Opal, a precious stone of almost Pastry, the room where pastry was Open, publicly [all colours Patch, a term of reproach [made Operant, active [racter Patched, in a parti-coloured coat Path, to walk
Opinion, obstinacy, conceit, cha- Opposite, adverse, hostile, adver- Pathetical, deeply affected [pose Opposition, combat Patient, to make patient, to com- Or, before Patine, a dish used with the cha- lice, in the administration of the Eucharist Pattern, instance, example Pavin, a dance Paucas, few
Orbs, circles made by the fairies Orchard, a garden [on the ground Order, measures Ordinance, rank
Orgulous, proud, disdainful Osprey, a kind of eagle Ostent, show, ostentation Ostentation, show, appearance Overblow, to drive away, to keep Overture, opening or discovery [off Ounce, a small tiger, or tiger-cat Ouph, fairy, goblin
Ousel-cock, the cock blackbird Out, be gone
Out, full, complete Outlook, to face down Outvied, a term at the game of Outward, not in the secret of affairs
Owe, to own, possess, govern Ox-lip, the great cowslip
Pay, to beat, to hit Peat, a word of endearment Pedascule, a pedant
Peer, to come out, to appear Peevish, foolish
Peize, to balance, to keep in sus- pense, to weigh down Pelting, paltry, petty, inconsi- Pennons, small flags [derable Penthesilia, Amazon Perch, a measure of five yards and Perdurable, lasting [a half Perdy, par Dieu, a French oath Perfect, certain, well informed Perfections, liver, brain, and heart Perjure, a perjured person Periapts, charms sewed up and worn about the neck Perspectives, certain optical glass- Pervert, to avert Pew-fellow, a companion Pheere. See Feere [or curry Pheeze, to teaze or beat, to comb Pia mater, the membrane cover- ing the substance of the brain Pick, to pitch
Picked, nicely dressed, foppish Pickers, the hands
Picking, piddling, insignificant Pickt-hatch, a place noted for brothels
Piece, a word of contempt for a Piel'd, shaven [woman
Pight, pitched, fixed Pilcher, a pilche, the scabbard
Paper, to write down, or ap- Pilled, pillaged
Pin and web, disorders of the Pinnace, a small ship of burden Pix, a small chest in which the consecrated host was kept Placket, a petticoat Plague, to punish Plain song, the chant, in plano Plainly, openly [cantu Plaited, complicated, involved Planched, made of brands Plant, the foot
Platforms, plans, schemes Plavsive, gracious, pleasing, po- Pleached, folded together [pular Plot, piece or portion Point, a metal hook fastened to
the hose or breeches Point, the utmost height Point-de-vice, with the possible exactness Points, tags to the laces Poize, weight or moment Polled, bared, cleared [fumes Pomander, a ball made of perPomewater, a species of apple Poor-john, hake dried and salted Popinjay, a parrot Popularity, plebeian intercourse Port, external pomp, figure Port, a gate Portable, bearable
Portance, carriage, behaviour
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Possessed, afflicted with madness Potch, to push violently Potents, potentates [fumes
Pouncet-box, a small box for per- Power, forces, an army Practice, unlawful or insidious stratagem [able arts Practise, to employ unwarrant- Practisants, confederates in stra- tagems [tatiously, to plume Prank, to adorn, to dress osten. Precedent, original draft Precept, a justice's warrant Precisian, a great pretender to sanctity [vance Prefer, to recommend, to ad. Pregnancy, readiness [apposite Pregnant, ready, plain, evident, Pregnant enemy, the enemy of mankind
Premised, sent before the time Prenominate, already named Pre-ordinance, ordinance already established [a public room Presence, the presence-chamber, Presence, dignity of mien, form, Prest, ready [figure
Pretence, design, intention Pretend, to intend, design Pretended, purposed or intended Prevent, to anticipate Prick, the point on the dia! Pricks, prickles, skewers Pride, haughty power Prig, to filch
Prime, youth, the vigour of life Prime, prompt [portant Primer, more urgent, more im- Primero, a game at cards Principality, the first or princi- pal of women
Principals, rafters of a building Princox, a coxcomb, or spoiled Probal, probable (child Process, summons Procure, to bring Prodigious, portentous, ominous Proface, much good may it do you Profane, love of talk, gross of language [coming Profession, end and purpose of Progress, a royal journey of state Project, to shape or form Prompture,suggestion, temptation Prone, sometimes humble Prone, forward [hood Proof, confirmed state of man- Propagate, to advance or improve Propagation, getting Proper, well-looking, handsome Proper-false, proper or fair, and false or deceitful Propertied, taken possession of Properties, incidental necessaries to a theatre Property, due performance Property, a thing quite at disposa Propose, to image, to imagine Proposing, conversing [stat Propriety, regular and prope Prorogue, to lengthen or prolong Provand, provender [vence Provencial, Provencal, from Pro- Provincial, belonging to one's pro Provost, sheriff or gaoler [vince Prune, to plume Puck, or hobgoblin in fairy Pugging, thievish [mythology
Possess, to inform, to make to Pun, to pound understand
Recollected, studied or often re- Record, to sing [peated
Recorder, a kind of flute or fla- Recure, to recover [geolet Red-lattice, the sign of an ale- Reduce, to bring back [house Reechy, discoloured by smoke, Refell, to refute [smoky, greasy Refer, to reserve to Regard, look
Regiment, government, authority Regreet, exchange of salutation Reguerdon, recompence, return Relative, nearly related, or con- nected
Quail, to faint, languish Quaint, fantastical, graceful Quaint-mazes, a game running the figure of eight Quaked, thrown into trepidation Qualify, to lessen, moderate Quality, confederates Quality, profession, condition of [of a quarrel Quarrel, a quarreller, the cause Quarry, the game after it is killed Quart d'ecu, fourth part of a Remembered, remembering French crown [tion Remembrance, admonition Quarter, the allotted posts, sta- Remorse, pity, tenderness of heart Quat, a pimple [settled Remotion, removal or remoteness Queasy, squeamish, delicate, un- Removed, remote, sequestered Quell, to murder, to destroy Render, to describe Quench, to grow cool Quern, a hand-mill [expedition Quest, inquest or jury, search, Question, conversation Questrist, one who goes in search Quests, reports [of another Quick, lively, spritely, living Quicken, to animate Quiddits, subtilties Quillets, law chicane [exercises Quintain, a post set up for various Quips, reproaches and scoffs Quire, to play in concert Quit, quitted
Quit, to requite or answer
Quittance, return of obligations Quiver, nimble, active Quote, to observe
Robato, an ornament for the neck Rabbit-sucker, a sucking rabbit Race, original disposition, inborn qualities, a smack or flavour Rack, wreck
Rack, to exaggerate Rack, to harass by exactions Rack, the fleeting away of the Racking, in rapid motion [clouds Rag, an opprobrious epithet Ragged, rugged Rake, to cover
Rank, rate or pace [and strength Rank, grown up to a great height Rapt, rapturously affected Rapture, a fit
Rarely, curiously, happily Rascal, applied to lean deer Rash, heady, thoughtless, quick,
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Render, a confession, an account Renege, to renounce Repair, to renovate Repeal, to recall Reports, reporters Reproof, confutation Repugn, to resist Reputing, boasting of Requiem, a mass for the soul of a person deceased
Resolve, to be firmly persuaded, Resolve, to dissolve [satisfied Respect, consideration, caution Respective, respectable, respect- ful, formal
Respective, cool, considerate Respectively, respectfully Retailed, handed down Retire, to draw back Reverb, to reverberate Revolts, revolters Rib, to enclose Rid, to destroy Rift, split Riggish, wanton Right, just, even Right-drawn, drawn in a right Rigol, a circle [cause Ringed, environed, encircled Ripe, come to the height Rivage, the bank or shore Rivality, equal rank Rivals, partners Rive, to burst, to fire Road, the haven where ships ride Rogues, vagrants [at anchor Romage, rummage Ronyon, a scurvy woman Rood, the cross Rook, to squat down Ropery, roguery
Rope-tricks, abusive language Round, a diadem
Round, rough, unceremonious Rounded, whispered Rounding, whispering Roundel, a country-dance Roundure, circle
Rouse, a draught of jollity Royal, due to a king Royalize, to make royal
Royalty, nobleness, supreme ex. cellence
Roynish, mangy or scabby Ruddock, the red breast [boots Ruff, the folding of the tops of Ruffle, to riot, to create disturb- Ruffling, rustling [ance Ruin, displeasure producing ruin Rule, a method of life Ruth, pity, compassion
Sacred, accursed Sacrificial, worshipping Sad, grave or serious Sadly, seriously Sadness, seriousness Safe, to render safe Sagg or swagg, to sink down Salt, tears
Sanded, of a sandy colour Satisfy, rest with satisfaction Savage, silvan, uncultivated, Savageness, wildness [wild Saucy, lascivious Saw, anciently, not a proverb, but the whole tenor of any discourse Say, silk
Say, a sample, a taste or relish Scaffoldage, the gallery part of the theatre [filthy Scald, a word of contempt, poor, Scule, to disperse, to put to flight Scaled, over-reached
Scall, an old word of reproach Scamble, to scramble Scan, to examine nicely [tract Scant, to be deficient in, to con- Scantling, measure, proportion Scapes of wit, sallies, irregulari- Scared, frightened [ties
Scarfed, decorated with flags Scath, destruction, harm Scath, to do an injury
Scathful, mischievous, destructive Scone, a petty fortification Sconce, the head
Scotched, cut slightly
Scrimens, fencers
Scrip, a writing, a list
Scroyles, scabby fellows
Sculls, great numbers of fishes swimming together Scutched, whipt, carted
Seal, to strengthen or complete Seam, lard
Sear, to stigmatize, to close. See [impress
Season, to temper, to infix, to Seasoned, established or settled by Seat, throne
Seated, fixed, firmly placed Sect, a cutting in gardening Securely, with too great confi- Seel, to close up [dence Seeling, blinding
Seeming, specious, hypocritical Seeming, seemly
Seen, versed, practised
Seld, seldom
Self-bounty, inherent generosity Semblably, in resemblance, alike Seniory, seniority
Sennet, a flourish or sounding
Sense, reason, natural affection, feeling, sensual passion Sensible, having sensation Septentrion, the north Sequestration, separation Sere or sear, dry
Setebos, a species of devil Several, separated, appropriated Server, an officer who placed the
dishes on the table Shame, to disgrace Shame, modesty [scaly wings Shard-borne, born by shards or Shards, the wings of a beetle Shards, broken pots or tiles Sharked, picked up as a collects his prey Sheen, shining, splendour, lustre Sheer, pellucid, transparent Shent, scolded, rebuked, ashamed, disgraced
Shent, to reprove harshly Sheriff's-post, a large post set up at the door of that officer for affixing proclamations, &c. Shive, a slice Shot, shooter Shovel-board, a game Shoughs, shocks, a species of dog Shouldered, rudely thrust into Shrewd, having the qualities of a Shrift, confession [shrew Shrive, to confess, to call to con- Shut-up, to conclude [fession Side-sleeves, long sleeves Siege, stool, seat, rank Sight, the perforated part of a Sightless, unsightly [helmet Sign, to show, to denote Silly, simple or rustic
Sooth, truth
Sooth, sweetness
Sorriest, worthless, vile Sorry, sorrowful or dismal Sort, to choose out Sort, a company, a pack, ranks and degrees of men Sort, to happen, to agree Sort, the lot
Sort and suit, figure and rank Sot, a fool
Soul-fearing, soul-appalling Sound, to declare or publish Sound, soundly
Stoop, a measure some what more than half a gallon Stover, a kind of thatch Stoup, a kind of flagon
Strachy, probably some kind of domestic office Straight, immediately Strain, descent, lineage Strain, difficulty, doubt Strait, narrow, avaricious Straited, put to difficulties Strange, odd, different form
Strange, alien, becoming a stran- ger, a stranger Strangely, wonderfully Strangeness, shyness, distant be- Stranger, an alien
Sowl, to pull by the ears Sorter, perhaps the name of a Spanned, measured Strangle, to suppress Specialty, particular rights Stratagem, great or dreadful Sped, the fate decided Strict, hard [event Speed, event [bars, &c. Strive, to contend Sperr, to shut up, defend by Stuck, a thrust in fencing. See Spleen, humour, caprice, spirit, Stuff, baggage [Stoccata. Stock [tuous speed Stuff, substance or essence Spleen, violent hurry, tumul- Stuffed, plenty, more than enough Spleens, inclination to spiteful Subscribe, to agree to Spot, stain or disgrace [mirth Spotted, wicked
Subscribe, to yield, to surrender Subscription, obedience Submerged, whelmed under water Subtilty, deception Subtle, smooth, level Success, succession [cession Successive, belonging to the suc Successively, by order of succes- Sudden, violent [sion Sufficiency, abilities Suggest, to tempt, to prompt, to Suggestion, hint instigate Suggestions, temptations
Sprag, or spackt, apt to learn Spread, to stand separately Sprighted, haunted Sprights, spirits [horses Springhalt, a disease incident to Springing, blooming, in the Sprightly, ghostly [spring of life Spurs, the longest and largest Square, to quarrel [roots of trees Square, regular, equitable, just, suitable [sion, or complement Square, compass, comprehen-Suited, dressed Squarer, a quarrelsome fellow Squash, an immature peascod Squiny, to look asquint Squire, a square or rule Staggers, delirious perturbation Stale, a bait or decoy to catch Stale, a pretence [save-reverence Stale, to allure
Silly, sooth, plain, simple truth Sincere, honest Sinem, strength Single, weak, debile, small, void of duplicity or guile Sink-a-pace, cinque-pace, a dance Sir, the designation of a parson Sir-reverence, a corruption of Sith, since Sithence, thence
Sizes, allowances of victuals Skains-mates, loose companions Skirr, to scour, to ride hastily Slack, to neglect
Sullen, obstinately troublesome Summer-swelling, that
swells or expands in summer Summoners, summoning officers Sumpter, a horse that carries necessaries on a journey Superfluous, over-clothed Superstitious, serving with superStand, to withstand, to resist stitious attention [gined Standing bowls, bowls elevated Supposed, counterfeited, imaon feet [hawk Sure, safe, out of danger, surely Stannyal, the common stone- Sur-reined, over-worked, or ridStar, a scar of that appearance Stark, stiff Starkly, stiffly Starred, destined State, a chair with a canopy State, standing [over it
Slave, to treat as a slave [the silk Sleave, the ravelled knotty part of Sledded, riding in a sled or sledge Slights, arts, subtle practices Slips, a contrivance of leather, to start two dogs at the same time Sliver, to cut a piece or slice Stops, loose breeches, or trow-Station, the act of standing sers, tawdry dress
State, official state, dignity States, persons of high rank
Slough, the skin which the ser- Statue, a portrait
pent annually throws off Slower, more serious Slubber, to do any thing carelessly, imperfectly, to obscure Smilingly, with signs of pleasure Smirched, soiled or obscured Smoothed, to stroke, to caress, to
Staves, the wood of the lances Stay, a hinderer, a supporter Stead, to assist, or help [chine Sticking-place, the stop in a ma- Sticklers, arbitrators, judges, sidesmen [tized
Stigmatical, marked or stigma- Stigmatick, one on whom nature has set a mark of deformity Still, constant or continual Stilly, gently, lowly Stint, to stop, to retard Stith, an anvil
Stoccata, a thrust or stab with a Stock, a term in fencing [rapier Stock, stocking
Stomach, passion, pride, stub- born resolution, constancy, re- solution
Tent, to take up residence Tercel, the male hawk Termagant, the god of the Termagant, furious Tested, brought to the test Testern, to gratify with a tester, or sixpence
Tetchy, touchy, peevish, fretful Tharborough, thirdborough,
Themes, muscular strength
Thick, in quick succession
Thill, the shafts of a cart
Thirdborough. See Tharborough Thought, melancholy Thrasonical, boastful, bragging Thread, fibre or part Thread, to pass through Three-man-beetle, an implement used for driving piles Three-pile, rich velvet Thrift, a state of prosperity Throes, emits as in parturition Thrum, the extremity of a weav- er's warp
Trade, a custom, an established habit
Tradition, traditional practices Traditional, adherent to old cus-
Trail, the scent left by the pas- sage of the game Traitress, a term of endearment Tranect, a ferry
Translate, to transfer, to explain Trash, a hunting phrase, to cor- Travel, to stroll [rect Traverse, a term in military ex-
Traversed, across
Tray-trip, some kind of game Treachers, treacherous persons Trenched, cut, carved Trick, trick of the times Trick, peculiarity of voice, face,
Trick, smeared, painted, in he- raldry Tricking, dress
Tricksy, clever, adroit
Triumphs, masques, revels pub- lic exhibitions
Trojan, cant word for a thief Troll, to dismiss trippingly from the tongue Trol-my-dames, a game Trossers, trowsers Trom, to believe Truth, honesty
Tucket, or tucket sonnuance, a flourish
Turlygood, or turlupin, a species of gipsy
Turn, to become acescent Turquoise, a precious stone Twangling, an expression of con- tempt Twigging, wickered
Thrumm d, made of coarse wool-Tyed, limited, circumscribed
len cloth
Tib, a strumpet
Tickle, ticklish
Tickle-brain, some strong liquor Tight, handy, adroit
Tightly, cleverly, adroitly
Tilly-valley, an interjection of
contempt
Tilth, tillage
Timeless, untimely Tinct, tincture
Tire, head-dress
Tire, to fasten, to fix the talons
Tire, to be idly employed on Tired, adorned with ribands Tod, to yield or produce a tod, or twenty-eight pounds Tokened, spotted as in the plague Toll, to enter on the toll-book Tolling, taking toll
Tomboy, a masculine, forward girl
Vail, to condescend to look, to Undertaker, one who takes upon
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