'Miti.ti.f. \_cuminum, Latin.]

Albion

fair

liquor contained in the cup ; the

draught.
Which when the vile enchanterefs perceiv'd,

With

web, and fpread her fubtile net,

Enwrapped in foul fmoak, and clouds more black
than jet.
Spenjcr.
And there belide of marble (tone was built
An altar, carv'd with cunning imageiy ;

part.

heav'nly pow'rs, that guard

fuch dire events remove

ifles,

The

2.

Performed with {kill ; artful.

And over them Arachne high did lift

2.

Swift to their feveral quarters hafted then

elements, earth, flood, air, fire. Milt.

n.f. \canfch'.da.,]

Far from

2 Chronicles*
Pedro does the lute command,
She guides the cunning artirVs hand.
Pricr.

Dryden,

Briti/h

Ferment from

When

Theramirom

CU'MFREY.

Gcncfis

Ye
The

to grave.

was grown fo great,

Pharaoh's cup into his Iiand'

former manner when thou waft his butter*

(halt deliver

after the

man

cunning to woik
and that can /kill to cut and

therefore a

in gold and in filver,

funk beneath the tuwbrcus weight.

Swift.
Jumbled; obftrufting each other.

3.

me now

Send

Po/isfiion's load

Thou

I do prefer.t you with a man of mine,

Canning in mufick and the mathematicks,
To inftruS her fully in thofe fciences. Sbakrff.
Wherein is he good, but to tafte fick and drint
it? Wherein cunning, but in craft? Wherein
crafty, but in villainy ?
Shakeffcan's Henry IV.

Sptrfo

Then

CUP

CUP

U N

me,

that could be raked out of the air of Billinafknowing who I am, or whether I

gate, without

Ucleivc to be luffed ami fcariiicd at this rate.

Sftffattr,

CUR

CUR
ring, cuffing, and bk-cdinj,
ufe but to the idle and intemperate.

we fe)dm

of

The nmf.

They

the damn'd doctors and

mur'd ;

his

bl*J, (hej(uff'J, they pttig'd

cur'd.

CUPBB'ARER. n.f.
An officer of the king's
1
.

in (hort they

ftft.

houfehold.

Villicrs an intimation of the king's pJeafure to wait and to be fworn

his fervant, and ihortly after his cupbearer at
large ; and the fumnier fcllowing he was admitted

There

is

to

conveyed

Mr.

An

attendant to give wine at a

a
n.f. [cup, and bopb,

CU'PBOARD.

or receptacle, Saxon.

ware

is

Some

whkh

in

llielves,

made Anne

pUnchers,

as deal

cheerful fpirit.

Beneath them was

Yet

their

his trulty

wine and

man

To

<v.

a.

[from

the noun.]

to hoard up.
;
The belly did remain
th' body, idle and unacVive,

treafure in a cupboard

I* th'

mldft o"

the viand, never bearing

holds under the beneficiary.

CU'RATE.

1 .

to

Like labour with

2.

all

BrnKlft t'ulgar Err'.ar J

There may be taken proper ufeful indication!
both prefervative and curative, from the qualities
Ail
of the air.

dome;

we

deftroy the

fymmetry of the human

li

Attiiicn'i Sfrclat'.r.

CU'PPEL.
There

See

a.f.

be.

otlisr

CU'RATQR.

we

fee in

dence of any thing.

the

whereof cupfch are made, which they put into

furnaces, upon which fire w.irkcth not.
Bacon' i Natural Uiftcry.
(luff

[from cup.] One whoapa fcarifier.

CUPPING-GLASS, n.f. [from cup and

CU'PPER.

glafs.

draw

n;.tii-k

2.

I.

tion.

drav.:

to fuppuraWatn-.ar..

minor cannot appear

n.f.

A curb

is

A worthlefs

Cu RTAI..]

degenerate dog.

cur, Sir.
he's a good dog,

Sir,

Here

*s

an

>

oM drudging

Her

faifc

lofs ceafc to

ima^in'd

lament,

And

R'
wifely learn to curii thy forrows wild.
If fenfe r.nd learning are fuch unfociable impe-

rious things, he ou;:ht to keep do-.vn-thc

his reafon, and curt his intcH.ctujU.

C
Knowing when
In her

At
And,

full tliglit,

growth of
en Pride.

','iir

mufe moulu be indulged

anJ when

llu iluuld lc n.rtcJ.

ttcfct'nmon,
this (he curl'J a groan, that elfe had come ;
in
vicw'd
the
the
tomb.
prefcnt
paufing,

Drydm's fatics.
Till farce return*, his ardour we retrain,
And cure, his woi'hke u iih fc> crofs the main. D>yd*
Some poor cottage un the mountain's brow,

Where pinching wajit mulfc mrb thy warm deiires,

And houIchoM carej fupprcfs thy genial Jircs. Prior*
Nature

And

to all things lix'd the limits

wilely

lit,

;*;iV PIOUJ man's pretending wit.

>'

lite

atat,ip"itrf's Slsyui
-'.ng to the

'

cur turned off to fhit

for himfelf, for want of the very teeth and htel

that he had loft in h',i mailer's feivicc.

Sometimes with from.

Vet you .ire curb'd Jnm that enlargement by

confequeiKcof the crown. Skaicfp.Cyrr.bi!ir;e.
4. In the following paflage it Signifies, I
think, as in French, 10 tend.

The

'\veen
Though the courfe of the fun
the tropics, yet arc not thofe par's .lirrctly (ubjeit
to his perpendicular beam^ unhabitable or cx'.

hot.

CURD.

Ray,

n.f. [See

CRUDLE.] Thecoagu-

of milk ; the concretion of the

thicker parts of any liquor.
Milk of itlclf is fuch a compound of cream*

lition

curds, and

whey,

as it is eafily turned anddifl^'v, i.'

This nighr, at lead, with me forget your care;

Cheftnuts, and iiirdt and cream, (hall be your fare.
Dryden*
Let Snoras tremble
What! that thing of filk ?
that
mere
white
card
of
afs's
milk ? Pope.
,
TcCuftu. <v. a. [from the

Maiden, does

To

I'.i;

to caufe to

>i'r ?

:t

and powder of red roles, keep

and Icngtiii-n ev'

nor curis, nor thieat'ning U

rcirui,

:;

Some

Rcftraint

inhibition; oppofition

iiin

Sip round the pail, or

drance.
il

.V/-,j:
your impediment.
-main

In uYic~t.rft bondage-, tho'i

I'uJer t!i' inevitable curb t rcfcrv'd
.

MUtati

His captive multitude.

7

To CU'RDLK. T.

a.

or

in the
"
curdling
Bj.:r..

to t!ie houfe,
nd their Might,

ti

To caufe to coagulate

to force into concretions.

iltong links afundei

in

-!ftl!.

To CU'RDLE. v. n. [from curd.~\ To' coato moot together ; to concrete.

gulate

z.

coagulate.

a<rd thy blouj,

it

.:.

ngli the pliin,

Nor

To

noun.]

turn to curds

:.

a fair dog.

Pofc.

3.

,'i

four fierce

Appear
and

/lyKffc'i

'-

Of m r

'Tis a good dog.

.-nrj.'-r.

to

Bacon,

defendant in court

lircs.

lining, by thr ii:tcrieution of a little fal aimoniack, maJj: corper inflammable, I trok fome
fmall grains, and put them under the wick "t a
with '.\\burning candle j whereby they were

Dutch. See

as a

[courbtr, to bend, French.]

an iron chain, made fail to

pery; confiding of copper.

mi-tted tallow fo kindled, that the green, rot b'lic,

dame of th" cupretui body did burn.
Bvylc.

lu-

Sw'j:.

Cop-

adj. [cufreus, Latin.]

CI.-R. n.f. [tm-rf,

fomc

guardian appointed by law.

The

CU'PREOTJS.

th.it

the upper part of the branches of the

bridle, in a hole called the eye, am
running over the beard of the horfe.

glafs

A bubu, in this cafe, ought tu be

ward by cufp'mg-ghjja, and brought

curatynof Bedlam a flu re n,

.'iv
pirl im i.-f honour.

CURB.

ufed by fcarificrs to
out the blood by rarefying the air.
]

but by his guardian and

n.f.

plies cupping-glafles

n.f. [Latin.]
that has the care and fuperiuten-

One

1.

COPPEL.

btidics fixed, as

check

CU'RATESHIP.

hemifpheric.il fummit of a building.

Nature feems to have dctigned the head as the
and
cuff la to- the mod glorious of her works
when we load it with fupernumerary ornaments,

[Italian.]

to

Prtfer.

The therapeu'.ick or curai-vc phjlick, we term

that which rcftorcs the patient unto fanity.

n.f.

to inhibit

to hold back.
Were not the laws lamed amongft them at the
firft, and had they not guvernoiirs to curt and keep
tin m 'i:!l in awe and obedience ? Spcnfcron Ireland*
Then thou, the mother of fo fwcct a child,

thought the Englim of curate had bcc'i a:i

No fuch matter; the
ecclefiaftical hireling.
proper import of the word lignifies one who has the
Collifr an fridt.
cure of fouls.

the

longing.

rellrain

confine

CVPOLA.

congregations.
.-

Farrier's Did,
n; a. [from the noun.]
guide or rellrain a horfe with a curb.

To

2.

for (uratc he Inl JIT..-,

fpar'd no pains ;
durft ha trull another with hi care. Dijd. F.

parifli priert.
Biihcps and curata, and

tyi

Part viclj their arms, part curt the foaming

deed.

He

Stakcfpeare's Coriilartus

tlie rell.

To

perform the

n.f. [from curate.] The

fame with curacy,
CUPI'DITY. n.f. [cupidit as, Latin.] Con- OC'RATIVE.
adj. jYrom care.] Relating
cupifcence ; unlawful or unreafonable:
to the cure of difeafes
not prefervative.
Still cupboarJ'ing

fide.

n.f. [curator, Latin.]

clergyman hired

religion, that (houlJ ue

the fpur to

"oCuRS.

duties of another.

Staift.

To CU'PBOARB.

as Coon as they cm, and,

get into orders
if they he very fortunate, arrive in time to a mn:r>
here in town.
Swift.

curmud-

and cupboards.

from curable.

They

Nor

light, in cellars

my

n. /.

be healed.

n.f. [from curate.] Employment of a curate, dillincl from a benefice ; employment which a hired clergy-

geon-lubbard$

Lock up from

s s.

Juv.

CU'RACY.

tankard piac'd.
Drjtten't Juvenal.

their victuals thcfe

defperate wound muft {kilful

thine is curable by Philip's boy. Drydrn'i

Poflibility to

hi* ihort wife's ihort legs hung dangling out

^fi^Mj-J's head fix earthen pitchers grac'd,

Harvey.
hands employ,

But
C u' R A n L E N E

fur tables, cufircaijs, and delk>, as walnut.

Bacin' > yatternt Kftoey.
C..Jrus had but one bed j fo ihort, to boot,

1 hat

made

A curb is a hard and callous tumour,

which runs along the infide of a horie's
hoof; that is, on that part of the hoof
that is oppofite to the leg of the lame

^4.'t?:jcn.

confumption of the lungs, at the beginning,

herein difters from all other curjb:;
it is not to be worn away by change of diet, or a

fomc

[from cure.] That admits

that may be healed.

is

.:.',

men,

who

a^'.

a remedy

placed.

trees aie beft for

a faint

thefe

t)enttm"t S
think us under no other ti- to
Even they,
allow this to
true
intercft
of
will
the
our country,
be an effectual curt upon us.
Atie'turf.

D'

term of reproach for a m;

What would you h*\tf, j

CU'RABLE.

cafe

cafe with
or earthen

victuals

bc.iil.

lik;-. lt
peace nor war ? Stai-Jf. Ccrhlacus.
-.11 to inquire the way to
This knu..
St. Anne's Lane; the parfon, whom he (poke to,
called him a young popilh ctir t and aiked him, who

fcart.

Th'rs vine was laid to be given, to Tros, the father of Priam, by Jupiter, as * recompente for his
his cupcarrying away his fon Oanymede to be.

or the faireit

The

That

ffotroa.

in ordinary.

2.

2.

frici.

:i

By

hear
or whaic'er

may

:'

Den"-

.4JJiJia'i Specifier.

Him

cur

C U R

.-mov'd,

Par.

a: ii.il thcmf-Iv^s not

felt,
^His changed powers
Till curdled cold his courage
'gan t* alfail. .\
MixeJ with the lixth part of a fpoonful of m'ilk,
it burnt to the
fpace of one hundred piiii.
t:io

milk

v,

..nsKttiralli$-ry,

CUR
My

ITnmovM with
But

CUR

is all

the fame ,

fear, and mov'd with martial

chill blood is curdled in
veins

my

And

foul

a bell
fame

time,

my

fcarce the fliadow

.."

man

remains.

CU'RDY.

from

a vegetable emulfion,

CURE.
i

c-n

Aliments

Will give her fadnefs very little cure

;
Brother of England, how may we content
?

lady

Sbakeffcare's

CURIO'SITY.
1.

King

At

Jtlfn.

A& of

The

3.

benefice or

to-morrow. Lute,

xiii.

32.

lies

heal

4.

llijiory.

Here the poor lover, that has

long endur'd
Some proud nymph's fcorn, of his fond
paffinn's,

5.

i.

fo

RELESS.

cure

and

left.]

If, laid

ill,

fmcc

have

it

fo.

healer

v
J.

RFEW.

which we

its caufes.'

Hartley -r.Comimflions.

n. /.
[couvre fen, French.]
evening-peal, by which the Conquerer willed that every man mould rake
up his fire, and put out his light; fo
that in many places, at this
day, where

Dryden's Falilef*

Undulation; wave; finurVity; flexure.

it

happens,

CURL.

To

Sax.

To

I .

Sometimes with
Th tho a li-nior
Well

Dan.]

turn the hair in

z.
3.

Shatcffterfs Airg

firit

meet the nrled

Antony,
'

make demand

feclion

An

not negligent

Climbing,

That
4.

full

6.

Exaft

th-.fi; fgnl'cs

fubtle.
embrace

in

Milton's ParaJife Lt/l.

waves, undulations, orfiuu-

The vitiation of the winds,

take the ruffian billmi^
by the top,
Curiixg their monftrous

Who

.'"arc's

of care.

To

(Vndcr

To
To
In

Taylor.

aerial

which

bodies air

otherivifc,

and wiglir, would

rile in undulations.

BtxIbleflCflf

2.

Dry Jen's f 'tie fa.

n.

(brink into
ringlets.

T!,,,k-

ftretcliL'd r,ut,

!<y

.ipj

fcp.iratcd

iralim

ll.ly or. iurl.

,f

tni-ir

%/iv

m-.-iy nobler pjrtion of the town

bill.iws rowl their iCiLKh

The curing

objtfti at greater

H:nry IV,

Seal would be pools, without the

brushing air

To cm! the
To CURL. <v.

As
tiller

Sbahffiarc,

tl,-

thicker than the

fnaky locks

curl\i Mi-gsera.

Toraife

pcil..n ii

nice

)t

ofuies.

of per-

notcvi
'Ufnefa ; he thinks not much, and
fp
often, of meat and drink.

temperate

of her a kifs.

They, up

of,
the place replie,

folicitous

If /he

u/'

To writhe to twill.
To drete with curls.

He'll

fome-

and curious
o/'antiquities. DndcnsFat.
4. Accurate; careful not to mifta'ke.
Till Arianifm had maje it a matter of
great
fharnr.cfs and
fubtlcty of witto be a found believing Chrirtun, men were not turkui'vAiH fvllaliL-j
or particles of
n
fpeech they ufeJ.
to pleafe

ringlets.

haft thou been

ferving man, nroud in" heart and mind,

that curled my hair, wore gloves in
my cap, ferved
the lull of my miftrcls's
heart, and did the a<ft of
darkncfs with her.
Lt*r~

read,

5. Difficult

of the prifms be

v. a. [krollen, Dutch; cynjiaru

krille,

What

as curious :is to their

origin, their ui
their natural
hillory.
f^uuiwarj.

3.

if the glafs

difdain,

Attentive to ; diligent about

times with after.

free from veins, and their fides be

accurately plain
and well poli/hed, without thofe numberlcfs waves
or curls, which
ufually arifc from the fund holes.
Newton's Of ticks.

him know

ffl

Skriefpeare.

TT

2.

keen

dimncfs in beholding

Juft as in aft he flood, in elouds enfluin'd,

(he faften'd on his hair
behind,

H'.Jley.

2.

DryJ. Fjb.

Jne mdcxterity ar.d worfe fucccfs of the

m^ft
..
of our confumplMn
curer,, do evidently
.-.flute their

let

to

,Y;.7n'

Then backward by his yellow curls (lie drew

To Mm, and him alone, confefs'd in view.

gentleman fo very ctir'aui after things

that were elegant and
beautiful, mould not have

irerof fouls, and you a curir of boyou flvmld fi^t,;, yr u , againft the hair

""

a victory

curls

Her hand

It is pity a

n.f. [from cure.]

phyfician.
if

blind, r-rcaufc they law not ill

breath'd into their
uncorrupted breafts

but

like a
page, cutting off

cov?r that noble head.

Thus

of information

the Belgians did retire

Before the patron faint of
injur'd Spain. Diydcn.
Reader, if any eurkus (ray
To afk my hated name,
Tell them, the grave that hides
my cl.iy
Conceals me from my (hame.

he,

fate will

ringlet of hair.
She apparelled herfelf

her hair, leaving

nothing but the Ihort

adj. [curiofus, Latin.]

defirous

artificially fet,

[from the verb.]

n.f.

1.

any one too curious mould enquire

Then

gr'"f alone is hard captivity,

For love of hc.iv'n, with
patience undergo

A cureltfs
CU'RER.

CURL.

took a ramble together to fee the

cur'ujitiei
town.
MJifon'i Freeholder.

wrought, and

them up, that muft glvrmotion to

3. Artfully; exadlly.
4. Captioufly.

'.

objeft of curiofity; rarity.

Inquifitive

After

without remedy.

.
Shtteffcare'i Henry VI.
Repair thy wit, gmd youth, or it will fall
To curelefs ruin, i bakiffeare 'i Merchant cf Venice.

curicujly

this great

If

Without

Bootlefs are plaints, and

curelefs are my wounds
way to fly, nor firength to hold out flight.

We

the having of wheels and

fprings, tho*

is it

the winding of
the watch.

Bacon's Natural
Hi/lory.

An

Elegantly; neatly.
riever fo

A curious wifli, whichdid corrupt their will. Dames,

cured,
far as

No

Of

2.

workman/hip of

aft of curiofity; nice

experiment.
There hath been pra&ifed alfo a
curio/it-;,
a tree
the
north
fide
of
a
upon
wall, and, at a little

And

Temple.

adj. [cure

cannot be with you,

curicus I

Nor

That they were

l>ftd -

Cu

curious.]

Pofe.

came

work

Exodus.

;
attentively; ftudioufly.
looked very
curhujly upon himfelf, fometimes fetching a little fkip, "as if he faid his
Irrength.
hnd not yet forfaken l\im.
Sidney.
At firlU thought there had been no light reflected from the water in that
place ; but observing it
more .eur'uujly, I faw within it feveral fmaller
round fpots, which appeared much blacker and
darker than the reft.
Newton's
ticks.

unneceflary matters ; for more

things are Ihewn unto thec than men nmlerftand
Eeclus. iii. 23
Even then to them the fpirit of lyes
fuggcfts

T o prepare in any manner, fo as to be

preferved from corruption.
The beef would be fo ill chofen, or fo ill
it

devife curious woiks, to

He

addifted to enquiry.
Be not curious in

knew any man

inany times before

Fairfax,

Inquisitively

exaftnefs.

CU'RIOUS.

Waller.
cured of inattention.
Swift.
Hear what from love unpraflis'd hearts
endure,
From love, the fole difeafe thou canft not cure.

2.

compos'd.

Elegant; neat; laboured; finimed.

For

to I-'Uliers.

An

of

"'<*'

I never

lies,

Rigid; fevere; rigorous.

9.

height, to draw it through the wall, and fpread it

upon the fouth fide ; conceiving that the root and
lower part of the ftock mould
enjoy the frelhnefs
of the (hade, and the
upper boughs and fruit, the
comfort of the f i ; but it fbrted not.

to reftore

therefore all contufions of

bones, in hard weather,
are more difficult to cure. BJCM'S Natural

not fortuitous.

curious chance, or carelefs

art,

Undemanding 'to

1.

Bacon

grofs todifccrn the euriijity of the

nature.

the lawyers, let

nothing.'

Latin.]
to health ; to remedy ; to recover : with of before the
difeafe.
Ufed of patients or difeafes.
The bones, in (harp colds, wax
brittle; and

To

euritat

Holder,

in ? old -

make choice of cither's moiety. Sbak.K.Lejr.

Our fenfes, however armed or afiifted, are tooi

be faid againft
entangling property, fpinning out
caufej, fqueering clients, and making the laws a
greater grievance than thofe who break them. Coll.
To CURE. <v. a. [euro,
1.

8.

Qualities are fo -weighed, that curiojity in neither;

employment of a curate

among

By

can

or clergyman.
If his cure

./'[rom

Inquifuivenefs

Accuracy

3.

healing.

I do cures
to-day and

not neglectful

Each ornament about her feemly

a fireplate.

more

vaile obfcuv'd the funfhine of her

eyes,
rofe within herfelf her fweetnefs clos'd

The

they mocked thee for too much curiofity ; in thy

rags thoa knovveft none, but art defpiled for the
contrary.
Shake/fears' t timtm.

Dry Jin's Fables.

ador'd, and the next hour difpleafe ;

firft
your cure, and after your difeafe. Gran-uille.
Horace advifes the Romans to feck a feat in
fome remote part, by way of a cure for the corr'u: tion of manners.
Swift

2.

inclination to enquiry.
2. Nicety ;
delicacy.
When thou waft in thy gilt, and thy perfume,

Cold, hunger, prifons, ills without a cure,

All thefe he muft, and guiklefs oft, endure.

Now we 're

fire

haps retinue, of a court.

The court and ckriji'.tj.

This league that we have made

This widow

Sijnior Baptifta, of whom I hear fo well.

CURIA'LITY. n.f. [from (iirialis, Latin.]
Sbakefp*
The privileges, prerogatives, or per- CU'RIOUSLY. adv. [from curious.]

reiterative.

7. Artful

that rejoice

hear the folemn curfew.

Sbakejp. Temftji.
Oft on a plat of rifing ground
I hear the far off
curfew found,
Over fome wide-water'd more,
Mihtn.
Swinging (low with fullen roar.
for

more variety, and with

difcrimination, than the other fenfe.

pafs.

n.f. [cura, Latin.]

Remedy

by coagu-

mafs with acids.

Arbutir.it

dlttance, with

But now for pans, pots,

curfews, counters, and
the like, the
beauty will not be fo much refpefted,
fo as the compound ftutfis like to
Bacon.

full

lating into a curdy

cuflomarily rung towards bedfaid to ring

Cdiveil.
curfeiu.
You, whofc paftime

it is

A cover

2.

[from carJ.] Coagulated;

of cards; curdled.

adj.

concreted;
It ditfers

To

CUR

mnke midnight mufhrooms,

Is to

Dryden's Virgil.
Ev'n now a fatal draught works out my foul ;
Ev'n now it curdles in my fhrinking veins,
The lazy blood, and freezes at my heart. Smith.
There is in the fpirit of wine fome acidity,
by
which brandy curd'es miik.
Flower.

is

tide;

now they lrr;iggle up and down,

anoffot'd, for prey divide.
Dry-Jen^
anfurling liuoak, from village

parlies,

arrni.'::,

While

tops

3-

To

To

3.

the world.

time,

Drydent fables.
[courlieu, Fr. arquata,

'Ci/RLEW. n.f.

i.

kind of water-fowl, with a large

beak, of a grey colour, with red and
black fpots.
Among birds we reckon creyfers, curious, and

CM-

Abraham's

In a conilant motion,

z.

Without oppofition.
The very caule which maketh

it

be rich in cattle, in
jfrbutbnot.

uncontradided

bird larger than a partridge, with

longer legs. It runs very fwittly, and
frequents the corn-fields in Spain, in
Sicily, and fometimes in France.
n.f.

a vitious

is

[It

Common;

3.

They have

And when

he has

it

in h

claws,
He'll not be hide-bound to the c.iufe

Nor

4.

thou rind him a curmudgeon,

Hudibras.
If rj^ou difpatch it without grudging.
A man's way of living is commended, bccaufe
will give any rate for it ; and a man will give
any rate rather than pafs for a poor wretch, or a

Avaricious

geon.}

adj.
;

[from curmud-

covetous

churlith

Crew's

Fafhionable

5.

chargr.

tlie

produced

is

N'or

torhitb.

ilh

fit,

may

now

is

its

v.-il

beftow'd,

rumps of beef with virgin honey U'

Infipid tafte, old friend, to them wlio Par

Where

rocombole,
grow.

CU'RRENCY.
Circulation

1.

fliallot,

.and

King.

[from current.]
power of palling from hand

'what

is

nefs of pronunciation.
4. Continuance ; conltant flow

To

to be quickelt, as ii
ried on by a cm-ru.t, or

'Ihy

To

He
match

fomc

grcr.t

and

papers

over-

ftamped in the Englifh

by authority, and paffing

CU'RRENT.
1. Circulatory

paffing

Po more

iiile tli:oir.'i

vifit

Beyle.

3.

the

(I'.y

fwt

Courfe

ll-jitlciV-J that

to chaftife.

divide

confiJc

chw

and

i-wr/'V

one anl!icr.

/'-

of

her'family,
\;-r.& her to take care
ii'^e in caf: of rrfutal. sfj,!('v:': bi

'

.iud

his

ficfli.

i:Uons make the parts more tlclhy an.;

a5 we le
both in mrn, and in the cxirying of
p

hi; f.iining

lays,

turnn

bv Pliebidas the Lacedemqnianinfidioufly ;

drew on a rcfurprize of the caft'e, a recovery
town, and a current of the war, even into
d

B.iar,.

the crufe

is,

for tha;

t.

and bl.imi to
quantity nf Ipiiiv:

itray;.

progreflion.
cafllc of Cadmus was taken, and Thebes

't to

'if

maj

promote

Js.

tL; walls of Sparta.

to threQi

hi
To rub a horfe with a fcratching inftrumcnt, fo as to fmooth his coat, and

To

fcratcli

with flattery

in kindncl's

:;reaier
th,'
;

to

rub down

to tickle.
If I had a iuit to mailer Shallow, I would hnmour his men ; if to his men, 1 would cu*ry with
Stai
in iiler Shallow.
5.

"To

To become a
Favour.
by petty ofHcioufuefs, flight

CURHY

favourite

kindnefles, or flattery.
He judged them ftill over- jtjrflly

to

fawn upon

the heathens, and to curry favour with infidel!.

way

}.

fetting brother a.;ainr! brother,

', loft ;

Jove's abodes,

drub

By

c:'ny

are certain
[In navigation.] Currents
the water of the
of
motions
progreflive
lea in feveral places, either quite down
to the bottom, or to a certain determi-

adj. [current, Latin.]

from hand to hand.
;

Ihall

in thine, like Icflcr current,

ihean.s fnall
among the & u

fabled

for

money.

by a tide.

more

to

deep defign in

Tiir w.

car-

nate depth ; by which a ihip may hapor repen to be tarried more fwittly,
tarded in her courfr, according to the
direction of the current, with or againll
Harrii.
of the ihip.
the

vulgarly valued.

good mintman, but takes greatnefs of kingdoms according to 'their bulk and cum,
Ba en.
not nfter intrinfick value.

colonies

4.
'..

it is,

fliine

icaft

.it
'

iiob.e;

Not
V,

ihtt thinkcth Spain to be

for this ertite, aflifled as

The

beat

'

<j.

To

>

is

it.

bing

Irenes.

B*

Hc.iv'n he:

Whofc fame

you, tur-

a prclcnt.

CU'RRY. -v. a. [curium, leather, Lat.]

To c'refs leather, by beating and rub-

'fheturreny of time to eftablilh a cuftom, ought

cor.tinur.tiji from the bouinni:
end of the term prgl'ciilicd.
s!)liffe's Partrgon.
t . General efteem ; the rate at which any
to be with a

tells

fays

Sttte/pteft.

n.f.
running ftream.

Thefc inequalities will vanifli in one place, and

and fcrm i.ericctiy to
prefcntly appeal in another,
one
move I'.k.: ''
--'ding and deftrojuig

uninter-

rupted courfe.

of reafon,

<[.6ftrc,

2.

Swift,

rule,

your dog wjs a cur ; and

lhauks is good enaJ,,h for fuch

She

But his fair courfe is nut hindered ;

He makes iweet muiick with th'enamell'd

2. General reception : as, the report had

a long curren:\'.
e.ifi3. Fluency ; readincfs of utterance ;

thing

care of juftice, nor no

at

1.

of thofe half-pence would, in the

kingdom.

off a curri/b heart reclaims.

,.

The i-arnrr, har with gentle murmur g'idts,

Thou know'ft, being ftopp'd, impatiently doth rage,

univerfal opinion of our people, be utterly deftractive to this

impractica-

I would file were in heaven, fo Ihe

Entreat fome povv'r to change this cunt/a Jevr.

currer.cy

untraftable

CU'RRENT.
i.

.Vi

SiJty.

prepaffing;
courfe : as, the current year,

to hand.

The

Did thenceforth ever enter in his mind,

But crurlty, the fign of furrift kind, liali. Tak.
In fa!h;.'iir v. a; ward, and in love unkind;
For Cupid deigns not wound a cur.-.jh mind. Fni'f.

the

n.f.

fiith.

uncivil

No

be allowed or

HI.
Sbatrfptart's Ricldri

What

and

L'Eflrange.
they found

laugh.

excufc current, but to hang thyfelf.

fent in

a huntfrrsan,

it.

tainted flelh with ocean tides

-i:

from

ble.
Sweet fpcaking

make

7.

for

the
adj. [from cur.] Having
qualities of a degenerate dog ; brutal ;
four ; quarrelfome
malignant; churl-

Fouler than heart can think thee, thou can!)

No

money

natural and

as

ber-ftin of

CO'RRISH.

butter'd currants on fat

They

And

uld th

c,

Pcf,e.

6. Paflable; fuch

bought

the way
l;y frequent ills,
lod,c their loathfome carrion under ground;
For ufelcfs to the currier were their hides,

r\Ja

properly written

curr\-r

V/a;n'd

Cofmologia.

The current illy proves our ready wit;

And authors think their reputation Cafe,
Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to

leaves

bunches.

in

fmall dried grape

and

To

admitted.

are large : the flower confifts of five

leaves, j^.aced in form of a rofe : the
ovary, which arifes from the centre of
the flovvercup, becomes a globular fruit,
2.

or'

is lefs

L'Ejirange.

CU'RRANT. n.f. [rites, Lat.]

The tree hath no pricklti
j

fubrtamialn^is combinerh with delight-

When

popular.

Oft leaving what

.niggardly.

General reception.
Eafinefs of pronunciation.

laid birr. d>'w:i re:>dy

by vul-

intrinfick, this his current, value ; which

more, as men have occafion for him.

In a country where he that killed a hog invited

the neighbourhood, a curmudgi-.nlj fellow
with his companions how he might

2.

report

are alfo to confider the difference between

:
that is a man's,
ftriclly taken

Lock.

penurious curmudgeon.

CURMU'DCEONLY.

Circulation.

worth and merit,

he

./. [from current.]

1.

how can
(urnr.incjs with ftaycdnefs,
the language found other than molt full of 1'wc-etCarndin : Remains.
nefs >

Addijin.

Popular
gar eftimation.

We

generally.

CU'RRIER. n.f. [coriarius, Latin.] One

who drcfles and pares leather for thofe
among
who make Ihocs, or other things
ll'at::.

of the king of France's death.

; fuch as is eltabliflied

ihalt

Without ceafing.

fulnefs,

general.

knowing what other opinions are current

mankind.
About three months ago we had a current

4.

been trained up from their infancy

ever hea

in one fet of notions, without

avaricious churlifh fellow; a miler; a

niggard ; a churl ; a griper.

Popularly

3.

pariiality,

manner of pronouncing caeur tnechant,

An unknown correfpondent.] An
Fr.

fafliionably

3.

CU'RRENT NESS.

Sioift.

CURMUDGEON,

Hxkcr, Preface.

beforehand.

Bccaufc fuch as openly reprove fuprofcd difovders of ftate are taken for principal fii.
the common benefit of all, under this fair and
whatfoever they utter pafleth for
plaulible colour,
Hwlcr.
good and current.
iinI have collected the fails, with all pollib!
from the current histories of thofe times.

fmple snd

the

word of
ignorant to think they even fee how the
God runneth currently on your kit, \ , t'
minds are forestalled,' and tlicir conceits pervcnci

ftran^e bruits are received for current.

iii/fy.

Many

adv. [from current.]

I.

authoritative.

Ciirrsu.

puffins.

a.

received

Generally

CU'RRENTCV.

mer-

the

not fure that

is

it

to

is faid

in

money

pad doubt, though

is

was ftampt; for he

filver, and in gold.

Lat.]

j.

money with

Shekels of filver, current

chant.
That there was current

twift itfelf.
round her (lender waift he curTJ,
ftamp'd an image of himfelf, a fov'reign of
11

And

COR

CUR

CUR

an

This (y.imour fuccecded fo with the puppy, that

afs would go the fame way to work, to curry

favour

for himfelf.

An

L'Eftrangt.

n.f. [from curry and comb.]

iron initrument ufed for currying or

CU'RRYCOMB.

cleaning horfes.

CUR

CUR

He

has a clearer idea from a little print ti>a:i

from a long definition ; anJ fo he would have of
'flrigil and Jiflrum, if, inftead of a currycomb and
cymbal, he could fee Damped in the margin fmall
Lock*.
pictures of thefe inftrirments.

CURSE, -v. a.
To wifli evil to

To
1

me thU

Curjti

to execrate

people

mighty

for

"'.

ffmnieri.
After Solyman had looked upon Ac dead body,
cu>
td
the
he
caufed
a great
lame,
bitterly
weight to be tied unto it, and fo call into the sea.

drawn, and ingroffcd in parchment.

and

CU'RSORARY.

yet again

me

the third time halt thou

To

mifchief ; to

affliil

On impious realms and

Thy plagues, and urfe 'cm
To CURSE.

with futh

mv

without care

Ptfi

'

-jrfedft,

ear.;,

behold the

Neither hi\c
a

i-ar'i-

fuffcred

my mouth

to fin,

by

appeared like the head of another man.

to his- foul.

CURST,

never went from your lordmip but with a

longing to return, or without a hrartyr/i to him
'monies, and put

ccflity

1.

of

fire

Ambitioufly fcntentious

jMv'rlin'i

Aj chain's Sclsolmajlcr.
Proverb

Curjt cows have ftiort hornsl

CU'RSED.

abominable

Givr.i

z.

way

Unholy

Lee her
have no gift at

wicked.

Merciful
Reflrain in

you, though you mock me, gentlemen,

not him m.I was n:vcr
c:,'Jt ;

I pray

pn

me

the cgrfal thought; that nature

to in repofc.
v'j Macbeth.

unfan&ified

by a

Dialled

L"

lady, while heav'n !:r.ds us grace,

this earful place,

jmc other

Vexatious

ird,

-round.

dilfuaded

2.

be no

more renrw'd

And though

;r,

his

Be

griev'd,

/
;.

neVr. fo rurft, his tongue

Cu'iivrNf ss. n.f.

her huJbi:

is

[from

Drydsm

ncfs

On-:

frowrtrdnefs

be the

my

Skaktfp.

3.

Crftjbdia.

I'ri r.

ablv

fiism-jfullv

Her month

fvver.efl

,tli

fo the rn

terms,

,- j

Her

fs,

of being under
CU'RSHIP. n.f. [from cur.~\
mcanneis ; fcoundrelftiip.

The

ind

J'l.l

(Tir-w,

curjir.ri's

Ihrew.

Dogiliip

t:.

f.

[Latin.]

An

[fromcitrtus, Latin.]
"J.

;i

officer

or clerk belonging to the Chancery,

that makes out original xvrits.
They
are called clerks of courfe, in the oath
of the clerks of Chancery. Of thefe
re are twentv-four in number, which
Vor,. I.

i.

that lies

d-^/haw.
part of the wall

between two baftkms.

Military

I?!i!f.

governour, not difcouragcd, (uddenly of

timber mid hu.il; raif;d up a curtain twelve foot
't the back of hi
i,
Knvlle,.

am

and

tc',1,

and

ua-, in

time

curtail'd of

all

fair

proportion,

Deform'd, unfini(Vd,.f.:it before

my

time

Into this breathing world.

Sbakcjf. Richard III.
Then why (hould we ourfclvtj abiui. <-,
And curtail our ow;j prn
jhtditras.
.

n.f. [from curtain

reproof given by a wife

to her hufband in bed.

It

written according to th. t notion.]

To cut off; to cut ftiort ; to fhorten.
"

CURTAIN-LECTURE,

Short.

[curto, Latin.

was anciently written canal, which

perbut dogs that had
haps is more proper
their tails cut being c;:!!"J ,-nrtal
dogs,
the v/ord was
vulgarly conceived 'to mean
originally tn cut the

tlud'Aras.

CU'RSITOR.

adj..

i>f

Hov.

rampart

The

bij.it>..

TVCD'RTAIL.

That

tail

CUP.T.

turfed.}
a curie.

;u

(ho wriih'd, l.er forehead taught to

'

CU'RSEDNF.SS. n.f. [from

\\ifli

;>_ ,.

[In fortification.]

..

or

and can-

but to

Till this Irormy night b"

An th' eternal ir.orrov.Me inrta'.n will h- drawn.

.
.(

left

frown,

ftate

and me, and nothing

it, fo as to difcern the o'ujedt.

So f>on as the all-cheering fun.
Should in the farthelt eaft bogin to draw
The (hady curtain from Aurora"
Sbakeffeere's Romeo and JuKct.
Let them deep, let them ileep on,

Peeviih-

care's y/v.'sry i:t:J

[from curfei'."] Mifer:

a low c?..it word.

w U

r.^e

the curtain will f >on htdraivn between

3,
cl

aii-v.

frier. J

To open

"'

CU'RSEDI. Y.

laft

write to you, and this

a long good night.

mnlignity.

Touch you
Nor curfir.if: grow

clofe it,

mind
citrfl. ]

To

the light, or conceal

'.'urnefs Lbc!,ry.

Once more

his inrrnt,

kind.

CURTAIN.

the

mut out

I mult draiu a curtain before the work, for a

while, and keep your patience a lit' e in fufpenfe.

An.l found him pight to do it with

car/1 fpeech,
thieatcn'd to difcover him.
Sbak, King Lear.

To draw

the objeft.

1
'1

Though

fo as to

mine of golJ.

him from

Jte^c

Thy hand, great Dulnels lets thernrruwi'.i.,,

And univerfal darknefs buries all.
F sr c.

iierably cur/1,
and froward, fo beyond all rr.eafure,
ftate far worfer than it is,

Ihrcwj

When

Milton.

troubleibme.

open, 10 as to
Arijulbnct t.n Diet.
Sol through white curtains (hoc a tim'ious
ray,
And op'd thufecyes that muft eclipfe the Jay f'.pe.

i'i

That, were my
I would no? wed her (or

.:ier

Be,

And

i>.

'

light ; to
thing ; to (hade

Their curtains ou^ht to be

renew the air.

cowardice

my

plea-

.he

conceal or difcover any

to darken a room.
;

'

'

j.

a right maid, for

En ours.

a bed

curfe.
",

in fhrewiOinefs

admit or exclude-

fure, to

Let her not (Irike me.

Shak.Midf. Night's Dream.
I'll go fee if the bear be
gone from thegentlemm,
hath eaten
they are never .-urfi
f
butv.hen th-:y archung-y.
Klakeip. Winter' s fa!e.
Her only f.\ult, and that is fault enough,

am

all

c.f

Can.

participial adj. [from curfe.]

I. Defervingacurfe ; hr.teful ; deteftable

jldJifcr..

with both parties ) piealantly

playing both with the
(hrewd touches of many curfl boys,- and with the
fmall dilcietjon of many IcwJ f..hoolmafters.

Drjdtr..

torment ; vexation.
how he apes his
(tripling

adj.

f reward

SkakejpearSs Ccmedy

CU'RTAIN. n.f. {cortina, Latin!]

A cloth contracted or expanded at

peevilh ; malignant; mifchievous; malicious; fnarling.

Mr.' Maftn, after his manner, was
very merry

on the ne-

v.irj, drawing.

Atfliftion

n the
'

me

CU'RSORY.

adj. [from curforius, Latin.]

Hafty ; quick ; inattentive ; carelefs.
The firrl, upon a curjsry and fvipr-rfici.il view,

who

think

attention.
Xvi. 2.

n.f. [from the verb.]

Malediction ; wifh of evil to another.

wimirg

amazed, ran from her as a witch ; and I

if my bread had not been made of
faith, a::d'
my heart of fterl, (he had transformed me to a
curtail
and
made
me
i'
turn
th'
wheel.
dag,
I,

Atterbury

[from cutfury.] Slight

n.f.

Dog. n.f. A dog laived,' or

according to the foreft laws,

whofe tail is'cut off, and who is therefore

hindered in courfing.
Perhaps this word
may be the original of cur.

CU'RSORINESS.

CURSE,
.

mutilated

power, and no other, Luther difowns, as

any one that views the place but cursorily muft needs

wk
Ju4.

Th

It has
cf before the thing cut oft".
The count ad'ared the court, that Fact his antagonift hud taken a wrong name, having curtailed.
it if three letters
for that his name was not
j
Faff,
but Fafiic.n.
Add. 'n.'

CU'RTAIL

tion.

and fpeakelt

fiiver is

Skalefp. Henry

[from cur/or/.] Haflily;

without folicitous atten-

ft*-

vengeance.
The iilvvr abour
alfo in

thofe.

Addifan's Spectator.

2.

the following

O'erglanc'd the articles.

to

in

CURSORILY. acf-v.

imprecate
deny
imprecation of divine

with

or affirm

foils as

To

n.

<v.

and Let.

Dr\-.

line.
I have but with a
curforjry eye

totc/ment.

barb'rous kin.;s impofe

of

eurjl

for Laius' death,

And tfaou baft w'ihed melikehim.

2.

cur/us, Latin.',
carelefs.
word,

Curfory; hafty ;
believe, only found

This imprecation was

Bacon

[from

adj.

Knoiles .

What,

with abjminable
curtailings and quaint rr.oSwift.
This general employ, and
expence of their time,
would as afl'uredly curtail and retrench the ordinary means of knowledge and erudition, as it would
fhorten the opportunities of vice.
Wo;dioard.
Perhaps this humour of fpeaking no more than
we muft, has fo
miferably curtailed fome of our
words ; and, in familiar
writings and converfations,
they often lofe all but their (nil f)lh,bles.
verfe,

dernifms.

Then is the recognition and value, figned will

the handwriting of that jurlice, carried
by the cur.
Jitor in Ch.inccry for that (hire wheie thofe land
do lie, and by him is a writ of covenant
thereupot

to devote.

for they are too

Scribblers fend us over their train in

pro.1: and

The
original writs as are required.
are a corporation
among themfelves.
Coiuell

[cuppan, Saxon.]
;

CUR

have certain (hires allotted to each o

them, into which they make out fuc!

leflure.~\

\V!i...- rn.ilclj

The

iuitain-lcfiurc

'wh. hy wives are bred

makes a mou.-nful h

Drydtr.'s 'Juvenal,
She ought to exert the autho:ity of the i-.v
filefturgj and, if (he fnuls liim of it -.ebjl-ious i'l
tion, to time him.
.'/'an.

Cu RTAIN.

*o

inclofe or

<v.

a.

[from the noun.]

accommodate with

To

curtains.

Now o'er one half the world

Nature feems dead, and wicked dreams nbufc
The

Sb'AeJffaff 3 Ma..h:tc.
waml'ring prince T:'d D-'.'o,
When with a happy ftorm they were furpri;-'d,
And curtain'd with a coanfel-keeping cave. Stak.
But,
3
curtain':! deep.

The

Bat, in htr temple's

laft recef!

n Uulnefs'

Ijp th' anointed

(he t.'tuni'J round

>fe

Ad

foft befpri

CURTATE

C U

uk ll with Cimmerian

iicw.

The

CU'SHIO.VED.
on a cuihion

CUSP.
to

[cur-vo, Latin.]

Jafelt foi

Cbynt's fiilcfafbieal Principle;.

Flaccid it was beyond die activity or' the mufto give it a due
cl?, and curvature of theoIEclt;;,
Holder.

CURVE,

Crooked;
adj. [curvus, Latin.]
bent ; inflecled ; not ftraight.
Unlefs an intrinfick principle of gravity or attraction may make it defcribe a curve line about
Bendy.

the attracting body.

CURVE,

Any thing bent ; a flexure

n.f.
or crookednefs of any particular form.
And

as

you lead

"iVith eye intentive

it

round, in avu'ul curve,

mark

the fpring'ing game.

TAom/oo.

To

QURVE.

v. a.

may'ri and ihrieves all huih'd and

lay;
Yet eat, in dreams, the cuflard "f tin: day.

CU'STODY.

To

leap

And

bjkt(peart's

To

frifk

CURVE'T.

its

reflilincar

who
fame
3.

curvilinear o'bit

fo

minute of time.

i.

tinea,

Defence

;
prefervation
There was prepared a, fleet of

^.

{kvfftn, Dutch;
for the feat ;

French.] A pilluw
pad placed upon a chair.

Call Claudius, and fome other of my

I'll Lave tUvOi flccn on cuthions in n

'

3.

4.

-t: J-.r-.r.Ctrfir.

thirty (hips for the

Bacon

Fafhion ; common way of afting.

And the pricft'sfa^omwith the people was, that
when any man offered facrificc, the prieft's fervant
teeth in his hand;.

with a
l

flelh-

Sam.

ii.

5.

people amongtt u

are

the only thriiing

S*uiift

CU'STOM ABLY. adj. [from cuj}cm.~\ Common habitual frequent.

CU'STOMABLENESS. x. /. [from cujlama;

Frequency ; habit.
Conformity to cutlom.
CU'STOM ABLY. adv. [from cujlomatle.]
According to cuilom.
.

z.

ad<u.

[from cuftomarj.]

Habitually ; commonly.
To call God to witnefs truth., or a
or to appeal to him on every triv'.j!

lye perhsp--,
tccifio.n,

ii>

common

difcourfe, cuftcmnrily without conlideration, is one of the highcft indignities and affronts
that can be offered him.
Ray.

CU'STOM ARINESS.

n.f. [from cujlomary.']

Frequency; commonnefs ; frequent oc-

currence.

Eftablimed manner.

Prafticcof buying of certain perfbns.

You fay he is alliduous in his calling, and is he
not grown rich by it ? Let him have jour cujtom,
Application from buyers
has gocd cuftom.

oprrefiive thrifty fquires,

CU'STOM ARILY.

power than nature, fcldom fails

Luke.
make them worihip.

in fcething,

f.

Kingdoms have cuflcmjbly been carried away by

right of fuccefiior., according to proximity of blood.

a greater

but not your votes.

men ;

'

fccurity.

fcas.

was

ArfatLnst.

The

houfewhej;e
the taxes upon goods imported or exported arc collected.
Some cujl<.mb;:iti offices, birds of paiTjge, and
.

ile.]

n.f. [couftume, French.]

fiefh

tells

Gallick trade.

According to the cajlcxi of the prieft's office, his

.ts
to burn incenfc when he went into the
Luke'i.
temple of the Lr 1.

foft

'

the whole

praftice.
Blood and dcftruftion (hall be fo in ufe,
That mothers (hall but fmile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd by the hands of war ;
All pity choak'd with cufcm of fell deeds.

hook of three

n.f.

narrow

their charter to defraud their king.

Drytirr..

36.

came, while the

nefs.
of ti-.at bjne and the incus re
a more acute angle at that joint, and
of the olficlei.
jive a greater army to the pofture
Bolder cm Sfcecb.

iii.

Habit; habitual

to

Ctynr,

end

means

celebrated on if. by this

in his own cujtcdy.

'tis

CUSTOMHOUSE,

charge.

Sbakefytarc's Julius Cttfar.

Compofed of crooked lines.

CO'RVITY. n.f. [from curve.] Crooked-

CU'SHION.

is

CuJiotK,

z.

The joined
ceding, make

is

CU'STOM.

celeftial body
motion, and forces it into a
that it muft b repeated every

That

you, that Britain bore heavy taxt s,

efpecially the cujhais on the importation

Knutlts.
committed to their cujluly,
There is generally but one coin ftampt upon the
occalion, which is made a prefcnt to the perfun

Confiding of a crooked line.

The impulfe continually draws thr
from

ajl.ms, butlcrage, and impoft*.

Thofe commodities may be difperfed, after hav,
ing paid the cuficnu in England.
Temf/t.
Cujltms to fteal is fuch a trivial thing,

Strabo

city

Lat.]
1.

The rcfidue of thcfe ordinary finances be cafuat

or uncertain, as be tliecfclie.it; and forfeitures, the

of the fons of
cvjfody and charge
be the boards of the tabernacle.

cujtcdy o/ the

[from the verb.]

I. A leap; a bound.
z. A frolick ; a prank.
CWRVIZ.I'NEAR. e.Jj. [cttrvus and
f.

Ptfc.

being (bangers here, how dar'ft thou truft

So great a charge from thine own cuftody ? Sbak.
An offence it were, ralbJy to depart out of the

to be licentious.

11.

tax paid for goods imported

or exported.

We

like it.

'

(hall

is

Bacctt.

Nuinb.

ifww.'j

As you

Himfcif he on an ea-wi frt,

Yet fcurce he on his l>ack could get,
So oft and high he did curvit,
Ere he himfdl C>uld fettle.
Drayt. IfyxtftiJ.
SeizV with unwonted pain, furpris'd with fright,
The wounded ftced curvas ; and, rah'd upright,
Li/hts on his feet before i his hoofs behind
ij up in air aloft, and laih th? wind.
2.

Under the
Mcrari,

Tribute

7.

Milton's Paradife La/1.

is

Cciuell.

cujlom.

latiate

and arbitrary punifhment

Care; guardianfhip

n. [ccri'ettare, Italian.]

holla! to thy tongoe, I jir'ythee

Cry

ftripes,

Infliflcd

from prefcripticn ; for (ujhin

to more, and prefcription

particular to this or that man : prefcription may be for a far fhorter time than

n.f.

rather be dead than put in cujluiy.

For us enfUv'd, is cuflcdy levcre,

to bound.

unfeafonahly.

differs

common

[cujiodia, Latin.]
1. Imprifonment ; reftraint of liberty.
Th-3 council remonfrranced unto queen Elizabeth the confpiracies ajainft her life, and therefore
lefs abroad
they advifed her, that (he (hould go
weakly attended; but the queen anfwered, (he Uid

2.

I.

Welm.J

Now

bend ; to crook ; to infleft.

And the tongue is drawn back and a

To CURVE'T. v.

Cujlom is either geneyears will ferve.

ral or particular: general, that which
is current through England ; particular,
is that which
belongs, to this, or that
county ; as gavelkind to Kent, or this
or that lordfhip, city, or town.
Cujlom

It is a food much
thickens into a mafs.
ufed in city feafts.
He cramm'd them, till their guts did ake,
With cawdle, cuftard, and plumb cake. Hudikra:.

To

[carvo, Latin.]

n.f. [c-iuftarJ,

the continuance of a hundred

record,

Harr''s.

kind of fweetrneat made by boiling eggs

with milk and fugar till the whole

the included marrow.

UT.Iion.

the

exprefi

CU'STARD.

manner of the catena: ian

obtains that curva'.vrt that is

it

[cuj'pis,

leaves of a flower ending in a point.

It is bent al'ccr ihe

which

n.f.

[from cujbhn.'} Seated

Supported by culhions.

adj.
;

moon, or other luminary.

bending or crooking.
CU'RVATURE.B./ [from curve.} Crookednefs; inflexion; manner of bending.
V-y

We

1 adj. [from cuff is, Lat.]

The CU'SPATED.
CU'SPIDATED. J A word expreffing the

aft of

curve,

Btucis lays

CO'RTSY. See COURTESY.

CI/KVATED. ajj. [cur-vatus, Lat.] Bent;
crooked.

at, officious

cu{h'u,ns

to be (luffed
quitous fcmcncc; and ordered his hide
into a aijh'ar, and placed upon the tribunal,
fjn to fit on.
Swift.

RTEI.AX.

n.f.

alfo fay, that it was likewife a cujlu/n in

If it is to be proved by
their time.

fturTd with ftraw, the feat to raife ;

Dry den's I
Coarfc, hut the bed flic ha.l.
An eaflern king put a judge to death for an ini-

interval

Cu HVA'TION.

Latin.] A term ufed

of the
points or horns

Two

between a planet's
difhnce from the fun and the curtate
Chambers.
diilanc.

Cu

Many, who are cvjoioncd upon thrones,

have remained in oblcuiity. Dffirtation on Parlies.

But, ere they

Pcfi.

[In aftronorny.]
The diftance of a planet's place from
the fun, reduced to the ecliptick.
CURTA'TION. n.f. [fromciirto, to fhorten,
Latin.]

6.

Be ant as common fools ; if jou are not,

Stak. C
Let them have eujb'ant by you.

Dijtaiicc. H. /.

[In law.] A law or right not written,

which, being eftablifhed by long ule,
and the content of our ancellors, has
canbeen, and is daily, praftifed.
not fay that this or that is a cujlom, except we can juftify that it hath continued fo one hundred years ; yet, becaufe that is hard to prove, it is enough
for the proof of a cujlom, if two or more
can depofe that they heard their fathi-rs
fay, that it was a cajtom all their time ;
and that their fathers heard their fathers

If you arc lesrn'J,

head rcpos'd :
itli vapours bine,

jfddijcn.
:

as, tbii tradet

vice which for its guilt may juftify the

(harped, and for its cujianjrir'fs the frequenter},
invectives which can be made againft it.

GovtnuHfrjl of the Tongue*

CU'STOMARY.

adj. [from cujlom.]

I. Conformable to eftablifhed cuilom; ac-

cording to prcfcription.
Pray you now, if it may (land with t!ic
of your voices, that I may be conful I hive
:

the cujlcmary

g\vn

tuni
her:

Statrfpeare.
Several

CUT

CUT

Several ingeniousperfonSjwhofea.'TUtance
might
be conduciire to the advance of real and ufeful
knowledge, lay under the prejudices of education and
belief.
GianvUlsi

cufcmary
8. Habitual.

To

And frankly leave

To cut and duffle

Sceffis.

mould avoid the profane and irreverent ufe

of God's name, by curfing, or
cuji^mary fwearing
and take heed of the negleftof his
or

We

Ufual

3.

it.

any

Ev'n now

With

cnJi-KJry

Wafting

Ttllafcm.

cill

he,

and falling
contempt, fpeeds from me. StaH.

fenfe is

cuji-.tner?

And

12.

z.

To

CUT.

n.f.

To
ment

Ainfiuortb.

pret. cut. part. pafl". cut.

from the French couteau, a

[proknife.]

penetrate with an edged inftruto divide any

;
continuity by a

fharp edge.
Ah, fit my lace afunder,
That my great heirt may have fome fcope

Or

Iwoon with

And fevers 'cm

Some I have
2.

3.

this

for ever.

awy

cut

Dry/ten's Kpanijh Friar.

with

fcillars.

ffijtman'i Surgery.

To

hew.
Thy fervants

To

carve

to

Why (hould

(kill to cut

make by

man, whofe

timber in Lebanon.
2 ('i>r:n. ii.

fculpture.

blood

is

Sit like his grandlire cut\n alubafter

The

triumphal

is

def.ii.cd

plan of it h neatly cut

bouring building.

To

4.

And
cut

5.

To

th>-y did beat

a neigh-

Additan.

To

divide by parting through.

to ab-

excel

to over-

low phrafe.

juniper, or other garden Itufi

To

of.

feparate from

To

deftroy

i.

cut

CUT

You know

RJKC-,

To CUT out. To debar.

am cut one from, any thing but common acknowledgments, or common difcourfc.
1'of.e,
To excel ; to outdo.
24. To CUT cut.
To hinder from pro25. To CUT flirt.
I

To

ceeding by I'uddcn interruption.

Thus much he fpokc, and more he would have
faid,

But the

\amjhart

My

This doctrine

fcek occafion, that they

.tun was tut to the heart with thcle confoAddiftn.

luntary fin,
fits a ad

of.

who

To

is

profeflion of chriftianity.

This only object ot" mv rcil care,

Cut ifffiam hoft, abandou'd tu Jelp.iir,

to divide

2.

When the teeth are ready to cut, the uppef jiarf

rubbed with hard fubftances, which infants, [y

To
He

3.

Atlutbnw.

perform the operation of lithotomy.

Caved the lives of thousands by hi>
the ft; ne.

r/.m'wp- for

To

CUT.

interfere

manner

Fjpc.
as, a horfe that cuts.

pert. adj. Prepared for ufe

taphor from

preclude.

the practice of any voactually can himfclf tffttom the bene-

dividing

natural indinct, affeft.

Rogers.

lives in

government by the

n.

To make way by

of

may have where-

to accufe us.

all

by parting through.

withhold.
occafion from

up

Lcett.

To CUT. v.

all

cuts

roots.

1'a cut off contentions, commiflioners were

appointed to m.iku certain the limits.
Htijiverd.
To cut off all further mediation and interpofition, the king conjured him to give overall thoughts
of cxcufe.
Clarendon.

tiff

L'Efirangc.

To

eradicate.
up.
Who cut up mallows by the liufhci, and juniperroots for their meat.
,.
jci~.

put an end to; to

arc concerned to rut

replied,
in efteft denied.

man,

CUT

28. To

obviate.

To

is

To

CUT Jhort.

fenfual

great wv.'rior, handled the matter Ib, as he cut off

their land forces from their (hips.
Bac<nHis party was fo much interior to the enemy,
that it would infallibly be .-at off.
Clarendon.

off.

and thus

Dry den.
abridge: as, the
foldiers 'were cut fliort of their pay.
To divide an 'animal
27. To CUT up.
into convenient piece?.
The boar's intemperance, and the note upon
him afterwards, on the cutting him up, that he had
no brains in his head, may be moralized into a

Smalridge,

It may compofe our unnatural

feuds, and cut off
frequent occjfions of brutal rage and intemperance.

worth, allow'd in words,

To

26.

To CUT of. To intercept ; to hinder

from union or return.
The king of this ilUnd, a wife man and a

To

Dryrlen's JEncii.

cut him/fcrf.
Achilles cut

14.

off.

(tern hero turn'd afidc his head,

And

Every one

23.

Sbattfftaret jfufius Ciffar.

CUT

To

am

not cut cut for writing a treanor have a genius t> pen any thing exactly.

tife,

Prefume not on thy God, whoe'er he be

regards not, owns not, hatlt cut off
Quite from his people.
Milii>n's~j4gcimJ}is.
The propofal of a recompencc from men, cuts

who

Hnusl.
out toextinguifh it.
cut cut a place for himfelt in hll

own thoughts : I could reckon up in our army m-j

or three lord-trcafurcrs.
Addijun,
22. To
cut.
adapt.

Thee he

of

To

Every man had

Sbitkefpeare, JuTtui Cffar

He that cuts off twenty years of lire,
Cuti off (a many years of fearing death.

We

him

cut

to cut offi'ome charge in legacies.

CUT

A-'*utbnot en Coins.

Hmud.

hopes of future rewards.

</,;

a large fjreft cut cut into

CUT

Wore I king,
cfftht nobles for their lands.

CUT

CUT

Montmorancy

walks, extremely thick and gloomy.

Addifon .
out.
fcheme ; to contrive.
21. To
Having a moft pernicious (ire kindled within tbi
very bowels of his own (oreft, he had work enough

to extir-

13. To
refcind; to fepaoff.
rate ; to take away.
Fetch the will hither, and we (nail determine

To

at

a large table

They have

16.

is

toga.

6.

Addifon.
Ill-fated prince
too negligent of
life^
Cut off in the frcfh ripening prime of mannood,
Even in the pride of life. Philips'! Di/lr rft Mother.

To

they be tor children.

'JV
of the thicknefs of a vine (lock.
The antiquaries being but indifferent t.iylors,
about
the
cuitir.g out tne
they wrangle prodigioufly

the

they caught him, and cut iff his thumb;.

Jud.

2!.:. :n.

There

Shake/pearl's Macbeth.
This great commander was fuddenly cut off
by
fa:jl ftroke, given him with a (mall
contemptible

17. To

pierce with any uneafy fenfatiori.

lations.

apoftrophife

To

CUT

(nouU

thofe
fly,

Pffc'i Odyjfcy.

The

To

of.

No vowel can be cut tiff before another, when we

cannot (ink the pronunciation of it.
yd^it.
20. To
em.
fhape ; to form.
Ey the pattern of mine own thoughts I cut ffxt
the purity of his.
Sbakcfpiarii Wn:tcr i '7i.-/--.
I, for my part, do not like images cut cut

Irenzus was likewife cut iff by martyrdom.

3.

vcliels

dtiun in the
Knolus.

Addi^n.

rapid fwiftncfs cut the liquid way,

reach Gereftus at the pjint of day.

And
6.

Sbakefp.
but the

the gold into thin

plate?, and
F.xtJ. xxxix.

Before the whilliing winds the

With

time;
upon the wall of

within,

form any thing by cutting.

into wires.

it

warm

hy

hew down.

inftr.iment.

15.
can

To

Hoiun,

to
cut

Sfenfer an Inland.

off the

to bear,

dead killing n'

Sbakfffeare'sRicjtardlll.
f
And when two hearts were join'd by mutual love,
The fword of juftice cult upon the knot,
elfe 1

fell

To CUT

breviate.

to put to death untimely.

was firft conquered by the Romans,
and filled with colonies from them, which were
ftill increafed, and the native
Spaniards (till cut iff.

How

holding wine.

veflel for

To

CUT of.
interrupt; to filence.
no grace to a judge to (new quickr
conceit in cutting ^"evidence or counfel too ffiort.

19.

All Spain

buckler-bearer.

bably
I.

>

Sbakcfpeert't Othello.

CU'STREL.

CUT

TuCvTof.

pate

now

Pr'ythce bear
it f
un-

do not think

wholefome.

line

other paits by cutting.

Sbakfp. Mcaf. for Afeaf.

pains to hire

To

down.

n. To CUT

obfolete.
wit

one

as,

is his natural
eloquence, that he cuts
the fined orator, and deftroys the beft contrived argument, as foon as ever he gets himfelf to
be heard.
Addifin's Count Tariff.

Thofe papers are grown a neceffary part in cot".

feehoufe furniture, and may be read
by cujluiw i
of all ranks for curiofity or amufement.
Swift.
I (hewed yon a piece of black and white
(turf,
fent
from
the
which
jufl
dyer,
you were pleafed to
and
be
for.
Sw:ft.
approve of,
my cuftcmtr

What,

crofs

So great

perfuade cuftcmers to buy their goods. Rafcatn.

Lord Strut has befpoke his liveries at Lewis
Baboon's (hop : Don't you fee how that old fox
fteals away your
cuflcmcrs, and turns you out of
Arbutbna.
your bufmefs every day ?

my

To

It is

dnvn

To

I
marry her!
fome charity tj

nature

8.

'

more

woman. This

To

10.

A flattering audience, than poor tradefmen do

A common

to

All the timber whereof was

mountains of Cil'cia.

power

King Join.
CU'STOMER. n.f. [from cvftom.]
I. One who frequents
any place of fale
for the fake of
purchasing.
One would think it Overdone's houfe; for here

2.

Fr;;r.

condemn,

another at right angles.

CUT

To

9.

will pluck away its nat'ra! caufe,

them meteors, prodigies, and figns.

many old cujiwen.

wealthy poet takes

interfeft

tuts

his eyes to th'

contrary,

Stattfff.irc's

be

To

8.

tomed.
No nat'ral exhalation in the Iky,
No common wind, no cufimcd event,

And

fure in vain the cards

GranviJle.

met him
compliment, when
I

A lip of much
CU'STOMED. adj. [from cu/fom.] Ufual;
common ; that to which we are accuf-

But they

us, human elves,

for ourfelves.

Who

wonted.

From

Ourfelves both cut and fliuffled them.

Prior.
Take a frem pack, nar is it worth our grieving,
cuti or (humes with our dirty leaving.

thing belonging to

In fome few poAing^ fatal hours is huil'j

wealth, from pow'r, from Icve, anrf ftom
Pr'Ur.
the worW.
Why (hould thofe who wait at altars be cut tff
from partaking in the general benefit, of law, 01 >t

divide packs of cards.

Supine they in their heav'n remain,
Exempt from paflion and from pain j

'

We

worfliip,

CUT

me-

hewn timber.

Sets of phrafe ,

and dry,

Evermore thy tongue fupply.

CUT. n.f. [from the noun.]
i

The
ment

aftion of a (harp or edged inftruthe blow of an ax or fword.

2. Ti
z
3

CUT
The impreffion Or feparation of COntinuity, made by
edge
] an
_
P or (harp inflrumerit: diftingnilhed from that made by
perforation with a pointed inftrument.
woiuid made by cutting.
3.

Z.

CUT

CUT
ccnfcience ler.eve the fleeve of

-.

Sh.'.ip weapon-', according

the b-nic many ways ; which cuts are called Jedcs,
and, are reckoned among the frafturr s.

Wymari's Surgery.

4.

channel made by art.

great cm or di:ch Sefoftris the rich
end long after him Ptolomcus I

This

Icing of

AJJifirfi Sfcfator.

ride a great deal wider and

^
d>cper, and thereby to hive let the Red

5.

14.

particle

It hath

Ay,

7.

made by

lot

My

.iun

8.

may

a di'.

my

Mop fa may

firft.

draw

reasonably

mt t-ok hrart
of iheir

upon thb graai

tutting their way to.it

So.-ne lorrs of

Ihort.'r

a fliorter cut,

The

evidence of
diat?, and therefore

my
I

an

is

have but

D:ctj of Piety.
fim?U and imne-

Hale

me a
winch faved me

my

grou.id,

a ihorter cut thereby

Origin of Mankind.
fee me part of

(hort

'lis

t'lis

half a mile's

ririi-i;.

to be

Brown.
believe, ufed improperly by

old cuts of Terener,

fancies that the larva or perf-ni of the Rjma<i
actors WAS not only a vizard for the face, but had

MaJamDacier, from fome

falfe hair to

10.

The

it.

Ad&j.r.

(lamp on which a picture

ved, and by which

1 1

en l:a'f.

is

car-

it is

The ad

imprefled.
or practice of dividing a pack

of cards.
can the mufc her
Unlkill'd in

11.

all

ai j

the terms of

Thry
.

ward;

iim

man

r-l'i f tnlliar'.-.

is

ncccfl'aiy (of-ifutfilrfe*

made

Hentlcy^s Sermoni.

z.

thin

flcin

formed on the furface of

any liquor.
When any faline

And

they concreted, Heated in the

tanccs in rank and fi!--.

Belonging

red,

[from

adj.

Nci(;!?nsV>itlcts.

cults,

Latin.]

Was

knowledge or

(kill.

So

lowing conqueror; Cutbc

Much

for (kill.

ture are Sophocles

Cuthbci-t,

of the fame na

and Sophianus.
Gitfon ! CamJen.

there no felony, no bawd,

nor burglary abroad ?

H-jdibras.
If we could imagine a whole nation to be cutand robbers, would there then be kept that
fvi-ftt
Iquare dealing and equity in fuch a monftrous den
of thieves.?
B nt.y's Sermon.
Cuifurj'e,

CU'TTER.

n.f. [from cut.]

agent or inftrument that cuts any

An

1.

thing.
2.

3.

[Inci/ores.]

nimble boat that cuts the water.

The

cut the

that

teeth

meat.

The mclares, of gr'mders, are behind, ncareft

the centre of motion, becaufe there is a greater
ftrcngth or force required to chew the meat than
to bite a piece ; and the cutters bef >re, that they
be ready to cut off a morl'cl from an;
foud, to be tranl'mittcd tj the grinders.
Ray on the Cnatisr.
n-.ay

An

the Exchequer that proand cuts the

fum paid upon them ; and then calls
the fame into the court to be written
officer in

wood

vides

for the tallies,

C.GWtll.

upon.

CUT-THROAT,
ruffian

n.f.

a murderer

[en/
;

and

tbroat.]

men

a butcher of

aflafl'm.

\ou then
bafe

fuffcr thefe robbers,

nt of

pi

all

cut-tbroaM,
corners of

tiic

Chriftendom, to wafte your countries, fpoil your

cities, murder your pet pie, anj trouble all your
feas

Km/fa.

.'

Perhaps the tut-rir-at

from the

to the (kin.

knowing

famous

a (lielf the precious dia.icr,i (tile,

in his poeket.
Statcffmrc' t Hamla.

it

put

an

liquor is evaporated to cuticle,

and let cool, the fait concretes in regular figures;
which argues thot the pirt cles of t'ie fait,

CVTI'CULAR.

cutfurje of the empire and the rnle,

That from

it

fcales.
Quincy.
In each of the very fingers there arc bones and
griiHo, and ligaments a;id membranes, and mufcles and tendons, and nerves and arteries, and
and (kin, and cuticle and nail.

v:

P.I

>r,

intlances of barbarous

rather take hi
one of the h

may

inhumanity that

e.

known.

6\i/i.

The ruffian
And unpai.i

robbers by no julHce aw'd,

-ilicrs, are abroad

Th -H'

rden'd in

t.

and profucutK-n,

\e cjmplai.its

kill.

Their ci-Jthcs are after fuch a Pagan cat MO,

That, furc, they 'c worn outChriftendom.
; VJ1I.
His tawny beard was tli' equal grate
in and his Ucc ;
Eot
In <( and dye f > like a til'',
-.
Iluttitras.
A liuide.-. view it
'.v

in a

appears
up of feveral lays of exceed-

cutting into fhapc.

rifes

a microfcope,

fignilics
Cm/j-.i-in is a k

Or in harm minus numbers put

The deal, the (huffi.-, and the cut f
fci,".
form ; ftiape ; manner of
Fafhion

fcarf-ikin.

upon any burning, or the appli-

CUTH,

impart,
rt?

and farinaArbutbnot.

ing fmall

form, according to his defcription, h= is

of martyrs by Ceval-

It is, I

wore their purfes at their girdles, as

was once the cuftom. A thief; arobber.
To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble
rat.

[cuticula, Latin.]

n.f.

examined with

irth in the prints or cuts

lerius.

Clai

CU'TPURSE. n.f. [cut and fur/e.] One

who deals by the method of cutting
a common practice when men
purfes

which it is alfo tied by the veflels which

nourifh it, though they are fo fmall as
When the fcarf-flcin is
not to be feen.

own

it.

In

In a
knife

It flicks
cation of a bliftering plaifter.
clofe to the furface of the true flcin, to

Swift's F?
or carved upon a (lamp
9. A piclure cut
of wood or copper, and imprefled fron)

fet

love me, and leave me not. Stai.

j
bye cutler's (hop he bought a tenpenny
fo cheap was the inftrument of this great
attempt.
He chofe no other inftrument than an ordinary
knife, which he bought of a common cutler.
a knife

Upon

and outermoft covering of the

firft

blilter

But the gent'.eman would needs

way, and carry

The

body, commonly called the

This is that foft flcin which

to the alTent to the truth of the thicgs fo evidenced.

i

all

hand,

are occafioncd

ipe fruits

CU'TICLE.

eafier paflage.

fenfe

cmaxaut eruptions

ceous fubltances.

Smth.

cut.
is

gentlewoman.

Fhytr on Hitnuuri.

by K-

to enter

cuuwlcdgc of thi- tongues, the

and councils, they have taken another and a

There

like a

cut nr.d !cng tail, under the

Sitl. Merry tr'rvts cfWmdfor.

come

will,

the body.

is

off.

Ben Jonfm'i UnilenaooJ.

adj. [from cutis, Latin.]
Relating to the (kin.
This ier->us, nutritious mafs is more readily
circulated into the cutar.tous or remoteft parts of

Lnlc.

that

proverbial exIt is borkinJs.

CUTA'NEOUS.

call

near paflage, by which fome angle

cut

all

knives.

paultry ring

(he did give, whole poefy was

the world like cut!trs poetry

That
For

Six bachelors as bold as he.

Sidney.
for his
'are his perfuafion by the cart of
as

of

.jirtin he,

daughter

fells

One

French.]

[coutelier,

In honour ot t!iU bridaltee,

Hath chailcnj'd c:thtr widex-ountre :
Come cut and hr.g tail; for there be

cctting a (lick.

the ihorteft cut fpeak

a
to

tail.

men

a (hred.

lauy Zslrr.ane and

rid

a nd long

degree of a fquire.

ihort cuts or Ihreddinsfs,

be better called wifljcs than pr.

which may

CUT

rowed from dogs.

He will maintain you

C-EC

Dumber of

fignified
fignifiei

preflion for

part cut off from the reft.

A fmall

.llill

haft her not in

hcririoni'y, knight: if thou
the end, call me cut. Staicff tare's 1'iottf:b K'igbt.

filcrtimcr'i

6.

have

To

Knc.lcs.

Suppofe a board to be ten foot long, and

broad, one cut js reckoned fo many foot

my daughter ?
Arbutkr.'fi Hiftsry cf Join Bull.

13. It feerns anciently to

cut
fool or cully.
cheat, in low language.

the Mediterranean.

Pcfe.

CU'TLER. n.f.
who makes or

Wilt thMi buy there fome high heads of the

new-eft cut for

the fpouting blood,

on forks of wood.

fing'd, and fix'd

fort of cut in his clothes svith great integrity.

the force, cut into

to'

mihjb launcb'd

his

....
!,
r.n .... mall
n.
t.*r this
tKii or
r tKir
tint
wear
old
fellow
an

Of two

to be of the i-ur

it

Thefe quarter'd,

Roman cut.
c M.:..
Sometimes

im,as

very cut ot
love breeches, not for tbcir cut or ca(r,
the having uieon is a ma.k ui iiq> toL-xkr.

third defires yon to obfrnr well the toga on

1
ilk? you whether you can in

CU'TLASS.

n.f.

[eoutelai,

French.

This

written ibmetimes cutlace, fomeword

times cult Ifax; in Shakefftare, curlhaxe;
is

A broad cutting
in Pope, cuilafo.'}
the word is much in ufe among
fword
the feamen.
Were 't not better
That I did fuit me ail points like a man ?
A galiar.t cvitltaxc ufon my thigh,
and

CU'T-TH ROAT.

oi!j.

Cruel; inhuman;

barbarous.
If tu t.ike
iiii'y,

this
,ind

in

abwe

fifty in the hundred be extretruth ca:i be none other than cat-

abominable dealing.
C.:rr::''j

boar-fpcirin

To
Where

my

lund.

St.^eff.A^culiSiiit.
herd he run,
Cept bcneatli the fun ;

(hi ludgments 01

the fit pu.'kcti

ii's

CU'TTIKG. n.f. [from

Survey cf Czrrrz:. :.'.'.

cut.]

piece

cut off; a chop.

The

burning of the cuttirgs of vines, and carting

land, doth much gooj.
Bjan's Natural I
are
Many
propagated above ground by flips or

them upon

cuttir.gi.

Ray.

CU'TTLE.

C Y
CU'TTLE.

n. /.

L
A

[fepia.]

when he

is
purfued by a fifh of prey,
throws out a blark liquor, by which he
darkens the water and efcapes.

The fquarewUl make you

is

that ufcs

many words

cuttle fi(h,
fubjec"t, doth, like the
the molt part in his own ink. Ray entte Creation.
n. f. [from cuttle.}
foul-

fellow

a fellow

Minera

l.

Hanmer.

Latin;

*i5xA-.]

round of time

a perio(.->

method, or account of a method,

continued till the fame courie begins
thought we fhouhl not attempt an unaccepif here we endeavoured to prefent our
gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requifite
to be done throughout every month of the year.

The

Hnw

Cyile and epicycle, orb in orb !

n. /.
[from

trumpets, fackbuts, pfalteries and fifes,

T.ilnrs and cymbals, and th- moutipg Romans,
ike the lun dance.
Sbatejfrare^s driolanus,
If mirth fliould fail, I'll bufy her with carei,
Silence her clamorous voice with louder wars j
Trumpets and drums mall fright her from the

CY'CLOID.

Wilton.

of

xuxW^c,

xtxT.-, and life', fhape.]

geometrical curve, of which the genefis may
be conceived by imagining a nail in the
the line
circumference of a wheel
which the nail defcribes in the air, while
the wheel revolves in a light line, is thj
:

cycloiJ.

[from

adj.

cycloid.]

As founding

Re-

fciences.

[from cycnus, Latin.]

young fwan.

Who

D the cygr.ct to thii pale faint

''vn

which men have the qualities of dogs.

In bloody

are gocd meat,

if fatted

flat fur faces

with

and one

him

that

arras counterpanes

Uudilmi.

The

n.f. [x-jnyr.Ttxu..]
of hunting ; the art ol tnii.nng and
hunting with dogs.
are

extant, in Greek,
or venitinn.

1 adj. [r.Jnx'3-.]

f >ur books of

ll.iving the

doth believe that fome new-fangled wit (it

cyw.rd/'phrafe) will tome time or other find
out his art.
WiiK*<.

circular.

his

CY'NICK. n.f.

\y.im-<.<-.'\

philofopher

of the fnarling or currilh fort ; a follower of Diogenes ; a rude man ; a fnarler

a miianthrope.

How

tilely

doth this cyaick rhimc Ifirrah; faucy fellow, hence.

Get jou hence,

Poifon be their drink,

a grove of cyfrefi trees.
Sbakejpeare's Htnty

i.

Their fweeteft (hade

Vfv

CY'PRUS.

n.f. [I fuppofe from the place

where it was made ; or corruptly from
ufed in mourning.]
cyprefs, as being

ftuff.

Sbakeffarfi Hunter's Tale.

cypnn, not a boiom>
Sbaltff-care.
poor heart

A
Hides

my

CY'STIS.
Ly

A bag containing fome morbid matter.

[xuric-I

\n.f.
j

i;s

and (hewed
it out, the
cyft'u broke,
matter to be a meliceris.
a confumption, with a purulent

(pitting, when the vomica is containrd in a cyjt or

bag; upon the breaking of which the patient is

commonly

Arlatbna

faffocated.

CY'STICK.

adj.

[from

tyft,

a bag.]

on Diet.

Con-

tained in a bag.

The bile is of two forts the tyJHci, or that

contained in the gall- bl.nld.jr, a fort of rcpofitory
for t!ie pall ; or the hcpatick, or what flow, imArovtbnot,
mediately from the liver.
:

\
qualities of a dog; curbrutal; fnarling ; fatirical.

it

Wi/cman's Surgery.

art

re

Being anciently ufed in funerals,

the emblem of mourning.

In taking

-.

<ft,

Calmet.

my crowns ;

Pipe's Ody/cy.
z.-

There may be

How

He

having two

my

fluff 'd

He taketh the cypnft and the oak, which he

(rrengtheneth for himfelf among the trees of the
xiiv. 14.
forcft.
If.
Poplars and alders ever quivering play'd,
And nodding cyprefs form'd a fragrant (hade.

iifelf

d'fign J'<th l,e

CYNEGE'TICKS.

is

oats; but, ted with weeds, they ta(V- fill, y.

Martbtur'l Uufbar.iiry.
n. f.
bod

CY'LINDER.

a^ro'f, f/.ato de-

c:

Is plain cnougSi to
faints lead :

rirti

Bacon's Ni. rural Hifc

cygnctt

[xt/wj,

CY'NICK.

death.

';

Young

cyfrtfi cherts

CYST.

word coined by Butler,

.:

Sbakftpcare' King 'John

So do;h the f.van her downy ryiri five,
her wings.
them
underneath
Keeping
pris'ners
Sbakej'fearSi Hct ry V]
Cygnet:, from grey, turn white.

n.f. [xi*i r.v^-, and

fpecies of madnefs in

CYN ARCTO'M ACH Y.

CY'MCAL.

fwan,

aiSfi'fl-'^-.

chaunts adoleful

In

have

as white as driven fnow,

Cyfras black as e'er was crow.

note bear-baiting with a dog.

CYCLOP/r^Dl'/,. n.f. [xvy.*- and?raioia.]

A circle of knowledge ; a courfe of the
n. /.

In ivory coffers

Lwn

cymla!: aid the lab'ring moon.

CYNA'KTHROPY.

lating to a cycloid ; as the cycloidnl

fpace, is the fp.ice contained between
the cycloid and its fubllance. Chambers.

CY'GNET.

and in mournful ceremonies. The

and never

cyprep-tree is always green,

either rots or is worm-eaten.

thin tranfparent black

throne,

%r,.]

CYCLO'IDAL.

inftrument.

fical

a circle in the heavens.

build, unbuild, contrive

favc appearance j !i \v gird the fphcre
With centcick and exceutrick, fcribble.l o'er

To

Harris.

Evclfn's Kalendar.
;

rals,

its

.1

'.vork,

Imaginary orbs

great
leaves are bitter, and the
very fmell and made of it are dangerous.
Hence the Romans looked upon it to be
a fatal tree, and made ufe of it at fune-

In acornice, thegoli, or cymat'mmoi the corona,

the coping, the modillions, or dentelli, nuke
noble (how by their graceful projections. Sfeflator.
CY'MBAL. n. f. \cymlalum, Lat.]
mu-

We

4.

duced
of no ufe

n.f. [Lat.

above.

again.

[cupreffus, Latin.]
is a tall ftraight tree, procyprefs
Its fruit Li
with
difficulty.

The

i.

from xvpd-eiot, a
liule wave.] A member of architecture,
whereof one half is coiwex, and the other
concave.
There are two forts, of which
one is hollow below, as the other is

3.

Evelyn.

CY'PRESS-TREE. n.f.

f.

CYMA'TIVM.

the beginning of a large period the epocha

Holder en 7 .me,

Milter*

before the buds fprout.

cyans for grafts

Gather

rfrbutknot on Aiiw.ts.

fail-

CY'ON. See CION.

feveral of the cy-

[properly written JimarJ\

A flight covering; a fcarf.
Her comely limbs ccmpos'd with decent care,
Her b idy ih.ided with a flight cymar\
Her bofom to the view was only bare.
DryJ;n.

dical fpace of time.

We do more commonly ufe thefe words, as
to ftile a lelTer fpacr a fjcle, and a greater by the
name of period ; and you may not improperly call

is cailc J

drical cnnaU',

which the

a fpace in

fame revolutions begin again

when

by which

Towers and battlements it fees

Bofom'd high in tufted trees,
"Where perhaps fome beauty lies,
The cyncfure of neighbouring eye?.

cylinder.}

are contiguous,

flria:

CYMA'R.

circle.

z.

[fyclus,

ferri ftnlaetitia,

into one fhcaf,

Away, you cutpurfc rafcal ; you filthy bung,

away: by this wine 111 thruft my knife in your
mouldy chaps, if you play the faucy cuttle with
me.
Shakeffeare's Henry IV.

CY'CLE. n.f.

[from

and grow together

bruihiron ore.
fCooJ'warJ' s Natural Hi/lory.
Obftruclior.s mud be molt incident to fuch parts
of the body where the circulation and the elaftick
fibres are both fmalleft, and thofe glands, which
aie the extremities of arteries formed into cylin-

lindrick

who blackens

the char-after of others.

7 a ^j-

The

ot^a.]

ors rteer.

a cylinder.

mouthed

n.f. [from
ftar near the north pole,

Partaking of the nature of a cylinder; having the form of

any
hide himfelf for

Addifon.
'

CY'NOSURE.

Peacbatn.

YLI'NDRICAL.
CYLI'NDRICK.

for the explaining

CU'TTLE.

your

man

a cynick, the
grows fullen and

tinent and fantaftical.

and buildand rounJ

buildings.

Bacon.

as black as ink.

He

ings

bafes, pedeftals, plots,

cylinder, for vaulted turrets,

into

manner

all

of compartments,

fomewhat

ftrange, that the blood of all

birds, and beads, and rimes, fliould be of a red
colour, and only the blood of the cuttle mould be
It

ready for

thefe precautions the man degenerates

woman into a coquette ; the
morofe, the woman imper-

Without

The quantity of water which every revolution

does cany, according to any inclination of the cyWVkini.
linder, may be eafiiy found.

which

fifli,

C Z A

Y N

The

CYSTO'TOMY.

n.f. [xu'ri; and rc^a.]

aft or pr'aftice of opening incyfled tuthe bag in which any
mours, or

cutting
is contained.

morbid matter

CZAR.

n. f.

[a Sclavonian word, written

The title of the

more properly lzar.~\

empcrour of Ruflia.

CZARJ'NA.

n. /.

[from czar.]

Tlie eav*

prefs of Ruflia.

D.

D.

a confonant nearly approach

ing in found to T, but formei
^ by a ftronger appulfe of th
tongue to the upper part of the mouth
The found of D in Englijh is uniform
and it is never mute.
CAPO. [Ital.J A term in mufick
which fignifying from the head or thi
beginning, means that the firft part o
the tune Ihould be repeated at the con-

DA

gently with fomething

fore

foft

dares not complain of the tooth-ach, left

our dabblers in politicks Ihould be ready to fwcar

DACE,

fine

DAB.

A
A

lint.

z.

3.

artifl

This

finger

a man
not ufed

dren,

To fmear

>v.

a.

daub

hops.
Pofr.

[Jabbclen, Dutch.]
to fpatter ; to be-

to wet.
;
fiuJow like an ang'l, with bright hair
Dabbled \n blood.
Sbaksiffarc's Ricbarjlll.
I fcarificvi, and dabbled the wmnd with oil or"

Mean white

Wifeman'i Surgery.
the South, rifing with dabbled wings,

A f.:ble cloud athwart the welkin flings.

To DA'BBLE.
i.

To
or

rv.

Swift.

n.

move

play in water; to

in water

fpirit, that dwells with flars,

Glamillt's sl;tl.
JtiHe In this impurcr rnmi.
her lrj;s, th.it (he
The little one t

coulJ

with them. L'Kftr.

neit'n

But when he f;und

th**

b >ys at pl-iy,

n their clay,
And faw tl.
He flood behind a (tall to lurk,
And mark the progress of their work. Swift.
2. To do any thing in a flight, fuperficial,
or mallow manner ; to tamper.
be put into your hands, as
came out of them : though
you, 1 think, have been dabbling here and there
'.c tea, 1 have had more rcvcience for the

Shakefpcurc

(hall

llear and as fair as

it

writer and the printer, and left every thing ftandinp.

Greek;

aria,

tata, Latin.]

DADE.

To

v. a.

Aiitrlury

DA'BBLER. n.f. [from dabble.']

I. One that pLiys in water.

t*

fife.

atta,

ing firing.
The little children when they learn
By pninful mothers dadtd to and fro.

Her

giftj

dwarfs upon knights-errant do. lluditrat.

with his tiaggrr ; but being
interrupted by one of his friends, he ftabs him,
and breaks the dagger on one of his ribs.
Addifvn.

2.

~1

JAFFODI'LLY.

>

Philips.

*.

f.

[Suppofcd

by Skinner to be
from

corrupted

afpbodelus.]
This plant hath a lily-flower, confifting of one
which is bell-fliaped, and cut into fix feginents, whiih incirclc its middle like a crown ;
but the enj^.il'mcnt, which commonly rifes out of
leaf,

membranous vagina, tum

roundifh

fruit,

which

to an

oblong

nr

triangular, and gapes in

divided into three cells, and full of
is

three p.m ; is
ruundifh feed?.
Milltr.
Strew me the green ground with JaffcJvwndiHirs,
And cowdi^l) aiid king-cups, and loved lilies.
Sfcnjtr.

Bid amarmthus

all

his beauty Ihcd,

violets pale,

and cropp'd the poppy's head

DA, GGHRSDR AWING,

The

draiv.]

approach
'I'll-

to

aft of

n.f. [dagger and

drawing daggers ;

open violence.

y always are at dapgfjtlraiMng,

And one

another clapperclawing.

Hudibras.

hnvi: lu-aid of a quarrel in a tavern, where all

were at daggerfjraitiing, till one dcfired to know
I

the fubjcfl of the quarrel.

To

Swift.

DA'GGLE.

T. a. [from dag, dew ;

a word, according to Mr. Lye, derived
from the Danifh ; according to Skinner,
from bag, fprinkled, or beajan, to dip.
They are probably all of the fame root.]
To dip negligently in mire or water ;
to bemire ; to befprinkle.
To DA'C.CLE. <v. n. To be in the mire;
to run through wet or dirt.
Nor like a puppy, dagglid through the town,

To

fetch and carry fing-fong up and

Bemired

Milton.
daughters of the flood have fcarch'd the

mead
For

blunt blade of
[In fencing fchools.]
iron with a baflcet hilt, ufed for defence.

down.

Pcfe.

DA'CCLEDTAIL.

And daffiJiH'ui fill their cups with tears,

To ftrew the laureat hcrfe where Lycid lies.
The

ftrikcs himft-lf

[With printers.] The obelus; a mark

of reference in form of a dagger ; as

Drayton,

of outward grace.

[dague, French.]
a poniard.

As

He

D^E'DAL.

)A'PFODIL.

She fan to her fon's dagger, and ftruck herfelf

wound.
H:Jry.
This fword a dagger had his page,
That was but little for his age j
And therefore waited on him fo

to go,

a mortal

Gay.

adj. [dadahu, Latin.]

Various; variegated.
this is not the true meaning,
2. Skilful
nor fhould be imitated.
Nor hath
The dftdal hand of Nature only pour'd

to let fall in the water

as

1.

DA'GGER. n.f.
1. A fhort fword

Father.

dagger.

to bemire
low word.

Go-

hold up by a lead-

DAFKODOWNDI'LLY. j

mud.

Neither will

His loving mother left him to my care ;

Fine child, as like his dad as he could ftare

To

fprinkle

turpentine.

or the

/,

Statejfejrt.

[dague, French.]

handgun ; a piftol : fo called from

ferving the purpofes of a dagger, being
carried fecretly, and doing mifchieffudIt is in neither fenfe now ufed.
denly.
To DA c. <v. a. [from daggle.] To daggle ;

1 was never fo bsthumpt with words,

Since fint 1 call'd my brother's father dad. Shalt.

Ray.

Colymbus.

to

thick

and Diaaffer,

A rlab-chkt waddles through the copfe

On feet ar.d winjj-j, and Hies, and wades, and
To DA'BBLE.

way of ex-

compounded of a and

is

Welihs

tad,

fmall water fowl,

called likewile Dobcbick,

and Dipchick.

child's

A
A

2.

kindred letter d, differently placed

fifti.

n. f.

[The

preffing/irr^c;-. It is remarkable, that, in all parts of the World, the

word for father, as firft taught to chil-

Ot' fiat fiih there are rays, fluwks, daks, plaice.

Cf'rtw.

DA'B-CHICK.

7 n. /.

bid it pafs.
Sbaktfptari s Henry IV.
would me had beftow'd thi> dotage on me I
would have daft all other refpects, and made her
I

1.

as candldus.

DAD.
DA'DDY.

away with contempt

And

half myfelf.
n. f.

to put

away

DAG.

foot confifting of one long fyllapoetical

ble and two (hort, like the joints of a

is

finger.]

flightly. Not now in ufc.

The nimble-footed mad-cap prince of Wales,
And his comrades, that daft th: world afidf,

and near the brink

[&XKTVAO a

n.f.

is,

to throw

Walton.

one.

An

live harmlefsly,

DA'CTYLE.

n.f. [from the verb.]

[la low language.]

expert at fomething.
in writing.
5. A kind of fmall flat

me

Drydcr.

[contracted from do aft ;

to ttrmu back, to thrmu cp.] To
a.

<v.

tofs afide

Swift.
uncertain derivation : in

or Avon have a dwelling place ;

Where I may fee my quill or cork down fink
With eager bite of pearch, or bleak, or dace.

fmall

4.

that

for difaftecYjon.

n.f:

Let

Sharp

lump of any thing.

blow with fomething moid or foft.
Something moift or flimy thrown upon

i.

fmtli.

To DAFT.

[of
moil provinces called dare. Lcucifeus.]
A fmall river fifh, refembling a roach,
but lefs.

or moirt.

piece of tow or rag over

with

him

againft

ftrike

never be wiped by drawing a

it, but only by dabbing

fliould

(hort narciiTut, and fair

Jefedil,
Fancies to pleafe the fight, and caflia Tweet to

Of Trent

To

[dauber, Fr.]

The

He

clufion.
a.

One that meddles without maftery

one that never goes to the bottom of an
a fuperficial meddler.
affair

2.

Dls

To DAB. v.

DAG

DAP

DAB

n.f. [daggle and tail.}

dipped in the water or mud ;

befpattered.

The gentlemen of wit and pleafurc are apt to

be choakcd at the fight of fo many
dagfledltil parfons, that happen to fall in their wav.
Swift.

DAILY.

D A
DA'ILY.

adj. [bajlic, Saxon.] Happenor very frequently ;

ing every day,
done erery day ; quotidian.

DA'INTY.
1.

bound

are IP-

.,

2.

And

2.

The

Sleeked limbs

ai.

Delicacy; delicioufnefs.

was more notorious for the da'mtinefs of the

licli he iierved in it, than for the maffiHakowill on Pmid.nct.
nefs of the dim.
faftidioufnefs.
4. S^ucainiftinefs ;
Ot il:i, and lime, and chy, Vitruvius hath
It

dil

'U;

-d

v.'.'l.o'-it

any

Ceremonioufnefs

$.

What

A
3.

Bin Jo'fin.

-d?

Ifclf.n.

djin!i''.'' s.
;

icrupulofity.

Skinner from
adj. [derived by
an old French word for delicate ;
which yet I cannot find in dictionaries.]
Pleafing to the palate; of exquifite
talk ; delicious.

UA'INTY.

Temflt.

In

manufactured.

my

dairies

pens his flocks will fold,

then produce her dairy (tore.

milk farm

and therefore
pleafurc of tafte,
plumbs are a little dry.

Z. Delicate

all

your di\n:y
Va-an.

of acute fenfibility

nice

luxurious ; tender.
fqueamifli ; foft ;
This is [he floweft, yet the daintitj) fenfe ;
For ev'n the ears of fuch as have no (kill
Perceive a difcord, and conceive offence;
And knowing no: what 's good, yet find the ill.
Davies.

were a fine and dainty people

yet elegant, though not milit.try.

They

3. Scrupulous

frugal and

Bacon.

Therefore

And

to horf:

us not be da.tity of leave-taking,

fhift away.
Sbalefffare's Macbeth.
1ft

But

;
tenderly, languifhingly, or
effeminately beautiful.

4. Elegant

My

houfe, within the city,

Is richly furnifhed with plate and i
Bafons and ewers to lave her dainty hands.

Why

Shalt.

rtiould y? be fo cruel to yourlelf,

to thofe dainty limbs, which nature lent

Milton.
For gentle
'.delicacy?
Nici: ; aiTccledly fine : in contempt.
>,

5.

Your

To

dainly

plead

bad caufu down

the curfe,
to worfe.

.-

for thy fire,

dear pledge
Miller.*

[from dally.]

n.f.

Shatefftart.
trifler ;

plejfant words, with

caily dali'un with

fmiling countenances, and \vith wageis purpofed

to be k'it before they were purpofed to be made.
Slfibam*

Children, in dairy countries, 4

where they feed more upon

DA'LLOP.

i;reaa

wax

rr.

than
Bacon.

>re tall

and neih.

n.f.

tuft, or

Of

clump

Leave

nage the milk.

The pooreftpf the fex have fill an itch
To know their fortunes, equal to the ri^h
The dairymaid enquires if ihe Ihall take
ylor, and the cook forfake.
Corne up quickly, or we f:
thou art in love whli one or Sir 1-

Chaucer.]

As he

woods put

iv.'

n,

The

2.

DALE.

n.f.

Gothick ; dal, Dutch

A low place between

\dalei,

and German.]
hills

Tintifon,

a vale

a valley.

Long toft with ftorms, and beat with bitter winds,

High over hills, and low adown the dale,
She wand'red many a wood, and meafur'd many a
Fairy i^ai

Before the downfall of tin fairy

TM1.

locals

along the lonely dalt.

when our

Huttibras,
it

is

mad-

fouls are

Calamy's Scrmors.
be raifcd ;

To

is

to fondle.
not lolling on a lewd love bed,
But on his knees at meditation ;
Not dallying with a brace of courtezans,
But meditating with tv/o deep divines. Kbakcfpeare*
;

He

3.

To

fport ; to play
She her airie build.-th

And
4.

is

duit-.ti

To

whh

to frolick.

in the cedar's top,

the wind, and fcorns the fun.

delay.

They

that would not be reformed by that corhe d.iHied with th?m, ihall Kvl a

rection, wherein

judgment worthy of God.

Wijdw,

xii.

26.

To DA'LLY. v. a. To put off; to delay ;

to amufe till a proper opportunity.
He fct down to perform fe; vice, not by the
hazard of one fet battl?, but by dallying oft" the
time with often ikirmi/h"S.
Knol/a's Hi/Ivy.
n. f, [from dame, which formerly

DAM.

Irate,

Thi: dale^L plcafmg region, not unbleft,

d they, and had Hill poifefs'd.

He

begin to rally.
too long already

trifled

no tallying with hunger.

Swift.
exchange carefles ; to play the wan-

ton

now Aedaifies fpring;

daily, primrofe, violet.

Mien, Dutch, to

One hundred thoufand pounds mult

Sljaktffiare.
forth their blof-

This will find thee picking of daifies, or fmclling to a lock of hay.

Addifan.
Fair-handed Spring unbofoms every grace ;

time ye do bind.

have

for there

and flow'rs adorn ihe groui.d.

l'...k".

foms, the earth her primroics and days-eyes, lo

HuiotL
behold him.

Now.'

n.

nefs to dally any longer,

Miller,

puffed, the

grccnc-ft ye find,

till

Tujfer.
-v.

The enemy

We

daijia pied, and violets blue,

And lady fmocks all over white,

And cuckoo bucli of yellow hue,
Do paint the meadows much bedight.

in dallops

to procraftinate idly.
Take up thy matter :
If thou fhouldt dally half an hour, his life,
With thine, and all that offer to defend him,
Stand in ali'ured lofs.
ShakefpearSs King Lear.
He left his cur, and hy.ng hold
Upon his arms, with courage bold
Cried out, 'tis now no time to d*il!y,

the talks are naked,

Jt hath a perennial root
and never branch out
the cup of the flower is
to
fcaly and fimple, divided into many fegments
the foot-ftalk.
The flowers are radiated ; and
the heads,, after the petals arc fallen off, rcfemble

When

not in ufe.

and

to play the fool ; to amufe

To
;
one's felf with idle play ; to lofe time

in trifles

Drydifi.

flower.

obtufe cones.

trifle.]
trifle

1.
:

day's eye,

[bn^jej-eaje,

A fpring

[of unknown etymology.]

bii lev the fmelr

ftaniiing
DA'IRYMAID. ./. [dair/and maid.] The
woman fervant whofe bufmefs is to ma- To DA'LLY.

DA'ISY. n.f.

dalliance to excufe

a fondler.

2?fr&ff.

1\

Egyptian fpoufe.

me

claim'rr.

MFR.

D.\'i.

The

are exceeding

jioi.'.'.-.-.ived,

vale.

And

Fairy >u,ai.
the fapient king

procraftination..
.ih wind and tide ftay for this gentleman
1, to blame, have helj him here too long.

i'

Pofc.

Will now deny to dance ? She that makes dainty,

I'll fwear hath corn?.
Sbaktfp. Rtnaa and Juliet.

fair

And
Good lord, you ufe this
Your breach of promife.

DtyJrn.

commodious.

Now leaves the tree;,

ceremonious.
Which of ym all

with his

dalliance

Delay

3.

,n is required for fweetncfi, or

from inner low'tv_

forth

And my fair (on here fliow'ft me, the

Of dalliance had with thee in hcav'n.

di'ii,

l.

came rulhing

li.iile

milch cattle are kept.

Djiriny being well

now another wav,

MiltM.

ground where

my

people ;
dalliance \\hcn the danger's o'er

Thou

in

Pafturage

head

w.clike fpirks work

Held

Sin yatfon.

dairy.

and my folds contain

thoufand lambs that wandir on the plain. Dryd.
ftores

Milton*
I'll

Tint bower, not myftick, where

have no more worth

That doth haunt tht hearth or

as tiicy.

for

advanced
is

And my fjul 's tun'd to trumpets.

Drydtt*
2. Conjugal converfation.
The giant, felf-difmaycd with the found,
Where he with his DuefVa dalliance found,

the coarfe and country fairy,

She

2. Elegance ; nicety.
The duke exceeded in (lie daixtinifs of his leg
and foot, and the ewl iii the fine ihape of his
Waton.

this

place where milk

And

?
.y palate pleafe
Dauair.cf: and fofter cat':,

3.

Than

foftnefs.

Delicacy;

and

i'

Then think

Lye.]
The occupation or art of making various kinds of food from milk.
Grounds were turned much in England either
;

fire

true

rci'i

couple link'd in happy nuptial lejgue,

F.iir

Akne

Mr.

Brtvr.e's

1.

an old word

dey,

t:\'

do not give dalliance

the ftrongeft oaths are ftraw
th' blood.
Skaltefptare' s Ttmpcft.

the

Nor gcnrlc purpofc, nor endearing fniilcs,

Wanted j nur vouthfjl d&U'iqnf6, as befeems

Sea Janfcn.

You

yUta of i.'/i i Puns.

fcrupuloufly.
ceremoniously;
Nicely;
3.
4. Squeamifh'.y ; faflidioufly.
DA'INTISESS. n.f. [from dainty.]

Tt<::ptft.

a fortune corning
that iv;ll take dice thus,

[from

to feeding or dairy
Englilh butter.

beta accuitomed to no-

is

da',n:y,

n.f.

milk.

rwFrtT/z.

a,id fa.e daintily.

to flee;, well,

here

thee aloft.

let

DA'IRY.
1.

Stak.

have freedom.

ftalt

'J

2. Delicioufly ; pleafantty.
There is no region nil earth fo daintily watered,
with fuch crest navigible rivers.

tbinj but

To

My

word of fondnefs formerly in ufe.

Why, that's my dainty; i fhall mifs thee

Towards you,

half lo ftately and daintily as candlc-

yng fuitors had

Baun.

Thofe

Look thou be

Too much

xxiii. 3.

But yet thou

nefs.

breedeth in meal, of the fhape of a

white maggot, which is given as a great
/
j;rry to nightingales.
She then piodjc'd her dairy ft ire,
And unbought daint'ui of the poor.
Drydcn.
The fhepherd fwains, with Iu,c abundance i>k ::,
On the fat flock and rural djintiis fcalt.
Puff.

dainty ]

delicately.
Truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth
not flisw tb ma)lcs and mummeries and triump!:;
.

tafte.
for they are de-

I'wcrts,

worm

r..f. [from <////.]

Interchange of careffes ; afts of fond-

1.

Elegantly

a delica-

large

often.

Let that man with better fenfe advifc,

That of the world lead part to us is read ;
And daily how through hardy enterprize
Many great regions are difcovered. fairy Differ.
man with whom 1 converfcd almoft daily for
Dryitn.
years together.

1.

his dainties

ceitful meat.

DA'INTILY. adv. [from

fomething of exquifite

Be not delhous of

to

DA'ILY. adv. Everyday; very

DA'LLI ANCF.

n. f.

Something nice or delicate;

cy

heaven
In daily thanks, that gave us fuch a prn e. Sbtl.
to hope relief
Ceafe, man of woman born
Pmr.
From daily trouble, and continued griet.

Much

DAM

DAL

TLumf. Spri

mother. Had Nero never teen

an emperour, Jhulde never his dame have
fignified

be Jlaine,

Chaucer.]
i.

The

DAM

D A M
1

The mother : ufed of beafts, or other

animals not human.

Ireland, to

Sbakeffeare.

Mother, fays a fick kite, let me have your

Alas, my child, fayi the dam, which of
prayers.
>
L'Eftraagt.
tii-'oCdi ihill I go to
but one morfel of meat at a time,
Birds

piy the damages which had been fuf-

tnined by the war.

Clarindcit.

Reparation of damage ; retribution.

The bilhop demanded rettitution of the fpoils

..

Tli'- </w rims lowi:;.; up and down,

Looking the way her harmltls young one w-nt,
And can do nought but wa.l her darling Iftfs.

DAM

taken by the Scots, or damages for the fame.

Bacon.
Tell me whether, upon exhibiting the feveral
I
have
which
related
to
particulars
you, I may
not fue her for damages in a court of jultice.

feven or
at the reright voung in the neft together, which,
turn of thc r<A:mj, do ah at once, with equal greediRay.
nels, hold up their heads and gape.
it

may

be, than

adorn

Reel-work with figures

firft at Damalcus.
DAMASH-PLUM. See PLUM.
DAMASK-ROSE, n.f. The rofe of DamafSee ROSE.
cus ; a red rofe.
Damftjk-rojei have not been known in England
above one hundred years, and now are fo common.
praclifed,

fuppofe,

No

gradual bloom is wanting from the bud,

broad carnations, nor gay fpotted pinks,
Nor, (hower'd from ev'ry bufli, the damaji-rcfe.

jiddifon.

bring

have not fewer,

and

To

3.

Nor

[In law.] Any hurt or hindrance that

a man taketh in his eftate. In the com-

A human

2.

mother, in contempt or de-

tefiation.

This brat

is

none of mine

It is the iflue of Po.ixena

Hence with it, and, togeth-r with the dam,

Commit them to the fire. Sbakfy. Winter's

DAM

n. f.

[Jam, Dutch.]

fair.

A mole or bank

to confine water.

A) when

the fea breaks o'er its bounds,

overflows the level grounds,
Thof; banks and dams, that like a fkreen

And

Did keep

it

out,

now keep

it

:th fo fierce a rage the

foaming flood

when he finds his rapid courfe withstood

Bears down the Jams, with unrefifted fway,
Roars',

fwceps the catde and the cots .way. Dryden.

ofe the reins to all your wat'ry ttoi ,
Bear down the dams, and open every door. Drydtn.
The infide of the dam mult be very fmooth
and ftreight ; and if it is made very Coping on
each fide, it is the better. Mcrt:m:r's Hujtatidry.

DAM.

a.

~v.

perfon into whole field a neighbour's oxen had

broke, it is reported that he Tewrfed l.is own
fentcnce, when he heard thit the oxen, which
.

had done

And

To

particularly fignifies a part

it

of what the jurors be to enquire of;

for, after verdicl given of the principal
caufe, they are likewife aflccd their confciences touching colls, which are the
charges of fuit, and damages, which
contain the hindrance which the plaintiff or demandant hath fuffcred,
by
means of the wrong done him by the
defendant or tenant.
CowcM.
n the judge had awarded due
dana^es to a

Hudikras.

in.

mon law

[bemman, popebemman,

Sax. dammen, Dutch.]

i. To confine, or fhut up, water by moles
or dams.
I'll have the current in this place damm'd up

To

DA'MAGE.

here

fmuj and

filvcr Trent
ard e\
Home 1 would g:>,

t'le

In a new channel,

But that

my

(h

doors are hateful. to

my

lit*.

confidcr time

DA'MAGE.

To

is ufed by Shakefpeare of
by Milton of light.
The more thou dan m ft it up, the more

Moon

if

burns.

it

DA'MASK.

the

Irifli

re[ ulfcd the

n-

(ilk

is

It

To

My damage fVn.dly deemM

The value of mifchief done.

Afi/ro.

believed that they were not able,

be willing

To

DAMN.

1.

To

Fr. damif-

woven

i;i

to

fell

all

though
they have in

1.

2.

n.f.

called
Milttr.

<v. a.
\damno, Latin.]
(loom to eternal torments in a fu-

is

by Ji.c-

2.

To

Hi

:.

or caufc to be eternally

procure

condemned.
'.nrnt of, havirg

utmoS lying-i
not- be ignorant ol it, ihall not

dr-ne the

datr.r,

him.

Sautb's ScrHKiti,

ufed for red colour in Fairfax,

now chang'd

her

3.

variegate

To condemn.
His own impartial thi
Will damn, and confcuncc will record the fault.

fyirit,

to p:

<v. a. [from the

noun.]
form flowers upon (luffs.

the foft

,''

plant,

trine,

which part, by

To

Drydf*.

hoot or

hifs

any publick perform-

ance ; to explode.
They damn themfelvcs,

nor will

my

mufe de-

fcend

To

to diverfify.

They

On

many

theml'elves.

'

in-

DA'MASK.

To
To

there c.innot be

ture
It

manner

direction of the

dam.i]k late,

L'Ei,

alto queen's giHyflowc-r.

I) ima/cus.]

from the damafk rofe.

And for fonK Je<ile perplexed was
Her

Lofs; mifchief fuftered.

His heart exalts him in the harm
Already done, to have difpeopled hcav'n,

fljoulJ

2.

:mnl)

enough

you, to devour fo

DAMES-VIOLET,

4.

mage.

they

is

Dairies.

enemy very much

in

'tin.

'

&'"

They

from

it

would not

(he

in general.

willing dames

That vuhurc

In di.iper, tlawjjk, or in
Wi:>c your Ihoes, for want of a clout,

cncmk

and extortion.
}'.

commonly

threads, exhibits flowers or other forms.

Not any weaver \vlii.-h his work doth b >:ifr

n.f.

fay they, if

at DC.

a various

\domagc, French.]
1. Mifchicf; hurt; detriment.
Groft crrours and .ibfurditirs many commit for
want of a friend to toll them of them, to the great

:o

Linen or
vented

an,!
damage both of their fame
Such as were fent from ttv
do more hurt and damage to the Englift

\Voman

4.

ite

n.f. [damx'quin,

chino, Ital.
1.

DA'MAGE.

Miftrefs of a low family.

Tlvy killed the poor cock; for,
-i..t for his
waking our dc.ir.c,
wake us.

:ck.

black ufutping mills, fome geiule

Trnugli a rum-candle from the wicker hole
Of' f >-nc clay habitation, vifit us
With thy long Icvell'd ruk of dreaming

3.

ire

of

3.

the

tree in bloflbm,

your influence be quite dtimtntl up

With

to the

Bacnt.

In

women

His father Faunm ; a Laurentian dam

His mother, fair Marica was her natie. Drydtn.
Who would not repeat that blifs,
And frequent light of fuch a damt
//
Buy wish the hazard of his fame ?

'

ooj

ufed in poetry for

Itill

tho.-n in le.vf.

."-

fire, ar.d

2. It

a.

trt:

J)lum

Sov'reign of creatures, univerf.il dar.

It is

:
.

Staifff. K<nr

:id

banks, in other channels

-V.

infeclious to the

n.f. \_eiamnfccnus, from

A fmall plum ; a damfon,

Damfifcus.~\
as it is now fpoken.
In April follow the cherry

tart.

to ourfelves.

current,
flow.

>"f

Not all thcfe lords do vex me rnlf f mui'li

As that proud dame, the lord protector's

damageabL

innocence of our neighbours, and rnnit pernicious

DA'MASCENE.

wo-

to

rank.

]f;vc

Cod, damageable and

of honour

take damage, or

Sufceptible of hurt : as,

goods.
Mifchievous ; pernicious.
purity of

damn,

The word dame originally fignified a midrefs

of a family, who was a lady ; and it is ufed (rill
in the Englifh law to lignify a lad;
but in common ule, now-a-days, it reorefents a farmer's wife,
or a miftrcfs of a family ot the lower rank in the
Watts'* Logkk,
country.
Blefs you, fair d.imc ! I am not to you known,
Though in your (late of honour I am perftii}.

[from

adj.

title

ufed

men.

2.

DA'MAGE ABLE*

Mortimer.

And, wond'ring

To

n.

<v.

[dame, French;

f.

Shut your mouth, dame

be damaged.

/prcad.
'Tis you muft drive that trouble from you.
As flreams, when damm'd, forget their ancient
at their

an immenfe ocean, into

as

Obfcenc and immod---

are fed by fprings, pent by a weight

caufcs :t to
earth, that dams in the water, and

to

n.

Spanifh.]
A lady ; the old

u;-, many very much

quite disjointed and broken into pieces.

2.

Boggy lands

To

locks of piftols.

DAME.

filling
:

of fwords, and
Chambers.

in enriching the blades

are encirely fwall'iwed

fluttered ami damj^:,l, fomc

eyes,

and djn-.m'd up wit.', gaping ercd.tors,

Watchful as fowkrs whea their game will fpring.

tf'atn.

fteel, by making incifions, and

them up with gold or filver wire

which many noble authors

VI.

Fill'd

of

own.

[from the noun.]

miichief ; to injure ; to impair ;
hurt ; to harm.

run

II

fair

liis

-v.a.

And

were

this mifchief,

DA'M ASKENING. n.f. [from damajquiner,

Fr.] The art or aft of adorning iron or

clap with fuch

who

fools

and knaves commend.

fat recline

downy bank, damajk'd with

For the great dons of wit,

flower?.
Mil!]"..

Around him dance the rofy hours,

And dtimajkmg the ground with flow'rs,
With ambient tweets perfume the nmn.

Phabus g'vea them full privilege alone

To damn all others, and cry up their own.

You
Faints.

arc fo good a critick, that

hafpir.cfs

cjj"

it is

Dryd.

the grcatelt

the modern poeti that you do not

DAM
hear their works

and, next,

arrant a critick as to

DAM
th.it

damn them,

H not

you

like the

without hearing.

DA'MNABLE.

never to return to thofe fins which

he hath had fuch
for the emptinefs
experience of,
and damn'mgnefs of them, and fo think himfelf a

reft,

Pope.

complete penitent.

[from damn.]
I.
Deferving damnation; juftly doomed
to never-ending puniihment.
<*//'.

Dutch.]
to wet;
pletely dry; foggy.

occj/ion of labouring with

greater
earneftnefs elfewhere, to entangle
unwary minds
with the fnares of his damnable opinion.
Hooker.

He 's a creature unprepar'd, immeet for

And to tranfport him in the mind he is

death

2.

did not

DAMP.
1.

puniihment
mercy.

We

as

-fare

to incur eternal

propofe the queftion, whether thofe

ho hold the fundamentals of faith
may deny
Chrift damnably, in relpeft of thofe
coniequences
that arife from them ?
Stutb't Sermons.

2. It

will

indecently ufed in a ludicrous

fenfe; odioufly ; hatefully.
The more fwects they beftowed upon them, the
more damnably their conlerves flunk.
Der.r.is.
is

DAMNA'TION.

n.f. [homdamn.] Exclufion from divine

mercy ; condemnation

Cunvey'd a glimmering and malignant light ;

breathing-place to draw the damps away,
twilight of an intercepted d..y.
Dryden.
2.
noxious vapour exhaled from the
earth.
The heat of the fun, in the hotter feafons,
penetrating the exterior parts of the earth, excites thofe
mineral exhalations in fubterranenus
which
caverns,
are called
damps : thefe feldom happen but in the
fummcr-time ; when, the hotter the weather is, the

A
A

Ev'n now, while thus

A fccrct damp of grief

Dryden.

in the legions

tions

To

can come a devi! mmcJamn'J

In evils to tnp Macbeth.
Skar ff/,iare'i Macbeth.
Let not the royal bed of Denmark be
couch for luxury and damned incdl.
hell

I.

z.

Stakeff rarc's

But, oh

Who doati,

what damned minutes

yet doubts

11s

fpotlefs virtue

ance.

DAMNI'FIC.
ing

lofs

adj.

Procur-

milchievoos.

DA'MNIFY.

1"t

[fnm damnify .]

<v.

a.

The
the

fcifpefts, yet ftrongly loves.

To cndamage

to injure

to caufe lofs

remit, fatisfaftlon
the dcmmfed perfon has the
pnwer of appropriating the goods or fcrvice of the
offender, by right of Iclt-prelervation.
Locke.
:

hurt

to
;
impair.
When now h faw himfelf fo
frefhly rear,
if late fight had
nought him

He wa

d.imniftd,

difmay'd, and 'gan his

DAMNINCNESS.

fate to fear.

fairy Quetn.

n.f. [from, damning.]

Tendency to procure damnation.

VOL.

I.

to

chill

very

lofs

of one pleafure

of another.

relifii

is

enough

to

damp

foft

body dampetb the found

than
Bacon.

courage

be ftirring, if

it were not for this

Bacon.
flug.
Unle/i an age too late, or cold
or
Climate,
years, damp my intended wing
Deprcfs'd.
Milan.

DA'MPISHNESS.

n.f. [from damp.]

Ten-

to vve'tnefs ;
fogginefs ; moifture.
It haih been ufed
by loine with great fuccefs
to make their walls thick ; and to
put a lay of
chalk between the bricks, to take
away all damf-

dency

JWJ/J.

Bacon.

DA-

datnfons,

danger of mylife. Sbak,

dominus, as now don in

we now

as

not that

it

imagine

it

know

fay Mafter.

was ever ufed in profe, and

to have been rather of ludi-

crous import.

Van Chaucer well of Englifh undrfiled. Doaglafs.

This whimpled, whining, purblind, wayward
boy,

This fignor Junio's giant dwarf, dan Cupid* Slab.

Dick, if this (lory pleafeth thee,
Pray thank dan Pope, who told it me.
Prior's Alma.

DANCE, v. n. [danfer, Fr. danfar,

Span, as fome think from tanxa, Arabick, a dance ; as Junius, who loves to
derive from Greek, thinks, from &To move in meafure ; to move
Hicrij.]
with fteps correfpondent to the found of

To

inltruments.

What fay you to young Mr. Fenton ? He capers,

he dances, he has eyes of
youth, he writes verles.
Shakefptere.

To

DANCE

To

v. n.

Attendance,

wait

with, fupplenefs and obfequioufnefs.

Men are fooner weary to dance attendance at the
gates of foreign lords, than to tarry the good leifure of their

To

own

magiftrates.

Raleigh's Ejjays.

It upbraids
let

you,

your father's friend, for three long months,

dance attendance for a word of audience.

much more

To hebetate

to abate motion ; to dif;

to dull.
Ufury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would

4.

fome

See

n.f. [from
Spanifh ; and donna, Italian, from domina. ]
The old term of honour for

Thus

difcourage.

pow'r.

black plum.

defir'd

DAN.

to

L'EJlrar.ge.

a nard -

fufTered the damage, has a

right
rrund in hi; o'.s'n name, and he alone can

To

to dejeft

Dread of death hangs over the mere.natural

man,
like, the
I,
hand-writing on the wall, damps all
his jollity.
Ann-bury.
It would be
enough to damp their warmth in
fuch purfuits, if they could once
reflea, that in
fuch courfe they will be fure to run
upon the very
rock they mean to avoid.
Swift.
3. To weaken ; to abate ; to hebetate ; to

[from daww/fra, La-

to any.
He, wito has

2.

my

Gayf
[corruptly from damaf.

And made me climb with

Swift,

an

tin.]1.

deprefs

n. f.

MASCENE.
My wife

dull.

he o'er,

Dare not
of my prince
With falleboods of moil bafe and duitm'd contrivbrand the

To

ufed in

damfelt

A fmall

cent.]

thoughts.

of men.

difpute

DA'MSON-.

DAMP. <v. a. [from the noun.]

To wet; tomoiiten; to make humid.

Hamlet.

Siiateffeare.

"n

my

now only

Kneeling, I my fervant's fmiles implore,

one mad damfel dares
Prior,

with child.

An

adj.

Not

o'er

diftinftion

attendant of the better rank.

With her train of damfels (he was gone
In mady walks, the
(torching heat to (hun. Dryd.
3. A wench ; a country lafs.
The clowns are whoremaftera, and the

(land bleft in thy pre-

omes

n.f, [damoifelle, French.]

young gentlewoman; a young wo-

men,

Addifon.
eternal ftate he knows and confeflcs that
he has made no provifjon for, that he ij undone
for ever : a
profpeft enough to caft a damp over
his fprightlieft hours.
Rogers.
This commendable
refentmentagainft me, ftrikes
a
that
in
all
ranks and corporadamp upon
fpirit

Sancho's death,

it.

An

2.

fence,

[from damnatorius.]
Containing afentence of condemnation.
DA'MNED. part. adj. [from damn.} Hateful ; deteftable ; abhorred ; abominable.

Of horrid

And

Mi/ten.

the fin,

which the

by applying
Hay-ward.

raife,

exercifes ar.d
difports.

man of

His name (truck

every where fo great a damp,
As Archimedes through the Roman
camp. Rojc.

mollify damnation with a phrafe:

DA'MNATORY.

verfe.

Adam, by this from the cold fudden damp

Recov'ring, and his fcatter'd fpirits return'd,
Michael thus his humble words addrefs'd.

Taylors ff'ortby Communicant.

to

lords did
diffel dampy thoughts,
remembrance of his uncle might

To

that hath been affrighted with the fears of

hell, or remembers how often he hath been
fpared
from an horrible damnation, will not be
ready to
his
brother
for
a
trifle.
ftrangle

And

are the
damps.

Woodward.
3. Dejeftion; depreffion of fpirit ; cloud
of the mind.

He

Say you confented not

But barely not forbade

which -from the mountain's

Dejefted

The

1.

height

to eternal punifliment.

Now mince

gloomy

Milton.
there was,

mire frequent

adj. [from damp.]

forrowful.
;

DA'MSEL.
moilture.
not now, as exe man

fur Meafvre.

be excluded from

fo as to

Mm

DA Mpy.

him with

n.f.

A rift

Mortimer.

Night ;
fell,
Wholefom, and cool, and mild j but with black air
with
and
dreadful
Accompanied,
damps
gloom.

pluck thee

[from damnable.']

manner

Jn fuch a

ad-v.

flag their

fpoils

._

came flocking, but with looks

Fog; moiftair;

peart's

DA'MNABLY.

not com-

Downcaft and dair.f : yet fuch wherein

appear'd
Obfcure fome glimpfe of joy.
Jlf;hcn

indecently ufed in a
low and ludicrous fenfe; odious;
perni-

by the nofe for thy fpeeches

they fear the dampnrfs of the flcy

wings, and hinder them to fly;
'Twas only water thrown on fails too
dry.
DrycU
By (lacks they often have very great lofs, by the
it.
damfmfs of the ground, which rots and

Dejecled; funk; depreffed.

All thefe and more

fometimes

cious.
O thou damnable fellow

Nor need

Should

able nature, fo he is far from clofing with the new

opinion of thofe who mrke it no crime.
Sivift.

It is

fogginefs.

She told no more the

trembling Trojans hear,
O'eripread with a damp fweat ai.d holy fear.
Dryd.

Were damnable.
Sbatefp. Meajure fur Measure.
As he does not reckon every fchifm of a damn-

2.

DA'MPNESS.*./ [from datrtp.] Moifture;

Hammond.

DAMP. adj. [dnmpe,

1. Moid;
inclining

him

It gives

DAN

He may vow

fa

To DANCE,

-v.

a.

To make

to

put into a lively motion.

Thy grandfire lov'd thee

Many

Dryden.
; to

dance

well

a time he darrc'd thee on his knee.

Sbabejp.
That I fee thee here,
noble thing
more dances my rapt' heart,

Thou
Than when

I fiift

Beltride

thre(hold.

my

In pcflilcnces,

my

wedded miftrefs law

Sbettfpeart's Cor'ipUnus.
the malignity of the int'e&ing

vapour dancctb the principal

fpirits.

DANCE,

Bactn.

motion
n.f. [from the verb.]
of one or many in concert, regulated
by

mufick.
Our dance of cuftom, round about

the oak of
Heine the hunter. Sbakefpcare'fM.W.ofWindfor.
tie
3

DAN
The honmiraMeft part of tlk if to give the occnflon, and again to moderate and p.iU to lomcvoat die; for then a man leads the dance.
But you perhaps rxpeft a modilh feaft,
fongs and wanton dances grac'd.

With am'rous

Dryjrn.

One

DA'NCKR.

n.f. [from dance."}

praftifcs the art of dancing.
at Philippi

kept

His fword e'en like

a dancer, while
lean and wrinkled Caflius.

The

that

itrook

Stolifpeart.
Mufitians and dancers ! take fome truce
Wi'h thele your pleating labours ; for great ufe
Ai much wearincft as perfeftio:i brings.
Donne.
The earl was fo far from being a good dancer,
Waton.
that he was no graceful goer.
It is a ufual
practice for our funambnlours, or

on the jocc,

J~r..irs

to

To

3.

by

art

S&inner derives

it

from dam-

num, Menage from angaria, Min/hew

from Ja-, death, to which Junius
fcema inclined. ]
Rifque ; hazard ;
peril.

They

that

fail

on the

fea, tell

of the danger.
Ecctus.

vex'd, I found that the mufician's hand

o'er the damtr's mind Coo great command.
Frier.

DA'NCISCMASTER. n.f.
One who teaches
ter.]

derivation.

[dance and mafthe art of danc-

ing-

The

apes were taught their apes tricks by a

L'EJlrange.
Janclngmajler.
The legs of a daxcingmajler, and the fingers of

mufician, fall, as it were, naturally, without

thought or pains, into regular and admirable motions.
Locke en Under/landing.

xliii.

24.

Our

He

craft is in danger to be fet at nought.

/Hit, x. ^^.
affection to your
hath writ this to feel

my

honour, and to no other pretence of danger.

Sbakcfpeare.

More danger now from man

Than from

we

alone

find,

the rocks, the billows, and the wind.

Waller.

To

To DA'NGER. <v. a. [from the noun.]

put in hazard ; to endanger.
Pompey's fon lUnJs up
whofc quality going on,
;

For the main

With JongUng hands he ftrokci th' Imptriil robe r

with * cuckold's air commands the globe.

to protraft

n. f.
fpecies of elder;
called alfo dwarf-elder, or wallwort.
DA'NGER. n.f. [danger, Fr. of uncertain

And,

Had

hair.

DA'NEWORT.

perfect dancer ! climbs the rope,

Prhr.
And balances your fear nd hope.
Nature, I thought, pcrform'd too mean a part,

of

of the

roots

He,

to the rules

to procraftinate
not in ufe.

n.f. [from dandle.} He that

dandles or fondles children.
A'N D R u F F. n. f. [often written dindrijf,
from tan, the itch, and bpop, fordid,
in the head ; fcurfatthe
filthy.] Scabs

H^Hiins.

Forming her movements

;
:

DA'NDLER.

attempt fomcwhat like to

flying.

delay

trifles

Captains do fo dtndle their doings, and dill)

in the fcrvite, as if they would not have the cnemj
fubdued.
Spenfer.

Bacon.

He

DAP

DAN

foldier

And

Smith.

But hive you not with thought beheld

The

fword hang dangling o'er the fhicld

To hang upon

2.

is

bid us to the English dancingfcboolt,

teach lavoltas high, and fwift courantos

after

Jartg'e

them, are well inclined

DA'NGEROUS.

only in

its

Cay's Paftcra/s.

n.f. [Jandin, French.] A

fellow; an urchin: a word "ufed

DA'NDIPR AT.

fometimes in

fometimes

fondnefs,

in

contempt.

To
1.

DA'NDLE.
To fhake a

men

counfel

effects.

Sidney.

Already we have conqucr*d half the war,

And the lefs dangerous part is left behind. Dryden.
DA'NGEROUSLY. adti. [from dangerous.}

-v. a.

[dandelen, Dutch.]
child on the knee, or in

fort of naughty perfons

H.ive praflis'd darigtroajly jgainrt your (late,
Dealing with witcncs and with conjuiors.

Sbaktfpeare.
It

(hall

little

darJ.U

Ht

fuperficial fchool

Bacun.

;',ols.

ramp'd, and in

Dar.dLd tlje kid.

Motion occafions deep,
.

2.

as

we

his

find

paw

Milim.
by the com-

To

fondle ; to treat like a child.

Their child (hall be advanc'd,

Anrl be received for the emperor's heir;

And let the emperor dandlt him for his own. Shalt.

They have put me

in a filk

gown, and

a gaudy

cap ; I am afhamed to be dandled thus, and

cur'.ot look in the jlafs without blu(hing, to fee
fool's

tny

:o fucli a little pretty mafter.

n'i

Guardian.

with

God

fo

permit thofe, which

furely, to tall molt dangerHammond t>n Fundamentals.
to

Plutarch fays, Telefilla, a noble lady, being

to
dangeroujly (ick, was adviled to apply her mind

Pcaibam.

poetry.

If it were fo, which but to think were pride,

conilantlove would dangercujjy be tried. Dryd.

My
DA'NCEROUSNESS. n.f. [from
Danger ; hazard ; peril.
1 (hall

dangerous.]

not need to mind you of judging of the

of the
dangermifntft of dUealet, by the noblencfs
part afieclcd.
S-j!e.

mon

ufc of rocking fruward children in cradles, or

ttjndiinz thfm in their nuries arms.
Temple.

juft

cujly.

Dtnne.

Cour*- arf

is

think they (land

brethren, which, like fairy fprightr,

Oft (kip into our chamber thofc fwect nigh:.,
And, k'f's'd and dandled on thy father's knee,
Were brib'd n.xt day to tell what they did fee.

To

with

; periloufly ;
danger.
But for your Ion, believe it, oh believe it,
Molt dang'rottjly you have with him prevailed,
If not moil mortal to him.
Sbakfjp. Coriolanus.

Hazardoufly

ye fuck, and (hall be born upon her

fides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Jfa'ab.

Thy

city.

me to

take away thy life, likely to bring forth nothing but dangerous and wicked
All

the hands, to pleafe and quiet him.

Then

Ha-

Eccius. ix.

with the hawkwecd, but

having a fingle naked (lalk, with one

flower upon the top.

Miller.
For cowflips fweet, let dandelion! fpread ;
For Bloutelinda, blithfomc maid, is dead

little

de lion, French.]

It agrees in all refpcfls

adj. [from danger.]

perilous ; full of danger.
man of an ill tongue is dangfieus in his

zardous

L'Eftrange.

To

DA'NGLE.

<v.

n.

[from bang, accord-

ing to Skinner
l.

: as,
hang, bangle, dangle.]
loofe and quivering.
Go, bind thou up yon dangling- apricocks. Sbak.
He'd rather on a gibbet etangl:,

Ttthang
Than

Hudibras.
mifs his dear delight to wrangle.
Codrus had but one bed ; fo ihort, to boot,
That hin Ihort wife's flio/t
hung dangling out.

ls

Swift.

man
n.f. [from dangle.]
women only to wafte

DA'NGLER.

that hangs about

time.

A dangler

DANK.
He

On

of neither fex.

is

adj. [fromtuKcien,

Damp; humid;

ner.]

Ralph,

Germ.

moill

Stin-

wet.

her the maiden flceping found

the dank and dirty ground.

Yet oft they quit

Sljltfftart*

The danl, and rifing on ftift' pinions

The mid aereal ficy.

tour
Afiltea.

Through each thicket, danl or dry,

Like a black mift, low creeping, he held on
His midnight fearch.

Now that

Af.'ttr.

danl, and ways arc mire,

Where (hall we fometimes meet, and by the fire
Milton,
Help wafte a fullen day ?
the

fields are

By the rufliy-fringed bank,

Where grows the willow and the

ofier dank,

Milan*
Me, in my vow'd
declares
t'
have hung
Picture, the facrcd wall
My dank and drooping weeds

My

fliding chariot (lays.

To the ftern god of fea.

To wafli the (kins of beafts

Milts*.
and fowls herewith,
would keep them from growing dank in moift
Crew.
weather.

Somewhat dank.

adj.

They bound me,

And

(hewed no lefs magnanimity in daitgerlcfs

defpifmg, than others in dangerous affefling, the
multiplying of kingdoms.
Sidiuj.

down

to pull

the prefent eitabliihment.

exempt

He

Saying our grace is only in our heels. Sbakejpeare.

A certain Egyptian king endowed a dancingfcbatl for the institution of apes of quality.

DANDELI'ON. n.f. [Jent

The name of a plant.

from danger.

They

And

rifque

taught.

Prior.

be an hum-

to

ble, ufelefs, harmlefs follower.

The preibyterians, and other fanaticks that

The fides o' th' world may danger.

DA'NCINCSCHOOL. n.f. [dancing and
Slatefpeare.
The fchool where the art of DA'NCERLESS.<J<^'. [from danger.] With- DA'NKISH.
fcbool.}
out hazard
without

dancing

any one

me

b^re

thence,

in a dark and dantijh vault at

There

home

me.

left

Sbakefpeart.

[corrupted from dip.] To

let fall gently into the water : a word,
I believe, only ufed by anglers.
.
h:we taught him how to catch a chub, by

oDAp.v.H.

fPahcn.

a grafshopper.
dappir.g with

DAPA'TICAL.

adj. [from dapaticus, Lat.]

in cheer.
Bailey.

Sumptuous

DA'PPER.

adj. [dapper,

Little

Dutch.]

lively without bulk.

ufually fpoken in contempt.
And on the tawny fands and (helves,

and adive

It is

Trip the pert faiiieyand \\\t dapper elves. M'lltun.

A pert dapper (park of a magpye fancied the
birds would never be governed till himfelf Ihould
fit

at the hehft.

L'Ejirangi.

DA'PPER LING.

dwarf; a dandiprat.

DA'PPLE.

adj.

various colours

imbricated
chiefly of animals.
;

Ainfivorth.

[from apple; nspommele.]

Marked with
gated

[from dapper.}

n.f.

ftreaked

varieufed

it is

country neighbours do not find itimpoflible

to think of a lame horfe, till they have run over
all beings that are, and then pitch on dapflt. Lsekr.

My

To DA'PPLE. v.

To

ftreak

a.

[from the adjeclive.]

to diversify with
;

to vary

colours.
But under him a grey

(teed did he wield,

Cdes with dappled circles were endight.
r
Spcn tr.
The gentle day
Sba*.
the drowfy cart with (pots of grey.
Dapples
Horlcs that are dappled turn white ; and old
Bitan.
turn grifly.
.

Whofe

fijuirrels

The
From

lark begins his flight,

watch-tower in the fkies,

his

Till the dappled dawn doth rife.

The dappled pink, and bl'ifliing rofe,
Deck my (harming Elliot's hair.

Milton.
Prior.

DAR

D A R
The

Pamela with hsr pray'rs,

the gilt coach and
daffleJ Flanders mares.
tape,

Cave

gods, to curfe

DAR. In./. A
DART.) Bailey,

found in the Severn.

Darl is the fame with

DA'RINGLY. adv. [from

daring.] Boldly;
courageously ; fearlefsly ; impudently ;
outrageoufly.
Some of the great principle! of religion are every

fifh

DARE.

v. n. pret. / durft ; the preterite I dared belongs to the a&ive dare ;

day openly and daringly attacked from the prefs.

Attabury.
Your brother, fir'd with his fuccefs,

part. I have dared, [beanpan, Saxon;

derren, Dutch.] To have courage for
any purpofe ; not to be afraid ; to ad-

DA'RINCMESS.

venture

DARK.

to

be adventurous.

Darefl them be as good as thy word now ?

Why, Hal, thou knoweft, as thou art but a man,
1 dan ; but, as thou art a
prince, I fear thce.'

Too

Who dares

all

may become

that

do more,

is

man

Not

1.

none.
Sbakeffeare.
; and fo would this be,

No

facl.

much upon fuch a notion or

be very fully examined.
Watts.
i>. a.
pret. I dared, no\.ldurji.

till it

To DARE.

To

challenge

Did hear

to defy.
never in

a challenge urg'd

my

Here

Ttke but

(he (lands

pofieiiion

age, wherein he Jiv'd, was dark; but he

Could not want fight, who taught the world to fee.

Denbam.

ufed for daring larks.

Care-w.
As larks lie dar'd to (him the hobby's flight.

Defiance

All he fays of himfclf is, that he is an obl'cure

perfon ; one, I fuppofc he means, that is in the
dart.
Attcrbury.

challenge.

n. /.

fmall

filh,

dace.

DA'REFUL.

We

adj.

adj.

ftandings,

To

many
human

fong too daring, and the

-v. a.

To

[from the noun.]

to obfcure

obiblete.
Fair when that cloud of piide, which
:

oft doth

Her gojuly

In a fitua-

dark.]

Abfenc^ of light.

1.

Datknifs was upon the face of the deep. Gtvcf.i,

I go whence I fhall not return, even to the Und
of darkness, and the thadow of death.
Job*

2.
3.

Opakenefs; want of tranfparency.

Obfcurity; want of perfpicuity; difficultnefs to the

undemanding.
gloom ; wickednefs.

4. Infernal

The inftruments of darknejs tell us truths j

us with honed trifles, to betray us
In deeped confequence.
Shakeffeare,

Win

of being intellectually clouded;

5. State

uncertainty.

All the light truth has, or can have, is front

the clearnels and validity of thofe pnfs upon
which it it received ; to talk of any other light
in the underdanding, is to put ourfelves in the
dark, or in the power of the prince of darkr.efs.
Locke*

6.

The empire of Satan ; or the Devil.

Who hath delivered us from the power of darknrfs,

and tranllatcd us into the kingdom of his

dear Son.

Colcjjiaiu.

DA'RKSOME.
obfcure ;
minous.

[from dark.]
not well enlightened
adj.

Gloomy;x
;

Bold; ad-

To
i.

intre-

metapjiori,

light,

with

DA'RKEN. i>.
To make dark

fuiilei (he drives

away.

a.

He

brought him thro' a dartytne narrow paf

a broad gate.
Sptnfer.
And her fair eyes, like dars that dimmed were

To

With darljone cloud, now (hew their goodly beams.

You

Sfenfer.

muft not look to have an image in .my

for even a face in iron, red-hot,

thing lightfome ;
will not be feen, the light confounding the fm'ail
difference* of lightfome and darkjime, which (hc',< v
the figure.
Bacm.
darkfnru clouJ f locuds, fwarming down,
Muft eat, ajid on the ground leave nothing green.
Milton.

bat

Slddifcn.

Whether

the dnilm'J room to mufe imiti:,

whrtcn'd wall provoke the (kcw'r to write.

AJM-.n.

theme too

great.

FrUr.

He, here with us

[from dark.]

to deprive of light.
;
Black with furrounding forclls then it (tood,
That hung above, and darken d all the Mood.

Or
I.

To

Pcfe.

cloud

bvi.L

not lu-

dark

paflions may be
naturally afcribed to a bee than to an inani-

The

DARK.
darken;

to

Sbatefpcare.

[from dare.]

more
mate plant.

we

dark.']

Sfenjer.

home.

venturous ; fearlefs ;
courageous
pid ; brave ; ftout.

The lad Georgick ha

not fo daring as thi ; for

of knowledge.

we

ourfelves perceive by our own underare as much in the dark, and as void
or knowledge, as before.
Locke.

Till

beard,
beat them backward

DA'IIUC.

Want

3.

Leucifcus.
full.] Full of

[dare and
not in ufe.
might have met them darcful, beard

defiance

And

the fame with

feeing requires light, and a free meline to the objects, we can hear

immured, and by curve lines. Holder.

2. Obfcurity; condition of one unknown.

Hath given

DARE.

Milton.

Staicffcar}.
bird

DA'RKNESS. n.f. [from

want of light.

in the djrk

Sextus Pompeius
the dart to Cxfar, and commands
empire of the fea.
Stakeffeare.

dium, and a right

Drydcn.

[from the verb.]

obfcurjty

Cut off.
Whereas

in (ha, low water with

is

world.

obfcurely ; blindly ;
gloomily ; uncertainly.
For well you know, and can record alone.
What tame to future times conveys but ^Sjr'?
down.
Dijdtv.

ignorance

thick night,
And pall thee in the dunned fmoke of hell,
That my keen knife fee not the wound it makes ;
Nor heav'n peep through the blanket of the dart,
To cry, hold, hold !
Sbakcffrare's Macbeth.
Cloud and evcr-during dark
Surrounds me from the chearful ways of men

Larks. To catch them by means

of a looking-glafs, or by
a
keeping bird
of prey hovering aloft, which
keeps them
in amaze till
caught ; to amaze.
unlike that which

tion void of light

Come,

Vo DARE

The

Darkneis

1 .

o' th'

DA'RKLY. adv. [from

n.f.

Italy.

Darkling itands
varying ihorc

pow'r,

not cheerful.

of dark tempers, according to their

degree of melancholy or enthufiafm, may find
convents fitted to their humouri. jfddifir, on.

do not fo.

With words and wicked herbs, from human kind

Had alter'd, and in brutal (hapes confin'd. Drfi,

men

All

DARK.

RtfcMnmon.
dare thce to difcover
Such a youth, and fuch a lover.
Drydcn.
Prefumptuous wrerch with mortal art tin dare
Immortal power, and brave the thunderer. Graav.

Gloomy

7.

me

The wakeful

igno-

Sings darkling, and, in (hadieft covert bid,

Tunes her noilurnal note.
Mifran.
Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circe'a

my weary fteps. DryJmar.d Lee's Oedipus.

is

light

v..ts

to perplex.

hi'. wild.~<:u,

tint his ion/idviice did

"

Slaiijfcjn.

The

Waller,

The

eyes.

much

dark.

rant.

Suttt.

round nets, not

it

it feerr.s,

poetical.

wilt thou
darkling leave

O,

Sbaktjpeare.

All cold, but in her bread, I will

defpife
dart all heat but that in Celia's

DARE.

want of day, nor think

Not enlightened by knowledge

6.

Matters of the arts of policy

thought That they
might even defy and dart Providence to the face.

little

light.

Stake/f.

of her with a touch

Shrimps arc dipped up

wanting

What may feem dark at the fird, will afterwards be found more plain.
Hotker.
Mean time we (hall exprefs our darker purpofe.

fomet-mes pafling further, came and

lay at the
mouth of the harbour, daring them to fight. Krjlles.

Tilhtj'ori,

dark.

[a participle, as

word merely

; not transparent : as, lead

dark body.
5. Obfcure; not perfpicuous.

1 dare thee but to breathe upon

my lore. Sbaktff.
He had many days come half feas over ; and

Time

[beopc, Saxon.]

Opake

life

And

light

Conduit

4.

more modettly,

Unlefs a brother fhould a brother dan

To gentle ezercife and proof of arms.

n./. [from daring.] Bold-

Blind ; without the enjoyment of Hg^t.

Thou wretched daughter of a dark old man,

3.

Drydui.

We dan not build

doctrine,

adj.

To grow

a.

from darkle, which yet I have never

found ; or perhaps a kind of diminutive
from dark, 33 young, youngling.] Being
in the dark ;
-a
being without

Halifax.

prcl's,

If the plague be
fpread not in the (kin, the pried (hall pronounce
him clean.
Leviticus.
In Mufcovy the generality of the people are
more inclined to have dark coloured hair than
flaxen.
BoyU.

HaywotJ.

father bore it with undaunted foul,

Like one who durft his dediny controul.
Drjden.
Deliberate and well-weighed courage knows both
to be cautious and to dare, as occalion offers.

DA'RKLING.

vivid colour.
fomewbat dark, and the plague

Shit.
tturjt (leal any thing adventuroully.
Neither of them was of that temper as to dfrc

The

To DA'RKEN. v.

Not of a Ihowy or

2.

if he

any dangerous

To

Fleance, his ion, who keeps him company,

Mart embrace the rate of that dark hour. Sbak.
While we converfe with her, n-e mark

are both hanged

They

daringly upon the foe did

feldom darken his forcfight,

efpedally in things
near hand.
Eaten.
foul ; to fully.
3.
The lufts and paffions of men do fully and
darken their minds, even by a natural mflm-ni i-.

nefs.

Sbakefjxare.
I dart do

prince, that noble heart.

Pafc.

Dace.

TV

O daring

Grieve not,

DAR

to be,

Forfook the courts of evcilading day,

Ani chufc with us idaikj'cmt houfe of mortal

clay.

Miltm,
Mid.iken

blerling,

which

old age they call,

'Tis a long, natty, darkjamc hofpital.

Drydcit,
The Jaikjimc pines, that o'er yon rocks reclin'd,
W.WL' high, anJmurmurto the hollow wind. Pofr,

DA'RLIN-G.
tive

[beophng, Sax. diminu-

adj.

of dear.]
3

Favourile
z

dear ; beloved ;

loved

of the waici,

and tendernefs.

L'tSfiratigc.

care

left

break by collifion.
They that (land high have many
them

Watts.

DA'RLING.

one much

And,

favourite ;
./.
beloved.
Young Ferdinand they fuppofc is drown'd,

And

and

his

my

lov'd darliag.

Siakejfeare.

of the

4.

growing

in the fields.

was met ev'n now

Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds,
Darntl, and all the idle weeds that grow
In our lultjining corn.
SbaStrfftari.

He

To

to befprinkle.
;
This tempeft,
the garment of this peace, aboded
DaJJj'ing
VIII.
The fudden breach on 't.
Sbakeff. Henry

darnd choak the

oats and

riting corn.

the depths below.

Dtijb up the fandy waves, and ope

Drydfn.

To

mingle ; to adulterate ; to change

by fome worle admixture.
Whacum, bped to dajh and draw,

5.

Dryd.

Not wine, but more unwholefome

[This word is by
Junhu referred to dare : it feems to me
more probably deducible from arranger

7i DA'RRAIN.

<v.

a.

To

prepare for battle

to

range troops

Speliator,

The town-boys parted in twain, the one fide

Celacalling themfelves Pompeians, the other
rians ; and then darraining a kind of battle, but
without arms, the Cafarians got the over hand.

DART. n.f. \dard, French.]

A miffile weapon thrown by
1
.

the

hand

To

To

This annual, humbling

To

2.

throw;

emit:

Smart
ill

2.

To fly
To let

7"o

DASH.

Now,

word,

as
fly

To

Still

dajh'd with bluflies for her flighted love.

Dajbcs

n.

a.

any of

in his gilded car

Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a

Stak

[The etymology of
its fenfes, is

(Ironger pow'r eludes our (ickly will ;

our rifmg hope w'.th certain ill.
Prior

Dajh the proud gameftrr

a dart.
with hoftile intention.
this

very doubt-

I.

To

i>.

ftrike

againfl fomething.
1

any thing fuddenly

liar.

fly off

the furface by a violent

mo

tion.
If the vefTel be fuddenly flopt in

throw or

By

its

the touch ethereal rous'd,

an eye of mirth and pity, as innocence, whet) it has

in it a dajb of folly.
Addifnr,,
to
mark in writing; a line
,
3.

note a paufe, or omiilion.

He

and

is

afraid of letters

dajbcs,

and characters, of note*

do fijj^ify nothing.
Brown's Vulgar Errturs,

fet together,

which,

In modern wit, all printed trafh is

Set off with num'rous breaks and dajha.

4.

Sudden

ftroke

blow

aft

Siuifr,

ludicrous.

Stand back, you lords, and give us leave awhile.

She takes upon her bravely at firfl dajb. Sbak,

DASH. adv. An

expreffion of the found of

water darned.
Hark, hark, the waters fall ;
And, with a murmuring found,
the ground,

Dajh, dajh, upon

To gentle (lumbers

DA'STARD.

coward

call.

Drydoi.

n. f.

[abaj-tpija, Saxon.]
a poltron ; a man infamous

for fear.

The cruelty and envy of the people,

Permitted by our dajiard nobles,
Have fufter'd me by th' voice of (laves to be
Whoop'd out of Rome.
Sbakefprare,
Who now my nwtchlefs valour dare oppol'e ?
HJW long will Dares wait his dajiard foes ? Dryd,
Dajiard and drunkard, mean and infolent j
Tongue-valiant hero, vaunter of thy might,
In threats the foremoft, but the lad in right. Dryd,
Bug-bear .thoughts, in the minds of children,
Make them daftards, and afraid of the fliadow of
darknefs ever after.

Curfe on their daflard

To DA'STARD.
timidate

fouls,

Locke,
they (land aftonifli'd!
Addijon,

To

terrify; to in-

-v. a.

to defert

I'am weary of

And

dajlards

with cowardice

motion, th

liquor continufs its motion, and tlajocs over tru

fides of the vciii.1.
Cbeyne

this fle(h

fouls

manly

To DA'STARDISE.

To

intimidate

ardice

to

which holds us here,

with hope and fear.

DryJttm
a.

-u.

[from daftorj,]
dejeft with cow-

to

to difpirit

to deprefs

to ter-

to make an habitual coward.

He had fuch things to urge igainft our marriage,
As, now declar'd, would blunt my fword in battle,
rify

Anil

dtijlardije

my courage.

DA'STARDLY.
;

adj.

mean

Dryden,

[from dajiard.]

Cow-

timorous.

is fo arrant a mark
that he does as good as call

Brawl and clamour

diijtardly wretch,
fclf fo that ufes it.

DA'STARDY.

Pope

To DASH.

jt

The diijhof clouds, or irritating war

Of fighting winds, while all is calm below,
Tb
They furious fpring.
2. Infufion ; fomething worfe mingled ia
a fmall proportion.
There is nothing which one regards fo much with

ardly

Some

Fife

ful.]
I.

L'Eflrangc

Thenymph, when nothing couldNarcifl'us move

Mdifon

ftruck.
darting Parthia, art thou

in

South.

his genealogy.

<u.

forward joy.

Nothing dajhcd the confidence of the mule like

the braying of the afs, while he was dilating upon

as, the fun darts

dart,
eyes malignant glances

fo DART. v.

my

dajh

beams on

Or what

check'd

After they had fufficiently blaKcd him in his

to
peifonal capacity, they found it an eafy work
Soutl
and overthrow him in his political.

war
tuflcs, and turns, and dares the
invaders dart their jav'lins from afar. Dryd
to

(till

'

make

difpirit.

feduc'd.

tian emperors.

miffile weapon.
[from the noun.]

Any

<v. a.

man

Dajh'd

the earth.
Pan came, and aflc'd what magick caus'd my

his

and joy for

number'd days,

me with bluflies. Drydin and Lie's Oedipus

To dajh this cavil, read but the practice of Chrif-

round his hollow temples ring.

throw offenfively.

To

dajh their pride

certain

Miltun.

He whets his
Th'

Milton.

councils.

An unknown hand

[In poetry.]

1.

Yearly enjoin'd, fome fay, to undergo

DrydtH,

2.

to crofs out.

confound

Matured
flain

The weapons

to make afhamed fud;

to furprife with fhame or fear ;
to deprefs ; to fupprefs.
His tongue
Dropp'd manna, and could make the worfe appear
The better reafon, to perp'cx and di.ft>

fling,

To DART.

to blot

over this with a line, will deface the

whole copy extremely, and to a degree that, I fear,
Pope,
may iil'pleafe you.
'dajh

denly

with a piece ol
a rock or flint j there another with a dart, arrow,
Peacbam.
or lance.
O'crwhelm'd with dam, which from afar they

wounded or

is

obliterate

To

9.

a fmall lance.
Here one

carelefsly.
Never was dajh'd out, at one lucky hit,
fool fo juft a copy of a wit.
Pepe.

A
8. To

com-

To apply to the fight: of fmgle

batants.
Therewith they 'gan to hurlen greedily,
Redoubted battle ready to darraine.
Spenfi

580.

To form or fketch in hafte,

7.

Careiv's Survey of Corrtiua 11.

Comes Warwick, backing of the duke of York :
Darrain your battle ; for they are at hand. Sbak.

fall

[from the verb.]

.
/.
Collifion.

Hudikras.

Addifcn.
applications.
Several revealed truths zredajhcd and adulterated
with a mixture of fables and human inventions.

rufh through water, fo as to

OASH.

the character with fuch pardajl.'

ticular circumllances, as may prevent ill-natured

for battle.

a.

law.

Jajbing,

Docg, tho' without knowing how or why,

I take care to

la battaille.]
I.

befpatter

all

Spurr'd boldly on, and dafi'd thro' thick and thin,

Thro' fenfe and nonfenle, never out or in.

To agitate any liquid, fo as to make

the furface fly off.
At once the brufhing oars and brazen prow

5.

Want

ye corn for bread ?

'Twas full of darnel ; do you like the tafte ? Sbak.
No fruitful crop the fickly fields return ;

re-

Msr^inier.
his head, and prone to earth his view.
ears and cheft that dajh the morning dew.
lickel.

Swift.

A weed

n.f. [lolium.]

flatties.

on them may prove the bed

medy.
Middling

With

miration.

But

throw water in

Dafi'ing water

fluff.

Will (he thy linen wafh, or hofen darn? Gay.

He fpent every day ten hours in his clofet, in
to addarning his (lockings, which he performed

DA'RNEL.

To

3.

the rough calcadc,

fly.

as a (lone, that (hall to pieces dajh

All monarchies belides throughout the world.
Milton.

STcDARN. "j. a. [of uncertain original.]

To mend holes by imitating the texture

3,

they dajh themfelves to pieces.

fall,

Or

princefs. dddifon.

To

Wafts to (hake

Sbaktfftart.

Halifax.

they

And down

David's throne (hall then be like a tree,

Spreading and overlhad'wing all the earth ;

In Thames, the ocean's darling, England's pride,

The pleaGng emblem of his reign does glide.

She became the darling of the

if

in /lathes with a loud noift.

each hand the gufliing waters

fly

On

m,m

To

2.

fome beloved notion, or fome

mind.
darling fcience, too far prevail over your

Have a

To

z.

Baccr..

that cuts himl'elf, and tears his own

fiefli, and dajbti his head again/I the Itones, does
ait
fo
not
umeafonably as the wicked man. Ti/litf.

'Tis not for a generous prince to count'

oppreflion and injustice, even in his moifavourites.

he boltom

If you dtjh a (lone againft a ftone in

it maketh a found.

regarded with great kindnefs

DAT

DAS

DAS

ardlinefs

DA'TARY.

of a

him-

V'Ejirange*

n. f.

[from dajlard.]

Cow-

timoroufnefs.
r/.f.

[datarius.]

An

officer

of

the chancery of Rome, through whofe

hands benefices pafs.
Ditt.
DATE. n.f. [datte. Fr. from datum, Lat.]
i. The time at which a letter is written,

marked

at the

end or the beginning.

2.

The

D A

D A U

IT

The time at which any event

happened
The time ftipulated when any thine

*.
3.

reliance

Has

my

fmit

credit.

father's promife ties

bonds without a dale,

EndJ
r>

Sbaiefptare"
nut to time

this fate,

date to immortality extend

Then

From

to fate.

6. [from ttaffjlm.]

fruit

of the date-

DATE-TREE,

paft:

Sbakt/peart.

n.f. See

PALM, of which

it

a fpecies.

To DATE.

<v. a.
[from the noun.] To
note with the time at which
any thing is
written or done.

low

/.

their dated backs

Thefe Aldus printed, thofe

is

he turns you round

To

Sueil has bound'.

[dauhtar, Gothick

Runick

dotter,

German docbter, Dutch.]

The female
offspring of a man

Withot't

date.]

The fly-flow hours (hall not determinate

The dattleft limit of thy dear exile.

DA'TIVE.

Sbatefpeare.

[dativus, Latin.]
1. [In
grammar.] The epithet of the cafe
that iignifies the
perfon to whom

any

thing is given.
[In law.] Thofa are termed dative executors, who are appointed fuch
by the
judge's decree ; as adminiftrators with
us here in
England.
Ayliffe.
To DAUB. v. a.
[dabben, Dutch
2.

J.

with flime and with

pitch.

it

To

2.

light.
I have been troubled in

Exodui.

it

fo unnatural as

fpoil

falfc

-lit

li

to

Otmat
fnatched out of his hands a lame
imperfect
piece, rudely daubed over with too little refleftion.

They

DryJen.
daubed with many
bright and
glaring colours, the vulgar admire it as an excellent
ture

"" e>

Watts.

ver with

my

luft.

As

Aurora, daughter of the dawn,

any notions

o'er the lawn.

to fee the

leifure fcrves

fon's wife.

So fmooth he daub'd his vice witli (hew

of virtue
liv'd from all attainder t,f
fufycCl.

Sbakfjfeere.

rings,
And fills all mouths with envy or with
praife,
And all her jealous monarchs with
amaze,
And rumours loud, which Jaunt remotert

kings.

4.

To

lay

on any thing
gaudily or

tioufly.
Since princes
thty

will

have fuch things,

is

better

w^tri tort.

Ut him

j,

be

dMtb'd with Uce, live

high, and
whore j
Sometimes be lnfy, but be never
poor.
5. To flatter grolsly.
Let tury one, therefpre, attend the

fentence of

on

Shake/pure.

3 ht returned:

cheeks, his

Aould be graced with

elegance, than daubed

fury burn'd.

eyes with

Dryden", Virgil.

He, not by wants or woes

items the bold torrent with a

opprcfs'd,
dauntltfi breaft.

_,
Dryden.
leutmoft weight of aifiiaion from miniftciir'
power and popular hatred, were almoft wort
bearing, for the glory of fuct a
dauntlef, conduct
he has fliewn under it.

as

p,.

Locke.

out fome free defign,

Ja-wns at every line.

Pope.

[froni the verb.]

time between the firft

eighteen degrees of the horizon.

Then on to-morrow's damn
care
your

>

2.

Dryden.

Beginning

As
>

employ

learcn the land, but

give this day to joy.
;

firil rife.

Thefe tender circumftanccs

Milttn.

fi

da-toning of
underftanding, hath this prininculcated, that he muft believe

tliu

Such

not

Dauntlej, he rofc, and to the

With iharr.e his
glowing

The

a.

ferenity over

Pope*

firft

appearance
of light arvd the fun's
rife, reckoned
from the time that the fun comes
within

the rude ax, with heaved

ftroke,

Grow great by your difcouraged.

example, and put
he datmlA
fpi r t O f refolution.

oftenta-'

it

I.

Mitt an.

not dejefted

begin, yet faintly ; to give fome

promifes of luftre or eminence.
While we behold fuch dauntlefs worth

DAWN.

v. a. [domter, French ; domitare, Latin.] To

difcourage ; to fright ;
to intimidate.
Fairfax, whofc name in arms thro' Europe

Kbaltefb.

pain

in his

Thy hand ftrikes

When life awakes and

fomething fpecious or
difcourage us, when
others raile us to a brifk aflurance.
grofs, fomething that difguifcs what it
ClamiUlc.
lies
upon.
DA'UMTLESS.C^. [from Jaunt.] Fearlefs
He

my

appear
In dawning youth, and fouls fo void of
fear.

me, penfive daughter, now.

never heard the

nymphs to daunt,
Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Some prefences daunt and

of

(hin'd in vain.

To

3.
daughters of the land

DAUNT,

Where

Matthew.

flept, oblivious

ciple constantly
as the church.

[In poetry.] Any defcendant.

penitent of a confeflbr.
Arc you at leilure,
holy father, now ;
Or (hall I come to you at
evening mafs ?

Was

Shale/peart.

To glimmer obfcurely,
A Romanift, from the very

z.

The female

To

infpir'd.

it

f;,
All
night I

woman.

My

Aurora da-wn'd, and Phctbus

4.
5.

deep this night:

began to dawn, towards the firft day of

the week, came
Mary Magdalene to fee the fepulchr

Kbakefpean

rofy luftre

Jacob went out

is

of

A daughter in purpled
law, or
A

3.

the pifture, and

muft want

ciftern

With

2.

my

But dawning day new comfort hath

Now

paint coarfely.

Hafty daubing will but

make

The

dauber,

French.]
To fmear with fomething adhefive.
She too for him an ark of
bulruihcs, and daubed

[fuppofed by the etymohave been

originally to day en,
or advance towards
day.]
To grow luminous ; to begin to grow

Your wives, your

daughters,
Vour matrons, and your
maids, could not fill up

adj.

with an inci-

logifts to

or wo-

man.

To mark

v. a.

DAWN. -v. n.

To

dobter,

DAWK.

Should they apply that fide of the tool

the edge
lies on, the Iwift
coming about of the work would
where a fmall
irregularity of ItufT mould happen,
jobb the edge into the Cuff, and fo dawk it.
Maxea.

DA'TELESS. adj. [from

any fixed term.

the

among

fion.

Dryden.

bohrep, Sax.

cant word

Mdxon.

ff Yold

Dryden.
marling bind,

n.f.

/ A

for a hollow,
rupture, or incifion, in their fluff.
Obferve if any hollow or Jaivks be in the

flrong tarpawling coats.

AVCHTER.

whole

daw,

workmen

Not in vain th'induftrious kind

dauby wax and flow'rs the chinks have lin'd.

ith

pafs
nought. Davit*.
his throat
difplaying, draws
alterably of his fdlow davit.
Waller.

loud

DAWK.

Swift

An

[from daub.}

c
Some
the gall'd
ropes with dauby
Or fear-cloth marts with

Btntley.

Da

The

to

length.

all

flatterer.
n.

wear

my heart upon my fleeve,

peck it.
SkaJtefpeare's Olbtlb.
if death do
quench us quite, we have great wrongIbatrfniu, and tree,, and rocks mould laft
folong,
When we muft in an inftant
to

for any
thing artful.
She works by charms,
by fpdls ; and fuch daubry
is
beyond our ekment.
as^this
Sbakefpeare.
DA'UBY. adj. [from daub.] Vifcous;
glutinous ; adhefive.

'Tis all one, in refpeft of eternal duration

yet
behind, whether we begin the world fo
many millions of ages ago, or date from the late era
of about
fix thoufand years.

To

I will

For ,,Wj

lign-polt duubtr would difdain to paint

one-eyed hero on his elephant.
Dryden.

word

and quinces in the

in the

Bavarian dialed,
having the tame
The name of a bird.
fignification.]
Menedulu.

DA'UBRY.

nurfe.
call for dates

Sbakeffeare,

n.f. [from daub.}

that daubs.

treacherous tapiler,
Thomas,
Hangs a new angel two doors from us,
As fine as dauber, hands can make it.

3.

They

n.f. [fuppofed by Skinner fo named

from his note ; by Junius to be
corrupt,
ed from dawl the German
tul, ad dot

The

MHt<,r

The

DAW.

coarfe low
painter.

The

Hold, take thefe keys, and fetch more fpices

is

raife,

tree.

yet I muft.

n.f. [from tfmttfrfi.l

Fearleflhefs.

'

Pope.

Denbam.

in righteoufnefs.

DA'UNTLESINESS.

they called his piflure, had been drawn

length by the dauber, of almoft all nations, and
ft.ll unlike him.
Parts of different
fpecies jumbled together, according tp the mad imagination of the dauber, tt
caufe laughter.
,

the conflagrant
mafs, purg'd and refin'd,
heav'ns, new earth, ages of endlels date,

Founded

play the hyprocite

What

its

friend,

not

c.,.

To

at

Could the declining of

New

receives

And monuments, like men, fubmit

Duration ; continuance.
Our

One

2.

date

5.

And

Dryden.

<

it will

flatter.

DAUBER,

they fay, are void.

fteel

DAY

be furf,

thii fenfe is not in uie.

I cannot daub it further

me

concluiion.
What time would (pare, from

may

My

he

for,

<v.n.

His days a 1 times are

paft,
on his trailed d.i?n

And my

4.

daub nor

be done.

ftall

And

his cf.nftlencs

in the

diffufe a daion

foul.

of

Pope.

their guiltlefs
paflion was,

da-wn of time informed the heart

innocence and
undiffrmbling truth.

DAY.

Thanh*.

n. f.

[ba: S ,

Saxon.]

The time between the

rifing and fetting of the fun, called the artificial day.

i.

Why

ftand ye here nli the

day idle ? Matthew.
night impatient, we demand the
day ;
The day arrives, then for the
night we pray :
he night and
day fucc<-ffive come and go,
Ourlaiting pains no interruption know. Bltckmon.

Ot

Cafual difcourfe draws

on, which intermits
Our Jay's work.
Milto
z. The time from
noon to noon, or from

midnight to midnight, called the natural

day.

How

DAY
How many hoars bring about the day,
How many days will finilh up the year.

>AYLA'BOURER.. n.f. [from

One that works by the day.

Sbakeffeare's Ma;l>etb.
gain the timely inn.
th: fields did rumble lightning play,
Which offer' J us by fits, and fnatch'd the day :
*Midft this was heard the (hrill and tender cry
Of wcll-pleas'd ghorb, which in the dorm did fly.

Around

Drydtn.

Yet are we able only to furvey

Dawnings of beams, and promifes of day. Prior.
and diftinguifhed
4. Any time fpecified
from other time ; an age ; the time. In
this fenfe it is generally plural.
After him reigned Guthclinc his heir,
The judeft man and trueft in hi* days. Fairy S^.
I thiiilc, in thtfe days, one honed man is obliged
to acquaint another who arc h':i friends.
Pofe.
have, at this time of day, better and more
certain means of information than they had.

We

in this fenfe

it is

commonly

days broke

plu-

'word

his

in his ivhale life.

He was never at a lofs in his dtys for a frequent
Carte's Life of Ormonde.
anfwcr.

that

is,

The day of

6.

conteft

the conteit

the

battle.
His name ftruck fear, his conduft won the Jay;
He came, he faw, he feiz'd the ftruggling prey.
Rofcoinmon.

The noble thanes do bravely in the war j

The day almoft itfelf profefies yours,
And little is to do.
Sbjktfptare's Macbeth.
Would you
If,

th' advantage of the fight delay,

driking fird, you were to win the day ? Dryd.

An

7.

Or
Deny

my

8.

for

day appointed

Dryd.

fome commemora-

tion.

The

field

of Agincourt

Fought on tbc day of Crifpin Crifpianus.

9.

From day to day

continuance.

Sbakeff.

without certainty or

Bavaria hath been taught, that merit and fervicc doth oblige the Spaniard but from day to day.

Bacon

TO-DAY.

monly but

On

this day.
In-day, it ye will hear his voice, harden no
Pfalms
your hearts.
The pad is all by death pofTed,

of courage.

a fmall pittance

By

And

(halt

fleft, recovered the haven, to the joy of the beKnolles.

fiegcd Chridians.
He ftands in daylight, and difdains to hide

An

acV, to which by honour he is tied.

Dryden.
Will you murder a man in plain daylight ?
Dryden.
Though rough bears in covert feek defence,
White faxes (lay, with feeming innocence ;
That craft)' kind with daylight caa diipenle.

Dryden.
If bodies be illuminated by the ordinary prifwill appear neither of their
daylight colours, nor of the colour of the
light call oil them, but of fame middle colour between both.
Newton's Ofticks.

matick colours, they

own

umpire. Ainfivorth.

rather, furety.
For what

gown
1

having come, down from

have

left

daybto

Olivia deeping.
Sbakejfeare'i Twelfth

Nigb

n.f. [from day and book.] A

tradefman's journal ; a book in whic
all the occurrences of the day are fe

DA'YBOOK.

down.

DA'YBHEAK.
dawm the

n.f. [d,y and break]

Th

firil
;
appearance of light.
wauh d the earty glories of her eyes,
As men for daybreak watch the Eaftern (kies,
1

n.f. [day and labour.] La

hour by the day ; labour divided int

DAYLA'BOUR.
daily talks.

D'jth Goil exafl daylabiur, light denied,

) fordiv

'
Milton
Hr W34 but an hard and a Jry kind o

:>lk

2.

of the day ; the dawn

pearance of light.

the

To DA'ZZLE. v.
with light

Dazzle mine

meant

f.

The

firil

day and flar.

to

ap-

The

her

fair,

and

free,

blood, and yet more good than great

I meant the
davjlar fliould not brighter rife,
Nor lend like influence from his lucent feat.

An
much

They

Sunk though he be beneath

the wat'ry floor

finks the day-far in the ocean bed,

And yet anon repairs his drooping head.

looking againil the fun would

Kacan.
I dare not trud thefe
eyes ;
dance in mifts, and dazzle with iurprize.

n.f. [diaconus, Latin.]

the loweft of the three orders

mud

the&ttaubi grave. z77m. iii.?.

conftitutions that the apoftles made concerning deacons and widows, are very fmporlunely
urged.

Bp. Sandirjon.

[In Scotland.] An overfeer of the poor.

3. And alfo the mailer of an incorporated
2.

male

Milton

fitteth in

in the vineyard of thy lord,

Ere prime thou haft th' impufed dayivcrk i-

overpower with

bpzs, Saxon.

light

fe-

[from deacon.]

The

ofice or dignity of a

deacon.
1.

adj. [beab, Saxon ; dood, Dutch.]

Deprived of life exanimated.
The queen, my lord, is dead :
;

She

have died hereafter.

fliould

brute or a

Sbakeffeare's Macbrtb.
are anothcr'thing when they

man

are alive, from what they arc when dead.

She either from her hopclefs lover fled,

Or with
2.

Hale.

him dcjd. Dryden.

the caufe of death.

d'rfdainfnl glances (hot

With of before
This Indian

told

courfe, the crew,

3.

Without
All,

True labour

)/

church.

all

them,

ti-.iit,

mid;iking their

except lumfelf, were dead of

Work

n.f. [day and ivorJt.]

;
daylabour.

impofed by the day

a.

[from deacon.]

DEAD.

a watch-tower

ants never brought out their corn but i.i the

night when the moon did (hinc, and kept it unde
ground in the daytime.

ESS. n.f.

officer in the ancient

DE'ACON RY.
DE'ACONSHIP.

My

all

life; inanimate.
but truth, drops </tW-born from th*

prefs,

r.~.

Lik: the lad gazette, or

"To

to ftrikc with

too ftrong lullre ; to hinder the aft o

feeing by too much light fuddenly introduced..

Sbakeffeare.
eyes dazzle, info-

The

and flicth mod by night; (he minglrth thing

done with things not done, and is a terror to grea
cities.
Bacon

-v.

makech the

overlight

thy fight is young,

begins to dazzle.

as perpetual

Like wife

to night.

DAZE.

me ;

when mine

of the clergy.

The
[day and time.]
time in which there is light : oppofec

To

(hall read

One of

1.

n.f.

Fame

DE'ACON.

So

DA'YWORK.

or dj 1 fee three funs

boy, and go with

Come,

And you

DE'ACON

and wife,

Of greated

In the daytime

company.

make

DA'YTIME.

eyes

be overpowered
power of fight.
Sbakeffeart,

ilar.

morning
I

n.

To

a.

to lofe the

caufc blindnefs.

So all ere dayffring, under confcious night,

Secret they lini'fn'd, and in order let.
Milt on,
The breath of heav'n frcfli-blowing, pure and
fwcct,
With dayffring born, here leave me to refpire.
Milton.

DA'YSTAR.

clearly fee ?
Da-viet.

only to eclipfe their beauty.

Pope.
Ah, friend to dazzle let the vain dcfign \
To raife the thought, or touch the heart, be thine.

Perhaps

n.f. [day anOifpring.]

rife

now

Miltcnl
Infufferably bright.
The places that have either (billing fentiments
or manners, have nr> occafion for them : a daz
xiing exprcilion rather damages them, and frrves

Fairy Qiteen.

they dazzled are,

ftrike or furprife with fplendour.

Thofe heavenly (napes
Will daxxle now this earthly with their blaze

art thou,
to prolong

a. [See DAZE.]
overpower with light; to hinder

To

To

thyfelf his dayfman,

vengeance prcd

DA'ZZLE. v.

That now

)AY-LILY. n.f. The fame with ASPHODEL, which fee.

)A'YSMAN. n.f. [day and man.] An old
for

we can,

Shtkeffeare's Cymhclute*

by fuddcn luftre.
Fears ufeto be reprefented in fuch an imaginary
fafliion, as they rather dazx.lt men's eyes th.m
Ba.o*.
open them.
How is it that fome wits are interrupted,

fairy Qticat.

word

a grave.

riot

the aftion of the fight

this the drooping daylight "gan to fade,

room to fad fucceeding night.

buy this dear,

If ever I thy face by dayligtt fc.
N-nv go thy way.
Shata/feare.
They, by daylight pafiing through the Turki

Fenton

DA'YBED. ._/! [day and bed.] A bed ufei

for idlenefs and luxury in the day-time.
Calling my officers about me, in my branchd
where

And make him

Ben Jonfon

frugal fate, that guards the reft,

By giving, bids us live to-day.

Let us

yield his

Thou

See DAISY.]

adj. [rather dafled.

Find out the prettied daxied

n.f. \day and light.] The

To
light of the day, as oppofed to that of
1.
the moon, or a taper.

And

velvet

Locke,

Fairfax.

Belprinkled with daifies.

DA'YLIGHT.

DA'YSPRINC.

their hands, and then refufc to pay,

I mufl with patience all the terms attend.

DA'ZIED.

Milton.
ten daylatcurcrs could not end.
The daylabairir, in a country vilbge, has com-

The

debtors do not keep their day,

eye.

Poor human kind, all i/azVin open day,

Err after blifs, and blindly mif their way. D-yJ.

That

That mak'd

appointed or fixed time.

if

daylabour.]

In one night, ere glimpfe of morn,

His (hadowy flail hath threlh'd the corn

To

ral, fie ne-vcr in his

They finote the glittering armies, as they fUnd*

With quivering beams, which dax'd the wond'rin^

that could get in efUte with

South.

two or three drakes of hii pen.

Let us walk honedly, as in the day ; not in riotRomans.

ing and drunkennefs.
Th well yet glimmers with fome (freaks of di'y :
Now fpurs the lated traveller apace,

5. Life

man

livelihood to

Light; funfhine.

3.

D E A

D A Z

like the lad addrefs.

Pope.
fenlelefs ; motionlefs.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the cRariot and linrfe are cad into a </> ad
deep.
Pfalms.
Anointing of the forehead, ncclc, feet, and

4. Imitating death

backbone, we

know

is

fed

for procuring

JuJ

Jl.i

deeps.

5.

i.

Unadivc;

D E A

D E A

Time in which there is re

n. f.
markable ftillnefs or gloom ; as at mid
winter and midnight.

4. It is fometimes ufed in a ludicron*

fenfe, only to enforce the fignifkauon

D E A
5.

DEAO.

Unaftive ; motionlefs.
The tin foid fometimes higher,

snd fometimes
and abundance,
lower, according to the quick vent
Careiu.
orthe<Wfale"and f.arcity.
Nay, there's a tii..; when e'en the rolling year
Seems to ftand ftill diadems are in the ocean,

is

then,

life, to

hope

for the favours

6.

Empty

To

carries the

This colour often

mind away

yea,
feemeth to the eye
;

and it
it deceiveth the fenfe
a ihorter diftance of way, if it be all dead and continued, than if H' have trees or buildings, or any
other marks whereby the eye may divide it. Bacon.
but a blank remains, a dead void fpace,
;

Nought

A ftep of

that promis'd fuch a race.

life,

Dryden.

To DEAD.
-T-

lo
1

8. Dull

ufelefs

by him.

gloomy

fitting,

what deadens the

curing fleep.

To make

2.

dull; not fprightly

ufed of

'

vous

frigid;

animated;

Make

affefting.

How

cold and dead does a prayer appear, that is

compofed in the moft elegant forms of fpcech,

when

it is

lefs

To

Addijon.
:

ufed of

is

left

ditches.

The

Hate of fpiritual
17. [In theology.]
death; lying under the power of fin.
You hath he quickened, who were dead in trefpaflis and fins.
?"/.><

DEAD,

n.f.

Efrhej.

ii.

How the laft

tiumpct wakes

the.

lazy dead.

Smith.

To

at all,

nor

level of a

The

enemies unto the Turks.

dumb

lift ]

HuJitras.

2.

only by conholder.

and

mend my

fpite.
fight.

Svi'ift'.

ought to

deaf is pleading and excufes ;

fliall
purchale out abufes.
Shakefyeare.
that men's ears fliould be

To counfel

deaf, but not to flattery

Sbakrfpeare.
Whilft virtue courts them ; but, alas, in vain
her
kind
from
embracing arms,
Fly
Deaf to her fondeft call, blind to her greateft'
charms.
Rafc,Not fo, for once indnlg'd, they fvveep the main :
to the call, or, hearing, hear in vain.
Deaf
!

Dryden.-

Hope, too long, with vain delufion fed,

Deaf to the rumour of fallacious fame,
Gives to the roll "f death his glorious name. Pope*3.

Deprived of -the power of hearing.

Deaf with

will

tively.

dumb

tears nor prayers

Oh,

No

will be

infinite, are deadly

Kna/les.

irreconcilably

deaf and dumb, and

It has to before the thing that

Nor

gun,

Mortally.

are

be heard,

rtatues, or unbreathing {tunes,

Implacably

fecrets.

Sbakefpearc.
chief defign here intended is to inftruct

To make me deaf,

fnift,

break Pharaoh's arms, and he fliall groan

before him with the groanings of a diadly wounded
2. xxx. 2-f
man.
3.

as"

deaf pillows will difclurge their

While 1 can better hear than fee

Oh, ne'er may fortune mew her

Dryden.
1

deaf.

We

Hope-

Star'd each on other, and look'd deadly pale. Si-;4.

Young Arcite heard, and up he ran with hafte,
And alk'd him why he look'd fo deadly wan ?

2.

is

that prime ill, a talking wife,

Till death ihall bring the kind relief,
muft be patient, or be deaf,
Prkr.
Thus you may flill be young to me,-

Jludibrai,

In a manner refembling the dead.

Like

Dutch.]

With

man.

DE'ADLY. adv.
1.

[<foef,

fequence of their want of hearing.

If any fins afflict our life

will

Mortal ; implacable.
The Numidians, in number

2.

their

fuch

Skakflf>we.
decay more deadly bring,
As a north wir.it biu.is a too forward fpiing;
Give fjrrow vent, and let the flukes go.
Drydtn.

juft difdain,

dead near the great roads.

Add'-.hn.
That the dtad fliall rife and live a^ain, is b"of
and
is
the
reafon,
difcovery
purely a matyond
ter of faith.
Locke.
The fowVmg bard had fung, in nobler lays,

d'.ing

adj.

Wanting the ienfe of hearing.

Come on my right hand, for this ear

Shakefpeart.
Infected minds

adj.

Dry mourning

i.

The dead infpir'd with vital life again.

Dryden.
The ancient Romans generally buried their

1.

[dead and

help itfelf at a dead-lift.

Shot from the deadly

Did murthcr her.

Dead men.

Jove faw from high, with

lee-way ; fo that this reckoning is without any obfervation of the fun, moon,
and ftars, and is to be rectified as often
as any good obfervation can be had.

DEAF.

[from dtad. ]
Deftruftive ; mortal; murderous.
She then on Romej calls, a if that name,

under dead walls and dry

Arbutinzt.

15. Without the natural force or efficacy:

as, a deadyfr*.
16. Without the power of vegetation
as,
a dead tough.

have no power

DE'ADLY.
1.

liquors.

dejd

FT. n.f. [dead and

exigence.

And

14. Uninhabited.

Somewhat

the log, by knowing the courfe they

have fleered by the compafs, and by
rectifying all with allowance for drift or

others

DEAD-LI

not heightened by folemnity of phrafe

from the facrcd writings.

13. Taftelefs ; vapid; fpiritlefs

up

f'.^mc fierce

by keeping an account of her way by

is,

They
They kill, without regard of mothers,
Or wives, or children, fo they can

not

fame

the

n.f. [A fea term.]

eftimation or conjecture which the
feamen make of the place where a fhip

Sfenj'er.

how many

weed

That

never care

n.f.

DEAD-RECKONING,

dear lord, your dead-doing hand,

loud he cried, I am your humble thrall.

Hold,

Then

'.'.

iz. Dull;

lofs of fpirit.
;
Deadntfs or flatnels in cyder is often occafioned
by the too free admifiion of air into the veflels.

with archangel.

feufation of the brain, by projirtuibxtt on Diet.

vapid, orfpiritlefs.

Mei timtr.

fleep to deaden or abate.

participial adj.

powers; languor

Vapidnefs of liquors

DE'ADNETTLE.

Deftruftive ; killing ; mifchiehaving the power to make dead.

do. ]

of about two inches in diameter

at the bottom, which was fupported in the midrt
f the cavity of the receiver by a bent itick, in
which when it was clofed up, the bell feemed to
found more dead than it did when juft before
founded in the open air.
Boyle.
bell

not

3.

Bacon.
and

beer and the wine, as well within water as

above, have not been palled or deeded at all. Sjccn.

DEAD-DOING,

vital

inactivity of the fpirits.

Your gloomy eyes betray a deadnefs,
And inward languishing. Dryden and Lee's Oidipu:.
;

tenfe,

The

Dryden.

took a

tympanum be

Weaknefs of the
faintnefs

Anodynes are fuch things as relax the tcnfiun

of the affected nervous fibres, or deftroy the particular acrimony which occafions the pain ; or

Hay-ward.

whole.

We

z.

of force or fen-

Sfeffatar.

though I alter not the

draught, I muft touch the fame features over
of the
again, and change the dead colouring
;

'

T-\

n.f. [from dead.}

Frigidity; want of warmth; want of
ardour ; want of afteftion.

His grace removes the detect of inclination, by

taking off our natural deadncft and difafredtion
towards them.
R:gers.

DE ADEN. Jf *y. a.
To deprive of any kind

not in the power of

until they might

the dead darlcncfs of the
_

11. Obtufe
founds.

I.

their force by degrees.

Burna's 1'bary,
Our dreams aie great inftances of that activity
which is natural to the human foul, and which is

Having no refemblance of life.

fccond

DE'ADNESS.

out of the fire, deadetb

Saati'i Natural Hiftorj.

This motion would be quickly deadened by

countermotions.
Glan-u'illc'iSuffn Sdentifca.
Vie will not oppofe any thing to them that is
hard and Ilubtorn, but by a loft anfwer deaden

Addifr.

l'

Holder.

9. Still ; obfcure.
Their flight was only deferred

At

lofe

hard ilretchcd, otherwife the laxnefs of that membrane will certainly iL-jd and damp the found.

is

night.

is

It is requisite that the

fomething unfpeakabiy chearful in a

which is covered with trees, that
fpot of ground
imilcs amidlt all the rigours of winter, and gives
us a view of the moft gay feafon in the mid It of
that which is the moft dead and melancholy.

10.

it

not probable*

Addifin.

unemployed.

cover their diforders by

To

That the found may be extinguished or dialled

by difcharging the pent air, before it Cometh to
the mouth of the piece, and to the open air, is

Travelling <rver Amanus, then covered with

the dead winter to Aleppo.
deep fnow, the) came in

There

deadly weaty.
Orrery.
John. had got an impreflion, that Lewis was
a
that
hs
to
venwas afraid
deadly cunning
man,
ture himfelf alone with him.
Arbulknu.
v

fa tion.

Perfuade a prince that he is irrefiftible, and he

will take care not to !et fo glorious an attribute lie

dead and

f. n. [from the noun.]

Iron, as foon as
ftraitwavs.

Ban*.

rent.

DEAD.

Though

men and

force, of whatever kind.

7. Ufelefs ; unprofitable.
The commodities of the kingdom they took,
hands for want of
lay dead, upon their

though they

the

their dogs were all faliafieep.

L'EJirange.
At length, in dead of night, the gholt appears
Of her unhappy lord.
Dryden.

Locki.

all.

vacant.

when

In the Je.iJ of the night,

They cannot

time lying
is to do nothing at

Mettled fchoolboys, fet to cuff,

Will not confel's that they have done enoujh,

Soul I.:

not a breath difturbs the droufy main. Lee.

bear the dead weight of unemployed
it
upon their hands, nor the uncafinefs

When

of a word.

of mercy
to expeft an harveft in the dead of winter.

After this

deitruc-

4.

the noifc,

tookmyhafly

flight:

mortal courage can fupport the flight.

Drjd^n,-

Obfcurely heard.
Nor lilence is within,
But

\\ nivt

Or

nor voice exprcf;,

of founds that never ceale
like
the hollow roar
chiding

a /{cafno'ifc

tidtf receding

from

th' in.fultcd flioaj.

Dryden*
'I he

I have \fa found, that a piees ofjeat, far thicker

than one would eafily imagine, being purpofely
betwixt my eye, placed in a room, and

r*ft were feit'd with fullen difcantent,

a deaf murmur through the fquadrons went.

TTie

And

Ta DE A.F.

a.

<v.

To

Dry den.
deprive of the power

Snterpofed
the clearer daylight,

Know how

to hear, there

failors
*s

none

and

if they

know what

fwarm of

And,

to

Donne.

fay.

flutt'ring

To DEAL. v.
1

To

their aerial lhapes appears,

round his temples, dtafi his ears.

But

To

ledge

Want of

n.f. [from deaf.]

the power of hearing

dumb

Thofc who are deaf and dumb,

by
Udder,
eonfequence from their dcafnejs.
The Dunciad had never been writ, but at his
he been able
requeft, and for his deaj'neft ; for, had
to converfe with me, do you think 1 had amufed
1'cfe.
my time fo ill ?
are

a drafntfs, that

were

To

3.

K- : "g Charles.

DEAL.

great deal of that which had been,

to be removed out of the church.

2.

The

To

4.

Honker.

letter

or a deal with-

To

2.

When men's afteflions do frame their opinions,

they are in defence of errour more earneft, a great
deal, than, for the mod part, found believers in
the maintenance of truth, apprehending according
to the nature of that evidence which fcripture

To

3.

is,

weep with them that weep, doth eafe fome

4.

deal;
But forrow flouted at is double death.
Sbaleff.
What a deal of cold bufmefs doth a man mi fpend

In (entering complithe better part of life in

Ktn Jonfon,
ments, and tendering vifits.
The charge fome deal thee haply honour may,
That noble DudonehaJ while here he liv'd.
!

Poflibly fome never fo much

eftate ;
fafety of their fpiritual

Fairfax.
as doubted ot the

and, if fo, they

have fo much the more reafon, a great deal, to
South.
doubt of it.
The author, who knew that fuch a defign as
this could not be carried on without a great deal of
artifice and fophiftry, hai puzzled and perplexed
his caufe.
\
Mdijon.
The art or
the verb to Jeal.]

[From

praftice

can the mufe her aid impart,

Unflcill'd in all the terms of art

aft in

Foes to

my

Are they
5.

./. [from deal.'}

that has to do with any thing.
I find it common with thefe frmll dealers in wit
and learning, to give themfclvcs a title from their

One

1.

to inter-

firft

in any tranfac-

he will deal clearly nni imhe will acknowledge all this to

3.

1.

To
To DEAL by.
This feems a vitious

treat

well or

To

DEAL

To

in.

be engaged

ill.

Suiters are fo

princ

.'

Or in harmonious numbers put

The deal, the (huffle, and the cut ?
Swift
or the wood
4. [deyl, Dutch.] Fir-wood,
of pines.

2.

who

deal in political
matters.
jidaihn.
True logick is not that noify thing tin;
all in
to
which
former
the
ages had dedifpute,
H'atti't Loghk.
bafcd it,

teach

ur.

them

to fufpeft

Sbakejj,erf.

was neither one pore's fault, nm n: e

deftiny : In muft write a (t&ry of the em-

means

to tell of all their

rf.,.'i',

Bjj in this

Raleigh.

Intercourfe.
were to be wi(hed, that men would promote
the happinefs of one another, in all their private
lie within their indealings, among thofe who

difplcafure than thofc

11','

thefe are

kind.

It

fluence.

3.

j)dd[!r,n.

Meafurc of treatment
one treats another.

mode

in

which

'

with men, are the aids

ilings
and auxiliaries neceHVy to us in the furl'uit of
HomrKntl,
piety.

more

deal.~\

this

''s

pire, that

to

a poor man in his caufe. j which is a popular way

of preventing juftice, that fome men havthough without that fuccef* which they
to themfelves.
jit'Among authors, none draw upon themfelves

[from

aftion.

heaven.

But

that plain-dealing, in denying to deal in fuits at

firft, is grown not only honourable, but alfo graBaccn.
cious.
The Scripture forbids even the counten.

deals the cards.

What

ufe.

have to do with;

who
it./,

Whofc owii hanl d.-atingi

The thoughts of others.

to pradlife.
diftafted with delays and abufes,

in

perfon

Praftice

in

Such an one dials not fairly by his own mind,

nor conduces his own underftanding aright. Locke.
6.

Concerning the dealings of men, who adm'nifter

government, and unto whom the execution or' that
law belongeth, they have their judge, who fitteth

1'ilhtjon.

Two deep enemies,

and my fwect deep's difturbcrs,
would have, thee deal upon. Sbak.

Swift.

trader or trafficker.

DE'AI.ING.

any manner.

reft,

that

ill

adventure.

Where fraud is permitted and connived at, the

honeft dealer is always undone, am! the knave gets
Gulliver** travels,
the advantage.

of dealing cards.

How

if

partially, but that

be true.

To

DE'ALER.

deals between man

credit with both, by pretending
Bacan.
than he bath in cither.

behave well or

Latin.]

[deal'to,

own

tion.
I doubt not,

indeed, (tore of matters, fitter and

better a great deal for teachers to fpend time and
Honker.
labour in.

There

his

a.

All feed is white in viviparous animals, and

fuch as have preparing veflels, wherein it receives
Bio'iuns Vulgar Errours,
a manifold dealoatisn.

2.

greater intcrell

-v.

to bleach.

and man,

Sometimes he that
raife'.h

Hooker.

yieldeth.

3.

between two perfons

whi:en

rendering things white which were not

a word in little ufe.
fo before

Bacon.

vene.

Ilayioard,

DEALBA'TION. n.f. \dealbatlo, Latin.]

The aft of bleaching or whitening

is

aft

pjiiion

to remain in the
govern the people, cafy to be dealt

to

DEA'LBATE.
To

by fpeech than by
himfelf, than by the media-

With the fond maids in palmiftry he deals,

They tell the fecret which he firft reveals. Prur.

tuous.

To

man

to drive a wholefale trade, when all other

petty merchants deal but for parcels. Dec. of Piety.
They buy and fell, they deal and trafrick. Soutt.

This

its

either fay, a great deal,

out an adjeftive ; but this is commonly,
if not always, ludicrous or contemp-

to tranfaft bufmefs; to

tion of a third.

meaning; z.s,fome deal, in

fome degree, to fome amount we now
to limit

and by a

with.

k&aw what

It is generally better to deal

It
degree of more or lefs.
was formerly joined with different words,

Quantity

(hould

Then you upbraid me ; I am p!eas'd to lee

You 're not fo perfect, but can fail like me
I have no God to deal with.
Drydeg,

To

traffick;
trade.

was now

whilil they (land in fear.

ti'itb

DryJcn.

nightly mallet rfw/irefounding blows. Gay.

<v.

me,

Gentlemen were commanded

diftribute the cards.

To

1.

If (he hated
deal ivitb.

the feather'd deaths

dfalt.

To contend

To DEAL with.

give gradually, or one after an-

To DEAL.

n.f. \dtel, Dutch.]

Part.

1.

country.
8.

country,

other.
no declaration from

the bifhops could take place.

Fife.
Kcficft on the merits of the caufe, as well as of
the men, who have been thus dealt -with by their

fcatter ; to throw about.

Keep me from the vengeance of thy darts,
Which Niobe's devoted ilTue felt,

When hiding through the flues

any man-

treat in

ill.

trifles.

men of

the great

To

2.

2. Unwillingnefs to hear.
found fuch

jiddifsn.

sJJdif-.n.
publick.
If you deal out great quantities of ftrong liquor
Waits,
to the mob, there will be many drunk.

want

of fenfe of founds.

them accordingly.

antiquity been poflellcd of

the art of printing, they would have made an advantage of it, in dealing out their lectures to the

Had

2. Obfcurely to the ear.

DE'AFNESS.

dealt

is

To

-with.

to ufe well or

other nations.
Tillufor.,
But I will deal the more civilly laitb his two
ill is to be
became
nothing
fpoken of the
poems,
dead.
Drydeti.
You wrote to me with the freedom of a'friend,
me
in
matter
of
the
own
ivitb
my
dealing plainly

Ticket!.

deaf.']

fenfe of founds.

Without

his head he throws,

air his empty blows. Dtyd.

arms around

lifted

How Spain prepares her banners to unfold,

And Rome deals out her blcliings and her gold.

cries.

jlddijua.

Dutch.]

difpofe to different

And dealt in whirling

The bu/ineis of mankind, in this life, being
rather to 3& than to know, their portion of know-

flies,

Dcafen'd and ftunn'd with their promifcuous

to

DryJen.
His

DE'AFLY. adv. [from

a. [deelen,

diftribute

Neither can the Irilh, nor yet the Englifti lords,

think themfelvu wronged, nor hardly dtall with,
to have that which is none of their own giver. t
them.
Sfenjer't Ireland,
Win then (hall guide
His people ? Who defend ? Will they not dial
Worfe toiib his followers, than ivitb him they
Mi/tm.
dealt f
If a man would have his confcience dral clearly
milt him, he mull deal fevercly with that.
Soutb's Sermons,
God did not only exercife this providence to.
but
he
dealt
thus all) ivitb
wards his own people,

tranf.

to the hungry, nd bring the poor

that are caft out to thy hoafc.
Ifaiab, Iviii. 7.
One with a broken truncheon dtali hii blows.

and, exclaiming loud

I or juftice, deafens and ditturbs the crowd.
Drydtn.
From fhouting men, and horns, and dogs, he
Salius enters

ner

perfons.
Dial thy bread

Drydert,

To DE'AFEN. v, a. [from deaf.

deprive of the power of hearing.

was not only fomewhat

DEAL

To

7.

a lovely red.
parent, but appeared quite through
Boyle en Colours.

of hearing.
Hearing hath deaf'J our

D E A

D E A

D E A

4.

Traffick

bufmefs.

iioc~t >r

(bating! in his

mull needs die rich

way

for

many

DEAMBULATION.
Latin.]

The

act

years.

'n.f.

he had great
Swift.

[Jeamiulatio,

of walking abroad.
JD t A M B u -

DEA

D E A
DIA'MBULATORY.

adj. [Jeamlxfo, Lat.'

becaufe he was anciently

fet

Of

Par.:Jife, dearbougbt

know

Ayliffe's Parergon.

alfo applied

is

to divers, that

are

Of

who

are

means to prefer fuch

for that purpofe. Bacon.

beft

fit

DE'ANERY. n.f. [from

1. The office of a dean.

Jean.']

could no longer keep the

chapel-royal.

1.

Put both deans

in

one

And

To

Pope.

feed

on ven'fon when

4. It

it

To

fold fo dtar.

ffeare for Jeer

What

foolilh

fad

hateful

boldnefs brought

1,

to

Whom thou

in terms fo bloody, and fo dtar,

Haft made thine enemies ? Shak.
^welfth N':gtt.
Let us return,
And (train what other means is left unto us
In our dear peril.
Sbakefpcare' s Tinton.

Sime

When

am

Lending me

me

up a-while
known aright, you (hall not grieve
this acquaintance.
Skat. Kt',g Liar.
:

Would I hat) met my dtanft foe in heav'n,

Or ever I had feen tha: day. Sbalefpearc's Hamlet.

Thy

other binilh'J fin, with his dear

Struck pale and M-i

DEAR.

n. f.

<i',-l

figtit

word of endearment;

from thee, dear

kif.

an-1

my

true lip

Hath \',rgin'd it e'er finer. Khatefptare :Ctrio!aiui.

Go, dear ; each minute Uoe new danger bring,
L>r'.Ji-ft.

VaL.I.

need

famine.

5.

Barrennefs

fterility.

The French have

dearth of

plot,

iv.

40.

caught his death the laft county-feflioni,

where he would go to fee juftice done to a
poor

widow woman.
8.

Addifcn.

Deftroyer.
All the endeavours Achilles ufed to meet with
HecJor, and be the death of him, is the intrigue
which comprehends the battle of the la(t day.
Broome's Vina of Epic Poetry.

The

[In poetry.]

9.

inflrument of death.

Deaths invifible come wing'd with fire;

They hear a dreadful noife, and (traight expire.
Diyiicet.

Sounded

The

at once the bow, and

fwiftly flies
feather'd death, and hides thro* the (kies.

Dryden,
Oft, as in airy rings they (kirn the heath,
clam'rous lapwings feel the leaden death.

The

Damnation

[In theology.]
torments.

We

pray that

God

will

wickednefs, from our

bed

to

eternal

keep us from

ghoftly

everlaiHng death.

DE'ATH-BED.

all (in and

enemy, and from

Church Catecbifm.

n.f. [death

man

which a

is

and

ted.]

The

confined by mor-

tal ficknefs.
Sweet foul, take heed, take heed of perjury ;
Thou art on thy death-bed. Sbakefpeare's Othello.
Thy death-bed is no leiTer than the land
Wherein thuu lieft in reputation fick.
Siatcfpeare's Rl'barJ II.
are fuch things as a man mail rtroemtrr
with jny upon his deathbed; fuch as (hall chee*
and warm his heart, even in that laft .nd bitter

Thefe

brought on themfelvcs that

and narrownels of
imagination,

which may be obfcrred

in all their

Te DEARTI'CULATE.
culus, Latin.]

To

i>.

a.

disjoint

plays. Dryden.

[de and artito difmem;

DEATH.

n.f. [beajf, Saxon.]

extinction of life ; the
departure
of the foul from the

The

That
cirried

terrible years dearths

Stfttffurfl Titus Aniirfn'icus.

darling.
I

of God,

i Kings,

Pope.

Pity the dearth that I have pined in,

By longing for that food fo long a time. Sbatefp.
Of every tree that in the
garden grows,
Eat freely with
glad heart; fear here no dearth.
Milton.

dtar caule

Will in concealment wrap

Want

O thou man

He

10.

of corn,
and every place is (trewed with
beggars; but
dearths are common in better
climates, and our
evils here lie much
deeper.
Swift.
'

cried out, and faid,

death in the pot.

n.f. [from dear.]

Scarcity which makes food dear.

There have been

their

is

from the

In times of
dearth, it drained much coin out of
the kingdom, to furnim us with corn
from foreign
arts
P
Bacon.

grievous.

thee

They

fcorching ray,
voice, that dearn!y cried
piercing (krieks.
Sfenfcr.

DEARTH,

Pipe.

mercies,

pafs, for fuccour

heard a rueful

They
With

Caufe of death.
there

high price.

[beorm, Sax.] Secretly

Obfolete.
privately; unfeen.
At laft, as chanc'd them by a loreft fide

not plentiful
as, a dear year.
feemsto be fometimes ufed in Shake-

Scarce

Landlords prohibit tenants from

plowing, which
in the
dearnefs of corn.
Swift.
IE'A R NLY. adv.

brother Glo'fter hates you.

no, he loves me, and he holds me dtar,

To

Scarcity

Sacsling.
life un-

lawfully.

7.

love.

free

it is

As in manifefting the fweet influence of Li,

mercy, on the feverc ftroke of hisjuftice; fo in
this, not to (lifter a man of death to live.
Bacon.

Smth.

2.

The

3.

of friendihip between them two.

Ba^ti:.
He who hates his cighbour mortally, and
wifely
mult
too,
profefs all the dtarnefs and friendfliip,
with readinefs to ferve him.

adj. [beop, Saxon.]

Valuable
of a high price ; coftly.
What made directors cheat the South-fca year ?

When

nefs

Your

a.

Fondnefs; kindnefs

'tis but to fee

of death's head 'twill be,

From that frefh upper (kin,

The gazer's joy, and fin.
6. Murder ; the aft of
deftroying

[byj/man, Sax. to hide.]

is^feen

Shakefpeare.
dtar, dearmmt (he bathes in flowing tears,
o'er
the
tomb.
Hangs
Addij'an'iO-vid.
And the lair, joy was dcartr than the reft.

Shakcfpeate.
If I gaze now,

What manner

Dryden.
<u. a.

The whole fenate dedicated an altar to Fricnd(hip, as to a goddefs, in rcipeil of the great dear-

Beloved; favourite; darling:

~Oh,

DEAR N.

by

repreiented

had rather be married to a death's head, with

a bone in his mouth, tha:t to either of thcfc.

Shakefpeare.

Take

1.

(till

buys his miftrefs dearly with his throne.

Slateff.

Dryden.
dote on j

as in a death.

a Ikeleton.

bought dearly

on Tyber born.

lie,

dying.

The image of mortality

brother holds you well, and in

dearaefs of
heart hath holp to eft'eft
your enfuing marriage.

deanery, and difpatch

DEAR.

The manner of

(halt die the deaths of them that are (lain

in the midft of the lea-;.
Eiutiel, xxviii. 8.

My

houte of a dean.

The

him

In f\vini(h deep

Bacon.

father dotes, and let

"

Drydcr:.

of the dead.

Thou

To mend clothes. See DARN.

D/ARNESS. a /. [from dear.]

much

her by the hand, away with her to the

it
quickly.
Sbakefpcare,
DE'ANSHIP. n. f. [from dean. ]
office and rank of a dean.

alfo

ftate

Their drenched natures

4.

bleft.

for faith forfworn

corps, and fwords, and (hiclds,

My

He

trouble,

3.

rarely

The

3.

dearly,

price.
bought, and then

his laft

How

through her bounty

enough with fuch a fine.

Turnus (tall dearly pay

In dead of the deans nv.ike the

deanery double. Staift.

The

is

his ails reveal,

moment of his viral breath,

did you darij

trade and trafficfc with Macbeth,
In riddles and affairs of death ?
Sbatefpeare.

[from dear.]

At an high

firft

come.

muft

To

Rifcommcr.

Sfejifer

aif-v.

the

will

hour of unrepenting death.

2.
Mortality; deftruftion.

great fondnefs.
For the unqueftionable virtues of her
perfon and
mind, he loved her
Wottan.
It

deanery of the
Clarendon.

or, if that's too

dearllngs,

With

2.

The revenue of a dean.

2.

From

To

coft,
loft.

1.

He

Venus'

DE ARLV.

peculiar churches or chapels ; as

king's chapel, the dean of the

Ufe your

to thofe plates

Jlfu

n.f. [now written darling.]

Favourite.
They do feed on neftar, heavenly wife,
With Hercules and Hebe, and the reft

of St. George's chapel at Windof Bocking in Eflei.

Cyvitll.
The dean and canons, or prebends, of cathedral
churches, were of great ufc in the church ; they
were not only to be of counfel ^ith the bilhop for
his revenue, but chiefly for government in caufes
ecclefiaiiicai.

ranfom

my

dearbougbt foul be

DEARLING.

tion.

word

my

let

with lading woe.

it

Sbakefpeare's JtiKut Ctffar.

He

bleflings happen ev'ry day,

not for what things to pray

Forget not what

Nor

letters patent,

Thi

Will come when

fleeting joys

Such dearbougbt

by a (horter courfe, inftalled by virtue of th* king's

without either election or confirma-

Drydcn

[dear and tough t.

adj.

over ten canons or

As there are two foundations of cathedra!

churches in England, the old and the new (the
new are thofe which Henry VIII. upon fuppreflion
of abbeys transformed from abbot or prior, and
convent, to dean and chapter) fo there are two
means of creating thefe deans ; for thofe of the old
foundation are brought to their dignity much like
bifliops, the king fi.ft fending out his ctngt d'elire
to the chapter, the chapter then chufing and the
bilhop confirming them, and giving his mandate
to inftal rherru Thofe or* the new foundation are,

They fjjr there is divinity in odd numbers,

either in nativity or death.
Shakefpeare.
Death, a necc-rtary end,

dear,

Purchafed at an high price.

Becaufe we

chief of certain
the dean of the
Arches, the dea*
for, and the dean

my

lavim nature has adorn'd the

year.

DE'ARBOUGHT.

feme cathedral church.

leaft in

prebendaries at

See,

How

Relating to the practice of walking a

broad.
DEAN. n.f. [Jtc^/ius, Latin ; doyen, Fr."
From the Greek word Jixaj in English, ten^

DEA

body.

He is tlie mediator of the New Teftament, that

by mean? ofdiatb, for the redemption of the tranfgrcflions, they which arc called
promifcuf ef.rnal inheritance.

might receive the

II, b, ix,

15.

South': Sermons.
death-led ev'ry friend (hould
run,
And joy us of our conqucft early won. Dryd. Fat.
dcalh-kid figure is
certainly the molt humbling light in the world. Collier on the fa.'ue of L:fe.
death-lied repentance
ought not indeed to lieit is the laft
thing that we rj,i

agony.

Then round our

negieacd^becaufe

Fame

can never

make

us

on a death-lied.

DE'ATHFUL.

lie

down coMcme.iIy
Pofr.

adj. [death and full.]

FUJI

of Slaughter; deftrudivc; murdcron

3P

Hot

troelty was fuch, at you would fpare his

Sidiuy.
(hade o/ whole
all things wither, hath wafted that li\i!\

Yonr

many dtetlful torments.

Time itfelf, undo the Jeatbful

life for

wings

virtue of nature in

man, and beads, and

plants.

Raleifb.

ife,

Ruin, dcilrucJion at the utmolt point.

Thefe eyes behold
The dcatbful Icene ; princes on princes

Aiiltcrt.

To DEBA'TE.

able dcfircs.

1.

tal

1.

To

fuality debaje

angels and

As much

DE'ATHLIKE.

[death and

adj.

fembling death

tionlefs; placid;

It

A deathlike (le^p

A deatHike

n. f.
[death and man.]
Executioner ; hangman ; headfman ; he
that executes the fentence of death.
He 's dead ; I 'm only forry

DE'ATHSMAN.

An

infeft that

D E B A'S E M E N T.

The

folemn deatbwatcb click'd the hour (he

died.

He that
n.f. [from delufe.]
he that adulterates ; he that
degrades another ; he that fink< the
value of things, or deilroys the dignity
of perfons.

Mifers are muckworms, filkworms beaus,

And dcatbiuatcbo phyficians.
Pope.
-v. a. [dcauro,
Latin.]

To DEA'URATE.

To

DEBACCH A'TION.

To DEBA'R. v.

a.

to

To

2.

We

The fame

boats and the fame buildings are

found in countries debarred from all commerce by

unpayable mountains, lake:, and deferts.

Raleigb'l EJajs.

to their

ufi:, to

ordinarily

fo.-ce

This

is

it

to counfel things that are nnjuft j

king to break his laws, and then

to debauch a

firft,

Drydtn'i Sfanijh Friar*

to feek protection.

To

2.

corrupt with lewdncfs.

hundred knights and (quires,

debaucb'd and bold,
That this our court, infected with their manners,
Shews like a riotous inn. Sbakefpeare'i KingLcar*

Men

No
is

fo diforder'ii, fo

To

3.

corrnpt by intemperance.
man's reafon did ever dictate

reafonable for

him

to

him, that it
intem-

to dtbaticb himfclf by

perance and brutiih fenfuality.

DEB A'UCH.

1.

fit

He

Tilhtjon*

n.f. [from the verb.]

of intemperance.

fome time cuntain himfelf within

the bounds of fubriety ; till within a little wl.iie
he recovers his former Manet, and is well again,
and then his appetite returns.
C.:l^ny.
2.

will for

Luxury
The

excefs

lewdnefs.

phyficians by debauch were made ;

Excefs began, and (loth fun-aim, the trade. Drydeti,
firft

DBBAUCHE'E.
French.

n.

f.

lecher

[
;

from dejbancbe f
a drunkard ; a

man

given to intemperance.
Could we but prevail with the greateft debauctcri

amongltus to change their lives, we Ihould find

no very hard matter to change their judgments.

quarrel

a conteft

it

is

not

now

give fuccefsful end

our doors,

this debate that blecdeth at

our youth lead on to higher fields,

And draw no fwords but what arc fanclified. Sbak.
'Tis thine to ruin realms, o'erturn a ftate ;
will

Betwixt the deareft friends

To DEDA'TE.
controvert

to raife debate.

Drydtn.

a. [debatrc, French.]
to difpute ; to conteft.

<v,

it

Scutb*

othprs

judgments, and

ufed of hoftile con ted.

Now, lords, if heav'n doth

preclude ; to Ihut out from

any thing ; to hinder.
to

DEB

n.f. [from debouch.] One

feduces others to intemperance or
lewdnefs ; a corrupter.
E B A'U c H B R r . n.f. [ from debauch. ] The
praftice of excefs ; intemperance ; lewd-

who

in our enquiries after truth, and not to furniih the

tongue with debate and controverfy. Haiti's Leglfk.

To

men

that

difpu-

DEB A'UCH ER.

opin-on in debate, is to require the adverfary to

admit what they allege as a proof, or to affi^i n
better.
Locke.
It is to diff'ufe a light over the understanding,

ex-

clude

way

fubmit

dtbauched and hardened, before he can arrive to

South,
the height of fin.

n.f. [debacchatio, La-

[from tnr.]

n.f. [from delate.]

a controvertift.

li.:\ii>arj.

DEBATE, n.f. \Jtlat, French.]

a controverfy.
1. A perfonal difpute

deaurate.]

Dtft.
raging ; a madnefs.
fo DEBA'RB. v. a. [from de and barba,
Latin.] To deprive of his beard. Difl.
To DEBA'RK. v. a. [debarqutr, French ]
Diff.
To difembark.

A'UCH. -v. a. [de/baucber, French ;

dtbacchari, Latin.]
To corrupt ; to vitiate.
A man mufl have got his confcience thoroughly

To

that which is, or may be, fubjecl

;
to controverfy.
The. French iTqueite.it, that the debatable ground,
and the Scottilh hofbgcs, might be rclloied to the

tin.]

tant

adj. [from debate."] Difpu-

Scots.

cccafioning

fhould the bearers put to fudden death.

Sbakffpearc*

DEBA'TER.

table

Di3.

gild, or cover with gold.

DEB A'TABLE.

learn to prefage approaching death in a family by ravens, and little worms, which we thereWalls.
fore call a dtattnoatcb.

DEAURA'TION. n. f. [from
The aft of gilding.

He

The

n. f.

n.f. [from debate.] Controverfy ; deliberation.

Without ftebaterrunt further, more or lefs,

DEBA'SER.
debafes

Contefted

things.]

Here do you keep

It is a wretched
detaftment of that fprightly faculty, the tongue, thus to be made th interpreter
to a goat or boar.
Government of the Tongue.

Cay.

We

by

tion.

noife

like that of a watch, and is fuperiHtioufly imagined to prognolticate death.

to leflen in value

[from delafe. ]
aft of debafing or degrading ; degrada-

[death and tuatcb.]

makes a tinkling

adulterate

conten-

DEBA'TEMENT.

Aftaifm.

reformed the coin, which was much adulterated and debafed in the times and troubles of
Hale.
king Stephen.
Words fo debas'd and hard, no ftone
Was hard enough to touch them on.
Huditras.

Sbakefpear<:.

n. f.

[Of

He

He

had no other deatbjmaa.

Sbakefpeare.
As death/men you have rid this fweet young

To

Quarrelfome

perfons.]

quarrels.

bafe admixtures.

poor young woman, that had

brought herfelf even to deatb'i-doer with grief for
herfick hulband.
L'Eftratigc.

DE'ATH WATCH,

2.

arguments to make good one Jde

of a queflio.i, and wholly to refute thofe which
favour the other, is fo far from giving truth its
Locke.
due value, that it wholly debafei it.
4.

adj. [from debate.]

tious.

after

Hunting

prince*

God's name in vain, to

with fuch frivolous disputes.

a kind of taking

exprcflion.

of great fanftity, who

with a vomiting.

Ce/mmunjctint
Taylor** ffortby

degrade.

Retraining
impotent by pow'r, Jctas'flby dignity. Dryd.
fink ; to vitiate with meannefs.
3.
He ought to be careful of not letting his fubjeft
'Jrbafe his fljle, and betray him into a meannefs of

Pope.

[death a.n&.docr.] A near

approach to death ; the gates of death,
7~Aai i?. It is now a low phrafe.

There was

[Of

1.

To

DEATH'S-DOOR.

1-jriyfelf knew a perfon

was afflicted to deatb's-door

'/j/.'ir.

DEBA'TEFUL.

Htoker.

and round her throws

(lumber, and a dread repofe.

to

of large poflcflions has not leifure to

confidcr of every flight expence, and will not dehimfelf to the management of every trifle.
baje

fell.

fits,

Made

Crajbaw.

all

Black melancholy

defpicable

mean-

others, yet himfelf not free;

Milton.
A gentle wafting to immortal
that in them dwelr,
On feas, on earth, and
Waller.
A deathlike quiet and deep filcm'e
Fife

to fink into

difpute.

prcfents that great foul Mating upon the

fubjeft of life and death with hit intimate friends.

Drydai.

Why

is

fev'ral fuits

confider'd and debated on. Stakcfftare,

He

A man

hor-

doft thou let thy brave foul lie fuppreft

deathlike (lumbers, w'hi'.e thy dangers crave

waking eye and hand

raife

you

make

to

deliberate.

To

Locke.

diboje religion

ftill ;
gloomy ; mocalm; peacerul ; un-

difturbed ; refembling either the

rours or the quietnels of death.

as

To make mean

Re-

like.]

men

falls.

ncfs

i>. n.

Your

into hearts.

Brtome tm the Odyfiy.

Cher, you deleft gold,
for they are in the condition of two things put in
as much as the one rifes, the other
opj-ofite fcales ;
2.

Clartn^n.

Have been

intended to teach, that pleafure and fen-

[from death.] Immornever-dying; everlafting.

To

2.

Homer

Bcylt.

moment.

11. a.

ftate.

Prtverbi, xxv. g.
could not dilate any thing without
commotion, even when the argument was not of

He

[from baft.]
reduce from a higher to a lower

roll'cf.

Their temples wrejth'd with leaves that (till

renew j
For deatbltfi laurel is the vrflor's due. Dryder.
Faitti and hope themfelves Hall die,
Prhr.
While deatbleft charity remains.

Swift.

DEBA'SE.

adj.

God hath only immortality, though

human fouls be <i.-

In

To

Pofr.

DE'ATHLESS.

Diltti thy eaufc with thy neighbour himfrlf,

and ilifcover Dot a fecrtt to another.

out Lord impot'd

when we nrtJ
RefreAment, whether food, or talk between,
Mittin.
Food of the mind.
us eafy, is employed
Civlity, intended to make
in laying chains and fetters Upon us, ip Marring
\is of our wiihes, and in eroding our moft reafonfo ftriftly hath
to tttkar us

Labour,

^Clood, death, and dtatbful deeds, are in that

DEB

DEB

DEB

To

nefs.

Oppofe vices by their contrary virtues ; hypoby fobcr piety, and debauchery by temperance.

crify

Sfratt.

Thcfe magiflrates, inftead of

leflening

enormi-

ties, occafion juft twice as much dcbaucttry as

there would be without them.
Swift.

DEBA'UCHMENT.
The

aft of

n.f. [from debauch.]

debauching or vitiating ;

corruption.
They told them ancient ftories of the raviihment
of cbaue maidens, or the dtbaui'bment of nations,
or the extreme poverty of learned perfons.
'i

Rule of Living Holy.

DEB
DEBE'L.

fc-

ToDEBE'LLATEI.
It doth notably

To

not

now

La

Rides day and nighr.

in ufe.
all

na

not oniy

tyr-inti,

as

dldft debe!,
.li hi

With

and down

is

obliged to do o

fuffer.

Your

He

lawful,

Him
Thou

but as mericcriou
Bacon's Ihly War
lung of old
from heaven caft

Sivif

That which any one

2.

tions and ages, in the approbation oftheextirp.it

ing and dikiUatir.g of giants, monfters, and foieig

even of divine honour.

DEC

Swift, a thowfand pounds in d.'tf,

Takes horfe, and in a mighty free

conquer

forth the content of

::

[Jeiello,

tin.]

overcome in war

to

DEC

7 f. a-

liv'ci

only

But

man he

like a

DR'B TED.

lord, has paid a foidicr's debt

but till he wa> a man,

my

fon,

died.

fart, [from

clear.

ftebeo.]

writ or note,

to.

from the lees.

To DECA'piTATE.i'.a.

To behead.
To DECA'Y. v.

fiould each

man

And
If

on your fame

defpt r jte debentures

would be

little

left

you,

your debts to Greece and

'm

And

afraid,

Rome

Or

To fume

's

enchanted caiHe

There died

my nofe that bled,

inm:di;i'ile wretch, which without note
many elfe have done.
Sbakeft-eare

And

my

father,

is

to emafculate.

3.

In the lull of the eye, the luft of the flefli, and

the pride of life, they lecmej as weakly to fail .is
their dfb'liitattd
pofterity ever after.

The

Brown's Vulgar Ernurs

being rendered languid, are incapable

fpirits

of purifying the bluod, and dehillnted

nutrtment.

in attracting
on Consumptions.

Harvey

DEBILITA'TION. n.f. [from Militatio,

Latin.] The aft of weakening.

The weak nel's cannot return any thing of ftreogth,

honour, orfafety to the head, but a debilitation and
ruin.

KingCbarUt.
n.f. [Jel>i'lituj,Lzt.] Weakfeeblenefs; languor; faintneis ;

DBBI'LITY.
nefs

imbecility.
Methinks I

And

am

in thy cafe

partaker of thy paffion,

dogUfs mine own debility.

Sidney.
Aliment too vapornus or perfpirable will fubjeil
it to the inconveniencies o. too
ftrong a perfpiration, which are deliity, faintnefs, met fometlmes
fudden death.
Arbutbmt.

DEBONA'IR.

adj.
civil;

Elegant;

complaiiant
C;
_,

[debonnaire, French.]

well-bred; gentle;
an obfolete word.

recreant knight, and fnon

thyfelf prepare
To battle, if thrju mean her love to gain. Sfenjer.
Zephyr me: her once a-maying;
Fill'J her with thee, a daughter fair,

The

blithe, and debonair.

jre of the one is debonair

Milton.

and accoftablo ;
f the other, retired and fupercilious ; the one
and
other
fl-nv
the
and fatumine.
quick
fprightful,
H'.Tvers Vocal
tore/1.
And Iht that was not only parting fair,
But was withal difcrcet a;rj debwiir,
it

i'

palTive d 'Oririe to fulfil.

DEBONA'iaLV.

I.

Dryde*.

[from debonair.}

with a genteel air.

n.f. [dcbitum, Latin; dette, Fr.]

Elegantly

DEBT.

ad-v.

That which one man owes

to another.

There was one

th;\t died
gready in debt : Well,
he be go;:;, then he hath carried five
red ducats of 'mine with him into the other
worldBaconidf<ipbtljems.
The debt of ten thoufand talents, which the ferant owed the king, was no
flight ordinary fum.
,r.e,

To

it

this g'CJt lofj a fea

Bui the whuU

Duppa's Devotions.
of tears is due
j

Iclt not to be paid by

you.

When

Waller.

decay

pf an account book.

look upon the debtor fide, I find fuch

innumeiatk artic <:s, that I want arithmetick to

caft them up; but when 1 look
upon the creditn
fide, 1 find little more than blank paper. Adilijon

DEBULLI'TION.

n.f. [debullitto, Lat.]

DECACU'MINATED.

adj.

coiTupts the foul decays the body.

ftate

centuries, and

Shall be applied.

She has been

Denbaw,

Mofes.
The commands of God

And fee now

Hammond,

VDBCA'MP.v.

n.

To fhift the camp

DECA'MPMENT. n.f.

aft of

fhifting the

[tie-camper,

to

move

French.]

off.

[fiomdtcamp.] The

The

t.

foriis,

effects

ordinary-

They

attend

him

ojti.

Stvift.

the

marks

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen ia

decay with thee, then thou malt relieve him.
Levit. xxv. 35.
I am the
very man
That, from your firft of difference and decay,
foliow'd your fad fteps.
Siakeff. King Lear,

Have

The

4.

caufe of decline.

He

that feeketh to be eminent

amongft abl
men, hath a great talk ; but that if ever good for
the publick : but he that plots to be the
only figure
among cyphers, is the decay of a whole age. Burnt.

DECA'YER. n.f.

That

from, decay, ]

which caufes decay.

is

a fore
decayer of your

the owner's

Jn fome,
'o

all

n.f.

[<tff

e/ut ,LM.] Death;

diceafe, divided

in

fome

unto

places, after

his children ;
defcendeth to the eldeft fon. Hooker.

DECE'ASE. v.
die

whorfon

Sbakcffearc' s Harilet,

departure from life.

Lands are by human law,

He

daily as their chief,

Dttaat hit wine, and tatve his beef.

of diminution

Declenfion from profperity.

3.

Your water

it

Pofe,

that whatever is called old muft

have the decay of time upon it, and truth too were
liable to mould and rottennefs.
Locke,

camp.

and diffolve in

Neviton,

of decay.
Thty think,

nation.

Take ajua

apt to be loft than

and decays,
clearer and now darker
days.

Taught, half by reafon, half by mere decay,

death, and calmly pafs away.
Pope*

dead body.
DECA'NT. v. a. [decanto, Lat. JecanTo pour off gently by incli- DECE'ASE.
ter, Fr.]

coined Clver, and pour the coloured folution into

twelve timcj it much fair water, and then decant
or nitrate the mixture, that it may be
very clear.

much more

upon the decay.

feel increafes

To welcome

to

are clearly revealed both

decalogue and oilier parts of facred writ.

is

Each may

)E'CALOCUE. n.f. [vixa.t.0-)-, Greek.]

The ten commandments given by God
'n the

motion

folids,

got, and is always

D,a.

ten, and
ymz, a corner.]
plain figure in geometry, having ten fides and angles.

fine lady,

reafon of the tenacity of fluids, and attrition

of their parts, and the wcaknefs of
elafticity in

&W,

[from

a,

decays very well.

By

n.f. {decadence, French.]

)E'CACON. n.f.

Shakespeare,

and paints and hides

Benjonfo*,
And thofe decays, to fpeak the naked truth,
Through the defeftsof age, were crimes of youth.

Her

as decade!,
chiliads, chiefly for the ufe of com-

)E'CADENCY.
Decay fall.

of depravation or diminution.
comfort to this great decay may come,

What

\_decacumina.tus ,

putations in hiftory, chronology, and aftronomy.

Holder on ffitne.
All rank'd by ten ; whole decades, when
they
dine,
Mult want a Trojan flave to pour the wine.
Pope.

jlddijt.it,

n.f. [from the verb.]

i. Decline from the ftate of
perfection)

Latin.] Having the top cut off. Difl.

DECA'DE. n.f. [oixx, Gr. i/ecas, Latin. j
The fum of ten ; a number containing
ten.
Men were not only out in the number of fame
(
days, the latitude or" a few years, but might be
wide by whole olympiads, and divers decades of
Brown's Vulgar frr:xn.
years.

We make cycles and periods of years

Bacon.

DECA'Y.

Dil

bubbling or feething over.

Pope.

to bring

was of a very fmall and decayed fortune,

and of no good education.
Clarendon,
Decay 'd by time and .wars, they only prove
Their former beauty by your former love.
Drydcn.
In Spain our fprings, like old men's children, be
Diray dznd wither'd from their infancy. Diydcn.
It is fo ordered, that almoft
every thing which

Stvift

fide

ing, let be that lady Jetcnair,

Thou

So buxom,

One

He

centuries, was, after the let time for payme.ic, n<

choice but either to pay, or be the creditor's fl.ive

ble

hopes decsy.

impair

the reft of the ftock.

there I'll die, nor worl'e, nor better.

P:j>c
Tlie cafe oStUbtou in Rome, for the firft foui

To DEBI'LITATE. i>. a. [Milito, La'tin/

To weaken to make faint ; to enfee-

my

To

Infirmit;., that decays the wife, doth ever make

better the fool.
Shalcffeare,
Cut off a ftock of a tree, and lay that which
cut
off
to
to
fee
whether
it
will
you
putrefy,

Philit

convey'd.

no man's debtor

and fo

dies her love,

to decay.

palm

have not wafli d

fUM

There

So

To DECA'Y. v. a.

ill-faced fbouider lay

debtor, ftrait his body, to the t. ucj
as
whilom
Obsequious,
knights were wont,

impotent.

owes money.
If he his ample

Thr<y centuries he grows, and three he

(lays
in ftate, and in three more
decays.
DryJ,
The garlands fade, the vows are worn away ;

Should haply on

llrength

imbecile

that

bring your latter hazard back again,

thankfully reft debtor for the firlh
Sbateff

ftate

Supreme

14

I'll

were paid.
Swiff
DE'BILE. adj. [dtbilis, Lat.] Weak; feeble ; languid ; faint ; without
;
all

One

2.

claim,

Have

li'-n. i.

bring hi

To

of perfection
be gradually impaired.
The monarch oak,

to

I am debtor both to the Grei:ks and to the

Bar.
barians, both to the wife and to the unwil'e.

\decapiio, Latin. 1

n. [decbetiir, Fr. from de

lofe excellence ;

and cadere, Latin.]

to decline from the

fomething

by which a

n.f. [from decant.']

glafs
for
pouring off liquor clear

made

ducats more
DEBELLA'TION. n.f. [from debcllatw
Than I ftand dtttrd to this gentleman. Sbattff
Lat.] The act of conquering in war.
DE'BTOR. n.f.
DEBE'NTURE. n.f. [<iel>enti,r,Lat. from 1. He that Gives [debitor, Latin.]
to another.

debt is claimed.
You rnoJcrn wi;;,

CA'NTER.

DF.

veiTel

Sbakeff tart's Macbeth

debt.
To
F. BT
i

not found.] Indebted ;

obliged
Which da amount to three odd

Milttn

DECANTA'TION. n.f. [deutntation, Fr.]

The aft of decanting or pouring off

all

a. [dectJo,
Latin.]
to depart from life.
tells us Arthur '* dcceas'd
to-night.

Sbaieff>eart.

You

DEC

DEC

DEC
fhall die

To mock

\.

T\v'ce now, where others, that mortality

In her fair arms holds, (hall but once deciaft.

to fail.

But
5.

Till he, prel's'd down by his own weighty name

Did, like the vcftal, under fpoils deceafe. DryJin

DECE'IT.

n.f. [Jeceptio, Latin.]

Fraud; a cheat ; a fallacy; any practice by which falfehood is made to pafs

1.

tongue utter

2.

Jd,

dectit.

Stratagem

nor

not fpeak wickednefs,

lhall

lips

m>

xxvii. 4.

fraud, wilinefs, fleightnefs, cunning

covin, collufion,' praftice, and offence
ufed to deceive another man by any
means, which hath no other proper or
Co'well.
particular name but offence.
DECE'ITFUL.^'. \deuit and///.] Frau-

of deceit.
him bloody.

full

grant

Luxurious, avaricious, (Me, deceitful. Shalefpeart.

The lovely young Lavinia once had friends,
And fortune fmil'd, deceitful, on hcrbirth. Tiomfon.

DECE'ITFULLY. adv. [from

Fraudulently

Excrcjfe of form

deceitful.]

with deceit.
may be deceitfully difpatched

adj.
;

[from elective.]
expofed to impofture.

Man was not only deccivable in his integrity,

but the angels of light in all their clarity.
Brmvns Vulgar Ei-rourt.
How would thou ufe me now, blind, and thereby
Dcceivable, in

Helplefs

And

laft

mod

hence

M't'tcn.

ncgleited.

:n faileth

of the

fair

everfailing truft

T>ECE'JVABI.ENESS. n.f. [from

man
Miltcn.
ciecei'v-

Liablenefs to be deceived, or ro

deceive.

He

tint has a great patron, has the advantage

hi

negligence and dece'niablcntft.

DECETVE.
To caufe to
errour

Some

<v.

a.

[ciecipio,

miftake

to

there was

And

2.

To
To

of primogeniture to both

dcluje by ftrat.igem.

now

bcliev'd

ha,-py Hay apprcab'd, nor arc

i.

iv'd,

month

my

hopes deDrjdcn.

month, when the

The

rain and

adv. [from
In a proper manner ; with fuitable behaviour ; without meannefs or oftentation.

They

When we

could not decently refufe affiftance to *

punilhed thofe who had infulted

who had

perfon,

Broemc*
re-

their relation.

Perform'd what

(hould we'fpeak of
?

(hall

you
wind beat dark December.

Milton*

not immodeft.

DE'CENTLY.

Pope,

When we

Not wanton

3.

n.f. [decetnber, Latin.] The

of th year ; but named de-

are old as

Sober, ftedfaft, and demure,

All hi a robe of darkeft grain
Flowing with majeftick train,
And fable ftole of Cyprus lawn
O'er the decent (houlders drawn.

year began in March.

Men are April when they woOj and December
when they wed.
Sbakefpeare's
you like it.
hear

quire

Stattfp.

friendfliip, juftice, truth

What could he more, but decently

2. Without immndefty.

retire ?

Swift*

DECE'MPEDAL. adj. [from decempeda, LaI'aft hope of fafety, 'twas his lateft care,
Difi.
Ten feet in length.
tin.]
Like falling Csefar, decently to die.
Dryden,
DECE'MVI RATE. n.f. [a'ecem-viratus, Laand office of the ten DECEPTIBI'LITY. n. f. [from deceit.]
tin.] The dignity
Liablenefs to be deceived.
governours of Rome, who were appointed to rule the commonwealth in
ftead of confuls : their authority fubfifted
only two years. Any body of ten men.

DE'CENCE. 1
DE'CENCY.J

n.f. [dtcence,

French

i.

becoming ceremony

decence is

who

flic

is

common

the

intumity of

common crrour,
human nature; of

commit.

Bryiurt*

Pof:.

Diydfit.

Tli? confidcratinn immediately fubfequent to

the being of a thing, is what Agrees or difagrccs
with that thing ; what is fuitiblc or unfuitablc to
it; and from this fpiings the nottsn of decency or
indecency, that which becomes or misbecomes.

Sentiments which raife laughter, can very felbe admitted with anv
dtcitc-i into an h-roick
*
*

dom

.-

;.

fallacy.

Being thus divided from truth in themfclvcs,

they are yet farther removed by advenient derep-

Brown*

All deception is a mifapplying of thofe figns,

which, by compact or inftitution, were made the
means of men's lignifyin^ or conveying their

Suitablenefs to character ; propriety.

And muft 1 own, ihc faid, my Iccret ('mart,
What with more decence were in filcncc kept ?

(hall ourfelvcs

fraud

ought;

to dwell in lUcnuits for ever.

we

errours

DECRYPTION, n.f. \_deceptia, Latin.]

1. The a<il or means of
cheat
deceiving

tion.

never, never reach'd one gen'rous thought

Virtue (he rinds too painful an endeavour,

pocir..

Clanville*

fubjeft to fraud.
The firft and father caufe of

afiift

But

Content

they

of our

adj. [from deceit.] Liabledeceived ; open to impofture ;

be

to

jlttcrbury.
aits juft as

that

\\xeteciftibir.ty

there (hould
dfief-tiile condition, perhaps,
not need any other eviction, than the frequent

Mi/ton.
all her words and action*.
In good works there may be goodnefs in the general : but decence and gracefulnefs can be only in
the particulars in doing the good.
Sprait.
Were the offices of religion ftript of all the
external decencies of worfiiip, they would not make

them.
She (peaks, behaves, and

upon

whofe

From

a due impreilion on the minds of thofe

intercft

decayed natures.

feldom

errours are fo flelhed in us,

DECE'PTIBLE.

de-

ufed.
Thofe thoufand iuenc'm, that daily flow

at

Some

maintain their

cct,

Latin.]
Propriety of form ; proper formality

Lethe.

cut off from expectation, \vith of

3.
b-.fore the thing.
The Turkilh general, deceived tf his cxpetlat.cn, withdrew his Hect twelve miles oft". KnolLs.

The

all

Drjden*

not gaudy ; not often tatious.

Come, penfive nun, devout and pure,

Sirift.

cember, or the tenth

:.

cftatc anrf power.

Grave

deceiver can be fo

heart- expanding bowl,

the kind deceivers of the foul.

DECE'MBER.

bring into

to impofe upon.
a divine right

moderately u!ed.
2.

Adieu the

Latin.]

liave been deceived into an opinion, that

how any

pofture.

Government of the Tongue.

To

which men

weak to foretel things near at hand, when a very

few months muft of neceflity difcover the, im-

llay.verd.

adj. [deceits, Latin.]

fit; fuitable.
Since there muftbe ornaments both in painting
and poetry, if thy are not necefi'ary, they muft at
lead be decent ; that is, in their due place, and but

Becoming;

1.

South.

admired

It is to be

promifes, which

In mortal ftrength and oh, what not in

.Receivable and vain ?

ablf.]

voices, actions, or geftures,

liar or deceiver.

Bacon.

eft'eil.

He received nothing but

froved dcm-jMc.

of

Thofe

contemn'd and fcorn'd,

2. Subjeft to produce errour ; deceitful.

It is good to conlidcr of deformity, not as a
which
fi^n, which is more deceivatlc, butas a caufe

DE'CENT.

have not by any compact agreed to make the inftruments of conveying their thoughts one to another, are not the proper inftruments of deceivthem a
ing, fo as to denominate the perfon ufmg

things as a child

eafily

they
Bacon.

for
interpreted it not as if he were detected
Bacon.
counterfeit deceiver.

What

and the deceitfulneft of

riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitMatt. xiii. 22.
ful.

Subjeft to fraud

left

laft

dency to deceive.
The c re of this world,

to the number nineteen.

Melon, of old, in the time of the Peloponnefian war, conftituted a decennwal circle, or of
nineteen years ; the fame which we now call the
Holder.
golden number.
Seven months are retrenched in this whole dtctnnovary progrefs of the epacts, to reduce the accounts of her motion and place to thole of the fun*
BaUtr.

fet there-

^ To one thing conflant never. Shaktfpcare.

As for Perkin's difmiflion out of France, they

of

DECE'ITFULNESS. n.f. [from deceitful.]

The quality of being fraudulent ; ten-

DECF'IVABLE.

and

Wottcn.

couife.

Sunn.

fruit-trees in large borders,

One
n. f.
[from deceive.]
that leads another into errour ; a cheat.
Sigh no more, ladies, figh no more ;
Men were deceivers ever
One foot in fea, and one on Aore ;

fubtile wily fhift or de[in law.]

vice ; all manner of craft, fubtilty, guile

dulent

ten years.

DECENNO'VAL. \ a dj- \_deccm and

DECENNO'VARY. J i'ent, Lat.j Relating

DECB'IVER.

His demand

for
is to be forborne in confumptions,
that the fyirits of the wine prey on the vifcid juice
of the body, intercnmmon with the fpirits of the
noubody, and fo deceive and rob them of their

in fine flowers, but thin and fparingly,

deceive the trees.

Springs not from Edward's wrll-meant honed love

But (torn deceit, bred by neceflity.
Shatefpeare

3.

deprive by fraud or fteahh.

Phnt

artifice.

For want of decency

is

DECE'NNIAL. adj. [from dccennium, Lafor the fpace of

tin.] What continues

Wine

liftment.

for truth.

My

To

not obfcenity,

of no defence ;
want of fcnfe.
Rofcdmrnon,

Immoddt words admit

DryJa.

Chapman.

His lateft victories (till thickeft. came,

As, near the centre, motion doth increafe

Modefty; not ribaldry

3.
1

rais'd a feeble crjrwith trembling notes,

the weak voice deimi'd their gafping throats.

They

tliou

2.

Some
Anil

&'juth.

The

of being deceived.
Rcafon, not impoflibly, may meet

ftate

fpecious object by the foe fuborn'd,

fall i.'ito

deception

DECE'PT icus.
ceitful

unaware.

adj.

Milten.

[from

apt to deceive.

Yet thi-ir ii a credence in my heart,

Th.it doth Divert th' attett of eyes and cars
As if tho'.'c orjans had deception functions,
Created only to calumniate.

DECE'PTIVE.
the

De-

dczcil.]

Sia/sefpeare*

adj. [from deceit.]

power of deceiving.

Having
Di;f.

DECE'PTORY..

DEC
DECE'PTORY.

DEC

[from

adj.

ConDi3.

deceit.]

taining means of deceit.

DECE'RPT,
ped

adj. [dccerptui,

taken

Dia.

off.

of cropping or taking

aft

departure

To

\_Jtcejfio,

unfold to unravel ; to
explain : as,
decipher an ambiguous fpeecb.
3. To write out; to mark down in cha-

a going away.

Difl.

Harvey.

To DECI'DE.

a.

-a.

[deddo, Latin.]
1. To fix the event of; lo determine.
The day approach'd when fortune (hould decide

The
2.

important enterprise, and give the bride.

Dryden.

To determine

For

One who

That

aft of

Men
fall

and

to a

importance of

2.

One who determines

2.

Their arms

And
3.

Aptnefs

{dcdmu,, Latin.]
tenth.

DECIMA'TION.

n.f. [horn decimate.]

tithing ; a feleftion of er_ry tenth by
lot or otherwise.

2.

of every tenth foldier, in a general mutiny, for

puniflimcnt.
feleftion

by

Ky decuHtthn and

Take

t!iou the

lot

den

I.

DECTPHER. v

a.

To

{dechiffrer,

F?]"

explain that which M written in

this is the common ufe.
ciphers
:

'

fame character

'.

heart, could ealily didfttr

for the
decifien of

it.

Glan-v iUe.

fun-fet to their (hip

they
fnore fecure on decks till

make

arc to the

adj.

the

Bclides gems,
many other forts of ftones are rethe amianthus, of
gularly figured
parallel thread.',
as in the
of
and the
pile
of
:

velvet;

rallel plates, as in a

DE'CKER.

felenites,

deck of cards.

pa-

Grew.

n.f. [from deck.]

Adreffer;

one that apparels or adorns

a coverer,

as a table-decker.

To

\*Hdicifton bent,

DECLA'IM.

-v. n.
[declamo, Lat.]
to fpeak to the
paffions
rhctoricate ; to fpeak fet orations.

harangue

Drydtn.

What

are his

milchicfs, conful

againfr his manners, and corrupt your

You

To
;

to

declaim

own.
Benjotifon.

The

[from decide.]

power of determining any

fplendid dcclaimings of novices

and men of

heat

Siutl.

-.
It is

ufual for maflers to make their

boys dc.
claim on both (ides of an
argument.

firc't

it.ii, though it carries

nothing perit, yet creates a
mighty confidence
and ftrengthens him much in Mi

t.uv.lt,

Had.

other.

conclufive.

return,

morn.

rofy

Diydin's

Attcrbury.

This shcy arc ready to look

upon as a determination on their fide, and
deiijive of the controverfy
viu-

2.

Having

in

her

Sidney.

.i.-.d

\irtuc.

Orel's

Swift.
up all the virtues in the beauties of oradeJaim aloud on the praifoof

tor), and

goodnefs.

DECLA'IMER. n.f. [from

who makes fpeeches with

Rogers.

the power of
fettling any event.
For on th' ticiit,

Dee [five of this bloody

day, depends
The futc of kingdoms.

DECI'SIVELV. adv. [from

a conclufive manner.

DlCi'il VINISI.

n. /.

The power

dccifive.]

Iii

milt-, si'd

[detlten,

to

dccife-ue.

Able

'I

Tayhr.

a thing divine. i/.,;X.

live to wail
thy children's loli,
fee ano'hcr, as 1 fee thce
now,

DM'd

iu thy
right;,

tiiou art (hill'd in nrr..:.

Stakrffrart,

n.f. [Latin.] Adeclaiman orator ; a rhetorician : feldom

ufed.

rife

Long may'ft thou

And

dt^lamatioHs prevail fo
greatly,
lulter themfclves to be dcludw.

llwker.

er

now

why

men

mayeft forgive his anger, while thou

makcft ufe of the plainncfs of his dcelamaikn.

overl'prcad.

array.
ihn daks

a piece of rhe-

DECLAMA'TOR.

with clouds th' uncolour'd

(ky,
Or wet the
thinly e.irth with tailing fhowcr-,
Rifuig or I Uluj;, (1,11 advance his praile. Miltcn.
2.
drefs ; to

Sweet ornament

Thou

to

to de,k

To

a fet
fpeech

he cauft

for that

is,

Ml: or
(teaming lake, dulky or grey,
honour to the world's great
Author, rife!

Whether

df.claiv.cr agairrft

n.f. [declamatio, Lat.}

difcourfe addrcfled to the
paffions ; an

In

Dutch.]

exhalation*, that

a perpetual

One
move

torick.

from

adj. [from decide.]

determine or decide.
a.

is

laim.]
intent to

DECLAMA'TION.
harangue

DECI'SORY.

To DECK. V.
1. To
cover;

the paffions.
Your Salamander

dec

Fbi/ifs.

of argument or evidence to
terminate any difference, or fettle an
event.

Ye
JVrn

a tithed
death,

SLakcfpeare.
A dccimaikn I will ftrictly make
Of all who my Charinus did furf.ikr
And of each legion each'centurion Ciail die.

To

as liable as a houfe.

Watts.

adj. [decimus, Latin.] Numbered by ten ; multiplied by ten.

In the way we take now to name numbers
by
millions of millions of million', it 15 hard to
jjii
beyond eighteen, or, at mod, four and twenty aetimal progrertions, without confufion.
L>ieke.

DE'CIMATE. v. a.
To tithe to take the

was

high-rais'd dec lit the

Pack of cards piled

regularly on each

2.

iveia
in his

out.

DE CIMAL.

1.

Having
n

de-

is

[horn deciduous.]
quality of fading once

At

And

narrative,
or reports of the
proceedings of the
court of feflion there.

difference

n.f.

a year.

To

.It

1.

Falling ; not
through the year.

to fall

God

fortune labours with the vail event.

is uled in Scotland for a

DECI'SIVE.

[deciduus, Latin.]
perennial ; not Jailing

In b,.tany, the perianthium, or

calyx,
ciduous, with the flower.

fliip

haughty Belgians ride,

Beneath whole /hade our humble
frigates go.

-Woodward.

Determination of an event.

adj.

DECI'DUOUSNESS.

it.

quarrels.

On

termined.

DECTDUOUS.

fome difpute, which can

by no other means be de-

Brtnun's Vulgar Errours.

caufes.
cannot think that a jefter or a
monkey, a
droll or a puppet, can be
proper judges or deciders.
of controverfy.
Watts.
The man is no ill decider in common cafes of
property, where party is out of the qneftion. Swift.

opinion that the

decide.]

arguments of the dignity and

VV ar is a direct
rppeal to

reneweth again.

decide.]

deck

nether ovcrloop.
Raleigb.
It
any, born and bred under deck, had no other
information but what fenfe anWds, he would be of

decipher. ]

their zeal to
bring the matter

dftiJSm, are Cure

friar.

knocks heaven.
Sen Jtnfm.
have alfn railed our fccond
decks, and given,
more vent thereby to our
ordnance, trying on our

Pleafure and revenge

fome of them, and

grace,

We

Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice

Or any true decifun.
Sbakefptare.
The number of the undertakers, the
worth of

obferving the dfeidenee of their horn, do

it
annually rottEth away,

DECI'DER. n.f. [from

1. One who determines

explains writings in cipher.

Popt.

upon the conceit thit

fucceflivcly

from

Drjdcn.

n.f. [from the verb.]

floor of a
fhip.
Her krel plows hell,

Stattjfearc.

away.

falling

The time approaches,

with due
decif^n make us know
(hall fay we
have, and what we owe.

will

What we

off.

The

DECK.
The

gmu'X'

(hall to his vnt'ries tell

Each confcious tear, each

blufhing
That dtclt'd dear Eloifa's face.

doubt.

a queftion or difpute.

the dew with

fpangles dect'd the
fweeter fpot of earth was never found.

The god

mark.

Determination of a difference, or of

1.

DE'CIDENCE. n.f. [decidentia, Latin.]

1. The
quality of being fhed, or of falling
2.

Now

Stakrfyeare.

n.f.

Miltt,*.

to embellifh.

direful, deadly black, both leaf and blnom,

Fit to adorn the
dead, and deck the dreary tomb.

You

DECI'SION. n.f. [from

Who (hall

And

villains

DECIPHERER,

In council oft, and oft in battle tried,

Betwirt thy mafter and the world decide. Gramiille.
decide, when doctors difagree,
founded cafuifts doubt ?

to charaftcrife ; to
are both
deciphered
mark'd with rape.

ftamp

adorn

But

And

To

4.

weave the fnjooth-hair'4

deck her funs.

To

3.

hearing himfelf denied by Chrilt.

i-.a/i.
Then were laws of neccffity invented, that fo
every particular fubjefl might find his
principal
pleafure ftcifStrcd unto him, in the tables of his

DECH A'RM. <v. a [decharmer, French.]

To counteract a charm to difenchant.

NotwithrHn.'jng the help of phylick, he was

fuddenly cured by dccbanr.iug the witchcraft.

rafters.
Could I give you a
lively reprefentation of gull',
and horrour on this
hand, and paint out eternal
wrath and
dccifber eternal vc-ngean.ee on the other,^
then might I (hew
you the condition' of a firmer

Latin.]

work millions of fpinmng worms,

fets to

in their green
(Hops

filk,

To

to

n.f. [de^ertalio, Latin.]

contention; a Itriving; a difpute.

DECE'SSION. n.f.

To

2.

DECERTA'TIOK.

That

St"" b -

"'rr,

Difl.

off.

She

decipher

Lat.] Crop-

DECE'RPTIBLE. adj. \_decerpo, Latin. ]

That may be taken off.
Did.
DECE'RPTION. n.f. [from dccerpt.] The

DEC

Aifurance is writ in a
private chara&ej, not to
be read, nor
underilood, but by the c-jnlcience, to
winch the-fpiric of Cod has vouchfafed to

_Who

could,

without being

DEc

I,

'A

fay, hear this generous declen*ts.ft

noble zeal ?
Taller.

fired at his

M A roRy

adj. [declaraatorius,

La-

tin.]
.

Relating to the praftice of declaiming ;

pertaining to declamation ; treated in
the manner of a rhetorician.
This a while fufpended his interment, and bea
declamatory chemc amongft the religious

came

men

of that age.

2.

/.

Appealing

DEC

DEC
The

Appealing to the paffions.

He has run himfelftnU) his own

>.

and declaring againft them*

Taylor.
faid not to have left himfclf without
witnefs in the world ; there being fomething fixed
in -the nature of men, that will be furc to
teltify
and declare for him.
Ssittb'i Strmons.

God

pable of proof.
is

dcdirahle from the bed writers.

DECLARA'TION.
I.

./ [from

DECI.A'REMENT.

Difcovery

publication.

is

DE c L A'R ER.
claimer

are no where fo plain and full declaraof mercy and love to the Ions of men, as are

There
tions

made

in the golpel.

Tilhtier..

DECLARATIVE.

<^'.

Caivell.

know

To

tive

this

proclamation.
we may add the vox fifuli,

on the fame

[from

1.

we muft aflame

little,

To make known
It

Of declination
that the

2.

Bcylt.

hath been declared unto

me

away.

tion

4..

To

to (he

itfelf

4.

To DECLA'RE.

or againfl,

Waller.
:

as, a JecIt-

of atoms in their defccnt, \\-a

cither neceliary or voluntary.
Btnticj.
,

Deviation from moral redtitude.

5.

own

He

is

'nib's Sermons.

no

declination of latitude,

nor vn'ution

of thr elevation of the pole, notwithstanding what

fome have alTerted.
Woodward,
6.

[In navigation.] The variation of the

needle from the direction to north and
fouth.

and prefume
;

who

's

know

to

like to rile,

declines.

Shj*:'fptare,

lov'd Euryalus appears

looks the prop of

Autumnal

Waller.

my

declining years
warmth declines j

Drydeti.

Ere heat is quite decay'd, or cold begun. Drydex.

Faith and morality are declined among us. Swift.
God, in his wifdom, hath been plcaled to load
our declining years with many fufferin^s, with difeafes, and decays of nature.
Swift

DECH'NE. v. a.
To bend downward;

To
i.

fair

Phcebus 'gan

to

bring down.

dctur.c in haftc

His weary waggon

to the wcilcrn vale.

And leaves the frmblance of a lover,
In melancholy deep, with head dcclin'd,

And
z.

Sptnfer*
fixt

Ti

lovc-dejcfled eyes.

'To fhun

to

avoid

to refufe

to

be

cautious of.

He

had wifely declined tha_t argument, though in

fermons they gave it.
Clarnden.
Since the mulcj do invoke my pow'r,
(hall no more decline that facreJ bow'r,

their
J

common

Where Gloriana, their great mi :!.<:,

Though I the bufnu-fs did a t
Yet 1 contriv'd the whole defign,
>

<

H'aller.

And

principles, could not

Variation from a fixed point.

There

and viho

Not
Thus then my

from rectitude; oblique mo-

its

fire,

th' Capitol

nature, which all acts of life dcligns,

like ill poets, in the latl dcdirtei.
Dtnbam.

And now

declination

but infer.

thrives,

i'

And

obliquity.

upon the (lock of

To make

a declaration ; to proclaim fome rcfolution or opinion, or favour or oppofition : with for

i>. n.

or decay.

bending down

be by th'

done

the

Stakejfrare.

That empire rouft decline,

Whofe chief fupport an.i iine\vs are of coin.

and two more,

a peccant creature iliout)

and
difapprove
repent of every declination and violation ot the rules
ofjulr and honcft, this right realon, dil'.mrlin^

nion in plain terms.

are a confiderable body, who, upon a proper

eCcaGon, would not fail to declare ourfelves.

Latin.]

That

wan opi-

We

This

24.

In Czfar's army fomcwhat the folJicrs would

have had, yet they would not declare themlelves in
Bacon.
it, but only demanded a dilcharge.

aft of

"II

d-.cli.iing,

Sometimes nations will decRne fo low

virtue, which is reafon, that no wrong,
But juftice, and fome fat.il curfe annex'd,
Afi.'toK.
Deprives them of their outward liberty.

Ray.

Drydtn's Virgd.

ihew in open view

Who

Suppofing there were a declination of atoms, yet

it not effect what
they intend ; for th;n they
do all decline, and in there will be no more concourle than if they did perpendicularly defcend.

publilh; to proclaim.
Declare his glory among the heathen.
Chrcit. xvi.

a de-

will

To

The

3. Variation

of you, that there

I Cor. \. 1 1.
are contentions among you.
The fun by certain figns declares
a
Both when the fouth projects ftormy day,
And when the clearing north will purr' the cloud*

3.

What 's

nation of the head.

evidently and

openly.

They

Hav-

Brawn's Vulgar Erriurs.

Hope waits upon the flow'ry prime :
And fummer, though it be lets gay.
Yet is not lookM on as a time

in ufe.

improvement or exaltation.

to

at

From

\_declinatio,

their beginning and increafe j

that is, their Hate and declina:':.n.

Exotlui, xxiii. z.
many, to wrcft judgment.
fhun ; to avoid to do any thing.
fink ; to be impaired ; to decay.

perfedl age, and fathers

father Ihould be as a ward to the fon.

Defcent; change from a better to a

worfe (late ; diminution of vigour j de-

is,

Sbal..-fp.

To
To

Sons

queen, hearing of the Jcclinalhn of a monarchy, took it fo ill, as (he would never after hear
of his fuit.
Bacun.
Two general motions all animations have, that

a. [Jtclaroj Latin.]
clear; to free from obfcurity : not

declare this a

n.f.

kiffcs,

to run into obliquities.

thou fpcak in a caufe to decliee af-

deviate

Oppofed

is

The

To DECLA'RE. v.
To

4.

as,

Mam*.

Latin.]

[decline,

tears, as being overjoy'd,

Neither lhalt
ter

cay.

are not only declaratory of the

good pleafure and intention of God towards them,
but likewife of the natural tendency of the thing.

furface* of fuch bodies are exactly fmooth.

to tell
Z.
;

To

2.

decR-

pUie.

And then with kind embraces, tempting

And witti declining head into his boi

finrnct's Tbcfry.

DECLINA'TION.

declare. ]

Thefe Ueflings

To

1 .

manner of changing nouns.

by an inftrumcnc caliej

is

DECLI'NE. v. n.
To lean downward.

To

3.

ing variety of terminations

clinable noun.

Affirmative ; expreffive ; not decretory ;

not promiffbry, but expreffing fomething
before promiled or decreed. Thus, a declaratory law, is a new aft confirming a
former law.

1.

but the readied

Hid him (hed

adj. [from decline.]

decline. ]

inftrument in di-

naiery, fitted to the variation of your

for the deof the land rrom that place to the lej, as
for the immediate height of the mountain.

DECLI'NABLE.

An

from

by which the declination, recliand inclination of planes are

determined.
Chambers.
There are feveral ways to know the feveral

fame perfon.

Declination ; defcent.
We may rcafonably allow as much

Declenfiott

Andreas Alciatus the civilian, and Francifcus

de Cordua, have both dtchrcftonh confirmed the
Br&wns Vulgar Erroun.
fame.
adj.

to belong to the

Harris.
[

alling,
nation,

only the variation or change of the

termination of a noun, whilfl it continues to fignify
the fame thing.
Clarke s Latin Grammar,

[.from declaraof a declaration ;

not in a decretory form.

DECLARATORY,

it

3. Inflexion}

Swift.

In the form

DECLINATORY,

clenji'jR

DECLA'RATORILY. adv.
tory.]

thing

the north or fouth.

I N A'I OR.
\n.f.

DEcL

\declinalio, Latin.]
greater to a lefs de-

fo declara-

fide.

pro-

South' s Sermons.

2.

Crete.

Making

tlc-

beauty-whining and diftreflcd widow,

in the afternoon of her bcft days,
Scduc'd the pitch and height of all his thoughts
To bafe dtclcr.fi. r..
Sbatte/f care's Richard III.
Take the pidture of a man in the greennefs and
vivacity of his you:h, and in the latter date and
declenfita: of his drooping years, and you will fcarcc

fomething obfervably declarative of their form or

z.

vertical

[fromdeclare.~\

nature.

between the plane and the prime

circle, if accounted from the
eafl or well ; or eli'e between the meridian and the plane, if accounted from
either

Brown.

of a Plane [in dialling]

an arch of the horuon, comprehended

is

Ev'n

Malsing declaration ; explanatory.

The names of things ihould be always taken from

i.

is

of *

declination

diftance from the

DECLINATION

9.

gree of excellence.

out, of an action perfonal in any fuit,

though it is aied fometimes for both
real aftions.

testimony.

x.f. [from declare.]

one that makes any

DECLE'NSION. n. f.
1. Tendency from a

explanation of fomething doubtful.

Obfolete.
Declaration (declaratio) is
3. [In law.]
properly the (hewing forth, or laying

perlonal and

[
;

known.

An

Z.

declaration

a
convert the needle freely placed, which
claretnent of very different parts.

fuhjcft
South.

to a thoufand hazards.

Dryden.
declare. ]

from

its fliorteft

equator.
Breiv^
[In grammar.] The declenfion or iufleflion of a noun
through its various
terminations.

8.

Cryitai will calefy into electricity; that is, into

power tu attract ftraws, or light bodies ; and

Hii promiies are nothing elfe but tUclartricnt,

what God will do for the good of men.
Though wit and learning are icertrin and habitual perfections of the mind, jet the declaivtitn

of them, which aionc brings the repute,

n. f.

we call

ftar,

And

declare.]

The

7. [In iftronomy.]

is

Like fawning courtiers, fur fuccefs they wait

then come (railing, and duldre fir fate.

Brnvr.

proclamation or affirmation; open

expreffion

ind underftsnJlng

d^"'-'eing

dectjitiatcry

wiy, jnii alnrat forgotten that he wa., now letting

up for a moral poet.
Diydtn.
E c L A" R A u r. E . adj. [ from declare.
CaThis

DEC

internal faculties of will

If

it

fcnt them their petition.

Dcnr-.im.
Ihould be faid that minute bodies are inuil'-

fallible,

becaufe

it

is

their nature to be fo,

that

would no; be to render a reafon of tr- thing proin cft'eft, to dcclir,er-:i,

pofed, hut,

Bsylt,

Could Caroline have been captivated with tiie

glories of this world, Ihe had them all laid before
her; hut (he generoufly declined them, becaule fte
f.iv. the
acceptiuce of them was inccbliiicnt witli
reliiiion.

ji,

WlM-

to be moft agreeable or
would purfue or decline, dtterb.

Whatever they judged

d!fa,jreeable, they

To

3.

modify a word by various termina-

DECOMPO'SITE. arty, [deconipc/itut, Lat.]

Compounded a fecond time; comlong to inquire of, except there be
tions of them already obferved.

Thofe

Prior.

vity.

Rivers will not flow unlefs upon declivity, and

their fources be raifed above the earth's ordinary
a del'cent.
furface, fo that they may run upon
Wtodxoard.
\ found myfelf wirhin my depth ; and the decliwas fo final!, that I walked near a mile before
the

Gulliver's Travels,

fliore.

DECLI'VOUS.

Gra-

adj. [declivis, Lat.]

not
dually defcending ; not precipitous ;
the contrary
perpendicularly finking ;
to acclivous ; moderately deep.

DECO'CT.

fo

i/.

a.

[dtcojuo, deciSum,

Latin.]
To prepare by boiling for any ufe
water.
digeft in hot

j.

We

To

2.

by the heat of the ftomach.

There (he decoSs, and doth the food prepare ;

There She diftributes it toev'ry vein ;
There (he eipe! what (he may fitly (pare. Da-vies.
fo as to draw the
3. To boil in water,
ilrength or virtue of any thing.
longer malt or hcrbt are dKcfled in liquor,

the clear;:

To boil

4.

Bacon.

i,.

it

up

to a confidence

en or invigorate by boiling
proper ufe.

toftrength:

this is

DECO'CT i BI.E. ajj. [from decofl.} That

which may be boiled, or prepared by
Difl.

boiling.

He

To

refolve

compound into fimple

a fenfe that has of late
parts.
crept irregularly into chymical books.
DECOM PO'UNU. adj. [from the verb.]
Compofed of things or words already
2.

This

to

compounded

A
Now

\:>n

the longer it is, the greater is the

dy that goeth intr, the liquor;

tl.rrjjcrgethat th

The

forth, yet it eitop, or fettleth at the bottom.

lineaments of a white

lily will

Bacon.
remain after

'

Arlutln.l.

lOn^eft de-tiftr.n.

A preparation made by boiling in water.

2,

hulbands land
and are mann'd

diltil theii

They
In

defoffiensj

DECO'Y.
ment to
The

f:n cmp'rics, in their chamber

Ben Jcnfon.
for thr f- ;!'. of amber.
in water, the ftra
Ifthephu
:

'

called the dic'-Sinn of the plant.

i.

DECO'CTURE.
ilance

Ar

n.f. [from dccoB.}

decoftion,

DECOLLA'TION. n. f. \_decollatio,
The aft of beheading.
Hr, by a
'i
mercy
.

fub-

drawn by

hope, annihilated his

by an irnnioderancy thereof, dcitr )y-

decollation
,

hit juftice.

of

Lat.]

all

[from the verb.] Allure-

n. /.

mifchiefs

temptation.

Devil could never have had fuch numbers,

as decoys to enfnare others.

had he not ufed forne

Government of the
Tongue.

Thefe exuberant productions of the earth became

a continual day and fnaic
they only excited and
fomented iufts.
Woodward.
An old dramdrinker is the Devil's day. Berkley,
:

DECO'YDUCK.
others.
There

is

n. f.

duck that lures

a fort of uucks, called

dtccyducln, that

will bring whole flights of fowl to their

retirements,
where are conveniencies made for catching them.

Mortimer^

From the moon is tbe fign of feafts, a light that

Ecchi. xliii. 7.
decreafetb in her perfection.

taments employed to difguife it.

Boyle.
No body mould ufe any compound or decompound
of the fubdantial verbs.
Arbutbnot and

Brown's Vulgar Errours,

the 'fun comes to his tropicKI, days increafe and decrcaje but a very little for a great

Unto fifty years, as they faid, the heart annually

increafeth the weight of one drachm ; after which,
in the fame proportion, it dtcrtffatb,

When

Pope.

DE'COR AMENT. n. f. [ from

Ornament embellifhment.

decorate.

DE'CORATE.

To

To

adorn

-u.

a.

to embellifh

The enfigns of virtues

of

To DECRE'ASE.
He
'Thofe

to

contribute to the ornament

character

becoming

lefs; to

articles,

did difnonourable find

which did our

ftate

decreafe.

Nor cherifll'd they relations poor,

That might darta.fi their prcfent (lore.
Heat

fuitable

To make

-v. a.

diminifh.

[Jecoro, Lat.]
to beautify.

iuch as the decorations belonging to the

liberal arts and to war.
Drydcn.
Thij helrri and heavy buckler I can fpare,
As only decorations of the war :
S-. Mars is ami'd for
glory, not for need,
rfryilcn,
ri^'jres

Nnattn.

while together.

Difi.

as

of

balfam, and honey

oil,

DECRE'ASE.

The

Prkr.

incrcafcs the fluidity of tenacious liquids,

;

and thereby

ftate

decreafes

Newton.

their refinance.

1.

Dan,

n.f. [from the verb.]

of growing lefs ; decay.

By weak'ning toil and haary age o'ercome,

See thy dccreaje, and haften to thy tomb.
Prior,
2.

The wain ; the time when the vifible

face of the moon grows lefs.
f
See in what time the feeds, fet in theincrenf;
the moon, come to a certain height, and how they
differ from thofc that are fet in the decrcaje of the
Bacon.
moon.
<

proper; befitting; fecmly.

not fo deccrsui, in relpecr. of God, that
he (hould immediately do all the mea!r.-4t .slid
tnflingeft things himfeit, without any infcriour or
fubordinate minilrer.
Ray.
It is

To

DECO'RTICATE. v. a. [ttecortico,
Lat.] To dived of the bark or huik
;

Lying

her companions into the fnare.

L'Eftrangc,
Decoy'd by the fantaftic blaze,

The pretended
far
fulphur are
being elementary parts extracted out of the body of
mercury, that they are rather, to borrow a term of
the grammarians, deccmptund bodies, made up of
the whole metal and the mcnftruum, or other addi-

to huflc

Wi'h

lure into a
cage ; to entrap ;
into a fnare.
fowler had taken a partridge, who offered to

compounded a fecond To DECRE'ASE. v. n. [decrefco, Latin.]

To grow lefs ; to be diminifhcd.
falls and
fo
from

i><

more goeth

To

loft, and now renew'd, he finks abforpt,

Rider and horfe.
Tbomfon,

i-.r':i

Swift.

v. a. [from key Dutch, a

draw

day

is

DECORA'TOR. n.f. [from decorate.] An

DECO'CTION. n.f. [decoflum, Lat.]
adorner
an embcllifher.
Dift.
1. The aft of boiling any thing, to extract
DECO'ROUS. adj. [decorus, Lat.] Decent;
its virtues.
In

DECO'Y

To

bowels of the earth

decompounded bodies, as we fee in vitriol,

cinnabar, and even in fulpliur itfeif.
Beyle.
When award (lands fora very complex idea, that
is
it is not
and
compounded
ealy for
dtcctxpoundcd,
men to form and retain that idea exactly. Locke.
If the violet, blue, and green be intercepted, the
remaining yellow, orange, and red will compound
upon the paper an orange ; and then, if the intercepted colours be let pafs, they will fall upon this
compounded orange, and, together with it, decoraNnvton.
found a white.

Swift,

kept with princes due decerum,

flood in aive before 'em.

Yet never

make

no DECORA'TJON. n. f. [from decorate.] Ornament ; embellifhment ; added beauty.

Can fodden water, their barley broth,

Decafl their colJ blood to fuch Taliant heat ? Sbjk.

vice and virtue in the fchools,

better fort (hall fet before 'em

cage.]

Nature

[j

tfatcri,

Prior.
at leaft,
to
external
decorum : a profligate life and
obliged
character mould not be a means of advancement.

compofe of things already compounded ; to compound a fecond time ;

to form by a fecond compofition.
he) felf d;-ih in the

which

fufpt-fting fimplicity,

A grace, a manner, a dmrum.

Gentlemen of the army (hould be,

To

1.

from

far

The

in the competitions

DECOMPO'UND.

time.

its

digeft

what happens

confider

and decompojitions of faline particles.

Boyle.
-v, a.
\decomfono,

To

to

windinefs by decoBtng ; and fubtile

or windy fpJriu are taken off by inceafion or evaBacon.
poration.

Sena lofeth

Of

too

Lat.]

Inn.f. {dedi-uis, Latin.]

clination or obliquity reckoned downwards ; gradual defceat, not precipitous
or perpendicular ; the contrary to accli-

am

already compounded.

DECLI'VITY.

tJ

a: e

compofiKacon.
,

fathers lived in the dtclmt of literature.

Swift.

vity
I go:

fonr.e

DECOMPOSI'TJON. n.f. [Jecoittpcjitus Latin.] The aft of compounding things

improvement,

Thy rife of fortune Jid J only wed,

From its decline determin'd to rece.

of three metals, or more,

Decomfofttes

DECLI'NE. . /. [from the verb. The

ftate of tendency to the lefs or the worfe ;
diminution ; decay.
Contrary to inor elevation.
creafe,

bold to trefpafs in points of decorum,

Beyond the fix'd and fettled rules

pounded with things already compoiite.

to infleft.
You decline mufa, and con (true Latin, by the help
of a tutor, or with fome Engiifh trandation. Watts.

tions

DEC

DEC

DEC

to peel

great barley, dried and decorticaltd, after

w;ll wafliecl, and boil it in Wiiter.
jtrbutbna.

DKcoRT
The

c A'T ION. n.f. [from decorticate.

ac\ of ilripping the b.ivk or hulk.
I

n.f. [Latin.] Decency; behaviour contrary to licentioufnefs, con-

trary to levity

feemlinefs.

No

Id's

bfg than a kingdom,

They

by law

(hall fee the

underftand what

to determine

to

tell

end of the wife, and (hall not

in his counfel hath decreed of

God

Ifijd.

him

iv.

Father eternal thine is to dttrte ;

Mine, both in heav'n and earth, to do thy will.
Milton,
Had heav'n iL'creeil that I mould life enjoy,
Heav'n had decreed to fave unhappy Troy. Dryd.
!

To DECRE'E.

If your mafter
a queen his beggar, you muft
Thr;t majefty, to keep decorum, muit

to tilabliih

him.
]

DECO'RUM.

Would have

DECRE'E. w. n. [Jecretum, Latin.]

To make anedift; to appoint by edift;
refolve.

to Itrip.

Take
it is

To

-v.

a.

To doom

or affign by

a decree.

Thou

(halt alfo dtirte a thing,

sftabljiheJ,

acd

it

mall be

Jch,

The

DEC

DEC
The king

their father,

RifWi.

An

2.

AyliffsFtre
DE'CRETAL. n.f. [from the adjeftive _
book of decrees or edifts ; a body of
1.

Were

of a

fuit,

Decreafe

into

precipitate

2.

our

of decay.
!

exceed fourfcore, and fome an hundred years.

This pope

ts decrepit,

and the

bell

the north to call

Milton.

Who

malevolence towards thofe poor decrepit parts of our

in whom human nature is defaced by infirfpecics,

mity and doUge.

Jiddifon,

DECRE'PIT ATE. -v.a. [decrepo, LaTo calcine fait till it has eafed
tin.]

makes, when put over the

fire

cible.

DtcRE'riTUDE.

cay

the

'tin r

pimefs
ous er

"/

[from

The

of ape, can procreate

fibres, dccvjjating

one another

Ray.

DECUSSA'TION.

The

aft

it.

of croffing

from dccuffate. ]
ftate of
being croff-

f.

ed at unequal angles.
Though there bi decvjjatai

of the rays in the

of the object in
pupil of the eye, and fo the image
the retina, or bottom of the eye, be inverted; yet
doth net the object appear inverted, but in its right
or natural poftnre.

Ray.

DEDE'CORATE.

To

decry.]

To

Latin.]

v.

difgrace

a.

^dedecoro,
to bring a re-

Di3.

proach upon.

againft.
Malice in criticks reigns fo high,
That for fmall errours they whole plays dtcry.
Dryden.
Thofe meafures, which are extolled by one half
other.
the
decried
are
of the kingdom,
by
naturally

DECU'MBENCE.
DECU'MBENCY.

fucli

i.

ftill

is

properly no

To

2.

of incivility.
Srnan'i Vulgar Erroun.

[from decumbe,

The time

at

which a

man

Skakrfp,
Ladies, a gcn'ia! \\tlcnmc from his grace
Salutes you all : this night hcdtjicttts

takes to his

To

fcheme of the heavens

[In allrology.]
ertfted for that time, by which the proor death are difgnofticks of recovery

D rydtr.
,atin.] Ten

fold;

tl>c

to the lord

DE'DICATE.
-

fecrate

lame number ten limes repeated.

priate.

p L E. adj.

[iL'ci,f>lu<,

C'.jrtndi,*.

Toinfcribe to a patron.
He compiled, ten elegant books, and
them

itches, its dicumbiturc Ihe takes.

R'C

Slake/peart.
to learn the profeflion of a foldicr, to
!.

3.

mile (he travel out of town,

The planetary hour mult firft be known,

And lucky moment: if hereye but akcs,
Or

content and you.

which he had dcdifattd

Bid her inftant wej,
And quiet detficftthn remnant life
To tin- juftdjtics of an humble wife.

covered.

curi

fair

He went

,1

be-

That vulture in you, to devour fo many

As will to greatnel's dedicate themfelves.

in a difeafe.

Jf but

Dry dm.
appropriate fok-mnly to any perfoti
There cannot

Latin.]

bed

Sftttfrr*

nd dcJicMc, this wond'rous frame.

or purpofe.

imputed

uphifh,

We rais'd,

but one kind ot

an act
ple unto rufticity, or
.

(not

The princes offered for dedicating the altar, in

A'*m. vii. 1C.
the day that it was anointed.
Warn'd by the frer, to her i-ffcndcd name

Brawn's Vulgar Errours.

motion.
Not confidering the ancient manner of duumthis gcllure rf the beloved dikilie

DECU'MBITURE.

Errotirs.

pleafant grove
full of the (lately tree
That dedicated is to Olympick Jove,
And to his fon Alcides.

[decumtt; Lat.]
aft of lying down;

reft,

dentitio,

Was

The

and

Lois or fhedding of the teeth.

confecrate and fet apart to facred ufes.

llation

for

of de-

[from Jecrtfccns, Labeing in a llate of

lefs j

(hamcful. Difl.

[de

Br^iuns Vulgar

the pofture of lying down.

This mull conic to pals, if we hold opinion
.it all
they lie not down, and enjoy no Je,:imtcnce

Quiitn-.
de ,-refit.]

fwarms of

DE'DICATE. -v. a. [,/edico, Latin.]

To devote to fome divine power; to

To

Rogers.
cautioning us to
beware of counterfeits, and decry others cheats only
to make more way for their own.
Swift.
are

reproachful

Solon divided life into ten feptenaries, becaufe in

every one thereof a man received fome fenfible mutation : iu the tirft is dtdtntitinn, or falling of teeth.

Mdl'oll.

Quacks and impoftors

Latin.]

their authoapplied thcmfclves to lefien

as hard and uimecelfary reftraints.
rity, decried them

in a cru-

laft llage

graceful

DEDENTI'TION. n.f.

They

Btlltlty,

tin.] Growing
dccrcafe.

friendlhip will apply,

be brought to the decretory rigours of

Ssuth's Sermons.
fentencc.

mour

earth, in this her burrcnncis and dfcit-

adj.

made up of many
longways.

of old age.

laft effects

Latin.]

performs by the action of a notable mufcle on each fide, having the form of the letter X,
it

DECREPJTA'TION. *. /. [from decrepiThe crackling nolle which fait

tate.']

DECU'SSATE. v. a. [decu/o,
To interfeft at acute angles.
Tl.i)

condemning
Critical; in which there is fome definitive event.
The motions of the moon, fuppofed to be mea-

to crackle in the fire.

ST will it come to pafs in a pot of fait, although
Bntun't Vulgar Errotirs.
decrepitated.

TH.CKI'PITNESS.

To

DEDECORA'TION. n.f. [from deJecorute. ]

To DECRY' -a. a. [decrier, French.] To
The aft of difgracing difgrace. Difl.
to blame clamoroufly ; to cla- DEDE'COROUS.
cenfure
Difadj. [ciedecus, Lat.]

this obferves, may in his body find

Dtnbam.
never in his mind.
Decrepit age, but
as he goes,
Propp'd on his daft", and (looping
his
turrow'd
(hades
brows;
painted mitre
Thi-god, in this decrepit form array'd,
the
fruits
and
The gardens enter'd,
furvcy'd. Pope.
The charge of witchcraft infpires people with a

To

decayed by that dccurfun of waters, it

which water brings.
Hale.

DECURTA'TIOX. n.f. \decurtatio, Latin.]

The aft of cutting mort, or fhortening.

Clamorous cenfure ; halty or noify condemnation; concurrence in cenfuring any

Raleigh.
goeth for him

Decrepit Winter.

'

that

decree.]

DECRI'AL. n.f. [from

take order that there be cholenapopeoffrem years.

Bacon.
and fuch as had tlicir naDecrepit fuperftitions,
times beyond all hiftory, are frcm in the
tivity in
cbfervation of many heads. Bniun's Vulgar Err.

And from

is

F-.r.fl.

One

Th

thing.

Skjttfp.
bafe, ignoble wretch
Decrepit mifer
Of men's liv5, in this decrepit age of the world,

many

decree.]

fured by fevens, and the critical or decretory days,

E> rsurs.
depend on that number. Brtnvn's Vulgar

Wafted and worn out with age

laft llage

it will

before

[decrepitus, Latin.]
in the
;

adj.

[from

Judicial; definitive.
There aie lenitives that

1.

Woodward,

lower and lower.

What

n.f. \decurfus, Latin.]

running down.

faeces
fupplied by the terrene

Ay&ffe-irartrf*

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of
the earth, fuffer a continual decrement, and grow

DECRE'PIT.

n.f.

DE'CRETORY.^'. [from

in our laft days

5f equal foVce,

as authentical as the facred charter itfclf.

Ayliffe's

/\\deertmentum,

quantity loft by decreafmg.

frcm our
Upon the tropick, and flrft defcenfion
of declination ; hut
folltice, we are fcarce fenfible
accelerates we fet
declining farther, our decrement
apace, and
grave!.

made

aft of

ftudies or profefles the knowledge of the

decretal.
The dccrttijls had their rife and beginning under
the reign of the emperor Fredeiick Barb.iroiU.

Partrgon,
Latin.]
the ftate of growing lefs ; the
.

decretals w;; e

through both thefc coone over every ten families. 'Temple.

inftituted decur'aia

DECU'RSION.

colleftion of the pope's decu-e.i.

DE'CRETIST.

ordinance, which

by any one thereon.

He

lonies, that is,

.'

Hnvel't VccaJ

4. [In canon law.]

and
is enafted by the pope himfelf, by
with the advice of his cardinals in council affembled, without being confulted

DE'CREMENT.

painted fair with memorable gefts

Ti aditions and
and

or litigated

caufe.

An

mander

The

2.

he made a decree for the rain, and a way

for the lightning of the thunder.
Jot, xxviii. 16.

comn.f. [Jtcvrit, Lat.]

over ten ; an officer fubordinate

to the centurion.

fecond room, wliofe walls

Of magiftrates, of courts, of tribunals,

Of laws, of judgments, and o( daretals.

RV-

fund.

DECV'RION.

laws.

eftablifhed rule.

A determination

fir,

Jirfome.

calamity.

Errttirs.

and eiotick, that is, near a danplants domeftick

the Ipecie; of infects will amount to ten thou.

'

The

Brown's Vulgjr

there b: a thoufand forts of infects

in this ill and, if the fame proportion holds between
the infects of England and of the world, as between

Suppofmg

thereon.
by fome particular perfon or pcifons

When

br-aft and the fuinc.

mud

law!
you deny me, fie upon your
There is no force in the Jecrta of Venke. Slat.
There went a decree from Carfar Auguftus, that
Luke, ii. I.
all the world would be taxrd,
Are we condemn'd by fate's unjuft<fcir
to
our
homes
fee ? D<yd.
No more our houfes and
The Supreme Being is fovereignly good; he
rewards the juft, and punimes the unjuft : and the
not the decree of heaven, is the
folly of man, and

human

decree.
decretal epiftle is that which the pope decrees
either by himfelf, or elfc by the advice of his carbe on his being confulted
dinals ; and this

If

caufe of

Mn's length, that is, a perpendicular from the

vertex unto the fole of the foot, is dtcufle unto
his profundity ; that is, * direct line between the

law.

adj. [dfcretum, Latin.] Apa decree ; containing a

pertaining to
.

On juft and weighty reafons, hai JecrteJ.

His fccptre to the younger.
_
E. n.
[dfcretum, Latin.]

DECRE
/
An edift a

D E D

Burghley.

adj.

devote

Frier.

dedicated
Fcacbjt/i.

[from the verb.] Condedicated ; appro;

Pray'.,

DEE

E D

Pray'rs from preferred foulSj

From farting maids, whofe names are didicatt

1o

cluding a fpace.
DEDU'CIVE. ad-v.

nothing temporal.
Sbakefpeare.
This tenth part, or tithe, being thus aifigncd
nto him, leaveth now to be of the nature of the
other nine parts, whi*. are given us for our worldly
neceflities, and becometh as a thing dedicate and
appropriate unto God.
Sfelman.

The

confecration

folemn appro-

ot infancy.

priation.
charge, that
they have bern fo curious as to trouble bilhops
placing the firil ftone in the churches 5 or Ib
fcrcpukus is, after the erection 01" them, to make

Having

Some

Hsckir.
any great ado for their dedieatitti.
Among publick folemnities there it none fogloas that under the rei,;n of king Solomon, at
t'-e <i-d:fjr!-tt of the temple.
Adiiifxi.

2.

An

Apollo on his forked hill,

Bufo, purY'd by ev'ry quill ;
fed by foi't dedication all day long,
ice and he went hand in hand in fong.

fulfome

flattery to

DE'DICATORY.
a

pering

adj.

P'tpe.

to unfuccefsful fatires,

d:dii ator s.

Pr,pe.

[from dedicate.] Com;

complimental ;

dedication

ihould begin my epiftle, if it were a dedie atcry one ; but it is a friendly letter.
Popr.
I

DEDI'TION.

The

n.f. [diditio, Latin.]

aft

of yielding up a;^ thing; furrendry.

was not a complete conqueft, but rather a
n upon terms and capitulations agreed between the conqueror and the conquered.
Hals.
It

To

DEDUCE,

To draw

from one

v. a. [deduco, Latin.]

in a regular connefted ferics,

time or one event to another.

will deduce him from his cradle,

through the
deep and tubric waves of ftate and court, till he
was fwallowed in the gulph of fatality.
Wattcn Suet,
O goJdefs, fay, (hall I deduct my rhimes
From the dire nation in its early times ?
Pipe.

remaining of that heavenly

much

attended to deductions of reafon.

That which

is

To

fair dcduEi'wns

unknown

nothing but the faculty of deducing

truths from principles already

DEDU'CTIVE.
cible

the

firft

There

I.

done.
From

Timmfoit.

[from deduce.] The

the colleftion of reafon ;

adj.

by reafon

The

I,

new

Burner.

So

The

Brown's yulrar Errcun,

general character of the

far, therefore, as confcicnce

reports

agreeable to or dtduciilt from

Darkened

to.

VOL.

I.

Exploit; performance.
Us'd no ambition to

thefe,

is

deeds;
tho' mute, fpoke loud the

Nor knew

To

to be

Snlb ,

fide,

Miltcn.

Thoufandt were there, in darker farae that dwell,

Wh<>fe iltids fome nobler poem (hall adorn.
Dryd.
3. Power of aftion ; agency.

any thing

it

on the other

commend my

deeds themfclves,
doer.

4.

flames.

not

be with will and deed created frre.

Aft declaratory of an opinion.

Miltsn.

Milton.

Tbotxfoft.

to

make

eftimate of: this

difufed.

not to dy,
deem thy force by fortune's doom unjuft,
That hath, maugre her fpite, thus low roe laid

dull.

Speafir,
that (kill not of fo heavenly matter,
All that they know not, envy, or admire,

But they

Rather than envy, let them wonder

to deem of her defert afpire.

at her,

But not

Spertfer.

DEEM.

n.f. [from the verb.] Judgment;

furmife ; opinion.
Not now in ufe.
Hear me, my love, be thou but true of heart, ,
how now? what wicked deem is this ?
I true
!

Sbaltefpeare.

DEE'MSTER.
a

word

n.f. [from deem.]

judge:
yet in ufe in Jerfey and the Ifle

of Man.

DEEP.
1 .

adj.

[beep, Saxon.]

Having length downwards

far

profound

;
defcending
oppofed to Jhallow.

All trees in high and fandy grounds are to be

dcfp, and in watry grounds more Shallow.

Bacon.

The gaping gulph low to the ccjitre lies,

And twice as deep as earth isdiftant from the/kies.

We

condition, although d;ducible from many

(hall we evidence it but from few.

VEtna

Ne

fet

Luke.
are not feduded from the expectation of reward for our charitable detdi.
Smtlridgt't ScrnKns.

2.

deem'd

Do me

virtuous things prnc"?d,

now

fenfe is

d"d.

grounds, yet

The

when

to be

leap'd fondly into

To eftimate

2.

vain,

earth ia paraflfaical; and the particular

character, that it
no
fea: and both arc
hafc
apparently deduciblc
ii.jm its formation.

lowerr. place

Hooker.

He who,

Thefe bleflings, friend, a deity beftow'd ;

For never can I deem him lefs than
god.
Dryden.
Nature, diftuiVd,
Is deem'd vindictive to have
her
courfe.
chang'd

And deeds couW only deeds unjuft maintain. Dryd.

The fame had not confented to the council ,-md

Col-

confequential ; difcoverable from

principles laid down.

both are not.

The place is dignified by th' drier's deed.

Sbak.
The monfter nought replied ; for words were

Dryden.

[from deduce.}

Saxon

daed, Dutch.]
Aftion, whether good or bad; thing
n.f. [hash,

conclude upon confidera-

A god,

fcarce a popular errour pafl'ant in our

is not either
directly exprefled, or de'

Praife and prayer are his due

worftip, and the
reft of thofe deducemcnts which I am confident are

leftible

work.
Brvwn' s Vulgar Errours.

n.f.

hc remote effects of revelation.

account

dulti-vely contained, in this

thing deduced ;
confequential propofition.

DEDU'CIBLE.

is

to

to think ; to
opine ; to determine.
Here eke thai famous golden apple
grew,
For which th' Idean ladies
difagreed,
Till partial Paris
dempt it Venus' due.
Sperter.
So natural is the union of religion with
juitice,
that we may
boldly deem there is neither, where

[from dedufl.] Deduthat which is or may be deduced

days, which

DEED.

of fpring.

tion

adj.

pour

note the hollow cuckoo iinp%

DEDU'CEMENT.

To judge;

1.

what they mount.

adv. [from deductive.]

Confequentially ; by regular deduftion ;
by a regular train of ratiocination.

From

rnan, Saxon.]

Rogers.

DEDU'CTIVBLY.

Locke.

The fymphony

All knowledge of caufes is dedufiive; for we

by limple intuition, but through the
mediation of their effects.
Clan-ville.

lay down in regular order, fo as

that the following mall
naturally rife
from the foregoing.
Lend me your fong, ye nightingales oh

The mazy-running foul of melody

Into my varied verfc
while I deduct,

Sbakejpearc.
Inftant, he cried, your female difcord end,

Ye deeiilefs bouftcrs and the fong attend.

P?pt.
To DEEM.
n. part,
dempt, or deemed,
[domgan, Gothick ; doemen, Dutch b*'-

know none

known.

Oedipus.

defalcation.

a drift

dud I might

adj. [from deed.] Unaftive;

without aftion ; without exploits.
Speaking in deeds, and dcedlfjs in his tongue.

'

from a pofition premifed.

To

3.

fee to

DEE'DLESS.

Pope.

tial propofitions.
is

Bring then thefe bleflings to

M.ike

form a regular chain of confequen-

Reafon

deducted

contrary to fiftion

behold
earth, and all yon marhle roof,
Meet like the hands of Jove.
Left

The pond'rous

reflection fo obvious, that natural inftinct

feems to have fuggefted it even to thofe who never

2.

the

indeed.
that, as oft I have at Athens fcen
and
the
ftage arife,
big clouds defcend

So now in very

fire.

2.

The

fpright,

Clativilie.
advanced, is as dark as ignorance.
You have laid the experiments together in fuch
a way, and made fuch deduHuia from them, as I
have not hitherto met with.
Boyle.
All crofs and diltafteful humours are either exprefsly, or by clear confluence and deduliion, forbidden in the New Teftament.
Tilhifan.

adulatory.

Thus

deduHtd

'

fcrvility.

Le-ve dang'rous truths

yet, in his

South.

reality

whence the word

by fome kind of confluence ; as by long circuit

of dtiiuclkn it may be that even all truth, out of
Hooter.
any truth, may be concluded.
Set before you the moral law of God, with fuch
deduclions from it as our Saviour hath drawn, or
our own reafon, well informed, can make.
Duff a.
That by divernty of motions we ihould fpell out
things not refembled by them, we mult attiibute
to 1'tme fecret deduftion ; but what this <teducli f<r.
(hould be, or by what mediums this knowledge ii

DEDICA'TOR. n.f. [from dedicate.} One

who infcribes his work to a patron with
And

fr.arks

Faft

to divide.

upon

face of a river.

6.

Spenfcr.

wn

compliment and

to be fraudulent.
Bacon.
builds his houfe upon the fand, and write*
the deeds by which he holds his eftate
the

He

n.f. [deduffio, Latin.]

I. Confequential colleftion ; coufequence ;
propofition drawn from principles premifed.
Out of fcripture fuch duties may be deduced,

as

Sit full-b!

was impeached

DEDU'CTION.

addrefs to a patron.

Proud

to difpart

Written evidence of any

legal aft.
The folicitor gave an evidence for a deed, which

5.

Norris.

To feparate
Now not in ufe.

2.

many men's

car.no; be laid to

It

defire,

fcnate it Ihould belong to give full

judgment
excommunication, and to abfolve
whom it pleafed them, clean contrary to their own
former deeds and oaths.
Hanker.
in matter of

off; to defalcate.
We deduct from the computation of our years
that part of our time which is fpent in incogitancy

a./, \_dedicatio, Latin.]

aft of dedicating to any being or

purpofe

They

with ftrange abfurdity, tRat to the

fame

Locke.

[from deduce.'] PerformDil.

ing the aft of deduftion.
ToDEDU'CT. -v.a. [deduco, Latin.]
1. To fubftraft ;
to take away ; to cut

DEDICA'TION.
1.

DEE

All properties of a triangle depend on, and are

Reducible from, the complex idea of three lines, in-

Dryden.

2.

Low

3.

Meafured from the furface downward.

in fituation

not high.

Mr. Hallcy, in diving deep into the fea in a div.

ing vcllel, found, in a clear fun-fliine day, that
when he was funk many fathoms Jap into the
water, the upper part of his hand, on which the
fun (hone directly, appeared of a red colour.
Newttn,
\.

Entering

far

piercing a great way.

This avarice
more pernicious

Strikes deeper, grows with

root.

'
Sbakefpcare.

Q.

r.r,

DEE
mn in

that feaftn of the Jtr, the ways

wire very Jeff.
Clarendon.
u haft not ftrength fuch labours to lu:Wm
Drink btlicbun-, my boy drink dtif, and fcour

For)

in

And

thy bra n.

and mouth.]
ailj. {deep
Having a hoarfe and loud voice.
Hunttman, 1 charge thee, tender wellmy hounds;

Drjtin.

j Tibuili

D<'/>

Not

6.

her nets are fpmd,

I'j'iJsr,
.1
in her fi.cm den does lie.
l)rjjjx.
;

fiiperficr.il

the matter

It

h-.:

k-iot'y. I:KI tin-

Pile
lies

!-:i.'c

Then

Who

not heard

h.tth

it

And

the;

S.-gacious ; penetrating ; having

to enter far into a fubjeit.

power

toils

Sana.

ierf-

Sk&i
for beads, and lime for birds were

Jci-p-rtiiitb't!

Vented much policy and

projects

Of enemies,

have molt need

to

employ a

Drip, hollow, treacherous, and

me.

to

Grave

9.

pray'n cannot appeafc thee,

my dfef

But thou wilt be avcng'd on my mifdecjs,

Vet execute thy wrath on me alone. Sliak. R.
V.nr awriil Photbus

\v.is

III.

on Pindus heard

3.

Drydeti.

Having a great degree of

1 1.

gloom, or faduefs.
And the Lord God

lUlnefs, or

caufed a deef deep to fall

Gtrefa, ii. zi.

upon Adam.
12. Depreffed ; funk ; metaphorically, low.
Their deep poverty, aboundee into the riches of
their libarality.

13.

iiCtrintbuns,

grave in found.
The- founds made by buckets
Bafs

and

than

in a well, are deifer

were made in

if the like percufiion

the open air.

Bacon.

n.f. [from the adjeftive.]

fea ; the main ; the abyfs of wathe ocean.

ters

z.

lilt up our hearts and voices to God

(hcwcth his wonders in tht dtep. Bacon.
''ar.li .n her dark buw-ls o-.;!

Yet we

aid

w'l-i

afcov,

V.it
Fror

nun,

ree<ly

lies

faicr in the

dap.

tf'^il.r.

t, whom fortune orings to

keep
Thefcrrcs of Neptune, monarch of the dtep. Pope.
:. The rooft folemn or Hill
part.
There want not many tha; 10 fear,
In dcff of night,, tj walk by this Heine's oak.

The

of nighti- crept upon nur t.itk.'iiji.

Virgin face divine
haplcfs youth through ftorms anJ
wavet,

in deep of night.

Phifipu

TeDE'EPEN. v. a. [from deep.]

1. To make
deep; to fuik far below
'

furface.

The

Rome

would receive a great advantage from the undertaking, as it would raite the
.

^.

ind Jeeptn tlw bed of the Tiber.

Mdihn.

To

darken ; to cloud ; to make dark.

You muit deepen \onr c."!')Uia fo, that '!

mcnt may

be the h^heft.

To make

fad or gloomy.

P,

See

DEEP*

ajj
H.-r

farljcns all the fcenr,

cy'tj flow'r, and laikchs ev'ry green,

gloomv prefencc

of money.

Diminution

/. [from defalcate.]
abatement
excifion of

any part of a cuftomary allowance.

The tea-ia&le n let forth wi'h its cultomary
b'll

of fare, and without any <:'efj!catit>n.

-v a.
[See

'ToDEFA'LK.

[from

Entrance

deep.]

furface

profundity

Cazzianer fet forward with great roil, by irafon

of the dtefnefi of the way, arid hcaviucl'. "f the
great ordnance.

Some fell upon ftony placts, and they withered,

becaufc they had no deepaejt of earth.
Matthew,

n.f.
tonick ;

xiii. 5.

hunted for veniion

is

fuborclinate

many

as the (lag or red deer, the

fpecics

buck or

low deer, the roebuck, and others.

You have beaten my men, killed my c/ivr,

my

lodge.
pale that held

DEFA'CK.
To Ueftroy

my

fal-

an.i

d.irlt

detraction and
fpics are

's

he.

Drydtn.

intricate motives there are to

defair.alien

into

fcarching

and m.viy malicious

the actions of a great
;

man.

DETA'MATORY.

adj. [from difamc.] Catending to defame ; unjuitly

cenforious

libellous

falfely fatirical.
fjiro.iding of
ry reports.
./,'f,Tcr::.t.
to
confcious
himfolf
of mdny crimes,
Angultus,
made an clift againft lampoons and fatirts, nr i
;

The moil eminent

fin is the

C;i-irr,m>n:

defamatory writ);.

/)ry/et:.

and

Waller^

in fpil'%

ivrly deer.

by

ei-

<
heard the defaming of many.
J^ r ~ ** Iolive as f they
profefled chriftianity merely

They

v. a. [&fair*t French.]
to ra*e ; to ruin ; to dif-'

falfely
to deprive of honour ; to
reports ; to libel ; to ca-

difhonour by
lumniate ; to dcilroy reputation
ther adls or words.

Sbakifpeare*

t,.

Jffair,;

it.

i>CfJV cfPi.ty.

My guilt thy growing virtues did

My bkckncfs blotted thy ueblemidTii
.',

name.
Drjtleti.

me

leave to fpeak as earnestly in truly

commanding it, as you have done in untruly and

unkindly defacing and flandering

Fatal

D'farinp monuments
Uitdoi-g all.

Pay him

aifnaali.a but to fay, that

Mar,y

in publick

figure.

Give

Defama-hn is the uttering of -contumelious language of any one, with cr. intent of raifing an ill
fame of the party ; anc thij extends to writ'.ng, as
by de'^.matory libels j an.i to deeds, as reproachful pi.ftures,
figns, and geftures.
Aj'.ijfe*
Be filent, and beware, if fuch you fee;

Saxon; tbicr, Teu- 7"oDEFA'ME. v. a. [Je zndfama, Lat.]

That clafs of
Greek.
To make infamous ; to cenfure

K,

containing

Decay of Fifty*

n.f.

[beoji,

animals which

broke open

infipid fin, is but to

guflful.

(from defame.] The

aft of
defaming or bringing infamy upon
another ; calumny ; reproach ; cenfure ;

lumnious

depth.

DEER.

DEPAMA'TION.

'TU

keep his promife with him, he had deffly

offended both his nobles and people.
Bacin'i Henry VII.

the

he defalti fiom lonie

detraction.

To

./.

Addtfon.

DEFALCATE.]

cut off; to lop away.

What

In a high degree.

DF.'BPNESI.
far below

To

defalquer, French.]

DEFALCATION.

to darknefs of colour.
4.
Having taken of the deeply red juice 01 buckthorn berries, I let it drop upon white paper.
Byle.

city of

fur-

With a tendency

The
the

A fteklc

v.a. [from f!x,fal,

cut off; to lop ; to take away part of a

penfion or falary. Jt is generally ufed

make Come other more

of thnt unhapCiiitnille.

DEFA'LCATE.

Sorrowfully ; folemnly ; with a great

degree of lerioulr.efs or fadnefs.
He fighcJ deeply in his fpirit. Mark, tiii. n.
Klotkins fo deeply hath 1'worn ne'er more to come

Attracts the

Alone

affeftions were the authors

To

Slakcjfttn.
rli-f

dtfa'i anci.

cis,

In bawdy-houfe, that he dares not go home. Donne.

Upon the deck our careful general .flood,
And deeply mus'd on the fuccceoing day. Dryden.

n.f. [Jefaillance, French. ]

inifcarriage : a word not in

great fludy or fagacity ; not fuperncially ; not carelefsly ; profoundly.

fuller

DEEP.
The
i

viii.

To

(hade.

With

2.

Wi'h detpn filer.cc, or whh more regard. Drydcn.

10. Dark-coloured.
With deeper brown the grove was overfpread.

The
py

Fear is a paifion thit is moft deeply rooted in

our natures, and flows immediately from the prinTillotjen.
ciple of felf-prefervation.
Thofe impreflions were made when the brain
was more fufceptive of them : they have been
therefore
deeply engraven at the proper feafon, and
Watts.
they remain.

of guile,

ufe.

face.

Sbakefpcare's Richard III.

if

Failuie

ftray'dj

folemn.

O God

full

Deftroyer

fpeare*

Pope.

friend,

deface.

DEPA'ILANCE.

DEE'PI.Y. adv. [from deep.]

1
To a great depth ; far below the

of contrivance; politick; iniidious.

I

from

mufe.]

But he detp-rr.ujirg o'er the mountains

Through mniy thickets of the woodland

dap

of aida, battles, and leagues,

Piaufibte to the worlu,to me worth nought. Ml't.
I do not difcotcr the helps which this great man
Locke.
of dcrf thought mentions.

Be he

Contemplative

\_deep and
loft in thought.

adj.

worn!) let ljufe, to chace us to our graven.

Thy

Cay.

DrtP-MUSlNC.

./.

abolifher ; violator.
That >ul defjcer of God's handywork

dogs did foreft walks fumuriJ.

Sbiit
Sb.tkelf.
fpiritVf dtp prophecy fh_- iuth.
He's meditating with two Je:f divines. Kiak.
HJ in my ear

When

DEFA'CER.

Hills, dales, and forcrb far be'.,

\Viiilc the warm fcent draws on the df-f

Ipokrn,

The

8. Full

is this image, and how is it defaced ?

pour men of Lyons will tell you, that the
image of Cud is purity, and the defactmer.t fin.

But what

Drjda.

yon were within the books of bcav'n

ttttf

1't.i.

Ptiv,

this piece.

n,f. [from deface.] Vioinjury; rafure ; abolition} de-

The

Lteke.

tem|Hation

Hjv

cbps outvoice tha:

>rVhr:

Ihrf,

mind mull ftop and buckle to it, and ft:ck

upon it witii l.tU'Ur and th-iuLV, ar.j clot'e con-

image in

ftruclion.

R'h.'.H the Englifh beach

in the flood with men, with wives ar

the

-.

lation;

Skakefpeart.

not obvious.

ftoick's

DEFA'CEMENT.

Ar.d couple Cicwder with th: ctiep-iacnt'ii Brich.

when

$o the ulfe

The

DEEP-MOUTHHD.

frum the outer part.

F.ir

One nobler wretch can only rife,

"Tis he whofe fury rtiall deface

murmurs of the falling floods,

breathes a browner horror on the woods. Ptfe.

Detpitt the

ti.ji vj'n-

5.

D E

D E F

it.

marriage,
of conqucr'd France,
Sbi-.

and

irfc.ce

the bond.
Sbilttjpteril

fc fVn-iiri,

And, though

iVrcia, columns biok

woa icf of tl; I've. Dry.'..

dcft.'d, the

grace
MJII

tills

lix tho'jfand,

DEFA'ME. n.f. [from

difhonour

the verb.]
not in ufe.

d m,''Ky knights he in bis

days

Had donf to Jeich,

And hung their couquei'd arms

On

Dif-

y 'l!ov\

for

(.

more

Atfar.c
ftpfrfrr.

'MER. n.f, [from defame.] O

inures the reputation of another
detractor

a calumniator.
It

D E F

D E F

a uier'ul trial of the patience of the

defamed, )et the dcfair.tr has not ibe lefs crime.
It

may

fce

OaUifttmatt of tee Icngue.

DEFA'TIGATE.
To weary to tr

To

i>.

a. [Jcfatigo, Lat.]

You flculk'd.
He finds himfelf

The power

of thefe men's industries, never dc

Dr. Main.
fafrgatedf hath been great.
DEPATIGA'TION. a. /. \defatigatio, La-

tin.] Wearinefs

DEFAULT.
j

Crime

failure

feature

We,

that

know what

Uaytaoad.

'tis

to fail

DE'FECATE. -v. a.
To purge liquors from

To

and pray,

penitent for

your default to-day. Shatefptare.

Let me not rafiiiy call in doubt
what if ail foretold
Divine prediction
Had been fu.fill'd, bu: thro' mine own default,
Whom have 1 to complain of but myfeif ? Milton.
Partial judges we are of our own excellencies,
and other men's default!,
Swift,

I.

to purify

3. Defect

The

n.f. [from the verb.]

default.

i.

The

aft _/
<

abrogating any

contract or (tipulatbn.
2. Deftafance is a condition annexed to an
act ; as to an
obligation, a recognizance, or ftatute, which performed by
the obligee, or the cognizee, the aft is
difabled and made void, as if it had never been done.
Ceyvell.

The

writing in which a defeasance is

contained.
defeat ; conqueft ; the act of con4.
quering ; the ftate of being conquered.
Obfolete.
That Wry kirg, with all his train,
3.

golden colour.

champion

Purification

The
offices

I)

2.

was

DEFE'AT.
1.

The

whom we

Act of deftruction
;i

if.

deprivation.

whole

life

Defeat thj fav.ur with ulurped br

Ye gads, ye make the weak moil (hong ;
The:'
rants do
Siakefa.
defeat.
'''hey invaded Ireland, and were defeated
by the
M'.un'joy.
Bacon.
j
2.
fruftrate.

DEFE'CT.

<-j.

n.

to

[from the noun.]

thort of;

fall

Want

To

to fail.

Sjrne

i.jll
.i!
attempts above 1.
yet the enquiries of mod dcfifltd by the
xvy, .jr.d tired v.iihin the fober circumfeicnce of
Bremen's fu'.gar J
knowledge.
j

ftate

perfection.

n.f.

of failing

[from

im-

tenfes.
defctti've.]
;

faultinefs.

Thclowncfs often opens the building in breadth,

of fome other particular make.!

any

dtftlKmiUJt
part appear in perfection.

fiiigls

DEFE'NCE.
Guard;

I.

'
'

Addfin.

n.f. [Jefenfio, Lat.]

protection; iecurity.
'Uvclr in

Jerufalem, and built cities

z Cbrot ui\f, i:. 5.

Judah.
i.urJ U your protection and Itrong iray, &
rom hca:, and a cover from the tun.
.cf

in

Eccitf. xxxiv.

Be thou

6.

ong rock for an houfe of dif.::cc

me.
Pfatm xxxi. ;.
nil iill tVi there fecms tote no
defence^ but
iujipoitii!^ one ^/tublifhcd form 'jf doctrine
and did
Siv ,".
roy

ft)

1
;

Vindication

;
juftification ; aptilogy.
Alexander beckoned w:th his hand, and would
have rnadc hi- defence unto the people.

Ads,

The

defulible.'}

deficiency

cafe.

A verb

the ftate of being

imperfect

!dci:.

Obfolcte.
nity

Adiiifon.

Verb, '[in grammar.]

DEFE'CTIVENESS. n.f. [from

or the

Lxke.

be deficient

The
SMefpterc.

mar.]

//;^

not to ex^rcij their miivcrfjl

de-

perfons

or deficient Nouns. [In gramIndeclinable nouns, or fuch as

which wants fome of its

Sbakefpeare.

Any natural imperfection ; a blemifh ;

a failure, without direct
implication of
any thing too litt'.e.
Men, through f>mc Ji-f.-n in the organs, wa'it
fail

th,e

DE v E CT VE

dtftfls

love.

DEFECTIBI'I. ITY.

accufations

He pleaded dill not guilty, and

Mtoj ILuf reafons to defeat the law,

feflive in giving proper fentimentj to

they introduce.

want a number, or fome particular

i.ili

words, yet
by figns.^
Tr.

Faulty ; vitious ; blameable.

Our tragedy writers have been notorioufly

DEFECTIVE

me. Sbatcfyjre.
not yourfelf ; but, your defects to know,
M..kc ufe of evVy friend :ind ev'ry foe.
Pope.

tli

Ad.la DEFF.'AT. <u. a. [from the

noun.]
1. To overthrow ; to undo.

\.

praifc yiuifclf,
laying defects of judgment to

Ey

Davki.

[from dfairt, French.]

overtiirow of an army.

You

fo

If it renders us perlecl l.i one

accompliinmeat,
generally leaves us defcClive in another. Addijjn,

it

Blackmore

fault ; uiiftake ; errour.

We had rather follow the perfections of them
whom we like not, than in d>ft;is referable them

3.

n.f.

finilh

-i

Failing; imperfection.

'1

EnJ Matib'rough'i wjrk and

2.

f-

this ftrange energy been lcf>,

had been as fatal as excels.

motion of the blood.

Arbutbnot on Aliments,

my

defclis fupplied

Da-vies

Had

defcltrve projectile

It will very little

help to cure
ignorance,
that this is. the belt of four or five
hypothefes prowhich
are
all
Locke,
pofc3,
drfeclivc.

the fault oppofed to fu-

perfluity.
Errors have been corrected, and

nulled or abrogated.
title,

upon a

Ctt 'tis fcen

Our mean fecures us, and our meie
Prove our commodities.

DEFEASIBLE, adj. [from defaire, Fr.'to

make void.] That which may be anc.ime to the crown
by a JrftaJVJe
never well fettled.

Latin.]
clearing or pu-

Full of defeds; imperfed ; not fuffinot adequate to the

;
purpofe.
It fubjec-ts them to all the difeafes
depending

2.

HM-WJ.

insufficiency

fcales.

Brawn's Vulgar Errors,

fpleen and liver are obftructed in their

of defecation, whence vicious and dreggiih

Bacon.

time defective upon the exacted

\dcftecatio,

the act of

blood.

foe's dtfeafar.ce, did remain,

goodly greets, and fair docs entertain.

He

itfelf.

Nor will puliiheJ amber, although !t fend forth

a'grofs and corporeal exhalement, be found a
long

cient

DEFE'CT. n.f. \deftlius, Latin.]

Want abfence of lomething neceflary

(tout,

Sftnfir.

the very nation

DEFE'CTIVE. adj. [from defeffi-vus ,

-Lat.]
1.
Wanting the jult quantity.

rifying.

After his

Him

FECA'TION. n.f.

Di-

An

Boyle.

abandoning of a king, or ftate;

revolt.
He was diverted and drawn from hence by the
genejal deftflwn of the whole realm.
Da-vies.
Neither can this be meant of evil govcrnours or
but
of
fome
and
tyrants,
perverfenefs
defifiian in

3.

DE'FECATE.

adj. [from the verb.] Purged

from lees or foulnefs.
We are puzzled with contradictions, which are
no abfurdmes to defecate faculties.
G/anmlle.
This liquor was very defecate, and of a pleafing

after tailing of the

good word
criminal muft fuch a defcilian be

away

SJttfrbvry,

Clan

it.

fall

how

There is more evil owing to our original

defefiiin
from God, and the foohih and evil
dilpuntions th.it
are found in fallen mun.
f'-'ain.

To purify from any extraneous or noxious mixture ; to clear ; to

brighten.

from

arrived where that

dark and muddy

defecate the

is

We

One

n.f. [J,fa ifanct,?r.]

annulling or

to

failure.

Ruihl-.

we

It

defecate the notion from materiality, and

abftraft quantity, place, and all kind of
corporeity

DEFE'ASANCE.
I.

way

Halt*

Latin.]

[tiefeaio,

falling away ; apoftacy.

This defici'mn and falling away from Cod was
firft found ia
angels, and afterwards in men.

of God,

dtfecaled liquor, through the vent

Afcending; then, by downward tract convey'd,
Spouts into fubjeit veffels lovely clear.
Philips.

contract.

makes

Want

The

that

1.

2.

Bc^le.

blood

A/rfK-

condition.

DtFE'criON. n.f.

not fufEciently defecated or clarified, but remains mu<ldy.

Jlariiy.
Provide a brazen tube
and
flies
Inflext; felf-taught
voluntary

4.

DEFAULTER,

He

{defxco, Latin.]
lees or foulnefs ;

of amber.

oil

In dffault of the king's pay, the forces were

laid upon the fubject.
Davits.
Cooks could make artificial birds and fiihes, in
.;./f of reil ones.
Arbutbnot on C ;rs.

[la law.] Non-appearance in court at

a day affigned.
Cowell.
To DEFA'ULT. i. n. [from the noun.]
To fail in performing any contrail or
iHpulation ; to forfeit by breaking a

highly favour-

ed, were for a great part of their lives in a

to cleanfe.

;>ractiled a

want.

Grief hath chang'd me,

And careful hours, with time's deformed hand,
Hith wriite^ ilrarge defeatures in my fact.
Skak.

fault.

adj. [from defeii.}

Imperfect; deficient; wanting.
The extraordinary perfons, thus

i.

Change of feature ; alteration of countenance : not in uie.

Sedition tumbled ioto England more by the default of governors than the people's.

Are

DEFE CTIBLE.

Tillotfcn.

To

neglect.
2.

or union of the
parts of things corporeal.
Vale's Origin of Mankind.

Dryden.

3.
abolifh; to undo; to change.
I) E F E' A T u R E . n.f. [ from de and

n /nd fuftuiency of
perfection
Scripture has
i

been fliewn, as affo

all
the
difeS'ibllity of that partiticular tradition.
Lord D't^ky to'Sir Ken.
The corruption of things corruptible Digiy.
depends
upon the intttnfical defeflihiHty of the connection

naturally to dread a fuperioi

all his dcligns, and
difap-

his hopes.

ail

point

n.
[,/s/W, French.]
Omiffion of that which we ought to do

The

Being, that can defeat

Z);<S.

fatigue.

D E F

Death,
Then due by fentence when thou dioit tranfgrefs,
of
his teizure, many
Befiattd
days,
Giv'n thee of grace.
Af/7/o.
and
of
Difcover'd,
defeated
your prey,

With

xix. 33.

youthful prince
fcorn replied, and made thin bold defence.

D E
Prohibition
French.

3.

this

Severe defences

Buy

D E

F
a fenfe merely

is

made

be

2.

This

[Jcfenfu$, Lat.]
defend by fortification : not in ufe.
The city itfelf he ftrongly fortifies,

Three fide*by

fix it well

defaced has.

And

unprepared.

Milton.

My

not fo

fifter is

defenceless

left

As you imagine flic has a hidden ftrength

Miltcn.
Which you remember not.
Ah me that fear

Theirftrength agVmft a weak </^>/</i koy

To DEFE'ND. w.
1

Add.

a, [defendo, Latin

fendre, French.]
To ftand in defence of; to protect

fupport.
There arofe,
Puah.

me

O my

from them that

enemies,
rife

God

up againft me.
P/a/mlix.

To

vindicate
to maintain.

to

uphold

myfelf

to affert

2.

To

fortify

And here th' accefs a gloomy grove defends,

And here th' umiavigable lake extends. Dryden

A village near

was defended by the

river.

That

1 .

fence

fons

like one of us

To know both good and

Of that defended fruit.
The

ufe of wine

man

is

become,

My

pracYifed,
or laws.
places defended by cuftoms

To

5.

and

in

thofe that attack

Let me be foremoft to defend the throne,

Anil guarJ my father's glories anJ my own. Pcfe.
So have I I'cen two ri\.il wits contend,
One brilkly charge, one gravely wife defend. Stniti

DEPENDABLE,

adj.

[from defend.} That

may be defended.
DEFE'NDANT. adj. [from
;

fit

He

high towers, out of wliich the Romans

might more conveniently fijht with the defendants
.c wail, thofe alfo woic broken by Airliimcffilkiiti'i

unpreparedncfs for war

on the defenfive part.

proper for de-

teftifies for

King

me

that

Charles.

arms lay by, as ufclefs here,

rocks do
mafl'y balls the neighbouring
ftate or pofture

DE'FERENT.

it ciofTes the received opithat (bunds may be crc-uca without air,

though air be the moll favourable deferent of

It is certain, however,

B'iccn.

[In furgery.] Certain

vcffels in the human body, appointed
for the conveyance of humours from one
Chambers,
place to another.

DE'FERENTS.

1.

challenge

The

[from Jeffi, Fr.]

an invitation to fight.

with his (word

fiery 'lybalt,
as he breath'd defiance to

He fwung

of defence.

Hood, recoil'J,
2.

prepaid,

my

Which,

Millar..

ear>,

about his head.

fcari.

Nor is it juft to bring

war, without a jult dtfimce made.

challenge to

Dryder.,

make any impeachment

good.
3.

Expreffion of abhorrence or contempt.

The Novatian

juft fears, are true deBacon.

actual invafions.

on

n.f.

DEFI'ANCE.

well-meaning
prefs defiance

herefy was very apt

to

aiujil

fouls, who, feeing it bade fuch exto apoflacy, could not fufpedl ttUt it

any detection from the fa'th.

Decay of Piety,
Nobody will fo openly bid defiance to common
and
dircdk
contradictions.
affirm
vifible
fcnfe, as to

was

of defence.

His majefty, not at all difmayed, refolved to

Clarendon.
(land upon the defenfive only.

DEFE'NSIVELY.

[from the adjeclive.]

; that which conveys.

nion,

Kir.

n.f. [from the adjective.]

a. \vell as

n. f.

That which carries

Safeguard.
W.us preventive, upon

fen/ivd,
z. State

AJdifon,

of defers ,

deferent,

The figures of pipes or concaves, through which

founds pafs, or of other bodies dtftreat, conduce ti
Becir.,
the variety and alteration of the found.

not offenfive.

DEFE'NSIVE.

the multitude.

[from

adj.

founds.

ferves to defend
;

among

and down.
Lat.] That carries up

Fr. from de-

Fled ignominious.

DEVE'KST.
fended.
Stout

aJi>. [fromdefen/i-vc.] In

Ma:b, Magic

fart, pa/, [fromdtfexce.]

illicit

De-

Obfolete.

men

i.

of arms, and with their guide of

power,
Like Troy's old town

Sbakefpear,

n.f. [from the adjective.]

that defends againft affailants.

engijits.

[dcfenjif,

What

defenjl

with Hion's tower.

Want; fomething

lefs

than

is

neceflary.

to be conftJcrcd in this cafe, is chiefly,

if there be a futlicient f'ulnefs or deficiency of blood,

Wlur.

i:

methods arc

for different

to be taken.

Arbuttntt

To DEFE'R. v.

'i'hofe

ixt

trioufly fpread

DE'FERENT.

Lat.]

fear furpriz'd,
Defenfive fcarcc, or with pale

DIEFE'NDANT.
I.

adj.

are guided either by

the prejudice of education, or by a deference to the

judgment of thofe who, perhaps, in their owu
hearts, difapprove the opinions which they indui-

a defenfive manner.

defenda, Lat.]
for defence.
Line and new repair our towns of war
With min of courage, and with means defendant-

Defenfive

capable of vindi-

fet

In a

i.

it.

Submiffion.
Moil of our fellow-fubjefts

VMbr.

fome

1'emfle.

fo that he has no drfirince for their

;
Locke,
inclinations, tempers, or conditions.

jid&fon.

Defcnfi-ve

2.

maintain a place, or caufe, againll

.1,11

Where

Mil:.

is little

natu.al

fant to others

3.

not be perfuaded by danger to offer

any offence, but only to ftanJ upon the bcKilefenJive guard he could.

age,
Cbauctr,

evil, fince his tafte

Swift,

condefcenfion.
roughnefs makes a man uncomplai-

Complaifance

He would

prohibit; to forbid, [dtfendre, Fr.]

Where can you fay, in any manner,

That ever God defended marriage ?

right

contrary fentiment.
z.

difarm an adverand difable him from doing milchief. Collier.

fcndem,

To

n.f. \deference, Fr.]

refpeft.
Virgil could have excelled Varius in tragedy,
nd Horace in lyric poetry, but out of defi
his friends he attempted neither.
Dryden,
He may be convinced that he is in an error, by
for
whofe
wifdom
and
thofe
perfons,
obferving
goodncfs be has the greateft deference, to be of a

I conceive it very defenjiblc to

Clarendon.

4.

Regard

defence.}

ftrength confifts.

its

DEFE'NSIVE.

to fecure.

what

Juftifiable

f.iry,

The

3.

i.

cation.

queen on the throne, by God's afliftance,

herfelf againft all her majefty's
is able to
defend
enemies and allies put together.
Swift

man

DE'FERENCE.

Bacon.
natives and againft ftrangcrs.
gainft
of
Having often heard Venice reprefented as one
the moft defenjible cities in the world, I informed
in

commifiioners deferred the matter unto the

of Northumberland, who was the principal
Y'_\ t -.
of authority in thofe parts.

earl

Heav'n defend your fouls, that you think

Slat.
I will your ferious and great bufinel's fcant.
2.

To

ment and determination.

th<:

I.

A field,

Tola the fon of

to delay.

The

Which nothing but the found of Hotfpur's name

Did leem to make definjible.
Kbnkeffeare.
They muft make themfelves difenfible both a-

to

a.

withhold

the goddefs cr';Defer the promis'd boon,

Neither is this a matter to be deferred till u mure
and
leifure.
convenient time of peace
Swift,
refer to ; to leave to another's judg2.

and furely no better than virginity,

DEFEASIBLE, adj. [from

1. That may be defended.

Judges.

me from mine

Deliver

dtfcnd

to defend Ifrael,

tie-

To

1.

bandage, plafter, or
[In furgery.]
the like, ufed to fecure a wound from
outward violence.

is

Aiiertnry,

opinion.

weat defender.

or blood royal, which Pliny doth place in cockBrown's Vulgar Errcvrs,

broth.
If the hi/hop has no other dcfcnfat'tves but excommunication, no other power but that of the
ftr>!f. South.
keys, he may furrender up his paftoral
2.

vengeance on myfelf.
Dryekn2. Impotent ; unable to make refiftance.
V.'ill fuch a multitude of men employ

lion,

them.

pay deference or regard to another's

To DEFE'R. v.

of the

On

bafc revenge

To

fo effeftual to be-

no way

DEFE'NSATIVB. n.f, [from defence.}

defence.
1. Guard
A very unfafe defensive it is againft the fury

Dryden.

An advocate ; one that de[In law.]

fends another in a court of jultice.

thund'ring back with dreadful revolution

Milton.
my defencelefs head.

Defer.ctlefs,

is

AJittcr.

Inure thyfelf betimes to the love and pratlice

of good deeds ; for the longer thou deferriji to be
lefs every day thou
acquainted with them, the

South.

Comes

a (lave difarm'd,
and fubmitted to my rage,

a vindicator.

it a
tray the truth, as to procure

On

aflerter

Undoubtedly there

3.

Captain or colonel, or knight in arms,

Whofe chance on thefe drfcncclejs doors may feize,
Cuard them, and him within protect from harms.

the defenders of our city (lain

An

2.

competition, nor will long

wilt find thyfelf difpofcd to

Banilh your defenders, till at length

Your ignorance deliver you,
As moll abated captives, to fome nation
That won you without blows.
Sbattjfeart.
Do'ft thou not mourn our pcw'r employ'd in

DEFE'NCELESS. adj. [from defence.}

1. Naked; unarmed; unguarded; not
provided with defence

til
it.

2.

vain,

Fairfax.

Afra'nft

Endure

To

a.

<v.

is

DEFE'NDER. n.f. [tttfettfor Latin.]

One that defends a champion.

another work.

TVDEFE'NCE,

perfon accufed or fued.

the day appointed for the combat,

Shut.
ready are th' appellant and defendant.
Htidibras.
1'l.uiitift'dog, aud bear defendant.

And

gainft wearing

Teiufle.
ny linen under a cei uiu breadth.
4. Refiftancc.
The defendant's reply after
5. [In law.]
declaration produced.
6. [In fortification.] The part that flanks

The

[In law.]

D E F

I.

To

n.

put off; to delay

He

To

[from

differs,
to aft.

will not long dffer

vindicate the glory of bis nima

Lat.j

There
any

is

deficiency

Dirt,

upon our pofterity, nor

to be hereafter made up by ourfelves,

no burden

which has been our

laid

cafe in fo

many

other fubfi-

die(.

Add'.jon.

2.

Defeftj

DBF
Defefl

t.

failing

D E F

introduceth one of no

ftotlc,

ing; naltinefs

imperfection.

the reafon of Ari-

Scaijger, finding a defect in

lefs

Thou

deficiency

Isno dtfi'unce found.

Milton.
We find, in cur own natures, too great evidence
of imclleitual dcficience, and deplorable confefiions

What
Othets

The

Glamjillt.
is it,

great deficience

if

we come

fliort

of

Sfratt.
characters of corned;- and tragedy are never

to be made perfciV, but always to be drawn with

fome fpecks of frailty and Sefcience, fuch as they

have been defcribed

DEFI'CIENT.

to us in hiftory.

adj.

Latin.] Failing
imperfeft.

Dr-jden.

from deficit,
wanting ; defe&ive ;

[deficiem,
;

woman bed of all

Of God ordain'd them

Luft,

without danger of defilement.

Spcflator.
DEFI'LER. a. /. [from defile.
One that
defiles ; a corrupter ; a violater.
At the laft tremendous day, I fhall hold forth
in my arms my much wronged child, and call
aloud for vengeance on her defiler.
Add-on.

his creating

of definition.
The Supreme Nature we
than by faying

were

definable, or infinity a fubject for

To DEFI'NE.
1.

fome words that

2.

defies.

To make

foul

nafty or filthy ; to dirty.

There is a thing, Hnrry, known

to

3.

To
The

4.

corrupt chafhty

Lei: xxi.
to violate.

its

One that
n.f. [from define.}
one that delcribes a thing by

qualities.

Tl.at Mottling you, the

Wfd. xiv. 26.

requires rather thit we fhnuld die, than
defile ourfelves with impieties.
StiHingJlat.
Let not any infUnccs of fin
defile your requefts.
.

Exacl

Oxford a narrow
defile, to ufe the
military term, where the partifans ufeJ to cnin

coun'.er.

DF.FI'LEMENT.

wifely

[from defile.} Tne

ihte of being defiled j the aft of defil-

We

know.

no

mains.
Our chymical

oils, fuppofing that they were

exaflly pure, yet they would be, as the beft fpirit
of wine is, but the more inflammable and de~

Jlagratle.

ial

thing

but

prunella, and many others.

Sjuincy,
The true reifon why paper is not burned by the
flame that plays about it, feems to be, that the
aqueous part of the fpirit nf wine, being imbibed
by the paper, keeps it fo moid, that the flame of
tac fulphureous parts of the fame
cannot

Prior.

fpirit

faften
is

and therefore, when the

dcjlagrat'mn

you

fliall

always find the paper moift.

Btyle.

DEFLE'CT.
;

v. n. [dejleflo, Lat.] To
to deviate from a true eourfe,

the nsti\tJcflcf}ttb
not, but lieth in the true meridian : on the other
fide of the Azores, and this fide of the
equator,
the north point of the needle wheeleth to the weft.

Brnvrfs Vulgar Errours.

For, did not fome from a ftraight couifc tifjicf},
They rould not meet, tiiey could no world erecl.

adjeftive.]

is

Bhickmort.

Ayliffe.

n. /.

[from

definite.}

DEFLE'CTION. n.f. [from

1

2.

of a thing by

its

of poetical wit from

my

fhort defcription

properties.
I
tw my

over,

it

or right line.
At lome pa:ts of the Azoics

Ayliffe't Partrgon.

tion, Fr.]

on

turn afide
Skateffcare.

Difi.
Certainty; limitednfi.
D K F I :; 'T o N /. \_drfinitio, Lat. definii

n.f. [deflagratia, Lat.]

made ufe of in chymiftry,

for fetting fire to feveral things in their

preparation ; as in making ./Ethiops with fire, with fal

n-ithing elfe but the definiand the gener.il, again, is noof the fpecial.
definite

biftardy
tion of the general
elfe

Boyle.

DEFLAGRA'TION.
A term frequently

would

il.-fnite.

certain and definite time.

.!

n. /.

[from defiagro,
the quality of

Lat.] Combuftibility ;
taking fire, and burning totally away.

To

DE'FINITE. a./, [from the

Thing ex-plained or defined.

i.

./.

Sidney.

DE'FINITENESS.
line

precife.

of foldiers, which is derived

homflum,
a thread.]
A narrow paffage; a long
narrow pafs ; a lane.

Ditl.

DEFLAGRABI'LITY.

In a charge of
adultery, the accufer ougnt to
fet forth, in the
accufatory libel, or inquifition,
which fucceeds in the place of accufition, fome

To

definitive.]

Decifivenefs.

adj. [from defimtu,, Lat.]

Certain; limited; bounded.

Be

JF,,*-.

70DF.F1 LE. -v.

[dcffiler, French.]
march to go off file by file.
DEFI'LE. a./, [defile, Fr. from//*, a

differ,

Idiots, in th's cafe of favour,

Forgetlulnefs of good turns, dr/Hir.g of fouls,

adultery, and fhamelcfs unclcanncfs.

is

weak

infinite beauty.

guilty.

God

Brvwn's Vulgar Ernurt,

Hi'.her to your arbour divers times he

repaired,
and here, by your means, had the
fight of the
goddeft, who in a dtfinite compafs can fet forth

z.

places at once.

DEFI'NITIVENESS. n./[from

remover of
of lands and
Bacon.

Your God, forfooth, is found

Incorrprehrnfirlc and infinite;
ii he therefore found ? Vain fearcher
Let your imperfect definition (how,

To

Ttwre

the capital
dcftielb amil's

is

unjuft judge

But

n.

Ev'ry object his offence revil'd ;

hufband murder'd, and the wife
dtfil'd. Prior.
taint ; to
corrupt ; to vitiate ; to

make

to decree.

explains

I.

may

more

DF.FLA'GRABLE. adj. [from deflagro, Latin.]

Having the quality of wailing
away wholly in fire, without any re-

DE'FINITE.

dieth of itfelf he mall not eat, to

Lrv. xxii. g.
itfle himfeif therewith.
Neither (hall he defile himfeif for his father.

be circumfcriptively and
defiHall,
That Mctheufelah was the longed lived of all
the children of Adam, we need not
grant; nor
is it
definitively fet down by Mofes.

determine; to de-

properties.

however his character may be

defiled by mean and dirty hands.
Swift.
2. To pollute; to make
legally or rituaily

the fame body

Nt-wten.

To

<v. n.

landmarks, when he

age,

have fpent more time than the opinion of

the ready dcflagratilitj, if I
may fo fpeak, of faltpetre did permit us to imagine.
Kyle.

The

in

impure.
That which

the limit

definitive.]

exprefsly.

When the rings appeared only black and white,

they were very diftinft and well defined, and the
blacknefs feemed as intenfe as that "of the central

cide

our l=nd by the name of pitch ; this pitch, as

nc5ent writers do report, doth
defile. Sbakefj,eare.
He is judly reckoned among the greateil prc
lates or this

mark

to

f;c-t.

make
many

love delerves my thanks ; but

my defert
Unmeritable, fhuns your high requeft. Sbakefpcare*
Bcllarmine faith, becaufe we think that the
body of Chrifl may be in many places at once,
locally and vifibly ; therefore we fay and hold, that

and circumitances.

Locke.

decifively

Your

to explain a

to the carting

Definitively thus I anfwer you

nitively in

will not be
dtfimii.

circumfcribe

DEFI'KER.
to

Pofitively

our narrow

bound.

To DEFI'NE.

[apian, Saxon, from

or impure

To
to

Is it not then high

a.

qualities

Brown's Vulgar Errouri,

and comparting of

make hade

DEFINITIVELY, adv. [from

if infinite

^ hofe lofs can'ft thou mean ;

That doft fo well their miferies define ?
Sidney.
Though defining be thought the proper way to
make known the proper fignification, yet there are

arithmetick ]
are thofe numbers, whofe parts, added
together, make lefs than the integer

To DEFI'LE. v.
//, foul.]

its

thing by

exprefs.

the whole work, it being indeed the very

definitive
fum of this art, to diir.ibute usefully and graceCotton,
fully a well chofen plot.

a. [Jef,iio, Lat. definer,

<v.

Latin.]

definitive

afcertained.

French.]
To give the definition

pofuive

truth.

Concerning the time of the end of the world,

is, whether that time be definable or
Burnefs Theory,

Locke.

time that the laws fhould

provide, by the mod prudent and effectual means,
to curb thofe bold and infolent
defers of Heaven ?

as

[definiti'vus ,

Other authors write ofcen dubioufiy, even in

matters wherein is expected a ftricft and

the queftion
no.

DEFICIENT Numbers [in

and

adj.

Determinate

Dryden.

That which may be

deficient

whofe parts they are.

DEFI'ER. n.f. [from dejfi, Fr.] A challenger; a contemner; one that dares

is infinite

it

diftinguifliing defi-

Bentley.

DEFI'NITIVE.

capable

cannot othcrwife de-

fine,

z.

Waton.

gently to be ftudied.

an adequate and

nition.

define.}

underftanding.

Nothing imperfect or

Neither Virgil nor Homer were

in any
deficient
of the former beauties.
Dryden.
Several thoughts of the mind, for which we
have either none, or very
names, are dili-

[from

adj.

That which may be defined

I.

hand

Miltsn.
deficient left.
Figures are either fimple or mixed t the fimple
be either circular or angular; and of circular,
either complete, as circles, or
deficient, as ovals.

for that is not

~\

DEFINABLE,

determination.

The explication of the

[In logick.]
effence f a thing by its kind and difference.
What is man ? Not a reafonable animal merely ;

3.

unchafte looks, loofc geftures, and foul talk,

Lets in defhment to the inward parts.
Milton.
The unchafte are provoked to fee their vice
and
the chafte cannot rake into fuch filth
expofed,

things, as the will

Decifion

z.

By

in thyfelf irt perfeft, and in thee

of human ignorance.

pollution; corruption;

defedation.

him-

Brvwn't Vulgar Errcui s.

feif.

D E F

definition

particular crinfideration of

thoughts and woras

him

for propriety of
only to bg fvund in him
;

defieao, Lat.]
Deviation ; the aft of turning afide.
Needles incline to the fouth on the other fide of
the equator ; and at the
very linej or middle circle,
(land without dcfletl'wr..
'Bra-wn's
Ernurs*
Vulg.

turning afide, or out of the way.

3. [In navigation.] The departure of a
ihip from

its

DtFLE'xuRE.

bending

true eourfe.

n.f. [from defleflo, Latin.]

down ; a turning afide, or

out of the way.

Dia.

DEFLORA'TION.

DBFLORA'TIO*. n.f.
from
i

Lat.]
act of deflouring

of a woman's

A fclcctiou

2.

the taking

Ugly;
adj. [deformis, Lat.]
disfigured; of an irregular form.

away

virginity.

of that which

moil valu-

is

laws of

did proclaim,

That whofo

are, in a great

Normandy

Eflglifil laws,

and a tranfcript
Unit.

fo

the laf> of an eunuch to tttjltur a virgin,

he that executed) judgment with violence.
Ecclui. xx. 4.
is

Vow will
And

let

To

2.

my

I hence to feck
my lovely mdor,
fp>enful fins this trull dtjtvur. Sbai.

take away the beauty and grace of

any thing.

How

on
Dcfc'<i, dfftur'd, and

fudden loft,
now to death devote
a

1.

Where

To
To

I have olten wondered, that thofe dejlcvren of

innocence, though dtad to all the fentimenu of
virtue and honour, are not redrained by humanity.

Dexteroufly
Properly deftly.

deft.]

To

finely the graces caa

the inftrumcnt;

it

The

aft

This

is

make

it

Sf infer.

n.f. [from defeedus, Lat.]

of making filthy
no Englifh word ;
it

Englifti,

pollution.

at lead, to

mould be wiittcn

What native unextinguiihable beauty muft be

imprcfled and inlVnicted through the whole, which
the defadation of fo many parts by a bad printer,
and a worfe editor, could not hinder from (hiniog
forth

Bentley

A
n.f. [from forte.
withholding of lands and tenements by
force from the right owner.

DEFORCEMENT,

~\

To DEFO'RM. v.
1.

To

a.

disfigure; to

[deforms, Lat.]
to fpoil

make ugly;

the form of any thing.

I that

am

curtail'd

of aU

Cheated of feature by diikr.ihling

Z)ry.nV,

unfinifli'd, fent brforf

my

Juto thik DfcAthing woild, Icarce half

Wintry
Deform the year
2.

To

to

make

Milt.

quality of fomeat, or cen-

the

fomewhat more of the worfe

is

n.f. [from farceur, Fr.] One

that overcomes and cafteth out by force.
Blcunt.
law term.

DEFRA'UD. m.
To rob or deprive
to cheat

to

a.

[defraudo, Latin.]
by a wile or trick ;

cozen

to deceive

ungraceful.

dait dcfurv.'A thin hoary hair.

Drfdtx

1.

of laughicr
fo

feiz'd the

at his

deft

Neatly

new

mud

you

of

and

fuch, as

all

we

alfo

Stale p.

guete

teftified.

My
make

Drydtr.
with

[from

deft.]

many

Obfolete.

dexterouily.
office

DEFU'NCT.

or low,

deftly

{how.

Slat. Maclitb.

poerlefs

meed,

iv. 6.

Tb,/.

I therefore

when
prevent them

right,

honour.

not

their clients, and, to lucre fold,

on unptvfit.iMr ;nld.
But now he fciz'd BnfVi'/ iieav'nly
valour's

pr'

Jif> au.li

my arras.

Sffi-vttiitg

his nat';r country.

DEFH AUDA'TION.

Fofe

entity and quiddity,

fouls of
drfunff bodies, fly.

DEFU'NCT. n.f. [from

One that is deceafed ;
Nature doth abhor to make

patient, *s -they receive the

of the

couch

fame from the friends

GniuKt.

defuitfl.

DEFU'NCTION.

a. f.

[from

dcfunei,]

Death.
Nor dW

the French pnflefs the

Salique land
Until four hundred one and twenty y^ars
r
After (!efur.{ticn of lung i'harar:
*tarf,
'

To DEFY', w.

[defer, Fr. from tie fide

dectdere, or fome like phrafe, to fail
from allegiance to rebellion, contempt,
or infult.]

To

call to

a.

combat
I

Dift thce

to the trial

to challenge.

onc<

cf rnoitnl

fijht.

Mttn,

Where

feck ntrcjt, now i.inocrnce is Sed

in that guarJ, I Jurlr rven hell il.fy
;

Witlmut

it,

tremble

now when

/Jr...',

heav'n'is n'gh.

Srfttn.

Lt.]

deluding not only into

but the irreparable 4eccit of <ic.ith.
nsn*'i I'ulgar E-rutn.

his

the defmtfl, or deep upon the dead.

Waif.
In many cafes, the fcarchers are able to
report
the opinion of the phyfician who was with the

cfe,

than any other,

pecuniary dffrJttdj'.ic

the adjective.]
a dead man or

With

Sat'.-

Their impoftures are worfc

IIudil>rj<.

woman.

i.-

Stalefp,

Here

a portion nf our lives \\hichcvjuflly rftcrve for his own particul

is

not

me

Drydtn.
r!

it

my

The

There they, who brother; better claim difown,

Expel their parents, and ufurp the throne ;
Sit brooding

Dead;

pleafe the palate of

appetite ;
Nor to comply with heat, the young afFefts,
In
defunlf, and proper fitisfaftion.

their

fanclined as they are,

unneceftirily in that preeminence and
Htckcr.
places,

beg

To

Eerluf. iv. i.

Churches feem injured and ciifraudrd cf

G.y.
adj. [Jefuaffus, Lat.]

deceafed.

fun, defraud not the poor a/ his living, and

not the needy eyes to wait long.

Defraud

to fee

miniftry.

Full well could dance, and deftly tune the reed.

to be-

is the avenhave forewarned you

<a!l

a bound,
ctiftef feats aro'ind. Gay.
(kip

In a fkilful manner.
Young Colin Clout, a lad of

2.

any matter! becaufe that the Lord

in

ad-v.
;

Come, high

n.f. \_d-.fraudc,
Privation by fraud.

Tiamfon.

fits

limping god

DE'FTLY.

with of before the thing taken

guile
by fraud.
Thar no man go beyond and defraud his brother

without
up.

blafts

dcliglitlefc.

difhonour

t)U men wilh

made

examine

The wanton calf may

And my cur, Tray, pjay

DEFO'RSOR.

man m w

time

Loud

The

Sbakiffutrc.

are fuch, that the perturbation aninovelty are not

like to exceed the benefit of reforming. K.Cbarlts.

Thrrc

njT;i ^,

to

Dryden.

And tf my

fair pronorti -P,

fpruce.

dexterous.

Ready;

fizc,

in every part.

Obfolete.

the watch that are their accusers,

Vea, marry, that 's the defttji "way.

3.

Irregularity; inordinatenefs.
No glory is more to be envied than that of due
reforming either church or ftate, when dtfmnitia

<r'r

defidation.

body,

Jtfmuiy.

foot

foote,

Proper; fitting.
You go not the way

likenefs to be taken, becaufe it is often to produce

laughter, which is occafioned by the fight of fume

To

They dauncen cicfly, and fingen

In their merriment.

DEFOED A'TION.

2.

Thyfelf and

In comedy there

3.

We

Neat; handfome

fured.

The

fee that taking cold moveth. loofencfs, by

contraction of the /kin and outward parts ; and fo
doth cold likewife caufe rheums and dcfluxions from
Bactft.
the head.

Lo, how

of an unequal

me

expences.
adj. [bzcp:, Sax.]

1.

thing worthy to be laughed

Down-

n.f. [defluxio, Lat.]

flow of humours downwards.

Obfolete.

legs

2. Ridiculoufnefs

DEFLU'XION.

Ikilfully.

my

difpropoition

mock my

Why fhould not

Retaining Mill divine nmilitude
In part, from fuch deformities be free,
And, for his Maker's image fake, exempt

Bath bodies are clammy, and bridle the defnx

of humours, without penning them in too much.
Bacon.

DE'FLY. adv. [from

(hape

deformity to

The

[from defray.]

n.f.

or"

payment

no -in,

adj. [dcfluus, Lat.]

That flows dawn.

z. That falls off.
DEFLTJ'X. n.f. \defluxus, Latin.]
ward flow.

DEFRA'YMENT.

mine own

fiti

One

n.f. [from defray. ]

that difcharges expences.

deformity. Sbalcfpiare.
Prpper deformity feems no: in the fiend
So horrid as in woman.
Sbalteffiiire.

n.f. [from diflour,] A raone that takes away virginity.

I.

defcant on

of Ireland.

long fince any ftranger arrived in this

part, and therefore uice ye no care ; the (late
will
defray you all the time you (lay ; neither fliall
Baton.
you (lay one day the lefs for that.

DEFT.

Unlefs to fry mjr fliadow in the fun,

DFFLO'URER.

DEFLU'OUS.

Sffnf-'r't State

It is

DEFRA'YER.

Uglinefs; ill-favourednefs.
1, in this weak piping time of peace.
Have no delight to pafs away the time,

And

Tay/'.r.

[deformatio, Lat.]

n.f. [from deformed.]

Uglinefs ; a difagreeable form.
DF. FO'RMITY. n.f. [deformitas, Lat.]

To

{dtfrayer,

charges belonging to the facri rices. 2 Mac. ix. 16.

It is eafy to lay a charge upon any town ; but
to forefec how the fame may be anfwered and
defrayed, is the chief part of good advifcment.

DEFO'RMEDNESS.

If he died young, he died innocent, and before

the fwcetnefsof his foul was clcf.'.vred and raviflied
from him by the flames and follies of a froward

vilher

fliapr,
tenf.-ld

defacing ; a disfiguring.
Ds.ro'RtAED.participiaIadj. Ugly; wanting natural beauty.
DEFO'RMEDLY. adv. [from deform.] Jn

Milttm.

a;c.

DEFRA'Y.

an ugly manner.

defraud.]

one that cheats.

bear the charges of; to difcharge expences.

He would, out of his own revenue, defray the

Milton.

n.f.

The profligate in morals grow fevere,

Drfrauders jufr, and lycophants fincerc. S^acttm^re.
To
i, a.
Fr.]

Miiion.
dreadful and dtfortn.
Sight fo deform what heart of rock could long

irginity.

As

deceiver

More

deform,

So fpake the griefly terror j and in

So fpeaking and fo threatening, grew

meafure,

DEFLO'UR. v. a. \dtfitrtr, Fr.]

Dry-eyed behold?
To ravifh to take away a woman's DEFORMA'TION.

1.

mod

DEFRA'UDBH. n.f. [from

Sfenfer.

the ^jUrfticn of the

of them.

To

monfter

kill'd that

Should have mine only daughter to his dame.

able.

The

D E F

DEFO'RM.

[defloration, Fr.

Jtf.oralui,

The

D E F

F.

A.

Tu
2.

is,

thr Lycian, ftfpping forth with prid.-,

fingle fi.;ht the boldeft foe AjieJ.

To

treat with

contempt

Drydc,

to flight.

As many fools that ftaml in better place,

G.irnilh'd like biin, that fur attitkfv word
'
Dtfy the matter.

DEC

D E G
A

DEFY'. n.f. [from the verb.]

His trumpet founds; the challeng'd makes

With

one

[frooi defy.}
thai invites to fight :

me

ft.

more proper!

It feats its

which

defertion of that

is

DEGE'NEROUSLY.

from
The

(livery.

DEGE'NERATE. v. n. [degemrare
Lat. degentrer, Fr. degenerer, SpanilTi.
1. To fall from the virtue of anceltors.
2. To fall from a more noble to a bafe
wit tranfgre(Teth decency,
infolence and impietv.

To

3.

from

fall

or bafe.
Moft of
they be

fet

So deplorable

Unlike

his

fallen

from the

fig!-.:

Thou art lik enouj'i

j^ain't me undei Pic.cv"

Unwo.thy; bafe; departing from

z.

its

OT

n digen'ratc, all deprav'd ;

;ruth and faith, forgot
:,

all in u. tu.

Milton.
except.
mar; i far becomes degenerate as to
quit
the |-rln(.i~l :3 nf
anJ to be a noxi<.-,
!

& me perl
DEGE'NEKATENESS.
rate ]

)EGRAVA'TION.

mimonly aa injury done

n. /.

[from de.geneDegeneracy; a being grown wild,

)EGRE'E.

or out of kind.

DECEXERA'TION.

[from degenerate.]
1. A deviation from the virtue of one's
ance
2. A failing from a more excellent ftate to
one of Icfs worth.
3. The thing changed from its primitive
n.f.

ftate.

In

plan:-,,

thrfe

as that of barley

and
,

i.

n.f.

[deg re, Fr. from gradus,

larnel!

Vulgar

n ,u,

nity.
It was

To love
Th
And

my

fortune,

a lady fair,
.

ft; in

common

place of dig-

In minds and manners, twins

oppos'd we
In the fame fign, almjft the fame

To

you who

degree.

fee

Dryden.

live in chill
degree,

Drydf*.

degree confiits of
three figures, viz. of three
places, comprelrendiiig units, tens, and hundreds ;
fo three hundred and
is a.ifr-

[In arithmetick.]

g ree -

The

9.

forts

Cocker's Arithmetic/:
divifion of the lines
upon feveroi

of mathematical inftruments.

[Inmufick.] The intervals of founds",

which are ufually marked
little lines.

10.

by

of great degree,
;7i

01

[In philofophy.] The vehemence or

fiacknefs of the hot or cold
quality.
he fecond, third, and fourth (/n^.v of heat are
eafily introduced than the firft
every one
both a preparative and a flcp to the next.
Sc-utt.
i

more
is

and

church of God.

Gradually; by

this cthcrial

of water, glafc.
dc.-,le bi.dies,

cryftal,

into

dc.iftr by dcf , KS
flculting in

little

empty

Sidney.

medium,

In broken

air,

fpaces,

grow denfer and

Mr,vm.

'f

fwell the bold

notes;

trembling, the wild mufick floats j

Till, by dtgret!

The

in patting o\it

and other compact and

triumph now

it

remote and /nwll,

Anil rnelt away,

jitter thu;i vai.uy.

fjalm Uli.

aJ-v.

little.

Doth not

.,Uc paientage,

("digniiy.

n of low
drgrce are vanity, and men
of btgh</frtt aic a lye: to be iaid "n the balance,

nc

n.

'! i, :ir t'm:e;

are cxercifcd jn all abilities both
of doing and fuffeiing, ar.d tneir mimls
acquaiaEcd
with
by decrees
dar.gcr.

to that age,

Sfenfir.
1 embrace
willingly the apcient received courfe
and conveniency of that dil ip'ine, which teachcth

thvy
:

and

fpace
degree
heavens is accounted to anfwer to
fixty
miles on earth.

^DECREES.

Lat.]
Quality; rank; flation

ffoottr.

cockle, aiacu!, icgtl .>;

three hundred

Diti.

ol>\:

thi'ie grains v

Hi Win

gold

[from dcgraiialus,
The aft of making

inferior degree and orders in the

tranfplantitbns are

as,

The

fixtieth part of the circumference of a

circle.
The
of one
in the

fixty-five

n.f.

of degraiio, Lat.]
heavy.

Locke.

proportion.

all

[In geometry.]

7.

Toleflen ; to diminifh the value of.

Nor ihalt ihou, by defending to allumc

Hate, with refpeft to qualities

degraded into filver.

Dryden.

claflcs.

is

Davies.

degree.

As map informs, of fifty-three.

To

man

firft

the parts are equally heard as loud as on?

another, they will llun you to that degree, that
will
you
fancy your ears were torn in pieces. Diyd.

8.

Man'snaturc, It-lien or dggrade thineown. Milton.

All higher knowledge in her
prefence falls
Milton.
Degraded.
reduce from a higher to a lower

kind or nature.
So

If

fycare.

the

defcent of
family.

L;cki.

Meafure

title.

ihouij

Be quite difraslrd, like a hedgeborn fwain

That doth prefumc to boaft of gentle blood.
2.

Orders or
The feveral

6.

He

is
;

degrees of angels may probably h.ive

larger views, and be endowed vvh capacities ;'blc
to fet before them, as in one
pidlure, all rheir pad
knowledge at once.

bafenefs.

dignity, or

wifdom

to true

King Latinus, in the third degree,

Saturn author of his family.

Had
5.

is

office,

knowledge of myfelf might

Order of lineage

4.

DEGRA'DE. v. a. [degrader, Fr.]

To put one from his degree to deprive

him of his

':?!s,

fight the

bring,

Which

man from

term made ufe of to

[In painting.]
exprefs the leflening and rendering confuied the appearance of diitant objects
in a landfcape, fo as they
may appear
there as they would do to an eye
placed
at that diita,nce from them.
Dift.

1 1 be
mifliked, but as much,
the eye, as abafed to the
judgment, by

Sidney.

Which

To
1 .

and cur:'iy at his frown?,

To ihow h.jw much thou art d'generatt. Stahff.
Yet .h.>u hail greater c.ule :o be
Afham'd of them, than they 11 thee ;
h
Degenerate from tV'ir am-ie.it
Siutj ftrft the court ni:
>od.
Sioift.

to

art -

efficacy, or value.

adj. [from the verb.]

;-nceftors;

truly in nature not

advanced

ufed to de-

Diminution, with refpeft to ftrength,

4.

'filletf

commonly

the degradation of our nature,

that whereas before we bore the image of God, we
now retain only the image of men.
South.

grow wik

to

kind;

is

Aylffe.

Degeneracy

degenerate

virtue and merit of hi- anceltors.

To

2.

thofe fruits that ufe to be grafted, i

of kernels or ftones, degenerate. Bacon.

DECE'VER ATE.
i.

its

it

word degradation

his degree.

3.

ftate.

office.

note a deprivation and removing of a

'

To

n.f. [degradation, Fr.]

deprivation of dignity; difmiffion

1.

of fluggiih refignation, as we
as foornefs and degtxerMy of fpirit, in a date o

When

ftep or preparation to any thing.

Her fan degree was by letting forth her
beauties,

DECRADA'TION.

Meannefs.
Theie h a kind

mto

3.

the deglutition is totally abolifhed, the

patient may be nourished by clyfters.
Arbuttnot en Diet.

Swift
3.

Poefy
degrees; but muff, be ftUI
Sublimely good, or defpicably ill.
Rofcommon.

When

Tiliatf'.n
by a

idols
crca-

Admits of no

Decay of Piety.

n.f. [deglutition, Fr.

from deglutio, Lat.] The adt or power
of fwallowing.

degrees of idolatry,

As if there were degrees in infinite,

And Heav'n itfelf had rather want perfection
Than punifh to excels.
Dryden.

mean-

DFCLUTI'TION.

ZV i<r.

making that of worihipping petty and vile

more grofs than fimply the
worinipping of tin

How

in.

and condition

ftate

which a thing is.

The book of Wifdom noteth

wounding a fpeftacle is it to fee heroes,

like Hercules at the diftaft", thus
dtgenercujly employed

The ruin of a ilate is generally preceded

univerfal degeneracy of manners, and contempt
religion, which is entirely Our cafe at prefeut.

Dj

in

ly-

but thut grace, which the gofpc

offers to us for our afiuUnce, is fufBcicnt for us.

from goodnefs

The comparative

2.

ad<v. [horadegeruroits.]

In a degenerate manner; balely

good.

'Tis u ic, we have contracted a great deal o

weaknefs and impotency by our wilful degenerac^

South.

man

too bale,
empire in the female race ;
for

rages, and, to ir: ike its blow fecure,

Puts fiatt'iy on, until the aim be fure.
Dryden.

departure from the virtue of our an

Ctarirs.
tlicm from

pvaSkes.

Drydc*.

a good hujtand, n
g,j,,d houfcwife (he.
I3ut is no rank, no Itation, no
degree,^
From this contagious taint of forrow free

There

ceftors.

2.

rtftraiaa

SI ak.

uanr.

Farmers in degree;

He

K.

confent.

my

aj. 1

Degenerous palllon,

Lat.]
1.

them by

inftcad of piety,

bafe and
degenerate

many

[from degeneratio

f.

ftrengthen

Shame,

God may revenge the affronts put upon ther

by fuch impudent defyert of both, as neither be
E a God, nor ought to be beiteied by man.

DEGE'NERACY.

This ncble youth ;o madnefs lov'd a

Of high decree, Honoria was'her name.

immoderate demands ever betray me to that dcgtand unmanly flavcry, which fhould make

defer.

Scatt

Degree being vizarded,

as fairly in the made.

Th' unworthieft /hews

-tin-eui

A challenger

DJFY'ER../

your

Let rot the tumultuary violence of fome men's

reply

Drgdtn

Iky.

Well then, Colevillc is yotlr name,, a knight f

degree, and your place the dale. Slj^kcj'^tre.

adj. [from dcgentr, Lat.]

Degenerated; fallen from the virtue
and merit of anceltors.
z. Vile; bafe; infamous;
unworthy.
I.

vaulte

field, refountfs the

clangour rings the

DECE'NEROUS.

cha!

lenge ; an invitation to fight : this

now hardly ufed.
At -this the cha'.l- jer, w'th fierce defy,

D E G

9.

In. a

>lj

ing, dj inj fall.

c,

p-,f
A fcrlon

D E
A

who

D E

addiftcd to play or gaming,

little delight in it ttt rirft, ly
degica contracts a ftrong inclination towards it.
Sfeflattr, No. 447.
perfon

Is

[In medicine.] Going to ftool.

The liver (hauld continually feparate the

though he took but

DECUSTA'TION.

A
To

drjiflion,

)EJE'CTURE.

dthtrtor,

[from

Latin.] Difluafion ; acounfelling to the

contrary ; advice againft fometbing.
author of this epilile, and the reft of the
do every where vehemently and ^

apoftles,

Ward

on Infidelity.

DEHO'RT ATORV.

adj. [from dtbortor,

Belonging to difluafion.

tin.]

is

Explaining'how Perfection fufter'd pain,

Almighty languiftTJ, and Eternal died ;
How by her patient victor Death was flain,

And earth

To DEJE'CT. v.
To caft down
1
.

to deprefs

to afflict

to fink

to grieve ;
to difcourage ; to
;

am

your theme ; you have the ftart oi

me; I am dcjtfted ; ignorance itfelf is a plummet
o'er me; ufe me as you will.
Stateffeare,
The loweft, moft dtjeBcd thing of fortune,
not
in
fear!
in
lives
Stall.
Stands ftill
efperance ;
Nor think to die dejetfi my lofty mind j
All that I dread is leaving you behind
Pcfe.

To

if

To

change the form with grief;

to

make

to look fad.
Eneas here beheld, of form divint,
godlike youth in glitt'ring armour fhine,
With great Marcellus keeping equal pace,
But gloomy were his eyes, dejcfied was his face

Drydtr.

Cal

DSJE'CT. adj. \_deje3us, Latin.]

down afflicted low-fpirited.
;

am

of ladies moft

and wretched,
That fuck'd the honey of his mufick vows.
I

DEJE'CTEDLY.

He

dejected

No man

manner

[from
fadly

In a

dejea.']

heavily.

in that patfion doth look Itrongly, bu

and that rcpulfion from the eyes di

vertcth the fpirits, and gives heat more to th
Bacon
cars, and the parts by them.
dejeflcjly

DEJE'CTEDNESS.
The (late of being

f.
call

[from

down

dejtttcd.

a lownef
Dirt
of fpirits.
DEJE'CTION. n.f, [deje&ion, French, from
;

dtjeSio, Latin.]
1

Lownefs of fpirits ; melancholy

mind.
What hefides

de

prcffiou of

DEIGN,

and dejiflkn, and defpair,

can fuftain, thy tidings bring. Milttm
Defertcd and aftonifhi'd, he links into utter de
jdlun ; and even hope itfelf is fwalloweU up in de

Our

frailty

Rt

fpair.

2.

Weaknefs;

inability.
The eflcdh of an alkalcfcent (late, in any grea
and a dtjt&im of appetite, whic
are
third
degree,
tilings occiuon more than any other.
putrid

Arbutbna

on Alimtnt

n.

-v.

Deign

now

vouchfafe

ol

to think

lower, and

relate

What may

The

no lefs perhaps avail uj known. Milton.

deign to vifit our forfakcn feats,
molly fountains, and the g?-een retreats. Pope,

To DEIGN, v.

To

a.

grant

to

permit

to allow.

Now Sweno, Norway's king, craves compofition

Venus

To

N c n.f. [from <&/.]

a thinking worthy.
.

DEI'NTEGR ATE.

it.

To

take
integro, Lat.]
to fpoil ; to diminifh.

DEI'P AROUS.

a.

A vouch-

tearing in pieces.
n.f. [ilelaciymatio,

down.

n.f. [dtifte, French.]

1.

To

a', a.

accufe

fall

only to

is

delated.

carriage

[delatie, Latin.]

conveyance.

In delation of founds, the inrlnfure of them

them, and caufcth them to be heard

prefervcth
further.

Si't-r.

It is certain, that the delation

inftant.

of light

An

accufation

DELA'TOR.
accufcr

a. f,

in an

B.ic.tt.

There is a plain Jrlatian of the found

teeth to the inftrument of hearing.
z.

is

from the
1>^,

'

an impeachment.
[delator,

Latin.]

An

an informer.

What were thffc hnr| its but flarerers, drlatsn,

and inexpleably covet'.ni *
^a- <!yi*s 'Travth*
M~n have proved their own delatt-rt, and difco
vered their own moft important fecrets.
Gtr.icrnmtnt of lie Tongue*
that fmall colony, wherewith the
depopulated earth was to be replanted, come forth
of the ark, but we meet with Cham, a tlclatcr to
his own father, inviting his brethren to that exe-

No fooner was

crable fpcftacle of their parent's nakedncfs.

Government of tbe Tongue.

To DELA'Y.o/.
I.

To

defer

a.

[from

delayer, French.]

to put off.

And when

to the herefy of the deifts.

Weaknefs does not

delatus, Latin.]

to inform againft.

DELA'TION. n.f.

A manwhc

Belonginj

Di.:r.

[from

Staft

To

2.

as they

DEI'STICAL.<#. [from dcijt,~\

fpeaking of the

carry; to convey.
Try exactly the time wherein found

follows no particular religion, but onl)

acknowledges the exiflence of God
without any other article of faith.
In the fecond epiftle of St. Peter, certain Jtijl:
feem to have been, laughed at the prophcc
Same
of the day of judgment.

in

the like.

DEL A'TE.

the reception of any re

Deifm, or the principles of natural wonhip, ar

only the faint remnants or dying flames of rcvealei
religion in the pofterity of Noah.
Dry

ufed

It is

To

Tha

vealed religion.

weaning

womb, and

Dili

n.f. [tieifme, French.] The opi

nion of thofe that only acknowledge oni

n.f. [delaflatio, Latin.]

Difl.
from the bread.

DELA'PSED. adj. [from delapfus, Latin.]

[With phyficians.] Bearing or falling

DE'ISM.

Did.

ing much.

I .

from the whole

DEL ACT A'T ION.

brings forth a god ; the epithet appliei

Difi
to the bleffed Virgin.

chriftian writers, but to

delaaro,
Difl.

falling down of the humours ;

the waterifhnefs of the eyes, or a weep-

Latin.]

[from de ant

adj. [deiparus, Latin.]

God, without

Rjliigt.

Latin.]

deign him burial of his men,

Till he diftmrs'd ten thoufand dollars. Skakrfftarc,
i

DELACER A'TION. n.f. [from

Nor would we

D E I'D N

for his delivery

By wiiat rcafon could the fame deity be denied

unto Laurcntia and Flora, which was given to

Bacon.

worthy.
to defcend

Slakcjfearc.

DELACRYMA'TION.

[from daigner, Fr.

To

dignor, Latin.]

Who humbly complaining to her deity,

Got my lord chamberlain his liberty. Skatefpttre,

one as

and miftrefs fecm temperate and pafTable.

To

poorly buirt
to be razed

thankful facrirjce when it

take the wife of a man from

Lord Mailings was to her

did again to extol and deify the pope, as

that he had faid in praile of his matter

DE'JST.

Of forrow,

to extol

how

deity,

divine qualities.
They on their former journey forward pif,
With pains far palling that long wandering Greek,
That for his love refund deity.
Sfenfir.
HcarJ you not what an humble fuppliant

all

fafing

Stat

he were a god.

made

Jtjtfl

ad<v.

praife cxceffively

a term

The fuppofed divinity of a heathen god;

3.

Prior.

Is deifed before thy death.

2.

a god of; to adore as god ;

number of the di-

South.

crufli.

Well,

Give the goJs a

transfer into the

[dejicio, Latin.]

Mi/ton.

god

him.

Halfcf thee

a.

fabulous

pleafcth their deitia to

profan'd, yet Mcfs'd,withrf'ciVf.' Prior

claim

SUtq*

Daphnis, the fields delight, the (hephcrds love,

Renown'd on c..rth, and dnf.cd abore.
Dryden.
The feals of Julius Csefar, which we know to
over
be antique, have the itar of Venus
them,
though they were all graven after his death, as a
note chat he was deifctl.
Dry,kr..
PcrfuaJc the covetous man not to deify his
and
the
adore
himlelf.
man
not
to
money,
proud

only ufed in fpeaking of the death of our bleffed Saviour.

It

to

or empire.

Will you (lifter a temple,

fever, but yet a temple of your

[from deus and forma,

godlike form.
a. \_deijier, French ; from

vinities.

J/i.itr.

With what arms

hoM what ancient))' we

applied to
the heathen gods and goddefles.

adj.

To make
to

DE'ICIDE.
/. [from deus and c<edt>,
the ail
Latin.] The murder of God
of killing God.

z.

To DE'IFY. <v.
deus and fio, Lati.i.]
1.

mean

Of deity,

nc

difn.f. [from dehort.]

an advifer to the contrary.

We

n.f. [from dejero, Latin.]

Dici.
taking of a folemn oath.
DEI
A'T ION. n.'f. [deification, Fr.]
The actof deifying, or making a god.

Latin.]

is

ciplcs thereunto.

Of a

and eflence of

things he doth as God, becaufe his deity

the fpring from which they flow; foms
things as man, bccaufe they iflue liom his mere
human nature ; fome things jointly as both God
and man, becaufe both natures concur as prin-

)EJERA'TION.

DE'IFORM.

nature

the

deita;,

Some

alone

dijcdurcs, leannefs, weaknefb, and thirft.

A'butbnot on A'lminu,

DEHO'RVER.
fuader

La-

The ex-

fecretions

dehort from unbelief: did they never read thele

tlebortaliins

n.f. [from Jejtl.

French, from

\diite,

God.

the fymptoms of which are excefs of animal

as of perforation, fweat, urine, liquii!
;

ty,

Ward.
n. f.

on tbe Creation.

A difeafe oppofite to fpiffitude is too great fluiui-

vehemently dt tort us from unbelief.

DEHORTA'TION.

Latin.]
Divinity

crement.

One feverely dtbortcd all his followers from

proftituting mathematical principles unto common
Wilk'im.
apprchenfion or practice.

The

but alfj to attenuate the chyle.

Ray

apollles

JE'ITY. n.f.

Difl.

DEHO'RT. v. a. [Mortar, Latin.]

To difluade to advife to the contrary.

pen in hand to fupport the Je ifltiel or anticKrirt'jn

fPattit
icherac of our days.

choler

from the blond, and empty it into the inteftinei

where there is good ufe for it, not only to provoke

n.f. [deguftatio, Latin.]

talHng.

The

DEL

the (hare o

feme who bare taken th

come down

the people faw that Mofes deleted to

out of the mount, ih people gathered

themfelvcs together unco Airan.

Extd. xxxii.

i.

Cyrus

DEL

DEL

Cyrus he found, on him his force

For Hgftorwas to the tenth
year
t.

eflay'd

delay'd. Df^..c,:.

To

To

pe
Hop; to ceafe from

There feem

to be certain bounds to the

quickand flownefs of the fuCceiTion of thofe ideas
to another in our
rr.inds, beyond which they
can neither delay nor haften.
Locke.

DE'LEGATE.
puted

The

not bear delay.

defers

One

n.f. [from delay.]

a putter

that

TU
I he

cafiftnal aflivity.

DELE'CTABLY.

pleafantnefs.

a j. v

DELE'TION.

2.

is

Lat.l

DE'LEGATE. v

a.

\_Jelego,

To
To
To

As God hath
imprinted K;

pirts

upon

feveral eftnes

rent,, fphitual

).

,. DELFE. \
I. A mine

SL5ST
As God
i,

all

""

the

f"'

h"

the umvcrftl

a , princes,
,.. h
al|()
Jfl

m^rrh,

"

defeated to

f,

nil her

willing

Commanding

ove.
..

an j
each

i,

oigtit

1.

it

2.

Nicety

3.

Any

if at all,

b.:

A man

at Delft.
bus barter hondur for a
piece of drlf!
not
for China's wide doim.n itd-lt.
No,
Smart.
E L i B A'T o N .
i

An

effay

/.

ydibatio, 'Latin. ]

nc

and

whom

ftrong

nor beauty

fie.ce-

in

Sidney.

of his colouring, and

You may

in the

in his cabinet
pieces.

delicacy

Dryd.

into the

fpirit of them all, and

form your pen from thofe general notions and delicacy of thoughts and happy words.
fcltoti,

6. Neatnefs
7.

fee

Politenefs

elegance of drefs.
of manners :
contrary

to

gro/nefs.
8.

gentle treatment.

a w;iknefs of canllitution from the e.ile :.ni!

luxury of their ar.ceftors, and the dJica;y of linn

wife, reflrifting caulc,

and afts by reafon's laws

freely
lat can Migrate means
cleft, and find
Thtir due conneOinn with the end
defign'd.

Indulgence

Perfuiia born of families noble and

rich, derive

'

delicacy,

JSicety; minute accuracy.

Van Dyck ha; even excelled him

5.

<v.,. [delitirt,
^DELI'EERATE.
Lat.]
To think, in order to choice to hefuate.

mors

delicacies,

fmell, herbs, fruits,

of goodly prelence,

making took not away

a tafte.

cnnf.i nj

taftc, fight,

Walks, and the melody of birds.

Milton,
4. Softnefs ; elegant or feminine beauty.

Ray on tteCreathn.
counterfeit China ware

thing highly pleafing to the fenfes.

flow'rs,

the dflfs would

Milton.

of food.

Thefe

a pit
dug.

wrou ht

in the choice

mean of

in

'1

n.f. [delicattfe, French, of

delicitf, Latin.]
Daintinefs ; pleafantnefs to the tafte.

On hofpi table thoughts intent,

What choice to choofe for dr/icacy beft.

Which

lamp with Lcmio

her, with deltgatut

fo br.ut.fy ;uc wo
,i<i, uri bleu the

lluditrat.

luth mines, without

great pains

made

v.,

him

n:>:

Earthen ware

z.

Saion

[from bttlpan, Saxon, to

dig.]
a quarry

a quefiion

DE'LICACY.

vith waters, that i, ,

gins or machines
could (ufrkc to
lay and keep them dry.

* r' J

.v.fubjrdt, to
iliclion

Other, than what he has

and chaVgCT,

pa*

^ <'~
;

part

!.,

P r tend

authority in feveral

old

the adjec-

deliberated.

Half _
f.

apt

In drliberatives, the point is, what is evil

; and
is greater
and of evil, what is lefs.
;

Latin.]

complete, becaulc none remains to call

Latin.]

o f men,

,.,:

{deletio,

DELI'BER ATIVE. n. f. [from

tive.] The difcourfe in which

La-

of good, what

if there be a total d?l,ikn of

every perfon
the oppofing
party or country, then the victory

>BI>F.

fend an ay.
z.
fend upon an
embafly.
3.
entrult; to commit to another's
power and jurifdiaion.
I.

,,./.

quellion.

joy and deltReunn.

tin.]
to confidcr.

Latin.]

deftruflion.

Sir T.. M(,ore.

t'o

adj. [deliberati'-vus,
Pertaining to deliberation ;

is

Indeed,
f

./. [Jehaatio,

Hatr-mond's Fundamentals.

DELI BERATIVE.

Aft of rafing or
blotting out.

1.

Delightfully; plea-

Pleafure; delight.
Out b.-cak the tears for

[StomtUamtu,

E'er fent fo vaft .1

colony
To both the under worlds as he.

fantly.

DELECTA'TION.

Brawn.

Dellrudive; deadly; poifonouj.

Nor doctor epidemick,
Though (ror'd with d<.liiery med'cines,
Which whofoevcr took is dead

[from delcSable.]

poifonous

finci,

Till that with writhen

mouth, and fpattcring noife,
c tartes the bitter
morfel.
ftilifti

Delightfulnefs

D, ct

adj.

King Charm.
[deliberatio,

good by free deliberation, it Ihould never be guilty

of any thing that was done.

Latin.]

things, neither eleleterieus by fubftance or

quality, are yet defttuctive by figure, or fome oc-

outward form,

DE I.E'CTAHLENESS. n.f.

Jeltt,

Mary

llalc -

apple

v. a. [from

adj. \deleteritu, Latin.]

deftruftive j of a

Dz LETERY.

[from dcUtc

Lat.]
deliberating ; thought 'ia
order to choice.
If mankind had no
power to avoid ill or choofc

quality.

The ad of

DELETE'RIOUS.
Deadly;

gradually.

parliament.

Di3.

DELE'TE.
To blot out.

To

DEI.IBERA'TION. n.f.

virtue to
afluage or eafe pain.

Having

off.

adj. \dehaalilis, Lat 1

Pleafing ; delightful.
Ev'ning now approach;
For we have alfo our
ev'ning, and our morn
We ours for change tUtOaUf,
not need.
Mlltcn.
He brought thee into this delicious
grove,
This garden planted with the trees of God :
Dc'.eaMt bath to behold and Mite
Milton.
Some of his attributes, and the nunifcilatiuns
are
not
thereof,
only highly dclcBaUe to the inttive faculty, but are
fuitably and eafily conbecaufc
cept.ble by us,
apparent in his works : as
bis goodnefs,
beneficence, wifdom> and power.

Slowly

rate.] Circumfpedion j watinefs ; coolnefs ; caution.

They would not (lay the fairproduftion of afts,
<n the order, gravity, and
dei'iberatenefs befitting

3.

DELE'CTABLE.

DelcSlatle, the widefc fwain

beguiles

2.

DELIBERATE NESS.

putting in corarniffion.

The affignment of a debt to another.

DELENI'FICAL. adj. [titlenijicus, Latin

warily.

plods on delikeratily ; and, as a grave m.\n ou^ht,

is fure to
put his fiat? before him.
JJrrHiu.

[delegatio, Latin.]

A fending away.

1.

2.

The

n. f.

judges to a hair of little indecencies ; knowi

any man what is not to be written;
and never hazards himfelf fo far as to
fall, but

Parergon.

dyl'iffe's

DELECA'TION.

adv. [from
deliberate.]
advifedly

Ke

A court wherein

decided.

Locke.

;
ftop.
keeper charm'd, the chief without
delay
Pafs'd on, and took th' irremeable
way. Dryden.

Circumfpedly
better than

[Court ef].
caufes of appeal,
by way of devolution from either of the
archbilhops, are

2. Stay

DELA'YER.

1.

all

and fnail-pac'd
beggary.
Shakejfe.ire's Richard III.
conduct of our lives, and the
management
will

DELIBERATELY,

Taylcr.

DE'LECATES

Jje'jy leads impotent

of our great concerns,

aJj. [Jelegatus, Latin.] Dead for, or reprefent, an-

impartially.

inactivity.
I have learn'd that fearful
commenting
delay

others are more

;
deliberate, that is, give mere i'pacc between the
voice and the echo, which is cauied.
by the local
nearmfs or diftance.
Bacon.

Princes in judgment, and their

delegate judges,
muil judge the caulbs of all
perfons uprightly and

the
verb.]
procraftination ; lingering

Is leaden fcrvitor to dull

Echoes are fome TOOK

fudJen, and chop again

as foon as the voice is delivered

other.

./ [from

Sbtkcfp. Carwlanas.

them defirous of fljw and cldibcrate

death, againil
the dream ot their fcnfual inclinatijn.
Ihckir.

fent to

ralh like his accufers.

Slow ; tedious ; not'fudden

gradual.
Commonly it is for virtuous confi Jerations, that
wifdom fo far prevaileth with men as to make
;

prefer,

her
Donne.
be fevere exiflors of accounts from
their
delegates and minifters of juftice.
Ttyhr.
Let the young Aullrian then her terrours
bear,
Great as he is, her
in
war.
1'rla:
delegate
EleiS by Jove, his
dcltgate of fway,
With joyous pride the fummons I'd
obey.
Pofe.

one

A deferring;

Not
2.

which dare true good

live,

>"

fiefs

*.

fliall

They muft

adion.

DELA'Y.

adj. [deliberates, Latin.]

Circumfpecl; wary; advifed; difcreet.
Moil Giavc-bcily was deliberate,

1.

fuch perfon is her

Ev'ry
delegate,
1
accomplilh that which Ihouid have been

To

AJdifov.

DELIBERATE,

any

Dryden.

-v. n.

If after her

Any

delays.

To DELA'Y.

Latin.]

reprefent,

Be mindful, goddefs, of
thy promife made
aft fad Ulyffes ever be
Pc
delay d ?

[delegatus,

another.

huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton.

She flies the town, and mixing with the
throng
of madding matrons, bears the bride
along
woods
and
Wand'ring through
wilds, and" devious
ways,
And with thefe arts the Trojan match

a./,

deputy ; a commiffioner ; a vicar

one that is fent to ad for, or

dflay'd

^Thyrlis,

love once pleads admiflion to our

hearts,
In Ipite of all the virtue we can
boaft,
The woman that deliberates is loft.

particular caufe.

DE'LEGATE,

detain, ftop, or retard the courfe of.

whole artful frrains have oft

The

DEL
When

appoint judges to hear and deter-

mine a

hinder; to fruftrate; to'keep'fufpended.

3.

To

4.

own

9-

education.

9<-.y.'..

Tendernefs; fcrupuloufnefs.
Any !:;al,Mis inr prumu'inf; he intei'-ftof
I

country,

mutt

ccmijucr

i!'

til

-.enaernefs

iiif

and

delicate.

DEL

D E
uy make

h:cb

hia

affords delight ; agreeable ; charming

or mind.
grateful to the fcnfe

^..,

fokeoi.

to. WeakneA of con^itution.

if. S ma line ft ; tenuity.

Dr/tiCATi.

defcriferd.

(7ft

btrrtfi

Df Ll'oHTfOtHEii.

comfort

[from delight.]

./.

fatisladion.

nplcjr
'''ibtfiliufi,

fi,

;.

90 that brraO mam'/ur'i

Still

Sol) diii.k

me

let

.ctly

tu/v.

ha*

(be

&

by.

tl ;

th* tUi^bifuIntft

VM0M.
-

deli-

Uiw awa/

[from Jtktilut.]

pleafar.tly

4. Pleafing to the feofci.

Fine ; not coarfc ; confifiing of fmall
5

(brw the eiceUency of

..1t-^

ku' c
of

lit,

'.

Dtti'ciovstr.

and

*nd ami-

'.

1C.

In hit lift hoan hit eafy wit difp

tUur-m in decay.
Lilu the rich frwt be

'fajl'.r.

Dainty ; defiroo* of curious meats.

V Choice; (elect; excellent.

<m

;t

I'icafure
:.*

'.nee heard

/'.-.'

Drfyttfi.1'), increafc

French.]
Nice; pleafing to the taJie ; of an
agreeable flavour.
The chor,finf of a 4fcv before a more ordti.-ydiA, it Vf fee done a* other human idiom
icre are no deffce* and precise

I.

hifnty ptobaMc, that up->n Adajy'i

<;
chafed him 01.

[Jtiitat,

a<^.

D E L
O

Pleafant

<#.

from Ji light.

delightful.

;.

ii,j

of

fa Ibort and inuicix, and

and eompaft of bit fpeech fc
f'tun&utb, a&d t> jre lur the ft rangeft.-rir.

,.-

paru.
Af r.'.uck Uoo4
'!

(rtater,

pafierli
ti>e

4y;
and

(heir teitui

Ariiitln'A

jfr.

Ofpolite, manner*

6.

Son

J.

u D E M'C

throufh (he long*

circnUtion iujgnk--,

effeminate

n jltonnli.

fhip-.
Wi;nef< fhji army, of foeb maf( and charge,
Led by a tU6ean and tender prince.
Stttlypan.
Tender and ilttitatc petfont maft needt be oft
(>
angry, they have
many i'ninp to trooWc theni,
which own robofl aatorc* have little fcn

The

ail

mod

they

treed and haunt, I have eb-

Beautifully
That which

with

will

foft

<Wif>tmed

all

like varicf atcd tulip*

3.

Daintily.

>Vm,

not dtftcfirlj, or nicely

*(

CrovMefimc

to

(byM/

that

b* not

it,

r otftert in (tic choice of

Yajl-.,.

4. Choicely,

tt-..
.
/ [from
.:
of being delicate; tender nefi; fbftneft ; effeminacy.
The delicate woman among yon woaU not ad
r

for dtlicittmji

and tendernefa.

DI'LICATEI.
;

fiHert, chear

rarities

/.<.>. < <

Whik

[from delicate.'} Nicethat which u choke and

M"S

{oepberd't

cold thin dr.r.k o

belated.

Dtjdtu.

\_Jtltcttr,

it

-,i

h:> leat).er bottle,

fteutr. and fweeriy be

enjoyt,
beyond a prince't dtluam.
Siah/frart.

King

Dt'LlClt.a./.
..

to fatiify

.".

:.

ii.fc

cli,

from

(lie lar

WMic:n

the fri-

whereof fonr-

,.

'.

what

fia-i,

t!lt

that place and porting.

KA'TIOW.

The

firft

./

[delintatio, Latin.]

diaaght of a thing.

Jn the ortriogra; hicil fcbemca, (hen flv,

'.d
atn.tiiejuft dimcnfioni.
A/'.f
i

WE;T.

A
DELI'

\delinimenium,

._/!

-V.

They

fault

[Jelinjuentia^

a failure in duty

othen

"

never pon'

rable ttiH*'ju>iKj of the tumoltt, tail

fifA//
}

or affuaging.

beetlet,

Can

kii.

-.>,.-

:.

to fct forth in a lively

planted hit
hare not here time to <Ui*'
God't heavenly kin;

Latin.]
mifdecd.

'.

d,t,jhiul with other

defcribe

->weri, an..
,.

To

DE'.I'K

/kt t>,yfr)f alfo in Uv. Lord, and I.

heart.
/*/. xnvii.v
five the* the denret of thine

Par

with Abtalom't head.

3.

to

'

l^n'/w'.cdg*, feeing

rd

.nan,
..
'1

'I

/ Uteir^appetitei not only feed

With ii/.. ai't n{ leavet and marfliy weed,
reap the rankeft land. Drjdtr..
abftinence all tttlicaiit he feet,
And can regale bimielf witli toaft and cheefe.

*'

Urji.

Latin.]

Tlie princet lUigtrinf their conceit!

homely cordi,

All which
far

very Urge: wi'.h the

-(,n rfx/ iriy Jetuuan "14 Nefi
.T:
A4vr.ii, Hecuba with Hclen'i face,

er

defi^n ;
paint ; to reprefcnt a true likencfi
in a ;.c; .re.

To

fitft

difcipline differed

to (ketch.

to
2.

manner.

mm

To DKLI'CiH T. v. a.

from de-

dehghtfulneft.
To DELINEATE, i/.
[<///, Latin.]
1. To make the firft draught of a thing ;
;

;..r

:K';u

Aoutd'A r

An.

The
Are

n.

Sbaktff*
yor
of
Vcfpjfian wat not more tJ>e <//Aj<<
made
:
nnivcrfal
the
only
empire
but could not
;, and more powerful,

man-

hit

BJ.

dainty.
Hit

i -.ii.

hit care, hit hope, and IIH A/I

in hit fight.
in hit ihoafht, and

She

liehl/muA Pleafantneft

aotick round.

you perform

make him more

./.

S.

delight

we

delight.

-.

And few the bed of our oW;2 *ft

We'll charm tto air to give a found,

;;

ftate

tcnturc (o <et the (ok of her foot o^/.i the groond,

tiet

French, from

pleafe ; to content
afford pleafure.

6. EfFcroinattly,

The

-^ininj

dflifti

me,

[from

in a delightful

DELI'CHTIOMEXZM.

Wt

That which givet

fli/f.

ner.

f'tranu, fayinf, commute

with David fecretly, arwi fjy, beh>/M the king hath
in tbee, and ll bit ft. vanu Icwe t.

z.

Plcafantly

'.mt.}

dti:fafticn.

vigour.

DcLi'r;HTfOMEi.r.

tfifiman't liurtrrj.

[<6/;V/,

To

Politely.

DE'LICA

content

thy meati, or (he defeat; of thy fauctt.

5.

Joy

not coarfely.

Finely

f'/rtlt

binding pp in chirurgery.
The tWrt iatention it rf/.;.

[Jiligaiie, Latin.]

Dtic*'Tio../|

oeVeA, and Ailwittij weak.

2.

ToyAr.

DELI'CHT.

every on* with the

hunger and tiurft fvr tUJifti-

.'4

iu own

r/undcd

"Tit to their cbanget half ttxir charmt we owe

Such happy fpou the nice admirer tjke,
.

'

;.g

ceie.

delicate.]

bit ftyle from

Cod

TU

.-.

elegance.

diftingaifli

lor t;.:

/*

in (be uftc confeaflMH i.

Let no nat> jud je of
and efficacy of UK facrament irf-lf, by ir.-j
which he fomertl.fli, by ite pft aBd/rfi(///i,
vo, and at other dot* dot* not per-

other foett, it (he elefance of bit wordt, and the

Timmeurafnrft of hit erfe s then it nothing ('/
in all the RemmUogage. /> <i

Ladio

[from

dtkfttr, Latin.]

<Ulx.au.

Dl'tiCATELY. a^f. [ham

I

And

the p*rt ti joined tojetber.

S. Pore; clear.

Where

phf

It loathfooic in

unable to bear hard-

Delight

not erofi, or coarfe.

ou>i

pi. \Jtlicia,

Thi word

And now

Citktry.

Latin.] Plea-

merely French.

he hat pour*d out hit

idle

mind

'

In

.ifh

.ciovt.adj.

.-rd

the king, A/i^i/

../rd,

by

B<fltd

it

the

.
i

in.

in ll.it

or

thing

rr.

\diliiitux,

Lauu.J Sweet

cidelinquent ooght to be
Mion wliete the Jttui'j*

by him.

.',/
-,

that

dtlakitik

DlLl'Qur*r.
/. [from
Latin. J An offender one that ha com.

DELI'OHTFVI,,

a/^'.

/W/.] Plcafant

[from Might and

full of lie;

mitted a crime or

fault.

Such an enriout

Uarmini;

r Will

fla'r,

aciu!

light-

He wa't g'ven t/that he did not only bar hin,.'//, !wt almoft from the oeu/l<ry, u(e
'

)>er difaAer,
All tuincH, not by
but by j-i'li'je and (entente, at JtliiUjHrnit
,

t).

,\\.

joyt,

Hairing hit wailike we<| ont caft behind,

And Aowert in pleafu;ei ar.d vain pleafing toyt.

diliiat.t,

pleafure

French, from
delicate; that

No

Smilet with (ay

DE

i.

I':

'/n

ftioJo

fprir:;

f'c

ingly

HTru
;

;,

L L Y Wi/.Plcafantly ; charmwith delight.

r*

<nii

bvokro(buif*n hn

DE'LIQUATR.
melt

v. n.

>

[Myw,

to be diffolved.

IT,.

DEL
It w'.ll be refolved

which the chymifts make of

to that

moid

left in

fait v\

cellars to delij-i

To

fpeik ; to tell ; to relate

to pronounce.
A mirth-moving jeft,

7.

Such an ebullition a, we fee made by the mixture of (nme c! -nical liquors, as oil of vi
1

ti>

'

liquated filt of

CH<{

n.f.

Wlikli

calcined matter, by hanging

[,/,/,, Latin.]
talk or aft idly.

headed

a.fj.

a.

<.

from

Drlirirai flung, deep

Su'if:.

Tt :irhi.
Alienation

his pillow flie.

If 4 true

another temper,

He

-v.

a.

To fave

e r!>us ^ ive

that

Pi

,<.r

1.

of

-.'Ixxi.

to pr

4.

3.

In .my

me

hands

hath

id

to ihii

company

'

-til,

uf

P>MM-I'II|

hii greatii,

any opprcflion
lent me to heal rh<:

befallt,

The
other

3.

The

your

Ne'er

women

it

Weilo*.

li-utry.

Childbirth.

6.

Like

UB u

woman

4.

Ti) ;MV:

,n.

The

>r

be

m,
Uiy, I.

know

chil.

thcr

e.uh

Thou

(hjlt J:

darr

have

hrr lex, her yc.n

hlmv my
!

Af;ivei-; a

rci'tui-T

i,-

will.

</<//

a prefcrvcr

a re-

ol

II

h
i'

d;;bur':

licrl-

,/,

.,

v/'jiM

nut,

i',u "ill
a,

(i

man

upward.
oi

i'

U'DABI.
tulj.
ii
be dcctivt.-.l
on: rather ilrl.nlill,-.
'

i.

Not

;J.

well

ir

I'

'.11

I't'j't

Ii

pi

the

'',

;i\fj (lull

of

;i

na-

caft

('

line fort

ioiB.

to

'I'll

name of

////, the
ailj. [from
of the Greek alp!,
alU-il
by rcafon of its refeiublinj' (In luirr.
An epithet applied to tn,;nj';i!.(i UM|
cle arifing from ih'
(HUH
the procels of tin- un'
Iwfo ftion i to

l)i.

All

DcKthind.

worthy of

fuipprr

C.

the

Delft,

Five iiiiihings.in five

raife the ;irm

cr.

To

light.

wr.il<

.iullt
l.i.ir.i,

letter

nir in,, re

:li

I.

every alley green,

thr, wild v.,,,t,l.
Miffnti.

nt

earthen ware.

DI.'I.

pmMIioii,

DELI'VK*

f ^tifer.

.un!

,/(//,

DKI.PII. a./, [from

'lit!

'

xxvi, 7.

1'iiktll.

.-trance.

!<.

htlpcth

prrf-.-nt.

,n'

nr

tmdiy
l!m, htl 1,1 lull (him-, un, II tl
J: Hi and dalei, conceal'd IIMM,
,

af'.'

drawetl,

beadlooi] into a itdl.

T'YII

dflil/iry,

of fpr.iking; utterance;
pronunciati'
omnionly ililiuety.

..

tliat

>

th:ni a valley.
Obfolcte.
'I IH
while, the fame unhappy ewe,
Wholi- i Ir/utr.l leg hrr hurl ilolii (hew,
I

called

aft

In 'Inn ni)
Wiii,

in

If,iitil>,

'

is

n.f. [from tlal, Dutch.] A pit; a

hole in the ground ; any cavity in the
c. u ih, wider than a ditch and narrower

tlic r.-ipiial

4.

with chiU,

the time of her delivery,

labour ot

ii

J.rnken-h'

life (hall

of bringing

aft

or deliver that

the deli-uciy in<,:u grace *

virtuoufly.
tiidny,
iv.ia the taller, ami nun h the
(liungcr ;
dike hail the neater limbi, and (Veer Jt-

DELL.

now commonly

aftivity.

more nimbly, or become

fully, or employ all more

of delivering a thing to an-

aft

'

-.

MuliJnui could not perform any

refcue.

fpeech.

,.-

Ufe of the limbs;

5.

Dorc

unto

dofciukd.

ih,

'y,

I.utr, \i. iX.

'

i'id

(ii

pronunciation

what

allege'

'I I,,
I

Cdfluniad Jt&vtraitttt

,!,

and

at
all,

known.
U<nhr,
wAH charmed with the gracefulncfa of hi<
and
at
as
with
his
difcnurfei.
well
dili-mry,
figure

Sbatrfp.

will (lure.

xxiv. 11.

or not at

ill,

[f

Sb.il:

il/u bring me
fwear unto
:,

words?

'

We

32.

xliv. 4.

\\r'\f

"

fo

^01 witll W.IUnJl,

2.

Ar.d L)a'

down

dfx'crity o)'
M old woman,

to put into one's

up ; to yield.

iii.

ing of light Co the blind,

jdmir.ihle

to give

fon, hut ilrl'mtrtii

th him (!|M,

,'ANCE. it./, [iltlivranct,

Fr.J
of freeing from captivity,

'T

Surrender

to refign

aft

me.

vtred

To

my

wai

n, mli Ivei do
d lipiiin
i.fu
the favlng forte of the won! "t
illy f]ir:ik,
n kind of dtit
livtryi but howfoever the fame mall cham,

are h
''Kit

it

Utterance

4.

Drydcn.
; to

".itice.

The
He

and

,.u

t!

/nan.

h was

bccaulc

furrender

flavery, or

ny C,Ml, out of the ham!

-d, out

deliver

Intotl

qimer.

own

not his

fp.m-d

Thnt would

to refcjie.

DtiI

his

of your royal father's perfon

to rhc
,.iy, I undertaking

livery

character than

To

uf. v. a.

.IT

(Jtiivrcr, Freuch.]

up

queen mother, that I would find fome IIH

gctaccels to him, fliewas pleafed to fend me. Dent.
Nor ,li,l !i
itribtta to the tif~

>

v,

DI.I.I'VI
capt'r.

Stal.-fj>rj< *.

of giving up.

Delrvtr'd uf again wiili

to rdeafe.

Di.-t

let free

be

may

La

n.f. [from delttigo.

Allriving; a chiding; aca.

7, DKI.I'VFR.

DKM'VER

him

a Di.-t.

2.

Afti

give up.

A'T ION

account

givn.

Tu

and in a
.ipproaehing delirium
(mall inflammation of

(.

give from hand to hand; to tranf-

'terity in a fairer

alacrity and promptncfi in anfwering,

faving.

aft

into the han

'

ages from the prefn

tiicre ii a

The

That
furrender
j.

mit.

bed

,f

To

to leave

reicue

iworc, with I'obi,

he would labour my deliveiy.

hands;

the verb.]

Skat

To

2.

tnc.v.

n.f. [Latin. ]
dotage.

of mind ;
Too great

1.

a put into another's

Keleafe

DKLI'RIUM.

tin.]

a,

-v.

by the

ul'ed

2.

doting.

On

Sidney.

aver.

were

Boytc.

D(.I'VERV. n. /. [from
The aft of delivering.

ength

fti

as thole that

n.iti'd,

about him faid he hid been for Tome

ui ; but when I law him he h.id hij

(Iroiigly- or deliver that

to the difcrction of another.

Deliver me not over unto
<f mine enemies ) for fall'e witncll'r arc nici up againlt me,
.catheout crurlry.
/' ,ilm xi\ii. iz.
The conftdblci have */.
SO/IT to me
and flic (lull luie whipping enough, 1 v.

le

undemanding

r. i

more

DEL TVER
'I

ot'thofe expc'rimenti.

-*J

raving

I'C ;|

DE

who

ileri'.yman

more nimbly.

Lat.] Light-

[tte/irius,

Stak.
appeared to deliver his

(hallj,/,

your grace

:i

horfc or foot

Dni. IK A'TION. n.f. [deliratio, Latin.]

Difl.
Dotige ; folly ; madnefs.

DELJ'RIOUS.

knew

your hlghnefs' pleaf ire,

fcrmon without looking into his notes.

Swift,
8.
exert in motion.
Not in nil-.
Proclei fremed fo to uvcimn his age in llrcngth,
tli.it Mufidorui could not
perform any aclion en

To

c-xtol

relater

Diver! ehymical experiment, delivered by fober

authors, have been believed falfe, only beciule the
ncnftruQfnl w^re not as highly rrd^ified, or cx-

me

To

n.f. [i/diramtntum, LaDifl.

doting or foolilh fancy.
/,.

^'

Europe does confefv ;

him, all irl, t ion,. bli'fj. Hj'ifax.
one that communicates

their tftlivtrer

All tongues

What from

in

it

DELI'RAMENT.

A
To DELl'RATE. a/,
To dote to rave to

Him
2.

erecVd to him a' t!>c

with the glnrriui

palace,

of deliihrer of the commonwealth.

title
;

tongue, conceit's expofitor,

f.iir

Tell

Dift.

tin.]

hi;

to utter

a ftatue

end jnce of the doge's

fomething by fpeech or writing.

That

up
into a lixivious humour.

cellars,

Andrew Dorii hai

Latin.]

[i/clijitalio,

A melting; a diflblving.
DELrgUIUM. >,./. [Latin. A chymica!
term.] A dillillation by diflblving any
moid

D K L

D E L
Tully wai long cr he coul.l be JJnered of i
few verfes, and tliofe poor one: too.
I'eacl-ain.

into a liquor very analogous

Liuife

h'/l

Kilttn.

1,11,;

DEM

D E L
DELTTDE. v. a. [Jtludo,
To beguile; to cheat to

To
1.

Lat.]
deceive

impole on.
O, give me

DELU'SION. n.f.

The

Hbaktffwft Hairy VI.

thr.

Of protfc-t'd

To

2.

Trojans, with a feign 'd

cheat

deceiver

delude.~\

an

impoflor

all

Anfwer me this,

ere yet

bea

i.u'.siVt.

~)f,

to deceive

(peak;
heart docs break.

When,
i-

Dutch
1.

<v. ". [belpn, SAX. Jelw,

a hog.
perhaps from &Mpa|,

with a
dig; to open the ground
ipade.

To

Caught by yrur own

one yard below the mines,

blow them at the moon.
-ffare.
Dclvt of convenient depth your thrafhing floor;
it
o'er.
and
face
With tcmper'd clay then fill
I will 'Jrlve

<

2.

Was

a pit
His

feeble

fc."t

directed

t j

the cry

1.

fclves.

D
DCT! rt.~r~Tt-TijGn

world was fubjcS to perifii by a ddufi, as

fubjeft to peri fl> by conflagration. I

this

To drown
B) which
Still

ti.e

Z.

ni-

till

vjuW

To

Sbjil J'/.f t

ail.

Bleunt.

upon a rent for a term o

and fuch other lands ap

manor

as

DE M A'NDABLE.

[from dammd. ]
That may be demanded ; requeued ;

All Aims (',mandatlt, for licence of alienation

made of lands holden in chief, luve been
Bacttn.
flayed in the way to the hanajrcr.
to be

DEMA'JJDANT. n.f. [from demand.}

1. He who is aftor or
plaintiff in a real
aftion, becaufe he

1
fome cxpreflions, as
hufband ought to be knighted.

if flie

thought her
Sf ...

DEMA'NDER. n.f. \dcmr.ndeur, Fr.]

1. One that
requires a thing with autho^
ritv.

One that afks a queftion.

One that afks for a thing

2.

D.ti-.ti

Land adjoining to the manlion, kep

in the lord's own hand.

3.

Thofe ads for planting

'To
i.

to c.rafe to firK

DEMA'NiJ.

excrpt

z.

To

3.

purchafe it.
They grow very fad and

have hither

foreft trees

.lli;uit

the

their

ready ufc at
i

'tis

mine, and

will

have

fat,

which

and delivered) them

alfo bettereth

to the

feafons.

demandtrs
f; .,, .^ a .

dunner; one that demands a debt.

ME'AN. n.f. [from dcmencr,
A
Fr.]
mien ; prefencc
carriage ; demean-

DF.

our ; deportment.
At hii fi-ct, with forrowful

it.

dcmtaii,

Atid deadly hue, an armed cork- did

Sbakcffe*.

queftion; to interrogate.
And when Uriah was come unto him, Davi

all

4.

bought

title,

in order to

,;'i

v.
\_dftnander, Fr.]
to .ilk for with
claim
authority.
The pound of flerti, whi.h 1 ,/.c:.;r,y of h'"m,

To

Is dearly

Ptfl.

redrefs.

'"

Swift

flocd,

one that demands

of the witnelies depofed, that

dinuig on a
Sunday with the JtmaxJanl, whole ivit'e hill fjt
below the fquire's lady at church, (he the faid wife

Having now provided

rufli in

abyf.

lands.

One

belong

gentleman uf noble parentage,

Of fair donr/nri, youthful, and nobly allied. St*l
That earldom indeed had ^ roy.il }'
and lei,;niory, t'n >u;;h the landt of that county
were polIelTcd for the m<>ft part by the an

demandeth

Coke.

A plaintiff";

2.

Ettate in land.

2.

adj.

afked for.

Phillip.

.mJ even there,

the weight of any calamity.

At
.., like a j;i::]cnl
|i

let

Iilll,

I't'.uf

overwhelm;

\_domalne, French.]

years or life,
pertaining to the faid
to free or copyholders.

overflow,

in the var?
ihip finks, found'ring

law, as every entry in land-diftrefs for

rent, taking or feifing of goods, and
fuch like afts, which may be done without any words, are demands in law.

their

in

rod oppofed lofioJum, or

v.uulu u

the buttering waves

Imji'.icablr,
']

the land

dtlngd cjr:h

ol

I.

mouth

Adiifm*
The afldng of what is due.
[In law.]
hath alfo a proper fignification diilinguifhed from plaint ; for all civil actions are purfued either by demands or
plaints, and the purfuer is called demandant or plaintiff". There are two
manners of demands, the ope of deed,
the other in law : in deed, as in
every
prtccipt, there is exprefs demand; irt

Swift.

demifed or

to lay totally under water.

reftlcfs flood

in the

between thofe lands tha

the lord of the manor has in his own
handi, or in the hands of his IcfTee

Dtthtn.

Any fudden and refilllefs calamity.

DE'LUCE. v. a. [frcm the noun.]
The

word,

queftion

It

a dangerous and dreadful

for a dillinftion

fa:

9"

1.

4.

fee
fignifies thofe that are held of a
It is fenetimes ufed alfo
fuperior lord.

he dwells,
longer then within hi? Kir.ki

Firft to i torrent, then a d-l%e, Iwrlls

an interrogation.
;
calling for a thing in order to
purchafe it.
My bookleller tells me, the demand for thofe my

which

to

ol

o
overflowing of the natural bounds

a fiver.
But if with bays and dams they drive
hannel to a new or narrow courfc,

No

is

17.

The

a popular and

popular (late, yet feera to difler

civilians,

l*ying entirely

plainly intimate, that the

iv.

pave.-s increafes daily.

Chntiillt.

That land which a man holds originally of him elf, called dominium by the

iilum, Lat.]

An

3.

practice.

./ [from delve.} A digger

one that opens the ground with alpadc
DE'LUGE. n. /. {deluge, Fr. from dilu-

2.

plaufible, infignincant

in a

DS'LVER.

under water.
The apoiHe doth

2.

Smth.
weapon.
Demoflhenes and Cicero, though each f them
a kader, or, as the Greeks called it, a
dcmagcgut,

certain quantity o
Dift
mine or pit.

H^csd-.ujrd.

factious orator.
Who were the chief dmagogua and patrons of
tumults, to fend for them, to flatter and embolden
them.
^Xj Cbar

inundation

81.
hard to

[J^aywy-.]

f.

ringleader of the rabble

A general

DEMA'IN. T
DEME'AN. >/.
DEME'SNE. J

in France;
And by leadmen, for the nonce,
T'.nr turn round like grinJIe-ftones,
Which they dig out fro'

1.

delufus, Latin.]

tion than a ddujsry picjujice.

DE'MAGOGUE.

For their bairns bread, wives, and

[from

adj.

an expert ditnagigut,

Such alight and mettled dance

of Coals.
coals dug in the

Taller,
fo dehfivt, that it is very

to deceive.
This confidence is founded on no better founda-

Saw you never yet

DfH.

Giving vent, gives life and ftrcngth, to our appetites; and he that has the confidence to turn

Apt

Which to th.tt fludy Jtl-ve him brought at laft,

Where Mammon erft did fun his treafury. Sfenftr.

DELVE

reft.

efcape impofition and miftake.

Sbaktfpf.irr.

n.f.

dtlufivt art,

firfr,

DELU'SO'RV.

his father

[from the verb.] A ditch

a pitfal ; a den ; a cave.
He by and by

DELVE,

his wifiiea into demitdi, will be but a little

way
from thinki,) he ought to obtain them. Lcctt,

call'd Sicilius.

true

fiom the

Figuratively.
opinion.
What's his name and birth
root
I cannot dtlvl him to th

l'r--r.

purfue,

and the demand by the word of the holy one).

Dryde*.

The S'thy fwine with dckirg fnout

The rooted forefl undermine.
Pbiiift.
To fathom to lift ; to found one's

fair,

Ptacbam en Geometry*

[In law.] To profecute in a real a&ion.

)EMA'ND. n.f. \dnnande, French.]
claim ; a challenging ; the aflcing
.
of any thing with authority.
This matter is by the decree of the watchers,
;.

the

1'hznomen.i

And

it

Stakrfpiare.
dnr.tricd, wiien the

war and mifery of Greece Should have an end,

replied, When they would double the altar in Delos, which was of a cubick form.

and then aflert.

Prior.
bafe and groveling multitude wore
to
the
thofe
of
a
more
liftening
dt'afmt deities,
erccl al'pccl and exalted fpirit feparJted themfelves
fancy

While

It foal! go hard,

But

with pillun, we attack the

and brittle vows we bear.

fir'd

fighs

tor, it fcemi,

They crave to be demanded'

The oracle of Apollo being

[from ddujus ,^3X..~\ Apt

beguiling ; impofing on.

Till you at length bdieve

You

n.ij.

The happy whimfcy you

DELVE.

Ti

one,

Inform us of thy fortunes

Who

thus the fweet deiudtri tune their fong.

And

Sbaktjfcare*

Young

er-

therefore fecks in thefe

wifdotn, finds her not, or by dflujicn. jlW.cn.
J, w..king, view'd with grief the rifmg fun,
And fondly moum'-l the dear deluf.m gone. Crhr.

fair dttudcr

my

.'

of one deluded.

reprefentation ; illufion;
a chimerical thought.

True

a falfc pretender.

Sjy, flattcier, fiy,

llate

falle

rour

to fruftrate.

DELU'DER. n.f. [from

guiler

peace, dtlude the l.atian prince. Drj/J.

disappoint

falfehood.

hive dthdtd you ;

nor yet ills duke.

TWM neijirr Charles,

Let not

\dtlufiti, Lat.]
deluding ; a cheat ; guile;
treachery; fraud; collaEon;

The adt of

to

deceit;
leave,

DEM
dtmindtj of him how Jjab did, and how the people
I Sam. xi. 7*
did, an. how the war p;nfperd
If any friend of Caelar's demand why Brutus
rofe Jg.nml Cxfar, this is my anfwer: Not th
I loved Ctfur lefi, but that 1 loved Rome more.

To
i.

lu-.

DEME'AN. i>. a. [from demencr,

To behave to carry one's ielf.

Fr.]

Thofe

'

DEM

DEM

Thcfe

plain and legible lines o^duty requiring

u; to Jeaean ourfelves to God
humbly and devoutjur governors obediently, and to our
ly,
neighbours jultly, and to
ourfelves'foberly and tempe**')'
South.
man cannot doubt but that there is a God ;
and that, according as he dmcam himfdf towards
him, he will make him happy or inil'erable for

Of
_

fo infuppartable a
pride

his deeds

rather breed difdain.

Angels

them

in

Car-

demrar.-.ur did

Sidnry.

when we

beft like us,

are

His geftures

DEMI-CULVERIN.

mofl like unto

parts of decent demetuntr.

all

linker.

About

To

DEME'ANS. n.f.

pi.

An

at the landing,

My

To make

CumJcn.

H'~ill.

Swift's Lafl

De-

[demij/io, Latin.]

diminution of dignity

Inexora-ble rigour

TiDEMI'T.

is

de-

worfe than a lafche demji^n

I.'Ejirjn^;.

v. a.

To.

[dwitto, Latin.]

deprefs; to hang

of the Imvtjt Six*.

down

to let fall.

When they are in their pride, that is, ad', i

ing their train, if they decline their neck to t!,e-

inches and

a. [Jtmiato,

Fr.
meritus, of dimerear, Latin.]
1. The oppofite to merit; ill

Lat.]

mur, but

it

is

flir,

or to

mnr-

they (hortened

Sfnf;r en Ireland.
thy breath refign ;
the merit, the demerit thine.

Whatever they acquire by

Drydtn.

their

induftry or ingenuity, fhoulj be fecure, unlefs forfeited by

any
aFainft th: cuitom of the

M0Wor&lfc4

family.

Anciently the fame with merit

I fetch

From men of

my

Temple.
;

defert.

and being
and my dcmrr'iit

lite

royai fi-.y

fpcak, unbonn :tting, t-. as j.nmJ a fortune

this that I have reach'd.
Stakeffeart's Othelh.

May

To DEME'RIT. -v. a.
[d'meriier, Fr.]
deferve blame or
punifliment.

DEME'RSED.

The putting any me-

SceDEMAiN.

Infef arable

fart id;.

dimidium, Lat.] Half

parts.

This word

poiition,

Difl.

diffolving liquor.

DEME'SNE.

as

one of two
equal

man, half divine.

DEMI-CANNON, n.f. \demi and

DEMI-CANNON Le-uir/l. A great

n.f. [</emi

power in making laws, and executing thofe laws ; and there the
form of the government is a perfeft
democracy.

n.f. [demi and

[from democracy.}
Pertaining to a popular government ;

and two other

popular.
They are

Srciun's Vulgar Errouri.

the government of England has a mixture of
dtmxraticdl in it, fo the right is partly in the

Par-

DEMO'LISH.
racliar, Lat.] To
to raz--

Mutin.

A fit
DEMI-LANCE,

Pipt.

'

mighty

On

er

their fteel'd heads their dcml-lan.-,

demolition of

gun

that

of thirty pounds
weight

fpirit

n.f. [demi

and man.]
we

the complaints of this

barking dtml-K

in.

DEMI-WOLF,

felt

',

Hall

'1

ilt
r.

i.

[demi and wolf.]

.*').

mii-h,

Showghi, water-rugs, and

All by the

name of djp.

w/wj,

generally au evil

him

i!t

win

ftrik?, a;id nD%v I fee

for
br. !.

fai/tw.]

fpirit

fml Hiaft:;,
I'ACA L.

h'm

em

'.

arf 'C!<T-<

bkak'tfeart' i Macb'th-

Belonging

fly

by \\lticKl inward b'eed

to the dovil

He,
Sh.

Pr-*r.

]!

rjulc

t'le-"

all

devilifh.

nnum'J,

with t'u

tt-rtor

if his

voice

thy defilniicil holds, [ofll-nion f'ul. fi-!'''nn.

Iritlurncid !)v llie devil; produced

I'.'

i.

cur.
don't

Swift.

[dtrmon, Latin

by

Half
a wolf; a
mongrel dog between a dop
and wolf: lycifca.
n.f.

f,

devil.

peri(!i

ihould have the direction in the

Dunkirk.

DE'MON.

ladies colours bare.

man a term of reproach.

We Brut adventure trm battle,

Dryjfn.

dellrucHon.

Two gentlemen

Drydai.

../. [from dcmolijh.~\ The

overthrowing or demolifning

of

buildings

drmi-lancn from afar they throw,

Faiten'd with leathern thongs, to
gall the foe.

DEMI-MAN,

lightning pI.iy'H
d woilcs to p'ecet, n-nt.
detr.a'.'J'i.'

a layer WHlle.

aft

n.f. [demi and Inner.

a fhort fpear ; a
half-pike.

Small pennons, which their

laid

their

by.

ilical

,,

my bonk

and

DEMOLI'TIO.V.

Pope.
~\

light lance

DEMO'LISHFR. n.f. [from dfinolijb.'] One

that throws down
buildings ; a dcftroy-

An men grew heroes at the found,

Enfbm'd with glory's charms.

in heaven, except
(what
odd)
of vapours clouds this
demi-god.

Rrd

i/c-

would long
even with the
T ;.'/../;.,
along the firmam m,

dcn.ilijl-id,

ground.

And

[demolir, Fr.

throw down buildings

expected the t'jhiick nf

Kidnty.

Nay, half

n>, a.

to deflroy.

fmce have been

took his leave of them, wh^fe

eyes ba^e
him fircwel with tears, making temples to him as
angels, J.mt-goJs.
Tranfpurted Jeori-gtds flood round,

ArbuttiM.

people.

To

He

Be gods, or

within the line of vulgarity, and

Mill

As

taking of divine nature ; half a god ;

an hero produced by the cohabitation of
divinities with mortals.

to a demi-f.d.

adj.

are democratical enemies to truth.

half a devil.

gtd.']

that

all

LocAc.

DEMOCRA'TICAL.

Sbairff cure's Otlil/o.

DEMI-COO,

Timple.
majority, having the whole power of the

community, may employ

(;/,,

leii

canning

inches diameter. The diameter

of the bore 13 fix inches t.vo
eighth parts.
fix

dcmxracy.

The

Drydcn.

[Jemi, Fr.

is
only ufed in comdimlfod; that is, half ha-

carries a ball

virtue, arrive at riches and eftcem, then the nature of the government inclines to a

Will you, 1 pray, demand that

deml-dtvil,
Why he hath thus enfnar'd my P>ul and body

To

[from dnmrfus, of demergo, Latin.] Plunged drowned. Via.

DEME'RSION. n.f. [dW/yji,
Latin.]
I. A
drowning.

DE'MI.

A gun four

and Jev:/.] Par-

taking of infernal nature

aJj.

[In chymiflry.]
dicine in a

which the fovereiga power is neither

lodged in one man, nor in the nobles,

Rj!t'/fib.

demi-culvcrir.ij

that

but in the collective body of the

people.
While many of the feivants, by induiiry and

good guns.

DEMI-DEVIL,

according to their demetts.

Then liv'ft by me, to me

Mine

The army left two

One

[Vo^aria.]

n.f.

in

ven ounces weight. Military Dictionary.

They continue a perpetual volley of demi-cul-

the fame.

of the three forms of government

verins.

deferving

nnt be able once to

mould be known, and

DEMO'CRACY.

eighths diameter in the

fix

let fall

pounds

tt.i

elder Sort.

and

dax'it

Ermn's Vulgar Ernim.

bore, ten loot one third in length.

It
carries a ball four inches four
eighth
parts diameter, and twelve pounds ele-

from dt-

what makes one worthy of blame or

punifhment.
They mould

ground, they prefently

eleven ounces weight.

DEMI-CULVERIN,

Making mad, or frantick.

DEME'RIT. n.f. [demerite,

and

be purchafed.

of fovercign authority.

n.f. [demi and cu!<ve-

two eighths diameter, and

mad.
DEMENT A'T 10*. n.f. [demtntatio.L&t.]

Z.

[devils,

preffion.

inches four eighths diameter in the bore,

ten foot long. It carries a ball four inches

and

properly aemtfnct.
that which a man

DEME'NTATE. v

As

a.

-v.

one's death

DEMI-CULVERIN

fierce

eftate in lands ;
pofTdTes in his own right.

2.

Anne,
Stvift.

whole demeanour atRhee, both

upon the retreat.

To

feldom

is

before the dcmtft of queen

DEMI'SSION. n.f.

gun four inches two eighths diameter in

rr.ark'd, and mad dgrreanour, tlien alone,
the bore, and ten foot long.
It carries
As he fuppos'd, all unobfcrv'd, unfeen.
MUtta.
Thus Eve, with fad d,meainr meek,
a ball four inches diameter, and nine
III
worthy I.
Wtm.
Difl.
pounds weight.
He was of a courage not to be daunted, which
DEMI-CULVERIN Ordinary. A gun four
was manifefed in all his aftions,
in
his
etp-cull-,
He

demfrts, de-

deceafe. It

demife, Fr.]
; to grant by
to
;
bequeath.
executors mall not have
power to dtmife my

lands^to

DiJl.
like a demi-canmn.

'tis

month

DEMI'SE.
To grant at
will

Sbakifyeare.
Ten engines, that mall be of equal force either
to a cannon or dsmi-canr.&tiy cuivcrin or demi-culverin, may be framed at the fame price that one of
thefe will amount to.
Wilkir.i.

he was, that where

might well Air envy, his

this a fleeve

guage.
thf antbor retired.

gradation

Sbattff.

riage

Death

ufed but in formal and ceremonious lan-

diameter, and thirty-fix pounds weight.

What

[from demetn,

n.f.

mife, Fr.]

thirty-two pounds weight.

DEMI-CANNON of the grcateft Size. A
gun fix inches and fix eighth parts diameter in the bore, twelve foot long. It
carries a ball of fix inches five
eighths

To

n.f. [demtncr, Fr.]

behaviour.

DEMI'SE.

Ordinary.
great gun
inches four eighths diameter in the
It carries a
bore, twelve foot long.
fhot fix inches one fixth diameter, and
fix

DEMF'ANOUR.

DEMI-CANNON

t,->

Strephon had long pcrplcx'd his brains,

How with fo high a nymph he might
Demean himfcif the wedding-night.
Swift.
leflen ; to debafe ; to undervalue.
2.
Now, out of doubt, Antipholis is mad ;
Elfe he would never fo demean himfelf.

DEM

puirpfTion.
Dimjr.ia^t phicnfy, niu;-in? rr.rhncholy. ttfi,tn.
l)i MO'NIACK.

DEM

DEM

EM

DEMO'NIACK. n. f. [from the adjecYive.] DFMO'NSTRATIVELY. adv. [from JcOne poflcffed by the devil one whole
mcnftrati'vt,}
mind is diilurbcd and agitated by the 1. With evidence not to be oppofed or
power of wicked and unclean

ipirits.

DIMO'NIAN.
viliih

from
of the nature of <1

uJj.

Vcir.'.mar. fpirits

Iich of
rs

dcn-.tn.

De-

Flrft, I dtnionfrativrly prove,

That feet were only m.ule to move.

now, from the clcm-nt

2.

his reign allotted, rightlicr call'd

of

water.

lire, air,

D E M o N o'c R A c Y

n./. [*.IfM >

devil.

and

n. f.

DEMONSTRABLE.

aJj.

That which may

Lat.]

\itnumftralilh,
be proved be-

as admits

DEMO'NSTRATR.

<v.

a.

To

[demonftre,

by

"j. n.

dimur t and

to

mour, that

n.f.

mand

\_iianoiiftratio,

See

French

Wear

higheft degree of deducible or argumental evidence ; the ftrongeil de-

gree of proof; fuch proof as not only

evinces the pofition proved to be true,
but fhews the contrary pofition to be
abfurd and impoffible.

And

up

higher CIK

than

3.

po(]:h!e to bo deceived, thereunto the mind

doth ncceiTarity yield.
j;
Where the agreement or difagrecment of any
thing is plainly and clearly perceived, it is called
,',

t'ue

To

doubt

e.ifily

to

cf Piety.
receiv'J,

my
it

hand he knew
tiuc.

have fcruples or

Dmlcr..
diff.cul r

to deliberate.

is fomethirg in our
compoftt'nn that
thinks and apprehends, and reficcls and JeM-crates, determines and douhts, confents and denies;
that wills and dttutn t and relulvc^, and chufes,
and rejcifts.

Btitt/cy.

To DEMU'R. v. a. To doubt of.

The latter I demur; for in their looks
Much rc-afon, and in their actions, o!t appears.

Indubitable evidence of the fenfes or

Milton.

DEM'UR.

reaion.

WhicS way foever we turn ourfelves, we are

encountered with clear evidences and fenfible dtus of a Deity.
tr.--njii.it;

hefitauon

progeny

\deinonflrativus,

':'!.]

the po'.v^r of demonllration

invincibly conclusive ; certain.
n

i!id
ig
c<rnft.-4iienily ought,
any dtmar at all, to b:- fairifiie.l t them, whenfoever they come in competition with them. South.

ot'

is

n'traii-.-t,

All

cannot chooic but tnwar-iiy

Having

need which

the;,

which often give

all

have of

::

ttuui tlie clcarcli u.lCv

.'.

Ugh:

other arts, bec.iufc of

mj

tart

</im*;rJ

I.

but

dimMe

his attacks

adj.

Pope.

\Jtsmeeun, French.]

Sober; decent.
two moft lovely virgins camr in place,
With countenance demurt, and modeft grace.
'

t
:o th:

Sptnftr.

undemanding
fry din.

Come,

penfive nun, devout and pure,

Sober, ftcduft, and diiKwt.

Milttr..

the lame with

If.irlmrtmi.

ir/...J'wakc

DEMU'RENESS.
1.
.

n.f. [from demure.]

;
gravity of aipedt.
Her eyes having in th?m lucli a cbeerfulnef;-,
as nature feemed to fmile in them; though hfr
mouth and cheeks obeyed to tint pretty
which the more one marked, t'lc more one
xefs,

Modefty; fobernefs

,.

would judge the

2.

ul apt to believe.

f<

p't^r

Affected modefty

pretended gravity.
An
[from demur.]
allowance made by merchants to matters
of fhips, for their rtay in a port beyond
the time appointed.

DEMU'RRER.

it.

f.

n. f.

[dmeurer, French;

manere in aliquo loco, <vel morari. ]

kind of paufe upon a point of difficulty
in an action: for, in every adtion, the

i.

e.

controverfy confifts either in the faft,

or in the law
if in the fact, that is
tried by the jury ; if in law, then is the
cafe plain to the judge, or fo hard and
J call
rare, as it breedeth jufl doubt.
:

that plain to the judge, wherein he is

allured of the law ; and in fuch cafe the

judge, with his aflbciarus, proceeds to

farther work.
But
when it is doubtful to him and his aflbciates, then is ih^re l!ay m.ide, a-id a
time taken, cither for the court to think

judgment without

farther

can

he whilpcn, Do, and we gofnacks.

DEMU'RE.
I.i

I'ainting is n:ce>Tary to
tlit

l.r.

the po-.ver of expreffing clearly

certain!)

At

yield.
II

and

(if

11

adj.

Having

n..i.i

Heav'n, empyreal thrones!

With re.ihin hath de:p lilence and ilinixr
Seiz'd us, t'lough unl'f
7I-f/yn.
C-ita nly tiie hi['he;t and dearrft concerns of a
life
Icfs
valu.ihlc
than
thofe
temporal
jre-intinitcly

Ti'hrfon.

DEMO'SSTRATIVE.

[from the verb.] Doubt;

ftifpenfe of opinion.

n.f.

it is

'

Sbakt'petirf.

DEMU'RRAGE.

bclicv'd;

he was to think

In the following line

folemnly.
Hark, how the drum;

]>

There

Lcckc.

<

liv'd, fo loth

ties

by

/tuod, the

2.

Dew
1

appeareth to be true by (trong and invin-, fuch as wherein it is not

argument

Shakefpcare,

Ffop's d.imfel, turned from a cat to a woman,

fat very
demurely at the board', end, till a moufe
tan heroic her.
Baccn.
Hood
Next
hypocrify with holy leer,
Soft (hilling, and dtmuftfy looking down j
But hid the dagger underneath the g t\vu. Drydrn,

fetting out, or de.i

wh.it he wiih'd he

a fober habit,

and fwcar hut now and then,

prayer-books in my pocket, look dcrr.unly.
refpeft,

into England tn receive

But long demurred, tho from

any way

An

DEMURRER.

News of my death from rumour he

The

1.

Put on

(hall dtw.ur

Stalejfeart.

pretended gravity.

pl'

iio.nen.

Lat.]

2.

Dimming upon me.

Talk with

irdsof the council. Wasiuard.

Running into demands, they expect from us a
refolutton in things wherein the ti^vil of
Brdiun's Vulgar E rroitrs.
Delpbot would demur.
He. muft be of a very fluggirti or
querulous hu-

Tilklfait.

DEMONSTRATION,

wife Oftavia, with her modcft eyes,

Hill conclufion, (hall acquire no honour,

DF:MU'RELY. adv. [from demure. ~\

1. With affected
modefty ; folemnly ; with

tion.

Your

sliiutkmt.
[.Jem.-ur.'r,

fo fcnt

direction s from the

cannot tifmotfti-atc thefe things fn, as to

fhcw that the contrary often involves a contradic-

cible

demon-

digelli>'n.

DEMU'R.

fit

We

2.

adj.

To paufe in uncertainty ; to fufpend

determination ; to hefitate ; to delay the
conclufion of an affair.
Upon this nib the Englifii ambafTidjurs thought

t.

dent abfurdity.

What

Sivifr.

To DEMU'RE. v. n. [from the noun.] To

look with an affefted modefty not ufed.

[from demon-

the tendency to

adj.

and objections.
To thii pica the

as reduces the contrary

politicn to evi-

1.

D rydcn.

Jove fent and found, far in a country fcene,

Truth, innocence, good-nature, look fcrcne ;
From which ingredients, firrt, the dcxt'rous boy
Pick'd the dimurt, the aukward, and the coy.

to

aimsrare, Italian; efemarari, Latri.]

To delay a procefs in law by doubts

I.

prove with the highell degree

of certainty ; to prove in fuch a manner
Lat.]

lay

of

Peafc, being deprived of any aromatick parts,

are mild and atmvlctnt in the higheir degree; but,
being full of aerial particles, are flatulent, when

r-rtain proof; evidently; beyond poflibility of contradiction.

To

and looked fo demurs as jf there had

been neither life nor foul in her.
ISEflrangc.
S? cat, rransfoim'd, fat gravely and drmure,
Till moufc appeared, and thought himfcir fccure.

dcmukens, Latin.]
Softening; mollifying; affuafive.

To

He fhould have compelled his niiniftcrs to exrxcute th law, in cale a that dtmmjirably concerned
the publick peace.

Barm.

ot

And

DEM U'LCENT.

diliblved

of

theirs.

many v.'ifc men, that have fecrct

and tianfparent countenances ; yet trrii
be done with a demure abafing of your eye

one that dcmonftrates.

Having

Jlrate.~\
strate.

DEMO'NSTR

manner

'l

Brnvn.

DEMONSTRA'TOR y.

The

In fuch a

would they ihould do

teaches

dent.

tle.~\

firaplic'rty

place, as I

fume

Prior.

power of earth

in the

now

is

Sbaltffrart.

DEMONSTRA'TOR. n.f. [from demonOne that proves

one that
ftrate. ]

yond doubt or contradiction ; that which

may be made not only probable but evigrand articles of our belief are as itiftiGlanvillt.
flratle as geometry.
ABL v. ad-v. [from demmftra-

the

undemanding

was not
work them from it.

it

There b*
hearts

with certain know-

it

perfection,

Dicl.

plainly

Dtn-.erflrativtlj

K^BT/*/.]

Jif/v and *Diff.

Tjfia.] The worfhip of the devil.
DEMONO'LOGY. n.f. [Ja!a. and Xe-/-.]
Difcourfe of the nature of devils. Thus
king James intitled his book concern,
ing witches.

DEMONO'LATRY.

Clearly
ledge.

Milte*.

The power of the

know my

No man, in matters of this life, requires an

arTurance either of the good which he dii
of the evil which he avoids, from argun.
orur/'.
mcrftrat'ively certain.

Thofe lunaticks and demniach ih.u were reto their right mind, were fuch as fought
after him, and believed in him.
Bcntlty.

affectedly raodeft

generally taken in a fenfe of contempt.

Alter a demure travel of regard, I tell them

doubted.

ftored

Grave;

2.

upon

it,

or clfe for

and to agree,

if they

all the julliccs to

meet

together in the Chequer chamber, and,

upon hearing that which the icrjeants

can fay of both parts, to advife, and fet
down as law, whatfoever they conclude
Cow:!!.
firm, without farther remedy.

Was

prohibition was granted, and hereunto there

i lifmurnr.

djltffc't farcrt'-n.

DEN.

DEN

DE'NIGRATE. v a [dinigre,
To blacken to make black.

To

n.f. [ben, Saxon.]

cavern or hollow running horizonr
mall obliquity, under
tally, or with a

I.

ground

diftinft

By

cave of a wild bead.

What, fliall they feek the lion in
And fright him time?

The cavern,
By him was

lofe its whitenefs.

only to her father known,

to his darling daughter fhown.

fignify either a valley or a

place; for the Saxon ben

may

DENA'Y.

Denial;

>rey.]

rler,iya<\;n,

Dyd.

DENI'ABLE./KJ). [from

be denied

that to

Thus

To

a: ev'ry freln

"

fain: deniaii,

Abjuration

attempt is rcpcll'd
-.licer than before,

contrary to acknowledg-

We

[from deny.}

contradictor ; an opponent ; one that

holds the negative of a
propofition.

By

the wor.i

V,

the ar5rn,er intends our

anJ man, and the Jtnitr by the
r ;

.:

whole duty to God

word Virtue means t.nly courage, or, at
rooft,
pur duty towards our neighbour, without including the idea of the duty which we owe to Cod.
2.

difowner

(Tan.
one that does not own or

acknowledge.
If

it

WK

fo

f<

into repentance,
him into d

f,,l

vA,;r.

what

will

Chrift lo-.ked his denier

br when he ft.ill look
S-.utt.

one that refufes.

am eftcm.ed by my denier fuffic'ent
cf myfelf to difchaigc
my duly to God as a prieft,
though not to men a-, a prince.
Ciar/e:.
It

refufer

may

be 1

King

DENIE'R

n.

[from denarius, Lat.

It is

pronounced as dtnecr, in two fyllables.]

A fmall denomination of French money ; the twelfth part of a fous.
You will not pay for the j-laJTes y ou have burft
>

No,

wit a

fired

infranchife

make

to

Ifehood

'is

dtnixet'd, virtue

is

free.

n.f. [denotatio, Latin.]

of denoting.
To DENO'TE. -v. a
\denoto, Latin.] Tomark ; to be a fign of; to betoken to
;

flicw

is

deftrufllvc to

among men,
human nature, to the two

to all-th.it

is

all

:i

Stake/fare.

that

-e

is cltab'-

molt precious to

Wills ?

rr
llatf.mcntl,
.

DFNO.VIINA'TION. n.f. [de >,omi,,nio, La-

A name given to a
tin.]
thing, which
commonly marks fome principal *
quality
3

of it.

But is there any f.kcn,

ment or the Gauls yet
there

of the
Scythians
liking or

dentminatian, or

remaining

monu-

in Ireland, as

Sfcnf,,^ State <///.

The
dilliking of the people gives the
play the dtnr.trmat^n of g.>-j,l or bad
but dij.- nol
;
really make or conftittit* it fuch.
Di?lcn
Philofephy, the great iJol of the learned par!
1
the heathen
world, has divided it into
,

many

quick pulfe denotes

a.

[dennndo, La-

threaten by proclamation.
unto you this
day, that ye

fliall fi, ro lv

DrJ.

He

Shall

On

of their wicked
ways
them admonilh,
Jchtuncmg wrath to come.

their impenitence.
their wild

They impofe
on others,
ll

jr/d

all

up-

that rccei-e

Decay if r; r ,,.

;'.;

2:

Mi/ten.
conjciSrures for laws

Jmcunee war againll

JI

lo threaten by fome outward

fign or

e.'prellion.
I:

'''ingj and his look Jcncunc'J

and battle dangerous

facul:i, :s that
denominate
;

as, a

I""""

'.venge,

is

men, undemanding and will for what ufe

can we have of our unJ.
;f we cannnt
do wh^t we know to be our
duty ? And, if we aft
net
voluntarily, what exercife have we of our

dcnonccr, French.]

I .icn'.ance

the.worfliin
or elfe thofe
glorious

place ;.

I'redeftination

To

[define,

figns

DENOU'NCE. v
tin

creatures

by

a fever.

To
.

:rntBKt for defence,

pruteclion, and' patina
ot luch

aft

not ot cve.y one

underftood, they have been conitrued
though they had l^perttitioully meant
nther that thafe places, which were
Jnmmatcd
ot angels and
faints, (honW Icrve tor
glorious

u
Mams.
.

The

;
;

to give a name to.

purpofe of confecraiion being

fo

Harri,.
a fingle

datamaiattr a

its

ratio.

barbarous. Dinni.

*. a .

Errours.

is

DENOTATION,

afflux.on, or-elfe is denauallc from other

humours, according to the pre.)om
nancy of rr.elan
choly, phlegm, or choler. Brnun's
I'ulg. Errors

DENOMINATE.

Erwn's r-Mgar

fraction.
Coder', Aratm^elt.JJenamnatr.r of any
proportion, is the a.uotient
ilmg from the divilion of the antecedent by the
conleqqcnt : thus 6 is the denominator of the pro,
portion that 30 hath to 5, becaufe
c) 30(6. This
<s a,fa called the
exponent of the proportion, or

Pope.

DlMo'lliHABLB. adj. [denomino,

That may be named or denoted. Latin.]
An Inflammation confifts of a

Latin.] To name
The commendable

denominate.']

ar

[from the noun.'

it

3.

repair.

a.

luft, covetize, being fcveral

thefe three places,
jet all arc in all
Mingled thus, their ilfue is incefhious

To

may deny G.)d in all thafc arts that are capable ot being morally good or evil : thole are the
proper fcenes, in which we afl our confefiion; or
dmiah of him.
Scu:l>.

i.

is

people,

fanguineous

flry./.-n.

ment of adherence.

DE N II R

all

./ [from

broken number or fraflion hath

number confining of an unit,
in the firft
place towards the left hand, and nohmg but cyphers from the unit towards the right
hand, it is then more aptly and
rightly called a detor

to feed as a free

To

ance or conceffion.

my

but corn, fo
neceflary for

TOR.

\Vhen

Pride,

Sidney.

and hafty warning us

Bacon.

grow and

To DE'NIZEK. v.

the contrary to
grant, allow-

den:aJ of lanrf'ng,
away, troubled us

who!e

dtnipr. of the world

__
rpw*
He fumimns ftraight his denizens of
air;
Th lucid fquadrons round the fails

The

Sire

native

oil

to

Here comes your father; never make ,'.*:,i:

I mull and wiil hive Catherine to
wir"
/'/.,!.

From whence thefe murmurs >

A great many plants will hardly, with Drydcn
nurfing'
be made to
produce their feed out of their

Brmii

with a repenting manner of

aggravating his own
evil, where denial would but make the fault fouler.

th'

part of time is a minut,,

being a year. Cuitr', An,b n .

the numbelow the line,

(hewing the nature
and quality of the
parts which any integer is fuppofed to be divided into:
thus in
|, 8 the denominator (hews you,
that the
integer is fuppofed to be divided into 8 parts, or half
quarters ; and
the numerator 6 (hews, that
you take 6
of fuch parts, /'. e. three
quarters of the

Almighty
began
ye gods,
Natives, or dnauei, of bleft abodes,

may

DENOMINATOR fa Fraahn,
ber

Dcnixen is a Britiin law term, which the

Saxons
and Angles found here, and retained.
Davia,

That which

AL. n.f. [from deny.]

Negation ; the contrary to affirmation.
2.
Negation; the contrary to confeflion.
No man more impudent to deny, where
proofs
were not manifeft no man more
ready to confefs,

Dfriu,

Stak.

mtegw

mon dannauttr.

n.
/ [from denizen. ] The
of infranchifing, or
making free.

appella-

Thtf giver of a name ; the

perfon or
thing that caufes an appellation.
B >th the fea 5 of one name ihould have
one com

from
man of the city ; or dinefydl, free of the city, Welrn.
A
]
freeman ; one infranchifed.

negative authority italfo dcmeble by reafon.

[from <kMmia t.\

that which
;

name

leall ,lcr.,m iKM

UENOUINA

metah

d,r:i^rati n, the

That the mere Iri/h were

reputed ahtns, appears
by the charters of denisaiiai, which in all a*es
were purchafed
by them.

f.iy,

DENI

N z A'T i o N"
aft

'

which one

The

the greateft

be the natural

may

adj.

This would be more

analogically

atntminatlt.

off, or otherwife icjJccd into very n,inute parts.

Bit I,

deny.']

anfwerably whereto

worn

ire

refufe belief.

4.

s/>atb

appellation.
a diftincl

tion.

In feveral inftanccs of

refufal.

her in ha^e, give her this jeael

f

He,

'

'

That which obtains

2.

St\lt.

ways

woody

My love can give no place, bide no daey.

DENDRO'LOCY. n.f. [& j; e , and A
The natural hiftory of trees.

With^

'.

hat which
gives a
confers a diftinft

n.f. [denigratio, Latin.]

blackening, or making black.
Thefe are the advcnient and artificial
of

[a word formed between

*. f.

and

Refufal

finners

DENO'MIN ATIVE.

imports both.
Gibjon't Camden.

3.

arc-

the moft righteous amon^'

conlefs ourfelves to come under that
etmo-

mud

DEMCRA'TION.

Kbjt'ifffa,c.

Drydm,

bodie

fir?,

t'ulgjr Erroxrs.
HartuWn, and other white bodies, will be denigrated by heat ; yet camphire would not at all

his den,

Den, the termination of a local name,

The

fuftering

men

All

Bnmft

'Tisthen the (h.ipelcfs bear his den

forfakes;
In woods and fi:lds a wild deltruftion makes.

may

Lat.]

cafually or artificially denigrated in their natucomplexion: thus are charcoals made black
by an infeftion of their own fuffitus.

The tyrant's Jen, whofe ufe, though loft to fame,

Wai now th' apartment of the royal dame ;

To

fome imprefiion from

are

irom a hole which runs

perpendicularly.

The

deny

and JcmmitatkH, as
;
Stoicks,
Epicureans, and the like.
fcfls

They here difperfed, forne in the air, Come on

the earth, fome in the waters, Tome
amonglt the
rrinerah, Jens, and caves und^r the earth. Htokcr.

3.

ral

down

2.

DEN

D E'N

DEN.

rha "8 J '--

Mi/t,.
*
i grew white
the rolling waves from
;
far,
Like heralds, firft itntntta the
wat'ry war.
I

rr,

o give information
ngainjl
to accufe
;
publickly.

Drjdrn.
to de-

late

Archdeacon* otiyht r propofc

parts of the
T rftament to he learned
by heart by inferior
and
denounce
fuch
gyrr.ei.,
as are
.

New
clcr-

negligent.

Afaffi Parcrgon.
DEN-OU'NCF,MENT. >,./. [from
denounce.].
The ail of proclaiming
any menace;
the. proclamation of intended
evil; denunciation.
Falfc is the
reply of Cain upon the c'enomcemcnt
f his curfe,
iniquity it greater than can be-

My

lirmvn.

DKNOU'NCER.

D E P

DTL O
DSKOU'NCER.

Here comet the

To

fad d.-r.rjn :r of

my

tne mournful knell of fcparation.

toll

DENSE,

Drydrr..

Clofe ;
[dinju!, Latin.]
compaft ; approaching to folidity ; having fmall jnterftices between the conftituent particles.
The caufe of
is the denfity of the baly;
adj.

ftrip

to maturity.
its leaves, the grapes-will
the Cnatan.
The eye, with the (kin of the eyc-.id, i, dt-

barbarous term

Chrift

A4
n.f. [dcnjttas, Latin.] Clofeclole adhefton, or
;

menfrruums, or vitrified, the opacity

from their dtrR

hite metals arifeth not

thofe

within the vciTels being of a lefs dtnfty,

the outward air would prcfs their fides together j
and, being of a greater dmfty, would expand them
fo as to endanger the life ot die animal.
/Ir but knot en jWitnJXfl.

[Jcntali,, Latin.]
Belonging or relating to the teeth.
a. [In
grammar.] Pronounced principally
by the agency of the teeth.
The Hi-Drews have afligned which letters are
Sjccn.
labi.tl, which dtr.lsl, and which guttural.

The

adj.

dei.ul c nfonants are eafy, therefore let

firft the labial-ii/a/, as alfo the

be next;
lingua-i/r/iwi.

DE'NTAL.

n.

He
He

1.

z.

confefs.
Sarah tttnieJ, faying, I laughed not
was afraid.
refufc ; not to grant.
3.

The

My

fcy

Jenltlli,

Modillons.
make a noble (how

graceful prnjediions.

Sftftftor,

41

He

omits the de*tu*la:\e* of the edges of the

or thofe fma
oblique inc (V>ns made for the
better retention of the prey.
Grt-tfs Mufa-um.
bill,

DFNTI'C v

TE o.adj.

\JatiitatatMi, Lat.]

Set with fmall teeth.

DE'NTIPRICF. n.f. [i/eni andy-;V) Lat.]

A powder made to fc'ur the teeth.
B. ^*"/Is U:ts
a good dtr.:ifnu f
gr--y pO'.vjcr
!hr.Lt 01 all forts of (hell-nih, heing burnt,

The

m^

a c t'i'tt( k nature
and powdered, make excellen:

obta n

To DENTI'SF. v.

or

French.]

Not

in ufc.

>

fan.

DENTI'TICN. n.f. [iltntitio, L.ltin.]

1. The act of breeding the teeth.
2. The time at which children's teeth

divcft

to ftrip

a.

left

you

**<"

a.

tiic

We ha\e

[JenxJo, Latin.]

to lay naked.

[Jfo/culatio, Lat.]

an enumeration of the fcveral afts of

StiUingJIttt.
i>.

To

1.

pifture ;
to paint ; to

a. [Jepcint,

to defcribe

French.]

by colours;

(hew by a painted refem-

blance.

He

for

i.

did unwilling worlhip to the faint

his ftiieid dcfatntid he did lee.

That on

To

2.

defcribe.
Such ladies

fair

would

Sftnftrt

dcfatnt
In rounJelay, or fjnner quaint.
Gayt
-v. a.
[depart, French.]

To DEPA'RT.
T. To go away from a
before the thing

place

with from

left.

When the people dtfartcd away, Sufannah went

into her garden.
Snjan. vii.
He laid unto him, go in peace ; fo he dtp*rttd
frnn him

a little

way.

2Ki*gi,\ii<).
/run the (epulchrt, wir.ii
fear .Ind great joy, and did run to bring his difciMat. xxviii.
ples word.
He, which hath no (romach to this fi^ht,

They

ne

dffartfti quickly

Let him depart

jltixtkiKl en Dirt.

his paiiport (hall be

made.
StuktffHtrt.

DEO'BSTRUENT.

with prcfcnts, Jifaitrd out

Kaolin*
AnJ couljft thou le^rc mr, cruel, thus alone ?
N-it one- Uii -.d kifs from a dtf.irling f-n
Nn |r>-'it, no l.ift adieu!
Drydtn.

n.f. [Jtoi/lrxeni, Lat.]

medicine that has the power to rcfolve vifcidities, or to open by any

R.irhnroffa, appeafcd

of that hay.

nu-ans the animal paffages.

f.il

are

and

Harvey.

culations.

is

good wnund-herb, ufeful

the body.
porrs of
Mcrt's Ant'uhtt Hgjinft ^vmjfft.

into the blood.

a JapfMetrot

to images, viz.
required to be performed
thurifications, and dafproccffions, genufteftions,

[dtohftruo,

as carry ofl'the fives arid mucus, <iV

m..nth of ;l'.- lact'Mls, fo as the chyle may

a (Vre pillage

him

wormip

treat

to

fmi'i'.ir

are

bred.
-v.

Imfling

it orocrcd

(tore, d d tt.nlifr f.vice ortliricc,

her oiu teeth, and others coming in their pla.e.

3DENU'DATE.

is

phyfician prefcribed
purgative apozcm.

To clear from impediments;

from fuch things as hinder a

palTage.
It

v.

[from Jeoppilate.]

adj.

Deobftruent.

lijn

DEOBSTRUCT.
to free

Brtnun*i Vulgar Errcurt.

DEO'PPILATIVE.

To DEPA'INT.

Attertury.

Latin.]

paffages.

Such

[Jenifer,

difregard

Jeoppilate.']

Though the groflcr parts be excluded again, yet

are the diflbluble parts extracted, whereby it becomes effectual \nitofflltiioni'

and yours deny f

Dryden.

pleai'ures

To

of clearing obitruftions ; the

removal of whatever obilrufts the vital

Sbaleffetrt.

J"fi-

to

and

and fruit of denying ourfrlrfs,

SfrMtmercy to others.
Whvn St. Paul fays, If in this life only we hve
mtferable
rr.oft
men
all
of
;
are
we
hope in Chrifr,
in the
he o.nfidcrs Chriftians as dinyinr themlclvcs
of this world, for the fake of Chrift.
l>e:t

[tie

aft

DEOSCULA'TION. n.f.
The aft of kiffing.

renounce;

The

given to

oppilo,
to clear a pafobitruftions.

(lie

as foreign or not belonging to one.

th.-

a.

for

bojr

Cod.

.'

To have the terth renewed.

T'ie
ountefs of T
was levrn

thrm.

To

;>e

Co-tvell.

Grtjfr.

to difown.
be iherefoic a witnefs unto you,

abnegate

It (lull

5.

my blifs

long can you

To

4.

5.

fmall teeth, or prominences refembling

teeth, like thofe of a faw.

To

How

dcay your

DENTICULA'TION. a. f. [tlenticulatas,
The ft.ite of being fet with
Latin.]

young

Hnth an afpcS of interceflion, which

Great nature cries Jay not.
Ah, charmina; fair, faid I,

n.f. [Italian.]

modiil ns, or

To

W^Kd-lvM ti.

thi^

DEO'PPILATE. <u. a.
Latin.] To deobftruft

To

The

Latin.]
To contradift ; oppofed to affirm.
To contradift an accufation ; not to

and though

free from
any threat.
fage ; to
an information againft an- DEOPPILA'TION. n.f. [from

DENY',

yet it is forfeited to tht king by

law, as executor in this cafe, to fee the
diftributed to the poor.
price of thefe

God,

that proclaims

that lays
other.

a tree,

CfufrtM.

denunue,

himfelf a party
The Jtitunciatar does not
in judgment, as the accufer does. Cliff's Parerg.
v. a. \denitr, French ; dcnego,
To

Two fma 1
(hining pieces feem, bj
the !hape, to have been formed in the (hell of a

DENTELLI.

creatures

make

mell-filh.

limt.i/.

not,

of fhde JiKundationi, and notwithftandme, I commit mylelf to

Latin.}

are to be given to God ; that is, fold and

diftributed to the poor, for an expiation
of this dreadful event, though occafioned by unreafonable, fenfckfs, and dead

they nevcr^read

DENUNCI//TOR. n.f. [from

H:l.!ir.

/ A fmall
black and

d:

their fins:

ft I:

nevertheless be flain by tht fall of the

in thefe cafes the horfr, the cart;
wheel, cart, and horfes, and the tree,

.it

1.

them

ti.fy believe

kill

tree

before
ing the watting

air

DE'NTAL.

(hall die in

th-y

2.

The

*"'

if

the Jcvri, that,

tells

laiting durance.

Whillt the dcnill of metals, gold, if foliated,

tra:ifpatent, and all men's become tranfparent

if diiiblvc J in

a publick me-

left at large.

compaftnefs
near approach, of parts.

is

\denuncialio,
aft of denouncing ; the pro-

of a war, the war

Ir. a dtxvtt'al'a* or indiilion
but is
not confined to the place of the quarrel,

is

Burning of land, or burn-biting, is commonly

or DtnkigbDiwnjbiring
bccaulc moft ufed or mlt invented there.
jb'.ring,

La-

n.f,

clamation of a threat
nace.

of hulbandry.

ii:!s

'/

the mufcle.

The

tin.]

called dcnftmin^, that is,

DE'XSITY.

mew

nudrd, to

f.<

nny by,
and giving warning to c
when the tree was near fall .-, to look
to themfelves, and any of i em (hould

never tome
Ray on

DENU::CIA'TION.

and

keeper,

man,

if"

running
death T if one fhould be

you

If

In the air the higher you go, the tefs it is comit is ; an(
freffcd, and confequently the Ids d-rfe
the upper part is exceedingly thinner than the
Letkc.
lower r>art which we breathe.

to divcft.

as, if

in driving a r:rr, and

;
..bout
endeavouring to reftify fo.
fo as the i
I*, by
it, fhould fall
him to
over him, fhoulti

him

we would
a treaty can be obtained, unlefs
Defend us.
d-r.:,,\c ourfclf'of all force f)
Clarn^i.
dinvdt a vine-branch ot
in Cummer-time

iM

<v. a.

make naked

to

his

ftiould ftrilce

Not

for all dtnfe bodies are colder than mcft other bodie", as metals, (lone, glafs ; and they are longer
Bacon.
^n heating than fofter bodies.

To DE'WSHIRS.

any reafonable creature

DENVOA'TION.
The aft of ftripping, or making naked.
ToDENu'uE. <v. *. [deiiuda, Latin.] To

fate,

the fault of
a horfe

to a violent end, without

of all ineumTill he has dtntdattd himfelf

Decay cf fiaj.
brances, he is unqualified.
n. /.
[from dcKudate.\

One

[from denounce.]
that declares fome menace.
./.

atrcmi.ilii.g

,ng vili-.d lubrt

men.

at.d

Ar

Jahflruent,

re-

2.

::>

DE'ODA ND.

n.f. [Deo itanJum, Latin.]

forfeited to God for the
thing given or
in cafe any misifyiiig his wrath,

fortune, by which any Chriftian

comes

To

defift

from

a practice.

He

cleaved untu thj tins of Jeroboam, he it1 Kmgi, iii. 3.

therefrom.
pfrtfit no:

3.

To

be loft ; to perifh.
The good dtfarud away, and

tht evil abcde dill.

1

Eft.

4.

i:i.

To

To

4.

defert

to revolt

to fall

away ;

To

defift from a refelution or opinion.

His majefty prevailed not with any of them to
depart from the moil unrcafoiublc of all their de-

To die

fermcr.

To

DEP AU'PERATE.
Latin.] To mak: poor

Lord)

laft long,

now lettcft thou thy fervant <jV^flrr in

peace,
Luke, xxix.

ac^orviing to thy word.

As you .with Chriltun peace to fouls dtfartcd,
Stand thefe poor people's friend.
Sbakefpcarc.

To DEPAR'T.

<r.

To

quit

to leave

Not in ufe.
to retire from.
You *ve had difpatch in private by the conful

You are wiil'd by him this evening

Sen Jonfun.
To defart Rome.
To DEPART- V' & [partir, French; far-

To divide
Latin.]
a chymical term.
tier,

to feparatc

and bear large grain.

:

It

be

may

Icntor, and arc >(' a

as we fee it evuk-nt in coloration

DEPK'INCT.

depaint

colours.

The

red role

Fr.]

to paint

from France,

T*> mar.-y princtls Margaiet.

To hang

I.

SmktjjHare.

Death.

1.

Long

When your brave father brcath'd his lateft ifp,

Tidings, as fwiftly as the pofl could iun,
Were brought me of your loA ar.d his depart.
'i
Henry VI.

word of

Spenfer.
meJlied with the white y

operation fq
particles of filver
are d parted or divided from gold, or
other metal, when they were before

The

Two

We

DEPA'RTMENT.

Separate allotment
ncis afiigned to

z.

[depart emeu t, Fr.]

province or bufi-

n. J.
;

particular perfon

French term.
The Roman fleets,

during the'r command at

and departments : the
moft confiderable was the Alexandrian fijet, and
the lecond wji the African.
jlriulbna.
1

h.id their l,:vcral ftations

-,

DEPA'RTURE.

\.

[from

n.f.

work by wit and not by

5.

Departure from this h

a,

of

the while our Sa-

in

l|

which

barrcii

NHilfr

hh

timely
the knov.,

forf;ii;i:ig

an abandoning

witp

;,inee.

DfcPA'scENT.

adj.

x D upon. To rely on ;
to reft upon with confidence

r.

icl"Uc.i

'.n n ttrr

?',

Di- I-A'S-TUHE.

Latin.]

upon

VOL.

ric,l

To cat
it.
I.

11.

up

n.
to

[from dtpa/n-r,
confume by iced-

One

of another

a retainer.

to

be

r.o

more

1.

them, which

-jfin.

This word, with

many

we m,x create defendendes.

Collier en Pride.
State of being fubordinate, or fubjeft in
fome degree to the difcretion of ano-

:.

ther

K\a'ift.

down from a

fwt-ct defendtitrj, and you fii.ill find

that will pray in ;\id for kindnrT;.

,:'Jn<['ieror

mi liion,

Something hanging upon another.

they

O;i j nciulio'rin^ tree dcfcending light,

upfs they (how,

bough.

the contrary to fovereignty.

l.cc me report to him

Where he fir ^riec is knfcl'd to.

SbetkefffOrf.
At their fetting out they muft have their corn-

fup-

porter.

".e

n.f. [from dependo, Lat.

Your
Hate of hanging

ancy or ency, as the authors intended to

derive them from the Latin or French.]
thing or perfon at the difpofal 'or

The

that
2.

nrt!i'
is

quickly become his profcSauibi

/hall

difcretion of another.
We invade the rights of our neighbours, not
upon account of covetoufnefs, but of dominion,

to dtjtr.d uf.i. the ohe, or

mjcr rn your rhiracl-r

Clarendon*

dtfer.iljntt

others of the fame termination, are indifferently written with once or ence t

to truft
;

money.

lytcs.

DEPE'

z.

Feeding.

Heektr.

[from

tion

DEHE'N DENCE.
DEPE'NDEKCV.

i.

n.f.

who

Hii

be yet undeter-

t'/,;
provoke the OL
But if you're n,u.;h, .inJ ufe liim like u
it
he'll remain in (>,
L'tfend up

Jefafciiu, Latin. i]

inferior caufesTrt

all'',

lirfarttirifnm evil,

all

great abatement of kindnefs appears as well in

the general defendants, as in the duke himfelf

:m!>-,
judge cnirui't, rl,'' ...
doubtful ifluc of mifconirrufd laws.
Prior.

.fport.

from.
are pi

to

be you perfuadrd to intcrpik

any caufo difniJiagt '" ''^ c [ "
J'.:i',n.
any court or j

3.

moft high,

to

,!t

as the

depend.']
lives in fubjeftion, or at the difcrC-

Kcgcri,

mein"

h'

To DP, P
to

prefent ftate of exitUmce.

e,

dcfir'd

its

rv>

He

On God,

the world arc d^indant.

to

certain of.

the aft of leaving the

Death; deceafe;

DEPE'NDANT.

members.
be in fufpenfe

To

'1

j'C-n

2.

3.

re uiy

f*r.\

6.

fren not only

earth, r

of dependence

the jultice and

fidelity, the temperance and cha-

Relating to fomething previous.

In the power of another.

and your daughter.

Sbatefptart.
For a fix-clerk a perfon recommended a dewho
fixthoufand
him,
paid
pendent upon
pounds

y^urfelf in
in

'"ii

Lccke*

[from depend.]

with its caufe, or fomething previous.

The peace and liappincU of 3 iocicty iltfe.-:,! on

By

Wh.it befi.ie!
.w, and dejrftion, and Hcfpiir,
:

ftate

mined.

iialirfj.tjrc.

Ourfrailtyc.ini"-

murder.

adj.

Hanging down.

2.

<:eds

.t.jrp torture,

in

how-

pinch.

be

fuch complex ideas, which,

call

triangle, gratitude,

witchcraft

DEPE'NDANT.

Of fifty to Jifjujntity your train

And the remainders, that (nail (till depend,
To be fuch men as may hefort your age.
Shalt.
4. To be conneftcd with any thing, as

rity,

For thr-c, fellow,

muft know of her dtfartir:, and
iccm fo ignorant, we'll foitc it from thre

with upon.

retain to others.
Be then

depart.'}

going away.

to live fubjeft to the will

wit

To

Modes

ever compounded, contain not in them the fuppofition of fubfifting by thcmlelves, but are confidered as depfrulcnclet on, or affections of, fubftanccs ; fuch arc the ideas figniiicd by the words

Swift.

on dilatory time.
dtjiiniii
Stetcfpcart.
Never be without money, nor defend
the
tif.r.
Bac.
curtcfy of others, which may fail at a

One

elfe.

fiom the lower end,

by

of others

Baton,

[from depart,,]
that refines metals by reparation.

Accident ; that of which the cxiftence

prefuppofes the exiftence of fomething

bleeding babes dycnd;r:g at her lide.

Pope.
in a ftate influenced
fome ex
;

in this
i/ooA.r,

Secure of
And with fuch firm dependante on'the day,
That need grew pamper'd, and forgot to pray.

Jove,

ternal cauie

Swift,

They flept in peace by nighr,

bread, as of returning light ;

r
i r"m fhe frctcn be.-.id
defrnd, and crackling I. mnds arc heard.

To be

2.

And

n. /.

conceit.

[depends, Latin.]

fay, all human things d-pcr.d.

direful morrfter was. afar deuiic.l,

or defecnd from anceltor;

who have left them great inheritances.

6. Reliance ; truft ; confidence.
Their dtptrdancies on him were drowned

Sfinf.r.

They

Difi.
part.

fcijuently defctidamics

from.

Strong, that

of fuch,
and con-

is

-j.

Si

chymifts have a liquor called water

DEPA'RTER.

fere,

here.

The fecond natural divifion of power,

men who have acquired large poffefiiom

gilded roofs depending lamp? difplay

Nocturnal beams, that emulate the day.
Drydctt.
There is a chain let down from

melted together in the fame mafs, and

could not be feparated any other way.
The

liv -Iy

From

Aa

[With chymiils.j
named, becaufe the

3.

ificles

to defcribe in

pendaxc'ici

for a finall

quantity of fUf-'-m will tinl more than a very

Bacen.
great quantity of br?fil or wine.
To
11. a.
\_depeindre,

To

N\vfr was there a prince bereaved of his dcby his council, except where there hath
been cither an over-grcatnefs in one counfellor,
or an ovrr-ltrifl combination in divtrs.
Ba<tit.

fome hndies have a kind of

more defithblc nature than oil,

alfo, that

d't ait

my

ad in cha'^e, a:

State of being at the difpofal or under

the fovereignty of another: with upon.
Every moment we feel our defendanct upon God,
and find that we can neither be
happy without
him, nor think ourfelvesfo.
Tilhtjon.
5. The things or perfons of which any
man has the dominion or difpofal.

of being extended.

will

Marlimtr.

DEPE'CTIBLEI adj. [from depedo, Latin.]

Tough clammy ; tenacious ; capable

In either check itcj rinfitr

DEPA'RT. n.f. [depart, French.]
The aft of going away now departure. To DF.l'E'ND. -v. n
I
.

Lucte,

Great evacuations, which carry off the nutrihumours, ibf "if{r,:te the blcod. Arbutlmt.

relation of

4.

tious

5. iS.

In all forts of rcafoning, the connexion and <&pendjnce of ideas ihould be followed; till the mind
is brought to the fourcc on which it bottomt.

[depaupero,

toimpoverilh

Concatenation ; connexion
one thing to another.

Spenjer.

a.

*'.

Liming does not dtfavpcratt\ the ground

to deceafe ; to leave the world.

As her lout was in departing ; lot flic died.
iii.

in

to confume,

Gen.

live themfelveSj

bodies pafturing upon the mountains, and removing ftill to freih land, as they have dtfafund the

CijrcnJl'.n.

ma.:

6.

and

their cattle,

They keep

to

apoftatife.
In tranlgrerling and lying a^ainft the Lord, and
froir our God,
Ifa:at),\ix. 13.
departing away

5.

D E P

D E P

E P

r>

or letters patent, from the king, that l"o

their dependency Ufun the

m.y acknowledge

crown of Englind.
3.

That which
is

is

Bjtn>:.

not principal

that which

fubordinate.

3$

We

D E P
Wt
and

fpfck of the fublumrry

about

iix

*oil,

the diftraaiorn of a tumult are fenfibl)

occurrence art lo
every ol'jccl and every
thC while you read, you
pick nteJ tt> your view,
t'ttr.-r.
(rein indeed to fee them.

U^o

rifeofcon4. Concatenation'; connexion;

fequcnts from premifes.
Her madncfs hath the oddeft frame ot fcnlc j
Such i -dtftodew) ol thing on thing>
As nr'cr 1 hear'! in madnefs.
Sbak,fjun
Relation of any thing to another, as of

DEIM'LATORY.
DE'PILOUS.
Without

an

llurntt't

6. 'IVult

reliance

The

expand

DEPE'NDENT. ./. [from dependent, Lat.]

One fubordinate one at the difcretion

1.

We

Rogers,

den.f. [from depend.]

one that repofes on the kind-

pendent ;
nefs or power of another.
What malt thou expecl,

be dtfcndtr on a thing that leans

DEFER

DI'TION.

n.f.

Sbatefpeare.

[from deperditus,

Lajjn.] Lofs ; deftruftion.

It may be unjuft to place all efficacy of

The bill, of all weapons, gives the

and deplorable wounds.

from dephlegm.]
An operation which takes away from
the phlegm any fpirituous fluid by re-

DEPHLECMA'TION.*./.

left all

behind.

In divers cafes

$>uiney.
not enough to feparate the

it is

contain

all'o

for

mifery

To

clear from

\i>.

pid matter.

We

have femetimcs taken

carefully dcpllegmtd

of

fpirit

fait,

it.

and

Biylt.

J5EP HI-E'C MED N ESS. ir.f. [from

dfpblcgm.]

The quality of being freed from phleg.n

or aqueous matter.
The

sod the

the coralline folution

proportion betwixt
of wine, depends fo much upon the
fyirit

and the deftlcgmedIttcDgth of the former liquor,

deterI the latter, that it is fcarce pofliblc to

mine generaHy and exactly what quantity of each

Beyle.
ought to be taken.

To DEPI'CT. v.

a.

[depingc,

depifium,

To

paint

to portray

The coward* of Lacedemon

Ihieldt the rnoft tcrribje

To

defcribe

the mind.

all

gers to

God knows,

cafe

to reprefent in

depifled

upon

their

beads they could imagine.

Taybr.

to reprefent

an aftion to

mod

wrong

DEPLO'RE.

fide.

An
;

to exprefs forrow.
But chafte Diana, who his death dtplor'd,
With /Efculapian herbs his life reftor'd. rrydm.
yet

Palcmon

fuffers

A
DEPLO'RER. n.f. [ from
menter ; a mourner ; one that laments.
DEPLUM A'TION. n.f.[deplumatio, Latin.]

A pluming, or plucking off the feathers.

of the eye[In furgery.] A fwelling

1.

lids,

accompanied with the

fall

hairs from the eyebrows.

To

DEPLU'ME.

-v.

a.

of the

Conduft

1.

venture.

As much, as

DEPO'NENT.
i. One that

this I

manner of

behaviour.

coldnefs of his temper, and the gravity of

carried him fafe through many
difficulties, and heiived and died in a great ftation.

The

his deportment,

Swift*

To DEPO'SE.
I

<v.

a.

[depono, Latin.]

To

fall.
lay down ; to lodge ; to let
mores are neither advanced one jot further
into the lea, nor its furface raifed by additional
mud depoftdufon it, fey the yearly inundations of
Its

the Nile.

2.

To

degrade from

.a

Woodward.
throne or high lla-

tion.
Fif ft, of the king

The duke

would dtptat

my caufe I've known.

n.f. [depcrtement , Fr.J

management;

Demeanour

2.

[dezndpluma, La-

2.

a deportation for ever

I will but fwerp the way with a few notes touchingtheduke'sownrf^oxmrniin that flan J. Watan.

tin.]

To

is

afting.

Phillips.

To ftrip of its feathers.

DEPO'NE. f. a. [depono, Latin.]
To lay down a* a pledge or fecuhty.
To rifque upon the fuccefs of an ad-

which

abjur.ition,

DEPO'RTMENT.

mort.

Drydtn.
ladeplore.]

n.f. [deportatio, Latin.]

exile into a remote
;

into a foreign land, was anciently with us a civil

<
death..

If Arcite thus dtpleri

2.

felf

Exile in general.

2.

To

-v.

His fuft'mngs,

Tranfportation

L'EJlrangi.

The

with prohibition
part of the dominion,
to change the place of refidence.

when reward

a. [deploro, Latin.]
to bewail ; to wail ; to mourn

bemoan

behaviour

1.

dcploraie,

n.f. [from deplore.]

aft of deploring, or of lamenting.

to

In gait furpafs'd, and goddefs-likerf<f>orf. Milton,

Of middle age one riling, eminent
In wife dffcrt, fpake much of right and wrong.

DEPORTA'TION.

hopelefs.

then

is

De-

verb.]

Stuff*

goes over to the

lament

She Delia's

Latin.]

DEPLO.RA'TION.
To

their talk of rcafon and

they are deplorably ftran-

[deploratui,

adj.

Lamentable
The

grace of attitude
deportment.

meanour

[from deplorable.]

them.

DEPLO'RATE.

On
;

colours.

z.

adv.

Notwithftanding
philofophy,

Latin.]
i

ufed only with the reciprocal pronoun.

Difi.

hopeleflhefs.

[depbleg-

or aqueous infi-

DEPO'RT. <u. a. [deporter, French.]

To carry to demean to behave it is

To

Let an ambaflador deport himfelf in the rnoft

Pcfc.

Lamentably ; miferably ; hopelefsly

often in a fcnfe of contempt.

mo, low Lat.]

phlegm,

a.

that

DEPLO'RABLV.

which,

DEPHLE'GM.
yoDEPHLE'GMATE.

Philips.

a. /.

[from depopulate.]
A Jifpeopler ; a deftroyer of mankind ;
a wafter of inhabited countries.

tie flupidity.

Boyle.

To

all

DEPLO'RABLENESS. n.f. [from deploragraceful manner before a prince.

The itate of being deplorable; DEPO'RT. n. /. [from the
ble.']

earthy nature,
pufcles, of fnmewhat
do cleg and
being aflbciated with the fuline ones,
blunt them, and thereby weaken their acYiviiy.

an

of

DEPOPULA'TOR.

a ftate

fome

liquors
an unful'pccted quantity of fmsll cor-

aqueous parts ky dipblrgrmtion

deplorable

didft

Drfapu.'aat*-

ghaftly
Titnplt.

Swift.
kingdom.
2. It is fometimes, in a more lax and jocular fenfe, ufed for contemptible ; defpicable
as, deplorable nonfenfe ; deflora-

at length

is

it

till

per.ted dillillation,

lies in

how

in

It will be confidered

mod

mankind.

to behold
thou grieve then, Adam
thy offspring, end fo fad,
Depopulation I Thee another flood,
Ot t-arb and forrow a flood, thee alfo drown'J,
Miltm*
And funk thee as thy fons.
Remote thou hear'ft the dire effefl of wr,
II .;w

The end

miferable ; hopelefs.
;
This was the dtphralle condition to which the
Clurcr.d^n.
king was reduced.

gold in

fmift

dellruftion of
E. adj.

mitous

the non-omiliion of weights, or dcperditim of any

yorwierous particles.

Pbil'ps.

DEPOPULA'TION. n.f. [from depopulate.]

The afl of unpeopling havock ; wafte ;

jfr/>utbnut.

itfelf.

learning

are indigent, dcfencelefs beings ; the creatures of his power, and the dtpaidtnti of his pro-

To

Kis victims.

[fromdephro, Latin.]
Lamentable; that which demands or
caufes lamentation ; Ttfmal ; fad ; cala-

or difpofal of another.

DEPE'MDER.

.^

[depleo, depletes, Lat.]

of emptying.

aft

DEPLO'RABI

In the time of Charles the Crtat, and long

Cncc, the whole furs in the tails were dcptndt ;
lut now that falhion is left, and the fpots only
Ptactasi.
worn, without the tails.

vidence.

td towns and driven plains.

Dryden.
Grim death, in different (hapes,
the nation, i thoufands fall

Abltiiicnce and a (lender diet attenuates, bccauf;

of the vcH'els gives room to the fluid to
tlfplttlir.

DEPE'NOENT. adj. [dependent, Latin.

This, as many other words of like termination, are written with eat or ant,
as they are fuppofed to flow from the
Latin or French.] Hanging down.

Diet.

DEPI.E'TION. n.f.

StiBagJIta.

aflu>.ncc.

h.iir.

bed.

The cipe&ation of the performance of our defirc,

that we t\i.Jffauict:c< upon him for help and

is

Th?.t would Acptyuliut the city, and

Be every man himfeJf ?
Stakcffeari.
He turned hi-, arms upon un rmod and unprovided people, to fpoil only and Jifxfu/att, contrary
to the Uws both of war and f e.icc.
Btctt't IbmyVtt.
land c*!)au!ted to the lalt r<-:

DEPLANTA'TIOW. n.f. [dr/i/anto, Lat.]

The ad ef taking plants up from the

confidence.

:c is this viper,

filus, Latin.]

the viliblc creation.

and

[fie

deftroy inhabited conntries.

hair.

away

This animal is a kind of lUird, or quadruped

cnrtkate j and dtfikm that is, without wool, furr,
Bnn-n.
or hair.

5.

effeft to its caufe.

took plcafjrc to trace out thr caufe of effects,
and the <fy>tix&fltt of one tiling upon another in

n.f.

r.-'j.

TeDEPO'PULATE.T. a. [depopulor.LzTo unpeople; to lay walte to

tin.]

[de and ////, Lat.]

to take
application uied

An

nerally fignify aftion only ; *$,/attc> ,-1

Ctar&c's Latin Grammar.
confefs.

./,

Burial's

thcufund years ago.

D E

Wtwn

tV.s caith,

tofe out of

which

its tlttajeiiciii,

1)

what (hall of him become

Henry fliall deptje.

yet lives that

Sbokefpearc.

Hudilras.

n.f. [from depono, Latin.]

in a
depofes his teftimony
courfcof juftice; an evidence; awitnefs.
z. [In grammar.] Such verbs as have no
aftive voice ars called deponents, and ge-

May
Then,

your fick fame

ilill

languish

till it

die

as the greateft curfe that I can give,

and after live.
be
DryJen.

Unpitied
depw'd,
have
Defcfed confuls, and captive princes, might
Taller.
preceded him.
take away ; to divert ; to ftrip of:
3.

To

not in

lift.

You

You may my

D E

glory and

my

But not my griefs;

To

4.

ftill

am

give teftimony

D E P
(tare

DEPR AVA'TION.

depefi,

king of thofe.

Slak.

The

aft

"Twas he that Tilde you

to deptfe;
vain and frivolous.

Your oath, my
It

lord, is
ufual for him that dwelt in

was

To

5.

Baccn.

examine any one on

depravations :
defect in their inititution, but generally by corruption of manners.

now

Swift*

The

2.

Not

his oath.

We

in the jultice of his caufe.

-v.

n.

To

ble of

Shakefptare.

bear witnefs.

its

is

capaSouth.

a fenfe not

now

higheft depravation^

cenfure

To
To

i .

that mercy, which, in all

their converfations,
they endeavour to deprccmte
and mifreprefent.
Mdijon,
As there are none more ambitious of fame, than
thofe

in ufe.

ftraight flood

bring a thing down to a lower price.

undervalue.
They prefumed upon

fins that

committing.

Defamation

3.

up and depofed, a lye could

not come from the mouth of Zelmane.
Sidney.

Love

nature, in

DEPRECA'TOR. n, f. \Jeprecator , Lat.]'

One that averts evil by petition.
To DEPRE'CI ATE. <v. a. [dipreiiare, Lat.]
2.

depravity.

have a catalogue of the blacked

human

According to our law,

of being made bad; dege-

ftate

neracy

in ufe.

sE.

their fe-

and are fubject to their feveral

howeyer, few itates are ruined by

Tothill-ftreet, to depofc the yearly rent or valuation

of lands lying in the north, or other remote part of

the realm.

veral perfections,

Sbakefp.
Southwark, or

und'erftanding that the Scotti/h king

waj (till difcontent, being troubled that the occafiort
of breaking of the truce mould grow from his men,
fent many humble and
atfrecatcry letters to the
Scottiih king to appeafe him.
Baetr..

n.f. [i/efrat'atio, Lat.]

; the

making any thing bad

of corrupting ; corruption
The three forms of government have

to atteft.

aft of

D E P
Biinop Fax

who are coiners in

poetry,

as

DEPOSITARY, n.f. \_dtpojttarius, Latin.]

To DE'PRED ATE. v. a.
One with whom any thing is lodged in ToDEPRA'VE. -v.a. [depravo, Lat.] To I To rob to
vitiate
to corrupt
to contaminate.
pillage.
truft.
We admire the providence of God in the con- a. To fpoil to devour.
I
all.
.

it is

have not fucceeded in

works of thofe who have.
fuch

Stubborn criticks are apt, without a theme

For depravation, to fquarc all the fcx.
Shakefp.

very natural for

depreciate the

it to

Speflatcr-.-

[deprx.ian, Lat. J

gave you

tinuance of fcripture, notwithstanding the endeavours of infidels to abolifh, and the fraudule nee of
h^reticks to deprave, the fame.
Hooker.
Who lives that *s not depraved, or depraves ?

Made you my

guardians, my depajitariu ;
But kept a refervution, to be follow'd
With fuch a number.
Sbakeffeare.

To DEPO'SITE. v.

To

1.

lay up

to

a. [defofttum,

Latin.]

Sbakeffeare.

lodge in any place.

But

The

eagle got leave here to depcjite her eggs.

L'Eftrange.
Dryden wants a poor fquare foot of (rone, to
fliew where the aflies of one of the grcateft poets on
veffels

Gjrtb.
were open, and the infects had free

DEPRA'VEDNESS. n.f. [from

e,jg> there,

which they would

To
To

3.

DEPRA'VEMENT.
vitiated ftate

by them.

Sprat! .

difficulty will be to perfuadc the dcfift-irg

which hive, by

know

tnrnli

ruption
1

DEPO'SITE.

of a

ftate

They had

thing

DEPREDA'TOR.

cor-

reported, that the ihrub called our Lady's

is a kind of briony, and coleworts, fet
near together, one or both will die : the caufe is,

as well as

from

We

which

clemency

in

fparing,

the

whnefs

pfitkn
2.

3.

will find

The

is

not

aft

is

them

ftrong

The judgment* which we would

Rogen.

that impiety, was held in ward.

deprecate arc

not removed*

he night have defretatui greater

hi-,

Thofe

his clerical orders.

djli/e'j Parergoii.

n.f. [from depoftte.]

The

place where any thing is lodged.

Deprftary is properly ufed of perfons, and
depofttory of places ; but in the following
example they are confounded.

The Jews themfelves arc the depofittriet cf all

the prophecies which tend to their own conf>iii.w
.

z.

lenjfl)

ne

whole points make gods

darts,

anil

which do

fets

dtpraatc his power.

Prior.

n.f. [Jefrtcatio, Lat.]

evil.
I, with leave of fpecch implor'd
And humble deprecation, thus replied.
Milton.
Sternutation they
generally conceived to be a
or
a
had
one
and
good lign,
fo, upon this motion,
;
they commonly ufrd a gratula'.ion lor the one, and
a deprecation for the other.
Hroivn.

Prayer againft

Intreaty

An

petitioning;.

evfl

excufing

by fupplkation.

minute

the

parts

fo great effects, are invi/iblc,

of bodies,
and incur

not to the eye ; but yet they are to be depretenJcJ

Bacon.
by experience.

a. lore

a begging pardon for.

DE'PRECATIVE. ~\adj. [from deprecate.]
DE'PRECATOR V. J That ferves to deprecate ; apologetick ;
tending to avert
3.

knowledge or underftanding

of.

pro-

DEPRECA'TION.

Dcpofition properly
depriving of a man of

to the

The motions of

His migh^,
1.

More.
to find out a thing; to

difcover

come

Hatrr'i RiJIifiioKi un
Learning.
is not

implore mercy of: this

At

de-

of degrading a prince from

To

To

per.

Ajliffe't Parirgon.

fovereignty.
[In canon law.]
fignifies a folemn

DEPOSITORY,

2.

importnre

2.

evils.

Hooker.

Who

can believe men upon their own authority,

that are once dtprebttded in fo grofs and impious an

^malridgv.

The Itali.m entered them in his prayer amongft

the three evils ho petitioned to be delivered from,

on their f.ir.
Sir K. Di^l'}.

obliged to fwear, othcrwife

v.,,

have three that collect the experiments,

all books ; thefe we call
Jeprcdjtm.

arc in

To catch one ; to take unawares ; to

take in the fadt.
That wretched creature, being deprtlended in

Grew.

you

which

for that they be both great depredators of the earth,

and one of them ftarveth the other.
Bacon.

n.f. \deprttdator, Lat.]

a devourer.

is

Seal,

Poverty indeed, in all its degrees, men are eafily

perfuadcd to deprecate firm themfelves.

DEPOSITION, n.f. [from depofitio, Lat.]

1. The aft of
giving publick teftimony.
Jilkns,

robber

It

guilty.

Baccn.

If you will examine the

veracitj of the
by thofe circumftantcs ul'ually conlidered in dtpo-

wafte.

fpecdy depredation of air upon watry moifture, and verlion of the fame into air, appeareth
in nothing more vifible than in the fudJen difcharge or vanishing of a little cloud of breath, or
vapour, from glali, or the blade of a fword, or any
fuch poliihcd body.
Bacon,

by prayer.

chaftiling,

pawned or pledged.

ertaftc.

The

Jn deprecating of evil, we make an humble ackncIgment of guilt, and of God's jullicc in

fince

it in

DE'PRECATE. v. a.
To beg off to pray deliverance
to avert

nd fairly lett it :
Marleilles,
they had the other day the Valtoline, and now
have put

2. Voracity

Cor-

n.f. [from deprave.]

a vitiated ftate.

n.f. \_depcjitum, Latin.]

Any thing committed to the truft and
care of another.
2. A pledge ; a pawn ; a
thing given as
a fecurity.
1.

The

thou come, and no farther ; we might well expeft

luch viciflitudes, fuch. claihing in nature, and fuch
depredation! and changes of fea and land, ff^ojia.

Broiun.

n.f. [ from deprave. ]

he that caufes depravity.

DEPRA'VITY.
To

Decay of Piety.

3.

of fancy.

DEPRA'VER.

not what

fafcination, fo endeared thcmfelves.

n.f. [from deprave.]

He maketh men believe, that apparitions arc

either deceptions of fight, or melancholy
dcprave-

rupter

Tolayafide.
lulls,

deprave.}
; vi-

corruption.

land had never been before fo free from

robberies and depredation as through his reign. WetWere there not one who had faid, Hitherto ihalt

contamination

Hammond.

place at intereft.

of thofe

Sentley.

lay up as a pledge, or fecurity.

The

taint

tiated ftate.
What fins do you mean ? Our original depra-vedand pronenefs of our eternal part to all evil.
nefs,

God commands us tu return, as to him, to the

poor, his gifts, out of mere duty and thankfulnefs ;
not to depcjite them with him, in hopes of meriting
4.

The

depcjite their
readily do in all pu-

trefaction.

2.

Corruption

n.f. [Jipnedfttt t ~Ln.]

a fpoiling.

Commillioners were appointed to determine all

matters of piracy and depredations between the fub
jects of both kingdoms.
Hay-ward.

Drydtr.

he faw go in and feed, and

as

A robbing

1.

A Ufte which plenty does deprave,

Loaths lawful good, and lawlefc ill does crave.

accefs to the aliment within them, Redi diligently

oaferveJ, that no other fpscies were produced, but

of fuch

DEPREDA'TION.

Milton.

earth are depcfitcd.

When

all

But from me what can proceed

corrupt, both mind and will deprav'd f

It maketh the fubftance of the

body more folij
and compact, and fo lefs apt to be confumed and
Bacon.
depredated by the fpirits.

DEPREHE'NSJBLE. adj. [ftomJeprehenJ.]

That may be caught.
2. That may be apprehended, er difcoi .

vered.

Diet.

DEPREHE'NSIBLE.VESS.
i

n.f.

Capablcnefs of being caught.

eafinefs to be under;

2. Intelligiblcnefs
flood.

D E P R E H E'N
I

2.

A
A

ON
y; [dipTtktnfo, Lat.]
catching or taking unawares.
difcovery.
S

ToDEPRE'SS.

v. a. [from

defr.-/iis,

of

deprimo, Latin.]

382

i.

To

'

D E

D E P
To prefs or
To let fall

1.

thruft

moving

it,

to

make

or law.

progrefs in knowledge

is

I.

If

we

confijer

how

often

it

breaks the gloom,

mind, with trar.fi.-nt untake care not to

expected gleams of joy, one would
a
grow too wife for fo great plcafurc of life. Add.

tof&

DEPRE'SSION.

aft of prefling down.

Bricks of a rcftangular form, if Uid one by another in a level row between fupporters fuftaining
the two ends, all the pieces between will ncccflarily
fink by their own gravity ; and much more, if
hty fufler any
them.

by other weight above

I!' :::n.

finking or falling in of a furface.

The

2.

diprcjjlcn

The beams

Jvlplur -vrt-e; or is of a fadder colour, and,

as we have in magdclcons, or
defuraiica, fuch
Brwr'i Vulgtr Erreuri.
lolis of a lighter yellow.
Whs: l.ath ITI n hitherto difcourfcd,
after

of little protubedegree of roughseri, confiding

rances and depriff.ota ; and conlequcntly fuch inetialitics may fufnce to give bodies different colours,
a? we fee in marble that appears white or black, or

riie,

Whofe lead delight fuificctli to d.-frivt

Remembrance cf-M paius which him oppreft.
4. To put out of an office.

z.

that
deprived for inconformity, faid,
they deprived him, it mould coft an hundred
Bac;n.
men's lives.

DEPTH,

n.f. [from deep, of dief, Dutch.]

Deepnefs ; the meafure of any thing
from the furface downwards.
As for men, they had bjildings in many places

Bacen.
higher than the depth of the water.
We have large and deep caves of feveral diftht :

'Tis only infinite below.

Deep

place

Dryd.

Of

The falfe tides fkim o'er liic cover'd land,

And feamen with difi~embled<ii'/>r/j betray. Drjd.
of an Equation [in algebra]
is the bringing it into lower and more
a gulph of infinite profun3. The abyfs ;
Dill.
fimple terms by divifion.
dity.
When he prepare! the heavens I wis there,
DEPRESSION of a Star [with aftronomers]
when he fet a comp.il's upon the uce of t!it deftb.
is the diftance of a ftar from the horizon
Pi-ov. viii. 27.
below, and is meafured by the arch of
The
middle or height of a ieafon.
4.
or
the vertical circle
azimuth, paffing

DEPRE'SSOR.

or preffes

term given
to feveral mufcles of the body, whofe
aftion is to deprefs the parts to which

DEPRE'SSOR. [In anatomy.]

they adhere.

DEPTH

of a Squadron
number of men in the

To

to
globe or bull of the eye, its ufe being

To DEPU'CELATE.

downwards.

it

DEPRIVATION,
'vatio,

The

a. /.

[from dt and fri-

Lat.]
aft of depriving, or taking

away

The

-v.

ftate

deflour

is

JelhuOion, anJ eternal JeBrntlty.

privttim

DEPRIVATION
gyman,

[in law]

is

when

a cler-

as a bilhopv parfon, vicar, or

to

king

DEPU'TE. -v a. [deputtr. Fr.] To

fend with a fpecial cominiinon ; to imof another.
po'-ver one to tranlaft inltead
And Abfalom faid ur-.tJ nim, See thy nutters
.

but there

no

is

nun

zefute.i

of

bithop, by deputing a prieil or chaplain to udminiirer the facramcnts, may remove him.
jlyliffe'i

DE'PUTY.

<v.

a.

Dutch.]
Diil.

n.f. [depu!/to,Lat."\

A beat-

DE'PURATE. v. a. [depurer, Fr. from

To purify to cleanfe
;

any thing from

its

impurities.

and in
depurate bodies,
forr.e mcaliiic to analize them, and take afunJer
Chemiftry enabl ng us

to

their heterogeneous parts, in many chemical experiments we may, better than in others, kr.uw wlu:

manner of

bodies

we em; Icy,

A lieutenant ; a viceroy ; one that is

appointed by a fpecial commiflion to
govern or aft inltead of another.
He exercifeth dominion over them as the vicegerent zn&Jtputy of

[depuctltr, Fr.]

He was vouched

to bereave of virginity.

Sy

Parcrgon.

n.f. [depute, Fr. homdeputatui,

Lat.]
1

Milit. Diit.

[dttpen,

ing or thrufting away.

DEPU'LEORY. adj. [from depulfui, Lat.]
DiS.
Putting away ; averting'.

to free

of lofmg.

Fools whofe end

of being.

Whig Examiner.

deepen, or make deeper.

DEPU'LSION.

To

ab:'c.it

obfcuritics in an

file.

a.

dcpurgo, Lat.]

from.
2.

DEPTHEN.
To

off the lieids

the fav'rite- that the

:,

or Battalion, is the

ofJeadj. [from Jepriir.ens,

to one
frimo, Latin.] An epithet applied
of the ftraight muicles that move the

The exquiGte equilibration of Jll oppofite and

the natural
ntaginift mufcles is effected partly by
and the eye, which ii the cafe
pofture of the body
Dtrbam.
cf the attollent and dtfr'ment mufcles.

1.

York

Adiltjcnl

To

Cut me

com-

i Sjm,
th- k ng to hear.
And Linus thus, deputed by the reft,
The heroes welcome and their thanks exprelVd.

the depth of winter,

from the rebels. C/arad.

elaborate and well-written piece of nonfenfe, than

in the moft abltrufe tract of fchool divinity.

DE'PRIMENT.

pull

To

in the night,
vn.
coafts unk;

Abftrufenefs ; obfcurity.
There are greater depths and

5.

the pofTelTion of any

earl of Ncwcaftle, in

refcued the city of

down.

all

Brc-uin.
lunary d:putaiicr.:.
Th,- autiiority of confcience (land. fiundeJ upon
its \
Scuri;
iccfrerency .in^l dfpuljticn \rnder God.

Uintam.

The

n.f. [deprejfir, Lat.]

He that keeps
An oppreffor.

1.

2.

between the
Di&.

from impurities,
from fome noxious

In defvtatkn left behind him here,

When he was perfonal in the Irilh wir. Sb^lrfp.
He looks not below the moon, but ruth defigned the regiment of lublunaiy alr'airs into fub-

DEPRESSION

through the ftar, intercepted

ftar and the horizon.

Vicegerency
miffion given.

S-Jiift.

And in tiie depth of winter,

You plough the raging leas to

to free

with a fpecial comcmliion.

z.

not a fhoal.

to free

equally held infinite ;

In poetry the height we know,
z.

purge

Are

Bacon.

cleanfe

DEPUTA'TION. n. f. [deputation, Fr.

The aft of deputing, or fending away
1

For rho', in nature, depth and height

Wijcman.

abfolute, but lefs fife.

Bean.

the deepeft ate funk fix hundred f.tthams.

The left to that unhappy region tends,
Which to the depth of TattJrus dcfcends.

To
To

its

quality.
1: froJuced plants cf fuch imperfection and
harmful quality, a> the waters of the general flood
could not fa walh out or dtpure, b-jt that th-.- fame
defection hath had continuance in the vciy generation and natu:c of mankind.
R..etgL.

A minillcr,

I.

/.'jy/i.

The

i.
Sfenf.

if

or caft off, by the be-

aft of humbling ; abafement.

make a king more
Defrrjfm of the nobility may

refpirat. .r.

2.

To

The

3.

.-

cleanfing of a wound from

matter.
To DEPI/RE. f. a. [depurer, Fr.]

red or bluc,even when moft carefully polimed. Style.

If the bone be much deprefled, and the fiflurc
wheeonfiderably large, it is then at your choice,
ther you will enlarge that fiffure, or continue it for
the evacuation of the matter, and forbear the ufe
f the trepan ; not doubting but a fmall deprrffi.-n

of the bone will either

nefit of nature.

k
v.T.tilation and depuration of the
t:r r ;. t
blood as one of the principal and conilant ufrs of

to Icol;
I

The ghafh rejected, arc th' unhappy crew

Drjdca.
Drpriv'd c/fepulchres ind fun'ral due.
releafe ; to free from.
3.
Moii happy he,

of light are fuch fubtile bodies, that,

in refpefl of them, even furfaces, that are fenfibly

fmooth, are not exactly fo : they have their own

without of.
From his face

the

e,i\\?&

Oedipus, dtpr'm'd of fight,

death in everlafting night.
Pefe.
debar from: Milton uies
to
hinder;

ihalTbe hid, dipr'tv'd

His bldfcd countenance.

n.f. [diprijfio, Lr*t.]

The

1.

it

ClarKjiUe.

Brimftonc is a mircial body, of fat and inflammable pits; and this is either uled crude, and

a long

To

Pt'ar.

:.

impure part of any thing.

The

not contaminated.

DEPURA'TION. n.f. [depuratio, Lat.]

1. The aft of
feparating the pure from

Now wretched
LcJ
z.

Paflion can dtprtfi or raife

heavenly, as the human mind .

it

Clart*d<.r>.

t/'him.

[from the verb.]

freed from dregs and impu-

adj.

Neither can ny boall a knowledge dej. urjte from

the defilement oi a contiary, within thii itm"-

GoJ hath deprived her s/'wifdom, neither hst'i

he imparted tiner underftanding. yoi.xxxix. 17.
He lamented the lot's of an excellent ferrant, and
the horrid manner in which he had been <ttj.--.--td

above their capacities.

apt to dcprcft the

is

to take

Pure

2.

Lcclt.

which

rities.

[from dt and /r; is,

a.

Latin.]
To bereave one of a thing
away from him with of.

Ni'wtcn.

todejeft; to fink.
Others Jeprtft their own minds, defpond at the
Srrt difficulty, and conclude that the making any

Cleanfed

j.

Phillips.

To DEPRI'VE. v.

the angle of ajuft magnitude.

To humble;

j.

DE'PURATE.

deprived, or depofed from

prebend,
his preferment, for any matter in fad

down.

to let down.
The fame thing I have tried by letting globe
reft, and raifmg or Jtprrffing the eye, or otherwife

2.

D E

is

Almighty God.

his

Hr.lt' s Origin cf Mankind.

immediate <&(>' upon earth >

and viceroy of the creation, and lord lieutenant of

Sctttb.
the woild.
2.

Anyone

that tranfach

ufmefs for an-

other.
Prelhyters, abfcnt through infirmity from their
churches, might be laid to prench by thofc defatifi,
who, irvtht.rilc.id, did but rr ad homilies. Hctker.
man hith i body, and that body is confined to
but where friendlhip is, all offices of life
a
;

place

are, as

it

were, granted to

him and his

deputy

for

Bafcn.
them hy his friend.
One that exercifes any office
3. [In law.}
or other thing in another man's right,

he

may

excrcifr

whofe- forfeiture or mil'dcmeanour (hall

caufe

DER

DER
caufe the officer or perfon for
afts to lofe his office.

1o

he

Phillip!.
v. a. [from de and

To DECJJ; A'NTIT ATF.

quantitas,L*'

whom

diaiinilh the

quan-

tity of.

copper mixed therewith, i actually dtquantttated

fire, and pofiibly by frequent extinction.
r*.v>n's Vu'~jr Err nun.

by

DER.

term ufed

names of

dur, i.e. water.

To pluck

The

Gibfcn's Camtien.
a.

-v.

jz.

to deflroy

To

profane

to extirpate.

2.

king's court.

2.

To

to turn out

DER A'I GNMENT.

DE RA
1.

'I

The

*^

'""I*. ]

aft

In fome fl.iccs the fubnr-ive

ctrjigrirtnt is
ufed in the vcrjMiteral fignifi.-ation wi'.ht.'ic French
cr
[dat
illfrayer,
^, tuning out or
ujr anger ;
courfe, difplacinf!, 01 fet:ing out of order; as, deraigrmmt or departure out of religion, and dirzignmrxt or difeharfe of their
prctcliun, wl.ich is

Into a dungeon

an

DERI'SIVE.

fe religious

men who

ing

a r d of

i.

'I

he aft of

donment.
2.

The

ftate

{dereliClio,

forfaking or leaving

from

Your

3.

4.

DERI'DE.
cicorn.

to

-v.

a.

mock

[Jerifa,
;

to tu;

Lat.]

ty

5.

The

ufed.

thing deduced

Or derived;

not

to diffnfe gradually

kingdom.
To trace a

To come

all

from

were derived
Davits.

word from

-v. a.

from

to

He

owe

its

origin to.

that refifts the power of Ptolemy,

Refills the pow'r of hcnv'n ; for pow'r from
Dtri-i'ei,

heaVn

and monarch} rule by gods appointed.

frier.

2.

b>-,

from

origin.

To DERIVE,

hupart of the body to an-

contriry put, we call that revulfion; if

fame neighbouring place, and by gentle
only
nv arn, we call it dm-vat^n.
Wijcrnn.

may

fpread

[In grammar.]
its

The drawing of a

Dim

To

into every part of the

Origin of Mankind.

alien differs from revulfion only in the meafure of the dilTanre, and the force of the medicines
ufed: if we draw it to fome very remcte, or, it

fcquefteied

one place to another.

The ftreams of the publick juftice
7.

other.

To

to ridicule

[In medicine.]

mour from one

Goods

6.

its

'

command,

Befides the readinefs of parts, an excellent difmind is derived to your lordihip from
the parents of two generations, to whom I have
the honour to be known.
Felltn.

traditional

Ilj/t's

J-ieaker.

pi. [[ n law.]

from

receive by tranfmiffion.
This property feems rather to have been derived
from the prctorian foidiers.
Decay ofPivy.

pofition of

taking

communication, and tradit

n of thofe truths t!;at I cnll connatural and
engraver, I do not doubt but many of thofe truths
have had the help of that dtnvHin.

wilfully thrown away,

orrelimpifhed, by
the owner.
Dia.
at

tranfmiifion of any
thing
fource.

from

To

by God's fpecial

etymology.

The

A? touching

DE'RELICTS. n.f.

my

as

common ufc.
Soutt.
5. To communicate toby defcent of blood.

tracing of a word

here feems to diflike

jfrkutlr.ct.

communicate to another,
the origin and fource.

The cenfcrs of thefe wretches, who, I am furc,

could derive no fanctity to th^m from their own
perf:>ns ; yet upon this account, that they had been
confecrated by the offering incenfe in them, were,

original.

loidi.i/p

folids.

To

Chrilt havir.g Adam's nature as we have, but

incorrupt, dtr'meth not nature, but incorrujitian,
and that immediately from his own
perfon, unto all
that belong unto him.
Honker.

4.

notice that the derniatKn of the word Subft.mcc

favours the idea we have of it j and
your lordihip
tells me, that
very little weight is to be laid on it,
on a bare grammatical
Lccke.

aban-

\-,

augh

its

of being forfaken.

World to come confiifion.

The

[In grammar.]

from the

lities

3.

its

Burnel.
z.

Thrrr
no
be looked for, but
fiefbif
God'.mcftjufidilplcafurc, he withdrawing of grace, dtrj-.tlun in this world, and in

ti-e

Lat.]
;

Lat]

being once made, and fupplied with new waters

pufhing them forwards, would continue their courfe
till
they arrived at the fea, jult as other rivers do.

daring.

n. /.

the water began to fwell, it would

every
itfeif by
any defcents or declivities
ground; and thcfe flues and derivations

F.Sjietn.

DPRELI'CTION.

[Jeri-jatio,

by de-

of thenbres, themetrmdi.ls, an ancient fet of

phydifcafej of human bsdies with a
ficians, derived
deal
of
real'on
for
the
fluids Jtr'rue their quagreat
;

When

Douglafs.
To DERE. v. a. [Septan,
Sax.] To hurt.
Obfolete.
Some think that in the ex-

(liaringjt,

Beyle,
derive their ideas of duration from their
on the train of ideas they obfcrve to fucceed one another in their own
undcrftai.dings. Lcckc.
From thefe two ciufesof the lax ty and
rigidity

way difcharge

Tumult;

So from immo-tal race he does

proceed,
That mortal hands may not withfiand his
might
Dred for his
Jcrring doe, and bl-ody deed ;
For all in blood and fpoil is i.is
dciighr.

n.

by

into

it

Men

Mock-

draining of water; a turning of

of vie

common odium

reflection

courfe.

"fc.

1.

leflens the fliame

from the various proportion cf ths dircdl

progrcff
or motion of thcfe globules to their
circumvolution,
or motion about their own centre.

honour derivable upon me, that thofe

who honour him mall be honoured by him. Scuib.

way.]

means

2.

adj.

DERIVA'TION.

its

Saatk.
many channels.
To deduce; as from a root, from a
caufe, from a principle.
They endeavour tu Arm the varieties of colours

riving

all

Slturl.

it

Lat.]

of water from

and abates the torrent of a

T.ti'-.ar..

[ftomdSrmK.] Attainable by right of defcent or derivation.

God lias declared this the eternal rule and ftand-

n.f. [from ilc'rajtr, Fr. to turn

out of the right

diforder; noife.
2. Merriment j
jollity ; '.blemnity: not in

adj.

Company

led bound,
;
and blind,

[deriforius ,

Fr.from di-

a. [Jeri-ver,

channel.

AdJifin.

ridiculing.

DERI'VAELE.

forlook their orders

ample

and

[from deride.} Mocking;

adj.

Sowb.
VATivei.r.att<v. [From
derivative.]

rivo, Lat.]
1. To turn the courfe

fcoffing.
O'er all the dome they quaff, they feaft ;
Derifve taunts were fpread from gueft to gutll,
And each in jovial mood his mate addrefs'd. p t

DERA'Y.
1.

captive, poor,
thnift.

In a derivative manner.

Enfnar'd, afTaulted, overcome

fp-,-

'.f trie

originally and ftriftly Cgnino more than creditable, and is but a derivafrom Honor, which fignifies credit or honour.

To DERI'VE. v.

a laughing-ftock.
every one mocketh me.

God.

Shaltefpeare.

The word Honeftus

fics

DERI

to the lecret fcorn

Thy foadenfun,

DER I'SOR Y.

proving.
2. A difbrdering or
turning out of courfe.
3. A difcharge of profeilion ; a departure
out of religion.

krn

For honour,
'Tis a dermiative from me to
mine,
And only that I ftand for.

pe.

[*
N MENT
j
of deraigning cr
.

fcorn

in derifun daily

in

is

Hale.

Thou makcft us a reproach to our neighbours,

a fcorn and a diri/ion to them that are round about
us Pjtlm xliv. 13.

of courfe.

,.

am

a dtn-vativt
perfection, fo it is a difiincl

from another.

Jtr. XX. T.

r,isunt.

diforder

Contempt
I

it i.
dirtigr.ed, then mill tlie plea pafs in the
L:C chriitian, a; fjr fcrth as it
the
\sdcreigned\n
'

him

expofes

it is

n.f. [from the adjeftive.]

the thing or word derived or taken

t'tvc

derifan of thofe he converfes with.

[Jerivativus, Lat.]

DERI VATIVE.

fcoffer.

at.
grieved with the fcorn and derifwn of the
Thus was the blefled Jefus defpifed and

man, which

when
c

As

Berkley.

rejected of men.
Ragert.
Vanity is the natural weaknefs of an ambitious

to juftify.
When the parfon of any church is difturbed to
demand tythes in the next parifh by a writ of indiczi-it, the patron lhall have a writ to demand the
advov.fji of the tjthes be'ng in demand: and

prove

adj.

of the

Glati-ville.

kind of perleflion from that which

droll; a buffoon.

Are we

[deraciiter,Tft.]

or tear up by the roots.

Her fallow lees

Toabolifh

to.

Derived or taken from another.

[from the verb.]

/.

DuRi'siON.n./ [Jeri/io, Lat.]

1
The aft of deriding or laughing

To DERA'IGN. 7 v. a. {difranonare, or
To DERATN. \ dtrat.tnare,
Lat.]
1.

DFRI'VATIVE.

the wilful violation of oatlis, execrable

blafphemies, and like contempts offered by d^riders
of religion, fearful tokens of divine revenge have
been known to follow.
Htfiker.

Doth root upon ; while tha: the culler rufts

That mould lieracinctc fucli favagery.
SteHeffeare.
z.

are the genuine dtr'nidtbvt

hypothecs they claim

Upon

hemlock, and rank fumitory

darnel,

foi his religion.

beginning of
generally to be

It is

places.

To DERA'CINATB.

him

DERI'DER.
i
A mocker

in the

derived from beoji, a wild beaft, unlefs

the place Hands upon a river; for then
it
may rather be fetched from the Britifli

Mnft of them

..

we

affirm of rnre gild ; for that \\hich is

current, and vafTVth in flamp amongfr. us, 1-y rrafon
of its a1!iy. v.-hi^h is a prcr.'jrtirn 'A filvtr cr

Tjiis

DER

Before fuch prefcnce to offend with any the'pilt

unfcemlineis, we would be furely as loth as ti.;y
who moit reprehend or deride what we do. Hater.
What mall be the portion of thofe who have
deeded Gcd's word, and made a mock of every
Tillathn.
thing that is facred and religious-?
1 hcfe fons, ye gods, who wrrk flagitious
pride
I-.fult my darknefs, and
my groins dtride, fcfe.
Some, thct adore Newton lor his fluxions, Jcr':dc

To
t

As

dcfcend fram.

arn, my lord, as will deri-v'd as he,

weil po3cft.
Stoleffeare.

DERI'VER.

One that
n.f. [from derive.
draws or fetches, as from the fource or
"]

principle.
Such i one maiccj am^n not only a partaker o
men's fins, but alio a driver of the who!'
SoutLialire guilt of them to hirtfcif.
otl fr

DERN

D E R
^'.
I

Sad

^.

D E

DERO'CATORINESS. n.f. [from

[barin, Saxon.]

Obfokte.

a mere French
adj. Laft. It is
and ufed only in the following

Detraftious ; that leffens the honour of;

difhonourable.

In the Imperial Chamber, the term for the profccution of an appeal is tint circumlcribcd by the

their days in perverted apprehcnlions and conceptions of the world, derogatory unto God, and the

word,

They

phrafe.

To

aft fo far contrary to a law or

cuftom, as to diminilli its former extent

do an

from

diftinguiih-'d

2.

To

thing
.

To

detraft

worth of any perfon or

excellent a prince.

<v. n.

to leflen reputation

with

DF/SCANT.

from.

Nay, now you

We

ihould be injurious to virtue itfelf, if we did

hath made
derogate from them whom their iaauftry
Hooker.
great.

To

Is there

You

And mar the concord

no derogation

cannot derogate,

in

my

Sttilefpeetre.

DE'ROCATE. adj. [from the verb.] Degraded ; damaged ; leflened in value.

Into her

Dry up

womb

convey

fterility

was indeed but

to entertain the

which allows of the

defamation

2.

in a fenfe

Why
Have no

And

the aft of
the honour of

To

lefiening or taking away

any perfon or thing. Sometimes with

from their credit; and therefore that which

once they had done, they became for over after refolutc

So
any

maintain.

furcly
thin?;

rie is

which

that I faidhc

is

Hooker.

not in ufe.
Tha: fpirifj
..:.:

'

ttrj.]

dercgaD-St.

Congregations difcerned the fmall accord that

was among themfelves, when they defcended to particulars.

Decay cfPiery.
walk dowrftvard
To DESCE'ND. <v. a.

To

upon any place.

He ended, and they
Defcended

DESCE'ND. <v. n.
To go downwards

Of

Vouchfaf

[defcendo, Latin]
to come from a

and
vii.

descending from the ikies,

'd thy prcler.cc to
my wond'ring eyes.

defeer.dcd

into battle, and perifli.

siddifon.

French;
The offspring of an

n.f. [defccndant ,
is

in the line

of gene-

Bacon.
true defendant of a patriot line,
Vouchfafe this piflure of thy foul to fee. Dtydtn.
He revealed his own will, and their duty, in a

more ample manner than

any of

fuddenly or violently

my

it

descendants before

DESCE'NDENT.

adj.

had been declared to

them.
Atterbury.

[defcendeni, Latin.]

fcems to be eftablifhed, that the fubftantive (hould derive the termination

from the French, and the adjeclive from

It

the Latin.]

Falling; finking; coming

fcending.

i.

de-

both fruit and plant.

principally nourishes
Ray en the Creation.
1.

Proceeding from another, as an original

or anceilor.
More than mortal grace
Speaks thet dcfuxdcxt of ethereal race.

DESCE'NDIBLE. adj. [from

Such as may be defcended
I .

to fall

down

There is a rrgrefs of the f.ip in plants from above

downwards ; and this drfcenJcnt juice is that which

defcend.]
inch as
;

Pofi,

may

admit of a pafTage downwards.

Samuel, xxvi. 10.

as from an eminence.
For the pious fire prefcrvc tha fon;
His wifh'd return witKhapry pow'r befriend,
And on the fuitors let thy wrath JtJcfnJ,
Ptifi,

upon

when

them, we had

O,

who,

iha.l deftcnd

To come

when we

ration, at whatever diftance.

Th defeexdants of Neptune were planted there.

25.

that defended out of the mount.

3.

as

defcendens, Latin.]
anceftor ; he that

it

To come down, in a popular fenfe, implying only an arrival at one place from
another.
He

our journey through the Alps, as well

a river running along with the road.

Addifon.
In the midft of this plain ftands a high hill, fo
no
or dr.
would
be
that
there
mounting
very ftccp,
it made up of a loofe crumbled
jceniing it, were not

Pofe.

2.

all

Milton.

earth.

Deuteronomy, ix. 21.

cleft his head with one
defending blow.

goddcfs

both defcend the hill

where Eve

to the bow'r,

Lay deeping.

Drydtn.
Foul with ftains
torrents
and
rains.
gufhing
Addifsn.
diftending

Adam

man

virtuous

He

are corporeal, feems to me a conceit

and fuch as he ihould rather

In a detrafting manner.

my

extend a difcourfe from general to

particular confiderations.

StaHtfpcjie's Rifbard\\\.
vain boalter, to furvey me,
ftrcngth, and give thy verdift ?

Matthew,

ij himfelf,

labour to o\crthiow; yet thereby he cftabiilheth

the doAriae of laftnuions, amulets, and charms.

To

this,

A.!J.''n.

ndj. [derogati'viti, Latin. J

leiiening the honour of:

DERO'O ATORILY. adv. [from

on

The brook

their intimacy

J?rc;yl"l I^u:gar

defeaat

Lockr.

his father's authority.

8.

on mine own deformity.

the winds blew, and beat upon that houfe

fell not, for it was founded
upon a rock.

In his juft praifc.

Dryden.
None of th:fe patriot! will think it a derogation
it laid, that
their
merit
to
have
they received
from

from

veyance down of Adam's monarchical power to pof.

to
terity, by the inheritance of his heir, Succeeding

DESCE'ND ANT.

higher place to a lower ; to fall ; to fink.

The rain descended, and the floods came, and

brave man, neither is that

fpeak to his derogation ; for in
mingled people, it is no difpraife.

The wifeft princes need not think it any diminution to their greatncfs, or derogation to their fufBacon.
ncicncy, to rely upon counfel.
I fay not this in derogation to Virgil, neither do
I contradict any thing which I have formerly fiiJ

Derogating

piping time ot peace,

away the time,
fhadow in the fun,

'

lights nnJ advantages

lord Sorr.T .

honour.

his

To

I very

my

the father's natural dominion, the pater; yet

nal power, cannot defcend unu him by inheritance.
Locke.

Milton.

Spenfer on Ireland.

DERO'CATIVE.

my

the property, all the

defend to the eldeft

to

ftill

fpeeches

ihould be pleafed to find people

when they are
defcanting upon his actions, becaufe,
thoroughly canvalfcd and examined, they turn to

properly withynw.
Which, though never fo neceflary, they could
not ealily now admit, without fome fear of dero-

>

defcant

to,

-.

make

weak

Com'ft thou for

to

all

ought

fon

we climbed

delight to pafs

South.

detraction

order of inheritance to a fuc-

ertate, or" the father

In

[from the noun.]

of cenfure or contempt.

I, in this

Unlefs to fpy

will, is neither the dtro^ali'M

nor relaxation of that law.

2.

i/. n.

To fing in parts.
To difcourfe at large

1.

wooing ambaiTage, with good

king in good- arYetion ;
fcut nothing was done or handled to the derogation
Bacon.
f the king's hte treaty with the Italians.
That which enjoins the deed is certainly God's
lvj and it is alfo certain, that the fcripture,
It

refpefls,

To

ceflbr.
Should we allow that

are too Bat,

DEROGA'TION. n.f. [dcragatio, Latin.]

j. The aft of weakening or reftraining a
To DE'SCANT.
former law or contraft.

fcended
fall in

7.

with too harlh a defeanl.

(land between two churchmen, good my lord ;

For on that ground I'll build a holy r/rf.anr. Shall.
Kindnefs would fupplant our unkind rcportings,
and fcvere dtfctitits upon our brethren.
Government of the Tongue.

her derogate body never fpring

her
SbakeJ'pcare's King Lear.

A babe to honour

foreign fon upon the more dtfeer.Jt,

martial fame from pole to pole extends.

The inheritance of both rule overmen, and property in things, fprung from ihc fame original, and
Locke.
were to defcend by the fame rules.
Our author provides for the dej'cendinjr and con-

And

in her the rrgans of inci cafe,

And from

difcourfe

known

and impatience.
fpring of fear, lazinefs,
Collier again/I Dtfpair.
Will, is younger brother to a baronet, and deof the anc ent family of the Wimbles. Add.

in parts.

a difputation ; a difquifition branched out into feveral divilions

Or heads.
It is commonly ufed as a
word of cenfure or contempt.
Look you get a prayer-book in your hand,

2.

is

To proceed as from an original ; to be

derived from.
Defpair drfcrndi from a mean original; the ofF-

6.

Skakeffeare.
nightingale
Milton.
All night long her amorous defcant fung.

't ?

lord.

and foon

the town. D>y,i.-..

Whofe

The wakeful

to aft beneath one's

degenerate
rank> or place, or birth.
;

an invafion.
The goddefs gives th' alarm;
The Grecian teetJefeuulafOD

n.f. {difcanto, Italian.

in a figurative fenfe.

To make

j.

Sfeffator.

A fong or tune compofed

go down

He, with honeft meditations fed,

Into himfelf dejcaidcd.

1.

2.

monk.

Even there, where Chrift vouchfaf 'd to teach,

Their dervifes darcnn impoftor preach.
S.inrly\.
The deivh at firft made fome fcruple of violatbut told
ing his promife to the dying brichman
him, at laft, that he could conceal nothing from fo

to vilify.

4.

Cbtj/ne.

ATurk-

n.f. [dervis, French.]

i(h prieft, or

Hale.

and derogated.
leflen the

To DE'ROGATE.
1

abrogate,

To

in their abfurdities, pafiing

thefe fubfervient divinities.

DE'RVIS.

fevcral contrary cuftoms and ftiles ufed here,

of thofe civil and canon laws are controuled

By
many

and die

live

Brown.
wifdom of the creation.
Thefe deputed beings are derogatory from the
wifdom and power of the Author of Nature, who
doubtlefs can govern this machine he could create,
by more direft and eafy methods than employing

term of one or two years, is the law elfcwhere

requires in the empire ; this being the demur tefort
and fupreme court of judicature.
Aylijfe.
To DB'ROGATE. v. a. [dengo, Lat.]
.

derrga-

Did.
The aft of derogating.
DERO'CATORY. adj. [derogatorius, Lat.]
torj.}

folitary.
Barbarous ; cruel.
;

DERNIE'R.

D E

2.

Tranfmiffible by inheritance.
According to the cuftoms of other countries,
thofe honorary fees and infcudations were dtjcuditlt to the eldelt, and not to all the males.

Law of England,
DESCE'KSION.

Hale' i Common

D E
DESCE'NSION.
1

The

n.f.

D E

falling,

finking; defcent.
2. Adeclenfion; a degradation.
From a god u/ a bull a heavy dtfcenjion
It was Io\e's cafe.
From a prince to a
tice

a low transformation

gy

'pren

that (hall be mine.

Right defcenfeon is the

3. [In aftronomy.]
arch of the equator, which descends with
the fign or liar below the horizon of a
direft fphere.
Oblique dcj'ctnfton is the arch of the equator
which defcer.ds with the fign below the horizon o
an oblique fphere.
Oxanam

Even

adj. [from defcenjion.

Relating to defcent.
DESCE'NT. n.f. [Jefcenfus, Latin; dcfcenti, French.]
1. The aft of palling from a
higher to a
lower place.

1.

This

velTel,

but he did countenance

the landing in his long-boat.

Wott<*n.

general hirr.frlf, and made that

unfortunate dtfctnt upon the Ifie of Rhec, which was
attended with a miferable retreat, in which the
flower of the army was loft.
Clarendon.

manner by

n.f.

{from

very

glad dfjerier /hail not mifs

tafic the nectar of a kifs.

To
DESCRI'I- TION. n.f.

The

thofe

who mould

Crajhavi.

[defcripiio, Latin.]

dernefs

And

dare

poet mult re/ufe all tedious, and unneceflary

:
a robe which is too heavy, is lels an
defcriftions

Tho

baby of

Where

of

ftate

claim, had great reafon to glory in their

common

Alter bury.

extraction

procefs of lineage.

give my voice on Richard's fide,

bar my matter's heirs in true
!

God know;,

will

not do

it.

Sbaktffcare.

for high diftent and

graceful mien,
and fnvour'd by the Latian
queen.

Turnu5,

Was

firft,

Dryden.
thofe pro-

From him
d'jrtnt,

who

This fenfe

thus Iball Canaan win.

Milan.

To
1.

2.

now

the houfc of Jofeph lent to difcry Bethel.

yndgeif

i.

* 3.

have words

be howl'd out in the dtfert air,

hearing ihould not catch them.
Sl-atfff.

in.md are binding to them, thoujh they arc

a (late of nature, in reference to one
Lecke.

DESE'RT.

v.

a.

[dtferter,

French

Latin.]

To forlake ; to fall away from ; to

leave meanly or treacheroufly ; to abanI do not remember one man, who
heartily wiflied the parting of that bill, that ever dr.fertcd tltfm
till the kingdom was in a flame.
Dryden,

To

leave

What is

to quit.

that holds and keeps the orbs in fixed

ftationi and intervals, againtt an inceffant and in-

To

And

uncul-

don.

French.]
of any thing fuddenly

obfolete, but gave

occafion to thofe which are now in ufe.
fpy out ; to examine at a diftance.
is

J,-f"t

dfftro,

10. Offspring ;
inheritors ;
ceeding in the line of generation.
The care of our drfunt perplexes us moll,
Which mud be born to certain woe.
Milton.

His whole

Sbaktjp. MsrcLixt of Vinice.

a. \dtjcritr,

difcovered
as, the fcout defiried the
enemy, or gave notice of their approach.

Wild;

perfectly in
aiiothvr.

fix

DESCRY', v.
To give notice

un-

He found him in a. defert land, and in the waits

howling wilderncfs.
Dtutcronomy, xxxii. io
Tl.e pmmifcs and bargains between twn men in

exprtffed in a defcription.

Shall lofc a hair.

AdJif.

thoufand, and deface the bond,

pay
Before a frier.d of this dtferiftit,n
I'll

defeats

Hill.

fort

The qualities

[.

To

dtftrift'un

murmur

of d.:hnitiun, which is made up of a

mere collection of the moft u-markable parts or
properties, is called an imperfect definition, or a
dejcriftion j whereas the definition is called perfect,
when it is compolcd of the efl'ential dinVrirce,
added to general nature or genus.
ft'jtti.

from Abraham, Ifaac, and

Jacob, to whom
the (.rorr.il'; ot i'.ie UclTcd feed was
feverally made.
;

fmooth

lax definition.

The

dijtir.i

9. Birth

loll in fiicnce

in the

Shakfjfcarf*

adj. [defertus, Latin.]

wafte ; foliary ; uninhabited ;
tivated ; untilled.

The

direct

a girl.

DE'SERT.

proceeding from an original or

progenitor.
All of them, even without fuch a
particular

mult

wafte country

He, looking round on-every fide, beheld

pathlels defert, dulkwith horrid (hades. Milton.

Tint would

alfo

me

And

any one's hand, that

and conveyance.

folitude

again,
to the defert with thy fword.
If trembling I inhibit, then proteft me

fentence or paflage in which any

thing is defcribed.

Lvdtt.

its dtjtent

on

inhabited place.
Be alive

The

ornament than a burthen.

Dryden.
Sometimes, mifguided by the tuneful throng,
I look for !hcins immortaliz'd in
fong,

evil

dcjeerate their donations.

Salmon's Survey.

and oblivion lie,

Dumb ate their fountains, and their channels dry,
That run for ever by the mufe's (kill,

fceptre into

[defacro, Lat.]
purpofe to which,

DESECRA'TION. n.f. [from defecrate.~\

The abolition of confecration.
DE'SERT. n.f. [t/e/trtum, Latin.] A wil-

aft of delineating or
expreffing any
perfon or thing by perceptible proper-

That

a.

any thing is confecrated.

The founders of monaftcries imprecated

Tranfmiffion of any thing by fucceffion

and inheritance.
If the agreement and confent of men firil
gave a

near

's the other

army ?
fpeedy foot, the main defcry
Stands in the hourly thought.
Sbakeffearr.

ties.

2.

How

a detefter.

The

1.

"Near, and on

the verb.]

Prio'.

Difco-

n.f. [from the verb.]

thing difcovered.

He To DE'SECRATE. a/,
To divert from the
nea:

defcribe.]

glafs defcry.

DESCRY',

a plantation and colony, an ifland

Spain was by the Greek defcribers named Erythra.
Brtnvn.

difcoverer

at lead look back', fard I

Thyfelf in that large

the pro-

From

Arife, true judges, in your own defence,

Controul thole foplirgs, and declare for fcnfe ;
For, ihould the fools prevail, they ftop not there,
But make their next defcent upon the fair. Dryden.

8.

define in a lax

that defcribes.

The duke was

7.

To

DESCJRI'BER.

a kingdom in allufion to the height of fliips.

At the firil dijcent on (hore, he was not immur-

is not a
body.
Digiy.
tow'r fo high, it feem'd to reach the Iky,
Stood on the roof, from whence wo could dijlry
All Ilium.
D-enla"-.

light

Once more

Jof.

never ipied.

Although the motion of light be not defcried, n

argument can be made from thence to prove that

cii-

b;

who him

through the watchmen,

Srakejf',irr.

mifcuous mention of qualities genera

and peculiar. See DESCRIPTION.

hoilile entrance into

ed with a wooden

proper heads or

any thing

planet would, unto our eyes, deferring only

part whereon the light falls, appeir to be
as
the moon feems.
horned,
Raleigk.
And how their way to earth they had dejcrittS,
To Paradife firft tending.
Milt,

SbateJ'pear,

palled through the land, and defcribed it

cities into feven
xviii.
parts in a book.

4.

difcover

to perceive by the eye ;

diftant or oblcure.
Thus dight, into the court he took his way ;
Barh through the guard, which never him dthritd,

viiions.

DESCRI'ER. n.f. [from

Milt.

eflence to incarnate and imbrute.

;

dillribute into

<

That

guage, that fo he may comport with the meafure

ot the rhyme, or with his own molt, beautiful ane
vivid fentiments of the thing he
Wain
dejcribes.

To

any thing con-

that

He that writes well in verl'e will often fend h

thoughts in fearch, through all the treafure o
words that exprefs any one idea in the fame ian

3.

to find out

Huttard's Tali.
The fpirit of deep prophecy (he hath ;
What's part and what's to come (he can defcry.

any thing by the mention

my

To

And

the head defcribe

foul dtfcint, that I, who erlt contended

to fit the higheil, am now conftrain'J

6. Invasion

A/iV.'.rc

With gods

beltial (lime

4.

[defcribo, Latin.
to mark out ; to trace

affection.

SLakefptarc*

to their great charges, let forth

jQlbnt.

fe,is.

and of the queen mother at her own table ;

in neither place
dej'cried, no, not by Cadinct, who
had been lately ambaflador in England.
W^tfcn.

its

defcription, level at

enemy.

the king they got a fight after dinner in a

to fee

Men

the extremeft upward of thy head

Into a beaft, and mix with

gone to Jcfcry

is

think,

gallery,

properties.
I pray thee, overname them
and as thou nam'l
1
will
and according to m
them,
dtjiribe them

the dtfcent and duft below thy feet.

SiaHeffeare
Fall from a higher ftate ; degradation.

Of

retain'd,

<v. a.

waved about

To mark out
of

4. Loweft place.

delineate

the

licfrry

deleft

cealed.

infinite dejcentt

To

3.

a circle.
2.

Hift.

From

To

as a torch

Locke.

flow upon a defcent, or an inclining plane, without which they

could not flow at all.
ffWui. flat,

To

inferior

To DESCRI'BE.

Obliquity; inclination.
The heads and fourccs of rivers

3.

crown

Beneath what o:her creatures are to thee?

Progrefs downwards.

fo alfo in things above.

fleets to

Hacker

thrice eleven dej'cents the

To me

Blaiknure

it is

himlelt.

ftrcngth o' th'

Our merchants,

a thoufand
defccnts remove*

do fragments, from a mountain rent,

to the earth with fuch a fwift dtjcent ?

bable, that

is

living

due heritage it gain'd. F. i^araj

12.
rank in the fcale of fubordination.
How have I then with whom to hold converfe,
Save with the creatures which 1 made, and thof

Why

Obferving fuch gradual and gentle Jffctats downwards, in thofe parts of the creation that are beneath men, the rule of analogy may make it pro-

Edmund,

The

Till aged Heli

by

DESCE'NSION AL.

2.

of genealo

a generation.

Then all the fons of thefe five brethren reign'd

By due fuccefs, and all their nephews late,

Sbakeffeare

Tend

fingle ftep in the fcale

No man
from Adam

1 1.

Latin.]

[dcfcenjio,

of going downwards,

aft

D E

it

herent tendency to defnt them

;.

To quit

one

Etntlty.

the army, or regiment, in which

is cnliitcd.

DESE'RT,

D E

S
word

[properly//^/.- the
'Ihs laft courfe
is originally French.]
the fruit or fweatmeau with which a
See DESSERT.
feaft is concluded.

DESI'RT.

./.

both of praife and

Jtfirt
(hunned by lomc, by others defircd.
Hxter.

men, with c^ual

mount

propagate their

Ufe every man

fcape whipping

it.ttos.

All

made

due.
Sottti.

3.

More

Take my

reward

right to

to

move you,
them

DESE'RTER.

SkjL

both.

to his, and join

dtjertt

virtue.

n.f. [from defert.

I. He that has forfaken his caufe or his
commonly in an ill fenfe.
poft
The members of both hsulVs, wi-.o at firft withdrew, were counted defirlm, and outed of their
KingCbjrlts.
places in parliament..
recall'd from air,
Stieight to their ancient cells,
reconcil'd dcferlen will repair.

D'jdai.

Hofts of defa-tm, xvho youc honour fold,

of g "Id.
bafely broke your faith for bribes

He

They are the fame drferters, whether they

ourown camp, or run over to the enemy's.

(lay

Decay of Piety.

Taller,

He that forfakes

3.

another

[from

n.f.

caule or poft.
Every compliance that we

2.

defert.'}

forfaking or abandoning a

ve

cuts himfclf

n. f.

Heavy, with fome high minds,

pcrfuaded to by

is

1.

An

2.

Drjdtn.

to exhauft of moifture.

In bodies dcfucatcd by heat or age,

when

tive fpirit gocth forth, and the moifture

the air with time getteth into the pores.

the nawith it,

Bacnn.

Seminal ferments were elevated from the fen, or

fome dcficcated places thereof, by the heat of the

under
agonies of a foul

DESICCA'TION. n.f. [from

The acl of making dry ; the

dejiccate.~\
ftate of be-

fome Hinging

With-

DESE'R.TI,ESS. adj. [from defert.~\

out merit ; without claim to favour or
She

me

Jefertlrfs

AnolhiT flame had

who with (name

fciz'd

n.

men

good or

h-.'.i-.ng

lh.il

' :

.dj.

\d,-fidic/:i:,

heavy.
To DF.SrGN. v. n.

foe<

St

me

Somewhat

'

kno.v.

idea which an
execute or exprefs.

Lockf.

endeavours to

artill

I doubt not but in the d.Jigni of feveral Greek

medals one may often fee the hand f" an Apelles or

Protogcnes.

sldJif.n.
ftrikes out fome new
awakes and ilawns at every

Thy hand
Where

life

DESI'GNABLE.
marked

Pope.
defigno, Latin. ]
capable to be particu-

adj.

Diftinguifhable

line.

out.

The power

of all natural agents is limited

the
muft be confined to obterve thefc proportions, and cannot pafs over all thefe infiaics^r/^nablc degrees in an inftant.
Dl^t v.
:

rtK V:T

DESIGN A'TION. n.f.

i. The aft of pointing

\_dfftgnatio,

or

Latin.]

marking out by

fome particular token.

diffaaiUx of the duke of Marlone kind of dull" ufed to fatten land is
called marie, and e\cry bojy knows that borough
is a name for a town.
Swi/f.

This

z.

a plain

is

borough

direftion.

Appointment;
William thi CotK:
in the hcyin:'.!!

:;,

but mixed
>n

trncc, g'vuii'i^i
Edward tnc Cunfcllbr.

3.

Import

[he

it

that claim
with a titulary pre-

v..li

dcjignativn of

:::.,i

Bacvn.

intention.

To

Lat.] Idle;
Difi.

crc.tlr r.r

Latin;

drf-

diminution.

DESI'ONEDI.V.
poi'ely

pofe

Lr,ck

[from <i'yf.] Purintentionally ; by defign or purad<v.

not ignorantly

not inadvertent-

ly ; not fortuitoufly.
Ufes made thin^sj that is to fay, fome things
were n
and on purpofe, for fuch an
'.'>',
utf as

\_dcfigno,

French.]
purpofe ; to intend any thing.

Jttter,
I .

Finite and infinite teem to he looked upon by t c

as the nvij^s of quant:!*., and to be attributed pi iin.n il' iiitKririi
nn!\ t>) thi-le
an ^ a;c Capable '*;' intlrn/
r arl s

mind

.-

to

geo-

DJ.SI'IMOSI:.

all

[Latin.]

Cbcync.

metry.

'

cup of their defe-virgi.

of you and
.
:
,'eftrv,i
I

ill.

p""."r lo w.'i-k

la/ v

''''

wag'-

V, ",.

or difcovcr ; as, the longitude is

the drjlJi-ratum of navigation.
The trifection of an angle, and the quadrature
cf a circle, are the Jcjiderata of

it-nch.]

them.
yox w-U ; and even tUo

Ail friends

The
The

The

i:;.

fettle

brc.ilr.

he has declared fuch an intention.

4.

to defire in abfencc.

which enquiry has not yet, been able

df'*.".:-J "I

Some ofus ite

Envy your great ,i
1

my

tVdate fettled difi

upon another man's life,
in a (rate or war with him againft whom

him

conf.-ft,

either

upon

prudent man, as to his temporal ertate,

fcheme formed to the detriment of

A
put

fcarcely ufed.

problem.

faid (he lov'd,

To DKSli'RVR. >v
'J'o be worthy of
or ccafc,

word

Eclipfcs arc of wonderful aflidancc toward the

fohition of this fo dclirable and fo much d;*:

DESIDERATUM.

reward.
I-ov'd

.f.ur/-.

affliction.

to mifs

i.:ckt,

[from the verb.]

n. f.

another.

poem.

lit-

intention ; a purpofe.
a plan of aflion.
;

larly

ing dried.

To want

.-

or fuperrluous,
there wine nelpeth to digeft and lirjiccatc the moifBacon's Natural Hijltry.
ture.

o.

out by particular tokens

fcheme

3.

exhale moifture.
Where there is moifture enough,

fpritual

or the preffurcs
dejerticn,

be well co-

it

elected feat, and d:.iws the lines. /'

Is lie a

To

DESI'CCATIVE. adj. [from defecate.]

That which has the power of drying.
T^DESI'DERATE. T,'. a. [deJidcKo, Latin.]

withdrawn.

then, whether

that lays def.gtis only for a day, without any pro*/

fpcct to the remaining part of his lii'c ?

Halt.

fun.

[Ill theology.] Spiritual dcfpondency ;

a fenfe of the dereliction of God ; an
is

well dffigmd

tle ufed.
'Tis not enovigh to make a nun 2 I'-.ibjrct, to
convince him that there is regal power in the
world ; but there muft be ways of dtjigmng in 1
knowing the perfon to whom this regal pc>.

Shakefpeare.

This, in the beginning, may be prevented h\

Jf/icrants, and wafted.
Wiftman.
To DE'S'ICCATE. -v. a. {drficco, Latin.]

^.

in idea.

To mark

5.

n.f. [from deficcntc.~\ Apthe flow of fores ;

plications that dry up
driers.

form

to

an overweight

the bcft Jcfcrwrs.

dry up

it,

DESI'CN.

If the f[)irits iflue out of the body, there followeth diJiccatKn, induration, and confumption.

Chnli hears and fympachizes with the

term

A man

of obligation ; or otherwife gieat dtftrvtn do, perWJ.'Mn.

chance, grow intolerable prefumers.
Emulation will never be wanting amongfl poets,
wlun particular rewards and prizes are propofid to

To

to project

ri^ht belongs.

Till his deferts are pafs'd.

i.

plan

are to obfervc whether the picture or outlines he well drawn, or as more elegant ar.

It is ufed, I think,

one, is a con'.radicYion to "the commands of the

other; and our adherence to one, will nccell'uily
involve us in a dtftrtitn of the other.
Rcgcrs.

opinion that grace

We

The new

never link'd to the dejerTfr,

is

To

oft'

[from defervc. ]

rewards.

born to the inheritance of a fplendid fjrhe was dc/lgncd to the ftudy of the law. l)ryd.

which be the two general heads. /.

Thuswhilelheyfpted their pace, theprince*/f/;j

Mihm.

vafl'al.

man df/wfdly

Their lo\e

59.

The fair lex, if they had the dcferier in their

(hewn him more mercy
power, would certainly have
than the Bacchanals did Orpheus.
Dryden.
a
of
charge too good,
Thou, falfe guardian
blood.
of
brother's
Thou mean deju-ter
P'/<-.
thy

DFSE'RT ION.
1
The aft of

kind.

loured

only in a good fenfe.

an abandoner.

according to defert, whether of

DESE'RVER.
who merits

who came out of the cita.ie!, fays the

defertcr,
earrifon is brought to the utmoft necefiity.

human

all

tune

from the ;iffe<ftions of that community which he endeavours

to fubvert.
AM-fon.

is

enliftsd.
in

mull cheer

He was

Stt'ift.

DefirvcJ.'y maiJe

Dryden.
i.

f-jn,

obfcurity dejign'd,

devote intentionally with to.

One of thole places was defigncd by the old man
-.
his fon.
C \"

to

DESI'CC ANTS.

AnJ

thit leaves the army in which he

not/w

To

3.

Courts are the places where bed mannersflourifli,

the Jejirvifg ought to rife.
Otiuay.
lie h.i.1 been a perfon of great dtfervings from
the republick, was an admirable fpeaker, and \cry

~\

The

Stillaifjlat.

are

But, like the

good or evil.
For hi;)i 1 wai not fent, nor yet to free
That people victor once, now vile and bale,

claim to reward.

conferred, and the good dcferved, or

Excellence

You

Where

thily

'.-,

the good
imports an equality between

dtftrt

'

well as we.

DESE'RVEDLY.^!'. [from dfjcr-ve .] Wor-

S<'.;

1'roportional merit

2.

and

act

>}

popul:ir.

Sbat'Jfrearti
his dfjsrt,

after

xvithyir.

of religious wormip were purpofi

a Being, whom
fipitd fir the acknowledgment of
the moft excellent creatures are bound to adore as

.(..

Is-rank'd with all Jtjerti, all kind of natures,

That labour on the bofom of this fphcre

To

The

According to the rule of naturaljuftice, one man

South.
may merit and deferve of another.

the manifold perfualions, dilpofuions > and occa-

bife o' th'

form or order with a particular pur.

pofe

Pry fit*.
worthy of

To

reward.

',:

The

beauty Ib dtfcrrirg to be queen.

be
-v. n.

To DESE'RVE'.

To

!.

Mi/tor

mother cannot give him death: though he

:t not from me.
Dr-jdtr.,
Drfi-rits ir,
Since my Oruia's death 1 liave not feen

n.f. [from de/ewe.]

Qualities or conduft confidered with
or punifliments ; derelpecl to rewards
of merit or demerit.
~
gree
(n:
01 m-cefiity a thing common, it is, through

difpraife,

would end
ir, and would bear

DESL'RT.

lions of

well, if here

The miffy I dtJ\rv'J

M\ own defervings.

i.

Vet

D E

I*.

'1

t!u-\

lerve

t.i.

he n xt thing

R,:j

": the Crealic;:,

fometimrs dtfi^ntdly to put

but care mull br taken that th's
is

children in pain ;
be done when the child

is

in

good humour. Ltxke.

DESI'GNER.

D E

D E

DESI'CKEK.
1.

One

./. [from
that defigns, intends, or purpofes

plotter

* -jntriver

mounts above, and

It

hnman mind

the vaft extent of

's

Dejtre

one that lays

leaves poor

{themes.
It

his therefore alwayi been both the rule and

to fuborn the publick inpractice for fuch defigntr:
cover their private.
tcreft, to countenance and
It

3.

One

Decay of Piety.
that forms the idea of any thing in

he hath

a great affinity between defigning and

and the def.gncrs of the
poetry; for the Latin poets,

Roman medals, lived very near one another, and

were bred up to the fame rclifh for wit and fancy.

To

I.

Jtgn.]

To

3.

To

(halt

not

to covet.

to

your grace of pardon

defire

4.

To require to demand. Not

A dolelul cafe Je/trei a doleful fong,

DESI'R.ER.
is

as the
confpiring voices are as differing
conditions of the rel'pective fingers.
By.'e.

DESI'GNMENT.

r..f.

[from

dejign.]

Sbakej'pccre.

defire

purpofe and intent.

irs firft

Decay of fitly.

promul

'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captiour purvating nature, and miking her fubferve
learned all the
pofes and defignmenti, than to have
CJanvHti.
intrigues of policy.

2.

fcheme of

hoftiiity.

The

their Jifignmtnt halts.

Staiefftarc.
She received advice both of the king's del'perate
eftate, and of the duke's Jefigaauais againft her.

Hayward.
idea, or (ketch, of a work.
The fcencs which reprofent cities and countries
re r.ot really fuch, bat only painted on boards and

The

canvafs

but

tiffyr.mtrt

that cxcufe the

fliall

of them

ill

painture or

Dry Jen.

When

abfent, yet we conquer'd in his

though that fomc mean art!

For

rijji
i

ftill

the fair Jtjigmrtm was his

DESI'RABLE.
1.

That which

is

own.

Dry Jen.

to

'jmlg-.l

cafo,

coil'-xteJ

by

mn

of great faga-

.vill
in-.prove his mind toward
.''/<
amplitude and extent of thought.

Watt:.

Hccannoi but conf-fi, that it isathing the mod

to the goodJrfirahle to man, and :no;1 agreeable
that he ihould fend r'onhhis light and
hii truth by afpecial revelation of this will. River i.
:,

2. Pleafing ; delightful.
'
rhen let drop Ibme eipremon;; about an agate
'<
he hint, ami
fniift-box: I im
bought one 5 being unwilling to omit any thing that
.

might make me

dejlrabL

Addifon.

Our own fex, our kindrcl, nur huufes, and our

very names, fcem to have fomcthing good and defrable in them.
n.

DESI'RE.

Wat'.i.

\_def,r,

dtfidermm, Lat.j
obtain or enjoy.

Fr.

Wi(h

man

defeo,

Ital.

eagernefs

to

finds in himfrit

is the uneafmefs a
he abfence of any thin;.;, whofe prcfent f nL:;kt.
r.t carries the idea of (fclight with it.

D.fire

Vot.

I.

jultice, inflameth every

zeal to do good.

Be not
ceitful

Men

dtfirvus

way men of

And

wilhing

of his dainties

DESOLA'TION.

Of choicer!

Conjugal

Once more thy

Fulnefs of defire

[from

de/irous.

~[

Difl.

eagernefs.

hsfc

My dejolaiwn

toil'ft

Theie are many who will not quit

though they finJ it pernicious or abfurd
readily dcfif

fnm

it,

when they

are convinced

DESI'STANCE.
aft of

n. f. [from
defifting ; ceflation.

it is

slddij'.n.

The

dffift.~\

Men

ufually give fret-licit where they have not

given before : and make it both the motive and
cscufe of
from giving any mote, that
\\v-ijdifjianci

they have given already.

Kyle.

DESI'I-IVE. adj. [dcfiim, Latin.]

ing ; cdncludent ; final.

End-

are ot

thi^

Inceptive and <;V/JV;*.r prop*)fitions

fort: the fogs vanilh .is the. fun rilesj but the fogs
have not \et begun to vanifti, therefore the fun is

not yet rilcn.

Walts.

An
a./, [difch, a table, Dutch.]
of writers or
inclining table for the ufe
readers, made commonly with a box or

DESK.

melancholy

(hall

does begin to

make
bhj'-ffpeare.

To

complete
rtrctch'd around

The fcene of Jefti/atitiii,

The grim guards Hand.
wailed and forfaken.
3. A
place

How

a project,
but will
j

impracticable.

better life.

Diffl, thou art difcern'd,

in vain; nnr me in vain moled. Mi't.

fadnefs

Sidney.
be ungartered, and every
a carelcfs tieji'ation.
thing about you demonftvats

Then your

Diet.

To DESI'ST. v. n. [deffto, Latin.] Te

with
ceafe from any thing ; to flop
from.

it.

adi>. [from dijirous.~\ Eawith defire ; with ardent wifhes.

DESI'ROUSLY.
;

reduction

That dwelling place is unnatural to mankind;

and then the tcrriblcnefs of the continual motion,
the rf^/o/arioB of the far being from comfort, the eye
and the ear havin.g ugly images before it, doth Mill
vex the mind, even when it is beft armed pgainft

Mlltcn.

face.

defoli:te.~\

deftitution.

afr'ecYien,

n. f.

Gloominefs

z.
Mltton.

Prevailing over fear and timorous doubt,

Hath led me on, definus to behold

DESI'ROUSNESS.

[from

Herfelf, the land, and many a Chrillian foul,

SbakeJ'pcart.
Death, defolatktt, ruin, and decay.

Bacon.

flow'rs a girland.

a. f.

What with your praifes of the country, what

with your dil'couifc of the lamentable dtfolatial
thereof made by thofe Scots, you have filled me
with ; great companion. Sf enter's State of Ireland.
Without her follows to myl'elf and thee,

the while,

Waiting acfmu\ her return, had wove

In

to '.blitude.

xxiii. 3.

Itrctch*

Tkcmfcn.

\_homdefalate.'}

Deltruftion of inhabitants

arc d'rowfy and dtfiraii to deep before the

Adam

the gun,

at the (hot,

a defolate manner.

action with

Frva.

Bacti*.

the feafon defolate the fields.

DE'SOL ATELY. adv.

for they are de-

meat.

dog impatient bounding

Worfe than

Hooker.

of an ague, and yawn and

And

neftnefs.

Thunders the

in
piety which maketh them that are
authority default to pleafe and relemble God by

gerly

[from dtfirt.]
be wished with ear-

e.;'.j.

*
Thick around
fport of thole, who with

luge.

Full of

lliown

In mingling colours, or in placing light,

Ya

make

defert.
The ifland of Atlantis was not fwallowed by an
earthquake, but was defc/atcj by a particular de-

I.

That

3.

eager

[from dejire.~\
longing after

DE'SOLATE. -v. a. [defolo, Latin.]

To deprive of inhabitants to lay walte ;
to

The fame

fit

our wars are done :

defperate temped hath fo bang'd the Turks,
lords

News,

adj.

for.

Tlit fanctity of the Chriftian religion excludes

fraud and falfehood from the drjlgnmtnti and aims

of

To

a wither.

counterfeit the bewitchment of fome popular man, and give it bountifully to the drfirers.

DESI'ROUS.

; laid wafte.
without an inhabitant.

Jer. xxvi.

compliments. Spenfer.
[from dejire.'] One that

eager of any thing

city will be defolate,

Solitary; without fociety.

3.

I will

In this great concert of his whole creation, the

This

art or curious'

n. f.

uninhabited.

Deprived of inhabitants

2.

in ufe.

Sbak-fyeare.

4ffigr.kftlj

25.

appear to long.

int'reft in our woe,

Troy's difaft'rous end dtfire to know,
1 will reftrain
my tears, and briefly tell
What in our laft and fatal night befell. DryJen.

Without vuin

vertently.

vii.

\aefolatus, Latin.]

Let us feek fome deflate ihade, and there

Weep our fad bofoms empty.
Skateffeare,
This hero appears at ri-ft in a difilate iflandj
the
fide
of
the
fe.
JSruef.i.
lilting upon

filver ur gold.
dcfire the

exprefs withes

adj.

Without inhabitants

1.

And

adj.

J)ESI'GNLESSLY. a^fv. [from dejignlefs .]

Without intention ; ignorantly ; inad-

dejl-

DE'SOLATE.

to long for

muil away this night.

But fmce you take fuch

Southern.

out intention ;
ing ; inadvertent.

\jZ.\M..~\

humbly do

;
fraudulently artful.
'Twould (hew me poor, indebted, and compell'd,
Dif'g">, mercenary ; and I know
You would not wifli to think I could be bought.

[from dtjign.] Withwithout defign ; unknow-

dejk

Lotkc.

French

\_dejirer,

Jove beheld it with a defiring look.

Dryden.
aflc ; to intreat.
Sir, I intreat you home with me to dinner.

ful

DESI'CNLESS.

have been obliged to leave unfiniihed in my

the heads of two efl'ays.
PaJ f/
Not the deft, with lllver nails,
Nor bureau of expence,
Nor (Undif> well japann'd, avails
To writing of good fenfe.
Sitijt.

what the

to obferve

Dtvt.
z.

de-

participial adj. [from

Infidious ; treacherous ; deceit-

a.

i>.

wifli;

Thou

MeKJon.

DESIGNING,

hope behind.
Dryden.

a dcjire or ufe of.

To DESI'RE.
der are,

is

Tell her in the deft,

ideas are that take the'f turns in his underftanding, or elfe to direct the foit, and call in fuch as

painting or fculpture.
There

man's power only

in a

is

That 's covcr'd o'er with Turkilh tapeftry,

There is a purfe of ducats.
Sbakefpeare,
He is drawn leaning on a d?jk t with his bible before him.
tfalrtm'i jtitglo-,

Sbakeffeart*

a purpofer.
Z.

D E

Drink provokes, and unprovokes ; It provokes

the defire, but it takes away the performance.

is

Babylon become

a t'cjclati >n

nations!

DESPA'IR.
I

Tbamfw.

among
I.

Jtr*

n.f.

Hopeleflhefs

French.]
dcfpondence ; Isi's

i:hc

25.

[dcfej'poir,

of

hope.

of the unattainablenefs of
L>effnlr is the thought
in men's minds i
any good, which works differently
f'imetimes producing uneafinefs or pain, fometimes
Locke.
reft and indolency.
You had either never attempted this chnnge, fet
on with hope; or nc\er discovered it, ftopt ith
Sidney.

dcfpair.
are troubled

We

we

on evflry fide, yet not diftrcflcrt j

2 Cor. iv. 8.
are perplexed, but not in deffair.

We.u'ted, forfakcn, and purfucd at lalt,

All fafay in dfjffir of fafety plac'd,
Courage he thence relumes, ref >lv'd to bear
All their aflaults, fmce 'tis in vain to fear. Der.1i.

wis the'fs car-.';

F<;ual t'le'r flame, unequal
lov'J with hope, one languiih'd with

One

repository under k.
3

2.

Tin.

t>

D E

That which caufes defpair;

w!nch there is no hope.

4.

Strangely \itited

th'al

Vou'-J fee, could you her inward mot'ons watch,

^eby, fbe withes for defpatcb ;

Is

^ woman's meaning would

Then red her backward.

uL<.r< ui, pitiful to the

All fwi'ln and

D E

eye ;
The mere dtjfuir of Air-cry, he cures;
about
their
a
necks,
Hanging golden (lamp
Put or. with holy prj
Ktttcfptart.

11

Dtfptratkti
the policy, ftrength, and defence,

That Rome can make againd them.

As long as we are guilty of .itiy

yoi-

Crjn-uille.

Sbalrfpcarc.

of a goodofSce is very often n5 beliiji.-.tct

neficial to the folicitor as the good orBce iti'cif.

Mdifcn.

Hammond*

Conduct

2.

confidence in the
[In theology..] Lois of
aiercy of God.
Are not all or moll evangelical virtues and

3.

You

As there is,
graces in danger of extremes ?
knows, too often a defect on the one fide, fo there
other
:
on
the
may not hope in
may be an excefs
God, or godly forrow, be perverted into prefumption

Give

Spratt.

Though

at

We

for there-

DE'SPERATE.

Jfair of

tiaten.

f fiiver.

Since his exile (he hath defpis'd

That

ffaki.

One

de/pair.]

tant

cheers the fearful, and

And makes dejpaircrs hope

DESPA'IRFUL.

adj.

for

commends

good fucccfs.

Dryd.

and

full.~\

[defpair

Obfolete.
Hopelefs.
That fweet but four dej'pairful
Other

the bold,

care.

Sidney.

favour of the
as the lamentations of their

amongft the

cries

Iri/h

Scythian barbarifm ;
with de/pairful outcries.

DESPAIRINGLY,
In a

ad-v. [fromdefpairiag.]

manner betokening

hopeleffnefs or

defpondency.

He

fpeaks feverely and defpairingly

of our

ciety.

DESPA'TCH. v a. [depefchtr,
To fend away haftily.

To

1.

DoOor Theodore

good

^neas,

To

2.

fo-

for a

In

think,

is

Defpatcb

me

the

his

chariot-man

to Jefpattb the

ix.

To

conclude an affair with another.

Whit, .ire ti:c brothers parted ?
They have dijfat.e'il with Poinpey ; he is gone
Sbakcfpcar

[from the verb.]

iiaily execution ; fpeedy performance.
n.f.

Atl'citcd defpatib

is

one of the molt dangcrou

tu uui.i.iij that can be.

Bacon

am

We confider the

hot-brained

And

In a great degree

violently

fury

jfddiTcn,

defpife."]

To

a;, a. [defpifer,

defpicit,

fcorn

to

old French,

Latin.]

contemn

to flight

For, lo, I will make thee fmall

then, and diffifed among men.

My

the hea^
Jtr. xiix. 15,

among

unhappy fire defplfe,

kingdom, and depriv'd of eyes. P^pe.

In Shakefpeare it feems once to fignify

abhor, as from the Italian deffettare.

2.

Let not your ears

Which

dtffife

my

tongue for ever,

poHefs them with the heavied found

That ever yet they heard.
Sbakcfpejre.
DESPI'SER. n. f. [from dtfpife.] Con(hall

temner; fcorner.

this fenfe

Art thou thus boMcn'd, man, by thy

diftrefs,

Or elfe a rude defpiftr of good manners,

That in civility thou leem'll fo empty ? Sbctcfa.
Wifdom is commonly, at long running, judified
even of her defpifirs .

n.f. [from defperate^

Government of the Tongue.

Thus

the athcids, libertines, and

Jtjpfirs of religion, ufually pafs under the name of freethinkers.

The

Hopeleffuefs

[from defperate.
defpair; defpondency.

to

fons their old

Spoil'd of his

precipitance.

n. f.

difrefpeft.

Sivift.

ment of

DXSPER A'TION.

Con-

regarded with
word fcarcely ufed but ia.

Skinner;

Pope.

going on not only in tcrrours and amaze

confcience, but alfo boldly, hopihgiy, con
fidcntly, in wilful habits of fin, is cal'ed a dt/pc
a'fo
and the more bold thus, the mor
;
ratenijs
Hammon,,
defperate.

[from

defpicable

To DESPl'SE.

ludicrous.
She fell defptrately in love with him, and took a
voyage into Sicily in purfuit of him.
j4dilifori

Madnefs

adj.

for taking notice of a

poor.
old didrefied courtier, commonly the moft
dej'pifin
world.
able thing
the
drbutbnct to Pope.

is

DE'SPERATENESS.

fhore,

low converfation.
I am obliged to you

Your eldeft

2.

vilely.

gentle poets to her arms invites.

temptible
contempt.

fools,

daughters have foredone themfelves

And deff' rate/I ate dead.
Sbatejpeare
There might be fomewhat in it, that he ouL
not have done, or defircd undone, when he broke
forth as dcfperately as before he had done uncivilly
Broivn's Vulgar En ours

Piety.

[from defpicable.]

Nor vainly rich, nor defpieably poor j

The town in foft folemnities delights,

to fafety or danger.

of our

Decay of
;

furious.

DE'SPER ATELY. ad-v. [from dffperate.~\

1. Furiouily ;
madly; without attention

defpicablcnejs

Here wanton Naples crowns the happy

on

of Ireland.

defpica*.

worthleff-

great difproportion between the

DE'SPICABLY. adv.
Meanly fordidly ;

it

his feill for his recovery

[from

vilenefs

of the reward and the

infinity
fervice.

man DESPI'SABLE.

man

n, f.

nefs.

irre-

Meannefs

bh.~\

Sbakefpenre.
their cafe comes

mere dcfp'rate fots and

Concluding
That durft depart from Ariftotle's rules.

tc

fioner is one acTu-n dtfpattbed, which, b

fuch .1 determination as the will, we are fet upon
nothcr uneafincfs is ready to fet us on wi rk.
Locke

i.

when

all

journey

judgment of God now following him.

2 Mac.

PESPA'TCH.

DE'SPICABLENESS.

difpcrate

well called defperate ones

Spenfer't State

No

4.

fometimes ufed in a fenfe nearly

ludicrous, and only marks any bad quain a high degree.
lity predominating

I
may death forgive ;
and wi(h to live.
Drydtr.

and

of rank and figure pafs away their

and practices, they renand defpicab'te than any
innocent man can be, whatever low ftation his fortune and birth have placed him in.
Addijon.

It is

gone,

commanded he

When men

lives in criminal purfuits

der themfelves more vile

fin.

unfurmountable

of Afia the fick,

endeavours of

Drydtn.

witl, nit ;eafing,

precipi-

not the part of a dejperate phyfician to

wi(h his friend dead, rather than to apply the bed

perform a bufmefs quickly as,

and ran hither.
defpatcbed my affairs,
Thirrefurc

a part

Were

to put to

To

3.

ram;

mad man owes them.

Mad

4.

Sbatfjfeare.

elf^,

Drydau

of defperate fortunes, that is, a

whofe friends are dead ; for I never aimed .at any
than
in friends.
fortune
other
Pcpe to Sivift
1

to defpatcb

quickiy,

grow tender

All the quiet that could be expected from, fuch a

reign, muft be the refult of abfoUite power on tha
one hand, and a dtfficalte flavery on the other.

Locke.

it.

And the company fliall ftone them with (tones,

and dtjpatib them with their fwords. Exek. xxiii-47
In combating, but t*o of you will fall j
Arid we refolve vve will dcjpjtcb you ail.
Dryden.
I ftiail

Than when my name {hook Africk with affright,

And froze your hearts beneath your torrid zone.

to be thought defperate, are carried out and laid

the earth, before they are dead, and left there.

death.

Edmund,

fafety

Milan*

d-fficable foes.

All th* earth he gave thce to poflefs and rule,

Milton.
No dtfpicMt gift.
Not lefs cv'n in this despicable hero,

of danger.

fearlefs

coverable.
Thefe debts may be

5.

In pity of his mifery,

His knighted life.

B
Of

of obtaining her. Sbjkeffeare.

3. Irretrievable;

Boyle.

wliofe paternal care.

fend out of the world;

Hmkir.

it.

Their heads as low

nv'd down in battlej funk before the fpears

Hammond.

no longer bear,

in hade,
Drjpatcb'd Achates to the (hips
To give a glad relation of the paft.

dcfperate

perfon,

Temple.

The

lulus' abfence could

make

me,

reforming, fuch an one we vulgarly call

and that fure is a moft damning

Fr.]

immediately
moxa, and learn the exact method of ufing

patcted

think, my lords,
That any Englifliman dare give me counfel,
Or be a known friend 'gainft his highnefs' pleafure,
Though he be grown fo deff crate to be honed,
And live a fubjeft ?
Sbatefpearc.
He who goes on without any care or thought of

Colefay, a fober man, I difto Utrecht, to bring the

am

me moft

rail'd at

II i& applied. equally to per*

Our cafe were miferable, if-that wherewith, we

moft endeavour to pleafe God were in his fight fo
vile and dtjftcablt as men's difdainful fpecch would

Can you

Speafer.

burials,

company, and

Without care of

z.

without hope.

He

my

Forfworn

adj. [defpicabills, Lat.]

vile ; mean ; fordid j

fons or things.
:

[defperatus, Latin.]

adj.

Without hope.

1.

Never Jeff air cf God's bleffingi here, or of his

reward hereafter; but go on as you have begun.

DESPA'IRER. n.f. [from

tion of bufineis.
So faying, with dtfpatcbful looks in hade
She turns, on hofpitable thoughts intent. Mitten.
Let one drfpatcbf*! bid fome fwain to lead
A well fed bullock from the grafiy mead. Pope.

thy friend, yet

may be a turning.
;
ire/as, xxii. 21.
commend the wit of the Chinefe, who demaking of gold, but are mad upon making

not
Jr/pair

Contemptible
worthlefs.

)ESPA'TCHFUI,. adj. [from drfpatch.]

Bent on hafte ; intent on fpeedy execu-

before a noun.
fword

folely

hafty meflenger or meflage

as, defpattbes were fent away.

DE'SPICABLE.

put

fovereign fway and maftcrdom. Sbak

Exprefs

;.

!FeDESpA'lR. 13. n. [dffpero, Latin.] To

be without hope ; to dcfpond with of
thou drewcft

(hall

This night's great bufmefs into my dejpatcb,

V.'hich (hall, to all our nights and' days to come,

God

or d:

Obfolete.

management.

an4

pall fin,

have no promife of remiflion, whatever our future

care be, this dcfptrjtisn of luccefs chills all our inI'm on becaufe we have finned.
duftry, and we

The

DESPI'TE.
I.

Malice;
oufnefs

n.f. [Jfijt,

anger;
fpleen

Thou wretch

Dutch;

<///>//,

Fr. ]

rnalici-

malignity}
hatred.

tlrffitc

o'envhelm thee

Wit*

D
With men

D E

thele confidcratlons

p.rc

tl

nfually
caufes of defpite, difdain, or averfion from others
but with God they pals for reafons of our great

tendernefs towards

3. Defiance

-t!

Sprat

unlubdued oppofition.

thou gav'ft me firlr, was loft and done

Till with thy warlike fword, defpite of fate,
To my determin'd time thou gav'ft new date. Sba
My life thou malt command, but not my (hame
The one my duty owes; bu: my fair name,
lives upon my grave,
Defpite of death, that
To dark dilhonour's ufe thou flialt not have. Stak

The

diveft by any accident.

Tliefe formed (tones,
deffciled of their lliells, an
expofcd upon the furface of the ground, in tim
moulder away.
Wood-war,
3. Simply to firip : not in ufe.
puifTant^arms,

to difappoint

Pvent.
There

ting the town on

fire, to dijpite

DESPI'TEFUL.

by the

improvement of that reafon which pro

vidence has given us for a guide ; and
ticn, whe
we luvc done our own parts, to commit all chear

The
And

Af//'o

adj.

full

and

[defpite

of fpleen

;
:

In heav'n.

Miller
defpiteful.'

Malicioufly ; malignantly.
Pray for them that defpitcfully ufe you and perfecute you.
Mattbnu t v. 44.

DESPI'TEFULNESS. n.f.
Malice

hate

m examine him with

we know

frm

defpite-

and tor

deffitefalnejt

his mcekncfs, and prove hi

Wifd.

may

adj. [from defpite.]

forions.
word now out

The kiight of the red-crofs, when

Spurring fo hot with rage defpire^us,

'

'Can fairly couch his fpear.

Turning defpirecus tortnre out of

In a furious manner

The
Deep

That

mortal

him he

fpied

DESPO'NDENCY.

defpiteous.]

not in ufe.

Spenfer.

a.

Lat.]

[defpollo,

to deprive

with

You

Defpiifd of innocence, of faith, ,f blifs.

Mitt-r..
Hr, pale as death, 'dljfail'd r/his an ay,
Into the queen's apartment takes his
way. Dryd.
EV'JI

now thy

aid,

ts

unequal preft,
this day of]l his honours
gain'd
Dtffmili him, if t'ny fuccour opportune
Defend not the fad hour.
i

Phillips.

fecreted

To

arbitrary;

Smile (he or hwre.

reafrjn

its

directions of

The

To

Mi/tin.
the inferior faculties,
paflions

though its command over them

was but perfuafive and political,
yet it had the force
of cnactive and dtftvthtl.
Soarb.

may

fee in a

hcav'n around

choiceft of

fix

its

tliis

def'ufd head

curies /lied.

p,.;or

unalterably.

The infernal judge's dreadful

pow'r
From the dark urn Hull throw
thy

diJKn'd hour.

DE'STINV. n.f. [d,-J}inie,

French.]
The power that Ipins the life, and
.

We

immediately fubor-

unac-

conveyed its fuggefHons with ciearncfs, and

them with power: it h.ul the
in

perfect fubjcction

Dryd.

devote ; to doom to
punishment or
ufed ablblutely.

May

adj. [from Jeff at.] Abfolute in power; unlij

Cove to the man dcfpoiick power

Over his female in due awe,
Nor fr>m that right to part an hour,
all

which m&ftined to
carry humours
from the blood.
Arlutlnet cr. .Jlimems.

mifery

countable.

In

to devote

Latin.]
to appoint unal-

appoint to any ule or purpofe.

Too thin blood ftrays into the

..

authority;

Hale.

[diftina,

before each altar

;
lies,
in his gore, the
dtfl'm'd facrifice".

To

2.

This word is not in ufe, except as applied to fome Dacian prince ;

as, the defpot of Servia.

life.

a.

All altars flame

Drench'd

authority.

mited in

application of

An abfolute
,./. [Ji^orif.]
one that governs with unlimited

)ESPO^TICAL.
)ESPO'TICK.

on the Creation.

ends and ufes.

dinate veflcls,

Lat.f'fo

terably to any ftate or condition.

Wherefore ceafe we then ?
Say they who connfel war we are decreed,
Rf ferv'd, and d.Jlm'd to eternal woe
;
Whatever doing, what can we fuft'er more?
Milt.

other.

prince

To doom

Lat.]
to unite
by

God's unlverfal law

your
Shakefpeare.
waits, with hellilh rancour imminent,
Tr> ini-crcept thy way, or fend chcc back

R ay

drjl'uiatlm

tilings to fcveral

difondm
Ttmfon.
o. a. \d,fp en t

to affiance

and bufhes.

To DE'STINE. v.

reciprocal promifes of marriage.

fliieW.

He

Eugene,
/wiits :

To_ betroth

plate.

defli-

Beml

DESPO'NSATE.

a. [,/eJtlno,

BjrioM-without lofing their way.

Gtainillt.
There is a great variety of
apprehcnfions and
fancies of men, in the
and

Congregated thruflies, linnets,

On, the dead tree, a dull
flock.

To

are nobly born,

in

dtfpondctit

up

i>.

Jefcnate.]
thing is ap-

dern

in the world.

finejfjjcrt.
Diydtr..
bright pesvter comes too late,
courfe was well fcrv'd
in

pointed ; the ultimate defign.

The paflages through which fpirits are
conveyed
to the members, being almoft
infinite, and each of
them drawn through fo many
meanders, it is won.
derful that they mould
perform their regular

defperation.

experience, that the ve:y boldeft athcifts, ou

of their debauches and
company, when they chance
to be furprifed with folitude or
re the
ficknefs,
moft fufpicious, timorous, and
wretches,

Spenfer.

hunour

thy due, thou haft the art

with a

DE'STINATE.

trees

[defpondens, Latin.'

adj.

lirft

the

on the table after

DEST IN A'TION. n. f. [from

The purpofe for which any

Defpairirrg; hopelefs ;' without hope.

It is well known, both from ancient
and mo-

of.

Defptifdtf warlike arms, and knowen

Def;>

DESPO'NDENT.

Jfffert

your

fet

defign for any particular end or purpofe.

Birds are diftirettd to
fly among the branches of

[from defpondtnt.'

./.

Defpair; hopelefi'nefs

Fairy S}ueen.

defpitcovfy entail'd
in their flefli, quite thro' the iron
walls,
a large purple ftream adown their
giambeux

rob

At your

When
To

The

n.f. [de/erte, French.]

at art entertainment;

cotirfe

To give thee all

To make a tapper

DE'SPOT.

falls-

To

19.

fteel

To DESPO'IL. v.
I.

ii.

door. Sbakffp.

DESPI'TEOUSLY. adv. [from

terrify

Ma- DESPONSA'TION. n. f. [from

defponfate.~\
of ule.
The aft of betrothing perfons to each

I)ESPI'TEOUS.
licious

hope of the

n.f. [ from Squama-,

of fcaling foul bones.

aft

fweetmeats
the meat.

(it

malignity.

patience.

lofe

or foam.

oN

fruit or

L'EJlrarrg,

confcience, fom may allure the flothful, and fome

encourage the defptndisg mind.
Watt!

known

DESPI'TEFULLV. adv. [from

ture, that

laft

He confiders what is the natural

tendency o
fuch a -virtue, or fuch a vice : he is well
apprized
that the reprefentation of fomc of thcfe
things ma)
convince the understanding, fome
th

full of hate
ufed both o

defpiteful

Satan, done in Paradife, was

To

[defpuv.o, Lat.]
to froth ;
;

term of chirurgery^

DESSE'RT.

learned leaches in defpair

depart,

[In theology.]
divine mercy.

full.

Sbtikefpean

Let

The

Latin.]

making

2.

fcum

parts in

D E s <yj A M A'T

of heaven

knowledge, farther than ferves their or

dinary bufinef?, is above their capacities
Locke

fled

Preferve us from the hands of our drfplteful and

deadly enemies.
K'*g Cbarlt
Mean while the heinous and dejpiteful act

_//.]

their bane

n.

DESPUMA'TION. n.f. [from t/efpumate.}

The aft of throwing orFexcrementitious

(hake their heads,

dtfpvr.ding of their art. Drfd
Others depref; their own minds,
drffcnj at th
firft
and
difficulty;
conclude, that
an

to giv

funo, fcnt him forth

From courtly friends with camping foes to live,
Where death and danger dog the heels of worth.

Of

is

Phyfick

FT. from

throw off parts in foam

to work.

beft

fully, for the reft, to the good pleafure

with truft and reflation .

by night; fet
Bacchus. Ralfifl.

malignant ; mifchievous
perfor.s and things.
I, his

no furer remedy

DESPU'MATE. v
To

progrefs in

Saturn, with his wife Rhea,

is

for fupcrftitious ar.

defpord'mg weaknrfs, tlian lirft to govern ourlelve

uneafinefs to.

Malicious

L'Eflratg

[defpotifme,

Abfolute power.

defpot.']

It is
every man's duty to labour in his ca.
and not to defpovd for
any milcarriages or difan
pointments that were not in his own power t

Rowi

d:ff-oti-

Abfolute authority.

cal.]

hopelefs or defperate.

[from the noun.] Ti

a.

DESPO'ND. i'. a. [defpor.dco, Lat.]

To defpair to lofe hope to becom

Mdifui,

DESPO'TICALNESS. n.f. [from

Sfeitfa

To

3. Aft of malice; aft of oppofition.

To DESPI'TE. i>.
vex to offend

<:'

in cal'y bed.

To

by day, and chilling dews by night,

Blacktr.irc
Its life maintain ?
Thou, with rebel infolence, didft dare
To own and to protect that hoary ruffian ;
And, in dcffite ev'n of thy father's juftice,

His punifhment, eternal milery,

It would be all his folace and revenge,
As a defpite done againft the Moft High,
Thee once to gain companion of his woe.

'g,m

lai'l

the latter are

among

Patriots were forced to give

way to the m-idnefs
of the people, who were now
wholly bent upon
(ingle and Jefpoticl flavery.

DE'SPOTISM. n.f.

I will ferve

the factious rabble up to arms,

and

Grifons, the common people

in a much batter fituation.

DSSPOLI A'TION. n. f. [from dejpolio, La*

The aft of defpoiling or ftripping.

Of heat

ftir

A groom

Of

the fair in thy dffpite. Dry,

I have not quitted yet a victor's ri^ht ;
I'il make you happy in your own defpite. Drydtn
Say, would the tender creature, in defpite

To

To

2.

life,

Know

D E

neighbouring government the

ill
confcqucnces of having a dtffctick prince ; for
tlierc
is vaft ex;ent of
notv;ithftanding
lanrfs, and
many of them belter than. Ojofc vf die S w iU and

de-

termines tlie fate, of

living
Thou art neither like thy (ire orbeings.
dam;

But, like a foul nnf-fhapen ftigmatxk,

Mjrk'd by the deflimcs to be avoided.
Sbekc'teare,
.

^
I

Fate ; invincible
neceffity.
He faid, dear daughter,
rightly may I
he fall of famous children born of
me

rue

But war, can turn the ftream of

dcfliiy.

Or break the chain of ftron ncr

e
Which fa ft is tied to Jove'i .eternal

How

tin hearts, not

Willing or no,
By defi,n}4 and

who

cm

feat?

free, be tried

fain

<9

whether \h
1

what theymjlr
no o.hcr chufe?
Hilttn.
?
*
3
HiJ
will

but

D E
Had

D E

thy great deputy but given thie (kill

as well as pow'r to ail, her will. Dent.

Chance, or

Which forms

forceful

At random wounds, nor knows

DESTRUCTIBLE,

{hall be.

Drydiit.

Doom

condition in future time.

the pit of Acheron
Meet me i' th' morning thither he
Wi'l come to know his rf.'^;ry.
Skalefctare.

3.

At

)ESTRUCTIBI'LITY

Forfaken

To
into

forfake

fuch

all

adj.

tible.}

e\ils vp'in the face

to fall

of the earth, as

either deji'uute of grace divine, may commit,

or upp-otec"ted fr
/.
abive, may endure.
:. Abjecl ; friendlefs.
He will ri gard the prayer of the r!r/!ir:'ti; and
cii. 17.
not defpife their prayer.
t'jairr.

mankind has

Want

4.

MJlkr.

applied to perfons.
That dcftitutun in food and rloathing is fuch an
impediment, as, till it be removed, fuffereth not
the m'nd of man to admit any other care. Hooker.
They which want furtherance unto knowledge,
lire not left in fo
great dtftitution, that juftly any
man Should think the ordinary means of eternal
life taken from them.
Heater.
The order of paying the debts of contrail or rertitution is fet down by the civil laws of a kingdom : indtjlimtion or want of fuch rules, we are to
obfcrve the neceflity of the creditor, the time of the
delay, and the Special obligations of friendship.
:

<v.

a.

[de/lruo,

to ruin.
Lord will

ing ;
The

Gen. six. 14
lay wafte ; to make defolate.
fent his army, which burnt and de

To

2.

lir^-ed the

TO

Kitc-lbs

country villages.

kin.

A people,

great and many, and tall as the Ana

but the Lord dejinyid them before them
and they fucceeded them, and dwelt in their (lead
11: ut. ii. zr
'Tis fafer to be that which we
dejiroy,
Than by df Uruftion dwell in doubtful joy. Stak
The wife Providence hath placed a certain anti
pathy between fome animals and many infcfls
kirns

in their dc-itrucVion,
not as food } as the peacock

whereby they delight

thoug

thry ufe them

fnake< and adders

dtjlrv)

fniders, flies

aad fome forts of

flics dejiroy fpiders

put an end to ; to bring to nought

Do we not fee that Aothful, intemperate, an

incontinent perfons dtftioy their bodies with dil

cafes, their reputations with dif^race, and the;
Ijiultie: with want I
Jicmtij
There will be as many fovereigns as fathers
hath her title, which dtjlrtyi th
the mother t'
Loekc
fovcre';gnty of one fupremc monarch.

DESTRO'VER.
perfon that
murderer.

n. f.

[from

Th

dtftroy.'}

dcilroys or lays wafle

that AITur both founded it and mine

be undcrrtood, that Alfur the founde
was the fon of Shcm, and Alfur the JeJIrtyer wa
it

Laws, if convenient and ufeful, are never the

worfe though they be defamed and taken from the
Halt.
laws of other countries.

DETA'CH. v.
To feparate

To
.

we

from fomething.
The heat takes along with

fend.

and

Dryflett

One may think

The

an end to fo abfurd a practice

which makes our moft refined diverfions dtjlrafliv
all

politenefs.
are defcfts equally dtjlruflive

Both

Addiftm
of true reli

Rogen

gion.

3.

With

To

DESTRU'CTIVELY. adv.
Ruinoully

from

deftruc
wit!
;

mifchievoufly

to deftroy.
remains but to breathe out Mofes'swiflj
that men were not fo dfJIruSTively foolifli

power
What

may

an AU'yrian.

Raleigh

Triumph, to be ftyl'd great^conqticrors,

Patrons or mankind, gods, and foniofgods!
Dijlr,jirt righdicr call'd, and Oayen of men.

Milan

tell

how. Pipe.

men

are

AtUifott.

n.f. [from ditacb.']

of troops fent out from the main

body
army.

The czar difpatched inductions to fend out

detachments of his cavalry, to prevent the king of
Tat/er,
55.
Befides materials, which are brute and blind,
a
Did not this work require knowing mind,
for the ufk Should fit dttacbmcr.n chufe

Who

From

n. f.

[from

DBTA'IL.

DE'SUETUDE.

Lat.] Cef

n.f. [defuetudo,
difcontinuanc
;

be uccultomed

of praftice or habit.
By the irruption of numerous

n. f.

I chufe,

armies of barba

rous people, thofc countries were quickly Ullcn

eri

to

[detail, Fr.]

minute

rather than trouble the reader with a

detail here, to defer

them

to their proper place.

was unable to

more

in detail,

treat this part of my fubjeil

without becoming dry and tedious.

f"

Boylt

profufe and inordinate fweating, from

what caufe foever.

To
;

and particular account.

[detailler, Fr.]
to particularife

They will perceive the miltakcs or' thefe philofophers, and be able to anfwer their arguments,
without my being obliged to detail them.
Cbeyne.

wittily calls the fire the dijirulier an

n.f. [defudatio, Lat.]

Blatkmori.

-v. a.

difplay minutely and diitinftly.

confumer.

DESUDA'TION.

the atoms

relate particularly

DC

deflroy.']

all

DETATL.

To

De'ay of Pifty

DESTRU'CTOR.

Sweden's joining his army.

ing.

The vice of profeffors exceeds the dtftrtiFliventj

of the moft hoftilc alTaults, as intcftine trcachtr
is more ruinous than foreign violence.

fation to

one from the

rity ?

DESTRU'CTIVENESS. n.f. [from deftruc

The quality of deftroying or ruin
]

are ditackid

expedition.
jn war with forty, and the latter
d:Ucb only an equal number to the engagement,
do
what benefit
they receive from their fuperio-

Decay if Piety

Helmont

it

fend out part of a 'greater body of

If ten

ftroyer

Woodward.

feveral parts of

DETA'CHMENT.

to.

kind, deftrulliiie to the ftrength.

Drydm.
Excefs of cold, as well as heat, pains us ; be
to
that
it
is
caufe
temper which
equally deftrutlive
I.xke
is necetfary to the prefervation of life.

of vegetative
deiactts from the

men on an

In a firm building, even the cavities ought no

to be filled with rubbilh, which is of a perifbabli

ti've.]

it

other, andyetjoin again one cannot

2.

Withe/.
He will put

part

it a fort

which

terreftrial matter,

uppermoft Stratum.

that the continuation of exift-

ence, with a kind of refinance to any deftruel'rv

Locke
force, is the continuation of folidity.

cf

a. [detacher, Fr.]
to difengage ; to

In ports and roads remote,

the artificial death of things.

;

It is Taid,

caufmg

n.ir-

Bnwt.

rations.

fleets

To

This pebble doth fuppolc, as pre-exittent to i%

more fimple matter out of which it is defun-.td,
the heat and influence; or" the fun, and the due pre-

To

, it

wafteful

that which bring

among whole

m the Qajfictl.

lisle.
paration of the matter.
They have left us relations fuitable to thole of

to deftruftion.
Deflrufli-ve fires

vicious one,

the

low

atone for a
but the I'u-

/Elian and Pliny, whence they defamed their

the weafcl, mice and rats

JUe
4.

That which deftroys

ruin and dev.iftation

deflroy this city.

Solymaj

f e/tcn

Latin.]
1.

Defaltoricui is not in ufe.

To DESU'ME. <v. a. [defame, Latin.]

take from any thing ; to borrow.

that Icadeth to dtftruftnn.

\_deftru8ivui,

to

un-

my

Eternal death.

adj.

immethodica]

my

Matthew

DESTRUCTIVE,

Roving from thing

in their native order,

Take
difaltory thoughts
as they rife in
mind, without being reduced to
rules, and marmalled according to art.

mock my

for revenge

Pj'alm xci. 6

2.

French.]
overturn a city; to raze a build

To

that your moody difcontented fouls

through the clouds behold this prefent hour,

[In theology.]
Broad is the way

5.

Latin

deftruire,
1.

ruin

fuftered.

Taylor

DESTRO'Y.

of being deilroyed

'Tcngttf.

[dejultorius, Lat.]

L'EJIrange.
Let but the lead trifle crofs his way, and his
takes
the
fcent, leaves
rltfultoriais fancy prefent'ty
the unfinished and half-m.mgleJ notion, and ikips
Nfrii.
away in purfuit of the new game.

Slak.

The caufe of deftruftion ; a deftroyer ;

a depopulator as a confuming plague.
The dtJlruSion that wafteth at noon-day.

To

dertroy,

We
We

n. f. [from ete/ti.'u/c.]
the ftate in which fomething is

ftate

we can apprehend

are converfant.

'Tii not for a dejulltry thought to

lewd courfe of life ; nor for any thing
pcrinducing of a virtuous habit upon a
to qualify an effectual converlion.

Sbakefp.
dejlnflkn,
When that which we immortal thought,
faw fo near defruS'im brought,
felt what you did then endure,
Walltr.
And tremble yet, as not fecurc.

DES TITU'TION.
wanted

maflacre.
to be that which we

we

7 "<(/

unfettled

conftant.

It"

Do

for liber;/, than fuch a favage

inhabitants.

thing

de-

doubtful joy.
dcjlruflion dwell in

murder

Drjfjtn,
of the love

nv U'ltiin covered with people, and the Campania

of Rome, which lies in the fame country, dtflitute
o/"

The

Even

find the regions dejltruie 01

Nothing can fcc a greater intt.ince

that

deStin'd w.iy

To

'Tis fafer

TKan by

)B'SULTORY.
)ESULTO'RIOUS.

[dcjlru3io, Latin.]

aft of deftroying; lubvcrfion;

Murder

z.

'

In want of.
Take the

/.

dtfuitade does contrail

Government ef the

n.f. [from drjlruc-

molition.

men,

3.

The

how

faculties, fo that

only thofc things wherein

Liablencfs to deftrudlion.

)tsTRXj'cTiON.

[dejtliutui, Latin.]

abandoned with of.

the true God of heaven, is

fee in ill things

and narrow our

adj. [ from dejiruo,

Liable to deftruftion.

Latin.]

DE'STITUTE.

We

Pofe.

^f/i.'.y,

nnl whate'er

in caufcs

with bjrbinfm and defuetuJt, from their (ormtr

Hale.
civility and knowledge.

juiltlefj too, this bright Je/lryir lives ;

the wound (he gives.

Yet,

To know,

D E T

To
1.

DETA'IN. v. a. [dethtco, Lat.]

To keep that which belongs to another.

Detain not the wages of the hireling ; for every

degree of detention of it, beyond the time, is injuflicc and uncharitablenefs.
Taykr.

2.

To

withhold

to keep back.
;
Thefe doings Sting him
So vcnomoufly, that burning Shame deta'mi him

From

his Cordelia.

Stabjfetrt.

He

made

him from

to detain

his

To

have mide ready

(hall

y^S">

a kiJ.

><>>'

there.

To

4.

Vrydir..

f. [from detain.'} "The

for holding one in cul-

tody.

DETA'INER.

He

[from detain.]

n.f.

by this method.

holds back any one's right

tains any thing.

jtidttifon.

from my glafs j
Kneller only fhews what Celia was.

that

Prior.

Sea

ffijeman.
fait

bodies,

preferves

through which

le:j,

from corruption ; and it detergrtb the vefand keeps the fluids from putrefadtion.

DETE'RCENT.

adj.

which cleanfes.
The food ought to

[from

deterge.

To DETE'CT.

To

1.

difcover

a.

i>.
;

worfe

[dcteflus, Lat.]

to find out any crime or

be nourifliing and ietrrgcnt.

's

no true lover

in the foreft

dcevery minute, and groaning every hour, would

Sbak.
tiil the lazy foot of time as well as a clock.
1
Th iugh mould hold my peace, yet thou

what

Wouldft
Z. To difcover in general.
eafily detcci

The
tionsof

utmoft

conceal.

Milton.

infinite ramifications

and inofcula-

may

eafily be

deieHed by glades.

DETE'CTER.
coverer

Ray.

difn.f. [from deleft.]

finds out what another

one that

defires to hide.
that this treafon were not
or
Oh, heavens
rot I the Jettfler.
Sbakrfffare.
!

Hypncrify has a fecret hatred of

that which will

by no means confift with a

conftant determination of will or defire to the greatLocke.
eft apparent good.

The

z.

They have
which
more.

tkn,

growing worfe.

The

thought a difcouragement unto

to advantage nature by
art j nor will the ill fuccefs of fome be made a
fufficicnt determent unto others. Broivn' ! l^ulg.Err.
Thefs are not all the determents that oppoled my

bring it to a teil

its deteficr

which

it

obeying yyu.

Brecon* t f^u/gar Errcurs,

About this matter, which fcems fn ealily determinable by Icnfe, accurate and fcbcr men widely

cannot

Decay of

DETE'CTION. n.f. [from

\

DETE'RMINATE.

To

dettl.~\

Difcovery of guilt or fraud, or any other

mine

fault.
Should I come to her witli any ?:!t[i'un in my
hand, 1 could drive her then from the ward of her
purity.

Sbakefpeare.
a fign of the true evangelical zeal, and
for
the
of
its
note
detiflkn
contrary : it (bould

That

is

abound more

in the mild and good-natured affections, than in the vehement and wrathful pafiions.

To make

That which uncontroulably

my honour
2. Confinement ;

Eftablilhed

Tt DETE'R. v,
tlifcourage

Decifive

3.

a.

[Jeterreo,

by terrour

and

Bac,n.

Lat.]

Ere

4.

never

y<:t

the tragick ftrain

aiTay'd,

maid.
Waller
Many and potent enemies tempt and dear u
our
from
duty ; yet our cafe is not hard, fo long as
we have a greater ftrength on our fide.

Iht.-rf'd by thy inimitable

Tilhtjon.
Beauty or unbecomingncfs are of more force to
ot deter imitation, than any difcourfes which
tJfl b- made to them.
Locke.

4rw

meun

5.

(hall

part of its extenlion; as, every pious

Waifs.
be l-appy.

determi-

To
I

DETE'RMINE.

<v.

a. [determine!, Fr.

deter mi no, Lat.]

fix ; to fettle.
.
Is it concluded he (hall be protestor ?
It is determined, not concluded yet ;
But f:i it muft be, if the king milcarry.

To

Sink

More

fejl'nn
particularly to determine the proper
for grammar, I do not fee hnw it can be made a

To

Sbaktfy.

conclude

Leila,

to fix ultimately.

that
Probability, in the nature of it, fuppofes
that
thing may or may not be fo, for any thing
other
the
on
yet appears, or is certainly determined,
a

difuf^d in a long peace,

rtcilful how to do.

determinate voyage

Brambjll againjl Hoblcs,

a limitation.

ftudy, but as an introduction to rhetorick.

more

dttcr-

Sidney.

Refolved.

My

juftly punifted-

They have rccourfc uto the great determinatcr

of virginity, conceptions, fertility, and the inl'cruBrawn,
table infirmities of the whole body.

2.

rcfolute,

men

is

DETERMINA'TOR. n. f. [from
who determines.
nate.'} One

of this bufinefs,

the bilhop, did require a refpite*

Fixed
Lilce

any thing.
1

man

Haktr.

a determinate refolution, he,

minjte to do, than

To

to frigh; from

&

It' the term added to make up the complex fubor conftantly belong to it,
jeft does not neceflarily
then it is deter ir.inative, and limits the fubjeft to a

conclufive.

I' t;i' p.'ogrefs

fpirits,

by rule

pointed by any determinate order.

reftraint.

detention of the
cunftipation of the tangible parts.

fettled

poiitive.
Scripture^ are rend bcfurc the time of divine
fen ice, <t;id without either choice or Hint ap;

which

individual afKon,

That which makes

2.

Sbakefpejrc.

This w,.rketh by

Locke.

directs to

cannot proceed from the fpecial influence and determinative power of a juft caufe.

all

of velocity wf/iui they row have, in proportion to

their diit.-j.'iccs from the fun, and to the quantity
of the folar matter.
Bentley.
2.

That

particular

the planets move about the fun in

circularorbs, there muft be given to each, by a detcrrfi' ..
thofe prefent particular degrees

to juf-

as finful in us,

adj. \dttrminaius 3 'L*-

in their application.

nat

Calamy*

certain end.

not in ufe.

DemonfVrat:ons in numbers, if they are not

more evident and exacl than in extension, yet
they are more general in their ufe, and titrcrmi-

How goes
Agiinft

much

nut i.~\
1.

to deter-

is

and lenity, and to the fpeedy determination of

Gulliver's Travels.
civil and criminal caufcs.
DETE'RMINATIVE. adj. [from determi-

a. {determiner,

to fix

Merchant of Venice,

Judicial decifion.
He confined the knowledge of governing

Settled; definite; determined.

anothe/.

And

i/.

Sbaktfftare's

proper afts of the intellect are intellelio:i,

tice

tin.]
1.

belongs to

the world, that I am thus encount'red

clam'rous claims of debt, of broken bonds,
the detention of long fiiKC due debts,

to terminate

DETE'RUIN ATE.

was wholly owing to the fyllogiflk.ii form. Lack;.

2. Diicovery of any thing hidden.
Not only the fea, but rivers and rains alfo, are
inftrumental to the dtte&kn of amber, and other
fofiils, by wartiing away the earth and dirt that
concealed them.
Woodward.

limit

The fly- flow hours fhall not determinate

The datelefs limit of thy dear exile. Sbiikcfycare,

SfrJtr.
Detcflan of the incoherence of loofe difcourfes

DETE'NTION. n. f. [from
1. The aft of keeping what

To

French.]

with their Jetemir.aand trouble you no-

pofiible.

3.

yie.

difagree.

fitly.

go home,

South,
Confult thy judgment, afficVions, and irclinav
tio:is, and make thy Jetertniratlon upon every paras
ticular; and be always as lulpicious of thyftlf

pafs.

to

fiie.
precipices itand their determinathnSon either

Hoylc.

Whather all plants have feeds, were mote eafily

dfterminab/f, if we could conclude concerning hartstongue, feme, and lome others.

me

acquainted

is

HaU'i Origin nf Mankir.d.

the
difputed by divinei, concerning
power of man's will to good and evil in the ftate
of innocence ; and upon very nice and dangerous
It

which endeavour

DETC'RMIN ABLE. adj. [from dettrmine^\

That which may be certainly decided.

conclusion

deliberation, and determination or decifion.

will not be

fpirits,

refuh of deliberation
refolution taken.
;

formed

the feveral forts of veflels

all

ufed.
This

{from determi-

that remiflhefs can

n.f. [from dcter.~\ Caufe

of difcouragement ; that by which one
is deterred.
A good word, but not now

elfe fighing

f,

Abfolute direction to a certain end.

When, we voluntarily wafte much of our lives,

DETE'RMENT.

artifice.

There

the ftate of

Tilkifon.
.

nate. ]
i.

That

"\

Arbutbr.Qt.

all forts

think of them.

[)ETERMIN A'TION.

paffeth,

DE TF.RIORA'TION. n.f. [from deler'.or^

The aft of making any thing
La:.]

upon

truth and exiftence of things is already fixed and

alfcttlod, and that the principles of religion are
ready either dtterm'injteiy true or falfe, before you

it

injurious perfons; the facrilegious, the detainers of

tithes, and cheaters of men's inheritances. Taylor.

lies

Certainly ; unchangeably.
Think thus with yourliives, that you have not
the making of things true or falfe ; but that the

ConliJer the part and habit of body, and add or

diminifli your fimples as you delign to dt'srgc or

of

Judge of the obligation that

2.

v. a. [Jeterge, Lat.] To
to purge any part from

cleanfe a fore ;
feculence or obftruclions.

he that de-

In thofe errors they are fo dettrminalefy fettled,

that they pay unto fallity the whole fum of" whatHt/tjker,
focver love is owing unto God's truth.

me

face deters

incarn.

hold in cuftody.

DETA'INDER. n.
name of a writ

not be deterred from correfpon<3-

DETE'RGE.

To

'5-

Had Orpheus fung it in the nether fphere,

S-) much the hymn had plcas'd the tyrant's ear,
The wife had bten detain'd to keep her hulband

me

own

My
And

departure.

Let us<&fcfftheethtilwe

may

ladies

with

ing-

SrKtr.e.

country.
reftrain fror

3.

The

defcribed the pafiion of Calypfo, *id the

indecent advances (he

D E T

D E T

D E T
He hs

U mere

extravagancy.

South*
Milton's fubjeft was ftill greater than Homer's
or Virgil's : it does not determine the fate of fingle
perfons or nation ,, but ot a whole fuecies.
lidc.

Sbakefpearc.

DF.TE'R

MIN ATELY.

adv.

[from determi-

Defti uclion hangs on every word we fpeak,

every thought, till the concluding ftroke

On

nate.}
i.

Refolutely
Th>
full of

with fixed refolve.

y.d the king's commandment,

racing agonies, and determinaiefy bent thxt

ail loving mCAU* Co win itlm:ni

Oie would luck

Determines

3.

all,

To bound

and

clofes

our dcfign..

MJifon*

to confine.
The knowledge of men hitherto hath been ilettrminirl by the view or fight ; fo that whatlbcvcr is
itwiliblc, cither in refpeit of this fincnefs of the
;

bodjf.

DET

DET
y itfelf, ot the fmallnefs of thf psrff, or of the
fubiiity of the

motion,

Baton.
enquired.
Tb< prtndpiura individuitionit it extttaM* itfclt, which dtier*.ir.,i a
bi'ing of any fo.t to a partuular time and place, incommunicable to two bemjj of tlir fune kind.
Locke.

No

tfcus ttttermmts their

is

prolpeft

view

at a

diiUnce, but a new

opened.

them

differences one

To

5.

is

really

the captives

equally determine.

hunger

him uneafy,

;<d to

unejfmefs of hunger and third,

ttrmimd to eating and
drinking.
6.
refolve.

ful

ther to fliy David.

To

7.

prefcntly

Locke.

fided of Chridians, to
tejlable than eftufion of

to determine this cither

To

8.

put an end to

Now where

is

Till ficknefs hath determ'm'd

1o DETE'R MI NE.

To

i.

conclude

;
abominably ; odioufly.
dands here digmatized by the apoit.c as a
temper of mind rendering men fo dcteflakly bad,
that the great enemy of mankind neither can nor

Eve

now

To

z.

fettle

It is
ry

end

opinion.
(Tiall

to

the matter in hand which

determine of it.
Locke.

come

to

All plc:ifure fprinjing from a gratified

parlion,
KS molt if the phafure of fin does, muft needs determine with that paffion.
South.

a decifion.
She foon (hall know of us
honourably and how kindly we

for

new

Itate,

many

and forms

make way

times,

and often determine

refolve concerning

Now,

to deliver

DETERR A'TION.

n. f. [de

and

we

aic

t'.x

La-

from the

hills

and higher gro; nd<.

DETE'RSION. n.f. [from tietcrgo, Latin.]

The ad of cleanfmg a fore.
1 cndr.n
not be difchargeJ.
i

DETE'RSIVE.
ing

mixture of

.,

but ths matter could

adj. [from detergt,]

the power to cleanfe.

Wifeman.

Hav-

A writ

n.f. \detono,

Coii-ell.

Lat] Some-

forcible than the

falts

ordinary

in calcination

as in

ferment with violence, as oil of turpentine with oil of

vitriol, refembling theexplofion of gunpowder.
>uincy.

valleys

the going off of the pulvis or aurum

It is alfo ufed
fulminans, or the like.
for that noife which happens
upon the

Sbakeffeare.

dutrrtr, French.] Difcovery of any

thing by removal of the earth that hides
it ; the aft of unburying.
This concerns the railing of new mountains,
Jeterrationi, or the devolution of earth down upon
tin

French

them again.

crackling of

met

terra,

a. [tietrontr,

n.f. [detettue, French.]

what more

new

fluids that

not to be cad on the nitre, till

the detonation occafioncd by the former be cither
quite or almnft altogether ended ; unlcfs it chance
that the pufiing matter do blow the coal too foon
out of the crucible.
Boyle.

To

coal

is

DE'TONIZE. 11. a. [from detono,

To calcine with detonation.
tin.]

La-

chemical term.
Nineteen parts in twenty of detonixed nitre is
jjrimtnot en Air.

destroyed in cijhtcen days.

Bacon.

dor.

No

envy can dctraft from

this

it will

grow whiter the lunger

hiftory, and, like Iwans,

endures.

2.

To

(hine in
it

Dryden,

take away

to withdraw.

the largeneis ot' the cornices they hinder both

the light within, and likcwitc diirail much t'rom
the view of the front without.
Wotion*

By

multitude of partners does detrafl nothing

iharc, nor does the publicknefs

from each private

of

it lefl'en

propriety in

DETRA'CTER.

it.

Boyle.

detrafl.

[from

n.f.

"\

One

that takes

away another's reputation ;

one that impairs the honour of another
injurioufly.
1 am
right glad to be thus fatisfied, in that I
yet was never able till now to choice the mouth of
fuch dftraUers with the certain knowledge of their
flandcrous untruths.
Sfenfer an Ireland,
Whether we are fo entirely fure of their loyalty
upon the prefent foot of government, as you may

make

a qucdion.
Swift*

Away the fair detraffer jwenr,

And gave by turns their cenfures vent. Swift.
DET R A'CTION. n.f. [detraftio, Latin ; 4ttraffion,

French.]

Detrafiion, in the native importance of the word ,

the withdrawing or taking oft" from a
thing j and, as it is applied to the reputation, it

denotes the impairing or IciTcning a man in

point
of fame, rendering him lefs valued and eftecmed
by others, which is the final aim of dctraRion.
I

put myfelf to thy direction, and

dctratlion ; here abjure

Unfpeak mine own

and

DETONA'TION.

any thing.

noble peers, the ciul'c why

of ths coronation.

Is to dftermir.e

-v.

that

that lies againlt him, who, having goods

or chattels delivered him to keep, refufes

either fetting up fome tyranny at home, or

bringing in fome conqueft from abroad.
Temple.

To

Siuift.

One

tbronus, Latin.] To diveft of regality ; to throw down from the throne ;

to deprive of regal dignity.

de

in

6.

DETHRO'NE.

To

Statefffare.

inftitutions

cxprefs

n.f. [from dttefl.]

hates or abhors.

end confequentially.

Revolutions of

but of

Fer vice in all its glitt'nng drefs.

Swift.
love of God will infpire us with a dctejlaas
what
is of all
mod
fin,
things
contrary
for

DETI'NUE.

Dettnr.:xe for her.

To

to his divine nature.

To make

How
5.

ti'.n

alliftants in private, but not trailed

manage the affairs in publick ; Cor ttiit would
detraC! from the htnour of the principal ambalTa-

frgnifics

DETE'STER.

an end.

They were apprehended, and, after conviction,

the danger determined by their deaths.
Hay-ward.

4.

Sidney.

fometimes ufed with for

Our

indifferent to

the learned

To

3.

is

feems more proper.

The dtttjtatien you

expeft great tidings, which perhaps

Of' us will foon Jetamixe, ur
impufe
New laws to be obfeiv'd.
Atiliia.
!

than pity.

It

Tbofewen

to

imagine, their dctraliers

only did misfortune make her fee what

had done, efpecially finding in us rather delcjta-

tion

2.

fien.

deleft,}

Then

conclu-

final

South.

worfe.

n.f. [from

Hatred; abhorrence; abomination.

1.

Sbakcffcarc.

flie

form a

make them

defires to

DETESTA'TION.

<y. n.

to

me

more de~

It

Locke.

to deltroy.
he, that will not day fo long
;

nothing

is

Hatefully

to beg

is

way,

the queftion for or againd a vacuum.

i/.. [detradum, Latin;

detrader, French.]
To derogate ; to take away by envy,
calumny, or cenfure, any thing from
the reputation of another
with/row.

The

human blood. Hayivard.

adv. [from deteftable.]

DETE'STABLY.

decide.

whom

DrytUn*

DETRA'CT.

abhorred; abominable; odious.

do not a(k whether hodies fo exid, that the

motion of one cannot be without the motion of
:

SbakeJ^eare.

Mod

another

bafencfs.

Beguil'd, divorc'd, wrong'd, fpighted, (lain

death.
Sbakeffeart.
detejlib'e
He delired him to confider that both armies con-

de-

was determined of his fai Sjm. xx.

33.

it

1.

Who dares think one thing, and another tell,

My heart dciejii him as the gates of hell. Pcfe.
DETE'STABLE. adj. [from deleft.'} Hate-

To

that

was deadly made,

South.

he, whole will was never deany purfuit of good -hcer, is, by the

Jonathan knew

for he

preferred did

life

Stateffeare.

man may fufpend the aft of his choice from

being determined for or againfl the thing propofed,
til! lie has examined it.
Locke,
As foon as the Itudious man's
and third
rnr.kcs

thereto the ever-damned bead

that

my

(Iruftion of the civil government.

To

There is that naturally in the heart of man

which abhors fin as fin, and confequently would
make him deleft it both in himfelf and others no.

We

all

Deleft

the oppotit.es of this

day's ftrife ;
do require them of
you, fo to ufe them
.As we (hall find their merits and our
fafety

Way

To

v.a. \deteftor, Latin.]

abhor ; to abominate.

deleft. Fairy Stitea.

Glory grows guiity of detcjied crimes,
When for fame's fake, forpraife, an outward part,
We bi'nd to that the working of the heart. Sbak.
I've iiv d in fuch dishonour, that the gods

Locke.

You .have

to

Durrt not approach

influence the choice.

Who were

bility in t!i? private fpirit, and have ditorted texts

of fcripture to the fedition, didurbancc, and de-

Nigh

from another, which

of Jet tr quit,

painful fordid ulcers, if not timely relieved

and knicnts.
Wijentan.

frequently fee fimp'.e ulcers afflicted with

hate

And

a. [Jtttrtur,

humours, which corrode them, and render

TiDETE'ST.

to define.

11.

To

Latin.]

bfditarjfaftt

thj: lus fettled in his mind<.VriTW ideas,

with names affixed to them, will be able todifcern
tlirir

To DETO'RT.

wreft from the

original import, meaning, or defign.
They have affuincd what amounts to an iiif.illU

We

fliarp

Hi.-

diiVmpuiihing.

that

his the power of cleanfmg wounds.

Atterbury.

to limit;

Toadjuft;

4.

DETE'RSIVB. n.f. An application

is little

footer have they climbed that hill, which

D E T

The

taints and blames I laid upon

myfelf,
For ftrangers to rcy nature.
Sbakefpeare.
Fame, that her high birth to raile
Seem'd erft fo lavi/h and prot'ufe,

We

may

juftly

Of detrtfiion

now

accufe

from her

prarfe.

Milton.

If detraction could invite us, difcrction

furely
would contain us from any detogatoiy intention.

Rrman.

To put
vain men,

a flop to
I

the infults and delraclimi of

refolved to enter into the examination.

Woodward.

To

confider an author as the fuhjefl of

obloquy
and detraction, xve may oblerve with wh:it pleafure
a work is received by the invidious
of
manpart
kind, in which a writer falls fhort of himf.-If.

Addtfon.

DETRA'CTORY.
famatory by

adj. [from detrafl.'] Dedenial of defcrt ;

deroga-

Sometimes with

tory.
This

to,

properly from.

not only derogatory unto the wildom of

God, who hath propofed the world unto our knowledge, and thereby the notion of himfelf j but alfo
dctraltory unto the intellect and fenfe of man, exis

prcfTedly difpofsd for that inquilition.

Brcwn.

In mentioning the joys of heaven, I ufe the

prefiions

rind lefs

The

ejc-

daraflory from a theme above

our praifes.

Byte.

from a great man the

reputation that jultly belongs to"him. Arbutbnot.
dtirailory lye takes

DETRA'CTRESS.
cenforious

a.

/".

[from

detract.}

woman.
If

D E

DETRIMENT.

/.

Add l-r..
La\detrimtntum,
mifchief; dimi-

(pace

tr'anent

Declivity

and
'"

_.

Self-loft.

Ho

be neglected

Then of

His fword, his

bum

DEVE'X.

detrimental

place.
Such

as are

men may,

L 'cke

hearts.

Ibomjon.

DETRU'NCATE. v. a.
To

tin.]

lop

to cut

[detrunco,

to fhorten

La-

by de-

parts.
privation of
'

The aa bf thrufting
From
fide,

of the waters towards the

towards the pole muft be much mKeil tgoinft Surr.et.

creafed.

fome

faint

meaning make pretence,

to err

havock

defolation

Latin.]
deftruc-

'.

to fin

And

That

flood

Offence
Worthy

3.

letters, or

in the days

DEUCE,

Two

I.

[deux, French.]
a word ufed in games.

n.f.
:

YOU are a gentleman and a gtimefier then, I

am furc, you know how much the grofs fum of
;

deuce ace

a.

The

amounts

devil.

to.

SeeDEuss.

Sbakijftere,

Forgrief thereof, and

devilijh defpight,
From his infernal furnace forth he threw
all theheaven's light,
dimmed
that
Huge flames,
Entoli'd in dulkifli (nuke and brimitone blue.
.

Spenjer.

He trains his dcviijh engin'ry, invpal'd

On ev'ry fide with (hadowy fquadrons deep. Milt.
2. Having communication with the devil.
The duchefs, by his fubornation,
Upon my life began her devifijb practices. S^aJ.

An epithet of abhorrence
A Jewili/b.knave bcfidcs, the

into a

devifa,

contrivance

This

FalftarT at that

He

intended it
intcreft, and keep

2.

is

defign

ftall

meet with

us.

Sba/tefpcare.
a politick Jevict to k-ffcn their
them low in the world. Atterb.

a fcheme formed; projea

fpeculation
Touching the exchange of laws

in practice with

laws in device, which they fay are better

ftate of the church, if they might take place ; the
farther we examine them, the gre.iter caufe we find
to conclude, although we continue the fame we
Hooter
are, the harm is not great.
i

His device

is

ag-iiaft

knaie

is

Babylon, to dcftroy

it.

J.n

li.

hand-

thofe requ'.fites are in

him that delight.

Sbakej'piarc.in a ludicrous fenfe.
Exceflive
:

Thy

hair and beaid are of a different dye,

If thou art honeft, th >u

our deviif,

oak

all

With

a ftratagem.

or contempt.

Short of a foot, dSftorted of an eye ;

all th' fe tokens of a knave complete,

Italian.]
1.

fome, young, and bly th

Cbri/a.

French

'/he

Sidney.

heart.

er-

deviation, will endeavour inftantly to recover their

that they may not bring error into
loft

famine reigns.
Garth.

of Ogyges, and that which drowned Thefialy in

Deucalion's time, made cruel havock and
Wwdiaard.
tati'M among them.

becaufc

Holder.

[dtvife,

Gynecia miftrufted greatly Cecropia,

had heard much of the dc-vilijb wickednefs of her

by confufion of

obliquity of conduft.
perfons, if inadvertently drawn

he.

A Praveri,

deftrudtive.

to offend.

monk was

well, the devil*

adj. [from devil.']

Partaking of the qualities of the devil ;
mifchievous ;
malicious;.
diabolical;

warrior gains,

which overflowed Attica

of fingle characters, of
them.

That
the

rough
dcvajlation
farmers fatten moft when

Having once furveyed the true and proper natural alphabet, we may fafily difcover the deviations
r
_1I -1. _ -1_L_1__-- :_ ..*_
_:.!._
from it, in all the alphabets in ufe, either by defect

tion.

By

DE'VI LI5H

ronr ; wandering.
Thefe bodies constantly move round in the fjme
tracks, without making the lead deviathn. Cheyne.
2. Variation from edablifhed rule.

dation.

Wade

The devil was

To goaftray

\_devajla,

verbial fenfe.

Befides places which may deviate from tbe fenfe

of the author, it would be kind to obfcrve any deficiencies in the diction.
Pope

ground,
DSTURBA'TION. n. f. [deturto, Latin.]
habit.
down
aft
of
The
degrada- DEVI'CE.
throwing
n.f.
Di8.

DF.VASTA'TION. n.f.

5.

all phyfical and moral ill ?

There nature deviate!, and here wanders will. Pope.

or forcing down.

this detrufan

the parts

reft to

deviates into fenfe.

Dryden.
Pegafus, a nearer way to take,
boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.

aft of

kind of expletive, expreffing wonder

The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare;

But wonder how the devil they got there
Pope.
kind of ludicrous negative in an ad-

Thus

lopping or cutting.
DETRU'SION.//./. [from del rufio, Latin.]

The

woman.

or vexation.

DEVI A'TION. n.f. [from deviate.]

1. The aft of quitting the right way

the vernal fun awakes

detruded to the root

The torpid fap,

By wintry winds.

4.

But Shadwell never

2.

or

See thyfelf, devil :

f irmity feems not in the fiend

via decedere,

wander from the right or common

way.
The

At thy-command

To

[de

bold one, that dare look on that

Sbakffpeare.
appal the devil.

as in woman.
Sbakefpeetr,
ludicrous term for mifchief.
A war of profit mitigates the evil ;
Tut .obetax'd, and beaten, is the divil. GranviUi

declivity.
n.

fpiri-

3.

May
What makes

to hell,

Either for flume they ftill themfehesret.re,

clofe pnfon dwell.
Or, tied in chains, they in
Davtei.
of opinion, that the fouls of
Philofophers are
for their mifcarriages, be detruded

be bodies of

To

1.

[detrudo, Latin.]
f rce into a lower

detruded down

Proper df
So horrid

man

and

A wicked man

2.

Latin.]

La-

DETRU'DE. -a. a.
To thruft down ; t

Are you

[devexus, Latin.] Benddeclivous ; incurvated down-

tion downwards ;
To DE'VI ATE. v.

DETRI'TION. n.f. [dettro, detritus,

aa of weariog away. D:3.
tin.] The

fallen angel ; the tempter

tual enemy of mankind.

Ay, and
Which might

DEVE'XITY.B./. [from devex.] Incurva-

which are
Obftinacy in prejudices,
be m.ftuken for virto our country, ought not to
of mind.
Addijtm.
tuous refolution and firmnefs

To

1.

be-

eochantingly

Slakejpearc.

adj.

ing down;
wards.

as the titles which are beber none fo remarkable

thefe arc never
:
ftowed by the emperor of China
dead.
till the fubjcct is
given to any fubjeft

all fjrts

n. f. [biopul, Saxon ; diabalus,

It were more properly written

Latin.

away any thing

To

which are neither

honorary rewards,
1 rememnor detrimental to the donor,

Addijtm*

loved.

DE'VIL.

and nations, which do forfeit and devejl all right

Bacon.
and title in a nation to government >
bad.
from
free
thing
any
3.
Come on, thou little inmate of this breaft,
Which for thy fake from paflions I devift. Prior.

all

fhields.

genius.

of noble device, of

divel.

AUiftm.

let

H^'s gentle; never fchooled, and yet learned

crefts.

are thofe breaches of the law of nature

What

DETRIMENTAL. adj. [from detriment.}

lofs.
Mifchievcus; harmful; caufing
dangerous

to take

annul;

good.

take in tie Specthe ufual number, and they may

their private arrairs.
tator without darimnt to

Amon

To

2.

Invention
full

Denbam.

whole myltery.
Evelyn t Kalendar.
but a candle a night lefs than

intend to

by devices on their
4.

devejis,

he tikes, and plumed

ihield,

whi en istne

detriment to this

Let a family

arms Androgeus he

his

be feen.

Prior.
the world fee what party they
are of, by figures and defigns upon thefe fans ; as
the knights- errant ufed to dHtinguift thcmfelves

Latin.]
to deprive of clothes.

ftrip

(hall there

parent of her mirth,

They

Friends all but now,

In quarter and in terms like bride and groom
Sbatefpeare.
Dcvcjllng them for bed.

,,
th affairs ot h
If vour joint pow'r prevail,
and be ftrong. MUtm.
detriment need fear ; go,
to be done
There often fall out fo many things
mull of neceffity
on the fudden, that forr.e of them

that whole year,

veftis,

To

And

n.f. [devergentia, Lat.]

Di<3.
declination.
v. a. [devefter, French; de

ToDEVE'sT.
1.

That^nmo./,iffuchitbe,tolofe

g,nKli

man.

DEVE'RGENCE.

tixker.

unto religion.
I can repair

for

film to devtl^f, if you can,

the block off, aud get out the

Ditnciad.

muft be for one Chriftian church to

held for
all had received and
abolifh that which
<fcof many ages, and that Without any
the
it

Difficult

The emblem on a fhield ; the enfign

armorial of a nation or family.
Then change we (hieldr, and their device; bear;
Drjd.
Let fraud fupply the wantof force in war.
Hibernians haip, device of her command,

3.

Take

And hew

Lofs; damage;
nution ; harm.

tin.]

There are many devices in a man's heart j rr*(land.

verthelefs the counfe! of the Lord (hall
Prcv. xix. 21.

To DEVE'LOP. v. a. [developer, French.]

jo difeiigage from fomething that ento difentangle ; to
folds and conceals
clear from its covering.

unIf anylhall detract from a lady's character,

(hall be forth_________
fhe be
abfent,' the faid <fctff;'j
fs ...lefs
to the loweft place of the room.

withordered

D E V

D E V

TJ

'rt

a dcvilijb cheat.

Ad

'

DE'VILISHLY. adi). [from dev ilijb."\ In a.

manner fuiting the devil diabolically.
;

Thofe trumpeteM threatened them with continual alarmiof damnation, if they did not vcntur*
in that which wickedly and
life, fortune, and all,
called the caufe of (Jod.
drvilijhly thofe impoftors
South*

DE'VII-KIN.

n. f.

[from

devil.

devil.']

little

Clui-i/a.

DE'VIOUS. adj. \_Jcviits, Latin.]

I. Out of the common track.
Creufi kept behind
by choid! we ftray
cv'ry dark iiad ev'ry dc-viau w.iy. D^jii.
:

J I

Through

In this minute devious fukjcft, I have been neceflitatrd to explain in) Iclf in more words than may

DEVI'SOUR. n.f. He
See DEVISE.

Wandering

roving

DE'VITABLE.

rambling.

Erring; going allray from rectitude.

One devious fti-p, at firft letting out, frequently

3.

leads a perfon into a wildcrnefs of doubt and error.

DEVITA'TION. n. /
The aft of efcaping
DEVO'ID.

idly vagrant

DEVTSE.
of

When

vent

-,

to

His warlike mind, his foul dcvoidof fear,

His high defigning thoughts were figur'd there,
As when, by magick, ghofts are mde appear.

We Tyrians
Nor

(hall aiifo.

plan; to fcheme.

Behold

frame

evil againft

device againft you.

To DEVI'SE.

11.

To

n.

DEVO'IR.

you, and devife a

Jer. xiii. 1 1.

confider

To

2.

to rear,
Jid o/'jny and jolfi*/ tUvife,
He;fclf tocheriihand her gucil to c hear.

Am
1

fafe ye feized

have the (horc,

well arrived are, high God be bleft,

Let us devife of cafe and evcrlafting reft, fcsry

him

kingdom cf

the Ivfama-

their utmoft devoir and fcr-

her good laJy twice a-day.

i/.

a.

Pofe.

[devolve, Latin.]

lifc-defcrted fand.

the

Upon

devolved the care and ilifpufition of

all affairs

now

in

The whole power, at home and abroad, wai

devolved upon that family.
S-uiift,
The matter which devolves from the hills down
does not confidcrably
lower
the
grounds,
upon
Woadiotird,
raile and augment them.

only to the dcvifour, by this ait are diftributed into many parts.
Cttvell.

The

alienit'on

ap-t -c-ta:n

made by

is

ol
only,, and the third part

devife in a laJt will

thcfc profits is there

dem<ndib!.

To DEVO'LVE. v.
1. To roll down.

3. Contrivance. See

did lofe

omitted nothing needful to his purnnr left his intention to be accomplifhcd by

pofe,
Hooker.
our devifts.

To DEVI'S E. v.
grant by will.
DEVISEE', n. f.

to

whom

feiturc

bequeathed by will.
n. f. [from tfevi/e.]
triver; an inventor.

if I fay

they are daily

fiderr

con-

mocked

into

Brciun.
errour by dcwfert.
The authors of ufcful inntions, the dcvifm ol
who'rl.vne b.vs, a wcie the phil lophcrs of ancient time., were honoured at the fathers anil proCrew.
phets of their country.

n. f.

[Je-velutio,

Latin.]

new mountains,
down upon

deterrations, or
the valleys from

will fall

How

on a fudden

now

to

loir,

death devote

f. [from devote.} Ths

being devoted or dedicated ;

of

confccration ; addiftednefs.
Whatever may fall from my pen

to

vantage, relates to her but as (he was, or

be, an
love.

her difau-

may

again

obftacle to your devotidncft to leraphick

Bylt.

The owning

of our obliga'.ion unto virtue,

nji uuto God,

that

may

to fay, a dn'oirdfo as to act according to his will.

be ftyled natural religion

is

DEVO'TION.
df-votio,
1 .

2.

from hand

DEVORA'TION. n.f. [from

The adl of devouring.

The

One

[devot, French.]

[Jewtiou, French;

/.

Latin.]

ftate

of being confecrated or dedi-

Diel.

v. a. [dewvco, dcvotus,

rim"

devoutnefs.

warlike brother on the ftras

Hi- waving itrcamers to the winds difplays,
And vows for his return with vain dcvaicn P^ys-

to hand.

de-voro, Lat.]

Piety; afts of religion

Mi

Woodward.
fucccfllve

n. /.

erroneoully or iupcrilitioufly religious

a bigot.

under ourcon-

junldicViun excrcifcd in thofe courts is derived from the crown of England, and the lilt
Hale
devolution is to the king by way of appeal.

Latin.]

For devoted.

adj.

cated.

DKVO'TE.

the wrath

D'yJeit*

ftate

of Piety

The

To

fly
leit

the flues, the feathcr'd

DEVO'TE D NESS.

down.

and high grounds,

Removal

2.

Being divided from truth in themfclvn, they

arc yet farther removed by advcnient deception ;
it is,

railing of

the hills

their right

rolling

The

Milton,

new hands.

fpiritual blcllings,
to temporal, yet that lor-

the devumi'.n of earth

fomething

de-

to

Grew.

muft devolve only to the fuprcme Lord.

doom

through

hifiing

DEVOTEE',

Dnjy

is

Dtvi'sER.

all

to

n.

in fucceflion into

To DEVOIU'TION.
The adl of

[from the noun.]

A law term.

a.

He

fall

tents devoted

Dcfac'd, deflowcr'd, and

Suppofing people, by wanting

DEVICE.

God hath

for true

To

2.

Locke.

to execrate

deaths were dealt.

DEVO'TE.

authority

properly attributed, in our cornmen law, to him that bequeaths his goods by his
la.t will or teftamentin writing; ar.d the rcafon is

ill.

Let her, like me, of ev'ry joy forlorn,

Devote the hour when fuch a wretch was born ;
R.ii'c.
Like me to dcferts and to darknefs run.

Bccaufe they found to i much

a multitude of ftjtefmcn, they devolved their whole
into the hands: of the council of fixt;

is

curfe

When,

confuiion in luch

will.

bccaufe thofe that

To

T.ntf.'e.

to

up

ftruftion.

Tbanfin.

from one hand to another.

duke of Ormond the king had wholly

Ireland.

to give

again the

To move

2.

addift

Tiie Romans having once debauched their fenfct

with the plealures of other nations, they Jevattl
themfelves unto all wickednefs.
Crist'.

Thro' fptcndid kingdoms he devolves his maze,

wanders wild through foiitary tracts

Of

To

Impendent, raging into fudden flame,

M':!tng.
DHlinguifh not.
To deltruftion facred, and devote,
Milf.r.,
He with his whole polterity muft die.
Goddefs of maids, and confcious of our lu-aits,
So keep me from the vengeance of thy darts,
Which Niobe's devoted iflue felt,

Knolles.

llattcrs

extreme

to forrow's dire

cay icflccTion and the midnight dream. Fepe*

Thofe wicked

Now

Dtvi'sE. n.f. [Jevije,a. will, old French.]

The al of giving or bequeathing by
I
This word

The

DEVO'LVE.
To roll down.

To

^.

Slice we aie fo far entered, let us, I pray you,

a little device of thofe evils by which that country
is held in this wretched cafe, that it cannot, as
Sfenfir'i Ireland.
you fay, be recured.
ufe him when he comes,
D>vije but how you'll
him
t'>
thither.
Sbak.
and l',:t us two dtvife
bring

Alike devote

5.

civility or obfequioufnefs.
Gentlemen, who do not deli n to many, yet pay
their devoirs to one particular fair.
S^e;ia:w.
Aukward and fupple, each devoir to pay,

1.

And

Decay cf Pietf*

Ah why, Penelope, this caufelefs fear,

To render lleep's loft blemngs infincere?

Dryden.

Act of

She

Fairy S^ueen.

how

of fenfe,

vicr.

anciently with of.

Hrr merry tit Ihc Irelhly 'gan

fith

rcltore

To

3.

4.

n.f. [devoir, French.]

fenfe now not ufed.

lukes, he offered

to con-

trive; to lay plans; to form fchemes

But

Service.

1.

are not fo devoid

remote from Phccbus' influence.

fo

they mould be well aiTurcd of a

Waitu
and Itrong constitution of body.
condemn ; to refign to ill.
Aliens were dcvatd to their rapine and defpight.

felves to fcicncc,
folid

Drjdcn.

Peactam.

S/ackntore.

To

2.

>.

generally opinioned.
Glanville.

checks,

be an outcalt quite abjur'd.

Sialrffcsr.-,
If perfons of this make (hould ever diwte them-

they

is

moral difcipline,

As Ovid

of this chariot will (till be eafier as

afcends higher, till at length it (hall become utwhen the lead ftrength will
terly devoid of gravity,
be able to beftow upon it a fwift motion.
Wilkias'l Math. Magict.

fons of art, one curious piece devife,

conltrudu:e motion

be no (loicks, nor no Hocks, I pray

fo dcvc'.t to Arillotle's

The motion

by

From whole

's

Or

it

f five thoufand buihels of grain, and Jevift thofe

lare engine; which (hot fmall (tones at hand, but
off.

heed,

and dimcnfion,
with proper locality,

Whether they, at their firft coming into the

land, or afterwards, by trading with other nations
which had letters, learned them of them, or diis very doubtful.
v.jtd them among themfelves,
Inland.
Sferjer's State of
his (kill draw after him the weight
He could

Ye

virtue, and this

Let

That the

thought.

jreat ones afar

addift ; as to a feft, or ftudy.

While we do admire

This

fairy
lightly leaped without
foul and angels are devoid of quantity
have nothing to do
and that

Upon him

to in-

out by

ftrike

To

2.

place devoid,

Without any thing, whether good or

evil ; free from ; in want of.
He flung it from him, and devoid of dread

[Jevijer, French, as
to look about. Skinner.,]

to excogitate

French.]

awoke and found her

appro-

iw.xxvii.au
or redeemed.
What black magician conjures up this fiend,
?
deeds
charitable
To flop devoltd
Hbakeffeari.
Thjy, impious, dar'd to prey
On herds devoted to the god of day.
Poft*

DiS.

void.

to

No devoted thing that a man (hall Jevcie unto

the Lord, of all that he hath, both of man and
(hall be fold
beaft, and of the field of his poflcmon,

Latin.]
avoidable.

or avoiding.

dedicate; to confecratc

vow.
priate by

but urcfled giafs where (he had lyen,

Fairy ^.
forrow'd all fo much as carft 1 joy'd.

2.

erwng from the way.

contrive; to form by art;

vacant

To

1.

And nought

v. a.

dc-vij'are,

To

1.

will.

[Jtvitatio, Latin.]

[-vuidi,

adj.

Empty

Clarifi.

Some lower mufc, perhaps, who lightly treads

The dtv'uus paths where wanton fancy leads. Rnue.
4. It is uled likewife of perfons. Roving ;

To

by

adj. [devitabilis,

be avoided

Poflible to

Every mulr,
every blooming pleafurc, wait without
.t.lrls the wildly devious morning walk. Ttemf.

And
'1

that gives

Haider.

Item nuedful.
z.

D E V

D E V

DE V

'i

h;-r

Dr^dcn.
3.

An

aft

of external worfhip.

Religious minds are inflamed with the love of

JlW.i .
publick dtifotion.
For as 1 pafieil by and beheld your dev^ti<.i;. !
found an altar with this infcription, To the un-

known God.
In vain doth

Adi,

man

If his dtwtuns he to

the

name of

God

xvii.

23.

jnft expect,

Dm i-jm.

neglect.

4.

Prayer;

How

of devotion.
Prayer; expreffion

4.

Our

An

ageuVholy man,
n gh' faid his devotion,
No other worldly bu.inefs did apply. Fairy guttn.
Your dtvothn'hzs its opportunity : we mud prayat cert-iin times.
Sfra::.
always, but chiefly

That day and

The

c.

of the mind under a ftrong

dependance upon God

voutnefs

caught the lead iniecVion.

fvvallow up ; to annihilate.
.

He

Glance on the dor.e where our cold reliques lie,

Divofifn't felt (hall lteil a thought from heav'n,
One human tear (hall drrp, and be forgiv'n. Pope.

may

b: confiJered either as an exercifc

of publick or private prayers at fet times and oca date and

cafions, or as a temper or the mind,
which is rightly aff6ted
difpofuion of the heart,
Law on Cbriji's Perf,{i'K n.
with fuch exercifes.

An

6,

fo

fad

Death (talks behind thee, and each flying hour

Ones fome loofe remnant of thy life demur. Diyd.
..

To

enjoy with avidity.

Longing they look, and gaping at the fight,
Devour her o'er and o'er with valt delight. Dryd.
n.f. [from devour.] A confumer; he that cevours; he that preys

)EVO'URER.
upon.

Rome is but a wildernefs of tygers ;

Tygers mud prey, and Rome affords no prey
But me and mine : how happy art thou, then,
From

thefe devourers to be bani filed! Xbakeffearc.

Since thofe leviathans are withdrawn, the leffer
divourers fupply their place : fraud fucceeds to vio-

Dtcay of PiLty.
Carp and tench do bed together, all other fiih

the like lie-vc-tion as yourfelves,

gratulatc the gentle princes there.

Staktff.

ardent love ; fuch as

7. Strong affeclion ;
makes the lover the fole property of the
perfon loved.
nppofite

DEVO'UT.

I tender not thy beauteuus princely daughter.

Sbatejftare.
He had a particular reverence for the perfon ct
the king, and the more extraordinary devotion fo r
be
that of the prince, as he had had the honour
Clarendon.
trufted with his education.

8. Earneftnefs

our neighbour.

For

with foul devout, he thank'd the god

fuccefs Iccurc, return'd to his abode.

this,

feeks their hate with greater devotion than

it him
and leaves nothing un;

Expreffive of devotion or piety.

Anon dry ground appears, and from his ark

The ancient lire dcfcends with all his tr.iin
Then with uplifted hands, and eyes divout,
Grateful to heav'n.

Milton

they can render

done that may

fully discover

him

9. Difpofal ; power ; ftate of dependance

on any one.
Arundel cjftlc would ke-p that rich corner o:
Clarendon.

the countiy at his majeAt'l Jmtrtf*.

DEVO'TION AL.
taining
fliip

to

[from de-notion.] Perdevotion ; annexed to woradj.

religious.

Nor

fo apt for that di

jm.Qure of hearts, which

:j bear in
holy offices, to be pen

vtt'.iit,/! c >;r pi: .].!.(

1

them

arc the fobered of

l";,e

a:,'!

with me.

K\ng Cbarlti
favourable op'r.inn and gf.d word of men
Cjmu>. f.J^Ttimes at a vtry raly rate, by a fcwde

The

nvj

ioMcJfwMnal

poftures and gri

South

i>

DEVO'TIOMALIST. n.f. [from devotion.

A man zealous without knowledge ; fuperititioafly devout.

To DEVO'UR.
1.

-v. a.

To eat

e
\jf joro,

up ravenoufly, as a
animal of prey.

We

will fay

fome

evil

o.

bead hath devoured him

Ciirfii

tc wiilirgdameienou-h: there cannot be

7i>at vulture in you, to dtvmr fo

A,

many

v.-ill

to greatnefs dedicate theml'

it fo inc

Sbaktfptart
i:n li^n o'er the wretch
ticmblei under h^s
d'vnr'mi paws. Sbakrfp

So looks the prnt

That
2

To
and

deftroy or
violence.
firv

confume with rapidity

devaurctb before them, and behind them

flame burnelh.
'J'> "

VOL.

I.

[from

with ardent devotion

Her grace

Came

tie-vcut.]

Bacon,

fiiding flreams the thirfty plants renew,

feed their fibres with reviving dtio,
Pvpt,

and with moded paces

where the kneel'd j and faint-

Caft her fair eyes to heav'n, and pray'd devoutly.

Shakcjpiurf
One of the wife men having a while attentive!;
and devoutly viewed and contemplated this pilla

[from the noun.] To wet

to moiften ; to bedew.

mod

dream of balm

trickling

fovereign,

dainty dear, which on the ground ftill fell,

overflowed all the fertile plain,
it had dciu^d been with timely rain. Fa. QuaH,

As
With him pour we
Each drop of

Or

fo

To devj

in our country's purge

us.

much

as it needs

drown the weeds.

ths fovereign flower, and

Sbakfj'fau-c,

That

rofe,

to the altar,
like

a.

dew

And
And

Pioufly;

religioufly.

Give me thy hand,

may Jew it with my mournful

tears.

He ceas'd ; difcerning Adam with fuch joy

Surchiirg'd, as had, like grief, been dew'd in tears,
Without the vent of words, which the.e he
Aliiioit*

breath'd.

and crofs,

Halemon above the reft appears

In fable garments, dnu'd with gufhinj tean.

She dreamt dcvoutlicr than mod ufe to pray. Donne

Think, O my foul, devoutly think,

In Gallick blood again

He dews his reeking (word, and ftrows the ground
With headlefs ranks.
PiiUift,

fell down
B^-r.
upon his face.
Her twilights were more clear than our mid-day

How, with affrighted eyes,

Thou faw'ft the wide extended
I

pendance on the

n.f. [from de*iu and itrry.]

Deiuberrits, as they ftar.d here among the inure

delicate fruits, mull tic undcritood to mean raf.
berries,

which

are alfo of the

bramble kind.
llanmcr.

fird.

Anerbury
DEUSE. n.f. [more properly than deuce
Junius, from Du/ius, the name of a cer

a ludicrous word.
'Twas the prettied prologue,
Well, the deuce take

The

me

as

devil

he wrote

it ;

if 1 ha'n't forgot it.

Congre-ve

DEUTERO'CAMY.

n. f.

anc

[jitlrij-

yst^'.] A fecond marriage.

DEUTERONO'M Y. n.f. [hCrtf

The

fecond book of the law

book of Mofes.

DEUTERO'SCOPY. n.f.
The fecond
eKctviu.~]
meaning beyond the
in ufe.

L'rytJai,

DE'WBERRY.

deep
In all its horrors rife
To fecond caufe* we feem to trud, without ex
prelfiog, fo devoutly as we ought to do, our dc

tain fpecies of evil fpirits.]

Latin.]

v/ild beall

'We

Finding

their oppofite.

Sbakejpcare.

Now

And

ardour; eagernefs.

Sbakefjjcare,
bears a bounteous mind, in-

hand as fruitful as the land that feeds us;

His dew falls ev'ry where.
Sbaktfpcort*
She looks as clear
As morning rofe newly wafh'd with dne. Skat,
Dili's and rain are hut the returns of moid va-

as with

Dryden
3.

To DEW. v.

Rogers

Filled with pious thoughts.

And, of

deed

pours condenfcd.

be condant and devout in the worlhip

of our God, and ready in all afts of benevolence

z.

That churchman

We mud

to

devotion, holy thoughts,

Never yet one hour in bed

Did I enjoy the golden dav of ficcp,
But with his tim'rous dreams was dill awak'd.

ties.

proceeding,

Immaculate

adj. [dewttts, Latin.]

Pious; religious; devoted to holy du-

i.

luck
planets of good
if, with pure heart's love,

all

Mortimer.

being dcvoureri of their fpawn.

Upon

He

fent up in greater quantity all the foregoing day,

than now in the evening : but the fun then being
above the horizon, taking it at the furface of the
earth, and rapidly mounting it up into the atmonow
fphere, it was not difcerniblc : the fun being
gone oft', the vapour Magnates at and near the
earth, and faturates the air till it is fo thick as to
be eafily vifible therein :-and when at length the
heat there is fomcwhat further (pent, which >tufually about the middle of the night, it falls do*-ri
again in a rftWj alighting upon herbs and other
vegetables, which it cherilhes, cools, and rrfrcfiies.

South*

lence.

Whither away

1,'e

ting, even in our hotted months, are nothing but

a vapour confiding of water j which vapjur NVII

devour the way.

to

never devoured.

aft of reverence, refpeft, or cere-

To my

f;em'd in fwiftntfs

Such a pleafure as grows frelher upon enjoyment ; and though continually fed upon, yet is

jnony.

To

n.f. [beap, Saxon; danw, Dutch.]

moifture upon the ground.
Fogs which we frequently obferve alter fun-ret.

The

SLakejftare.

Dnttioii

DEW.

sLUijon.

To

de-

Grateful to acknowledge whence his good

and eyes
Defcends, thither with heart, and voice,
Directed in (/.i/cr^w, t adore
And worfhip God fupreme, who made him chief
Mitti*.
Of all his works.
Fr.'m the full choir when loud hofannas rile,

And fwell the pomp of dreadful facrifice

Amid that fcene, if fome relenting eye

Not attaining the deuterofcopy, or fecond intention of the words, they are tain to omit their confcquencea, coherences, figures, or tropologies.
Brown's fulgar Eri'otri*

temped from Myeen* pourM,

and our town devour' J;

was the walte of war.

Dryjtn.
Notwithftanding that Socrates lived ia the time
of this devouring peltilence at Athens, be never

piety.

(Jire 3

plains, our temples,

It

(late

fenfe of

DEW

D E U

D EV

Difl

Feed him with apricocks and dcivhcrrui,

With purple grapes, green figs, and mulb rries.
Sba' fff e.rrt*

DEWBESpRE'nT./rtr/.

[de<ui

and

tej'frint.]

Sprinkled with dew.

Thi evening late, by then the chewing flock
Had ta'en their fujipor on the favoury herb

Of
1

knot-grafs Jmotejfrent, and were in fold,

fit rne

With
With

down

to

watch upon a bank

ivy canopied, and interwove

flaunting honey-fuckic.

M///M.

DEW- BURN KG. adj. [from Jew and burnThe meaning of this con.pi und
ing.}
i

the

fiftl

is

ant

StvTig-

intention

th

literal fenfe

no

doubtful.

Perhaps

it

aiiudes to the

fparkling of dew.
He, now to prove his

late renewed might,

Highirandi/hing his bright Jna-turnu> buJ,

Upon

EX

D
Upon
That to

his trefted fealp fo fort did (mite,

the fcull a yawning wound it made.

DE'WDROP.

n.f. \dc-Tu

of dew which fparkles

at fun-ril'e.

wield.

mutt go Icck fume dwdrcps here,

And hang

a pearl in every cowi1ip'

toft

Stat'Jp.

of"

An

Innumerable is the ftars of night,

Or ftars of morning, de^vdrops, which the fun
.l/./fii.
linpearls on ev'ry leaf, and cv'ry flower,
Reft, fwcct as linujrufi on the flow'ry lawns,
When the Sky opens, and tiic morning dawn^

[from lapping or

/.

\.

hangs down from

And

the

right

Large rowles of fat about his Ihoulders flung,

And from his neck the double dcwhf hung. Add.
2. It is ufed in Shakefpeare for a lip flaccid

with age, in contempt.

And loaietimes lurk 1 in agoffip's
nf a roafted crab

likrnej's

DJ'ADKOM.

own

I mail
lay down fome indifputable marks of thit
vice, that whenever we fee the tokens, we may
conclude the plague is in the houfe :
let us hear

If there were a determinate prepotency in the

right, and fuch as arifeth from a conftant root in
nature, we might expect the fame in other animals, whole pares are alfo differenced by dcxtrality.

'em

your

DE'W-WORM. n.f. [from deiu and worm.]

A worm found in dew.

morbid
n.f. [JiaCatluj.]
copioufnefs of urine ; a fatal colliquation by the urinary paflages.
An increafe of that fecretion may accompany the

For the trout, the dew worm, which fome call

lob worm, and the brandling, are the chief.

general colliquations j as in fluxes, hectic fweats

and coughs, diabetes, and other confumptiom.

dcw.aft bull now chafes along the plain,

"While burning love ferments in ev'ry vein. Cay.

DIAEE'TES.

tfce

Derbam's PbyJico-Tbeohgy.
adj. [from diabolus, La-

ITeltai.

DE'WY.

[from dew.]
V." Refembling dew; partaking of dew.
From the earth a dewy mift
Went up, and water'd all the ground, and each
adj.

Plant of the

Roars Ilormy.
;

The

My

mother's blood

Booflds in

my

fire's.

fitill ;

DI'ADEM.
1

They
T-.l

attcm;teJ to be knaves, but wantcd-art

f-xurity.

The fiini; I'rotfftanfs may, by their dtxuritj

make thrmlUvri tlw national li^ion, an
\<

to-

'..".

tia-.iif their paftuir.

Su-if:

[W^w.]

The

fy-

The

n. f.

To

Sftnfer
lift

the coblcrs' temples tiet,

keep the hair out of their eyes

From whence
That
2.

[diadtma, Latin.]

an enfign of royalty bounc

about the head of eaftern monarchs.
The facred diadem in pieces rent,
A:iJ purple robe gored with many a wound.
tiara

expertnefs.

Rcadinefs of contrivance; quickncfs of

expedient; fkill of management.
His wifdom, by often evading from per:'
tqrned lather ir.to a dtxttritj to deliver himfclt
from dangers, when they prell'ed him, than into a
off.
providence to prevent and remove them afar

n.f.

doftrine of founds.

n.f. [dtxteritas, Lat.]

readinefs
; iiclivity ;
;

much of a diabolical nature

men to irurc their mifery.

fo

DiAco'usrlcs. n.f. [Jiaxsrw*.]

Sbakeffeert,

fldll

and have

as to wifh all

rup of poppies.

Readinefs of limbs
to attain

2.

DIACO'DIVM.

the drxttr cheek, and this finifter

DEXTE'RITY.
1

and rage
in them,

adj.

left.

Runs on

D'yr

[Latin.] the right ; not

term ufed in heraldry.

The

yields

fields.

God and Nature

plain the diadetn,

pri:iccs wear, derives from them.

on.

Swift

the head

on hit

crown,

n.f. [from the adjeftive.]

to angle, and dividing a fquare into equal parts.
When a man has in his mind the idea of two
lines, viz. the fide and diagonal of i fquare, whereof

drawn from angle

the diagonal is an inch long, he may have the idea

alfo of the divifion of that line into a certain number of equal parts.
Locke.

DIA'GONALLY.

ad-v.

[from diagonal.} In

a diagonal direction.

The right and left are not defined by philofo.

phers according to common acceptation, that is,
refpectively from one man unto another, orsmy conttant fite in each, as though that Ihould be tke
right in one, which, upon confront or facing, Hands
athwart or diagonally unto the other; but were difaccording unto their activity, and predominant locomotion, on the either fide.
Brown's Vulgar Errain.
tingu'.flied

A delinea-

DI'AGRAM.

n.f. [Jiay^a^ia.]
tion of geometrical figures

a mathe-

matical Icheme.

Many a fair precept in poetry is like a feeming

demonllration in the niathematicks j very fpecious
in the diagram, but failing in the mcchanick opeDrydtn.
do not thcfc perfons make a diagram of
ttietc cogitative lines and angles, and demonftrate
their properties of perception and appetite, a
and

in fliew, is

ihortlj i>laot

The monftrofity of the badger is ill-contrived,

and with fome difidvantage; the (hortnefs being
fixed unto the legs of one fide, that might have
been more properly placed upon the diagonal
Brcwn'i Vulgar Enours.
movers.
All forts of (tone compofed of granules, will cut
and rive in any direction, as well in a perpendicular, or in a diagonal, as horizontally and parallel to
the fide of the Itrata.
Ir-mdmard.

plainly as

but a wreath of thorns;

dj:i>j; TS, troubles, care?, and rteeplefs nights
To him who v,.t-jr; llu' re;' -i| Judcm.
Milton.
Why Iliould he ravifh then that d:adcm
From your grey temples, which the hand of time

Mu;i

fo as to di-

vide a parallelogram into equal parts.

Why

the crown.

Golden

[J.ay^iiSK] Reaching

from one angle to another,

ration.

'tis

The mark of royalty worn

DIA'GONAL. adj.

line

L'EJtrtnge.
practice of lying is a diabolical exercife, and
that
ufc
it are the devil's children.
tjjey
Ray.
Damned fpirits muft needs be all envy, deipair,

Sptnf.

Miltsn.

which cold Ancien

rocks of Hernicus and dewy

DPXTER.
the

laws of

phyficians proved difappointed of hit

prognofticks, or rather cJiagnafticts.
Harvey on Cynfurrrftiont^

DIA'CONAL.

revengeful man know very well, that the third of

blood, and affectation of dominion by violence and
oppreilion, is a mod diabolical outrage upon the

Milton.

Befides the fuccour

pertain-

Active within, beyond the fenfe of brute. Milton.

Does not the ambitious, the enrinus, and the

at

Arr.brofia.

nefarious

This, in other beads obfcrv'J,

rofcid.

her flow'ry work doth fing,

And the waters murmuring,
With fuch confort a they keep,
Sntice the dewy feather'd fleep.
His dewy locks diftill'd

That

Devilim; partakim;

tin.]

Doubt might beget of dukolick pow'r,

PbilKfi,

dew

The joyous day 'gan early to appear,

AnJ rair Aurora from her dewy bed
Of a t;; J Tithone 'gan herfelf to rear,
With rofy Aeeks, for fliame as blufliing red.
The bee with honied thigh,

pious ; atrocious
ing to the devil.

adverfc winds,

Sablim'd from dewy vapours in, mid Iky,

ngage with horrid fliock, the rutflcd brine

4. Moift with

~i

ing of the qualities of the devil

Mitten.

field.

Where two

DIABO'LICAL.
DIABO'LICK.

CiU'ier in Pride.

diagticfticki.

One of our

Brown^t Vulgar Errours,

Sbateffearc.

The

time iu

DIJE'RESIS. n.f. [&<*ii?i;.] The feparation or disjunction of fyllables; as air.

Dl AGNO'STICK. n.f.
[Jiayitwo-xw.]
fymptom by which a difeafe is diftinguilhed from others.

fid

Who would believe that there were mountaineers

at
Dnnl'-ft like bulls, whofe throats had hanging
flefh ?

The

left.

Brown's Vulgar Erreun.

n.f. [from dextral.} The
ftate of being on the right, not the left,

Fur-

[from dewlap.]
nifhed with dewlaps.
adj.

The

A gry is one tenth of a line, a line one tenth of

an inch, an inch one tc.-.th of a
philofophical foot,
a philofophical foot one third of a
pendulum ;
whofe diadrurts, in the latitude of forty-five degrees, are each equal to one fecond of time, or a
fixticth of a minute.
Lech.

DryJen.

Latin.]

[oiaojo^.'u.]

vibration.

DEXTRA'LITY.

DE'WLAPT,

\dexter,

adj.

not the

./

which any motion is performed ; the

time in which a pendulum performs its

As for any tuniclesor (kins, which mould hinder

the liver from enabling the dextral parts, we muft
not conceive it dift'ufeth its virtue by mere irradiation, but by its veins and proper veflels.

bowl,

And when (he drinks aga'mft her lips I bob,

And on the wither J dsuilap pour the ale. Shall.

Wallets of

his

mufe forbids the good to die,

opes the temple of eternity.
Pefe,

pricrtlefs

And

dexterous.']

the lucky lice.

Jact'rwjlj to throw

DE'XTRAL.

throat of oxen.

In very

Her

my

fleih that

divine,
from virtue'*

flirine,

office Jixter-Mjly, but by acting the minifter. St,utb.

But then
ftudy was to cog the dice,

licking

that breaks

'

Expertly; fkiifully; artfully.

The magiltrate fometimes cannot do

the denu.}

The

Touch'd with the flame

expedients.

DE'XTEROUSLY. adv. [from

TuM.

diadem.}

fubtle; full

diadtixt her prey,

with a diadem ; crowned.

Nut fo, when di.idcm'd with rays

They confine themfelves, and are rlexttroai managers enough of the wares and products of that
corner with which they content themfelvrs.

DE'WLAP.

Expert in t 0ianagement

z.

ear*

pcp e

made

that once

Anf

A'

it
t "u:
phant way,
Fled like a mill before this radiant day.
Re/cm,
)I'A D E M E D. adj. [from
Adorned

A drop

and drop.]

adj. {dexter, Latin.]

pert at any manual employment ;
aftive ; ready
as, a dexterous workman.
For both their dcxt'roui hands the lance tuuld

S^-ir,.

Dinka:n

we know

circles

the other properties of triangles

Bextley.

DIAGRV-' DI AXES.

n.f. [from diagry dium,

Lat.] Strong purgatives made with dia.

grydium.
All cholerick humours ought to be evacuated
by diagrydiatu, mixed with tartar, or fome .icid,
or rb.ubai b puwdcr.

Dl'AL.

D
Dl'AL.

[Jiale,

marked with

of a

plate

where a hand or

fbadow (hews the hour.

O, gentlemen, me time of life

To

Sklnntr.}

lines,

The
is fliort

fpenJ that inortneft bafeiy were too long,

life did ride upon a diar$
point,

DIAL-PLATE,

[dial and//a/c.] That

lines are marked.
us thst the two friends,
being each
n.f.

on which hours or
Strada

tells

that

marked upon

the ordinary
dial-flate.
'

DI'ALECT.

*./ [J^Auto-.]

The

When

manner of exprellion.

Hooter.

fling.

Language;

fpeech.
la her youth

There is a prone and

Such as m;,vcs me

DIA'METKAL.

DIALE'CTICAL.

adj. [from
argumental.

dialefl:ck.}

DIA'METRALLY.

mylleries, moredeclarthe wit of him that ulcs them, than incrcalr t ir

of
fober
lovers
of
truth.
knowledge
Boylt.
.

.1

DIALE'CTICK.

gick
i' A

LL

Lo

n.f. [iiaMnlw,.]
the art of reafoning.

No

n.f.

from

dial. ]

The

fcia

terick fcience

the knowledge of fha;

the art of
conltrucling dials on
which the flwdow may (hew the hour.

dow

DI'ALIST.

n.f. [from dial.]

conftrufler

of dials.
_

Sci-Rtirick dia'ijls, by the geomctrick confiderar'lin s, h-vc found out rules to mark out
the
u!ir motion of the fludow in all
latitudes, antl

Mcxon
A
n.f. [horn dialogue.}
fpeaker in a dialogue or conference ; a
writer of dialogues.

onfall

panes.

DIALOGIST.

DI'ALOGUE.

confen.f. [J.^.oyO-.]
rence ; a converfation between two or
more, either real or feigned.
thtdialogue tint the two learned
have comilpid in prjife of the owl and cuc1C

men
_

Oh,

eivi

bbakifpcare.
the impudence of this wicked fex !
Laf-

.:.:hgun are

in:.

:n'i

uu .

to raife.

ry.n.

'

VoDi ALOCUE. -v.

To difcourfe with
U'jft

a.

dialogue with thy

DlALY'fi*. n.f.

[from the noun.]

another

fhadow

[J,a\wr.f.]

to confer.
Stall. 'I'im.n.

The

figure

in rhctorick by which
fyllables or words
arc divided.

DfATvlliTER.

[from diameter.} De-

the

relating to the

Chriltian piety
mctrally

oppol'cd

is,

to

M E'T R

n.f. [&i and ^o,.] The

line which,
palling through the centre

Broke the

fair

c A L . adj.

from diameter. }

of

DIAME'TRICALLY.

Tongue.

[horn diametri-

ad-v.

in

its

pafTige,

rife,

many

as fweet a fall,

to

harmony

the compals of the notes

diafaftn clofmg full in man.

The

all

DI'APER.

DI'AMON-B. n.f. [diamant, Fr. adamas,

he diamond, the

mod

valuable and hardeft of

all the
gems, is, when pure, perfectly cltar and
pellucid as the pureft water ; and is eminently diftinguiflied from ail other fubllancci by its vivid

fplendour, and the brightncfs of

extremely vari jus in

its

reflexion!.

In

(kilful knitting

of

foft filken

Nor any weaver, which

his

twine

weaker

It bears a glafs-houfe fire for

partt.
imn>
days, and if taken carefully out, and fuffered f

cool by degrees, is found as

bright and beautiful
as before; but if taken
haftily ou', it will lometim:
and even fplit into two or thiee
pieces. The

boajt

Might in their diverfc cunning ever dare

With this fo curious net-work to compare.
2.
napkin ; a towel.
Irft one attend him with a filvcr haf>n

cuk,

places where we have diamond! arc the Eaft Indies

and the Brafils ; and
though they ate ufually foun u
clear and colouriefs,
yet they are fomi-times fl ghtli
with the oilo'irs of the other
gems, by the
l

mixture of fome metalline particle.;. Hill on 1

Give me the ring of mine
you had at din
Or, for the diamond, the chjin you promU'J.

'Ij:^.

To DI'APHR.
1.

To

[from the noun.]

todiverfify$ to flower.

a.

-v.

variegate

For fear the ftones her tender foot

The
And

fli

ground he ftrew'd with flowers

diamordi* preferable and

vallly fuperior to
all others in luftre and
beauty ; as alfo in hardnefs,
which renders it more durable and
lairing, and
therefore much more
valuable, than any other
Wood-ward.
The dizmind is by mighty monarchs *
Fair as the Itar t!iat ufhers in the morn. Bluctm.
The lively diamond drinks thy purell rays,
Collected light,
ccmpaft.

n.f. [J
tones.
(

all

diapafon.
'twixt

Tbtmfm.
ox.cZ,.}

Achordin-

The old word

See DIAPASON.

them both

for

a quadrant was the

bafe,
PfOjiortion'd. equally by fevcn and nine j

along,

with a new livery, differed with va.i ms dowers,

and chequered With delightful objeils.
Hvuicft focal
2.

To

Forcjf.

draw flowers upon

clothes.

you diafer upon folds,

your w >ik be
broken, and taken, as It were, by the half; for
tells you, that
fold
muft
c >ver fame*
your
what unfcen.
Peccliata on Ora-ajwg.
If"

let

rcafo;i

DIAPH ANB'ITY.
Transparency

n.f. [from lia^auia.J

pellucidnels

power of

tranfmitti;ig light.
Becaule the outWJr.l coat of the eye
ought to
be pellucid, to tranlmit the light, which, if the
eyes (hould always (rand open, would be apt ta
glow dry and lhu;ik, .ind Ion: t'ltir dij, bamiry ;
thereioic are the <,].,!,
nift

Sbaleffeare.
thine eye would emulate the diamond:
thou hail the right arched bent of the brow. Sbak.

>uU wrong,

a.)

diaftr'd like the difcalour'd meid. >fy.-ifr.

Flora ufeth to cloath our grand-dam- tjrtk

wink,

how

Sftnf,

Full of rofe-water,' and beftrew'd with flo\vers

;
Another bear the ewer, a third a diaftr. SLjkcfp,

And

work doth

In diafer, in dama/k, or in
lync,

It

and

lize, being found

fliape
in the greateft
quantity very fmall, and the larger
ones extremely leldom met with. The
Urged ever
known is that in the poffi-fiion of the Great
Mogul,
which weighs two hundred and
feventy-nine carats,
and is computed to be worth feven hundred and
feveniy-niiiCthoufand two hundred and forty-tour
The diamond bean the force of t!v
pounds.
ftrangert fires, except the concentrated folar rays,
without hurt; and even that
infinitely fiercefl'o;
all fires does it no
injury unl'fs directed to its

eluding

DrfdeH,

n.f. [diafre, Fr. of uncertaia

Latin.]

DI'APASE.

ran,

figures ; the fineft fpecies of figured lincm

after damaflc.
Not any damfcl, which her vaunteth moft

the vapour,

horizontal interval, which is betwixt the faid denfe

ftratum and that which lies underneath it. ffiodw.

I fee

it

Linen cloth woven in flowers, and other

1.

diamtricei/y,
permeating the

gliues along the lower furfaceof it,

a fweet

From harmony

jtum

fti

Many

etymology.]

pc;fuadcd the king to confent to what was

diametrically a^ainll his cohlcience and his honour,
arJ, in truth, his fccunty.
Clarendon.

wh.ch cannot penetrate the

mufick that all creatures made

their great Lord, whofe love iheir motion
fway'd

Through

In a diametrical direction.

He

intercepted

of founds into
the return of the fame found.

full-mouth diafqfai fwailows all.

Cr,ijhaiu,
From harmony, from heavenly harmony,
This univerfal frame began ;

fin ot

cal.}

is

In perfeft diafafia, whilit they flood

In firft obedience, and their ftate of good. HlHtan,

calumny is let in a moft diametrical

to the evangelical
precept of loving our
neighbours as ourfclves. Government
the

is

ftiafafons,

To

all other
things, dijprofanenefs and impiety of

beyond

Defcribiag a diameter.
2.
Obferving the direction of a diameter.

The

Jl.m-it.

which

Harfli din

Hammond.

lirir.

It difcovereth the true coincidence

adv.

The

Sftinft Frijr.

In cafy JlaJeftui is Fletcher's r

He mov'd the mind, but had not pow'r

o" T\

Mdifonmkali.

[from diametral.}
According to the direftion of a diameter ; in direft
oppofuion.

'1

l^wA-ff/ira/fubcieticj, that the fchoolmen

employ ab

diame.'er.

circle fct in heaven's place,

Diafajcn denotes a chord which includes all

tones
it is the fame with that we call an
eighth,
or an oftave ; bccaufe there are but fevcn tones or
and
then
the eighth is the fame
notes,
again \fith

diameter.

Thus

',leafnn fcr Meafure.

If the conferring of a kindnefs did not bind the

*hom it was conferred to the returns
of gratitude, why, in the unive:i'al dialed of the
world, are kinJnelfcs ilill called obligations ? South.

adj.

Raleigh.
the moft delightful one
round figure of

in almoft a

fcribing the diameter

fpccmli-fi dialfll,

perfon upon

Logical

it lies

oppolition

themfelves do praclife that whereof

they
write, they change tiu-ir t!ialcfl ; and thofc wor ',
thry !hun, as if there were in them fme fecret

3.

1.

fubdivifion of a
language ; as the
Attic, Doric, Ionic, ^Eolic dialecis.

2. Style;

ever faw

is

Naples

about thirty miles in the

of them poflefled of a magnetieal needle, made a

kind of dint-fiiM, infcribing it with the four and
twenty letters, in the fame manner as the hours of
the day are

ac-

moon,

All which compacted made a good

ciapafe. Spcnfer,
The fweet numbers and melodious meafures,
With which I wont the winged words to tie,
And make a tuneful diafaft of pleasures,
Now being let to run at liberty.
Sfcnfer,

twenty

The bay of

Sbatcffcare'i Henry IV.

If the motion be very flow, we percVive it not :
we have no fenfe of the accretive motion of plants

1.

fpaee between the earth and the

ending at th* arrival of an hour.

or animals ; and the fly fliadow fteak away upor,

the dial, and the quickeli eye can dilcover no more
than thac it i; f
Ghmtille.

Nine was the

into equal parts.

cording to Ptolemy, is feventcen times the diameter

of the earth, which makes, in a
grofs account,
about one hundred and
thouiand miles.

Though
Still

it

or other curvilinear figure,

circle,

divides

'.hat lu

c.ntnvcd

the> in .y, as

them iiverwlththcin

it \vtr.

'iituic the

DIAPHA'NICK.

adj.

Transparent

pellucid

[S.o.
j

as ,,Ken to
glaze and vax-

c.mt.t.n

and

R. i.

<pa.tt&-

having the pow-

er to tranlmit light.
Air

is

element Uperior, and lighter than wa-

ter, through whofe valt, open, fubtile, d'lajihunH,

or tranlpuront b:idy, the light, afterwards eieated
cafiiy ti.mfpircd.
Rahigi'

DIA'PHANOUS.

adj.

[J,i

and ^.,, .]
f

Tranlpmciit; clear; tranlluc<-nt

lucid; capable to tranimit light.

pel-

Aiiilutleuileth li^h: a quality inhcieui or cleaving to a titaphanou: body.

Ratdgb,
When he had taken off the infcfl, he fount
in the

K at very
p

lirtle

tubes of the

fly'

and diaphanous eggs, exn the

which yet rcmaael

woml-.

actly like to t'lole

flay.

Di APHORE'TICK.^X//.

[Jia^o^Ti*-.] Su-

with which the gardeners make holes for

planting.
Through cunning, with diUle, rake, mattock,

promoting a diaphorelis or
perfpiration ; caufing fwcat.

dorilick

A aupt'orft'ck medicine, or a

is

Cudorifick,

at

on Fojfils.

of

the belly, whereby a perfon frequently

goes to ftool, and is cured either by

everyday

a journal.

Jnfea-voyages, wh=re there is nothing to be feen

but Iky and fea, men make diaries; but, in landtravel, wherein fo much is to be obferved, they
Bacon.
omit it.
Tatter.
I go on in my intended diary.

Di A'STOLE.

n.f. [JiaroXi.]
figure in rhetorick, by which a mort

2.

The
The

is

made

long.
dilation of the heart.

fyllable

fyitole

feems to refer.ble the forcible bend-

ing of a Ipring, a. id die

to its natural Itie.

diajlolc

its

flying

ut again

Ray on the Creation.

DIA'STYI E. [J.a, and $-i5x-, a pillar.] A
lort of edifice, where the pillars Hand at
fuch. a diftance from one another, that
three diameters of their thicknefs are
allowed for intercolumniation.
Harris.
n.f. [of J>a, and -rircriqct,
interval in, mufick, compofed

DIATE'SSERON.
four.]

An

of one greater tone, one lefler, and one

greater femitone ; its proportion being
as four to three.

It is called, in

cal compofition, a perfeft fourth.

leflTer

tones,

Harris.

Tone, [of J<* and fyvynpt.]

Jn the ancient Greek mufick, disjoined
two-fourths, one on each fide of it ; and
which, being joined to either, made a
is,

in our mufick,

from

to B.
allowed to thit diaxeatifk tone, which
is uur La, Mi, the proportion of nine to right-, a:
bcirj the unalterable difference of the fifth and

They

:^h.

//../v;j.

DI'BBLE.W./. [ftomdif/tl, Dutch, afharp

point, S&inner ; from dallle, "Juntas.]
imall fpade ; a pointed inurnment

To

with dice.

p;

Afi'ri.

their great didjtor.

him,

One whofe credit or authority enables

him to direft the condud or opinion of
others.

Nor is it a fmall po-.ver it gives one man over another, to have the authority to be the d\ta:;r of
of unqueftionable truths.
principles, and teacher
Lii kr.

fee the fparkler

you

making her elbow for a whole night together, and

thumping the table with a dice-to* ? Addif. Guard.
DI'CEK. n.f. [from diet.]
player at
dice ; a gamefter.
They make maniage vowj

As

falfe as dicers' oaths.

DICH;

moll fhameful invafion of the rigl.C

Waffj.
of our underftanding.

Rich men

fin,

and

I eat

root

DICHO'TOMY.
tion of ideas

thoritative

pairs.

perfons have disturbed the order of nature,

and abufed their readers by an affectation of dichotomies, trichotomies, fevens, twelves, &c. Let the

nature of the fubject, confideted t gether wit'.i the

defign which you h;we in view, always determine
the number of partsintowhich you divide it.lfatti.

A kind of adverbial exclamation, importing, as it feems, much

the fame with the devil; but I know

DI'CKENS.

not whence derived.

Where had you this pretty weathercock ?
I ca:inot tell what the dickens his name is my
hufband had him of. Sb. Merry IVivci ofWimij.
What a dickens does he mean by a trivial fum ?
But ha'n't you found it, Sir ? Csngr. Old Bach.

DICTA'TORSHIP. n.f. [from

1. The oficc of dictator.

Such, and not nobler, in the realms above,

My wonder diflates is the dome of Jove. Pafc's Od.
Whatsoever is difJatid to us by God himfelf, or

fcription ; prcfcript.
Thole right helps of art, which

\'.

whtttthe Grecian

aft or

ing.

DryJcit.

n.f. [Jii3atHra,La.t.] The

Ditl.
office of a diftator ; diftatorlhip.
DI'CTION. n.f. \dition t Fr. diB:o, Lat.]

DI'CTATURE.

Style ; language ; expreflion.

There appears in every part of his ditJisn, or exof noble and bold purity. DryJ -K,
prelfioo, a kind
DICTIONARY, n.f. [diflionarium, Lat.]
book containing the words of any
language in alphabetical order, with
explanations of their meaning ; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a word-book.
L

Some have

delivered the polity of fpirits, and

an account that they (land in awe of cha us,
and conjurations ; t'..ir they arc afraid of
fpells,
letters and characters, notes and da flies, which, fet
t igether, do fignify nothing ; and not only in thet
difHonary of man, but in the- fubtler vocabulary of*
left

Brown's Vulgar Erroun,

Satan.

Is it fuch a fault to tranflate finiulacra

I fee

what

An

men

The
n.f. [from dilate.]
pradUce of dilating or prefcrib-

it is

to

images ?
have a good cathoStillingjicet.

a parliament,

is

a collection

a Jiflunarj, or nomenclature,

is

The

If 'ens,

[bib, Saxon.]

preterite of da.

Thou
What
2.

of

a collection

of words.

Din. of do.

canfl not fay I did it.

did that grcatncfs in a

Sritfytari,

woman's mind

weak to act what it defigi.'d. Dryd.

of the preter-imperleft tenfe,

lodg'd, and

Thefign

or perfect.

When

i!:.1^!ts fay,

a good thing

lick dictionary.
army, or

Or

will fcarce be

And S jmian founds o'er Scou's hills convey. Prior.

Then let this dt?.itt of my love prevail. Psft's Od.

DICTA'TIOM.

diBator.]

infolent confidence.
This is that perpetual diflatorjhif which is e*.
ercifed by Lucretius, though often in the wrong.

Authority

Ill

by thofj who fervilcly confine themfcives to

Lickc.
ihe diflatcs of others.

o-

tfittin,

2.

be believed

DI'CTATE. n.f. [ditlatum, Lat.J Rule or

maxim delivered with authority ; pre-

This is the folemneft title they can confer under

the princedom, being indeed a kind of diSaiorJhip.

Difi.

by men who are divinely infpired,

with full aiTurance.

dogmatical

DI'CTATE.

mud

young acadcmick often dwells upon a journal,

or an obfervator that treats of traje and politick]
in a diflalerial ftile, and is lavilh, in the praife o
IPatitr
the author.

low Lat.]

To
V. a. [diffo, Lat.]
deliver to another with authority ; to declare with confidence.
The fpoils of elephants the roofs inlay,
And ftudded amber darts a golden ray ;

Au-

adj. [horn dictator.]

confident

Sl-ak.

Some

n.f. [dicra,

verbcaring.

n.f. [Ji^oTOf*;,*.] Diftribu-

by

is

DICTATO'RIAL.

Jit for do it.

Much good dicb thy good heart, Apemantus.

->'

fet

mankind,

Sbakifpeare's Ham'.et.

This word feems corrupted from

riches, honours, and outward fplen

up perfons for diflatori to all the reft

That
flnuld

To

and the greater

3.

maJc, w'^cn they came liomr,

inverted with abfolute authority.

Unanimous they all commit the care
And management of this main enterprise

it

was

Harr.

DIAZE'UTICK

This

[from the noun.]

DI'CKER of Leather,
Ten hides.

different tones, either in afcending or

It contains only the two
defcending.

fifth.

n.

i>.

mufi-

DIATO'NICIC. [of &*TO!&'.] The ordinary fort of raufick which proceeds by

greater and
fcmi-tonc.

game

is

Bensley.

What would you fay, mould

DI'ARY. n.f. [diarium. Lat.] An account

of the tranfaftions, accidents, and ob-

1.

at the firft.

laft

DI'CE-BOX. n.f. [dice

from which the dice are thrown.

adj. [from diarrhoea.]

flux of the belly ; folu-

Millet is </;jrriirriVl,cleanfing, and ufeful indifArbutbnot.

eafes of the kidneys.

iervations of

was

but one:, it
remaining time, as

cart all the trials

odds at the

as

and box.] The box

purgative.

See DIE.

of die.

as virtuoufly given as a gentleman need

virtuous enough ; fwore little ; diced not
IV.
above feven times a week.
Shakifp. Henry

I>IARRHOE'TICK.
tive

you have

much

(till

to be

healed up the fontanell.

Wifcman.

Promoting the

after

now,

>uin<y.

During htsdiarrtcea

plural

diliiitiri

To DICE.

the caufe, or reftringing

off"

the bowels.

The

n.f.

above a hundred to one aga nft any particular

thro*', that you do not cart any given let of faces
with four cubical dice; bccaufc there are fo many
fevera! combinations of the fix faces of four dice ;

in tiraej

One

To

Ditt.

It is

parted into numerous cells by means ot ditipbragiui t

thick fet throughout the whole length of the body.

purging

Fert-

n.f. [Jicacitas, Lat.]

faucinefs.

DICE.

of a fasciculus of bodies, round, about one fixth of an inch in diameter, holhur, and

z.

d.lll'.r..!.

nefs

It confifts

flux

Kind
Th<
But

have fcen little girls exercife whole hours together, and take abundance of pains, to be expert
I

'

made.

children throw at another ftone.

DICA CITY.

of exigence and diftrefs, and inverted

with abfolute authority.

TuJ^r'i Hiiflantlry
little ftone which

Di'nsroNE. n.f.

[JiafV'o!,,.]

is

DICTATOR, n.f. [Lat.]

I. A magiftrate of Rome made

n.f. [Jiaiffayf** ]
The midriff which divides the upper
cavity of the body from the lower.
2. Any divilion or partition which divides
a hollow body.

DIARRHOE'A. n.f.

line

By

DI'APHRACM.

Wtadwiard

and fpade,
and by level trim garden

fome-

Want.
thing that will provoke iwc.r
Diaptonticki, or promoters of perfpiration, help
the organs of digeftion, becaufc the attenuation of
the aliment makes ir pcrfpirablf.
jfrbutbnot.

did his pen on learning fix a brand,

he did rat undaftand ?

rail at arts

D.yJtn,
;
as,

fometimes ufed emphatically

did really love him.

It is

3.

QIDA'CTICAL.
DIDA'CTICK.

adj.

as a
cepts
that gives rules for
:

[JiJaxim-.]

Pre-

5
ceptive ; giving predidailick poem is a poem

fome

art

as the

Georgicks.

The

D
The means

D
we

ufed to this purpofe

partly di-

and partly protrepticai ; dernonftiating tKe

truth of the gofpel, and then urging the prorellbrs
of thofe truths to be ledr'aft in the faith, and to

Of before a

4.

Jafiicjl,

beware of

Ward

infidelity.

DI'DAPPER.

A bird

n.f. [from dip.]

ceptive

fome

thefe prepoof before a pofitive caufe

fitions are not
always truly diftinguilhed.
At firft (he ftart!es, then (he (lands amaz'd ;
At hit with terror (he from thence doth fly,
And loaths the wat'ry glafs wherein (he gaz'd,

I found it necefTary to form fome

ftory, and give
a kind of body to the poem : under what fpecies it
be
whether
may
comprehended,
didafcartck or heroick.I leave to the judgment of the criticks. Prior.

To quake with cold ; to fhiver.

Skinner.
provincial word.
DIDST. The fecond perfon of the preter

Germ.]

Oh

To
If

The

whom

plead

Which makes my

is

have dainty works of feathers of wonderful

and many.

When

Jt is furprifmg to fee the

irrngei of the mind
ftamped upon the .ifpefl ; to fee the checks take
the da of the paflions, and appear in all the colours of thought.
Cdlier t,f the
A/fed.

To

lofe

on

Dj:"g

On let me live my own, ani

To live and die is all have to do.
,/;,

Addif.

fo too

Dcntam.

2.

To

by violence or

dileafo.
The dira only ferved to confirm him in his firfl
that
it
was his dcftiny to die in the enopinion,
fuitig combat.
Drjdtn.
Talk not of life or n/,f.,m, he replies
;
Patruclus-deid, whoever meets B-.I-, Jit: :

perifh

In vain a fmgk Tr

Hot

>jan fu=s

f.ir

prate

leafr th:-

that they

13.

Pofe't

Hemr.

has by before an inftrument of death.

Their young men (hall d',e l>y the fword ; tl.eir

It

forji *j.d

daughters /hall tin ty lajriine.

for Rebecca.

J,,

1.

a. [from the noun.]

feed by the rules of medicine..
She diets him with fading every day,
The fwclling of his wounds to mitigate,
And made him .pray both early and eke late..

To

Shrw

To

languifh

We
To

my

life

upon

we have

fuppler louls-

lih, die-red by thee, I grow mature.

In knowiotlge as the gods, who all'things

a cult,

He knows which
fall> as perfectly as if

they were already cj(U Scutb.

chance.

Kftfuons his cruel h*nd Sir Guyon (raid,'

Temp'ring the p;i(Tion with advilrmcnt How,
And muft'ring might on enemy clifmay'd j
For th' e-jual di: of war be well did know, /v/ry

know.
Milton

We

(land the hazard of the dit.

feeding,

Sbatfffeare't Richard III.

way the" lot and the die (hall

Hazard

I .will attend
my hufband, be his nurfe,
Diet his fickncfs; for it is my office. S bukcfpeare.
Henceforth my cculy care
Shall tenJ thce, and the fertile burJon eafc {

which game-

Shakrjfearc.

h.ive fet

powt upon the morning, are unapt

give or to forgive; but when we've fluff' d
pipes, and thefe conveyances of blood,

With wine and

KeepagameftcrfromtherfiVf, and a-good ftudcnt

frum l.is boolt, and it is wonderful.
I will

Than in our prieftllke (alls ; therefoic I'll watch him

Till he be dieted to my requeft.
Sbakefp. Ccr/V>.

^rr.

Thcfe

jf^ta.

to fix,

Fairy
a while like fearful war,
ficlc of happincfs,

rank minds

To grow

numbers from one

fters throw in
play.

diet

And purge th* obftruilions which begin to flflp

Our very teins of life.
Sbattffeeri'i Henry IV,.
He was not taken well he had not din'd
The veins unfiil'd, our blood is cold ; and then

in love-letters,
Taller.

fruit.

there was a continual diet given

the king.
Jeremiah.

To DI'ET. v.

vapid, as liquor.
DIE. n.f. pi. diet, [tie, Fr. dis, Welftr.]
fmall cube, marked on its faces with
I.

z.

thou, dift thou, bewail mortal

To

Temfle.-

his diet,

him by

wither, as a vegetable.

much

forth

y.

dud

or vinegar.

Allowance of provifion.

Addijons Sfeflahr.

fait

3.

Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground,

and dii, .it abideth alone j but if it die it
biingeth

-,

And

To

And

what booti it to Jenl'/re

Tne great, the good Patrodui i? no
He, far thy better, was forc'ioom'd to Jit
tli-n, rr.y frirnd

I),

I commend rather fame- diet for certain fesJbns,

than frequent ufe of phylick ; for thofe diets alter
the body more, and trouble it lefs.
Bacon.
I reftrained
myfelf to fo regular a diet, as to eat
fle(h but once
a-day, and little at a time, without

the other beauties, and darkens the whole

all

The young men acknowledged,

race

dheafe.

Pope.

Sbaliejjpeare.

[In the ftyle of lovers.]

with afteftion.

14.

cine, for the prevention or cure of

morning's war,

12.

Sidr.(y.

did the third his conquefh long furvivc,

ere fcarce he had begun to live.
Ov.

away,

dy'mg clouds contend with growing light.

character.

another

Nor

Food regulated by the rules-of mediany

2.

as a

fmaller Mains and blcmiihes

may die away
and diCiopcar, amidft the brightncfs that furrounds
them ; but a- blot of a deeper n.iture cafts a (hade

[biabian, Sax.]
to expire; to
pafs into

art tlx martherer.

where acrimony is to be purged or avoided ;

but not where the canals are obftru&ed, it
being
void of all faline quality.
Arbutbvot,
dies,

For

battle fares like to the

The

life;

ftate of exiftence.
Thou dofl kill me with thy falfchoodj and it
grieves me not to Jit, but it grieves me that thou

day.

Raltigb.

natural, and fo agrceable'to the ftomach, as good

and well-ripened fruits.
Temfle.
Milk appears to be a proper diet for human bo-

Samuel.

vanifh.

This

Of midnight eafe ; another, when the grey

Of morn preludes the fplendor of the day.. Dryd.

1.

To

(he dies

life.

No inconvenient ditt, nor too light fare. Milton,

No part of diet, in any feafon, is fo healthful, fo

Providence.

tin

than to maintain

diet,

languilh with pleafure or tender-

To founds of heav'nly harps

And melts in vilions of eternal
11.

Ev'n heav'n itfclf receives another die,

Wl.en wea. ied animaliin Cumbers lie

TDiF...

To

Atlantis.

Darknefs we

fee emerges into

light,
Ihining funs defcend to fable night

Haknvill

cared for no other delicacy of fare, or cu-

of

Time may come, when men

With angels may participate and find

nefs.

luftrej.excelleat din,

And

riofity

[In theology.] T^ perifh everlaftingly.

So long as Cod (hall live, fo long (hall the damned

10.

New

die.

on me,

whit'ft part black.

BjarTi

making,

lone.

SbaWpe are's Henry VIII.

We

They

fink ; to faint.
His heart died within him, and he became

9.

for that die

tuals.

To

8.
j

hue acquired.
me nothing

mine innocence

to no-

keep alone

great eftates: coolers, dien, and (hoeto the people.

Sfefl.

It will help

To

come

to

clothes..

has been by the dier ftain'd,

Whatever

A!l white, a virgin faint (he fought the (kies

follows

Arbutbnot on Coint.

pleafure any man may take in fpreading whifpers, he will find greater fatisfaction by
letting the fecret die within his own breaft.

For marriage, though it lullies not, it d;es.

Dryd.
DIE. n.f. [from the verb.] Colour; tincftain

Hammond.

to perifli

One who

one who dies

DI'ET. n.f. [tiiifta, low Latin Jiaira.]'

Food provisions for the mouth ; vic--

Uling thofe thoughts which (hould indeed have died

With them they think on. SbakeJ'feare'i Macbeth.
If any fovereignty, on account of his
property,
had been vefted in Adam, which in truth there
was not, it would have died with him.
Locke.

Milton.

loft ;

How now, my lord, why do you

Of forrieft fancies your companion

to ftain.
tinge
So much of death her thoughts
enteruin'd, as died her cheeks with pale.

ture

be

fleece, ttut

Siuift,tile.']

makers gave pubikk (hows

thing.

colour.]

to colour

Chi ift dud.

To

7.

The

who acquired

the love of our neighbour?

him as the image of God, one for

[from

Never again its native whitenefs gain'd. Waller.

There were fome of very low rank and piofcflions

me, the

valuing

Watn.
ftamp ufed irr

difficult.

the trade of dying

Stakeff eare's King Lear.

is

more

terfeits

DI'ER../

ought to (hew what kind of firings they are,

which, though ftrongly fattened to the infide of the
receiver and fuprficies of the bladder, muft draw
a> forcibly one as another, in
comparison of thcfe
that within the bladder draw fo as Co hinder the
didzfftcn of its ftdes.
B^yl
To DIE. 11. a. [beaj, Saxon, a

Had

my

What

He

To

it, as no lefs is threatened

old mailer muft be relieved.

die for

The

plur. dies.

coinage.
Such a variety of diet made ufe of by Wood in
ftamping his money, makes the difcovery of coun-

Mdifon.

paration by withdrawing one part from

the other.

DIE. n.f.

be puniftied with death.

king

and bed of Scots who didft maintain

Thy country's freedom from a foreign reign. Dryd,
DIDU'CTION. n.f. [<6'dW7/'/Latin.] Selaft

Hipparchus being paltionately fond of his own

fe, who was enamoured of Batliyllus, leaped and

died of hh fall.

6.

See DID.

tenfeofdb.

learned A/elling of words"

litt'.e flat tablets or dies.

by having-jhem palled upon

And fhuns it (till, a!tho'_/t,r thirft (lie die. Davits.

He in the leaden vineyard dies fer thirft. Addif.

Teut. xitttrn,

cubick body.
Young creatures have

Any

3.

art.

-v.a. [diddern,

Wifeman.

adj. [JiJao-xaJ.ix-.] Predidaftick ; giving precepts in

To DI'DDER.

Under my fpear: fuch h the die of war. Fair

Thine is th* adventure, thine rhe viclory
Well has thy fortune turn'd the die for thee.

For commonly before a privative, and

5.

So both to battle fierce arranged are 5In which his harder fortune was to fall

difeafe.

come

died tfit, or at leaft have been very infirm.

that

DID ASCA'LICK.

into the world clear, and with

the appearance of found bodies; which, nof.vithftanding, have been infcfted with difeafe, and have

They

:n Infidelity,

dives into the water.

often

have lived upon expedients-, of which no

country had leisoccafion we have dieted* healthy
body into a ctmfum^tion, by plying it with phyficie
inftead of food.
Swift.

2.

To

give food ta.-

I'm ('aitly led to diet rny revenge,

For that 1 Jo fufpeft the lufty Moor
:

^.

3.

H.ith leapt into

To

board

my

feat.

Shakijpeare's Otlells*

to fupply with diet.

D
Tc DI'ET. v.
1.

2.

To
To
1

Thus, birn

a.

th

la:},

dicated

it

Drydtn.
Milton-

liquors

DJ'ETER.

n. f.

[from

prefcribes rules

diet."]

Pertaining

diet."]

One who
one who

Di8.

for

Oh the
To thee a

he her

dirter.

DIETE'TICAL.
DIETE'TICK.

[iiaiTr,Ti*^.]

aJj.

ing to diet

Relat-

Brown's Vulgar Errturs

This book of Cheyne's became the fubject of

forded.

be diftinguilhed from ; to have properties and qualities not the fame with
thofe of another perfon or thing.
If the pipe be a littie wet on the inlide, it will
anakc a differing found from the fame pipe dry.

That

7.

man

rant nu'n

of judgment
i;i:l

''ij-r t

th')fc wiiich

i:j

d.fir

fometirncs hear igno-

mean one

arui

To

DIFFERENCE,
.

Where the faith of the holy church is one,

difrcnce between curtoms of the church
hirm.
2.

The

quality by which one

differs

Of contrary

from

or difference from the vulgar, waj

not in the beginning given to the fucccllion of
to
the futceflion of virtue.
Hood, but
Rakish.

Jill -rni er..

oppofe, or
fort, to

Unlike

aptnefs
or the like; but the
deeper

difficilncfs,

envy

anil

mere mifchief.

Bacon

adj. [diffidli,, Latin.]

1. Hard ; not eafy ; not facil.
It is difficult in the eyes of this
people. Zacbar*

2.

Troublefome

3.

Hard

to pleafe

DIFFICULTLY.
Hardly

vexatious.
;

peevim ; morofe.
[from difficult.]

ad<v.

with difficulty.

man, wi)o has always indulged himfclf in the

full enjoyment of his ftation, v,-\li

difficultly be perfuaded to think any methods unjuit that otter to
continue it.
Rofrtrs*i Serir.m,

DIFFICULTY,
cult!,

n.f. [horn, difficult

diffi-

French.]

Hardnefs

contrariety to eafmefs or fa-

cility.

The
t)ip

i'ljdcn's Dufrefnty,

That which
which

!!

which, by

this covenant,

we

en.

is

Roger;.

is

hard to accomplifh; that

not eafy.

They mifhke

a
difficulties for impofiibilities
pernicious mift-ikc certainly; and the more pernicious, for that men arc feldom convinced of ir,
till their convictions do them no
South.
good.

Pbillps*

diffimilar.
3.
Neither the fhape of faces, nor the age, nor the
colour, ought to be alike in all figu.c^, any more
than the hair ; hccaule men arc as different from
rath nthcr, as the legions ia which they arc born

religion

ourfelves to obfrrve, is a work of labour and

a feivice that requires our
d':jji, a!ty ;
greateft c.ire
and attention.
jr.ig-

are different.

in ufe,

Dl'FFICULT.

2.
f

incompliance

jiddifon on Italy.

qualities.
The Britons change
Sweet native home for unaccuft >m'd nir,
And other climes, where different food afrd

word not

There be that in their nature do not affect the

the lighter fort of
good of others
malignity turneth but to a crolTnefs, or frowardnefs, or
to

adj. [frOOH/i/ir.]
Diftinft ; not the fame.
There are covered galleries that lead from

but proper.

Effiy en Htimer.

DIFFERENT,

i.
;

Uo'.kfr.

another.
This nobility,

Ptfft

palace to five differtnt churches,

n.f. [from difficil.] Dif-

be perfuaded

ficulty to

Holder.

We

n.f. {differentia, Latin.]

State of being diftincl from fomething

contrariety to identity.

arc apt to feek all the differences of letters

motions; whereas feveral com-

Or'fs difftrexcctb a civil and well cultivated re,

/\..y.
gion from a barren and def"latc wilderncfs.
fee nothing that difffrtncts the courage of
Mncftheus from that of Scrpcfthus.

i.

DIFFI'CILNESS.

of

Vulgar Erroars.

caufcs.

1'bcory.

n'j Freeholder.

rcti'n's

differences

binations of letters are framed by the very fame

motions of thole or :ans which are commonly obferved, and are differenced by other concurrent

kept, which

Others Ji/trw'ith me about the truth and reality of thcfc Ipecujjtions.

Ckyr.c.

fomt

DIFFERENCE, "j. a. [from the noun.]

To caufe a difference to make one
Mod

Scrupulous ; hard to be perfuaded.

The cardinal finding the pope difficil in

granting

marks
David.

in thofe articulating

pfire'y fpeculative, as thefe are, and no

ingredients of our faith, it is free to differ from
one another in our opinions and fcntimrnts.

be

in

apprehenfion as any myftery in naGlanvilles Scefjis.

Latin was not more difficil,
Than to a blackbird 'tis to whittle.
Huditras.
difficil

the difpenfation, doth ufe it as a

principal argument, concerning the king's merit, that he had
touched none of thofe deniers which had been levied by popes in England.
Bacon.

are the true

be of a contrary opinion.

Burners

known

of as

ture.

kind.

is

vary a co-

Difficult; hard; not eafy; not obvious.

Little ufed.
That that ihould give motion to an
unweildy
bulk, which itfelf hath neither bulk nor motion,
is

of foverc;gn, yet did not put

which

of a furface

adj. [diffidli,, Latin.]

impracticability.

thing not the fame as another.

Bacon.

In things

are certain, meafures to

trte title

notorioufiy
brake or fern.

thing, and yet they

nay leave a tendency rather to gain thjn t irritate

thole who d'ff.r with you in their fentimcnti.

1.

differential

ferenett of fovereignty.

This

There

had

parts

differing/}, as to

Boyle.

DIFFI'CIL.

2.

remit the light fo

differing.]

lour.

different!

Bacon.

DiltincT:

9.

Here uncontroli'd you may in judgment ii"We'll neve/ i.'iffir with a crowded pit.
Rtict.

To

may

logical diftinftion.

H-::iry

well within himfelf that

the:iiltl\es never agree.

Such protuberant and concave

holds this prefent queftion in the court ?

Sbahcfftare.

Evidences of diflinftion
marks.

[from

In a different manner.

ground of contro-

matter.
8.

at variance.

fhall

know

are never without a difference ; and commonly, by amufing men with a fubtilty, blanch the

jtirbutbnot,

be

DI'FFERINGLY. adv.

jiddifins Freeholder.

thofe things in execution

Nor how the hero differs from the brute. AdA. Cat'..
The feveral parts of the fame animal differ in
to

writer,

Som*

Thy prejudices, Syphax, won't difcern

What virtues grow from ignorance and choice,

the fame thought, which prefents itfelf in a

great
from what he is when he finds it delivered
an
by
ordinary genius.
jUdiftn,

controverfy.

What was

verfy.
Are you acquainted with the

Saccn.

To contend

was

Point in queftion

6.

To

their qualities.

quarrel

criminal.

converfatiun, and produced even fctts in ihe dientiik philofnphy.

ji>tntbint on /lUmcnti, Prcf.

Latin

Our conftitution doe not only make a difference

between the guilty and the innocent, but, even
among the guilty, between fuch as are more orlcfs

fjbod.
received no other counfel than to refrain
from cold drink, which was but a dietetical caution,
and fuch as culinary prefcription might have af-

[differs,

adii. [from
different.']
In a different manner.
He may confidcr how differently he is affected by

Diftinftion.

5.

He

n.

debate

Nothing couM have fallen out more unluckily

than that there mould be fuch difference* among
them about that which they pretend to be the only
means of ending differences.
Til/oifon,

of

<v.

the difference?
a contention in publick. Sbak. Cymb,
He is weary of his life, that hath a difference with
walk abroad after daylight.
any rf them, and will
It

DI'PFERENTLY.

Sandys.

to the medicinal cautions about the uie

To DI'FFER.

the differential calculus, or analyfis of

Harris,

ttajtoard.

Difpute

and com-

infinitefimals.

to fpoil.

4.

belonging

man

fool ufurps my body.

Sbakf'f. King Leer.
Here might be fcen a great difference between
men praflilcd to fight, and men accuftomed only

Sbakrfpfarc' s Cyjnbelir.c.

and

due

fervices arc

is

paring together thefe infinitely fmall

differences, of what kind foever they be :
and from thence it takes the name of

betwixt our Bohe-

man

flringe difference of

woman's

L'.fke.

Method,

Imall differences,

infinitely

Sbatrfp. H^intir'sT

Siciii:i.

My

eating ;
prepares food by medicinal rules.
He Uuc'd our broth as Juno had been fick,

And

(hall fee great difference

are very
different

fcending from whole quantities to their

difproportion between one thing

and another, caufed by the qualities of

You

An emperor in title without territory, who can

ordain nothing of importance but by a diet, or afiy of the eltates of many free princes, eccleUal and temporal.
Roleigb.
adj. [from
to the rules of diet.

into diftincl clafles under every fuel.

I'..k.

mia and your

men,

applied to
the doctrine -of infinitesimals, or infinitely (mall quantities, called the arithmctick of fluxions. It confills in de-

each.

An

multitude, 'Juntas.]
aflemb'y of princes or eftates.

DIFPERE'NTIAL

The

n.f. [from dies, an appointed day,

Skinner ; from diet, an old German word
a

them

differena.

3.

DI'HT.

DI'ETARY.

dffinn

fignifying

pain now thefe, to different

things.

it be ufeful to difcern every varicbe found in natuie, yet it it n-'t c->mrnir!-t

e that is in things, and
riliJer every

divide

eonfifts in things which produce

p|and in the abfence of thofe which caufe
any

fure,

Though
is tp

and drink."] Medrink brewed wilh

n.f. [Jin

Happmaft

begin

oft \vith gods doth diet.

firft

JSK-diciiul ingredients.
The oi
do that better than the lady'
Loikf
elict~itrinis, or apothecary's medicines.

3.

from virtue

alike,

by rules of phyfick.
eat; to feed.
join with the.- cilrn peace and quiet

Spire

2.

Thr fc/r"Yi.-.'that diflingu'lh'd man from man

Hr claim'J no title from dcfcent of
But that, wiiich made him noble, made him good.

eat

DI'F.T-DRINK.

1.

DIP

3.

Diftrefs

;
oppofition.
Thus, by degrees, he rjfe to Jove's imperial

feaf:

Thus ii$K/(pruvealouHcgitimate]y great. Dryd.

4. Perplexity

in affairs
4. Perplexity
n

uneailefs of

cumftances.

They

lie

under fofne

en

Mdiftt

Italy.

Men

(hould confider, that raifing

difficulties concerning the myfteries in religion, cannot make
them more wife, Jearned, or virtuous.

DIFFO'RMITY.
verfity of
litude.

Swift.

To

[diffido,

Latin.]
diftruft ; to have no confidence in.
With hope and fear
The woman did the new folution hear:
The man fiffides in his own augury,

And

doubts the gods.

formed

all

TiDIFFU'SE.

To

1.

tains, they

And

lefs

fpeak, though fure, with feeming

they look on,

atheifts

fufpicion and diffidence,

in the wrong ; and then

left

into the hands of the

living

DI'FFIDENT.
I.

Diftruftful

God.

Be not

Jfwifdom;

flie

deferts thee not,

ifthou
Difinifs not her, when moft thou need'ft her
nigh.
Millon.

Pliny fpeaks of the Seres, the fame people with

the Chinefe, as being
very fliy and diffident in their

z.

Dryden 'i Goad Parfon.

adj.

Scattered

Copious

Shakeffeare's time,
uncouth, irregular.

the

r, DIFFI'ND. v
cleave in two;

D IP FI'SS,ON.
aft of

humble heart

fame

ly

in

a.

[diffindo,

Latin^To

to fplit.

n.f.

D,tf

\_diffitfo,

The

Latin.]

cleaving or fplitting.

Difl

The

flate

of

>

more of rhe firmer

operation, and the fpccies audible of the latter.
B.u-n's Natural
llijlary.
A meet of very well flecked marbled paper
did
not caft diftir.il colours
the
nor
throw
upon
wall,
its
light with an equal difuj'xn ; but threw its
beams, ur.ftjined and bright, to th s and that prut
of the wall.
on Colours.

a confiftence or determination of

amittttb not

its

Di PFLUENT.

its

dMu-.ncy
eflcnce,- but condition of fl

and

Broiun'l Vulgar Ernurs

adj. (dtfflueas , Lzt.] Flow-

ing every way; not confident; not fixed.

DIFFORM. adj. [from erma ,
Latin.]
Contrary to uniform ; having
of

parts

different ftruclure

diffimilar

unlike;

Beyle

2.

Copioufnefs

branches lopt.

To

;.

Dryden*, Pirtfll.

with a

pierce
(harp point.
A.rav'nous vulture in his opcn'd fide
Her crooked beak and cruel talons tried
liv

(till

fuppiicd. the fejflv

Dryden's 'M*4f.

Jo gain by digging.
It is

and

ell

the growing liver

digged his bread,

digged out of even the high'eft mountains,

parts of the earth contingently ; as the py-,

ritcs -

vifible fee.-ncih to
participate

it

you cannot dig up your garden too often. Temple.

Be firft to dig the ground, be firft to burn

extenfively.

Whereas all bodies ac~l cither by the communication of their natures, or

by th; imprefii
fignaturei of their motions, the diffufnn i-.i

away on all fides ; the effect of fluidity the contrary to

confiftency.
Ice U water
cong-altj by the frigidity of rhe
air, whereby it acquireth no new
form, but ratj

ground by turning

walls of your garden, without their furniture, look as ill as thofc of your houfc
fo that

Still for

Copioufly; not concifely.

n.f. [from difufe.~\
Difperfion ; t)y ftate of being fcattered

quality of falling

cultivate the

The growing

every way.

The

WL-itgift..

built towers in the

defert, and Jigged many
for he had much cattle. z Cbnn. xxvi.
10.

The

<//_ffufe.]

Widely;

Extk.

form by digging.

with a fpade.

difufcd.]
dilperfion.

[irom

To

3.

The

2.

He

t>

1.

1 .

To

wells

V.

n. /.
[from
being d'iftuied ;

ad-v.

he unto me, SOB of man,

Jig now in
and when I had
digged in the wall, I

faid
;

that

difperfedly ;
is
fpread every way.

DIFFU'SELY.

pierce with a fpade..-

Seek with heart and mouth to

build'ap the wall*
of Jerufalem, which you have broken down
and
;
to fill up the mines that
you have digged, by craft
and fubtiety, to overthrow the fame.

as wild,

DJFTLA'TIOK.*./ {diffare, Latin.] The DIFFU'SION.

ad of fcattering with a blait of wind.

Di FFLUETICY.

To

which

diffident.

DIFFI/SEDNESS.
.

the wall

manner of

Mai.

a.

<v.

beheld a door.

Shakeffeare's Henry

is

the wholes

preter. dug, or digged ^

part. part", dug, or digged, [bic, Saxon, a.
ditch ; dyger^ Danifli, to
dig. j

Di PPU'SE D L Y. adv. [from diff'ufed.'] Wide;

modern legend,
AJdif. on

To DIG.

have Signified, in
the

fault that I find with a

diffufivntfti you have fometimes

fide of a medal over-run with it.

Then

Let them from forth a fawpit rufn at

once,
With fome diffufed fong. Shak. M. W.
ofWindf.
He grows like favages,
To fwearing and ftern boks, dffm'd attire,
And every thing that feems unnatuial.

Jfrng Charles.

makes

The

farticifialadj. [from diffufe.}

fufficiency, as

Diftrefs

expreflion.
its

Latin.]
;
widely fpread.
not concife.
to

u.f. [from diffujive.']

the power of
;

difperfion

the ftate of being diffufed.

;
6f concifenefs ;
large compais of

Want

[diffu/uj,

This word feems

[from di/ii/hie.]

diffusing
2.

2.

Doubtful of himfelf; not confident.

I am not fo confident of
my own

not willingly to admit the counfel of others

but
;
yet I am not fo diffident of myfelf, as
brutirtily to
fubmit to any man's dictates.

Extenfion

1.

Dryden.

Diffy'sED.

"Mnnerofdeallnj.
Artutkna.
2. Doubtful of an event, ufed of
things ;
uncertain.
I was
fo
of
really
it, as to let it lie
diffident
by
me thefe two years, juft as you now fee it. Pete.
J.

DIFFU'SIVELY. adv.

diffused a venerable grace,

charity itfclf was in his face.

DIFFU'SE.

diffident

are not agreed

a'mong themfclves where
infallibility is fcated j whether in the pope alone,,
or a council alone, or in both
together, or in the
diffufive body of Chriftians.
Tif/mfen.

DIFFUSIVENESS,

inftead

His eyes

And

Bentley.

[from diffide.]
doubting others.

Prior*-

1 hey

difufe

adj.

exuberance of

ftyle.

DIFKU'SIVB. adj. [from dijj'tife.

I.
Having the quality of icattering any
]'

thing every way.

Widely; extenfively; everyway.

Decay of Piety.
chief renown'd in war,
Whofe race (hall bear alol'l the Latian name,
And through the conquer'd world difaj'e our fame.

poffibly they may be

a fearful thing to fall

Dryden*

Extended.

3.

think on,

it is

to create;

"

diffidence.

or whatfoever
do adminifter fome reafons for

all

Theory,

malign, a better race to bring

Into their vacant room, and thence
dffufe
His good to worlds, and ages, infinitf.
Milton.
No feil wants its apoftles Co propagate and

Pope.

Whatfoever

themfelves every way.

to fcatter ; to difperfe.
Wifdom had ordain'd

Good out of evil

apparent probability
lacke.
fenfe

fpread

Of fpirits

diffidence

always when you doubt your

to pour

Burnet's.

To

2.

If the evidence of its being, or that this is its

true fenfe, be
only on probable proofs, our affent
can reach no higher than an aflurance or

filent

diffuje

is

it grows
buds their opening bloom
diiilole,
round the happy foil
diffuji-ue odour flows.

And

-v.

would

ofl'any way.

Cherifh'd with hope, and fed with

joy,

When thefe waters began to rile at firft,, long

before they could fwell to the
height of the moun-

in ourfelves.

for their parts,

Its cheerful

liquor may run every way

without particular direction.

Jgonijles.

Be

Brown's Vulgar Errours.

a. [<tifu/us,L*tin.]
out upon a plane, fo that the

pour

urrtft's
Tkary of the Earth,
of fo general and
diffu/ive a lult, as
to profecute his amours all the world over.
South,
The (tars, no longer overlaid with
weight,
Exert their heads from underneath the
rnafs,
And upward (hoot, and kindle as they
pals,
And with diffuf-at light. adorn their heav'nly
place,

privileges of a city.

thought himfelf fecure, and men

durft fcarce commune or talk one with
another;
but there was a general
diffidence every where.
Bacon's
Henry VII.
You have brought fcanda!
To Ifrael, diffidence of God, and doubt
In feeble hearts, propenfe
enough before
To waver.
Milton's

ariling trom the more or

of the proofs.

fail

No man

things belt.

bodies are
difufive

being in motion, have no connexion, but glide and

diflinii-

of fuffering diffuiion.

AlHiquid

DIFFRA'NCHISEMENT. n.f. [francbife,

French.] The aft of taking away the

No man almoft

Doubt; want of confidence

lity

againft the prefent difpofure

of things, they defire in them a
difiirmity from
the primitive rule, and the idea of that mind that

n.f. [from Jijpde.]

1. Diitruft; want of confidence in others.

2.

irregularity

Their valour works like bodies on a glafs,

And does its image on their men project.
DryJ,
.
Scattered ; difperfed ;
having the qua-

While they murmur

Dryden.

DI'FFIDENCE.

They make

n.f. [from di_fform.} Di-

form

of themfelves, where'er
they pals
that warmth in others
they expccl

unequal refractions of riifcrm rays proceed

not from any contingent irregularities fuch as are
;
veins, an uneven polifli, or fortuitous pofition of
the pores of glafs.
Ksivton.

*j. Objedion; cavil.

To DIFFI'DE, v.

The

difficulties by reafon of the

emperor's difpleafure, ,,ho has forbidden their ma-

nufactures.

irregular: as, a diffarm flower, one of

which the leaves are unlike each other.

cir-

moJtuurJ*
Nor was the ground alone- requir'd to bear
Her annual income to the crooked (hare
;
But greedy mortals, rummaging her
(lore,

Vigg'd from her

entrails

firft

the precious ore.

Df/din's Oiv/..

To DIG. f
To work with a fpade ; to
work in making holes, or
turning the
.

ground..
They long
for

it

mo .K

for death ,.but itcometh.not

ill

The loKln

in f> r hid trcafures.

h.ivc often
into

Jet,

*ndd!r'
\\\.

.,..

lands, defcribed
dug
where ftatucs or obe-

in old authors j, the

places

Oftl ftoud, and feldoaj failed of fucceis.

Travels.

To DIG

up. -v. a. To throw up that which

covered with eaith.

is

If

digg'd up thy forefathers graves,

t.-rir rutten ctnr>s
up in chains,
wou.it not H.ike rr.i e ire.
Sleak<htore.

It

DI'CAMY.

n. f.

That which caufcs or ftrengthens the

concodixc power.'

4.

R cc

of excellent ufe for all illnefcs of the

ftomach, a great reftoter of health, and a grc.it

Second mar-

[Ji7aj/.a.]

riage ; marriage to a fecond wife after

.the death of the firfl : as
bigamy, having
two wives at once.

That
a,!j. \digtrtl, Latin.]
which has the power of digelling, or
Di3.
caufing digeflion.

DI'OES

DIGE'STION. n.f. [from

tion, becaufe that requires a greater time than the

continuance of the aliment in the ftomach: vegetable putrefaction refembles very

diftribute into various clafles or reto

range or ditpofe metho

dically.

To

2.

concodl in the ftomach, fo as that

may be ap-

the various particles of food

plied to their proper ule.

proceeding on diftemper,
Shall not bewinlc'.d at, how (hall we ftretchoureje,
When c.ip'ital crimes chew'd, fwallovv'd, and d:]f

little faults,

Appear
Each then has organs

One

to beget,

To

3.

fofteu

a dunghill

To

Skatcffeare'i
to
dig/ft his food

a chemical term.

mind

methodically in the

to

Learning
,

To

|.

the Ubour-houfes of the air,

r
lay crude vapours \nd'igtjt\ jn there

Raife

And
to a plan
3. Reduction

4.

5.

receive without loathing or

repugnance ; not to rejeft.
Firft, let us

jNy, Jet me

go to dinner.
praifc you while 1 have a ftomach.

Mcrckata cf Venice.
The pleafance of numbers is, that rudenefs and
barbarifm might the better tafte
laddigtjl the leffons of civility.
Peacbam.
fliall

To

7.

difcf

it.

i'

9.

digcji

[In chirurgery.]
difpofe a wound
to generate pus in order to a cure.
r. i/. n.
generate matter, as
a wound, and tend to a cure.

yDiGE's

To

Z.

He
He

a./, [from digejt.]

that digefts or
difpoles.
that digefts or concodls his food.

People that are bilious and

are great eaters and

3.

M.

fit, rather

Not only

difpofition of a wound or fore to

generate matter.
The firft ibge of healing, or the difcharge of

Methodifing

To

Half.

DI'GITATED.

[from

digcj}.}

plicaiion which difpoies a

An

wound

ap-

to ge-

nerate matter.
I dretled it

with

DICE'STURE.
Neither

d'ig.ftfri,

di^cjluri

DI'CCKK.
.

br-iuns I'ulgzr Errours.

adj.

[from

digeftivft.

digiius, Latin.]
like lingers ;

as a digitated leaf is a leaf

many (mall leaves.

compoied of

For anniKiU muitifidous, or fu:h as are

digitated^
in th-ir feet, theie are but
two that are DfiipBfOUSj that is, men and ele-

or have Icvc

Brrwr.'i Vulgar Errors.

DIG ADIA'TION.
i

tin]

n.f. [Jiglaaiatio, La>

combat with fwords; any quar-

rel or contell.
Arilti tie iccms purpofely to intend the cherifliing of.contivverli.il diglatiitnns, by his own atTcction of an intricate
Gtar.i>.Ue'i S <i lit.
ohltu-ity.

DI'CNIFIED,

adj.

[fromdigmjy.] Jnvefted
it is uied
chiefly of

with fome dignity:

the clergy.

Abbots are (tiled dignified clerks, as having fome

dignity in the church.
Aylifc'i FfntfM,
n. f.

DICNIFICA'TION.

[from dignify.]

Exaltation.
I

grant that

where a noble and ancient defcoit

and merit meet

in

carivn oftii.it

rfon.

To DI'GNIFY.

any man,
-v.

a.

it is

a double digtti/iHelton's Angler.

[from dignus and

facto, Latin.]

bufmefs, ripen'd by digeflivt thought,

is into method
brought. Drydrn.
n- f.

from con*

Branched out iniodivifions

adjufting.

This future rule

DIOE'STIVE.

rune,

ci

digits

Capable by heat to foften and fubdue.

for fuch a production.

ringers.

leven a

cally applauded.

by furgeons called digtftitn.

The earth and fun were in that very Irate; the

one active, piercing, and dig'fti-ve, by its heat ; the
other paflive, receptive, and rtorcd with materials
3.

phanrs.

The

is

the nun.b.

fiderations abftrufe, have been extolled by mifr,

but all or m^ft of other
have b^-n as myrti-

gene-

Brtrwn't Vulgar Erroun.

z.

than lean,

A' bull not.

Itrong veflel or engine, contrived by
1'apin, wherein to boil, witu a very
ill

from counting upon the

DIGE'SIER.
i.

to

chilifjftory raenltruum, or a digcflive preparation, drawn from fpccies or individuals, whofc

Itomachs peculiarly difiblve lapideous bodies.

the third.

Sbaifffearc.

The twelfth part of the diameter of the

fun or moon.
3. Any of the numbers exprefled by Cngle
figures ; any number to ten : fo called

or to ftrengthen the ftomach.

taifff care's

two daughters dowers,

of difpoiing a wound

digits

z.

.^kjrp'i Surgery.

receive and enjoy.

my

die inverted tube of mercury be but twentyhigh, or fomewhat more, the c4 u ckfilver
not
will
fall, but remain fufpcndeu in the tube, be.
caufe it cannot prefs the fubjaccnt mercury with
fo great a fore* as dorh the incumbent cylinder of
the air, reaching thenc. to the top or the atrooBoyle's Spring cf the Air.
fphere,

are

DICE'STIVE. adj. [from dige/l.~\

i.
Having the power to caule digeftion,

Cornwal and Albany,

"With

aft

matter,

No, prny thee, let i: fervc for table-talk;

Then, howfo;-'tr tlmu fpeak'ft, 'mong other things
I

The

of length containing three

It

five

Temple.

rate matter.

play

To

who

nvn.

\digitus, Latin.]

fourths of an inch.

in fi-nate, confuting of forty counsellors,

Leaps o'er the vaunt nd firftlings of thofe broils,

'Ginning i' th' middle : darting thence away
To what may be digrftcd in a play. Slakeffeare.

d.

B/ackm<*re.

n. f.

The mealure

i.

the aft of methodifing ; the maturation of a defign.

The digcjlain of the counfels in Sweden is made

thod.

Our

his head his dreadful hat he Jigtr,

malcrth him invifible to fight. Hut. Tale.

DI'CIT.

all

generally the greateft

Tbamfrn.

On

We

its

reduce to any plan, fcheme, or me-

Soutb.

preparation of matter by a chemi-

Hiidilrat,

put on.

Which

conceive, indeed, that a perfeft good concoction, or digeftion, or maturation of fome mecals,
Bacon's Natural Hijloy.
will produce gold.
Did chymick chance the furnaces prepare,

Choien

friends, with fenfe refin'd,

digf/ifd well.

The

cal heat.

range
apply knowledge by meditation to
proper ufe.

4.

labour to a tired digfft.on.

2.

Henry V.

and one receive, the brood.

Prior.
by heat, as in a boiler, or in
:

Milti*.

Array'd and digbted Hudibras.

To

z.

animal di-

Arbutbvtt on Alimints.
Quantity of food cannot be determined by meafures and weights, or any general Leffian lules ;
but muft vary with the vigour or decays of age or
of health, and the ufe or uifufe of air or of exercife, with the changes of appetite; and then, by
what every man may find or fufpeft of the prefent
ftrength or weakncfs of digrjlian.
Temple.
Every morff t > a fatisficd hunger, is only a new

Juft fo the proud infulring lafj

gtjiitn.

tin.]

much

cloiftert pale

embowed nv.t",
pillar, mady pio-t ;
And (loricd windows richly digit,
Calling 3 dim religious light.
love the hi^h

With antick

<t:geft.~\

is a fermentation begun, becaufe there

DigtJlioH
are all the requifites cf Inch a fermentation ; heat,
air, and motion: but it is not a complete fermenta-

feet never fail

walk the ftudious

And

Hijiory.

aft of digefting or concocting food

in the ftomach.
Now good digejlha wait on appetite,
And health on both.
Sbakiffcare'i Macbttb.

Bacon.

To

To

The

1.

in the

poihories

haps improper.
Let my due

move immediately downwards

d.frf {hew that the Romans apArbudr.it en C^int.

plied themfelves to trade.
fo DIGE'ST. 11. a. \digtro, digeftum, La-

j.

fignify the pad ; the participle paffive

as flighted in. Htuitbras is per-

is dtght,

Tliofc medicines that purge by ftool are, at the

not digeJUtit by the It jmach, and tliercfure

had

Laws

I.

is

ir the guts.
Jiu.'vi's Natural

[bihtan, to prepare, to

a.

<v.

regulate, Saxon.]
To ilrel's ; to deck; to bedeck ; to emit feems always to
bellifh ; to adorn

fiiit,

a purpofe to make a particular digrft, or

jrecompilemcnt to the laws of mine own nation.
1

To DI'OHT.

ae/f.
[from digeft.~\
capable of being digefted or
concofted in the ftomach.

which

n.J. [iligefta, Latin.]

law, containing the opinions of the ancisnt lawyers.

Jet of the civil

vifited mines, we hvs be*o toil by

thlteven when the flcy f.-cmed clear, thert
would fuddenly arifc alK-am fo thick, that it v.ji.1 i
u out ihcir candles.
Jtylr,

When qp

That

DJGE'STIBLE.

The pan-

r.

1\a.;lr.

Jiggrr:,

is

r.

Dr. Champnv only proves, that arcbbi/r.op Cran*nc: was twice married 3 which is nv't denied : but
brings nothing to prove that fuch bK;anry, or digamy rather, deprives a bi&op of the lawful ule or his
p nver of orddinirg.
Bftn? Frrrt.

DJ'CERENT.

ftrong heat, any bony fubftanccs, fo as

to reduce them into a fluid Rate. S>uiiicj.

And hung

Wiftm. en

Abfttffcs.

n.f. Concoftion: not ufed.

yourlelf always to eat meats of cafy

fuch as veal, Iwectbreads.
Ilarvy.
tie

n.f. [from dig.] One that

opens the ground with a fpade.

I.

To

advance; to prefer; to exalt.

chiefly of the clergy.

z.
honour ; to adorn

To

to

Ufed

to give luftre to;

improve by fome adventitious excel-

lence, or honourable diitinftion.

Such a day,
So fought, fo follow'd, and fo fairly won,

Came

not till now to

dignify the times
Since Czliu's fortune*
Siaktjftarr'l Henry IV.
Not that we think us worthy fuch a giiert,
But that yoa.r worth will dignify our Icaft.
!

Btn J^fca.

No

No

Mrbott dignify niy boards |

But gudgeons, flounders, what my Thames

Deviation.
The d\gre(ji:r. of

2.
affords.

which the parts are

from each other.
in

not equal ; but, nsatlieequinottialintcrfections, it is right and greater;

near the foiftttes, more oblique and lelFer.
Bt '.tun's J'u'gar Errcurs.

Pofe.

the fun

is

[from dignus, Latin.]

n.f.

A clergyman advanced to fome

fome rank above

to

dignity,

that of a parochial

i j

u D i c A'T ION.

n.J\[Jijudicatio, Latin. ]

be any digmtariis, whofe preferments are

not liable to the iccufation of fuperfluily,
perhaps,
of fuperior merit.
Sivift<
they may be perfom

DI'GNITY. n.f. [dignitas,

1. Rank of elevation.
our

are not

The

iC

men

elevation of afpeft.
native digrt'^y, which will pro-

have a

JV

Clarijfci.

ug-time ihow'rs comes thought

on thought,
not a thought

And

nexed.

Maxims

5.

general

principles
"

Th

xtfiai

JigK'tiit, an.l

.yes, recc.vs not

ciples knov.

:.om prafablc reafeas,

when

much lefs from

The

bare af-

2.

DIGRE'SS.

To
To

v.

n. [digreffiis,

it.

in

my

light

doth more

itl'elf dilate,

darknels greater doth apnaar.

Satan alarm'd,

f:njer

IHitien.

erft

rifcs irt a
higher fphere ;
Prior.
drops, and foftens into air.
1 mark the various
fury of the winds ;
Thefe neither feafuns guide, nor ord^r binds :
it

its

They now dilate and now contract their forcr ;

Various their fpced, but endk-fs is their courfr.

Arbutbr.a.

Prhr,

The

fecond refraction would fpread the

rays one
w iv ,is much as the rirrt doth another, and foJilatt
the image in breadth as much as the firft doth iia
length.
ffnotn.

dilaniate the entrails of

own mother, and cxpi:

ravifii?d, they met half way in

,y to be
a gallant
'j

kind7

En*. Tiars.

2.

To

DILA'PIDATE. v. n. [dilapido, Lato fall by decay.

tin.] To go to ruin
;

[dilafidatio, Latin.]
Th-j incumbent's fufTering the chancel,
or any other edifices of his ecclefiaftical

Latin.]

living, to

to ruin or
decay, by neglecting to repair the fame : and it likewife extends to his
committing, or fufwilful wafte
fering to be committed,

depart from the main defign of a

or chief tenour of an argu-

upon the

piercing words, and pitiful implore,

harty to arifc.
fairy !%ttmt t

Him

Took

go

any

in or

is

To

relate at large ; to tell

diffufely and
copioufly.
But he would not endure that woful thcam
For to Male at Urge ; but urged forf,

With

DiLAPiDA'TiON.w.y;

dylijfe's Partrgon.
'Tis the duty of all church-wan-mb to
prevent the
of the chancel and tnanfmn-houfc belonging to the rector or vicar. Aylffis Parcrgon.

To

once

obferving,

and found good mean!

draw from her a prayer of earned heart,
a pliant hour,

That I woulti all my pilgrimage dilute,

Whereof by parcels /he had fomethinj heard,
But not di(tinc~rively.
Sbateffcare's OiLrllo.
To Di i, A'TE. -v. n.
I.

To

widen

His heart

to

dilutes

grow wide.
and glories in his frrength.

wander;

to expatiate.
no farther) that the Tartarians, Threading fo tar, cannot be the Jfr

To g'o

^ww

track

out of the right way, or common

to tranfgreis ; to deviate : not

DM. *TABI'LITY. n.f. [from dilatable

The quality of admitting exterfion.
We

extei

in ufe.

am come

to

keep

my

ThegocJ man ti.

commonw-

Sbaltjjbiertt

digrtjjicni

to

late

!i!i
.

him.

Here fome dtfnjjan

Thee, my fnrgetr
-.onrent an;!

mud

imk", f accufe

Arbutbnw.

L A'T A B L E
adj. [from dilate. ]
.

Capable

d-.-,

DILA'TOR. n.f.

That

from dilate.}

which widens or extends.

'1 Iv.or blowers up of the cheeks,
and thtJitatofi of the nofc, are too jftrong in cho

con-

by the admifiion of

the tx

and to fubfidc
Arl;tlbr.;t in /lumen
air,

DIF.ATA'TIOK. n.f. [from

dilatatio,

at
s.

La-

tin.]
i.

The
fpace

of extending into greater

oppofed to contratiion.

aft
:

The motions
*i

z.

The

ftatc

Icrick people.

of the tongue, by contraction and

and In fubtie, that ynu ca:.
diftingiiifii them aright. KtUir.

fo eafy

of being extended

the rtate

Arri-

DI'I.ATOHINESS. n.f.

The
nefs

!?n.

Jlc

windpipe divides itfclf into a great number

of branches called bronchia thefe end in fmall air
bladders, dilatable and contract] ble, capable to be

i:

nuM, with which they rccreaM the

j,

contractability and Jilatability,

ent degrees of iicat, the air is
kept in a con-

'

Voi.-J.

ofextenfion.

Sidney.

other matters were

ibc kri'jw,
Grateful digrtffwt, and fjive high dilpute
With i.onjugai c.i

He,

,.,.

this continual

by d: ftei
Jtant mo:

.ION. n.f. [Jigrtfio,~L&tin.]

I. A paflage deviating from the main tenour or defign of a difcourfe.
ceive.!

and imby any addition or eloquence of

iniftcrs \o diljte
\>p-M\ it,

Torm of wax,

valour of a iri*n.

luftic,

Sbakeffcart.
t

grace, to tranfact the fame puil;ckJy, anJ b

ilieir

Ray.

By
:>ut a

fpeak largely and copioufly.

may b,- behuvefu! tor princes, in matters of

It

fprech.
,

re :t

\V!
;

To

n of tl e llomach of an adder, whofc neck was not bigger than my 1

word,

z.

take notice

taken two

To

greater glory gate,

ye forced with a prime's peer;

Dift'usM,

two.

Locke.

the

Tlnoujh all the air his founding ftrings Jil,<te

Sorrow, like that which touch'd our hearts

of pain is by the obftructhe (mall vrfels, and Maceration of the ner-

glebe-woods, or any
other inheritance of the church.

but

Latin']'
to enlarge

; dilated fpirits, ampler heart,

growing up to godhead : which for tnee
I
Chiefly
limght ; without thee can defpifc. Milt.

ter.fation

harrily
to digrefs into a particular definition, aj
man varies the lignincation of any term.
often as

As

to central.

Opener of mine

Brawn's V^lgjr Erntiis.

of rending

in

Dim
And

n.f. [from dilaceratio,

Rather than they would

It fcemet

ag.iinft

their

room

4.

updyhs and rampaits

To DILA'NIATE. <v. a. [dilanio,

Ladn.]
To tear ; to rend in pieces.

ment.

To

[dilate,

to fpread out

For now your

hinder inundations.

""S fibre-.

turn afide out of the road.

In the purfuit of an argument there

Than had

DILA'CERATE. v. a. [dilacero, LaTo tear; to rend; to force in

tin.]

Thcgreatclt

difcourfe,

3.

to

a.

<v.

But ye thereby much

>od.

Pope's Dttncitid.

DIL ACER A'T ION.

L.itin.] The al

it is in

Th.it temperamental d:gnc'i-m, a:vj conjecture of

be collected from fpotsin
prevalent humours, may
our uaiis, we are not averfe to concede.

extend

Colleaing all his might, dilated itood,

Like TeneiifT, or Atlas, unremov'd.

prin-

any fign.
nity
DIGNO'TION. n.f. [from dignafco, Latin.]
Diftinftion ; diltinguifhing mark.

<To

To

The infant, at the accomplifljed period, flruggling to come forth, dilaceratts ana breaks thole
parts which reftrained him before.

in dig-

is

planet

oppofed
fl

int-j

r.iy.

Brottin.

[In aftrology.]

r DILATE.

fuflicient to raife

.f

feverations.

6.

an-

is

fluice ot

two.

prefer-

Aylijfe's Parergon.

no

And

b-.it

we underftand that promotion or

ment to which any jurifdiftion

ground.
Drydtjfs V'rjnl.

whom

Cowlcy.

[Among

4.

than

vf every

that breaks up the flood-gates of fo

great
a delude, and all the art and
indaftry of man is not

To

thinks on dignity.
Siak.
For thofe of old,
:
to
J
them.
late
S4,i*.
thefe
gn:'iei h-ap'd up
ecclefiaflicks ]
By a dignity

And

'.

dila:a'.i<m

inequality of the lefn.tWi.

God,

Advancement; preferment; high place.

3.

of dyke s

deeper fable blots the filver

A mound

2.

a look, than others can

11
by the moft imperious comm.; Js.

.n

With

cure them more regard by

rifing rivers float the nether

The king
mul

any where fpoken

Grandeur of mien

an dblong form, either

bj *
or by any other cafual

fo highly of as
Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift, and are not in
linker.
.,ai to him.
;ls

2.

n.f. [bic, Saxon; dyk. Erfe.]

channel to receive water.
The dykes are fill'd, and whh a roaring found

Latin.]

diflance

.'

The

DIKE.
1.

more

forth of the
fpirits into the outwarJ
Jiacen's Natural
image of the fun fhould be drawn nut

coming

Judicial diilinction.
Ii'-.'ucre

at

Joy caufetb a chcerfulnefs and vigour in the

eyes; linging, leaping, dancing, and ftmecimei
tears : all thcfe are the effeas of th= dilatet

'

DI'CNITARY.

quality of being dilatory;

adji

r;us,

Latin.]
procralH nation

[dtldtoire, Fr. dilate.

Tardy; flow; given

;

addicled to delay

to

flug-

loitering.

An

llow-

iluo;oifhnefs.

D/'LATORY.
gifh

[from dilatory.}

inferior council, after former tedious_fuits

in a higher court,

would be but

dilatory,

rpofc.

and

Jo

to

Hayii'diM

What wound did ever hea! but by degrees ?

Thou know'ft we work by wit, and not by witchcraft

And

i"

Thil

wit depends on dilatory time.

dilatory floth,

Sbal. OibtHi.

me; I abhor
and tricks of Rome.

cardinals trifle with

Ditatery fortune pliyi thj'lt

the brave, noble, honed, gallant man,

With

To thr< w herlL'lt away

Dill

DILU'CID.

on fools anJ knaves. Oni'ay.

./

[Jileffio,

it

our

The

Latin.]

An

1.

applied to an old fcphilt to be taught

the art of pleading, and bargained for
a certain reward to be pafd, when he
fhould gain a caufe. The mafter fued
for his reward, and the fcholar endeavoured to elude bis claim by a dilemma :
Jf I gain my caufe, I mail withhold your
pay, becaufe the judge's award will be
again/I you ; if I lofe it, I may withhold it, became I ihall not yet have

planation

caufe

you muft pay me,

award

will

if

you

That which
There
is

lofe it

If

Swift.

way I'm

n.f. \_dlligentla, Latin.]

afficiuity

nefs.
thy diligence to come mortly unto me.
t Tim. iv. 9.
Brethren, give diligence to make your calling and

a Pet.

i.

d'nigent

ihall {land before kings.

Licle.

among

Thin

Drydcn.

in his bufincfs, he
Print, xxii. 29.

n. f.

[dimerfo, Latin.]
Space contained in any thing ; bulk ;
It is fcldom ufed but
extent; capacity.
The three dimenfions
in tiie plural.
are length, breadth, and depth.

He

The tomb,

tried

dmenfuns wide.
Dryden.
My gentleman was meafuring my walls, and
taking the dimenjisns of the room.
Swift.
and found the

(trait

DIME'NSIONLESS.

[from

Oppofite todilution is coagulation, or thickening,

is performed by difiipating the miifl liquid
parts by heat, or by insinuating fomc fr.l
which make the parts of the fluid cohere more

Without any

adj. [from dimenjion.]

definite bulk.
In they pafs'd

D'uxtrfonhfs through heav'niy doors.

Jrfifton,

DIME'NSIVE. adj. [dimenjus,i.&t.'\ That

which marks the boundaries or outlines.
All bodies have their meal'ure, and their fpace;
foul's dimtnfmc lines ?

But who can Jraw the

Dailies.

DIMICA'TION.
battle

[dimicatio, Lat.]
the aft of righting ; conteft.

n.f.

Diff.

jtirkutl-not on A'nKtr.n.

ftrongly.

DILU'VI AN.

adj. [from diluvium, Latin.]

Relating to the deluge.

Suppofe that this dHuvian lake (hould rife to the

mountain tops in one place, and not difTufe iifelf
equally into

all

countries about.

Burr.efs Theory.

DIMIDI A'TION. n.-f.

The aft of halving

clearly.
For her true form how ran my fpark difcern,
Which, dim by nature, art did never clear ? Davies.

Latin.]

\_dimidiatio,

Diii.

To DIMl'NlSrT. v.
1.

To make
tion of

lefs

To

{d-minuo, Lat.]

the oppofite to increafe.

call

g
creafe pleafure, or

2.

a.

ab'ciflicn or dcftruc-

by

any part

That we

impair

two

divifion into

equal parts.

DIM.

adj. [bimme, Saxon ; dy, Welfh ;

dciv, Erfe.]
1. Not having a quick light ; not feeing

principal figure in a picture is like a king

bis courtiers, who d'ms all his attendants.

D1>1E'NS!ON.

which

10.

adj. [liiligens, Latin.]

Conflant in application; perfevering
in endeavour ; alfiduous; not idle ; not
negligent ; not lazy.

ScUt thou a man

The

DILU'TION. n. f. [dilutio, Latin.] The

aft of making any thing thin or vcak.

DI'LIGENT.
I.

M:!:

-Thrice chang'd.

was

as (he

That
dilute.]
which makes any thing elfe thin.
Water is the only diluter, and the bed diflblvenr
of moft of the ingredients of cur aliment.
Arbutbntt on Aliments.

Do

elcftion fure.

Richard IJT.

Sfrakrffeare't

Thus while he fpake,each fi&oadirmn'd his face,

The chamber was dark, left thefe colours (hould

be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adNewton.
ventitious light.

DILU'TER. n.f.

Jnconstancy in buiinefs ;
continuance of endeavour; unintermitted application ; the contrary to idle;

Latin.]
to attenuate by the ad-

weak, the diftance of the images would be lefs than

an inch ; and if they were more intcnfc an l.full,
fiewtin.
that diftance would be greater.

Puff.

duftry

thin

as a

[diluo,

attenuated.
adj.
If the red and blue colours were more dilute In*

fped $
foes they write, if frickds they lead, me dead.

DI'LICENCE.

a.

-v.

DILU'TE.

Cotvhy.

cither

When

To make weak.

2.
.

or doubtful choice; a vexa-

every

aliment ought to be thin to dilute, demulcent to temper, or acid to fubdue.

Artutbnct on Alitntnti.

good or ill does equally confound,

both the horns of fate's dilemma wound.

A dire dilemma

flar, doth make her way,

Itorm hath Jimm'tiher trufty guide,
Out of her courfe doth wander far alii ay. Sf infer,
All of us have caufe
wail the dimming of our fiiining ftar.

conduct of Come

By

fluid

The

tious alternative.

To

it

Drinking a large dole of diluted tea,

ordered by a phyfician, (he g"t to bed.

it.

ftrong dilemma in a defp'rate cafe

aft with infamy, or quit the place.

thins other matter.

but water
contains water in it.

all

To make lefs bright to obfcure.

A (hip that through the ocean wide,

2.

mixture of other parts.

becaufe the judge

To make

1.

Whom

difficult

diluent, as

With

[from the adjeftive.]

real diluent

To DILU'TE.

Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is

Alike if i: fucceed, and if it mifs ;

no

is

Locke.

Jim thefe eyes, and fluff this head,

fuch reading as was never reaJ.
Prfe's DunciaJ*

For thee

jQrbutbnct in stUmttits.

2.

Baccn.
dim lighted.
Ever)' one declares agaiuft blindnefs, and yet who
almoft is not fond of that which dims his li;;ht ?

Latin.] Havand attenuate

other matter.

DI'LUENT. n.f.

dilemma, that Morton ufed to raife benevolence, fbme called his fork, and fome his crotch.
Bacon's Henry VII.

And

[diluem,

adj.

power to thin

ing the

the contrary, fays

the mafter, if you gain your caufe, you
mud pay me, becaufe you are to pay me

when you gain a

the dazed eyen, and daunts the fenfes quite.

Spenjtr's Fairy Qurtn.
It hath been obferved by the ancients, that much
ufc of" Venus doth Jim the light ; and yet eunuchs,
which are unable to generate, are neverthelefi alfo

expofition.

DI'LUENT.

On

gained a caufe.

ngbt,

dim

It

to ex-

DILUCIDA'TION. n.f. [from Jilucidatia,

Latin.] The aft of making clear ; ex-

A young rhetorician

trary fuppofitions.

erciie of vifion.
As where the Almighty's lightning brand doei

I (hall not extenuate, but explain andtli/ucidatr,

according to the cuftom of the ancients.
"Brown's Vulgar Erriurs.

by con-

[from the

a.

to hinder from
cloud; to darki"
a full perception of light, and tree ex-

To

1.

adj. [JilueiJut, Latin.]

Latin.] To make clear or plain

plain ; to free from obfcurity.

belief.

n.f. [JtXuppa.]
argument equally conclufive

To DIM. v.

Boyte't Seraftic Love.

DILE'MMA.

t'pe in Auguft.

it

2.

aft of loving ; k'indnefs.

So free is Chrift's dileflkn, that the grand condition of our felicity

which

Clear ; not opaque.

Clear ; plain ; not obfcure.
To Di L u'c D AT E. -v. a. [from dilusidart,
1

Mdifin't >,

DILE'CTION.

feed,

Murlimcr.

A dilatory temper commits innumerable cruelties

without defign.

of

Is rtlfed

in us.

<.'

to leflen

or inLticltc,

to degrade.

a. Conftantly applied ; profecuted witn

aftivhy arid perfeverance ; afliduous.

And

the jud,jts (hjll

make diigtnt

Di'l c E N T L Y. adv.
i

inqintition.
x'x.

Dm.

[fromc/t/tgent.]

With

affiduity ; with heed and perfaverance

not carelefsly ; not idly ; not negli;

gently.
>

fhali

i:

inquire not attentively and dmgaitly, you

ver be able to difcern

a number

Bical motions.

The

ir.ech.i-

have

examined i"
urf. Dryd. Dufrcf.
DILL. n.f. [bik-, S.'ixon ] It h.ith a flender, fibrofe, annual root; the leaves are
like thofe of fennel ; the fee, is are oval,
ai;cicnts

diligently

f lain,

itreuked, aixd bordered.

Dull of apprehenfion.
The understanding is dim, and cannot
tm

si

li^

l.t

Not

clearly feen
3.
difcovered.

We

by

difcover Spiritual truths.

j

obfcure

its

na-

Rogers.

imperfectly

how matter might bgin tocxiltby

ing conception,
Lute.
the power of that eternal firil
Something, ai Jim to our internal view,
It thus perhaps the caufe of all we do.
Ptfe.

of vifion
4. Obftrufting the aft

minous
Her

not lu-

face right

wond'rous

it

belongs

t'.iir

did

fom

to be,

the contrary to add.

nut add vinto the word which I comyou, neither fhall you dimitiijh aught from
Deut. iv. 2.

Ihall

mand
ir.

To DIMI'KISH. v.

To grow

n.

lefs

to

be impaired.

^ judgment
;

crowding

Tl^it her broad beauty's beam grejtbrightncfs threw

Tiirough the ilia (hade, that all men might it fee.

:rg was d\n\t':jh-:d fiom i he fafery of the

-duke. Htyicilrd.
king by the imprMi

tninijlia

fomewhat dark.

tli

e withdraw
Thee to diminijb,
'J'h number of thy woi ftVppers.
Milton.
3. To take any thing from that to which

Ye

niijtht be able to aim at fome dim and fee m-

<

Jl.ics 1

confilh the braui

2.

Irnpioully they

^ac

incrcafcs rather than di-

ap.d thoughts.
in fo fait upon ir.c,

culty is to chufe or
Crete's an.;

Before the Boreal

ton

i:y

that

my

arc,

blajtb the v.i.cls

cyme

only diffiDrydeti.

ut rye
fl.

I'ftt ' Od\Jfiy.

DIM

DIMI'SISHIKCLY. adv. [from liiminijh.'] DJ'MMSORY.

In a manner tending to vilify, or lerten.
I ru-vjr h^-aru him c;nlure, or fo much as fpeak
of any one that was abfent.

dimii-:j'f:ng!y

DIMINU'T ION. n.'

The

I.

lefs

oppofed to

augmentation.
1 he one is not capable of any
mentation at

all

men

by

diminution or augthe other apt to admit

The

3.

of growing

ftate

lefs

oppofed

to

iacrtaje.

fv3'
DI'MITTV. K .f.

j-ji: u;i-

DI'MLY. adv. [from

Not with a quick

Finite

?.:<!

infinite

feem

To

Locks.

3. Difcredit

of dignity

lofs

Gladly to thee
laurel'd

Nor

injury of re-

Make me

wife by thy truth, for my own foul's

and I ihall not regard the wcri

falv.itj.rn,

nion or

dWoMi**

They

King Charts.
the reputation o; an
to his.

jt'vin

5.

The

DIMI'NUTIVE.
little

Add'tf Spefl.

contraction of

[In architefture.]
the diameter of a colu-nn, as

Small

brig'uiy

fight

Rather
;

1.

Ctt'ft

above thefe heav'ns,

Miltan.

it

afcends.

[diminutivus, Lat.]
; contracted.

adj.

narrow

The

poor wren,
The mod diminutive sf bi ds, will fight,
Her young ones in her neft, againft the owl.
It is the intereft

of mankind, in order to the advance of knowledge, to be fenfible

they have yet
attained it but in poor and diminutive mt afure.

The

Glamille'i Sctpfis.

of man's understanding u but a

(hurt,
diminutive, contracted light, and looks not beyond
the

light

Scutb.
the ladies jho'uid once take a
liking to fuch a
Jhimtt'nn race of lovers, we (hould, in a little
time, fee mankind epitomized, and the whole fpe<iei in miniiture.
i

It

They know how weak

thofe

little

an:l

a'jkward

dimimtivi difcourfcs are.

of
Watt:.

many

DIMI'NUTIVE.

n.f. [from the adjeaive.]

1.
word formed to exprefs littlenefs ;
as lapillus, in Latin, a little
Jione ; maifinetle, in French, a little
; manni-

houfe
ken, in Englifh, a little man.

H:

afterwards proving a
dainty and effeminate
WJ-.
commonly called, by the diminutive of
bis name, Peterkin or Perkin. Baun'i llci:. VII.
,

it

Was
2.

Sim,

good repute did

live

then a knave, but in diminutive.

A fmall thing

now in

a fenfe not
;

For

in

ufe.
monfler-like.be (hewn

poor'1} diminutives, for doits

DIMINUTIVELY,
tive.]

DIMI'NUTIVENESS.
tive.]
nefs ;

Sbake/feare.

ady. [from diminuIn a diminutive manner.

Smallnefs;

[from diminu-

littlenefs;

petty-

want of bulk; want of

dignity.
DI'MISH. arlj. [from dim.}
Somewhat
dim ; fomewhat obfcure.
me, but let it not be known,
are fomewhat
dim'tjh ji
fas nature, always

your decays adapts

my

fight.

hole

little

by

To

DINE.

them

is

In her forehead's fair

half-round,
fits in
open triumph crown'd ;
He in the dimple of her chin,
In private ftate, by friends is feen.

hath

Prior.

The wild waves mafter'd him.and fuck'd

in,
And ftniling eddies d'nnpled on the main. hin;

Drydcn.

Eternal fmilcs his emptinefs

betray,
ftreams run
dimpling all the way. Pfye.

As mallow

Set with

motion, and

On each fide her

Stood pretty dimpled boys like
fmiling Cupids.
Sbakefpeare.

rolls

its

upon

own

Br^-wn'i Vulgar Efrours.

fpherical figure is moft commodious for dimmotion, or revolution upon its own axis, Ray.

pret.

a.

<v.

dung.

[drisgen,

Dutch.

To dalh with violence.

To imprefs with force.
To DING. o>.
To blufter;
1

1.

2.

He

hurt's
hurts

little

bounc

to

to huff.
the

dimples.

DI'MPI.Y.

alfo ndinttical

To To DING.

[from the noun.]

[from dimple.}

vertiginous.

concluded, from fpots in the

fun, which appear and difappcar again, that, befides the revolution it maketh with its
orbs, it
poles.

ties.

adj.

firgil.

[htrn,>.] Whirling

adj.

Some of late have

tical

-v. n.

Prior.

give a dinner to; to

Dry den's

DINE'TICAL.

fink in fmall cavities, or little

inequali-

To

Buil this reftoring root in

gen'rous wine,
fet befide the door the
fickly flock to dine.

Love

D I'M p L E D

v. a.

And

common meaCr iv.

the

all.

To DI'MPLE.

fuch nolle,

feed.

round

fure of

Homer makes

old

greatest aftions I

can find,
Are, that they did their work and din'd.

part.
dimple of the upper lip

Sbalrcff.

filter,

fmall cavity or
Skinner.]
depreffion in the cheek, chin, or other

The

my

did dine together.

Sbakrfpiart.
fe would dine with him tht next
day. Clarend.
Thus,'of your heroes and brave boys,

[dint, a hole ; dintle, a

a carelefs pronunciation

dimple.

low word.

and dings, becaufe we

we haVe

left, to

get

him

\vill

the

Strut.

not fpeni
of lord

title

At'butbtiQt.
Arbutbmt.

DING-DONG,

word
n.f.
found of bells is imitated.

by which the

Let us all ring fancy's

Full of
knell;
Ding, dang bell.
Sbalcfptarc.
dimples ; finking in little inequalities.
DI'NGLE.
As the fmooth furr'ace of the
n.f. [from ben, or bin, a holdimply flood
The fiivcr-flipper'd virgin lightly trod.
low, Sax.] A hollow between hills j a
aeij.

[from dimple.]

Warton'i

IJti.

'IN. n.f. [byn, a noife;

bynan, to make
a noifc, Sax. dyna, to thunder, Iflandloud noife ; a violent and conick.]

tinued found.

And

all

That all

tht

way he

roared 35 he went,

the foreft with aftonifhment

Thereof did tremble ; and the beads therein

Fled faft away from that fo dreadful din.

O,

'twas a din to fright a monAer's ear

j
an earthquake : fure, it was the roar
Of a whole herd of lions.
Shakcfpeare'i Temptfl.
While the cock with lively din
Scatters the rear of darknefs thin

To make

And

to the (lack, or the

barn-door,
before.
Milton.
over
heav'n
n'ght
Inducing darknefs, grateful truce impos'd,
And fileucc, oa the odious dm of war.
Mtltan,

Now

Swift.

Myfelf, he, and

To-day

Decay of Piety.

Stoutly ftruts his

in the right,

Perhaps fomc merchant hath invited him,

to dinner:

And frotn the mart he's fimewhere-gane

Good lifter, let us dir.e, and never fret.

The

llublierd's Tali:.

n.f.

To DINE. v. x. [diner,
To eat the
Fr.]
chief meal about the middle of the
day.

ftupidity.

Sbatejfeare'i Macbeth.

What fliall we do, if his majefty puts out a

proclamation commanding us to take Wood's halfThis hath been often dinned in
pence ?
my ears.

With whom
;

to this
dimntfs of their perception,
fj Item and body of their religion.

H. /.

imprefs with violent and continued

noife.

dimly
;
the crime had been their

Dulnefs of fight.
Want of apprehenfion

D'IMPLE.

live

bait thee for his bread, and din

your ears
ci ics.
Ot-.vay's Venice PrefrveJ.

To

2.

Dry dan.

Anlwerable
was the whole

to harafs with cla-

mour.

To

not with a

not lumir.oufly.

noun.]

ftun with noife

dim.]

of me.

raife

mig'.t

who

To

DI'MNESS. n.f. [from dim.}

2.

putation.

is ievcll'd at his fides.

Smith.
independent ideas, of no alliance to one
another, are, by education, cuftom, and the conftant din of their
party, fo coupled in their minds,
that they
always appear there together.
Ltctte.
To DIN. v. a. [from the

Some

ff^feman.

ownP/s.Y/ij.

Deprivation of dignity

4.

While every mot

With hungry

One would hive thought

yields the prime;

thinks it dim\nu'.\in to bcraak'd

Eugene

Jn military honour next.

1.

dimity.

Boyle's Sfring of the Air.

I faw th'angelick guards from earth
afccnd,
Griev'd they muft now no longer man attend
;
The beams about their temples
mono

degrada-

tion.

Heroick

fuftian,

In the beginning of our

pumping the air, the
match appeared well lighted, though ichad almoft
filled the receiver with fumes
but by degrees it
j
burnt more and more Aiirly.

to be attributed
primarily
to thofe rh^n^'3 \vhich are capable of increif: or
,

Unbeatable

Not

2.

modes of quantity, and

dim'm^

Partrgoa.

us invifiUc, or
dimly feen,
In jhefe thy loweft works.

NtVlttn.
looked upon as the

to be

's

kind of

How, while the troutled elements around,

Earth, water, air, the (tunning din ref.iund,
Thro' ftreams of fmoke and adverfe fire he rides,

clear perception.

were not furrounded with the body of the planet.

fine

1 dire<3ed a trowze of fine

diminuii.n, fj as to aft upon ail their parts, to their

rcry centre;, wi:h the fame force, afid according

to the fame !jv.s, a: ift.u:

Ayliffe

or cloth of cotton.

nower of the fun is tranf.nitted

of the planets without any

t!-

through

tJj. \JimiJfoiui, Lat.] That

man is difmifled to another

Th.

bi&op of another diocefs ought neither to ordain or admit a

clerk, without the confent of his
own proper biftop, and without the letters
Jimif-

Hooker.

both.

*T

junfdiftion.

Lsckc.

[diminutio, Lat.]

of making

aft

by which

dame

dale.

know each lane, and every alley green,

Difgle, or buihy dell of this wild wood ;
And every bolky bourn from fide to fide,
I

My daily walks and ancientneighbourhood. Milt,

DI'NING-ROOM. n.f. [dine and now.]
The principal apartment of the houfe ;
the room where entertainments are
made.
He went out from the cUning-rwm before he had
fallen into errour
by the intemperance of his meat,
or die delugeofdrink.
Tajhr's Rule of Living Holy.

DI'K N
meal

n.f. [diner,

the

French.]

The

chief

meal eaten about the middle

of the day.
Let

Go,

get

it

me

not ftay a jot for

ready.

ditinfr :

Sbakejpeare's

Before dinner and (upper, -as often as

_
nient, or can be had, let the public

3X2

King Lear.
it is conve-

prayers

of the

church,

Ac

and

[dinner

time.]

firm

tiinr.fr 'time,

J pray you, have in mini

whnewc muft meet.

Sbatrfpiin.
the mint walks forth the man of

Then from

me jufl

at dinntr-tlme.

Byli.
the afperities of the moon through a dkftrick glafs, and venture at the proportion of her

View

Much daunted with that </irr, Vwrfenfewas daz'd;

Yei,

,.,.....

hcifelf (he gather' J round.

if ...(.e,

hills

Sftttjer.

Neither vainly hope

be invulnerable in thel'e bright arms,

v-h temper'd heav'nly ; for that mortal dint,
Milton.

part ofopticks,

treating of the different refractions of

the light paffing through different mediums j as the air, water, glaffes, &c.
Harris.

the cavity

remaining after a violent prcflure.

He cmbrac'd her naked bojy o'er

To

ft.

.lining

)lORTHo'siS.
to

Dryiai.

3.

ecp

We are to wreft the whole Spaniih monarchy out

sf the lianJs of the enemy ; and, in order to it, to
w >rk our way into the heart oi'his country by dint
of arms.
MJi/oi,
The

now chafes along the plain,

love ferments in ev'ry vein ;
!l s v.ell-arm'd front againrc his rival aims,
And hv the dint of war his miftrcfs claims. Geydewlaptbull

While burning

To DINT.

To
[from the noun.]
by a blow, or vio-

a.

<-j.

mark with

a cavity

lent impreffion.

And
The

greedy force each other both affail,

ftrike fo fiercely, that they do irr.prcfs
dinted furrows in the batter'd null :
iron walls to ward their blows were weak and

Fairy %OTJ.
Leave, leave, fair bride, your folitary bone,
a.
it
No more fhall you return to
frail.

nu 'feth I'adnef: ;, and yourbody's print,

Like tja gr.ivc,theyiclding down doth dint. Donne
Detf-dintal wrinkles on her cheeks {he draws ;
Sank are her eves, anJ toothlefs ate her jawi.

1;

To DIP.

n. f.

To irmerge

Asa

you are like to outdo yourfelf in al

other capacities, and exemplify every word of thi
South

have heard

it

has been advifed by a dkctfan tc

that they flumM read fome o

iierior clergy,

the moft celebrated fermoni printed by others.

DI'OCESS.

n. f.

[diactfs

Greek

word, compounded of i'.i and

The circuit of every bidiop's juril'dic
tion ; for this realm has two divifions
one into mires or counties, in reflect o

;iJrr,itt'

think

Defending, dipp d

Dry-dei?

Vjr

Fablci.

(i .111

ill

So

Pipe's

Dux;

rifmg from the main,

fifties,

Can foar withmoifteu'd wings on high

The moifturc dried, they link again, '

AnJ dip their wings again to fly.
Swift

To

2.

moiften

And though

to wet.

not mortal, yet a cold Diudd'ring

dew
Dipt me all o'er, as when the wrath of Jove
Spenks thunder.
be engaged in any affair.
3.
When men ,iu- once dift, what with the cncou
ragem;nts "f ll-nfe, cuftom, facility, and lhaine o
departing from wh.it they have given them.

To

goon till they a e flirted.

L'Ejirangt
In Richard's time, I doubt, he was u

to, tlu-y

4.

To take

commons. Drydeifs Fabk<

4. To engage as a pledge generally ufe
for the firil mortgage.
Be careful (till of the main chance, my fon j
:

Put out the principal in trnfty hands,

Live on the ulr, and never dip thy
1

To DIP.

Rome

at th

cy do him of Con
<ut is, nothing at
tint r'iti.ch Biiop'j jcfuUJ '.j !< vr uato ou

-v.

With what

2.

To

L 'l'',jirjiig
enter; to pierce.

to chufe

thoughts of Jove art thou pof.

ill

man

Wouldft thou prefer^iim to fomc

1 dipp'd

among

Suppofe

the worft, and Staius chofe

Drydin'i Perfut.

)I'PCHICK. n.f. [from dip and

chick.]

The name of
Difck'ut

is

fo

a bird.
named of his diving and

littlcnefs.

Carna.

ALOCS.

Having two

flower leaves.

)I'PHTHONG../
tion of

[i f and mhater.

adj.

[ JiipSoy'. ]

two vowels

coali-

form one found

to

as, vain, leaf, C/eJar.

We

fee

how many

am-

difputes the fimple and

biguous nature of vowels created among grammarians, and how it has begot the miftake concerning dipbtboitgs : all trut are properly ft, are fyllables, and net dipbtbongs, as is intended to be fignified by that word.
llsldcr'i Elements
of Speech.
Make a dipbtbwg of the fecond eta and is/a, inis

of their being two

fyllables,

gone.

and tho objection

Pope.

DS'PLOE. n. f. The inner plate or lamina

of the fkull.

DIPLO'MA.

n.f. [Jin-Xf/xa.]

letter or

writing conferring fome privilege ; fo

called, becaufe they ufed formerly to
be written on waxed tables, and folded

DI'PPER.

n.f. [from dip."\

in the water.

DIPPING

Kte.dk. n.f.

One

that dips

devife

which

netick needle, fo that, befides its polarity or verticity, which is its direction
of altitude, or height above the hori-

zon, when duly poifcd about an horizontal axis, it will always point to a
determined degree of altitude, or elevation above the horizon, in this or that
place refpeftively.
>;.
f. [Latin,

DI'PSAS.

from li^ix,

to

ferpent, whofe bite produces

the fenfation of unquenchable thirfl.

thirft.]

Scorpiun, and

r.lr,

ana amphilbccna dire,

Cerafles horn'd, hydrus, and ellops drear,

And

DI'PTOTE.

n.f. [JrVL.]
filling of two calcs only.

DI'PTYCH.

noun conClark,

n.f. [d:pty(ha,1,rt. two]

.folded together.]

and

regifter of biihops

mr.rtyrs.

The commemoration of faints was made

the

c..

cs in St. Auliir.

DIRE.
mal

out of

appeals by multi^fi"'.

adj. [iliru!, Lat.] Dreadful ; difinourriTul ; horrible ; terrible ;

evil in a great degree.

'

d<:ff their

<,'in-

diftreffes.

',,cirlb.

Mrc

fink; to immergc.
We have fnakis in our cups, and in our dirties
and whoevei /;;>j uo deep will rind death in til

To

firft

fcfi'd ?

To

n.

pot.

which comes

that

in

Popt.

'

more upon dipping

by chance.

in :hc rebellion cf the

(hould regard the biirjop of

|

The Lindxed arts fhall in their praife cunfpire,

One dip the pencil, and one firing the Ivrc. Pip c
Now, on fancy's cafy wing convey'd,
The king defcendcd 1 th' Ely
1

the repetitions arc liruck nut

fhews a particular property of the mag-

flood,
his hands in lovers' blood.

There in a dufky vale, whe.e Lethe

Old Bavius fits \od\p poetic fouls.

all

together.

thrice

Drydtri's JEncid.

1.

ifi,-.

Parergon,

He turn'd a tyrant in his latter days,

And from the bright meridian where he

Wbilgift

He

any liquor.

may

he fprinkled round, and thrice aloud

Invok'd the dead, and then difmifs'dthe cr

CpuitL
d ty any b:fbop, b
fucli as have dwelt ar.d remained in hi

/ught to be

to put into

jfylijfc'i

I!

temporal policy ; another into diocefes

in rcfjiett of jurifdiclion ecclefuilical.

perfon to be baptized

Old Corineuj compafs'd thrice the crew,

And dipf'J an olive-branch in holy dew,

d\oct*tin

difcourfe.

docptn,

be dipped in water j and fuch an immerfion or dipping ought to be

made thrice, accjrding to the canin.

The

The aft

clergy or flock.

[bippan, Saxon

dipt,

Prometheui* (Hf,
with his torn liver dyed.
GrimviHt*

beak,

in a copy, 1 fometimes find

the fii it volume.

ftead

pret. dipped; particip. dip-

Dutch.]

\dinumtratio,

of numbering out fingly.

DJOCE'SAN. n.f. [from dioccfs.} A billiop, a; he Hands related to his own
Lat.]

chirurgical opera-

are reftored to their primitive

Harris.

-v. a.

ped, or

Dryden's JEneid.

Di NUMER A'TION.

JiojSow,

and regular fhape.

Which

With

ftraight.]

members

1
perceive, you feel
Stakefpeare'i Julius Cafar.

and,

of pity.

of

[oio;9w3-K,

by which crooked or diftorted

tion,

Violence; force; power.

..'//

make

n.f.

in

enter (lightly into any thing.

hard the (tatue,'was afraid

His hands had made a dir.t, and hurt the maid.

And,

vultuit tiffing

When

by their (hadows.
Mcre'l Antidote againj! Albtifm.

)IO'PTRICKS. n.f.

The mark made by a blow

z.

fording a medium for

the fight in the view

furn'ined with dicpTrica!

gUfies, he had not been able to fee the fun fpottcd.

DINT.
i

affifting

Af-

\n.f. [MVkfM*.]

of diftant objefts.
Peng excellently well

Fife.

n./. [bynr, ,Saxon.]

blow; a ftroke.

his ordinar

the fight

The

Hit bloody

Stutb.

DIO'PTRIC AL.
DIO'PTRICK.

rhyme,
TTar>py to catch

king, thofe ides were annexed to tli Jixtfs n'

Winchtflcr.
Rckigb'i E/iy>.
St. Paul lo.iks upon Titus as advanced to the
and indignity of a prince, ruler of the church,
trulted with a large Jiccefi, containing many particular cities, under the immediate government of
their refpecYive elders, and thofe deriving au'

church, or feme part* of them, be f*id publicly in

the fimily.
Taylor.
jolly Crew, unmindful of the pad,
The quarry mare, their plenteous -dttinir hafte.
Dryden'i jf.niiil-

DI'NNER-TIME. n. /.
The time of dining.

by intemperance Jie
In meats, and drinks, which on the earth (hall
Pifcafes

di;-e

Before thee

of which a monftrous crew

Ihali appear.

Hydras, and gor^ons, aud chimarai

Milton.
dire.

tfi/tn.

Or

Or what

the crcfs dire- looking p!net

fmites,
hurtful worm with ca ker'd
bites.

Of

The

vnom

Dir

deep the groans, dcfpair

-".rig,

Tended

th,

id

felf,

thakes the world around.

or of itielf alter the dirttliM of

its

m Jtion.
r\

Striight

Not oblique.

the counfel that St.

Jerome giveth Lsti,
of taking heed how
.u
(hf read the apjc-ypl.a
a: fo
the
by
help of other learntd men's

:Tiove in

meet in the inttifcdl.un

lines, or

Ev'n now

01 cr-jfi lines.

on earth

move

to

the zodiac

progreflively through
not retrograde.

'!'

One

General di:-:8knt for fcholaftic

difputers, is, never to difputc upon me;e trirtes.
Wens.

h:s lleaJ, a warrior and a n:

v.

;.ul

cue when retrograde.

4. Regularity

Not collateral, as the grandfon fucceeds

his grandiire in a.Jirefl line.
5. Apparen;]y tending to Come end, aa in
a ftraight line.
Such was as then the

ftate

of the king,

1.

as it

that does this, will be able to caft oft

he will fee what is pertinent, what

what is dircB to, what flidcs
bv, the

queftion.

6.

Open

ed,

H- no

fays

it

2.

in

words.

To DIRE'CT. v.

a.

[dirigo, dlrcSum,

To

2.

Pole.

It isnoc in

man

to

Grew.

dtnft his fteps.

Wifdom

\:

A"

profitable to direfl.

r,

Eechii.
is

x.'

ic

"

'

a. hed.-fi-es.

4.

Ux/iraBandfort,
z.

To

prefcribe certain meafure

out a certain CO
;hc whole

to

mark

j.

7^xx

Jo order;

fofter

to

command:

term than

to ,//,vrf

cumlocution

apparently ; without cirwithout any long train o

''

lithertofceenfo impious,
>ndemn pr
':c

pap.ft

oj.era:

DIRE'CJ ION.

n.f. [direa-a, Latin.]

at a certain
poi a.

'

confifting

But yet
-

His work <,

honour and virtue

dutfity, becaufc thry

they couid.

ftir,

Dryd.

r-:f.

r*

Then God
k "'^

(lie
:

^'iM,

.'.h

,,

like.

it is

linker.

The

''dtfft't

God

voice of

himfelf fpcaks in the heart

they undcrfland it or no: and by
intimations gives the finner a
.

-.vntthcr

forctafte of

deeply of

is

like to drink

he;-'

1 <:ur;\l

lur.

more

Xeutl-

the direful author of

told ajjiin,

and thence

my woes
my ruin rofc.
:

Dn-den.
wrath, to Greeks the direfrl
fpring
woes unnumbcr'd,
heavenly goddefs! finj.

Arhilics
)f

.'

Pcpc.

nefs

horror

'

dl for

abfolutc

prove that no

F.WI-..CCR>
wretch
death of thee.

betide that hated

.x-ichcd by the

DI'RENESS.
why

whereas the ireful Send

offihaking vs
f.r,v th.it
joyous end ;
pray'd, and thank'd her faithful

She Higher drew, and

ifnl cup, which he

in his reader?.

n can be
a/Tinned,

QKNtU have the

not

could.

~^ C "

at laft,

denv

canon of our

MJj'jit's I

a, of

all

difraal.
Point of fpear it never
picrcen would,
dint of
direful (word divide the lub.'i ir.ce

"Twas
in the

analogical

Dire; dreadful;
Ne

we

other words
of a
fubitantive and
full ; as, dreadful, or
full of dread;
joyful, or full of joy. 1

the very
principles o.
tertticlu embrace; erroncoufi\

Aim

fured as not

UMjur.
-

mies

prayer.

That

I.

iuft

dirdlory,

away of the book of

Oxford Rcafins againji tbc Cov.

compounded with full

to

guide any

concerning

to the takirg

DI'REFUL. adj. [This word is

frequent
among the poets, but 4ias been cen-

iy reject.,

is

Sharp's Surgery.

n.f. [from diretfor.] Tha

book which the faftious
preachers publiflied in the rebellion for the
direction

Xr-.Mn'sOt.ticks

Immediately

'"'""

DIRE'CTER. n.f. [dirctlor, Latin 1

I
One that direfts one that
preicribes.
2. An inilrument that
iervcs to
manual

mifgaided.

DIRE'CTORY.

miv.- artf.

the church,

rr

is
guided in its operation.
he manner of
opening with a knife, isbyflidding it on a dirfflor, the groove of which
prevents

ii

confrquence.

heavens

Pete.

inflrument in
furgery, by which the

hand

ray be returned dircelii back t

incidence, ic ftill be rehacfc! by th

lncldr

in fouth-fca
year?

An

-turns n hioreiie

dmlHy downwards, whereby

underneath.

o.

cannot onfcnt

obtainej that place in the

globe which was

to mi.-,

a trading
company.
What made dinfiars cheat

common

adv.
Jn a ftraight line;
reftilincally.
The mor:
a'cr to the
eyes, and

One

5.

her Jircffor and her

guide in fpirituaUfDtydtn.
appointed to tranfaft the affrirs of

of their fedl in ads of

wormip.
As to the ordinance
the

viCtea by one direftivt

ray.
cottage dreaming, or from airy hall.

icned

/' j. ten's JEnc'ul,

to adjuft.
that walketh

HMts.

the
oppoied to them, the in,,re it is
becaulc the light
languiihes and Irffen., the tarther it removes from its
proper f,urce.
Dryrlcns Dufi-tjno-,'.
flier-was rr-, othrr place
affigned to any of this
matter, than that whcrcunto its own
gravity bore

point againft as a mark.

To regulate;

3.

Bramball againjl

direcl-

1.

confulted in cafes of coii-

'1

is

DIRECTLY,

a ftraight line.
mountain's height,

fpear flew hifling thro' the middle

fpace,
pkrc'd his throat, direStd at l,is face.

And

,-.

To aim or drive in

1.

am

Informing; mewing the way.

Nor
From

La-

tin.]

in the will.

is

fcience.

the Jirtftivt
powers of the fori.vr, and the
regularity of the latter, whereby it is
capable of
direction, depends the generation of all bodies.

exprefs.
where, that I know,

is

On

Bac:n.

Flam

One who

power of direftion.

empire, tor putting in execution of what

There be, that are in nature faithful and

fincere,
and plain and dirul, not
crafty and involved.
7.

Hooker.

fee.

command,

,,;,.

not ambiguous.

oiwjrf.
Swift.

mitruaor ; one who mews the

proper methods of proceeding.

'

coherent

An

3.

n.f. [from direfl.]

the

forms were not

defign'd

are glad to ufe counfellors

and Jircflcn in
rheirdealings of weight, as contraas, tefta-

generally taken, is a dinflivt

ruie unto goodnefs of
H<xktr.
operation.
power of command there is withaut all uueftion, though there be fome doubt in what
faculty
this command doth
principally rcfide, whether in
the will or the
undemanding. The true refolution
is, that the c-'trtfimt command for counlcl is
in the
underrtanding ; and the applicative
or

'

He

Common

time by din-t means to fc;k her. And fuch

was the ftate of his captivated will, as ii
delay no time of reeking her.
is fuperfluouj

Having

Swift.

an ordinance.

Dsreftors tn a noble mind.

4.

DIRE'CTIVE.

They
not

4.

rule

adjuftment.

All nature it but Jrt unknown to thee

All chance, direS'ion which thou canit

n'l Talltt.

z.

Charles.

King

y'd

Above

put myfelf to thy dirtdlcn.

Stakefp. M.icb'at,.
The nobles of the people digged it,
by the dirfff/'coofthcljw-giver.
Numb.\*\. 18.
Men's paffions and God's dircRun i'cldoni
agree.

[Jn aftronomy.] Appearing to an eye

3.

Himfelf ftood dircRor over

them, with nodding
or ftampmg,
(hewing he did like or miilike thofe
things he did not understand.
Sidney
In all affairs thou loie dinflor.

Binttfy.

Jinff. ]

any point

one that has the

genemanagement of a defign or work.

ral

Hooker.

they either aJvarce towards one another

to

Bei.tlcv.

fupenntendent

judgments,
^ in like cafe, we may take dlrtHkn.

one and the fame fur-

andcunfea..

from

T IK

face

From

not crooked.

I.

Z.

Blase TOR. n.f. [direfor,

Latin.]
I. One that has
authority over others

Order; command; prefcription.

3.

[direflus, Latin.]

adj.

f.

argued from celeftial caufes only, the conftant vicinity of the

fun, and the dirtdH.fi of his
rays; never iufpefling that the
body of the earth
had fo gieat an
efficiency in the changes of the air.

Cbeyne.

DIRE'CT.

n.

They

No

a.

tendency
way.

particle of matter, nor any combination of

particles, that is, no body, can either move of it-

R E'C T N E s s.

Straightnefs
the neareft

pulfe.

on earth,

Motion imprefled
by a certain im-

t.

fta!ks

D
is

Sxiafritlgf.

Difcord din fite, of the flaughtei'd

povv'r,
at her birth, but r (in b ci ':
hour;
fc.i:ce t!is (kit* her hmrld head can

She

of gnod works to a
good end,

rne only principle that

diftinguifhes charity.

Mi.'tai.

Small

<&,<?

tir

[from din.]

hideoulnefs.

Dircncfi, familiar to
.ice ({art

me.

power,

ioovt.il

TION.

Difmal-

my

(liught'rous thought;,

Hbakcff tare's Macbttb.

n.f. [direptio, Latin.]

The

of plundering.

DIRGE.

D
DI R o t

[This

not a contraction of the

ii

and our

tory fong to

Bacon apparently
the dead. Verfltgan.
mournful ditderives it from dirigt.]
ty ; a fong of lamentation.
Th' imperial jointrel's of this warlike Mate
Have we, as 'twere, with a defeated joy,
With mirth in funeral, and with dirgt in marIn

riage,
equal fcale

Taken

1.

Foul

Sullied ; cloudy
Pound an almond,

Mean ;

(hall

adj. [dirigens, Latin.]

which
dingint line in geometry is that along

the line dcfcribcnt

carried in the generation

is

i.t

llarr'n.

figure.

[an Erfe word.] A kind of

dagger uied in the Highlands of Scotland.
n.f.

To

1.

To

a.

fpoil

DJRUTT1ON.

The ad of barlling, or bieaking.

The ftate of burlUng, or breaking.
Dis. An infeparable particle afed in com1.

privapofition, implying commonly

tive or relative fignification of the word
to which it is joined : as, to arm, to dif-

Ticket!.

Mud;

nefs

Is yellow dirt the paflion

bedaub
Ill

to foil

company

whom

is

Many withdrew
nefs,

He

to

Forms

miking of dirt-fits, and

itfdffora grcen-lickntfs.

ly left off

Naftily

Meanly

which has new

is

but preparing
Suckling

dirty.]

fhamcfully.

Such gold as that wherewithal

Chimique! from each mineral
and defperatcJy gull'd.

mod

of himfclf, knows

Wdltai'i Angler*

Chaos of thought and pafuons, at! confus'd j

Still by himfdf abusM or tiifjliui'J.
Pope.

ability

lie in

legal impediment.

tom.]

t->

fuch calamities.

reft.

Swift

DISA'BI-E. v. a. [dis and able.]

To deprive of force; to weaken; to

difqualify for any ail.

The invalion and rebellion did not only difabl
this king to be a conquerfjr, butdeprivcd him both
Dtt-vics's Inland
of his kingdom and life.
Nor fo is overcome

ling and warfare, for

'

'^

f Mankind.

w. a [dii and accufdeftroy the force of habit by

To

difufe or contrary practice.

To DISACKNO'WLEDGE. -v. a. [dis and

acknowledge.] Not to acknowledge.
The manner of denying Chrift's deity here proCE. n.f. [dis and <:o
Difufe of

familiarity.
qmiiiitaiice.]
Confcience, by a long neglect of, and
an inveterate ruli
contracts
with
itfelf,
ejujintance
Scull:
or foil.
.

DISADV A' NTACE.

1.

Diane

them

DISACCU'STOM.

-To

the imLocke.

of proper qualifications for any

;

of

DISACQJJA'INTAN

Satan, wh.ife fill from heaven, a deadlier bruife

death's wound.
Dijablcd not to give thce thy
Milttn
Chriftian'j life is a perpetual exercife, a wrcft

foully; filthily.
fordidly

j:

hibited, was, by words and oral expicfiions verbally

Stuib.
to deny and &/acklwv>ledgt it.

eafily

i.

thy heart upon that

knows

themfelves out of pure laint-

fuit is commenced in a temporal court for an

inheritance; and the defendant pleads, \nitifability
that the plaintiff is a baftard.
AlDfffl Partrgtn,
This difadvantage which the diHentcru at prcfcnt
lie under, of a difaKKty to receive church preferremedied by the repeal of the
ments, will be

To

tion of paftry.

DI'RTILY. adv. [from

that

Want

2.
Pope,

tonafty.
thofe mof

pie.]

to attend the conclufi^n.

of mankind docs not

potcncy or difabilititi of brutes.

moulded by children of clay, in imitafetteft

and dwkllity

The

Swift

and

[dirt

Lyce muft not (how,

her lovers, though
If (he would bite
Like birds they (loop atfeeming grapes,
Wall'r.
Are difabus'd when firft (he
If by limplieity you meant a general defect. lit
thofc that prufefi angling, 1 hope to difjbufe you.

his knowledge, and the excrcifed underftanding is

Glanvil/e.
confcioas of its dijMlity.

7*o

Thou

l.

Hooker.

like difjbility to breed or beget faith.

who dim

he loves bed.

DIRT-PIE, n.f.

confederation of creatures, and attention

are not in thcmfclves things of

purpofe

to pollute

like a dog,

/.

-Ht's

reafon to difabufe you.

Thole teeth fair

llale'i

unto fcriptures,

fordidnefs.

The impofture and fallacy of our fenfcs impofe

not only on common heajt., but even more r
u improve^
mercuries, who have the aJ

impotence.

Our

fea rifcs as

tff

'

ceive.

high as ever, though the great

heaps of din it brings along with it are apt to
the
(hallows.
choak up
jiJdifcit.
Mark by what wretched fteps their glory grows ;
From dirt and fca-weed a! proud Venice rofe :
Jn each how guilt and greatnefs equal ran,
And a!l that rais'd the lievo funk the man. Pofe.

foul

If

indifpofed.

,7,-x/JtoB

DISABILITY. ./ [from difalle.}

Want of power to do any thing ; weakI

Denbam.
Ruftick philofophy rehearfc.
Numbers engage their lives and labours to heap
together a little d:rt that (hall bury them in the
Watt.
.d.

[from the noun.]

bemire ; to make filthy

much

To DISABU'SE. <v. a. [dis and at>ufc.] To

to difentangle
fet free from a miftake
from a fallacy ; to fet right ; to unde-

to deftroy.

noble verfe,

a.

fccn ma'.y happily forced

yet dillemble that 1 have
'.s courfe to which by nature they teemed

n.f. [dryt, Dutch ; dirt, Iflandick.]

1.
filth; mire; any thing that
flicks to the clothes or body.

i/.

I'll

DIRT.

of thy life ?
but on Gripus, or on Gripus' wife.

alarm,

to disjoin. It is borrowed DISACCOMMODA'TION.

; to join,
n.f. [d'/Vandwfrom des, ufed by the French and Spacommodation.] The itate of being unfit of
to
fenfe
nurds in this
as, defnouer,
unprepared.
from the
untie ; defterrar, to banith
Devaitations have happened inf:me places more
than in others, according to the .ico-niii-'dAtian or
Latin de ; as, Jlruo, to build ; dcjlruo,

arm

Ob-

Spafcr.

Meannefs;

n.f. \_dtruptio, Latin.]

2.

folete.

dirt in

to fcandalize.

Todifgrace;

Thy wafte bignefs but cambers the ground,

And dirkes the beauties of my bloffoms round.

They, gilding

haunt your night J,

worfe than age d-jMc your delightj. Dijde*.
exclude, as wanting proper qualifi.
I will

2.

to ruin.

to foil.

lords Strutts lived gcneroufiy, and never

ufed to dirty their fingers with pen, ink, and coundrblitbr.at .
ter:.

In vain thy hur.gry mountaineers

In which they daily wont to fwagger.

c,

Sbei

[from the noun.]

-a. a.

The

Come forth in all their warlike geers,

The (hield, the piftol, dirk, and dagger,

To DIRKE. v.

foul

benefits
dijablt all the

not fHfaile any for proving a fcho'.ar, nor

inc:

at length to grow Cots and cpi:uies,

in their difcourfes, and dirty in their pracScu:t.
tices.

To DI'RTV.

cations.

They come

become,

To

5.

'

and

ftrange fuits

country.

And

by

if ill,

ilirty intetcfts,

Monficur Traveller; look you Hip, and

Ynurdays

riches without meafure or end.

DI'RICENT.

SToDiRT.

wear

own

motives thin mrer

deprive of ufefulnefs or efficacy.

r'.:!t;wel,

me.

lading epicedium.
Sandys.
All due meafurcs of her mourning kept,
infection
Did office at the dirge, and by
wept.
Drydcn.

2.

To

L ,ckc.

but by dirty employment.

Taylor I H:
Marriages would be made up upon mote r

lyinj

cflate,

'fctrlt

white colour
and the fwect taltc

defpicable.
Such employments ate the difeafcs of
of
the
ruft
and
time, which it contrails not

3.

have djablcd mine

By (hewing fomething a more fwelling prt

Than my faint means would grant continuance*

not elegant.

into an qaly one.

bafe

impair; to dypinilh.
1

.ind the clear

will be altered into a dirty one,

many

after

Your

Look

To

3.

Shall/peart.

2.

from a&ion: ufed of things.

Haul'd thither by mechanic, dirty hand.

Stakrffcart's Htmlct.

Thefe your own anthems

The

nafly

he wj(l

Toy/or' i Italy I

have known a great fleet tUfal*!

and thereby lofe great occafions by Tn
ft tion of the ad mi ral.

filthy.
ol and Helen of thy noble thoughts
Is in bale durance, and contagious prifon,

You from above (hall hear each day

One Jirgt difpatch'd unto your clay}

DIRK.

To hinder

i.

indignities and reproaches, \htdir\ges andobfequies

of the common people towards tyrants, was obB*ct,n.
fturely buried.

any

foulnefs.

Meannefs ; bafenefs fordidutft.

DI'RTY. adj. [from dirt.]

weighing delight and dole,

to wife.

li:

Meanwhile the body of Richard,

'1

Mm, by yielding to fhttenemy with wham

filthinefs

2.

was a lauda-

dirgt,

Nnfiincfs

commemorate and applaud

~~

n.f.

Latin d'trigt, in the popifh hymn, Dias lome pretend ; but

rigt grejjus metis,
from the Teutonic dyrkt, laudare, to
Whence it is poflible
praife and extol.
their dyrlte,

which lenfual pleafure dijoblt

and advantage. ]
./[</;>
Lofs; injury to intereft: as, he fold to

difadiiaatagc.
2.

Diminution of any thing defirable, as

credit, fame, honour.
Chaucer in many things refembled Ovid, and
that with no dijjavantage on the fide of the modern

D>

author.

The mod

(hintng merit goes down to pofterity

with ciifadvantage, when it is not placed by writers
Adiijtifs Freeholder.
parts already publ'uricd give reafon to
think, that the Iliad will appear with no d:f.iJvjnjiddifan'i freeholder.
tage to that immortal poem,
in it! proper light.

Thole

will not be of much weight to

liable to the comdifjdvantage, lince they are
mon objection of condemning what they did not
underft.md.
Swift*
ftate not prepared for defence.
3.

Thfir tellimony

its

No

flciily breaft

can be fo ftrong,
can armed b: lo found,

fort

D
&nt

Or

won with

will at lift be

unawares

at

TiDiSAPPo'REST. v.a.

batt'ry long,
disadvantage found. Fairy s^uefn.

yo DISADVANTAGE.

[from
noun.] Toinju-ein intereftof any kind.
Ail other violence; are

f~>

far

Chriftianity, that they extremely

\i.

advantage

DISADVA'NTAGEABLE.

from advancing
weaken and t/-f

eftate, he may as well

hurt himfelf in being too fuddcn, as in
letting it
r.in on toj
for
is
long ;
aj

commonly

Bacon.

tinfl ideas to

adj. [from difadto intereft ; con-

To

2.

multitude of eyes will

narrowly infyccVevfry
part of an eminent man, cr*fider him nicely in
all views, and not be a little
pleafed when they
have taken him in the worft and mod

Government of the
n. /.

Tcg af

Contrariety to profit
inconvenience; mifchiefj lofs.

Now

l,e

hath

left

To

be in a

moft in

ofoppofition
or ivith, before the
oppofite.

Unpleafing; offenfive.
To make the fenfe ofefteemordifgrace

with difcontent

make

|_-

to difcontent

J.

(J

to

They had attempted to

dij'afi-a

DISAFFE CTED. part. adj. [from

Not

Clarendon.

diff,iffe8.]

:'

th

!
tbmk

T'

' VCry th n

3. Diforder;
fical fenfe.

n,c

bad

is

who

in

oh 'v
a*

took its original

m^ely from thfifafftaum of the part, and not from

t.

[dis and
authority to any.

To deny
Were thofe
Or where d

firft

(till

Confutation

That Kind of reafonmg

co.,clu(ion to

ablurd,

Hung

,s a

that

11

f. [dis

whicii arc

To

w!-.ich

fom:;mg

demon.lr ,tion in
iffirmcd.

wh:>

and ojirm.]
.

reduceth the op
tk,-

To

void

to nullify.

a.

councils dtfallna

a llow.]

liijannul?

by

me

were

To DISAPPE'AR.

'wn

I'

loft

to

to fly

-v.

to

difannul.]

\_dif} aroltre,

view

Mie

To

Fr.J
out of

to vanilh

go away.

dif.ippcar'd, and left me dark

find her, or for ever to
deplore.

wak'd
Miltcn.

When

the night and winter

d'faffear,
The purple morning, rifing with the
year,
Salutes dm fpring.

The

pictures

drawn

DryJen.

in

our minds are

laid in

fading colours, and, if not fometimes refrcfhcd,

vjnifh and
difapfeer.
Locke.
Criticks I law that others names

Hooker.

deface,

And fix their own with labour in their

place ;
Their i,wn, like others, foon their
place rdign'd,
Or
and
left
the
firft
behind.
difttppHn-'tt,

eminent of thofe

principles, publickly difalSivift.

cenl'ure

be

fight

Romi(h.

mod

judgments iifeianlf Defame

to clear thyfelf of blame ?
Sandys.

My equal rule,
DISANNU'LMENT. ..
./ [from
The aft of making void.

To

ut fun: tradition
Itrilce,

that the

Herbert,

my

flie,

au,,(tolic

Hooter.

JI{That
gave him power of djfanmilling of laws, and

Wilt thou

cenlure by fome pofterior acl.

'^'lcr ''

nottojuftify.

..ling fear, that

or other will follow the
doing or' that
wliiih a man's own co&icience
di/jllnvt him in.

(ome

J,,offi.

ZK& annul. This

is

difpofmg of men's fortunes and eftates, and the like

points of abfolute power, being in themfelves harfh
and odious.
Bacon
To be in both worlds full,
Is more than God
was, who was hungry here :
Wouldft thou his laws of
fading

To

rriitftun,

negation.

<v.

it

ii'i-iwii

DISAFFI RMAMCE.

DryJen's H'md and Panther.

2.
confider as unlawful ; not to
permit.
Their ufual kind of
disputing fliewcth, that they
do not difallow
only thele Rom fli ceremonies
which are unprofitable, but count all
unprofitab e
3.

a. [dis

The Jews

Wccdivard.

Wi:er., f.id

d.feife

Y"\

make

Difference of opinion ;
coHtrariety of
fentiments.
They feemed one to crofs another, as touching

Provided

called

conftitution

contrariety.

n.f. [from difagree.]

Difference; diffimilitude ; diverfuy ;
not identity ; not likenefs.

DISALLO'W.

want

''

'

''u
with
the
m-ijority,

.I,

<v.

formed, contrarily to analogy,

by thofe who, not knowing the meaning
of the word annul, intended to form a
negative fenle by the needlefs ufe of the
It ought therefore to
negative particle.
be rejected, as
ungrammatical and barTo annul ; to deprive of aubarous.]
thority ; to vacate ; to make null ; ta

H*

tttafg.

Want of zeal for the government

of ardour for the
reigning prince.
1

,
2.

word

father will

their kvvral
opinions about the neceflity of facraacraments, whereas in truth their difagrecmtnt is not

to the

public dilpofiti ,ns, to the affedlioru and

dijaffec"f the
people ; and muft n-,t introduce a law
wim public fcanJil and
difpleafure.
.

Bniun't Kulgar Errours.

-/ i**y-

eafily diltinguiflied.

2.

mud have regard

and depart upon

difammjtiun.

the

di_,

Diflike; ill will.

Hglaws, princes

n.f. [from difanimate.]

1.

affe g.
DISAFFE'CTEDNESS../. [from
ed.] The quality of being difarfeaed.
DISAFFECTION, n.f. [from dijaffecl .]
1.

ic j
iiOVC.
Style's
uvj
^trupBlc
Seraphic Love.

life.

ToDlSANNu'L.

fink th

Ihefe carry fuch plain and evident notes and

characters, either of dijagreement or
affinity with
one another, that the feveral kinds of
them are

DISAGREEMENT,

SiMnfJUit.

my

lord

ordinances for us to refume ; were tt>

check our Lord himfelf, which hath d'll'annulled

civil

After a difaffected manner.

life,

JifagreeabltntJ,

worfliip to thr emperor's ftatue, which the cufeom then was to give,
they were
proceeded againft as difaffifled to the empen.r.

rj

my

They cannot in reafon retain that apprehenlioti

after death, as
being .iffeftions which depend on

offenfivenefs.
hug and embrace his beloved f-n,
for
dirt and foulnefs of his cloaths
th'
all^the
dearnefs of the perfon
eafily apologizing fo'r the
of the habit.
South.

difpofed to zeal or affeclion.

Umally applied to thofe who are enemies to
the government.

By denying

2. Unpleafantnefs

and difcontent

his majefty's late

army.

Unluitablenefs

1.

or zealous.

lefs faithful

talk witr.

Privation of

Lock

^,^^.,.,^^^^1^^^-i

difanimata

DISANIMA'TION.

deeper, and be of the more weight, either agreeabl

or fJmttkli
thing: ihould conftantly accompany
thcfe different ftatcs.

difcourage ; to dejedr. ; to
The prefence of a king engenders 'lovedeprefs.
amongft
his fubjeflb and his
loyal frienrls, as it

Slakeffean's Henry VI.

was confounded and
d.Jar.iniattd at his preand
fence,
added, How can th- fervant of
lord
^^

Atterbury.

forced her to a conduct

dijagreeabli to her fince
r ''-v Broon,e

2.

deprive pf life.

He

adj. [from dijagree.]

Contrary ; unfuitable.
Some demon, an ei>emy to the Greeks, ha

1.

[from dis and an.

from its anchor.
v. a. [dis and ani-

afiiip

his enemies.

Brown.

DISA REE' ABLE.

>ou here.

tf/itt,i.

2.

improprieties, dijagreeing a\things/rein the true and proper defcrip-

all

To
To

1.

mary

that they rejea theplaineft fenf.Strange

of fcripture, becaufe it feems to
dijagree -with what
they
j call realon.
siiieroitr

and ad-ven-

-*iu

followed

a.

<v.

To drive

mate.]

Drydin.
ftate

it is,

be the record ot his rueful iof5

,
And of my doleful difadvtnturous death
-

To DISA'NCHOR.

To DISA'NIMATE.

both the bands !n worfliip

difagree,
adore the rlow'r, and fome the tree.

tiun -

unprofperous.

'

not to be of the fame

opi-

It contained]

[from

tiijad-cantageous. ]

adj. [dis

ceive, and for us to give, where he does not declare

v
his refufal zn&
difailo-wance of it.
South.

the one not to be

char.]

by from

An approving nod or fmile ferves to drive

yo
on, and make you difplay yourfelves more d'tfad-

DISADVU'NTUROUS.
turous.]
Unhappy

To

3.

adv. [from di/

advantageous.] In a manner contrary to
intereft or
profit ; in a manner not favourable.

vanlagecujly.

is,

Locke.

differ

Why

AJdifvns Sftliaor.

DISADVANTA'GEOUSNESS.

that

And fome

ttifadvaxta-

DISADVANTA'CEOUSLY.

dijagret;

nion.

geou: lights.

permif.

make or

the other.

Contrary
trary to convenience ; unfavourable.
vantage.]

re/life

not to

DisALto'wABLE. adj. [from difallov:.]

How happy 's he, which hath due place aflign'd
Not allowable ; not, to be fuffered.
To his bealh and
Dmni.
difafforefted his mind
DISALLO'WANCE.
To DISAGREE'. <v. n.
./ [from difallvui.\
[dis and agree.]
Prohibition.
1. To differ ; not to be the fame.
God accepts of a thing fuitable for him to reThe mind clearly and infallibly perceives all dif-

vantage.} Contrary to profit; producing

DISADVANTAGEOUS,

To

n,

I/,

God doth in converts, being married, allow con_

tinuance with infidels, and
yet di/allow that the
faithful, when they are free, Ihould enter into
bonds of wedlock with fuch.
Hooker.

to
fome forefls of his, explaining
difafforeji
themfelves of fuch forefh as
lay outof the way, not
near any of the king's houfes.
Bacon.

lofs.
word not ufed.
In clearing or' a man's,

hafty felling

fion; not to grant

fuppofe lawful.

king

Dt<ay if Piety.

aJj. [from difad-

difad'jantageable as intereft.

To PlSALLo'w.

[dis and;.. ._,.._,

throw open to common
purpofes ; to
reduce from the privileges of a foreft to
the Hate of common
ground.
The commiflioners of the treafury moved the

To

the

a.

<v.

'

evil

Stutb,

Pope.

To DISAPPO'INT.
I.

-y. a.

[//V

and appoint.]

To defeat of expectation ; to balk

hinder from
fomething expefted.
The

fupcrior Being can defeat

all his
hopes.

and dt/affiint

all

to

his dcfigns

Tilhtfo^

Whilft

./ Abfence of

DISASSIDU'ITY.

WVilft the chsmpion, with redoubled might,

the jav'lin, his retiring toe
Shrinks from the wound, ajid dijaffoixis the blow.

home

Strikes

We are reminded

ibfence or

uncxpe&eJ,

oath, that

DISASTER,

tfJok*B*!l.

ar.d

n.f. [JifoJIrt, French.]

blaftor ftroke of an unfavourable

The

i.

by the liience of

DISAVO'WAL.

(hone with trains of

Stars

fire,

An

dews of blood

from
loft

by difap-

Wns

the baitas e/the

Janizaries, Jifjffoixtd by

of Solyman

fun; and the mrvft

vcil'd the

Upon whole

pointment.
ur.ty

Freeholder.

[from dija vow,] De-

./.

nial.

planet.

humbled

of before the thing

It hi:,

dlfa-.

ft*
.

it is

from the gofpel, cxprefsly to

evalions and menial reservations
learn

Walton.

red us, but are difafftixttd

is

<fifa^t-

}..

by the ceremony of talt

a part of that obedience which w-

We are notonly tortured by

.

found too n

.'.

him back; U

Ceci iins kept

rery Bttlc
knowing ,'.
to take cold at
iuti], he thould be fubjeft

There's nothing like fmprifing therogut

thou
vv'.li th.-y b.- i!:fepf.cinte!:, when they hear tl.at
haft prevented their revenge

He only Jots
tonqueft
And thimii too little what they

care or

attention.

The

Us

DISAVO'WMENT.

ftar,

influence Ncptur-

.inds,

fick alm.ift to don:.

Stak.

.-lipfe.-

n.

[from

f.

difa<vo*ui.}

Denial.

As touching the

Misfortune; grief; milhap; mifery;ca-

earned J!favm;al of fer of;en procecdj

fear.

will not prefs

Tridentine hiftory, his holineft

Jifavimaait the

to any

you

is

APPOI'HTMBKT.

expectations.
wiiu are

\\

ruin
If

have turned

'iich

Some

How

able ftar.
Ah, ch.ifte

Sf

for things, of which we have not

thoroughly cvnh;!crca the value, our difafpeatlmern
will be greater thin rur pleafurc in the fruition ol

ling

To

uiflike

much,

ni'd

but more

alas!

lov'd

To

...

2.

not to confirm

nrtl.

DI'SARU.

Ski:i.

/".

but

French,

by Skinner and Juisius

do not remember

it.

1.

"v. a.
\dijarmcr, French.]
fpoil or diveft of arms ; to dcpiivc

of arms.
all

made by both houfcs, for ilifarmthe papifts in England.

Clanndnu.
I am Hill the fame,

By d'r
And by

ill

moving

to

one f.ime

flic

a. \_dis and array.} 'I'o

to divtft of ck>;
bad, the witch they Jij'ai
I

Now

night is come, now foon her

in her bed her lay.
Sf

DISARRA'Y.
j.

pedition,
that !.

Diforder

^iitea.

Dent-am.

DISA'STROUSLY.

nd-v.

[from

Unluckinels

the rivr, to

jwf> of the bridge, miJTit caft

"ic

Were

not

ic

<v.

a.

retrail profcffion

[</;>

and

Thereupon they

concurrence in a'ny thing, or with any

Difarraj and Ihamcfut rout enfue,

force is added to the tainting crew.

DiyJin'i

be diffolved.
Wh..e nek

And

rivers

when both rocks and

-a,

(1

r,

tliou cjnft

7/t*'-i.

To DISBA'RK. i>. a. [ilefrarquer t French.]

to put on fh
'I'o land from a ihip
lughtwi

To

fervice. o.'iie

1>)

The

(hip

fo'.icrity

uf t!icm which

the (li.ep, an oft'cnng to the

ljbjrk

;.

DISEELJ'EF. n./. [from

of credit

fufal

Our
Hn.;lifh Jid believe his

hemanifefted

to

bctme, \i\dijavnoman's face

"i

belief 01

Re-

o'ijlelieve.]

denial of belief.

ttifl-c

<tf

if a thing docs not

alter

To DisBELi'tVK. f.

Not

to credit

The

a. \dis

and

believe.]

not to hold true.

101 ihoulJ be
be truly penitent, is a
fin, but r.ther of infidelity than dcfpair; it being
tho (tyfc/jtw'ffgof an etenv
.

dijawv} or to cx-

his rank,
Icemcth to be cm,
.1, and doth but teach
<i

i-.

him.

ponnil.

Fa'arf.

a:'

Tif/otfcn.

name

breedi.

,k-rv\\,d:ji
thole obfcure

we moor on

Paft'i 0:!;

:,

c:,\

land that might belong,

And.-

Iretfmlj,

not i.irink or quail ;

all
things (hail ts'ifiar.rl,

hc'rs an

ii

fiT\c

And

Tillttfen,

To

upon them.

.md the earth would

ai'iuc/j.]

To yield him more obedience or funpnrt. Daniel.

To DISAVO'W. <v. a. [d'is and a-wc-it-.] 'I'o
difown to deny knowledge of to deny
perfon

and run n:

difaflrous.']

to dilbwn.

fmall remainders of piety

yet ieft Icattcred among
>C.I';Y would in a fhort
1'pac.c
aie

n.f. [from difajlrcus.~\

Did.
unfortunatenefs.

way

inferior officers,
-^. C.'jrtnd.

m*

2.

pr.--.

by the narrow-

Hayivjrd.

Z, Uadrefs.

fe-eral

Mifttit.

and

foldiers,

DISA'STKOUSNESS.

The

and wand'ring each his

.inn

</2vji)</

fully

[from the verb.]

confufion ; lofs of the regu,

D fcjrj,

'

the fame, arc either ign

ii:

n.f.

dang

Jif.ijlraui fate,

Klv

The

ra..g'd

fu

lar order of battle.

(!

her

after his return fr in tins ve y ex-

Immediately

DiyJ.

taken away.

To DISARR A'Y. <v.

undreis any one

And

iiig

to fe-

m the point
and
meafhore. Bjc.lf'jrw.tl &f,

.vis uji

The
ie.

To

Thy

So, as

n:u

affliction.

To DISAVOU'CH.

difatming you I now do more

:ve the town, than arming you before.

2. It has of before the arms

would be imm
great magazine of artillery.

In a difmal manner.

A:i order was

ing

with

Our

ilruck

from military fervice

to break :ip.

From my unhappy neighaourhood remove.

T*DISA'RM.

To

Unhappy calamitous miferabie

da,

i'. n.

To retire

i.

tool,

"Junius.}
a boafting talker. This word

prattler ;
is inferted both

To DISB A'ND.
parate

Ti.

Saxon, a

[b'pii ^"T'S'
>',

3.

Aurtngxikf,

jtddtfcn'i

magine that a q.nntity of water, fufficient

was created upon thatoccafiun ; and, when the buiincls was upnc, ail dif.. jrj.
banded again, and annihilated.

States
project for a treaty of barrier with the
ued hither from Holand, and was <///-

th<

to m.ike fuch a deluge,

b -ds

Jifaftr::

To

2.

threatening misfortune.

In dim eclipfc,

returne.l every

Kr.cllci't

dwelling.

Bid him difljnd his legions,

difmiis from fervice.

til/after.]

noon,

bv concurrence.

own

to fccure
Dijl.-.ndmy army

II,',

Gloomy

dfiandtd themfelves, and

to his

J)rjcl?ii'i

[from

adj.

li!h at Fir,
;

M-jv'u.
;

Sbatifftare.

not fortunate.

[dis

and band.}

I'yMagoras bids us in ourftation ft and,

Till Go.i, our general, (hall us dijband,
Dcai'jn.
.it to lead a
private life j

That feemeth a moft difajirna day to the Scots,

not only in regard of this overthrow, but for thai
the Eng
upon the fame day they were defeated by

makes
rejscl: as difliked

Unlucky

grounded

n.i

difmifs

T hry

mm

fbolfn-

DISASTROUS,

b-

oiil',

cheeks.
the (wain

a.

from military fervice ; to

break up an army j to dumifs Ibldiers
from their colours.

fields,

D-fafitr'd ftands.

call'd, ordain'ii ar.J J;i<if>f,rav\'..

'vViihout good

'ie

In his own

to flicw

To

of

final intention

DISBA'ND. v.

1.

which

be,

obtrufion of fuch particular inftanccs ai

upon the
7"o

to mifchief.

pitii'i.

to cenfure.

The

thele, are inefficient to difatttbtrife a note

Sutay*
afflift

-v. a.
[Jis and au~
deprive of credit or autho-

rity.

b.'J

Thcfe are the holes where eyes mould

his dy.'ffrcbttxn of the publiiliing of others, fcfi.

\.

have wrapt in night.

a.

<v.

To

tbori/e.]

force or flight;
fates

To

2.

DISAPPROBATION, n.f. \_dit and approCenfure; condemnation; extatian.}

diflike.
of
preflion
letters,

To DISAU'THORISE.

of inin=, f'id (he, which never

heretofore couldlt accufe me of one defiled thought,
how canll thou nO'.v receive that differed change-

we hope

is

t!ic

[from the noun.]

blaft by the ftroke of an unfavour-

To

:;-jmnt!

fk- u. is obliged

To DISA'STER.

to

man from

threat the brigliteft fair,

mint's cure,

Poft.

1.

i.

dirr

But what, or where,

of the per

their confequences, laved a

in

This ciay black omens

That e'ei dcf.-rv'd

dijap-

mifcarriage of

us to

n'perity
fallen !

affed for

[from

f,

know what are calami How many acciderts

bleiTin,,s.

liible for

Defeat of hopes

poin'.}

anil

Siui
01'

it:

,ys

in^,.

equally fatisfied with thti-

Jtate, arc

own

Sltttrturj.

D
From

or putting off the!

flioes at meals, is conceived to have beer, done, as
by thjt means keepii g their beds clean.
Brcivri s Vulgar Errsitrs.

vices,
trine of futurity rendered uneafy, they brought
themfelves to doubt of religion ; or, out of a vain
affectation of feeing farther than other men, pre-

tended to dijhtlieve

it.

DISBELI'EVER.
One who refufes

Rogers.
.

any pofition to be

An

humble

foul

[from

_/!

is

who

That

true.

caufe a man of great name pronounces herefy upon

the contrary fentiments, and cafts the d'foelimer

Wans.

To DISBE'NCH. i>. a.
drive from a feat.

Sir,

Sir

When

To

a.

<u.

I fled

and dijtrancb
perforce muft wither,

as are

hranrbtd

Shtkeff. King Lear.

newly planted, need not be

dif-

the fap begins to ftir, that fo the

be healed without the fear.

till

wound may

Evelyn's Kalcndar t
.
<v. a.
[With gardeners.]
take away the branches or fprigs
newly put forth, that are ill placed. Diel.

To

To DISBU'RDEN.

To

1.

<v.

The

river,

and burden.]

a. [dit

eafe of a burden

to unload.
with ten branches or ftreams,
;

<///"-

kurdttu himlelf within the Perfian lea.

Ptackan en Drawing.
Miliw.
Dlfburdai d heav'n rejoic'd.

'Tis better to
a cttrta

To

difencumber, difcharge, or clear.

They removed either by cafualty an J tcmpeft,

or

by intention and defign, either out of lucre of gold,

or for the disburdening of the countries furcharged
Kith multitudes of inhabitants.
Origin of Mankind.
mall d'fiurdcn the piece of thote hard fhadowings, which are always ungraceful.

Hale

mory,

To throw

Dryilais Dufrtjny.

off a burden.

To DISCE'RN.
.

2.

To

become wifdom than to difwhat is worthy the loving ?

Sidr.ly.
Does .my here know me ? This is not Lear
Does ; rar walk thus, fpcak thus ? Where are his

Aic

DISBURSEMENT,

n.f, [debourftment ,

Adlof difljurfing
The

3.

4.

fpent.

n.f.
that difburfes.

[from

DISCA'LCEATED.

One

tK/tur/e."]

[dljialceatus,

DISCALCEA'TION.
The aft
ceated.']
(hoes.

VOL.

I.

/.

of

[from
pulling

difcal-

the

[from

f.

difceru,]

diltinguifbing.

reajtr th.it wants difctrrwtnt, loves and admires the characters and actions of men in a wrong
Freeholder*

place.

To DISCE'RP.
tear in pieces

Reparation of

a.

[difcerpo,

to break

its

DISCE'RPTI BLE.

to deilroy

by
Did,

[from

adj.

To

Lat.]

parts.

dij'csrf."]

feparable ; liable to be deftroyed by the difunioii of its parts.

Frangible

What is moft denfe, and lead porous, will b<-.

moft coherent and lead HjurtfiUe, 6"
Matter is movcablc, this imrmvcib.this iniiifcerptible.
Men-.
dijitrpt'ibU,

DISCERPTIBI'LITY.

be rul'd and led

title.]

11.

difunion of parts.

DISCE'RPTION.
ait

made

How

Who

of

The euftom of argotng en any fide, even againft

outfcri jafions, dims the uoderltanding, and makes

humble poverty

Difcbarg'd of bufmcfs, void

was abandoned to the

IlaytoarJ.

rich in

leads a quiet country life

unload

I will

profit

Fr.]
free

from any load or inconvenience.

To

indifferently

diftindion.

their likerty laftcd,

The

n. f. [tiotadifcerp.'}

of pulling to pieces, or deftroying by

difuniting the parts.

n.

ot the
country

n.f. [from dij'cerp.

Liablenefs to be deftroyed by

roDISCHA'RGE. <v.a. [decbargtr,

To di(burden to exonerate to

fpoils of the foldicrs, who not troubling themfelves

to </.
:.
a fubjeit and a rebel, whilft

both.

Judgment; power of

he,
!

'^)rjdsn.

to difembark.

convey them by

To throw

is

of, ftrife

lea, in floats, unto the

place that thou (halt appoint

them to be t'ifttargid.

oft'

DISCE'RNMENT.

Ben Jcnfon.

Great part
adj.

Latin.] Stripped of (hoes.

N c L Y adv. [from difcerning.]

;
rationally ; acutely.
Thefe two errours Ovid has moft difarningly
avoided.
Garlb,

are fo good, or bad,

juft at a price;
elfe
difccrns the virtue or vice.

To make

Judicioufly

For nothing

l.

jfiterbury.

E'R N

sc

the difference between.

To DISCE'RN.

knowing.

heads.

Sbfkfjfeare.

They follow virtue for reward to-djy ;

To-morrow vice, if (he give better pay :

We

di/ccrt:.]

diftinguim.

To make

[from

part. adj.

'

dijctrn fuch buds as are fit to produce hloffoms, from fuch as will difphy themfelves but in
leaves, is no difficult matter.
BcJ/c.

can fpare lo great a fum together.

Sftnfer'i Inland.

DISBXJ'RSER.

To

To

Fr.]

or lay ing out.

flioultl

Hammond.

life.

This hath been maintained not only by warm

enthufiafts, but by cooler and more dij'cernir.g

difcretion, that dijctrni your (late

Better than you yourfclf.
Stakcffeari's King Lear.

queen's Uealure, in fo great occafion; nf

difiurjimints, is not always fo ready, nor io plenti-

Sum

Judicious

By fome

Arbutbr.'it on Coins.

2.

rupt the chriftian

th.ugitd.

You

discernible.]

apparently.

DISCE'RNING.

Either hi> motion weakens, or his

Jifcernings
I.

n.f. [from difcerni-

Confider what doctrines are infufed difcernitly

amongft Chriftians, moft apt to obftrufl or inter-

diilinguifha-

Vifiblenefs.

Perceptibly

eyes

Dif-

difcern,]

DISCE'RN IBLY. adv. [from

judge; to have knowledge of by

Wi,.it doth bctrer

di/turfng

it

tle.]

to difcover.

comparison.

eafe the mind.

and next half year ten thoufond pounds.

Sftnfer.
Nor would we deign him burial for his men,
Till he dijiun'd ten thoufand dollars.
.S
As Alexander received great Turns, hr was no
let's
of them.
generous and liberal in

To

(.-'

fpend or lay out money.

Money is not dijtxrfid t ono:, but draw n into a
long length, by fending over new twenty thoufand,

ful,

DJSCE'RNIBLENESS.

Latin.]

behold among the

fimple ones, I difctrnrd
the youths a
young man void of underp rvu . v ii. 7 .
ftanding.

a. [dtbourfer, French.]

-v.

To

1.

to fee

among

Md'ifiti'i Cata.

To DISBU'RSE.

defcry

[from

perceptible
apparent.
;

is indeed a fin of fo
grofs, fo formidable a
bulk, that there needs no help of opticks to renuVr
it
and
therefore
1 need not farther
dijcernibk,
expatiate on it.
Gtvtrmaftit cf the Tongue.
All this is eafijy tH/temitle by the ordinary difcourfcs of the underftanding.
Scutb.

And

Better yel-do I live, that though by my thoughts

plunged into my life's bondage, I yet may rlifiurdfn z plKion.
Suixfy.
Lucia, dijturden all thy cares on me,
And let me flwre thy moft ictir'd diftn fs.
>v. n.

To

adj.

It

Fftch

I be

To DISBU'RDEN.

ble

To

to undrefs.
me the hat and rapier in my cell :
will dfiaft me, and myfelf
Sbak. Temp.
prefent.
a. [difcerno,

ftrip

We

3.

coverable

GlanviHe.
cafe.]

dif-

Jircwn's Vulgar Erroiirs.

qualified intellectuals.

of coherent

and

one that has the power of

DISCE'RKIBLE.

own a judgment, though butw'th

broken and dijcarnate bones.

To DISCA'SE. <v. a. [dis

Judge

He was a great obferver and difctruer of men's

natures and humours, and was very dexterous in
compliance, CThTie hs 1'oi.id it ufeful. Clarendon.
How unequal iliftwcrs of truth they are, and
eafily expuict! untu enuur, will appear by their un-

from fervice or em-

notions; than a mefupftll.-x

like a fepulchre, furniflied with a load of

difcern.~\

tinguifhing.

fcarnato, Ital.] Stripped of flefV.

2.

2.

a?

with discarding fubitancc out of the world ? L'^cke.

]vKizedifcards pirty, friend/hip, kindied, and is
always theiLtbic reprclentcd as blind.
Addifan'i Guardian.
They blame the favourites, and think it nothing
that
the queen Ihould be at an end of
extraordinary
her patience, and refolve to
difcard them.
Swift.
I do not conceive
why a funk difcarded paity,
who neither expeft nor defire more than a quiet
lite, mould be charged with endeavouring to introduce popery.
Sw:f:.
DISCA'RNATE. adj. [Jh, and caro> flefh;

liai-.n.

[from

n.f.

'Twas faicl they law but one; and no difcerntr

Duift wag his tongue in cenfure. Sbak. Hen. Vlll.

Spenjfr's Stjit cf Ireland.

Should we own thit we have a very in.perfefl
Wea of i'ubftance, would it not be hard to charge us

fliver

From her maternal lap,

And come fo deadly ufe.
Such

and card.}

throw out of the hand fuch cards

difinifs or ejedt

not actually perpetrated.

Difcoverer; he that defcries.

1.

gave

Their captains, it" they lift, difcard whom they

pleafe, and lend away fuch as will pcihaps willingly
be rid of that dangerous and hard fervice.

tree.

She that herfelf will

being certainly jewels to a wife man,

considering what wonders they weje able to perform, yet were discarded by that unworthy prince,
as not worthy the
holding.
Siiittey.

from words.

and branch.}
as a branch

[dis

feparate, or break off,

from a

pital,

ployment.
Thefe men

Stattlftare.

Te DISBRA'NCH.

[dis

of forces, frauds, crimes various of

and the inchoations towards crimes ca-

DISCE'RNER.

Staktffurrt.

a.

-z/.

ftellionate,

their fweets

bloffoming Caelar.

To

me ftay,

blows have made

to melt.

To have judicial cognizance: notinufe.

It difcerncth

and
Hammer.

are ufelefs.

hope
not

fpaniel'd

To

yet oft,

The hearts
me at heels, to whom

ToDisCA'RD.

2.

My words Jijlatct'J you

Na,

On

To

andlencb.]

[dij

'

2.

dis

(from

Their wiihes, do difcandy, melt

frighted into fenti-ments, be-

out of the churcb.

To diffolve

candy. ]

denies

n.

<v.

by degrees lofe the faculty of d\fcc r r.ing between

truth and filfchood.
Latkc.
it

To DISCA'NDY.

dijbelie*vc.~\

belief; one

The cuffom of difea/ccatkn,

which the doc-

Tome

a fondnefs to

me, and

will

caufe

King;,

any thing collected or accumulated ; to give vent to any thing ;

to let fly.
It is ufed of any thing violent or fudden.
Mounting
3 Y
off

D
Mounting

He did Af targe

To

When

his eyes,

Infected minds

i&etefpetre's Macbeth.
were thofe bluft'ring brethren left at large,

On

and

leas

fliorcs their

fury to difctarge.

Pcpe's Odyffty.

To

4.

A
a

As

Bacon.
out of their
galleys alfo did oftentimes,

out noifc.

The
tjrow

Jifeiiirri their great pitces againft the city.

and had

dij^'carged a plftnl,

us
upon
'

t'lrned

Hiflory.
th; fouud rc-

fifty-fix times,

though the

Mdifen

tof^y.

currence

in Italy.

And

that

Now

me has

5.

Dryden's Juvenal.

contract debts beyond

when they
fea; and thofe are paid with money,
will not take our goods to difcbarge them. Locke.

The

He

fend

prefent

clear a debtor.

owing owes not, but

ftill

pays

at

mind

once
Miltcn.

Indebted and difcbarg'd.

8.

fet free from obligation.

If one man's fault could difcbarge another man
of his duty, there would be no place left for the
common offices of fociety.
L'EJlrairge.
When they have takn a degree, and are confe-

quently grown a burden 'to their friends, who now

think themfelves fully difcharged, they get into
orders as foon as they can.
Swift.

To

clear

to abfolve

from an accufation or crime

:

with

To

are

To

Dryden's Fables.

1. To

put away

to obliterate

to de-

done by little and little, and with many

not the wonder.
{Tays ; but all this difciargitb
Bacon' i Natural Hifiiry.
Trial would alfo be made in herbs poifonous and
whofc ill quality perhaps may be difpurgative,
is

fkargftl,

or attempered, by fetting ftronger poifons

or purgatives by them.

Bacon.

12. To divert of any office or employment;

todifmifs from fervice as, he difcharged
his fteward ; the foldier wa difcharged.
:

t }

To

difmifs

to releafe

to fend

away

"from any bufinefs or appointment.

feveral counPifftargt jour pow'rt uitto thtir
J.ri

S c l P L i N A' p. i A N adj. [from

Pertaining to difcipline.

An

Skakiffesre.

from ftated

Exemption

free,

are

DISCIPLINARY,
1

(hall

To

abate the bombilation of gunpowder, a way

is promifed by I'orta, by borax and butter, which
he fays will make it fo go oft', as fcarcely to be

To DISCI'ND.

We

<v.a. [di/cinJa, Latin.]

to cut in pieces.
found feveral concretions

To

fo foft, that

we

could eafily difcind them betwixt our fingers. Beyle.

DISCI'PLE.

u.f. [difdpulus, Latin.]

cities, for the neglect

of

a few.

King Cbarles.
the death of Chrilt, is the
ourfelvcs
of
crucified Sathe
the
profcfling
difciples
viour ; and that engageth us to take up his crofs

The commemorating

and follow him.

young

difciple

Harr.mvnd.

mould behave himfelf fo well,

to gain the afl'c&iaa and the car of his inftruclor,

as

in behalf of marriage were

only
grounded on prudential motives.
Feme.
Bijbcp

n.f. [difciplina, Latin.],

Education; inftruftion; the aft of cultivating the mind; the aft of forming;
the manners.

I.

He rud charge my Jifcipfixt to frame,

And tutors nouriturc to ovcrfeeSpenftr,
The cold of the northern farts is that which,
without aid of difcipline, doth make the bodies:
harded, and the courr.e warmeft.

Bacsr.*

They who want

that fenfe of difciplinr, hearing,

of fpecch. Ihldcr.
It is by the aflUlance of the eye and the car cfpccully, which arc called the fcnfes of

are alfo by confequence deprived

dijnflm,

from heaven upon whole

EceU

adj. \difciplina, Latin.]

DISCIPLINE,

one that profefles to receive inftruftions from another.

He rebuked difciples who would call for fire

fcholar

with

tion.
Thefe are the ftudies, wherein our noble and
gentle youth ought to beftow their time in a difciMilton,
f Unary way.

Brmon.

adj. [difcinflus, Latin.] UnDifl.

looiely drefled.

DISCI'NCT.
;

diflent into diflike

Relating to a regular conrfe of educa-

3.

n.f. [from difcharge.]

that difcharges in any manner.
that fires a gun.

girded

clamour

Thofe canons

privilege.

heard by the difcbarger.

perpetual

Pertaining to difcipline.
Relating to government.

2.

difciplinary,

DISCHA'RGER.
2.

the prefbyterian feft, fo

their

the ftate, as puritans, or difciplinarisns.

Sanderf. Pax.

Eccl. viii. 8.

He
He

from

about difcipline.
They draw thofe that

full difcbarge.

There is no difcbarge in that war, neither

wickednefs deliver thofe that are given to it.

rules.

A follower of

2.

acquittance from a debt.

;

Glanv.Scepfa.

DISCIPLINA'RIAN. n.f. [difciplina,L.zt^\

1. One who rules or teaches with great
one who allows no deviation
ftriftnefs

;
nothing can abfolve us from the difcbarge
of thole duties.
L'Eftrange,

10.

difcipline. ]

when the love of God and our neighbour, evangelical unqueftionables, arc neglected!

facred

9.

eagernefs in difciplinarian uncertainties,-

called

Performance ; execution.
The obligations of hofpitality and protection

8.

What

Milton.

divide

ftroy.
It

warns

ranfom now and

his

fome of them,

perception, phantafy, and memory, common to

molt if not all animals, but fomcthing of ugacity,
Half.
providence, and dihiplinablentfs.

Milton.

linker.

imprudent enough to difcbarge thcmfches c/thii blunder, by laying the contradiction

at Virgil's door.
Drydcn.
10.
perform ; to execute.
Had I a hundred tongues, a wit fo Urge
As could their hundred offices difcbarge.

They

free

Hath paid

in animals, efpecially

foxes, dogs, apes, horfes, and elephants, not only

as, the go-

price of ranfom.
O, all my hopes defeated
him hence But death, who fets all

difcipline.

We find

Ranfom;

j.

of.

They wanted not reafons to be difcbarged cf all

blame, who are confeflcd to have no great fault,
even by their very word and teftimony, in whole
ryes no fault of ours hath ever hitherto been
eitcemcd to be fmall.

Some days.
Abfolution from a crime.

To

g.

and

not condemning us ; which word imports properly

an acquittance or difcbarge of a man upon fome
p;ecedent accufation, and a full trial and cogniSouth.
zance of his caufe.

Jew,

grateful

He

n.f. [from difcl-

of

inftruftion ; quaplinable."\ Capacity

lification for improvement by education

The text exprelles the found eftate of the conits

fcience, not barely by its not accufing, but by

Vcisia.
Sbatefp.Mercb, of

it.

A
fey

6.

creditor by payment.
If he had

to difcbarge the

money

would not take

To

j.

away a

ing.

DISCIPLI'NABLENESS.

Us, haply too fecure of our difcbarge

From penalty, bccaufe from death releas'd

we

adj. [difciplinabilii,
of inftruftion ; capable

of improvement by difcipline and learn-

vernour folicited his difcbarge.

Releafe from an obligation or penalty.

fare.

The

upon Chrifl's terms.

Latin.] Capable

B aeon's Natural liiflory

an office
4. Difmiffion from

When foreign trade imports more than our com-

To

Spenfer.

difa'pie. ]

Hamir.ir.d's Pratt. Catfcbt

evanefcence.

middle.

Sbalrfpeare't Anlmy ar,d Cleopatra.

to the horrors of that uncouth place

difcipiejhip

DISCIPLI'N ABLE.

'

He piffage begs with unregarded pray'r,

And wants two farthings to difcbarge his

6.

dertaking

the difcbarge of the little cloud upon

and you (hall fee
glafs or gems, or blades of fwords,
it ever break up furl in the fldrts, and laft in the

difitarg'd.

modities will pay for,

emiflion.

all

Mark

clear a debt by payment.

Death of one perfon can be paid but once,

with an iron whip

to Jifc ifle every day.

or funftion of a difciple, or follower

of a mailer.
That to which juftification is promifed, is the
g'ning up of the whole foul intirely unto Chrift, un-

being flopped, the next oca thin ferous difcbarg!.

Starf'sSurg.

Difruption

3.

To

5.

is

Sbalcfpctrt.

This word

ftate

The hzmorrhage

was

air

the heat of

was

DISCI'PLESHIP.B./ [from

Matter vented.

2.

KnMtft

We

She, bitter penance

fubterranefprings is owing to
ous fire, fo wherever there are any extraordinary
of this fire, there alfo are the neighbourdifcbargcs
Woodward.
ing fprings hotter than ordinary.

will difihargc a piece with-

powder, which

fervice of the time, and

of the bravell.

Was wont him

[from the verb.]

Vent; explofion;

1.

conceit runneth abroad, that there mould be

w'.iitc

n.f.

a,

puni(h ; to difcipline.
not in ufe.

is

Bacon's Natural Hiftory.

difcbargt.

DISCHA'RGE.

unload a gun.

to

[from the noun.J

bring up.
He did look far
<v.

To

2.

Wifeman's Surgery.

Ptfc's Statins.

train

Difcipled

To DISCHA'ROE. v. ti. To difmifs itfelf;

to break up.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not

bofom rend.

this ready

To

Into th

The matter Ceing fuppurated, opened an inflamed tubercle in the great angle of the left eye,
and difcbargcd a well-concocted matter.

Drydcr.'s Ovid.

Difcbarge thy flufts

Soon may kind heav'n a fu-e relief provide j

5oon may your fjre difcbarge the vengeance due,
And all jour wrongs the proud opprefl'ors rue.

DISCI'PLE.

7*o

dream of Calplm'.nia, this man toll

him, he hoped he would not difmifs the fcnate till
Bacm.
his wife had dreamed a better dream.
emit.
14. To

their deaf pillows will difcbarge their fccrcts.

Nor

Czfar would have dijckarged the fcnitf,

in regard of a

VIII.

Stall. Hen.

a horrible oath.

that our minds are furnimed with various parts of

H'arts.

knowledge.
.

Rule of government; order.; methodof government.

hold, that from the very apoftlcs time,
this prefent age, wherein yourfclvej imagine
found
out a right pattern of found Jifciplhe,-.
have
ye
there never was any time fate to be followed. ll.Acr.
A! we are to believe for ever the articles of evangelical doctrine, fo the precepts of difcipline we

They

till

are ; in like fort,

bound for ever

to obfcrvc,

ll,r(-.

While

While we do admirs

ThU

Virtue and this moral

Let's be no Hoicks.

wifdom

in w..,

difc'ipline

Let crooked

The
And

invade

lawlifs troops which dift-ij>iii disclaim,

their fupcrfluous growth with rigour tame.

of fubjeftion.
Tre moft pe/fcft, who have their

thing taught

much

refpeO, are

6. Punifhment

cwreftion.

lively cobler kicked and (purred while his

wife was carrying him, and had fcarce paired a
day
without giving her the dtftiflir.e of the (trap.

The

God makes

love of

To

X.

educate

We

are wife

when

to begin

enough

1.

Jifciflined
not arrive at

for confirmation, which they could

they were found, upon examination, to have
made * fumYient progrefi in the knowledge of

Difcovery

Addifan on the Cbrijljan Religion.

Chriftianity.

To

regulate

They look
<>i

3.

4.

to

punifh

z.

huiband groveling

lies,

Drink

f John.
Si*ttfc.
water, eitherpure, or but tHfcdourrd with

TmfU.

to renounce.
cowardly rafcnl

He

a tayfor

made

nature difctaimt

thee.

Sbaltiff.

all

King Lear.

calls the

gods to witnefs their offence

Dijcla'ani the war, afTerts his innocence.

find

'

thofe

Very few, among

Chrifthns, Jifriaim

own

wSo

profefs thcmfelvcs
concern for their fouls, dif-

the authority, or renounce the

expectations,

of the gofpel.

Roftrt.

DIJCLA'IMER.

One

that

./.

[from difdaim.]

difclaims,

difowns, or re-

nounces.
plea containing an exprefi

denial or refufal.

DISCLO'SE.
and floft ]

-v.

Cotvill.

a. [difdudc,

Latin

dn

To

uncover

latitancy to

to produce

from a

f,,ft

flate

of

fcw

unknown,

dij.kfe

featuring fparks about wtrc blown,

to our ruin rofc.
Dr-jd.
earth and oce.in various forms

Big with the flames that

Then

dljchfe.

apt to

through
medium, which
and pervert the objcft. Md.
Sfefl.
fome beloved notion, or fome

liifcolovr

Have

a care left

darling fcience, fo prevail over your

To

mind

as to

dtf-

Ifalts.

your ideas.

DISCO'MFIT.

t>. a.
[defconfrt, Fr.
fionfiggert, Ital. as if from dijctmfigere,
defeat ; to conquer ; to vanLat.]
quifh ; to overpower ; to fubdue ; to

To

beat

to overthrow.
;
Fight againft that monftrous rebel, Cade,

Whom,

fintr,

!-hcd to be difcoinfittd.
Stateff.
Amalck and his people w'ith

Jofliua djiomftrd

th: edge

f the fword.

Exodvt.

fugitive, declin'd fuperior ftrength

purfued, in the fad chace

Difc'jmfitfd,

Trn

thoufjnd ignominious

my

oufnefs of their guilt, 1 (hall improtc thofc victories

to the good of my fellow fubjefls.
Addibti.

n.f. [from the verb.] Derout ; overthrow.

incurable tfiffomjtt
r'ly you muft
Reigns in the hearts of all our prefent party.
feat

fhelli

being broken, ftnick

off,

and gone"

SLaktfptarf.

Dagon muft ftoop, and (hall ere long receive

Such a dif,cn:Jic t as (hall quit'. dcfpoilhim

Of

all

to dejeft.

much

difaanfartid as

as difcomfited.

Sida.y,
not be in our camp,
dikomfart us.
Sbakeffare't Julius defer,

His funeral
it

(hall

DISCO'MFORTABLB.
That

1.

is

adj.

[from d^cvn-

melancholy and refufes com-

D:fcomfnrtalle eoufin, know'fr thou not

the fearching eye of Heav'h is hid
Behind the globe, it lights the lower world ? Sin I.
2. That caufes fadnefsi
What did that help poor Dorus, whofe ptcj
could carry unto him no other news but
difeomfft,

That when

oblc ?

Sidttty

*.

a.

and

[Jij

to cenfure

to

ihefc bruited tn.jHcs,

fftllt'-n'i

coat-

me-

we cannot d\fcommend, we cannot ab-

folutely approve, either willingnefs to live, or in:.

wardncfs to die.
Ilwkcrt
you will all be wits ; and he, I pray,

Now

And

you, that dlfcfrmncnd

it,

mend

the play.

.*

Neither do I difcmimfid the lofty ftyle in tragcti j

is naturally pompous and
magnificent.

/Igtmjiti.

which

Drydcr.

DISCOMME'NDABLE.
Blameable
ing blame.
mend.~\

adj.

[from difcom-

cenfurable

deferv-

1'ufillanimity is, according to Ariftotle's moravice very difcommntdablt.

Aylife's Parttgtm,

lity, a

DISCOMME'NDABLENESS.

n.f.

[frotndf-

Blameablenefs
comntendable.]
nefs to cenfure.

liable-

Diit.

DISCOMMEND A'TION.
mend.]

Blame;

n.f. [from tfifcomreproach; cenfure.

Tully afligns three motions, whereby, without

any dfiommcndatien, a man might be drawn to b"come an accufcr of others.
Aylijft ~i Fjrsrgj*.

DISCOMME'NDER. n.f. [from difnrtm.'nd 1

One that dlfcommends a difprailer.
ToDlscoMMo'nE. v.a. [dii and commaJs,
.

fall.

Pti/ifs.
gallant countrymen are employed in
piiil'uing rebels half difcanfittd through the confci-

While

The

grieve ; to fadden
Her champion went away

[from the noun.]

a deceitful

DUCO'MFIT.

open view.

in this deep quiet, from what fonrce

feeds of fire their fatal birth

Thole

And

is

He,

[Inlaw.]

through

eolour all

Dryden't sEr.tid.
our Lord, on all occafions,
Jifcfrming
pretenfions to a temporal kingdom.
Rogfi.

We
a!l

(hare

Sxtb.
a.

To

Abfolutcly

ATw

malt -

Sial.

nolon\ytHJcemfort, but weak-

To DISCO'MFORT.T;.

Coldly embracing the dtjcuhur'd earth.

To

and claim.]

is

tion with difapprobation.

aflions, fees it

You

i.

by a general name
of the (kin
Artuiknit.

dijcclsratkns

difown; to deny any knowledge of; to

retract any union with; to
abrogate;
iu thee

V'o

ttifcolour.]

Sufpicions, and fantaltical furmifc,

And jealoufy, with jaundice in her eyes,
Difcoliuring all (he view'd.
Drydtx.
He who looks upon the foul
its outward

a. [Jit

In folitude there
ncfs ""<>.

DISCO'LOUR. v. a. [Jecoloro, Lat.] To DISCOMME'ND.

To change from the natural hue; toftain.
mend.] To blame

but giv'n
time

Miltm.

2.

call

Hotter.

To

Many a widow's

to a better covenant,
{
difc;fli*i*
From lhadowy tjpcs to truth, from flefh to fpirit.

1.

what the phyficians

melancholy

fort.

[from

In a depravation of the humours from a found

ftate to

of a cacochymy, fpots and

are ligns of weak fibres.

comfort'.]

guid3S my tongue,
Ad bidsDifemffft
me fpeak of nothing but defpair.

Leit

The aft of changing the colour; the aft

of ftaining.
Change of colour ; ftain ; die.

I.

forrow

and

difcumftrt.

Emif-

n.f. [(Hfclufus.LK.]

n.f.

sltierbitrfi

[dii

This himfelf did forefee, an-! therefore armed h-s

church, to the end they might fuitaiu it without

Jifclofe.]

fecret.
After fo happy a marriage between the
king and
her daughter, (he was,
upon a fudden mutability
and difihfttri of the
king's mind,
fcverely
handled.

Up

fe Disc LA IM. v.

Uneafinefs

production into view.

DISCOLORA'TIO.V.

at a diftance.

advance by inftruftion.
The law appear'd imperfect, and
With purpofe to refign them in full

[from

falfe

gloom.

by
fudden miraculous eruptions and
difclufioni of light,
to prevent the art of the lanthorn-maker.
Mure.

Dcrb/m's
Afn-Tbeolagy.
to correct; tochaflife.

n.f.

man,

Government of the
Tongue.
He fent his angels to fight for his pi-ople
; and
the diftomfiturt and
of
holts
is at(laughter
great

One

difcltfe.]

a
all

'

DISCO'MFORT. n.f.

it,

Jiddifimi Cats.

[from

mfturc.

tributed to their afliftance.

conceal

Judge what a ridiculous thing it were, that the

continued (hadow of the earth mould be broken

keep

1'oldiers

meta '

fion.

in order.
us, as we fhoul judge of an
army

vicli-difcifUHta

To
To

to

rf,/

paflion,

if I

Aft of revealing any

thing

till

2.

my
;

falfe.

lofs,

.What a defeat and difcomfiture is it to

when he comes to ufe this wealth, to find it

#.

>,.

and

care prepared

me

n. /.

DISCLU'SION.

very young, and d:fc:p.'ir.t by limes thofe other creatures we would make ufeful and good for fome-

They were with

is

The producing of cold is a thing

very worthy
the inquifition, both for the ufe and
dijckfure of
caufes.
Bacsn.

thc-y arc

what.

call

DISCLOSURE,

man

[from the noun.]

to inftruft ; to bring
up.

I to
you out of France,
of (laughter, and
d:fctmfiure.
$tate/f,
Behold, everyman's fwordwasagainft his fellow,
and there was a very great
i Sam.

that reveals or difcovers.

2.

v. a.

world will

DISCLO'SER.

chafte without
the laborious arts of fatting and exterior
difcipline j
he reaches at glory without any other arms but
thole of love.
Taylor.

To DISCIPLINE,

impart what

to

If I difchfi
Ourfriendfliip's at an end

The

A.id\)ins Sfcflatcr.

7. External mortification.

to tell

Sad tidings bring

Of

Bacon.

a reconciliation,
except for upbrajding, or pride, or dijclejtng of fecreti, or a treacherous Wound ; for from thefe
things every friend
will depart.
./,.

on

ffilkinj.

chaftifement

reveal

n.f. [from difcemfit.}'

of battle ; rout ; ruin >

lofs

overthrow.

There may be

to be preferred.

Defeat

to open.

fecret.

Rogers.

art ; fcience.
Art may be laid to overcome and advance nature in thefe mechanical
in this
ttifiifi'ine:, which,

Any

5.

To

3.

paffions in the

th^r guard.

hatch

DISCO'MHTUHE.

fraodward.

fun dijchjetb them.

ftate

beft Jifcifiini, are yet obliged to be

conftantly

JifeMJ anj

thereby

It is reported
by the ancient?, that the oftrich
layeth her eggs under fand, where the heat of the

Drydcn.

4.

To

2.

in Scotland,
in peace. Staktjf.

fteel

is

fet at liberty.

Stattfftart.

3. Military regulation.
This opens all yo"r victories

Your

the (tore Included In them

difeiflir,tt

Fr.]
left

To put
to

to

inconvgnience

to

mo-

incommode.

Di sco MMo'Dlous.ai//'. [from difcommife.]

Inconvenient ; troublefome ; unpleafing.
So many thoufand foldieis, unfit for anylabourt
or o:hcr trade, mud cither feck fervice and employment abroad, which may be. dangerous 0'
;

elfe

whith nnjr
Sfmftr'i Sreti of Jrrland.

employ themielves here

be diJcemmtdKui*

at honr.-,

Dircv-

Inconvenience

disadvantage

hurt

folette.]

the diffcmmxi'nies of
reit rrvy be belt avoided, and ihe commodities
tained : or hfW, in the balance of commodities and
of ufurjr are to be rcconJifummcduiti, the qualities

Bacan.

better that a (hip Ihould be preferved with

to the (Y.lors, than that, the

is

Come dijcMHmukij

being in health, the (hip (hould

fai ors

p<-

DISCOMPO'SE.

-v.

(i.

She

And

that their pltafures caus'd her Jiffcmenr,

figh'd, not that they ftay'd, but that (he went.

decompoftr,

Uneafy

to unfettle.

ruffle

dilturb the

to agitate

temper;

by

more, dear mother: ill in death it (hows,

Your peace of mind by rage tp dijcvxpofi. Dry din.
offend ; to fret ; to vex.
4.
Men, who poifefs all the advantages of life, are
in a (late where there are many accidents to diforbut few to pleafe them. Stvift.
der 2nd
:
not in ufe.
difplace ; to difcard
5.
Though he was a dark prince, and infinitely
never put down or difcomfojcd a
fofpic-ious, he

Safin.

cour.fellor or near fervent.

n.f. [from difcompofe.]

DISCONTE'NT. v. a. [from the

To diflatisfy ; to make uneafy

The
Whofe

in

continued

mind m-iny

this

Clarendon.

days.

and

To DISCONCE'RT.T;.

a. \dis
concert.]
; to difcompofe.
You need, not provoke their fpirits by outrages
is enough to
a.carelefs gellure, a word, or a look,
Coilltr.
concert them.
tlij

To

mind

unfettle the

To

break a fcheme

to defeat a

ma-

chination.

DISCONFO'RMITY. n.f. [dis and conforWant of agreement ; inconfifmity.]

tency.
Lyzs arifc from erroor and miftake, or malice,
and forgery ; they conlift in the difagreement and
and the conception
Jifanfcrmity betwixt the fpeech
of the mind, or the conceptions of the mind and
the things themfclves, or the fpsech and the

Haknui/l on Pnvitlcncr.

thing*.

DiscowcRu'iTY.n.y;

[<//*

;
inconfiftency.
want of capacity in the thing, to fuftain fuch a duration, from the intrinfical difc^nother.
fruiry of the one to the
Hale'i Origin of Mankind.

There

adj.

Void of comfort

and

[dis

hcpelefs

volent.
Let us

What

Seems

With

Pirtdarui his

his
difconteiueditefs, in

The ladies anj the knight;, no (helter

Were dropping wet, dijcuxjtlatt and wan,

fill them with

general
though the bofom of that famous church, wherein they live, were more noifome than any dungeon.
hooter.
The politick and artificial nourishing and enter".. ning of hopes, and carrying men from hopes
to hopes, is one of the bed antidotes a^ainft the

poifon of difconttntmencs.

Baeor,.

DISCONTINUANCE,

n.f. [from dtfcon-

DiyJn.

The moon

reflects the

funtxams

to us, and fo,

takes away in fume meaI'mc the jijcenjolaii darknels of our winter n:gh:s.

by Uluminating the

air,

*4g.

DuCo'NSOLATF.tY. adv. [from

fote.]

In a dilconiblatc manner

fo'rtlefsly.

dif(0'ljo;

com-

2.

ftillicides

minate the voice, without appearing

difcotitinuance.

CefTation

DISCONTINUITY,

difctit'-.n-j-

ofSpec.-i.

n.f. [Jis and conti-

Difunity of parts

nuity.]

want of co-

hefion.

That difconli**itj of parts is the principal cauft

of the opacity of bodies, will appear by confidering
that opaque fabftances became tranfparent bv titling their pores with any fublUnce of equal, or almoft equal, denfity with their parts.
Ntvitoa,

DISCONVS'NIENCB.
nience.']

n.f. [dis

and conve-

Incongruity; difagreement; op-

pofuion of nature.
Fear arifeth many times out of

natural antipabut, in thcfe difcmvenlencu of nature, deliberation hath noplace at all.

;

Brambalt's Anfuier

I'mall thread,

DI'SCORD.
1.

n.f.

Difagreement

la

Hottit.

{dijcwdia, Latin.]
oppofition ; mutual an-

reciprocal oppugnancy.
See what a fcourge is laid upon your hate,
That heav'n finds means to kill your joys with

ger

tijtoti s Htititral Hijhry.

intermiffion.

Lrt us conlider whether our approaches to him

are fwcet and refreshing, and if we arc unrafy
linger any long Jifiotitinuanie of our convcrlation
with him.
jltttttury.

An interrup[In the common law.]

tion or breaking off; as difeontinuance
of pofTeflion, or dijcoittitmanci of procefs. The effeft of Ji/coatinuance of poffcfiion is, that a man may not enter
upon his own land or tenement alienated,
whatfoever his right be unto it, or by
hii own authority ; but mult feck to re-

to

Holder's Elements

it.

of water, if there be enough to

draw thcmfelves into a

to interrupt.

is

thies of nature

bccaufe they will not difcontinue ; but if there lino remedy, then they taft thcmfelves into round
drops, which is the figure that (avcth the body

3.

break off;

that property, in all letters, of aptnefi

to be conjoined in fyllab'.es and words, through
the voluble motions of the organs from one (lop
or figure to another, that they modify and difcri-

raption.

2.

To

There

The

a.

ceafe

apparel, and the like; and try, in any thou (halt

judge hurtful, to Jijcotitirme it by little and little ;
but fo, as if thou find any inconvenience by the
Eacsti,
change, thou come back to it again.

Want of cohefion of parts ; want of

dilunion of one part with another
follow, will

<v.

any practice or
habit.
Twenty puny lyes Vll tell,
That men (hall (wear I've difctnt'mued fchool
Above a twelvemonth.
Kbattffeart,
Examine thy culiorns of diet, deep, exercife,

tinxe. ]
1.

DISCONTINUE.
To leave off; to

To

as

d-fcontir.tmcnt ,

nigh,

Aeil through their thin array receiv'd the rain.

Thyfelf (halt ttifctatmai from thine heritage that

gave tliee, and I will caufe thce to ferve thine
enemies.
Jtr,
I

AdJifni't Travels.

uneafinefs.
Thefe arc die vices that

Mlllm.

n/it diftaitftlate.

looks.

Bacon.

an eflablifhed or prefcriptive

lofe

cuflom or right.

DISCONTE NTMENT. n.f. [from diffonThe ftate of being difcontented ;

tent.]

-,

Siak.

To

If patiently thy bUlding tht-y obey,

Difmifi them

goddefs, with a clifciatenteJ air,

him, though flic grants his pray'r.

to reject

molt from

this hill.

own body.
z.

will tie

n.f. [from difcontented.] Uneafinefs ; want of eafe ; diffatisfattion.

beautiful buft of Alexander the Great cafts
up his face to heaven with a noble :ur of grief, or

difeonfotatt,

bondman, on

makcth them follow the force that puittth them

out, and yet fo as Dot to Jifcmtixuc or forfake their

1.

OISCONTE'NTEDNEJS.

'

all

know

Vofc.

melancholy.
See Caftius

All bodies, ductile and tenliic, as metals, that

be drawn into wires ; wool and tow, that
will be drawn into yarn, cr thread ; have in them
the appetite of not etifccnriaumf , ftrong, which

up your Jifconienttd fword. Sbaktff.

Thel'e are, beyond comparifon, the two greateft
evils in this world ; a difeafed body, and a difcontcnted mind.
Tillnfm.

ctnfule.]

forrowful

participial adj. [from

Uneafy ; cheerlefs ; male-

difcontent.]

is

DISCO'NSOL ATE,

Sialtefftart.

\_difcontinuer,

will

haughty

now are

n.

To lofe the cohefion of parts to fuffer

feparation or difruption of fubftance.

DISCONTE'NTED.

and congruitj.]

Difagreement

noun.]
at the

only they
crimes before did your juft cai;fe betray.
di/contented

The

mclancholick difcamfofurt of

his

i>.

French.]

Drydcn.

perturbation.

He threw himfelf upon his bed, lamenting with

much palTion, and with abundance of tears ; and

To DISCONTINUE.

nature circumfpefl

I know a
difiontented gentleman,
Whofe humble meant match not

<KfcsMp:fi,

Upon any iUfccntinuatkn of parts, made cither

by bubbles, or by fluking the glafs, the whole
Hni-tcn,
mercury falls.

prefent ftate.

To

DISCOMPOSURE,

rion.

Hayivai-d.

To

To

Diforder

own

their

fpiric.

No

content.]
diiTatif-

and (low, discountenanced and etifctntent ; and

thofe the earl (ingled as ntccft for his purpofe.

to diforder.

bed had flown,

Betty from her mailer's
her own.
Swift.
foftly ftole to difeemfofe

To

2.

and

the prefent ftate

at

They were of

perturbation.

1.

[Jit

adj.

n.f. [from difccn-

tittue] Difruption of continuity ; breach

of union of parts ; difruption ; fepara-

SfaJtefpeare.

Not

Now
3.

Ctnutll.

DISCONTINU A'TION.

your brows full of difcmttnt,

Your hearts of forrows, and your eyes of tears.

?ISCONTE'NT.

onfidtnce that had formerly bten between many

Clarendon.
of them.

To

content. ]

ficd.
;

3.

and

Pife.

.To diforder
The debate upon the fdf-d.-nyiny ordinance
had raifed many jcaloufies, and dijamfoftd the

tits

uneafinefs at the pre-

1 fee

Fr.]
1

fcnt ftate.

rilh.

Wayward.

To

n.f.

Want of content

We fptak nowof ufury, how

n.f. [from difnnpf being difconfolate.

ftate

DISCONTE'NT.

Hiifchief.

It

The

cover pofieflion by law. The efFecl of

difcontinitance of plea is, that the inftance may not be taken up again, hut
by a new writ to begin the Am afrefh.

DISCO'NSOLATENESS.

Ji

DISCOMMO'DITY.W./ [horn

love

And

I, for

Have

He

loll a

is

winking

at

your

difcordi too,

brace of kinfmcn.

Sialtcffejrc'i Katun and Juliet.

a falfc w'tnefs that fpeaketh lies, and that

fowcth difconl among brethren.

2.

Proverbs,

Difference or contrariety of qualities,

particularly of (bunds.

Take but degree away, untune that (tring,

And hark w: at JijcsrJ follows each thing meets
;

In inae oppugnar.cy.
StakiJ'f. Trail, ar.d Crcjf.
like tKa', of mufic's various p.lrts,
I) j.^rd that makes the harmony of hearts;
'.,

DificrJ,

D IS
j, that only this difpute (nail bring,
W'iio bed (hall Uve the d*ffee aad ferve the king.

To make known

unknown

to thee

l.,

Sounds not of themfelves

[In mufic.]
but neceflary to be mixed with

pleafing,
others.
It is

found alone that doth immediately and inthis is molt manifeft in

i

molt
eorporeally affect
all

founds; whe;iier they be iharp

o.-

fl.it,

if

th.y

To

He (hail never, by any alteration

my knowledge of his miftake.

To

Slab/fan.
maketh

the fweeteft

To DI'SCORD.
difagree

harmony

difcords

(he

To

Bacon.

fition

./ [from

That

difccrucr

(rate to

To

1.

inconfiftency.

DICO'RDANT.

With

Cbefnt.

Incongruous

3.

tity

To

Hither confcK-nce is ta be referred ; ifby

f things done with the rule there be a
parifon
confonancy, then follow? the fcntencc of approbation ; if difcordant from it, the fentcnce of conMjntind.
Hade's Origin
demnation.
of
DISCO'RDANTLY.' adv. [ from difcordant. ]
1

Inconfiftently

in diiagreement

with

itfelf.

And beg

and battlements adorn'd.

Two

Itrings of > mufical

To DISCO'VER. <u.
dis and cover.]
to
I. To (hew;

a. [dicoui/rir,

difclofe

to

to

bring

clouds or mills.

n.f. [from difcowtr.}

One that finds any tiling not known
before ; a finder out.
Jf more be found out, they will not recompenfs

cafl
the difcovercr's uaino. but will be filter to be,ii
r
nmacr
out.
Places receive appellations, according ft. the Ian
guage of the d,jcmerer, from obfervatjons mail

upon the peu[

early times

difcovfrtn

An

was that

To

not to flicker
(hew
And now will I d'J
Law can di/t-svtr fin, but not
;

remove.

2.

HCJ
M.iion

on me.

a.

Arltttlntf on Can:
miidcB gentlewoman is the greateft dij
j irtf m'.ijtb

let

fuch

(lie

i mar.':,

can tell you what

houfe on fire.

fin

fcout

one who

number

put to dcfcry th
of an enemy ; fpe

^is

To
;DISCO'VERY. n.f. [from
i.

The

act

elifcoi:er.~\

of finding any thing hidden.

difcourage

To

z.

Swift.
\_dis

and

by

cold treatment.

abafh ; to put to fhame.

Wifdom, in difcourfe with

her,

Lofes Jifcctintenanc'J, and like folly (hewu. Milan*

He came, and with him Eve, more loth, tho' firft
To offend ; difuunttnanc'd both and difcompos'd.

Miltmt

How would

one look from his majefticbrow,

Seated as on the top of virtue's

D'tfcounf nanct her defpis'd

hill,

Milton*.

DISCOU'NTENANCE.
tenance.]

n.f. [dis and coun-

Cold treatment

unfavourable
-

afpeft

unfriendly regard.

He

thought a little dijcountenanct upon thofe perClarendon.

fons would fupprefs that fpirit.
All accidental misfortunes, how inevitable foattended with very apparent dif-

ever, were dill

counttnance.

Clafendon.

In expectation of the hour of judgment, he paand the

tiently bears all the difficulties of duty,
he meets with from a wicked and
difcout,tcnaitce

prophanc world.

-Rugns,

DISCOU'NTENANCER. n.f. [from difcaanOne that difcourages by cold

te/tance.]
treatment;

one that deprefles by un-

friendly regard.

Rumours of fcandal and murmurs ajjainir. the

king, and his government, taxed him f r a great
taxer of his people, and dijcouMenancer of his noBacon.
bility.

To
i.

Her-: il-tad, rny Io:<U, a^d fend <fiji<rvtrcrt forth

vbahi
kn >-A the numbers of our i n :inies.

Unwilling they were to discountenance any man

Clarendon.
who was willing to ferve them.
The truly upright judje will always countenance
Atterburj.
rig'.", and JifamtenMtl wrong.

of that navigation.

pofture or
calator.

to cxpofc.
iricli.

Brscme
ic.
of Good Hope was doubled in thof
w;ic
not
the firf
and the Portuguese

':.:

o'.J

covert r of

,.

xii.

Benltey.

DISCO'VERER.

The

is

To

I.

be" feparated.

BroTL'n't Vulgar Errcttrs

concluded by aftronomers, that the atmono clouds nor rains, but
fphere of th- moon hath
a perpetuat 'and uniform (Vrcnity ; bccaufe nofurf.ice is ever cothing dijcoverakle in the lunar
vered and abfconded by the intcrpolition of any

i.

countenance.]

amongft the crafler

Wans.

The Cape

jf'l>,

fo intermixed

Apparent ; expofed to view.

not in
*I
uey were deceived fcy Satan, and that
an inviiible fituation, but in an open and dijcmrable apparition, that is, in the form of a ferpent.

to

rr.ide w'th fuc

cover of th':
t
joints, that as they mijjht,
miptit putra:h cnct down
pnll itnp
ar.d r^rr.afn a5 diftrvcred a. id open-lighted as o
uick.
SiJnty
curtain'', ?nd d'.'ni'tr
The lev^rai caikets to this noble prince.
He d.(t<fuer/lh il.-'p thinf.s nut of darlcncU, 4
brin^cth out to li&ht ih'_ ili.-.j j-.v of de;ith.

fcattenfd

by reafon.
2.

make vilible.
Toexpofe to view.

light;
a.

is

Wotd-xerd'i Natural Hi/lory.

Revelation may aflert two things to be joined,
whofe connection or agreement is not JifcoveraiU

manner.
French

bill

farmers, fpitefully combin'd,

force him to take his tithes in kind
And Parvifol eUfcovnti arrears
By bills for taxes and repairs.

and

able, dilr'ufed

It

in a contradictious

of heaven to charge the

To DISCOU'NTENANCE. v.

common and terreftrial matter, as not to

human induftfy or, if dijcvuer-

be difcovtrabteby

Boyle on Colours

fe.

3. Peevifhly

pay back again.

Dry dcn

That mineral matter, which

ftruck' together, making two noifes that arrive a

the ear at the lame time as to fenfe, yield a founi
were
difiVring. from cither of them, and as it

n','i

to

inftrumcnt being

compounded of both ; infomuch, that if they be

each of them ftruck
rJantly tuned, though
a pleafing found, yet bein
apart would yield
ftruck together they make a harlh and troubkfonv

The

)ISCO'VERABIE. adj. [from di/cover.]

That which may be found out.

In difagreement with mother.

2.

count back

My father's, mother's, brother's death 1 pardon

My prayers and penance (hall difcount for thefe,

land,

Milton.

com-

The

His whole intention was, to buy a certain quanof copper money from Wood, at a large difcc-untf and fell t'uem as well as he could.
Stuiff,
'o
DISCOU'NT. i/. a. [from the noun.]

difco-

light,

with the

counjel.}

fome renown'd metropolis

matter, can never

a

and

)I'SCOUNT. r..f. \dis and count."\

fum refunded in a bargain.

but rather darknefs vifible,

Serv'd only to difcover fights of woe.

not conformable.

a. [dis

it.

diiTuade ; to give contrary advice.

Obfolete.
But him that palmer from that vanity
With temperate advice fu*xfelhd*
Sfenfer.

1.

Not

as late as pofiible.

To

known

Milton.

glift'ring fpires

made

To DISCOU'NSEL.

exhibit to the view.

Firft feen, or

to be

ought

S-wift.

difmal world.

Some high climbing hill,

Which to his eye Jifavert unaware
The goodly proi'pedi of fome foreign

Difagreementj oppo-

which the war

dtjccvery

fay fomething of the

hath reduced us } fuch A

arm'd

things or places not

find

South.

clear aifi-wiria of the next.

It would be necefiary to

Milton.
free will

appear

Pcfe's L,tte>s.

So of things. The Germans

'vered printing and gunpowder.

difcord.]

adj. [difcor-Jans, Latin.]

Inconfiftent ; at variance with itfelf.
Myrrha was by'd the welcorcc ncw to hear,
But, clogg'd with guilt, the j^y was unfincere;
So various, fo iKfcordant is the mind,
That in our will a different will we find. Dryden.
2. Oppofite ; -contrarious.
The dijcordmt attraction of fome wanJcring
comets would certainly diiorder the revolutions
of the planets, if they approach?.! too near thpm.

me,

an office of difctniery t love,

'tis

(hould be obfcur'd. Sksk. Merct, cffinmf

~
Things that appeared amiable by the light o'
of a different odious hue in the.
this world,

Some to Jifavfr ifiands far away.

Sbakcfp.
Another part in fquadrons bend their march
On bold adventure, to difcover wide

Sounds do difturb and altsr the "One the olhrr ;

fometimes theonedrcwiiing the other, ar.d making
and
it not h'-ard ; fomeiimes the one jarring
Jifcordinz with tlie other, and making a confufiun.
7

And

before.

not to fuit with.

DISCO'RDANCE.
DISCO'RDANCY.

Why

and repuls'd
Complete, to have" difcovrr'd
Whatever wiles of foe or feeming friend. Milton.

To

Latin.]

What, muft I hold a candle to my fliamc ?

They in themfelvcs, good footh, are too, too light.

to find though concealed

Up he ftarts,

Difcwer'J and furpris'd.

Man with ftrength and

Pejtbam.

-v .n.
\_difcordo,

deteft

in

of revealing or difclofing any

aft

fecret.

To

mufic amaze us, when of

ken

DiyJen.

The

to efpy.
When we had dijtwtred Cyprus, we left it on
KK.
the left hand.
_
find out ; to obtain information.
.

be fweet, hive a roundnefa and equality ; and it

for a difcard itfelf is
they be harfli, are unequal
but a harflinefi of divers foui.fi meeting. Ba.on.
It is the lark thit 1;:. S 13 uut of tune,
Straining harfli di cards and unplcaiing fliarps.

How doth

pafs over

Difcover'cl

for

in
mufic, and concords and Jifc:rjt
mufic_:

to

unto thofe men, and we will

8.
ourfelves unto them.
Ija. xiv.
Jifcaver
Eve, who unfeen
Vet all had heard, with audible lament
Milton.
from the plaee of her retire.

All nature
All ebnee, direction which thou canft not fee ;
it underftood ;
All dfard, harmony
uniterfai good.
Pope.
All partial ev

3.

Of all who fince have us'd the open fta,

Than the bold Englifh none more tame h.ivc vv
Beyond the year, and out of heaven's highw
They make difcvucrits where they fee no fun.

reveal.

We will

but art

is

not to difguife

r> i

DISCOU'RAGE. v. a. [Mccurager,
FT. dis and courage. ]
To deprefs ; to deprive of confidence ;
to dejcd ; to daftardize.
I

nor

might neither encourage the

dijiiiura^t

rebels infolence,
the pro,e(l>ntb loyalty an J patience.
K>ng Charles.

The

Tbe

ajsaftle with great teal Jifnuraga too unrci-nnable a prefumptinn.

Rcgtn.
deter j to fright from any attempt :
1.

Of vatiom

A nchifes

To

cliildien

To

3.

irregularly ufcd by Temflt with

to before the following word.
It

3.

is

You may

them

dellroy

them

with you, by ufing tliem

<>ay

PISCOU'RAGBR.

yourfelf,

or difcturage
ill.
T:mflt.

n. /.

[from Jifcovrage.]
that impreffes diifidence and ter-

One

years, js they are generally Jifof yruth, are like old trees, which, being

-,-r!

bf ir'm,; themfelves, willfuft'erno

put

young plains

beneath them.

Pete.

DISCOU'RACEMENT.

n.f. [from difcou-

to flouriih

1 he aft of deterring, or deprefiing hope.

that which deters from
Determent

z.

any thing
it is

Go
And

ft.

/.

The
it

aiwuraguncnti from

DISCOU'RSIVE.
1.

yifcoun, French

Thecpic

not able in this world by difaurfe to work, the

very conceit of painfulnefs is a bridle to ftay us.

Incivility

mir.d.

luperficial

Itanding

4.

an<1

LocJtr.
company.
a differtation either written

li .w

<v.

n.

[from the noun.]

to talk

to relate.
;
wvrt thou handled, h'ejng prilonci ?
;

JJtj.i.>Jc,

t'r'jthee,

on

this tuirct's tup.

had done

aJj.

wide.

[from

who guides

and gives meafurcs to

fucicty.

Modeft

difcus,

Ufed by botanilh

n.f. [dtcreditcr, French.]

reproach ; lower degree of
difgrace ; imputation of a fault.

Rcgcrs.

Alas, the I'mall difcreait of a bribe

Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the fcribc.
Pott.

To DISCRE'DIT. a>. a. [decrediter, Fr.j

i
To deprive of credibility ; to make not
.

traded.

^diif-ni

Iff.;;.

Not well au-

not forward.

witty, cor the

the converfarion?

man, not the

Tkcrr.^r..

cautioufly

Pru-

difcrtet."\

circumfpeftly.

Poets lofe half the pjaife they flunild have got,

it be known what
they dijcnetly blot. Wall-r.
The labour of obedience, loyalty, and fubjcction,
no more but for a man honeftly and dijcrectly to

is

Sautt.

fit dill.

Profit fprings

The

from

huflcs Jjfcreettyus'd.
dullcft brain, if gently ftirr'd,

Pbilifs.

Perhaps may waken to a humming bird ;

The moft redufe, di/crettly open'd, find
Congenial object in the cockle kind. Pope's Dun.
DISCREE'TNESS. n. J. [from difcrtet.]

The

quality of being difcreet

difcre--

tion.

frcfffli.m.

the Jifcrttt

is

Coi.ld

[from difcour-

'Tis the duty of every chriiiian to be concerned

for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on

Siakr^f,

elder years to be dljcreei and grave,

to old age maturity ihe gave.
Derbe*-:.

dently

rudely.

to their intellectuals, they fly to feveral

Scutl'.
ftale, trite, pitiful objections and cavils.

the fidelity of the companions of Ulylfrs.

DICOU'RE.
To tonverfc

ad<v.
;

difirce:,

DI^CRF.E'TLV. adv. [from

DI'SCREPANCE.

n.f. [Ji/crtfanna,

Difference

tin.]

contrariety

Ladif-

agreement.
Diverlity of education, and discrepancy of thofc
principles wherewith men are at firlt imbued, anil
wherein all our after reafunings arc founded.
l,trrl

DI'SCREPANT.
Different

To
As

adj.

feparate

<v.

Digky

K.

a.

contrary.

\difcrelus,

Latin.}

to difcontiuue.

for its diaphaneity,

eminently

it enjoyeth that mol%

as-4uvingits earthly and falinous parts

ib exactly refolved, that its body

an.1 not

is left

impirous,

JifcrcitJby atomical terminations.

DISCRE'TE.
I.

t-j

[difcrepans, Latin.)

difagreeing

To DISCRE'TE.

dijircttit

as if I

H.id 1 been the findtr-outof this fecret, itwouhi

not have rclijhed amon^ my other diCsrtfytt Skak.
Idlers will ever live like rogues, and not fall to
w^rk, but be lazy, and then certify over their
Ba.tn.
country to the liijcnjil of a plantation.
That they may quit their morals without any

Jjccvrft here is about ideas, which, he fays,

Lu*t.
are real things, and feen in God.
Plutatch, in his difcourjc upon garrulity, corn-

infamy

fpeech.

arguments, of which

The

To

Herbert.

fPifemjn.

Uncivilly

Ignominy

or uttered.

menu:

makes

difcourtefy.

maundering

than

Difcrca.

DISCRE'DIT,

entertain

treatile

vifita,

and godly learned rnc:i,

withdrawn by
lytzgifit.
you.

difcrett, quiet,

thorifed.
Dear youth, by fortune favour'd, but by love,
Alas not favour'd lefs, be itill as now

Quincy.

ftore to be

is

courteous.^
defeftive in

for fiercenefs

not to hold

and

Lat.] Broad;
to denote
the middle, plain, and flat part of fome
flowers, fuch as the flos folis, iffr.
flat

found on both fides, filling the

head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with
copious Jijitviji, ferve only to amufe the underthere

and truth

learned, nor the brave,

2.

Dramatic Poefy.

a difcuurtefy.

Di'scous.

Drydn.

Topical and

in arguing

a fault,

He made me
him

4i,;.urfe,

.Ufefulnefs comes by labour, witbyeale,

Courtefy grows in court, news in the city. Htrbcrt.
The vanquifli'd party with the vidlors join'd,.
Nor wanted fweet dijcuurft, the banquet of the

To
Then

Be calm

to apf car in

love the fundamental part of fta'r,

More than you doubt the charge of *t.

if chearfuincfs had been tcdioufnefs, and

good entertainment had been turned to Jifcourfrjy,
he would ever get himfclf alone.
Sidney

Error

not to credit

Lei's fearful

n.f. [dis and courtefy.]

rudenefs ; aft of difrefpeft.

would be

it

adj. [diftnt, French.]

circumfpeft ; cautious ; fober ; not rafh ; not precipitant ; not
carelefs ; not hardily adventurous.
Honclt,

Miittn.

interlocutory.

\_dis

glorious

diftrull

Prudent

It

on

how

will not be

As

teoui.~\

by an hour's
than by a day's meditation.
Ejctn.
In thy di/au'ff, if thou deljre to pleafe,
All fuch is couitcous, ufcful, new, or witty j

Drydcn
adj.

mutual intercourfe of Discou RTEOUSLY.

language ; talk.
He waxcth wifcr thanhimfclf, more

EfFufion of language

DISCOU'RTESY.

Sure he that made us with fitch large Jijcourfe,

Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reafon
To ruft in us unus'd.
Shakeff^ejre.
The atS of the mind which connects propofiand
deduccth
conclusions
from
tions,
them, the
fchools call dijcovrfc j and we ihall not mile ill it,
if we name it realon.
Glanvilh.

3.

foul

every where interlaced with dialogue,

J'ifc;kr/i-vc fcenes.

Wcttcn.
nothing can

You

Uncivil ; uncomplaiiant ;
good manners.
He refolvrdtounhorfethe firft difcourtKus knight
he ihmild meet.
Maitux's Dun Quixote.

is

X/aiJr.

is

DISCOU'RTEOIIS.

reafon of that original weaknefs in the inftn.ments, without which the undcrftanding part

Containing dialogue
or

(]iy,

now 'gainft each great man. Dcnnc.

libels

DISCRE'ET.

receives, and reafon is her being)

Difccurji've^ or intuitive ; difcourfe

moft ours.

certain.

Reafon

To

3.

Paffing by intermediate fteps from premifes to confequences.

Is ofteft yours, the latter is

who returns the fame

whom

countenance of Accredited duty, and by example of

piety revive the declining fpirit of religion. Rcftn.
Without care our beft actions will lofe much of
their influence, and our virtues will be often ditcrcdited with the appearance of evil.
Rogers*

adj. [from difcourfe.]

Th:

like a privileg'd

Reflect

of every thing

Skakrjpcart,
a faving voyage,

makes

that

he went.

He,

will not be
St-wriangry at our narrower explorations.
do reafuch
But it feems to me, that
dij'twrfers
a
moderate
and
fon upon (hort views,
compaf,
very
of thought.
Swift.

2.

by which
from premifes to confequences.

Converfation

man

f.

tract

commended

is

DncT(di

Would by a good Jifccurftr lofe fome life,

Which action's felf was tongue to.
Slakcfpeare,
2. A writer on anyfubjeft } a diflertator.
Philologers and critical dijcourjcrs, who look be-

By

2.

unfeen a wonderful piece of work,

have been bleft withal, would hav

left

to

a d lead dijcredih hit travels,

[from difeourfe,]
an haranguer.

The

that they are caikd to

Lsctc.

Latin.]
aft of the tinderftanding,

paffes

He

Dat'ttt.

with us into the abbey here,

u there at Urge Jifcturji our fortune.!.

A fpeaker

difcreditfd you.

thoughts,

Stateffcare.

rlifcurfus,
1.

of her difcotirjjng
a diverfe thing*

You had

yond the obvious exteriors of things,

'

DISCOU'RSE.

to

which not

DISCOV'RSER. n

caufe of deprcffion, or fear : with

3.
to, lefs properly.
V? things we would have them learn, the great
is,

let

fliair.e

Sbakefptare,

to

bring reproach upon j

to make lels reputable or ho-

difgrace

nourable.

The

and only Jifauragtment

them.

from premifes

to

he refolved toTlie.

is

To

z.

To DISCOU'RSE. f a. [from the noun.]

To treit of ; to talk over ; to difcufs.

inventions,

ate ib generally derided by comr.ion opinion.

ITiAhtt.
The books read at fchooU and colleges are full
anti

now

manner.

Dtrviei.

none of the meanefl iifcairagataitt, that they

of incitements to virtue,

fet

Brutes do want that quick Jijcmrjirg power.

withyrom.

Amonglt other impediments of jry

to pafs

And yet the pow'rs

From the collection is

rour.
Moil men in
.

reafon

framed to himfelf many deceiving pro.

mifes of life, whiclvl have fifertiittd to him, ini

confequences.

keep your beauty and your health,

tmlcls jru

folemn or

in a

are not
general maxims we are t/ifccurjing of
to children, ideots, and a great part of
Locti.
mankind.

He had

he yafi'J,
Dtjicn.

The
known

with/row before the thing.

Wherefore Jiftairtftytlht heart of the
of IfraeiyVrm going over into the laud ?

as

tilings <l}Jc>vrftr

hither bcrdi.

To treat upon

2.

Diftinft

Brown.

adj. [ifi/lrctu:, Laiin.]

disjoined

not continuous.

Difcrat quantity, or different individuals, are

mtafareJ by number, without any breaking continuity j that is, in things that have continuity, as
continued quantity and motion.
Hale'l Origin cf Mankir.J.

t. Disjunctive ; as, / rcjign my life, lut

not my honour, is a dijcrcte
proportion.

3.

Difcreti

when the ratio between two pairs of numbers or quantities is the fame ; but there is not the
fame proportion between all the four
Harris.
thus, 6 8
3

is
5. Difcrtte Proportion

DISCRE'TION.
Prudence

1.

not good that children fhould know any

wickednefs : old folks have dij'cntion, and know
the world.
Sbatef^care.
All this -wai order'd by the good dif'.rctkn
of
York.
Of the rijht reverend cardinal
It

ric?.

n. f.

[from

difcri-

There is a fjnftity of foul and body, of more

than the
efficacy for the receiving of divine truths,
ation.
gieatelt pretences to dijcurfmc demonfti

minatio, Latin.]

The ftate of being diftinguifhed from

other perfons or things.
There is a reverence to be fliewed them on the

1.

account of their dijcriminaiva from other places,

and feparation for lacred^jfeB.
StiUingfiecl.

The

2.

aft

other

of diftinguiming one from an-

diftinftion

is

cor-

But

mud

whom

Addifin's Freeholder.

3.

deacon

may have

into orders before he

a difpenfation for entering

Letters arife

being a perfon of conlummate expewitli a difcretionary power.

That which makes

1.

tion

man, but a

[from difcriminale.] Diftinguifhable by outward marks

or tokens.

Dili.

DISCRIMINATE,

v.

a.

Harvey on

To mark

with notes of difference ; to

by certain tokens from an-

other.

tiijiriminatcd

diftinction.

Although the

HeUtr.

cumber.~\

His limbs etifnmbcr'd of the clinging v ",

binds the (acred cincture round hi; bread.
P'-j's Odjfty.

TcDiscu'RF.

To

difcover

v. a. [decouvrir, French.]
word perto reveal.

haps peculiar to Sfen/er.

I will, if pleafc

To

e.ife

you

you nf that

DISCU'RSIVE.
from
i.

it

adj.

to clear

by

Hcotcrf

[difcurff,

French

Moving here and there; roving;

to~a

difperfe: commonly applied

humour or fwelling.

were ufed todifcufi the beginnings of

arts

ft'ttton.-

affection.

To

break to pieces..

Confidcr the threefold effect of Jupiter's trifulk,

Brown's ^"Ig- Err.

DISCU'SSER. n.f. [from

dif(ujs.~\

He

that-

an examiner.

DISCU'SSION. n.f. [from

dif<ufs.~\

Difquifition ; examination ; ventila-tion of a queftion.

Truth cannot be found without fome labour and
intention of the mind, and the thoughts dwelling
a confident!'' time upon the-furvey and dijcujjion ofScutb.
each particular^
Various difcuffleits tear our heated bra'm :
Opinions often turn ; (till duubts renninj

And who
z.

indulges thought, incroafes piin.

Pri-.r

[In furgery.] DifetiJ/loa or refolution is

nothing elfe but breathing out the hamours by infenfible tranfpiration. ff'ifem.-

DISCU'SSIVE. adj. [from difcufs.] Havingthe power to difcufs or difperfe arry

:

noxious matter^
n.

f.

[difculiens,

Latin:]'

medicine that has power to repel or

drive back the matter of tumours in the'
It fometiraes means the fame usblood.

Suimy.

fwcllings arifmg from thefe require to be

treated, in their beginning, with moderate repellents and dijeutients.
Wij'cml*.

Tc DISDA'IN.
de-

Pcfe.

To

The

Fairy Queer.

difcurrc, Latin.]

fultory.

er rminative.

iijcort, afisy

ill.

to ventilate

DISCU'TIENT.

He

features of hit countenance be no

difcriminating
;
at by acutenefs and gravity, the feveral degrees ol
rifing an i falling from one tone or noic to another.

and

difengage from any troublefome

weight ; to difengage from impediment.

South.

reafon of obedience, yet they may fcrve to difcrimiraie him from any other perfon, whom Inch not
*j ckey.
StillinfffM.
There may be ways of
the voice

[Jii

dijcuffftn,

[eiifcutic,

to burn, difcufs, and tcrcbrate.

ufcd the cuftom of

To

by the natives

by three peculiar names.

Boyle.
The right hand 'r, difcriminated from the left by
and
a natural, necefiary,
never to be confounded

a.

a.

a tale?

Many

Brcwn's Vulvar Err&un.

fervice.

all

(kies.

are to diftufs only thofe general eiceptions

tell

new

[difcumbens, Lat.]
at meat, after the

dijlunbenfj at meals, which was upon their ictt

fide ; for fo their right hand was free and ready for

Oyfters, and cockles, ar.d mufclcs, which move

Bacon's Nat. Hi/I.
not, have no difcrtmattl fox.
There are three forts of it differing in fineness

from each other, and

z.

i.

Brown's fulgar Erroun

To DISCU'MBER. v.

examine

difcufTes;

[diJcubitorius,\M..~\

The Greek? and Romans

flics,

Ayliffe's Parcrgon.
I di/iufs,

ancient manner.
[difcrimine,

the difeas

This knotty point ihould you and

Or

After- bathing they retired to bed, and refreshed

thernlelves with a repafl ; and fo that cuftom, by
degrees, changed their cubicuUry beds into difmbitory.

ait-

of c.iufci
aifcHjpng
learned in the laws.
privately to certain perfons

Confvmptions.

Fitted to the pofture of leaning.

DISCU'MBENCY. n.f.
The aft of leaning

To
We

Any

adj.

arm

unmatch'd force abng the

which have been taken.

His ufage was to commit the

Not

kind of fpitting of blood imports a very

d:Jcriminous flatc, unlefs it happens upon the gaping of a vein opened by a plethory.

Latin.]
diftinguifti

I.

3.

DlSCl/BITORY.

Latin.]

ofdiftinc-

ufual.

tea/}.

adj.

mark

hazardous.

Elatrcus* ftrong

fings with

To DISCU'SS. v.

[from difcrimen,

adj.

Dangerous

quoit

Fife's Odyft).

fibre's Antidote againjl Atkiijm.

Latin.]

[Latin.]

difquifition.

ditlinftion.
D[\r,minati've Providence knew before the nature and courfe of all things.

Z)//cr//wdiflinclions
[In grammar.]
are fuch as imply oppofition ; as, not a

DISCRI'MIN ABLE,

From

And

DISCRI'MINOUS.

cient fports.

That which obferves

2.

Tasln.

temper ; Job tuas patient, though his grief

ivai great.
Watts.

the

Hale.

Latin.]

\difcurfor,
adj.
rational.

heavy piece of iron thrown in the

charafteriftical.
The only (landing teft, and discriminative characteriftick of any metal or mineral, muft be
fought for in the constituent matter of it. ffoctitu.

DISCRE'TIVE.

adj. \difcretus, Latin.]

[In logick.] Dijcmtivt proportions are
fuch wherein various, and feemingly oppofite, judgments are made, whofe variety or diftinftion is noted by the particles but, though, yet, &c. as, traveller!
may change their climate, but not their

Argumental

nate.~\

is

was inverted

[from difcrimi-

adj.

DI'SCUS. n.f.

Holder.

DISCRIMINATIVE,

iind

DISCU'RSORY.

firft

vocal founds.

whereby we think,
whereby we do difcurone
by w ay of ratiocination, deduce
a principle within,

thing from another.

Charles.

original difcriminations of voice, by way of articulation, whereby the

ear is able to judge and obferve the differences of

Ayliffe's Pttrergon.

The major

from the

have

fwety,

heed of abetting any factions, or applying

any publick difcrimmations in matters of religion.

twenty-three years of age ;

and it is J:fcretii<urj in the bifhcp to admit him to
at
that order
what time he thinks fie.

rience,

We

and we know we think

Take

that is, with-

out flipulation.
i s c R E'T i o K A R Y .
adj. [from
fefttin."\
Left at large ; unlimited ; unreftrained.

diilinclion.

King

foir.e call reafon.

Halis Origin tf Mankind.

he has diftinguiihed as objects of mercy.

The marks of

which

difcuijlve faculty,

DISCU'RSIVELY. adv. [from difcitrfivt.}

By due gradation of argument.

difference put.

expofe nothing but what

fatire ihould

objects of it.
Addifin's Sfeflator.
liy that prudent difcrimination made between the
offenders of different degrees, he obliges thofe

at difcretiott

Mute's Divine Dialogues.

difpute touching trve
knowledge of brutes, whether they ha\e a kind of

There hath been much

rigible; and make a due difcrimination between

thofe that are, and thofe who are not, the propcr

he furrenders

I.

differ-

DiS.

DISCRIMIN A'TION.

2. Liberty of acting at pleafure ; uncontrolled and unconditional power : as,

To

marked

Proceeding by regular gradation front

premiles to confequences ; argumentative.
This is fometimes, perhaps not
improperly, written dij'courjive.-

z.

dijcri-

The

world, or which puts men more out of the reach of

fortune, than dif.ritiw, a fpecies of lower prudence.
Stvift.

2.

Diftindtivefs

minate.]"
ence.

care in poetry
Mill be had,
It afks diftretkn ev'n in running mad.
Fife.
There is no talent fo ufeful towards rifing in the

1.

Boyle.

[from

n.f.

Some noifei help deep; as the blowing of the

wind, and the trickling of water thty move a
gentle attention ; and whatfoever moveth attention,
without too much labour, ftilleth the natural and
Bacon.
motion of the fpivits.
dtft-'ur/ive

from others.
what you are not, than

DISCRI'MINATENESS.

is

Stahffeare's Her.ry VIII.

pleafure of commanding our p.-.lTions is to
be preferred before any fenfual pleafure ; becaufe it
is the pleafure of wifjom and discretion.
Tillotfcn.

for

what you are, to that d'tfcritninating mercy, to

which alone you owe your exemption from mife-

difcretio,

reft one's felf; flcill ; wife management.

Nothing then was further thought upon for the
manner of governing j but all permitted unto their
wifdom and diftretion which were to rule. Hooker.
Akni*e may be taken away from a child, without depriving them of the benefits thereof which
Hosker.
have years and difcrttion to utc it.

little lefs

f.ir

Lat.]
knowledge to govern or dia./, [from

feleft or feparate

You owe

To

2.

To

fcorn

-a.

a. [dtJaigner,

to cpnfider as

French.]
unworthy of

one't charafter.
Tier.

Th-t* is nothing fo great, which I w!11 fr to

io for you; nor nothing fo fmall, whk!
dljda'n to do for you.
They do dtfdain us much beyond our thought',

Which nukes me fweat with wrath.

What lafe and nicely I might well
By rule of knighthood, I dV'dain and

D fJair.s
:

life

DISDA'IN.
fcorn

He

*-"*<

them.

difiafi

Sicknel's

morbidnefs

Aifeafed.\
the ftate of being

This

a relloration to f"tne

is

former

E'D

r.

D.

obtunded

The queen isJbltinate,

.Stubborn to juftice, apt t' accqfe (t,
to
be tried by 't.
Sbffeffearc.
Difdair.fu!
Seek through this grove ;
fweet Athenian lady is in love
With a dtjJamful youth anoint his eyes ;
But do it when the next thing he efpies
Sh.ll be the lady.
Shatefftare.
But thofc I can accufe, I can forgive :

Whom

-.

To

Or

elfe

which

lhall

not to Infult and

futly, and

Contempt;

fnl.]

haughty
Can

[from

he means

dijiaft

'Tis cjll'd the evil.

kbaktfpcarl's Mjcbttb.
Ala, in the thirty and ninth year LI hi

wj difeafcd in his feet, and hi til:,

exceeding great ; and in his diJetJHie fought not to
Cbrnti.
the Lord, but to thephyfician,.
It is idle to propofe remedies before we ;i>
fured ot the</i/r<ii'V,.or to be in pain till we arc conreign,

v'mced of the danger.

Intemperance
In meats and drinks, which in the earth

Then

bring
Milton.

B o'c

u E v.
.

To

rjver

/;.')

Summer.

[from the noun.]

with difeale ; to torment with
-v. a.

pain or ficknefs

to

make morbid

We

Timoi.

from obftruftion of any kind.

Miltcn.
Pailadio,

jldd\{on on Italy,

DISENCU'MBRANCE.
verb.]

f.

[from

the

Freedom from encumbrance and

obilruftion.
There are many who make a figure below what
their fortune or merit entitles them to, out of
mere choice, and an elegant defire of cafe and Ji/'tncumbranct.

Spefialcr,

and engage.}
feparate from any thing with which

To DISENGA'GE.

To

I .

it is in

<v.

a.

[Jis

union.

Some

others, being very light, would float up

and down a good while, before they co-jtd wholly

pour

dijcHgagf themfelves and defcend.

Burnett Theory.

To

difentangle ; to clear from

diments or difficulties.

2.

impe-

From

civil broils he did us diftn[tge ;

nobler objefts for our martial rage, tl'afltr,
next paragraph, I found my author pretty
the
In
well djjt*zjgtil from quotations.
Atterbury.

Togainavent;

to flow.
the globe, th
By eminences placed up and down
river's make innumerable turnings and winding;
and at laft difcmtagut in fcveral mouths into the

to

So her diftmbowicird web

Aracline in a hall or kitchen fpreads,
to

vagrant

flies.

Then

They

5.

funk from

cthcrial hcav'n

free

-v. a.

deprive of power

Exiiit''"in

and enable.
\dis
to difable ; t
;
;

evil,

through the change

hai wholly Jijmatltd me.

of,

from an obligation.
n.

To

fet

one's felf

from; to withdraw one's affeclioos

from.

fmk into weaknefs ; to weaken.

Now age has overtakes me and want,
infufcrabl?

releafe

Providence gives us notice, by fenfible declenwe may ,!iftngage from the world by de-

take their proper place.

aiftmtroil'J, they

AUifm'i Whig

To

To DISENGA'GE. v.

earth from air, and (cas from earth wcr

driv'n.
gruffer air

free from any powerful detention.

our mind's eyes are dijtngagd and free,
clearer, farther, and diftin&Iy Ue. Dtnbint.

When

Vr.

Dryder
The fyftcm of his politicks is dlfaatnUnl , an
and
thofe
incoherences
cleared of all
independerj
matters that are woven into this motley piec.-.

To

To

4.

Pti/ips

[JeicuiL'tr,

jttl.hearts from earthly purfuits.

Theconfideration that ihould difcngagtovu fondnrfs tiom worldly things, is, that they aie unccrUin in their foundation; fading, trar:f:ent, an.l
corruptible in their nature.
Ragen,

els.

Obvious

withdraw, applied to the affcftion

to abftraft the mind.
;

wean

Jt is rcquifite that we ihould acquaint ourf?lves

with God, that we (hould frequently diftitgage our

DISEMBO'WELI.ED. participial adj. \di,

and embowel.] Taken from out the bow

To DISEMBRO'IL. -v.a.

To

3.

fca.

To DISENA'BI. E.
are all Jifraful,

And with our furftiting and wanton hours

Have brought ourl'elves into a burning fever. Sbal.
Fbtt'reri yet wear filk, drink wine, lie foft,
their difraiit perfumes, and have f->rgot

Hug

To DiSEMBo'cTJE.i'.

to

ioftft.

SttHiUr.
free

Found

Thus

ili/mfe.

flifencumbrr'd foul

behind the cloud} and ftarry pole.

the moil handfome, luminous, diffncupibcrcd

building in the mfidc, that I have ever fetn.

a. [difemboucler , ok
out at the

Rivers
In ample oceans JifmtogtfJ, or lort. Dryd. Ovid.
the
deep Timavus raves,
Rolling down,
And through nine channels dijcmbogucs his waves

And

waftefol forth

the dire pow'r of peHilcnt

ver

from perplex
difentangle ; to free
confufion.
from
reduce
to
;
ity

(hall

Dlftefct dire.

1iit

s E

To

Prcjtflfcr tbt Advantcmtnl iff.

afflict

to vent.

What's the

To

M B o' D

mouth of a

And

l.

To

left

19

<v. a.

D . adj. [dis and embodied. ]

Diverted of the body.
s

and

Dim night had difcncvmitr'Ji hrav'n.

The church of St. Juftina, ueiigned by

as may
Encourage fuch innocent amufements
the minasof men, and make them mudifemhitttr
in the fame agreeable fatist'.ictions.
tually rejoice
i

off,

afleep.

when they

fa DISEA'SE.

to

2.

fea-fide,
the fpoil div.de. Voft's Od.

Saab.

diftlain-

jifctam.
A]'
"ulncfs of other men.
JDISEA'SE. n.f. [dis and -eaj'e.] Diltemmalady ; iicknefs morbid ftate.
per

Walks

land; logo

To

fcorn.

for t rr,

S-w'.ft'i

C-nt. t,fftraM.

To

French. Skinner.]

With
She

Tin

Freeholder.

in prifon placing her,

due difda'wfulr.tfi,
fwclling heart, in I'pitc and
her.
I
help'd with unlacing
lay fjr dead, till
1

to liif.-vibark

efteem

contemptuoul'nefs

to

Dreams look like the amufements of the fouj,

when iht is difcnatmter' d of her machine; her
fports and recreations, when (he his laid her charge

ufual word.

domineer, to look difJain-

n. /.-

and embark.']

ihake him more.

from any one.

DISDAINFULNESS,

\_dis

and embit[t/is
To fweeten ; to free from bitteran unto clear from acrimony

en-

nefs

and

need the actual int-ntion, the particular

and application or" the whole foul, to Jifencumlier and fet it free, tofcour offits ruil, and remove thofe hindrances which would otherwife clog
and check the freedom of its operations. Spratt*

Then: diftmbartmg on the green

ter.]

[dis

The

-v. n.

We land our cattle, and

a.

To

Flew

Slatcff,.

To DISEMBI'TTER.

<v.

free

on land.

not,

revile imperioufly, that procures

nsxelUi-ies.

To DISEMBA'RK.

difdainful.]

SMcfptare.
It is

mull unto the road,

Dryden.

dlfdaiafally,

all

Stakiff. C-

It ivill

carry to land.

Some

them live,
Drydtn.
came ruining through the

hirr)

now

to

ftrefs
;

I grieve myfelf
thou (halt be diftdg'd by her
thou tir'ft on, how thy mem ry

Will then be pang'd by me.

dijtialnfal filence let

Either greet

Blunted'

edge.]

dulled.

To DISEMBA'RK.

and

wing

thy work ; i noble ftroke or two

the charm*, and dfimbanls the grove.

To think, when

time when three words, uttered with charity and meeknefs, fliaj! receive a far
more bleflcd reward, than three thoufand volumes,
linker.
written with d'ifdiinful (harpnef, of wit.

with haughty fcorn

Contemptuoufly
with indignation.

ettj. [dis

tJiy 4\jeiKl'j<iu J

difchargc from encumbrances

from clogs and, impediments
difhurthcn ; to exonerate.

not

Banff's Tteoiy.

D<SDA'INFULLY. adv. [from

your own brain ii'i'Vni-ijrt you. Side-).

to

camber.

of indigency and difttjcdiuff-

ftate

difilainful foul

ftate

let

fpells.

DISENCU'MBER.

[from

difeafed.

DISDA'INFUI.. adj. [dtfdain and full.]

Contemptuous haughtily fcornful ; in-

wound.

Aias!

Ends

power

Mu:i-, ftoop

"a

n. f.

DISEA'S-EDNESS.

ttat

free

Hade

i>. a. [ffii and rat &df .]

from the force cfan enchantof
to deliver from the

N c H A'N T

charms or

Thouah gieat light be infufferable to our ejcs,

of 'darknefs does not at all
yet the higheft degree

indigna-

ment

Kingi.

eafy.

Pofc'i Odyffty.

The

tut

To

in his feet.

By my

v.U!

Sba'

To

Sbak.

tion.
Children being haughty, through difdn':n and
want of nurture, do itain the nobility of their kinF.dtn.
dred.
But againft you, ye Greeks, ye coward train,
God* how my foul is mov'd with juft Jifdain I

dignant.
There will come

now,

luar-houle it feera'd, wfcereln were laid

Number-, "Mil Jifut'4, all mabdicJ
Mllln.
Of gh.rll) Ip iim, or racking torture.
to pain; to make unto
t.
;
pain,
put

Contempt;

n.f. [fdegno, Ital.]

is

as fn

'

delay
I'purn.

Udy

alone,

ourbettei mirtli.

fiiet't

Tell'him, Cato
which he has power to offer. slJJif.

contemptuous anger

Let h

mot

thr time

fions, that

Collier on

grees.

DISENCA'CBD.

Thought*

participial adj. [from dif-

engage.]
1.

Disjoined; difentangled.

2.

Vacant

at leifure

not fixed

down

to

any particular objeil of attention.

5. 'Relealed from obligation.
D 13 E N o A'G E D N Bsi../ [from JfiKgagr.]
The quality of being difcngaged ; vacuity

t>

Cuity of attention

freedom from any

jDfSESTiMA'TioN. n.f. [dis and eftimapreffing buflnefs ; disjunction.

tto, Lat.]
Difrefpeft ; difefteem.
Di8.
DISENG A'CEMENT. n.f. [fromdifengage.] DISFAVOUR,
n.f. [</is and favour.]
I. Releafe from
or
obli1.
any engagement,
Difcountenance; unpropitious regard;
gation.
unfavourable afpeft ;. unfavourable cir2. Freedom of attention ;
vacancy.
cumltance.

To DISENTANGLE,

a.

ir-.

[dis

and

en-

2.

tangle. ]
1

blenefs

To

unfeld or loofe the parts of

any
tiling interwoven with one another.

While

in c.-incretions.particles lo
entingle one
thai they cannot in a /hort t':me clear

mother,

themftlves,' yet they

To

~.

d->

he was

inccllV.ntiy llfive to

r0

Boyle.

'

from impediments ; to difto cuar from

perplexity or

Clarendon.
welfare of their foals requires
abetterjuJg-

The

ment than

their

own,

duty, or to

'.s

To difengage

to feparate.
Neither can Cod himfelf be otherwife under,
flood by us than as a mind fre: and
dij'tntangled

from

Stilllngjleit.

To DISENTS'R RE.

To

French.]
grave

v. a . [j;s and eatenrer,

unbury ; to take out of the

DJSFICURA'TION.
I

T he

3.

N T H R A'L .

s E

To

fet free

a.

-v.

[dis
to reftore to

liberty

Of plain

to

To

a.

[dis

and en

Nor would

On

We

To awaken

a.

and

[dis

n.f. {dis

When

he

any one, by mifc.irriage,

under neglcft and

regard (lightly ;
degree of contempt.
Should Mars fee 't,

"'"8

'

him,

not dif-

Cbtfman.
you

diftfletm,

tall

on Priam',

would not be
thought

is

U ty$um

1.

ftate.

To deprive
My

or difltade

*"*"

NisH

i/.

[dis

to unfurnifh

and furnijb.]
to

if you fliould here

Jitfurmil}
fum aad fuOftancc that I

take the

me,
have. Shalt.

title,

To DISGRA'CE.
I.

makes

it a

Sidney.

Baynard.
a place

Erov>*.

difgrace.

<v. a.

[from the
To bring a reproach upon ; noun.]
to difhonour, as an agent.
We may not io in any one fpecial kind admirs

her, that we dijgrace her in any other

but let all
;
her ways be
according unto their place and degree

Men's pa/lions will carry them far in

mifrepre!
fenting an opinion which they have a mind to difrace -

Burnt.

2.

To

bring to fhame, as a caufe

as, bit

ignorance difgraced him.

3.

To put out of favour

ivas difgraced.
i s c R A'C E F u L .
adj.

as, the tniniffer

[difgrace

Shameful

;
Itrip.
riches are thefe poor
habilirrtcnts,

^fVhich,

You

fuch bondage he was for fo

many courfes tied
him were graced by her

Brib'd by a

fo-

Difl

Obfolete.

Caufe orfhame.
And is it not a foul
difgrace,
To lofe the boltfprit of thy face ?
And he whofe affluence difdain'd

4.

of

deprive of privileges or im-

Penchant

of unkindnefs.

y her, whole difgraces to

exce ence.

To

DISKRA'NCHISEMENT. n.f. [from d!ffranc/ji/e.] The aft of depriving of privilege*.

To i s F U'R

Ad
To

Milan's Comas.

To

oetry,

dtjgrace.

3.

**%.

common land,
DISFRANCHISE, v.a. [itisandfran-

to a full
difgraa.

Sbzkrfptart.
however cenfured, is not fallen from
the nigheft
ftage of honour to the loweft ftair of
1

t:
they, fo perfect is their mifery,
perceive their foul d'ujigunmtnt.

reft to the ftate

of

ftate

Like a dull ac~h>r, now

have forgot my
part, and I am out

Even

Not once

cbiji.y

dimonour;

fliame.

not thought great by the ladv

fl

And

munities,

horrid hurricr of
men, or (he that betters

,
f??t.
But
it thil facred
gift
Then cruel plague, /hall

disfigurement that travel or ficknefs has be-

the-

flight

The

disfi-

change of a

To

fo incens'd,
they could

lain

Derbam,

CE. n.f. [difgrace,

Fr.]
State of
being out of favour.
State of
ignominy ;

2.

disfigure.]

contempt.

into tit.

noun.]
to confider with a

Minerva, never

T\
Disc
R A

on Epic
Poetry.

To DISFO REST.V..
[Jiszndforc/f.]
reduce land from the
privileges of a

falls

will fall

To DISESTE'EM. v.a.
[from

That

better form to a worfe.

Mitten.

Jif,ftoas'J.

contempt.
tjtiem,

Bmmc

ftowed upon him,

and efieem.]
Slight
regard; a difregard more moderate than

To

gured him, made him altogether unknown.

feparate after faith plighted.

Such was the rage
for Lavinia

army now have

DISFI CURE ME NT. *./.

[from
Defacement of beautv ;

effmt/e.]

Of Turnus,

SbattJf.

'

his fhughter'd

thil

DISESTE'EM.

disfigured.

dddifcift Cato.
long abfence, and travels which had

from a trance, or

time difentranc'd,
Upon his bum himfelf adi anc'd.
Huditras.
DISESPO'USE. -v.a. [dis and

Ralpho, by

To

much

Africk's fands,
disfigar'J with their wounds,
the wolves and vultures of
Numidia.

en-

deep deep.

Vo

is

io gorge

Mi/,, a
<v.

form

parts
him, disfigured
as lie was,
capable to be a dignitary in the church.

Either to diftntbrone the king of heav'a

war, if war be bcft ; or to regain

trance.]

old

noTe flatter, or a mouth

wider, could have
confided, as well as the reft of his
figure, with
tuch a foul and fuch
as made

depofe from fovereignty

lo DISENTRA'NCE.

whenever any earthquake

happens; th cy difgorfing
that nre which, was the caufe of
the difa/ler.

it.

to dethrone.

right loft.

dafgure

Abjeft is their punifhment,

Dnfigvrltg not God's likenefs, but their own,
it
his
Or,
likenefs, by themfelves defac'd. Milton.
Uriel, on the Aflyrian mount,
Saw him
diifigur'd, more than could befal
Spirit of happy fort.
Milton.

South

In DISENTHRONE. v.

Into the
burning lake their baleful /(reams. Milton.
Countries much
annoyed with earthquakes, have
volcanoes ; and thefe are
conftantly all in flames,

imprinted, and within his power

leave the figure, or

StAiJpiari.
along the banks"

They move

)i four infernal
rivers, that dijgarge

'

Sundyt.
If religion were falfe, bad men would fet the
utmoft force of their reafon on work to difcover
that falfity, and thereby
difintbrtl themfelves.

Our own

fraughtagc.

Skaltfpcarc.
In this the
antique and well-noted face

and enthral.]

refcue from flavery.

But God my foul (hall difintbral;
For 1 upon his name will call.

throne.'}

T.I
The deep drawing barks do there Sbakefpeare.
lifnrn
Their warlike

disfigured

By him

pour out with violence.

licence of free foot haft

caught,
Wouldft thou
difgorge into the general world ?

[from^-

v. a. [dis and
figure. ]
change any thing to a worfe form ;
deform ; to mangle.
You are but as a form in wax

To

Shakefftarc.
the diftant (hore
they loudly laught,

heav.ng bread difgorgc the

brinydraught.

All th' embofled fores and

headed evil

To
to

lus

That thou with

, .

Deformity.
D i s F r'c u R E

'To

n.f.

To

2.

of disfiguring.
&ft
ftate of
being
aft
n_

T
L_
The

2.

Vulgar

:e

dog, didft thou difeorr,

bofom of the royal Richard i.

thou would/I eat
thy dead vomit up.

was

It

common

thou

fo,

_
From

[from Jhfavour.]

not a favourer.

itton

verily thought, that had it not been for

tour great
disfaviurcri of that voyage, the enterr,
pnze had fucceeded.

Though the blindnefs of fom~ fanaticks have

favagcd on the bodies of the dead, and have been
Co injurious unto worms as to
difexterrc the bodies
of the deceafed,
yet had they therein no defign
upon the foul.
Brown',
Ernurt.

T D

So,

And now

as

Stvift.

a. f.

idols,

[degorger,
from
gorge, the throat.]
i. To
difcharge by the mouth ; to fpew
out ; to vomit.

Jifcountenancer

corporeal mixtures.

all

Dey

y,

either to guide them in their

.liem from a
temptation.

To Dtsco'RCE.

own commands,

dufevartd. according

Ofcrand glorify. \
to treat with in-

blafphem'd, and had in fcorn. Milton."

. a.
Fr.

D-fgldrifitd,

Dia.

majtfty, receive her

DISFA VOURER.

South.

3..

to her

Hi/toy.

A' RNI *H.T>. a.

[dis

compar'd

Spilmar.

'

and be countenanced or

of f

o- of the wonted
garri/ons.
Knolles'f

dignity.
So Dagon /hall be
magnified, and God,
:fides vvnom is no
god,
with

[from the noun.]

j -r
ffdifcountenance ; to withhold or withdraw kindnefs.
Might not thofeof higher rank, and nearer acTI

difficulty.
Till they could find fime expedient to
explicate
nd difxiangle themfelves ouOof this l.r
made
no
advance
towards fupplying their arthey
Inie5<

Dl S

with both.

of beauty.
'
A VOUR ""' "

disfurnifi that country either

To
^DlsGLo'RiFr. v. a.
To deprive of glory;

was at peace, as it
but after his facrilece

ilnp of ornaments.
take guns from afortrefs.

2.

facrilege, lie

in disfavour

Want

3.

from

God and man

not

commander,

IS
S
To

1.

of ungracioufnefs or
unacceptaa ftate in which one is not fa-

free

were, with

fet free

embroil

c"urft

great a

voured.

Though

ftate

He

ignominious

procuring ftiame.
Maflers muftcom-a
nefs, prudence, and

and

and full. ]

leproachful

their fervants with

gentle-

mercyj not with upbraiding-

diferaceful language, but with fuch only at

exprcfs and reprove the fault, and amend the
perfsn.
Tayhr'i Rule of Living
Holy.

may

wu

as little
To retire be