Blurted, or blurt, an expression | Brave, to make fine; bravery of contempt. Bobbed, fooled out of, cheated. Bolds, emboldens. Bombard, a barrel. Hen. IV. Bosky, woody; bosky acres, are Boulted, sifted, or refined. Braid, crafty or deceitful. Brake, an instrument of torture, was the old term for elegance Bravely, splendidly, or gal- Brawl, a kind of dance. Love's Braying, an epithet applied to Break with,to break the matter to. Breeching, liable to school disci- Bridal, a nuptial feast; a word Bring out, bring forth. Tim. Brock, the badger. Brogues, a kind of shoes. Broker, a matchmaker, a pro curess. Broker, deals as a broker. Brown bill, a kind of battle-ax | Canvas-climber, one who climbs the mast to furl the canvas, a ship-boy. affixed to a stick. Brownist, a follower of Brown, a sectarian. Bruising irons, an allusion to the ancient mace. Rich. III. Bruit, noise, or report. Brush, i. e. of time, decay by time. Hen. VI. 2d Part. Buckle, to bend, or yield to pressure. Bug, bugbear. Bugle, hunting-horn. Bulk, body. Capped, saluted by taking off the cap. Capable impressure, hollow mark. As you. Capocchia, a sot, or dull, heavy gull, from the Italian capocchio. Capricious, lascivious. As you. Captious, for capacious. All's Well. Carack, a vessel of great bulk. Caracts, characters. Bumbard, a large vessel for Carbonado, a piece of meat cut holding drink. Bung, a cut-purse. Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at butts with. Burom, under good command, obedient. Hen. V. Caddis-garter, a kind of worsted garter. Caddises, worsted lace. 2d Part. Cain-coloured, yellow; Cain was represented of that colour in old pictures. Caitif, a prisoner, slave, o scoundrel. Calculate, to foretel or pro- Canaries, the name of a brisk, Cantons, used for cantos. Twel. Night crossways for the gridiron. Card, sea-chart. Mac. Ham. Carded, mixed. Carieres, i. e. to pass the carieres, a military phrase. Mer. Wiv. Means that the common bounds of good behaviour were overpassed. Carkanet, a kind of necklace or chain. Carl, clown, husbandman. Carlot, a peasant or churl; from carl. Carnal, sanguinary. Rich. III. Carpet knight, a term of re- Case of lives, a set of lives, or pair of any thing. Cased lion, a lion irritated by confinement. K. John. Casques, helmets. Cassock, a horseman's loose coat. Cast, to empty. Mea. for Mea. to throw or reject. Cast lips, left-off lips. Cast the water, to find out disorders by inspecting the urine. Mac. Cataian, a liar; the first adventurers who visited Cataia, or China, were notorious liars, as Paulo and Mandeville. Catling, a small lute-string made of catgut. Cavalero-justice, a cant term. Cavalero, an airy, sprightly, irregular fellow. Caviare, too good for, or foreign to. Caviare, a luxurious Russian dish made of the roe of the sturgeon. Cautel, subtlety, or deceit. Cautelous, artful, or insidious. Cauterizing, burning, or blistering. Cearment, the wrapping of an embalmed body. Cease, decease, die. All's Well. Cess, measure, tax, or subsidy. Chaliced, i. e. flowers, with cups, from calix. Challenge, law-term, the right of refusing a juryman. Hen. VIII. Chamber, London was anciently called the king's chamber. Rich. III. Chamber, a piece of ordnance. Hen. IV. 2d Part. Chamberers, men of intrigue. Changeling, a child substituted for one stolen. Channel, keunel. Hen. VI. 3d Chantry, little chapel in a cathe, Characts, characters. Midsum. Check, command, control. Cym. cherry stones into a little hole. Cheveril, kid-skin, soft leather. Chewet, or chuet, a pie, a noisy, chattering bird, or a fat pudding. Hen. IV. 1st Part. Chide, resound, re-echo. Hen. V. Mid. Night. Child, sometimes applied to knights and heroes. Lear. Childing, pregnant. Choppine, a high shoe or clog. Chopping, jabbering, talking glibly. Chough, a bird of the jackdaw kind. Christom, or chrisom, a christened child. Chrystals, eyes. Chuck, chicken, a term of endearment. Chuffs, rich, avaricious people. Circummured, walled round. Circumstance, circumlocution. Oth. Circumstanced,treated according to circumstances. Ibid. Cital, recital. Clack-dish, a beggar's dish. Clamour, when bells are at the height, in order to cease them, the repetition of the strokes becomes much quicker than before, which is called clamouring them. Wint. Tale. Clap in, fall to. Mea. for Mea. Charactery, the matter of which Clapped 'the clout, hit the white characters are made. Chares, tash-wort. Charge-house, free-school. Chariest, from chary, the most cautious. Chariness, caution. Charles-wain, vulgar name for the constellation called the Bear. Charneco, a kind of sweet wine. Chases, a term in tennis. Hen. V. Chaudron, entrails. Cheater, for escheatour, an officer in the Exchequer. mark. Clerkly, like a scholar. Clutch, to clasp, or grasp.. Cock and pye, a popular adjura- Cockled, like the fish called a cockle. Ceckle-hat, cockle-shell hat, such as pilgrims wore. Cockney, a well-known term of reproach. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a piece of dress. Coffin, ancient term for the raised crust of a pie. Tam. Shrew. Tit. And. Cog, to falsify the dice, to lie. Cogging, lying. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Coignes, corners. Conject, conjecture. Consent, used sometimes for will. Mac. Continent, that which contains or incloses. Cleo. Costard, a head. Coster-monger,a dealer in costers, or costards, a kind of apples. Cote, to overtake. Ham." Couch, to lie with. Oth. Counter-caster, one who reckons by counters. Countercheck, an old term in the game of chess. Counterfeit, sometimes used for a portrait. Counterpoints, counterpanes. County, ancient term for a nobleman. Much Ado. Rom. and Jul. Courser's-hair, alluding to the notion that the hair of a horse, dropt into corrupted water, will turn to an animal. Ant. and Cleo. Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Temp. Court-cupboard, sideboard. Cowed, restrained, or made cowardly. Cower, to sink by bending the hams. Cowlstaff, a staff for carrying a large tub or basket with two handles. Coyed,condescended reluctantly. Coystril, a coward cock, a paltry fellow. Hen. IV. 2d Cozier, a taylor, from cousu; or a cobbler, or sowter. Crack, a child. Part. Cor. Crack of doom, dissolution of nature. Mac. Cranking, crankling, applied to the rush of a river. Cranks, windings. Crare, a small trading vessel. Crash, to be merry over. Craven, a degenerate, dispirited cock. Cowardly, to make cowardly. Credent, creditable, probable. Cressets, a light set upon a beacon, from croissette. Crisp, curling, winding; or for crypt, vaulted. Tim. Crone, old worn-out woman. Cross-gartered, an article of puritanical dress. Crow-keeper, a scare-crow. Crownet, last purpose. Ant. and Cleo. Cor. Cruel, worsted. Lear. applied to garters. Crush, to drink. Rom. and Jul. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Cry, a pack or troop. Ham. Cub-drawn, i. e. bear, one whose dugs are drawn dry. Cuisses, armour for the thighs, cuisses, Fr. Cunning, knowing, skilful, in a good meaning. Curb, to bend and truckle, from courber. Ham. Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Oth. Ant. and Cleo. Curious, scrupulous. Tam. Shrew. Ant. and Cleo. Currents, occurrences. Hen. VI. 1st Part. Curst, shrewd, mischievous. Curtail-dog, one which misses the game. Curtle-are,a cutlass, broadsword. Customer, a common woman. Oth. &c. or one who visits Euch. Cut, horse. Twel. Night. Hen. IV. 1st Part. Cut and long tail, a phrase from Daff, or Doff, to put off. Dealt, fought by proxy. Ant. and Cleo. Dear, sometimes means imme- Decked, sprinkled. Deem, opinion, surmise. Troil. and Cres. Default (in the) at a need. All's Well. Defeat, to free, to disembarrass. All's Well. Defeature, alteration of features. Defence, the art of fencing. As you. Deftly, adroitly, dexterously. Denotements, indications, discoveries. Denude, strip, divest. mous. Deprive, disinherit. Lear. Deracinate, force up by the roots. Derogate, degraded. Lear. |